The forum

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
At current rates, Apolyton is a month or two from becoming the smaller of the two.

it's not the size that matters

[The Pioneer]

I find it amazing that you can find so many people on only two sites because of one game

So long...

[Rasbelin]

Only two sites? Don't forget CGN, Gamecatcher and All Civ. They have an audience too.

[MarkG]

one game???
/me looks at section list on apolyton's front page

[Rasbelin]

Comparison...

I did this just for fun.

ACS

Civ
Civ II
Civ II ToT
Civ III
SMAC
Civ:CtP
CtP2
RoN
MoO2
MoO3
Colonization
MoM
Dinosaurs
Clash of Civilizations
Freeciv
Stella Polaris
Galactic Civilizations
Courts of Candle'Bre
Civ: The Boardgame
EU
EU2
Other alternative Civ games (sidenote: the section covers all alternative games)

CFC

Civ
Civ II
Civ III
RoN
SMAC
Colonization
"CtP series"

CGN

Civ III
SMAC

Ones in bold have an actual coverage, while the rest are covered by more or less dead/active forums.

Conclusion: ACS has more coverages and more forum coverages, despite CFC might have more depth in its Civ II and Civ III coverages.

[notyoueither]

Yes, but CFC has a lower tolerance for trolls. I can see why that might lead to more productive, and hence more frequented forums for the games they cover.

I do not disagree with Dan's and Mark's ideas for how to run a site. However, I acknowledge that many of the players of games do not want to wade through the sh!t that splatters some of the forums on Poly.

[Rasbelin]

Well, indeed, they seem to have a larger and also more controlled group of moderators, so I assume that's directly linked to the quality.

However...

Apolyton

It's so homy and cuddly,
you might even think of it as home,
while you stroll around,
the halls of the OTF,
looking for threads to spam.

Under the surveilance of Ming,
we spam crap to get Deity,
as we all want to be that,
despite we know,
it's not what we want.

My home away from home,
that is Apolyton.

I'm bad at any poetry, but count it as bad modern English poetry by me.

/me runs into the lurking corner.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Rasbelin
Well, indeed, they seem to have a larger and also more controlled group of moderators, so I assume that's directly linked to the quality.

However...

Apolyton

It's so homy and cuddly,
you might even think of it as home,
while you stroll around,
the halls of the OTF,
looking for threads to spam.

Under the surveilance of Ming,
we spam crap to get Deity,
as we all want to be that,
despite we know,
it's not what we want.

My home away from home,
that is Apolyton.

I'm bad at any poetry, but count it as bad modern English poetry by me.

* Rasbelin runs into the lurking corner.

I'm speachless.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Rasbelin
Apolyton

It's so homy and cuddly,

Where have you been posting then?

[MarkG]

However, I acknowledge that many of the players of games do not want to wade through the sh!t that splatters some of the forums on Poly.

feel free to use the report feature

[Dinner]

Back on topic, titles are just kind of like iceing while the content of your message is the cake.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
However what?

Apolyton's registered members = 27,000

CFC's registered members = 26,000

At current rates, Apolyton is a month or two from becoming the smaller of the two.

MarkG, how many registered users have used Poly in the past one, three, six months?

It seems silly to use registered members as yardstick when more than half of those people registered over a year ago, and about 80% haven't been here for months.

[MarkG]

registered in last
1 month: 1066
3 months: 3370
6 months: 5829
12 months: 9896

visited in last
1 month: 3798
2 months: 6968
6 months: 9953
12 months: 14268

posted in last
1 month: 1744
3 months: 3010
6 months: 4161
12 months: 6594

[MarkG]

and some posts stats from the last related news item

76711 posts in September, 77586 posts in October, 79816 in November and 87770 in December

[DrSpike]

Wow, 3000 users have posted in the last 3 months? That's pretty damn good.