Nothing i've seen so far has indicated that there would be a personal loot pool.
This thread is pointless.
Nothing i've seen so far has indicated that there would be a personal loot pool.
This thread is pointless.
I never saw dark side of the Moon, it doesn't exist.
Well that's just childish.I never saw dark side of the Moon, it doesn't exist.
That was my question too. WTF is that. Loot off, loot on, loot off, loot on?All right, my pedeegree chums! Time for me now not talk shit™, but show shit picture:
WTF is that?
Ok, lets go home. Anything we need to know we can just take for granted from people with authority next time. Good plan.Nothing i've seen so far has indicated that there would be a personal loot pool.
This thread is pointless.
My point actually being that, even if there was a personal loot pool, you couldn't prove it in any way, sadly.Ok, lets go home. Anything we need to know we can just take for granted from people with authority next time. Good plan.
My point actually being that, even if there was a personal loot pool, you couldn't prove it in any way, sadly.
Hence this being a bit pointless.
I'm sure that it's not random in terms of... everything being random, surely there's a random element to it somewhere in there but, you still can't prove that there's such thing as a personal loot pool.My points here is two:
1. Call it like you want - this is _not_ random, there is clearly seen pattern.
2. Hey! Just look what you can do just with TEN peds!
My point actually being that, even if there was a personal loot pool, you couldn't prove it in any way, sadly.
Hence this being a bit pointless.
You do know the meaning of the word IF, which i used there?You can't say something exists and claim it can't be found. That's against the definition of "exists". Like gods and spirits and homeopathic ingredients.
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Even IF they did exist, you couldn't prove it.
I'm sure that it's not random in terms of... everything being random, surely there's a random element to it somewhere in there but, you still can't prove that there's such thing as a personal loot pool.
Simply put, you're spending quite consistently, right? dropping a lot of peds a day, could it be, that you're just witnessing the universe wide loot cycles?I am personally going thru that pattern on picture above 3rd time.
I think, after my next big - you will tell the same. When I will go thru that pattern 10th time - you will tell the same.
Simply put, you're spending quite consistently, right? dropping a lot of peds a day, could it be, that you're just witnessing the universe wide loot cycles?
Since everyone seems to have downhills and uphills pretty much at the same times (variance might be due to differences in spendings/density of spending).
Not saying that's true either, just speculating.
Anyways, i'm off of this train now, have fun and don't forget to wear your tinfoil hats.
I am personally going thru that pattern on picture above 3rd time.
I think, after my next big - you will tell the same. When I will go thru that pattern 10th time - you will tell the same.
Avatar cycles have always been a popular theory from time to time ever since I joined. There's no need for them to imply personal lootpools to exist, or efficiency not to matter though.
Funny. I think, we all have TOTALLY different vision of term "personal lootpool". Especially, when MA stated that there is 3 independent professional lootpools, hehe. Which means - now, if big ATH hits in mining - all rest miners can start cry: "bastard just dried OUR POOOOOL, daaamn"? And meanwhile - they stated that "personal" doesn't exist, right? So, if those poor bastards filled whole mining lootpool - and someone hits - they lost their peds to him. Forever.
I thought of a possible solution.
Someone who has grinded the same critter for awhile and has a feel for the loot return, or even better, documented returns, can be used here.
Step one: Go on usual hunts for a month. But shoot half of your ammo in the air during each hunt. Record costs and loots.
Step two: Go on usual hunts for a month. Do nothing unusual. Record costs and loots.
Step three: Compare the loots and see if being wasteful affects returns.
If you have a personal loot pool, being wasteful shouldn't affect returns because all your expenditures are recorded and compensated.
If there is no personal loot pool, your returns should be markedly affected by the wasting of ammo in step one.
Maybe I try to prove them right. How do I know what I'm going to prove until I get the proof?
Better poker players than me always told me to try to imagine you were even at the start of each game. You analyse your previous results, but once you sit down at the table you're starting from scratch. As soon as you get in the chasing-losses mindset, or the protect-winnings mindset, you're not going to be making good decisions.
The way I see this issue is actually as two, there are two different concepts here that people keep convolving: one is the concept of your avatar having a pattern to looting that produces boom/bust cycles that seem to trend toward a mean; the other is the idea that you will be compensated for completely nonproductive activities like shooting into the air. I think you have to separate these and identify your aims before proceeding.
It's foolish to waste ammo in real life and it's foolish to waste ammo in EU since in either scenario it deals with real money
~Danimal
I did? I had no idea I already decided. Thanks for letting me know bro. Could you please tell me what is the answer I decided upon, because sure as hell I don't know...It doesn't matter what you do, because you've already decided on the answer before you begin, and therefore will learn nothing.
What is the personal loot pool for you..
I think you have to ask: what do you mean by "loot pool"? The thread title also refers to the idea as expenses pool/tracker... are you then going to limit yourself to investigating the idea that a foolish activity that generates no return will be compensated?
Developer Notes #2
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Personal Lootpools - Many of the theories which suggest - inaccurately - that efficiency is unimportant will often employ the concept of a “personal lootpool”, claiming that the “system” will eventually provide a sort of compensation to avatars who have been operating in an inefficient manner. Such theories are very much misguided. There is no such thing as a “personal lootpool” for individual avatars, and there is no system in place which tracks each avatar’s returns over time, or which provides compensation to individual avatars. As a result, long-term results in Entropia Universe are directly related to the choices made by each participant, and those who approach their chosen profession in an efficient manner will find more success than those who do not. Overall this is a very positive thing and an important part of the Entropia virtual universe concept, as it allows those participants who spend the time and effort to approach their activities within Entropia Universe in a smart way to improve their chances of becoming successful, just like in the real world.
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Better poker players than me always told me to try to imagine you were even at the start of each game. You analyse your previous results, but once you sit down at the table you're starting from scratch. As soon as you get in the chasing-losses mindset, or the protect-winnings mindset, you're not going to be making good decisions.
I thought that was explained here by the developers themselves:
And no MA's statements do not contradict 90% tt return, since they did not define what "personal loot pool" means and only state that there is no compensation for "inefficient behavior" which they also did not define.