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| THE STATE OF THE DONUT - 2020 |
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| Greetings fellow Genesisians, |
| |
| It's that time of the year again. What time? Well, the time when we |
| look back at the previous year of course! |
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| THE PLAYER NUMBERS |
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| |
| Let's start by taking a look at the average player numbers during 2020, |
| and then break it down into lots of different pieces. |
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| Average player activity by week for entire year, beginning Jan 01 2020 |
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|------------+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----|
| 47.5 | | | |X | | | | | | | | |
| 47.0 | | | |X | | | | | | | | |
| 46.5 | | | |X |X | | | | | | | |
| 46.0 | | | |X |X | | | | | | | |
| 45.5 | | | X|X X|X | | | | | | | |
| 45.0 | | | X|X X|X | | | | | | | |
| 44.5 | | | X|X XX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 44.0 | | | X|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 43.5 | | | XX|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 43.0 | | | XX|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 42.5 | | | XX|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 42.0 | | | XX|XXXX|XX | | | | | | | |
| 41.5 | | | XX|XXXX|XXX | | | | | | | |
| 41.0 | | | XX|XXXX|XXX | | | | | | | |
| 40.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXX | | | | | | | |
| 40.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXX | | | | | | | |
| 39.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXX X|X | | | | | | |
| 39.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|X | | | | | | |
| 38.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|X | | | | | | |
| 38.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|X | | | | | | |
| 37.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|X | | | | | | |
| 37.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|X | | | | | | |
| 36.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XX | | X | | | | |
| 36.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XX | | X X| | X | X | |
| 35.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | | X X| | X | X | |
| 35.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | | XXX| | X | X | |
| 34.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | | XXX| |XX | X | X|
| 34.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | | XXX|X |XX | X | X|
| 33.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | | XXX|XX |XX | X | X X|
| 33.0 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | X | XXX|XX |XX |XXX | XXX|
| 32.5 | | | XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXX | XX | XXX|XX X|XX |XXX | XXX|
| 32.0 | | |X XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX| XX | XXXX|XX X|XXX |XXX X| XXX|
| 31.5 | | |X XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX| XX | XXXX|XX X|XXXX|XXX X|XXXX|
| 31.0 | | |X XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXX | XXXX|XX X|XXXX|XXX X|XXXX|
| 30.5 | | |X XXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXX | XXXX|XX X|XXXX|XXX X|XXXX|
| 30.0 | | X |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX| XXXX|XX X|XXXX|XXX X|XXXX|
| 29.5 |X | X |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXX X|XXXX|
| 29.0 |X | X |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 28.5 |X | X |XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 28.0 |XX | XXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 27.5 |XX | XXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 27.0 |XX X|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 26.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 26.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 25.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 25.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 24.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 24.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 23.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 23.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 22.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 22.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 21.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 21.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 20.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 20.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 19.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 19.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| A 18.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| V 18.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| G 17.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 17.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| P 16.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| E 16.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| R 15.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 15.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| H 14.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| O 14.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| U 13.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| R 13.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 12.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| E 12.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| A 11.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| C 11.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| H 10.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| 10.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| W 9.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| E 9.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| E 8.5 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
| K 8.0 |XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|XXXX|XXXXX|XXXX|
+------------+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+
| Month |Jan |Feb |Mar |Apr |May |Jun |Jul |Aug |Sep |Oct |Nov |Dec |
+------------+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+
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| Mean yearly average players per hour = 34.5 |
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| |
| Wow, that's a big spring spike. Greneth, who was promoted to liege of |
| promotion in February, thinks it's all his work. Now, I do think |
| Greneth's work this year definitely has had an effect on our players |
| numbers... but... sorry Greneth, that spring spike is of course related |
| to Covid-19 restrictions iRL. Suddenly, lots of people found themselves |
| with a lot of extra time, which caused a spike in player numbers for |
| almost all online games - including Genesis. |
| |
| So, did Covid-19 help make this the best year since we started |
| measuring player numbers back in 2008? Well, let's find out by comparing |
| 2020 to the last 13 years. |
| |
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| Population Levels in APH over the last 13 Years |
| ( quarterly histogram ) |
|---------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 42.0 | |
| 41.0 | X |
| 40.0 | X X |
| 39.0 | X X |
| 38.0 | XX X X |
| 37.0 | XXX X X |
| 36.0 | XXX XX X |
| 35.0 | XXX X XX X |
| 34.0 | XXX X XX X |
| 33.0 | XXX X XX X |
| 32.0 | XXX XXXX X XXX |
| 31.0 | X XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX |
| 30.0 | X XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX |
| 29.0 | XX XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX |
| 28.0 | X XX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 27.0 | X X X XX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 26.0 | X X X XX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 25.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 24.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 23.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 22.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 21.0 | XX X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 20.0 | X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 19.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 18.0 | X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 17.0 | X XX X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 16.0 | XX XXX X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 15.0 | XXX XXX X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 14.0 | XXX XXXX X XX X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 13.0 | XXX XXXX X X XXX X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 12.0 | XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX X X X X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 11.0 | XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X XXXX X X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 10.0 | XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X XX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 9.0 | XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
| 8.0 | XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
+---------+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| Qtr. | 1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234 |
+---------+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| Year | 2008|2009|2010|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019|2020 |
+---------+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
|Yr. Ave | 15.8|16.1|13.0|14.0|10.7|12.5|13.3|24.2|29.1|36.6|35.2|30.5|34.5 |
+---------+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| |
| Turns out the answer is no. 2017 is still our best year, followed by |
| 2018, and with 2020 on third place. However, the second quarter of 2020 |
| now holds the record for the best quarter in recorded history. |
| |
| Here's a more detailed look at our player numbers compared to 2019 only. |
| |
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| Comparing player activity over two time periods: |
| A: Jan 01 2019 - Dec 31 2019 |
| B: Jan 01 2020 - Dec 31 2020 |
+-------+-------+-------+----------+--+-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| Hour | A | B | % change | | Weekday | A | B | % change |
+-------+-------+-------+----------+ +-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| 00.00 | 35.45 | 37.03 | +4.43 %| | Sunday | 30.60 | 32.50 | +6.21 %|
