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Post by preus on Nov 2, 2008 10:02:42 GMT
It's taken me a very long time, but I've got it all down in a 50-page Word document. I realise this is a complete and utter waste of time, but it still feels like an accomplishment to achieve. It includes telepathic communication, narration, and even when somebody just says "...". It's all categorised by character and in chronological order, not reading order. I don't expect anyone to actually be interested. All I ask is recognition for the herculean, if pointless, task I have accomplished. For my own gratification, recorded here is the word count for each character. Antimony "Annie" Carver: 6,697
Katerina "Kat" Donlan: 4,266
Anja Donlan: 1,294
Reynardine: 1,119
Coyote: 1,099
Jones: 932
Sir James Eglamore: 853
Zeta "Zimmy": 805
Red: 716
Mort: 484
Seraph "Robot" 13: 402
George Parley: 320
Alistair "Aly" Kersaw: 316
Muut: 286
Tea: 271
General Ysengrin: 245
Donald Donlan: 228
William "Willie" Winsbury: 189
Surma Stibnite-Carver: 184
Basil: 151
Central Administrator: 128
The Moddey Dhoo: 119
Andrew Smith: 116
Jack: 114
Dr. Randy Disaster: 110
Mallt-y-Nos: 105
Headmaster: 103
Horsebot: 99
Blue: 97
Gamma Czarnecki: 91
Shadow 2: 81
Margo: 77
Sullivan's John: 75
Martin: 69
Janet: 66
Generic Teachery Person #4: 63
Generic Teachery Person #3: 61
Generic Teachery Person #2: 53
Brynhildr "Brinnie": 47
Pseudo-Kat: 47
Doorbot: 44
Matt: 38
Mysterious Individual #1: 33
Special Agent Fox Mulder: 31
Bob: 24
Nameless Student #8: 22
Purple: 21
Green: 20
Generic Teachery Person #1: 19
Nameless Student #12: 19
Nameless Student #7: 19
Photographer: 19
Paz: 18
Nightmare Monster #1: 18
Guardbot #1: 17
Guardbot #2: 17
Delivery Robot #2: 17
Scissorbot: 15
Nightmare Monster #3: 12
The Internet: 11
Mr. Thorn: 10
Nameless Student #9: 9
Nightmare Monster #2: 9
Mrs. Kersaw: 8
Nameless Student #5: 7
Nameless Student #4: 7
Nightmare Monster #4: 7
Unknown Seraph: 6
Nameless Student #11: 6
Nameless Student #15: 6
Bullbot: 5
Mysterious Individual #2: 5
Montgomery: 5
Nameless Student #3: 4
Nameless Student #2: 3
Nameless Student #16: 3
Boxbot: 2
Nameless Student #14: 2
Nameless Student #13: 1
Nameless Student #10: 1
Nameless Student #6: 1
Nameless Student #1: 1
Delivery Robot #1: 1
Robox: 1 |
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Post by Refugee on Nov 2, 2008 10:30:41 GMT
Outstanding effort!
Did you mean to link to the document? Or is there a link I'm missing?
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Post by Llandaryn on Nov 2, 2008 12:27:54 GMT
/me applauds in recognition for the herculean, if pointless, task.
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Post by agasa on Nov 2, 2008 13:13:32 GMT
Firefox (aka Reynardine) says there's indeed no link.
I do applaud in recognition of your bizarre and interesting task.
A question: are you going to maintain and update the document (and consequently this list) as time goes on?
Also: Are you willing to share your huge textfile?
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Post by Tenjen on Nov 2, 2008 16:34:56 GMT
having been a performer of herculean, though pointless, tasks in the past.
I applaud this effort!
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Post by Count Casimir on Nov 2, 2008 23:24:48 GMT
Conspir-o-meters....GO!
Who's good with numbers?
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Post by preus on Nov 3, 2008 0:24:43 GMT
How exactly does one link a text document to an online forum? I'd be happy to share it with you.
And yes, I do indeed intend to update it as the comic progresses.
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Post by Hazel on Nov 3, 2008 0:51:42 GMT
There's tons of free filehosting services. I just googled it up and File Dropper looks pretty good. Edit: I'm terribly sorry, I forgot to shower you with acclaim. How long exactly did it take you? |
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Post by preus on Nov 3, 2008 1:18:29 GMT
Thanks for the link.
Um, I'm not exactly sure. I started maybe four weeks ago, but there have been a couple long gaps where I didn't make any progress and I'm not sure how long I spent on it per day. Depends on how I felt at the time.
