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This page covers the "record-breakers":

1. Prolific Authors
2. Committed Authors
3. Diverse Authors
4. Games
5. Oldest FAQ
6. Smallest FAQ
7. What's Hot

1. Prolific Authors

Prolific, a. producing much output. These people don't get out much ;-) .

Ranking of authors with the greatest volume of text.

1.1 Prolific FAQ Authors

#	Author	Total Size (KB)	Number of FAQs	Average Size (KB)
1	A I e x (Alex Eagleson)	17514	56	312
2	Psycho Penguin (Captain Charisma)	14756	43	343
3	DBM11085 (Devin Morgan)	13338	108	123
4	ASchultz (Andrew Schultz)	12800	181	70
5	Split Infinity (Damir Kolar)	11345	38	298
6	Kirby021591	10628	40	265
7	kylohk (Lo Kai Yan, Alasdair)	10248	22	465
8	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	9672	149	64
9	DJellybean (Dingo Jellybean)	9209	28	328
10	SOng (Scott Ong)	9138	20	456
11	BSulpher (Brian P. Sulpher)	8838	127	69
12	DSimpson (Dan Simpson)	8802	43	204
13	CyricZ (Scott Zdankiewicz)	7731	48	161
14	DJ Tigresa (Tigresa Steel)	7546	319	23
15	Kao Megura (Chris MacDonald)	7152	60	119
16	me frog (Colin Scully)	6869	27	254
17	JChristopher (Joseph Christopher)	6859	51	134
18	SinirothX (Nick Henson)	6800	9	755
19	Mysticcat (Phan Nguyen Khanh Dan)	6785	30	226
20	Joni Philips	6725	66	101

The precise KB totals may be inaccurate in certain cases - see Why are the KB totals wrong?

Ranking of authors with the greatest number of completed guides (full spot type - see What are spots? and What's the difference between an "FAQ" and a "Guide"?).

1.2 Prolific Complete-Guide Authors

#	Author	Number of Completed Guides	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	DJ Tigresa (Tigresa Steel)	269	6154	22
2	ASchultz (Andrew Schultz)	167	11050	66
3	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	135	9206	68
4	BSulpher (Brian P. Sulpher)	118	8643	73
5	THayes (Tom Hayes)	102	6380	62
6	War Doc (Kevin Butler)	91	5778	63
7	DBM11085 (Devin Morgan)	89	12421	139
8	KChang (Kuo-Sheng (Kasey) Chang)	61	5757	94
9	ritchie	58	3155	54
10	The Lost Gamer (Michael Gray)	58	2000	34
11	antseezee (Chris Zawada)	53	4833	91
12	SubSane (Vic Rome)	52	2206	42
13	A I e x (Alex Eagleson)	48	15683	326
14	Da Hui (Frank G)	48	3015	62
15	Kao Megura (Chris MacDonald)	48	6502	135

Ranking of authors with the greatest number of images (see What's an "image"?).

1.3 Prolific Image Artists

#	Author	Number of Images	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	StarFighters76 (Mike Leatherwood)	304	12532	41
2	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	195	4376	22
3	cooldude007 (Russel Abarintos)	149	12729	85
4	Apathetic Aardvark (Jason)	113	6835	60
5	ASchultz (Andrew Schultz)	60	773	12
6	Apostrophe	59	2535	42
7	PKeating (Paul Keating)	59	957	16
8	Lucid Faia (Adam Sweeney)	56	1734	30
9	LtCmdData (Christopher W.D. Long)	50	1506	30
10	kinsukeJP	43	828	19

2. Committed Authors

These people have demonstrated incredible focus on a single game.

2.1 Largest FAQ

#	Author	Game	Size (KB)
1	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	Picross 2 (Game Boy)	3820
2	shoecream (Jonathan Chang)	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)	3693
3	SinirothX (Nick Henson)	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	2537
4	TFergusson (Terence Fergusson)	Pokemon: Fushigi no Dungeon Red (Game Boy Advance)	2005
5	Syonyx (marc lalonde)	Intelligent Qube (PlayStation)	1980

2.2 Greatest Total FAQ KB for One Game by One Author

#	Author	Game	Total Size (KB)	Number of FAQs	Average Size (KB)
1	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	Picross 2 (Game Boy)	3820	1	3820
2	shoecream (Jonathan Chang)	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)	3693	1	3693
3	TFergusson (Terence Fergusson)	Pokemon: Fushigi no Dungeon Red (Game Boy Advance)	3666	4	916
4	SinirothX (Nick Henson)	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	3429	3	1143
5	SOng (Scott Ong)	Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)	3356	5	671

Fighting games tend to dominate this list because of the tradition of writing a separate FAQ for each character.

2.3 Greatest Number of FAQs for One Game by One Author

#	Author	Game	Number of FAQs	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	DKeith (Donovan Keith (Indigo Twilight))	WCW vs. The World (PlayStation)	60	60	1
2	Civ Magirus (Caleb "TheCivilOne" Hankins)	WWE Day of Reckoning (GameCube)	38	1100	28
3	B.Wood (Bill Wood)	Fire ProWrestling D (Dreamcast)	32	396	12
4	charjer0	WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (PlayStation 2)	32	530	16
5	Dan GC (Dan)	Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (PlayStation)	24	1110	46

3. Diverse Authors

These people have written across a broad spectrum of topics.

3.1 Greatest Number of Platforms Written For

#	Author	Number of Different Platforms[1]
1	DJ Tigresa (Tigresa Steel)	32
2	DEngel (Daniel Engel)	17
3	SubSane (Vic Rome)	16
4	ASchultz (Andrew Schultz)	15
5	Crazyreyn (Matthew Reynolds)	14
-	Joni Philips	14
-	Seth0708	14
8	DBM11085 (Devin Morgan)	13
-	winnie the poop 2 (Martin Dale-Hench)	13
10	A I e x (Alex Eagleson)	12
-	AstroBlue	12
-	CJayC (Jeff "CJayC" Veasey)	12
-	Dallas	12
-	falsehead (Sophie Cheshire)	12

1. At least 12 different platforms written for.

3.2 Greatest Number of Master Genres Written For

#	Author	Number of Different Master Genres[1]
1	Dark Vortex (Quan Jin)	8
-	DJ Tigresa (Tigresa Steel)	8
-	MysticWeirdo (Warren Grieder)	8
4	AlaskaFox (Ronan Hunt-Murphy)	7
-	antseezee (Chris Zawada)	7
-	ASchultz (Andrew Schultz)	7
-	AstroBlue	7
-	BoredGamer (Joe Shaffer)	7
-	BSulpher (Brian P. Sulpher)	7
-	CJayC (Jeff "CJayC" Veasey)	7
-	Crazyreyn (Matthew Reynolds)	7
-	Da Hui (Frank G)	7
-	DBM11085 (Devin Morgan)	7
-	Gbness (Richard Beast)	7
-	Joni Philips	7
-	KBoon (Kyle Boon)	7
-	Labmaster	7
-	Menji76 (Nick "Menji76" Bryant)	7
-	Shirow	7
-	Skye7707 (Devon Kerkhove)	7
-	TestaALT (Andrew Testa)	7
-	THedstrom (Tony Hedstrom)	7

1. At least 7 out of a possible 8 different master genres written for. Also see Why so many genres? And why are some wrong?

4. Games

4.1 Greatest Total FAQ KB For One Game

#	Game	Total Size (KB)	Number of Authors	Number of FAQs	Average Size (KB)
1	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	20607	89	114	180
2	Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)	15098	86	107	141
3	Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (PlayStation 2)	14951	86	108	138
4	Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation)	14414	69	95	151
5	Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)	14269	65	75	190

4.2 Greatest Number of FAQ Authors For One Game

#	Game	Number of Authors	Number of FAQs	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Arcade)	93	165	7086	42
2	Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)	90	101	8214	81
3	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	89	114	20607	180
4	Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (PlayStation 2)	86	108	14951	138
5	Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)	86	107	15098	141

4.3 Greatest Number of FAQs For One Game

#	Game	Number of FAQs	Number of Authors	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Arcade)	165	93	7086	42
2	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	114	89	20607	180
3	Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (PlayStation 2)	108	86	14951	138
4	Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation)	107	86	15098	141
5	Tekken 3 (Arcade)	103	74	4336	42

4.4 Greatest Number of Completed Guides For One Game

#	Game	Number of Completed Guides[1]	Number of Authors	Total Size (KB)	Average Size (KB)
1	Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (PlayStation 2)	24	23	7646	318
2	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)	19	18	4998	263
3	Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2)	19	17	10488	552
4	Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation)	19	17	1939	102
5	Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)	18	22	4060	225

1. A completed guide is one that has a full spot. Also see What's the difference between an "FAQ" and a "Guide"? and What are spots?

5. Oldest FAQ

This table is based on the last update date of the FAQ. Note that many very early FAQs are undated, and that some old FAQs have been subsequently updated. Just some proof that internet FAQs have been around for a while.

5.1 Oldest FAQ

#	Date	Author	Game
1	1-3-1988	Blue Dragon	Ultima V (PC)
2	20-6-1989	GhostWind	Sex Vixens from Space (PC)
3	27-10-1989	TKroon (Ton Kroon)	Manhunter 2: San Francisco (PC)
4	20-2-1990	Anonymous	Beyond Zork (PC)
5	20-2-1990	Adric_ (Adric)	Ultima II (PC)

6. Smallest FAQ

This table lists all FAQs of size less than 1KB (listed as "0KB"). It has been included to answer a frequently asked question. As with the "oldest" FAQ above, this list is somewhat meaningless: There are probably FAQs with less information than these, which simply have more formatting, and hence a larger file size.

6.1 Smallest FAQ

Author	Game
DChan (Don "Gamera" Chan)	Black/Matrix (Saturn)
Xandoidao	Cool Boarders 2 (PlayStation)
Largo	Langrisser: Dramatic Edition (Saturn)
THedstrom (Tony Hedstrom)	Mega Man X2 (SNES)
THedstrom (Tony Hedstrom)	Mega Man X3 (SNES)
RMcPherson	Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (PC)
Gumbo	WCW Nitro (PlayStation)
AGSCC	World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 2000: U-23 Medal heno Chousen (PlayStation)

7. What's Hot

This section analyses only FAQs written or updated in the last 2 months (the 2 months to Sunday 22 January 2006), and uses them as a proxy for which platforms and genres are the most popular.

7.1 Hottest Platforms

#	Platform[1]	Total Size (MB)	%	Number of Authors[2]	%	Number of FAQs	%	Average Size (KB)
1	PlayStation 2	64.5	32.6	346	34.1	557	28.4	118
2	Game Boy Advance	24.7	12.4	120	11.8	164	8.4	153
3	PC	20.7	10.4	171	16.9	248	12.6	85
4	GameCube	18.6	9.4	116	11.4	149	7.6	127
5	PlayStation	15.0	7.6	57	5.6	112	5.7	137
6	SNES	7.7	3.9	62	6.1	79	4.0	99
7	Xbox	7.6	3.8	70	6.9	94	4.8	82
8	DS	7.1	3.6	85	8.4	91	4.6	79
9	NES	6.2	3.1	42	4.1	115	5.9	54
10	Game Boy	5.8	2.9	13	1.3	34	1.7	175
-	All	198.0	100.0	1014	100.0	1961	100.0	103

1. Top 10 shown only.
2. Authors with at least one FAQ of this type. Each author may appear in more than one category, however percentage is that of all authors. Consequently percentages may sum to more than 100%.

7.2 Hottest Master Genres

#	Master Genre	Total Size (MB)	%	Number of Authors[1]	%	Number of FAQs	%	Average Size (KB)
1	Role-Playing	72.6	36.7	329	32.4	460	23.5	161
2	Action	71.1	35.9	479	47.2	894	45.6	81
3	Adventure	18.3	9.3	116	11.4	197	10.0	95
4	Puzzle	11.8	6.0	59	5.8	89	4.5	135
5	Strategy	10.6	5.4	121	11.9	137	7.0	79
6	Sports	8.5	4.3	75	7.4	104	5.3	83
7	Driving	4.2	2.1	62	6.1	69	3.5	62
8	Simulation	0.9	0.4	9	0.9	11	0.6	79
-	All	198.0	100.0	1014	100.0	1961	100.0	103

1. Authors with at least one FAQ of this type. Each author may appear in more than one category, however percentage is that of all authors. Consequently percentages may sum to more than 100%.