Captives of the turtle pit, hear ye, hear ye!
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Master
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written Friday, March 17 2006 08:12
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Wow, dude, I am ninth in the overall career SW post count ratings. Forever in the top 10. Yes!! -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, March 17 2006 18:37
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Ben, sweetie, some might argue that that's not a good thing... Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, March 17 2006 18:49
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Yes, some would say that. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, March 17 2006 19:16
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Not a good thing? Do you mean to say that you had to suffer through 3000 posts here? :P -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 03:18
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quote:You know, this is part of the reason why I stopped the monthly ranking. I thought the overall postcount list wouldn't have that much of an impact; please don't prove me wrong. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 05:18
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For some people, post count is there only achievement. You know, "quantity, not quality." After all size does matter when you are trying to compensate for other inadequacies (depending upon your mind you fill in what is inadequate). Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 06:26
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My rank matches my member number! Cool! :cool: :cool: :cool: -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 06:31
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quote:That's because you can't say that posts are better when they move the right way... :P Topics can be moved though, and they count as post, which makes it a contradiction. :rolleyes: -------------------- There are 400 words in the dictionary that begin with "self" and only 8 that begin with "fellow". When in doubt. . . mumble. Posts: 150 | Registered: Saturday, August 20 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 06:55
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Overall rank means nothing except to a few people who would post a lot anyway. It's not like the benalizer purposely set out to become ninth overall. It just happened. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 07:52
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quote:You called? —Alorael, who is glad to have a visual representation of just how many Spidwebbers have single digit post counts. It is a rather large portion. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 08:20
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quote:You obviously aren't aware of the conspiracies within conspiracies that the boards operate on/around/within. Ben meant to be 9th, but *after* the fact that he achieved ninth.... -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 08:44
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Dikiyoba senses a conspiracy within a conspiracy within a conspiracy... Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 12:31
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Ben didn't realize he'd a achieved his goals until after he achieved them. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, March 18 2006 18:56
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Thank you Aran. I got what I needed. You can disable it now if you feel the need. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 00:04
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Where can this information be obtained? I seem to suck at using the Endeavour. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 00:23
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Holy cow! Ed got 235 posts in! Thats almost 4 times as much as me! In half the time! -------------------- "When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane." Posts: 120 | Registered: Sunday, January 1 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 00:27
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Ed also got banned. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 00:51
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 [ Sunday, March 19, 2006 00:55: Message edited by: Spring ] -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 05:07
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Ed got banned?! Why am I always the last to know? :P Anyway, I blew the dust of my calculator, and I concluded that appr. 95% of all the "users" (mostly non-active/dead accounts) has a lower post count than me, so I'm not doing as bad as I though. :P EDITIO: There is no such thing as 195% in this context... :rolleyes: [ Sunday, March 19, 2006 05:08: Message edited by: Snafta a.k.a. no chicken for sale ] -------------------- There are 400 words in the dictionary that begin with "self" and only 8 that begin with "fellow". When in doubt. . . mumble. Posts: 150 | Registered: Saturday, August 20 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 08:20
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2) My respect to Rachel's dedication. I wonder what else she could have achieved in the meantime for her goals if she hat proceeded a bit more cautiously. Friends, go on to fight for peace but stay alive. We need you all. 3) I understand your observation and your conclusion . May I suggest to make use of the lesson we can draw: A ranking causes competition. We all drool over recognition much more than we would admit. What about putting this to some serious use to advance the subspecies of mankind found on spiderweb? Here is my question of all questions: Devise an transparent algorithm to compute a ranking of members according to the merits they have earned during the past quarter. It should be based on an honest majority vote and neither a popularity contest or subject to manipulation by the authorities. The karma is the zeroth approximation. The post count was better but flawed as you found out. The "elections" for mod-ship last year were better but limited to the elite rather than including John Q. Public. In science there is a citation list with impact weight factors according to the journals. Amazon ranks the book comments according to usefulness. Spidweb could become more exiting if we tried some other ranking mechanism. -------------------- The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. (not mine) Posts: 311 | Registered: Friday, February 13 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 08:31
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quote:I don't want to be cynical, but I don't like hypocrisy. I think this 'we all miss you' thing is a bit exaggerated. There are/were some people, including active members, who didn't like Rosycat's behavior, and I'm pretty sure you are aware of that. I think I can safely and respectfully say that I am among those who didn't like Rosycat's behavior, and I certainly don't miss her. I do wish her all the happy birthdays and post-birthdays you want, however. quote:(respectful silence) quote:*erupts in gales of mad laughter* Okay, I agree with you, but I was not surprised when I read about this 'spam competition'. A lot of people (read : mostly n00bs) tend to react like that to these kind of stats, and there have been issues like this one on other forums. Posts: 363 | Registered: Wednesday, February 22 2006 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 08:32
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Oh good. I see Social Darwinism is about to have a comeback :P -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 11:51
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quote:Part of me feels sorry for him. I somehow thought he had the potential to become a non-annoying newb. The other part of me, however... quote: -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Master
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 13:17
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He's my biggest fan, though. Even ask him. ;) -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, March 19 2006 14:00
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Ben, you are a bot. It doesn't count. :P -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |