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Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 05, 2008, 04:24:47 PM
I recently took a quick look at the board statistics on the bottom of the main page, and I noticed that the number of total forum posts had recently passed 92,000. If I remember correctly, it was 90,000 only about a month ago. Because of this, I actually think we could reach 100,000 in no more than a few months if we continue at our current rate.

I think this proves that GOF has become more popular these days than it may have ever been.

What are your thoughts on this?
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 05, 2008, 04:45:13 PM
Actually, we celebrated reaching 50,000 posts only a few months ago.  I think it was like 3-4 months actually.  We are certainly becoming more and more popular.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 05, 2008, 05:40:28 PM
I'm sure once we do hit 100,000 Petrie will make some sort of announcement, even if someone else beats him to it.   It'll be quiet a milestone I think.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 05, 2008, 05:44:04 PM
I think that we should save the 100,000th post for someone.
It could be like a Member Award, but without the little picture in the signature.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on April 05, 2008, 05:46:24 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Apr 5 2008 on  04:44 PM
I think that we should save the 100,000th post for someone.
It could be like a Member Award, but without the little picture in the signature.
Hmm seems like a good idea.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on April 05, 2008, 05:48:45 PM
Maybe, but it'll be difficult to decide who gets that magic post.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 05, 2008, 05:48:47 PM
You can't prove who hits the button to make the 100,000th post unless you're entirely alone when it happens....
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 05, 2008, 05:56:34 PM
I guess the program doesn't keep a log?   I guess Petrie made the first post.  It could have been interesting if you could tell, to have a record of the first post, 50,000, 100,000. ect.  Silly idea maybe.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 05, 2008, 06:57:47 PM
I would love to make the 100,000th post, however there's only one way to prove you did it.  You'd have to take a screenshot and you'd have to be the only one on when it said "total posts: 100,000".  Very improbable.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 05, 2008, 07:36:12 PM
Why should it matter who did the 100,000 post, just that the forum reached it.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 05, 2008, 07:47:52 PM
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Why should it matter who did the 100,000 post, just that the forum reached it.

There are two types of honor discussed here.  The honor of the entire forum to have made so many posts, and the honor of each individual, who knows that they contributed to the post count.  Having actually posted the 100,000th post is a special honor because that honor can only be shared by one individual.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Chiletrek on April 05, 2008, 07:55:23 PM
Hello:
 Well, someone will make that magic post indeed, but it is in fact the whole forum that wins, because it sure shows how active it is :yes .
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 05, 2008, 08:42:03 PM
I am one to believe that post count doesn't matter so much as the quality of the post.  I'd much rather have 100 posts that are long an meaningful than 5,000 posts that are just in the "word connection" or "word association" threads.  If I wanted to, I could increase my post count to 10,000 in a matter of days by just making meaningless posts that like just contain the word "a", but that wouldn't mean anything (not to mention I'd probably get banned.) :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 05, 2008, 09:50:01 PM
It will reach 100,000 when it does and not before.  I've not been paying attention to the total post counts of the site really.  I'd not mind if there were no post counts for individuals either, though likely I"m in the minority.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 05, 2008, 11:34:33 PM
Individual post counts helps to differentiate between senior members and newer ones.  It is rather essential in my opinion.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Nick22 on April 06, 2008, 01:22:46 AM
I had the honor of posting #50000, and large percentage of the posts are divisded between four posters, Malte, myself, petrie and threehorn Combined we have posted about 35000 posts, roughly a third of the posts on the board. you can atrribute that to the fact that we all have been active members here for a long time.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 06, 2008, 01:33:15 AM
The date when you joined is better since I have more posts then some members who have been here for years I bet and I've been here less then a year.  I doubt the being more senior counts much here among the regular members for much.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 06, 2008, 09:27:58 AM
Date joined is best for determining longetivity...NOT post count.  For example, Kor has 64% of my total postcount, yet he has not been here since mid-2006.  He has just been able to post much more often as of late than I have and replies in just about every single thread that receives a new post.

