I got a kick out of re-reading these estimates of how long it'll take to clear TA:
[url=
http://forum.flyordie.com/thread.jsp?forum=13&thread=29019&q=7965617273
]10 years
/url]
[url=
http://forum.flyordie.com/thread.jsp?forum=13&thread=32358&message=301375&q=7965617273#301375
]6-7 years
/url]
[url=
http://forum.flyordie.com/thread.jsp?forum=13&thread=23857&message=218000&q=7965617273#218000
]a couple years to clear a path between cities
/url]
I just did a bunch of math. (No honestly, I actually did. Hard to believe, but true.) While there are various ways of calculating this, these are the numbers I went with based on the [url=
http://larkinorguide.com
]LarkinorGuide.com
/url] information:
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TOTAL NUMBER OF TA MONSTERS
81 x 120k (TA has 82 blocks, 81 excluding the lake, most had 120k monsters)
+ 5 x 30k (5 blocks had an extra 30k)
- 60k (one block had 60k less)
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= 9,810,000 (monsters on TA to start with)
TA MONSTERS KILLED
32 x 120k (33 blocks completely cleared, 32 excluding the lake, most had 120k monsters)
+ 5 x 30k (5 blocks had an extra 30k)
- 60k (one block had 60k less)
+ 215,588 (cleared from partially cleared blocks)
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= 4,145,588 (monsters cleared so far)
TOTALS
9,810,000 (monsters on TA to start with)
- 4,145,588 (monsters cleared so far)
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= 5,664,412 monsters remaining
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As a percentage, that's 42.3% cleared or 57.7% remaning, if you prefer. We've been at this since June 15, 2005... which is pretty much 2.5 years. If we continue at this pace, TA will be clear in 3.4 more years... May 2011.
Oh god, why did I do that? When I started, I figured we were close to half way done. That's my excuse. Sorry, but I just had to post it after working on it for 15 minutes.
Sandy