nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:19 PM |
Hello. You are interested in the title, and would like to read this thread based on the title matter.
So, I present to you "Millions of Alts or Deactivated Accounts", is it not a truth or is it the truth?
First, a brief (by intellectual reader standards) history of my time on ROBLOX, to give you my background about where I come from:
2007: I shall view this with normal glasses. No roses, no jades, the straight opinion. I joined late this year, around october on a different account. The times I had were both good, and bad. I was once a grammarless noob back then, like much of the newbies you saw today.
The first place I went to, admittedly, was an easy obby. I was shot, torn to peices. I did not know how the V3 Airplanes flew. I was given help by an experienced player, and his help would score me plenty of plane-based kills for years to come. I dominate the skies, as I find myself that kind of person.
One of the places I remembered visiting was an "Escape the school with buses to be police (AKA VIP)" type place. I was frustrated with the police shooting me, but that made me a crazed bus killer like the police shooting me. I was called a noob, for mass murdering bus travelers.
Another memorable place was the place where the first time I was ever punished happened. It was a Pokémon wars place, with all three of Generation One's starters and Pikachu fighting each other. I was trying to be Ditto, or "Ultimate VIP", at that place. I did not know where to go, but some kind users showed me the way. But the combatants wanted none of that. So they killed me as I attempted to reach the spawn for the Ditto team. I was angry, and thus, I cussed. I was punished, and that account was never to be seen again.
It was November, and I made another account. One of the places I remembered visiting on that account was a mansion place with planes. November was a month I easily forgot. The account I made that month was BRIAN2 (Whose ID is http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=110082)
December, somehow I forgot how to get in on that account. I was not punished, though. So I made this character. That's right, I had an additional two months down my belt. I thought it was to be my last chance at MMOs. But I made it quick and easy to get in. I got a taste as to what christmas was like.
A memorable place I visited then was an obby to reach the top of Santa. This was back when your jumps were not controllable once executed, you had to jump the path you were walking. I beat it, and it was a memorable experience.
Any of the years mentioned henceforth shall be with this account, and maybe some alts.
2008: I was quite the troublemaker this year. I got punished this year more than 2009(No punishments), 2010(No Punishments), and 2011 (Only with one punishment because of the filter not tolerating one of my posts) combined. This was also the year I discovered the forums. I was still a grammarless noob.
One of the most memorable punishments I got, was because of a forum thread I made on how to get this hat:http://www.roblox.com/The-Riddling-Skull-item?id=4765718. It used to be a coveted item, and I told people how to get it when it was relevant. Let's just say the results did not go well, and some guy copied my post and got punished as well.
I got a couple of eggs in easter, but I found out those pretty easily, so I did not need to publish a guide.
I started picking up the grammar later this year, coming close to the day this character (not my entire time) became a veteran.
2009: This was a year of curiosity, to say the least. Mystery and suspense was around every corner, and I visitied too many places to remember. I started hardcore foruming that year, and became aware that ROBLOX was having "Community and Understanding" problems.
Heli-wars, Galleons, loads of obbies and tycoons and the like, Sword Fight on the Heights (One through Four), among other KO farming places (not the script, manual KOing). I developed fighting expertise, and Bloxxer was obtained.
I got plenty of Christmas stuff, but not everything. I was interested in solving the puzzles then, with Haloween and ROTris (Or was that 2008?) being the most interesting.
2010: This was the start of darkness for the forums. 2009 had little problems here and there, but it was a nightmare in 2010. The complaining would make a palpable cloud. So I decided to become a peacekeeper.
Peacekeepers would try to spark some lights in the darkness, to help users be on the right path. I was avid at being a peacekeeper, since I seemed to know the problems at hand. This is where the title became felt. Most of 2010 was spent trying to peacekeep the forums. I hardly played games, with events coming at most important.
I got more eggs than 2008, but I needed BC to get more. (And I did not get BC at the time). The presents that year were as interesting as 2009's presents, and that means its positive. I tried to further build upon my combat expertise, with a goal. To get a 250-0 ratio in one place was that goal.
I was also scammed, either this year or 2009. It was a very painful experience, and I vowed never to make a fool of myself like that again.
