tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post2170871496905377985..comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00Comments on The Nosy Gamer: MMOData Closing ShopNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-20105982606895729942014-01-09T06:19:07.765-06:002014-01-09T06:19:07.765-06:00Yeah, I didn't mean to say, we have a good alt...Yeah, I didn't mean to say, we have a good alternative (we are not even guaranteed to get those statistics for the next election). I like playing with numbers and reading your post I remembered we actually had a +/- 1k data point, which nicely confirms that the consensus you cited was spot on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-52661415284679918672014-01-08T17:44:31.578-06:002014-01-08T17:44:31.578-06:00Your method comes out pretty close to what the con...Your method comes out pretty close to what the consensus was. The thing is that CCP would give MMOData the numbers 6 times a year (every other month starting with January).NoizyGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-65827099121182515312014-01-08T15:40:26.385-06:002014-01-08T15:40:26.385-06:00The CMS election statistics for participation per ...The CMS election statistics for participation per country given in http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/csm8-election-results/ are sufficient to calculate subscribers numbers. Since the column labels are not very helpful, here a breakdown: The columns are<br />1: Name of Country: c<br />2: Number of Votes by that country: $2<br />3: Percent of Total Votes: i.e. $2/SUM($2)<br />4: Percent of Possible Voters of that country (v(c)), i.e. the participation: $4 = $2/v(c) => v(c) = $2/$4<br />5: Percent Subscribers of Total Subscribers (t): i.e. $5 = v(c)/t<br /><br />You can substitute 4. in 5.: $5 = v(c)/t = $2/$4/t, therefore t = $2/$4/$5. If you do this, you get values from 408.5k to 410.4k subscribers. I am not sure which date is relevant for the data snapshot, but election was April 2013.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-10505041688113904452014-01-08T09:40:15.854-06:002014-01-08T09:40:15.854-06:00That's too bad. It was a near-impossible task...That's too bad. It was a near-impossible task and never appreciated by very many. As with Sir Bruce's numbers, too many people were eager to shout "bullshit" when a given number did not align with their personal wish of how things should be.<br /><br />And things have gotten much more opaque since F2P came along. Who do you count? I have a lifetime subscription to LOTRO (best MMO deal ever for me at this point), do I count as "active" always or only on months where I log in or only if I log in for some minimum duration of time? What makes me count as an active player?Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com