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DonathinFrye · 05-06-2006, 08:53 PM

Only slightly off-topic; I have noticed when advertising for a MUD, or simply watching the rankings... sometimes a MUD that has just been recently released or submitted to TMS will have more votes than some in the Top Ten list even if they are ranked 15-20thish.

This likely means that the people who browse this site frequently(like myself) use those links to check out various websites for MUDs. When a new MUD enters the list, it's ratio is significantly higher. I opened an open alpha testing phase for Utopia: Type Final and started an account here. We would hang between 15-25 on the rankings list, but we had more people clicking out to our website than votes in. I've seen this with "New Worlds" and a couple of other MUDs also.

I believe that a very large portion of the people who "click out" probably do so frequently because they browse this site a lot - when a new game pops up, they say "haven't seen that one before in the top 20" and check it out.

05-06-2006, 08:53 PM	#9
DonathinFrye Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Name: Donathin Frye Location: Columbus, OH Home MUD: Optional Realities Home MUD: Atonement RPI Home MUD: Project Redshift Posts: 510	Only slightly off-topic; I have noticed when advertising for a MUD, or simply watching the rankings... sometimes a MUD that has just been recently released or submitted to TMS will have more votes than some in the Top Ten list even if they are ranked 15-20thish. This likely means that the people who browse this site frequently(like myself) use those links to check out various websites for MUDs. When a new MUD enters the list, it's ratio is significantly higher. I opened an open alpha testing phase for Utopia: Type Final and started an account here. We would hang between 15-25 on the rankings list, but we had more people clicking out to our website than votes in. I've seen this with "New Worlds" and a couple of other MUDs also. I believe that a very large portion of the people who "click out" probably do so frequently because they browse this site a lot - when a new game pops up, they say "haven't seen that one before in the top 20" and check it out.