The Event: Aftermath

Poll results: Did you have fun during the event?

Yeah!
47.68% 739 votes
Indifferent
23.10% 358 votes
Mostly, with a couple of bumps
20.19% 313 votes
Not really, my experience was somewhat negative
6.26% 97 votes
This event actively ruined my entire week, never run this event again
2.77% 43 votes

Poll ended with 1550 votes.

Princess Celestia
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Devops

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:
Icon Label Description Requirement
tiny Solar Hero Went above and beyond for the Solar Deity, drawing from the power of the sun itself to bring balance to the fight against the Lunar Insurrection (April Fools 2023). Rank A (5000 points or more) and was a member of the Solar Empire
tiny Solar Champion Earned the rank of one of the most decorated Solar Empire generals, crushing New Lunar Republic in many battles (April Fools 2023). Rank B (2000-4999 points) and was a member of the Solar Empire
tiny Solar Guardian Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023). Rank C (500-1999 points) or Rank GRASS (420 points exactly) and was a member of the Solar Empire
tiny Solar Supporter Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023). Rank F-D (5-499 points) and was a member of the Solar Empire
tiny Lunar Hero Went above and beyond in the name of Lunar freedom, they will be remembered in legends and folklore as paragons of heroism for generations (April Fools 2023). Rank A (5000 points or more) and was a member of the New Lunar Republic
tiny Lunar Champion Led the charge of major battles for the New Lunar Republic, bringing swift and crushing defeat to the forces of the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023). Rank B (2000-4999 points) and was a member of the New Lunar Republic
tiny Lunar Guardian Earned a place among the ranks of the most loyal New Lunar Republic soldiers (April Fools 2023). Rank C (500-1999 points) or Rank GRASS (420 points exactly) and was a member of the New Lunar Republic
tiny Lunar Supporter Helped forge New Lunar Republic’s freedom in the face of the Solar Empire’s oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 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.
dirtyfinger
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

I don’t really care for the game or the badges.
But the game very noticably increased comments, which makes uploaders very happy - especially if you usually don’t get many.
So, from that perspective: Great job, guys!
Chopsticks
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Sonata Dusk - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Betrayal! - Betrayed their team for a badge. Shame forever!
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.

Rice pone
Wow, NLR had over 350 more players and we Solarites still managed to maintain a semblance of competitiveness.
Holy crap, I was a Top 100 player? Dang, to think I only really participated for about 20 hours.
And I feel a bit silly being one of the 35 Top 100 players for the Solar Empire.
… What am I doing with my life?
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Top-25 most replied topics: “You’re Banned!” With 235. Oh my. War criminals.
Artwolf1
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Artist -

Night Guard wolf
I also glad that rivalry didn’t turn NLR from “New Lunar Republic” into “Nightmare League Rebellion”
Or SE from “Solar Empire” into “Solar Executioners”
RadRevvienant
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Non-Fungible Trixie -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

This little game was pretty fun. This is probably the most active Derpibooru has been in months. By the way, it would be really great if users could choose the team they want in or make it possible to change teams at any point for free as long as their rank is F and make it cost up to half their points plus make it one time only in any other case. I think that would be pretty fair.
AlwaysTired
Latrodectus - For supporting the site
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Happy Derpy! - For site supporters
Bronze Supporter - Bronze Supporter
Non-Fungible Trixie -

Bug Enthusiast
I honestly think having switching at all was what ended up creating the disparity. People seemed more likely to switch to the NLR, and I feel like people that switched were probably more likely to be active. Something something consequences of having a “Luna” side.
Regardless, was certainly a fun event.
Zlat Design
Zlat Design - For supporting the site
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Aria Blaze - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Happy Derpy! - For site supporters
Bronze Supporter - Bronze Supporter
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Non-Fungible Trixie -

Ukraine world at war III
I posted many of my works but barely reached for 100 points
I suggest to include the 100 votes on your pic for 5 points for the team.
Valiant Hearts
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).

Wow, NLR had over 350 more players and we Solarites still managed to maintain a semblance of competitiveness.
Holy crap, I was a Top 100 player? Dang, to think I only really participated for about 20 hours.
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Top-25 most replied topics: “You’re Banned!” With 235. Oh my. War criminals.
Us Solarite can be proud of the effort we did despite the odds!
JP
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Sonata Dusk - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Solar Guardian - Refused to surrender in the face of the Lunar rebellion and showed utmost loyalty to the Solar Empire (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
King Sombra - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Crystal Empire!
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!

I miss the show so much
Those numbers confirm what I pointed out almost a week ago: many of the Derpi’s most active users (users who were already very active before the event) were on the NLR side.
If you want to split Derpi’s users into two equal camps, then the user ID is not the way. If you do it that way, you have to add some kind of weighting (based on pre-split activity) to balance the teams.
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