NWN's True Community Search: Last week's Top 20
WOLVERINE Radek and Sundai DeVinna romance on a balcony in Avilion
In the land of Avilion, the gentlemen wear tuxedos and the ladies, long flowing gowns. (That, or medieval finery.) No vulgarity or violence is allowed, for by decree, Avilion is a land of elegant ballroom dancing-- quite literally, for when you enter the open-air courtyard, a pop-up menu appears, asking that you assent to dress only in formal wear there. (A handy dispenser nearby distributes free clothing, if you don't happen to have the proper attire on hand.)
Avilion is one of the most popular sites in this week's search for true community sites free from camping and excessive freebies, as counted by Tateru Nino. This time, Avilion is second only to NORSim, which was featured last week. See the full diverse Top Twenty after the break.
|
Site (Direct teleport at link) |
Est avg hourly visits |
Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs) |
Estimated total weekly visits |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORSIM MultiSIM (Goth RPG) | 262 | 304 | 44,075 (stable) |
| Avilion Grove (Fantasy Roleplaying) | 160 | 192 | 26,979 (stable) |
| Nude Island (Mature Social) | 157 | 190 | 26,465 (down 9.36%) |
| Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge (PG Social/Shopping) | 143 | 152 | 24,072 (up 3.67%) |
| Blackheart's Cafe (PG Social) | 91 | 84 | 15,372 (up 4.45%) |
| Hedonistic Isle (Mature Social) | 88 | 82 | 14,942 (stable) |
| Bound and Determined (BDSM Social) | 88 | 85 | 14,805 (stable) |
| Midian City (Goth RPG) | 88 | 91 | 14,804 (stable) |
| Lost Gardens of Apollo (PG Social) | 81 | 102 | 13,752 (up 6.31%) |
| Capture Roleplay HQ (BDSM Social) | 81 | 92 | 13,677 (up 4.37%) |
| Laguna Nude Beach (Mature Social) | 80 | 81 | 13,440 (stable) |
| Independent State of Caledon (Steampunk Roleplay) | 79 | 116 | 13,368 (stable) |
| Heavenly Rose Gardens (PG Social) | 77 | 100 | 13,083 (down 13.66%) |
| Bare Rose (PG Social) | 74 | 77 | 12,551 (down 4.95%) |
| City of Lost Angels (Goth RPG) | 74 | 77 | 12,528 (down 4.74%) |
| New Citizens Incorporated (Noob Resident Welcome/Education) | 66 | 77 | 11,232 (down 4.88%) |
| Toxian City (Goth RPG) | 64 | 83 | 10,910 (stable) |
| City of Midgaard (BDSM Social) | 63 | 55 | 10,730 (new) |
| Icedragon's Playpen (Casual Gaming/Social) | 58 | 69 | 9,863 (up 12.03%) |
| Isle of Lesbos (Mature Social) | 50 | 72 | 8,532 (up 3.64%) |
| The Shelter (Noob Resident Welcome/Education) | 50 | 64 | 8,484 (up 3.21%) |
| Midgar (Final Fantasy VII RPG) | 37 | 50 | 6,348 (down 12.27%) |
| London Commercial Sims (UK urban community/Social) | 27 | 40 | 4,680 (down 9.93%) |
| Ballers City (Urban basketball Social) | 26 | 33 | 4,512 (up 2.45%) |
| Svarga (Artificial Ecosystem) | 18 | 26 | 3,144 (down 2.96%) |
| New Brussel Mega Mall (PG Social/Shopping) | 2.63 | 2.29 | 441 (down 30.92%) |
In the coming days, look for the full True Community list at Tateru's site.
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DON'T SEE A POPULAR TRUE COMMUNITY SITE YOU LIKE IN THIS SEARCH?
If you know of sites not listed here which consistently generate 25,000 or more in Traffic daily, please post the name and location in Comments for future consideration.
DISCLAIMERS TO THIS SEARCH
- Due to SL's poor search function, this list doesn't necessarily reflect all the most popular places in SL. In fact, some omissions are quite likely.
- All effort is made to check sites for camping chairs and other
excessive freebie/free money giveaways. If any on this list include
those, please IM me (Hamlet Au).
- If you're the owner of a site on
this list and would prefer not being on future listings, please contact
me with that request. (Related note: future updates may include
SLURLs.)
- Shopping-only areas excluded.
*TRUE COMMUNITY SEARCH METHODOLOGY
Sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future counts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.
We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.
I love this list - it is very useful, while the native statistics tools are so deeply biased because of Traffic inner workings.
I'm used to spread to the italian SL community this list and this kind of practice, but we'd like to know more about what do you mean with "excessive" when you say "excessive freebie/free money giveaways".
That is, how do you value if freebies giveaway is "excessive" or acceptable?
Some land owners may want to reduce the amount of freebies they give away in order to get their land included in your list.
Posted by: Opensource Obscure | Friday, October 12, 2007 at 07:50 AM
Glad you like it. "Excessive" is a case-by-case judgment call by Tateru and I. A site that has terms like "Free freebie free money freebies" listed in its description, title, or activity is definitely excessive. At the same time, a site which has a few special giveaways per day as part of a larger event would *not* qualify as "excessive".
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Friday, October 12, 2007 at 05:05 PM
I have made a compilation of photos with my night with Sundai. Its called Sundai from Thursday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw2OpA3-spo
Posted by: WOLVERINE Radek | Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 08:26 PM