Clarysta Does Analysis

Kins.

That's a four-letter word. Especially if you're talking to The Champ. So many new people on Arkenstone since F2P. Oddly, the GLFF population doesn't seem to have grown (or grown up.)  I threw a question out to the GLFF last night:

How many kins do you think are active on our server?

• Response: maybe 50
• Response: maybe around 100, if you count the 1-man kins
• Response: 50? no way! lol!
• Response: you mean that raid?

No, you goob, never said anything about raiding. Do you see the word "raiding" in that question anywhere?. Since when does a kin have to raid in order to be considered active? Sorry to all you non-raiding kins, guess you aren't active. Don't care that you have 100 people and minimum 24 on at any given time. You just don't count. Geez, people.

Look At My Horse and Trust Me I'm a Scholar can be blamed for my weekend project. What awesome names. I love kin names like that. Makes me want to talk to the person, learn more about the person, discover whether I should stay far far away from that person. In LotRO,  the odds are good but the goods are odd.

So here's a list of "active" kins on Arkenstone. A kin made it onto this list if:

• They logged in Friday night through Sunday night (mountain time) and
• I saw them

Those are the only 2 criteria. No judgement of kin "worthiness." No counting number of members versus number of alts. No discussion of rank or what neighborhood their kin house is in. No comparison of roof-jumping technique either, which is vastly more important than raiding or PVP.

My count: 207. (YMMV)

If you were in one of those kins that logged on this weekend, your kin name most likely had the word Knights in it (4%). Here's a little text analysis for you nerd-types. (For the frequency % I removed the little words: the, and, a, of). 

Word	Count	Frequency
Knights	16	4%
Guardians	7	2%
Earth	7	2%
Light	6	1%
Middle	6	1%
Lords	5	1%
Legion	4	1%
Warriors	4	1%
Ring	4	1%
Riders	4	1%

Just waiting for someone to create a kin called:  The Knights and Guardians of the Earth's Middle Light.

 

Here's the full list:

Kin Name	Kin Name	Kin Name	Kin Name	Kin Name
AESIR	EVIL LEAGUE OF EVIL	LEGION OF THE WHITE WIZARD	SHADOWS OF ERIADOR	TULA AR O ELME HARA
ALE PIPEWEED WENCHES	FAITHFUL OF NUMENOR	LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS	SHATTERED SPIRITS	UNDU I VIRE
ALLIANCE OF HOPE	FEANOR'S FOGIES	LIGHT OF EARENDIL	SPIDERS FROM MARS	UPON THE EDGE
ALLY OF BOMBADL	FELLOWSHIP OF HEROS	LOOK AT MY HORSE	SPIRITS OF THE WOOD	WAR MACHINE OF THE LOFTY
AMISTAD DEL OTRO	FELLOWSHIP OF THE BLING	LORD ASTLEY'S MERRY MEN	STARDUST	WAR MACHING OF THE TINY
ANARCHY	FIFTH BUSINESS	LORDS OF A FALLEN EMPIRE	SUBLIMINAL	WARRIORS OF BREE
ARNOR RISING	FIGHTING FELONS OF LAKETOWN	LORDS OF THE LAKE	SWIFTY AND HAMMO	WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
AZURE MIST	FLAME IMPERISHABLE	LORDS OF THE LONELY MOUNTAIN	SWORDS AND SPIRITS	WARRIORS OF THE WEST
BAMF KNIGHTS	FOLLOWERS OF FRED	LORDS OF THE RING	THE ANCIENT ONES	WOLVES REIGN
BANDIERANTES	FOURTH AGE OR BUST	MAE GOVANNEN	THE ANCIENT SOCIETY	YOU'VE BEEN SLOATED
BANE OF CARNDUM	FRANKLIN'S RIDERS	MANY WHELPS	THE BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL
BARUK KHAZAD	FROM THE ASHES	MCE	THE BUNCH OF GUYS OF THE RING
BLOODBATH AND BEYOND	FUN FIRST POLICY	MELAMAR	THE COMPANIONS
BLUES BROTHERS	GIRDLE OF MELIAN	MEN OF NUMENOR	THE FAITHFUL
BOLSHEVIK	GOLDEN ANVIL	MIDDLE EARTH	THE FELLOWSHIP
BRINGERS OF THE DAWN	GOLDENLORDS	MIDDLE EARTH FREEDOM FIGHTERS	THE FEW
BROTHERHOOD OF RAPTR	GROG'S RANGERS OF THE RIDDERMARK	MIDDLE EARTH WARRIORS	THE FREE PEOPLES
CARETAKERS OF DESTINY	GUARDIANS OF ERIADOR	MIDGETS OF MIGHT AND MAGIC	THE GUARDIANS
CELESTIAL BRIGANDS	GUARDIANS OF GONDOR	MISFITS OF BREE	THE GUARDIANS OF LIGHT
CELLYN GYRN	GUARDIANS OF THE NINE WALKERS	MOGIZEN EXPLORATION AND TRADING	THE HAND OF RETRIBUTION
CHAMPIONS OF ARNOR	GUARDIANS OF THE WATCH	MOONLIGHT BLADES	THE HARUCHAI AND ELOHIM
CHAMPIONS OF THE RING	GUARDIANS OF THE WHITE TREE	MYSTICAL SILVER DRAGONS	THE HOUSE OF TOM BOMBADIL
CHAOTIC MEASURES	HAND OF THARKUN	MYTHICAL	THE INVADERS OF MORIA
CHILDREN OF ILLUVATAR	HANDSOME MAN'S CLUB	NAKAMA	THE KINGDOM OF SWADIA
CHIVALRY AND PRIDE	HEROES OF LIGHT	NASTY HOBBITSES	THE KINLESS
CIRCLE OF CHAOS	HIDE YA KIDS	NAUGRIM	THE KNIGHTS OF MIDDLE EARTH
CREEPING DEATH	HORN OF THE HAMMERHAND	NEMESIS	THE LAST GREAT ALLIANCE
CRIMSON KNIGHTS	INSTRUMENTS OF OLORIN	NINE VS NINE	THE LAST HOPE
CULT OF CORVINUS ANGELUS	INSURRECTION	NOLDOR	THE LAST LIGHT OF HOPE
DAGOR NUIN GILIATH	INVICTUS EXERCITUS	ODENS CIRCLE	THE LEGACY CONSORTIUM
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOUR	IRONBEARDS	ORDER OF THE OAK LEAF	THE LOST ARMY OF ERIADOR
DEEPHALLOW BREWERS	JUST ME AND MY MONKEY	PARIAH	THE LOST BOYS
DEFENDERS OF THE MARK	KINSMEN	PDX MURDEROUS MOPPETS	THE MEANING OF HASTE
DEFENDERS OF THE WHITE TREE	KNIGHTS EQUITABLE	PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING	THE NIGHT WATCH
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR	KNIGHTS OF EEOS	PLAINSWALKERS	THE OLYMPIANS
DESCENDANTS OF THE NOLDOR	KNIGHTS OF ETERNAL WRATH	PRECISION	THE RIDERS OF ROHAN
DESPONTE ILLUMINATE AVANTE SET	KNIGHTS OF MIDDLE EARTH	PREMORIA	THE ROHIRRIM
DESTINY	KNIGHTS OF NOBILITY	PROTECTERS OF MIDDLE EARTH	THE RUNELORDS
DISCIPLES OF THE DARK ONE	KNIGHTS OF THE BROKEN TABLE	RAISED BY FERAL HOBBITS	THE SHADOW BROOD
DOESN'T CARE	KNIGHTS OF THE CELTIC HIGHLANDS	RANGERS OF ITHILIEN	THE SHADOW SOCIETY
DOWN THUNDER	KNIGHTS OF THE DARK CRUSADE	RANGERS OF THE SHIRE	THE SOFA
DRAGONGUARD LEGION	KNIGHTS OF THE DIVINE ORDER	RENEGADE ORDER	THE SORROW OF THE FIRSTBORN
DRAGONRIDERS	KNIGHTS OF THE ELDAR	RESURRECTION	THE STONED ALLIANCE
EL BURRITO BANDITO	KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC	RETRIBUTION	THE TIME LORDS
ELDAR	KNIGHTS OF THE RINGBEARER	RIDERS OF APOCALYPSE	THE TRINITY KNIGHTS
ELENYALI	LEAF WALKERS	RIDERS OF DUKETOW	THE VYDORIAN COUNCIL
ELITE	LEAGUE OF THE NORTH	RING OF FIRE	THIS IS A STICK UP
END IS NEAR GAMING	LEGEND	RISE OF THE TERRIFIED KING	TRANSCENDENCE
EPIC FAILURE	LEGION OF LIGHT	SEEK AND DESTROY	TRAVELLING MUSICIAN
ETERNAL DESTINY	LEGION OF THE RED DRAGON	SEVEN GATES OF GONDOLIN	TRUST ME I'M A SCHOLAR