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Post by Mighty Darci on May 16, 2018 9:55:02 GMT -5
Wow, 4 times the number of posts as ODD74 over the same time period with a lot fewer posters. Congrats to all of us. But we look a bit slow this month, so let's crank it up!! Yes ma'am, I get right to that! I'm way too young to be a ma'am, I old-fashioned, you can use "Miss".
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Post by robkuntz on May 16, 2018 19:27:13 GMT -5
dragondaddy: Ah yes, the "wholesome" and "non-judgmental" LEFT. Hopefully their invasion of the hobby is limited by the shot-gun blast radius of games and the fun derived fro them. Too many opinions, too many reasons to get along, not enough time or inclination for politics in gaming. But bored people, as well as escaped village idiots, tend to rile up the most divisive stuff and seemingly revel in doing so.
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Post by Admin Pete on May 17, 2018 18:42:36 GMT -5
That's a very good question! Especially since there was nothing about it over there. I distrust "stealth banning." I actually stopped posting over at Dragonsfoot after the sjw there were giving Frank Mentzer all the grief last year. I didn't believe the sjw's unfounded, and unverifiable charges, and it was one of the first corporate sponsored leftist attacks on Independent Gamer Publishers that I have seen, a disturbing trend that appears to not be slowing down even now. Pretty sure there is some relation to that breakdown and the 0D&D bannings (which was probably just the mods over there icing all of the sjw spying and sock puppet accounts).
I was banned from ODD74 without being contacted, but I was Defamed, Slandered and Libeled by a certain person. Several people here that opened accounts over there were banned and accused of being me or I was accused of being them. Well over 1000 people were banned and their accounts deleted. Since I was banned I cannot even see the site anymore, but well meaning people send me emails with things copied and pasted into the email. I have asked each of them to stop doing so, while I appreciate them thinking of me, I have not the time or the energy to worry about such nonsense. It should be obvious to everyone that I am not an sjw and if all the things I am accused of were done by me I would be the single most productive person in the world to do that vast volume of posting and run dozens if not hundreds of identities.
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Post by robkuntz on May 18, 2018 5:37:36 GMT -5
I actually stopped posting over at Dragonsfoot after the sjw there were giving Frank Mentzer all the grief last year. I didn't believe the sjw's unfounded, and unverifiable charges, and it was one of the first corporate sponsored leftist attacks on Independent Gamer Publishers that I have seen, a disturbing trend that appears to not be slowing down even now. Pretty sure there is some relation to that breakdown and the 0D&D bannings (which was probably just the mods over there icing all of the sjw spying and sock puppet accounts).
I was banned from ODD74 without being contacted, but I was Defamed, Slandered and Libeled by a certain person. Several people here that opened accounts over there were banned and accused of being me or I was accused of being them. Well over 1000 people were banned and their accounts deleted. Since I was banned I cannot even see the site anymore, but well meaning people send me emails with things copied and pasted into the email. I have asked each of them to stop doing so, while I appreciate them thinking of me, I have not the time or the energy to worry about such nonsense. It should be obvious to everyone that I am not an sjw and if all the things I am accused of were done by me I would be the single most productive person in the world to do that vast volume of posting and run dozens if not hundreds of identities. Wow. And to think this is supposed to be a hobby (supposedly), but at least remains so from saner quarters such as this. Th Village Idiots were empowered when the internet allowed for them to escape their singularly contrived social prisons in each town and city, and it allowed them to then, also, group to form mass idiocy. Otherwise they had been contained by each and every local circumstance related to their hubris. Not any more. The Internet made everything a village without the former ability to even contain the idiot.
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Post by True Black Raven on May 20, 2018 17:38:30 GMT -5
That's a very good question! Especially since there was nothing about it over there. I distrust "stealth banning." I actually stopped posting over at Dragonsfoot after the sjw there were giving Frank Mentzer all the grief last year. I didn't believe the sjw's unfounded, and unverifiable charges, and it was one of the first corporate sponsored leftist attacks on Independent Gamer Publishers that I have seen, a disturbing trend that appears to not be slowing down even now. Pretty sure there is some relation to that breakdown and the 0D&D bannings (which was probably just the mods over there icing all of the sjw spying and sock puppet accounts). dragondaddy , the appearance is that people were banned for not being sjw's and for the rest, they have yet to post any reference to actual bad behavior, that I have seen. When I came here, I picked a new screen name because I did not want my ODD74 account banned because I joined here. Rafael drew a line in the sand in case you missed it, telling people they need to stop hanging out here. As a result, it appears that several of our prominent posters no longer log in here as you can tell from the Members list and date of last login. Our Admin has not said anything against ODD74 or against finarvyn, in fact, if you look at the login dates, finarvyn has not been banned here and still logins every now and then. What does all of that mean, I don't know, but it all looks very odd.
