Looks like I should give fair time to what appears to be the original farming simulation game - Farm Town (also on Facebook). Lots of resources and blogs focused on this game - including this blog I found which linked to another really detailed data spreadsheet... so here's that one. You make the choice on which one you like best!
| Site: | Farm Town Here Blog |
| Page/Post: | What is best to plant? |
| Spreadsheet: | Farm Town data sheet |
If you play FarmVille on Facebook, you've probably already seen this - but apparently it offers tremendous value to those playing the game who want to optimize their farming results. I'm not familiar enough with the details of the game to tell more here - except that this spreadsheet has information on Seeds, Trees, Animals, Buildings, Decorations, Ribbons, Expansion, Vehicles and Crop Images. Wow.
| Site: | Steven Loi's Blog |
| Page/Post: | ROI analysis on Framville |
| Spreadsheet: | Farmville Data |
Here's a fun online Superbowl Box Pool on a spreadsheet - which lets you collect player's names using an online FORM. The spreadsheet randomizes the assignment of boxes and scores...
| Site: | My Personal Blog (JRsays) |
| Page/Post: | Last-Minute Superbowl Pool |
| Spreadsheet: | Box Pool Spreadsheet |
Serious fantasy sports leagues require serious data tracking and collaboration. Proof in this spreadsheet which is used by the "A Level Above" Fantasy Sports Site to track a Fantasy Golf game. Look through the blog post for some nice charts presenting some data analysis.
| Site: | Fantasy Sports Commissioner's Blog |
| Page/Post: | Greatest Tournament Ever |
| Spreadsheet: | PGA Fantasy Golf Standings |
Fantasy sports players are some of the most creative spreadsheet users. Here's a sample from the NBA.Com fantasy leagues, where a user posted his spreadsheet link for his league by division, draft round, etc. It's very nicely formatted and a great example for those of you aspiring fantasy sports coaches.
| Site: | NBA.Com |
| Page/Post: | Fantasy Forums (specific post removed it seems) |
| Spreadsheet: | Basketball Fantasy League Tables |
The gamers have really figured out how to effectively share the details about their favorite games using spreadsheets... Here's one for the Lord of The Rings online game.
Site: Lord Of the Rings Online
Page/Post: Optimal Traits for a Champ
Spreadsheet: Lord of the Rings Traits
If you know what City of Heroes is, or are interested in this massively multiplayer game - you'll eventually (apparently) get involved in 'base building' - This spreadsheet is described as "... a menu, not a cookbook". Credits in the spreadsheet say it was "compiled by MadScientist with help from the City Boards community. Contact MadScientist on the boards, or global chat @MadScientist. Join global channel BaseBuildersInc for all your base building questions."
Site: City Of Heroes
Page/Post: Help Finding Items
Spreadsheet: List of Base Items and Costs
Gamespot forums poster Nerdman offered this spreadsheet with an interesting angle on 'exclusive' deals... He described it like this:
"Here is a Google Spreadsheet I've created that sorts and totals all reviews of games on all major current gen systems since the release of the Xbox 360. I have now, to the best of my knowledge, indicated the exclusives for each platform in orange bold font and totalled them. This list does NOT include arcade/VC ports, etc. If I've missed any let me know."
Site: Gamespot Forums
Page/Post: Current Gen AAA and AA Game List
Spreadsheet: Current Gen AAA and AA Games by Platform
Here's a sample of how technical gamers like spreadsheets to track... well... stuff that's important in their game ;) ... This one is for World of Warcraft, and contains lots of well-formatted, easy to read data. Explanations are welcome here as to the general benefits of this use-case, so other gamers can gain insight. (can you tell I'm not a WoW gamer?)
Site: Curse.com or originally in wow-europe
Page/Post: Hunter "Database", which apparently was taken originally from the wow-europe forums
Spreadsheet: Hunter Database v2.3
David Kaufman gives an overview of the usefulness of collaboration and access from anywhere that players of fantasy leagues get from using Google spreadsheets. He describes his site, Techlife, as "where the crossroads of Technology and Life intersect"... perfect.
A Comment from Mike added: "This year, I formalized my draft tracking (to help learn league tendencies and help project drafting runs, etc.), and created the following quickly using Google Spreadsheets. Very simple, and the graphing provides a nice illustration of this year’s patterns."
Site: TechLife by.David.Kaufman
Page / Post: Fantasy Football and Google Docs - Winning Strategies
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