A Basic Analysis Of European PUG Statistics In 2015 (#UT4.eu)
One month ago I wrote a A Basic Analysis Of North American PUG Statistics In 2015 (#ut4pugs). Interestingly enough, most North American gamers that I spoke with seemed equally interested in what kind of PUG action European gamers were getting. So I've written this up in hopes of shedding some light on this topic.
Note: It has come to my attention that PUGs for the European Community are often organized outside of the channel on the HUBs themselves. Usually public matches or chance gatherings that evolve into actual PUGs. Unfortunately, such matches cannot be reliably tracked and the scope of this project only recognizes matches organized in the official IRC channels. This data was generated directly from the PUGbot logs for the #UT4.pug and #UT4.eu IRC channels. It is painstakingly accurate and 100% complete.
How Was The Number Of Unique PUGs Determined?
When each PUG starts, the PUGbots say something unique in chat that I can use to identify the start of each match; pug has been filled. If I count these unique lines I will have a grand total. Unfortunately, some PUGs will stop before teams can be picked because one player leaves. When this happens LBot says something else unique; pug stopped because. Those occurrences are tallied and subtracted from the previous grand total. Furthermore, this list is manually scanned to remove any instances of people quoting LBot saying, pug has been filled. What we have left is the exact amount of legitimate PUGs. The data is then formatted to be exported into Microsoft Excel.
So What Did You Discover?
The very first PUG was held on May 18th, 2015. I followed the PUG activity all the way up to December 31st 2015. So this analysis covers 7.5 months of PUGing. What I have below is what I thought folks would find useful. If you can think of another statistic that this data might reveal, please let me know and I'd be happy to figure the percentages.
- What are the best days of the week to try and PUG?
- During what hours do the majority of PUGs happen?
- 8:00AM to 12:00PM CET (GMT +1) / 1:00AM to 5:00AM EST (GMT -5)
60.19% of all PUGs in 2015 occurred during this time frame.
- How many PUGs were held in 2015?
- What is the most popular game type?
- Instagib Capture The Flag
- Over the last 7.5 months, what was the most active period of time?
- 10/25/15 - 11/28/15; 49.33% of all PUGs occurred during these 5 weeks, out of 15 weeks total.
- How much time does this data cover exactly?
- Percentage of 2015: 62.23%
- Start Of Data: May 18, 2015 @ 02:15:07 PM CET (GMT +1)
- End Of Data: December 31, 2015 @ 11:59:59 PM CET (GMT +1)
- Total Time: 227 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes and 52 seconds
- Total Weeks: 32 (first & last week of data are partial weeks)
- Total Days: 227 (rounded down)
- Total Hours: 5,451 (rounded down)
- Total Minutes: 327,104 (rounded down)
- Total Seconds: 19,626,292
Can I See The Rest Of Your Data?
All of the data collected is available in an Excel spreadsheet. What follows are the grand totals for the entire time period of activity, broken down into different categories. Enjoy! :o
Game Type |
PUGs |
Percentage |
Assault |
3 |
0.25% |
CTF |
1 |
0.08% |
NW CTF |
3 |
0.25% |
iCTF |
747 |
62.88% |
2iCTF |
79 |
6.65% |
iCTF 5x5 |
1 |
0.08% |
DM 2v2 |
1 |
0.08% |
2DM |
