I hear these terms thrown all over the place and was just curious as to what each is. What defines each? I'm really curious to what the community thinks. I'm at 1.9 million GP and I started in March of this year so going on 8 months. Am I whale? Kraken? Tuna? How about 3.1 million in the same amount of time. Thoughts?

It all depends on your level of jealousy towards the player. :D

GP means nothing. A 100k fleet consisting of 2-3 whale ships can beat 420k fleet.... same in arena.... whale/keaken means you get to buy access to OP toons before they are nerfed when released to us peons for use.

Heres an ingame snapshot of a dolphin

"Crazygone510;d-186866" wrote:I hear these terms thrown all over the place and was just curious as to what each is. What defines each? I'm really curious to what the community thinks. I'm at 1.9 million GP and I started in March of this year so going on 8 months. Am I whale? Kraken? Tuna? Its about how much they spent in the game. There are 4 types of labels:F2P: Probably the most obnoxious group that are very entitled and like to plug their status the most (fyi, i'm F2P). They've never spend a dime in the game and its meaning is corrupted. The game is VERY F2P friendly than it used to be. Back then, you had some toons that were locked behind money. You could not acquire these toons without spending money and the characters you could acquire for free were less powerful than they are now, with a smaller selection and it was extremely difficult to beat a team of Paid Toons. So it was considered a huge achievement if you could beat toons like clones or Sun Fac using the weak F2P toons. It was proper bragging rights. Now its just a status symbol rather than an impressive feat. Dolphins: Light / Thin spenders. They might drop $9.99 for a 30 shard pack. They might spend $50 bucks on a pack or crystals each month or less. They consider themselves almost completely F2P and walk around with the F2P status while finding it difficult that there is someone in this game that is F2P and can beat them.Whales: People who occasionally drop big once in a blue moon. They might drop $300 on a single or buy a crystal vault a month. They might see a really really good toon that brings a lot of value and shell hard on that toon. Sometimes you lose against a dolphin or F2P with better mods or toons they farmed and you feel bitter and resent and you justify your loss by calling that person a whale. It has a negative meaning and being called a whale is suppose to devalue your accomplishments in the game. (Oh you can only score so good in the raid because you paid for it, oh you can only win because $$$ etc.) From what I've seen, whales are usually chill people who are happy to admit they are one. I'm glad there isn't a big divide in both sides.Kraken: THEY. HAVE. EVERYTHING. MAXED. OUT. These people have their checking account linked to wire all their earnings to SWGOH. Jokes aside, they are heavy spenders, if Whales spend $300 per month they would be people who spent like $1000 or more idk. Just a lot.These are all based on the size of the sea life so terms like tuna, shrimp is basically mean dolphin

"Ultra;c-1688938" wrote:"Crazygone510;d-186866" wrote:I hear these terms thrown all over the place and was just curious as to what each is. What defines each? I'm really curious to what the community thinks. I'm at 1.9 million GP and I started in March of this year so going on 8 months. Am I whale? Kraken? Tuna? Its about how much they spent in the game. There are 4 types of labels:F2P: Probably the most obnoxious group that are very entitled and like to plug their status the most (fyi, i'm F2P). They've never spend a dime in the game and its meaning is corrupted. The game is VERY F2P friendly than it used to be. Back then, you had some toons that were locked behind money. You could not acquire these toons without spending money and the characters you could acquire for free were less powerful than they are now, with a smaller selection and it was extremely difficult to beat a team of Paid Toons. So it was considered a huge achievement if you could beat toons like clones or Sun Fac using the weak F2P toons. It was proper bragging rights. Now its just a status symbol rather than an impressive feat. Dolphins: Light / Thin spenders. They might drop $9.99 for a 30 shard pack. They might spend $50 bucks on a pack or crystals each month or less. They consider themselves almost completely F2P and walk around with the F2P status while finding it difficult that there is someone in this game that is F2P and can beat them.Whales: People who occasionally drop big once in a blue moon. They might drop $300 on a single or buy a crystal vault a month. They might see a really really good toon that brings a lot of value and shell hard on that toon. Sometimes you lose against a dolphin or F2P with better mods or toons they farmed and you feel bitter and resent and you justify your loss by calling that person a whale. It has a negative meaning and being called a whale is suppose to devalue your accomplishments in the game. (Oh you can only score so good in the raid because you paid for it, oh you can only win because $$$ etc.) From what I've seen, whales are usually chill people who are happy to admit they are one. I'm glad there isn't a big divide in both sides.Kraken: THEY. HAVE. EVERYTHING. MAXED. OUT. These people have their checking account linked to wire all their earnings to SWGOH. Jokes aside, they are heavy spenders, if Whales spend $300 per month they would be people who spent like $1000 or more idk. Just a lot.These are all based on the size of the sea life so terms like tuna, shrimp is basically mean dolphinInteresting that you gave each personality features. Here’s my take:Free players: vast majority (95%) of players in the game. They don’t spend money in game. Most likely to become frustrated and lash out whenever a character event comes around that they aren’t ready for. Guppy/minnow: 3% of playerbase. They may have bought 1 or 2 things in game. Total spending under $50. I’m a guppy. Most likely to pretend they’re free players because the “only spent a little.”Dolphin: 1.5% of playerbase. Regular spenders. Total spending in the hundreds of dollars. Most likely to do well in arena without appearing to spend. Whale: 0.3% of playerbase. Enthusiast spenders. Total spending in the thousands of dollars. Most likely to throw a fit about “underpowered teams” being able to climb in arena. Kraken: 0.2% of playerbase. Rich completionists. Total spending in the tens of thousands of dollars. Most likely to quit the game after buying everything.

