Durzo Blint wrote: ↑2 years ago
Let's talk about the perceived problem and the numbers. Just by quickly looking at the 480 players who do not make their bankroll private, there is approximately $903M owned between these players. Let's break it down further:
Total New Players: 272 players, 16 private accounts, 256 accounts have a total of $30M with the top holder being $326K for an average of $117K and median of $100K. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $115K per player
Total Junior Players: 41 players, 7 private accounts, 34 accounts have a total of $4M with the top holder being $911K for an average of $158K and a median of $69K. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $100K per player
Total Intermediate Players: 78 players, 30 private accounts, 48 accounts have a total of $17M with the top holder being $3.3M for an average of $458K and a median of $134K. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $221K per player
Total Advanced Players: 93 players, 55 private accounts, 38 accounts have a total of $30K with the top holder being $12M (next highest is $3.5M) for an average of $800K and a median of $213K. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $302K per player
Total Veteran Players: 61 players, 33 private accounts, 28 accounts have a total of $88M with the top holder being $49M (congrats Ken!) and an average of $3.2M and a median of $570K. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $801K (Ken was really bring the avg up here).
Total Expert Players: 204 players, 128 private accounts, 76 accounts have a total of $733M with the top holder being $141M (congrats Laura!) and an average of $9.8M with a median of $1.4M. Removing the top 5 and bottom 5 from the average results in an avg of $4.3M.
Let's also take a look at the top 50 money holders. We know #1 has $141M and #2 has $139M. There are 4 people with private amounts until we get to #7 with $76M and #8 with $73M. The 14th person with the most money in the game is Ken (advanced player) with $49M. We also know that the person with the 46th most money in the game has a balance of $14M.
So what does this all mean? Of the total $903M I could see, I know that $653M (72%) of that is sitting in 14 accounts of the total 480 analyzed (3%). I know there are accounts that are not active, so even if I remove the 256 new player accounts, the 14 accounts have 75% of the money analyzed and make up 6% of the accounts.
Now, I know there are 37 private accounts in the top 50 money holders, but we have the ranges those balances are between. I know there are 4 people who have between $76M and $139M. I know there are 5 people who have between $49M and $72M. If there is too much money in the game, it's not hard to figure out where the money is.
Again, I go back to my initial point, I do not see Laura or April or Regina or Glenn increasing stud fees because they have so much money, or increasing farm rate costs, or the game increasing the basic costs of playing to take money out, so does it matter that these players have a ton of money and will buy a stewardbred for $20M if they want to? Does it matter if we bring these 14 players down from $141M to $100M? or $75M to $40M? They can still do whatever they want in the game as money is not a problem and never will be for some that have the horses to continue to bring in the money through races (newly created money) or stud fees from the other players.