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[Macksheen]

Being a moderate player who also had a fairly large chunk of play time this weekend for someone with a wife and family, I can't imagine everyone getting their 10M. It took me a bit of work, and I imagine more casual players, those with more constrained schedules, etc. are far more numerous.

[Bishop Steiner]

N0MAD, on 07 October 2014 - 02:08 PM, said:

Ok so did this $ earned figure ( still like to know where it comes from) include all $ earned during the weekend event or was it total $ earned over the weekend by Everyone that played over the week end..?

have to ask DONTOR. I'm simply going off the number he posted. I have no idea if it is reward money only, or what.

[Torgun]

DONTOR, on 07 October 2014 - 02:18 PM, said:

It was just money made from the 500KCbill matches otherwise there would be more than just zeros in the thousands and hundreds columns right....

That's assuming they didn't just round it up to the closest mil, which we really don't know. Because if it's CBills amassed in total, that's a huge difference.

Edited by Torgun, 07 October 2014 - 02:28 PM.

[Novakaine]

Put this in the game and watch the numbers skyrocket.
"Let's kick some WOT!"
Yes I'm on a campaign.

[Alek Ituin]

N0MAD, on 07 October 2014 - 01:49 PM, said:

so where did this figure of $ earned come from?
I play WT at well Aussie times not US or Euro peak times and there are usually 30-40k players online at any given time...

WT also suffers from abysmal balance across the board. Weapons either work MUCH too well, or not at all *AHEM*GERMAN CANNONS WITH HE/M NOT DOING ANYTHING*AHEM*, DM's are either too tanky (BS-17's anyone?) or too weak (Basically every non-bomber wing), and tanks suffer from both in varying degrees of suck.

WarThunder is the least optimal game you can compare this too, because as badly balanced as MWO is, WT is worse.

[Bishop Steiner]

Wintersdark, on 07 October 2014 - 02:21 PM, said:

It was just the 500k bonuses. The number was at all times exactly a multiple of 500,000.

where was this number posted, anyhow?

I mean I don't recall their being "earnings" trackers anywhere before, so I woul dhave to assume it was specifically for the Tournament? Hence it would be tracking tourney winnings as a way to "show off "That "this could be you"?

[Pjwned]

While OP did seem to get the math wrong and it was a minimum of 2,834 players instead, after considering that not every player got 10m c-bills and that other people probably didn't even bother opting in or making any amount of c-bills from the event even if they did (or at least, not all that many c-bills and certainly not 10m) I think it's safe to assume that still leaves the active player base last weekend in the several thousand range, maybe even up to 5 digits.

That's better than I would have expected actually.

Edited by Pjwned, 07 October 2014 - 02:34 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Torgun, on 07 October 2014 - 02:27 PM, said:

That's assuming they didn't just round it up to the closest mil, which we really don't know. Because if it's CBills amassed in total, that's a huge difference.

http://mwomercs.com/tournaments
pretty obvious it was tracking tournament winnings.

[Wintersdark]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 October 2014 - 02:30 PM, said:

where was this number posted, anyhow?

I mean I don't recall their being "earnings" trackers anywhere before, so I woul dhave to assume it was specifically for the Tournament? Hence it would be tracking tourney winnings as a way to "show off "That "this could be you"?

mwomercs.com/tournament

It was also where they posted the scoring formula for the tournament and for the bonus (slightly different, as there was no +20 win bonus and only wins qualified), and where they posted your personal bonus earnings.

The total earned was directly above your personal bonus amount.

[Tangelis]

No one In their right mind would increase their staff and continue development of a game that wasn't making money or at the very least paying said staff and expenses. Not to mention be able to afford to buy out IGP for full rights.


What percentage of the player base actually invests regularly or even more than once?

Just let that sink in for a moment then justify how on Earth the player base is a mere 2800 give or take and PGI isn't bankrupt.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 October 2014 - 01:40 PM, said:

for a title the Doomsayers keep saying is ready to fold and die?

What about the 2k given that there was a decimal point off?

[Torgun]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 October 2014 - 02:32 PM, said:

http://mwomercs.com/tournaments
pretty obvious it was tracking tournament winnings.

Only the 500K payouts or payouts in total for all who opted in? "Global CBill winnings" make it too much up to interpretation.

[Bishop Steiner]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 07 October 2014 - 02:34 PM, said:

What about the 2k given that there was a decimal point off?

did you bother reading the rest of the posts? Addressed long ago.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Tangelis, on 07 October 2014 - 02:33 PM, said:

Just let that sink in for a moment then justify how on Earth the player base is a mere 2800 give or take and PGI isn't bankrupt.

But they had to directly shoehorn into the game us not being able to choose game modes anymore. That doesnt speak to high population.

Testing, then vetting, then asking players, then reworking using the players input then revetting THEN maybe going live (you know; development) WOULD.

But then theyd have to actually turn over a new leaf for that

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 07 October 2014 - 02:37 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Torgun, on 07 October 2014 - 02:36 PM, said:

Only the 500K payouts or payouts in total for all who opted in? "Global CBill winnings" make it too much up to interpretation.

Only for those looking for ambiguity.

Posted with the winning formula, in the opt in screen only. Increased only in 500k increments.

Either PGI is going a long way to mislead people (and if they are as incompetent as some claim, they shouldn't be so good at misleading. It's tough to be devious), or people are simply trying to find reasons to doubt and be negative.

[MFZ]

DONTOR, on 07 October 2014 - 01:21 PM, said:

MY BAD didnt see the decimal on my calculator, its a funky old business one... it is actually 2,834 .

Zoid, on 07 October 2014 - 01:38 PM, said:

You're off by a factor of 10 I think, 2800 players minimum. 28x10^9 cbills, 1x10^7 cbills/person gives 28x10^2 people.

Votanin FleshRender, on 07 October 2014 - 01:42 PM, said:

If everyone got 10 million, that's only 2800 players.

Replace "players" by "accounts" ...

[Bishop Steiner]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 07 October 2014 - 02:36 PM, said:

But they had to directly shoehorn into the game us not being able to choose game modes anymore. That doesnt speak to high population.

Testing, then vetting, then asking players, then reworking using the players input then revetting THEN maybe going live (you know; development) WOULD.

But then theyd have to actually turn over a new leaf for that

Huh, turning over a new leaf. Yeah, some folks talk about that a lot, but actions..well actions are murkier.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 07 October 2014 - 02:41 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

MFZ, on 07 October 2014 - 02:38 PM, said:

Replace "players" by "accounts" ...

Thats the case in pretty much every game.

And with a grindfest? Very few players were swapping accounts.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 07 October 2014 - 02:40 PM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Bishop Steiner, on 07 October 2014 - 02:36 PM, said:

did you bother reading the rest of the posts? Addressed long ago.

obviously not; readdress it

lol

[Bishop Steiner]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 07 October 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:

obviously not; readdress it

lol

meh. Too much work. Cutting and pasting takes too much energy.