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A nice run defender that shows some pop as a hitter and is able to make some plays when he can work downhill. He's not afraid to take on the lead blocker in the hole. Shows some ability to filter through traffic and contribute in short-yardage. Shows some comfort and awareness working in short zones, able to keep things underneath him. He plays hard and gives good effort.
Athletically overmatched. Lacks speed and range to make plays in open field and doesn't have ideal closing burst on the ball. Will take some poor angles and doesn't show great instincts when it comes to locating the ball. Will attack the wrong gaps, and gets stuck in trash and pushed around by blockers at times. Doesn't have the hips or burst to match up in coverage and struggles to change direction in space. Lacks ideal upfield burst to be an impact blitzer. While he'll play his assignment, doesn't make many plays at the point of attack.
He has good size, contributes as a run defender. But he's not an impact playmaker. Jacobs was a four-year starter at middle linebacker that led the team in tackles for three of those years. He combined for 367 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 1 interception, 9 pass breakups, 4 forced fumbles, and 4 recoveries during his career. He also blocked 7 kicks.
Jacobs has the size you like in a 3-4 inside linebacker, and flashes tools to develop as a run defender. But his value on the next level is going to be as a special teams player. The fact that he blocked so many kicks while at Fresno State suggests that he should be able to make an immediate contribution in that realm. If developed, I think he can be like a less athletic version of Artie Ulmer. If he can stick on special teams, then he'll have a chance to develop on a 3-4 team, but I highly doubt he'll ever make any contribution on defense. His potential even as a stopgap starter is too limited. He just isn't instinctual enough to make up for his lack of athleticism. Frankly, a team might be able to find a better role for him by switching him to offense. He played some tight end in high school, and I think might have some value as a blocking H-back down the road if he gets time to develop there. Regardless of what side of the ball he plays, his NFL future is entirely linked to his ability to perform on special teams. If he is good there, then he could play a couple of years in the league. If not, then he'll be gone by his second or third summer.
Jacobs doesn't fit well in the Falcons 4-3 scheme. At best, you probably move him to SAM linebacker although he would be overmatched in coverage. But he might be better against tight ends than he would be covering backs in the flat. But the Falcons probably would be smart to at least get a look at him as a tight end in training camp to see if he can develop some there. But more than likely, he wouldn't make the Falcons roster because he has too limited upside. He's a practice squad guy at best.
Jacobs should not be drafted. He doesn't have the upside to contribute either offensively or defensively besides being a role player on special teams.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook smiles during a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Just the day before, Tim Cook was facing the wrath of Capitol Hill, where lawmakers accused Apple and, by proxy, its chief executive officer, of dodging taxes on tens of billions of dollars in income via its foreign subsidiaries over the past four years. But soon the tables were turned.
By the time that Cook was done speaking to a Senate subcommittee yesterday, testifying that Apple pays "all the taxes we owe—every single dollar," it was like he had called the lawmakers' collective bluff. Some of his harshest critics were reportedly calm, respectful, and heck, even fawning over the iPhone and Apple's achievements, according to the New York Times, which reported that Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, who had blasted the Cupertino, California giant for creating "ghost companies" to avoid $9 billion in U.S. taxes gushed about its gadgets.
"We love the iPhone and the iPad," Mr. Levin said, going on to commend Mr. Cook and two other executives for voluntarily appearing before the Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations. "I know it's not easy to come in front of a spotlight but it's important for us."
Cook, known for his shrewd negotiations with suppliers, has long provided the behind-the-scenes yin to predecessor Steve Jobs' let-the-show-begin yang, apparently found himself in his element while in the halls of Congress.
The Apple chief can't take all the credit though. What lawmakers couldn't deny is that the U.S. tax code for businesses, their creation not Apple's, needs dramatic simplification. The report that Apple has used technicalities in Irish and U.S. law to pay little or no corporate taxes on $74 billion over the past four years also "found no evidence that Apple did anything illegal," as the Wall Street Journal put it.
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I am interested primarily in unremarkable subject matter, exploring elements often overlooked within the landscape. Subjects selected from my photographs become significant within the work. Remembered locations are often referenced as subject and influence. The materials I use for this vary, from mixed mediums on prepared paper boards and linen to the more traditional methods of Intaglio printing.
Epsom School of Art and Design
Apprentice to several New York artists following her higher Diploma.
Scope Art Miami Beach December 2014
Selected for SeeMeTakeOver Times Square July 2014
Arusha Gallery, Midsummer Night Exhibition June - July2014
Work included at Hiscox Art Cafe alongside the work of Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Keith Tyson in a Charity Auction for Help the Homeless, April 2014
Selected for Scope Miami digital exhibition December 2013 with SEE|ME
April 2013 Interviewed for Art Circus
March 2013 Winner in the painting category of Artslant's 2nd International Showcase
February/March 2013 Shadowlands: Pop-up group show of Sheffield inspired monoprints
February 2013 Spring Fair International, Birmingham NEC Originals and Print Launch for a selection of cityscapes from San Francisco, New York and Edinburgh.
September 2012, Delivered two day painting workshop to the students at The John Lyon School, Harrow
September 2012, Exhibiting at The Wirksworth Festival
Dec 2011 Held Workshop in Urban Landscapes using Acrylics and Oils at the John Lyon School Harrow.
Nov 2011 - May 2012 Artist in Residence at Chesterfield College (Printmaking department)
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2015
Glasgow Art Fair with Arusha Gallery April 2015
AAF Battersea March 2015 with Red Gallery
Harley Open Exhibition, Harley Gallery Nottinghamshire Feb - April 2015
Century Private Members Club, Soho London December 2014
Edinburgh Art Fair with Arusha Gallery November 2014
10 Gresham Street, EC2V Solo Exhibition of Urban Landscapes Sept 2014 - Jan 2015
Arusha Gallery Edinburgh, group show June 2014
Sutton Gallery Edinburgh, group show December 2013
Edinburgh Art Fair November 2013
Windsor Contemporary Art fair November 2013
Reading Contemporary Art fair April 2013
October 2012, New paintings are available in a selection of galleries nationwide
July 2012, 'Progress' see image of painting on portfolio page under Current Work at www.georgiapeskett.com oil on linen 100 x 140cm is selected winner in the painting category for ArtSlant's 4th Showcase Competition
May 2012, An exclusive limited edition canvas print by Georgia Peskett printed to celebrate this year being the 70th Birthday of Mohammad Ali 'The Greatest'
April 2012, A.I.R Exhibition (artists-in-residence 2011-12) Exhibiting at Chesterfield College from April 16 - 25: Georgia will be exhibiting a selection of prints and paintings that have been made during her residency at the college through the AA2A scheme since October 2011
February 2012, Image of New York painting used for published book cover courtesy of the The Bridgeman Art Library
December 2011, Shortlisted Stage 1, National Open Art Competition http://www.thenationalopenartcompetition.com/index.php
December 2011, Barcelona Showcase, Casa Batllo Barcelona
October 2011, Palace Art Fair London
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6 Degrees of Separation with MMA
I have an idea for a game. What we do is connect two fighters together through their records using no more than six connections. The more improbable the connection the better.
I'll give an example to start off with. I want to link Fred Ettish with Muhammad Ali:
1. Fred Ettish fought Johnny Rhodes
2. Johnny Rhodes fought Patrick Smith
3. Patrick Smith fought Ken Shamrock
4. Ken Shamrock fought Dutch boxer Andre van den Oetelaar in Pancrase
5. Andre van den Oetelaar fought Alfredo Evangelista in a boxing match
6. Alfredo Evangelista fought Muhammad Ali to a 15-round decision
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3. We all suck at martials.
