#20 TWDA Statistics

Over at the VEKN Forums, drnlmza created a script to parse TheLasombra's Tournament Winning Deck Archive for the number of TWDs* since 1997 (when many rules changes took effect).

Below is the data collated by the script, in bar graph form.

As the drnlmza pointed out, 2011's figures have topped that of 2009, which was, until last year, the most number of TWDs ever. The 2011 figure does not include the European Championships and subsequent tourneys to be held through December.

Very interesting numbers indeed, for an out-of-print game.

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* Note from the TWDA page:

This is a chronological archive of decks that have won tournaments that were sanctioned by the Vampire: Elder Kindred Network and had 10 or more players. To be included in this list, a tournament report had to be made on the Usenet newsgroup: rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad or on the official V:EKN Player's Forum: http://www.vekn.net/index.php/forum/9-event-reports-and-twd. This archive will not include the Storyline Tournament Winning Decks.

#18 OT: Blogger Stats on Pulled Fangs

Google has done a superb job in providing blog stats. I find myself checking these once in a while to see where my readers come from, both geographically and in terms of link referrals, and what they like reading about.

Since the blog started last October, readership of this blog has generally been from my home country, the Philippines. Today, for the first time, stats show that US readers have outclicked overtaken Filipino readers.

In terms of link referrals, it was surprising how influential extrala's blog was. The day Pulled Fangs was added to his blog roll, the blog gathered about 100 clicks in a day. Amazing.

The following two graphs show the popularity of posts and post types:

For now, it's clear what Pulled Fangs readers like: It's how to properly play cards, and hopefully, find new uses/obscure rulings through this blog. Secondly, it's how to understand particular decks in terms of crypt/library composition and maybe learn how to utilize them or beat them. Perhaps I'll devote more time to them than the Cause and Effect write-ups.

Do you have any ideas of what to write about? Drop me a line.

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