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Sanxxx

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  1. Good point, where is the ultimate defender of all things BW ?
  2. Actually he speaks for the vast majority that have already left and those with 6 month subs biding time, but not the ever dwindling minority that are still hanging on.
  3. TorStatus is showing all but 2 of the 26 remaining worldwide servers in decline.
  4. I think that the true underlying number is less than 500k so they had to make this move early. If 1.7m were subbed and we assume only 15% had 6 month subs then that's 245k, assuming a similar retention rate then c50% no longer playing , that's effectively another reduction of 120k. IMO that figure is conservative.
  5. There is a long roll call of those who have posted, 'I'll quit if this goes F2P' , time to see if they really have a pair
  6. They closed 87% of servers because they were dead and yes, they wanted the remainder to have a better playing experience. They've raised the caps some, however an 87% reduction is not a sign of rabid health under any stretch of the imagination. Anyway perhaps in the future we'll be talking about players not subs depenfing on how you interpret the end of EAs statement.... ". '''In the weeks ahead, we will announce plans for growing The Old Republic with new content, new players and new ways to play." I can think of one new way of playing that's free.
  7. I was very sceptical about the futuee population, but reading the end of EAs statement..... "..... In the weeks ahead, we will announce plans for growing The Old Republic with new content, new players and new ways to play." I can see that there will be lots of new players
  8. Feel free to check your facts, 1m subs gives a profit that is 'nothing to write home about' , 500k is essentially just better than break even.
  9. 88% of servers are dead, the remaining 12% are packed......you decide.
  10. It was so secret only one person at BW knew about it and they fired him.
  11. What a lot of people do is something I call "mirroring". They are overly happy with something and because of some over-inflated sense of self-importance, they assume that the whole world must feel the same way, thereby mirroring their own feelings onto the rest of us. A few elements that you can see as signs of mirroring are : - Use of exaggerated positives (best game ever, love this game) - Lack of foundation or arguments (this game is the win, pvp rocls, this game is the best ever....but no explanation why) - Assumptions and making up own figures/calculations without any research (many have resubbed,game is growing) - Confusion between opinion and fact (everybody knows, everybody wants) - Emotional language (fill in any excessive swear word you like, use of caps) - Religious proselyting to gain support (constant repetition of the same positive , unconstructive opinion) These people don't understand that they need to get over their petty emotions and therefore lash out on forums about any subject without any thought or reason. Just like little 5 year olds with a temper tantrum. I understand that you can get wear rose coloured glasses and it's ok to voice that, but don't let the emotions pull you out of what's reasonable. Not so easy for some people apparently. Conclusion: the answer is that a lot of people have exaggerated emotions in combination with an overinflated ego. Works both ways.
  12. I think this makes sense, the variability in them is to great to make any reasonable estimate.
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