Probably not. But if you did guess March 25th as the date patch 2.4 was released you might have an email from our own Elizabeth Harper in your inbox in the next few days. So how did you all get to guess March 25th as the magical date?Some of you might have just pulled the date out of a hat. I can't really blame you if you did, since Blizzard has been notorious for releasing things "when they're ready." WoWWiki even has a page for the often-quoted blue response to people asking when the patch will be released: "soon."
Of course, if you took my route, you would have hunkered down and done some good old math and figured out that the trend was leading towards a March 25th release date. I was, ahem, right. /dance /cheer /drinkaglassofcelebratorywine
Now of course the real test of any mathematical prediction is to see if it holds up over time. When the next patch is announced (if there is one), we'll take another mathematical look at the numbers and try to predict when that patch will go live.
All in all, it was quite a fun little contest. Many thanks to the over 900 of you who entered. Check your mailboxes, you might have won!
For those wondering, the image is the "I Win" button they'll be putting in patch 2.5. We know this is going to happen because of all the nerfs in 2.4... (I'm kidding, but flame away.)
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3-27-2008 @ 6:26PM
Tilde said...
I just put down the date that was one month from the day I saw the competition, I didn't even bother checking if it was a maintenance day.
Too bad I'm not elegible, I didn't format the answer correctly either, so meh.
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3-27-2008 @ 6:30PM
SaintStryfe said...
Same here. I just dropped down. I had read and assumed the 25th. They don't want to clutter thier April Fool's day fun with annoying patch conserns, and I think they'd rather fix problems right now then endlessly overwork them.
3-27-2008 @ 6:32PM
Myriaz - Spirestone said...
aw. i guessed the right date....but got no "i win" email = *( oh well. guess i'll be paying for next month by myself.
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3-27-2008 @ 6:45PM
Alchemistmerlin said...
Oooooh goody I hope I won.
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3-27-2008 @ 11:02PM
Azureblood said...
mmm no email for me yet. i hope i win though :D
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3-28-2008 @ 9:09AM
Tatiyanna said...
Well I basicly took the time frames from the previous patches, divided that by the total fixes in all, rasied to thepower of three, got the square root of lines of code invoved subtracted that from the total...
...Then I threw that number out the window and guessed....
But alas no email here either...
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3-28-2008 @ 9:42AM
ThorinII said...
No email for me either. :0( I never win anything.
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4-15-2008 @ 1:07PM
berkant41 said...
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