Some Gary Con VIII stats

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by gizmomathboy, Jan 8, 2016.

  1. sir jon

    sir jon Spellbinder

    I did hear that we went over, but I've never seen firm figures, only second-hand info.
     
  2. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    IIRC last year's attendance was really close to 900. I don't think it topped 1,000.
     
  3. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    Speaking of growth, last year there were about 425 events listed. This year there are about 564. That is almost 33% growth from last year.

    Which is pretty close in line with people's guesstimates for this years attendance (in the 1,200-1,300) range.
     
  4. Handy Haversack

    Handy Haversack Chevalier

    I know of two people (including me) running games who ran nothing last year, and most others I know have upped their total. And we're bringing eight or nine people instead of three. So anecdotally, the logic is air-tight!
     
  5. stahlnee

    stahlnee Spellbinder

    Inquiring minds want to know!
     
    Last edited: Jan 12, 2016
  6. stahlnee

    stahlnee Spellbinder

    And a few others.
     
  7. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    Here's the latest web scrapings. No real change. In the zip file are a csv file and a sqlite3 db.

    This is neither complete nor official, just me grabbing what info there is and twisting it to my will and whim.
     

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  8. Navar

    Navar Level 0 Character

    Thanks for posting the event listing. It is a lot of gaming goodness. Can't wait for the con. Only seven weeks more.
     
  9. Handy Haversack

    Handy Haversack Chevalier

    Gizmo, your file-naming skills are exemplary.
     
  10. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    I'm nothing if not ISO 8601 compliant :)

    Speaking of...a new day a new scraping. Turns out we lost 1 event and picked up about 5 more, 567 events now.

    Edit: forgot to add

    This is neither complete nor official, just me grabbing what info there is and twisting it to my will and whim
     

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    Last edited: Jan 14, 2016
  11. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    If you didn't know, your browser (well if it's Firefox or Safari) can deal with sqlite databases. Hell, large swaths of software nowadays use sqlite because it's a full on db and it's tiny (the code is like less than 64K or something stupid that Bill Gates said) so it's used everywhere (like your browsing history and such).

    The firefox plugin is at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/

    It looks like it's not quite as easy to mess with a sqlite db in Chrome. Not gonna talk about Safari cuz I don't own any Apple products.
     
  12. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    Up to 567 events now. If anyone is counting. :)
     
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  13. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    Skach, IIRC we hit really close to 900 attendees.
     
  14. mordrin

    mordrin Spellbinder Staff Member

    This is what I've collected, via the board. It's secondhand of course, but generally from Luke or Dale

    2009 1 168
    2010 2 260
    2011 3 400
    2012 4 550
    2013 5 ?
    2014 6 675
    2015 7 800
     
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  15. Buttmonkey

    Buttmonkey Troubadour

    That 2009 number seems low. I was at Gary Con 1, 5, 6, and 7. Gary Con 1 was in a small space, but it was PACKED!
     
  16. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    A new day and more events! There are now 618 events. There are about 139 gaming systems and 151 GMs.
     

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  17. jim skach

    jim skach Troubadour

    IIRC, the numbers were actually closer to 125 the first year...so 168 actually seems a bit high to me. Remember...that space was good for about 70 to 80, maybe 90, comfortably.
     
  18. Handy Haversack

    Handy Haversack Chevalier

    Thanks for these!
     
  19. gizmomathboy

    gizmomathboy Spellbinder

    You are mostly certainly welcome.
     
  20. Buttmonkey

    Buttmonkey Troubadour

    It was definitely cramped and uncomfortable. And very loud. And hot. I remember going outside periodically to cool off. I suppose the attendance figure is kind of like a fishing story. It gets bigger and bigger every time you tell it. I just remember a sea of people (even though it was probably a pond).
     

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