January 1st has cometh, and the yearly column didn't reset. Woohoo!

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Dragon Warrior, Deus Ex, Perfect Dark, FFTA

That's what I thought, but the counters are 2 days behind, and we're still looking at the total as of December 30th, 2005. Not that I'm saying it isn't true... just that it'll take a couple more days to be sure.
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I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotent being --
the challenge of destroying himself - Scott Adams

I did send CJayC that little mini petition I did on this board a few weeks back, and he responded with a simple "Not to worry". We'll see what happens.

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Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best. Game. Ever." Contest
Currently Playing: Dragon Warrior, Deus Ex, Perfect Dark, FFTA

Whatever you do, don't worry. :-)

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HonestGamers
http://www.honestgamers.com/

I asked them about this and they said the are storing the total hits so we don't need to worry.
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RIP Eddie Guerrero Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

My review counters have wrapped back to 0; my FAQ counters haven't.

Of course, it's probably only a display thing. I'd be highly surprised if the totals aren't stored in the database somewhere for both, available again once the hits page gets an update.

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my hits look soooo empty.....
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Everything wrapped back. ROFL!
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[.-.] RIP Kao Megura ["-"]

My FAQ counters have been reset back to zero, as with my Review counters.
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The Drunken Contributor has Spoken...

magic_of_scherezade_a.txt (NES) 1 1 1 1
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The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n.

My challenge guide still has 1567 or so in all of the coloumns
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Yup, they reset. At least I've got a text backup on what they were as of yesterday.
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I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotent being --
the challenge of destroying himself - Scott Adams

Damn it all to hell.

Eh; give it a month and you'll have over a thousand hits on any of your popular guides.
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Still hoping he has a total category coming for us soon.

From: kirbix | Posted: 1/3/2006 1:58:58 PM | Message Detail
Eh; give it a month and you'll have over a thousand hits on any of your popular guides.

resident_evil_4_weapons.txt (GC) N/A 1097 1097 1097 1097

:)
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Something witty.

Yea, yea... not all of us write guides for brand-new games.

Best I've got is 250 hits on my FFX one, but again, I'm not writing for brand-new games.
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That sucks. I should have saved them. :(
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Reyn | Y.T.W.S.R. | FAQs: 46
The FAQer Profiles and History - http://homepages.tesco.net/vicky.reynolds1

Well, you didn't specifically say anything about new games, so nyah.

But the most I have for a non-new game is 300 on my Skies of Arcadia Legends one.
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Something witty.

My Zelda: A Link to the Past heart piece location map got around 4500 hits from September to December.
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Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.

Mine were all getting respectable hits for older games. Some had 15k - 26k in hits.

I had just a bit over a 105,00 hits on my Mario Series Ending FAQ this last year.
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DeviantART - http://jellysoup.deviantart.com/

Thankfully, that new & noteworthy feature on the frontpage boosted Halo Zero with 2000 hits in one day.
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[.-.] RIP Kao Megura ["-"]

