quoted from SE latest announcement regarding RMT:
CMIIW, shouldn't that be 368 "BILLION" Gil instead? Why saying 367,700 million? lolQuote:
- Total Frozen Gil: Approximately 367,700 million Gil
* Gil of temporarily suspended accounts will be confiscated.
And theoretically, combining all frozen gill, does amount of billion's even possible? lol
367,700 million Gil?
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10-02-2013, 05:53 AMBobbinT367,700 million Gil?
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10-02-2013, 05:56 AMPronsolo
I believe it had something to do with the translation, http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ions-survivors! this thread had many posts about the subject.
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10-02-2013, 06:01 AMBobbinT
I know that thread already. Just pointing the hillarious fact. lol
Think it was a typo, meant only 367,700 Gil only, not millions. lol -
10-02-2013, 06:04 AMEarthen
Billion in the US is not the same as billion is in other countries. The description given is more international friendly.
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10-02-2013, 06:04 AMAnderianIt's definitely billions. Apparently, there was an item or gil dupe in the game that was abused, before it was patched.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbinT
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10-02-2013, 06:07 AMOrophin
Probably has something to do with Japanese numerical notation.
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-conte...Letter1_11.jpg
As you can see here they shorten 344,000 to 34.4. -
10-02-2013, 06:13 AMShuonsorry what? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Earthen
u mean the denomination differs, like how the japanese, chinese and korean numbers move up in 10 thousands rather than thousand xD -
10-02-2013, 06:16 AMSajomirThis is correct, they don't use a specific word for "million" or "billion" like English does. Japanese uses some amount of "ten thousands" for most large numbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orophin
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10-02-2013, 06:16 AMindirathey did it in FFXI many times and banned thousands of account every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbinT
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10-02-2013, 06:18 AMLittle_IfritI think a billion in the US is a million million whereas in EU its a thousand million. I'm not 100% sure but I think thats the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shuon
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10-02-2013, 06:19 AMHulanQuote:
Originally Posted by Shuon
No, the actual word "Billion" and it's etymological equivalents have different meanings in different regions. Using the world "Billion" will have different meanings depending on your local.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
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10-02-2013, 06:59 AMGilbertLapineOddly, this is actually *somewhat* closer to how the Japanese count it, so I can understand why the translator would translate "367,000 million" without thinking about it, though "367.7 billion" is a bit more natural in English. Japanese numbers generally cycle every 10,000 (5 digits), so numbers go up to 10,000, then start over so you have 10,000 10,000s (100,000,000). So in the original press release, it literally says "Total Gil Frozen: About 3667 hundred-million gil" (凍結ギル合計：約3677億ギル).Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbinT
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10-02-2013, 07:04 AMashikenshin
billion in the us: a thousand million
billion in the eu and latin america: a million millions
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10-02-2013, 09:20 AMFelisin germany we have millionen (1 million), milliarden (thousand million) and then billionen (1 million million).Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Ifrit