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And Mr 90k is... (drumroll)... herrdahlin, welcome!
I have to say it's a small miracle we're still growing at all: we get requests from people who had an account like 5 years ago and want to start reusing it again but forgot their password almost daily now...
Time for some traditional stats and graphs... I don't have the time to label the graphs anymore, that's very time-consuming work and time is one commodity I don't exact have in abundance. But you still get statistics galore without them.
(PS I just noticed I've been doing this for the past 4 years
)Raw data on milestones reached
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members date of days to reach days to reach (in 1000) milestone (cumulative) 0 26-07-1998 0 0 1 04-04-1999 252 252 2 07-05-1999 33 285 3 28-07-1999 82 367 4 13-11-1999 108 475 5 23-01-2000 71 546 6 20-05-2000 118 664 7 14-10-2000 147 811 8 20-12-2000 67 878 9 19-02-2001 61 939 10 14-05-2001 84 1023 11 16-08-2001 94 1117 12 19-10-2001 64 1181 13 06-11-2001 18 1199 14 10-11-2001 4 1203 15 22-11-2001 12 1215 16 11-12-2001 19 1234 17 17-01-2002 37 1271 18 05-04-2002 78 1349 19 27-04-2002 22 1371 20 08-06-2002 42 1413 21 16-07-2002 38 1451 22 31-08-2002 46 1497 23 01-10-2002 31 1528 24 05-11-2002 35 1563 25 28-11-2002 23 1586 26 26-12-2002 28 1614 27 22-01-2003 27 1641 28 27-02-2003 36 1677 29 11-03-2003 12 1689 30 04-04-2003 24 1713 31 12-05-2003 38 1751 32 25-05-2003 13 1764 33 06-06-2003 12 1776 34 17-06-2003 11 1787 35 30-06-2003 13 1800 36 13-07-2003 13 1813 37 30-07-2003 17 1830 38 17-08-2003 18 1848 39 02-09-2003 16 1864 40 20-09-2003 18 1882 41 10-10-2003 20 1902 42 27-10-2003 17 1919 43 10-11-2003 14 1933 44 23-11-2003 13 1946 45 09-12-2003 16 1962 46 27-12-2003 18 1980 47 13-01-2004 17 1997 48 01-02-2004 19 2016 49 26-02-2004 25 2041 50 23-03-2004 26 2067 51 15-04-2004 23 2090 52 10-05-2004 25 2115 53 04-06-2004 25 2140 54 01-07-2004 27 2167 55 28-07-2004 27 2194 56 25-08-2004 28 2222 57 27-09-2004 33 2255 58 30-10-2004 33 2288 59 02-12-2004 33 2321 60 02-01-2005 31 2352 61 01-02-2005 30 2382 62 07-03-2005 34 2416 63 15-04-2005 39 2455 64 27-05-2005 42 2497 65 10-07-2005 44 2541 66 27-08-2005 48 2589 67 10-10-2005 44 2633 68 28-10-2005 18 2651 69 31-10-2005 3 2654 70 04-11-2005 4 2658 71 08-11-2005 4 2662 72 14-11-2005 6 2668 73 23-11-2005 9 2677 74 03-12-2005 10 2687 75 17-12-2005 14 2701 76 31-12-2005 14 2715 77 17-01-2006 17 2732 78 07-02-2006 21 2753 79 07-03-2006 28 2781 80 12-04-2006 36 2817 81 16-05-2006 34 2851 82 15-06-2006 30 2881 83 14-07-2006 29 2910 84 08-08-2006 25 2935 85 02-09-2006 25 2960 86 01-10-2006 29 2989 87 11-11-2006 41 3030 88 01-01-2007 51 3081 89 22-02-2007 52 3133 90 22-04-2007 59 3192
Average numbers
stats at 90,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 56
in last 6 months: 51
in last 12 months: 38
in last 24 months: 27
since 2004: 28
since 2003: 25
since 2002: 26
since 2001: 28
since beginning: 35
stats at 80,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 26
in last 6 months: 14
in last 12 months: 21
in last 24 months: 25
since 2003: 22
since 2002: 25
since 2001: 27
since beginning: 35
average # of new registrations per day…
in last 3 months: 28
in last 6 months: 71
in last 12 months: 48
in last 24 months: 40
since 2003: 45
since 2002: 40
since 2001: 37
since beginning: 29
stats at 70,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 23
in last 6 months: 29
in last 12 months: 31
in last 24 months: 26
since 2003: 24
since 2002: 26
since 2001: 29
since beginning: 39
average # of new registrations per day…
in last 3 months: 43
in last 6 months: 34
in last 12 months: 32
in last 24 months: 38
since 2003: 42
since 2002: 38
since 2001: 34
since beginning: 26
stats at 60,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 32
in last 6 months: 30
in last 12 months: 27
in last 24 months: 22
since 2002: 25
since 2001: 28
since beginning: 38
average # of new registrations per day…
in last 3 months: 31
in last 6 months: 33
in last 12 months: 37
in last 24 months: 45
since 2002: 40
since 2001: 36
since beginning: 26
stats at 50,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 21
in last 6 months: 19
in last 12 months: 18
in last 24 months: 24
since 2003: 19
since 2002: 25
since beginning: 41
average # of new registrations per day…
in last 3 months: 48
in last 6 months: 53
in last 12 months: 56
in last 24 months: 42
since 2003: 53
since 2002: 40
since beginning: 24
stats at 45,000 members:
average # of days to reach milestone…
in last 3 months: 16
in last 6 months: 16
in last 12 months: 19
since 2003: 18
since 2002: 25
since beginning: 44
average # of new registrations per day…
in last 3 months: 63
in last 6 months: 63
in last 12 months: 53
since 2003: 56
since 2002: 40
since beginning: 23
Raw data on number of active posters (no data means I was too busy to check in time -- blame Firaxis and/or Dan
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members last week last month last 3 months 32 1457 40 850 1300 2300 41 42 600 1031 1832 43 44 940 1504 2210 45 975 1471 2541 46 47 892 1452 2367 48 49 774 1303 2228 50 777 1211 2131 51 771 1252 2039 52 753 1223 1902 53 777 1220 1941 54 724 1146 1915 55 741 1169 1845 56 690 1101 1721 57 652 970 1543 58 655 977 1496 59 663 992 1479 60 592 1029 1496 61 681 1012 1529 62 605 989 1451 63 611 936 1390 64 636 951 1398 65 66 67 604 935 1358 68 1258 1581 1980 69 1690 2039 2469 70 1698 2472 2838 71 1658 2709 3080 72 73 1188 3388 3857 74 75 76 77 858 1685 4621 78 79 652 1184 2578 80 699 1141 2062 81 652 1111 1851 82 602 974 1676 83 623 932 1685 84 596 1050 1572 85 575 1032 1596 86 552 848 1589 87 555 887 1444 88 89 507 755 1183 90 552 807 1135
Major events in Apolyton History
(Disclaimer: meaning of 'major event' entirely subjective and not based on anything other than my personal opinion and what fitted nicely into the graphs)
