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Are Game Stats Important to You?

Posted by Cliff on from the it's-all-in-the-numbers dept.

Nehle asks: "In almost every new multi-player game there is a way of keeping statistics about the games that are being played. Whether it's fan-based services or a service created by the game creator. Unreal Tournament 2004 can write nice HTML files for you, Bungie keep an insane amount of stats about games played over X-Box Live. For my favorite shooter - Enemy Territory, there is an application called Enemy Territory Teamstats and I wrote this little script to keep track of my games. Are stats any important to the average /. reader? Is it interesting how many times you shot 1337h4x0rg4m3r in the head, or is winning all that counts? Do you even want people to know if you lost 14 games in a row?"

6 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Head, no... by Moofius.the.Cow · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is it interesting how many times you shot 1337h4x0rg4m3r in the head, or is winning all that counts?
    Headshots, nah. Crotch-shot counter? Oh yeah! Nuttin' better than basking in the glory of the number of virtual 'men' you've removed from the gene pool courtesy of well-aimed sniper rounds to the balls.
  2. Sadly, yes... by palndrumm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I must admit, I have been known to kill off the freecell.exe process in the Windows Task Manager just to keep a good winning streak going. And I have also on occasion edited the winmine.ini file on a friends computer to make sure they knew just how damn good at Minesweeper I was...

  3. So far... by StocDred · · Score: 4, Funny
    As of 1:06am EST, the stats are as follows:

    For stats: 6
    Against stats: 8
    Position undeterminable due to crappy and/or confusing comment: 4
    Snide comments instead of discussion: 3
    Total comments: 21
    Most comments by: Anonymous Coward
    Average mod score: 1.3333
    Headshots: 0
    Sex budget: $0.00

  4. I love my UT2004 stats... by Elkboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...because I can see how I'm getting old as the clan kids dominate me. It's a nice reminder of how time passes and makes campers of us all.

    The stats also shows I'm such a flak monkey .

  5. Don't forget about the buggers! by Chemisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you totally forgotten that we are training to defeat the buggers? The scores mean nothing; let's just boycott them. When the buggers come back, nobody will care if Joe Hax0r had 1928841 points, so why should we now?

  6. some things are missing ;) by roka · · Score: 2, Funny

    where is:
    - avg days without changing underwear
    - avg weeks without shower
    - avg years without girlfriend (AKA "age")
    - Un*x/Windows user percentage
    - GNAA member percentage
    - avg cups of coffee drunk by users
    - avg amount of crack taken by moderators
    - times this story was already posted on slashdot
    - percentage of really hot chicks
    - percentage of nearly rot chicks