An Updated Study on Drawball Ink
By HugeDrawballFaggot
For publication in the March edition of The New England Journal of Advanced Drawball Sciences
February 6th, 2011
First thing you need to do is throw out all your knowledge of ink consumption based on the in-game display of ink percentage, because that number is quite different from how the server actually tracks ink.
New IP addresses start with 1,515,000 ink. (1.515 million)
An IP address will accumulate ink up to a maximum of 6,010,000 ink (6.01 million).
... thus, new IP addresses effectively start with 25.2% of their maximum potential Ink.
Projecting those numbers onto the webpage number of 6500% starting ink, the "over 9000" range could be thought of as encompassing ink values between 9,000% and 25,800% - the estimated maximum if the client would display it. -- Thats why you can draw for so long and still stay "over 9000%" - because your ink well can hold 16,800% more ink than it will display.
Here is the raw data on ink consumption in relation to brush size:
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Brush Location: First Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 2 pixels
Ink Consumption: 422 ink units
Pixels Covered: 3
Efficiency: 134.3267 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 3 pixels
Ink Consumption: 424 ink units
Pixels Covered: 7
Efficiency: 59.9837 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 4 pixels
Ink Consumption: 428 ink units
Pixels Covered: 12
Efficiency: 34.0591 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 5 pixels
Ink Consumption: 434 ink units
Pixels Covered: 19
Efficiency: 22.1034 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 6 pixels
Ink Consumption: 441 ink units
Pixels Covered: 28
Efficiency: 15.5971 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 7 pixels
Ink Consumption: 450 ink units
Pixels Covered: 38
Efficiency: 11.693 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 9 pixels
Ink Consumption: 471 ink units
Pixels Covered: 63
Efficiency: 7.4036 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 11 pixels
Ink Consumption: 500 ink units
Pixels Covered: 95
Efficiency: 5.2613 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 13 pixels
Ink Consumption: 534 ink units
Pixels Covered: 132
Efficiency: 4.0231 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 15 pixels
Ink Consumption: 575 ink units
Pixels Covered: 176
Efficiency: 3.2538 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 17 pixels
Ink Consumption: 622 ink units
Pixels Covered: 226
Efficiency: 2.7403 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 19 pixels
Ink Consumption: 676 ink units
Pixels Covered: 283
Efficiency: 2.3842 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 21 pixels
Ink Consumption: 735 ink units
Pixels Covered: 346
Efficiency: 2.1220 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 23 pixels
Ink Consumption: 801 ink units
Pixels Covered: 415
Efficiency: 1.9279 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 25 pixels
Ink Consumption: 874 ink units
Pixels Covered: 490
Efficiency: 1.7804 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 27 pixels
Ink Consumption: 952 ink units
Pixels Covered: 572
Efficiency: 1.6627 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 29 pixels
Ink Consumption: 1037 ink units
Pixels Covered: 660
Efficiency: 1.5699 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 31 pixels
Ink Consumption: 1128 ink units
Pixels Covered: 754
Efficiency: 1.4944 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Annoying Conclusions:
* The largest brush is actually 89 times more ink efficient than the smallest brush.
* The largest brush is officially 7.8 times more ink efficient than the rageball-size brush.
* The largest brush is not only smarter than you, it's also more attractive.
Sorry I haven't been around in a couple days, I've been moving. I'm honestly surprised it's still up, great job everyone! Once I get settled in I will work on this more, hopefully my new connection will have a dynamic IP.
I've been taking a closer look at ink regeneration this evening, while obtaining the numbers to debunk the myth that ink regenerates faster when you have more of it.
I was surprised to see the ink regeneration rate increase slowly even while I was depleting my entire supply.
I started my testing with an IP address that had full ink.
The ink recharge rate started at 3284 and by the time I had emptied all my ink, it had crept up to 3291. ... and it continued to increase as it recharged.
While I sat and watch it recharge the ink supply, it went up to 3296.
Ink regeneration rate appears to be tied to how long the IP address has been around drawball. Drawball seems to reward returning IP addresses with faster ink regeneration.
When I tested with a brand new IP address on drawball, ink regeneration started at 2000. The IP that I have been using for several days is regenerating ink 60 percent faster than a brand new IP.
So... don't bother holding back on your last bits of ink in the belief that it will help you regenerate faster. Regeneration rate has no relationship to how much ink you have.
One warning though, if you go for too many days without visiting drawball from any given IP address, it will reset your ink regeneration rate and the IP address will start over with the original 2000 rate given to new IP addresses. I haven't quite got the exact number of days figured out yet, but i think it's somewhere around a week.