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Alright I got one The Big Show to GSP
1. Big Show fought Akebono
2. Akebono fought Royce Gracie
3. Royce Gracie fought Matt Hughes
4. Matt Hughes fought GSP
also PBF fought Big Show
who fought Akebono
who fought Musashi
who fought Gegard Mousasi
who fought Sokoudjou
who fought Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida
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An easy one, but this needs to be done: Royce Gracie to Brock Lesnar
Roye Gracie fought Ken Shamrock
who fought Mark Coleman
who fought Randy Couture
who fought Brock Lesnar
It would also be interesting to make a lost-to-chain to "prove" that a champion is weaker than a guy with more losses than wins.
Anderson Silva lost to Daiju Takase
Daiju Takase lost to Jeremy Horn
Jeremy Horn lost to Jason Godsey
Jason Godsey lost to Ryushi Janagisawa
Ryushi Janagisawa lost to Jason Delucia
Jason Delucia lost to Katsuhisa Fujii that has a 12 to 18 record and lost his last 6 fights.


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I want to continue to have the option to, as I did months, go, replace my iPad with a new one and keep my sim card so I can keep my same AT&T account...without, say, losing access to my unlimited plan.
AT&T gave me the hardest time when I tried to change my service to a different SIM. Luckily, I was able to get my old SIM back and avoid AT&T's useless csr's ajd their "help."
Apple making custom, built-in SIM for future iPhone?
Is Apple about to take carrier disintermediation to the next level by contracting their own, built-in SIM card for future iPhones? GigaOm thinks so:
Sources inside European carriers have reported that Apple has been working with SIM-card manufacturer Gemalto to create a special SIM card that would allow consumers in Europe to buy a phone via the web or at the Apple Store and get the phones working using Apple's App Store.
Right now, even with unlocked iPhones and iPads, you still need to get a carrier-specific SIM card. If the SIM were embedded, however, that's one less carrier interaction to worry about. The entire process could be shifted to the device, much as plan management is already done on the iPad.
The Gemalto SIM, according to my sources, is embedded in a chip that has an upgradeable flash component and a ROM area. The ROM area contains data provided by Gemalto with everything related to IT and network security, except for the carrier-related information. The flash component will receive the carrier related data via a local connection which could be the PC or a dedicated device, so it can be activated on the network. Gemalto will provide the back-end infrastructure that allows service and number provisioning on the carrier network.
Would it present a problem for multi-device power users accustomed to swapping SIMs between iPhone, Android, webOS, and other handsets? Hopefully not. They'd still have to get a SIM from their carrier, same as now.
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Apple making custom, built-in SIM for future iPhone?
I want to continue to have the option to, as I did months, go, replace my iPad with a new one and keep my sim card so I can keep my same AT&T account...without, say, losing access to my unlimited plan.
What am i going to do when i need to send my iPhone in for service? Am i going to have to run to my Carrier to get a sim, just to switch phones, and send my phone in?
This option seams like it would work better for the iPad... idk.. just my opinion.
I'm not sure a phone without a user accessible SIM meets the GSM criteria, and would cause issues being okay'd by the authorities on Europe/Asia/Aus, pretty much everywhere except perhaps the US.
Maybe it's something Verizon actually had a hand in so they could bypass the interchangable SIM requirement for when they start rolling out their LTE network... >.>
This is dumb. I think it would create much more of a hassle if you travel and want to use a SIM of the country you're in... also, as someone said, what would happen if you need to send the device in for service? You lose your number and then they got to program into the refurb device they send back to you?
Here's another important question... what happens when you want to sell the device?! I see this creating more headaches if anything... what the hell is Apple's problem? They just love less control for the user....
Yet another example of Apple taking ALL the benefits of GSM an chucking them right out the window at the alter of the all mighty Steve Jobs.
What the he'll do Apple think their doing.
