Most popular maps

just showing some statistics
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huskers01 wrote:
I've played most if not all the maps. I like them all. The diversity in gameplay is what makes this site great. I'll have to say that NYC is my favorite by far. Especially team games
The_Bishop wrote:
I know there are more important things right now but today is the day I had decided for updating the map stats.
Just because it's a round number as Julian Day and it will make easier to calculate in the future, let say every 100 days.
It's a coincidence it refers to the "day zero" of the site migration, but I think it's cool!

So here the new rating:

Top 24 (click to show)
All the others (click to show)
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PsymonStark wrote:
Woo, thanks to Bishop, we have the creation dates for the maps :D
Living proof that everyone can be a brilliant great good decent cartographer.
The_Bishop wrote:
Yes, if it is needed you càn tàke them ànd revert bàck to the Gregoriàn dàte.
I also hàve the number of gàmes plàyed in the làst 45 dàys.

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The_Bishop wrote:
  - Popularity -
games played last 50 days

Spoiler (click to show)
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The_Bishop wrote:
Edit

World Classic9600Hawaii Dual72
Caribbean1868New Zealand61
Mediterranean States1758Battle of the Elements59
United States1723San Francisco52
Europe673The Philippines51
World Reduced507Westeros50
World Expanded327Isthmus of Panama48
New York City297Eastern Asia41
Dominican Republic291Tamriel39
Anchor Bay283Oregon Cities38
Caribbean Dual273Korea - Japan37
Great Britain and Ireland261Brethren Coast37
Texas173Eld World36
Balkan Peninsula146Solar System35
Falkland Islands143Switzerland33
Italia140Africa 189032
Ancient Realm139Europe 181430
Baltic Sea117South Africa29
World Modified107Melee24
Brazil107House21
Victron95Tor18
Westeros & Essos78Saturn15
Central America74
East Indies74...........................
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein
The_Bishop wrote:
This one maybe is cooler and gives a better idea of the proportions:

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The_Bishop wrote:
Recent Games (click to show)
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein
The_Bishop wrote:
So after 100 days it's time for stats again. Really it was April 22th but I had no time to post, so I just took a screenshot of the "games played" to keep them recorded at 22th April 2016. Now I can publish my stats.


- D12 History -
24 most played maps in the history of Dominating12 ordered by total games played.
Most games played (click to show)
This clearly promotes the older maps, but it is just a tribute to the maps that make the history of the site. Anyway it's nice to see also some successful maps of recent years like Balkan Peninsula and Anchor Bay. And most of all World Reduced: it started slowly, but now it runs fast!

- Overall Popularity -
Average games per day (g/d), from the map creation until now (22th April). Comparison with recent trend (last 100 days).
Top 24 (click to show)
All the others (click to show)
Well, always World Classic is widely the first. Caribbean map still widely the second but nowadays it has to compete with the great power of the "States" maps -- United States and Mediterranean States -- but keep in mind Caribbean has Premium restriction so it's still a great success. Some old good maps, once very popular, now fallen forgotten... but sometimes they get revitalized! Most remarkable success on that subject are the surprising climb of Brazil and Victron.

- Pie Charts -
This only refers to the last 100 days. Popularity by size (small, medium, large, very large).
Top 12 most played maps are shown in the first pie-chart and top 6 of each category in the last four.
Favourite maps and sizes (click to show)
Favourite maps by size (click to show)
Comparison among same size maps could result to be somehow more fair. It looks like there is one reigning map in each category, World Expanded especially. Medium is clearly the most played size, even if you exclude the huge contribution of World Classic.
(I don't know if it is a mistake but I counted Europe as medium size, not large. If not so then the 6th map in the medium size would Balkans, right under Falklands)
(I counted Australasia like having 78 games in the last 100 days, even if it is not 100 days old yet, so it cannot be fairly compared)

In the end everybody has his own preferences on maps, but I think all D12 maps have something good to offer. So I suggest to try to play them all and do not fix on playing the sames everytime. Anyway I'm always interested on map stats, looking at how preferences change and how few maps get very popular and others don't. I hope to have shared something that some of you also find interesting.
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein
The_Bishop wrote:
Today is statistics day!
Here you can find food for your hungry brains by looking at this map popularity record.
I started this job long ago and then suspended for lack of time.

--  Top 24  predominant  maps  --

Map nameBirth dateDays of life   Games played   Games / day
today 59112   
...
World Classic55286382637236397.324
Caribbean  $55788332410840732.613
United States5598531274655914.889
Mediterran. States558653247313209.646
World Expanded559013211268668.367
Gold Coast5885325917646.811
...
G. Britain & Ireland558023310162134.898
Europe560903022145834.826
World Reduced56916219696204.381
French Republic  β59038742793.770
Australasia57471164161063.721
Ancient Greece57888122443503.554
...
San Francisco56178293488743.025
World Modified56071304189152.932
Ancient Realm56384272875762.777
Falkland Islands55984312877382.474
Arctic Circle587493638892.449
Brazil56545256762472.434
...
Balkan Peninsula56814229855532.416
Eastern Asia56079303368142.247
New York City56200291264512.215
Italia56919219343451.981
Isthmus of Panama   55286382674481.947
Anchor Bay56871224141131.835
...
25th to 63rd (click to show)
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jr502 wrote:
this is great! Thank you for doing this.
...and how did you know I had a hungry brain?
The_Bishop wrote:
jr502
this is great! Thank you for doing this.
...and how did you know I had a hungry brain?
LoL I went by supposition.

jr502
is the data available to break them down by game type?
https://dominating12.com/shop/gametypes
No I don't think so, unless programmers can make it.

Personally what I would like to know is the average number of players for each map.
«God doesn't play dice with the World» ~ Albert Einstein