I can't say for sure that it wasn't a photoshop, but I think it's extremely unlikely.
It was posted by a very well established member on a "no bullshit" forum I moderate on - I find it very hard to believe it was faked - why would he do that?
Here's the source:
(If that link doesn't take you to the right shot (because I have my forum settings on 40 posts/page), it's post number 320 in the Screenshots thread).
Regarding what you saw posted on affiliate site which doesn't even exist now - well that could have just been pure speculation. I also find it extremely hard to believe that if getting all the achievements really DID lead to some "jackpot win", then MG would be only too keen to point it out in the game rules, to further encourage players to try for it.
Just IMO...
KK
I tried that link and it sends me to cached pages, and when I click on a screenie link I just get the ooops broken link spam
, well the affiliate site could have been pure BS.
How much control would the software have over a feature like Wildstorm?, i`ve had 4 Wildstorms in 5 spins before, admittedly all were crap, but and it`s a huge but, what if 1 or more paid the 2,400,000 coin jackpot?, maybe if this scenario was indeed the truth, MGS wouldn`t want the general public knowing.
Slot jackpots are spin related in accordance with the amount of spins possible and the overall payout percentage of each slot (afaik), if there is a 1 in a thousand chance of hitting the jackpot it is still the same odds even if you had just played 999 spins yes?, but at the same time if a slot is set at say 94% and has been very tight is it not the case it will balance the books sooner or later and go on a win frenzy?, so, how much control is possible over a completely random feature that has the ability to payout a gigantic 80000 x bet jackpot?, how would the casino managers react to this kind of slot in today`s climate, knowing only full well that if this jackpot was hit with a maximum stake of x10 coins x5 (£15) it would cost them a cool 1.2 million.
Even a x4 reels Wildstorm win can yield a massive return, there`s sequences of two coloureds within the 3 slot places, even more so in Wildstorm as the normal Wilds and Scatters are removed, that`s x81 winning lines of a random number 9-Ace, and x2 81 winning lines of two coloureds, if those coloureds are Thor and Odin and the number is an Ace it`s £810, £729 and £243 respectively giving £1782 for each base unit of .30p gambled.
Okay there are many new slots with adjacent reel paylines at MGS casinos, but how many of them carry jackpots based on a purely random feature proc?, I dont think there are many casino managers out there that would welcome with open arms a slot like TSII without some form of restrictions on not how many times it triggers, but how many reels it buffs, when it does.
Oops, I rambled way to much then sorry lol, the last bit is regarding Ladbrokes and that screenshot, when I rang I spoke to a woman named Jo and she could find no relative history of the win in question, feel free to ring them also
, the only reason I wanted to find out about it was to see if the guy had got all achievements.
Not forgetting ofc the $64,000 question, what exactly was/is the purpose of the achievements anyway?, and to all those whom played TSII upon release, remember the feature which capped the feature achievements and how awesome it was?
, this doesn`t happen anymore
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Anyway`s cheers
P.S.
Not forgetting the software designers and the present status of online gambling, they have to take all this into consideration when designing slots for todays market, look at most of the slots since May, all can give extremely more for less (more win lines = more chances to win = more won, philosophy), but, as we all know, it`s a whole heap less for more, how many of us would have sat at a slot pre world recession times as it coughed out every 10th spin a meagre .04p win for a .60p stake, in hope that all those beautiful stacked wilds will come together very soon.