Honey Badgers youtube interview with James Desborough

Warboss Squee · February 19, 2015, 12:40:29 AM

Quote from: jeff37923;816303There seems to be a consensus that you think that you were critical to RPGNet. :huhsign:

Give a rest. I don't even like the guy and I think you're being an asshole.

jeff37923 · February 19, 2015, 12:48:05 AM

Quote from: Warboss Squee;816305Give a rest. I don't even like the guy and I think you're being an asshole.

OK, I will lay off.

Bradford C. Walker · February 19, 2015, 02:07:18 AM

The Honey Badgers are far more about dealing with SocJus cultism than TRPGs, but they are open to it as part of the Nerdcast (as the appearance of James shows), but I would think that a follow-up on that episode will have to be pitched to them and a successful pitch will need to include some other tabletop elements (board and card games, specificially, but miniature wargames can be part of a good pitch). Throw them a line and see if they're up for it.

Ladybird · February 19, 2015, 06:14:04 AM

Quote from: jeff37923;816282That is the important thing. If the Powers That Be over at RPGNet actually paid attention to their website traffic and were concerned about what brought in revenue, they might become more anti-SJW in the culture over there.

Given that they're now back higher than they were, they're evidently doing something right for their audience. If part of their audience left as a result of the consultant flap, it was evidently a part of the audience that was holding them back.

Warboss Squee · February 19, 2015, 07:53:21 AM

Quote from: Ladybird;816335Given that they're now back higher than they were, they're evidently doing something right for their audience. If part of their audience left as a result of the consultant flap, it was evidently a part of the audience that was holding them back.

I'd love to know how much of their traffic is Tangency compared to the other boards.

Omega · February 19, 2015, 10:19:06 AM

Quote from: Ratman_tf;816300ENWorld had a similar dip at the same time. They both trended down and then trended back up. Make of that what you will.

The 4e fan freakout against 5e and the consultants apparently spilled over to Enworld and other fora. So might have drove people off for a time or bannings?

Omega · February 19, 2015, 10:22:53 AM

Quote from: Ladybird;816335Given that they're now back higher than they were, they're evidently doing something right for their audience. If part of their audience left as a result of the consultant flap, it was evidently a part of the audience that was holding them back.

Or more likely as talk moved to actually talking about 5e rather than pissing on it. They drew back members and attracted more curious about 5e or the whole blowup even.

Will · February 19, 2015, 10:23:39 AM

The 'summer vacation' idea is, frankly, the most likely. I've seen it in other online venues.

Warboss Squee · February 19, 2015, 12:06:20 PM

Quote from: Will;816370The 'summer vacation' idea is, frankly, the most likely. I've seen it in other online venues.

Maybe. Quite frankly, we just don't have the information on hand to make anything more than idle guesses.

Bren · February 19, 2015, 02:44:32 PM

Quote from: Warboss Squee;816403Maybe. Quite frankly, we just don't have the information on hand to make anything more than idle guesses.

It should be possible to get the traffic data for prior years, though I don't myself know how to get access to that data. If we see similar drops for the same sites over the summer months in previous years then we don't need to look for another explanation for the 2014 drop.

Nexus · February 19, 2015, 05:07:07 PM

Quote from: Warboss Squee;816341I'd love to know how much of their traffic is Tangency compared to the other boards.

So would I.

Honestly and as much as enjoy the thought its probably way to early to bury TBP. Its big site, its been around forever and you can still manage there if you tread lightly (or two the official line). I am of the opinion that, if not a majority, a significant number of the posters there are there due to habit, nostalgia and inertia or in spite of its current atmosphere not because of it.

Will · February 19, 2015, 05:17:13 PM

I was increasingly unhappy with the place for a few years, but there are several cool communities there, provided you can keep out from under the burning Eye of the moderators.

Other Media and Video Games Open have some cool folks and discussions, and don't overheat too often.

Iron_Rain · February 19, 2015, 06:31:50 PM

To get a different perspective I looked at google trends:

http://www.google.ca/trends/explore#q=rpg.net%2C%20enworld%2C%20wizards.com&date=1%2F2010%2062m&cmpt=q&tz=

Very different picture than Alexa. I put in en world and wizards.com as two other points of reference, but I'm sure someone else can come up with a better comparison than myself.

James Gillen · February 19, 2015, 07:46:22 PM

I dunno, the Alexa chart seems to me that after a huge drop in summer, TBP traffic picked up higher than ever. Based on my lurking on RPG.net members' Facebook page, my guess is that that level of interest is based on people checking to see who's been banned each week.

JG

Bren · February 19, 2015, 07:52:11 PM

Quote from: Iron_Rain;816483To get a different perspective I looked at google trends:

http://www.google.ca/trends/explore#q=rpg.net%2C%20enworld%2C%20wizards.com&date=1%2F2010%2062m&cmpt=q&tz=

Very different picture than Alexa. I put in en world and wizards.com as two other points of reference, but I'm sure someone else can come up with a better comparison than myself.

Interesting. The trend is quite different. Also, I don't see any "vacation effect."