What does "hot" mean?

What does "hot" mean?

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Posted by: Kain Francois.4328

Kain Francois.4328

Q:

Seriously, I look at TP, and I see some items are marked “hot”.

Does this actually mean anything, or is it just a cool word to make hipsters buy things?

Does it mark how much items are selling? Does this mean Utility Primer is really the top selling gemstore production? Really? REALLY? REALLY!? THAT is what the Whales (people who pay a lot in MMOs) are buying!?

I mean, I’m not criticizing, but WHY? Why is that the top selling item?

Or is it really just a cool buzz word to make people buy stuff?

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

No idea what you are seeing. Wait you are talking gem shop. Gem Shop isn’t TP.

It’s called hyping/advertising. It may also be recent or long time best sellers. Let’s see

Bank Slots (popular)
Shadow Assassin Outfit (popular)
Keys (yes lots of people buy keys)
Ceremonial Plated Outfit (I know people like it)
Home Portal Stone
Wreath of Cooperation
Utility Primer (I can see why players may buy it)
Transmutation Charges (they wish if they weren’t so easy to farm)
Total Makeover Kit (one of the ways to get new hair styles and additional hair/eye colors)
Permanent Ley Line Finisher
Booster Multipack

Honestly I think that line is always “hot” when it’s not showing items vanishing soon.

We are heroes. This is what we do!

RIP City of Heroes

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Posted by: Beldin.5498

Beldin.5498

I vote for the hipster thing

EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.

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Posted by: Behellagh.1468

Behellagh.1468

I’m sorry “hot” has been used to advertise decades before “hipsters” were a thing.

We are heroes. This is what we do!

RIP City of Heroes

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Posted by: Beldin.5498

Beldin.5498

Behellagh.1468:

I’m sorry “hot” has been used to advertise decades before “hipsters” were a thing.

Yeah .. but ..

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EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.

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Posted by: pdavis.8031

pdavis.8031

Behellagh.1468:

I’m sorry “hot” has been used to advertise decades before “hipsters” were a thing.

Wait, so advertisers are the original hipsters!?

If they were using “hot” before it was cool….

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It’s the chain I beat you with until you
recognize my command!”

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Posted by: Guhracie.3419

Guhracie.3419

pdavis.8031:
Behellagh.1468:

I’m sorry “hot” has been used to advertise decades before “hipsters” were a thing.

Wait, so advertisers are the original hipsters!?

If they were using “hot” before it was cool….

Hot can never be cool, by definition.

“Be angry about legendary weapons, sure, but what about the recent drought of content?”
-Mike O’Brien
Because we can’t be angry about both?

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

To misstate the quote wrongly attributed to Louis Armstrong, if you have to ask what “hot” is, you’ll never know.

More seriously: the “hot” notation probably appears when certain conditions are true, e.g. shop sold 20% more of the item in the last hour than average for the given time/weekdday.

John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”

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