Detailed Map Statistics (Update: 4 June 08) COMPLETE

[TaCktiX]

Removals:
Lanyards' Brazil
Germany Revamp

Additions:
Iceland
QWERTY Keyboard
Madagascar
Archipelago
Luxembourg

Updates:
Switzerland
Upper Egypt MOVED to Active Foundry
The Citadel
Repubblica di San Marino
New Europe
CC Archery
Sydney Metro
Feudal War Revamp
Dark Age Britain
Empire Builder
Indian Subcontinent
Treasures of Galapagos
Mexico

[t-o-m]

looking great tack, suprised youve got the time to do this lol
well done and thanks

[Kaplowitz]

Maybe the amount of individual posters in the thread would be a cool thing to add.

[t-o-m]

Maybe the amount of individual posters in the thread would be a cool thing to add.

cool BUT that would take a long long time lol
still could be, i think that when ever people arent busy on their maps, we should help tack out and give him our stats - uless he thrives on searching threads

[TaCktiX]

I can add individual poster count fairly easily, but I will NOT catalogue who made how many posts. I've got to do that already for Creators and C.A.s, and doing that for every single person is a data nightmare waiting to happen. I'm not 100% confident on my count on some topics, so adding more data will likely make the minimal error I know is present worse.

[InkL0sed]

There should be an easier way to do this than manually counting posts...

[bryguy]

There should be an easier way to do this than manually counting posts...

yea there should be, pm tac when u figure it out


oh and tac, conqueropoly is gonna be a killer.... 42 pages

[TaCktiX]

There isn't a way that my programming-minded brain could figure out. As it stands, I only need to "read" a topic 3 times. Once to get Creator/C.A. count, getting the Revision date and posts since on the back end. The second to pick up Feedback and Support, and catch any errors I made on the first runthrough. The second takes the bulk of my time compiling statistics, but is also the most educational. The third is one I haven't fully implemented yet, which catalogues how many different posters there were in the topic, and it's a fairly quick pass.

[TaCktiX]

Removals:
Supermax: Prison Riot

Additions:
High Seas
Operation Drug War
Lower Egypt
Haiti
Maze Craze
Oasis
Rail Australia
South Africa Map
The Trojan War

Updates:
QWERTY Keyboard
Iceland
Treasures of Galapagos
Indian Subcontinent
Periodic Madness
Dark Age Britain
Feudal War Revamp
Sydney Metro
CC Archery
New Europe
Repubblica di San Marino
The Citadel
Upper Egypt
Switzerland
Madagascar
Archipelago
Luxembourg

Added Unique Poster Count:
Switzerland
Madagascar
Archipelago
Luxembourg
Holy Roman Empire

Oasis breakdown, per request of wcaclimbing:
In a lot of ways, Oasis is an amazing map. Its graphics are great, its gameplay is sufficiently unique, and the mapmaker helming it is receptive to intelligent changes to the map. It also is holding down a solid 5.27 posts/day despite being created over 2 months ago. NOTHING of that age even approaches the post rate of Oasis. In some ways, people post faster than wcaclimbing can respond, as he's only made 24.94% of all the posts.

The map has gotten a slew of support (30 posts worth, only exceeded by The Trojan War's 44 which was filled with teasers), and just over 57% of the time people are leaving constructive feedback in some form. Oasis also has 40 posts by C.A.s, greater than all but Supermax and New Europe, topics much older than it.

The relatively slow updating has created a significant amount of spam in the thread, nearly 1/3 (32.53%) of people's replies doesn't help wcaclimbing at all when it comes to completing his map. A lot of it is rehashing topics already covered by others, or simple laziness on the part of the poster to find answers.

In sum, you've created quite the extraordinary map, wcaclimbing. Now go out there and get us Version 6 already.

[InkL0sed]

Oasis is a phenomenon. I am quite proud to have come up with the original idea

It's going to be something else when it comes out.

[wcaclimbing]

Oasis breakdown, per request of wcaclimbing:
In a lot of ways, Oasis is an amazing map. Its graphics are great, its gameplay is sufficiently unique, and the mapmaker helming it is receptive to intelligent changes to the map. It also is holding down a solid 5.27 posts/day despite being created over 2 months ago. NOTHING of that age even approaches the post rate of Oasis. In some ways, people post faster than wcaclimbing can respond, as he's only made 24.94% of all the posts.

The map has gotten a slew of support (30 posts worth, only exceeded by The Trojan War's 44 which was filled with teasers), and just over 57% of the time people are leaving constructive feedback in some form. Oasis also has 40 posts by C.A.s, greater than all but Supermax and New Europe, topics much older than it.

The relatively slow updating has created a significant amount of spam in the thread, nearly 1/3 (32.53%) of people's replies doesn't help wcaclimbing at all when it comes to completing his map. A lot of it is rehashing topics already covered by others, or simple laziness on the part of the poster to find answers.

In sum, you've created quite the extraordinary map, wcaclimbing. Now go out there and get us Version 6 already.

Thank you for the stats!

yep.... I have been seeing some of that spam lately.
Its not really "spam", though. its more of just a bunch of posts that don't really help.
But I don't mind. its actually kinda entertaining. It keeps reminding me that I am supposed to be working on the map and not just messing around.

that, and I have a gap of about 2 weeks in between each update.
Last update was army ## copy/paste. this one wants the small version.
The updates are getting less and less interesting, which makes them kinda boring for me to do, which slows down the updates.
I'll get to doing it eventually, though.
I'm suprised its getting so many posts, even though I have huge gaps in between updates....