If you're looking at seniority, some of the most respected have less than 3,000 individual posts.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Malte279 on April 06, 2008, 11:54:26 AM
^ Kor? I think you confused something Petrie. Kor first came here in last October (2007) and has been active ever since ;)
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I'd much rather have 100 posts that are long an meaningful than 5,000 posts that are just in the "word connection" or "word association" threads.
I second that :yes
The 100 000 post will be reached soon. The air will taste the same after it and the sun will not shine any brighter; but still 100 000 is quite something :yes
It is true that activity at the GOF is increasing. More than a third of our members joined within the last year and the number of new people joining us (people who don't just join, but post and become active as well) has never been so high. I am really delighted that many of our newest members who are around for weeks or a few months only have really done so much already and written many interesting posts. I am really happy you came and stayed and really hope that you will remain with us in the future too :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on April 06, 2008, 12:09:04 PM
Quote from: Malte279,Apr 6 2008 on  04:54 PM
I am really delighted that many of our newest members who are around for weeks or a few months only have really done so much already and written many interesting posts. I am really happy you came and stayed and really hope that you will remain with us in the future too
It's nice to be appreciated, although I have to say that however much I love LBT, it's the people here which keep me here, not the fact it's related to LBT. In return I'd just like to say thanks, to the admins and all of the great people here who are so welcoming and friendly. Thank you.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 06, 2008, 01:00:28 PM
I agree with your statement, Austin. I personally would have less posts, but they were all meaningful, than a lot of posts for something completely miscellaneous. However, I love Word Connection and Word Association. They are fun.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: LBTFan13 on April 06, 2008, 03:14:21 PM
I would not be surprised if we reached 100,000 posts before the summer starts.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 06, 2008, 04:29:55 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if we had 100.000 posts by the time April ends.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 06, 2008, 05:09:00 PM
It may well happen with all the new members we've had here recently.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 06, 2008, 05:50:53 PM
I decided to do a little math. In this case, I'll assume that we are at 100,000 posts and there are 200 members. This means that the average number of posts any member on GOF makes is 500.

Now I'll compare that to another forum I'm familiar with, bzpower (the bionicle fansite). They recently hit 5,000,000 posts, and there are nearly 40,000 members. This means that the average number of posts for any member there is only 125.

Considering this, I believe that what makes GOF so great is not the number of members, but the activity of those members. We probably have a large percentage of members here who join and become active rather than join, stay for a bit, and then leave.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Malte279 on April 06, 2008, 06:21:08 PM
Actually of the more than 200 members of the GOF only a bit more than 60 have more than 100 posts. There is a considerable number of members with more than 50 but less than 100 posts, but that number was smaller than that of the ones with more than 100 posts last time I checked. There are quite a few who never posted or posted less than 10 times.
These numbers need not be interpreted as a bad message though. They go to show that it doesn't take 200 people to get a community as active as the GOF is.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on April 06, 2008, 07:39:54 PM
Yes but presumably that other forum will have non-active members too, so it should balance out... sort of...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 06, 2008, 08:52:32 PM
Not necessarily as severely....remember, here the four top posters have posted about 30% of all the stuff here.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 09, 2008, 06:28:29 PM
We've just reached 93,000! :wow  At this rate, we might even reach 100,000 before the end of the month!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 09, 2008, 06:40:16 PM
It is quite amazing that so few people could have made so many posts in only a few years.  You'd think we're all obsessive compulsive people who don't get out much.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 09, 2008, 07:54:24 PM
I get out plenty thank you. :p  Its just finding people that like bowling, or decent music. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 09, 2008, 07:54:52 PM
That is me, but how about the rest of you?   :p  :lol


I'm sure we'll be able to tell since even stranger sounds will come from the admin offices then do now.  :p  :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 14, 2008, 05:45:11 PM
94,000!

By my calculations, we should reach 100,000 by the middle of next month. :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 14, 2008, 06:08:09 PM
once we do that will be interesting.  And a reason for another wild party to celebrate.   :yes    finally hitting 6 digits.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 21, 2008, 08:14:52 PM
This post is the 96,000th post on the entire forum. Only 4,000 to go until we reach 100,000!

Yes, based on the board statistics I saw, this IS the 96,000th post on this forum.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 21, 2008, 10:30:22 PM
It will be interesting when we do hit that number.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 28, 2008, 03:30:26 PM
We have about 2,500 posts left. The tension is mounting.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 28, 2008, 03:33:13 PM
I don't see anyone getting anxious.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on April 28, 2008, 03:58:09 PM
I will probably not notice when we reach 100,000 unless i look at the number or someone says something about it. :lol

(And by the way Kor, congratulations on being the only one with the Ultimate LBT Fan level right now, excluding the admins)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 28, 2008, 05:13:44 PM
Thanks.

As for the post count reaching that number, I don't look at it but I"m sure someone will let us know when it happens.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 28, 2008, 06:57:02 PM
I'll always be keeping an eye on that post count. ;)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 28, 2008, 08:46:30 PM
I wonder if anyone else does.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 29, 2008, 09:44:31 AM
I do ^^
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Malte279 on April 29, 2008, 10:16:07 AM
Would not such a special event as this one make the sun shine brighter, the air taste sweeter, and the birds sing louder so we will all know instantly when that message has been posted? :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 29, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
If it would, I would call it a wonder. But probably when the message is posted I am asleep.. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: kjeldo on April 29, 2008, 10:52:04 AM
sometimes i watch the posts
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 29, 2008, 12:11:29 PM
Yeah, me too...  I also might look to see who's having a birthday, or who else is online at the same time that I am, etc...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on April 29, 2008, 01:46:38 PM
Well, we won't be able to reach it this month...
(Unless everyone goes spaming!   :wow )

But I'm 100% sure that we'll reach it within May!



Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 29, 2008, 02:39:14 PM
We very well could...  But, to quote a line from Ruby:

"Don't count your hatchlings before they hatch, Chomper!"

So...  You never know...  We just might do it...!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on April 29, 2008, 03:04:28 PM
From a mathematical point of view, we will reach 100,000 posts at our current rate.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 29, 2008, 03:05:00 PM
Heh, don't you guys dare to make 100,000 while I am on holidays =P
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on April 29, 2008, 03:05:40 PM
Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Apr 29 2008 on  08:04 PM
From a mathematical point of view, we will reach 100,000 posts at our current rate.
Well..yes... I think the only question is the"when", not the "if".
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on April 29, 2008, 03:46:50 PM
Well, we have one day left of April...  :lol:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on April 29, 2008, 07:03:19 PM
My current prediction is that we'll reach 100,000 before May 15.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 29, 2008, 07:34:43 PM
That's a very reasonable prediction, Chronicler.  I could definitely see us reaching it by that time...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on April 29, 2008, 08:24:37 PM
I don't even remember where to see the amount of posts made. :bang

And we may even reach it before May 15th, you never know. :wow

EDIT: Never mind i found it. My eyesight must be pretty bad to not notice it.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 29, 2008, 08:49:31 PM
I wonder if the Petrie will have a party to celebrate.   :lol  :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 29, 2008, 11:22:08 PM
He'd better; who wouldn't???  It'll be a pretty BIG milestone for this board!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on April 29, 2008, 11:27:43 PM
Yeah, a small group of people slowly growing making 100,000 posts is awesome, and a party just adds to it. :^.^:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 30, 2008, 03:23:58 AM
Wow; were about a couple hundred posts away from 98,000!  I've watched it grow by about 150 posts a day!  At this rate, yeah, about a week after my not-so-big-2-3...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 30, 2008, 03:41:29 AM
If you guys reach it on my birthday, it will maybe even become a party to me.. :)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 30, 2008, 03:43:03 AM
Hey, ya never know!  We won't reach it by mine, that's for certain...  ...Another week, the 7th?  No way.  But, when's yours, out of curiosity?

EDIT: *NeptuneNavigator2001 logs off for a moment to reboot his web machine; he would do the Michael Jackson Thriller dance, but would probably hurt himself on his computer equipment.*
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 30, 2008, 04:51:37 AM
Haha May 13th is my birthday. It will be nothing special though(will not be celebrated that day), I'll turn 15 then.. :) May 7th is the birthday of my favorite nephew too, but ok May is full of parties to me. My brother, mother, nephew and a lot of friends are having their birthday in this month. but lets not get offtopic.. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 30, 2008, 04:54:19 AM
...Yeah...  Hmm, teenage years can be rough...  I remember only bits and pieces of mine (mostly a blur); sweet sixteen was hell, and 21?  Well, I was, uh, almost driven to suicide, hu hu...  (On the "big day," nonetheless...)  But things got better with time; the wrong people left, and the right people stayed...

But yeah, getting back on topic:

I wonder just how BIG of a party the Admins will all throw?  With every post, we're getting closer and closer...  I'd bet they're just brimming with anticipation?  We'll hit it before the next month is half over!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 30, 2008, 04:56:46 AM
We're sort of spamming here. better not reach it too fast :p .

Suicide, better not talk about it :D .

I wonder if my family even notices it's my birthday ^^
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 30, 2008, 04:58:35 AM
Quote from: Mumbling,Apr 30 2008 on  03:56 AM
I wonder if my family even notices it's my birthday ^^
That's sad...

But yeah...  It's all over now.  I never had a plan...  I just was desparate; you can find more in the After Midnight section; I posted my "sob" story there (LBT Dream post), and in the post that was asking about, what made us watch Land Before Time, under its section...  (Not that I'm implying that you should; but...  It's out now, and I can rest easier...  Not that I was suffering much...)

So...  Who's ready to par-te down?!  I sure am for one!  Bring the cookies, the candy, the pie...!  Crank up the tunes; we're bringing this ship home to port!  (I can't seem to stop editing this post; maybe I'm trying to lessen the drama...?)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on April 30, 2008, 06:42:26 AM
Maybe you kept on changing it because you had nothing else to do and I didn't respond so you had nothing to talk to? :D

It is going really fast..
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: kjeldo on April 30, 2008, 09:20:08 AM
sometimes...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on April 30, 2008, 12:51:07 PM
...Ah, I see you've already been to the Dream post...
Yeah, actually,  now that I think about it, I was just making sure that I said the right things...  And in the right way...

