November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, October 25 2006 21:43
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quote:Well. That is certainly disappointing. Now I need to dream up a different scapegoat for all my errors of fact and fiction. In other news, I'm glad to see that you have as firm a grasp on numbers as I do. ;) Edit: Ooohhhhh. Now I get it. You are using the doubleshot mind vulcan death grip ninja master yoda trick on me. So you actually can do ultra secret edits, but you don't want me to know you can do that. Very tricky you are. :cool: [ Wednesday, October 25, 2006 21:45: Message edited by: Spookee Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 06:08
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But hypnotizing you over the internet and then commanding you to edit your post doesn't really count, now does it? -------------------- 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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Councilor
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 06:09
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Actually, Jumpin' Salmon, you're being secretly mind-controlled by some person who can't count. But Arancaytar is also being mind-controlled by the same person, so it looks like he's the person controlling you. Dikiyoba has discovered that the only way to free yourself is to never use numbers again. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 06:50
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Dikiyoba, what a devious plot to stop him from caring about his postcount and end the spam spree... ^_^ -------------------- 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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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 07:19
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quote:You certainly don't think I orchestrated this whole thing, do you? And since the original stats thread is gone, I think that we can definitively say it was ... -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 09:38
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300. And more. And since I don't want to be wrong, spam please. [ Thursday, October 26, 2006 09:39: Message edited by: Guardian Magma ] -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 09:43
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But make sure to make it useful spam! Unlike this post. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 09:49
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quote:Is psychiccontrolbot not running properly, Aran? You may want to have one of you check up on it. -------------------- The Silent Assassin just discovered that he left his spare set of scuba flippers in Detroit. It's not much of a problem. It just means that he can't wear blue socks for a while. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 18:56
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quote:You know Tully, not everything has to be an attack at other people. If you prefer less posting, feel free to start with yourself. Almost everything I've seen you post has seemed to be for the purpose of pissing off the other people in the forum. Maybe that's not why you post and I've got it all wrong, but it's at least what it seems like. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 20:23
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Along those lines, that comment would come across as less hostile if it had "us" instead of "you" or just dropped the "of you" entirely. I mean, "as much as many of us" and "as much as many" carry the same meaning, but they seem less pointed. [ Thursday, October 26, 2006 20:26: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 22:22
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quote:Oh noo! Chain fire spells for max range. Equip attacks to hot keys. Scroll over and click. lol. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, October 26 2006 22:28
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Well, I wasn't trying to start anything… lol. It just sorta comes across that way. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, October 27 2006 04:58
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Spam or not spam? This is the problem. -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Dollop of Whipped Cream
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written Friday, October 27 2006 06:30
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quote:Spam of course. :P To spam! -------------------- "Tyranicus is about the only one that still posts in the Nethergate Forum." —Randomizer Spiderweb Chat Room Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 562 | Registered: Friday, December 14 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 27 2006 07:53
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We need less flammable spam, that's what. Right now, it's like a huge pile of tinder... soaked with kerosene. quote:This is growing stale, Tyran. :P -------------------- 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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Nuke and Pave
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:01
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quote:I have a somewhat evil idea for the next month's spamtistics thread and if you keep doing this, I'll be very tempted to carry it out. :P -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:04
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And you owe it all to Olar. Without his flamebait, intentional or otherwise, there would be far less angry chatter. —Alorael, who submits that in a world of perfect harmony no one would post at all. Of course everyone would also cease to exist. Nirvana is like that. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:13
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Ya know, it isn't really necessary to automatically reply to every thread. It helps to have something meaningful to add to the discussion, or perhaps a twist that can take the discussion in a brand new, yet related direction. Currrently there have been around 2260 new posts since the previous shuffling of papers. That amounts to 239 per day. Since an average paper shuffling period (psp) is 30 days, we should expect to see 7170 (or so) total posts for the month. Here's where it gets tricky. (Can you tell I may have low-balled my guess on the poll?) Last time we approached that rate of posting was in March, with 7355 posts. The big, nay, huge difference is the active membership. Back then there were 324 members, so each had to only post 0.824 times per day, and a rate of 269 ppd in that psp was achieved. If we are to duplicate that effort, which I'm not saying isn't possible, of over 7000 posts, but with only the paltry active membership of 73 that is currently evident, each member needs to contribute 96 posts. Of course it gets easier than that, since in reality several new members have arrived and posted. There are around 20 or so new members, and since only (historically) 40% of them post (immediately) I feel save adding 8 to the list of active members, reducing the necessary posts per member (ppm) to 86 in order to achieve 7000 posts in the psp, which would result in huzzahs for people picking poll answers in the 226-250 range (currently only 8% of the vote). If we look at the median scores, apparently 126-200 is the favorite range, and the current active posting community, we arrive with final numbers in the psp of between 3780 and 6000, or 47 to 74 posts per poster (ppp). This pledge drive is important to the hungry gnomes that crunch numbers down at the endeavor section of the ermarian network. They need you to supply more posts, and are asking for a paltry 50 ppp this month, but if you are more apt to by a frequent poster then perhaps you would be comfortable with our once a visit plan, or even our once a thread plan. Any plan you choose is fantastic, and we appreciate (and the hungry gnomes appreciate) every new member and every active poster. Just remember this pledge drive ends on November 15th at midnight board time, but you can expect to see the results a few days after. Edit - The gnomes just hollared at me to thank Alorael, Zeviz, and Ephesos for their extraordinary support this month. [ Friday, October 27, 2006 08:16: Message edited by: Spookee Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:18
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Originally by Ephesos: quote:Or we could just prohibit the use of all matches, lighters, fire-breathing creatures, and explosive spells. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:22
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quote:Alright, alright. More people will show up. They always do. And there's always a few who come out of the woodwork to pose a discussion-provoking question for the older games. -------------------- 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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Shaper
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:25
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quote:You forgot flamers. :) -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Friday, October 27 2006 08:41
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Thanks to the wonders of multi-tasking, I can now make a new post instead of editing onto my old one. Jumpin' Salmon, tell the gnomes at Ermarian that Dikiyoba is more than happy to contribute, and the exact level of contribution that they can expect from Dikiyoba will be disclosed as soon as they stop crashing Dikiyoba's browser. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, October 27 2006 09:18
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quote:You run IE, don't you? I actually switched to FireFox 2.0 just to look at lists without any risk of crashing. Now I just risk getting a blank page. Tell the gnomes that I'm already firing on all cylinders when it comes to posting speed. I can't post any faster without cheating, which I refuse to do. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, October 27 2006 09:29
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quote:See, that is curious. Aran has those little stickers on his web page telling me it is all safe and such, yet IE also crashes every 3 or so visits. I ended up adding Firefox, version 1.5, so that I could be constantly in touch with how wasteful I am. So Aran, why doesn't your webpage work with IE? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, October 27 2006 09:42
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It's part of Aran's evil plan to eradicate all users of IE! Seriously, I think it's because there's still a few kinks in the system. And Firefox handles page errors better. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |