I logged in and saw that Carbines were half-off for another 18 minutes.. Did they have any sales before this one?
You say that like it's a bad thing. OK! New sales pitch! Random sales at random times, but instead of 25% off it'll be 25% ON! The crowd'll go wild!
They do flash sales like these at times. They're generally announced over social media (Facebook, Google+, Twitter). I think the last one was pistols.
They also throw an announcement like a GM message in game. It's a good way to get people to play the game. It gives people more incentive to play for a longer time than to just pop for a few minutes to grab the deal.
On their twitter it said 25% off, and in-game it was 50%. A pleasant surprise this time, but mixed messages nevertheless (once again). Still didn't buy any, since I got them all already...
wasn't trying to, was busy trying to find the site that keeps giving random audio ads while I play PS2
UGH! Now that sounds annoying; g'luck with that. I just close down everything except PS2 when I play. Gods I hate those ads.
AdBlock Plus saves the day. Semi-Off-Topic: I figure this flash sale is related to Cyber Monday. ... And since they're doing Cyber Monday, I figure I'll get some SC. I also have some GameStop coupons so I get 15 bucks off when I get two cards. It's like double SC, then I get 25% more from Cyber Monday. Perfect! I hope they do flash sales, too. That would be icing on the cake.
They always have them in the early hours of the morning on EU servers (for 1 hour only). I have seen 50% off for carbines, pistols and ARs so far this week.