All I know is that the IP's handed out by my VPN almost all get 9000+ ink and I can disconnect and reconnect at will and get 9000+ ink at will practically. I can nail this shit for hours and hours if I choose to without ever running out of ink.
I have been shitting all over the French and their blue in the upper left just to keep them busy and away from the T.
Let me know if you want a big dose of ink somewhere special.
All I know is that the IP's handed out by my VPN almost all get 9000+ ink and I can disconnect and reconnect at will and get 9000+ ink at will practically. I can nail this shit for hours and hours if I choose to without ever running out of ink.
I have been shitting all over the French and their blue in the upper left just to keep them busy and away from the T.
Let me know if you want a big dose of ink somewhere special.
Your VPN provider has a limited pool of IP's that you get to choose from. When you get the same IP that you've had within the last week, you get full ink with it. Sounds like an ideal ink farm.
RE: where to dump ink, I've spent most of my ink whitening the &. Its dirty as hell and needs a fresh coat of paint. The outline is always high on the priority list too.
Your VPN provider has a limited pool of IP's that you get to choose from. When you get the same IP that you've had within the last week, you get full ink with it. Sounds like an ideal ink farm.
RE: where to dump ink, I've spent most of my ink whitening the &. Its dirty as hell and needs a fresh coat of paint. The outline is always high on the priority list too.
Those green fags are tearing up the left side of the &. So I am teal bombing their whole green field to keep them busy while the rest of you fix it.
Also with my VPN I can change to about 30 - 40 cities world wide. Right now I am hitting out of Miami I think.
Heads up guys, there is blue scribbles creeping in, a line on the right and some in the ampersand. Might be the fins trying to make a comeback. Crush them asap. Hopefully they will give up again without a fight.
EDIT: I took a better look ans it's definitely the fins making a comeback. We need as many people as possible right now to go cover up their progress BEFORE they make it. They are trying to spread out their outlines and scribbles so we don't notice, I'm glad I spotted this.
Well guys I am done with draw ball until Wednesday. I have a warranty issue (RMA) with my laptop and will be shipping it back for a replacement tomorrow. So if the &T is still up by then I will resume ink bombing.
If you wanna help me, I'm teal bombing the left side of the & right now. The finland drawers are attempting a comeback so I think the best plan of action is to destroy their two remaining legs, the one on the left and the one on the bottom left.
Those areas desperately need to be worked on anyway. :thumbsup:
A blue tint has enveloped a good portion of the ampersand in the night.
Have gone through a few IP's worth of ink on the background. If anyone has ink at the moment keep an eye on the tie of the ampersand at the bottom right.
Totse once tried to make a gigantic "TOTSE" banner on drawball, however, they were all too goddamn stupid to organize their efforts resulting in two crappy banners that got thoroughly pwned by the Koreans.
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Right now we're teal bombing the area in between the & and T to get rid of those fucking polacks.
guess I should have checked here first before I did teal near the T. Ooops.
anyways, I spewed my load in the left arm-pit of the T. :fap:
That's one (full) IP's worth of ink with ownball 7.
Everyone prolly already knows but you can right click on the ball and use your zoom to get even more detailed.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Drawball
By HugeDrawballFaggot
For publication in the March edition of The New England Journal of Advanced Drawball Sciences
February 6th, 2011
First thing you need to do is throw out all your knowledge of ink consumption based on the in-game display of ink percentage, because that number is quite different from how the server actually tracks ink.
New IP addresses start with 1,515,000 ink. (1.515 million)
An IP address will accumulate ink up to a maximum of 6,010,000 ink (6.01 million).
... thus, new IP addresses effectively start with 25.2% of their maximum potential Ink.
Projecting those numbers onto the webpage number of 6500% starting ink, the "over 9000" range could be thought of as encompassing ink values between 9,000% and 25,800% - the estimated maximum if the client would display it. -- Thats why you can draw for so long and still stay "over 9000%" - because your ink well can hold 16,800% more ink than it will display.
