Roblox : 10 things you didn't know about The Roblox Game

Roblox, a game creation platform and massively multiplayer online game, has a fanbase dedication rivaling that of Minecraft. According to Gamesindustry.biz, Roblox attracts more than 48 million active players every month as of April 2017, surpassing 1 million concurrent users at peak times. Minecraft reached 55 million monthly active players in February of 2017. It’s expanded from the PC to mobile devices, Xbox One, and even Virtual Reality, according to Forbes.

ROBLOX has established a very impressive community over the years, but even the most hardcore fans of the game don’t know everything. As a matter of fact, here are ten things that even the most hardcore fan probably doesn’t know.

1. KEITH

This is a name you are probably more familiar with, and Keith is an administrator for ROBLOX. This part you probably know, but the unknown part is that he was the 22nd member of the team and it wasn’t until 2008 that he finally became an administrator.

2. CLOCKWORK

Many ROBLOX fans know who Clockwork is, and if you don’t then just know he is a very popular administrator. However, he did something very controversial with his forum posts. Clockwork was believed to have more than 70,000 forum posts, but he actually just used coding to edit his count. This is not a huge deal, but it is still a little shocking.

3. Some Roblox Users Have Become Famous

One of the most popular users on Roblox is NerfModder, aka Jackson Fowler, who joined on June 2008. He was the leader of the largest Russian-based group on Roblox, [русская армия] (aka Russian Army or RA), which obtained over 27,000 members at its peak according to the Roblox wiki. He eventually resigned and handed over the leadership position to User Treys1. He was born on February 25, 1995 and lived in Nova Scotia, Canada.

4. The Creators Hope that Roblox Becomes Bigger than Minecraft

Baszucki told Forbes that it’s very likely that in the next couple of years they will pass Minecraft in the number of active monthly users. He also believes that companies like them are going to be as large as media companies and social networking companies.

In March 2017, Roblox raised a $29 million round of funding led by Meritech Capital Partners and Index Ventures. The focus of the new investment is in hiring and support of the company’s infrastructure to make the game seamless and keep up with the growing use on mobile devices.

“We are doubling down on mobile,” Baszucki said. “And we want to bring partners on board to help us expand.”

Forbes reports that the company had 68 employees in December 2013 but has risen to 163 by the end of 2016. Roblox also told Forbes that their revenue in 2016 was 11 times higher than it was in 2011.

5. FIRST RELEASED IN 2004

In case you were wondering, ROBLOX was actually released before 2006. It was released in 2004, but the catch is only game developers could play it. This will probably mean nothing to you, but at least now you can educate your friends on the real release date of ROBLOX.

6. FIRST HAT ON ROBLOX

If I took a poll and asked all of you what the first hat was on ROBLOX was, you would probably guess the right answer. You would have guessed the purple banded top hat, right? However, would you have then told me that it wasn’t the first hat on ROBLOX actually released? I bet you wouldn’t have, but if miraculously you would have then I will eat a slice of humble pie.

7. ROBLOX IS A VIDEO GAME

The last thing you didn’t know about ROBLOX is that it is a video game. So, that’s all folks! No, I am just kidding and here is the real last thing you didn’t know. Do you recall the famous Bloxxer T-shirt in the world of ROBLOX? Well, that was actually the very first T-shirt made in the game.

8. 10,000 MEMBER MILESTONE

When ROBLOX finally reached their milestone of gaining 10,000 members they were going to reward their fans. The company actually hinted at the fact that people could sell their accounts on eBay. Can I please ask what kind of person would actually spend money to buy another person’s account?

9. BADGES

Every fan will remember when Badges was first released but did you know that it had to be taken offline? This was due to the fact that the machine couldn’t handle all the traffic it was getting. I guess ROBLOX truly underestimated how many people wanted Badges!

10.Roblox is a MMO Where You Create Your Own Games & Even Get Paid By Them

Roblox is a massively multiplayer game where people create their own worlds to play in together. Games cover a wide variety of genres ranging from competitive shooters, obstacle courses, and social hangouts. Games can be created by dragging and dropping things in the Roblox Studio or by writing in Lua, Roblox’s coding language, for more advanced functions. There are several tutorials on the game’s YouTube channel.

Baszucki told Forbes that one of his favorite games is Natural Disaster Survival by User Stickmasterluke, where players are transported on an island in the middle of the ocean and try to survive meteor showers, lightning storms, and more. At the time of writing, it has over 339 million visits since its creation in 2008.

The game is free to play, but you can spend real money for Robux, the game’s currency, which you can use to buy cosmetic items and perks in certain games. For example, in Superhero Tycoon by firebreathingdragon6 and FadedParagon, you can spend money to double your cash earned in the game.

Robux can be purchased in packages ranging from 400 Robux for $4.95 to 22,500 Robux for $199.95. There are also the option to upgrade to a Builders Club account with a monthly subscription starting at $5.95 a month and grants users ad removal, the ability to sell gear, bonus gear, access the trade system, exclusive access to games and gear, and more.

When a purchase is made in a game, the game’s creator earns 18 percent of the money. Baszucki told Forbes that some of their developers get more than $50,000 or more a month, and some developers are even forming their own studios to make games on Roblox. He said that one developer, Gus Dubetz, payed for his tuition at Dakota State and bought a house for $120,000 thanks to the money from his games. There are 500,000 people making things on Roblox every month.

Roblox also has advertising deals with big companies like Disney, giving players free items like the McQueen Helmet to promote Cars 3. Baszucki told Forbes that some of the advertising deals are six figures and beyond, and their developers get some of the money. About a quarter of their revenue comes from advertising.