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Post by Aw5678 on May 22, 2012 15:09:04 GMT -5
Just re-franchised. Checked in on things and it was at 3,054 and I got it for 66 bucks. Previously I had it at 1,877 (right? Is that what I posted? The numbers are jumbling in my brain ) and I paid 41 bucks. I'm going to keep it. I just want it at the highest pop I can get it. ;D I can't believe how fast it climbed from when I got it this am. fun!
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Post by twistybobcat on May 22, 2012 15:10:30 GMT -5
3,072! We are 9 awesome ass people! Maybe more now? I dunno ;D
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Post by Barracuda Bay on May 22, 2012 15:28:35 GMT -5
I franchised yesterday at 752 and it is still at 752. I thought the new calculations would make it the same popularity across the board, pending server updates. Appear not to be the case in my case. Weird? Likewise I franchised it this am and built it up to 1373 pop by 7 am.. It sat all day and is still at 1373.. So apparently any activity from others during the day had no impact on my biz... If this is always the case, then what advantage would there be to build the biz up to higher levels after franchising? Or, is just franchising from BB over and over the only way to COLLECTIVELY build its pop as fast as possible? Our own copies of New York, New York are still going to only reflect our individual actions, plus the bonuses from others franchising it. The system DOES update itself to give everyone the same level, but I don't know when that happens. It may not even happen until the next update. However, if you re-franchise you will automatically gain the current popularity and be entitled to all income bonuses. But don't be discouraged...any check-ins or jobs you do on the property ARE adding to the overall popularity of the business. The numbers would not be rising this quickly if they didn't. The franchises and re-franchises alone don't account for the inflation, trust me. I've run the numbers and even taking into account franchises I might have missed, the franchising could only have brought the property up to at most 1500-1800 popularity by now. As it's gone up about 2400, it's clear all of our check-ins and jobs are paying off too. EVERYTHING seems to be counted, and the number we see reflected on other towns is the TRUE number. Building the business up after franchising won't raise any numbers, it will only give revenue boosts based on the base popularity from the last time you franchised. 3,072! We are 9 awesome ass people! Maybe more now? I dunno ;D About 25 people are in on this at the moment! Not all of them are posting, but I am keeping track.
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Post by Mehurin on May 22, 2012 15:39:44 GMT -5
Got it!
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Post by chocofan on May 22, 2012 16:09:29 GMT -5
Morning here. My NY NY is still showing as 584 for me. As pointed out kindly, it is probably because I have not yet upgraded. Thinking to upgrade today or tomorrow. Was hoping they would have solved the various issues before I DID IT. I will try the (scary delete the app version) town jump first - then if I lose everything I still have the ability to get lots of coins quickly.
I will delete NY NY and refranchise and see (a) how much it now costs, and (b) what the new popularity shows as.
Edit: ok, I blew it. The pop is showing as 3171 and the cost for me would be 509 bucks. When I get home from work tonight I will have a look again, but it's obviously now too popular to play around with in bucks.
Good luck with it everyone. You are making a difference ;D
We could choose one a week to blitz.
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Post by jorule77 on May 22, 2012 16:30:21 GMT -5
So I just franchised at here's the info:
3273.....for $33,532
WOW!!!
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Post by maisey on May 22, 2012 16:40:26 GMT -5
Just move to Las Vegas!!!
I've franchised the NY NY, pop currently @ 3,308!
Power to the ppl!!!!
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Post by 777bonnie777 on May 22, 2012 18:49:59 GMT -5
WOW!!! Mines showing at 3562 This is great. ;D
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Post by Mehurin on May 22, 2012 18:58:10 GMT -5
Ok so my last franchise I just worked it to death with jobs and checkins, up to level 5, then refranchised just now. I may just stick with that pattern - or close to it... If anyone has any ideas of other ways to work at it I'm all ears! Just franchised at 3541
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Post by Barracuda Bay on May 22, 2012 19:14:44 GMT -5
Ok so my last franchise I just worked it to death with jobs and checkins, up to level 5, then refranchised just now. I may just stick with that pattern - or close to it... If anyone has any ideas of other ways to work at it I'm all ears! Just franchised at 3541 I personally think the check-ins are the best route after re-franchising as they reliably give +1 each time for very little elbow grease. The jobs take a long time and have a lower impact. Honestly, if everybody does like 5 or so franchises a day (+100 popularity), and contributes just 25 or so check-ins (+25 popularity), we'll be in the 5 digits easily before the end of the week. This of course takes into account a daily expected dropoff rate. It is still unclear to me whether the dropoff MUST happen, or if it is only triggered by a certain level of inactivity. At this point, I have compensated every single franchise I've received with a 50 green buck franchise. If you sent multiple franchises, you should have received multiple franchises from me. If you didn't, just shoot me a PM. Current popularity is 3,591! You guys are amazing. Our goal: 16,000 popularity by the end of next Tuesday (beating out both of the top 2 Las Vegas properties) And I agree with Chocofan, we could try blitzing a different property every week if this catches on. I have to admit, it's pretty fun once you set things in motion.
