Quote Originally Posted by Musashidon View Post
what's to argue? the numbers are not subs, and the numbers are not accurate you can say oh but they are 10% wrong or 20% wrong but that shows that you don't even know if the number are true so why would i believe something you don't even know?
The point to argue is that the numbers are not fake. Fake implies they are made up, but they are not made up. They're based off real achievements obtained by characters. IIRC the achievement is the one you obtain at level 15 (used level 15 to reduce RMT inflation); however, I am not 100% sure on that. We know that the major factor which generates error is that it is based off CHARACTERs and not PLAYERs. That means if 1 player has an alternate, they are counted twice. I know one person who has 6 alternates, for example. He would be counted 7 times on the census. That said, most people, I believe, do not have alternates - so we can safely say the estimate is close. The second largest issue is that bots will be added to the mix. Outside of those 2 glaring issues, it is quite accurate based off data-mining what is actually happening in the game.

I am not sure where you are getting 10% and 20% error from, as that implies this was done with statistical analysis and the margin of error is X %. That doesn't really work in this methodology.

In terms of why would you believe something I don't know? Well, I do know that the number is slightly less than the reported value - feel free to believe it as you will.