Vana'dielian Population Tops Two Million! (04/22/2009)

[Juib]

4/2000000 here.....

But I can't seem to get the logic of why SE is interested in posting this info....

well they're essentially saying "hay guyz our game isnt dying!"

[Ruuz]

Don't be hatin' on our gimpz

owait...not there anymore

lol you too?

[Kilorilo]

They need to provide more information with these numbers. They should only count characters that are like 30+ or something, and only cant each account as one and not each content ID.

[Kang]

They need to provide more information with these numbers. They should only count characters that are like 30+ or something, and only cant each account as one and not each content ID.

Reminds me of WWE inflating attendance numbers ie. Wrestlemania 3 having 70k and not really 91k like they claim.

[Ruuz]

Or just count total paying accounts. That is what really matters. Of course, some people own two or more accounts, so you might need to scan IP's at that point to get a more accurate count.

[Nymphadora]

Some people own two or more computers, etc.

[Ruuz]

Do they have two internet connections? Otherwise I'm guessing they will be coming from the same IP, albeit different ports. Also, I think it is a relatively small amount of the populace that owns more than one account. You'd be fairly safe just counting the number of paying accounts. I suspect the number is below 500k, more likely below 300k.

[Katlan]

Doubt anybody is gonna care about tracking IP's to get total number of unique accounts. It's not like 25% of the population is 2-boxing so that counting all accounts will lead to a large inflation of realistic figures. (pointless discussion is pointless though... like anybody cares about getting that specific. and stating "they need to track all account instead of total players" is stating the obvious)

[bungiefan]

There's also all the people that have dynamic IP addresses, and thus get a different IP every time they redial their DSL or dial-up, or reboot their cable modem.

[ErzaScarlet]

well they're essentially saying "hay guyz our game isnt dying!"

^ This but what I dont get is...who are they trying to convince? Themselves?
I mean I know they think were stupid as shit for playing this shit, paying for 18 mules for 3 months due to lottery, paying for ACP as well as mog sachel.
However I don't think were stupid enough to look at the comment on 2 million active characters and not go wtf.

Or they are saying "Thanks for the 1500000 mules you guys created this month and for the 4.5 mil USD we will be getting due to our lottery scam...PS: youre fags and the next expansion is going to be you killing the same mobs for different key items and the drop rate will be 10 times worse. Thanks for playing"