Wow...reading comprehension issues ahoy! I never said we wouldn't get the 1st prize. I said we're not even on pace for it. Those are not at all the same thing. I figure we will get the first and I believe it is an outside possibility we get the 2nd. I definitely don't believe we will come close to the 3rd-5th. If you can quote me where I said that we will, definitively, not get the 1st prize, I will take that statement back. But to my recollection I did not say that and the quote posted it this topic doesn't show me stating or implying it.
I hope for 1-3 The rest are not that important to me, but I think we can get it. I am experiencing getting quite a bit more now than in the very beginning of the game. Then I got two, now i have gotten 30 today, without visiting anyone yet! So I think there is hope!!
Wow...reading comprehension issues ahoy! I never said we wouldn't get the 1st prize. I said we're not even on pace for it. Those are not at all the same thing. I figure we will get the first and I believe it is an outside possibility we get the 2nd. I definitely don't believe we will come close to the 3rd-5th. If you can quote me where I said that we will, definitively, not get the 1st prize, I will take that statement back. But to my recollection I did not say that and the quote posted it this topic doesn't show me stating or implying it.
You said both.
"...they made the Christmas community prizes literally impossible to get. Hell, we're on pace to not even get the 1st prize."
The first prize is part of the set community prizes and they are "literally impossible to get" in your own words.
You said it: "Reading comprehension issues ahoy!" and I could not agree more.
(Going to check the current pace shortly for anyone who cares.)
Wow...reading comprehension issues ahoy! I never said we wouldn't get the 1st prize. I said we're not even on pace for it. Those are not at all the same thing. I figure we will get the first and I believe it is an outside possibility we get the 2nd. I definitely don't believe we will come close to the 3rd-5th. If you can quote me where I said that we will, definitively, not get the 1st prize, I will take that statement back. But to my recollection I did not say that and the quote posted it this topic doesn't show me stating or implying it.
You said both.
"...they made the Christmas community prizes literally impossible to get. Hell, we're on pace to not even get the 1st prize."
The first prize is part of the set community prizes and they are "literally impossible to get" in your own words.
You said it: "Reading comprehension issues ahoy!" and I could not agree more.
(Going to check the current pace shortly for anyone who cares.)
Now I understand the problem. You don't know what hyperbole is. Do yourself a favor and shave the neck beard.
...because it doesn't serve his agenda of misinformation and near-constant whining. He stated we would not make the 450,000,000 first goal.
Like any rational person I automatically assumed he was wrong and wanted to find out the truth.
I took two samples this afternoon and used a stopwatch app. The results were very similar. I liberally left the starting number of gift bags short by rounding down to the nearest million.
Here is what I found:
Starting Figure: 13,000,000 gift bags
Starting Time: 13:45 approx CST
Number of Units: 100,000+ (it was more, I rounded down)
Time for Number of Units: 313 seconds
Goal: 450,000,000
Seconds to goal at current rate: 1,367,810
Minutes: 22,796.8
Hours: 379.9
Days: 15.8
This doesn't mean it won't change. I don't know that. What I do know is at the pace of this afternoon, barely 24 hours after the update was released for iOS we will have the 450,000,000 goal on Dec. 26 at approx 21:00:00 CST.
If people want I can do this again later and we can check how it compares.
The only thing I see is josh living in your head rent free for the Holliday season.
Josh was overtly pessimistic about not even getting to the first prize and Excrutiator is wrong by failing to acknowledge there is a problem in the community meter pacer and expecting us to get to at least the Yes Guy. We're clearly on a trajectory to get just the first prize. (We'll be in halfway the second prize.)
I hope for 1-3 The rest are not that important to me, but I think we can get it. I am experiencing getting quite a bit more now than in the very beginning of the game. Then I got two, now i have gotten 30 today, without visiting anyone yet! So I think there is hope!!
Are you able to gift bags from visiting your neighbors? I have 100 friends, have visited them all since the start of the event, yet not once have I received a gift bag. Just gift cards. Only time I get gift bags is from presents.
Josh was overtly pessimistic about not even getting to the first prize and Excrutiator is wrong by failing to acknowledge there is a problem in the community meter pacer and expecting us to get to at least the Yes Guy. We're clearly on a trajectory to get just the first prize. (We'll be in halfway the second prize.)
I think you're incorrect.
1) Josh is a simpleton troll.
2) We will undoubtedly receive all the prizes.
It is way to early to make doom-and-gloom predictions about the community awards. The count will change a lot, especially at the beginning of the event.
Case in point: yesterday we were progressing at 209/second. Today (as of about 30 seconds ago) we are progressing at 472/second.
So let's all take a deep breath here. If it gets to New Year's Eve & we are dramatically short, then we can start wondering/worrying over these prizes. Until then, let's just enjoy the event and the spirit of the holiday season. Praise Jeebus.
So basically your post is saying, "Hey Josh, you're wrong! We'll get 1 prize out of the 4!". Still proves his point that the gift bags are accumulating rather slowly.
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Going to check again today and try to include the double up at Xmas time and see what we will find.
You said both.
"...they made the Christmas community prizes literally impossible to get. Hell, we're on pace to not even get the 1st prize."
The first prize is part of the set community prizes and they are "literally impossible to get" in your own words.
You said it: "Reading comprehension issues ahoy!" and I could not agree more.
(Going to check the current pace shortly for anyone who cares.)
Now I understand the problem. You don't know what hyperbole is. Do yourself a favor and shave the neck beard.
The only thing I see is josh living in your head rent free for the Holliday season.
Josh was overtly pessimistic about not even getting to the first prize and Excrutiator is wrong by failing to acknowledge there is a problem in the community meter pacer and expecting us to get to at least the Yes Guy. We're clearly on a trajectory to get just the first prize. (We'll be in halfway the second prize.)
Are you able to gift bags from visiting your neighbors? I have 100 friends, have visited them all since the start of the event, yet not once have I received a gift bag. Just gift cards. Only time I get gift bags is from presents.
I think you're incorrect.
1) Josh is a simpleton troll.
2) We will undoubtedly receive all the prizes.
Case in point: yesterday we were progressing at 209/second. Today (as of about 30 seconds ago) we are progressing at 472/second.
So let's all take a deep breath here. If it gets to New Year's Eve & we are dramatically short, then we can start wondering/worrying over these prizes. Until then, let's just enjoy the event and the spirit of the holiday season. Praise Jeebus.
I hit -20 at one point.
At this rate I'm less productive
Exactly!
Where did this idea that the halloween counter was fake/timer/ not real come from? Gremlings droped a lot faster then the giftbags have been.
Throughout the event, the counter incremented at the same pace, day and night. No variation.
Do a little research here? Try searching "goo counter" in the search field.
Try this thread. It's one of Josh's.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9765391.page#30517828