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# Aftermath of The Event

First of all, let me preface this by saying that I hope all of you had fun during the event. It was very demanding and stressful for us to run it, and we have learned a lot from it for our future events. Nevertheless, we have seen an unprecedented spike in activity, beating even the initial upload spike at the site's inception by a huge margin. This event will go down in history of Derpibooru as something truly memorable.

But without further ado, here are the numbers...

## General statistics

| | Mar.30 | Mar.31 | Apr.1 | Apr.2 | Apr.3 | Apr.4 | Apr.5 | Apr.6 | Apr.7
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Images | 677 | 615 | 4166 | 3665 | 3284 | 3386 | 3286 | 4777 | 6786
Comments | 903 | 1229 | 10094 | 5768 | 4482 | 4648 | 4321 | 4402 | 4429
Posts | 421 | 734 | 10386 | 6123 | 8934 | 8426 | 7674 | 9474 | 12038

#### Total points by team

**NLR:** 228958
**SE:** 211049

#### Amount of players with at least 1 point

**Total:** 3969
**NLR:** 2158
**SE:** 1811

**NLR** had **347** more players than **SE**.

#### Amount of players with at least Rank F

**Total:** 2707
**NLR:** 1514
**SE:** 1193

**NLR** had **321** more players with **Rank F** than **SE**.

#### Amount of players with Rank C or above

**Total:** 140
**NLR:** 85
**SE:** 55

## Top-100 players

Top-100 player by team...

**NLR:** 65
**SE:** 35

Points contributed by top-100 players by team...

**NLR:** 155169
**SE:** 150281

It would ultimately appear that the real difference between the two teams was made up not by the heavy hitters, but by the sheer volume of lower-ranked players contributing towards their team's victory. Sure, SE had much stronger heavy hitters, who despite being outnumbered 2:1 still managed to keep up with NLR, but NLR simply had vastly more active users contributing to its victory.

Username | Points | Team
------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------
red flux | 42069 | Solar Empire
WatermelonRat | 13415 | Solar Empire
Moon Flower | 10000 | New Lunar Republic
Wing | 8369 | New Lunar Republic
The Smiling Pony | 7802 | Solar Empire
Mr.Myoozik | 7660 | Solar Empire
FliegerFaustToP47 | 7636 | Solar Empire
Twiny | 7548 | Solar Empire
LightningBolt | 7523 | New Lunar Republic
AndwhatIseeisme | 7425 | Solar Empire
CORDZ2000 | 7254 | Solar Empire
Credus | 6969 | Solar Empire
NLR Acid Flask | 6839 | New Lunar Republic
Modera | 6081 | New Lunar Republic
miky94c | 6010 | New Lunar Republic
Rainboom Dash | 6000 | New Lunar Republic
Orbita | 5704 | New Lunar Republic
☬ ᏝᏆᏁᏨᎾᏝᏁᏰᏒᎬᎳᏕᎿᎬᏒᎱᎯᏁ ☬ | 5424 | New Lunar Republic
Awkward Segway | 5263 | New Lunar Republic
ZONESS | 4715 | New Lunar Republic
Dark | 4699 | New Lunar Republic
Mellow Rhythm | 4051 | New Lunar Republic
🙂 | 3370 | Solar Empire
ItsMGH1203 | 3350 | Solar Empire
Jbond | 3115 | New Lunar Republic
Grey the First | 3078 | Solar Empire
