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couriers · 07-17-2003, 10:37 AM

Jamey responded to a PM that I had sent him on this issue. Here is what he had to say:

"i got the frequency by using information from the United States Population Bureau. The most frequent last name is Smith, which makes up 1% of the population of the US. So, since there is about 100,000 names in my file, i made the frequency of Smith 1000, which is 1% of 100,000. So, hopefully, 1% of American players generated in the game will have the last name of Smith. I did that for the other more frequent last names, for the not-so common ones, i just made it 1."

07-17-2003, 10:37 AM	#18
couriers All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Fort Lauderdale Fla Posts: 932	Jamey responded to a PM that I had sent him on this issue. Here is what he had to say: "i got the frequency by using information from the United States Population Bureau. The most frequent last name is Smith, which makes up 1% of the population of the US. So, since there is about 100,000 names in my file, i made the frequency of Smith 1000, which is 1% of 100,000. So, hopefully, 1% of American players generated in the game will have the last name of Smith. I did that for the other more frequent last names, for the not-so common ones, i just made it 1."