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Post by jorule77 on May 22, 2012 19:23:16 GMT -5
Just did my last franchise o the day and it was 3587 @$ 36671
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Post by Amstel Bear Hugs on May 22, 2012 19:31:54 GMT -5
Ok so my last franchise I just worked it to death with jobs and checkins, up to level 5, then refranchised just now. I may just stick with that pattern - or close to it... If anyone has any ideas of other ways to work at it I'm all ears! Just franchised at 3541 I personally think the check-ins are the best route after re-franchising as they reliably give +1 each time for very little elbow grease. The jobs take a long time and have a lower impact. Honestly, if everybody does like 5 or so franchises a day (+100 popularity), and contributes just 25 or so check-ins (+25 popularity), we'll be in the 5 digits easily before the end of the week. This of course takes into account a daily expected dropoff rate. It is still unclear to me whether the dropoff MUST happen, or if it is only triggered by a certain level of inactivity. At this point, I have compensated every single franchise I've received with a 50 green buck franchise. If you sent multiple franchises, you should have received multiple franchises from me. If you didn't, just shoot me a PM. Current popularity is 3,591! You guys are amazing. Our goal: 16,000 popularity by the end of next Tuesday (beating out both of the top 2 Las Vegas properties) And I agree with Chocofan, we could try blitzing a different property every week if this catches on. I have to admit, it's pretty fun once you set things in motion. I was interested in seeing how this worked comparing apples to apples. Yesterday, I franchised 2 accounts. Amstleville- located in SF at the time. Purchased (@ 12-14 bucks) Preciousville- Located in Phoenix. Purchased with bucks (it was 1 more buck than Amstelville)- and done right after. I got them both up to level 5 last night. This morning around 8 am PST Amstelville- 1027 Preciousville- 648 (big difference) I just checked again. Since I was at work, I did a couple of checkin’s for Preciousville, but not Amstelville. 5:00 PST Amstelville- 1027 Previousville- 3549 This is so bizzare!! So just that I am clear, I should delete and re-franchise? (after all those checkins..LOL) I have to change my picture....scary cat!
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Post by Barracuda Bay on May 22, 2012 19:44:46 GMT -5
I personally think the check-ins are the best route after re-franchising as they reliably give +1 each time for very little elbow grease. The jobs take a long time and have a lower impact. Honestly, if everybody does like 5 or so franchises a day (+100 popularity), and contributes just 25 or so check-ins (+25 popularity), we'll be in the 5 digits easily before the end of the week. This of course takes into account a daily expected dropoff rate. It is still unclear to me whether the dropoff MUST happen, or if it is only triggered by a certain level of inactivity. At this point, I have compensated every single franchise I've received with a 50 green buck franchise. If you sent multiple franchises, you should have received multiple franchises from me. If you didn't, just shoot me a PM. Current popularity is 3,591! You guys are amazing. Our goal: 16,000 popularity by the end of next Tuesday (beating out both of the top 2 Las Vegas properties) And I agree with Chocofan, we could try blitzing a different property every week if this catches on. I have to admit, it's pretty fun once you set things in motion. I was interested in seeing how this worked comparing apples to apples. Yesterday, I franchised 2 accounts. Amstleville- located in SF at the time. Purchased (@ 12-14 bucks) Preciousville- Located in Phoenix. Purchased with bucks (it was 1 more buck than Amstelville)- and done right after. I got them both up to level 5 last night. This morning around 8 am PST Amstelville- 1027 Preciousville- 648 (big difference) I just checked again. Since I was at work, I did a couple of checkin’s for Preciousville, but not Amstelville. 5:00 PST Amstelville- 1027 Previousville- 3549 This is so bizzare!! So just that I am clear, I should delete and re-franchise? (after all those checkins..LOL) I have to change my picture....scary cat! It looks like the system updated you for the Previousville account but not for Amstelville. Other people looking at the property under either account will show the true number, though. I would honestly delete and re-franchise both accounts. I think our efforts have shown that multiple franchises are the best way to increase overall popularity. The bringing the business to Level 5 thing for the bonus isn't important until the end of the week. As you saw, it isn't that hard and can be accomplished easily in a day. Re-franchising doesn't mean you wasted time with the jobs and check-ins as everything is being counted towards the total number. If you are only able to franchise in bucks, it may not be worth it to re-franchise as it's starting to get expensive to do so. Try to switch locations to do it for coins, or maybe just stick to jobs and check-ins. I definitely don't want people spending 500+ green bucks to do this unless they have unlimited bucks. I'm glad so many people are enjoying this experiment. Viva la revolucion!
