Mr. Danger's Contest - Someone abusing the download counter??

[poc301]

Ok, so..  While I would LOVE to believe that lots and lots of people are downloading my entry to the May 2009 MAGS competition, I am having a little trouble believing that quite so many are..

I have checked here frequently awaiting the results of the competition, and noticed that the game got 202 downloads in the 2 first two days, putting it as #4 on the most downloaded list for last week.

I have watched over the past 2 or 3 days as the thing skyrockets.  It has well over 500 downloads now, and climbing at a pretty good rate.  The other competition entry has about 142 downloads.  I would imagine people would download both entries to play them for judging..  

I didn't know who to ask about this, but I was curious if something odd could be happening, or if someone is falsifying the download counter for some reason..  The bandwidth/traffic on my server is up significantly, but I don't understand how this game could have more downloads in like 4 days than both my Murran Chronicle games combined over the past 6 months...  


**EDIT**  Now, one hour since the initial post, it is just shy of 600 downloads...

Thanks,

Bill

[Pumaman]

Most of the hits are a result of being on the front page of www.gamershood.com ; I can't see any irregularities in the logs.

[poc301]

Wow, I am dumbfounded.  Haha.  Thanks very much!

-Bill

[Stee]

Well I played the murran games, and whilst i didn't like the blend between photo background and pixel character, the story was excellent (a rare find these days) and the game was f'ing sweet. So its no surprise Mr. Dangers Contest (which i havent got round to playing yet - uni exams weds, thurs, fri) is of equal calibre. Essentially you've built yourself a reputation, which you've earned

[poc301]

Wow Stee, that is really nice of you to say

Thanks very much for the comments.  

The third murran game will be completely hand drawn sprite-art and is going to (attempt to) be much more in-depth and character-focused than the first two.

Thanks,

Bill