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Nimue Galatea
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Join date: 24 May 2004
Posts: 517
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09-03-2005 16:43
When you subtract all the ALTs, and abandoned accounts from 40,000-something SLers....what do we come up with?
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Foolish Frost
Grand Technomancer
Join date: 7 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,433
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09-03-2005 16:44
When you subtract all the ALTs, and abandoned accounts from 40,000-something SLers....what do we come up with? A number somewhere between 4,000 and 40,000. With not a clue as to what it would be exactly. |
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 16:54
When you subtract all the ALTs, and abandoned accounts from 40,000-something SLers....what do we come up with? If i recall the 40000 is only the accounts that have been active within the last 3 months, so that discounts a large portion of abandoned accounts. if you take all the people who have alts (some lots of them) and then the people who dont have alts, i would guess the real number is around 20000 active accounts, also this last week we saw like 12000 unquie views on one particular thread, so i am thinking like 15000 recently acivte accounts if you take out the newbies who decided not to stay. Anyway this is all just one big guess!  _____________________
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katykiwi Moonflower
Esquirette
Join date: 5 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,489
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09-03-2005 17:01
When you subtract all the ALTs, and abandoned accounts from 40,000-something SLers....what do we come up with? _____________________
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Keknehv Psaltery
Hacker
Join date: 11 Apr 2005
Posts: 1,185
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09-03-2005 17:06
Are you sure that it's only accounts that have been active in the past 3 months?
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Oz Spade
ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 2,708
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09-03-2005 17:45
I think the number on the front page is *overall* ammount of accounts, not just the past 3 months or whatever. If you remember the page started out with a large number, not 0.
Without Alts? Uhh, well... I'd guess you'd subtract at the least 2k users. So maybe half or slightly over the number we have now. The Transaction number btw is the only number that is fake, the other two seem to be real (or atleast better randomly generated)  ._____________________
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blaze Spinnaker
1/2 Serious
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
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09-03-2005 17:55
Overall, I think we have 100,000+ accounts.
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"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
Posts: 7,141
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09-03-2005 17:56
Probably 35,000 without blaze's alts.
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Csven Concord
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Join date: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,015
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09-03-2005 18:06
I believe Cid is referring to what Linden Lab has stated wrt how they determine the number of active accounts. I recall the same thing.
Likewise, the unique thread views caught my attention. More than I'd have expected tbh. |
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Oz Spade
ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 2,708
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09-03-2005 18:33
Heres a suggestion:
Add the # of users, and logged in count, to the World Map. Why have it just on the website? Why not put it in the client somewhere? _____________________
"Don't anticipate outcome," the man said. "Await the unfolding of events. Remain in the moment." - Konrad
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 19:16
Heres a suggestion: Add the # of users, and logged in count, to the World Map. Why have it just on the website? Why not put it in the client somewhere? I like that idea! It could be added in a cornor of the world map  _____________________
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Keknehv Psaltery
Hacker
Join date: 11 Apr 2005
Posts: 1,185
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09-03-2005 19:24
...Or in the statistics bar.
Plus, it could probably be real-time to an extent that the website can't be. _____________________
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 19:27
...Or in the statistics bar. Plus, it could probably be real-time to an extent that the website can't be. Yea that would work! I think the website one is pretty close to real time, didnt adam zaius write the code for it? he could prbly fill us in on the timespan between update. _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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09-03-2005 19:27
I see no reason why not...
Also another thing I miss was being able to just hit the Online checkbox and leave the field blank and see who are the first 100 Residents, alphabetically speaking, online. Was more useful on the Preview grid with a much lower population, but I'd like to pull up a random list of Residents who are online. Maybe this is too much database load for today but ehhh I can dreaaam! _____________________
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 19:28
I see no reason why not... Also another thing I miss was being able to just hit the Online checkbox and leave the field blank and see who are the first 100 Residents, alphabetically speaking, online. Was more useful on the Preview grid with a much lower population, but I'd like to pull up a random list of Residents who are online. Maybe this is too much database load for today but ehhh I can dreaaam! I miss that too! >_< It was so cool to just go by and pluck random profiles and read everything people put in them _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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09-03-2005 19:32
I miss that too! >_< It was so cool to just go by and pluck random profiles and read everything people put in them Hahaha... I'm so happy I wasn't the only one. Heck, we've done some crazy stuff. I recently rezzed a watermelon and it started sliding to the side and I was like OH WHAT THE HECK, IT'S HAUNTED! And then I looked inside it and it had your FLOAT SCRIPT! OMG that made me LOLEX all over. _____________________
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 19:35
Hahaha... I'm so happy I wasn't the only one. Heck, we've done some crazy stuff. I recently rezzed a watermelon and it started sliding to the side and I was like OH WHAT THE HECK, IT'S HAUNTED! And then I looked inside it and it had your FLOAT SCRIPT! OMG that made me LOLEX all over. ROFL! We need to get together soon and release them on the island sandbox again! _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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09-03-2005 19:45
Hahahaha... sadly it looks so populated now, even relatively in the wee hours (it was about 3, 4 AM on SLtime), I don't wanna get in trouble. But that was sure an event... you and I were the only ones around, and we sat on the sign for awhile! I remember that very lucidly.
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-03-2005 19:48
Hahahaha... sadly it looks so populated now, even relatively in the wee hours (it was about 3, 4 AM on SLtime), I don't wanna get in trouble. But that was sure an event... you and I were the only ones around, and we sat on the sign for awhile! I remember that very lucidly. Yea we may need to find a less populated sim, or we could ask everyone there if they agree to the watermelony goodness (which im sure they would!) _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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09-03-2005 20:02
Yea we may need to find a less populated sim, or we could ask everyone there if they agree to the watermelony goodness (which im sure they would!) Yeah, or else... next day... Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 Violation: Community Standards: Assault, Scripted Objects; Disturbance of the Peace; Personal Attacks; Global Attacks; etc. etc. etc Region: Sandbox Island Description: Crashed the @#$% sim, shot Lindens, told LL to scroo off for not makin' a region called Rza! Action taken: PERMABANNED _____________________
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Keknehv Psaltery
Hacker
Join date: 11 Apr 2005
Posts: 1,185
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09-03-2005 20:09
Somehow, I think the Lindens would be more understanding with Torley. It's not good business to ban a community figure.
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 4,304
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09-04-2005 02:24
Yeah, or else... next day... Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 Violation: Community Standards: Assault, Scripted Objects; Disturbance of the Peace; Personal Attacks; Global Attacks; etc. etc. etc Region: Sandbox Island Description: Crashed the @#$% sim, shot Lindens, told LL to scroo off for not makin' a region called Rza! Action taken: PERMABANNED lol! We could make a few sad emoticons though Somehow, I think the Lindens would be more understanding with Torley. It's not good business to ban a community figure. The might of the watermelon can do no wrong! So say the prophecy _____________________
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