Pebbles: a testimony.
I have to say that i was a newbie when this thread was created, and by then couldn't grasp the sheer awsomeness of this simple but wonderful item: the pebble.
As soon as i started doing mining runs, it became apparent to me.
Not much time passed until i decided to become a Greedalox, maximizing my inventory, to fill it with pickaxes, and hence being able to mine the greatest number of pebbles ever seen.
Yes that was my dream.
And also my fall.
I didn't see by then the failure of my grand plan... i was so blind with greed for pebbles! I even went to gusgen without mining gear, to maximize the possibilities of breaking pickaxes (if you break a pickaxe while getting a pebble, you get 10 instead of 1!!! now that's a wonderful thing!).
And yes, you can see the failure now... i had to throw away pickaxes so i could store more pebbles... but without pickaxes, i wouldn't be able to get pebbles! What to do?
Then i saw the light. I had a re-pebble-ation, if you will: I had to give others, not keep them to myself greedily. Avarice was what was keeping me from the pebble-happiness.
So i decided to start placing in ever mining point i could see, all the pebbles i could find, for others to find them, and be merry.
So, when you go to mine to Gusgen, if you happen to pick a pebble out, remember it was me who placed it there ^_^
Yes, yes, no need to thank me... there is no greater happiness than bringing happiness to others.