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Re: A/B Testing in ROBLOX Places?

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Seranok is not online. Seranok
Joined: 12 Dec 2009
Total Posts: 11083
19 Nov 2012 10:54 PM
If you don't know what A/B testing is, use your Google skills to find out.

Now that you know what A/B testing is, can you think of any ways to implement it in a ROBLOX place?

Here is an idea I have: viral data persistence

The server keeps track of known decisions.

   local serverDecisions = {
      [1] = true, -- ROBLOX clicked button A
   }

When a player enters the server:

   game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
      local serializedTable = player:LoadString("KEY")
      if serializedTable ~= "" then
         local playerDecisions = loadstring("return " .. serializedTable)()
         for userId, choice in pairs(playerDecisions) do
            serverDecisions[userId] = choice
         end
      end
   end)

When a player leaves the server:

   game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(player)
      local serializedTable = SerializeTable(serverDecisions)
      player:SaveString("KEY", serializedTable)
   end

So if a player joins a server he will immediately gain the choices of ALL the other players combined. After a while you could enter a server and see the decisions made by hundreds of users over months, in a few seconds!
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Quenty is online. Quenty
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
Total Posts: 9316
19 Nov 2012 11:37 PM
It'd be easier if ROBLOX just implemented it.

Yes, it would work, but eventually, the Players' DP would run out.

And honestly, if ROBLOX just implemented server side data saving, they could save money on memory, computing resources, and we could do stuff easier.

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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
Joined: 10 Oct 2009
Total Posts: 30553
19 Nov 2012 11:47 PM
Considering the amount of people that play your games, you would run out of data if you didn't wipe it every other day.
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Merely is not online. Merely
Joined: 07 Dec 2010
Total Posts: 17266
20 Nov 2012 12:05 AM
Remember, Seranok's specialty is devising crude hacks for stuff that ROBLOX should do but he isn't willing to wait around for. *hint hint cachebusting*
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
Joined: 15 May 2011
Total Posts: 18684
20 Nov 2012 12:16 AM
hey GET OUT RICH PEOPLE.
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
Joined: 10 Oct 2009
Total Posts: 30553
20 Nov 2012 12:44 AM
>cachebusting

tell how now pls
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triston220 is not online. triston220
Joined: 08 Mar 2010
Total Posts: 1861
20 Nov 2012 12:46 PM
^Adding a random GET variable onto the end of the URL?
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