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Post by 777bonnie777 on May 22, 2012 19:46:24 GMT -5
BB, I just re-Franchised and received your re-Franchise, should I do some check in's and jobs or should I delete and re-franchise again?
Moved to Vegas, Funny how I have actually lived there twice. Lol
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Post by Barracuda Bay on May 22, 2012 20:06:11 GMT -5
BB, I just re-Franchised and received your re-Franchise, should I do some check in's and jobs or should I delete and re-franchise again? Moved to Vegas, Funny how I have actually lived there twice. Lol That is really funny! I love the place myself, was there exactly a year ago and try to go every 1-2 years. It is your call. I say delete and do a few more franchises (maybe 3-4) as that's what I am counting in giving the green bucks and it does help move us up faster. Cafj2003 did about 6 re-franchises in a row and I got them all and promptly franchised him back 6 times. Then end the night with some check-ins if you like. This is a group effort! I am personally busy doing exclusively check-ins at the moment.
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Post by jonniva on May 22, 2012 20:20:38 GMT -5
I franchised yesterday at 752 and it is still at 752. I thought the new calculations would make it the same popularity across the board, pending server updates. Appear not to be the case in my case. Weird? Likewise I franchised it this am and built it up to 1373 pop by 7 am.. It sat all day and is still at 1373.. So apparently any activity from others during the day had no impact on my biz... If this is always the case, then what advantage would there be to build the biz up to higher levels after franchising? Or, is just franchising from BB over and over the only way to COLLECTIVELY build its pop as fast as possible? I could be mistaken, but this is what I understand. Your view of the biz popularity will be different than the view others get. A biz will have a baseline pop. You can increase your view of that by checking, jobs and levels. In addition a biz will have a current pop as well as some prior pop value such as yesterday's value. When others visit, this is what they see. Visiting your town for example, I could pick one to view and get the current pop. In a few nanoseconds or more, I will get a second pop, which is the baseline. Not sure, but I think that baseline is what appears to me in your stats. If I franchise it, I will get a different pop, depending on whether I can hit the franchise button before it changes to your baseline. And that value will become my baseline. So to answer your question, the activity others do affect the current pop that other people see. It doesn't affect the value you see in your stats. I believe when you get up a level, that will increase the biz current pop as well as your baseline value. But franchising the biz will do a lot more for biz current pop. This game is about getting the current pop increased, and that doesnt necessarily benefit you. I have not tracked how gifts and franchises affect revenue but I have data I can use to analyze when I get the time. Popularity is one way revenue is determined. Levels and franchises are others. It depends on what your game objectives are how much you care about one of those factors vs.mthe others. And if I'm wrong, I would like to know because figuring out the puzzle with all the vectors is fascinating to me. HTH
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Post by jonniva on May 22, 2012 20:32:12 GMT -5
I was interested in seeing how this worked comparing apples to apples. Yesterday, I franchised 2 accounts. Amstleville- located in SF at the time. Purchased (@ 12-14 bucks) Preciousville- Located in Phoenix. Purchased with bucks (it was 1 more buck than Amstelville)- and done right after. I got them both up to level 5 last night. This morning around 8 am PST Amstelville- 1027 Preciousville- 648 (big difference)
I just checked again. Since I was at work, I did a couple of checkin’s for Preciousville, but not Amstelville.
5:00 PST
Amstelville- 1027 Previousville- 3549 This is so bizzare!! So just that I am clear, I should delete and re-franchise? (after all those checkins..LOL) I have to change my picture....scary cat! Well that blows part of my current theory into last week. Fascinating, Captain!
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Post by 777bonnie777 on May 22, 2012 21:39:50 GMT -5
BB, How many times do you want me to re-Franchise? I can do this as much as you want, let me no.
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Post by olivia on May 22, 2012 21:48:50 GMT -5
Have just franchised 5 times and it shows 4617 5 more and at 5007
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Post by Barracuda Bay on May 22, 2012 21:54:36 GMT -5
BB, How many times do you want me to re-Franchise? I can do this as much as you want, let me no. There isn't any limit to how many you should do. If you can re-franchise 30-40 times, so be it. Every single one of those will be counted for the sake of total popularity as far as I can tell. Whether a record of the franchising will show up on my end is another question. But if you're in this mainly to help the cause and have a near unlimited coin supply, go for it. Clearly there are people doing it already, as the popularity last I checked was at 4,753! That's absolutely unbelievable for one day. It far exceeds my expectations. I'll be posting the final popularity for the night at 11:59pm. By the way, it seems that now that when the daily dropoff occurs, everybody's popularity will be made to match. My personal popularity for NY, NY all day was below the total popularity until about 2 hours ago. Then they matched up perfectly, and now presumably the total will move up at a much faster rate until the next server update.
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