2005 Total Hits: 603063

action_52.txt (NES) 987
advance_wars_2_units.txt (GBA) 5713
adventures_of_tom_sawyer.txt (NES) 326
antarctic_adventure.txt (NES) 266
antarctic_adventure_cv.txt (CVIS) 185
axis_and_allies.txt (PC) 1531
bart_vs_the_juggernauts_a.txt (GB) 386
bases_loaded.txt (NES) 620
bases_loaded_ii.txt (NES) 363
bases_loaded_iii_a.txt (NES) 222
bases_loaded_iv.txt (NES) 205
battle_city_a.txt (NES) 356
binary_land.txt (NES) 218
birdie_rush.txt (NES) 18
blackjack_nes.txt (NES) 83
blades_of_steel_a.txt (NES) 582
bubble_bobble_a.txt (NES) 3700
bugs_bunny_birthday_blowout_a.txt (NES) 523
bugs_bunny_birthday_blowout_boss.txt (NES) 217
california_games_nes_a.txt (NES) 367
casino_derby_super_bingo.txt (NES) 11
casino_kid.txt (NES) 760
championship_hockey.txt (SMS) 49
circus_charlie_nes.txt (NES) 204
city_connection.txt (NES) 334
crackout.txt (NES) 119
cybernoid.txt (NES) 233
diddy_kong_racing_g.txt (N64) 6591
donkey_kong_3_e.txt (ERDR) 302
donkey_kong_classics_a.txt (NES) 438
donkey_kong_country_2_gba.txt (GBA) 24161
donkey_kong_country_2_i.txt (SNES) 18559
donkey_kong_country_3_g.txt (SNES) 10584
donkey_kong_country_a.txt (GBA) 7780
donkey_kong_country_f.txt (SNES) 9911
dragon_warrior_iii_char_class.txt (NES) 5281
duck_tales_f.txt (NES) 2447
earthbound_p.txt (SNES) 64467
elevator_action.txt (NES) 500
excitebike_a.txt (NES) 1822
field_combat.txt (NES) 125
final_fantasy_ii_f.txt (SNES) 18144
final_fantasy_j.txt (NES) 39126
friday_the_13th_c.txt (NES) 5534
golf_power.txt (NES) 61
gorf_cv.txt (CVIS) 122
hammerin_harry_nes.txt (NES) 139
hatris.txt (NES) 111
heiankyo_alien.txt (GB) 144
helicopter.txt (NES) 14
holy_diver.txt (NES) 314
ice_hockey_a.txt (NES) 783
jackal_a.txt (NES) 903
jackal_speed.txt (NES) 266
karateka_nes.txt (NES) 567
kick_off.txt (NES) 89
kirbys_adventure_c.txt (NES) 5161
kiwi_kraze.txt (NES) 241
lady_bug_cv.txt (CVIS) 209
legend_of_zelda_i.txt (NES) 46234
little_mermaid_a.txt (NES) 477
looping.txt (CVIS) 76
lords_of_the_realm_2_c.txt (PC) 2323
lot_lot_nes.txt (NES) 86
megamania.txt (2600) 333
mega_man_2_i.txt (NES) 10433
mike_tysons_punch_out_e.txt (NES) 23721
mike_tysons_punch_out_mike.txt (NES) 10684
mini_putt.txt (NES) 255
monopoly.txt (SNES) 611
muscle.txt (NES) 293
nba_jam_tournament_edition_a.txt (SNES) 2251
nes_open_tournament_golf.txt (NES) 662
new_zealand_story_sms.txt (SMS) 277
nhlpa_hockey_93.txt (SNES) 215
nhl_95.txt (SNES) 473
ogre_battle_a.txt (SNES) 41976
oils_well.txt (CVIS) 63
onyanko_town.txt (NES) 9
othello.txt (NES) 182

(cont)

pac_man_nes.txt (NES) 899
paperboy_2.txt (SNES) 816
pinbot.txt (NES) 368
poker_nes.txt (NES) 4
pooyan_wolves.txt (NES) 4
qix_a.txt (GB) 197
quattro_sports.txt (NES) 112
rad_racer_a.txt (NES) 747
raid_on_bungeling_bay_nes.txt (NES) 288
rampart_nes_a.txt (NES) 95
rc_pro_am.txt (NES) 1404
road_fighter_a.txt (NES) 186
rollerball.txt (NES) 128
sega_soccer_slam.txt (GC) 1058
shadowgate_e.txt (NES) 6296
simcity_b.txt (SNES) 9859
snow_bros.txt (NES) 404
space_invaders_nes.txt (NES) 6
ssx_tricky_e.txt (GC) 2545
subroc.txt (CVIS) 94
super_arabian_a.txt (NES) 108
super_black_bass.txt (SNES) 1218
super_bomberman_c.txt (SNES) 1359
super_mario_64_l.txt (N64) 32393
super_mario_advance_4_d.txt (GBA) 15805
super_mario_brothers_2_boss.txt (NES) 1978
super_mario_brothers_2_d.txt (NES) 7573
super_mario_brothers_3_e.txt (NES) 29984
super_mario_brothers_e.txt (NES) 20382
super_mario_tetris_world_cup.txt (NES) 1135
super_monkey_ball_d.txt (GC) 4281
super_monkey_ball_golf.txt (GC) 349
super_monkey_ball_monkey_fight.txt (GC) 509
super_punch_out_d.txt (SNES) 16085
super_smash_tv_b.txt (SNES) 2880
super_spike_vball_wcs.txt (NES) 162
super_team_games.txt (NES) 33
tecmo_world_wrestling.txt (NES) 1195
tetris_and_dr_mario.txt (SNES) 496
track_and_field_ii_a.txt (NES) 949
twinbee.txt (NES) 388
urban_champion.txt (NES) 353
vegas_connection.txt (NES) 48
vegas_dreams.txt (NES) 277
wario_woods.txt (NES) 966
xexyz_a.txt (NES) 414
xybots_nes.txt (NES) 18
yoshi_a.txt (GB) 655
young_indiana_jones.txt (NES) 185
zelda_collectors_edition.txt (GC) 14613
zelda_ii_boss_a.txt (NES) 15040
zelda_ii_e.txt (NES) 20614