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Post by preus on Nov 3, 2008 1:22:48 GMT
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Post by preus on Nov 3, 2008 7:58:57 GMT
Well, the document I uploaded is out of date already. The list has been updated, though. Eglamore is now ahead of Red in Word Count Challenge '08.
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Post by monkeybucks on Nov 4, 2008 3:31:43 GMT
D: You're insane. And, you know. Cool. This is actually pretty interesting. I mean, some of the characters we know kinda well (eg. Smitty) are relatively low, and some characters which seem like they were only there for one page (Eg. Special Agent Fox Mulder) has quite a lot.
This is not saying we don't need more Mulder or anything.
EVERYONE needs more Mulder.
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Post by fishf00d on Nov 4, 2008 4:06:17 GMT
Agreed. Fox Mulder should become a primary character.
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Post by preus on Nov 4, 2008 5:04:21 GMT
D: You're insane. And, you know. Cool. This is actually pretty interesting. I mean, some of the characters we know kinda well (eg. Smitty) are relatively low, and some characters which seem like they were only there for one page (Eg. Special Agent Fox Mulder) has quite a lot. This is not saying we don't need more Mulder or anything. EVERYONE needs more Mulder. True. There should be a story arc where some creature shows up that can make people's dreams come to life or something, and Mulder emerges from Kat's mind or somesuch malarky. I know I'm insane (does that make me sane?), but I do enjoy this sort of thing. I was surprised that, until today anyway, Red was ahead of Eglamore. And for such a recent character, Jones's word count is very high. And is don't think anyone would expect Basil to have a higher word count than Andrew Smith. |
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Post by agasa on Nov 4, 2008 21:36:15 GMT
True. There should be a story arc where some creature shows up that can make people's dreams come to life or something, and Mulder emerges from Kat's mind or somesuch malarky. But we already have that!...sorta. Think about...Kat in: Zimmy's City of Suck! |
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Post by Per on Nov 4, 2008 21:49:09 GMT
Does Bullbot get word count for the "Hoooo" sound effects?
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Post by preus on Nov 4, 2008 22:24:54 GMT
Does Bullbot get word count for the "Hoooo" sound effects? Yes. I figured if I was going to count Shadow 2's tweets and chirps, I should count Bullbots HOOOOOHs. |
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Post by mike on Nov 5, 2008 11:11:23 GMT
Nice effort! Although, you've discovered the true secret of statistics-- they're all tedious to gather, and ultimately pointless.  Jones' word count surprised me, too. That Zimmy is so high on the list and Gamma so much farther down doesn't come as a surprise, though. |
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Post by maevelynn on Nov 5, 2008 11:15:15 GMT
You're crazy, and I love it  |
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Post by preus on Nov 5, 2008 11:20:53 GMT
You're crazy, and I love it In 6 of the 359 words or Mort, Aw, shucks, ‘tweren’t no big thing. |
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Post by jokerjester on Nov 5, 2008 11:33:47 GMT
Boxbot: 2
aha hah ah aha ha ahaa
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Post by monkeybucks on Nov 6, 2008 4:27:47 GMT
Boxbot is even terrible at having dialogue!
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Post by eightyfour on Nov 6, 2008 8:53:14 GMT
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Post by preus on Nov 6, 2008 10:24:03 GMT
You like QC too? Goody! It's my third favourtie after GC and Dr. McNinja. I can really relate to Hannelore. She's a sweetie-pie. |
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Post by Count Casimir on Nov 7, 2008 6:49:44 GMT
You like QC too? Goody! It's my third favourtie after GC and Dr. McNinja. I can really relate to Hannelore. She's a sweetie-pie. ...Perhaps you're this person? You just put down 3 of his top 4 webcomics. And that's saying a LOT. |
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Post by preus on Nov 7, 2008 7:38:30 GMT
You like QC too? Goody! It's my third favourtie after GC and Dr. McNinja. I can really relate to Hannelore. She's a sweetie-pie. ...Perhaps you're this person? You just put down 3 of his top 4 webcomics. And that's saying a LOT. But that's you. I'm not you... am I? Do I have an alternate personality who likes the same webcomcs as I do? Is there some way of checking if we've both ben online at the same time? |
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Post by Count Casimir on Nov 7, 2008 13:01:35 GMT
OH CRAP. I knew something like this would happen if I kept messing around with Ancient Magicks From the Dawn of Time.
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Post by preus on Nov 7, 2008 22:36:52 GMT
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Post by Count Casimir on Nov 8, 2008 6:15:57 GMT
it's okay. We'll get through this...somehow.
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Post by Tierra Y Libertad on Nov 8, 2008 7:46:29 GMT
Sh*te, son. If the document was easier to access we could also have fun rearranging the dialogue.
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