2011: Early this year, I was still a peacekeeper. Then I realized it was not worth it, and that the forums have gone insane. So I just observe, I hardly post these days unless it's an idea that looks like it would improve ROBLOX or something else (Like this thread, the one you are reading now) (See some ideas here: http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=54602416 , http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=55801222 , and http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=54602115)
Then the "Filter" punishment happened. Remember my thread about "repoting", making fun of bad grammar? I tried making a video transcript of it and linking it there. I was punished for a post the filter destroyed. That was another reason I hardly forum anymore.
Now that you have read my history, it's time to go to the subject.
In ROBLOX's earlier years, there were more active main accounts. I had a blast knowing some people, but some people I just did not like (and not because the forums said "they were bad").
Further down, I noticed more people in newbie outfits. I started to think those were new accounts. Then I encountered a video stating an opinion based on what the forums say about the state of ROBLOX in the "Be anything, Build Anything" commercial parody. I saw this: "Millions of Alts and Deactivated Accounts".
I never knew what an Alt was until I made one back in 2008/9/10, called Thenairbalt (whose ID is http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=1587992). Another alt I made had it's purpose as a means to farm legitimate KOs. His name is igetkilledalot (whose ID is http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=3951360).
There are now over 20 million accounts. We don't know if they are alts or deactivated accounts, since we are not the people who made them.
Here are some theories, for and against, about this.
First, the "for" theories (They are alts and deactivated accounts):
1. Most people on my friends list from long ago are either offline, or banned. This could support the deactivated accounts theory.
2. More accounts are made in a day than in all of 2006. This could support the alt accounts theory.
And now the "against" theories. (There are more starter mains than alts and deactivated accounts:
1. The games page are full of players, most of the front page games now have hundreds of players. This could go against the deactivated accounts theory.
2. More accounts are made in a day than in all of 2006. This theory could also be against the alt accounts theory.
Using all that you have seen, my background, history, and theories, come to a conclusion. Answer the title or add more "for" and "against" theories, and use constructive posting.
Ah, it seems you went to the bottom of the page. Before you click "Reply", please be aware of the title and the content. If you reply "TL:DR", even after I put in a warning, then you are not really aware of the situation. |
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:20 PM |
| China wants their wall back. It's how they keep the Korean's out. |
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valkyrie1
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:20 PM |
after reading the last paragraph,
tl;dr |
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:22 PM |
@Evil
You know how to make a guy laugh.
Although I spaced apart my paragraphs with the enter key. |
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Guest000o
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:22 PM |
BLAHBLAHBLAHTHISISWHOIAMANDMYLIFESTORY
Then some stuff we already knew. I got nothing out of this, and I want my time back. |
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paul2448
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:23 PM |
| According to ROBLOX, they they have 1,000,000 monthly active accounts, but that was when they had 14,000,000 registered users, so it's safe to say 10,000,000 accounts are inactive |
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:24 PM |
@Guest
I provided my history as to help people gather clues about the situation.
You may already know this, but what about the other forumers? |
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:24 PM |
| There are 1,424 words in this thread content. |
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Guest000o
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:25 PM |
All I said was that I already knew this. I never said anything about other people.
One =/= whole |
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Impious
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:27 PM |
@Paul Then what about the other 3 million....Hm? |
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:28 PM |
@Paul
Ah, you support the statement by providing statistical information given to you by ROBLOX Corp.
Your opinion is valid.
"For"-1
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:30 PM |
@Impious
If you remember my name, which account were you when you first met me? |
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:33 PM |
| Im very impressed on how much time you spent on this thread. |
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:35 PM |
@Lil
Let's just say the "picking up the grammar in the early years" paid off. |
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Impious
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:38 PM |
Cool story, bro.
Tell it again. |
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:43 PM |
| Hmm, this is actually a thing you could look into. Keep working on it. Great job! |
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nairb
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:55 PM |
@Viewer
You want me to copy-paste this? What?
@Luigi
Thank you. |
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| 20 Nov 2011 08:56 PM |
Yes, I read the last paragraph (the only one I read)
tl;dr |
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| 20 Nov 2011 09:00 PM |
truth
but there are millions of players too |
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LOLord
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| 20 Nov 2011 09:01 PM |
| Alright I skimmed through this for a minute and seeing the way roblox banned my alts LOLordBanned and LOLordBannedAgain for posting on the forum well being banned I'd say the majority of accounts are deactivated or terminated accounts. |
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| 20 Nov 2011 09:06 PM |
| This is probably the only word wall I haven't skimmed through. |
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