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KaVir · 12-08-2010, 06:04 AM

They use various methods, I believe. I've found the stats to be pretty accurate for my mud, but that may be because I support , which allows MudStats to directly request whatever data it wants. They appear to use some sort of bot for connecting to most muds though, and I don't know how frequently it checks. If it's only doing it once per day, it may catch the mud when the playerbase is particularly low (or high), and even then it'll only be able to see what a new player would see by typing 'who'.

MudStats can only use whatever data the muds are willing to offer, so if you don't think it's fairly representing your mud, the solution is pretty simple: offer it better data.

12-08-2010, 06:04 AM	#14
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	Re: Would you consider this to be Voting Fraud They use various methods, I believe. I've found the stats to be pretty accurate for my mud, but that may be because I support , which allows MudStats to directly request whatever data it wants. They appear to use some sort of bot for connecting to most muds though, and I don't know how frequently it checks. If it's only doing it once per day, it may catch the mud when the playerbase is particularly low (or high), and even then it'll only be able to see what a new player would see by typing 'who'. MudStats can only use whatever data the muds are willing to offer, so if you don't think it's fairly representing your mud, the solution is pretty simple: offer it better data.