VGG 2013 Goals

If you're new to VGG: Welcome! If you're not: Welcome back! VGG grew considerably in 2012, but we always have more growing to do! As a community, we strive to provide a single resource for video gaming news of all forms. We rely almost solely on user submissions and contributions to succeed, thus we need all Arcadians (i.e. VGG users, or VGGers) to work together to ensure that VGG can become an informative and welcoming community for serious and casual videogamers alike. So step us, help where you can, and always strive to make VGG the best video gaming community on the web!

• VGG goals were suspended in 2014 due to a lack of interest.

To achieve at least the following:

	Goal	(End Q4 2013)	(End Q3 2013)	(End Q2 2013)	(End Q1 2013)	(End 2012)
	30,000 Video Games in the database	27,330	27,015	26,340	25,400	24,329
	5,500 Ranked Video Games in the database	4,924	4,788	4,673	4,565	4,543
	Representative Images for the Top 2,000 Ranked Video Games	1,975	1,968 Last 35 listed here			Ranked games without rep image

To achieve at least the following:

	Goal	(End Q4 2013)	(End Q3 2013)	(End Q2 2013)	(End Q1 2013)	(End 2012)
	8 VGG News Articles written per Quarter		Completed	Completed	Completed
	1,500 Reviews in the database	1,347	1,279	1,211	1,122	1,030
	2 Reviews for each of the Top 75 Ranked Video Games					44/150
	2,013 Video Games beaten by VGGers in 2013		1,323	944	500	1254
	35 Participants in the 2013 VGG Secret Santa Gift Exchange	10				17 people
	50 Participants in the 2013 VGG Christmas Card Exchange	23				34 people
	Hold Tournament of Heroes and Tournament of Villains					2012 Tournament of Heroes
	Raise $1,000 in VGG Charity Drive

To monitor progress toward the following:

	Goal	(End Q4 2013)	(End Q3 2013)	(End Q2 2013)	(End Q1 2013)	(End 2012)
	500,000 Absolute Unique Visitors over the Year (per Google Analytics)		320,000	225,000	120,000	(1,000/day)
	4 Contests held throughout the Year		Arcade Game Contest	Arcade Game Contest	Arcade Game Contest
	Maintain Geeklist of Kickstarter video games, successfully-funded games added to database
	1 VGG-exclusive video game made available during the year					Soul Ladder
	VGG Buyers Guide and/or Holiday Gift Guide
	425 Copper VGG Uploader microbadge owners	381	378	367	362	350
	100 Silver VGG Uploader microbadge owners	87	87	84	84	82
	60 Gold VGG Uploader microbadge owners	46	46	46	44	44
	15 ULTIMATE VGG Uploader microbadge owners	12	11	11	8	8

Please note, these goals were decided upon by the volunteer community that helps with the growth and day-to-day activities of Video Game Geek. They do not represent (but are not in conflict with) specific goals from BoardGameGeek, LLC (i.e. Aldie, et al).

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