#5.17 the russians are staying

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That Girl (1966-1971) 5.17 The Russians Are Staying

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Updated QSMP AO3 Work Language Stats-- as of April 1st, 2024 (no, this is not an april fools' joke)

June 6 2023 stats, July 9 2023 stats, August 13 2023 stats, December 3 2023 stats

Hello! I meant to get this done around the year anniversary of the server, but that ultimately didn't end up happening, so we have it now about a week late-- considering the growth rate for the fandom, this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Before we get into it, I want to say that the last year of QSMP fandom has been amazing. There's been a lot to deal with, but there's also been plenty of amazing fanworks, and I really do want to celebrate that along with the multilingual nature of the fandom.

Fun tidbits/disclaimers to start:

QSMP has 8739 works as of today!! That's about 6x as many works as it had in June of 2023, when I started doing these stats.

AO3 has 12,750,000 total works as of today (this is a rough estimate that displays on the front page when you're logged out, not an exact number).

There's a few more languages since my last update, including new languages on the server!

I've mentioned my methodology on previous stats posts, but just as a reminder, I gather this data manually by filtering by language within the QSMP tag. On occasion I miss a new language, but on the whole the significant numbers should be accurate.

QSMP Numbers:

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English has 7305 works and 83.71% of total works in QSMP.

Spanish has 893 works and 10.22% of total works.

Brazilian Portuguese has 452 works and 5.17% of total works.

French has 47 works and 0.54% of total works.

Korean has 0 works and 0% of total works.

German has 2 works and 0.02% of total works.

Russian has 7 works and 0.08% of total works.

European Portuguese has 5 works and 0.06% of total works.

Mandarin has 4 works and 0.05% of total works.

Polish has 2 works and 0.02% of total works.

The last nine languages, Latin, Esperanto, Malaysian Malay, Filipino, Vietnamese, Turkish, Danish, Finnish, and Swedish, all have 1 work and 0.01% of total works respectively.

Observations:

English has maintained 80% or above for the last year; the current percentage (83.71%) is the highest it's been at that I've observed. Spanish has been at a slight decline since the start of the server, with its high happening in June (again, from my observations) at 17.73% and the current percentage (10.22%) being the lowest. This could be attributed in part to a steady decrease of active Spanish speaking members over the course of the server but I wouldn't want to assign causation. Brazilian Portuguese works have stayed around 5% since December, French is at 0.5%. Korean is at 0, which isn't surprising to me; Korean has low numbers on AO3, and I assume most Korean speakers use other fanfiction websites. German is at 2 works, which I believe have been there for a bit (as in, since before Hugo was added).

European Portuguese obviously makes sense to be on here, as do Russian and Chinese (two of the most used languages on AO3 aside from English), and their numbers don't surprise me-- they haven't changed much over the course of the server's history. The other one-work languages are interesting, and to me demonstrate the growth of the server & fandom along with the way the fandom incentivizes and encourages creating fanworks in one's native language(s).

AO3 Numbers Across the Site:

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To repeat, AO3 has 12,750,000 total works across the site as of today.

English has 11,180,000 works and 87.69% of total works in QSMP.

Spanish has 154,900 works and 1.21% of total works.

Brazilian Portuguese has 35,980 works and 0.28% of total works.

French has 61,620 works and 0.48% of total works.

Korean has 2,957 works and 0.02% of total works.

German has 26,170 works and 0.21% of total works.

Russian has 266,200 works and 2.09% of total works.

European Portuguese has 1,150 works and 0.01 % of total works.

Mandarin has 766,200 works and 6.01% of total works.

Polish has 18,270 works and 0.14% of total works.

Latin, Esperanto, Malaysian Malay, and Danish have 95, 125, 116, and 344 works respectively and 0.00% of total works.

Filipino has 9,665 works and 0.08% of total works.

Vietnamese has 8,354 works and 0.07% of total works.

Turkish has 3,400 works and 0.03% of total works.

Finnish has 2386 works and 0.02% of total works.

Swedish has 1,039 works and 0.01% of total works.

All these numbers come from AO3's Languages page.

