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June 29, 2005
Server Population by Time of Day
Server Sample: RP (High)
Sampling Period: 6/13/2005 9:00 am - 6/20/2005 9:00 am
Sampling Resolution: ~14 minutes
Parsing Method: The sample unit is each unique character within each hour of the day.
Data Filter: None
Sample Size: 373,381 samples
For every hour of the day over the 1 week period, we tabulated the number of characters observed. The time shown on the x-axis in the graph below refers to Pacific Daylight Time. Server peak is 7pm and lowest at 3am.
Posted at June 29, 2005 10:30 AM
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Hi,
A question from the other side of the pond:
Something's just occurred to me: I assume this data is for the US servers only. What implications do you feel your findings have, then, for international WoW players? Do you guys have any intention of replicating this research across other servers (e.g., the incredibly popular European servers)?
Aleks
Posted by: Aleks at July 6, 2005 03:38 PM
Aleks,
Hmm. This is an interesting idea. Being ethnocentrists, we assumed everyone else would be just like us. (*grin*)
Seriously, we would love to have that kind of data. Given that our resources are a bit strained at present, we'll have to talk about whether looking at non-US servers is feasible for us at the present time.
Posted by: eric at July 6, 2005 03:46 PM
Heh heh.
Thanks Eric for the clarification,
Aleks
Posted by: Aleks at July 13, 2005 03:30 AM
As an Australian I frequently play at the quietest time on the US-based servers.
I wonder if it's possible to analyse the ratio of grouped players VS the time of day?
For example: It's better to collect resources (often solo) when the server is quiet and it's often hard to find instance groups when there aren't many people interested in going.
Posted by: Dave at August 9, 2005 08:42 PM