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Post by Admin Pete on May 21, 2018 8:43:49 GMT -5
I actually stopped posting over at Dragonsfoot after the sjw there were giving Frank Mentzer all the grief last year. I didn't believe the sjw's unfounded, and unverifiable charges, and it was one of the first corporate sponsored leftist attacks on Independent Gamer Publishers that I have seen, a disturbing trend that appears to not be slowing down even now. Pretty sure there is some relation to that breakdown and the 0D&D bannings (which was probably just the mods over there icing all of the sjw spying and sock puppet accounts). dragondaddy , the appearance is that people were banned for not being sjw's and for the rest, they have yet to post any reference to actual bad behavior, that I have seen. When I came here, I picked a new screen name because I did not want my ODD74 account banned because I joined here. Rafael drew a line in the sand in case you missed it, telling people they need to stop hanging out here. As a result, it appears that several of our prominent posters no longer log in here as you can tell from the Members list and date of last login. Our Admin has not said anything against ODD74 or against finarvyn , in fact, if you look at the login dates, finarvyn has not been banned here and still logins every now and then. What does all of that mean, I don't know, but it all looks very odd. Let's just drop this. What is done is done. No I don't blame finarvyn for anything that is going on. I just think he is being given bad advice. I love the ODD74 forum and have never done anything ever to undermine it. finarvyn supported and helped me start this site and gave me a lot of good advice for which I am quite grateful. This site has a completely different focus and a different purpose than the ODD74 forum has, we serve two completely different needs, we do not compete. The sites we both compete with are bigger than both of us combined many times over and we beat those other sites just by existing the same as ODD74 beats those sites just by existing. I miss not being able to read ODD74 when time permits, but it is what it is. And FWIW, I don't think dragondaddy was implying that I am an sjw (that thought is laughable) or that I am someone with dozens and dozens of sock puppet accounts wreaking havoc everywhere, so no one needs to jump in and defend me. As I have said before I wish I had the time and the stamina to do everything I am accused of, because if I did have the time and stamina I would publish a lot of stuff - some for free and some for money. As it is, I try to run this forum and make it a welcoming place and I post on my blog now and then. If I really had that much time, then my blog would have a couple of thousand more posts and by extension a huge audience. If I were trying to have influence, it wouldn't be with sock puppets, it would be with the use of a ton of digital ink on my blog and at rpgnow and lulu. So no more posts on this subject, if you please.
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Post by Admin Pete on May 31, 2018 20:17:02 GMT -5
Remember that during this time of year that days for the analytics begin and end at 8:00PM EDT.Month | Page Views for Month
| Total Cumulative Page Views
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| Best For Each Category All Time as of 1/12/2018 | 128,639 |
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| January 1st to 11th, 2018 (three full years)
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| Entire Month of January, 2018 | 38,947 | 1,589,993 | 259 | 21,456 | 28 | 1,653 | 1 | 219 | February, 2018
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| 84 | 1,797 | 5 | 227 | April, 2018
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| 1,950,937 | 893 | 26,161 | 67 | 1,940 | 4 | 234 | June, 2018
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Current end of month
1236 days 234 members 26,161 posts 1,940 threads
21.16 posts per day 1.57 threads per day
A comparison of May each of the four years of the forum
Month | Page Views
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| May, 2015
| 29,312
| 638 | 66 | 3 | May, 2016
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May
93 posters with 20 or more posts 65 posters with 50 or more posts 53 posters with 75 or more posts 45 posters with 100 or more posts 32 posters with 200 or more posts 26 posters with 300 or more posts 15 posters with 400 or more posts 12 posters with 500 or more posts 11 posters with 600 or more posts 8 posters with 700 or more posts 7 posters with 800 or more posts 7 posters with 900 or more posts 6 posters with 1000 or more posts.
