Pinata Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I'm just wondering how the account creation bar is still going up every three seconds or so. Yet all the servers are down. Saw people spamming it all over the RSOF forums. But tbh it's a good point. I'm trying to create a new account and it's not working. I clicked register next to the login button and the "Play Free Now" button. Idk if there's a different way to access account creation. So I guess is Jagex pulling our legs? This kind of reminds me of the wilderness poll. Even though with or w/o manipulation the poll still would have been in favor of free trade. Anyways if this thread isn't allowed or something feel free to lock. Capes in order: Firemaking - Cooking - Construction - 99 Dungeoneering- 120 Dungeoneering - Quest - Strength - Prayer - Herblore - Constitution- Attack - Defence - Ranged - Runecrafting - Magic - Fletching - Mining- Farming - Smithing - Slayer - Woodcutting - Summoning - Thieving - Hunter- Fishing - Agility - Crafting - Divination - Max - Completionist0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorator Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I never thought that ticker was accurate anyway. This is just proof that it's a loose estimate at best. I also thought it was incredibly silly to start the hype about 200m accounts when they were still ~2mil away. Obtained quest cape and base 92 before obtaining any 99s! Currently finishing out my 99s with the (long-distant) goal of comp cape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsakenMage Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 The ticker may also not be in real time too. And apparently you can still make accounts through the main page, just not through the game itself. *Shrugs* Adventurer's Log || YouTube || Facebook || Tip.it Times Work || Wanna Join the Editorial Panel?Maxed Out 01 October 2012 PDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabelle Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Since a very large percentage of the ~200 million accounts are bots, it seems plausible that they may be using their own software to automate account creation as opposed to using the official Jagex client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecuttingyews Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have noticed that the number of people online is going up roughly the same speed as the accounts created counter. I don't know how that would work, but it may be worth considering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaumonde Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 It's possible that the counter is programmed to increase at an average number of accounts created per hour/day and then adjusted when it gets too off track. I don't ever give much clout to counters that appear to increase in real time. Stat Progress | Stat Averages | Stat Records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza285 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 This is bordering on conspiracy theories... I can't stand it when people yammer on about conspiracy theories because they are usually very insecure people. QUICK wrap your head in a wet towel! It'll jam Jagex's mind reading satellites from collecting our credit card info! Maxed [February 14, 2012] | Completionist [October 25, 2012] | Trimmed Completionist [in Progress]Visit my Blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stev Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I would believe it increases at a set rate, retrieving the real numbers every time you load the page. But then again,I disconnected my net and the umbers stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thus Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 If you go incognito mode or delete all cookied and access runescape.com, you can access account creation right from the page that appears. That still worked when the servers crashed. Also world 68 never crashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Wonder if this was anything to do with the leap second bug that lots of online companies experienced? Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum_Myr Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I would believe it increases at a set rate, retrieving the real numbers every time you load the page. But then again,I disconnected my net and the umbers stopped. I believe it increases at a set rate by contacting the Jagex servers using AJAX. So if your web goes down the page can't use AJAX to update. However I don't believe the number on the server end is necessarily life time, I think it filters through all account creations and it does take time. We can't be sure exactly how fast bots/others create new accounts, but I imagine bots can create a lot of accounts very fast.. The server end probably can't keep updated that fast. So they've throttled the numbers, and when the game server went down it was catching up? That or they've used AJAX for some reason but the counter is fake anyways... Maxed since Sunday, January 9th, 2014Completionist since Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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