#gamedev stats: 16 Jul 2008!(Generated by Swish!)

Statistics cover Wednesday 9 Jul 2008 to Tuesday 15 Jul 2008
81 people visited #gamedev during this 7-day reporting period


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#gamedev relation map

#gamedev relation map generated by mIRCStats v1.22
• Line thickness corresponds to the relation strength
• Line colors show the relation importance for each nick
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Activity Statistics

(Nicks sorted by number of lines written)

  Nick Number of Lines Sample Quote
1 Artifice 1289 10 Jul 6:21 "I certainly intend to buy one of those headband things if I can afford
to."
2 crashovrd 1060 9 Jul 18:31 "who was it that worked on lego indy here?"
3 tomalak 931 9 Jul 10:01 "we don't have a great relationship because inever felt able to talk to
them"
4 Hypnotron 821 10 Jul 18:59 "it'll be interesting to see how many downloads you get... im assuming
you'll have access to all the stats"
5 +Decept404 782 14 Jul 19:36 "lovecraft, summed up short: "We are small and insignificant, and
enormous space predator gods are everywhere, they just haven't really
noticed us yet""
6 reppie 683 9 Jul 20:03 "i think 4-6pm is when i'm most productive"
7 katya^ 630 13 Jul 4:35 "one of these days, they'll op me again, and then I'll kick you in the scrotum
:p"
8 jamison 494 10 Jul 7:26 "http://www.dvdactive.com/misc/chris/images/reviews/bigscore/hypnotoa...
...d.gif
"
9 Conkerjo 418 9 Jul 12:18 "thats the most ridiculous suggestion EVAR"
10 @aav 414 11 Jul 9:09 "anyway i had ~40 in vista, ~50 in xp for our game"
11 ZorbaTHut 369 13 Jul 21:30 "now I'm laughing at the idea of licensing fees for AYBABTU"
12 Vahue 333 10 Jul 18:22 "its translating not building lawel"
13 katie^ 316 10 Jul 18:56 "you realize that many people don't have DX10 capable hardware"
14 wkr4k3r_ 304 12 Jul 4:00 "its about robbing a dope house"
15 katya^^ 301 15 Jul 16:40 "don't have room for em anymore anyway"
16 Deadnote 282 14 Jul 13:52 "that was like a little cow with udders of shit-game-factory stamped
onto it"
17 @Ghaleon 275 14 Jul 19:00 "I just want some hori sticks or something"
18 wkr4k3r 271 9 Jul 1:54 "i just know that relying on them to protect you isnt a good idea"
19 Cryovat 252 14 Jul 10:35 "My brother asked me to get some DS games for my six year old nephew"
20 Ultyma 184 13 Jul 20:44 "<@Ultyma> http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2323/screenshotyv6...
....jpg
"
21 @Dr_Rambo 181 11 Jul 6:15 "I dont' think you literally need a metal panel walls to be faraday cage"
22 +Sonistar 157 9 Jul 14:07 "Artifice: i do not, its the one thing i just cant get a grasp off"
23 @_Astaroth 145 10 Jul 7:09 "but I'm only interpreting available data, and I'm more than willing to refine
my point of view"
24 _JmD_ 100 14 Jul 4:58 "c# - is that much slower in general?"
25 @Swish 96 11 Jul 6:13 "Artifice, faraday cage won't do enough. you need complete enclosure."
26 ht7z 87 11 Jul 15:25 "(yes, i bought the preorder thing)"
27 n00b019 73 12 Jul 10:15 "It's a very good idea to use fixpoint whatever system you are designing
for"
28 @_Butcher_ 71 13 Jul 22:01 "pc gaming isn't in decline due to high prices - console games cost more
but sell better"
29 @microcosm 46 10 Jul 11:11 "saw them all like... yaers ago"

