Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Legion World HOT 100 of the Month -- 2012 edition

This thread continues from the Legion World HOT 100--2011 edition.

Why launch a new thread? To make it easier to find previous Hot 100 charts by grouping them year by year. My thinking is that some LW scholar of the future might be interested in analyzing or perusing the chart trends of the board, and the charts themselves sometimes get buried in the pages of discussion that follow. (Not that discussing the chart is a bad thing . . .)

For those of you just joining us, the premise is simple: The Legion World HOT 100, modeled loosely after various music charts, ranks the top 100 posters on Legion World in terms of post counts. It also monitors who's moving up and down the chart ("who's hot and who's not" in chart lingo).

The HOT 100 is compiled and shared every month just for fun. No one should post on Legion World merely to increase his or her post count or move up the chart. If that's your raison d'etre for posting here, get a life.

The first number on the left of the chart denotes each poster's current position. The next number (in parenthesis) shows last month's position, if different.

Following each poster's name is his or her total post count since the dawn of Legion World and the increase of posts since last month.

Enjoy!

HOT 100 – January 1, 2012

Movers and Shakers:

Six posters move up the Top 40: cleome45 (9), Dev – Em (15), Invisible Brainiac (23), Fanfic Lady (25), Power Boy (34), Set (38)

Seven additional posters move up the Hot 100: Thriftshop Debutante (47, up three), Legion Tracker (48), Ram Boy (62), Dave Hackett (83), Doctor One (89), Kid Quislet (92), Xben (97)

Posters with 100 posts or more (denoted by asterisk:

13 (Top 40, down three from last month),15 (Hot 100,down four from last month)


1. Quislet, Esq.—35,152 (+250)*
2. Cobalt Kid—29,318 (+206)*
3. MLLASH classic—27,116 (+190)*
4. Eryk Davis Ester—24,646 (+252)*
5. Kent Shakespeare—24,094 (+198)*
6. Lard Lad—20,588 (+60)
7. Lightning Lad—17,930 (+0)
8. He Who Wanders—17,152 (+200)*
9 (10). cleome45—16,830 (+264)*
10 (9). Outdoor Miner—16,670 (+0)

11. Rockhopper Lad—16,104 (+226)*
12. Fat Cramer—13,128 (+63)
13. Pov—12,020 (+32)
14. Vee—11,476 (+14)
15 (16). Dev – Em—10,412 (+186)*
16 (15). Sketch Lad—10,307 (+0)
17. Stu—10,000 (+0)
18. Reboot—9088 (+51)
19. Tempest—8796 (+1)
20. Drake B3004—8651 (+0)

21. Nightcrawler—8640 (+3)
22. rickshaw1—8606 (+54)
23 (24). Invisible Brainiac—8388 (+414)*
24 (23). future king—8303 (+1)
25 (27). Fanfic Lady—7898 (+232)*
26 (25). Semi Transparent Fellow—7826 (+0)
27 (26). dedman—7731 (+7)
28. Abin Quank—6822 (+13)
29. Mattropolis—6376 (+1)
30. Kid Prime—6357 (+0)

31. Loser Lad—6153 (+0)
32. Spellbinder—5350 (+0)
33. superboymddjr—5280 (+11)
34 (36). Power Boy—5098 (+200)*
35 (34). Tamper Lad—5080 (+0)
36 (35). Faraway Lad—4939 (+0)
37. Ultra Jorge—4892 (+0)
38 (39). Set—4890 (+121)*
39 (38). Future—4794 (+18)
40. Caliente—4730 (+0)

41. Candlelight—4569 (+19)
42. SharkLad—4532 (+26)
43. lancesrealm—4395 (+7)
44. Sarcasm Kid—4358 (+34)
45. lil’rhino—4131 (+5)
46. Blockade Boy—3849 (+0)
47 (50). Thriftshop Debutante—3790 (+132)*
48 (47). Arachne—3758 (+0) [tie]
48 (49). Legion Tracker—3758 (+82) [tie]
50 (48). Mystery Lad—3742 (+28)

51. Lad Boy—3570 (+3)
52. the boy with Ultra Powers—3529 (+0)
53. Yk—3495 (+0)
54. icefire—3458 (+0)
55. CJ Taylor—3455 (+0)
56. Blacula—3416 (+40)
57. ferroboy—3355 (+0)
58. Harbinger—3246 (+4)
59. Chaim Mattis Keller—3152 (+107)*
60. Exnihil—3040 (+61)

61. rtvu2—2959 (+1)
62 (63). Ram Boy—2817 (+10)
63 (62). Bevis—2813 (+0)
64. Arm Fall Off Boy—2736 (+0)
65. ActorLad—2684 (+4)
66. Monkey Eater Lad—2662 (+0)
67. Portfolio Boy—2653 (+0)
68. Jerry—2399 (+47)
69. KryptonKid—2314 (+16)
70. matlock—2236 (+0)

