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Vexe

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11/02/09 7:55:38 AM#1

  Darkfall has almost 17K in unique hits at nearly 8AM EST. Wtf? Aion, the number 2 place has about 2k. DARKFALL HAS 17K HITS. That's weird.

Again, Aion has 2k.

That is 15K LESS THAN DARKFALL.

That's weird.

Not that it matters anyway, just interested to see why this is happening. :P

wh0astar

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11/02/09 7:56:49 AM#2

It's just merely word of mouth. Don't fret.

StrixMaxima

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11/02/09 7:58:23 AM#3

Well, that wouldn't be the first time DFO is involved in shady stuff. It is obvious manipulation, or maybe Tasos is giving away free moussakas to people who access the forums in Greece.

When the game is lacking, you gotta find some other ways to feed the monkey. And I must admit AV is pretty good at that.

zymurgeist

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11/02/09 7:59:25 AM#4
Originally posted by wh0astar

It's just merely word of mouth. Don't fret.


 

Meh someone is jiggering the results. It makes little difference most people who wanted to play Darkfall decided long ago.

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Guillermo197

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11/02/09 8:01:26 AM#5
Originally posted by StrixMaxima

Well, that wouldn't be the first time DFO is involved in shady stuff. It is obvious manipulation, or maybe Tasos is giving away free moussakas to people who access the forums in Greece.

When the game is lacking, you gotta find some other ways to feed the monkey. And I must admit AV is pretty good at that.


 

After all the experience they have with being DDOS attacked. I guess they found a way to generate a lot of hits for their game on this site lol.

But seriously. If you are a bit of a tech guy, it's not hard to create or even download some little program that hits a sertain section of a website over and over and over again to generate hits.

We had that kind of programs in my previous job to run performance tests against our websites and web applications.

You can completely trottle and manipulate these performance programs to generate a sertain amount of hits, with random time intervals. All that kind of stuff.

Cheers

When www met dot , they then stumbled upon Secret Society , wich happened to be a Guild , wich in turn told dot about the net .

StrixMaxima

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11/02/09 8:05:12 AM#6
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima

Well, that wouldn't be the first time DFO is involved in shady stuff. It is obvious manipulation, or maybe Tasos is giving away free moussakas to people who access the forums in Greece.

When the game is lacking, you gotta find some other ways to feed the monkey. And I must admit AV is pretty good at that.


 

After all the experience they have with being DDOS attacked. I guess they found a way to generate a lot of hits for their game on this site.

And seriously. If you are a bit of a tech guy, it's not hard to create or even download some little program that hits a sertain section of a website over and over and over again to generate hits.

We had that kind of programs in my previous job to run performance tests against our websites and web applications.

You can completely trottle and manipulate these performance programs to generate a sertain amount of hits, with random time intervals. All that kind of stuff.

Cheers

 

Oh yes, I completely agree. I was being a little sarcastic to lighten up things a bit. I am just amazed as to the reasoning behind it. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

DarthRaiden

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11/02/09 8:07:33 AM#7

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

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DON't agree to $OE 's EULA. They change the gameplay without respect your investement.

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Guillermo197

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11/02/09 8:08:25 AM#8
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima

Well, that wouldn't be the first time DFO is involved in shady stuff. It is obvious manipulation, or maybe Tasos is giving away free moussakas to people who access the forums in Greece.

When the game is lacking, you gotta find some other ways to feed the monkey. And I must admit AV is pretty good at that.


 

After all the experience they have with being DDOS attacked. I guess they found a way to generate a lot of hits for their game on this site.

And seriously. If you are a bit of a tech guy, it's not hard to create or even download some little program that hits a sertain section of a website over and over and over again to generate hits.

We had that kind of programs in my previous job to run performance tests against our websites and web applications.

You can completely trottle and manipulate these performance programs to generate a sertain amount of hits, with random time intervals. All that kind of stuff.

Cheers

 

Oh yes, I completely agree. I was being a little sarcastic to lighten up things a bit. I am just amazed as to the reasoning behind it. But desperate times call for desperate measures.


