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Just realized...(proof of Monkey Island's mind-boggling success)

alexonfyrealexonfyre
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
The two biggest forums on TTG right now are General and Sam & Max, they each have over 40,000 posts. EDIT: Forgot to mention that ToMI is closing in on 35,000 posts already
I decided to calculate their approximate posts per day, and compare to Monkey Island forums:

General: 23 Posts per day
SnM: 32 Posts per day

And Monkey Island??

480 Posts per day.
That is more than every other forum on here put together.

Ridiculous, no competition.

Comments

  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    It would probably be fairer to to compare the post counts for the same duration.. e.g. S&M after 2 months of announcement/release.

    Im sure the MI forum will slow down once all the chapters are out.

    (I'm not saying that MI isn't a massive success of course!)
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    SnM has had 2 seasons, shouldn't it have had 2 such durations?
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    True...
  • Hero1Hero1
    edited August 2009
    Monkey Island:SE selling 70,000 on XBox Live arcade is another good sign also :)
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited August 2009
    The Toothless Gibbon brings up a good point though. One of the reasons for the amount of Monkey Island is because there's a lot of Monkey Island going on right now. The Strong Bad forums are mostly dead, as are Sam and Max. The Wallace and Gromit forums are slowing down as all the chapters are out. This forum will slow down as well after Tales is done. However, I think it'll be more active "in hiatus" then Strong Bad and Sam and Max are now just because there always seems to be another poster coming along with their opinion on how only the first two Monkey Island games were any good, and how much the new Monkey Island doesn't meet their unreasonable expectation of their memories of the old monkey Island games.
  • City Of DelusionCity Of Delusion
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre wrote: »
    SnM has had 2 seasons, shouldn't it have had 2 such durations?

    To be honest, at the launch of Culture Shock I doubt a lot of people had heard of Telltale Games.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    Hero1 wrote: »
    Monkey Island:SE selling 70,000 on XBox Live arcade is another good sign also :)

    I read somewhere earlier that Grim Fandango sold 100,000-200,000 in total, if that's true, "a good sign" is an understatement!
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited August 2009
    The reason the forum of TOMI is more poblated and active is just basically that it has a long history and past, that dates since 1989 (if im not wrong). And spans across two decades with a series of 4 games that 3 have been top notch. Sam and Max had Magazines before the game, and then the release of Sam and Max: Hit the Road, which it was an abvious success. But still Sam and Max has such a small legacy when u compare it to Monkey Island's success.

    The success of the latest two installments, should be measured in accordance to the success of the previous game. It will obviously help TOMI get TTG to another level. Thats my opinion. I believe the sales of TOMI will be enough to allow TOMI to make newer and better games than Monkey Island and even release em complete.

    I just hope that when i receive my DVD version of TOMI its released with all chapters together and not having to play individual chapters. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN. A game too good like that shouldnt be cut into pieces.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    If you mean that the sucess of ToMI will allow TGG to make non episodic "full games" then your barking up the wrong tree. TTG is an episodic gaming company.

    If you meant LucasArts then it's a different kettle of fish.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited August 2009
    I have a feeling Telltale deletes old and dusty threads..Still, I bet the MI series has a bigger Fan Base...(And I LOVED the original Sam & Max game)
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited August 2009
    It should also be stated that about half of these threads cover 4 similar topics.

    1) Petitions/Complaints on Language
    2) Petitions/Complaints about WiiWare
    3) Petitions/Complaints about how Tales has yet to include a favorite person/place/thing.
    4) Lame tributes/fan fiction/knock offs/videos.

    So, yeah, there's been a lot of post, but not a lot of actual good conversation
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    Tacobob wrote: »
    I have a feeling Telltale deletes old and dusty threads..Still, I bet the MI series has a bigger Fan Base...(And I LOVED the original Sam & Max game)

    Don't know about that. The earliest post in the Sam & Max forum is from 2005.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    Don't forget that these boards have been serving as kind of a pseudo-MI:SE board too.
  • quickficsquickfics
    edited August 2009
    Tales of Monkey Island has a forum?
  • MrFerderMrFerder
    edited August 2009
    I wonder if this is also the new main meeting place of Monkey Island fans. I visit here all the time, but I never check out the worldofmi or scummbar boards anymore.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited August 2009
    DjNDB wrote: »
    Don't know about that. The earliest post in the Sam & Max forum is from 2005.

    Hmmm. That's rather odd.

    As for the other MI boards, Meh! I stopped going to them years ago. Too much whining going along there. :mad:
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited August 2009
    Tacobob wrote: »
    ...Too much whining going along there. :mad:

    So this has been a tradition for Monkey Island fans and not something that started when they moved here?
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    bigdondoo wrote: »
    So this has been a tradition for Monkey Island fans and not something that started when they moved here?

    That is a tradition for fanboys of anything anywhere. They are the gaming equivalent of Evangelical Christians. The original work is perfect and any new interpretation or liberty taken thereof is a blasphemous affront against themselves as people. The problem is they want new additions to their beloved franchises and will petition and lament how underrated it is to anyone who will listen. It is the worst kind of doublethink.
    At the end of the day they enjoy the games and buy them as much as the people who don't complain and should be largely ignored and left to their own devises, as they only exist as mouth-breathing proof of the fact that you can never please all the people all the time. Because there are some people you can't please any of the time...
    [/RANT]
  • dragonsong12dragonsong12
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre...that was beautiful.
    I think I have a tear in my eye.

    Seriously, I refuse to go to most MI message boards for that reason. I've played all four games so many times I have them memorized, sorry for liking the series. Sheesh. Not every game will be the best one ever, just enjoy it!
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    Everlast wrote: »
    The reason the forum of TOMI is more poblated and active is just basically that it has a long history and past, that dates since 1989 (if im not wrong). And spans across two decades with a series of 4 games that 3 have been top notch. Sam and Max had Magazines before the game, and then the release of Sam and Max: Hit the Road, which it was an abvious success. But still Sam and Max has such a small legacy when u compare it to Monkey Island's success.

    The success of the latest two installments, should be measured in accordance to the success of the previous game. It will obviously help TOMI get TTG to another level. Thats my opinion. I believe the sales of TOMI will be enough to allow TOMI to make newer and better games than Monkey Island and even release em complete.

    I just hope that when i receive my DVD version of TOMI its released with all chapters together and not having to play individual chapters. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN. A game too good like that shouldnt be cut into pieces.

    You guys against episodic games are idiots. Think of trilogies in book series, no-one complains it's split into parts. It takes about the same time to finish MI as it does to read a book in a trilogy, and you need to accept that this is getting the game out faster and cheaper.

    Episodic FTW
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited August 2009
    You have unleashed the fury of fury.
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    You guys against episodic games are idiots. Think of trilogies in book series, no-one complains it's split into parts. It takes about the same time to finish MI as it does to read a book in a trilogy, and you need to accept that this is getting the game out faster and cheaper.

    Episodic FTW

    No one is questioning episodic. We are requesting an alternate way of playing when it is released on DVD. Like Hitchhiker's Guide was released when it was finished, or how manga is compiled into volumes after a certain number of chapters are released.
  • Jace TaranJace Taran
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre wrote: »
    That is a tradition for fanboys of anything anywhere. They are the gaming equivalent of Evangelical Christians. The original work is perfect and any new interpretation or liberty taken thereof is a blasphemous affront against themselves as people. The problem is they want new additions to their beloved franchises and will petition and lament how underrated it is to anyone who will listen. It is the worst kind of doublethink.
    At the end of the day they enjoy the games and buy them as much as the people who don't complain and should be largely ignored and left to their own devises, as they only exist as mouth-breathing proof of the fact that you can never please all the people all the time. Because there are some people you can't please any of the time...
    [/RANT]

    Yep, that applies to pretty much every medium, including TV, movies, books, etc. For instance, while the new Star Trek movie has been received very well (among Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike), there are some hard-core fanboys who complain about such silly things as an actor not having the same ethnicity as the original series actor (people really complain about that; I've heard many complains that the new actor for Sulu is Korean instead of Japanese, or that the new Uhura is a Latina instead of African American).
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited August 2009
    Want even more proof of staggering success?

    I saw a huge interview with Dave Grossman in Nintendo Power about Telltale.
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited August 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    You guys against episodic games are idiots. Think of trilogies in book series, no-one complains it's split into parts. It takes about the same time to finish MI as it does to read a book in a trilogy, and you need to accept that this is getting the game out faster and cheaper.

    Episodic FTW

    Dude im not against episodic format. In fact i believe it works very good in Sam and Max and i think it would work a lot better if they like make it a series of cases that Sam and Max must solve. Like murder mysteries, kidnappings, etc. When i played season 1 i was dissapointed in the game but it was more along the storyline and flat jokes than the episodes. That season for me is more appropiate with an episodic format.

    But Monkey Island is different and works better if theres a continuation instead of getting back to desktop screen and having cut the drama and rhythm of the previous chapter with the bothersome and annoying thing of having to look for the appropiate chapter and then missclick another chapter like 4 which would piss me off.

    Im not against episodic format, but i know this game is even more awesome as a continuum than having to finish chapter 1 episode and then go to the next chapter.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited August 2009
    bigdondoo wrote: »
    So this has been a tradition for Monkey Island fans and not something that started when they moved here?

    Since #3 came out. I usually check out Ron Gilbert's blog every now and then. He posted a quick little something something about the Telltale MI and the anniversary game a few weeks ago, and good lord! You should have seen all the WHINING! "WAAAH! Monkey Island ## isn't the real one! Only Ron God-Bert can make a TRUE Monkey Island game.". Which I'm sure when Ron reads, he probably rolls his eyes up and moves on to the next thing. :rolleyes:

    People on this forum seem to be a bit er. HUMAN. They're not brain-dead fan boys on either side, and if they don't like something, they'll usually explain why in an intelligent, well-thought out manner..

    Well, most of the times!

    :D
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    I check out Gilbert's blog not for any Monkey Island reason (though the occasional snippet is a bonus) but for his interesting views about the game industry in general. Plus he gave me some good advice last year when I e-mailed him (I was also surprised at the speed of his response).
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited August 2009
    corruptbiggins wrote: »
    I check out Gilbert's blog not for any Monkey Island reason (though the occasional snippet is a bonus) but for his interesting views about the game industry in general. Plus he gave me some good advice last year when I e-mailed him (I was also surprised at the speed of his response).

    Yeah, Ron's a good guy..His special fans...They scare me. :eek:
  • AwesomepantsmanAwesomepantsman
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre wrote: »
    That is a tradition for fanboys of anything anywhere. They are the gaming equivalent of Evangelical Christians. The original work is perfect and any new interpretation or liberty taken thereof is a blasphemous affront against themselves as people. The problem is they want new additions to their beloved franchises and will petition and lament how underrated it is to anyone who will listen. It is the worst kind of doublethink.

    Come on, we aren't that bad...:rolleyes:
    Oh, by we, I meant Evangelical Christians, not fanboys.
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