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That’s right, about a year ago we were batting around ideas for stats to pull, and Multiplayer Design Lead Max Hoberman pondered what the average gamertag was (in more ways than one!) Today, after a full year of scientific analysis (or a year of doing other things followed by a few minutes tinkering with database queries) I am honored to inform you that the average gamertag in the Halo 2 stats database is:

xArKKAAaEX
 
How do I figure? First of all, these are "modal" averages, making use of the most-common values rather than in-between values, since seeing an A and a C doesn’t mean that B is most expected. The most common gamertag length is 10, so that’s what I used here. In each letter position, I found the frequency distribution of letters at that position, blended it halfway against the expected letter distribution in English to call out the statistically significant differences, and took the most heavily weighted resulting letter for that position. The average gamertag starts and ends with X -- no surprise there -- and after that starts with "Ark". Coincidence? I don’t know.

-Roger

  • 06.13.2006 12:49 PM PDT

Amazing.

  • 06.13.2006 12:52 PM PDT
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You seriously got too much spare time:S But cool:D

  • 06.13.2006 12:53 PM PDT
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thats very interesting....and yes, u guys got a whole lotta spare time

  • 06.13.2006 12:54 PM PDT

wtf...i'm sorry, did i miss the AA meeting or something?

  • 06.13.2006 12:56 PM PDT
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I give it 3 hours until someone registers this gamertag.

  • 06.13.2006 12:57 PM PDT
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Huh, i don't get it

  • 06.13.2006 12:57 PM PDT

July 15, 2008... The day the timer stood still.

Posted by: Ninja 0n Fire
Amazing.

  • 06.13.2006 1:07 PM PDT

- Mike

Cool.

  • 06.13.2006 1:08 PM PDT
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I figure you would lose a lot people with this.

"xArKKAAaEX"

In short, "x" is the most commonly used letter as the first character of a gamertag. "A" is the most commonly used letter as the second character of a gamertag. And so on and so forth.

It's slightly more complicated than that (due to trying to weight it against English word-formations), but this is the gist of it.

  • 06.13.2006 1:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: antiherosk8er
Cool.


Actually it's not cool to many people have the same names there is a lot of things that you could name your gamertag after or anything else but honestly change your damn names people.

  • 06.13.2006 1:13 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

I wonder how long it will take for someone to register that name on Xbox Live.

[Edited on 6/13/2006]

  • 06.13.2006 1:38 PM PDT
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I Just registered it under my new account.

i am special.

yet very VERY normal obviously.

  • 06.13.2006 1:40 PM PDT
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give it 3 hours it will be taken.

  • 06.13.2006 1:43 PM PDT
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Congrats you're the winner of the "Biggest Waster of Time" today.. I'm ineligible, 'cause I can't win on concurrent days. booo-yaaaaaah!!

I bet there's some person out there that finds that interesting..


  • 06.13.2006 1:45 PM PDT
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Indeed thats so uber pointless its awesome

  • 06.13.2006 1:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: B33S
I give it 3 hours until someone registers this gamertag.


Done

  • 06.13.2006 1:57 PM PDT
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That is cool, now come up with a stat that shows what state gets host the most (ewww I rhymed), better yet what city?

  • 06.13.2006 2:43 PM PDT
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Wow. That will be my new gamertag. I've always dreamed of being average.

  • 06.13.2006 2:44 PM PDT
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Boredom is the most powerful force in the universe. If you didn't believe it before, this proves it.

  • 06.13.2006 2:45 PM PDT

Phrog pilots, reckless and free. We would strap into our birds, set the engines on fire, and leave these earthly bonds with a chorus of WHOP WHOP WHOP. Akin to beating your chest and howling in defiance at the rest of the world.
Phrogs eye view
sockbaby

Posted by: sawnose
xArKKAAaEX
...and after that starts with "Ark". Coincidence? I don’t know.
Analysis of the data provided by sawnose reveals that the average gamer is somehow omniscient. :P

  • 06.13.2006 2:49 PM PDT

http://halo.bungie.org

Hello, my name is CYBRFRK (pronouced Cyber Freak) and I'm a statisticholic.
Hello CYBR

It has been two days since I over analyzed data and presented information, however truthful, that provided no business value.
Good to have you here CYBR, great work.

For a hobby, I too over analyze things and come up with the most superfilous data in hopes that it is useful. I like numbers and want a hug.

  • 06.13.2006 2:51 PM PDT
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Dont you have better things you could be doing like giving us real stats?

  • 06.13.2006 2:53 PM PDT

OMG
Master Chief w/o his Helmet!


Stosh <3's me vicariously... at least someone does...

Posted by: Ninja 0n Fire
Amazing.

  • 06.13.2006 3:01 PM PDT

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