Here is the raw data on ink consumption in relation to brush size:
==========================
Brush Location: First Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 2 pixels
Ink Consumption: 422 ink units
Pixels Covered: 3
Efficiency: 134.3267 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 3 pixels
Ink Consumption: 424 ink units
Pixels Covered: 7
Efficiency: 59.9837 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 4 pixels
Ink Consumption: 428 ink units
Pixels Covered: 12
Efficiency: 34.0591 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 5 pixels
Ink Consumption: 434 ink units
Pixels Covered: 19
Efficiency: 22.1034 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 6 pixels
Ink Consumption: 441 ink units
Pixels Covered: 28
Efficiency: 15.5971 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: First Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 7 pixels
Ink Consumption: 450 ink units
Pixels Covered: 38
Efficiency: 11.693 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 9 pixels
Ink Consumption: 471 ink units
Pixels Covered: 63
Efficiency: 7.4036 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 11 pixels
Ink Consumption: 500 ink units
Pixels Covered: 95
Efficiency: 5.2613 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 13 pixels
Ink Consumption: 534 ink units
Pixels Covered: 132
Efficiency: 4.0231 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 15 pixels
Ink Consumption: 575 ink units
Pixels Covered: 176
Efficiency: 3.2538 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 17 pixels
Ink Consumption: 622 ink units
Pixels Covered: 226
Efficiency: 2.7403 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Second Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 19 pixels
Ink Consumption: 676 ink units
Pixels Covered: 283
Efficiency: 2.3842 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 1st Brush (smallest)
Brush Diameter: 21 pixels
Ink Consumption: 735 ink units
Pixels Covered: 346
Efficiency: 2.1220 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 2nd Brush
Brush Diameter: 23 pixels
Ink Consumption: 801 ink units
Pixels Covered: 415
Efficiency: 1.9279 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 3rd Brush
Brush Diameter: 25 pixels
Ink Consumption: 874 ink units
Pixels Covered: 490
Efficiency: 1.7804 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 4th Brush
Brush Diameter: 27 pixels
Ink Consumption: 952 ink units
Pixels Covered: 572
Efficiency: 1.6627 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 5th Brush
Brush Diameter: 29 pixels
Ink Consumption: 1037 ink units
Pixels Covered: 660
Efficiency: 1.5699 ink units per pixel of coverage
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Brush Location: Third Row - 6th Brush (largest)
Brush Diameter: 31 pixels
Ink Consumption: 1128 ink units
Pixels Covered: 754
Efficiency: 1.4944 ink units per pixel of coverage
==========================
Annoying Conclusions:
* The largest brush is actually 89 times more ink efficient than the smallest brush.
* The largest brush is officially 7.8 times more ink efficient than the rageball-size brush.
* The largest brush is not only smarter than you, it's also more attractive.
Well fuck.
We managed to clear out all the red from the middle and got some breathing room started on the right side of the T.
This was my reward:
It's polish for "gays won"
Great job, guise - especially the people that were helping me.
I was surprised to see the ink regeneration rate increase slowly even while I was depleting my entire supply.
I started my testing with an IP address that had full ink.
The ink recharge rate started at 3284 and by the time I had emptied all my ink, it had crept up to 3291. ... and it continued to increase as it recharged.
While I sat and watch it recharge the ink supply, it went up to 3296.
Ink regeneration rate appears to be tied to how long the IP address has been around drawball. Drawball seems to reward returning IP addresses with faster ink regeneration.
When I tested with a brand new IP address on drawball, ink regeneration started at 2000. The IP that I have been using for several days is regenerating ink 60 percent faster than a brand new IP.
So... don't bother holding back on your last bits of ink in the belief that it will help you regenerate faster. Regeneration rate has no relationship to how much ink you have.
One warning though, if you go for too many days without visiting drawball from any given IP address, it will reset your ink regeneration rate and the IP address will start over with the original 2000 rate given to new IP addresses. I haven't quite got the exact number of days figured out yet, but i think it's somewhere around a week.
I have been shitting all over the French and their blue in the upper left just to keep them busy and away from the T.
Let me know if you want a big dose of ink somewhere special.
Your VPN provider has a limited pool of IP's that you get to choose from. When you get the same IP that you've had within the last week, you get full ink with it. Sounds like an ideal ink farm.
RE: where to dump ink, I've spent most of my ink whitening the &. Its dirty as hell and needs a fresh coat of paint. The outline is always high on the priority list too.
Those green fags are tearing up the left side of the &. So I am teal bombing their whole green field to keep them busy while the rest of you fix it.
Also with my VPN I can change to about 30 - 40 cities world wide. Right now I am hitting out of Miami I think.
TDR, if you wanna drop ink somewhere, do it ALL around the &
ALSO: great work people, it's looking sooo bad ass right now.
Teal bombs in route cap'n...
It looks like Finland gave up and Poland is no longer a threat.
I don't think we can be stopped at this point. Continue to work on teal bombing.
EDIT: I took a better look ans it's definitely the fins making a comeback. We need as many people as possible right now to go cover up their progress BEFORE they make it. They are trying to spread out their outlines and scribbles so we don't notice, I'm glad I spotted this.
OwnBall 7 the link is ITT.
Those areas desperately need to be worked on anyway. :thumbsup:
Have gone through a few IP's worth of ink on the background. If anyone has ink at the moment keep an eye on the tie of the ampersand at the bottom right.