71. jimgallagher—2226 (+28)
72. Kid Marvel—2130 (+0)
73. Matthew E—2088 (+0)
74. profh0011—2084 (+10)
75. Suddenly Seymour—2049 (+2)
76. Omni Craig—1868 (+1)
77. Pariscub—1845 (+0)
78. Ghost of Numf El—1743 (+0)
79. Tromium—1683 (+0)
80. Sonnie—1646 (+0)

81. Leap Year Lord—1631 (+2)
82. Star Boy—1616 (+1)
83 (84). Dave Hackett—1590 (+54)
84 (83). minesurfer—1538 (+0)
85. Space Ranger—1529 (+0)
86. walkwithcrowds—1465 (+0)
87. Blue Battler—1437 (+0)
88. Novel Ty—1434 (+19)
89 (90). Doctor One—1386 (+22)
90 (89). Everyday Girl—1376 (+0)

91. Malvolio—1368 (+31)
92 (93). Kid Quislet—1249 (+11)
93 (92). doublechinner—1242 (+0)
94. PolarBoy—1232 (+0)
95. Emily Sivana—1230 (+44)
96. l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN—1181 (+0)
97 (98). Xben—1120 (+58)
98 (97). Bicycle Repair Man—1091 (+0)
99. armsfalloffboy—1059 (+0)
100. Kid Charlemagne—986 (+8)

This is all very nice, but I still wish OM would come back. Either that, or we have all the mods draw lots to see who inherits the Pestering With Inane Questions thread.

Hmmm... only 59% of the Top 100 posters are active posters (at least one post in the past month)...

Yeah, I noticed that, too, Reboot. I don't have the time (or desire, really) to look back and see if 59 percent indicates a trend, but if someone else wants to, I've made it easy for ya.

Future King only had one post last month?

What happened I wonder.

He forgot to take the left turn at Albuquerque?

Damn you, you young whippersnappers... tain't no reason ta be postin' thet much! Thet's tha problem with this dangole' worl'... wastin' valyable wuds yakin' bout nuthin....

And 7 of the Top 30 didn't make a single post in the last month.

Perfect!

I remain comfortably in the top 40, but not so high up in the top 40 that my fans will think that I've sold out and gone mainstream, so I can maintain my independent alternative-rock cachet!

"We tried to sell out years ago, but nobody was buying." -- Jerry Garcia

I've never calculated averages for the Hot 100 before, but I was curious to see what they would look like for this month.

If we include just the 59 posters who posted at least once this month, the averages turn out this way:

mean: 70.93
median: 28
mode: 1
range: 413


Here are the averages of the entire Hot 100:

mean: 41.85
median: 3
mode: 0
range: 414

And here's a LWH100 extra: The Top 30 Posters of the Month:


1. Invisible Brainiac—414
2 (5). cleome45—264
3 (10). Eryk Davis Ester—252
4 (15). Quislet, Esq.—250
5 (6). Fanfic Lady—232
6 (8). Rockhopper Lad—226
7. Cobalt Kid—206
8 (18). He Who Wanders—200
8 (9). Power Boy—200
10 (--). Kent Shakespeare—198

11 (4). MLLASH classic—190
12 (3). Dev – Em—186
13 (11). Thriftshop Debutante—132
14 (27). Set—121
15 (14). Chaim Mattis Keller—107
16. Legion Tracker—82
17 (32). Fat Cramer—63
18 (30). Exnihil—61
19 (12). Lard Lad—60
20. Xben—58

21 (26). Dave Hackett—54
21 (17). rickshaw1—54
23 (21). Reboot—51
24 (23). Jerry—47
25 (22). Emily Sivana—44
26 (23). Blacula—40
27 (--). Sarcasm Kid—34
28 (34). Pov—32
29 (--). Malvolio—31
30 (--). jimgallagher—28
30 (--). Mystery Lad—28

I'm #69?

That's nasty.

HOT 100 – February 2, 2012

Movers and Shakers:

One poster moves up the Top 40: Set (36)

Five additional posters move up the Hot 100: Legion Tracker (47), jimgallagher (70), Dave Hackett (80, up three), Novel Ty (87), Emily Sivana (94)

Posters with 100 posts or more (denoted by asterisk:

6 (Top 40, down seven from last month), 6 (Hot 100, down nine from last month)

1. Quislet, Esq.—35, 346 (+194)*
2. Cobalt Kid—29,398 (+80)
3. MLLASH classic—27,207 (+91)
4. Eryk Davis Ester—24,790 (+144)*
5. Kent Shakespeare—24,264 (+170)*
6. Lard Lad—20,609 (+21)
7. Lightning Lad—17,930 (+0)
8. He Who Wanders—17,318 (+166)*
9. cleome45—16,967 (+137)*
10. Outdoor Miner—16,670 (+0)

