Quote (markson @ Jun 13 2020 01:12pm)
I mean aren’t they all public?
What do I mean when I say "public walk" in this context?
A "private walk" would be 1 person with 120 sojs, selling all at once. That's the professional way to do it, but requires fg/money to do it. It's quick, efficient, and profitable. Its all over in a few minutes, leaving very little time for John Q Public to catch a game.
A "public walk" is when 1 person punts 1 soj, (or 5 sojs in the case of IP 148 today). Someone posts on jsp dclone forum about it. Everyone tries to get a game. No one wants to donate any sojs, but they trickle in anyway. Eventually, after 1 to 3 days, it finally walks because many many people sold a handful of sojs each. It's a public effort to walk it.
Public walks stall all the time. Every time, one of 2 things happen:
1) everyone puts in a few sojs and it walks.
Or
2) Some people put in sojs, then people lose interest and drop games, then the big guys swoop in and take advantage of a newly warm IP.
Quote (markson @ Jun 13 2020 01:12pm)
All ppl can get anni if they stumble on right up?
Yes, this is true. However, if its a professional person/team, then they will lock in nearly every game on that IP. They leave very little room for any random person to catch a game. If they're very determined, they'll crash an IP to kick you off and THEN fill it
Quote (markson @ Jun 13 2020 01:12pm)
And it doesn’t affect the ppl that sold the soj?
At face value, no, you grabbing a game does not effect the people selling sojs. However, if you ask the people running the market (myself included) then yes, your random free anni DOES effect people selling soj. Here's why... Let's say I do a walk. I sell 100 sojs and get a bunch of unid anni. I plan to sell those unid anni for 350fg per. You and a handful of other random people get a free anni off my IP. You all sell your anni for 250 each. Now you've lowered market value. You've set a precedent on anni price. Now if I try to sell at the planned 350fg price point, my customers will say "but these 3 guys sold for less!" Your random free anni hits me directly in the wallet. This is the thinking of most clone walkers. I personally dont give a shit if a few people get a free anni and hit my wallet because I still make insane profit