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DeQuosaek
Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:49 pm
#53
I am on the list. The alphabetizing goes differently by capital letters and small letters, so it was hard to find.
But I did want to thank you all for letting us help test and for fixing the problems so quickly and keeping the lines of communication wide open. It was a great experience and it felt great being able to help make the game better! You guys all did a fantastic job. 
I think you were holding back in the beta so you could wow us that much more when it was released, but either way it worked!
Message Edited by DeQuosaek on 11-05-2004 02:09 PM
QwazMazinti
Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:52 pm
#56
Some possibly interesting stats for you...
By copying and pasting the first column of the list into Excel, I get a total of 17024 rows (beginning with --Trouble-- and ending with Jerrid_Walker). The complete list is three of these rows which gives a total of 17024*3= 51072 handles.
Assuming these are all paying customers, that means that just from the Beta players, SOE sees revenue of 51072*15.98 = $816,130 per month ($9,793,632 per year).
This doesn't take into consideration the one-time revenue they get from game sales or expansion sales.
Add in the revenue they get from non-beta subscribers and the yearly revenue from SWG is more than the original production budget of Star Wars:A New Hope which was, in 1977 dollars, $11,000,000.
By copying and pasting the first column of the list into Excel, I get a total of 17024 rows (beginning with --Trouble-- and ending with Jerrid_Walker). The complete list is three of these rows which gives a total of 17024*3= 51072 handles.
Assuming these are all paying customers, that means that just from the Beta players, SOE sees revenue of 51072*15.98 = $816,130 per month ($9,793,632 per year).
This doesn't take into consideration the one-time revenue they get from game sales or expansion sales.
Add in the revenue they get from non-beta subscribers and the yearly revenue from SWG is more than the original production budget of Star Wars:A New Hope which was, in 1977 dollars, $11,000,000.
Message Edited by QwazMazinti on 11-05-2004 04:00 PM
Mank00
Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:54 pm
#57
Just posting on this account to show its true.
Mankind00 wrote:
Thunderheart wrote:
Ricven wrote:
Do not frown if you are not on the list I am not either, but least we were apart of it right! It could have been worse we did not even get the invite whether early or late!
If you dont find your name on the list but you were in beta, let us know by posting in this thread and we'll check it and get you on the list...
Can you put me on the list? I was onas Mank00 (who is on the list) but this is my normal account so I did all my posting on this (as my invite got filtered).
1337GATer
Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:00 pm
#60
Thunderheart wrote:
For all of our Beta Testers, Thanks from all of us, to all of you!
Have a great weekend!
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my other account which i beta tested with, ussallentown, isn't on there.
SharkBoy007
Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:03 pm
#62
For TH:
Thanks for that. Though being able to play beta was awesome, this thank you is the icing on the cake, and onethat was really cool
For everyone else:
Now you know who to either thank, or shoot, depending on your stance towards JTL 
Mox Shehalis
Rypht
Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:04 pm
#63
I... *sniffle* promised myself *chokes back weepy sound* I would't do this.
*initiates a 10,000 person group hug*
JTGAlpha
Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:08 pm
#65
Ah cool. Didn't see how they were breaking it up...awesome, never mind.