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Nearly 500 people online during maintenance? (updated: it's green now)

thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,167 Arc User
At 12:10PM EST, steamcharts shows nearly 500 people online in STO(updated 10 minutes prior). However, the game shows the servers are still down. How are these people online?

Update: the dot is now green :)

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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited January 2016
    All steam knows is whether or not the executable it's linked to is running. In our case, the executable is the launcher. So. . . 500 people are sitting with the launcher open. Does not mean they are actually IN game. Steam would have no way of knowing that.
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,167 Arc User
    tacofangs wrote: »
    All steam knows is whether or not the executable it's linked to is running. In our case, the executable is the launcher. So. . . 500 people are sitting with the launcher open. Does not mean they are actually IN game. Steam would have no way of knowing that.

    That makes sense, thanks for explaining :)

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,573 Arc User
    While I normally shut the client down on patch days in the morning, I neglected to do so today. I launch through Steam so I am probably one of those 500.
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  • xapocalypseponyxxapocalypseponyx Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)
  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,167 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)

    Between 20 and 30% of people playing using Steam, so theoretically about 1500(more).

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  • castsbugccastsbugc Member Posts: 830 Arc User
    they might also be on tribble
  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)

    Between 20 and 30% of people playing using Steam, so theoretically about 1500(more).
    Those aren't correct percentages.
  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,167 Arc User
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)

    Between 20 and 30% of people playing using Steam, so theoretically about 1500(more).
    Those aren't correct percentages.

    I was hoping someone official would confirm or deny those numbers, but I knew I couldn't ask for it. Thanks :D

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  • jarvisandalfredjarvisandalfred Member Posts: 1,549 Bug Hunter
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)

    Between 20 and 30% of people playing using Steam, so theoretically about 1500(more).
    Those aren't correct percentages.

    I was hoping someone official would confirm or deny those numbers, but I knew I couldn't ask for it. Thanks :D

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  • scrooge69scrooge69 Member Posts: 1,108 Arc User
    Wow, 500 people just on Steam. Makes you wonder how many more are staring at their screens right now waiting for a dot to turn green. :)

    Between 20 and 30% of people playing using Steam, so theoretically about 1500(more).
    Those aren't correct percentages.

    why dotn you update us @pwlaughingtrendy

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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,340 Arc User
    Who uses it for STO???

    It might represent a certain percentage of the playerbase but not very reliable IMO.​​
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  • thetaninethetanine Member Posts: 1,367 Arc User
    At 12:10PM EST, steamcharts shows nearly 500 people online in STO(updated 10 minutes prior). However, the game shows the servers are still down. How are these people online?

    Update: the dot is now green :)

    I'm only saying this because you and myself have been playing this game together since it came out. Even when the dot is red, you CAN sometimes log in to the game. Sometimes you can log in to the test server/s when holodeck is down. Yep. You're one of the few Nagus. Good to know you're still active in sto. heh. I didn't mean to rhyme.​​
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  • jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    But but but isn't steam ment to be magic and meant to show the magic numbers of doom

    lol sorry just every doom thread that crops up always says steam seems to know everything lol
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