There big diference between the thread made by player and the anounce made by MA.
Player was speaking about the LA only .. and i see those player often in forum.
I dont see much MA around , they come back from holliday , there godzillion support to reply , cash card that dont work .... lots of player wait for they withdraw to come ,there bug that make material to disapear and we are not compasate it , loot go down and up , but they are very often low ...And first things they do when they com back is braging about how much money they ganaid ...
I dont think its the best way to calm down player.
And we both now , this kind of advert wont bring player , but only whiner.
People who will think make lots of money in PE is piece of cake...
Thats kind of advert have nothing positif , nor for the game , nor for the economie , neither for the loot , of for the lag ... that will improve nothing , that will just remplace the cash cow that left the game with new whiner... nothing good for us , only for MA.
Read again the sentence , and think like MA doing PR.
First this is how MA see the turn over.Thats money that turn in the game.
Let us recall what MA call turn over.Its the amount of trade through auction that have be made in the game.
If an mk5 is bouth and sell 5 time in row for 5k ped , the turn over is 25k ped...Thats how it was explained last time MA come braging with number , by marco and player that are economist.
I am far from economist , but its what i had understand last time.
Also , read what MA write :
"In 2005, the Entropia Universe turnover
(amount of virtual Project Entropia Dollars converted back into real world currency) was estimated at $165,000,000 US dollars."
In french , what is inside the () can be remouved , its used to bring more info on the subject , but it can be total remouved without altering the meaning.so left :
"In 2005, the Entropia Universe turnover was estimated at $165,000,000 US dollars."
And read they say "was" and " estimated" , so that mean this is an old figure.In french , i would wait for the actual estimation following..
You dont give a old figure if you dont have the new one... and usual , you brag about how finally you are better than your old figure
Now , lets have a look about the content of the () : (amount of virtual Project Entropia Dollars converted back into real world currency).
That mean for me , the number they give you is converted back in real world curency AKA US$ , they dont give you the turn over in PED , because this PR is not for player , its for people who have no clue about PE , so better speak to them in real world curency.
PS: i tryed to find the old marco post about that subject , aka the turn over they posted in 2005 for 2004.
But its seems there are missing marco post , or i am dumb in searching , or maybe i need to be prenium members , but i can not find older post than 02-09-2006, 09:06 AM.
So if someone more skilled than me can take a look to the subject from last year it would be nice