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Fellow Genesis enthusiasts,
I am happy to share with you all some extremely encouraging statistics for
this Fall. There has always been good reason to believe that events boost
the number of players in the realms, but these data seem to offer clear
proof.
Below, period A is the Year-To-Date up until the event began. Period B is
from the day the event began until yesterday.
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| Comparing player activity over two time periods: |
| A: Jan 01 2012 - Nov 21 2012 |
| B: Nov 22 2012 - Dec 02 2012 |
+-------+-------+-------+----------+--+-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| Hour | A | B | %increase| | Weekday | A | B | %increase|
+-------+-------+-------+----------+ +-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| 00.00 | 13.88 | 18.36 | +24.38 %| | Sunday | 11.22 | 15.91 | +29.49 %|
| 01.00 | 10.78 | 16.09 | +32.97 %| | Monday | 10.45 | 13.27 | +21.30 %|
| 02.00 | 9.13 | 14.54 | +37.17 %| | Tuesday | 9.98 | 13.75 | +27.41 %|
| 03.00 | 8.21 | 12 | +31.51 %| | Wednesday | 10.46 | 14.96 | +30.07 %|
| 04.00 | 7.23 | 10 | +27.66 %| | Thursday | 10.32 | 11.87 | +13.12 %|
| 05.00 | 6.61 | 8.90 | +25.78 %| | Friday | 9.81 | 15.32 | +35.96 %|
| 06.00 | 6.07 | 9.27 | +34.53 %| | Saturday | 10.32 | 17.71 | +41.70 %|
| 07.00 | 6.08 | 9.63 | +36.87 %| +-----------+-------+-------+----------+
| 08.00 | 6.66 | 9.45 | +29.50 %| |
| 09.00 | 7.49 | 10.90 | +31.26 %| |
| 10.00 | 8.06 | 10.63 | +24.14 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 11.00 | 8.53 | 11.90 | +28.32 %| | - - - Field Sizes - - - |
| 12.00 | 9.03 | 13.09 | +31.01 %| | Number of days in Period A: 325 |
| 13.00 | 9.52 | 14.54 | +34.48 %| | Number of days in Period B: 11 |
| 14.00 | 10.13 | 14.54 | +30.29 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 15.00 | 10.81 | 17.45 | +38.05 %| |
| 16.00 | 11.49 | 18.36 | +37.38 %| |
| 17.00 | 12.09 | 17.18 | +29.62 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 18.00 | 12.90 | 19.45 | +33.68 %| | Overall Summary |
| 19.00 | 13.99 | 20.54 | +31.87 %| +--------------------------------------+
| 20.00 | 15.95 | 21.90 | +27.16 %| | Overall average for Period A: 10.37 |
| 21.00 | 16.98 | 22.72 | +25.28 %| | Overall average for Period B: 14.87 |
| 22.00 | 17.11 | 23.54 | +27.31 %| | |
| 23.00 | 16.47 | 22.63 | +27.22 %| | Overall increase/decrease: +30.29 % |
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As you can see, the numbers in the last 11 days have increased in every
time period, and on every day of the week across the board. Overall, we've
seen a 30% increase to the playerbase. That is quite significant,
statistically and otherwise! You can see that Saturday, especially, got
a boost, rising by over 40%. This could be due to the event in combination
with the new herb-gathering quest in Sparkle that happens on Fridays and
gives an advantage that lasts 24 hours.
What I really love is the following trend:
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| A 14.5 | | | X| Just feast your eyes on that! Here we have a
| P 14.0 | | | X| steady increase from mid-September through the
| H 13.5 | | | X| end of November, showing each week either being
| 13.0 | | | XX| as good as or, in many cases, much better
| 12.5 | | | XX| than the last.
| 12.0 | | | XX|
| 11.5 | | | XXX| This is important and good stuff! When the event
| E 11.0 | | XX|XXXX| concludes, I am hopeful that we will be able
| A 10.5 | | XXX|XXXX| to retain some of the interest and enthusiasm
| C 10.0 | |XXXX|XXXX| that was generated during this time. How? The
| H 9.5 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| event is over, right, why would we keep any
| 9.0 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| of the gains? Well, because during this event
| W 8.5 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| there have also been a lot of interesting things
| E 8.0 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| happening in guilds, with new members, new
| E 7.5 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| councils, and much activity. When there are so
| K 7.0 | XX|XXXX|XXXX| many players in the game, things tend to happen
+---------+---+----+----+ that last beyond events, and I think we can
| Month |Sep|Oct |Nov | expect to see that here.
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So, here is what I would encourage you all to do:
1. Continue to enjoy and compete in the event.
2. Spread the word, and get others in on the action who might not
otherwise be logging in.
3. Team up and have fun with your fellows.
4. When it is over, keep the momentum, and continue to enjoy the
game with its fuller cast of characters (you included!)
Onwards and upwards!
G.