We're currently about 5 days behind the 1M matches mark by the end of the year. Someone asked me if there were more games being played in certain months, so I decided to take a look.

This is what I came up with:


2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 avg56 exp
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January 2504 10979 16979 20947 21120 | 8.51% 248179
February 4250 15514 17476 18706 20208 | 8.12% 248866
March 5545 19478 14665 21038 20956 | 8.02% 261296
April 6531 15271 17384 19200 21752 | 8.21% 264945
May 8399 18864 18891 19910 21531 | 8.71% 247198
June 7643 18563 17244 18243 20543 | 7.97% 257754
July 9027 19344 16454 19601 18983 | 8.09% 234647
August 9729 18522 17530 20372 | 8.51%
September 10921 15801 16928 19609 | 8.20%
October 13203 16290 18000 21211 | 8.80%
November 11921 16175 18714 19162 | 8.50%
December 11610 15978 19769 17401 | 8.34%
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Total 101283 200779 210034 235400


avg56 = The average percentage of matches played for the month in 2005 and 2006.
exp = The expected total number of matches for 2007, using the actual number of games played and the percentage.

Summing up the matches before 2007, we had 747496 matches played. This means that to hit the 1M mark in 2007, we need to have 252504 matches played over the course of the year.

If we average the expected total for 2007, we get 251841 matches, which is 663 matches short, which is about 1 day.

So... You people need to start playing a bit more!