I don't think I need to tell anybody that there's been a lot of salt thrown around recently by folks lamenting the fact that they had to "earn" their Haller Haller Get Gjaller, and now anybody can just buy one.
The thing is though, by definition, if anybody that had one from a drop did actually earn it, they did so only by running the one activity that granted them the drop (and by extension getting to whatever level let them run that activity). That could have been the very first thing they had ever run that could grant you an exotic, and they'd have landed on the Jellyhorn. Nothing else affected the chances, and any belief to the contrary illustrates the Gambler's Fallacy.
That led me to thinking, what did those of us who got Ballerhorn in a drop [i]really[/i] do to "earn" the (until recently) rarest of guns?
So without further ado, I'd like to be the first to recount the legendary tale of how I "earned" my GGhorn.
Comment with your "epic tale" and let's see just how hard we all had to work! ;)
I hopped into a 5 man Normal Atheon fight and died during it.
#Gjallarhorn #IEarnedIt
tl;dr ITT share stories of any low effort "feats" you accomplished that gave you a Gjallarhorn drop, demonstrating the lack of a correlation between effort and reward, thus disproving that RNG counts as "earning" any more than Xûr does.
Edit: Now with 20% more quotation marks so everyone gets the joke
Edit 2: It occurs to me that in the original post I failed to mention the fact that for some, their YOLOhorn dropped after a particularly difficult feat, such that they really do feel that they earned theirs. My point is not to lessen the sense of accomplishment anyone felt after acquiring their Yellerhorn, but rather to highlight the fact that due to RNG, many of us "earned" ours in really easy/silly ways, and to invite the people who are sad/angry/disappointed at everyone's favorite Splatoon cosplayer to think about whether RNG really qualifies as earning something.
Cheers, all, and welcome to the Wolfpack!
Edit 3: Alterations to second paragraph regarding the description of what anyone who got a Gjally drop did that directly resulted in that drop. Also added tl;dr
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Edited by Mr Ilax: 8/18/2015 5:44:41 PMAs I was chilling at the tower waiting for Xur to arrive I heard arguing down. In the bar. Thinking that it was some guardians arguing over what song to play on the jukebox or who was picking up the bar tab. I became dismayed, for as I grew closer to the arguing guardians I started to hear words like "Earn" and "Gjallerhorn". Just as I was about to come around the corner the sounds of arguing turned into a muffled scream and laughter. Fearing for someone's safety I sprinted around the corner and took into full view of what had transpired. An elitist and a casual had been arguing about whether or not Xur should sell Gjallerhorn again. It would seem that the elitist got so worked up, that when he bent over to take take a deep breath, he inadvertently shoved his head up his ass. Being the helpful sort of fellow, I pulled a elitist's head out his ass. As he gasped for breath he started choking, I slapped him on the back and he spit out 17 strange coins. Just then, I heard the clock strike and Xur appeared before my eyes. What did he have? The majestic horn of Ragnarok. I cleaned off the strange coins and handed them to Xur, securing me one of these awesome weapons. On my way out, I thanked the elitist for his contribution. And me and the casual went on to go slay many minion of darkness.