I don't think option would work for iPad either as same scenario, what happens if it needs to go in for service and you want to use your sim in another devise while you wait for iPad cause Apple ain't going to loan you an iPad while yours is in being fixed.
Secondly, it was bad enough of Apple to change the current simcard to a microsim card for the iPhone 4 so swapping between devises is impossible unless you buy yourself a sim adaptor.
Apple is bad enough you control us to a point now, don't try and control our simcard usage as well. I love my iPhone 4 and iPad 3G but it is getting annoying having someone control my devise without me having to go to further fustrationcontacting carriers to flick my number between devises cause I can't remove my simcard. Think of the fees the carriers will slug you with. Apple are willing to pay see fees for us?
Your not the king and your not running the Titanic, so Apple you need to slow down with your control before you cause yourself a big disaster.
this would make me drop the iPhone like a hot potato. I'm already peeved with this whole micro sim business.
This is just something else for the hackers to hack. May give us more holes to jailbreak from.
Why apple is always trying to be carrier specific.
I think Apple is going to become a virtual carrier. For the consumer, Apple will be the carrier. In the background, Apple will buy lines and plans in bulk from real carriers, and make them invisible to the consumer.
I do not think that they can have a GSM phone without a SIm card user access able so it could be a CMDA phone.
I think this would be a terrible idea. It would be like being on a CDMA network all over again, with all the challenges of switching between devices. I swap out my devices every 6-12 months and flip between networks, so this would make sure that I never bought another iPhone. It make it harder to lock an iPhone to a carrier, but it also means that I couldn't change the SIM card when I travel internationally, nor could I easily swap devices and carriers. Not going to work for me.
Fine by me. That stupid sim card slot on the iPhone 4 is hideous.
This can go both ways.
GOOD: It may allow users to switch carriers easily when they move from one Geo to another with minimal fuss.
BAD: If it is used to lock users to a carrier they already despise AND forces them to pay the higher rates when they travel overseas.
Good will unlikely happen, since the Carriers will fight it tooth and nail. They want user lock-in, and if Apple won't give it, then they'll simply drop the iPhone for Android.
Bad will be the most likely scenario given the facts:
1) Apple's preferred history of carrier exclusivity
2) Claims of carrier restrictions are "Vital" for a "Consistent" phone experience
3) The same way nobody builds weapons unless they plan to use them, nobody will go through the hassel of building such an elaborate infrastructure just to grant people the freedom to move to their carriers of THEIR choice.
Just another way for Steve Jobs to further control you and limit your choices. No thanks Meglaman, I'll stick with my Android device.
Is apple starting a new telco?
I think thrat soon apple will be it's own wireless company.!?
That's bad news. They'd certainly lose my custom. I regularly travel and currently have a China SIM, Hong Kong SIM and UK SIM. If I upgrade to an iphone 4 I'll have to buy a SIM cutter kit which is a bit annoying but totally doable. Having the SIM hardwired into the phone would make this impossible. I'm not going to start paying huge roaming fees just so Apple can satisfy a whim. This sounds more like something a carrier would do. Why do Apple need to do this? I gladly paid full price (not subsidized) for a factory unlocked iphone - I didn't buy it through a carrier. I should be able to switch SIM cards as and when I like. Perhaps they're only going to impliment this for carrier locked (subsidized) models although that would mean an extra production line which seems unlikely.
Some people are suggesting this isn't a problem and it will be exactly the same as before but you'd have to change carriers through the AppStore instead. Well that will only work for carriers who are signed up for this. If I take a trip to a country where there isn't a network that has signed up for Apple's proprietary carrier switching method I'm unable to use a local service and am forced to roam.
GSM technology is about freedom to roam, freedom of choice. This new development makes iPhone like a CDMA device, which is not cool. Once again Apple is forcing their ideas on consumers. NOT GOING TO WORK!!! If it happens, bye bye iPhone!
dude, the gangster from texas' comment is hilarious! xD
How bout dem cowboys! Hahahaha
This will probably mean that I will not be able to go to the carrier I want, but only to a carrier that Apple think is good. If so, then I'll probably end up in the Android landscape (or WP7 if feedback is good). Which carrier I'm on defines my service and the cost of said service. I want absolute freedom in that area.
