Here's a go at the team's Movers of the Day for 12/04:

Team rank movement report
=========================
                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
Lazarus Long                     63         -1        64         450,253
Mike OSullivan                   64         +1        63         450,347
warken                           68         -1        69         385,732
SAKU1303                         69         +1        68         386,498
JerBlock                         92         -1        93         216,588
keithhenry                       93         +1        92         216,665
barney15c                       129         -1       130         101,099
Momentary Lapse of Reason       130         +1       129         101,122
FreeBee                         159         -1       160          53,426
Sanddancer                      160         -1       161          52,401
Zumda                           161         -1       162          52,338
lenmccart                       162         +3       159          53,520
platinumbus177                  168         -1       169          50,542
shinob925                       169         +1       168          50,730
jnkfam                          190         -1       191          33,895
Arthur256                       191         +1       190          34,024
xterm2232@yahoo.com             196         -1       197          29,058
Killjoy                         197         -1       198          28,741
ShortTom007                     198         +2       196          29,128

Points milestones report
========================
nl59056 reached 13,000,000 points
Million Point Man reached 900,000 points
gherm reached 200,000 points

Runtime milestones report
=========================
CompuDude reached 48 years of runtime
Ploetner reached 31 years of runtime

Results returned milestones report
==================================
kkelson returned their 2,000th result

New members report
==================
No new members found.

Retired members report
======================
bbover3 retired from the team.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned   Returned
12/04/2006  0:188:12:49:07  147,509  491 
12/03/2006  0:160:13:23:32  126,655  433 
12/02/2006  0:178:10:53:55  143,241  467 
12/01/2006  0:176:02:10:49  141,290  442 
11/30/2006  0:180:23:24:42  141,807  460 
11/29/2006  0:185:14:23:28  147,840  476 
11/28/2006  0:202:18:13:00  156,512  460

Good crunching folks!!!

NOTE: I am now working from some automated statistical analysis instead of by my eyeballs alone. I have expanded what I track some too but am still working on some further improvements. Suggestions and feedback are welcome!

Huge thanks for your massive contribution nl - it's a shame to see you go

Live long and prosper, peace out.

Here's a go at the team's Movers of the Day for 12/05:

Team rank movement report
=========================
                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
Johnwoods                        40         -1        41         767,713
Alain Bryden                     41         +1        40         767,931
dkrawczynski                     82         -1        83         258,621
kkelson                          83         +1        82         261,012
blueKnight                       88         -1        89         231,694
Airwolf_Liu                      89         +1        88         232,683
Emily Autumns                   100         -1       101         184,749
laughing66607                   101         +1       100         185,564
Orca                            125         -1       126         108,634
neclord                         126         +1       125         109,071
gillpinch                       141         -1       142          78,455
amusic20                        142         +1       141          78,499
Roka                            167         -1       168          50,809
shinob925                       168         +1       167          50,972
ARENDACI                        170         -1       171          48,743
Oisac                           171         +1       170          48,990

Points milestones report
========================
parmesian reached 4,500,000 points

Runtime milestones report
=========================
No runtime milestones found.

Results returned milestones report
==================================
MLCBA returned their 25,000th result
Edward McCoy returned their 1,000th result

New members report
==================
No new members found.

Retired members report
======================
nl59056 retired from the team.
Sydnee79 retired from the team.
St_Slava retired from the team.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned   Returned
12/05/2006  0:160:19:16:15  128,674  441 
12/04/2006  0:188:12:49:07  147,509  491 
12/03/2006  0:160:13:23:32  126,655  433 
12/02/2006  0:178:10:53:55  143,241  467 
12/01/2006  0:176:02:10:49  141,290  442 
11/30/2006  0:180:23:24:42  141,807  460 
11/29/2006  0:185:14:23:28  147,840  476

Good crunching folks!!!

Maybe one of the reasons why so many people leave WCG is the boring forum.
Too many futile interventions from “nelsoc”.
I understand guys like dagorath being shutdown.
But when your post gets edited for a word like “hell”, it’s gets annoying to say the least.


nelsoc if you edit this post, well Bush U.

Well, I doubt the forums, boring or otherwise, have much of any real impact on folks leaving or staying with WCG. There's only about 100-150 folks reasonably regularly active in the forums. That's an extremely small minority of the total WCG population. All DC projects have problems with member retention and recruitment. I think a lot of folks just get tired after crunching for two years. I haven't tried running any numbers/analysis on the specifics but I would not at all be surprised to see that the "older" members who joined WCG early on are the large part of who we're losing these days. I guess you could see this as a real test of just how committed folks are. Anyone can use a break from anything after a long enough time. That's understandable. The challenge before us is to ensure they return after their "sabbatical" and that we recruit new members. If we do nothing, we're just going to wither away slowly but surely.

Oh, and as for "four-letter words", like it or not, the rules have not allowed those all along. We have a choice of either working to get the rule changed or living with it. Some folks don't like speed limits too and can argue that there's no real harm from ignoring them. Naturally, that presumes that there's no consequences but when the speeder wrecks killing/injuring themself or others, there are consequences. Okay, cussing doesn't kill people but it's simply a matter of respecting the rules that exist (and those that agree with them) or working to change them (much like the changes made to the speed limits).