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Aleister Montgomery

Minding the gap

Join date: 30 Apr 2006

Posts: 846

07-12-2007 19:14

From: Ashlee Martin

Please BEWARE of these types of people. The do indeed bring your traffic up, but it's not fair to the other residents who do not cheat like this.

Uhm... exactly which type of people did you think you would attract with camping chairs?

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Aleister Montgomery

Minding the gap

Join date: 30 Apr 2006

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07-12-2007 19:16

From: Ciaran Laval

Not quite, there's more to camping than traffic, it's an advertising ploy, it's a tool to draw people in and some of those going with the intention of camping may well shop there.

Good one

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Innes McLeod

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Join date: 8 Oct 2006

Posts: 190

07-12-2007 20:37

From: 3Ring Binder

i clearly don't understand how this works. i have spent HOURS and HOURS on my land for the past few days, and the traffic has barely gone up, which is why i haven't tied up my puter trying to generate higher traffic numbers. i'd rather pay to play.

From my tests, and this is close, but not perfect, you can count on 1 traffic point per minute spent there by each avatar. If you spend 2 hours on your property you wil get somewhere around 120 traffic from that. A single avatar can generate about 1440 traffic in a 24 hour period.

Mainland sims can never compete with islands due to this, as far as traffic is concerned. Since a mainland sim is limited to 40 avatars total the maximum traffic you can ever reach is about 57,600. (and to do this you would have to block out the entire rest of the sim from their properties).

An island that has their limit set to 100 avatars could have much higher traffic and still have more shoppers than a mainland sim. Take a look at the figures under poplular places and you will see some of them have traffic that requires 80 to 90 avatars (the top one as I write this is calulating out to be 87+) to be present on the sim for 24 hours a day.

Heh.. just noticed the top popular place is a casino.

3Ring Binder

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Join date: 8 Mar 2007

Posts: 15,028

07-12-2007 21:17

if this is true, why did mine not go up at all? i mean, i was literally on the land for hours and hours setting up a building.

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Fiona Branagh

... or her equivalent.

Join date: 1 Feb 2007

Posts: 156

07-12-2007 21:19

From: someone

Actually Fiona, she said in her original post...

The fact that I had confused two different posters was already pointed out to me immediately after my initial response. I apologized at the time for the confusion. It should still be there to read.

Moving on.

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Colette Meiji

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Join date: 25 Mar 2005

Posts: 15,556

07-12-2007 21:36

From: Har Fairweather

I wonder if an annoyed landowner could FREEZE the bot, set the camp spot at L$0.01/hour or something, and let the damn thing rot there until its owner comes back to his computer. Stil get the traffic numbers from it, FWIW.

if you freeze someone do they still generate traffic?

this would be a very effective way to get peopel to camp w/o paying them = simply use a camping chair you can turn off.

soon as its obvious the camper is afk, just freeze them and turn off the chair - you are set until they check in on their av.

VooDoo Bamboo

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Join date: 4 Oct 2006

Posts: 911

07-12-2007 22:01

I thought traffic was going away anyway...

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AWM Mars

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Join date: 10 Apr 2004

Posts: 3,398

07-13-2007 06:58

Soooo.. you are using camping to exploit the traffic figures.. but you have issues that someone is 'using' your exploit for their own gains... hmmm... What was the valid part of your question for SL business's... keep away from your place as its based on false traffic reports??

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Nimue Jewell

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Join date: 20 Mar 2007

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07-13-2007 07:28

From: 3Ring Binder

if this is true, why did mine not go up at all? i mean, i was literally on the land for hours and hours setting up a building.

It will affect your traffic during the next 24 hour cycle. I work over my shop and if I work for several hours one day the next I see a big bump in my traffic. (Speaking of which, I hope people don't think this is cheating?)

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Beware Business Owners
Aleister Montgomery Minding the gap Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 846	07-12-2007 19:14 From: Ashlee Martin Please BEWARE of these types of people. The do indeed bring your traffic up, but it's not fair to the other residents who do not cheat like this. Uhm... exactly which type of people did you think you would attract with camping chairs? _____________________ Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Aleister Montgomery Minding the gap Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 846	07-12-2007 19:16 From: Ciaran Laval Not quite, there's more to camping than traffic, it's an advertising ploy, it's a tool to draw people in and some of those going with the intention of camping may well shop there. Good one _____________________ Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Innes McLeod Registered User Join date: 8 Oct 2006 Posts: 190	07-12-2007 20:37 From: 3Ring Binder i clearly don't understand how this works. i have spent HOURS and HOURS on my land for the past few days, and the traffic has barely gone up, which is why i haven't tied up my puter trying to generate higher traffic numbers. i'd rather pay to play. From my tests, and this is close, but not perfect, you can count on 1 traffic point per minute spent there by each avatar. If you spend 2 hours on your property you wil get somewhere around 120 traffic from that. A single avatar can generate about 1440 traffic in a 24 hour period. Mainland sims can never compete with islands due to this, as far as traffic is concerned. Since a mainland sim is limited to 40 avatars total the maximum traffic you can ever reach is about 57,600. (and to do this you would have to block out the entire rest of the sim from their properties). An island that has their limit set to 100 avatars could have much higher traffic and still have more shoppers than a mainland sim. Take a look at the figures under poplular places and you will see some of them have traffic that requires 80 to 90 avatars (the top one as I write this is calulating out to be 87+) to be present on the sim for 24 hours a day. Heh.. just noticed the top popular place is a casino.
3Ring Binder always smile Join date: 8 Mar 2007 Posts: 15,028	07-12-2007 21:17 if this is true, why did mine not go up at all? i mean, i was literally on the land for hours and hours setting up a building. _____________________ it was fun while it lasted. http://2lf.informe.com/
Fiona Branagh ... or her equivalent. Join date: 1 Feb 2007 Posts: 156	07-12-2007 21:19 From: someone Actually Fiona, she said in her original post... The fact that I had confused two different posters was already pointed out to me immediately after my initial response. I apologized at the time for the confusion. It should still be there to read. Moving on. _____________________
Colette Meiji Registered User Join date: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 15,556	07-12-2007 21:36 From: Har Fairweather I wonder if an annoyed landowner could FREEZE the bot, set the camp spot at L$0.01/hour or something, and let the damn thing rot there until its owner comes back to his computer. Stil get the traffic numbers from it, FWIW. if you freeze someone do they still generate traffic? this would be a very effective way to get peopel to camp w/o paying them = simply use a camping chair you can turn off. soon as its obvious the camper is afk, just freeze them and turn off the chair - you are set until they check in on their av.
VooDoo Bamboo www.voodoodesignsllc.com Join date: 4 Oct 2006 Posts: 911	07-12-2007 22:01 I thought traffic was going away anyway... _____________________ VooDoo DESIGNS www.voodoodesignsllc.com
AWM Mars Scarey Dude :¬) Join date: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 3,398	07-13-2007 06:58 Soooo.. you are using camping to exploit the traffic figures.. but you have issues that someone is 'using' your exploit for their own gains... hmmm... What was the valid part of your question for SL business's... keep away from your place as its based on false traffic reports?? _____________________ * Politeness is priceless when received, cost nothing to own or give, yet many cannot afford - Why do you only see typo's AFTER you have clicked submit? http://www.wba-advertising.com http://www.nex-core-mm.com http://www.eml-entertainments.com http://www.v-innovate.com
Nimue Jewell Unabashedly Leggy Join date: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 1,745	07-13-2007 07:28 From: 3Ring Binder if this is true, why did mine not go up at all? i mean, i was literally on the land for hours and hours setting up a building. It will affect your traffic during the next 24 hour cycle. I work over my shop and if I work for several hours one day the next I see a big bump in my traffic. (Speaking of which, I hope people don't think this is cheating?) _____________________ Prim Pincher: Low Prim Furniture for Home, Garden, & Skybox http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nimue%20Isle/173/155/27

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