1 |
0.08% |
2iDM |
3 |
0.25% |
iDM 2v2 |
8 |
0.67% |
Duel |
46 |
3.87% |
NW Duel |
5 |
0.42% |
iDuel |
50 |
4.21% |
LTS |
14 |
1.18% |
SD |
6 |
0.51% |
TAM |
2 |
0.17% |
2TAM |
1 |
0.08% |
TDM |
162 |
13.64% |
2TDM |
22 |
1.85% |
iTDM |
24 |
2.02% |
iTDM 3x3 |
2 |
0.17% |
iTDM 4x4 |
7 |
0.59% |
Weekday |
PUGs |
Percentage |
Sunday |
242 |
20.37% |
Monday |
157 |
13.22% |
Tuesday |
167 |
14.06% |
Wednesday |
154 |
12.96% |
Thursday |
139 |
11.70% |
Friday |
131 |
11.03% |
Saturday |
198 |
16.67% |
Total PUGs |
1188 |
|
Hour (CET/GMT+1) |
PUGs |
Percentage |
|
Hour (EST/GMT-5) |
PUGs |
Percentage |
12:00 AM |
71 |
05.98% |
|
12:00 AM |
79 |
06.65% |
01:00 AM |
27 |
02.27% |
|
01:00 AM |
113 |
09.51% |
02:00 AM |
7 |
00.59% |
|
02:00 AM |
159 |
13.38% |
03:00 AM |
4 |
00.34% |
|
03:00 AM |
169 |
14.23% |
04:00 AM |
1 |
00.08% |
|
04:00 AM |
157 |
13.22% |
05:00 AM |
0 |
00.00% |
|
05:00 AM |
117 |
09.85% |
06:00 AM |
0 |
00.00% |
|
06:00 AM |
71 |
05.98% |
07:00 AM |
0 |
00.00% |
|
07:00 AM |
27 |
02.27% |
08:00 AM |
0 |
00.00% |
|
08:00 AM |
7 |
00.59% |
09:00 AM |
5 |
00.42% |
|
09:00 AM |
4 |
00.34% |
10:00 AM |
5 |
00.42% |
|
10:00 AM |
1 |
00.08% |
11:00 AM |
19 |
01.60% |
|
11:00 AM |
0 |
00.00% |
12:00 PM |
17 |
01.43% |
|
12:00 PM |
0 |
00.00% |
01:00 PM |
28 |
02.36% |
|
01:00 PM |
0 |
00.00% |
02:00 PM |
36 |
03.03% |
|
02:00 PM |
0 |
00.00% |
03:00 PM |
58 |
04.88% |
|
03:00 PM |
5 |
00.42% |
04:00 PM |
55 |
04.63% |
|
04:00 PM |
5 |
00.42% |
05:00 PM |
61 |
05.13% |
|
05:00 PM |
19 |
01.60% |
06:00 PM |
79 |
06.65% |
|
06:00 PM |
17 |
01.43% |
07:00 PM |
113 |
09.51% |
|
07:00 PM |
28 |
02.36% |
08:00 PM |
159 |
13.38% |
|
08:00 PM |
36 |
03.03% |
09:00 PM |
169 |
14.23% |
|
09:00 PM |
58 |
04.88% |
10:00 PM |
157 |
13.22% |
|
10:00 PM |
55 |
04.63% |
11:00 PM |
117 |
09.85% |
|
11:00 PM |
61 |
05.13% |
Week # |
PUGs |
Percentage |
Duration |
Week 01 |
12 |
1.01% |
05/17/15 - 05/23/15 |
Week 02 |
13 |
1.09% |
05/24/15 - 05/30/15 |
Week 03 |
8 |
0.67% |
05/31/15 - 06/06/15 |
Week 04 |
9 |
0.76% |
06/07/15 - 06/13/15 |
Week 05 |
5 |
0.42% |
06/14/15 - 06/20/15 |
Week 06 |
23 |
1.94% |
06/21/15 - 06/27/15 |
Week 07 |
2 |
0.17% |
06/28/15 - 07/04/15 |
Week 08 |
2 |
0.17% |
07/05/15 - 07/11/15 |
Week 09 |
2 |
0.17% |
07/12/15 - 07/18/15 |
Week 10 |
0 |
0.00% |
07/19/15 - 07/25/15 |
Week 11 |
0 |
0.00% |
07/26/15 - 08/01/15 |
Week 12 |
0 |
0.00% |
08/02/15 - 08/08/15 |
Week 13 |
0 |
0.00% |
08/09/15 - 08/15/15 |
Week 14 |
0 |
0.00% |
08/16/15 - 08/22/15 |
Week 15 |
5 |
0.42% |
08/23/15 - 08/29/15 |
Week 16 |
7 |
0.59% |
08/30/15 - 09/05/15 |
Week 17 |
5 |
0.42% |
09/06/15 - 09/12/15 |
Week 18 |
11 |
0.93% |
09/13/15 - 09/19/15 |
Week 19 |
23 |
1.94% |
09/20/15 - 09/26/15 |
Week 20 |
29 |
2.44% |
09/27/15 - 10/03/15 |
Week 21 |
30 |
2.53% |
10/04/15 - 10/10/15 |
Week 22 |
56 |
4.71% |
10/11/15 - 10/17/15 |
Week 23 |
61 |
5.13% |
10/18/15 - 10/24/15 |
Week 24 |
100 |
8.42% |
10/25/15 - 10/31/15 |
Week 25 |
135 |
11.36% |
11/01/15 - 11/07/15 |
Week 26 |
121 |
10.19% |
11/08/15 - 11/14/15 |
Week 27 |
121 |
10.19% |
11/15/15 - 11/21/15 |
Week 28 |
109 |
9.18% |
11/22/15 - 11/28/15 |
Week 29 |
62 |
5.22% |
11/29/15 - 12/05/15 |
Week 30 |
56 |
4.71% |
12/06/15 - 12/12/15 |
Week 31 |
70 |
5.89% |
12/13/15 - 12/19/15 |
Week 32 |
58 |
4.88% |
12/20/15 - 12/26/15 |
Week 33 |
53 |
4.46% |
12/27/15 - 01/02/16 |