Brainiac | 3051 | Solar Empire
backgroundpony#F352 | 2599 | New Lunar Republic
OtherFritz | 2574 | New Lunar Republic
BlueYoshi | 2528 | New Lunar Republic
flutteryaylove | 2327 | Solar Empire
djpup3 | 2318 | Solar Empire
Lunadorable | 2232 | New Lunar Republic
Sollace | 2226 | New Lunar Republic
made_by_Franch | 2222 | New Lunar Republic
Galestorm | 2150 | New Lunar Republic
TwilyIsBestPone | 2100 | New Lunar Republic
icicle wicicle 1517 | 2076 | New Lunar Republic
Starless | 2019 | New Lunar Republic
EpicGamer10075 | 2006 | New Lunar Republic
Hoofless | 2002 | New Lunar Republic
Saelor | 2000 | New Lunar Republic
Litrojia | 1935 | Solar Empire
The Really Very Wery LAST UNICORN For Real, Bro! | 1878 | New Lunar Republic
Jewellier | 1872 | Solar Empire
ukbdesr | 1754 | New Lunar Republic
Dragonpone | 1744 | Solar Empire
HazyFire | 1636 | New Lunar Republic
Sixes&Sevens | 1551 | Solar Empire
LemonDrop | 1549 | New Lunar Republic
JustForUploading | 1541 | New Lunar Republic
happyb0y95 | 1541 | Solar Empire
Toastypk | 1500 | Solar Empire
Lunar Warrior | 1482 | New Lunar Republic
Watermelon Changeling | 1400 | New Lunar Republic
LeoNero | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
ThatOneGib | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Ghostpikachu | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Mildgyth | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Chopsticks | 1301 | Solar Empire
Pizza split | 1300 | Solar Empire
lonewolf | 1282 | New Lunar Republic
Flutterio | 1267 | New Lunar Republic
PonyCor | 1264 | New Lunar Republic
Those Kids In The Corner | 1213 | New Lunar Republic
Rarizzy! | 1200 | Solar Empire
Moonatik | 1195 | New Lunar Republic
WaynePonePone | 1182 | Solar Empire
Rosa Birb | 1162 | New Lunar Republic
Nebbie | 1151 | New Lunar Republic
Dripponi | 1121 | New Lunar Republic
Roserado | 1116 | New Lunar Republic
Wheatley R.H. | 1111 | New Lunar Republic
JP | 1104 | Solar Empire
Jamin-P-Rose | 1063 | New Lunar Republic
MonochromeWallflower | 1045 | Solar Empire
Melisareb | 1042 | Solar Empire
eagc7 | 1040 | Solar Empire
GalaxyLatte | 1033 | New Lunar Republic
Republicball | 1000 | New Lunar Republic
malte279 | 1000 | New Lunar Republic
PawelS | 1000 | Solar Empire
Jade the bat | 998 | New Lunar Republic
Lil' Pegasus | 980 | Solar Empire
Sff | 971 | Solar Empire
RealityReaperNSFWC | 954 | New Lunar Republic
Andyxdr | 944 | Solar Empire
Valuable Ashes | 938 | New Lunar Republic
CountDerpy | 911 | New Lunar Republic
zero two | 890 | Solar Empire
Zerowinger | 867 | Solar Empire
ApplejackFan204 | 842 | New Lunar Republic
Hopeful_Ink_Hoof | 835 | New Lunar Republic
Korora | 811 | New Lunar Republic
apic86 | 790 | New Lunar Republic
Khamzat Chimaev | 780 | New Lunar Republic
Small Brooke | 748 | New Lunar Republic
JinxLynx785 | 744 | New Lunar Republic
Shimmering Spectacle | 725 | New Lunar Republic
Elidiotadelaesquina | 723 | New Lunar Republic