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Birth of Apolyton 26-07-1998 Release of Civ2: MGE 04-12-1998 Release of SMAC 09-02-1999 Release of C:CtP 30-03-1999 Release of Civ2: ToT 31-07-1999 Release of SMAC-X 19-10-1999 Birth of Big Huge Games 28-02-2000 Release of CtP2 19-11-2000 Upgrade of ACS Forums to vBulletin 21-05-2001 Release of Civ3 29-10-2001 Death of GameStats 31-01-2002 Birth of Settler I 21-04-2002 Release of Civ3: PtW 29-10-2002 Release of MoO3 25-02-2003 Release of GalCiv 25-03-2003 Birth of Settler II 24-04-2003 Release of RoN 20-05-2003 Upgrade of Settler II RAM 27-08-2003 Release of GalCiv: EU 16-09-2003 Release of CtP2 Source Code 28-10-2003 Release of Civ3: Conquests 04-11-2003 Release of RoN: T&P 28-04-2004 Release of GalCiv: AP 15-06-2004 Release of Civ3: Complete 16-09-2004 Release of RoN: Gold 27-10-2004 Release of FreeCiv2 21-04-2005 Birth of Settler III 29-04-2005 Release of AoM 31-05-2005 Release of Civ4 25-10-2005 Buy-out of Firaxis by Take-Two 07-11-2005 Release of AoM2 02-12-2005 Release of GalCiv2 24-02-2006 Release of AoM3 21-05-2006 ApolyCon 2006 07-07-2006 Release of Civ4: Warlords 27-07-2006 Release of GalCiv: Ultimate 24-09-2006 Release of Civilization Chronicles 23-10-2006 Release of AoM4 01-11-2006 Change of Apolyton Ownership 01-11-2006 Release of GalCiv2: Dark Avatar 09-02-2007
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Birth of Apolyton 26-07-1998 Birth of ACS Forums 07-08-1998 Birth of ACS Column 08-08-1998 Acquisition of Avalon Hill by Hasbro 09-08-1998 Acquisition of Microprose by Hasbro 12-08-1998 Birth of ACS Tournaments 23-09-1998 Birth of ACS Interviews 25-09-1998 Birth of ACS Chats 03-10-1998 Birth of ACS Fiction 06-10-1998 Birth of ACS Alt Games Section 15-10-1998 Birth of ACS File Database 09-11-1998 Announcement of Civ2 for PlayStation 22-11-1998 Birth of ACS Scenario Contests 28-11-1998 First Recognition from Written Press 01-12-1998 Birth of ACS (P)reviews 04-12-1998 Release of Civ2: MGE 04-12-1998 Birth of ACS Hosted Sites 08-12-1998 Release of Civ2 for PlayStation 11-01-1999 Merger of ACS and Beyond AC 15-01-1999 Announcement of C:CtP for Linux 27-01-1999 Merger of ACS and Civ2 Mac Site 30-01-1999 Release of SMAC 09-02-1999 Release of C:CtP 30-03-1999 Release of Civ2: MGE for Mac 30-03-1999 Release of C:CtP for Linux 14-05-1999 Announcement of Civ3 15-05-1999 Birth of The List 17-05-1999 Announcement of C:CtP for BeOS 23-06-1999 Completion of The List v1 14-07-1999 Announcement of SMAC-X 28-07-1999 Release of Civ2: ToT 31-07-1999 Birth of GameLeague 26-09-1999 Death of OWO Forums 07-10-1999 Release of SMAC-X 19-10-1999 Completion of The List v2 10-11-1999 Announcement of Dinosaurs 01-12-1999 Start of major ACS Upgrades 14-12-1999 Release of C:CtP for Mac 13-01-2000 Release of C:CtP for BeOS 31-01-2000 Release of SMAC for Mac 04-02-2000 Departure of Reynolds from Firaxis 08-02-2000 Announcement of CtP2 15-02-2000 Release of SMACPP 24-02-2000 Announcement of SMAC(PP) for Linux 24-02-2000 Birth of Big Huge Games 28-02-2000 Message from Sid Meier 23-03-2000 Announcement of SMAC-X for Mac 26-03-2000 Completion of Essential Civ3 List 04-05-2000 Release of SMAC-X for Mac 18-05-2000 Release of FreeCiv for Windows 10-07-2000 Departure of GameLeague 05-08-2000 Cooperation of BHG and Microsoft 29-08-2000 Birth of ACS Yearbook 15-10-2000 