| 01.00 | 33.04 | 33.49 | +1.35 %| | Monday | 30.37 | 34.31 | +12.97 %|
| 02.00 | 31.95 | 32.72 | +2.43 %| | Tuesday | 31.23 | 34.73 | +11.18 %|
| 03.00 | 32.51 | 33.30 | +2.42 %| | Wednesday | 30.81 | 35.11 | +13.94 %|
| 04.00 | 31.54 | 32.83 | +4.07 %| | Thursday | 30.11 | 34.24 | +13.69 %|
| 05.00 | 29.51 | 31.40 | +6.41 %| | Friday | 29.91 | 34.29 | +14.64 %|
| 06.00 | 26.00 | 29.15 | +12.12 %| | Saturday | 30.66 | 33.45 | +9.08 %|
| 07.00 | 23.54 | 28.64 | +21.62 %| +-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| 08.00 | 23.14 | 29.40 | +27.07 %| |
| 09.00 | 24.07 | 29.80 | +23.80 %| |
| 10.00 | 24.5 | 30.42 | +24.17 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 11.00 | 25.34 | 30.39 | +19.93 %| | - - - Field Sizes - - - |
| 12.00 | 26.77 | 31.04 | +15.96 %| | Number of days in Period A: 364 |
| 13.00 | 27.40 | 32.12 | +17.18 %| | Number of days in Period B: 365 |
| 14.00 | 28.87 | 33.79 | +17.07 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 15.00 | 31.12 | 36.97 | +18.79 %| |
| 16.00 | 33.44 | 39.08 | +16.85 %| |
| 17.00 | 35.28 | 40.20 | +13.93 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 18.00 | 36.91 | 40.93 | +10.89 %| | Overall Summary |
| 19.00 | 39.00 | 41.94 | +7.52 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 20.00 | 40.51 | 44.17 | +9.04 %| | Overall average for Period A: 30.53 |
| 21.00 | 41.04 | 44.83 | +9.23 %| | Overall average for Period B: 34.09 |
| 22.00 | 39.43 | 43.80 | +11.09 %| | |
| 23.00 | 38.88 | 40.83 | +5.02 %| | Overall increase/decrease: +11.66 % |
+-------+-------+-------+----------+--+--------------------------------------+
| |
| So, in short, we're up 11.66% compared to last year. Yay! Although, if |
| we exclude the Q2-spike, the player numbers are actually almost |
| identical to 2019. To be honest, I would have preferred somewhat lower |
| numbers and no global pandemic, but hopefully Covid-19 has at least |
| come with a small silver lining by introducing a few more new players to |
| our wonderful world. |
| |
| Now, let's look at a new stat for this year. With the help of Lucius and |
| Cotillion, we now have a better way to measure how many new players we |
| get and how many players leave the tutorial. Let's take a look at the |
| last five years. |
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| New players created / players leaving the tutorial |
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| Year | New player | Avg. per | Best | Worst | Leaving | Leaving |
| | total | day | day | Day | tutorial | tutorial |
| | | | | | total | % |
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| 2016 | 12,465 | 34.1 | 81 | 7 | 1,445 | 11.6% |
| 2017 | 15,647 | 42.9 | 88 | 14 | 2,012 | 12.9% |
| 2018 | 10,902 | 29.9 | 97 | 5 | 1,982 | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 8,235 | 22.6 | 97 | 4 | 1,693 | 20.6% |
| 2020 | 7,694 | 21.0 | 321 | 3 | 1,451 | 18.9% |
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| |
| Hmm. It looks like things are going in the wrong direction. Good thing |
| we have a liege of promotion now! One interesting thing to note is that |
| even though the player numbers dropped between 2017 and 2019, the |
| percentage of players leaving the tutorial went up. That number remained |
| pretty high for 2020 as well, so that's promising. |
| |
| Another thing to note is that even though 2020 had lowest numbers of new |
| players, it also had the by far best day. What happened there? Well, what |
| happened was that some players on Discord made a joint effort to post the |
| link to Genesis on various forums and websites, which caused a massive |
| spike of new players. This clearly shows that you players can do A LOT to |
| help improve our numbers, so, please keep doing that. It works! |
| |
| Okay, let's move on to the guild statistics. |
| |
| NOTE: In the statistics below, guilds with two distinct factions (Rangers |
| and Dragonarmy) count as one guild. Also, since we allow players to idle |
| indefinitely in Genesis, these numbers should be taken with a grain of |
| salt. A guild with a player, or players, that idle 24/7 may seem very |
| active, while in fact they are not. On the other hand, guilds that have |
| rules preventing their members from idling may look quite inactive, but |
| the players are actually always active when they do play. There are of |
| course other factors in play as well, for example some guilds are much |
| more restrictive about taking on new members than others, and some guilds |
| only allow players of specific race(s) and/or align. |
| |
| That said, the below statistics still give an indication about which |
| guilds are the most popular, even if it's not the whole truth. |
| |
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| Average number of active players per guild per day |
| |
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| 2019 Ranking 2020 Ranking |
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| 1. Mercs (6.164) 1. -Mercs (5.673) |
| 2. -SoHM (2.552) 2. SoHM (3.153) |
| 3. DArmy (2.464) 3. DArmy (2.632) |
| 4. WoHS (1.370) 4. Angmar (1.586) |
| 5. Knives (1.338) 5. ^+Glads (1.252) |
| 6. Rangers (1.115) 6. ^Calians (1.030) |
| 7. Angmar (0.906) 7. Neidar (0.972) |