These people wrote less than 40 lines:
SeskaPeel (37) +[Relic] (37) GoulJusan (35) ScaleMast (34) +honkykong (34) einride (34)
BigRedPmp (32) +RUEbaiYaT (29) nights (29) hipppl (29) +kozmonaut (26) GarMan (24)
rabbit- (21) +jenova (21) baaba (21) kermit` (19) @Rangar (12) Slin (11)
kermit`_ (9) kaotrix (9) Fire_Elem (9) s1d_ (8) Borealis (8) boolean (8)
huro (7) gencha (7) darvish (7) @Birgitte (7) JudgeFMJ (6) theta (5)
PitDroid (5) mrchris (5) JacksonV (5) +flashed (5) shimshon (4) Joozey (3)
+Sonistar_ (2) johnk (2) directhex (2) +[[matt]] (2) [[cube3]] (2) Unnamed (1)
+Udderdude (1) schoni (1) nova- (1) n00b687 (1) kruncho (1) JustBurn (1)
ghib[4d] (1) Epoch`_ (1) DragonLol (1) Doc-P (1)



Time of day stats

  Nightcrawlers
(Hours 0-6)
Early birds
(Hours 6-12)
Afternoon shift
(Hours 12-18)
Evening chatters
(Hours 18-24)
1Hypnotron - 265
jamison - 421
crashovrd - 392
Artifice - 528
2Artifice - 248
tomalak - 355
tomalak - 364
Decept404 - 524
3wkr4k3r_ - 238
aav - 308
Conkerjo - 314
crashovrd - 388
4wkr4k3r - 212
Hypnotron - 264
Artifice - 293
reppie - 312
5crashovrd - 200
Artifice - 220
Ghaleon - 172
katya^ - 254
6katya^ - 196
Deadnote - 145
reppie - 170
Hypnotron - 196
7ZorbaTHut - 154
katie^ - 126
Decept404 - 168
katya^^ - 150
8Vahue - 133
_Astaroth - 117
katya^ - 135
katie^ - 144
9tomalak - 104
reppie - 108
Hypnotron - 96
ZorbaTHut - 140
10_JmD_ - 100
Dr_Rambo - 88
katya^^ - 94
Vahue - 137

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#gamedev's popular words

Count Word Last used by At
273 "there" katya^^ 15 Jul 21:59
255 "think" BigRedPmp 15 Jul 23:47
238 "would" BigRedPmp 15 Jul 23:47
223 "about" katya^^ 15 Jul 21:38
187 "because" katya^^ 15 Jul 21:49
173 "really" reppie 15 Jul 21:43
168 "people" reppie 15 Jul 23:39
129 "something" Decept404 15 Jul 21:48
127 "thats" katya^^ 15 Jul 22:09
125 "still" BigRedPmp 15 Jul 23:50


Most referred nicks:
Count Word Last used by At
105 "Artifice" _Butcher_ 15 Jul 21:18
86 "reppie" BigRedPmp 15 Jul 23:45
85 "crashovrd" Artifice 15 Jul 21:28
84 "tomalak" ZorbaTHut 15 Jul 18:49
46 "Hypnotron" Ghaleon 14 Jul 20:39


These people talk in their own (strange) language...
Count Nick Randomly selected sample (amount)
12 crashovrd "phuck"(3), "Potato"(4), "flamez"(3), "became"(3), "MyType"(3), "COMMING"(4),
"parsing"(3), "frustum"(3), "sharing"(3), "rotation"(5), "delisted"(3), "std::map"(4)
11 ZorbaTHut "chunk"(3), "modify"(4), "cartel"(3), "service"(4), "planning"(3), "linktime"(3), "protocol"(3),
"decisions"(3), "investors"(3), "compiletime"(4), "fundamentally"(3)
11 Artifice "wacky"(3), "glass"(3), "Angel"(3), "cranky"(3), "attach"(3), "limits"(3), "*cough*"(3),
"precise"(3), "Scotland"(3), "cellphone"(3), "controllers"(4)
7 reppie "plant"(3), "closer"(4), "sexual"(3), "picross"(4), "colbert"(3), "ncurses"(3), "officemate"(3)
6 Decept404 "effin"(4), "brash"(4), "dudes"(3), "Quest"(3), "stupidity"(3), "advertising"(3)
6 Hypnotron "allot"(8), "outta"(3), "hellboy"(4), "consent"(3), "publicly"(3), "corporations"(5)
3 Dr_Rambo "Paste"(4), "theme"(3), "lynch"(3)
3 _JmD_ "donīt"(5), "thatīs"(7), "mechanical"(3)
3 tomalak "Kovia"(3), "consisting"(3), "fixedpoint"(3)
2 wkr4k3r_ "culling"(3), "comparisons"(3)


