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

Shipyard Locked · January 08, 2014, 12:19:03 PM

Every now and then someone posts a link to some table where they rank the most talked about (online) tabletop rpgs, or something like that. I can't find it right now, could someone post it again? Sorry.

Rincewind1 · January 08, 2014, 12:20:40 PM

Do you mean this?
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/26215.html

Shipyard Locked · January 08, 2014, 12:47:44 PM

Quote from: Rincewind1;721810Do you mean this?
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/26215.html

No, but that's useful too. It's bigger and more detailed, with multiple columns.

arminius · January 08, 2014, 01:41:56 PM

You may be thinking of the "The Hotness" on rpggeek.

But there may be something you could do with one of these tools: http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/07/keyword-trend-analysis.html

I think they just show trends for keywords in dynamic content (including twitter and google searches) but there may be something specifically for static web pages (based on snapshots over time) and fora.

estar · January 08, 2014, 02:20:16 PM

It was on enworld and I can't seem to find the link.

The Yann Waters · January 08, 2014, 02:21:45 PM

Quote from: estar;721843It was on enworld and I can't seem to find the link.

Here.

Shipyard Locked · January 08, 2014, 03:36:26 PM

Thanks guys.

jeff37923 · January 08, 2014, 04:15:35 PM

Considering how enworld was originally set up as a d20 board, I wonder how skewed the results are. A lot of conversations are happenning on Facebook and G+ that have not been sampled.

Mistwell · January 08, 2014, 04:18:46 PM

Quote from: jeff37923;721881Considering how enworld was originally set up as a d20 board, I wonder how skewed the results are. A lot of conversations are happenning on Facebook and G+ that have not been sampled.

They sample all sources that can be obtained using an RSS feed, except for the home message boards of the game companies themselves.

If you think that is skewed, I am sure Morrus is open to any suggestions. It's mostly a tool he is using for his own internal purposes, and he wants it as accurate as humanly possible. He has no d20 agenda, when it comes to that tool.

TristramEvans · January 10, 2014, 01:40:46 AM

Im having a hard time believing Aberrant gets talked about more than FASERIP

Shipyard Locked · January 10, 2014, 06:42:51 AM

Quote from: TristramEvans;722348Im having a hard time believing Aberrant gets talked about more than FASERIP

Yeah, there's some surprising data there.

BESM is still on the chart after all the brutal criticism and the publisher scandals.

Star Wars: Saga/D20 is doing better than Edge of the Empire?

Tahmoh · January 10, 2014, 10:28:40 AM

Think the list needs filtering abit to cut out older sources of info, i highly doubt some of these older/dead games are being talked about as much as the figures show.

Xavier Onassiss · January 10, 2014, 11:35:06 AM

I 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]

Justin Alexander · January 11, 2014, 04:44:12 AM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;722380BESM is still on the chart after all the brutal criticism and the publisher scandals.

First, BESM was critically acclaimed.

Second, I'm curious about the world you live in where scandals make something less likely to be talked about.

Quote from: Broken-Serenity;722404Think the list needs filtering abit to cut out older sources of info...

Click the link, moron.

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

Click the link, moron.

TristramEvans · January 11, 2014, 04:48:58 AM

BESM 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.