All texans don't act like that. Ignore the extra stuff regarding this sim business. Treat it like you would the Verizon iPhone when released in 2012 after AT&T and Apple iPhone five year exclusivity in the USA contract is over.
The day they do that, it is goodbye iphone and hello android. Enough of apple's facism! I travel overseas a lot and I swap my sim to a local sim when overseas. I am not about to carry 2 phones with me or pay AT&T $2.00/minute for roaming.
Every other normal cell phone mfg doesn't do this whey does apple have to bend over backwards for the cell phone companies?
It's all a conspiracy I swear.
That is for CDMA networks ppl!!! They don't use sim cards. Gsm networks have sim cards. This news tells us iPhone will be available in Bell CDMA or sprint in usa and other CDMA networks in usa. This means AT&T is not going to be the only carrier carying the iphone
@CJ In Canada the iphone has been available for over a new for for Rogers bell and telus because of their new hspa network using sim cards. Basically for over a year almost anyone that wanted an iphone could have one if they paid the big $$$ to own one.
edit previous comment . sorry iphone has been available for all of the 3 major carriers for over a year now
I needed to switch back to a Blackberry for work, and sold my iPhone 3G. I forgot how a NORMAL company operates. I opened my BB box, and inside was an extremely loooonnng wall charger. "Wow, now I can talk and charge at the SAME time?!!?". What a nice thoughtful idea, I wish every company did that. But wait, most do! In addition to a longer than 2 foot OEM cable which will only sync my iPhone, which breaks down at the joints, and costs 35 dollars to replace, I got... get this... a separate sync cable. "Wow Amazing". Yea it took a while to get use to using BB OS, and the physical keyboard, but it was well worth it. But at the same time I don't blame people who own an iPhone to love it. It's easy to do. Yet, at the same time, Apple's control over their products, like this built-in SIM, puts their freak control on to the max. It's almost paranoid.
Apple has their freak on.
When I had an iPhone I jailbroke, which solved most of my problems. But when I went back to a "phone", I forgot how a sane company which is not so anal about the control over their products. This is just absurd. Someone's living in their own world. Thankfully, I got out. I hope more people wake up, and shout blasphemy.
i can i use pohne 4 at africa with any other networks like MTN, tigo, expreso, vodafone, airtel
i m also using a iPhone in Pakistan with Mobilink Network
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And here's the most "awww" video you may ever see.
And here's the most "awww" video you may ever see.
Taking a child to the doctor is very traumatizing experience for everyone involved, especially when it comes time to getting shots. This doctor, though, somehow makes it fun.
Last week, everyone on the web was introduced to little Danny Nickerson, and his dying wish for birthday cards. Well, it seems the world responded and made it happen big time!
Growing tired of the usual spectator sports? Well get ready for extreme baby rock wall climbing! With all the other junk on T.V. and reality shows this could have some potential. Kids as young as 11 months are taking to rock wall climbing and sadly doing a much better job of it than I could. Okay, so this might not be a real sport...Yet!
Five-year-old Danny Nickerson is a boy who was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. His only wish is to get birthday cards. Let's make this happen!
This little girl finally gets what she's been wanting for a very long time, a puppy! We've all wanted something so bad that we'd do almost anything to get it, then when we do we just can't believe it. That's exactly what happened to her, she breaks down and cries as she's given what I'm sure will be her greatest Birthday present ever, a dog.
You've heard of twerking. Check out the cowboy version.
This guy shows you exactly why you never leave your kids or pets in the car. Every year we hear of tragic instances where people have left their kids or pets in a hot car and they died. This is completely avoidable! The inside of a vehicle can reach extreme temperatures quickly, it doesn't even need to be that hot outside for it to happen.