Success for Apolyton House 29-10-2000 Release of CtP2 19-11-2000 Acquisition of Microprose by Infogrames 06-12-2000 Death of CtP Series 20-01-2001 Death of Dinosaurs 24-01-2001 Coverage of EU 05-03-2001 Release of SMACPP for Mac 16-04-2001 Announcement of SimGolf 10-05-2001 Announcement of Civ3 for Mac 17-05-2001 Upgrade of ACS Forums to vBulletin 21-05-2001 Birth of Faces of Apolyton 06-07-2001 Birth of ACS Radio 17-07-2001 Announcement of Civ3 LE 31-07-2001 Birth of Apolyton Store 07-08-2001 Death of Loki Games 14-08-2001 Coverage of MoO 28-08-2001 Publication of Velociryx's SMAX Guide 03-10-2001 Release of Civ3 29-10-2001 Birth of ACS Music Station 20-11-2001 Move of ACS Server to AUTH 04-01-2002 Release of Civ3 for Mac 08-01-2002 Release of SimGolf 24-01-2002 Birth of ACS Democracy Games 25-01-2002 Death of GameStats 31-01-2002 Announcement of Civ Board Game 09-02-2002 Announcement of RoN 27-02-2002 Birth of Settler I 21-04-2002 Announcement of Civ3: PtW 01-05-2002 Coverage of Candle'Bre 04-05-2002 Announcement of GalCiv 22-05-2002 Creation of new Homepage Layout 12-06-2002 Birth of ACS Directory 23-07-2002 Publication of Reynolds on RoN 17-08-2002 Upgrade of ACS Store 27-08-2002 Announcement of Civ: GotY 06-09-2002 Birth of Velocigames 08-09-2002 Death of Microprose 12-09-2002 Start of ACS MoO3 Beta Contest 18-09-2002 Release of Civ Board Game 03-10-2002 Birth of ACS IRC Server 25-10-2002 Release of Civ3: PtW 29-10-2002 Release of Civ3: GotY 30-10-2002 Birth of ACS Civ Groups 30-10-2002 Announcement of Civ3:PtW for Mac 07-12-2002 Start of ACS MoO3 Preview Series 09-01-2003 Announcement of Civ3: CE 24-01-2003 Completion of Directory Import 27-01-2003 Acquisition of MacSoft by Destineer 31-01-2003 Start of BHG/ACS RoN Beta Contest 14-02-2003 Birth of ACS File Upload Service 18-02-2003 Release of MoO3 25-02-2003 Announcement of Civ3: GotY for Mac 16-03-2003 Release of GalCiv 25-03-2003 Release of MoO3 for Mac 26-03-2003 Release of Civ3: GotY for Mac 09-04-2003 Birth of Settler II 24-04-2003 Announcement of GalCiv: EU 06-05-2003 Renaming of Infogrames to Atari 07-05-2003 Birth of ACS WAP Service 13-05-2003 Announcement of C3C 15-05-2003 Announcement of Pirates! II 15-05-2003 Cooperation of Firaxis and Atari 16-05-2003 Release of RoN 20-05-2003 Conscription of MarkG 23-05-2003 Birth of ACS Shopping Centres 22-07-2003 Fifth Birthday of Apolyton 26-07-2003 Announcement of CtP2 Source Code 26-07-2003 Upgrade of Settler II RAM 27-08-2003 Release of GalCiv: EU 16-09-2003 Announcement of Civ3: Gold 18-09-2003 Release of CtP2 Source Code 28-10-2003 Release of Civ3: Conquests 04-11-2003 Release of Civ3: Gold 04-11-2003 Announcement of GalCiv: AP 19-11-2003 Announcement of RoN: T&P 20-11-2003 Announcement of Civ4 04-12-2003 Birth of The Civ4 List 08-12-2003 Birth of ACS File Upload Service v2 31-01-2004 Birth of new ACS Contact Form 20-02-2004 Birth of new ACS Forum Search 28-02-2004 Birth of ACS CivGroups News 29-02-2004 Creation of new Homepage Layout 07-03-2004 Birth of new ACS Radio 07-03-2004 Birth of ACS File Upload Service v3 