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Sometimes i do wonder, actually i am wondering quite a bit about this one xD

Well i think that number of currently online players is completly fish poop... How can every time i login number from 120 - 140 appears?

I can login whenever i am on wireless while taking dump, or whenever im at work, or when i am bored or whenever ... just whenever ....

I think that this number is random number from 120 - 140.

InR wrote:Sometimes i do wonder, actually i am wondering quite a bit about this one xD

Well i think that number of currently online players is completly fish poop... How can every time i login number from 120 - 140 appears?

I can login whenever i am on wireless while taking dump, or whenever im at work, or when i am bored or whenever ... just whenever ....

I think that this number is random number from 120 - 140.

It may or may not be, but I can tell you the ascended version of it is not random.

@InR: No, it is not..

This is how the number is built; "COUNT * FROM `*user table*` where lastTurnTime is bigger than '$time' and active is '1'"
$time is time()-$conf["minutes_per_turn"]*60;

In other words; every active player who logged in between now and 30 minutes ago.

wouldnt be easier rand(120,140)

InR wrote:wouldnt be easier rand(120,140)

Yes.

Ever heard of a constant customer base?

Cersei Lannister wrote:@InR: No, it is not..

This is how the number is built; "COUNT * FROM `*user table*` where lastTurnTime is bigger than '$time' and active is '1'"
$time is time()-$conf["minutes_per_turn"]*60;

In other words; every active player who logged in between now and 30 minutes ago.

That doesn't seem right.


It's sure looking a lot like a random number between 120 and 140.

exactly, just try to login and PLAY, and dont you think that i dont understand simple sql syntax

I am programmer by profesion

I haven't believed the number of players online to be truthful since I started this game because each time (back then), there was never below 400 people online at any given time.

Keep clicking your command center and watch the number of online players jump around.

Angelis~ wrote:Keep clicking your command center and watch the number of online players jump around.

Yea. If it was true several people would log in and out a couple of times per second.

OK now ill post players on, gametime, and some comments at random times.

Apr25 - 13:05.55 | 143 Players On! | "Football match - Champions League @TV"
Apr25 - 14:49.56 | 148 Players On! | "End of match"
Apr25 - 22:29.24 | 135 Players On! | "Just regular morning in EU"
Apr26 - 12:54.11 | 140 Players On! | "Just regular evening in EU"

Well, a value of 143 proves it is not rand(120,140), anyway..

indeed was just an example