[InkL0sed]

Plus spam bumps the thread.

[wcaclimbing]

Plus spam bumps the thread.

that too

[bryguy]

Plus spam bumps the thread.

that too

and it keeps us from forgetting u exist
jk jk, your ccs best new mapmaker :mgreen:

but yea in my oppinion oasis is the best map/idea on all of cc, and it trumps even AoR

[wcaclimbing]

Plus spam bumps the thread.

that too

and it keeps us from forgetting u exist


but yea in my oppinion oasis is the best map/idea on all of cc, and it trumps even AoR

thanks.

ok ... now back to map stats... no more about Oasis.
bring the discussion to the Oasis thread (click my signature) if you want to continue.

[TaCktiX]

Sorry about the delay. With school ending and my subsequent loss of a hard drive, updating these stats took a temporary backseat. I've started compiling update statistics for all the maps I've already compiled, and plan to finish later "today". I may add on a couple new maps as well, and get closer to finishing the entire thing.

[TaCktiX]

Additions:
London
SUPERMAX: Prison Riot Re-added due to recent activity
Germany Revamp Re-added due to recent activity

Removals:
Rail Australia
South Africa Map
QWERTY Keyboard
CC Archery

Updates:
Madagascar
Switzerland
Archipelago MOVED to Active Foundry
Holy Roman Empire MOVED to Active Foundry
Luxembourg MOVED to Active Foundry
Upper Egypt
The Citadel
San Marino Renamed to match the map name
New Europe
Sydney Metro
Feudal War Revamp
Dark Age Britain
Empire Builder
Periodic Madness
Indian Subcontinent
Treasures of Galapagos
Mexico
Operation Drug War
Lower Egypt
Iceland
Haiti
Maze Craze
Oasis
High Seas
The Trojan War

Added Unique Posters statistic:
London
Upper Egypt
The Citadel

[TaCktiX]

Mind-blowing news for today: I am DONE with first compilation. Yes, I have sifted through over 10,000 posts and categorized them many different ways. Bummer is I have neglected my life for the past 24 hours or so, so everyone will have to wait until I have more time to post up the finished stats.

[DiM]

i assume you're using excel to compile the stats. why not instead of manually posting for each and every map, you simply upload the xls file. it's faster, people can download it and get a better view or even use the data to compile their own stats and on top of all in case your pc crashes again (hope not) you have a back-up file here

[TaCktiX]

I am using Excel, and don't worry, I'll include the finished source file in a couple hours. I also want to keep it in plain text form, so you can tab over to this topic, check some stats, and go about your business, instead of downloading, opening, scanning through my much-less-readable source spreadsheet.

[DiM]

I am using Excel, and don't worry, I'll include the finished source file in a couple hours. I also want to keep it in plain text form, so you can tab over to this topic, check some stats, and go about your business, instead of downloading, opening, scanning through my much-less-readable source spreadsheet.

actually to be honest i think browsing an excel sheet would be much easier than scrolling up and down on the page trying to compare 2 maps.

[TaCktiX]

Stat lovers, rejoice!

Additions:
Cyprus
Ancient Japan
Conqueropoly
Germany Revamp Re-added due to activity
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Imperium Romanum
Poker Map
The CUBE
British Isles Revamp
CC City Mogul
The Texan Wars

Removals:
The Trojan War

Movement:
High Seas to Final Forge
Iceland to Final Forge
Operation Drug War to Final Forge

Added Unique Posters Statistic:
Cyprus
Ancient Japan
Conqueropoly
Dark Age Britain
Empire Builder
Feudal War Revamp
Germany Revamp
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Haiti
Imperium Romanum
Indian Subcontinent
Lower Egypt
Maze Craze
Mexico
New Europe
Oasis
Periodic Madness
Poker Map
San Marino
Supermax: Prison Riot
Sydney Metro
The CUBE
Treasures of Galapagos
Upper Egypt
British Isle Revamp
CC City Mogul
High Seas
Iceland
Operation Drug War
The Texan Wars

Updates:
Everything not Added or Removed (too many to count right now)

Percentage of maps covered: 100%
Total Post Count: 10,830

I have finished the first compilation of Map Stats. As it stands, it is a valuable resource, but I am not done. Over the next week, I will be analyzing the now-complete data and coming up with my Map Health metric. Health will be purely based on the numbers presented in the statistics and not based on my subjective opinion (aside from the Feedback/Support opinion, of course). I will try to give reasons for why each map has a certain health as well. I also think I will find out some very interesting facts about mapmaking that go against the grain of traditional thought (one that I know exists right now: there IS such a thing as too much feedback, and it happens at around 75%). Finally, expect me to compile most/least lists for every statistic, just for kicks.

And I WILL be updating the statistics on a regular basis.

EDIT: DiM, I added the source file to the top of the first post.

[ZeakCytho]

Percentage of maps covered: 100%
Total Post Count: 10,830

[InkL0sed]

This thread should be stickied.

[bryguy]

Congratz on actually keeping up with it! and finishing it!