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matthornb

Joined: 10 Mar 2008

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Yeah,

The additional data listed for recent weeks is helpful.

It underscores the problems Uru faces, though - the numbers look pretty good until you see the number of unique users.

DLordofTime

Joined: 08 Oct 2011

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I've been plotting these numbers into a graph on excel, and the data I have suggests that levels shouldn't drop on a large scale, and if anything, they may jump up for a month or two.

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DLordofTime wrote:

I've been plotting these numbers into a graph on excel, and the data I have suggests that levels shouldn't drop on a large scale, and if anything, they may jump up for a month or two.

Wooo, I would like to see the graph Very Happy

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DLordofTime

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It goes like this: Steep decline after data begins. After a few months, it's almost levelled out, but there are two humps a couple of months across. Overall, figures are quite steady. I have yet to add in Unique Users to the graph.

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Malfhok

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Down to CAVCON 2.

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O_o ... Thanks for the heads-up, Malfhok ... Razz

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DLordofTime

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What? How?

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matthornb

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My guess is complacency after being at Cavcon 4 for a few continuous months, plus the emergence of other Uru shards splitting peoples' attention.

That and rising energy prices making electricity needed to run the servers, more expensive.

I also think other causes may be drawing away donations.

Some of us (myself included) have felt that during the past several months, hey, Uru is doing fine right now, maybe I should cut my support of MO:ULa and allocate that money elsewhere where it's really needed.

I think that all of that, could have something to do with the drop.

Also: I think there's not that much difference between Cavcon 2 and 4. One is "a bit below break-even" and the other is "a bit above". So it is fairly easy to fluctuate between the two on a monthly basis. We've seen that happen a lot, in RAWA's figures.

DLordofTime

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Well, I'm a monthly donator. Around the 4th of every month, so I can say to those who are being lax about it, 'Why aren't you donating?

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Nev'yn

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Well, to be perfectly honest with the community, I've simply been busy will RL stuff.

My "regular" date to donate went by unoticed. I didn't finally have a chance to get around to do it again until last week. Life happens, I'm afraid.

Another item which may have dropped the meter was all the time spent on the Bookshelf/Linking fixes, ect. I get the feeling a lot of unplanned time went into that. (Which was unexpected "billed" time.)

Just my thoughts/opinions on the matter....

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DLordofTime

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Perhaps...

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Main_Avvie

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Is this CAVCON condition something that needs to be rectified?

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I've been graphing this too - I saw Squirtdude's earlier request to see DLordofTime's chart, but was waiting until the March figures were in before sharing mine: