Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.
What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man.
I did all that other stuff too.
Or you could take all that money you spend on little pixelated cartoon characters and invest? Ya know...something that’ll give returns for your entire life and not just a few short years of entertainment. But hey, it’s your money right? Lol
This is why I can't spend money on the game. Nothing like buying digital code, that has absolutely no worth, especially after the servers are turned off.
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.
What in the world do you do that you can spend $6,000 a year on this game?
I'd much rather go on a great vacation for that kind of cash, or you know, pay my bills, school loans and mortgage. But hey, good for you man.
I did all that other stuff too.
Or you could take all that money you spend on little pixelated cartoon characters and invest? Ya know...something that’ll give returns for your entire life and not just a few short years of entertainment. But hey, it’s your money right? Lol
maybe he did and that's why he can spend lavishly on mobile games?
Funny how people discuss my financial situation. 500$ is actually not much. There are so many things in this world I would not spend money on: guns, fast food, smartphones, tickets for baseball games, new shiny cars ...
I hear these terms thrown all over the place and was just curious as to what each is.
What defines each? I'm really curious to what the community thinks. I'm at 1.9 million GP and I started in March of this year so going on 8 months. Am I whale? Kraken? Tuna?
Its about how much they spent in the game. There are 4 types of labels:
F2P: Probably the most obnoxious group that are very entitled and like to plug their status the most (fyi, i'm F2P). They've never spend a dime in the game and its meaning is corrupted. The game is VERY F2P friendly than it used to be. Back then, you had some toons that were locked behind money. You could not acquire these toons without spending money and the characters you could acquire for free were less powerful than they are now, with a smaller selection and it was extremely difficult to beat a team of Paid Toons. So it was considered a huge achievement if you could beat toons like clones or Sun Fac using the weak F2P toons. It was proper bragging rights. Now its just a status symbol rather than an impressive feat.
Dolphins: Light / Thin spenders. They might drop $9.99 for a 30 shard pack. They might spend $50 bucks on a pack or crystals each month or less. They consider themselves almost completely F2P and walk around with the F2P status while finding it difficult that there is someone in this game that is F2P and can beat them.
Whales: People who occasionally drop big once in a blue moon. They might drop $300 on a single or buy a crystal vault a month. They might see a really really good toon that brings a lot of value and shell hard on that toon. Sometimes you lose against a dolphin or F2P with better mods or toons they farmed and you feel bitter and resent and you justify your loss by calling that person a whale. It has a negative meaning and being called a whale is suppose to devalue your accomplishments in the game. (Oh you can only score so good in the raid because you paid for it, oh you can only win because $$$ etc.) From what I've seen, whales are usually chill people who are happy to admit they are one. I'm glad there isn't a big divide in both sides.
Kraken: THEY. HAVE. EVERYTHING. MAXED. OUT. These people have their checking account linked to wire all their earnings to SWGOH. Jokes aside, they are heavy spenders, if Whales spend $300 per month they would be people who spent like $1000 or more idk. Just a lot.
These are all based on the size of the sea life so terms like tuna, shrimp is basically mean dolphin
I guess your definition fits the vet F2P. I am not a vet and play the game because it is free. Not even sure what there is to brag about. The PvP is not that but PvAI as the same in the ship arena. I guess if people like to brag about beating the AI that is their prerogative. Either way you need when defining this probably should separate the F2P into separate groups. The vet players seem to complain more then most because they feel they earned what they have and everyone else should. Newer F2P like me could care less either way and probably as someone else mentioned the newer get disenfranchised with the game quicker now and do not stick around. I have been in I guess technically a little over a year but actually played a lot less then that. Many of the players that I had that were on my ally list are no longer logging in.
Yet here you are, mentioning you're f2p and complaining. lmao
Observation not a complaint. What someone's status(whale, minnow, etc.) is in the game does not affect me or determines how I play. So again it was observation.
Funny how people discuss my financial situation. 500$ is actually not much. There are so many things in this world I would not spend money on: guns, fast food, smartphones, tickets for baseball games, new shiny cars ...
Funny how people discuss my financial situation. 500$ is actually not much. There are so many things in this world I would not spend money on: guns, fast food, smartphones, tickets for baseball games, new shiny cars ...
Not even nerf guns? What kind of person are you?
I spent a lot on my Hasselblad camera and additional equipment. That’s the kind of person I am.
Funny how people discuss my financial situation. 500$ is actually not much. There are so many things in this world I would not spend money on: guns, fast food, smartphones, tickets for baseball games, new shiny cars ...
It’s just so inconceivable to some that that well off people (adults with jobs and incomes) also play this game. Not everyone can be a teenager living in their parent’s basement.
I don't get how spending money on this game for entertainment is any different than say going to the movies. Neither lasts forever, it's just what a person chooses to do with that portion of their income set aside for fun. I don't personally spend much, but I don't fault those who do. It's their money...
Yesterday a **** in a porsche cayenne illegally passed me. Now there's your waste of money
I don't get how spending money on this game for entertainment is any different than say going to the movies. Neither lasts forever, it's just what a person chooses to do with that portion of their income set aside for fun. I don't personally spend much, but I don't fault those who do. It's their money...
Yesterday a **** in a porsche cayenne illegally passed me. Now there's your waste of money
Since January 2017 i spent ~500$ per month and never knew whether that qualifies for the whale status. I turned F2P a couple of weeks ago for various reasons: mostly related to the gambling part and the uncertainty of how or if / when my "investment" actually pays off. Plus I started to play in late 2016 and figured that I would have to spend ever more money to make up for the "delay". There are guys out there who spend 2 or 3 times as much as other whales only because they started to play much later.
spoiler alert. this is a GAME... it DOESNT pay off... EVER! LOL!!!!!
U have to look at it like this u have a gambling problem 600$ a month on a game For a 1% chance to hit jackpot on packs or 1k plus in the casino still trying to beat the odds stacked against u u made right choice lol
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This is why I can't spend money on the game. Nothing like buying digital code, that has absolutely no worth, especially after the servers are turned off.
I seriously doubt that lol.
Observation not a complaint. What someone's status(whale, minnow, etc.) is in the game does not affect me or determines how I play. So again it was observation.
Not even nerf guns? What kind of person are you?
I spent a lot on my Hasselblad camera and additional equipment. That’s the kind of person I am.
It’s just so inconceivable to some that that well off people (adults with jobs and incomes) also play this game. Not everyone can be a teenager living in their parent’s basement.
Yesterday a **** in a porsche cayenne illegally passed me. Now there's your waste of money
True and lol.
spoiler alert. this is a GAME... it DOESNT pay off... EVER! LOL!!!!!