2020 Recap & 2021 Plans

Summoners!

First off, Happy New Year and thank you for supporting Frontline: MCOC in 2020. This year didn’t go as planned for any of us, yet Frontline managed to surpass my expectations. Whether you’ve just browsed the site, or we’ve interacted on LINE, Discord, Twitter, or Youtube, I really appreciate it! Creating content for MCOC has been one of the best parts of my 2020.

2020 RECAP

What’s interesting about running a blog site is it is very rare that a post “pops.” For Youtubers, the first 24-48 hours are critical for views. With Frontline, it’s much more of a “slow burn” driven by search engines (particularly Google), so the daily stats don’t really tell the true impact of a post.

2020 STATS

Posts: 697
Total Words Written: 160,311
Total Views: 778K
Total Visitors: 365K
Total Youtube Video Referrals: 10,934

I also thought it would be interesting look back at the Top 25 Frontline posts for 2020. This list is just posts, I’ve excluded items like the homepage, calendar, and pages such as the Champion Buff Schedule and Basic Pool Addition Schedule which get updated consistently over the course of the year.

Rank	Post Name	Views
1	Variant 4 – Chapter 1.1 Guide	21,022
2	How The November 2020 Side Quest Works – Shadow Base Raids & Joe Fixit’s Fine Goods	18,942
3	How The September 2020 Side Quest Works – Mutant Treasure Island	18,413
4	Release Notes: MCOC v29.1 – December 2020	17,545
5	How The August 2020 Side Quest Works – Heralds of Galactus	15,279
6	How The October 2020 Side Quest Works – Hades Invasions	14,726
7	Variant 4 – Chapter 1.2 Guide	13,433
8	Variant 3 Polar Opposites – Recap & Guides	12,979
9	Variant 4 Waning Moon – Recap & Guides	11,567
10	MCOC Road Map – State of The Game 2020 Release Schedule	10,552
11	Variant 4 – Chapter 3.2 Guide	10,447
12	Variant 4 – Chapter 3.1 Guide	9,938
13	May 2020 Marvel Contest of Champions Road Map Update	9,584
14	Variant 4 – Chapter 2.2 Guide	9,066
15	Marvel Contest of Champions Permanent Content Recommended Order Guide – August 2019	7,940
16	Northern Expeditions – How The July Side Quest Works	7,791
17	Northern Expeditions Canadian Difficulty – Diss Track Counters	7,296
18	Chapter Guide – Act 6.2.4	7,112
19	2020 July 4th Weekend Cache Deals	6,990
20	Which Variant Should I Complete First?	6,409
21	Variant 4 – Chapter 2.1 Guide	6,294
22	Variant 3 – Chapter 1.1 Guide	6,240
23	5 Reasons to Rank 5 Stars Over 6 Stars	5,840
24	Chapter Guide – Variant 5 – Chapter 1.1	5,722
25	Chapter Guide – Act 6.2.3	5,659

It’s really satisfying to see the overall growth of the site and how many posts did so well. I often get so focused on “let’s just get through today” that I forget about the big picture, and posts can do very well without me even noticing.

2021 PLANS

So, what’s the plan for 2021? Here on the website, Frontline will remain much the same as it is now. There will still be the daily and weekly calendar updates. Frontline Jr is working through Act 4 and eventually Act 5, and those guides will be a primary focus. On my main account, I’ll be working on Book 2 and then Variant 6 guides. Getting out more than a guide or two a week is likely overly ambitious, so those projects will keep me busy for most of 2021. I’d like to get back to posting some Champion Guides as well (they actually performed well over the long-term), but there are only so many hours in the day.

As far as Realm of Champions goes, I really like the game, but there isn’t going to be much of that content here on the site. MCOC as a game just lends itself better to the written format, and I’ve already got a mountain of content I need to work through. Again, only so many hours in the day.

You’ll see me Tweeting about Realm and jumping on some livestreams with Rich, but most of my MROC content will be on the Contest Realm Podcast. I’m very interested in seeing where Realm heads in 2021 as the design team continues to build-out the game.

Well that’s about it for me. Enjoy your New Years, stay safe, and I’ll see you Around The Battlerealm in 2021!

-Dano357