I guess I missed the number of points when it first out? Or they add the number later. I did read several time and did not see the points being listed.
Take a look at the results of 2015, I can not believe we have such higher points. Be aware that the points itself worthy no peds, it is hard to believe that players got so many points.
http://www.planetcalypso.com/news/pages/2016/01/21/3203/index.xml
I can guarantee you that the numbers on me (1.44m) are 100% correct.
Here is the mission log that I took from a screenshot I had.
I paid over 100.000 on peds for FFA Stars.
The fact you talk about people who bid on auction is irrelevant.
1. I didn't bid on auction, but I did buyout some early on
2. I bought most in player to player (I bought maybe 3% on auction)
3. I only advertised in the cities a few times, but you should open your logs if you save chat, and search for my name in trade chat, I did shout there for points
4. Most of my points I bought via people who farmed for me, I had deals with them that I would buy anything they'd find, so I didn't have to search for sellers, as I had people hunting them for me. That's how you win a competition like this, by working together with other people. It is a team event for a reason
also, you say that the amount of numbers is much higher than last year.
that is correct. I didn't participate last year, and I saw the numbers being so low, that is why I started buying points, cause I thought it would have been cheap.
But I have heard that last year, people were able to hand in points for ammo (10k points = 2k peds ammo). If that is true, then logically, most people handed in points to get ammo. That means a lot of points dissapeared in those trades last year. This year there was no such mission, so all points stayed in game for the event.