i don't know what hardware you're using, but there's opencl & cuda optimized gpu mining software for pts out there.
you have to compete with GPUs and different implementations (OpenCL/CUDA/etc.pp.)
it's likely that more efficient miners or software are "eating" your "missing" part of the payout
increased # of miners or found blocks won't help you with that
i guess you're missing the connected problem of increased difficulty that arise with the new efficient gpu implementations
But what I am asking... has the number of "cpm" on the pool, almost doubled in the past 5 days... I am trying to understand the information displayed in the line...
from what I understand...
46833 2014-01-31 16:07:17 30838 / 2546117 -> 0.18334 PTS / 15.14 PTS -> PAID
means on 2014-01-31 I did 30838 shares out of 2546117 total pool shares for block 46833 correct? so I was roughly 1.2% of total pool cpm, so I get 1.2% of the 15.14 PTS so .18334 pts...
now looking today at....
48086 2014-02-04 17:40:20 965 / 131346 -> 0.11180 PTS / 15.22 PTS -> block waiting for confirmations
means on 2014-02-04 I did 965 shares out of 131346 total pool shares for block 48086 correct? so I was roughly 0.07% of the total pool cpm, so I get 0.07% of the 15.22 PTS so .11180 pts...
so am I correctly reading this, and understand, that over the past 5 days the number of people using this pool, and total pool cpm rate, has almost doubled? (irregardless of which method they are using to create cpm, just the overall cpm rate has increased that much?)
in theory, more cpm for the entire pool, means more blocks will be found, however they will each be a lower payout as its now spread out among more cpm... but averaging out, more blocks despite being lower pay, would ultimately equate the same level of pay as before... in theory...
english as a second language sometimes makes words used different than my language, so I am trying to make sure I understand things correctly.