11. Rockhopper Lad—16,196 (+92)
12. Fat Cramer—13,144 (+16)
13. Pov—12,032 (+12)
14. Vee—11,488 (+12)
15. Dev – Em—10,500 (+88)
16. Sketch Lad—10,307 (+0)
17. Stu—10,000 (+0)
18. Reboot—9104 (+16)
19. Tempest—8796 (+0)
20. Drake B3004—8651 (+0)

21. Nightcrawler—8649 (+9)
22. Rickshaw1—8644 (+38)
23. Invisible Brainiac—8584 (+196)*
24. future king—8303 (+0)
25. Fanfic Lady—7960 (+62)*
26. Semi Transparent Fellow—7826 (+0)
27. Viridis Lament [formerly dedman]—7743 (+12)
28. Abin Quank—6849 (+27)
29. Mattropolis—6380 (+4)
30. Kid Prime—6357 (+0)

31. Loser Lad—6153 (+0)
32. Spellbinder—5350 (+0)
33. superboymddjr—5297 (+17)
34. Power Boy—5122 (+24)
35. Tamper Lad—5081 (+1)
36 (38). Set—4959 (+69)
37 (36). Faraway Lad—4939 (+0)
38 (37). Ultra Jorge—4894 (+2)
39. Future—4802 (+8)
40. Caliente—4730 (+0)

41. Candlelight—4608 (+39)
42. SharkLad—4599 (+67)
43. lancesrealm—4456 (+61)
44. Sarcasm Kid—4375 (+19)
45. lil’rhino—4140 (+9)
46. Blockade Boy—3849 (+0)
47 (48). Legion Tracker—3816 (+58)
48 (47). Thriftshop Debutante—3790 (+0)
49 (48). Arachne—3758 (+0)
50. Mystery Lad—3755 (+13)

51. Lad Boy—3570 (+0)
52. the boy with Ultra Powers—3529 (+0)
53. Yk—3495 (+0)
54. icefire—3458 (+0)
55. CJ Taylor—3455 (+0)
56. Blacula—3445 (+29)
57. ferroboy—3355 (+0)
58. Harbinger—3254 (+8)
59. Chaim Mattis Keller—3246 (+94)
60. Exnihil—3106 (+66)

61. rtvu2—2960 (+1)
62. Ram Boy—2836 (+19)
63. Bevis—2813 (+0)
64. Arm Fall Off Boy—2736 (+0)
65. ActorLad—2690 (+6)
66. Monkey Eater Lad—2662 (+0)
67. Portfolio Boy—2658 (+5)
68. Jerry—2413 (+14)
69. KryptonKid—2366 (+52)
70 (71). jimgallagher—2242 (+16)

71 (70). matlock—2236 (+0)
72. Kid Marvel—2130 (+0)
73. Matthew E—2088 (+0)
74. profh0011—2086 (+2)
75. Suddenly Seymour—2052 (+3)
76. Omni Craig—1870 (+2)
77. Pariscub—1848 (+3)
78. Ghost of Numf El—1743 (+0)
79. Tromium—1683 (+0)
80 (83). Dave Hackett—1648 (+58)

81 (80). Sonnie—1646 (+0)
82 (81). Leap Year Lord—1631 (+0)
83 (82). Star Boy—1616 (+0)
84. minesurfer—1538 (+0)
85. Space Ranger—1529 (+0)
86. walkwithcrowds—1465 (+0)
87 (88). Novel Ty—1448 (+14)
88 (87). Blue Battler—1437 (+0)
89. Doctor One—1386 (+0)
90. Everyday Girl—1376 (+0)

91. Malvolio—1373 (+5)
92. Kid Quislet—1259 (+10)
93. doublechinner—1244 (+2)
94 (95). Emily Sivana—1233 (+3)
95 (94). PolarBoy—1232 (+0)
96. l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN—1182 (+1)
97. Xben—1178 (+58)
98. Bicycle Repair Man—1092 (+1)
99. armsfalloffboy—1059 (+0)
100. Kid Charlemagne—996 (+10)

That Kid Charlemagne is such a 1000-post tease.

I know January is traditionally a slow month on LW, but seeing the raw numbers is interesting if nothing else. I can't remember if I've ever had fewer than 100 posts in a month before.

Wow...new job really cut down on my posting...but that's alright with me.

I knew I'd be posting less, but I didn't realize how much less. And I didn't expect pretty much everyone else would be posting less too!

You set the tone for LW, IB.

After all, without our Ibby, life is meaningless!

Goodness. You're all too kind.

That reminds me of an old thread I should bump up

I notice EDE was also kind enough to let me have the most posts of January 2012... by 2 posts

And which thread would that be, Mr. Ibby?

Whoa--only 21 posts for me last month?!?! Funny thing is, I checked in on LW every single day and read posts but rarely had anything to say! Weird!

If only Fart Girl were here for you to talk with! You'd have like 2,000 posts per week!

At LEAST!