Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger3 View Post
Bit late on the results but I forgot my password and had to create a new account.

PackerHeights Top 11 212,250,863 Top 4000 1,261,220,686
ChinaTown Top 11 165,341,641 Top 4000 1,120,352,278
Difference Top 46,909,222 Top 4000 140,868,408

The top teams account for approximately 16% of the overall influence in any given battle
When the top teams caught that virus or got tied up for the first 24 hours it resulted 30% of the difference of the overall decline observed in the Rd4 Battle.

For those thinking that these top teams can't come together and 'Influence' the results...you are wrong. Individually the top teams have a level of organization, communication and 'resources' unlike the others. When they decide to work together they become a machine. Every syndicate benefited with lower points required to reach the target. You're welcome. That goes to FC as well....I don't consider you really winning this event. It was handed over to you to the benefit of everyone. I'm 100% confident FC can be taken down but I'm also 100% sure it's not worth it. You're just the only one's that haven't realized it yet.

Enjoy the events...you'll notice the prizes have gotten alot better. Coincidence? Maybe but at some point this company needs to realize that its not a bigger carrot that will get the donkeys to move.

Cheers [FwD] GU7 F4WK3S (formerly Famous When Dead Syndicate) I left to pursue other interests.
No one's saying that the top teams can't influence the final totals; obviously they can. But everything you just accounted towards the boycott could just as easily be attributed to syndicate war fatigue, as the Chinatown battle started just 11 days after Packer Heights ended. Notice how little the rest of the field changed? Hell, it's even possible that the 24 hour boycott induced more spending than it otherwise would have, because perhaps it encouraged some top 25 teams to make a run for top 10 or some top 50 teams to make a run at top 25. I suspect we will see similarly reduced totals again at the top, simply from top syndicate spenders being fatigued by spending so much gold so often.