Nostalrius before its fame...

[Tekko]

Logged on Kronos last night, 6.30pm, that's peak time UK, 7.30pm in mainland Europe (8.30pm in some parts).

300 online.

Over 6k online at Nost.

I'll just continue playing with a slight delay than on a dead server.

[Arael]

Logged on Kronos last night, 6.30pm, that's peak time UK, 7.30pm in mainland Europe (8.30pm in some parts).

300 online.

Over 6k online at Nost.

I'll just continue playing with a slight delay than on a dead server.

This is a good example of marketing.

A common player log in Nost and see 6.000 players from /who (and he doesn't even know the count is altered, it's the whole server, not just his faction), meanwhile log in in Kronos and see a lower number (300) not knowing it's his own faction only.

The numbers have an huge impact on his feeling and he choose Nost over Kronos at first sight.

[Tekko]

Logged on Kronos last night, 6.30pm, that's peak time UK, 7.30pm in mainland Europe (8.30pm in some parts).

300 online.

Over 6k online at Nost.

I'll just continue playing with a slight delay than on a dead server.

This is a good example of marketing.

A common player log in Nost and see 6.000 players from /who (and he doesn't even know the count is altered, it's the whole server, not just his faction), meanwhile log in in Kronos and see a lower number (300) not knowing it's his own faction only.

The numbers have an huge impact on his feeling and he choose Nost over Kronos at first sight.

Not really.

I could login to Kronos and see 600 online, and then see 3k online on Nost and still feel the same.

[Arael]

Not really.

I could login to Kronos and see 600 online, and then see 3k online on Nost and still feel the same.

You must consider the values they had at their opening, Nostalrius showing big numbers (4k whole server, raising day by day) while Kronos being just half of it (1k per faction, and lowered day by day).

It is also rumored Nost faked the count the first days with a Mangos script (you may find video on youtube) just to let people spread the word that there was a really populated server around.

[Xef]

Not really.

I could login to Kronos and see 600 online, and then see 3k online on Nost and still feel the same.

You must consider the values they had at their opening, Nostalrius showing big numbers (4k whole server, raising day by day) while Kronos being just half of it (1k per faction, and lowered day by day).

It is also rumored Nost faked the count the first days with a Mangos script (you may find video on youtube) just to let people spread the word that there was a really populated server around.

Don't really even need a video for it. First time I logged in was when Nost was just about 1 day old, and it said there was something like 4-5k online. 4-5k people online, spread over 6 starting areas, of which 2 are shared and 2 are for the most popular races (humans and ud)? I know there was a looot of people online, but that kinda numbers on the second day, would've meant that there should've been something like a thousand players in elwynn forest alone (considering how popular humans are). I highly doubt that.

[Tekko]

It was probably something along the lines of it was still counting people that had dc'd.

You have to remember that lots just left the starting area as it was almost impossible to do anything.

[Noxm]

if you want to see how is population on kronos : http://www.kronos-census.com/

[Tekko]

Feel bad for Kronos, as they have a lot of good tools on their website.

[Noxm]

Its not a Kronos-tools.. :

This is not supported by or affiliated with Kronos.

We had the same for ED-Peenix : http://www.feenixcensus.com/

[Quickbowjob]

Flashback:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wowservers/com ... on_census/