Red Dead Redemption: Drinkin' and Hat Shootin'

[wyeast]

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Remember that little Social Club the folks at Rockstar asked you to sign up for? All those cute little stats to make for squabbles over the dinner table over bragging rights?

In the two weeks since Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption (http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption) launched, the rotisserie geeks at Gamespy have collected info on about 14 million hours of gameplay worldwide. Collecting data on everything happening in New Austin, from skinning semi-aquatic mammals, to setting fire to the town square.

And what have we been doing, according to ATLAS?


We've committed nearly 2 million counts of horse theft.
For every horse stolen, nearly 100 people have been killed.
We've drank the equivalent of nearly 9 liters of booze every 'year'.
On average, we've been trampled by horses five times. Each.


More information is available on the infographic (http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/images/uploads/GSPY-RDR_infographic.jpg) at Gamespy.

Giddyap! :D

Source: Gamespy (http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/blog/archive/the_brutal_bloody_reality_of_read_dead_redemption/), via Gamastutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29262/Red_Dead_Redemption_Accrued_14M_Hours_Of_Playtime_ 132M_Murders_In_Two_Weeks.php?utm_source=feedburne r&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+Ne ws%29)

[Kelegacy]

I haven't stolen a single horse yet. Odd. Doesn't seem there's much of a point, but 2 million? Lots of people don't know how to whistle or use deeds apparently. :)

[Shjinta]

I haven't stolen a single horse yet. Odd. Doesn't seem there's much of a point, but 2 million? Lots of people don't know how to whistle or use deeds apparently. :)

I never steal horses because I always aim for the horses head to get someone off of it :P

[wyeast]

Stealing horses is useful in Freeroam when one of the group is stuck w/ a Burro or Nag.

Also, half the time it's accidental when a posse-mate gets too close and you end up hijacking them. :p

[MosBen]

But you level up so fast to get the next horse, why even bother stealing to get rid of the burro? You just run through Pike's Basin a couple times right off the start and you're set.

[Vigil80]

You fellows are overthinking it. :p

[Handmade.Mercury]

My Social Club doesn't even sync with my game. All of my stats are stuck at 0.