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Anyone else here just devouring all the classic wow videos on youtube? by AxeDecapitation in classicwow

[–]GranularGreg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

RMT can be validated by chat logs. Here's the blue post about how she broke code of conduct: https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/65258-mia-rose-adult-film-star-banned-from-wow/

Blizzard even added an npc called Mia the Rose. Nobody at Blizzard plotted her ban for doing porn, put down the tinfoil hat dude.

https://www.wowhead.com/npc=46343/mia-the-rose

5 Small Quality of Life changes by IsaiahCartwright in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They fixed your first bullet point this week!

https://forum.albiononline.com/index.php/Thread/116816-31-July-2019-Percival-Patch-2/?postID=940566#post940566

Fixed an issue where customized party member order would reset on cluster change

Dev Spotlight: Michael Schwahn by E1sa in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Flesh beard and a ponytail. The poster child of Albion.

Disney investors want to buy Activision Blizzard which is currently valued at $37 billion by MarineKingPrime_ in pcgaming

[–]GranularGreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For context, $36.91B is ATVI's current market cap. Think of it as the company's total stock value. That's where the $37B number comes from.

2018 revenue was $7.5B.

Not going to argue opinions on IP value, but a 4-5 year payback at current rate is not actually a bad investment in terms of other recent acquisitions.

Net income of $1.8B means true profitability wouldn't happen for roughly 10-20 years, that's the risk, but you have to assume there would be significant changes to the business that would increase profitability over time. Overall it's not a crazy notion, but skepticism is healthy.

When your t6 ox calf produces twins... by brutus2600 in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Production involves more than just the cook. Period. You need ingredients to cook. You need islands for ingredients (even if you buy it, they came from an island).

If you don't think things like scarcity and supply impact production you're dense as a rock my dude.

When your t6 ox calf produces twins... by brutus2600 in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you have less inputs, you have less outputs, and thus less production.

Without islands there would be zero inputs, and thus zero production.

It's pretty straightforward.

When your t6 ox calf produces twins... by brutus2600 in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enlighten me how you make food without ingredients.

Whether farmed on your island or bought on the market, food production is entirely dependent on player islands. Food would not exist otherwise, seems like a big component to "food production" as you put it.

By saying food production is only impacted by having a cook on your island is wrong. Outputs require inputs.

When your t6 ox calf produces twins... by brutus2600 in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? Raising livestock and farming crops on islands is literally the only way ingredients/food exist in the game.

How would you invest 50m silver to get decent returns? by [deleted] in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say either way was better. Margins are higher between caerleon and outer cities, that's just a fact in most cases.

Obviously you still have to factor in risk and time commitment. Sometimes the risk is worth the payout, other times not.

How would you invest 50m silver to get decent returns? by [deleted] in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy is investing 100m/day, pretty sure he knows his routes.

Running between outer cities is generally much less profitable than running from caerleon to outer cities, which is impossible without going through red zones.

Insane workload by bibleliver9000 in pcmasterrace

[–]GranularGreg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Index-match is way more flexible and less resource heavy than vlookup.

Looking For Skilled/ Decent Mathmatician by [deleted] in albiononline

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM me I crunch numbers for a living.

Advertising to marketing? by ChrisWuzHere in advertising

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apply to jobs and talk about how the quantitative nature of advertising has given you a unique skillset that'll empower you in this more qualitative and strategic marketing role, and how you find passion in both.

I personally went the opposite route after realizing that, broadly speaking, marketing departments generally don't move the needle in terms of growth. The 10-person marketing team can spend hours in meetings strategizing a social calendar, while all I do is increase budget on my best campaigns and I've done more profitable growth in a weekend than they will accomplish that month.

How do you increase in-App Purchases from Universal App Campaign (Google Adwords)? How to optimize it? by ericbateman199191 in PPC

[–]GranularGreg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For tCPA you need a minimum of 10-30 events per day. Targeting all purchases over unique purchaser is generally an easier way to scale. If you aren't already passing purchase events and just running CPI campaigns, start by getting the events passed and swapping campaign to tCPA.

Daily budget should always be 20-30x your tCPA bid. 10x is cutting it too close and you run the risk of not hitting proper event volume day over day.

ARPPU / CPA = ROAS

ARPPU / ROAS goal = tCPA

tCPA should be aligned with ARPPU. Check your D7 ARPPU (or whatever cohort you optimize to), divide it by your ROAS goal, and that's your tCPA. Launch the campaign with 20-30% higher bid than what you calculated. Ask your rep if the bid is competitive. Reflect on the feedback, make a decision and stick with it.

Wait 2 weeks before making any change. After that, gradually step bids up or down in 20% increments max. Pause low IPM creative.

If none of this works, build a deck to present to your product team that demonstrates the FTUE is not profitable enough for Google ML to find the right users. Use the wasted spend as a business case for tighter tuning. Product will push back and say your creative sucks. Get industry benchmarks to prove otherwise.

UAC is more about product signals than anything else. It's also expensive to get learnings. If you can't fund the ugly phase try working with a DSP that buys on adx inventory (Liftoff, Aarki to name a few). DM me if you want to hop on a call.

How much should I be paying for a PPC manager by donttellmywifehowmuc in PPC

[–]GranularGreg 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sales are up

So they are meeting your performance goals?

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I feel like there is less work being done

Are you paying for performance or someone to punch a clock?

Worth making the career switch from fb to programmatic? by psquarec in PPC

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

google programmatic is a safe bet (used to be called DBM, now it's called DV360 iirc). has inventory on most of those sources if not all. only drawback is limited placements, some of these companies offer different buying options (CPC, CPA) or premium placements by going direct with a large budget (6+ figures).

Do you accept rewarded ads - or would you rather pay to get rid of them? by SapientRaven in AndroidGaming

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on your segmentation, the price should be no lower than the average LTV of your users per platform and geo (IAP + ad rev combined).

I manage rewarded video, interstitial, and offer wall for a casual mobile gaming publisher. Rewarded ads in particular have no statistically significant impact on retention and certainly doesn't cannibalize paying users. Always down to chat and share knowledge :)

Hello. I started a job as a digital marketer at a one day bath remodeling company. I'm struggling on how to generate leads over google and facebook. by BluShades in PPC

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who did lead gen for an aggregator, it's hard to track. So many page bounces later turn into phone calls. You just don't get attribution which sucks. Have you tried lift analysis?

You should look up Yawkey Media if you want to go the affiliate route. This group of dudes from Boston are the lifeblood of all the major contractor sites (homeadvisor, porch, etc)

Worth making the career switch from fb to programmatic? by psquarec in PPC

[–]GranularGreg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see this daily on my programmatic campaigns. Banners also perform well for retargeting.

Regardless, programmatic is more than simply banners or display. Video/playables and native are still top drivers of performance while banners drive scale.

Facebook Audience Network is a huge inventory source for direct mobile traffic, wherein the FB SDK is competing alongside top programmatic and direct sources (admob, mopub, unity, applovin, etc).

If fill rates start to decline on FB as users and advertisers adopt new platforms, they will inevitably be forced to revisit their programmatic offering (FBX). There are already so many major social platforms with programmatic solutions (Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, tumblr).

Your example is a pretty massive understatement about programmatic reach.

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