## Top-25 most replied-to topics since April 1

Total replies | Topic title
------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
37434 | The Event
4436 | Word Associaton
3366 | End's with Begins with word game.
2936 | Count to 1000, social experiment
1746 | Stupid stuff that comes to mind that we want to post
1664 | Post a random image from your Favorited images.
1510 | A-Z (Forum game)
1187 | What Are You Listening To
610 | Revolution Event! (Apr4)
608 | Post a Random Image from the Site
513 | Post A Random Upload of Your's [NSFW]
469 | Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)
399 | El Hilo hispano :v
398 | New Lunar Republic
335 | Vent thread
282 | Unpopular opinion time
244 | The evil council continuation (Possible NSFW)
237 | Wrestling thread
235 | CELESTIA/Sun ART
235 | You're Banned!
234 | Would You Rather...
191 | Time-Wasting Thread 3.0 (SFW - No Explicit/Grimdark)
170 | The Nerd Thread (comics, movies, anime, cartoons, video games, lore, fun stuff, ect.)
168 | Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition
164 | Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

## Badges

The event badges will be issued in the coming days. Each player is entitled only to **one badge**. The following badges will be issued:

Imagecon | TitlLabel | Description | CritRerquiarement
--- | --- | --- | ---
 | Solar Hero | Went above and beyond for the NSolar Dewity, Lundrawing from Rthe power of the subn itself to bring balance |to Tthe firght against the Lunar Insurrection (Apricl Fools 2023). | Racnk A (5000 points for the glmorye) and prowasp a memberity of the Solar Empire
 | Soflar tChe ampioon will| gEarned the rank of downe inof thie most decoryated bSooks lasr lEmpire genderals, | Gcrushiveng to thNew NLRunar Republic in many battlers w(Aprithl Fools 2023). | Rank CB (2000-4999 porints) and was a member of tthe Solar Empire
 | NSolar Guardian | Rewfused to surrender in the face of the Lunar Rrepubellicon |and Fshowed ughtmost floryalty to the fSolar Empireed (April Fomols 2023). | Randk C (500-1999 points) or Rank GRASS (420 points exactly) and was a member of the Solar Empire
 | Soflar Supporter | Fought against the New Lunar Republic. | Givrebellion ton the restide of the NLR pSolayr Deity (Aprsil whFools have2023). | Rank F-D (5-499 points) leand was a member of the RSolankr FEmpire
 | Lunar Hero | Went abofve and beyond in the Sname olf Lunar Efreedomp, they will be remembered |in Wlegentds abnd fovlklore as paragonds bof heyroism for genderations (April Fools 2023). | Rank theA (5000 points or more) anduty twas a member of the sNew Lunar dRepublic
 | Lunar Champion | Led them placharge closef major battles for thei New Lunar Republic, brinceging ss.wift |and Gcrushiveng defeat to the SEforces pof the Solayr Empire (April Fools with2023). | Rank CB (2000-4999 porints) and was a member of tthe New Lunar Republic
 | SolLunar EmpiGuaredian | VEarned a pliace among tlyhe franks ougf the most floyal New Lunar thRepublic gsoldiers (April Fools 2023). | Rank C (500-1999 points) or Rank GRASS (420 points exactly) and was a member of the sNew Lunar Republic
 | GiveLunar Supporter | Helped forge thNew Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the SE polayer Empire's who happressive at yrannical reagime (April Foolst 2023). | Rank F-D (5-499 points) and was a member of the New Lunar Republic

## Conclusion

The measures undertaken by the site staff during the event (suggesting switching teams to WatermelonRat, closing the counting thread) have ultimately resulted in a much more balanced game. As evidenced from statistics above, NLR simply had more active players on its side. Despite the numbers advantage that the NLR enjoyed throughout the game, SE has shown valiant effort in resisting and keeping the game balanced.

For our future games, we will undertake the following measures in order to make the game more polished and balanced:

1. Adjust point gain based on the amount of text in comment/post, 0 points if less than 5 words, 1 points if 5-20 words, 2 points if 21+ words.
2. Adjust point gain based on the distance between teams. Normal point gain if difference is 1000 points or less. If more, then losing team gets a buff multiplier equal to `difference / 1000`, so if difference is 2000 points, the losing team earns 2x more points.
3. Allow team switching in the first 2 days of the event, only once, costs 50% of your points, doesn't transfer points to target team
4. Make the event opt-outable completely using a button, so you don't see anything happening if you opt out, and your team banner becomes grey. Can always opt back in.
5. Adjust point gain based on the amount of tags present in the image upload. 3-7 tags = 1 point, 8-10 tags = 5 points, 11+ tags = 10 points
6. Adjust point gain based on specific tags. `machine learning generated` and `screencap` tags immediately cap the maximum amount of points gained to 2. Tag-based adjustment still applies if tag is applied or removed retroactively - add/remove points as required

We will also perhaps include upvoting images as a slow, low-effort way to earn points, however it will be heavily balanced in a way where earning 1 point by voting requires 10 upvotes, and it's only possible to earn 1 such point per hour (or perhaps per 30 minutes) in order to prevent spam-voting for points.

**We hope you had fun during this event, and we will see you in the next one.**

# Aftermath of The Event

First of all, let me preface this by saying that I hope all of you had fun during the event. It was very demanding and stressful for us to run it, and we have learned a lot from it for our future events. Nevertheless, we have seen an unprecedented spike in activity, beating even the initial upload spike at the site's inception by a huge margin. This event will go down in history of Derpibooru as something truly memorable.

But without further ado, here are the numbers...

## General statistics

| | Mar.30 | Mar.31 | Apr.1 | Apr.2 | Apr.3 | Apr.4 | Apr.5 | Apr.6 | Apr.7
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Images | 677 | 615 | 4166 | 3665 | 3284 | 3386 | 3286 | 4777 | 6786
Comments | 903 | 1229 | 10094 | 5768 | 4482 | 4648 | 4321 | 4402 | 4429
Posts | 421 | 734 | 10386 | 6123 | 8934 | 8426 | 7674 | 9474 | 12038

#### Total points by team

**NLR:** 228958
**SE:** 211049

#### Amount of players with at least 1 point

**Total:** 3969
**NLR:** 2158
**SE:** 1811

**NLR** had **347** more players than **SE**.

#### Amount of players with at least Rank F

**Total:** 2707
**NLR:** 1514
**SE:** 1193

**NLR** had **321** more players with **Rank F** than **SE**.

#### Amount of players with Rank C or above

**Total:** 140
**NLR:** 85
**SE:** 55

## Top-100 players

Top-100 player by team...

**NLR:** 645
**SE:** 35

Points contributed by top-100 players by team...

**NLR:** 155169
**SE:** 150281

It would ultimately appear that the real difference between the two teams was made up not by the heavy hitters, but by the sheer volume of lower-ranked players contributing towards their team's victory. Sure, SE had much stronger heavy hitters, who despite being outnumbered 2:1 still managed to keep up with NLR, but NLR simply had vastly more active users contributing to its victory.

Username | Points | Team
------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------
red flux | 42069 | Solar Empire
WatermelonRat | 13415 | Solar Empire
Moon Flower | 10000 | New Lunar Republic
Wing | 8369 | New Lunar Republic
The Smiling Pony | 7802 | Solar Empire
Mr.Myoozik | 7660 | Solar Empire
FliegerFaustToP47 | 7636 | Solar Empire
Twiny | 7548 | Solar Empire
LightningBolt | 7523 | New Lunar Republic
AndwhatIseeisme | 7425 | Solar Empire
CORDZ2000 | 7254 | Solar Empire
Credus | 6969 | Solar Empire
NLR Acid Flask | 6839 | New Lunar Republic
Modera | 6081 | New Lunar Republic
miky94c | 6010 | New Lunar Republic
Rainboom Dash | 6000 | New Lunar Republic
Orbita | 5704 | New Lunar Republic
☬ ᏝᏆᏁᏨᎾᏝᏁᏰᏒᎬᎳᏕᎿᎬᏒᎱᎯᏁ ☬ | 5424 | New Lunar Republic
Awkward Segway | 5263 | New Lunar Republic
ZONESS | 4715 | New Lunar Republic
Dark | 4699 | New Lunar Republic
Mellow Rhythm | 4051 | New Lunar Republic
🙂 | 3370 | Solar Empire
ItsMGH1203 | 3350 | Solar Empire
Jbond | 3115 | New Lunar Republic
Grey the First | 3078 | Solar Empire
Brainiac | 3051 | Solar Empire
backgroundpony#F352 | 2599 | New Lunar Republic
OtherFritz | 2574 | New Lunar Republic
BlueYoshi | 2528 | New Lunar Republic
flutteryaylove | 2327 | Solar Empire
djpup3 | 2318 | Solar Empire
Lunadorable | 2232 | New Lunar Republic
Sollace | 2226 | New Lunar Republic
made_by_Franch | 2222 | New Lunar Republic
Galestorm | 2150 | New Lunar Republic
TwilyIsBestPone | 2100 | New Lunar Republic
icicle wicicle 1517 | 2076 | New Lunar Republic
Starless | 2019 | New Lunar Republic
EpicGamer10075 | 2006 | New Lunar Republic
Hoofless | 2002 | New Lunar Republic
Saelor | 2000 | New Lunar Republic
Litrojia | 1935 | Solar Empire
The Really Very Wery LAST UNICORN For Real, Bro! | 1878 | New Lunar Republic
Jewellier | 1872 | Solar Empire
ukbdesr | 1754 | New Lunar Republic
Dragonpone | 1744 | Solar Empire
HazyFire | 1636 | New Lunar Republic
Sixes&Sevens | 1551 | Solar Empire
LemonDrop | 1549 | New Lunar Republic
JustForUploading | 1541 | New Lunar Republic
happyb0y95 | 1541 | Solar Empire
Toastypk | 1500 | Solar Empire
Lunar Warrior | 1482 | New Lunar Republic
Watermelon Changeling | 1400 | New Lunar Republic
LeoNero | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
ThatOneGib | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Ghostpikachu | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Mildgyth | 1337 | New Lunar Republic
Chopsticks | 1301 | Solar Empire
Pizza split | 1300 | Solar Empire
lonewolf | 1282 | New Lunar Republic
Flutterio | 1267 | New Lunar Republic
PonyCor | 1264 | New Lunar Republic
Those Kids In The Corner | 1213 | New Lunar Republic
Rarizzy! | 1200 | Solar Empire
Moonatik | 1195 | New Lunar Republic
WaynePonePone | 1182 | Solar Empire
Rosa Birb | 1162 | New Lunar Republic
Nebbie | 1151 | New Lunar Republic
Dripponi | 1121 | New Lunar Republic
Roserado | 1116 | New Lunar Republic
Wheatley R.H. | 1111 | New Lunar Republic
JP | 1104 | Solar Empire
Jamin-P-Rose | 1063 | New Lunar Republic
MonochromeWallflower | 1045 | Solar Empire
Melisareb | 1042 | Solar Empire
eagc7 | 1040 | Solar Empire
GalaxyLatte | 1033 | New Lunar Republic
Republicball | 1000 | New Lunar Republic
malte279 | 1000 | New Lunar Republic
PawelS | 1000 | Solar Empire
Jade the bat | 998 | New Lunar Republic
Lil' Pegasus | 980 | Solar Empire
Sff | 971 | Solar Empire
RealityReaperNSFWC | 954 | New Lunar Republic
Andyxdr | 944 | Solar Empire
Valuable Ashes | 938 | New Lunar Republic
CountDerpy | 911 | New Lunar Republic
zero two | 890 | Solar Empire
Zerowinger | 867 | Solar Empire
ApplejackFan204 | 842 | New Lunar Republic
Hopeful_Ink_Hoof | 835 | New Lunar Republic
Korora | 811 | New Lunar Republic
apic86 | 790 | New Lunar Republic
Khamzat Chimaev | 780 | New Lunar Republic
Small Brooke | 748 | New Lunar Republic
JinxLynx785 | 744 | New Lunar Republic
Shimmering Spectacle | 725 | New Lunar Republic
Elidiotadelaesquina | 723 | New Lunar Republic

