Development of player numbers
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- ChefChelios
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Development of player numbers
GM´s, why dont you use the bot check area anymore?
is there any reason i dont know?
didnt i see a announcement? sorry but i have to ask...
is there any reason i dont know?
didnt i see a announcement? sorry but i have to ask...
- yourmistakes
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Re: hey GM´s
THERE USUALLY AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE ONLINE TO WARRANT TAKING SOMEONE TO THE BOTCHECK AREA NOWADAYS.
Re: hey GM´s
Mistakes made a good point.
Re: hey GM´s
Meway you beat me to it. Mistakes does make a good point. Alons is correct too.
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Re: hey GM´s
While the numbers of players indeed went down a bit, it is not as dramatic as you state it to be.
The main reason for the player density in level areas to go down is that we have much more level areas by now. When we added the botcheck area the main leveling place was the bat cave. Now we also have the hurnscald mines, the graveyard, the terranite cave and a ton of other maps where players go to level. This dilutes the number of players over a lot more maps. It also gives the high level players more to do than just sitting in hurnscald and chatting so that it is less populated now.
The main reason for the player density in level areas to go down is that we have much more level areas by now. When we added the botcheck area the main leveling place was the bat cave. Now we also have the hurnscald mines, the graveyard, the terranite cave and a ton of other maps where players go to level. This dilutes the number of players over a lot more maps. It also gives the high level players more to do than just sitting in hurnscald and chatting so that it is less populated now.
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Re: hey GM´s
See and decide for youself:yourmistakes wrote:THERE USUALLY AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE ONLINE TO WARRANT TAKING SOMEONE TO THE BOTCHECK AREA NOWADAYS.
http://themanaworld.de/stats/online_pla ... &year=2010
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Re: hey GM´s
looks like 300 players per day less. xP (only had a quick look)
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Re: hey GM´s
The stats per month might be a bit more meaningful:
http://themanaworld.de/stats/online_pla ... what=years
According to those stats the player numbers went down by about 40% between August '09 and September '10.
Note that the online statistics didn't seem to work properly between April 10 and March 17, so the apparent down in April and March is misleading.
The decline of player numbers seems to be a steady process unrelated to any specific event.
http://themanaworld.de/stats/online_pla ... what=years
According to those stats the player numbers went down by about 40% between August '09 and September '10.
Note that the online statistics didn't seem to work properly between April 10 and March 17, so the apparent down in April and March is misleading.
The decline of player numbers seems to be a steady process unrelated to any specific event.
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Please do not send me any inquiries regarding player accounts on TMW.
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Re: hey GM´s
That is why I provided the stats by months. Online statistics work only properly when eAthena provides the online file correctly, which is not always the caseCrush wrote:Note that the online statistics didn't seem to work properly between April 10 and March 17, so the apparent down in April and March is misleading.
edit: that reminds me to include the pre-2009 statistic data sometimes.
Re: Development of player numbers
Split this discussing from this thread in Player Talk where it was in danger of getting derailed by personal fighting:
http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... 12&t=11643
http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... 12&t=11643
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