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Topic	The Show EP 1 - The Glorious Return of GotD! Breaking down the bracket w/ Leon
LusterSoldier 03/15/20 1:26:27 AM #265:	Ngamer64 posted... What's happening out there in the world is awful, don't get me wrong. But... the next two months are going to be a golden era for gaming. * steam hit a new record for most concurrent active users this afternoon, at 20 million * Counter-Strike reached a most active users record at the same time, over 1 million * Rocket League hit a new all time peak today as well * 100,000 people were streaming on twitch at the same time this aft, a new milestone for the site * 2.3 million gamers were watching those streams at the time, also a new world record And all these numbers are only going to continue rising! Pretty wild timing to have a Game of the Decade bracket running on GameFAQs AND an IGN Character Battle randomly arriving in the midst of this, especially since there will be no normal March Madness bracket this year (for the first time since 1939). Sounds like the coronavirus is the reason for all of those new record highs. Many people are either off from school or work, in quarantine, or spending more time at home to reduce risk of getting infected. Which would have an impact on online traffic instead. We could see increased vote totals for this contest due to coronavirus, although I didn't factor this into my tiebreaker. It seems like only recently (last 7 days or so) that the current situation has picked a lot more steam such as cancellation of major sports leagues worldwide. Starting last Friday, Allen has already started running a yellow site alert for this contest. This means it will be easily visible to new people visiting the site for the first time. I'm surprised at how early Allen has started using the yellow site alert, as this was typically reserved for only the final day of bracket entries. We still have at least 5 days left to fill out a bracket (at the time of the yellow site alert going up). Maybe Allen is trying to capitalize on the coronavirus situation by running the site alert so early. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Advokaiser, Guru Champ! <cite>LusterSoldier posted [p:935694545] in The Show E... [t:78447469]...</cite> <quote>Ngamer64 posted...</cite> <quote>What's happening out there in the world is awful, don't get me wrong. But... the next two months are going to be a golden era for gaming. * steam hit a new record for most concurrent active users this afternoon, at 20 million * Counter-Strike reached a most active users record at the same time, over 1 million * Rocket League hit a new all time peak today as well * 100,000 people were streaming on twitch at the same time this aft, a new milestone for the site * 2.3 million gamers were watching those streams at the time, also a new world record And all these numbers are only going to continue rising! Pretty wild timing to have a Game of the Decade bracket running on GameFAQs AND an IGN Character Battle randomly arriving in the midst of this, especially since there will be no normal March Madness bracket this year (for the first time since 1939). </quote> Sounds like the coronavirus is the reason for all of those new record highs. Many people are either off from school or work, in quarantine, or spending more time at home to reduce risk of getting infected. Which would have an impact on online traffic instead. We could see increased vote totals for this contest due to coronavirus, although I didn't factor this into my tiebreaker. It seems like only recently (last 7 days or so) that the current situation has picked a lot more steam such as cancellation of major sports leagues worldwide. Starting last Friday, Allen has already started running a yellow site alert for this contest. This means it will be easily visible to new people visiting the site for the first time. I'm surprised at how early Allen has started using the yellow site alert, as this was typically reserved for only the final day of bracket entries. We still have at least 5 days left to fill out a bracket (at the time of the yellow site alert going up). Maybe Allen is trying to capitalize on the coronavirus situation by running the site alert so early. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Advokaiser, Guru Champ!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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