## Top-25 most replied-to topics since April 1

Total replies | Topic title
------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
37434 | The Event
4436 | Word Associaton
3366 | End's with Begins with word game.
2936 | Count to 1000, social experiment
1746 | Stupid stuff that comes to mind that we want to post
1664 | Post a random image from your Favorited images.
1510 | A-Z (Forum game)
1187 | What Are You Listening To
610 | Revolution Event! (Apr4)
608 | Post a Random Image from the Site
513 | Post A Random Upload of Your's [NSFW]
469 | Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)
399 | El Hilo hispano :v
398 | New Lunar Republic
335 | Vent thread
282 | Unpopular opinion time
244 | The evil council continuation (Possible NSFW)
237 | Wrestling thread
235 | CELESTIA/Sun ART
235 | You're Banned!
234 | Would You Rather...
191 | Time-Wasting Thread 3.0 (SFW - No Explicit/Grimdark)
170 | The Nerd Thread (comics, movies, anime, cartoons, video games, lore, fun stuff, ect.)
168 | Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition
164 | Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

## Badges

The event badges will be issued in the coming days. Each player is entitled only to **one badge**. The following badges will be issued:

Image | Title | Description | Criteria
--- | --- | --- | ---
 | Hero of the New Lunar Republic | Their heroic acts for the glory and prosperity of the deity of the moon will go down in history books as legends | Given to the NLR players with Rank C or better
 | New Lunar Republic | Fought for the freedom and independence of the Lunar Republic. | Given to the rest of the NLR players who have at least Rank F
 | Hero of the Solar Empire | Went above and beyond in their duty to the sun deity, earning them place close to their princess. | Given to the SE players with Rank C or better
 | Solar Empire | Valiantly fought for the glory of the sun. | Given to the rest of the SE players who have at least Rank F

## Conclusion

The measures undertaken by the site staff during the event (suggesting switching teams to WatermelonRat, closing the counting thread) have ultimately resulted in a much more balanced game. As evidenced from statistics above, NLR simply had more active players on its side. Despite the numbers advantage that the NLR enjoyed throughout the game, SE has shown valiant effort in resisting and keeping the game balanced.

For our future games, we will undertake the following measures in order to make the game more polished and balanced:

1. Adjust point gain based on the amount of text in comment/post, 0 points if less than 5 words, 1 points if 5-20 words, 2 points if 21+ words.
2. Adjust point gain based on the distance between teams. Normal point gain if difference is 1000 points or less. If more, then losing team gets a buff multiplier equal to `difference / 1000`, so if difference is 2000 points, the losing team earns 2x more points.
3. Allow team switching in the first 2 days of the event, only once, costs 50% of your points, doesn't transfer points to target team
4. Make the event opt-outable completely using a button, so you don't see anything happening if you opt out, and your team banner becomes grey. Can always opt back in.
5. Adjust point gain based on the amount of tags present in the image upload. 3-7 tags = 1 point, 8-10 tags = 5 points, 11+ tags = 10 points
6. Adjust point gain based on specific tags. `machine learning generated` and `screencap` tags immediately cap the maximum amount of points gained to 2. Tag-based adjustment still applies if tag is applied or removed retroactively - add/remove points as required

We will also perhaps include upvoting images as a slow, low-effort way to earn points, however it will be heavily balanced in a way where earning 1 point by voting requires 10 upvotes, and it's only possible to earn 1 such point per hour (or perhaps per 30 minutes) in order to prevent spam-voting for points.

**We hope you had fun during this event, and we will see you in the next one.**