Ongoing Plot Discussion and Information

[Triskdaemon]

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Currently discussing the ongoing Gaia plot.</center>


<center>Links and Reputable Threads
Threads you can trust for good information.</center>

I've noticed an increasing preponderance of threads with misleading or false information. Here are some threads that I can vouch for in terms of accurate information and good investigative skills. Remember, only the author's posts are official... Don't automatically believe anything that someone posts in one of these.

• The Rumor Review
  
• G CORP Info & Fanthread
  
• The World of Gaia
  
• Confessions of an NPC Widow
  
• Nerd-dom Avi Items Guide
  This one is just fun. I like it.
  
• Gaian Community Guide
  

<center>~This thread is a handy note from your friendly local Gaian Crisis Squad.~


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[Credence]

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[Seshio04]

TriskDaemon

I've come up with the following theory, apologies if it had already been posted.

Now, early on, I realized that the increase in the meter, pixel-wise, was not in any way DIRECTLY related to the amounts donated. Instead, it was moving at a steady .05551-ish pixels every 30 seconds. From that, I calculated a table, showing it ending at 3AM. However, as I kept checking, the progress was always faster than my projection, increasing to a rate of .08-ish px/sec. The way I can account for this, and something that makes a lot of sense, is to envision a system where the amount donated increases not the progress in the bar, but the rate of progress in the bar. Therefore, everything you donate makes it move faster, but it doesn't directly affect the position. I could be wrong, but this idea correlates perfectly with what I observed, and with the behavior of the bar.

Bottom line: Donating doesn't make the bar move, it makes it move faster.

Yes, I know. I'm a dork.

thats very good, and its not dork, its geek lol, I am a geek, not dork though xd

[Kenji Assen]

well its good to see you put your brains to work, i thought it was something like that but then i wondered it's not gaia to do something for one day only (something like this anyways), so maybe something big like a ball is going to happen

[Triskdaemon]

Credence

Interesting and possible, but how can you tell that contributions didn't cause it to move? I understand you're saying donations cause acceleration of the graph (which makes sense, I guess, so that the event would still finish if only 2 people donated - it would just take forever)...but how can you say that with any certainty as you have no way to tell how many donations are made and when?

Edited my post to show my logic.

[Soul Cloud]

Ok thats too complicated for me sweatdrop

[Elven Prince CJ]

well what about lag? there is some serious lag especially since they don't even take the gold right away.

[Kameko]

...Trisk, you rock so hard.

[Triskdaemon]

Labtech CJ

well what about lag? there is some serious lag especially since they don't even take the gold right away.

Under this system, lag doesn't matter. It just delays the rate change slightly. That's why the system is better, and thus more likely to be implemented.

[Pannerz]

Excellent explanation! 3nodding ^_^ It makes sense.

[Triskdaemon]

Kameko

...Trisk, you rock so hard.

Love you too, Kame. wink

[Sirail]

*snk* I love how you'll put so much effort into mathematical analysis when it's not for school, Trisket... xd

[Saikatsu]

This soooo sounds like something I would do... XD

[Yuan Zi Knight]

hmm... Maybe for the upcomming Easter event.

[Whescha]

*crowns Trisk Mathpimp of Gaia*

3nodding