The 2nd/3rd billion-dollar item? 500k+ Prize! (in Contests)

As some of you know, the record for single largest upgrade in the forge was held by Hatchy and me (for upgrading TGs to +24) until I upgraded my TGs to (+25). I'm in the process of trying to beat my record again, going after (+26), a NW increase of just under 28M. This brings up an interesting tidbit of information: What the NW of a billion-dollar item would be.

I will never own one, but nobody's even close to figuring out what the NW of an item with a NW of over a billion. Until now :)

Well not now, now, but soon.

I'm currently working on my TGs to (+26) and when I achieve that, the Blacksmith will tell me how much the upgrade to (+33) will be.

Here's the contest:
1. Guess how much A Set of Tulkas' Gauntlets [6] (+33) will have in Networth - closest wins 400k + Entry fees - xfer fees.
2. Guess when I will achieve the upgrade to (+26) - closest date wins 100k.

Entries cost 5k - and you are allowed to enter ONLY ONCE. Please send entries to Gloves Contest

Hints/Notes:
I will not hesitate to click "Forge" when I reach 99.999% RPM. I have the forge fees saved up in my bank.
Do some research, plot some graphs. I didn't start forging these today.

BONUS PRIZE: If the person who correctly guesses closest to what day I successfully complete this forging job is the same person as the one who most closely guesses the correct NW, I will add in a bonus of 250k into the 500k prize for awesomeness!

Additional note to clanmates: Yes, you can enter. Yes you have an unfair advantage, but that's what you get for being a clanmate :)

Miandrital (Tony the Tigah) 70.116.133.116 [P]Mitt (Gloves Contest) $5000 1:20 AM EST

$1,497,777,225
February 7th

I think the NW of +33 will be $1,497,353,192
I think you will achieve the upgrade of +26 to be on June 2nd.

Sorry to burst your bubble, Mitt, but when I had OB forge my HG to +16, we found the first NW of a billion dollar item. Check the wiki for the info, as it's now at over $2b.

Looks like the value for a corn over 1 bil is known too

Keep the contest going!

QBnovice (Dagobah) 64.170.7.165 [P]Mitt (Gloves Contest) $50000 3:02 PM EST

Okay! Contest is continuing! Sorry for all of the snafus, if an admin could clear out all of my posts saying I canceled the contest, that would be nice :)

Shade and Mian have entries (don't worry about what I've sent you). And Nov now has a free entry into it!

{WW]Nayab (Deaths) 119.12.35.136 [P]Mitt (Gloves Contest) $5000 5:53 PM EST

$1,497,820,637.
April 9th

Other note: This contest will end the day I finish the upgrade, so the sooner you enter, the more likely you will not be "timed" out of either part of the contest.

1,400,000,000

May 15th

how did nov get all those unequiped armors, is the real question ;). Thought the cap was 10

Those are all equipped, he is showing us the blacksmith page, silly.

those are equipped... that shot is from Dagobah

(you do know unequipped armor doesn't show in the blacksmith right?)

meh. My bad, Yeah i knew that. I need sleep.. ;)

1,497,583,731

Admiralkiller (MoneyGrub) 68.145.51.117 [P]Mitt (Gloves Contest) $5000 1:20 AM EST

Feb 13th