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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 1701E on November 09, 2010, 08:09:31 AM
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I got a bit bored and have heard occasionally people saying that the player base isn't growing anymore or that it's shrinking (and as shown it's staying about the same really). It's only for the forums since I'd have to dedicate and entire weekend to online arena stats and this is more of the Pie-covered-Snail's area, but I know some people love their little ol' charts. Maybe Snaily will do something with active players in the arenas (best way I can see it happening would still not include a large portion of players though), also there are over 1600 active players in LW alone last month according to the scores page (assuming there is a player for every #). On to Charts!
This is starting from Feb 08 when the boards got reset (and Feb had no stats really), based on a per month stat:
(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/Xcelsior1701/NewMembers.jpg) An average of ~228 new members per month per month.*
(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/Xcelsior1701/NewPosts.jpg) An average of ~34,047 per month.*
(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/Xcelsior1701/NewTopics.jpg) An average of ~15 posts per topic.*
(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv181/Xcelsior1701/Mostonline.jpg)
*For anyone who forgets, average is all the Data from X divided by the amount of data series. Ex: 5,000 members divided by 32 months.
The spikes in "Most online" correspond with updates, notably the March 2010 one is when WWI was released, and the October 2009 was Version 2.16 (still unsure what happened in 2.16 as the announcements don't say but I believe it was the P-47M as 2.17 fixed issues with that plane). Around June 2009 is when they implemented the new Terrain change with the beta testing.
Once everything steadied out after the Bulletin Board reset it's stayed about level since then with some drops and some spikes, and this is only the forums and I know plenty of people don't use them that play the game. :)
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Holy watermelon you need a girlfriend.
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Ha! Someone slapped me with his glove?!! :furious :x :uhoh
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good info.. thanks
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Ha! Someone slapped me with his glove?!! :furious :x :uhoh
Think of it as more of a...yea ok maybe it was a challenge. But we still love you, you cold slimy pie man! :D
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also there are over 1600 active players in LW alone last month according to the scores page (assuming there is a player for every #). On to Charts!
If you define "active player" as one who has killed or been killed at least once during a tour: 4139 players. With 93551 played hours and 1755 recorded base captures :)
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If you define "active player" as one who has killed or been killed at least once during a tour: 4139 players. With 93551 played hours and 1755 recorded base captures :)
That's how I checked but since I'm not as good with the stats stuff I just used some random names I know and checked their ranks and I could only get as low as 1600. :)
Go Snaily, go! We need charts! Maybe comparing a few months before the arena split, some after, and current months since that's what people attribute any "decline" to. I was going to try that but I have no idea of how to get stats on # of players per month (or hours/base caps for that matter) short of comparing every squad of 2+ players to their active members, but that leaves out a very large player base.
Plus I'm stepping into your grounds, it's a dangerous area for sure! :P
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That's how I checked but since I'm not as good with the stats stuff I just used some random names I know and checked their ranks and I could only get as low as 1600. :)
Go Snaily, go! We need charts! Maybe comparing a few months before the arena split, some after, and current months since that's what people attribute any "decline" to. I was going to try that but I have no idea of how to get stats on # of players per month (or hours/base caps for that matter) short of comparing every squad of 2+ players to their active members, but that leaves out a very large player base.
Plus I'm stepping into your grounds, it's a dangerous area for sure! :P
:lol
To get the total number of "active" players you have to check the stats for each object (plane, gv, gun). As the names of all pilots are being displayed who got a kill or died in it, you now simply have to compile them all into a list. As we are at object #111 now, it just takes some time ;)
Getting info like played hours, base captures and so on is much more tedious. You will have to do that for every single player. :uhoh
I have done that only for a few selected tours. Mainly to see if "total arena tour kills" (my main way to measure activity) does relate to total hours played, and to see how the new towns did change the rate of base captures.
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So your saying forum usage is down.
Maybe they are flying in game instead.
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Maybe they are flying in game instead.
While forum usage is hardly related to playing the game, the game numbers have a similar trend ;)
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Putting on my MBA hat, it looks like the business is .... flying um.... for now. :D
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Yeah, but it would be best to get the actual facts and figures directly from HTC's metrics... :salute
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Interesting New Members Chart, from Feb 08 to Oct 2010.. 7,318 new members but how many actually stayed beyond the 2 week free trial, that would be some interesting figures
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Interesting New Members Chart, from Feb 08 to Oct 2010.. 7,318 new members but how many actually stayed beyond the 2 week free trial, that would be some interesting figures
this is only forum accounts and has nothing to do with new members in game. nothing.
There are a lot of players that made a forum account only after playing AH for years.
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this is only forum accounts and has nothing to do with new members in game. nothing.
There are a lot of players that made a forum account only after playing AH for years.
ahhh i understand thanks :aok
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So your saying forum usage is down.
Maybe they are flying in game instead.
Hardly "down", it's about average. :)
Also, I did state "Once everything steadied out after the Bulletin Board reset it's stayed about level since then with some drops and some spikes, and this is only the forums and I know plenty of people don't use them that play the game."
It's not something to be taken real seriously anyways since anyone can create an account here vs in game where it requires more info. Plus I did these for fun.
I cannot/will not comment on the in-game arena numbers (respecting wishes) so take these for what they are, for fun and for the forums that only extremely remotely reflect in-game numbers. Either way it shows that in the forums anyways the interest hasn't fallen! (you can't compare it to the first 1-2 months on those charts as I think all the users had to "re-activate" their accounts).
These were mostly just since people like their Pie Charts and I needed data to fill that pie. :D
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Yeah, but it would be best to get the actual facts and figures directly from HTC's metrics... :salute
Actually, it's the only way to get an accurate picture.
ack-ack
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I think it is funny that anyone other than HT worries about AH user volume.
Do yall do the same at the stores you shop at??
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I think it is funny that anyone other than HT worries about AH user volume.
Do yall do the same at the stores you shop at??
I do not "worry" about user volume per se.
I worry about numbers dropping so low that the caps mechanism doesn't work anymore. I worry about numbers so low, that we stand in front of 100(locked)-40 players the whole evening, instead of having just a short one-hour ebb before the gameplay gets up to action again.
I don't worry about "their business" but the impact it has on gameplay at offpeak hours.
And sometimes (actually very often :D) I'm just curious - what impact had the new towns? What's the average sortie length now and then? Do people really fly more bombers than once ago? Many numbers I dig up like those in my posts above are just byproducts.
Also many a graph is just a result of ignorant "No, there isn't!" claims on the BBS ;)
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Well while yall are worrying I'll be in the arenas playing. :D
I have my own business to run. I'm not going to try to backseat HT's business.