Shard-Angel
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Greets.
For a long time I had been asking about the Average returns of CLDs - as I had come back to EU after a long break - just for the CLD investments. As I distinctinctly remember reading the in EU BUZZ section about the payouts being "averaged" over 3 months - and NOT: Actual Income of *X / 60,000 shares.
I had voice this a couple of times - as I could no longer see it in the EU BUZZ section anymore (which I suspected had been edited from the original release) - but no one recalled seeing that bit of info before.
Well..... here is the proof (which I am sure will be changed once this is posted here, so save the images for information preservation):
Mouseover from the YEARLY Revenue:
Mouseover from the WEEKLY Revenue:
Mouseover from the Projected ROI:
Well. There it is.
So how does this affect the payouts?
Well.. you see.. there are lies... damned lies.. and then there's statistics. I had voiced earlier that all these "events" that MA is constanly churning out of thin air = a LOT of ped burn = a LOT of revenue generated, and WHY were the CLD returns a STEADY ~4.x over months? If anything is STEADY in an erratic world of MMO revenues = it has been capped/averaged out. But that too was dismissed.
Almost all CLD holders have a perception (until reading this post ie ) that "ACTUAL" earnings are to be split by *X/60,000. Where *X = revenue generated AFTER PP splits.
However, in reality, that X is averaged out over 3 months and THEN paid out to CLD holders.
Here is a basic example of how an average would affect final numbers.
KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL NUMBERS - JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES:
(Note I have just averaged 3 weeks as an example - and NOT the actual 3 months - just to show HOW MUCH your income will deviate from the ACTUAL vs a "3 week" average.)
Arbitrary numbers:
Above arbitrary numbers in graphical form:
As you can see, the PEAKS (event incomes) are NEVER actually paid out FULLY, and the DROPS are averaged out to match the "averages". THIS is why we dont see major swings in ROI payments over the weeks - regardless of the events.
This is just a FYI thread. Please feel free to discuss this. Please keep it clean.
I hope this helps.
Bonus Challenge to community:
* Can any math wizard use actual ROI data and compute the REAL GRAPHS over 3 months after PP splits?
* Can anyone Reverse-compute actual Calypso earnings per week?
For a long time I had been asking about the Average returns of CLDs - as I had come back to EU after a long break - just for the CLD investments. As I distinctinctly remember reading the in EU BUZZ section about the payouts being "averaged" over 3 months - and NOT: Actual Income of *X / 60,000 shares.
I had voice this a couple of times - as I could no longer see it in the EU BUZZ section anymore (which I suspected had been edited from the original release) - but no one recalled seeing that bit of info before.
Well..... here is the proof (which I am sure will be changed once this is posted here, so save the images for information preservation):
Mouseover from the YEARLY Revenue:
Mouseover from the WEEKLY Revenue:
Mouseover from the Projected ROI:
Well. There it is.
So how does this affect the payouts?
Well.. you see.. there are lies... damned lies.. and then there's statistics. I had voiced earlier that all these "events" that MA is constanly churning out of thin air = a LOT of ped burn = a LOT of revenue generated, and WHY were the CLD returns a STEADY ~4.x over months? If anything is STEADY in an erratic world of MMO revenues = it has been capped/averaged out. But that too was dismissed.
Almost all CLD holders have a perception (until reading this post ie ) that "ACTUAL" earnings are to be split by *X/60,000. Where *X = revenue generated AFTER PP splits.
However, in reality, that X is averaged out over 3 months and THEN paid out to CLD holders.
Here is a basic example of how an average would affect final numbers.
KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL NUMBERS - JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES:
(Note I have just averaged 3 weeks as an example - and NOT the actual 3 months - just to show HOW MUCH your income will deviate from the ACTUAL vs a "3 week" average.)
Arbitrary numbers:
Above arbitrary numbers in graphical form:
As you can see, the PEAKS (event incomes) are NEVER actually paid out FULLY, and the DROPS are averaged out to match the "averages". THIS is why we dont see major swings in ROI payments over the weeks - regardless of the events.
This is just a FYI thread. Please feel free to discuss this. Please keep it clean.
I hope this helps.
Bonus Challenge to community:
* Can any math wizard use actual ROI data and compute the REAL GRAPHS over 3 months after PP splits?
* Can anyone Reverse-compute actual Calypso earnings per week?
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