BUG/BULL, Secretly the Most Downloaded Mod on CFC?

[Afforess]

Although CFC's most popular downloads lists FFH2 as the most popular with 360k+ downloads, I believe that the BUG/BULL is actually the most downloaded Beyond the Sword mod of them all. Fall From Heaven's downloads include older, Warlords and Vanilla downloads too, and while I can't tell which are which at this point, I can reasonably assume that 180k, or half of them are from the BTS version. Also, since BUGs download statistics are hidden from non-dev's on Sourceforge, but I can make a guesstimate at the total downloads, and it's surprisingly high, once you count the mods that have BULL in them:

List of Mods With BUG/BULL:

Rise of Mankind: 200,000+ downloads
Next War Advanced: 8672 downloads
RevolutionDCM: 8446 downloads
Legend of Revolution: 6113 downloads
Quot Capita: 4077 downloads
HephMod: ~3500 downloads
Test of Time: 1871 downloads
Wildmana: 1778 downloads
Dune Wars: 1204 downloads
BUG/BULL: ???

SubTotal: 242619 downloads
Actual Downloads: ???
FFH2 BTS Downloads: ~180k

After doing the math, it appears that BUG/BULL is in fact, THE MOST DOWNLOADED BTS MOD! Congrats!

 

[ruff_hi]

Latest info I have on official releases (ie not svn versions) total 41,018. It looks like we are running at about 2500 to 3000 per month at the moment. June, 2008 we hit 6000!

 

[Afforess]

Wow, that puts you incredibly close to the most popular mod on CFC! A few more months and you could overtake FFH2! Congrats!

 

[r_rolo1]

And a lot of the current interface of FfH is clearly using similar code to BUG ( if not the BUG code itself ... )

 

[zappara]

Rise of Mankind:[/B]
76958 downloads

Even if you don't have 68k hidden downloads on sourceforge, it still makes BUG/BULL a very close second. Congrats EmperorFool, Ruff Hi, and everyone else who has contributed to the BUG mod! You've made BTS the game it was made to be.

I know where you get another 70k downloads for BUG... one Rise of Mankind version has been downloaded 147 666 times and it has BUG 3.6 included. Since with RoM 2.8 I set up torrents, I have no clue how many times it has been downloaded (those stats won't be shown in CFC dl amounts). So yes, you could say BUG is the most downloaded mod

 

[EmperorFool]

Aww shucks. Our little baby has grown up to be so successful. I knew the piano lessons and braces would pay off eventually!

Many thanks to our loyal users and modders.

 

[ruff_hi]

hey EF - do you think it is about time to activate that 'clean out their bank accounts' trojan?

Oh - I didn't just post that in a public forum did I?

 

[Afforess]

I know where you get another 70k downloads for BUG... one Rise of Mankind version has been downloaded 147 666 times and it has BUG 3.6 included. Since with RoM 2.8 I set up torrents, I have no clue how many times it has been downloaded (those stats won't be shown in CFC dl amounts). So yes, you could say BUG is the most downloaded mod

Incredible. That would mean RoM is actually the 2nd most, pushing poor little FFH2 to 3rd place. (Sorry FFH2, you're an awesome mod too!)

Edit: Wait... Since RoM has RevDCM in it, wouldn't that nudge RevDCM to 2nd place, RoM to 3rd, and FFH2 to 4th!? Wow!

Aww shucks. Our little baby has grown up to be so successful. I knew the piano lessons and braces would pay off eventually!

Many thanks to our loyal users and modders.

No, thank you, I don't know where I would be without BUG, but it wouldn't be on CFC.

hey EF - do you think it is about time to activate that 'clean out their bank accounts' trojan?

Oh - I didn't just post that in a public forum did I?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

hey EF - do you think it is about time to activate that 'clean out their bank accounts' trojan?

Oh - I didn't just post that in a public forum did I?

Don't worry. I fixed that up in the BAT fix I just did. I redirected your trojan to deposit the contents of YOUR accounts into MY account.

You lose.

EDIT: You guys haven't made too much from this little venture, have you?

 

[Afforess]

EDIT: You guys haven't made too much from this little venture, have you?

That's okay, they can always put "Creator of Most Popular BTS Mod Ever" on their Resume. Not sure how good it looks, since I'm not in HR, but who knows?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

That's okay, they can always put "Creator of Most Popular BTS Mod Ever" on their Resume. Not sure how good it looks, since I'm not in HR, but who knows?

Hmmm. I can see it...

HR Person: So, Mr. _hi, what have you done for the past 2 years? I mean besides enriching people's gaming experience by wasting time with video games?

HR people are soooo mean. They just don't understand a well timed axe rush.

 

[Afforess]

HR people are soooo mean. They just don't understand a well timed axe rush.

If only there was a UI for RL.

 

[ruff_hi]

If only there was a UI for RL.

The only problem with that is that there are too many civs involved and the scoreboard would get in the way.

 

[Afforess]

The only problem with that is that there are too many civs involved and the scoreboard would get in the way.

Nonsense, I'm sure you guys could get a decent one working. I can't believe no one has modded RL yet. I guess that's called Gene Therapy or Cybernetics, but still!

 

[civ_king]

I'm getting dangerously closed to alt q'ing on life

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I can't believe no one has modded RL yet. I guess that's called Gene Therapy or Cybernetics, but still!

Oh, but there is one! It's a home-brewed UI mod called Schizophrenia. I have a ward full of expert modders that I tend to every day.

 

[Afforess]

Oh, but there is one! It's a home-brewed UI mod called Schizophrenia. I have a ward full of expert modders that I tend to every day.

Oh, you mean the voices? I didn't realize that they counted.

At the very least though, real life should all me to reload old saves in case I screw up.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

At the very least though, real life should all me to reload old saves in case I screw up.

That's what cognitive therapy is for.