| 8. Clerics (0.708) 8. Clerics (0.956) |
| 9. Neidar (0.706) 9. Knives (0.950) |
| 10. Monks (0.703) 10. !WoHS (0.934) |
| 11. Cadets (0.700) 11. Rangers (0.887) |
| 12. Ogres (0.585) 12. Cadets (0.873) |
| 13. Glads (0.472) 13. Archers (0.857) new! |
| 14. Calians (0.401) 14. Mages (0.471) |
| 15. Knights (0.351) 15. Monks (0.438) |
| 16. Academy (0.214) 16. *Union (0.394) |
| 17. Mages (0.170) 17. Knights (0.369) |
| 18. Union (0.109) 18.!@Ogres (0.279) |
| 19. PoT (0.085) 19. PoT (0.208) |
| 20. Kender (0.021) 20. Academy (0.169) |
21. Kender (0.024) |
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| + Biggest APH gain (Glads at +0.780) |
| - Biggest APH loss (Mercs at -0.491) |
| * Biggest growth (Union at 261% growth) |
| @ Biggest decline (Ogres at 52% decline) |
| ^ Biggest rise (Glads & Calians up 8 ranks) |
| ! Biggest fall (WoHS & Ogres down 6 ranks) |
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| |
| Unsurprisingly the neutral free-to-join options continue to rule Genesis |
| in terms of player numbers. Mercs have lost some members, but both SoHM |
| and Gladiators have gained members. The bottom also remain fairly stable, |
| with the Kenders hopelessly last again. Overall, it looks like things |
| have evened out a bit, and the difference between the most and least |
| popular guilds is a little smaller than last year. |
| |
| Let's compare the guilds by align, and see if there has been any notable |
| changes since last year. |
| |
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| |
| Guild activity by align - 2020 |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Good-aligned Neutral-aligned Evil-aligned |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Calians 1.030 Mercs 5.673 DArmy 2.632 |
| Neidar 0.972 SoHM 3.153 Angmar 1.586 |
| Clerics 0.956 Glads 1.252 Knives 0.950 |
| Rangers 0.887 WoHS 0.934 Mages 0.471 |
| Archers 0.857 Cadets 0.873 PoT 0.208 |
| Knights 0.369 Monks 0.438 |
| Kender 0.024 Union 0.394 |
| Ogres 0.279 |
| Academy 0.169 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Total: 5.673 13.165 5.847 |
| Total %: 23.0% 53.3% 23.7% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| Guild activity by align - 2019 |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Good-aligned Neutral-aligned Evil-aligned |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rangers 1.115 Mercs 6.164 DArmy 2.464 |
| Clerics 0.708 SoHM 2.552 Knives 1.338 |
| Neidar 0.706 WoHS 1.370 Angmar 0.906 |
| Calians 0.401 Monks 0.703 Mages 0.170 |
| Knights 0.351 Cadets 0.700 PoT 0.085 |
| Kender 0.021 Ogres 0.585 |
| Glads 0.472 |
| Academy 0.214 |
| Union 0.109 |
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| Total: 3.302 12.869 4.963 |
| Total %: 15.6% 60.9% 23.5% |
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| |
| Interesting! The evil guilds have very similar numbers compared to last |
| year, but it looks like the neutral guilds have lost a big chunk of |
| members to goodie guilds. These numbers are impressively balanced |
| actually, with about half the players in neutral guilds, and a quarter |
| each in goodie and evil guilds. Can we get one third in each during 2021 |
| for perfect balance? :) |
| |
| We have lots of player number statistics as usual, but what about wizard |
| numbers? We don't really have a system to track wizard numbers as we |
| track player numbers, and it's harder to measure as well, as most wizards |
| spend a lot of time idle. However, we CAN look at the number of new |
| wizards. So, lets do just that. |
| |
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| |
| New wizards per year |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| 2019: 4 |
| 2020: 12 |
| |
| Wow! That's quite the increase. Now, many new wizards don't stick |
| around for long, as most tend to be overwhelmed by the amount of time |
| and effort that is needed. Still, the more new wizards we get, the |
| bigger the chances are that some will turn out to be the next |
| superstar wizard. A 200% increase is promising for sure! |
| |
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| WIZARD ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
|============================================================================|
| |
| Trying to create a list of EVERYTHING that changed or was added to the |
| game is of course an impossible mission, but hopefully I have managed |
| to cover most of the major stuff. |
| |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| First Quarter 2020 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - Gorboth steps down as keeper and is succeeded by Cherek. |
| - A new wizard position is added, and Greneth becomes the first ever |
| Liege of Promotion. (Cherek) |
| - A brand new equipment decay system is created. (Carnak, Arman, Cherek) |
| - The <nban> command is one of several small updates to the newbie pin |
| aimed to make it harder for spammers. (Cotillion, Mirandus, Cherek) |
| - The auction house receives an update. Various minor things are fixed |
| and it's also now possible to sell 'heaps' of items. (Cotillion) |
| - Ironstones are re-added to the game. (Arman) |
| - A bug that has plagued the realms for a long time is finally fixed. |
