At 11/29/13 06:19 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/26/13 05:38 PM, Auz wrote: Didn't the exp system used to work like this back in 2002 or so?

I think it was something like that where you where able to chose to deposit your exp even if you hadn't voted on 5 submissions.

Yeah, it seems similar to the new system they have in mind.

I like the idea of "merging" all the portals exp wise. This should bring more attention to the art and audio portal.

Agreed. It is about time votes in those portals give experience. It'll at least give submissions some more votes.

At 11/29/13 11:43 AM, Murray wrote: My take on the whole potential changes for depositing. Voting on ten entries a day might be a little tiring but I welcome the fact that votes will apply to any portal so it won't restricted to just games and movies anymore. It makes it easier to deposit on the phone as well since only a limited number of content from games and movies can be viewed. My older Android phone was able to play audio submissions but games and movies was another matter.

Yeah. I can't watch or play anything on my current phone. I can still cast votes though.

Only thing I'm not so sure about is the double EXP on weekends as Tom talked about on his other post. I suppose seeing as all of us have the chance to get the double points, it's not so bad and it's on a fairer scale than what I've heard being suggested in the past. If they're going ahead with that one idea, I'd like it if they made it Friday-Sunday for double points so each week you would earn up to 100 EXP. I like my round numbers.

Topping it off at 100 XP per week would be great.

It sucks if you have to go away for a weekend with no internet access though.

At 12/2/13 03:02 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:

At 12/2/13 02:27 PM, Coop wrote: This is basically how Nuclear escalation works - someone at the top of the heap is going to get the most experience possible and allow them to stay ahead of you, no matter what happens.

true but you forget human error where people can forget to vote! to me its all about bragging rights.

I'm looking at the deposit rates of the truly big fish - Pimp for example. That guy doesn't miss deposits, so catching him is going to take a while.

Get used to it Tony, you're still going to be a little fish in a big pond ;)

well where I sit in the EXP ranks I would have to say I am medium sized fish ;)

Must be a perspective thing - you look pretty small to me, though you're after more food, if you can get it :P

At 12/4/13 02:37 AM, Coop wrote: I'm looking at the deposit rates of the truly big fish - Pimp for example. That guy doesn't miss deposits, so catching him is going to take a while.

oh yeah.

Must be a perspective thing - you look pretty small to me, though you're after more food, if you can get it :P

well I pumped the numbers and to start from Level 1 to where I am now will take 4.9 years of depositing and I check NG logs and I have a Deposit rate of 66.56%. so yeah I think I might be at least Medium size fish compared to all of these level 1-20 10-13 users.

At 11/25/13 02:38 PM, Murray wrote: Hmm. Thoughts, anyone?

All positive. Attaining EXP on all portals should encourage voting for plenty who has previously had no interest in it, make it easier to gain EXP even on devices/connections that don't support heavier media forms than images and overall just unite different content forms in a better way. I've missed the deposit screen since it disappeared, but as long as there's still a message letting you know when you've collected all possible EXP for said day, the ability to gain EXP on a per vote basis won't be that big a change. Double EXP weekends sounds like fun as well, as long as the extra EXP isn't spread out on random occasions it seems like a fair system.

I agree the EXP on ALL PORTALS would be good also bring back the your vote is (+1.23) or whatever it was worth when you scored, Double EXP weekends sounds like a good idea too friday to sunday so you can get a full 100 EXP a week seems right. and put B/P voting power in all portals as well.

At 12/5/13 10:21 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: and put B/P voting power in all portals as well.

but you cant blam/protect artwork or audio (not sure about the audio portal but I'm sure you cant)

so adding your B/P vote that you got from movies shouldn't matter when you vote on art/audio right?...

At 12/6/13 04:30 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 12/5/13 10:21 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: and put B/P voting power in all portals as well.

but you cant blam/protect artwork or audio (not sure about the audio portal but I'm sure you cant)

so adding your B/P vote that you got from movies shouldn't matter when you vote on art/audio right?...

yeah thats true.

I welcome the changes.

At 12/6/13 11:23 PM, Xiivi wrote: I welcome the changes.

its kinda overdue.

The final EXP update is now available!

Hello all and welcome to the belated 70th EXP update and... this is it. My very last EXP update and not only that, this officially retires all my business with maintaining stats lists. I've enjoyed making these updates over the last five years but as time went on with myself making more progress in the real world and having less enthusiasm for all the required work to put into these updates, I felt it was time to hang it up. 2013 sees the end of myself managing the EXP updates but in the new year I hope to see that my successor will be setting things up soon enough.