 

Since when has Aventurine not been desperate? They always have and always will. Up till the moment they pull the plug and sail away in their little rowboat with the little cash they have left.

So this doesn't suprise me one single bit.

When www met dot , they then stumbled upon Secret Society , wich happened to be a Guild , wich in turn told dot about the net .

StrixMaxima

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11/02/09 8:09:22 AM#9
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.

daarco

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11/02/09 8:15:07 AM#10

It is weird!

 

The same thing happend to the movie "The Dark Knight". It was accused of having used forbidden and secret ways to make people go and see it. Lots of consiracy there to.

Critics the the movie shouted "its just a freaking Batman movie!, no way it can make 900 million dollars without cheating".

 

Guillermo197

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11/02/09 8:16:37 AM#11
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.


 

Just let him. We all know DarthRaiden by now. Don't we.

Every sane person knows that Darkfall has been death in the water and has gotten pretty much ZERO attention lately.

Every sane person knows that AION has been in the spotlights the last month.

And then seeing Darkfall generating that many hits. Yeah right.

Just some desperate fanbois or even Tasos himself who figured out how to run a Website Performance Tool and run it against the DF section of this website.

When www met dot , they then stumbled upon Secret Society , wich happened to be a Guild , wich in turn told dot about the net .

DarthRaiden

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11/02/09 8:18:13 AM#12
Originally posted by Vexe

  Darkfall has almost 17K in unique hits at nearly 8AM EST. Wtf? Aion, the number 2 place has about 2k. DARKFALL HAS 17K HITS. That's weird.

Again, Aion has 2k.

That is 15K LESS THAN DARKFALL.

That's weird.

Not that it matters anyway, just interested to see why this is happening. :P

it says :


"* Results based on unique hits over previous 24 hours"

so time of day doesn't play much role.

 

-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------

Everyone who logs into NGE destroys a bit of the SW Universe.

No SWG Pre-Cu, No money to the $OE suckers , simple and fair.

DON't agree to $OE 's EULA. They change the gameplay without respect your investement.

"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)

Ruyn

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11/02/09 8:18:33 AM#13

I think it makes perfect sense.  Since more and more people are starting to despise WoW it's logical that these people would look for a game that is its total opposite.

gotha

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11/02/09 8:18:46 AM#14
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.

 

They provide enough new content in them that they can call them expansions especially with them being free.  This is not uncommon throughout the entire MMO industry.  People only make a big deal out of it because they want another reason to rag on this game.  There are many good reasons to rag on this game,  but trolls do not like to stick to honest criticism alone.

 

The hit thing is odd definitely though.

wh0astar

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11/02/09 8:19:08 AM#15
Originally posted by zymurgeist
Originally posted by wh0astar

It's just merely word of mouth. Don't fret.


 

Meh someone is jiggering the results. It makes little difference most people who wanted to play Darkfall decided long ago.

 

Yeah, I'll admit it was a quick jump compared to a couple of weeks/months ago. Something's fishy around here ;)

DarthRaiden

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11/02/09 8:20:40 AM#16
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.


 

Just let him. We all know DarthRaiden by now. Don't we.

Every sane person knows that Darkfall has been death in the water and has gotten pretty much ZERO attention lately.

Every sane person knows that AION has been in the spotlights the last month.

And then seeing Darkfall generating that many hits. Yeah right.

Just some desperate fanbois or even Tasos himself who figured out how to run a Website Performance Tool and run it against the DF section of this website.

 

You obviously overead the posts in the popularity thread saying that many lurkers just visit these part of the forum and simply don't post ? Darkfall will ALWAYS be a hotspot.

-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------

Everyone who logs into NGE destroys a bit of the SW Universe.

No SWG Pre-Cu, No money to the $OE suckers , simple and fair.

DON't agree to $OE 's EULA. They change the gameplay without respect your investement.

"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)

StrixMaxima

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11/02/09 8:21:22 AM#17
Originally posted by gotha
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.