Observations:

The only changes I see here from June that I find interesting are that English has gone down over a percentage since last year-- I'm not a statistician, so I'm not sure if it's a super significant amount of change, but since English is by far the most tagged language on the site, I think any notable change is interesting. Mandarin is up slightly, but again, I'm not sure how to go about measuring what is a significant amount of change. Otherwise there's not a ton of changes I've seen over the last year, at least not in regards to the languages I've been tracking.

QSMP Changes Since June 2023:

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Biggest thing of note here is just the amount of languages-- we've gone from eight tagged languages to 19 tagged languages, more than doubling the number of languages from June. Super impressive! I hope we continue to see more and more languages used in fanworks.

Brief personal opinions time

In previous stats posts, I talked about reasons as to why these languages break down like this and what makes people interested in various characters. I think those points are all still pretty true, particularly the ones about interest in certain characters because of roleplay skill and centrality to the narrative, along with the usual reasons people like certain MCRP characters (hot creator, existing fondness from prior series, etc.) but I think the ways the server has changed and the characters people have latched onto as time has gone on have shifted somewhat, which is interesting to me.

This is less related to AO3 numbers and more the general fandom, but it's interesting to me to experience the fandom on Tumblr, Twitter, and AO3, where the language usages and focus on certain characters differs so much across platforms. We've all talked about this before, but the lack of an autotranslation feature on here really prevents a lot of multilingualism, whereas I've noticed a decent amount of people reading fic in various languages, probably bc the level of interactivity is very different on AO3 versus here.

If I have any more interesting analysis/theories/opinions/etc. I'll rb with those.

Final disclaimers:

Fics often get deleted from the archive for a myriad of reasons, and in the last several months there have been a lot of things that could and have led to works being deleted. This means both the growth rate for the fandom (which I'm not numerically tracking but do keep an eye on more casually) as well as these specific stats are impacted by these deletions. Not to get on my soapbox, but as someone who finds fandom history and archiving really important, I want to encourage people to orphan works rather than delete them. Here is the AO3 FAQ section on orphaning.

Languages are manually tagged by users; they are not double checked by the archive nor by me (I am not looking through almost nine thousand fics to check if the language tagged is actually accurate). Sometimes people tag the wrong language for various reasons, I can't do anything about this and on the whole most works are tagged correctly.

People sometimes tag for the wrong fandom, either on purpose or by accident, or works are wrangled into QSMP even though they don't necessarily involve the server. Wranglers make decisions based off usage, but if you genuinely feel there is some error in how something is wrangled, you can make a polite request for it to be fixed with Support and Feedback.

I am a volunteer tag wrangler for AO3; this does not give me any extra data-gathering capabilities nor do I agree with all actions/statements the org makes. I am disclosing this, and always disclose this, to make sure people are aware of any bias I may have. This is not free reign to harass me or any other wranglers who disclose their volunteer work.

If I did any math wrong, please politely let me know and I will fix the data. Again, I am not a statistician nor particularly talented at math, I'm just a nerd about languages and I enjoy looking at stats. Also sometimes people post or delete works while I'm in the middle of doing stats (this has happened, without fail, every time I've done these), so the numbers are inevitably a little off. I've learned to live with it.

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Last Week’s Workouts

Last week’s workouts were back to the usual routine, with my usual food, my usual work schedule, and usual day to day life. Sigh.  I love it but I’m already looking forward to the next big think.  Which sadly, isn’t for awhile.  Oh well. Bring on the routine.

Monday

After wondering where all the January Joiners were at the gym last week, it looked like today was the day to get started.  It wasn’t crazy busy but there were more new faces than the usual crowd at zero dark thirty.  I really don’t mind a crowded gym.  I’ve been working out a long time so know many variations of exercises.  I can improvise. What I do mind is when people camp out and grab every single DB, med ball or other piece of equipment at one time.  If you want to do a circuit workout with a lot of equipment, a home workout would be a better option.  End rant.

