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ok first run of data: I pwned 75 unique forums at max threads (Denture – Coral Springs and every community forum before, not including, Dykea) Luck: 30 Charisma: 45 Cred: will look at wiki and add it up If there’s a cap, I probably hit it. As soon as the next rollover happens, I’ll post what I got and how much it was worth total. |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 8:35AM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||
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Yikes… well, here’s my data (So SMALL) from yesterdays run with todays rollover… .
Luck -91 Charisma -69 .
Forums pwned -Something Lawful -Pushy Parents -Gamefabulous personS -RATM:Rage against the Moderators .
Gifts that arrived -Marble x1 -Dishwashing Brush x2 -Expired ground pork x 3 -Fish head x1 -Asimov OS x1 -Empty Gas Pump x4 -Bicycle x5 -Jews Harp x1 -Pearl Necklace Necklace x1 -Autographed Jimmy Carter Photo x1 -90’s senoir picture x 2 .
Total gifts recieved -24 .
Total Flezz from gifts -88 436 .
My lowest cash-in in recent memory… working on a streak, was 52nd – 56th forums pwned in said steak. |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 11:11AM | View Afterthotz's Profile | # | ||||||
whats this about low luck for pink floyd?
in my 28 visits to HoFF with a luck of 43, i’ve got 80 pieces, so about 3 per forum visit
i make about 40K for pwning one forum 4 times (char: 84) and 200-300K for different forums |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 11:20AM | View Halo's Profile | # | ||||||
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Halo Posted:
Pink Floyd drops a lot more often with low luck, it’s funny that way. Around 10 or 11 luck seems to be the peak… that’s another thing that’s already being given the spreadsheet treatment by Dunatis (full info in this thread. I spend most of my visits grinding Floyds at the moment, and with 11 luck I’ve averaged a drop rate of 46.5% over 273 threads pwned (about 5 drops in every 11 threads) |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 11:39AM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
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ghax Posted: In one day? Sweet Zombie Jesus…
Might actually be more useful having data from hitting 4, 8 or 12 forums per day, if there’s a diminishing return then it’s more valuable to have the typical numbers to work with. Although if there’s a cap on deliveries I suspect you’ll be about to tell us what it is… that’s useful too. man-man edited this message on 08/14/2009 11:41AM |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 11:40AM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
man-man Posted: Yeah. Those extra visits help out a lot. I would’ve done more, but I stopped after Dykea killed my character (I didn’t bother taking consumables since it was for testing purposes only Log in to see images!). Also, he doesn’t have ep2 access, so 80 forums is the highest I can get.
Might actually be more useful having data from hitting 4, 8 or 12 forums per day, if there’s a diminishing return then it’s more valuable to have the typical numbers to work with. Hitting 4 unique forums per day over a few days gets more total than hitting 8 or 12 similar forums in one day. I think that’s already been tested, but I’ll run the visits to make sure it’s still true (and to get exact numbers). ghax edited this message on 08/14/2009 12:02PM |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 11:52AM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||
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Yeah, I think it’s settled that 4 per day nets you more reward than saving them up, but for the purposes of gathering realistic data we’re better of using a sane number of visits.
Maybe just do a few tests of 2x4 vs 8 and 3x4 vs 12 to check the theory, then move to testing what gets the best deliveries from a 4 visit run. Most of it seems obvious – maximise Luck, Charisma and Pwnage, the important part is the balance between Luck and Charisma, since you can’t always max out both at once.
Easiest way would be to settle on a standard 4 visits to run, then we just have to chart out Luck against Charisma and all the data will be easy to compare. On the other hand, that’s no good for anyone trying to build a streak whilst helping out. man-man edited this message on 08/14/2009 12:20PM |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 12:16PM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
man-man Posted:
I ran 75 visits without batting an eyelid. Trust me, that character doesn’t give two hoots about Domination. (maybe the two remaining streak peens, but otherwise, I don’t really care about streak on him.) |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 1:18PM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||
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man-man Posted:
“Boy-boy: ‘Oh NO, Man-man, not the fish scales again, anything but that!’”
Ah well, I can see that any data I’m going to provide isn’t going to help out – Sorry. I’m still leveling, trying my hand at Domination and waiting for my Paypal account to be activated so I can actually purchase Episode 2.
In a few weeks I’ll have no problem running the same 4 forums to create a control sample, but as for now – I’ll leave it up to you Veterans with time on your hands.
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 4:58PM | View Afterthotz's Profile | # | ||||||
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Afterthotz Posted:
I’m just speculating on what would make things easier to see the shape of things, any data you can provide is helpful even if it doesn’t integrate so neatly with the other data (for one thing it’d help to confirm or deny any theory the rest of the data suggests) and that’s bumuming we can even get many people working in a standardised way.
