FTH: Six Months In Review
It has now been exactly six months since the game opened on July 1, 2009. And we now have six months left until the end, June 30, 2010.
Shall we reflect upon our past six months?
Current Character Count: 110 played (and alive!) characters. Total Character Count: We have had 157 characters played over the course of these last six months. Played-Character Deaths: We have had four played characters die over the past six months:
Dedalus Diggle died a hero's death (protecting Calypso Bones and her children) in the Battle of King's Cross on 1 September, 1979.
Gavin Avery was murdered by Barty Crouch Jr while in Ministry custody on 8 October, 1979.
Florence Corner was murdered by Persephone Jugson on 8 October, 1979.
John Dawlish (who was originally played by Liz, then NPCed by Kate for his last month) was killed by Voldemort in the line of duty at the Halloween Massacre Ball on 31 October, 1979.
Of course, we've also had countless NPC deaths mentioned, and a few family members of played characters, including Charity Burbage's mother (murdered by Death Eaters on 10 August, 1979) and both Black patriarchs (8 December for Cygnus and 19 December of Orion).
Currently, we have 26 wonderful, AMAZING players playing our 110 characters. We have had and lost 14 others over the past six months, without whom the game certainly would not be the same. All 40 players have changed the course of the game simply by being here, and we wouldn't be where we are now without any of you. ♥!
This has been a very busy six months for us, as well! Not counting our Big Battle Logs (King's Cross and Halloween) or the smattering of OOC logs, we have had:
280 logs or narratives posted.
183 owls sent.
29 articles posted.
13 broadcasts posted (8 for the WWN, 5 for the Tube).
And 2 press releases posted.
All of the following statistics are based upon when I was looking them up between 5:00 and 5:30 pm (CST) yesterday:
Going by just the journals for the 110 currently-played (and alive) characters, we have had:
1726 journal entries
44017 comments posted by those 110 characters
35895 comments received by those 110 characters
And we have some awards for our top hitters for each of those statistics!
Most Journal Entries (the game in general)
Most Comments Posted (the game in general)
Most Comments Received (the game in general)
Most Journal Entries (among Order of the Phoenix members)
Most Comments Posted (among Order of the Phoenix members)
Most Comments Received (among Order of the Phoenix members)
Most Journal Entries (among Death Eaters)
Most Comments Posted (among Death Eaters)
Most Comments Received (among Death Eaters)
Most Journal Entries (among Ministry personnel)
Most Comments Posted (among Ministry personnel)
Most Comments Received (among Ministry personnel)
Yes, they're all smiling. THEY JUST WON AWARDS, THEY SHOULD BE SMILING.
(Yes, Wolfie, if you click on Remus', you'll be taken to the regular non-animated version of his. I was browsing Remus' icons to get an appropriately-smiley one, and I saw the other one and couldn't resist.)
And while we're on the topic of awards, y'all might recall the poll that was put up for voting on Halloween costumes for the masquerade ball. If you really try, you might even remember that I teased that the poll would be used for more than just helping us pick winners for the Masquerade Battle Log.
The award for scariest costume of the night went to Nick Harrow, the resident vampire-dressed-as-a-vampire.
The award for funniest costume of the night went to Miriam Strout, who dressed up as Groucho Marx.
The award for most elegant costume of the night went to Gwen MacDougal, who was dressed up as Anne Boleyn.
The award for the best couple's costume of the night went to Cecil Warrington and Emmeline Vance, who dressed up as cards from the Major Arcana (Claire, your comment said Judgement and Fortitude, so I just went with that ... and also, Wikipedia informed me that Fortitude = Strength).
The award for the best group costume of the night went to the fabulous foursome of Addie Banges, Chloe Wilkes, Greta Catchlove, and Meredith Watkins, who were dressed up as the Queens of Cards (Addie as Queen of Hearts, Chloe as Queen of Spades, Greta as Queen of Diamonds, and Meredith as Queen of Clubs).
And that is out Six Months In Review! Guys, it's really amazing everything we have done in just six months. Just think of where we'll be at the end of June!