21-03-2004 Birth of Ad-Free Hosted Site: Clash 21-03-2004 Birth of ApolytonPLUS 31-03-2004 Release of RoN: T&P 28-04-2004 Announcement of Civ3 for n-Gage 12-05-2004 Release of GalCiv: AP 15-06-2004 Birth of Apolyton Hall of Fame 26-07-2004 Announcement of RoN: Gold 26-07-2004 Announcement of Civ3: Complete 07-08-2004 Announcement of GalCiv2 30-08-2004 Release of Civ3: Complete 16-09-2004 Death of Strategy First 21-09-2004 Release of Civ Board Game 2nd Edition 25-09-2004 Announcement of Ron: Gold for Mac 15-10-2004 Announcement of Civ4 25-10-2004 Release of RoN: Gold 27-10-2004 Release of Pirates! II 22-11-2004 Atari Sale of Civilization Franchise 25-11-2004 Birth of ACS Email Forwarding 10-12-2004 Release of RoN:Gold for Mac 13-12-2004 Completion of The Civ4 List 23-01-2005 Take2 Acquisition of Civilization Franchise 26-01-2005 Annoucement of CtP2:Ages of Man 20-03-2005 Accidental deletion of Scenario League forum 14-04-2005 Release of FreeCiv2 21-04-2005 Birth of Settler III 29-04-2005 Launch of CivAnon 18-05-2005 Announcement of Rise of Legends 18-05-2005 Announcement of Society 18-05-2005 Announcement of Civ4 SDK 23-05-2005 Release of AoM 31-05-2005 Birth of ApolyCon 01-08-2005 Announcement of Civ2 for n-Gage 05-08-2005 Birth of The History of Apolyton 18-08-2005 Announcement of Civ4: Preorder Edition 08-09-2005 Birth of ACSR Game Developer Series 16-09-2005 Coverage of Colonization 05-10-2005 Release of Civ4 25-10-2005 Announcement of Civ3: Complete for Mac 27-10-2005 Announcement of Civ4 for Mac 27-10-2005 Release of Civ4 Direct2Drive 04-11-2005 Buy-out of Firaxis by Take-Two 07-11-2005 Birth of Game Developers Series 11-11-2005 Release of AoM2 02-12-2005 Birth of Age of Nations 21-12-2005 Release of Yin Eating Cardboard 27-12-2005 Release of Civ3: Complete for Mac 05-01-2006 Announcement of GalCiv2: Collector's Ed 11-02-2006 Release of GalCiv2 24-02-2006 Opening of ApolyCon 2006 Registration 11-03-2006 Announcement of Civ4: Warlords 16-03-2006 Announcement of CivCity: Rome 16-03-2006 Release of Civilization for n-Gage 20-03-2006 Merger of Firaxis and PopTop 20-03-2006 Release of FreeCiv 2.1 20-03-2006 Announcement of GalCiv2: Dark Avatar 30-03-2006 Release of Civ4 SDK 13-04-2006 Release of Trip's Civ4 Maps & Scenarios 07-05-2006 Release of AoM3 21-05-2006 Release of Civ4 for Mac 30-06-2006 ApolyCon 2006 07-07-2006 Release of CivCity: Rome 27-07-2006 Release of Civ4: Warlords 27-07-2006 Death of old ACS Radio 15-08-2006 Announcement of Civ4: Warlords for Mac 30-08-2006 Announcement of Civilization: Chronicles 07-09-2006 Release of GalCiv: Ultimate 24-09-2006 Announcement of Sins of a Solar Empire 12-10-2006 Birth of PolyCast 20-10-2006 Release of Civilization Chronicles 23-10-2006 Release of AoM4 01-11-2006 Change of Apolyton Ownership 01-11-2006 Release of Civ4: Warlords for Mac 09-12-2006 Release of GalCiv2: Dark Avatar 09-02-2007 Announcement of Civ4: BtS 28-03-2007 Departure of Soren from Firaxis 01-04-2007
for your ongoing efforts and how you continue to publish them, Wouter.
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