Even with droves of players leaving Zynga's games, there remain new audiences that haven't yet gravitated to the platform.
Especially in tense situations, our brains are under pressure to process droves of details coming at us in waves.
When Zynga upgraded Mafia Wars to Mafia Wars 2, it lost droves of players and revenue in the transition.
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Tory campaign officials feared that he would put off droves of voters.
While the immaculately-groomed blue and green trails attract droves of families and sedate skiers, the result is a boon for expert powder hounds.
Through his annual Baseball Abstract, James has accumulated droves of devout disciples who eagerly await his astounding analyses on defense, pitching and hitting.
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Droves of middle aged men anxiously waited on endless lines for hours just so they could catch a brief glimpse of their childhood heroes.
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And when astrologers publish warnings in the kingdom's one newspaper, Kuensel, against travel, droves of people cancel their seats on Druk Air's two planes.
Programs like Teach for America attract droves of smart young men and (mostly) women who want to get into the trenches and make a change.
With the economy still in recession, droves of discount shoppers will likely buy their chips, salsa, dips, sodas, beers, hot dogs--and even new flat screen HDTVs--at Wal-Mart.
As a contrarian, I can attest to a lot going on in Japan (the droves of Chinese tourists in Japan department stores is a clear sign, as well).
But now: droves of environmentalists, once opponents, are now proponents.
When it "rebrands" in 2005, Earl envisions guest rooms tricked out with beds featured in such films as Basic Instinct, and a 7, 000-seat auditorium for movie premieres attended by droves of publicity-hungry stars.
But droves of cosmopolitan types have made their way back namely to the Roma and Condesa neighborhoods renovating the grand but neglected French-style mansions and Art Deco buildings, and spawning flourishing art, culinary and design scenes.
Their vast accomplishments were being diminished by droves of ball players who lacked the God-given talent, baseball instincts and natural ability to achieve greatness in a sport where failure occurs more often than not.
While countless social entrepreneurs are establishing and managing mission-based organizations around the globe, droves of social INTRApreneurs are staying put in their companies and delivering business results that score high on financial, social and environmental metrics.
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In addition to warding off droves of camera-clad onlookers at otherwise highly personal events, this type of arrangement guarantees both an image the stars approve of and a sum of money they pocket or, in many cases, donate to charity.
The investment is paying off, though, as droves of young partiers now flock to the hotel, known for its large rooms, many with small kitchens and outdoor verandas (rare in this town), and its Marquee Nightclub one of the hottest on the Strip.
Furthermore, those retail figures do not include Apple stores, where droves of customers flock to purchase their iPods, and more importantly, because that's launch week and any new device (especially one so hyped as the Zune) will almost always set its sales records during its week of launch.
Wired News is claiming in an article that Microsoft's internal management have been wringing their hands anxiously at the droves of iPod users who work there their source estimates somewhere in the range of 64% of all MSFT employees own one (which might explain why it's been selling so well lately).
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Meanwhile, doctors leave the profession in droves because of insurer, hospital and government micromanagement of their activities.
Maybe so, but many farmers are taking to computers in droves because of all those complicated forms that they must fill in to claim those subsidies.
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Still, people fall for tricks by the droves and some of them have become iconic, if not old and dusty.
Certainly, former BlackBerry devotees have been deserting their cherished devices in droves in favor of smartphones, including Apple ( AAPL) iPhones, in recent years.
Despite a ban of tour buses in the quaint village of Hyannisport, wide-eyed visitors come in droves every summer, desperate to catch a glimpse of the presidential pad.
So with the chance to respond to visions for the future of the coast, south Mississippians came to this public hearing at a community center just outside of Gulfport in droves.
They bought CB radio sets in droves, learned a spatter of the lingo and imitated The Dukes of Hazard from Friday-night TV, while their kids learned it from the CB Bears cartoon on Saturday morning.
Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their mound dwellings and broad bean fields in the wetlands of northern Europe in droves.
Foreign investors, at first deterred by scarce telephones, bumpy roads and obnoxious officials, have come in droves, bringing a huge transfer of management and technical know-how.
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