What exactly does "New Britannians" mean??

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  1. NirAntae

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    On the SotA homepage in the funding box at the top right corner, it used to have 'amount raised', 'SotA Backers' (which was roughly 30k), and a few other numbers.

    Now it just has "amount raised" and "New Britannians", which is about three times the previous backers figure at 65,675.

    What does this change mean? What number is that drawing from?
     
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    Wow, that must have just changed because I was just looking at that the "old way" just before going to dinner. Where did like 38,000 new backers come from???
     
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    I am wondering if is a math error. It looks like they were trying to combine everything instead of separating the KS and SOTA site totals. Of course, maybe they are counting all the NPCs and Avatars are going to be seriously outnumbered. :)
     
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    Yeah, there's really something strange going on. I reported it on the Official Forum Bug List and also sent a note to Tassilo and Rustic Dragon. Let's see what they say....
     
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    I was just about to post the same thing.

    65,693 New Britannians Wow!

    Does Portalarium have Nob the Stable Boy manually inputting new players?
     
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    If it's a mistake, it's part of an intentional change. The layout is different.

    Or maybe Gracekain managed to create 38,000 new founders in the last 3 days. :)

    Either way, I hope the that new number is right. It's good for the game and great for my three village lots!
     
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    i wonder if they decided to count all the $10 pledges....

    it is THIS kind of thing that makes this game/forum addicting. The unknown, the speculations, i love a good mystery. Thanks SotA!
     
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    Close but not quite! Don't be surprised if I end up owning "rare collectible, Akalabeth game in the original, hand-made packaging" ;)
     
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    What pledge level are you at now, Gracekain?

    When you hit Lady of the Manor, don't forget about us little people!
     
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    lol no where close. I was only joking. Would be nice tho, an original copy with artwork....
     
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    What ? You mean in the original ziploc bag packaging ? :)
     
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    If you notice, the $10 guilt pledge is now gone as well. I guess if you feel guilty now, it's really going to cost you now!!! lol :(
     
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    Woo! We're now at 65,827! :rolleyes:

    Most recent New Brtiannians:
    ChaseLQZougfn
    RosemarieTolive
    RoccoZzxpwelai
    WillyRTNhdjzxu

    Welcome to the community! Looking forward to your contribution to these forums! ;)
     
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    I might be wrong but I'd guess one of those is a real user.
     
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    If you think it's "RosemarieTolive", uhm...

    [​IMG]
     
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    I think it should be
    "Britannians"

    Instead of
    "New Britannians"
     
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    Isn't the land in Shrouds called "New Britannia" to differentiate itself from the previous Ultima titles ? Makes sense in that context. :)
     
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    I revise my estimate down one .....

     
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    Yep, I'd stick with New Britannians. Although technically, the first continent is Novia, but the world is New Britannia.
     
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