I have used Friendless extended statistics for some time now and asked myself the question what to use the statistics for and if it impacts my behavior. For those who don’t about extended statistics, it’s a web page that present statistics based on information you submit to Boardgame Geek, especially ratings and logged plays.
The short story is that it affects me less than I imagined. I guess that when I started using it, my focus was on getting all my games played and it served as a tool to get game rotation and what to get rid of. Nowadays I focus on having a great time when playing games. I also have it as a tool to see the new games I played for the excellent New to you geeklist run by Grimwold, but I am seriously thinking about to stop contribute to that.
Now I just ponder why I have some games highly ranked which are in my collection, but don’t get played. It seems to be for several reasons.
1.El Grande – It’s like an old friend that I never see, but when I do we have a great time. This is something I should push to get to the table, despite the many new and shiny games.
2.Phoenicia – I was fatigued by playing it too much online. Maybe I have rated it too high and I have moved on to other games. That said, I would probably not say no to play it if someone offered to play it with me face to face.
3.Le Havre – A game I love, but it is really hard to get other people in my play group to play it. I also prefer to play Ora et Labora in most cases.
How do you use statistics?
The short story is that it affects me less than I imagined. I guess that when I started using it, my focus was on getting all my games played and it served as a tool to get game rotation and what to get rid of. Nowadays I focus on having a great time when playing games. I also have it as a tool to see the new games I played for the excellent New to you geeklist run by Grimwold, but I am seriously thinking about to stop contribute to that.
Now I just ponder why I have some games highly ranked which are in my collection, but don’t get played. It seems to be for several reasons.
1.El Grande – It’s like an old friend that I never see, but when I do we have a great time. This is something I should push to get to the table, despite the many new and shiny games.
2.Phoenicia – I was fatigued by playing it too much online. Maybe I have rated it too high and I have moved on to other games. That said, I would probably not say no to play it if someone offered to play it with me face to face.
3.Le Havre – A game I love, but it is really hard to get other people in my play group to play it. I also prefer to play Ora et Labora in most cases.
How do you use statistics?