by PLAYER57832 on Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:56 am
It is summer, so a lot of folks (myself included) are now cutting back or taking a break from CC.
HOWEVER, I think that a look at the standard acheivementa awards gives a decent guide.
When I looked a few days ago, there were just over 6000 who had gotten that medal. Just now, I saw over 8000. However, in another thread, I asked whether that included just the most recent awards for each person or all... that is, if someone got a gold, would they count as 3 for awards (bronze, silver and gold) or just 1 for player. I was told that each award counted. That means far fewer than 8000 people have won 20 games. I am guessing ... and this is ONLY a guess, it might be around 4000-5000.
So, start with that 5000
You could add to this a few just plain bad players who might have played quite a few games but not won. However, even the worst player will win on occasion due to pure dumb luck. Play enough games and, eventually, you WILL get 20 wins.
The other group are those who only play a few games at a time. Most of those are probably "freemium", but not necessarily. This group would take much longer to get a medal, but would still be "active". They are, I suspect also quite numerous, but more "ephemeral" .. that is they play for a while, leave, then come back. A few are definitely multis, who will eventually be "busted", but I would guess that to be a statistically insignificant portion overall. (important in their impact, but not to the numbers of active players)
I DO NOT have the real figures. I would like to see some input on this from someone who actually has the data. However, from what I do see... it looks as though far fewer than 10000 of the CC population are truly active across several months. And, at any given moment, not all of those will have games every day.
Anyone have the real figures? Is 10000 about right?
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PLAYER57832 on Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:03 am, edited 1 time in total.