| Players no longer need to worry about losing items if disconnected |
| while recovering items on login. (Cotillion) |
| - EVENT: A cooking event is held. (Greneth) |
| - NEW AREA: A haunted farm appears near Argos, Calia, and it comes |
| with a fun little quest too. (Brine) |
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| Second Quarter 2020 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - An introduction to magic in Genesis is added to the tutorial. (Arman) |
| - NEW AREA: The basement of Cair Andros opens. (Varian) |
| - NEW AREA: The villages of Longbottom and Waymeet opens in Shire, along |
| with some fun shops and quests. (Raymundo) |
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| Third Quarter 2020 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| - NEW AREA: Throtyl Pass opens, allowing players to travel by foot from |
| the Solamnian plans to Sanction. (Arman) |
| NEW GUILD: The drums of war beat loudly as the Throtyl Raiders |
| layman guild starts recruiting. (Arman) |
| - A global change to the acrobat skill is introduced, making it |
| useful in combat. (Ckrik, Arman) |
| - NEW AREA: A new Thanar Cathedral opens in Kabal. This area includes |
| a new Thanar boss, new quests, and new cool items. (Mirandus) |
| - NEW AREA: An oasis appears south of Tyr, which includes a new quest |
| and a new system for magic in Cirath. (Meton) |
| - The player behind one of the most beloved characters in Genesis |
| history passes away, and a statue of Grampal is created in the |
| memorial Garden. (Cherek) |
| |
| We miss you Grampal. |
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| Fourth Quarter 2020 |
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| - Cherek steps down as Arch of Events, and is succeeded by Gorboth. |
| - EVENT: The brand new Trick-or-Treating event is held for the first |
| time, and it's a smashing success. (Gorboth) |
| - EVENT: The Wheel-of-Fun lottery is back in Sparkle, and Teraven is |
| crowned the luckiest player in Genesis. |
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| Except the things mentioned above, the AoP team lead by Mirandus has, |
| as always, helped a lot of players. Also, many wizards have fixed a |
| lot of bugs. I also would like to mention Lucius, who has taken on the |
| massive job of going through domain after domain, fixing bugs and typos. |
| He's done with Sparkle, and has now moved on to Terel. Finally, I think |
| it's great to see that three brand new wizards added new content to the |
| game during 2020. Well done Brine, Meton and Raymundo! |
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| WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? |
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| I ended my last State of the Donut post by listing a number of things I |
| would like to accomplish at some point during my time as Keeper, and |
| all of then still apply. I am not going to repeat myself here, so if you |
| are curious to know what those goals were, you can check my State of the |
| Donut post from last year. |
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| Those were all long term goals, and I of couse did not expect to make |
| them all happen during 2020, but I am glad that we can check off one of |
| them, since we now have a Liege of Promotion. |
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| So, what will happen during 2021? |
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| Well, as most of you know, since we're a volunteer workforce, it's |
| always dangerous to make promises, so I am not going to do that. |
| However, I am going to make some educated GUESSES for 2021: |
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| - We're going to get a new magic system that will be more balanced |
| and more fun for everyone. |
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| - We're going to have much more balanced races in Genesis before |
| 2021 ends. |
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| - The Bloodsea will expand. |
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| - Faerun will become bigger. |
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| - Genesis will get a Patreon page, and the donated money will be used |
| for paid promotional ads. |
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| - There will be more new players created during this year compared to |
| last year. |
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| - We're going to get more new wizards during 2021 than we got during |
| 2020. |
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| - There will be at least four events. |
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| - At least one new guild will open. |
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| - Cassius will stop idling and start killing people again. |
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| Now, like I said, it's possible none of these things happens, but those |
| are my predictions. We'll find out in about 11 months if I was right |
| or wrong! |
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| Cherek, The Established Keeper of Genesis |
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