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Zanchief wrote:Harrison wrote:I'm not dead
Fucker never listens to me. That's it, I'm an atheist.
Gaazy wrote:Now vonk on the other hand, is one of the most self absorbed know it alls in my memory of this site. Ive always thought so, and I still cant understand why in gods name he is here
Freon wrote:Is it me or does it seem that Ugzugz has some type of mental issue? or is he just 6 years old? or just trying to be an annoying devils advocate to grow his very small e-penis?
Ug you ever heard of statistics? I think people start learning stats in math class in grade 8 or 9..
If you actually take the chance to think about what the census provides, it gives an amazingly accurate picture of what is going on on a given server at a specific time. This accuracy is what's important. Who gives a shit about the people not playing, the census pulls data on who is playin at a given time and thats all that is important. If you argue that the stats are not valid because it's leaving out people not playing you are a moron sir, because in a game you only care about who is playing while you are on. If the census tells you there are 1000 horde and 3000 alliance then you have a 100% accurate count and ratio of 3:1 of who is playing NOW. If you contest that or "don't care anymore about it, then you sirs are MORONS. If the next day it's a ratio of 2:1 then so be it, that is the new stat for that day but the fact is that everyone is trying to show is that the allinace grossly outnumber people on a daily basis. We are on dynamic servers where the population changes every second. The stats will always change and no on can say that the stats they pulled yesterday are accurate nwo but one can say that the census they pulled yesterday at 9pm is 100% accurate for 9pm yesterday.
Freon
Just realize one thing... the data on WowCensus is only as accurate as the dedication of the people taking the counts and sending them in.
In other words - the data is bullshit.
Taxx... listen... please.
If you have a very accurate reporting on your server due to a large number of people taking a large number of census reports... great. Your server data might be more accurate - but it is still NOT accurate.
On my server, the data is DEFINITELY not accurate.
If you're quoting realms-wide data saying "horde is outnumbered 3 to 1 by Alliance".. that is not an accurate assertion because at least the data from my server, and likely many many others, is NOT correct and those numbers are rolled up into what you're quoting.
It's really not that difficult of a concept to comprehend....
Let me illustrate:
About a week ago someone in my guild was talking about how on our server Horde outnumbers Alliance. I told him he was wrong. He told me *I* was wrong - because WoWCensus said he was right.
I logged off, went to my Alliance character and ran a new census. I uploaded the results (1047 new characters)... then told the guy to check the site again.
He was now wrong because WoW Census said he was wrong. He didn't reply to me.
Fact of the matter is that I shouldn't be able to login at some arbitrary time, take a census of the Alliance and find 1047 new characters (which, btw, increased the total Alliance count on the website by 800 - so only 247 had ever been reported by anyone else... where are those 3 Alliance census takers? Slack bastards...).
The data is NOT accurate... stop pretending that it is. I'm not arguing that there aren't more Alliance people overall... I'm quite sure there is. But to quote WoWCensus as an authoritative resources is just plain fucking laughable.
Lyion wrote:Cool, I'm playing a Warrior. You're almost 60. I havent gamed much the last few weeks due to family invasion, work, and misc personal stuff.
I'm a bit irked at my Warrior. He levels solo at about 1/2 the speed of my pre talent Paladin in beta. I'm debating shelving him...
Mindia wrote:I was wrong obviously.
Ugzugz wrote:
Taxx - if all you're looking for is "who's on right now?"... then great. You've got it. I'm looking for a bigger picture of realm and realms-wide statistics... and WoWCensus is falling short in that regard. Far short.
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