CC is declining again!

by **Davie.K** on Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:51 am

TeeGee wrote:3969

$\:D/$ $\:D/$

by **josko.ri** on Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:58 pm

TeeGee wrote:3969

Huge rise 3980, waitimg for 4k

by **josko.ri** on Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:48 pm

3981 almost there

by **owenshooter** on Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:05 am

Are we counting the multis? Just asking! The Black Jesus has spoken...-Jesus noir

by **TeeGee** on Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:59 am

owenshooter wrote:Are we counting the multis? Just asking! The Black Jesus has spoken...-Jesus noir

If I remove all multi's then there are 12 users left :lol:

by **TeeGee** on Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:00 am

3979

a slow weekend

(or i removed too many multi's)

by **josko.ri** on Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:52 pm

3984 the rise continues

by **TeeGee** on Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:43 pm

3962

:/

by **Davie.K** on Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:29 am

3,926 ...The decline heading into these snowy days is worrying now.

by **MichelSableheart** on Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:19 am

3919

Davie.K wrote:3,926 ...The decline heading into these snowy days is worrying now.

only now? The decline has been worrying for years. Not unexpected, though. The slight rise mid November was more surprising

by **sdh** on Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:59 am

From Running scoreboard...As long as active players stay around 1000 the total number on the scoreboard shouldn't make a huge difference?

2022
Jan 1246
Feb 1149
Mar 1200
Apr 1139
May 1120
Jun 1094
Jul 1072
Aug 1120
Sep 1092
Oct 1124
Nov 1103
Dec 1091

2023
Jan 1163
Feb 1061
Mar 1120
Apr 1085
May 1074
Jun 1057
Jul 1028
Aug 1030
Sep 1008
Oct 1028
Nov 1031

by **MichelSableheart** on Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:42 am

sdh wrote:From Running scoreboard...As long as active players stay around 1000 the total number on the scoreboard shouldn't make a huge difference?

2022
Jan 1246
Feb 1149
Mar 1200
Apr 1139
May 1120
Jun 1094
Jul 1072
Aug 1120
Sep 1092
Oct 1124
Nov 1103
Dec 1091

2023
Jan 1163
Feb 1061
Mar 1120
Apr 1085
May 1074
Jun 1057
Jul 1028
Aug 1030
Sep 1008
Oct 1028
Nov 1031

Running scoreboard only counts players if they completed 20 games in a month. It therefore doesn't count most new players (who are more likely to start as freemium to check the game out), nor does it count active players who intentionally keep their game count limited (I've never appeared on the running scoreboard, despite definitely being an active player in the last year). But if you lose ~1500 players (the difference between January 2022 and now on the normal scoreboard) who each play a few games a month, that's still a lot less games getting filled, and a lot less opponents for the very active players on the running scoreboard.

But even ignoring that, it should worry you when you compare the same month this year with last year. We lost anywhere between 3.4% (comparing June) and 8.5% (comparing October) of the most active part of the player base in a year time. A year ago, the number of players on the running scoreboard was around 1100. It will drop below 1000 somewhere next year, and if trends continue, it's unlikely that we see any month above 1000 in 2025.

by **Davie.K** on Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:23 am

So Michael if I'm reading it correct what you're saying...is that as I write we are on 704 and have exactly 2 weeks to make it above 1,000 ?

by **Davie.K** on Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:26 am

josko.ri wrote:
Davie.K wrote:To complement IcePacks figures ....

3,889 .... Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown

This is the lowest recorded number. It seems we are incling.

3,899 Heading perilously close to that new RECORDED

low

by **MichelSableheart** on Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:48 am

Davie.K wrote:So Michael if I'm reading it correct what you're saying...is that as I write we are on 704 and have exactly 2 weeks to make it above 1,000 ?

That's not quite what I'm saying. I'm saying that, even if we were to make it above 1000 in the coming 2 weeks, there will be a month where we won't make it above 1000 next year, and that it's likely that there will NOT be a month were we will make it above 1000 in 2025.

by **2dimes** on Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:05 am

There's so few members here there has not been any new topics complaining about how terrible the moderators are.

So long I initially inflated the time period, it's certainly been over a month.

by **Davie.K** on Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:51 am

3,888 ... A new recorded low :roll:

Davie.K wrote:
josko.ri wrote:
Davie.K wrote:To complement IcePacks figures ....

3,889 .... Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown

This is the lowest recorded number. It seems we are incling.

3,899 Heading perilously close to that new RECORDED low

by **Bilbo1_OC** on Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:05 am

3892 .... we've turned the corner

by **Davie.K** on Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:06 am

Bilbo1_OC wrote:3892 .... we've turned the corner

back to 3,889 and now standing on that corner shaking like an addict after selling it's arse for it's latest fix.

by **SoN!c** on Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:11 pm

A 1000 comitted players is all we need - from there we can move forward

by **Davie.K** on Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:21 pm

SoN!c wrote:A 1000 comitted players is all we need - from there we can move forward

You may have struck gold on this...we could run a recruitment drive on the ACTUAL committed currently frequenting varied asylums...unless the majority are indeed already on here...there are definitely a few candidates for this scenario :-$

by **MichelSableheart** on Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:06 am

SoN!c wrote:
Shannon Apple wrote:
jusplay4fun wrote:Have we seen an uptick (increase) in players because of this?

Is it too early to see that?

It's too early to see that as the Discord is currently too small to attract in people from outside naturally. We need 1000 members to become "discoverable" on the Discord app itself. Discord is bringing that number down periodically (I think it started at 5,000)), so we might get there. At the moment, growing the server will be through word of mouth with members inviting their friends to come play a game or three.

I think the benefit to the site, and players, will be the ability to more easily arrange games with friends, especially real time games, since Discord is also a phone app. It was created for the existing player base, and if it results in an uptick in new members, that would be fantastic of course.

I've personally been using Discord for 8 years maybe and I play different board games with my friends from time to time.

I love the idea but it is -by itself- not gonna turn things?

Look, imagine your 16-26 years old and you join CC to check things out..

It's overwhelming? 200 maps to learn while the new kid expects a speedgame? Cut those 200 down to the best 20 maps with a nice tutorial for each and present (sell) the 24 hour game move better to hook em?

8 billion people out there..

crossposting from Announcements, as it's better suited here.

New members are already limited to a reduced set of maps (though not as low as 20). The large number of maps is, in my opinion, one of the draws of the site, so I don't think reducing that further will be beneficial.

The other draw is the 24 hour game move: a low daily investment to play awesome games. But yes, that should be sold far better. Players joining expecting to play speedgames are unlikely to hang around.