NEXT UPDATE: To be confirmed...

It was great while it lasted.

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

142 Haggard 30,650 53 270 +1 70.20%

A 70%+ deposit rate. At last! And I also gained a rank, one step closer to the top 140! ;)

Hello all and welcome to the belated 70th EXP update and... this is it. My very last EXP update and not only that, this officially retires all my business with maintaining stats lists.

Thanks for maintaining the stat lists for so long. You always did an awesome job. :)

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Hello all and welcome to the belated 70th EXP update and... this is it. My very last EXP update and not only that, this officially retires all my business with maintaining stats lists...

NEXT UPDATE: To be confirmed...

Thank you for those years of service; as a kindred stat-whore, I can truly appreciate all of the work and effort it takes to maintain these lists. I can also understand how real life can creep up and get in the way, and that's not a bad thing.

I wish you well in all your endeavors, and may you and your family have a very Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

Cheers!
-byte-

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

And with this update I am now officially on the Top 2,000 Exp list.
Also the list has me at #1,996 but on my stats page I'm at #1,958. Whats up with that?

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Glad to know I've made it to level 60 just in time for the final update.

I'll miss this great list.

At 11/8/13 02:57 PM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 11/8/13 12:53 PM, Murray wrote: • Another purge had to be done on my EXP updates so only the 4 year special update and onwards are available. However, if Cyberdevil does go ahead with archiving all my updates on his site then you'll get to see everything on his site when that happens. I'm hoping to pass over all the update files to him once I've passed this on to my successor.

Sure thing. There's still plenty of space for a full archive of updates, I'll be happy to host them when the time comes!

Now that I've provided the final update, we can start making arrangements for archiving all my EXP updates. I have all the update files on my laptop so it'll be a matter of passing it all over to you. I expect the .zip file could possibly take up 100MB and I don't think Gmail can accept file uploads that big. I'm sure I could get somewhere with Dropbox, though...

At 11/8/13 04:47 PM, Dev wrote:

At 11/8/13 12:53 PM, Murray wrote: • Pimp broke the 50k barrier for EXP so here's hoping he can gain another 50k at some point but I have my doubts that I'll even see that happening since who knows where we'll all be by then.

I wish he'd post in the LUL about it... A big congrats to him -definitely one of the biggest statistical achievements in NG history.

He made that one exception with reaching level 60 in the LUL. Maybe he'll post when he reaches 100k. ;)

At 11/9/13 06:04 AM, Coop wrote: my unending pursuit of the Top 50!

I look at where you are in the top 100 and realise how close you actually are to the top 50. Granted, it could still be a while longer before you're even there but as you creep over these active users, it won't take too long to get there. My ranking progress has been slow as of late but it should pick up a bit in a week or two and I hope to see myself in the top 90 hopefully around Easter. Top 80 could be at the end of 2014 if I'm really lucky.

At 11/9/13 06:46 PM, Vert wrote:

At 11/8/13 12:53 PM, Murray wrote: EXP update #69 is now available!

Hello all and welcome to the belated 69th EXP update. Several things to note:

Thanks for the update Murray! Long time since I last posted here...

Indeed. I even remember you at the London meet in January where you were appreciating my work for the updates, particularly this one.

• Pimp broke the 50k barrier for EXP so here's hoping he can gain another 50k at some point but I have my doubts that I'll even see that happening since who knows where we'll all be by then.

Well, I used to believe I'd never actually make it to the top 50...

I'd say to myself that I may never reach the top 50 but if I'm guaranteed to get in the top 75 the way all the users above me are going, there's a chance that I can make it to the top 50 someday.

At 12/8/13 02:48 PM, byteslinger wrote: I can also understand how real life can creep up and get in the way, and that's not a bad thing.

I may still have a lot of free time but the less time I have at home the less I want to spend it on this stuff. The search for users all the time was what really took a toll on me.

I wish you well in all your endeavors, and may you and your family have a very Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

Same to you. :)

At 12/8/13 03:44 PM, Viper50 wrote: Also the list has me at #1,996 but on my stats page I'm at #1,958. Whats up with that?

Accounts with an EXP rank of #0 are deactivated therefore they don't count towards NG's official stat rankings. With my updates it listed even those that had accounts deactivated so while they have no ranking, they are still on these updates. You'll know which ones are deactivated since their names are displayed in red strikethrough text.

At 12/8/13 03:57 PM, Painbringer wrote:

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Glad to know I've made it to level 60 just in time for the final update.

I'll miss this great list.

I'm sure those that made it to level 60 just before my retirement feel good. However, this isn't the last of these updates since they will return but from another listholder. It's only the last of me managing them.

