Comparing 2001 and 2010 playerbase
Posted: 25 Apr 2010 19:59
While checking old logs, I discovered this one from 2001:
I got a few conclusions comparing the data to the current one (at least the data we have from the last update player base statistics). I believe the new mortal titles were implemented around April 24, 2001 (there is a note titled "New titles." but I don't have a log of it unfortunately). The last update from the Genesis population was:
There can be some rounding errors, but the general idea is this one. The average was 8.7 (which would be mature great adventurer), now the average is 9.5 (which would be halfway between veteran and expert). Back then (if we take great adventurer as the average), 34% of the players were below it (with an average size between them all of 4.78, or mature apprentice), and 59% were above it (with an average size of 11, or rising hero). In the current setup, taking veteran as average, 35% of the players are below it (with an average size of 4, which is apprentice), and 55% above it (with an average size of 12.8, or mature hero).
Note also that before the alignment balance was 56/9/35, while now it is 38/29/33. Quite a lot of people were forced to be goodies before apparently (neutral guilds like the mercenaries helped!).
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Statistics. 60 Mercade Arch Nov 18
Greetings,
These statistics are gathered based on the mortal players with a playing age
of more than 12 hours who visited these realms during the last 2 months.
RACE AND GENDER:
Male Female %Female Total %Total
Human 413 106 20% 519 49%
Elf 145 67 32% 212 20%
Goblin 98 9 8% 107 10%
Dwarf 98 7 7% 105 10%
Hobbit 73 22 23% 95 9%
Gnome 21 8 28% 29 3%
Total 848 219 21% 1067 100%
REGISTERED PLAYING AGE:
Up to 1 week 263 25%
Up to 2 weeks 105 10%
Up to 1 month 145 14%
Up to 2 months 144 13%
Up to 100 days 143 13%
Up to 150 days 128 12%
Up to 200 days 73 7%
Up to 250 days 35 3%
From 250 days 31 3%
PLAYER LEVEL:
Novice 18 2%
Greenhorne 34 3%
Beginner 38 4%
Apprentice 61 6%
Wanderer 68 6%
Adventurer 55 5%
Adept 89 8%
Great dventurer 83 8%
Veteran 121 11%
Expert 128 12%
Rising hero 124 12%
Hero 110 10%
Titan 70 7%
Champion 51 5%
Legend 17 2%
Myth 0 0%
ALIGNMENT:
Holy 242 23% \
Devout .. Saintly 128 13%
Nice .. Good 121 11% 56% good
Agreeable .. Sympathetic 96 9% /
Neutral 98 9% - 9% neutral
Disagreeable .. Sinister 129 12% \
Wicked .. Evil 85 8% 35% evil
Malevolent .. Demonic 49 5%
Damned 109 10% /
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novice 53 8%
greenhorne 17 3%
beginner 28 4%
apprentice 23 4%
wanderer 19 3%
adventurer 24 4%
adept 31 5%
great adventurer 24 4%
veteran 47 8%
expert 45 7%
rising hero 52 8%
hero 66 11%
titan 73 12%
champion 32 5%
legend 49 8%
myth 37 6%Note also that before the alignment balance was 56/9/35, while now it is 38/29/33. Quite a lot of people were forced to be goodies before apparently (neutral guilds like the mercenaries helped!).