She's certainly a candidate for "World's Worst Mother." This lady takes her new born baby to a concert and can't understand why the cops are giving her a hassle. Even worst the mother tells officers "there's no danger. I was up front in the pit and everyone knew I have a baby, so people are being careful."
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No new information. At least I don't see any numbers we didn't already know.
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MoP China hit 1 million concurrent players.
Hurr! Im in your thread postin the unpleasant news. I mean constructive feedback and just posting my opinions!
MOP release quarter 37% lower than the Cataclysm relase quarter.
Neither had China released in the same release quarter.
Want to blame it all on the close to the end of the quarter release despite month long preorder phase?
Predicted $300M-350M. Got trolled by fans.
Turned out $345M (but it includes CoD subs too)
Enjoy your flakes.
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"I shall take your position into consideration"
Originally posted by Sukiyaki
hater :D
Waiting for L2 EU Classic
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As a financial analyst, fundamentalist, & investment underwriter all I can say in my professional opinion is "LOL"!
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Originally posted by Sukiyaki
It's been known for a while now how much MoP have sold. 2.7mil in the first week, which is less but at the same time humongous. MoP is a good expansion, certainly better then Cata and I believe word of mouth will spread. I am more interested in a sales after a month. Die hard fans bought it straigt away but there are quite a bit cautious because of Cata.
Also, Blizzard remains the top dog, WoW is nearing it's 9th anniversary as the industries largest sub based MMO and that number will probably reach a decade of reign. Your point is? You can hate all you want. None of your arguments stands. People just don't care mate.
Also, that sig just looks silly.
A lot more kids than adults play games and a lot more casual gamers have low end computers . Kids tend to be quite clannish I remember you had to read Marvel when I was a kid at school and DC Comics were looked down on . So theres a lot of pier pressure to play WoW among them . Also WoW players well on a low end computer . Blizzard indentified its user base and made the game more and more casual and child friendly to cater to them . I don't see why it wont continue to do well for years to come . After all casual gamers and children far outway mature medium/hardcore gamers . If you want challenge you have to go elsewhere . WoW is a good gateway game for mmos because as players get older and more experianced they tend to look to try other games . Not to knock all people that play WoW because there are some nice ones but it does have one of the worst communitys in mmos this but it does keep a lot of antisocial players away from other games .( although plenty do seem to have found their way to Rift I must say ) .
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Originally posted by roo67
Just that first line alone shows how little you understand the games industry. The games industry has been in full swing since the 80's console releases, the gamers from then still play now along with their children (some of which are grown themselves now) and with the advent of broadband, smartphones and social networking sites gaming in general is a massive market for the 20, 30 & 40 somethings (and beyond). Decent disposable income levels make them the prime target for games console makers and games companies.
I know you have to justify making the 'kiddy' argument against the game for whatever reason known only to you, but it isn't backed up by any evidence to be found anywhere (although i will gladly concede if you can produce some).
As for the financial report, well it is what it is and it was nice to see the game pushing back over the 10Mill mark again, however long that lasts for.
It must be Thursday, i never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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Oooh, sorry, but No.
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The important part is that they are doing better than they expected to be doing. They also jacked their subs back over 10 million. I'm sure there are people who can see that as a bad thing, since it's less than the 12 million subs they had, but come on. That's 10 million people playing the game. Half of those people are paying $15 a month, on top of what they spent on the expansions.
Ignoring the overall numbers, there isn't a single MMORPG with WoW's staying power, or retention percentages. Looking at the numbers, more people love Blizzard's games after 9 years than have even heard of any other MMORPG. Anyone can hate Blizzard, but chalking their success up to chance or that they've somehow managed to make that much money off of a cr@p product is ridiculous.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Originally posted by lizardbones
The financial reports of the past 4 years dont support the baseless but frequently brought up assumption that half or more of WoWs "numbers" are Western. They never did.
