Posted by Balle2000 on 2015-10-15 13:12:57

Coincidentally, those are the weeks since BB"2" was released. Let's hope that trend continues.

Posted by Dhaktokh on 2015-10-15 13:18:40

Easy answer: I am back.

Posted by harvestmouse on 2015-10-15 13:26:46

It does seem to be a new coach influence. However if you look at the same period last year, there was a similar rise. Numbers are up from both quarters though.

Posted by harvestmouse on 2015-10-15 13:28:42

Actually the rise was a bit earlier last year.

Posted by Zed on 2015-10-15 13:46:22

Shitty weather must help.

Posted by SpecialOne on 2015-10-15 14:44:19

For my part, the upcomming World Cup in Lucca plays a huge part in me getting more online to get a match. Not to be a better coach before the WorldCup (That train has left the station!), but just to get in the habit of playing many games right after each other. You know, getting over being diced, and then there is a new match with a new coach, and a new team. My only focus is that we have almost same value on the teams.

The rise last year, could that have anything to do with the EuroBowl and the EuroOpen side-turnament?

Posted by akaRenton on 2015-10-15 14:54:12

There's always a dip in summer as people go on holiday, and/or brave natural light outdoors :D

It does seem there's a lot of new coaches about though, unusually high numbers in fact.

Posted by MauledByTheTigers on 2015-10-15 15:41:31

Came back recently myself, I had an account until about the time Blackbox was created and just sort of trailed off at that point. Not because of the community or anything, I have fond memories of watching Lustria Cup games and the like with dozens of other spectators. Which team was it again, the Lavino Figthing Hellfish?

Got the bug again recently as I've been looking into "Oldhammer", built myself a real-world Chaos and Khemri teams from old models.

Looking at those stats, what caused the massive dropoff in 2009-10? LRB4 closing or Cyanide's first game or something?

Posted by the_Sage on 2015-10-15 16:01:46

Well, whenever I stream BB2, I will tell people that to really learn to play, fumbbl is the place to be. =)

Posted by pythrr on 2015-10-15 16:05:19

many new coaches around in the past week or so.

definitely an influx

please be nice to them, folks

and welcome new coaches

Posted by Mr_Foulscumm on 2015-10-15 17:37:09

Oh come on!

Fummbl?

Really? The name is spelled out for you on every single page on the site! And you misspelled it twice! :roll:

:D

Posted by pythrr on 2015-10-15 17:54:23

fumm all mens

Posted by DaCoach on 2015-10-15 17:57:46

I'll learn it one day...

Posted by Balle2000 on 2015-10-16 02:15:35

@MBTT the drop coincides completely with the launch of the first cyanide game (june 2009). match numbers continued to drop, but was brought back to life once CRP and the new client was in place (winter/spring 2011). since then, the game numbers have stabilized at roughly about half of what it used to be between 2006-2009. Hazarding a guess, its possibly a combination of more real life responsibilities for the coaches as we (generally) move into mid-30s and 40s, and maybe some left for Cyanide, never to return (cue twilight zone theme).