Minnow v Whale v Kracken (Tuna🤦‍♂️)

rj__brando
7 years ago
Rare footage of whales in TW action
vincentlondon
7 years ago
Whale = has unlocked Revan
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
My post was humorous in nature taking shots at every type while answering OPs question and doesn’t reflect my actual beliefs

I don’t think it’s fair to define a personality through a label but labels are ok for player comparison and progression’s sake
mesa176750
7 years ago
"vincentlondon;c-1689241" wrote:
Whale = has unlocked Revan

not always the case, you could have had 20k crystals stockpiled...
mesa176750
7 years ago
I'm not 100% f2p, I'm more minnow quality, but I think spending money in this game is justifiable because it has more content that is actually enjoyable.
TwstdByDsn
New Spectator
7 years ago
"Member5973;c-1689001" wrote:
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.

What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man.
ger_sen284
7 years ago
"scuba;c-1689775" wrote:
"twstdbydsn;c-1689742" wrote:
"Member5973;c-1689001" wrote:
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.

What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man

many people that spend that kind of money on the game do all those other things also.
it isn't a have to do one or the other.

Yes everything depends on your budget
vincentlondon
7 years ago
Someone in my guild spends $500 / month on the game. It s like paying for montly rent
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
"JerrickKharr87;c-1690425" wrote:
"Member5973;c-1690345" wrote:
"twstdbydsn;c-1689742" wrote:
"Member5973;c-1689001" wrote:
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.

What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man.

I did all that other stuff too.

Or you could take all that money you spend on little pixelated cartoon characters and invest? Ya know...something that’ll give returns for your entire life and not just a few short years of entertainment. But hey, it’s your money right? Lol

Does anyone judge you for owning a TV and a computer? You can watch everything on a computer why bother with a TV

Does anyone judge you for dining fancy on a $20 meal? It’s just hunger and food and you can fulfill your carb intake with a $2 burger from a fast food joint and no need to spend extra for something that will satisfy you for a few hours

Does anyone judge you for wasting time on an Internet forum? You could be reading a book on real estate and make money for reading something instead of having fun for a few minutes on topics that interest you and people like you. Where’s the life goal in that?

But hey, it’s your high horse right? Lol
taxingpear94
7 years ago
"JerrickKharr87;c-1690425" wrote:
"Member5973;c-1690345" wrote:
"twstdbydsn;c-1689742" wrote:
"Member5973;c-1689001" wrote:
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.

What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man.

I did all that other stuff too.

Or you could take all that money you spend on little pixelated cartoon characters and invest? Ya know...something that’ll give returns for your entire life and not just a few short years of entertainment. But hey, it’s your money right? Lol

This is why I can't spend money on the game. Nothing like buying digital code, that has absolutely no worth, especially after the servers are turned off.