 

They provide enough new content in them that they can call them expansions especially with them being free.  This is not uncommon throughout the entire MMO industry.  People only make a big deal out of it because they want another reason to rag on this game.  There are many good reasons to rag on this game,  but trolls do not like to stick to honest criticism alone.

 

The hit thing is odd definitely though.

 

Read my posting history about this, please. If you have questions, we can talk over PMs.

Thanosxp

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11/02/09 8:22:33 AM#18
Originally posted by Ruyn

I think it makes perfect sense.  Since more and more people are starting to despise WoW it's logical that these people would look for a game that is its total opposite.

 

  Chess?

DarthRaiden

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11/02/09 8:24:06 AM#19
Originally posted by Thanosxp
Originally posted by Ruyn

I think it makes perfect sense.  Since more and more people are starting to despise WoW it's logical that these people would look for a game that is its total opposite.

 

  Chess?

 

I guess he meant something within the genre. Has to be a MMORPG.

-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------

Everyone who logs into NGE destroys a bit of the SW Universe.

No SWG Pre-Cu, No money to the $OE suckers , simple and fair.

DON't agree to $OE 's EULA. They change the gameplay without respect your investement.

"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)

Dawnsinger

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11/02/09 8:26:45 AM#20
Originally posted by DarthRaiden 

I guess he meant something within the genre. Has to be a MMORPG.

A troll with no sense of humour. I'm amazed.

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Guillermo197

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11/02/09 8:30:38 AM#21
Originally posted by DarthRaiden
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.


 

Just let him. We all know DarthRaiden by now. Don't we.

Every sane person knows that Darkfall has been death in the water and has gotten pretty much ZERO attention lately.

Every sane person knows that AION has been in the spotlights the last month.

And then seeing Darkfall generating that many hits. Yeah right.

Just some desperate fanbois or even Tasos himself who figured out how to run a Website Performance Tool and run it against the DF section of this website.

 

You obviously overead the posts in the popularity thread saying that many lurkers just visit these part of the forum and simply don't post ? Darkfall will ALWAYS be a hotspot.


 

What hotspot? Darkfall hasn't been a hotspot for over 6 months man! Sorry to burst your bubble.

If you take a look at the 6 month popularity results, then Darkfall isn't even in the list!

The amount of hits being generated for Darkfall right now exceed the other games by that much. It's unnatural.

So please, give me a break.  You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see something fishy is going on here.

That it's interestingly fun and new popcorn material. Wich Darkfall hasn't been the last 6 months. That's a different matter lol.

When www met dot , they then stumbled upon Secret Society , wich happened to be a Guild , wich in turn told dot about the net .

Baggs

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11/02/09 8:35:42 AM#22
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima

Well, that wouldn't be the first time DFO is involved in shady stuff. It is obvious manipulation, or maybe Tasos is giving away free moussakas to people who access the forums in Greece.

When the game is lacking, you gotta find some other ways to feed the monkey. And I must admit AV is pretty good at that.


 

After all the experience they have with being DDOS attacked. I guess they found a way to generate a lot of hits for their game on this site.

And seriously. If you are a bit of a tech guy, it's not hard to create or even download some little program that hits a sertain section of a website over and over and over again to generate hits.

We had that kind of programs in my previous job to run performance tests against our websites and web applications.

You can completely trottle and manipulate these performance programs to generate a sertain amount of hits, with random time intervals. All that kind of stuff.

Cheers

 

Oh yes, I completely agree. I was being a little sarcastic to lighten up things a bit. I am just amazed as to the reasoning behind it. But desperate times call for desperate measures.


 

Since when has Aventurine not been desperate? They always have and always will. Up till the moment they pull the plug and sail away in their little rowboat with the little cash they have left.

So this doesn't suprise me one single bit.

 

Don't worry, Aventurine doesn't just work on DarkFall.

They have a lifetime contract making military training software for the Greek Air Forces.

 

So they wont run out of money, be sure of that.

Imo, they made a massive profit from DFO.

No advertising, just two servers, tiny dev team. They made shit loads of money just from the initial sales back in Ferbuary.

Add all the hackers with double and triple accounts + monthly fees for all these months and there you go, even more money.

