The Dark Side of the Top
And more precisely - the other side. Or a look at the Top 10 Games of the portal from a different perspective.
Or even from several perspectives.
It's well known (tm) that currently the Top 10 games are determined by likes. You click the like button - there’s a game that gets an additional point (or many points) to jump up the table.
And what will happen with the game on the portal afterwards... Who cares, right?
"Don't mess with the likes, dear!"
Nevertheless, not everyone gets through, some stay and bear the word of God... who said God's word?.. in general, they create posts about their favorite games, copypaste news about their favorite games, stir up debates about their favorite games, earn silver-gold-diamonds on their favorite games, hang medals on topics about their favorite games and so on and so forth.
Life is bustling, in short.
So how is it bustling? What does the Top look like if we analyze it by results?
Let's look at this in the dry language of numbers.
All figures obtained on September 8, 2010, at 12:00 Moscow time.
It seems there's something written here in Roman numerals XVVI. No? :)
This is what the list of the TOP-10 games looks like in standard sorting by points.
And this is what it looks like when sorted by the number of players following the game.
Curious, isn't it? Diablo remained in first place, but the rest of the places changed drastically. Dragon Age became second, while Allods fell to seventh place.
Following... Maybe a player hates the game, yet still follows it...
Let's sort the TOP-10 by the number of those who named the game as their favorite.
Oops! Fallout 3 became the leader, Team Fortress 2 became seventh, while Allods fell to last place. And you talk about likes, likes...
Alright, let's try to synthesize the two previous nominations.
We'll make the TOP-10 by the Total column. (Those who Follow + Those who marked it as a favorite)
Diablo 3 is back in first place (Challenging Blizzard's talent is just foolish), Fallout 3 is second, and Dragon Age is third. Allods is again last.
So, how is work going in the Tops? How's the situation with popular posts? With Gold, Diamonds?
If we sort the Top-10 by the total number of posts that received silver, gold, and diamonds, then...
Team Fortress 2 surges ahead, followed by Modern Warfare, and in third place are those very Allods that were at the bottom in other nominations.
Hmm, I should mention that Dragon Age is in fourth place.
The gross number of precious posts is certainly great. But how does it look against the total number of posts in blogs? So what is the ratio of these posts to the ordinary ones?\
There is such a sorting. Here it is
Diablo 3 again in first place. Well, for a not-yet-released game, this is just wonderful. Allods in second, Fallout 3 in third, and the fourth place goes to the very last in the regular top, Half-Life 2. Aion is unfortunately last here. So, there are many posts, but little silver-gold among them, yes.
And how about the medals - "Recommended by the editorial board?"
Here’s how:
The leader in the total number of medals is Team Fortress 2. Second place belongs to the eighth Dragon Age (uh-huh), and the third to Aion (look how it's storming, back and forth...), while the last is Left 2 Dead.
But the most surprising is the Top-10 by the ratio of medals to the number of posts in the game's blog.
The very last in the regular top, Half-Life 2, turned out to be the very first and most qualitative here. It has 14% of posts recommended by the editorial board. Second place - Fallout 3, falling behind by only 1 percent. Sorry for being pesky, but Dragon Age is third here. And the leader in the total number of medals, Team Fortress, is fifth.
Well, now that we've looked at the Top-10 from different angles, tell me, do you still think that likes decide everything? :)
Maybe consider the Top-10 a bit differently?
Or leave everything as it is - after all, do I really play Dragon Age because of the likes?
Personally, I'm happy for all games and all players.
Thank you!