Fact Or Fiction?

[handofpwn]

However, my friend ran a strong magnet over a gameworks card and it changed the credit value on the card.

[The Wandering God]

www.snopes.com is your friend

The Wandering God

[RaiRai]

Originally Posted by handofpwn

However, my friend ran a strong magnet over a gameworks card and it changed the credit value on the card.

Generally the amount isn't actually on the card, is it? It's on the account that's linked to the card. The card itself is a waste of space, just something to prove that you are the owner of that value of credit. And if it IS on the card, there's usually a price written/stamped somewhere of the value on the card so that no errors can occur while processing the sale.

We had people trying this scam with electronic vouchers in a store I worked at. Regardless of how good the fraud attempt looked, there's always ways to check to see if that amount is legitimate.

May I ask what type of card this 'gameworks' card is?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

As Ryanderman pointed out, mythbusters pretty much determined that magnets can't fuck with magnetic strips on cards. I belive they even determined that the full force of the earths magnetic field, the most powerful natural magnet known to man, can't do shit to them.

Nor can an electric eel, apparantly.

[Arsis]

Originally Posted by The Wandering God

www.snopes.com is your friend

The Wandering God

I don't know about this site, I looked at the disney section and all the crap I've seen and heard on my own they say is false. Only other explanation is they're right and I made up that week of 9th grade English class in my demented mind.

[Nikose Tyris]

They check their facts, so odds are, You didn't make it up, but you were wrong.

Mind you, hey also churn out their own Urban legends on their own time to keep the legends coming so they always have work.

[bluestarultor]

Here's a great one that nobody will probably have any idea what I'm talking about. XD

Actually, it's less of a legend than poor planning. When the original floppy version of Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos came out, there were several pieces of box art that depicted things impossible in the game. Namely, one of the cinematic screens was missing a character, the portrait for Paulson was radically different, there was a party composed of incompatible characters, and there was a spell called Vortex which was not included in the game. Virgin Interactive actually got so many complaints about those supposed screenshots that they came out with a new box. My dad still has the original.

[adamark]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Here's a great one that nobody will probably have any idea what I'm talking about. XD

Actually, it's less of a legend than poor planning. When the original floppy version of Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos came out, there were several pieces of box art that depicted things impossible in the game. Namely, one of the cinematic screens was missing a character, the portrait for Paulson was radically different, there was a party composed of incompatible characters, and there was a spell called Vortex which was not included in the game. Virgin Interactive actually got so many complaints about those supposed screenshots that they came out with a new box. My dad still has the original.

..the fuck?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by adamark

..the fuck?

I thought this was a place to post urban legends / small truths?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

No, the title is "Fact or Fiction?", not "Urban myths and legends."