<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry) --> <!--X-From-R13: [nep Pbjqra <elhzbNzrevg.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:00:49 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 75815.3151904563#mactheknife,merit.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 14387.42457.484015.152255#arioch,tky.hut.fi --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code bas</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:ryumo#merit,edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00355.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00358.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00355.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00373.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00362">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00362">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00362">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Marc Bowden <<A HREF="mailto:ryumo#merit,edu">ryumo#merit,edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:02:43 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> --On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 9:08 AM +0200 Petri Virkkula <pvirkkul#iki,fi> wrote: > > How others are calculating their player statistics? I have > always seen people stating that a mud X averages between > "100-200". I have been wondering whther other mud admins are > not interested in more exact numbers at all. The statistics I > have seen seems to show the impression of the player count as > seen from players' point of view. > On Dreamshadow the Citymaster access menu keeps track of guests and connection types for a given period (usually, I reset this every 30 days)... Life 100 Mana 100 > finger citymaster -------------------------------------------------------------------- Citymaster Worldserver Remote Status Access Request Copyright (c)1992 The Dreamshadow Project Guest Logins: Yes New Characters: Yes Lockout Level: n/a Login screen source file: /etc/WELCOME.normal Login data (Last Cleared Mon Nov 1 20:49:48 1999): Total Logins 443 Current 1 Staff Logins - 177 New Players - 59 Guest Logins - 30 Player Logins - 236 Failed Tries - 596 Current time Thu Nov 18 08:55:37 1999 Up since Wed Nov 17 12:56:56 1999 Internal Status Ok Integrity Ok Checksum Ok -------------------------------------------------------------------- Life 100 Mana 100 > Obviously, attendance is down, just on the face of it. We keep a running average and month-by-month comparison in the cast member's MOTD: Life 100 Mana 100 > wiznews motd *** October Login Statistics *** Players' logins (includes new character first-time): 451 From September: -40% From Average: -61% New Characters Created: 80 From September: -10% From Average: -10% Visitor Logins: 52 From September: -27% From Average: -27% ********************************* If I'm feeling particularly masochistic I'll compute the average-visitors-per hour using the data from Citymaster. To whit, 236 guest logins over an 18-day period yields one every two hours, down 248% from September. *sigh* -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Bowden - Soulsinger Dreamshadow:The Legacy of the Three ryumo#merit,edu 206.246.120.2 3333 -------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00345" HREF="msg00345.html">Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Petri Virkkula" <pvirkkul#iki,fi></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00355.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code baseinquiry)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00358.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Depth of realism</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00355.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code baseinquiry)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00373.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00362"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00362"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00336" HREF="msg00336.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>, jerry <a href="mailto:jerry#cc588591-b,twsn1.md.home.com">jerry#cc588591-b,twsn1.md.home.com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 01:33 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00341" HREF="msg00341.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>, Jeremy Noetzelman <a href="mailto:jjn#peoplelink,com">jjn#peoplelink,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 02:29 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00345" HREF="msg00345.html">Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 07:34 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00355" HREF="msg00355.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code baseinquiry)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 07:44 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00362" HREF="msg00362.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, Marc Bowden <a href="mailto:ryumo#merit,edu">ryumo#merit,edu</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 17:00 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00373" HREF="msg00373.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 19:36 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00384" HREF="msg00384.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 22:24 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00392" HREF="msg00392.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 06:08 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00382" HREF="msg00382.html">Re: Player statistics calculation (Was: Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry)</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 22:00 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>