By tomorrow, we should hit ONE MILLION POSTS!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-04-24 09:04pm

Somebody post here when the frontpage counter hits the magic 1000000 mark!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-04-24 09:06pm

We should probably clear out the Testing forum as we get closer so that we can be sure the one millionth post is real and not the result of Testing forum spam which will be pruned later.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-04-24 09:08pm

Can't you just lock it for the night?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-24 09:18pm

We can be sure by subtracting the number of posts in Testing from the counter.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 09:19pm

What do they win when they hit this Holy Grail of arbitrary numbers?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2004-04-24 09:20pm

Oh I hope its a tote bag.

Post by **The Wookiee** » 2004-04-24 09:22pm

How about the custom title "Author of the One Millionth Post" or something?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-24 09:25pm

But so many people post that it'll be hell to figure out what the one millionth post is.

And isn't the post counter different according to what usergroups you're in?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 09:30pm

Rogue 9 wrote:But so many people post that it'll be hell to figure out what the one millionth post is.

And isn't the post counter different according to what usergroups you're in?

Yes, but who cares? Maybe you can be the owner of two or more millionth posts!

Though I'd assume it's a million posts across the board.

Post by **The Wookiee** » 2004-04-24 09:31pm

Rogue 9 wrote:But so many people post that it'll be hell to figure out what the one millionth post is.

Every post has an ID number, and I've calculated what should be the ID number of the One Millionth Post.

Rogue 9 wrote:And isn't the post counter different according to what usergroups you're in?

No, that shouldn't affect anything.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-04-24 09:38pm

The Wookiee wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:And isn't the post counter different according to what usergroups you're in?
No, that shouldn't affect anything.

No, the main page just doesn't count usergroup forums, regardless. I've actually already already made the millionth post.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-04-24 09:48pm

Andrew J. wrote:
The Wookiee wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:And isn't the post counter different according to what usergroups you're in?
No, that shouldn't affect anything.
No, the main page just doesn't count usergroup forums, regardless. I've actually already already made the millionth post.

Incorrect. The main page counts usergroup forums. The reason the post ID doesn't match the postcount on the main page is post deletion. We would already be well over a million posts on the mainpage if we never pruned the Testing forum or deleted spam.

I guess we could say that your post was the millionth gross post, while the frontpage millionth post will be the millionth net post.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-04-24 10:01pm

According to what I'm seeing, we only need to make 277 more posts. Could it possible that this milestone could be reached tonight? How about we prune the Testing forum after reaching 1,000,000? That way, up to 3 people can claim to have made the millionth post.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-24 10:08pm

I take it if we go on a spamming spree to try and get the post you'll kill us?

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2004-04-24 10:09pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:What do they win when they hit this Holy Grail of arbitrary numbers?

Pie, and lots of it.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-24 10:16pm

Bug-Eyed Earl wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:What do they win when they hit this Holy Grail of arbitrary numbers?
Pie, and lots of it.

Pumpkin pie, especially .

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-24 10:37pm

Dammit, I shall be off-line when this event occurs, and unable to attempt the 23450th greatest of all challenges!

Unless I can churn out 200+ posts in the next 10 minutes.

Well, lets see... counting the "you cannot make a new post so soon after your last thing"... 1 post per 10 seconds means a maximum of 60 in 10 minutes.

Damn.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 10:47pm

I'm going to stay up and bug all you Statesiders.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-04-24 11:08pm

I must admit that I feel an urge to keep checking the postcount.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 11:17pm

Darth Wong wrote:I must admit that I feel an urge to keep checking the postcount.

How many a day are we making, boss?

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-04-24 11:21pm

1 million or death

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 11:23pm

Laird wrote:1 million or death

It'll be sad to see you go.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-04-24 11:26pm

Well this will be one of the greatest events of all time for the board

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-04-24 11:28pm

Agent Fisher wrote:Well this will be one of the greatest events of all time for the board

Yeah, like the last great event which was... the board... starting.

I can't wait until we hit 1 billion.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-04-24 11:34pm

no Vald the last great event was me joining.