DSB Pub Population Statistics - May 2011 - April 2012

[Entr0py]

As some of you know, we began tracking DSB pub population statistics a little under a year ago. The stats poll the pub every 30 seconds, and record the # of players in spec and the # of players in ship.

Here are the results from the first year. As you can see, last summer was pretty brutal for our pub. However, we've managed a pretty decent and steady recovery since our bottom in August. If all goes well, we could be back to our initial numbers by May. Here are some stats:

Start: The week starting May 22, 2011, we averaged 3.98 players in ship and 15.60 players total.
Bottom: The week starting August 21, 2011 was our bottom. We averaged 0.96 players in ship and 7.27 players total.
Winter Peak: League brought a recovery, culminating in a peak on the week starting December 18, 2011. That week, we averaged 3.46 players in ship and 13.39 players total.
Steady recovery: Our recovery continues. Despite a dropoff after league, our trend is still upwards. We've averaged 2.33, 2.63, and 3.45 players in ship over the past 3 weeks, and 13.40, 12.70, and 15.20 players total as well.

You can download the raw data as well as my data analysis spreadsheets here:
http://www.deathstarbattle.com/dloads/popstat.zip

Finally, here are a couple of graphs:

[Entr0py]

Here are the weekly averages. Note that the dates are the first day in the 7 day week. The first column is total in pub, and the second is # in ship:

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22-May	15.60	3.98
29-May	15.96	3.94
5-Jun	13.95	3.25
12-Jun	13.08	3.18
19-Jun	11.78	3.00
26-Jun	11.02	2.45
3-Jul	10.87	2.26
10-Jul	10.59	1.97
17-Jul	10.02	1.98
24-Jul	9.66	1.57
31-Jul	9.20	1.49
7-Aug	9.12	1.41
14-Aug	7.61	1.15
21-Aug	7.27	0.96
28-Aug	8.45	1.12
4-Sep	9.19	1.56
11-Sep	9.16	1.58
18-Sep	8.36	1.34
25-Sep	8.91	1.49
2-Oct	10.91	1.64
9-Oct	9.89	1.15
16-Oct	9.89	1.75
23-Oct	11.21	2.24
30-Oct	9.56	1.66
6-Nov	10.57	2.18
13-Nov	12.19	2.80
20-Nov	9.61	1.52
27-Nov	9.85	1.48
4-Dec	9.68	1.73
11-Dec	10.83	2.22
18-Dec	13.39	3.46
25-Dec	11.04	2.18
1-Jan	11.84	2.83
8-Jan	10.73	2.67
15-Jan	9.80	2.31
22-Jan	11.38	2.89
29-Jan	10.98	2.90
5-Feb	11.96	2.44
12-Feb	10.16	1.86
19-Feb	12.81	2.81
26-Feb	11.71	2.22
4-Mar	11.66	1.97
11-Mar	10.21	1.81
18-Mar	10.72	1.85
25-Mar	13.41	2.33
1-Apr	12.70	2.63
8-Apr	15.20	3.45

[Eridu]

Lets get it back to 4 by May 22.

[Seriel Killer]

Eridu, you havn't made changes we talked about... why is that?

It seems like Entr0py is around and you have all the power you need.

[jim the chin]

They're not allowed to change pub beyond the greening/prizing system advocated by Hoch, are they?

[Entr0py]

They're not allowed to change pub beyond the greening/prizing system advocated by Hoch, are they?

You're an asshole

[Mozart]

any vision on day/night times and the differences?

[jim the chin]

They're not allowed to change pub beyond the greening/prizing system advocated by Hoch, are they?

You're an asshole

True then? I know you've said you'll take suggestions and may even test things that people make, but believing they'll ever be implemented is another issue entirely.

I'm only saying this because I find it incredibly difficult to understand how you believe a pointless pub is equally attractive to new/old players than a pub with an objective. I know that Hoch held a similar view, and only wanted some kind of greening/buying system. What has happened in pub so far appears quite similar to Hoch's plan.

[Mozart]

Hey Ent

I do miss the flagging! If that's the objective he's talking about?

( i didn't read more than 2 posts here so far..)

[Seriel Killer]

Basically Ent, we're saying you're doing absolutely nothing to make this zone anymore fun.

I told Eridu all my ideas abour 3 months ago but they once again fell on dead ears.

DSB has always been like that, it always took 6 months to a year to actually make a change.