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February Update, Drawing and Concurrency

February 5,2008 16:33 - Rollie

 


It's that time of the month again and we have calculated the January concurrency numbers provided by the CensusPlus UI Addon.

I guess this ole girl still has quite a bit of life left in her? Concurrency numbers are up quite dramatically in January, both in EU and US. This is likely attributed to the Christmas holidays and many people receiving WoW as presents, although this could be also due to continued interest in the changes that have come since patch 2.3.

As many of us experienced right after Christmas, queue's began to be the norm on many servers during prime time hours. Even my home server of Destromath is still experiencing nightly queues after free transfer offers.

I have little doubt that sometime during the month of January that Blizzard broke 1M concurrent players at some point in time. The average for all of January during primetime nearly hit 940K concurrent users so I would be willing to bet that at some point the 1M mark was hit.

At any rate, if last year is any indicator, we may see a slight increase for February, and then start seeing an expected decline until at least patch 2.4 hits, and ultimately WotLK.

In other news, tickets have been assigned for January for our monthly drawing and I will draw the winning numbers shortly! Don't know about our monthly drawing? [url=http://www.warcraftrealms.com/drawings.php]Check out how easy it is to enter and have your shot at $100 prizes![/url]
DM. says:
February 5,2008 at 16:53
Wow 1 million.... damn thats alot
blizzardo says:
February 7,2008 at 17:36
any news on the drawing? :shock: :P
Sinkler says:
February 12,2008 at 13:48
i didn't understand, what happens with roll for tickets?
Hybuir says:
February 12,2008 at 17:40
Rollie will assign tickets to users and roll for the drawing in the near future... i think he does this for dramatic effect :lol:
nhdriver4 says:
February 13,2008 at 5:52
dun dun dunnnnn!!! lol. Can't wait for the drawing. I know I'm going to win!!!
Hybuir says:
February 13,2008 at 7:12
that's the spirit!
Eyeball-Dragonmaw says:
February 13,2008 at 7:31
WTS +10 Spirit Ring
otanka says:
February 17,2008 at 5:27
How about the winners of Januari?
It was my first time ever i won something, and i'm really really happy. is there any sight on when i will get my gift certificate?
I picked what i want to purchase with it at the start of januari and i can't wait to actually order it :)

Otanka
Eyeball-Dragonmaw says:
February 17,2008 at 12:23
[quote:26681c2788="otanka"]How about the winners of Januari?
It was my first time ever i won something, and i'm really really happy. is there any sight on when i will get my gift certificate?
I picked what i want to purchase with it at the start of januari and i can't wait to actually order it :)

Otanka[/quote:26681c2788]


Did you notify Rollie that you held one of the winning tickets? If not than your prize went back into the pool for the drawing for the next month. Rollie is really quick about getting you your prizes once you claim yourself a winner.
themetroid says:
February 17,2008 at 14:44
Were the numbers ever posted?

otanka says:
February 17,2008 at 15:1
[quote:2835d56a42="Eyeball-Dragonmaw"][quote:2835d56a42="otanka"]How about the winners of Januari?
It was my first time ever i won something, and i'm really really happy. is there any sight on when i will get my gift certificate?
I picked what i want to purchase with it at the start of januari and i can't wait to actually order it :)

Otanka[/quote:2835d56a42]


Did you notify Rollie that you held one of the winning tickets? If not than your prize went back into the pool for the drawing for the next month. Rollie is really quick about getting you your prizes once you claim yourself a winner.[/quote:2835d56a42]

Yep.. the same day.
We exchanged some emails. than i heard nothing anymore till the end of jan when i emailed him again. than he told me that he always purchased the certificates at the start of the month, so when on feb 7 or so i still didn't hear anything i mailed again.. but no response so far :(

I wonder what's up.

Ota
Tartara says:
February 17,2008 at 18:0
He always comes through in the end. I won last year, and got my certificate towards the end of the next month.
Rollie says:
February 18,2008 at 11:5
I"ve been a slack again... numbers are now drawn and prior month winner certs are being ordered right away.
otanka says:
February 19,2008 at 1:44
Thank you Rollie!

(if you were wondering.. 3 box set Lord of the Rings extended edition is on it's way to the netherlands right now!)

wooooo!

Ota
Hybuir says:
February 19,2008 at 11:8
I got time cards with mine XD free w0w till march... wait thats next month! need to win again!
Tartara says:
February 21,2008 at 8:24
Time Cards, that's a good idea!

I got the Gold Edition DVD set of Twin Peaks with mine - still some money left over...

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