When Is The Best Time To Deckcycle?
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Posted on Oct. 8, 2014, 12:37 a.m. by TheHroth
I've been playing around with several times, and (keeping time zones in mind) I've come to think that around lunch time (12-1pm) in central USA is the best time. I've been tracking the average number of views my decks get, and this time slot is the narrow winner so far, with just before dinner time being next best.
What I want to know is, when are people on? We're all busy most of the day, be it at work or school or whatever, but we all take breaks too, and I figured lunch and dinner would be the best times to get views, for those reasons.
MagicalHacker says... #3
That's awesome info bro, thanks for sharing! I just deck cycled so I guess post midnight snack won't be too great lol
October 8, 2014 12:43 a.m.
I used to be online during my school hours until recently, until this site was blocked by the school's firewalls as being a "games" site!
I'm very sad about it. Not only does this mean the Magic Club we have can't use it for it's awesomeness, but I can't deckcycle at my favorite time!
Blasphemy, I say!
Maybe I should look into getting a data plan...
Lol, everyone loves a good midnight snack!
October 8, 2014 12:53 a.m.
vampirelazarus says... #5
One: This gets brought up a lot, I suggest digging around for the other threads
Two: I cycle when I wake up, when I eat lunch, and right before I go to bed.
Being upgraded is awesome.
October 8, 2014 12:56 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
I think a map of site traffic per hour would be great, and I'd totally Google for a site like that, but I don't even know what to search lol
October 8, 2014 1:01 a.m.
when i did deckcycle, i did it actually later at night because then the deck doesn't get pushed out by others that quickly
October 8, 2014 1:14 a.m.
vampirelazarus says... #8
@MagicalHackerI found this, which was the best of the front page views on a google search for "website traffic"
It does not however, have times.
Maybe yeaGO uses Google Analytics.....
October 8, 2014 1:21 a.m.
There's a thing about these sorts of conversations - they end up getting you nowhere.
Let's say you finish this discussion, and the conclusion is that the optimal time to deckcycle is four in the afternoon. Once this is pointed out, several more people will deckcycle at four in the afternoon, making each deck cycled at that time forced through the queue that much faster, so it will become a suboptimal time. That's how it works.
Just cycle whenever, really. After 2PM California time would mean most American students are out of class, so that's a pretty large chunk of potential deck viewers.
October 8, 2014 1:22 a.m.
ColdHeartedSith says... #11
never cycle when its anywhere in the USA 12:00 -12:30 am people who arent site members like to wait until near 11:45pm and cycle then cycle again just after 12am to get 2 close in time cycles to get their deck mainpage screen for a longer time! However so many people do this your deck will be off the mainpage in a minute or less sometimes. I do 1045pm and 1245am and see better longer stays on the mainpage and more veiws. A good deck name helps too, the more nastalgic or curious the better.
October 8, 2014 1:43 a.m.
I doubt behavior from this discussion will skew things.
I don't really know. There isn't a clear peak hour most weeks. It's kind of a wave that lasts the afternoon in the USA east and drops off about when you'd expect, around time to go home from work or whatever. The deadest hour is like 4 - 5am
Jedne2 says... #2
I'm on during school hours (9am -3pm) in Brisbane (GMT +10) and before dinner (6-7pm)
October 8, 2014 12:41 a.m.