These pairs have a language all to themselves
Count Nicks Randomly selected sample (amount)
14 Hypnotron and Decept404 "gyros"(4), "fecal"(3), "among"(3), "lookin"(4), "piracy"(4), "cities"(3), "freaking"(7),
"audience"(7), "lovecraft"(9), "bacteria"(3), "inspired"(3), "guillermo"(3), "skinheads"(3),
"tentacles"(3)
13 Artifice and Hypnotron "robot"(3), "lying"(3), "fruit"(3), "barrier"(4), "prevent"(4), "decided"(3), "stubbed"(3),
"Superman"(3), "creating"(3), "placement"(5), "privately"(4), "kryptonite"(3),
"corporation"(6)
13 Artifice and tomalak "tests"(4), "idiocy"(3), "Pascal"(3), "sandbox"(6), "tempted"(4), "bouncer"(4), "implies"(4),
"freetype"(3), "pedantic"(3), "bandwidth"(3), "paraplegic"(3), "livejournal"(3),
"crossposting"(5)
12 Artifice and katya^ "gross"(5), "worry"(4), "coded"(3), "weigh"(3), "macros"(5), "toronto"(3), "yelling"(3),
"mattress"(3), "SDLmixer"(3), "progress"(3), "vegetarian"(4), "combinations"(5)
12 Artifice and crashovrd "links"(4), "fails"(3), "coders"(5), "belong"(3), "vagina"(3), "shizzle"(3), "decades"(3),
"pointers"(4), "textures"(4), "paranoia"(4), "circular"(3), "conversation"(5)
11 crashovrd and Hypnotron "dirty"(5), "trick"(4), "repair"(4), "copied"(3), "casino"(3), "Effect"(3), "smarter"(4),
"controls"(3), "delivered"(3), "Dishwasher"(3), "inspiration"(3)
10 Artifice and ZorbaTHut "cases"(3), "hosed"(3), "headers"(8), "guards"(3), "foreign"(5), "various"(3), "#define"(3),
"damages"(3), "providers"(3), "characters"(4)
9 Hypnotron and ZorbaTHut "claims"(3), "suspect"(5), "abusive"(4), "dictates"(4), "anti-trust"(8), "monopolies"(4),
"attempting"(3), "competitive"(3), "non-compete"(3)
9 tomalak and ZorbaTHut "member"(10), "mysql"(4), "terms"(3), "driving"(4), "rubbish"(3), "necessary"(4),
"structure"(3), "mandatory"(3), "executable"(3)
8 Artifice and Decept404 "beats"(3), "escape"(3), "content"(4), "Grinding"(3), "Adventure"(4), "standards"(3),
"impression"(4), "powerglove"(3)




Big Numbers

The most active quit message writers
Nick amount Sample Quote
1. Sonistar 6 (www.sonistar.co.uk)
2. katya^ 6 (Remote host closed the connection)
crashovrd liked talking about themself - 69 descriptions altogether.
Example:
 [23:37:42] * crashovrd goes in search of a #C++ with smart ppl on other networks
Birgitte had the kicking boots on, using them on 3 people in #gamedev.
Example:
 [03:23:13] <wkr4k3r> its pathetic
[03:23:13] * wkr4k3r was kicked by Birgitte (flood)
Birgitte was generous with their oppings - 36 in total on #gamedev.
crashovrd had a sticky shift button - wrote 21 lines in CAPS.
Example:
 [19:35:58] <crashovrd> :D :D :D :D :D :D
ZorbaTHut didn't know when to stop typing, averaging 75 letters per line.

Average line length on #gamedev was 34 letters.




Activity distribution

7/2008

Lines per day Number of days
 2500..2749
1 (14%)
 2250..2499
1 (14%)
 2000..2249
1 (14%)
 1750..1999
0 (0%)
 1500..1749
1 (14%)
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0 (0%)
 1000..1249
3 (43%)

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