The Monthly Metas are almost complete. All that remains is to blog about blogging. For those mainly interested in Magic or the other Five M's here, you may wish to skip this. I would not hold it against you, dear reader.
This Metablog is more for my purposes. But I do love sharing my thoughts with my most dedicated readers. So let's go beyond (thoroughly beyond, to the other shore!) and jump on in and see what the past month was like here on Cabel the Pauper.
BY THE NUMBERS: POSTS AND PAGEVIEWS
In the month of March, I returned to blogging after nearly 12 months of inactivity and posted a total of 14 entries to Cabel the Pauper.
Upon my return I reorganized the layout and purpose to streamline this blogs' topical content and to make sure such a prolonged absence does not occur in the future. This was explained in my first blog of the month, "Back to Blogging and the Five M's of Cabel the Pauper."
The total pageviews for the last month met my unspoken goal of breaking a thousand, hitting 1,035 total views. This brings the total pageviews of all time to 8,892, finally surpassing my previous blogspot page, Soundpolitic (which will not be brought back to life as this one was...and won't even be linked to!).
The two most viewed blog this month were "Standard Pauper vs. Friday Night Magic & Announcing: Standard Pauper In Real Life!" with 62 pageviews, and "Treasure Cruise BANNED in Classic, WOTC Silent on Standard..." garnering 45 hits. These are numbers that make sense given the relatively small size of the Standard Pauper community.
As far as unquantifiable statistics go, I have not kept a log of my hours spent drafting, revising, editing, and posting and re-editing my blogs (ASIDE: Thanks to all comrades in the Pauper community for correcting my many errors!)
However, an unspoken goal has been to get in the habit of writing as soon as possible after waking up in the morning on a daily basis. This is dialectically opposed to my previous approach, which was to blog in a more spontaneous and sporadic fashion usually late at night.
That was probably the reason I had started this up twice and then failed to continue for an extended period of time. I am pleased with these results regardless of how many articles went live and how many hits they have received. I believe that Cabel the Pauper is well on track to meet another monthly goal.
MAN OF LETTERS: M's OF THE MONTH
The primary M's blogged this month, aside from Magic and Metablogging, were Marxism and Media. Magic: the Gathering Rarity-Restricted Casual Competitive formats, especially Standard Pauper, remain the primary focus of Cabel the Pauper. The Marxist philosophical and political slant is always pervasive and I try to be humorously serious about this for purposes of both entertainment and agitation.
I enjoy this about my blogging probably more than any other aspect. I believe it makes mine the single most unique website about both topics, Magic and Marxism - which, by the way, is merely a catch-all phrase for philosophy and politics in general, just like the former might refer to all fantasy gaming in all mediums, as well. In future months, other schools of philosophy and political tendencies will be featured here, as will other fantasy hobby games...
However, the M of the Month was probably Media. A major reason to return to blogging as a writer was to shift to this medium from one less conductive to producing quality content and encouraging engaging discussion, social media. The reasons for this were outlined in "The Last Facebook Post."
Additionally, I consider writing to be a traditional medium of human expression, even when inputted and published on an electronic machine such as a computer. Last month I began work on an extensive three-part series about writing on social and electronic media posted to the internet. I gave this the title "To Draft Or Not To Draft" and Pack I - To the Left" appeared in March. The next episode in this trilogy will be arriving in this new month of April.
Finally, I will use the rest of the month of April to provide additional links to the Five M's on the sidebar as well as finally get around to posting about the two which remain least-mentioned, Mixology and Meditation. Stay tuned!
IN CONCLUSION: I'M OUT...LIKE A LION
Thanks for reading, though I wouldn't hold it against anyone to not go through all this. The Monthly Meta is, as explained, more for my purposes than yours. But your purpose as a read is my purpose is a writer: making this blog a positive force in our lives. I hope it's entertained some positive thoughts about your favorite games and perhaps has perked your interest in one of the topics that I find interesting.
With that, the Monthly Meta for March is over and out...like a lion! And now it's on to the month of April and the rest of Easter weekend. Here's wishing everybody a blessed holiday...a perfect time for getting in some games and sharing ideas with friends and family. Good luck & have fun! Peace,
- C
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