I had something around 400,000 hits, I think, with 100,000 on my FFX one.
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My Mario Kart DS map already has 708. Cool.
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Reyn | Y.T.W.S.R. | FAQs: 46
The FAQer Profiles and History - http://homepages.tesco.net/vicky.reynolds1

I've managed to rack up 57,552 so far this year.

Total hits for 2005 was 9,520,380
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I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotent being --
the challenge of destroying himself - Scott Adams

Whoa. Well, if I was in it for the hits I would pick something other then a 20+ year old shooter to work on. :)

Agreed; although the fact is that Alex has notoriety as well, and people tend to flock to his stuff.
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I didn't care really. I had my first FAQ out for about a month. Then the year ended. Only 183 hits.
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Wake Forest 10-2 Next game: East Carolina

They seem to have been reset for me... This happen to anyone else?

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 | MKDS (Dev): 253462-927678 (W209-L49)
NES Completion Project: http://faqs.retronintendo.com

Yes, Devin- that was indeed our discussion; the counter up there was his saved totals.

It happened today for the FAQs and yesterday for the reviews.
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Blah. Ah well, at least we're able to even _see_ our hit tallies...

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 | MKDS (Dev): 253462-927678 (W209-L49)
NES Completion Project: http://faqs.retronintendo.com

Yea; I was always really depressed when I looked at my hits on the old system.. I always figured no one liked my guides because I had 300-ish all the time.
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If I'm not mistaken, last year the "yearly" column was not implemented on "January 1st, 2005," but some months later. What it was implemented, it didn't start counting from zero. The actual total hits for each file so far that year were set in place automatically, and it went from there. Apologies if I'm remembering it wrong, but if I am correct, it means that CJayC most likely has the hits counters stored away somewhere for each file and we're just not able to see them. It seems like there's a good chance a "total" column could still be put into place that would begin with the totals that are stored on the database somewhere.
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I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotent being --
the challenge of destroying himself - Scott Adams

^^Yes, that's right- we didn't see the yearly column until sometime this fall, but it had been counting all year.
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Exactly. Hell, as far as we know there could be counters which have been operating on each file since 1995.
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I can conceive of only one challenge for an omnipotent being --
the challenge of destroying himself - Scott Adams

From: A I e x | Posted: 1/4/2006 12:53:17 AM | Message Detail
Exactly. Hell, as far as we know there could be counters which have been operating on each file since 1995.

There are. At least for the last 5 years or so.

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Devin Morgan | CRP #3579 | MKDS (Dev): 253462-927678 (W209-L49)
NES Completion Project: http://faqs.retronintendo.com

Probably all it takes is for CJayC to find the time to add a 'total' column to that page. I'd be very surprised if the data wasn't available.

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http://www.mastagus.com/sash/collection/collection.html

I had 4000 on my RuneScape one. Come to think of it, I should update that guide now.

Probably all it takes is for CJayC to find the time to add a 'total' column to that page. I'd be very surprised if the data wasn't available.

I would love for that to happen.
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Reyn | Y.T.W.S.R. | FAQs: 46
The FAQer Profiles and History - http://homepages.tesco.net/vicky.reynolds1

Total hits for 2005 was 9,520,380

Holy. Crap.
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The Ohio State University: We are so much better than m*ch!g@n.

I don't doubt he's got 9 million hits. Anyone who's got an FAQ for a really popular game will easily get half a million hits in a year for that FAQ alone.
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