Drastic Playercount Drop

Zeross · #1 09-13-2010, 10:32 PM

Woah, Era's extra boring these days.
What happened to the playercount?
Everything looks so grim and slow.

Supaman771 · #2 09-13-2010, 10:53 PM

Well for starters 30 of the average players are staff or RCs, what you see as 80 is really 50.
Then you remove the 5-10 random trials/guests with no clue how to play, 40.
Take care of the 10-20 people idling or working in a business/mine or w.e, 20.
Active people randomly banned (Ie. Wil and myself) 5, 15.
Not discussing ban, using for pure statistical purposes.
Then those 15 are spread out between events, raids, jobs, talking, and w.e else you guys do on Era.

While before the breakdown was more like... 5 staff/RCs, 75.
5-10 random trials is a given, 65.
Chris/Exolia dragged around or abused you if you idled

, so just 5-10 for working in businesses/idling, 55.
Thats 4x the active playercount if you do the simple math, gg.

That's if they both start with the same amount of players, so it's not a drop in players per say, it's a drop in players actually playing. And given the fact that we had more updates with the 5 staff/RCs (Minus the best update of the year: Teddy Bear!!) AND more active -players-, I think something needs to seriously change.

Tim_Rocks · #3 09-13-2010, 10:57 PM

Well, the answer to that is actually very simple. Most of the players are either back in school, college or have a job.

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Originally Posted by Supaman771

Well for starters 30 of the average players are staff or RCs, what you see as 80 is really 50.
Then you remove the 5-10 random trials/guests with no clue how to play, 40.
Take care of the 10-20 people idling or working in a business/mine or w.e, 20.

Mostly this though.

Quote:

best update of the year: Teddy Bear!!

Yes, it's hilarious.

//Edit: First Post Nice!

Seeya · #4 09-13-2010, 10:57 PM

So, I was going to reply by quoting TSA's post where he announced he fired Chris...

but he deleted the thread for "no longer relevant"

Supaman771 · #5 09-13-2010, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim_Rocks

Well, the answer to that is actually very simple. Most of the players are either back in school, college or have a job.

Yes, it's hilarious.

Yea I was going to mention school too in my post but I instead made both examples have the same player count, and its a pretty accurate example imo.

Yea I know right? I wish I could hug mine till it broke again

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Originally Posted by Seeya

So, I was going to reply by quoting TSA's post where he announced he fired Chris...

but he deleted the thread for "no longer relevant"

Lol, gg.

jkldogg · #6 09-13-2010, 11:05 PM

nothing new happens..the only thing i ever really do on era is trading, running gun point, and talking to people.

sometimes raid era mafia, but that's about it

MontyPython · #7 09-13-2010, 11:19 PM

I have a special place in my heart for people who act like lack of interest and engagement in Era is some sort of new development.

Idling's been the only thing worth doing for years.

Blaming this on some recent staff change is a popular one for people who are dense/in denial. No manager has finished their "big change" plans and released them for some time now. They always get replaced before they can finish them, then the next manager scraps at least half and the cycle begins all over again. And that's what Era would need to really be brought back to life: Drastic, drastic change. Even then, I have strong doubts that anything would take off.

Graal's final breaths (in my opinion) reside on platforms like iPhone where expectations are low and it's a fun diversion when you're not near a console/decent PC.

jkldogg · #8 09-13-2010, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MontyPython

I have a special place in my heart for people who act like lack of interest and engagement in Era is some sort of new development.

Idling's been the only thing worth doing for years.

Blaming this on some recent staff change is a popular one for people who are dense/in denial. No manager has finished their "big change" plans and released them for some time now. They always get replaced before they can finish them, then the next manager scraps at least half and the cycle begins all over again. And that's what Era would need to really be brought back to life: Drastic, drastic change. Even then, I have strong doubts that anything would take off.

Graal's final breaths (in my opinion) reside on platforms like iPhone where expectations are low and it's a fun diversion when you're not near a console/decent PC.

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