During the month of May 77 members logged in at least once
We need 88,010 page views to get to 2,000,000 page views and double our views in exactly one year for the full year ending at 8:00 PM on June 2nd. We're going to miss that milestone but not by much. So check back in two days and see how close did we come to doubling our views in one year.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 2, 2018 20:28:48 GMT -5
A year ago on June 3rd, 2017 we had 1,000,000 page views. As of the end of the analytics day today completing one full year we have an additional 919,539 page views for a total of 1,919,539 pages views and came within 80,461 page views of doubling our page views for the first 3.4 years in one years time.
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Post by Keyone1234 on Jun 3, 2018 9:25:53 GMT -5
A year ago on June 3rd, 2017 we had 1,000,000 page views. As of the end of the analytics day today completing one full year we have an additional 919,539 page views for a total of 1,919,539 pages views and came within 80,461 page views of doubling our page views for the first 3.4 years in one years time. Well that is impressive and at the same time it would have required such a little bit more to have hit the full million in one year. I will bet from the end of the day on 1/11/2018 to the end of the day 1/11/2019 you will see a minimum of 1,100,000 page views.
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Post by mao on Jun 5, 2018 12:01:15 GMT -5
Yes ma'am, I get right to that! I'm way too young to be a ma'am, I old-fashioned, you can use "Miss". Nice! But do you say BCE or BC?
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Post by True Black Raven on Jun 5, 2018 17:10:09 GMT -5
I'm way too young to be a ma'am, I old-fashioned, you can use "Miss". Nice! But do you say BCE or BC? What is BCE?
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Post by mao on Jun 5, 2018 17:19:54 GMT -5
Before Common Era, some(delited derogaory name) use it instead of BC, cause its more PC
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Post by True Black Raven on Jun 5, 2018 17:45:16 GMT -5
Before Common Era, some(delited derogaory name) use it instead of BC, cause its more PC Ah, it is has been quite a while since I was in school so not up on the latest jargon changes.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jun 8, 2018 23:18:54 GMT -5
I'm way too young to be a ma'am, I old-fashioned, you can use "Miss". Nice! But do you say BCE or BC? BC of course!
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 11, 2018 22:03:12 GMT -5
I thought I would take another look at our posting history. Year of Forum
| Number of Days in Year | Total Posts | Posts Per Day | Running Average Posts Per Day | 2015 | 365 | 5,630
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| 15.42 | 2016 | 366 | 6,210 | 16.97
| 16.20 | 2017 | 365 | 9,425 | 25.82
| 19.40 | 2018 at 5 Months | 151 (to date) | 5,455 | 36.13
| 21.43 | 2018 Projection | 365 (est. Full Year) | 13,000(est) | 35.60(est) | 23.45(est) |
I like to make projections to see if I guess right or not. Page Views YTD 426,282 Projected Page Views for Full Year 1,030,416
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 12, 2018 8:29:06 GMT -5
Zouds!
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Post by True Black Raven on Jun 12, 2018 23:18:44 GMT -5
OH BTW an historical note;
The Grognard's Tavern formed in March of 2004 was formed after a forum called Gene Weigel's Dungeon crashed and burned and many of the members migrated. As you noted it is pretty dead with under 200 posts in a little over a years time.
Knights & Knaves Alehouse was formed in Sept 2005 at the end of the Edition Wars forum explosions over at Dragonsfoot and it has thrived since then and it still thriving now.
I am a current member of both forums under a different name on each of them.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 27, 2018 12:43:27 GMT -5
At approximately noon on 6/24/2018 we passed 2,000,000 pages views to date.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 27, 2018 15:26:29 GMT -5
Thank goodness I haven't been in the dating pool in almost 45 years! If I had to read through 2,000,000 posts before I could date, I would have given up and become Professor Henry Higgins!
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 27, 2018 15:48:36 GMT -5
Thank goodness I haven't been in the dating pool in almost 45 years! If I had to read through 2,000,000 posts before I could date, I would have given up and become Professor Henry Higgins! Thanks, I needed that!
