Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter

Originally posted by Iselin

Originally posted by supertouchme
most of wow's playerbase has always been east asian. is this news?

I see this all the time and it confuses me. Are there west asians? There must be some if we have "east asians" there must be some "west asians" and maybe even "middle asians." Who are those people? Are europeans the west asians?

Well east and west are realtive terms and depend where the observer is.

And one could say the west of the Eurasia continent is Europe. Europe and Asia are historical and cultural constructs,

There is also a midlle east.

But the middle east is still in the east...apparently. The POV is obviously European. To them, all asians are east (here in NA we could go either way, but I live on the west coast: going west is shorter so they're all westerners to me.) So why "east asian"? Isn't that redundant? Or do they do it to differentiate them from the NA first nations--whom they idiotically mistook for indians. Are they the real "west asians"?

Anyway, in the middle east they're too busy running for their lives to play MMOs. The europeans (hey, I just had a thought... we can call Europe "middle earth" couldn't we? That makes north america the elven homeland... cool or what?!)) I suppose, all have good taste and don't waste their time playing WOW... they play Darkfall instead... so that leaves the "east asians" and us as the great unwashed WOW player base... am I close?

Sorry just being silly... I guess the usual dismissive "that's just a bunch of east asians playing" anti-wowite fanboy rhetoric just inspired me 

Originally posted by Indol
what, exactly, is the point of this thread?

 It's just a convenient place to come out of the closet and declare your MMO preference...just like all the other threads here.

Originally posted by Iselin

Originally posted by supertouchme
most of wow's playerbase has always been east asian. is this news?

I see this all the time and it confuses me. Are there west asians? There must be some if we have "east asians" there must be some "west asians" and maybe even "middle asians." Who are those people? Are europeans the west asians?

Asian Americans? There are plenty of those. I am one.

Originally posted by Iselin

Originally posted by supertouchme
most of wow's playerbase has always been east asian. is this news?

I see this all the time and it confuses me. Are there west asians? There must be some if we have "east asians" there must be some "west asians" and maybe even "middle asians." Who are those people? Are europeans the west asians?

you can't be that dense.

Originally posted by Indol
what, exactly, is the point of this thread?

It is to show the bandwagon fallacy is alive and well.

Originally posted by cybertrucker

WOW subscription numbers give a misrepresentation of how many people are truly currently playing due to the way Asian countries track their accounts. I figure about a 3rd of that number might be more accurate for actual  current people logging in to play.

 As far as future investment, by investors, in MMO development goes, only the numbers of folks that PAY matters, not folsk that PLAY.

Originally posted by Four0Six

Originally posted by cybertrucker

WOW subscription numbers give a misrepresentation of how many people are truly currently playing due to the way Asian countries track their accounts. I figure about a 3rd of that number might be more accurate for actual  current people logging in to play.

 As far as future investment, by investors, in MMO development goes, only the numbers of folks that PAY matters, not folsk that PLAY.

Nah .. it is the total sum of profits that matters. That is why F2P works. Few whales but each pays a lot.

According to most on these forums. The 9.6 million playerbase is broken dowwn as follows:

N/A - 150 players

EU - 200 plaers

China - 9,599,650 who only play for 1 hour each at 8 cents an hour

ignore this post

*waves hand*

it dose not exist it never did i did not post a reply thinking the last page was the OP no i would never do that

. . . . ..  honest.