Michael Dorosh
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The periods Jan-Mar of 2011 and Jan-Mar 2014 invite comparison. In 2011, the CM community was awaiting the release of a new highly anticipated game, namely the return of the game engine to the Second World War after many long years. A public AAR had just been posted by battlefront. In Jan 2014, the CM community finds itself in the same position. CM is scheduled to return to the Eastern Front after many long years. A public AAR had just been concluded.
A comparison of the state of the community on gamesquad shows some interesting contrasts.
2014
The following is a study of all threads either started, or carried over into the period 1 Jan to present, only counting posts actually made in this period.
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116409-Combat-Mission-Red-Thunder-announced
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116867-AP-Rounds-Forest-for-the-Trees
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116740-Seeing-what-a-unit-can-see
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116801-DAR-Blabbermouth-(NOT-FOR-ELVIS-or-BILH)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116421-You-Know-I-don-t-Know-Variable-Rates-of-Fire
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116541-CMBN-v3-0-announced
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116091-The-Perfect-World
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?115757-EF-Video
Most prolific poster: NUTTERNAME 50.8% of total posts
2nd most prolific: Mobius 10.6% of total posts
3rd most prolific poster: Elvis 8.8% of total posts
Remaining 11 posters (78% of total number of posters) account for just 29.8% of total posts
Total number of posters who have posted at least once in the period January 1 to March 20 2014: 14
Total number of active threads in this period: 8
Active posters (posts):
NUTTERNAME(92)
dalem (5)
Elvis(16)
junk2drive(1)
Fleischer(2)
hirrleto(5)
kbearski(2)
M. Dorosh(1)
mobius(17)
redwolf(12)
wbrp(3)
slm(7)
Rule303(1)
undercovergeek(1)
2011
The following is a study of all threads either started, or carried over into the period 1 Jan to 31 Mar 2011, only counting posts actually made in this period.
http://forums.gamesquad.com/forumdisplay.php?5-Combat-Mission/page7&pp=20&sort=lastpost&order=desc&daysprune=-1
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97333-CM-N-forum-is-finally-up-and-new-title-announced-Combat-Mission-Battle-for-Normandy/page14
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97507-quot-Action-Spots-quot-CMx1-vs-CMx2/page2
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?92931-Official-CMN-Release-Date-Betting-Pool/page15
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99079-Monitor-choices-for-CM-BN
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99348-If-I-Own-CMBB-Why-Should-I-Buy-CMBN
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98891-Double-or-nothing-time-Elvis
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99144-New-QB-DAR-started-at-BF
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99020-CMBN-pre-order-tentative-release-date
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99356-Movie
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99309-QB-AAR-rockpapershotgun
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97256-76mm-Shermans-in-CM-N
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99164-Red-on-Red-In-Libya-or-Blue-on-Red-or-Something
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99173-St-Anne-s-Chapelle-AI
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99165-Off-Topic-_-World-Of-Tanks
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?91903-Silence
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98741-Hard-drive-backup-explain-to-me-how-this-works
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98913-BF-Confirmation-of-Family-Tree-of-Second-Family-of-CM-x-2-WW-II-Games
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98821-Re-crewing-abandoned-vehicles
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?44084-Why-was-Crete-Lost
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98406-You-first-No-You-first
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98700-CMSF-Ripped-from-the-headlines
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97480-Squad-Level-Games-A-Bit-Off-Topic
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98476-Theater-of-War-(TOW)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98531-All-your-base-meme-10-years-old
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98176-Bay-Area-quot-Preview-quot
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98500-Interview-with-Steve-on-RockPaperShotgun
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98400-The-Germans-are-on-the-move!
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97879-Book-Suggestions
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98277-Programming-Environment
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98311-Found-Some-BB-Maps-I-Did-A-While-Ago
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97751-More-features-than-ever
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97746-Steve-s-post-on-Infantry
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97903-Looking-for-a-copy-of-Doug-Beman-s-scenario-STRUGGLE-FOR-SINGLING-(CM-BO)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97881-UI-in-wargame
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97581-AAR-with-Pics
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97885-BFC-AAR-between-Jon-and-Elvis
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97531-Gamesquad-news
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97504-German-CAS-in-Normandy
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97640-Maps-from-CMX1-to-CMX2
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97481-Wego
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?89895-Will-CM-N-finally-kill-off-CMX1
Total posters
Most prolific poster: M. Dorosh – 13.9%
Second most prolific: thewood – 9.0%
Third most prolific: dalem – 8.9%
The remainder of the posters made up 92% of the total number of posters, and 68.2% of the posts.
Total number of posters who have posted at least once in the period January 1 to March 20 2014: 40
Total number of active threads in this period: 42
Active posters (posts):
BigAlMoho(6)
Bil H(1)
British Tommy(49)
Caractacus (21)
dalem(110)
Elefant(6)
Elvis(16)
Geordie(48)
hirrleto(26)
Jeph(18)
junk2drive(60)
jwb3(4)
kawaiku(13)
KenRich(1)
KG_JAg(27)
Mad Russian(89)
MeatEtr(1)
M. Dorosh(172)
mobius(16)
Palantir(17)
Patrocles(27)
Pdqport(2)
peterk1(13)
redwolf(107)
Rule_303(16)
Sand Bar Bill(1)
Sgt_Kelly(22)
shell-shocked(2)
slm(11)
sparty(3)
Tanker(50)
thewood(112)
Thomm(23)
villeke(1)
vulture(5)
wengart(7)
Scott Tortorice(3)
slm(6)
Quellist(10)
Zonso(1)
Comparisons:
2011 Active Threads: 42
2014 Active Threads: 8
2011 Active Posters: 40
2014 Active Posters: 14
2011 Most Prolific: 14% of posts on forum
2014 Most Prolific: 50% of posts on forum
Note also that in 2014, there isn't a single thread that the most prolific poster hasn't been active in. The level of participation in every thread but one has been to contribute 45% or more of the posts in that thread. The solitary exception was a thread in which he contributed only 36% of the posts. He also started 75% of the threads initiated in this period. Compare to over a dozen unique thread starters in 2011. The most prolific thread starter accounted for 21% of new threads begun.
A comparison of the state of the community on gamesquad shows some interesting contrasts.
2014
The following is a study of all threads either started, or carried over into the period 1 Jan to present, only counting posts actually made in this period.
Code:
initial total
poster posts
thread 1 Elvis 49
thread 2 NUTTERNAME 6
thread 3 NUTTERNAME 30
thread 4 NUTTERNAME 5
thread 5 NUTTERNAME 10
thread 6 NUTTERNAME 5
thread 7 NUTTERNAME 43
thread 8 junk2drive 33
Grand Total 181
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116867-AP-Rounds-Forest-for-the-Trees
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116740-Seeing-what-a-unit-can-see
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116801-DAR-Blabbermouth-(NOT-FOR-ELVIS-or-BILH)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116421-You-Know-I-don-t-Know-Variable-Rates-of-Fire
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116541-CMBN-v3-0-announced
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?116091-The-Perfect-World
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?115757-EF-Video
Most prolific poster: NUTTERNAME 50.8% of total posts
2nd most prolific: Mobius 10.6% of total posts
3rd most prolific poster: Elvis 8.8% of total posts
Remaining 11 posters (78% of total number of posters) account for just 29.8% of total posts
Total number of posters who have posted at least once in the period January 1 to March 20 2014: 14
Total number of active threads in this period: 8
Active posters (posts):
NUTTERNAME(92)
dalem (5)
Elvis(16)
junk2drive(1)
Fleischer(2)
hirrleto(5)
kbearski(2)
M. Dorosh(1)
mobius(17)
redwolf(12)
wbrp(3)
slm(7)
Rule303(1)
undercovergeek(1)
2011
The following is a study of all threads either started, or carried over into the period 1 Jan to 31 Mar 2011, only counting posts actually made in this period.
Code:
initial total
poster posts
thread 1 Sgt_Kelly 52
thread 2 n/a 56
thread 3 n/a 6
thread 4 n/a 27
thread 5 Michael Dorosh 6
thread 6 Mad Russian 87
thread 7 Michael Dorosh 13
thread 8 Geordie 145
thread 9 Redwolf 135
thread 10 junk2drive 21
thread 11 junk2drive 21
thread 12 n/a 22
thread 13 Mad Russian 4
thread 14 Michael Dorosh 5
thread 15 Geordie 1
thread 16 n/a
thread 17 Michael Dorosh 20
thread 18 KG_Jag 14
thread 19 Tanker 16
thread 20 n/a 5
Thread 21 BigAlMoho 91
thread 22 thewood 7
thread 23 n/a 35
thread 24 Michael Dorosh 9
thread 25 hirr Leto 8
thread 26 kawaiku 10
thread 27 Thomm 18
thread 28 Caractacus 14
thread 29 kawaiku 16
thread 30 BigAlMoho 11
thread 31 dalem 6
thread 32 Michael Dorosh 68
thread 33 Michael Dorosh 71
thread 34 Michael Dorosh 12
thread 35 thewood 14
thread 36 junk2drive 81
thread 37 hirr Leto 1
thread 38 junk2drive 15
thread 39 n/a 2
thread 40 Michael Dorosh 23
thread 41 n/a 23
thread 42 n/a 43
Grand Total: 1234
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97333-CM-N-forum-is-finally-up-and-new-title-announced-Combat-Mission-Battle-for-Normandy/page14
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97507-quot-Action-Spots-quot-CMx1-vs-CMx2/page2
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?92931-Official-CMN-Release-Date-Betting-Pool/page15
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99079-Monitor-choices-for-CM-BN
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99348-If-I-Own-CMBB-Why-Should-I-Buy-CMBN
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98891-Double-or-nothing-time-Elvis
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99144-New-QB-DAR-started-at-BF
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99020-CMBN-pre-order-tentative-release-date
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99356-Movie
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99309-QB-AAR-rockpapershotgun
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97256-76mm-Shermans-in-CM-N
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99164-Red-on-Red-In-Libya-or-Blue-on-Red-or-Something
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99173-St-Anne-s-Chapelle-AI
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?99165-Off-Topic-_-World-Of-Tanks
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?91903-Silence
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98741-Hard-drive-backup-explain-to-me-how-this-works
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98913-BF-Confirmation-of-Family-Tree-of-Second-Family-of-CM-x-2-WW-II-Games
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98821-Re-crewing-abandoned-vehicles
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?44084-Why-was-Crete-Lost
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98406-You-first-No-You-first
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98700-CMSF-Ripped-from-the-headlines
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97480-Squad-Level-Games-A-Bit-Off-Topic
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98476-Theater-of-War-(TOW)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98531-All-your-base-meme-10-years-old
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98176-Bay-Area-quot-Preview-quot
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98500-Interview-with-Steve-on-RockPaperShotgun
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98400-The-Germans-are-on-the-move!
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97879-Book-Suggestions
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98277-Programming-Environment
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?98311-Found-Some-BB-Maps-I-Did-A-While-Ago
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97751-More-features-than-ever
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97746-Steve-s-post-on-Infantry
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97903-Looking-for-a-copy-of-Doug-Beman-s-scenario-STRUGGLE-FOR-SINGLING-(CM-BO)
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97881-UI-in-wargame
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97581-AAR-with-Pics
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97885-BFC-AAR-between-Jon-and-Elvis
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97531-Gamesquad-news
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97504-German-CAS-in-Normandy
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97640-Maps-from-CMX1-to-CMX2
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?97481-Wego
http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?89895-Will-CM-N-finally-kill-off-CMX1
Total posters
Most prolific poster: M. Dorosh – 13.9%
Second most prolific: thewood – 9.0%
Third most prolific: dalem – 8.9%
The remainder of the posters made up 92% of the total number of posters, and 68.2% of the posts.
Total number of posters who have posted at least once in the period January 1 to March 20 2014: 40
Total number of active threads in this period: 42
Active posters (posts):
BigAlMoho(6)
Bil H(1)
British Tommy(49)
Caractacus (21)
dalem(110)
Elefant(6)
Elvis(16)
Geordie(48)
hirrleto(26)
Jeph(18)
junk2drive(60)
jwb3(4)
kawaiku(13)
KenRich(1)
KG_JAg(27)
Mad Russian(89)
MeatEtr(1)
M. Dorosh(172)
mobius(16)
Palantir(17)
Patrocles(27)
Pdqport(2)
peterk1(13)
redwolf(107)
Rule_303(16)
Sand Bar Bill(1)
Sgt_Kelly(22)
shell-shocked(2)
slm(11)
sparty(3)
Tanker(50)
thewood(112)
Thomm(23)
villeke(1)
vulture(5)
wengart(7)
Scott Tortorice(3)
slm(6)
Quellist(10)
Zonso(1)
Comparisons:
2011 Active Threads: 42
2014 Active Threads: 8
2011 Active Posters: 40
2014 Active Posters: 14
2011 Most Prolific: 14% of posts on forum
2014 Most Prolific: 50% of posts on forum
Note also that in 2014, there isn't a single thread that the most prolific poster hasn't been active in. The level of participation in every thread but one has been to contribute 45% or more of the posts in that thread. The solitary exception was a thread in which he contributed only 36% of the posts. He also started 75% of the threads initiated in this period. Compare to over a dozen unique thread starters in 2011. The most prolific thread starter accounted for 21% of new threads begun.