Nah, I don't tend to talk to myself like that, hah...! :lol:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on April 30, 2008, 02:43:22 PM
Was there a party for when this board got 10,000 or 50,000 posts? If so, why not continue the tradition? :lol:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 30, 2008, 05:47:09 PM
Nope.  No party that I'm aware of.  At least not one that regular members were invited to.  Don't know if the admins partied or not. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on April 30, 2008, 07:28:02 PM
For all we know they may be doing nothing but partying in their admin offices.  :p  :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on April 30, 2008, 10:14:04 PM
Nope no parties...I think I might have mentioned the 50,000 post thing, but I'm not one to particularly care for a postcount.  I'd dump it if I could.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 01, 2008, 02:15:24 AM
Haha ok. No party then. I'll try to make a party on my birthday by talking to a lot of you on msn. =D
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 01, 2008, 04:16:39 AM
It doesn't mean we members can't have our own party here.   :^.^:  :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 01, 2008, 04:20:31 AM
Well...  At the very least Mumbling, you can take a little solace in the fact that another DVD of the TV series will be released on your birthday...  It's not much, I know...  But, it's better than nothing...

Hmm, I'm not on MSN myself, so unfortunately, unless you're also on YIM or - heaven forbid - AIM, I won't be among the people you could potentially be talking to on that day...

EDIT: Unless I were to create an MSN Messenger account...  Good thing KNOPPIX Linux has a chat program that handles all of those, plus more...  Although, since I don't save any settings to my hard drive, I have to input the port stealth commands and, oh, just about anything else, every time I boot back to Linux...  It's all on CD.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 01, 2008, 07:26:53 AM
No, I'm not saying you can't have a party on the board if you want one, there simply has never been anything set up by the admins.  By all means, have one if you like.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 01, 2008, 07:25:54 PM
I'm pretty sure that most of us were able to figure that out.  But, thank you anyway...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 03:16:43 AM
Quote from: NeptuneNavigator2001,May 1 2008 on  10:20 AM
Well...  At the very least Mumbling, you can take a little solace in the fact that another DVD of the TV series will be released on your birthday...  It's not much, I know...  But, it's better than nothing...

Hmm, I'm not on MSN myself, so unfortunately, unless you're also on YIM or - heaven forbid - AIM, I won't be among the people you could potentially be talking to on that day...

EDIT: Unless I were to create an MSN Messenger account...  Good thing KNOPPIX Linux has a chat program that handles all of those, plus more...  Although, since I don't save any settings to my hard drive, I have to input the port stealth commands and, oh, just about anything else, every time I boot back to Linux...  It's all on CD.
Hmm at first I want to say, your avatar looks much like my old one..  :unsure: I drew my one myself, how did you get it?

About the tv-series. The DVD won't be released here anyways, I won't be able to get or see it.

If you were able to make a MSN thingy, I'll be the first to talk to you! (kidding :lol )
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 03:18:39 AM
Oh...  I just logged on to some avatar site, and downloaded it...

You see, I had a...  Dream death, today...

EDIT: A hope I've been carrying...  A goal...  Died inside me, today...  Quite a radical change, huh?  It's the result of something stupid I posted....
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 03:22:51 AM
Quote from: NeptuneNavigator2001,May 2 2008 on  09:18 AM
Oh...  I just logged on to some avatar site, and downloaded it...

You see, I had a...  Dream death, today...

EDIT: A hope I've been carrying...  A goal...  Died inside me, today...  Quite a radical change, huh?  It's the result of something stupid I posted....
ow.. that is not so nice.. If you need help or something we'll be here for you :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 03:25:03 AM
Thanks, Mumbling...  But...  I feel so stupid; this wasn't part of my goal, to offend...  Someone...  It's in the "Crazy LBT video" post...  Before my latest apologetic post, you can see what I originally posted, as I edited it out of sorrow....

EDIT: This has caused me endless pain today...  Thought I was gonna have a heart attack...
http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...opic=3395.20 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=3207.20)
(Talking about the Christians, because I came up out from among them, due to an enlightenment...)
And after that, my apologetic post...

Now, I'm afraid to talk to the guy...  We've gotten off on the wrong foot MULTIPLE TIMES...  And I don't want anybody hurt or offended.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 03:31:15 AM
I can not see what you have said about christians. But I do understand some people could get offensed, I'm christian myself too but I am known to the fact people don't care too much about that. One thing mister, it probably will be ok. People will forgive everything, time will heal.
Best thing to do: dont give up anything you once fought for.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 03:34:24 AM
...Thanks.  I still believe in the Creator, just call Him by His Hebrew name Yahweh.  Same thing with Jesus, just call Him by His Hebrew name too, Yahshua.  Yahweh-shua, for He is one...  But there's so much more to it, stuff that I didn't get out of the Christian church...  Doctrines that the scriptures talk about...  That I still follow.  And even more than that...  That the Christians don't believe in, but I believe my eyes have been opened...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 03:39:59 AM
Quote from: NeptuneNavigator2001,May 2 2008 on  09:34 AM
...Thanks.  I still believe in the Creator, just call Him by His Hebrew name Yahweh.  Same thing with Jesus, just call Him by His Hebrew name too, Yahshua.  Yahweh-shua, for He is one...  But there's so much more to it, stuff that I didn't get out of the Christian church...  Doctrines that the scriptures talk about...  That I still follow.  And even more than that...  That the Christians don't believe in, but I believe my eyes have been opened...
I don't know much about your past or your religion, but your dreams shouldn't die of one thing you have said. I have said something stupid and offensive many times, without noticing hurting others. I appologized but didn't want to believe they forgave me. But they did. You shouldn't feel guilty about one bad thing when many good things have been done, really.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 03:44:13 AM
...I had a dream...  See, the Scriptures allude to, or make mention of, several books that aren't actually in the Bible of today.  (Some of them are in the Catholic Bible, but aren't necessarily Catholic in origin.)  It is - was - my life goal to find them all, my passion.  It has been dormant for a LONG time, and I...  Well...  Today, it just...  Killed me, because I realized what I'd done.  I HAVE found some of them; I and II Enoch, Jasher, Psalms 151-155, etc.  But, I do this not just for myself, but for others.  If I offend, no one will listen.  If no one will listen...

...I wish that this dream didn't have to die, I really do.  I have poured my soul into it...  But it has been dormant for a long time...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 05:11:51 AM
I'm sorry for my absence. My internetconnection failed to do his job.
What I wanted to say:

If you don't want to let that dream die, keep it alive. Stand for what you want and believe!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 05:15:25 AM
...Thanks...

Well, I've got an MSN account now, I think it might work, but... I don't know...

That's okay...  Are you on a dial-up connection?
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 05:20:38 AM
Hmm I don't know what a dial-up connection is, but the wires are a bit broken.. I will force my parents to buy new ones :p .
What is your msn account? I will try and add you


By the way: sorry for getting totally off-topic  :unsure:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 05:22:55 AM
A dial-up connection is where you use a phone to dial out.  It's essentially like "calling" your ISP...  Hmm...

Well...  anewonline@yahoo.com should do it...  That's what I tried.  I hope that Linux chat thing accepts MSN, I don't know...  (Took me a while to get access to the signup page, because my security is too high in Windows.)

EDIT: I forgot to mention that a dial-up connection also requires a modem connected to the phone line...  It's been too long, ha ha ha! :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 05:24:35 AM
I added you, I'll see if i can talk to you there. You should just accept me. No I don't have a dial-up connection then ;).
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 05:26:47 AM
I have to drop to Linux before I can chat.  Then I have to stealth my ports.  THEN, I have to "add" my accounts to that chat program...  (Every time, but the buddy list is called from the server, so it's always intact.)  Right now?  It will take a while...!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 02, 2008, 05:30:34 AM
I can wait. Let's now not reply to this topic anymore because we are getting totally to another direction then the '100,000 posts' thingy. If you need me, PM ;)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 02, 2008, 04:59:12 PM
Through the process we now have a dozen posts less to reach 100k. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on May 02, 2008, 05:11:36 PM
Only around 2,800 posts to go though. What you said confused me at first because i thought you said we only have a dozen posts left until i looked at it again. :bang  :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 02, 2008, 05:43:54 PM
We'll get there sooner or later, then we'll have hit that level, then what will be the goal?
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on May 02, 2008, 05:47:01 PM
500,000 to 1,000,000 i guess, but 1,000,000 would probably take quite a while. :wow
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 02, 2008, 05:48:22 PM
We are now so close to 100,000 posts, I think I'll start an exact countdown. At the time this post is made, we'll have 1,769 posts to go. (Yes, this is as exact as I'll ever be.)

Edit: I changed the number because a few more posts had been made right before this one. :slap
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 02, 2008, 07:24:42 PM
Well, I've made about four more...  ...I'll always be grateful for Mumbling's help through this madness...  And I can live again.

Yes...  We're getting so close...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 03, 2008, 09:56:18 PM
Post count: exactly 1,502 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 03, 2008, 10:53:25 PM
Quote from: The Chronicler,May 3 2008 on  08:56 PM
Post count: exactly 1,502 posts until we reach 100,000!
Then the fireworks can be set off.   :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 03, 2008, 10:55:46 PM
Totally...!  I'll probably cook up a party of my own...  Music, some good food...  Yeah, I'll be celebrating when that happens...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 04, 2008, 01:02:31 AM
Quote from: NeptuneNavigator2001,May 4 2008 on  04:55 AM
Totally...!  I'll probably cook up a party of my own...  Music, some good food...  Yeah, I'll be celebrating when that happens...
I'll join in.. ^^
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 04, 2008, 03:02:16 AM
Sounds like it could be fun.   :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Malte279 on May 04, 2008, 06:07:22 AM
If this goes on we will end up having a 100 000 posts in this thread alone :lol
It certainly is a lot longer than many other threads in the GOF which discuss richer topics ;)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 04, 2008, 06:14:33 AM
...Yeah...  Sorry about that, Malte.  ...Heh... :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 04, 2008, 09:23:04 AM
Quote from: Malte279,May 4 2008 on  05:07 AM
If this goes on we will end up having a 100 000 posts in this thread alone :lol
It certainly is a lot longer than many other threads in the GOF which discuss richer topics ;)
Would either of those be a bad thing?  :p    :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 04, 2008, 09:58:32 AM
Well, the first I don't mind, the second would worry me. :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on May 04, 2008, 11:46:52 AM
I wouldn't fully agree with the second one. Look at the topic on "Religion". There are more posts there. But some have fewer posts, like "Evolution".
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on May 04, 2008, 12:48:59 PM
He didn't say "all", just "many".
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 04, 2008, 08:07:45 PM
Post count: exactly 1,258 posts until 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 04, 2008, 08:13:26 PM
So close...  The 15th of May was a pretty good prediction...  Wouldn't that be something if it actually happened that way? :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 05, 2008, 09:03:49 PM
Post count: exactly 1,115 post until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 06, 2008, 08:03:09 PM
We are now getting very close to 100,000. I'm making my "post count" daily until we reach 100,000.

Post count: exactly 936 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 06, 2008, 08:04:17 PM
Not long now till the wild party can start.   :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Chiletrek on May 07, 2008, 12:41:59 AM
Hello:
 That's awesome!!, I am getting ready to join the party :yes .
 To reach this high number is so great, since it shows how active this page is, and I am referring to 100.000 posts with no spams, which is even better :DD
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on May 07, 2008, 01:02:05 AM
Quote from: Kor,May 6 2008 on  07:04 PM
Not long now till the wild party can start.   :yes
Yep I'll bring the pizza! (I hope I'm not in school when it happens though)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 07, 2008, 02:49:14 AM
The pizza is a good idea.
I can bring some ice cream or soda, most folks like those also.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 07, 2008, 08:27:02 PM
Post count: exactly 751 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 07, 2008, 08:57:49 PM
Prepare for a major countdown? :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 07, 2008, 09:00:57 PM
We are getting pretty close.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Flathead770 on May 08, 2008, 12:51:15 AM
well at the rate this is going, im gonna miss the day that it happens. :cry
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 08, 2008, 01:07:12 AM
Hmm...  Maybe Mumbling will be back in time to celerate it too...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 08, 2008, 02:57:28 AM
Maybe she will be, then we can all calibrate it together.   :yes
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Chiletrek on May 08, 2008, 03:17:07 AM
Hello:
 I agree, the more we are, the better :DD . Come back soon Mumbling! :^.^: .
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on May 08, 2008, 02:45:18 PM
We are SO close! :^.^:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 08, 2008, 03:18:50 PM
The anticipation is stifling!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 08, 2008, 03:23:39 PM
About 500 more!
I'll start making the table!  :lol:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 08, 2008, 04:03:15 PM
Looking good.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on May 08, 2008, 04:13:08 PM
Wait!  I just had a brillant idea to make the moment more memorable.

At the request of a mod, let's temporarily close this topic and see how long it will take by posting at other topics.  Only when we make it should it be reopened.

How's that sound?

If you don't like the idea, I won't bring it up again. :)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 08, 2008, 04:46:28 PM
I'd guess that is up to the person who started this and the admin, though they may not mind the topic being open for a while.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 08, 2008, 05:04:58 PM
Post count: exactly 513 posts until we reach 100,000! :D

We are now getting so close, I don't think I'll need a calculator to get an exact count.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 08, 2008, 05:28:08 PM
Yeah, we may reach it even sooner than the 15th!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on May 08, 2008, 09:14:20 PM
We'll reach it by the 11th.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 08, 2008, 09:29:06 PM
A good prediction...

...Well, so much for Mumbling getting back in time... :(

Three days left, huh?  Okay, let's get posting!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 08, 2008, 09:52:13 PM
Post count: exactly 452 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 08, 2008, 10:05:10 PM
We'll hit it May 10th.  I've been watching our stats...we've been averaging about 180 posts per day (and had 282 posts yesterday and 343 on May 4th).
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 08, 2008, 10:07:25 PM
Hmm, well, that's an interesting statistic, Petrie.  TWO more days, then...  Geez...  How time does fly, no?
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 08, 2008, 10:30:18 PM
That is very close and not far off.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 09, 2008, 04:21:35 PM
Post count: exactly 346 post until we reach 100,000!

Edit: As of 8:50 here, 322 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 10, 2008, 03:21:35 PM
Gettin' close.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 10, 2008, 03:25:53 PM
"It's the final countdown!"

Sorry, just had to!

Iris, please be back before we reach it!  :o
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on May 10, 2008, 04:06:13 PM
This post brings us 0.0042194092827004219409282700421941% closer to 100,000 posts!  Literally.  :lol
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 10, 2008, 04:44:38 PM
Post count: exactly 226 posts until we reach 100,000!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 10, 2008, 04:59:40 PM
She's not gonna make it, Lillefot...  ....  ...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 10, 2008, 05:08:42 PM
Quote from: NeptuneNavigator2001,May 10 2008 on  03:59 PM
She's not gonna make it, Lillefot...  ....  ...
I guess not, unless I'll fly there and get her!  :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on May 10, 2008, 06:48:26 PM
198 posts left. We are now officially below 200.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 10, 2008, 08:03:22 PM
Wow...  Crazy.  We must really be LBT fans, ha ha ha! :P:  :D  :lol:  ;)

EDIT: Yeah, I'm almost up to 400 myself...
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on May 10, 2008, 08:15:12 PM
This post brings us .35211267605633802816901408450704% closer to our goal!  We're getting close! :D
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 10, 2008, 08:21:01 PM
Geez, at the rate we're going, I might not even be around when we hit it, due to my current circumstances!

EDIT: Oh yeah, that was officially my 400th post.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on May 10, 2008, 08:47:41 PM
Quote
Geez, at the rate we're going, I might not even be around when we hit it, due to my current circumstances!

Ditto! :P:  Ya know, we're gonna look back at this 5 years from now and just laugh our heads off.  By then, we'll have a couple thousand members and over a million posts.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 10, 2008, 08:54:57 PM
Yeah, totally! :lol But still, we shouldn't take it for granted...  This is still a milestone!
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 10, 2008, 08:58:35 PM
It would not surprise me if we were to be like that then.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 10, 2008, 09:00:24 PM
Gettin' closer :p
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 10, 2008, 10:14:34 PM
Post count: exactly 144 posts until we reach 100,000!

Everyone keep a close eye on that counter now. If possible, let us know the exact time of when we reach 100,000. :yes
Edit:(I might be too late tomorrow when we finally reach it :( )
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 10, 2008, 10:30:38 PM
Yeah, you're not alone, Chronicler.  (Boy Petrie, your prediction sure was close...!)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 03:02:11 AM
It'll be a short time till we hit it.  Just days, if that.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 11, 2008, 07:12:07 AM
Still about 40 left and I'm off to breakfast with mum. :) :)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on May 11, 2008, 07:34:17 AM
Dangit!  I won't be here when it happens.  I have to leave soon with my mom to go shopping. <_<

Landbeforetimelover not there on the moment of truth because he had to go with his mom to pick out lady crap.  How humiliating. -_-
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 08:57:04 AM
Likely very few will be here so don't feel bad.  Life does that to folks.  

Only 6 away as I edit this post.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on May 11, 2008, 09:16:47 AM
Crikey, under ten posts left.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Nick22 on May 11, 2008, 09:20:31 AM
5 left to go, with this post. I may end up being the poster who post number 100, 000. i also posted number 50,000 not that it matters..
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on May 11, 2008, 09:21:51 AM
Not if I have anything to say about it, Nick. :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Nick22 on May 11, 2008, 09:23:02 AM
too late poke. here it is the 100000th post on the GABNGof FiVe "confetti drops to the floor.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on May 11, 2008, 09:24:03 AM
Well, we made it.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 09:25:04 AM
Congratulations on whoever won.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on May 11, 2008, 09:26:16 AM
Are you absolutely sure on that, Nick? :)

Take a look.  Looks like we tied. :D

http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=8991171 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=1485&view=findpost&p=8991171)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 09:29:06 AM
Does it really matter who won?  Another thing about humans I do not understand, being so competitive about everything.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on May 11, 2008, 09:30:49 AM
Quote from: Kor,May 11 2008 on  06:29 AM
Does it really matter who won?  Another thing about humans I do not understand, being so competitive about everything.
Ah, I was just having a little fun.  Didn't want Nick to hog all the glory anyways. :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Nick22 on May 11, 2008, 09:32:56 AM
its human nature Kor. we're competitive creatures. its part of how survived over the ages, if we were not competitive, we'd have gone extinct thousands of years ago.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 09:34:50 AM
Perhaps, but humans are still a puzzling species.  Likely I'll not understand since I don't think like one in many ways.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Clawandfang on May 11, 2008, 09:40:08 AM
I clicked on "Today's Active Topics" and Nick's post was second last, and we had 100,001 posts.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Nick22 on May 11, 2008, 09:43:47 AM
it dosen't matter if I or poke posted the actual 100000th post. what matters is that this board has reached a milestone f none of us early posters thought we would ever reach, and yet today we have.. we have over 200 members which translates to every poster posting more than 400 times.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 11, 2008, 10:00:41 AM
Well, happy moment!
Cangrats on us all!
  :^.^:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 11, 2008, 10:01:00 AM
Shucks...I thought everyone would be with their mums for the day and I could get the last thirty posts or so on my own. :p :p

Congrats all...back to business as usual.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on May 11, 2008, 10:35:59 AM
Ah darn.  I missed it, but I was watching LBT and Inuyasha at the same time when the board hit 100,000 posts.  Must say I won't be doing that again.  It's too hard to watch more than one different show at the same time unless they're from the same series.  I've watched LBT 2, 8,12, 6, and 3 all at the same time before.  It was fun. :D
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 11:33:02 AM
Sounds like it could be fun watching those at the same time.  Reminds me of the Angry Video Game Nerd Review for the Rocky video game.  He had a different Rocky movie playing in a different room of his house.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on May 11, 2008, 02:17:53 PM
YES!!! 100,000+ posts! And I called the exact date.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: The Chronicler on May 11, 2008, 04:34:32 PM
Just as I expected, I was far too late to see the 100,000th post put up. :(

At least by reading the "posted on -" heading on what I assume was the 100,000th post, I know that the approximate time the 100,000th post was made was about a little after 9:20 AM (in my time zone, EST)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Malte279 on May 11, 2008, 04:59:59 PM
100 000 posts...
And now?
No bells? No violins? No flocks of birds ascending into the sky? No immediate prospect of a better future for the world?
No way, thos bells, and violins and everything have been there all along in the shape of an active GOF whether or not it had a 100 000 posts. This number does not change the appreciation I hold for this group, but it still is an achievement ;)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 11, 2008, 05:11:30 PM
Quote from: Malte279,May 11 2008 on  03:59 PM
100 000 posts...
And now?
No bells? No violins? No flocks of birds ascending into the sky? No immediate prospect of a better future for the world?
No way, thos bells, and violins and everything have been there all along in the shape of an active GOF whether or not it had a 100 000 posts. This number does not change the appreciation I hold for this group, but it still is an achievement ;)
Hehe, true!
But still, let's all do the wave!
In 3...2..1..
 :P:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mornai on May 11, 2008, 05:55:21 PM
Dang, i too missed it. But at least we got to it, and that's all that matters. B)
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Kor on May 11, 2008, 06:24:10 PM
I guess the next milestone is either 250,000 or 500,000.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Petrie. on May 11, 2008, 08:08:21 PM
Could take some time but that's reasonable.
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 12, 2008, 05:26:46 AM
ow ow ow.. I missed it.. *sad* :unsure:

I'm back now anyway. Gustav, why didn't you come and get me ?? =P
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Lillefot on May 12, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Quote from: Mumbling,May 12 2008 on  04:26 AM
ow ow ow.. I missed it.. *sad* :unsure:

I'm back now anyway. Gustav, why didn't you come and get me ?? =P
Oh you see, I wanted so badly to get you, but some bad guy stole my cape!
 :blink:

/Lillefot  :^.^:
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: Mumbling on May 12, 2008, 05:51:42 AM
Quote from: Lillefot,May 12 2008 on  11:31 AM
Quote from: Mumbling,May 12 2008 on  04:26 AM
ow ow ow.. I missed it.. *sad* :unsure:

I'm back now anyway. Gustav, why didn't you come and get me ?? =P
Oh you see, I wanted so badly to get you, but some bad guy stole my cape!
 :blink:

/Lillefot  :^.^:
 :blink: He did?

I'm gonna kill him ^^
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on May 12, 2008, 11:37:48 PM
AHH, darn!!  I missed it too!  You're not alone...  But, I can't chat as much as I used to; I sent you a PM about it, Iris.  Oh yeah, WELCOME BACK!!! :lol  :lol:  :D  :DD
Title: 100,000 posts?
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on May 18, 2008, 11:25:01 AM
I missed it too.