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    • SmileS
      Smile @Apos
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      @Apos nerd

      As if you didn’t know.

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      • juniperskyJ
        junipersky Administrators
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        I’m curious what the staff to character ratio was generally. What was it at its best vs its worst?

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        • kalakhK
          kalakh @junipersky
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          @junipersky said in Arx Stats for Nerds:

          I’m curious what the staff to character ratio was generally. What was it at its best vs its worst?

          Haha

          thousand yard stare

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          • brentB
            brent @junipersky
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            @junipersky Most I ever saw connected on Arx was 209.

            At that time (mid-2018) I’d say the staff count was probably effectively 4 active (Apostate, Pax, Puffin, and Tehom) with Hellfrog sorta-active, Meyneth functionally gone by then, and I think NV only did occasional system code stuff.

            So if you want to throw a random estimate at it based on that, I’m gonna call it 47-to-1.

            Princess of MSB (Emeritus)

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            • MisterBoringM
              MisterBoring
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              I always assume that whatever the visible staff count is, there’s an invisible staffer who just gets online to help squash bugs and update code. They may have a PC or two, but they never mention their being on staff, because the part of staffing they do doesn’t really require player interaction.

              Proud Member of the Pro-Mummy Alliance

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              • EvilgraysonE
                Evilgrayson @MisterBoring
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                @MisterBoring said in Arx Stats for Nerds:

                I always assume that whatever the visible staff count is, there’s an invisible staffer who just gets online to help squash bugs and update code. They may have a PC or two, but they never mention their being on staff, because the part of staffing they do doesn’t really require player interaction.

                Good for most games, but Arx’s coder was Tehom. So already in the count.

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                • RozR
                  Roz
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                  NV, Pax, and Apos also do code updates, but they all also did NPCing and/or GMing. So actually I don’t think they’ve ever had a coder who’s done ZERO story-related stuff.

                  she/her | playlist

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                  • AposA
                    Apos
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                    Yeah, everyone did a significant amount of story stuff.

                    Tehom overwhelmingly did most of the code updates, often working alongside NV, but yeah both drove a lot of story as well. Particularly in the early cycle of the game, they wrote tons.

                    I did most of the boring administrative work, what people would think of job monkey stuff. Out of the 33,780 +requests put in, I probably didn’t do a few hundred or so of the respective jobs over the past 8 years.

                    Generally speaking, aside from Tehom working code, and my doing whatever administrative stuff needed to be done, every other staffer was focused on telling story.

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                    • saoS
                      sao @Apos
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                      @Apos you poor bastard.

                      let it be a challenge to you

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                      • ToriT
                        Tori @Apos
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                        @Apos said in Arx Stats for Nerds:

                        1083 were hairpins

                        😄

                        I have one folder with all the notepad files of crafts I did, starting with the great weapons in late May 2016 and ending with a sword for Jasper three days before the game ended:

                        files

                        (Edited because Jasper not Jasher, though there was an axe for the latter in 2019 apparently)

                        she/her, them/they - not super particular

                        I have been here the whole time

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