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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, August 21 2006 10:56 Profile Homepage #24
quote:
Originally written by Denialking:


Arancaytor-Cat Roar Nay
Pity it's not spelled that way... :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, August 21 2006 09:46 Profile Homepage #19
Oh, NationStates. It must be three years for me soon... Look for a nation named Ermarian. :)

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 written Monday, August 21 2006 00:20 Profile Homepage #50
Whales and fish don't have much of a neck to speak of, and while they can surface (and possibly jump), I can't think of a movement they are capable of that could be called "raising up himself".

And although the Bible is hardly scientific evidence, we were already talking about mythology.

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Arancaytar
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 written Friday, August 18 2006 22:09 Profile Homepage #23
October.

Although I signed up for a non-required course in Tex/LaTex, which is in September.

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Arancaytar
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 written Friday, August 18 2006 11:12 Profile Homepage #22
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Originally written by Spoilt Salmon:

Why the 17th? Is that the beginning of the month in Germany?
Yes. That's the reason for time zones, didn't you know that? :P

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Actually, because I first made the statistics on April 17, 2005. This is because it was a weekend and I had lots of time to kill.

Plus, I like the number 17. It's a prime.

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Arancaytar
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 written Friday, August 18 2006 00:24 Profile Homepage #18
Just one thing? I can name about 5-6 things right now that I should be doing instead of writing this post. :(

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, August 17 2006 22:07 Profile Homepage #15
20 what? 20 posts? Place 20?

Anyway, I'll have you know I worked hard to achieve this. ;)

Also, since it's getting close to one and a half years since this started, I'm wondering if the monthly topics should be stopped here. The whole thing runs on Drupal now, so technically there is a blog attached, which could contain the monthly summary. This is getting... I don't know, a bit old? Like this joke that's been running for ever and ever. :(

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, August 17 2006 21:02 Profile Homepage #37
quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

By Aran:
quote:
/(.*)king/ seems like an incurable newbie because of his monotonous moniker theme, but for all we know, he actually is the king of somewhere.
Ah, that's where you lost it sir. The King of Somewhere has a monocle.

No, I couldn't resist.

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IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD:
If a scientist with a beautiful and unmarried daughter refuses to work for me, I will not hold her hostage. Instead, I will offer to pay for her future wedding and her children's college tuition.
See, the amusing part of this is that I thought of that cartoon at the moment I was posting it, and barely resisted making an inside joke. :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, August 17 2006 15:25 Profile Homepage #2
quote:
In the day and hour of the moon with sun in scorpio prepare thou a waxen tablet and enscribe thereon the seals of Cthulhu and Dagon; suffumigate with the incense of Zkauba and set aside.

On Hallowmas eve thou must travel to some lonely place where high ground overlooks the ocean. Take up the tablet in thy right hand and make of the sign of Kish with thy left. Recite the incantation thrice and when the final word of the third utterance dieth in the air cast thou the tablet into the waves saying:

'In His House at R'lyeh Dead Cthulhu waits dreaming, yet He shall rise and His kingdom shall cover the Earth.'

And He shall come unto you in sleep and show His sign with which ye shall unlock the secrets of the UBB forum.
Anyway, the search function can't return deleted topics, and it sometimes has some trouble finding anything at all. Make sure the member number is correct. If all else fails, try Google and search for some text the topic contained - most of this forum is regularly crawled.

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, August 17 2006 15:18 Profile Homepage #0
Ladies and gents, it is the seventeenth of the month, and you know what that brings! Annoying topics with huge first posts, that start with the kind of drivel you'd only expect on a blog (incidentally, I finished Gaiman's and Pratchett's Good Omens just now, and also I like broccoli and---), continue on with dry numbers and witty comments about hungry turtles and sanity-collecting doors, before finally, after you are just about ready to give up and read another topic, they move on to the top ten list, where your name may be immortalized if you found enough (in-)opportunities to get a post in this last month.

Sorry. It's 2 AM, okay?

I. Joining Rate

Numbers have been declining since April. 86 new guys, of which 38 have posted.

April 2005: 151/87
May 2005: 78/43
June 2005: 147/91
July 2005: 153/88
August 2005: 108/62
September 2005: 91/52
October 2005: 81/43
November 2005: 83/41
December 2005: 85/52
January 2006: 136/86
February 2006: 100/59
March 2006: 113/63
April 2006: 126/62
May 2006: 94/48
June 2006: 98/51
July 2006: 75/39
August 2007: 86/38

II. Activity

178 existing members have posted, who add up with 38 active newbies to 216.

Here, the numbers have been declining since March; the longest constant decline there's ever been. Also a new low record - breaking the one set by last month.

Monthly Overview:
April 2005: 360 (273)
May 2005: 262 (219)
June 2005: 325 (232)
July 2005: 352 (264)
August 2005: 293 (231)
September 2005: 256 (204)
October 2005: 229 (186)
November 2005: 234 (193)
December 2005: 239 (187)
January 2006: 333 (247)
February 2006: 268 (209)
March 2006: 324 (263)
April 2006: 318 (256)
May 2006: 268 (220)
June 2006: 257 (206)
July 2006: 225 (186)
August 2006: 216 (178)

III. Postage

I called last month "slow" because it had just over 4000 monthly posts. This number has dropped to 3247 this time. 106 posts per day and 15 posts per member, coming (with a period of just over 30 days since the last update) to 0.49 per member per day. Which is another low record. Basically, the board is facing an ice age.

On the plus side, this puts off the inevitable day of the next PPP, so that's all right.

Monthly Overview:
April 2005: 7576 | 186 | 21 | 0.47
May 2005: 4723 | 169 | 18 | 0.52
June 2005: 7267 | 251 | 22.4 | 0.77
July 2005: 8691 | 271.6 | 24.7 | 0.77
August 2005: 5917 | 190.9 | 20.1 | 0.65
September 2005: 5412 | 174.6 | 21.1 | 0.68
October 2005: 4477 | 149.3 | 19.5 | 0.65
November 2005: 4389 | 141.6 | 18.8 | 0.61
December 2005: 3958 | 131.9 | 16.6 | 0.55
January 2006: 6580 | 204.3 | 19.8 | 0.61
February 2006: 4555 | 153.24 | 17 | 0.57
March 2006: 7355 | 272.56 | 22.7 | 0.84
April 2006: 6802 | 221.07 | 21.39 | 0.70
May 2006: 6483 | 215.31 | 24.19 | 0.80
June 2006: 4969 | 155.19 | 19.33 | 0.60
July 2006: 4134 | 133.7 | 18.37 | 0.59
August 2006: 3247 | 106.0 | 15.0 | | 0.49

IV. Top Ten

Why yes, I actually do put these at the end to make sure you at least scroll over the other stuff in this post. ;)

1 6785 Randomizer 760 127
2 6600 Dikiyoba 1735 124
3 2984 Drow 6358 123
4 335 Alorael 11950 120
5 6581 MagmaDragoon 956 117
6 869 Thuryl 7584 112
7 6489 TM Valorim 882 104
8 6 *i 2721 97
9 3431 SoT 1908 95
10 4045 Kelandon 5990 93
This is the permanent link for this month's ranking is.

[Edit: Fixed formatting. Did not alter rankings. Nope!]

[ Sunday, September 17, 2006 22:55: Message edited by: Drow ]

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Thursday, August 17 2006 10:23 Profile Homepage #89
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

quote:
Originally written by Drow:


Crappy. I suck at art, and I was in a hArry. But it sort of conveys the concept. :rolleyes:
FYT.
:D
Some day, they're going to make puns a justifiable provocation for murder... :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, August 17 2006 02:05 Profile Homepage #33
Bold saunders fears neither turtle nor pencil. :)

quote:
Originally written by Toyking:

What the heck, do me too.
Sorry for usurping your job, Synergy...

/(.*)king/ seems like an incurable newbie because of his monotonous moniker theme, but for all we know, he actually is the king of somewhere.

[ Thursday, August 17, 2006 02:09: Message edited by: Drow ]

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Arancaytar
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 written Wednesday, August 16 2006 04:48 Profile Homepage #5
I suppose so, since "scenario design" doesn't usually approach, and the contest is, in fact, approaching. Far too fast, actually.

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Arancaytar
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 written Wednesday, August 16 2006 00:32 Profile Homepage #58
= Takashi? There's someone named Sylak who once had that name...

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Arancaytar
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 written Wednesday, August 16 2006 00:27 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by saunders:

(Thanks Heaven for checking that typo. It was a horrible mental image for s few seconds.)
My morbid curiosity has been triggered. Did it involve the word "cork"?

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Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, August 15 2006 23:21 Profile Homepage #3
Ignorance is momentary bliss. So are recreational drugs.

By that reasoning, I guess I'll pass on the ten "good" years and try to keep learning while my brain still allows me to...

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Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, August 15 2006 03:00 Profile Homepage #4
Philosophy has not yet been classified as a narcotic substance - although it possibly should be. I always fall asleep when reading a long rant. :P

Edit: And he didn't say anything of driving. Not that an intoxicated pedestrian is any less risky for traffic.

[ Tuesday, August 15, 2006 03:01: Message edited by: Drow ]

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 written Tuesday, August 15 2006 02:53 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Herra Huu:

IMAGE(http://gamma.nic.fi/~ribla17/roosterbroom.png)

Oh, my grandparents used to have one of them. Apparently very useful, although I admit I never quite understood why. They don't have those where you're from?

What? It's the only one I could think of.
Er... they don't. Although I can see it would be very useful to have one, yes. Can't imagine how I lived without a roosterbroom so far. :)

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 written Tuesday, August 15 2006 01:36 Profile Homepage #9
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Originally written by Herra Huu:

Lukutoukka - kukkoluuta (bookworm - roosterbroom)
It's a poster I have and which I contemplate often because it's conveniently placed very near my bed.
And what is a roosterbroom? Or is the word as sensible in Finnish as it is in English? :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, August 15 2006 01:20 Profile Homepage #86
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Originally written by Jewels:

I'd say you're having too much fun with that thing.

Pace yourself.
Thing = the camera, the picture, or Photoshop?

Or are you referring to, uh, Alec's dog? (cat?)

[ Tuesday, August 15, 2006 01:20: Message edited by: Drow ]

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 written Monday, August 14 2006 22:07 Profile Homepage #6
Ira Mertes (inspired by Scorp's post; it's Imban):

I am rester
Me rate 'Sir'
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Ermarian: A mariner

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Next challenge: Jeff Vogel

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 written Monday, August 14 2006 21:22 Profile Homepage #4
Richard White: IRA Witch Herd

There were a couple other ones that were good.

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Arancaytar: an array cat.

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, August 14 2006 13:55 Profile Homepage #83
I am going to regret posting this.

IMAGE(http://stuff.ermarian.net/arancaytar/images/aran/aran_potter.jpg)

Crappy. I suck at art, and I was in a hurry. But it sort of conveys the concept. :rolleyes:

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Arancaytar
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 written Monday, August 14 2006 10:14 Profile Homepage #7
I neither locked nor re-opened this thread, and I don't know the reason for either of those decisions. It might become flamebait if Ben or RealityCorp bite. It also sounds a bit arbitrary, unlike the last discussions on this. I'll wait and see.

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