by rrush » Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:40 am
i have a question for people who have hit the banner limit.. when do you typically hit the banner limit (in days after the start of the event)?
if 1 banner/20 min.. 3 banner/60 min = 72 banner/24 hr. the 200 banner limit means 200 banner / (72 banner/day) = 2.7 repeating days.
but realistically, you don’t have ‘24 hours,’ adults need to sleep for 6-8 hours, so let’s say your day is at 67-75% efficiency. and maybe it takes an extra 2-3 minutes to browse until you find the banner, which is about 85-90% efficiency. then, we’d land between 4.1 and 4.9 days
if the event started on the 22nd mar at 00:00 (rollover), that mean our “perfect efficiency, perfect availability” model hits the limit at about 02:45 on 26th mar to 21:40 on 26th mar (compared to our superhuman model hitting 200 banners at 18:40 on 24th mar!)
really though, our model is just measuring the banner/day with a fun benchmark. many people have asymmetrical schedules, i.e. weekends vs. weekdays or commuting time, and are not operating at ‘perfect efficiency.’ by adding an 6-8 hr availability decrease, we change the banners/day from 72 ban/day (superhuman) to 41-48 (all perfect) to 20-32 (perfect efficiency, reduced availability). wowza!
so let’s take it one step further.. when would this person with weekday commitments hit 200? i’ll skip the math and tell you: between 04:10 on 26th mar and 19:15 on 28th mar (don’t forget, this model is for someone who is setting 20 min timers at about all times possible!)
fascinating. i could go on to talk about the error banding or calculation spreadsheet for just as long but i’ll stop there. we’re wrapping up the dates when the hardcore “perfect efficiency” people are reaching 200, so we should see an uptick in posts and congratulatory messages!