Back in mid 2008 Blizzard said 10Million worldwide active accounts was at a ratio of 4.5 : 5.5. Western:Eastern, while revenues where 9:1 Western:Eastern
That does not just mean the 45% Western accounts made 90% of their money.
It means even if Blizzard had lost ALL 5.5 million Eastern accounts, sales still wouldnt have dropped by more than 10%.
But Blizzard now earns about 30% less from regular WoW sales, than that time, depending on length of the timeframe you look at. But at the same number of active accounts worldwide.
Just for example: Under assumption business models didnt change any significinatly (no news suggesting that), at minimum an appropiate decline of 1 million Western accounts, down from 4.5 would be required to drop down to 70% at the best possible case for Western user, meaning all other losses came from 5.5 million lost Eastern. That would have been the case in 2008. But that would drop them below 4 Million subs global. That didnt even happen remotely. Means the most obvious case is that more Western player where lost than those 1 million but replaced by more lower revenue generators or the business model changed so Western player bring in significantly less money per player, which isnt the case either.
Of course numbers in reality could and would likely fluctate a even several hundredthousand up or down from what this samplecalculations show.
(Dont anyone come back at me with the frequent excuse "but they twice said Eastern losses where higher" thats not negating anything I wrote, as neither does it count for any other than the two quarter they refered to, nor does an absolute "higher" mean only an unsignificant amount of Western player was lost. Eastern side had for years always much more active accounts to lose than the Western side could in first place. .)
But you guys constantly for no reason at all are even assuming that ratio changed in favour of the West from 4.5 to 5:5 when evidence only points in the most obvious way at the opposite. I would suggest it peaked barely above 1/3 during the launch of MOP in the West and by now already dropped below again. They could be much lower, but I guess a not unsignificant amount left to portugese speaking server which pay less either but not as less as the average Eastern leave alone Chinese player and the anual pass and discounts on top of it slightly lowered some earnings either just stop declining Western numbers. Then again cashshop sales where pushed strongly either
Why is that actually so relevant? First and foremost because we frequently hear a certain fanbase rolling into other games forums mocking game for one or two million Western player (irrelevant if temporary) as weak and unsignificant compared to the global amount of their favourite game, when their games Western playerbase however is not that far of from it either, unless we accept their assumptions that half of the playerbase is Western as fact.
But hey, explaining why some frequently cited assumptions and claims about financials and playernumbers are certainly wrong or far off, appears to be irrational hating, ridiculous or even racist nowadays.
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That is a lot of speculation without any real evidence. It's all based on assumptions, which are streched at best.
Chinese players shouldn't be left out, annual pass ended months ago, just in case you don't know, MoP is NOT affected by it, also why would you demean significance of WoW battlechest discounts and deals? Blizzard has a pretty clear definition of a subscriber. Also, where did you get -30% on sales?
Also, why do you try so hard? At best your arguments can back up a theory where WoW is almost 9 years old and it's starting to decline and it will stil have few times more subscribers then any of its competition. It will probably enter a decade of genre domination, and maybe even more, which will be really hard to surpass.
Originally posted by fixif
Please point out at the parts you disagree with.
I refer to public financial records and Blizzard official statements about player ratios and playernumbers from back in 2008 vs Blizzards official playernumbers from a month ago.
In fact while its a long post it simply comparing 3 different factual kind of datapoints. Public revenues back then and now, total public active accounts back then and now and the past and only official ratio of Western vs Eastern player.
Thats more of an educated estimation. The same method that let me predict MOP boxsales quite accurately either.And primilary I was just pointing out how ridiculous to even assume the ratio rised to 50%, not trying to prove how low the rate exactly really is.
Where is your "real evidence "for the plain assumptions and speculation that the share IS 50:50 or even or above Blizzards 45:55 back 4 years ago again?
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Article on Activision's performance, mentions MoP and also includes EA's current condition


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