We may not even get the first community prize

That worry went around for Halloween as well and we received all of those in time.

thunderaxe1 wrote:
Almost 12 hours in, global total around 3.5-4 mil.
On pace for maybe 8 mil for day 1.
Projected 28-day total based on current total: 224 mil

Well short of the 450 mil for the first comm prize.

Give it time. Dont look at the counter for a week. People may not update until the weekend. If it still this slow, this time next week, then you are allowed to complain. I know I will.

Edit: spellcheck.

As you for you Pine (below), just select the available prizes, then in the bottom right there is a group of Simpsons characters next to an individual. Click on that and it will show where we all stand together.

how o u tell how many community prizes that we have

the thing is that we are falling really short behind the FIRST prize, we need 2.4 bill for all of them. I know you guys say not to worry but thats 5 times the amount. we need a little more than 75 million daily to get it all, I really dont think its gonna happen

The last prize will arrive a couple of days before the end of the event. Seriously are we going to have the counter discussion again???

beeblebrox900 wrote:
The last prize will arrive a couple of days before the end of the event. Seriously are we going to have the counter discussion again???

It's that I really dont think 9/10 haven't updated or are getting kicked out. Even then the way its been going 10 more times what we got today still won't be enough. Heck not even 20 times so unless they up how often gifts bags come , we really don't have a chance at making it

As I posted in another thread (putting the legitimacy of the counter aside... :-p)

Some rough calcs (yes, 'cos I got bored at work):
Assumptions:
- 3 presents per hr from Presents Depo (PD) tree,
- 33% chance of present drop per present opened,
- gifting presents only awarded from opening other presents (either from friends or PD tree).
*All based on limited experience within first 12hrs of event being open*

From everyone's start value of (approx) 15 presents when placing the PD tree, we get 8 presents to gift in total (15-> 5-> 2-> 1-> 0). First day (16hrs from 8am PST) we possibly get 48 presents from PD tree, so 25 to re-gift to friends. Every other day we get 72 gift presents from PD tree, meaning 35 to re-gift.

If we need 89.285m gifts each day (over 28 days) to make 2.5b gifts Community total, we'd need 2,480,159 daily players each and every day (from Day 1), each re-gifting & getting their share of re-gifts & passing them on, getting their 35 gifts & re-gifts. (And yes, if you get more it doesn't matter - your extra gifts all fall under the original sender's re-gifting chain above.)

We can only wait and see if the Community rate speeds up. We all should make the individual totals easily enough - gift card payouts are at least 3x Halloween's Goo rate for all tasks, friend visits, etc., but if the Community rate speeds up and we make it with days to spare, I'll be extremely suss on it being legit (again!! :-p). Otherwise we need other avenues to get gifts... maybe from visiting friends?

jacobjdevore wrote:
EVERYBODY PANIC.

Without knowing precisely what the danger is, Doctor, would you say it's time for our forum readers to crack open each others' heads, and feast on the goo inside?

http://everythingsimpsons.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/hthevigilante1.png

mwdalton wrote:

jacobjdevore wrote:
EVERYBODY PANIC.

Without knowing precisely what the danger is, Doctor, would you say it's time for our forum readers to crack open each others' heads, and feast on the goo inside?

http://everythingsimpsons.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/hthevigilante1.png

:lol: :lol: :lol:

It does seem like it's moving a bit slower compared to Halloween. I wonder if EA are giving us a scare because of the Halloween conspiracy :twisted:

Linkwick wrote:
As I posted in another thread (putting the legitimacy of the counter aside... :-p)

Some rough calcs (yes, 'cos I got bored at work):
Assumptions:
- 3 presents per hr from Presents Depo (PD) tree,
- 33% chance of present drop per present opened,
- gifting presents only awarded from opening other presents (either from friends or PD tree).
*All based on limited experience within first 12hrs of event being open*

From everyone's start value of (approx) 15 presents when placing the PD tree, we get 8 presents to gift in total (15-> 5-> 2-> 1-> 0). First day (16hrs from 8am PST) we possibly get 48 presents from PD tree, so 25 to re-gift to friends. Every other day we get 72 gift presents from PD tree, meaning 35 to re-gift.

If we need 89.285m gifts each day (over 28 days) to make 2.5b gifts Community total, we'd need 2,480,159 daily players each and every day (from Day 1), each re-gifting & getting their share of re-gifts & passing them on, getting their 35 gifts & re-gifts. (And yes, if you get more it doesn't matter - your extra gifts all fall under the original sender's re-gifting chain above.)

We can only wait and see if the Community rate speeds up. We all should make the individual totals easily enough - gift card payouts are at least 3x Halloween's Goo rate for all tasks, friend visits, etc., but if the Community rate speeds up and we make it with days to spare, I'll be extremely suss on it being legit (again!! :-p). Otherwise we need other avenues to get gifts... maybe from visiting friends?

I'd say that we need less players. I mean all the personal prices cost 30.000 and all the community ones, something a bit over than 5 billion gift cards. Remember the Halloween community prizes?

30.000 gift cards x 200.000 players = 6.000.000.000 gift cards.

Of course I'm awful at math but I think I got this right....