according to them, we are 2 0.0005% players who both randomly showed up in the same thread! what are the odds?
This. I still remember nearly 17 years later the time a GM came into our dungeon group in Mana Tombs as i had been feared through the wall and dropped through the world but could not stop myself from falling, even by logging out. The GM appeared in person in a short amount of time (15 mins maybe), fixed our problem, told us a joke, did a dance (he appeared as an ogre), threw up on us, then left. you’ll never get that these days!
I dont think it can be. Too many missing variabilities that it dont take into account. This is my third account for example, and my first were somewhere vanil 2005 or 2006 and which I quit before wrath and havent touched since. Only way it could be accurate is if people would be on one account since beginning and not all are.
also, it depends what their definition of active means. i know that blizzard’s definition of active means above level 10, and being played in the last 2 years. a lot can happen in 2 years in regards how an expansion is received. someone who quit mid DF could still be considered an active account by blizzard. its a shame we just dont have the accurate numbers about the health of the game