The State of the Codex

[DarkUnderlord]

We passed 1 Million hits per day in February. Now averaging 15,000 unique visits per day, with 45,000 per month. And we're chewing up a metric fuck-tonne of bandwidth while we're at it.

• All Keywords Unique Visitors
  45824 2.12% age
  40135 1.86% dragon
  35282 1.63% the
  26378 1.22% arcanum
  24850 1.15% fallout
  18033 0.83% codex
  17031 0.79% oblivion
  15783 0.73% mod
  14727 0.68% patch
  13398 0.62% penis
  11961 0.55% and
  11871 0.55% hentai
  11580 0.54% effect
  11513 0.53% alexandratou
  11510 0.53% mass
  11256 0.52% rpg
  11196 0.52% how
  10609 0.49% mods
  10320 0.48% dwarf
  10228 0.47% game
  10028 0.46% forum
  9895 0.46% fortress
  9471 0.44% sex
  9413 0.44% porn
  8799 0.41% best
  8062 0.37% for
  7844 0.36% character
  7821 0.36% divinity
  7001 0.32% play
  6853 0.32% review
  6712 0.31% build
  6706 0.31% pirates
  6649 0.31% tzoulia
  6421 0.30% alliance
  6359 0.29% space
  6203 0.29% code
  6145 0.28% julia
  6090 0.28% planescape
  5957 0.28% unlock
  5901 0.27% fate
  5894 0.27% witcher
  5780 0.27% nude
  5757 0.27% games
  5656 0.26% mount
  5653 0.26% war
  5619 0.26% jagged
  5566 0.26% map
  5445 0.25% drakensang
  5427 0.25% morrowind
  5253 0.24% mage
  5236 0.24% torment

As you can see, the old favourites are still attracting morons visitors.

State of the Decline

Economists are predicting further decline ahead.

dingleberry.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

45824 2.12% age
40135 1.86% dragon

17031 0.79% oblivion
15783 0.73% mod

13398 0.62% penis
11961 0.55% and
11871 0.55% hentai
11580 0.54% effect

11510 0.53% mass

5619 0.26% jagged

5236 0.24% torment

You found the key to understanding the Codex!

Btw, Alexandratou's wiki page has no pics.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

alexandratou?

 

[racofer]

fallout 3 porn

 

[Jim Cojones]

pocong? Yhis word was used only once in all history of the Codex and yet for some time it was one of the most popular search terms, most popular besides the obvious "rpgcodex" and "rpg codex"? Me doesn't understood.

 

[sportforredneck]

Hentai is on the list. My life's mission is complete.

 

[Crispy]

Porn best for character divinity.

Nude games mount war.

Is this our version of Nostradamus?

 

[MetalCraze]

Note how keywords for bad games (apart from obvious exceptions) and /gd/ topics are at the top - and for way better games - at the bottom.

Explains why decline pours through the gates so heavily.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Actually it just shows the decline itself, it doesn't explain anything

 

[Donkey Balls]

Dragon Age, Arcanum and Fallout are at the top, everything's right in the world.

 

[poocolator]

10320 0.48% dwarf

9895 0.46% fortress

 

[Fucking Quality Poster]

Dragon Age, Arcanum and Fallout are at the top, everything's right in the world.

 

[Konjad]

pocong? fallout 3 porn?

 

[relootz]

Fallout 3 animated prostitution video

Some sick minds roam the internet.

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

We passed 1 Million hits per day in February. Now averaging 15,000 unique visits per day, with 45,000 per month. And we're chewing up a metric fuck-tonne of bandwidth while we're at it.

let's take entry fees, something like 2 bucks a month, we can make 50-50

 

[Malakal]

So Codex is all about shit games and porn? Sounds about right :skyway:

 

[Achilles]

alexandratou?

Julia Alexandratou, greek model who recently starred in a (lame) porn movie.I am baffled as to why someone would do a search on her on the codex though. The keywords "tzoulia" and "julia" are probably for her also.

 

[madbringer]

13398 0.62% penis
14727 0.68% patch
15783 0.73% mod
17031 0.79% oblivion

5780 0.27% nude
5894 0.27% witcher

7844 0.36% character
8062 0.37% for
8799 0.41% best
9413 0.44% porn

Oh, Codex.

 

[Konjad]

13398 0.62% penis
14727 0.68% patch
15783 0.73% mod
17031 0.79% oblivion

5780 0.27% nude
5894 0.27% witcher

7844 0.36% character
8062 0.37% for
8799 0.41% best
9413 0.44% porn

Oh, Codex.

No. Just our trannies.

 

[Murk]

penis patch mod oblivion... trannies... hrm... there is a strange kind of logic found in this madness.

Codex truly is something else...

 

[Jim Cojones]

Some stupid shit is to be expected, it's obvious that there are tons of people who will find the site by googling terms like "dragon age" or "sex" and "dicks" because these searches are way more popular. What's more, it is completely irrelevant for the forum because 99% of people finding a site using google (not counting the ones who look for "rpg codex") never comes back at all or comes back once, twice.

We've got... how many regular posters? 50? 100? When you compare it with 45000 users per month it is obvious it is not a good representation of the whole userbase.

Explains why decline pours through the gates so heavily.

No, the decline is more connected with the fact we've got posters for whom projection game uses is more important than gameplay.

 

[Orgasm]

QUANTATII BROS

150 gig , damn.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

We've got... how many regular posters? 50? 100?

239 different user accounts have posted within the last 24 hours. 750 have posted within the last month. 1,907 within the last year.

365 different user accounts have visited the forum within the last 24 hours, 898 within the last month. 2,255 within the last year.

So about 30% of the total 7247 registered users have visited the forum within the last year.

SELECT u.username 
FROM
	POSTS_TABLE p,
	USERS_TABLE u
WHERE
	p.post_time >= 1272718097
	AND u.user_id = p.poster_id
GROUP BY p.poster_id
ORDER BY u.username

1st May >= 1272718097
Last 24 hours: 1275223697
Year: 1243774416

SQL for future my reference.

 

[spekkio]

239 different user accounts have posted within the last 24 hours.

That's probably 39 seriouz posters and 200 chefe's alts.

 

[Jim Cojones]

We've got... how many regular posters? 50? 100?

239 different user accounts have posted within the last 24 hours. 750 have posted within the last month. 1,907 within the last year.

365 different user accounts have visited the forum within the last 24 hours, 898 within the last month. 2,255 within the last year.

So about 30% of the total 7247 registered users have visited the forum within the last year.

And about 1,5% of 45 000 unique users that visit the Codex per month. The calculation is far from being precise because there are various reasons why one person can browse the page from many IPs, as well as many people can use the same IP. Add to this that some of the registered users are actually an alts and it complicates even more. It is still enough to say that global statistics for search terms say nothing about the registered users.

There is a correlation because the site should be high in google with the terms that are often used in posts. At least in theory because a full analysis would require taking in account how the content is treated by google*, that these words aren't necessarily used often because many Codexers are interested in them but because of loud minority, that what is discuses doesn't really say what games Codexers are interested in playing but which ones are the most controversial/fun to bitch about...

BTW could you post how may of recently active posters joined before "the official date of Codex' death" (i.e. 28 Oct 2008) and how many of them joined later? It won't give any useful info but I'm a statistic whore** and my assburger demands it.

*we don't really know how their search engine really work, they claim it is largely based on content, experience shows it's bullshit and well chosen metatags can improve your results much more.

** I can play a game like Championship Manager for hours just looking at all the numbers without even progressing. :/

 

[DarkUnderlord]

And about 1,5% of 45 000 unique users that visit the Codex per month. The calculation is far from being precise because there are various reasons why one person can browse the page from many IPs, as well as many people can use the same IP.

Oh, unique visitors are always visits from that IP within (typically) a half hour period. So if I visit now and come back half an hour later, that counts as two unique visits even if I'm using the same IP. Not certain if that is how our logs are actually setup but it's generally the standard measuring of unique's.

15k "unique" visitors a day could quite easily be the same 312 people visiting every half hour for a full 24 hours. It's probably fairly safe to say it represents a "real" figure anywhere from 7,000 - 12,000 though.

You'd really have to do a full analysis of the logs to work out exact numbers of unique IPs though. There are tools that let you do that but I does not have them. (Pretty sure they're all the kind of tools you have to pay lots of money, at least the last time I looked into it I think that's what I found).

It is still enough to say that global statistics for search terms say nothing about the registered users.

True.

There is a correlation because the site should be high in google with the terms that are often used in posts. At least in theory because a full analysis would require taking in account how the content is treated by google*

Typically links to the site count for more than words on the site itself. EG: If everyone linked to the codex as "butthurt central", then butthurt central (under google's page rank system) would be a search term that'd crop up fairly high. All the list of words really tells you is that at some point in time, someone searched for those words, found a result that included the Codex and then clicked that result and came to the codex.

BTW could you post how may of recently active posters joined before "the official date of Codex' death" (i.e. 28 Oct 2008) and how many of them joined later? It won't give any useful info but I'm a statistic whore** and my assburger demands it.

Yeah, I like statistics too. I'll do up a series of other graphs and things, posts per day over time and in different forums etc...

 

[Melcar]

The might of The Codex is unmatched.