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 28, 2018 15:28:58 GMT -5
As of today the top 50 posters all have 100 or more posts.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 30, 2018 20:48:56 GMT -5
Remember that during this time of year that days for the analytics begin and end at 8:00PM EDT.Month | Page Views for Month
| Total Cumulative Page Views
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| Best All Time as of 1/12/2018 | 128,639 |
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| January 1st to 11th, 2018 (three full years)
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| 1,950,937 | 893 | 26,161 | 67 | 1,940 | 4 | 234 | June, 2018
| 115,910 | 2,066,847 | 1,788 | 27,949 | 111 | 2,051 | 6 | 240 | Best All Time as of 7/1/2018
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Set a new all time high this month with 1788 posts! Set a new all time high this month with 111 new threads! The top 50 posters all have 100 or more posts! Current end of month
1266 days 240 members 27,949 posts 2,051 threads 22.08 posts per day total forum from beginning till end of day 6/30/18 1.62 threads per day total forum from beginning till end of day 6/30/18
A comparison of May each of the four years of the forum
Month | Page Views
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| June 2015 | 16,259 | 452 | 34 | 7 | June 2016 | 23,496 | 217 | 23 | 2 | June 2017 | 84,387 | 1,437 | 73 | 2 | June 2018 | 115,910 | 1,788 | 111 | 6 |
June 98 posters with 20 or more posts +5 from last month 69 posters with 50 or more posts +4 from last month 57 posters with 75 or more posts +3 from last month 50 posters with 100 or more posts +5 from last month 32 posters with 200 or more posts same 26 posters with 300 or more posts same 16 posters with 400 or more posts + 1 from last month 13 posters with 500 or more posts + 1 from last month 12 posters with 600 or more posts + 1 from last month 9 posters with 700 or more posts + 1 from last month 7 posters with 800 or more posts 7 posters with 900 or more posts 6 posters with 1000 or more posts.
During the month of June 89 members logged in at least once!
At approximately noon on 6/24/2018 we passed 2,000,000 pages views to date.
Year of Forum
| Number of Days in Year | Total Posts | Posts Per Day | Running Average Posts Per Day | 2015 | 365 | 5,630
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| 15.42 | 2016 | 366 | 6,210 | 16.97
| 16.20 | 2017 | 365 | 9,425 | 25.82
| 19.40 | 2018 at 6 Months | 181 (to date) | 6,684 | 36.93
| 22.08 | 2018 Projection | 365 (est. Full Year) | 13,000(est) | 35.60(est) | 23.45(est) |
Page Views YTD at 6 months 542,192 Posts YTD at 6 months 6,684 Threads YTD 6 months 424 Net New Members YTD 6 months 22
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 2, 2018 10:55:19 GMT -5
Very nice, lets keep this up. I like how the month I joined things seem to perk up. I'll do my part to keep this up.
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Post by mao on Jul 2, 2018 11:28:30 GMT -5
Very nice, lets keep this up. I like how the month I joined things seem to perk up. I'll do my part to keep this up. I'd love to help but my muse is stone cold dead.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 2, 2018 12:08:20 GMT -5
You are posting that is all that matters mao. I've been struggling as well with my creativity and reading; which is aggravating me as I love to do both. I'll be running a PbP soon here & will post another regional mini-setting asap (I need to get it typed up as it is in handwritten form in my note book at the moment).
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 2, 2018 18:03:29 GMT -5
Very nice, lets keep this up. I like how the month I joined things seem to perk up. I'll do my part to keep this up. I'd love to help but my muse is stone cold dead. It looks like Admin Pete's game and Hexenritter Verlag's game are going to re-start and start down below and both of those should be inspiring.
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 2, 2018 18:04:08 GMT -5
You are posting that is all that matters mao . I've been struggling as well with my creativity and reading; which is aggravating me as I love to do both. I'll be running a PbP soon here & will post another regional mini-setting asap (I need to get it typed up as it is in handwritten form in my note book at the moment). Said as he keeps posting great ideas.
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 2, 2018 18:04:48 GMT -5
Admin Pete, thanks for posting the stats, I like being able to see how things are going.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 2, 2018 18:06:22 GMT -5
I'd love to help but my muse is stone cold dead. It's no wonder!
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 2, 2018 18:11:11 GMT -5
I'd love to help but my muse is stone cold dead. It looks like Admin Pete 's game and Hexenritter Verlag 's game are going to re-start and start down below and both of those should be inspiring. Oh I'll do my best, things will be a bit interesting I hope - I run things are a bit grimmer in my games. Plus I can paint pictures verbally a bit more easily in PbP than in Face-to-Face, though my 5e D&D campaign was fun outside my dislike for the rules, the role playing of npcs and the PCs was a delight. Now I just need more players than just Mighty Darci. Maybe mormonyoyoman will give it a go, since he was going to play in a few of the games that died recently (if he feels up to it that is).
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