At 12/8/13 04:55 PM, Murray wrote: Accounts with an EXP rank of #0 are deactivated therefore they don't count towards NG's official stat rankings. With my updates it listed even those that had accounts deactivated so while they have no ranking, they are still on these updates. You'll know which ones are deactivated since their names are displayed in red strikethrough text.

Ah okay. That makes sense.
Thanks for the heads up about all of that stuff.

Thanks for the update, Bahamut! This is your last update ever, so I'll be damned if I'm going to call you anything else. Thanks for all the dedication, hard work and entertainment over the years and be sure to make good use of your increased free time! :P

Haven't seen it around in quite some time, are there any new "sites" or stat lists dedicated to showing the top Voting Power List.

And likewise, any talk of finally, as once there was, have visible for all to see one's full voting power, with perhaps their current Non-B/P "raw" voting power beneath it, or set-up in such a way? Something I viewed more as a downgrade than an upgrade back during the first major upgrade, in... 08 or 07 was it?

At 12/8/13 03:57 PM, Painbringer wrote:

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Glad to know I've made it to level 60 just in time for the final update.

I'll miss this great list.

It was a significant update for me as well, as I made level 51 and finally took a place in the top 200. I'm also pleased to see that my level icon is genuinely unique, as I am the only level 51 with my current aura.

Thanks for the updates over all these years Bahmut, it will be strange seeing them being updated by someone else.

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Well done old friend, well done. Many thanks for the years and hard work that you've put into this list(and the others).

FLY FREELY MY BEAUTIFUL BAHAMUT!

At 12/8/13 01:06 PM, Murray wrote: The final EXP update is now available!

Thanks for this final update!

And thanks for all previous updates throughout these past five years! And thanks for those update files (that shall soon be taken care of)! Though this marks the end of your reign as one of the most punctual (?) updaters and concurrent list holders throughout the years it's good to know all these lists will live on in the hands of new competent post producing management.

At 12/8/13 03:44 PM, Viper50 wrote: And with this update I am now officially on the Top 2,000 Exp list.

Congrats!

Just received word back from the one who was going to take over the list stating that real life priorities makes it tough for them to manage the list on a regular basis. With that, the opportunity for anyone to take over this list is open again. If you are interested in taking over, you can either post here or drop me a PM.

At 12/18/13 06:40 PM, Murray wrote: Just received word back from the one who was going to take over the list stating that real life priorities makes it tough for them to manage the list on a regular basis.

That's a shame. Wasn't Painbringer also interested in taking this list?

At 12/18/13 07:00 PM, Dev wrote: Wasn't Painbringer also interested in taking this list?

Not wholeheartedly.

I just considered making a similar, smaller list on my userpage and updating it manually.

And just like my birthday list, my level of interest varies.

At 12/20/13 12:19 AM, Conal wrote: I'm #2,319, can I join?

no you have to be <2000

At 12/18/13 08:09 PM, Painbringer wrote:

At 12/18/13 07:00 PM, Dev wrote: Wasn't Painbringer also interested in taking this list?

Not wholeheartedly.

I just considered making a similar, smaller list on my userpage and updating it manually.

You could potentially still do that but how many users could you even fit on one page? It wouldn't be so bad for me considering how high up I am on the EXP ranks but for those that are much lower will be missed out. This is why I was never fond of using BBS/news posts for EXP updates since it's much broader than B/P and hexalist listings.

At 12/20/13 08:57 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:

At 12/20/13 12:19 AM, Conal wrote: I'm #2,319, can I join?

no you have to be <2000

No, only the original updates in this thread were top 2,000. My updates were 8k EXP and above so you could be close to the top 3,000 and still be on the list. However, that was my updates and the fate of the list is still unknown.

Thanks for the update, and for all the previous ones. Good luck in your "retirement".

I wish I could help with updating, but I already have too many interests and things to do, and it sounds like it requires a good bit of dedication.

At 12/21/13 06:57 AM, Conal wrote:

At 12/20/13 08:57 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:

At 12/20/13 12:19 AM, Conal wrote: I'm #2,319, can I join?

no you have to be <2000

What about now? I'm #2,313

Yes, because 2313<2000.

At 12/21/13 06:57 AM, Conal wrote:

What about now? I'm #2,313

You do realize that you're already on this list, right?

At 12/21/13 02:13 PM, Conal wrote:

At 12/21/13 01:19 PM, Dev wrote:

At 12/21/13 06:57 AM, Conal wrote:

What about now? I'm #2,313

You do realize that you're already on this list, right?

What list?

Tada.