There’s not a lot of people talking about helping out here, any data is good data.
Edit: Also I am confused by the fish scales thing… man-man edited this message on 08/14/2009 5:23PM |
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Posted On: 08/14/2009 5:23PM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
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man-man Posted:
Ah, was taking the chance that your name stemmed from an obscure cartoon show called ‘The Ripping Friends’, where one the characters was a parody of Batman – Called ‘Man man’, with his boywonder sidekick, ‘Boy boy’. Now I’m guessing it has a more musical origin Log in to see images!
Man Man Log in to see images!
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 12:15AM | View Afterthotz's Profile | # | ||||||
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Afterthotz Posted:
Hackers are the only clbum that have 4 slots for clbum specific items. The rest of the clbumes can only equip one. Even like that, hackers are the most underpowered clbum besides permanoobs and re-res (who don’t even have clbum specific items because they’re challenge clbumes). |
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 1:40AM | View Bandaney's Profile | # | ||||||
ghax Posted:
rollover just happened. read it and weep. if my math is correct, I got 361 items worth 1,906,692. Log in to see images! Almost 2 million flezz for pwning 75 unique forums. Normally, there’s a 13 (19) visit cap, so this is only possible with a cheater character. A realistic rollover should produce much less Log in to see images! ghax edited this message on 08/15/2009 4:29AM |
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 3:57AM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||
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Well… doesn’t look like there’s much of an upward limit on deliveries. On the other hand it’s not exactly a linear relationship – I can get 150K fairly easily from 4 visits in one day, 75 is 18.75 times as many forums, which would scale up to 2.8 million flezz.
Actually that’s not as much of a dropoff as I was expecting – compare that to the very noticeable difference between using 4 visits a day for 3 days, as against 12 in one day. Pure speculation, but maybe there’s a curve for the effect of cred earned or unique forums pwned (such that it doesn’t make a huge difference between 4 and 12 but kicks in harder when you get up to really high numbers). |
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 11:54AM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
man-man Posted: since I don’t have ep2 access, I can’t check if we hit the cap by running more forums Log in to see images! Anything over 13 (19) visits in one day is really irrelevant since it can only be achieved via cheating. I’ll run 4 visits and keep track of rollovers to find a cap on charisma now. |
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 12:04PM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||
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Luck -91
Charisma -69
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Forums pwned
-How Stuff Breaks
-Sensuous Seamen
-ReincarNation
-Fathers Against Pornography
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Gifts that arrived
-Chinese Takeaway x1
-Dishwashing Brush x2
-Ironic Eggtimer x1
-Approxim-o knife x1
-Expired Ground Pork x1
-Anvil x1
-Childrens Playhouse Kit x2
-Empty Gas Pump x2
-McBuggy Antivirus x1
-Constitution of India x1
-Pocketwatch x1
-Pearl Necklace Necklace x2
-****in’ Pimp Hat x1
-Disgusting clump of Hair x1
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Total gifts recieved
-18
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Total Flezz from gifts
-78 725 |
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 12:51PM | View Afterthotz's Profile | # | ||||||
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Posted On: 08/15/2009 1:39PM | View man-man's Profile | # | ||||||
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Arg, worse and worse – Flezzwise. I should have expected it, I suppose – I’m into the really low/easy forums for my level now… anyways…
Luck -91
Charisma -69
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Forums pwned
-Grammar Nazis
-Faux News
-Who would Jesus Do?
-The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet
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Gifts that arrived
-Dishwashing Brush x1
-Toy Eyeball x1
-Birdhouse x1
-Approxim-o knife x1
-Expired Ground Pork x1
-Genuine Asimov OS IX x1
-Childrens Playhouse Kit x1
-McBuggy Antivirus x1
-Bicycle x3
-Electronic Transportation Device x1
-Sexual relations with that Woman x1
-Jews Harp x1
-Pipe Organ x1
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Total gifts recieved
-15
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Total Flezz from gifts
-15 337 (ow ow ow) |
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Posted On: 08/16/2009 11:58AM | View Afterthotz's Profile | # | ||||||
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ghax Posted:
/me blinks
ghax, how about sticking with, y’know, reality? 12 visit cap, not 13*. 19’s only with the free visits given out for various things in the past and shouldn’t be used to confuse noobies.
*Unless you have some uber-secret technique or hack which if you do should be shared ASAP.
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Posted On: 08/16/2009 1:09PM | View MC Banhammer's Profile | # | ||||||
MC Banhammer Posted: 13 is very realistic. it’s used in dom all the time. u prep a forum before rollover with at least 8 visits remaining. rollover hits, u have 12 forum visits and your prepped forum. pwn all 13. profit. |
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Posted On: 08/16/2009 1:15PM | View ghax's Profile | # | ||||||