 

In my book, Aventurine has succeded in many ways.

But im happy for one thing. They showed the big companies out there that games like DFO can work and will work if you make them properly.

DarthRaiden

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11/02/09 8:37:27 AM#23
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by DarthRaiden
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by StrixMaxima
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

I guess a new conspiracy theory is born.

 

Yes. I hear the new buzz on the streets is calling patches expansions. Anyway, I just made my tinfoil hat, and a double-layered one, at that.


 

Just let him. We all know DarthRaiden by now. Don't we.

Every sane person knows that Darkfall has been death in the water and has gotten pretty much ZERO attention lately.

Every sane person knows that AION has been in the spotlights the last month.

And then seeing Darkfall generating that many hits. Yeah right.

Just some desperate fanbois or even Tasos himself who figured out how to run a Website Performance Tool and run it against the DF section of this website.

 

You obviously overead the posts in the popularity thread saying that many lurkers just visit these part of the forum and simply don't post ? Darkfall will ALWAYS be a hotspot.


 

What hotspot? Darkfall hasn't been a hotspot for over 6 months man! Sorry to burst your bubble.

If you take a look at the 6 month popularity results, then Darkfall isn't even in the list!

The amount of hits being generated for Darkfall right now exceed the other games by that much. It's unnatural.

So please, give me a break.  You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see something fishy is going on here.

That it's interestingly fun and new popcorn material. Wich Darkfall hasn't been the last 6 months. That's a different matter lol.

 

I admit i havent watched that number at all and if it wasn't the subject of these thread i wouldn't have probably.

What i see is the obsession in those haters to track the forums here hasn't obviously become  less intense over time. I see you post here just today , don't you ?  

and Darkfall is in the 6 months pupolarity tab placed as 2nd ! there you have it.

-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------

Everyone who logs into NGE destroys a bit of the SW Universe.

No SWG Pre-Cu, No money to the $OE suckers , simple and fair.

DON't agree to $OE 's EULA. They change the gameplay without respect your investement.

"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)

cosy

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11/02/09 8:40:19 AM#24
Originally posted by Baggs

 

Don't worry, Aventurine doesn't just work on DarkFall.

They have a lifetime contract making military training software for the Greek Air Forces.

 

So they wont run out of money, be sure of that.

Imo, they made a massive profit from DFO.

No advertising, just two servers, tiny dev team. They made shit loads of money just from the initial sales back in Ferbuary.

Add all the hackers with double and triple accounts + monthly fees for all these months and there you go, even more money.

 

In my book, Aventurine has succeded in many ways.

But im happy for one thing. They showed the big companies out there that games like DFO can work and will work if you make them properly.

 

 

back to the topic  there is your thread generating more hits twitter.com/darkfall_mmorpg/status/5362702018

Guillermo197

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11/02/09 8:43:49 AM#25
Originally posted by DarthRaiden
Originally posted by Guillermo197
Originally posted by DarthRaiden

 

You obviously overead the posts in the popularity thread saying that many lurkers just visit these part of the forum and simply don't post ? Darkfall will ALWAYS be a hotspot.


 

What hotspot? Darkfall hasn't been a hotspot for over 6 months man! Sorry to burst your bubble.

If you take a look at the 6 month popularity results, then Darkfall isn't even in the list!

The amount of hits being generated for Darkfall right now exceed the other games by that much. It's unnatural.

So please, give me a break.  You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see something fishy is going on here.

That it's interestingly fun and new popcorn material. Wich Darkfall hasn't been the last 6 months. That's a different matter lol.

 

I admit i havent watched that number at all and if it wasn't the subject of these thread i wouldn't have probably.

What i see is the obsession in those haters to track the forums here hasn't obviously become  less intense over time. I see you post here just today , don't you ?  


 

Yes in fact I did. I had looooong forgotten Darkfall and it hasn't even on my mind for months.

Till I saw this topic popping up and I suddenly saw the crazy amount of hits in the popularity section.

When www met dot , they then stumbled upon Secret Society , wich happened to be a Guild , wich in turn told dot about the net .

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