30 minutes Elliptical, 10 minutes easy, 60 sec hard/60 sec recovery x 8, 4 minutes easy

strength training:

Bench press

Smith press split squats

squat with plate grab and press

banded pull ups

eccentric pull ups

cable SL knee up/row

TRX inverted row

TRX pistol squats

Med ball crunch/toss

Med ball Russian twists

plank/side plank SL balance

Tuesday

5.17 miles, 8:50 avg/pace

I woke up to a thin layer of snow on the ground and more coming down.  Despite our lack of snow so far this year, I’ve been lucky to have two snowy runs in the last week. Kyle and I met up for easy paced miles making our own tracks.  There were a few icy spots but nothing to slick.  There really is something magical about a snow run(see pic at the top).

Later in the day, I went to see my PT who I worked with in the fall for my plantar fasciitis.  The thing with my Achilles is lingering and I wanted him to check it out to see what I should be doing. The good news is that nothing is torn and I caught the thickening early.  Matt said no matter how much rest, foam rolling and stretching I’d do, the thickening wasn’t going to go away.  I needed Graston and ultrasound to break it up.  Yippee!  If you’ve ever had Graston on your Achilles, you know that it’s nothing but pure joy.  Perfect since my word of the year is enJOY, right? Anyway, I’ve noticed a huge difference so hopefully this will be a short time rehab stay.

Wednesday

30 minutes ARC Trainer, 10 minutes easy, 1 min hard, 1 min recovery x 10

strength training:

DB bench press

Reverse lunge w/ DB shoulder press

Barbell hip thrusters

Barbell reverse grip rows

Banded pull ups

Eccentric pull ups

SL KB deadlifts

SL side lunge to balance w/ KB

Bench step ups w/ bicep curl

Plank/side plank to SL balance

Thursday

5 miles, 8:38 avg/pace

Remember 10 years ago when you would never meet up with people you met on the internet?  Funny how times change.  Thanks to the power of social media, I met up with another new running friend for the first time.  Kevin and I have known each other for a bit but I just recently met Jen. Of course, even though we “met” through social media, we have so many mutual friends that I’m sure we would have connected at some point anyway.  It’s a small world after all.

Morning Flow Yoga @ Bending Bodhi

Friday

Hip Hop Yoga @ Bending Bodhi

A live DJ spinning all the best tracks (hello Tupac!) while we do 10,000 Chaturanga push ups?  Yes, PLEASE!  We sweated, we danced and had a blast.  I love when Bending Bodhi puts on this class.

Saturday

10 mile run, 8:43 avg/pace, 430 ft elev gain

With a temperature of 8 degrees and a real feel of -4, I’m so glad I had company on this run. Seven of us met up for a fun run in the sun.  Thankfully, there was sun – That made a huge difference on the warmth factor.  I actually think I over dressed because I was too warm for at least most of the run.  A portion of my Balaclava that was on my neck froze.  At one point I started to question if there was a hidden chin strap on it.  Nope, it was just frozen solid.

And FYI – I really, really did not plan to run 10 miles.  Originally it was 8 miles but then when the planned route goes over…opps.  The good news is that there’s no change in my Achilles status.  Just don’t tell my PT how far I ran!

Sunday

Rest day!

Originally it was supposed to be a ski/snowboard day but Lukas came down with a stomach bug Friday evening and still wasn’t feeling the greatest on Sunday.  So Avery and Ron went to the mountain while Lukas and I stayed home.  I made the mistake of watching a few episodes of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.  It turns out that ALL of my workout/running clothes give me joy.  And now with her nifty folding technique, I have more room in my drawers.  Time to go shopping!  Hahaha!

How was your week in workouts?

Linking up with Hoho and Wendy for the weekly workout wrap up.

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Fantasy Hockey waiver wire: Who should you add?

Veteran center Paul Stastny is off to a fast start this season and should be owned in more fantasy leagues.

By Neil Parker, RotoWire Hockey Writer Special to Yahoo Sports

Two approaches are necessary for attacking the waiver wire in seasonal leagues. First, you want to swing for the fences and hope to pick up a year-long asset. Unfortunately, plenty of players already rostered in most settings aren’t even wire-to-wire contributors, so the second approach then becomes important: keeping tabs on players with encouraging short-term outlooks.

Injuries create opportunities, shooting surges and slumps strike, and the NHL schedule can have a significant impact on fantasy results. It’s critical to remain flexible and stay on the prowl for upgrades. Depending on your league’s settings, dedicating multiple roster slots for streaming can be advantageous. After all, in-season roster management is paramount to success.

While it’s potentially more critical in weekly setups, paying attention to the NHL schedule is an important aspect of maximizing your transactions in all seasonal leagues. With that in mind, emphasis will be placed on the upcoming schedule in this space. Here’s the schedule for the next scoring period, Oct. 16-22:

One game: Ducks

Two games: Bruins, Flames, Avalanche, Kings, Wild, Islanders, Golden Knights and Capitals

Four games: Red Wings, Lightning and Canucks

All other teams play three games next week.

Before turning to this week’s targets, it’s also important to monitor who is being dropped in your leagues. Be ready to collect hasty cuts made by the opposition. At this stage of the season, it’s far too early to abandon a proven scorer to chase a hot hand.

(Yahoo! ownership percentages as of Oct. 12.)

FORWARD

Jesper Bratt, NJD (36 percent owned): Rarely does a sixth round selection break into the league as a 19-year-old rookie and move the fantasy needle, but Bratt has passed the eye test and filled up the points column through three games. He’s recorded three goals and six points while averaging 16:49 of ice time (3:08 with the man advantage). Just note that he’s only registered four shots and will probably need to produce consistently to remain in a scoring role.

Paul Stastny, STL (21 percent owned): The veteran is on a four-game point streak with a goal and four helpers to start the season, and he’s centering Vladimir Tarasenko in all situations. It’s a great fantasy setup for Stastny, who projects to continue posting strong numbers as long as he’s locked in with Tarasenko.

Sonny Milano, CLM (11 percent owned): With his two-goal night Tuesday, Milano has now scored in each game this season for four tallies through three contests. Most importantly, though, the rookie logged 3:07 of power-play time against Carolina and registered three shots. Milano has first-round pedigree and an offensive track record with 47 points through 63 games in the AHL last season, so there’s potential for year-long success.

Vladislav Namestnikov, TB (33 percent owned): While Namestnikov missed the scoresheet last time out, he logged a season-high 20:51 of ice time, which included 5:00 with the man advantage. He’s locked in with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov in all situations, and until that changes, Namestnikov is in a ripe position to post excellent fantasy results.

Tyler Bozak, TOR (16 percent owned): At some point, the Maple Leafs might have to sacrifice some offense to keep the puck out of their own net. However, with at least three tallies in each game, there’s value throughout their lineup. Bozak has a goal and three helpers through four games, and he’s averaging 4:04 of power-play time per contest. It doesn’t need to be flashy to be effective.

Anthony Mantha, DET (33 percent owned): On the heels of a solid rookie campaign with 1.1 goals and 2.3 points per 60 minutes over 60 games, Mantha has opened 2017-18 with two goals, four points and eight shots through the first three outings. The 23-year-old winger is locked into an offensive role with the Red Wings and logged 18:17 of ice time (3:55 on the power play) Tuesday against Dallas.

Vladimir Sobotka, STL (11 percent owned): A well-rounded winger, Sobotka isn’t going to pile up points, but he offers enough offense to complement his peripheral coverage. The 30-year-old Czech already has four assists, a plus-3 rating, four PIM, nine hits and three blocked shots through four games. He’s unlikely to stick on a line with Vladimir Tarasenko all season, but it’s a cushy gig for the time being.

Nail Yakupov, COL (7 percent owned): With two more points against Boston on Wednesday, the 2012 first-overall selection is up to three goals, five points, 11 shots and a plus-6 rating through the first four games of the season. Yakupov’s talent has never been in question, so there’s a chance he’ll never look back. Albeit, it’s extremely unlikely that he’ll flirt with a point-per-game pace moving forward.

Ondrej Kase, ANA (1 percent owned): The Ducks only play once next week, and Kase (head) is currently injured, so he’s just a player to watch at this point. However, he was seeing time on the No. 1 line with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, and the 21-year-old winger recorded a respectable 7.4 shots per 60 minutes in limited ice time last season. Once healthy, Kase is a top-six role away from a potential break-out.

DEFENSE

Mattias Ekholm, NAS (29 percent owned): Ryan Ellis’ (knee) absence pushes Ekholm into a larger role, and the 27-year-old Swede offers a nice cross-category profile for fantasy owners. Additionally, it always helps when an asset is playing for one of the best teams in the league. Ekholm projects to move the needle across all statistical columns and is an excellent defender to round out your back end.

Will Butcher, NJD (28 percent owned): The Hobey Baker winner has recorded five assists – three on the power-play – through his first three games, and he’s shown tremendous poise with the puck. Butcher has also started 76.2 percent of his five-on-five shifts in the offensive zone and is quarterbacking New Jersey’s best power-play unit.

Mike Green, DET (49 percent owned): It’s odd that Green is surfing on so many waiver wires after posting four consecutive 35-point seasons with at least 70 games played in each. He’s recorded six assists — three on the power play — through three contests to start the season and is locked into a top offensive role for the Red Wings.

Nate Schmidt, VGK (4 percent owned): The advanced-stats darling has averaged 20:47 of ice time with 4:16 on the power play through the first three games of the season, recording a goal and two helpers. Schmidt is filling in as the No. 1 offensive defenseman with Shea Theodore in the minors, and he’s taking advantage of the opportunity. He’s also a willing shot-blocker with seven blocks already.

Brandon Montour, ANA (5 percent owned): An elite skater, Montour posted 89 points through 104 AHL games before showcasing tremendous upside during Anaheim’s playoff run last spring. He’s currently receiving power-play time and being deployed on the second pairing at even strength. The jury is still out on whether his real-world upside translates to fantasy value, though. Still, the youngster is a worthwhile gamble if blue-line help is needed.

Victor Mete, MON (3 percent owned): A true flier, Mete has made his way to the top pairing at even strength alongside Shea Weber. The 19-year-old rookie is a tremendous skater with oodles of offensive upside. Additionally, one proven fantasy strategy is rostering the partner of a No. 1 defensemen. While Mete is still a wild card and might not last past the nine-game trial run, he’s been handed a chance to shine.

GOALIE

Aaron Dell, SAN (22 percent owned): The Sharks have a back-to-back set next week, and Martin Jones has struggled early on. With four goals allowed (.864 save percentage and 5.17 GAA) in consecutive losses, Jones could begin ceding more starts to his No. 2. Dell posted a sterling .931 save percentage and 2.00 GAA through 20 appearances last year, and there’s a chance he could push for 25 to 30 starts in 2017-18. Expect him to face the Devils or Islanders next weekend.

Connor Hellebuyck, WPG (37 percent owned): A 37-save win over the Oilers on the road earned Hellebuyck a second consecutive start against the Canucks on Thursday, and the 24-year-old netminder might never look back. Steve Mason will continue to receive starts moving forward, but this could be close to a 50-50 timeshare.

Peter Budaj, TB (12 percent owned): With four games on the schedule next week, expect Budaj to make his season debut during a back-to-back set against the Red Wings or Devils. He’s coming off an excellent 2016-17 campaign and checks out as a solid Plan B if Andrei Vasilevskiy struggles in his first full season as a No. 1 starter. It hasn’t been a hot start for the 23-year-old Russian (.900 save percentage and 3.67 GAA), either. Budaj has the upside to be a go-to fantasy asset if he lands in a starter’s role.

Phillipp Grubauer, WAS (7 percent owned): Another backup with tremendous upside, Grubauer should provide serviceable fantasy numbers even if Braden Holtby gets the majority of the starts. Washington has two back-to-back sets in the next week, so Grubauer could see multiple starts. The No. 2 posted a .926 save percentage and 2.04 GAA through 24 appearances last season, so he’s an intriguing option when receiving the starting nod.

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That Girl (1966-1971) 5.17 The Russians Are Staying