Darn it, where's that list of "most talked about" tabletop rpgs again?

Ronin · January 11, 2014, 11:32:19 AM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;722380Star Wars: Saga/D20 is doing better than Edge of the Empire?

That doesnt surprise me. I have not really heard much good about the Edge of the Empire.

Shipyard Locked · January 11, 2014, 01:08:53 PM

Quote from: Justin Alexander;722639First, BESM was critically acclaimed.

Its later revamps were not treated kindly as I recall.

Quote from: Justin Alexander;722639Second, I'm curious about the world you live in where scandals make something less likely to be talked about.

[mildly humorous]
Huh, that reminds me, if scandal chatter is apparently enough to keep BESM on a list of relevance years after its crash-and-burn, why isn't FATAL there at all? It has to be one of the most beaten dead horse examples around, enough to earn it at least a bottom slot. I sure hear people reference it way more often than Firefly or Fading Suns (although this is purely anecdotal of course). [/mildly humorous]

Old One Eye · January 11, 2014, 02:14:47 PM

Nifty that 13th Age hits both lists. Back of the envelope calculation shows that D&D derived games make up ~82% of the chatter while non-D&D derived games make up ~18%.

That makes FATE (the most talky of the non-D&D) sit at about 2.6% of internet chatter - or slightly ahead of the OSR.

Shadowrun with its new edition is between OD&D and AD&D in talkiness.

Castles and Crusades made by me good old Arky boys down the street is about the same popularity as Dread. Not sure what Dread is, but good job guys.

Soylent Green · January 11, 2014, 02:42:13 PM

I think Fate get's a large chunk of the 'talked about' pie because (a) a lot of people are busy hacking the system and pushing the toolset in different directions and (b) a lot of people seem to have trouble making sense of the system so they post a lot of questions. Which is not to say it isn't a popular game, just that it get's a lot of air time.

I am sure there a quite a few games that get a lot of play but don't require as much forum based support.

3rik · January 11, 2014, 08:33:49 PM

Quote from: Ronin;722673That doesnt surprise me. I have not really heard much good about the Edge of the Empire.

IMHO it's a complete piece of overproduced shit. Besides being a pain in the ass to read and play, I also found the supposedly nice production values rather underwhelming.

People are apparently buying the shit out of it, though.

Mistwell · January 11, 2014, 08:38:16 PM

Quote from: Xavier Onassiss;722411I think the real question is, talked about where, exactly?

The ENworld forums?

A different forum, or a group of forums?

The internet as a whole?

The FLGS?

The webmaster's basement on game night? [/snark]

He says it's over 1000 RSS feeds of data from across the web, mostly message boards but some other sources. The only thing specifically excluded is the home forum of game publishers themselves.

Mistwell · January 11, 2014, 08:39:22 PM

Quote from: TristramEvans;722640BESM wouldnt be surprising if this was 2002. I guess its just that these results are taken "over all time", when I was expecting something that was looking more at current trends.

It's not over all time, it's using current RSS feeds. Apparently, it's being talked about currently. The numbers fluctuate every day.

As for why - I have no idea.

Mistwell · January 11, 2014, 08:41:17 PM

Quote from: Old One Eye;722716Nifty that 13th Age hits both lists. Back of the envelope calculation shows that D&D derived games make up ~82% of the chatter while non-D&D derived games make up ~18%.

That makes FATE (the most talky of the non-D&D) sit at about 2.6% of internet chatter - or slightly ahead of the OSR.

Shadowrun with its new edition is between OD&D and AD&D in talkiness.

Castles and Crusades made by me good old Arky boys down the street is about the same popularity as Dread. Not sure what Dread is, but good job guys.

If you hover over the name, a raw score will appear, and that raw score is directly comparable to the other charts (not adjusted for the list it's on).

Old One Eye · January 11, 2014, 09:41:28 PM

Quote from: Mistwell;722798It's not over all time, it's using current RSS feeds. Apparently, it's being talked about currently. The numbers fluctuate every day.

As for why - I have no idea.

Says it is a 90 day feed right on the tin. So, the numbers for today will be from 10/13/2013 through today. Tomorrow's numbers would be from 10/14/2013 through tomorrow.

TristramEvans · January 11, 2014, 10:17:51 PM

Well, I font frequent alot of forums these days so Im not as "in the loop" as ten years ago.

arminius · January 11, 2014, 11:27:31 PM

N.E.W. at 4.78% makes me think there's something weird about the counting method. Or I'm just really, really out of the loop.

Warthur · January 13, 2014, 06:57:12 AM

Quote from: TristramEvans;722640BESM wouldnt be surprising if this was 2002. I guess its just that these results are taken "over all time", when I was expecting something that was looking more at current trends.

Results are for past 90 days, actually.

languagegeek · January 13, 2014, 08:05:40 AM

Quote from: Arminius;722829N.E.W. at 4.78% makes me think there's something weird about the counting method. Or I'm just really, really out of the loop.

It looks like N.E.W. is enworld's own (as yet unfinished) game. Perhaps the hotness table includes some enworld playtesting feeds or something.

arminius · January 13, 2014, 12:44:30 PM

I imagine it does, but that still raises questions as to how the various sources are counted and weighted.

Mistwell · January 13, 2014, 02:53:28 PM

Quote from: Arminius;722829N.E.W. at 4.78% makes me think there's something weird about the counting method. Or I'm just really, really out of the loop.

It's not at 4.78% for all RPGs. You're looking at the chart on the left, which excludes D&D-like games. To see actual ranking, hover over the name, and then compare it to the middle chart numbers. You will see it has a score of 62.5. That would put it at less than 1%.