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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:24 am

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Ardee wrote:

Nooo... Who will protect us from the coming Combine invasion!?

(Wow, this topic has gone from Nick being poor> To Maya's burger obssesion >To Nick's hookers> and then Edgeworth.)

Well, case solved. Phoenix pays his bills by dancing for Edgeworth.

I find the defendant...

:guilty:

I always wanted to do that... :udgy:

Also, i'll do that art... It may ruinmy credibility in this household... :eh?:

LOL. XD *imagines Phoenix dancing on a pole for Edgeworth as Edgey waves bills in his face* OH MAN.

Ahhhhh!! *flails* I can't wait to see what you come up with! :edgy:

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:27 am

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crouton wrote:

LOL. XD *imagines Phoenix dancing on a pole for Edgeworth as Edgey waves bills in his face* OH MAN.

Hahaha picking up notes between his butt cheeks :redd:

*just got a vision of Edgey slapping Nick's arse.... omg*

Can't wait for the pic Ardee!!!! :will:

see how it withers before my flower of justice

Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:31 am

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:32 am

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Damn... My twarted plans have been spoiled... (Erases Nick's left ass cheek) :edgeworth:

Lol, I was really doing Edgey putting money in a jar saying 'Rent Money'... Nick pole dancing and Lotta taking pictures... :karma:

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:34 am

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Quote:

"Why is phoenix so poor?"

Ardee wrote:

(Erases Nick's left ass cheek)

I'm loving this topic.

see how it withers before my flower of justice

Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:38 am

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loobywright wrote:

Hahaha picking up notes between his butt cheeks :redd:

*just got a vision of Edgey slapping Nick's arse.... omg*

*dies* XD

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:40 am

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Oh, God. XD Hooker!Nick. Drawingsplz8D;
All kidding~~sortof~~ aside, I'd think that, with wealthy friends like Edgeworth, Nick would at least have some money, you know? Edgey definitely owes him for saving his ass. Of course, I wouldn't expect him to be throwing money at Nick ~~or stuffing it in his thong~~, since Nick needs to GET OFF HIS ARSE AND DO SOMETHING. (Four cases a year? Isn't that kind of... bad? It's almost like he WANTS to be a hobo.)

Ardee wrote:

(Wow, this topic has gone from Nick being poor> To Maya's burger obssesion >To Nick's hookers> and then Edgeworth.)

Didn't you know?

All topics eventually lead to Edgeworth.

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:04 am

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googlemeister wrote:

lawyers usually make a TON of money for each case, but somehow phoenix can't pay the rent for his office and has to eat noodles for dinner every night...

he should have a LOT of money! especially since he defends rich celebrities who would pay him oodles of cash to defend them

my entire thing is a spoiler. beware.

Spoiler:

Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:16 am

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dividebyxero wrote:

my entire thing is a spoiler. beware.

Spoiler:

This comes to show that Phoenix's money issues branch off into like about ten thousand different directions. lololz

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:27 am

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I guess Phoenix is just too damn nice and lets his clients get away with low payment paid.

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:31 am

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Silverpaw wrote:

Oh, God. XD Hooker!Nick. Drawingsplz8D;
All kidding~~sortof~~ aside, I'd think that, with wealthy friends like Edgeworth, Nick would at least have some money, you know? Edgey definitely owes him for saving his ass. Of course, I wouldn't expect him to be throwing money at Nick ~~or stuffing it in his thong~~, since Nick needs to GET OFF HIS ARSE AND DO SOMETHING. (Four cases a year? Isn't that kind of... bad? It's almost like he WANTS to be a hobo.)

XD

Silverpaw wrote:

Ardee wrote:

(Wow, this topic has gone from Nick being poor> To Maya's burger obssesion >To Nick's hookers> and then Edgeworth.)

Didn't you know?

All topics eventually lead to Edgeworth.

Yes. Yes they do. :think:

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:15 am

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:13 am

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HerGoldenEyes wrote:

loobywright wrote:

oddy wrote:

Have you never noticed Phoenix's hair? To get a hair like that everyday cant be cheap.

It's natural :think:

I think I read that somewhere LOL

I think Nick himself said that. :yuusaku:

Oh I forgot that :sadshoe:

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:37 am

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Only thing I can remember him needing to pay off (from the games I've played and their cases. Haven't played all the cases yet though) are possibly Maya's burgers and that time when Edgeworth bailed Maya out of the detention center on one case. Oh wait..then there's the ransacked office where Mia was killed. Stuff broken and scattered throughout the office. I find a few things ironic:

1. That he wins all these cases and yet Edgeworth has more money and he loses against him.
2. He's not paid for the "investigations" he does. Then again I thought either detectives or the "lawyer's assistant" were the ones who would do the investigation portion. That should've been put on his payment tab too! :edgeworth:

Also find it strange he's a 24 year old lawyer when going for a lawyer (least in the US) is 8 years of schooling. Guess you can't compare the game to real life no matter how you try. :redd:

Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:39 am

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And dont forget the Gum Edgeworth gave to Oldbag. It was probably a very expensive gum when it came from Edgeworth.

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:20 am

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crouton wrote:

Burninator wrote:

How come every theory about how Phoenix is poor has to do with Maya and hamburgers???

She does have all those stomachs... O_o

Because it just fits :-P

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:10 pm

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Blaise wrote:

1. That he wins all these cases and yet Edgeworth has more money and he loses against him.
2. He's not paid for the "investigations" he does. Then again I thought either detectives or the "lawyer's assistant" were the ones who would do the investigation portion. That should've been put on his payment tab too! :edgeworth:

Also find it strange he's a 24 year old lawyer when going for a lawyer (least in the US) is 8 years of schooling. Guess you can't compare the game to real life no matter how you try. :redd:

Thats because Edgeworth's a workoholic! Phoenix's wins < Edgeworth's wins in an entire year - I've always thought Edgy handles hundreds of cases a year compared to Phoenix's 4 (even if other cases may happen during the years that he was a lawyer). :edgy:

I think Phoenix just complains about having to pay the rent and stuff - but I think he really isn't poor at all, just that he dislikes his friends like Maya spending his money so unwisely...
Of course, he isn't as rich as Edgy though - Edgy works so hard, he deserves to spend the money he had accumulated...

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:10 pm

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Aaw...I'm too tired to read all previeous posts, so I'll make it short.
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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:12 pm

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Croik made a pretty good point. Over the course of his entire three-year-long career, Phoenix had only eleven to fifteen clients, depending on whether or not you count Lana and Zak, as well as whether or not you consider Turnabout Goodbyes and The Stolen Turnabout to each be two cases. That's not a lot of cases, which means, even if he charged his clients an arm and a leg, Phoenix must have a rather low annual income. When you also consider that some of his cases were possibly done for free, it's fairly obvious why his income's so low.

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Re: Why is phoenix so poor?

Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:32 am

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Oh gosh, reviving an old thread :pearl-blush:

I can see why Phoenix is so poor. If he takes 3-5 cases a year, he has to be doing something else to pay the bills. Especially many of his clients are poor and his friends.

Spoiler: PW's clients for all 3 games

I wanted to see how much money Nick would make if he worked year round.

Let's say it takes 5 days for a full arrest/investigation/trial (The day of the murder/arrest (1), The day of investigation and for the accused to get a lawyer (1), and trial (3))

365 days/5 days = 73 cases a year without no days off.

If Nick doesn't get paid if he loses and he charges $500 a case (which is a very good deal). And he loses 10 cases a year.

63 won cases * $500 = $31.5k

If Nick wins all cases a year then it increases to $36.5k

Which is a pretty decent income for 1 (maybe 2) people to live on.

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