01-04-2004 03:47									#1
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Ok once again another month start...

list expanded further so here goes the big one,,,,

	01-04-2004 03:49									#2
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big mover this month ...

Paddy the Scot

storming up the totla posts count ....

	01-04-2004 03:50									#3
	PPD for the whole month of March... Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

for all posters greater than 10 per day...

	01-04-2004 03:52									#4
	coming soon Inflate your Upload Space

ok off to bed i go...

once i back will put in lists for users per country and stuff like that...


have fun and remeber,,, poly is a wonderful place ....

	01-04-2004 04:02									#5
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Wow thought Jamski would be more after that week of 70 ppd.

	01-04-2004 04:08									#6
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Yeesh, I knew I was pretty busy this past month with democracy game obligations and AU games, but I didn't realize I was THAT busy.

	01-04-2004 04:12									#7
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, why there's again a little thingy next to Arnelos' name?

Good work, but you''ll have to update it tomorrow or so... you'll see

Last edited by The Slayer on 01-04-2004 at 04:22

	01-04-2004 04:14									#8
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My +1 in this thread, which will hopfully be locked within days, not left to fester like the last spam thread, shall be just to say " "

-Jam

	01-04-2004 04:39									#9
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Wouldn't that be because you are ranked below Rasputin?

	01-04-2004 04:43									#10
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Wow, my projection has jumped from 2013 to 2007!

	01-04-2004 04:45									#11
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Damn! I'm not even in the PPD list! that's a

	01-04-2004 04:47									#12
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quote: Originally posted by The Slayer , why there's again a little thingy next to Arnelos' name?

It seems that Arnelos had an idea

	01-04-2004 04:58									#13
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Note: GerarDream is now "Gerar Dean"
15/1/2006! Two days before my birthday!

	01-04-2004 05:03									#14
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Wasn't there an updated list just a couple of days ago???

	01-04-2004 05:17									#15
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Nope, that one was the "spam ranking" of Apolyton...

it's not the same?

	01-04-2004 05:22									#16
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quote: Wouldn't that be because you are ranked below Rasputin?

Ok, ok, I'll take a +2, but that is really it for this thread.

I am of the belief that a huge postcount is not a matter of pride, nor is it a matter of shame. What is a matter of shame however is posting purely for the sake of increasing one's postcount. These threads are, to be brutally honest, nothing more than postcount masterbation. Posting about posting. Posting to say one has 100 posts, posting to say soon you'll have 102 posts, posting that one now has 102 posts.

Threads such as this serve no good purpose but a number of bad ones :

• The glorification of postcount.
  
• The confusion created in people's minds between heavy posting and blatant spamming.
  
• Pushing posters forward into the public eye simply because they contribute a lot to the forum.
  
• Making Deity and Emperor some great Holy Grail to be persued.
  

	01-04-2004 05:37									#17
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Good to get everything out.

For what it's worth I shall weigh in with an opinion (we all know I'm never short of those. )

I think these threads are harmless fun, and usually worth a read just to see how active people are. I don't think there is much of a danger of them glorifying postcount over and above what many people do anyway.

However on a more general level I empathise with Jamski's points. I have always believed in a distinction between witty spam and outrageous spam (though to some it may all be the same, I don't know), and the "l yeah i agre ewith waht yo uare saying!!1!" comment struck a chord with me. Posting a lot is not the same as finding a bunch of threads and posting gibberish in them often seemingly without reading the thread.

However, I don't think these threads promote such behaviour. Those that are prone to it were equally prone before the threads started, and would be equally prone should they be stopped.

	01-04-2004 05:38									#18
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I know exactly what you mean. Its trite. Its why I don't post in most spamcount forums, don't have an enormous post count rate, but have a reputation for the occasionally refined spam and its wholesome derivatives.

Some spam threads make me literally

Sorry to DrSpike, but his challenge is one such event I refuse to participate in - its a repetitive joke that I just don't find holding my interest. These lists are getting to that point too. If people want to do them, I have nothing against it, but I think do think them loathsome. Sorry guys.

	01-04-2004 05:41									#19
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Actually, the previous thread made me laugh out loud in front of my computer, even though it was full of pseudo-spam, meta-spam, or whatever spam. Because it was full of "stylish spam", i.e. a spam aiming at entertainment, at simply having fun.

I share your opinion on the matter of posting for the sake of increasin one's postcount (and some of us have seen how extremely boring it can get, to the point of wrecking a functioning small community). But I think these threads like this one serve the cause of stylish spam more than anything else

	01-04-2004 05:51									#20
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To BC..........well the challenge started as stylish spam. In part I concur that right now it is not, but it has become tradition and functions both as a nice in-joke and to stop people starting lots of damn stats threads that will get spammed anyway. Note the threads are few and far between these days.

	01-04-2004 06:30									#21
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I like "stylish spam", but more to the point I like being entertained by other peoples posts, whether on-topic or not. As long as people are having fun, who cares about their ppd or postcount?

Although commenting about the size of others' is fun.

I guarantee when I reach deity I will still be posting pretty much as I am now.

Last edited by Skanky Burns on 01-04-2004 at 06:35

	01-04-2004 07:04									#22
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Posting warnings is better than stylish spam...

User = Ming
Join Date = 12-31-69
Posts = 21242

I haven't changed my posting style since I made Deity

	01-04-2004 07:09									#23
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thanks for that ....

needed a good laugh

so many serious attitudes for some much fun...

	01-04-2004 08:25									#24
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The data for everyone after Atahualpa in 2014 seems to be a little skewed, maybe you need to look at your # of days for them Rasputin...

Good work yet again!

	01-04-2004 09:14									#25
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And, as I said, you know have to edit your list

(hey, I was just 6 posts away in my last post here! )

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	01-04-2004 11:09									#26
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My estimated deity date jumped from 2017 to 2080.

Odd, considering I've posted more in the past month than in previous months.

	01-04-2004 11:30									#27
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2006? Shocking! I should be able to manage Deity in 5 years of Poly well within my rate!

Are these calculated from from average ppd for our entire Poly existence, or from adding the number of posts the search function finds for us for the last month or from comparing our PC from one month to the next? If it is the first then that only shows an average - I have been FAR more active recently than for ages. If the second then you can't search for posts in private forums, which is where many of us frequent. Only the last will give a true indication of things.

	01-04-2004 11:55									#28
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quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt 2006? Shocking! I should be able to manage Deity in 5 years of Poly well within my rate! Are these calculated from from average ppd for our entire Poly existence, or from adding the number of posts the search function finds for us for the last month or from comparing our PC from one month to the next? If it is the first then that only shows an average - I have been FAR more active recently than for ages. If the second then you can't search for posts in private forums, which is where many of us frequent. Only the last will give a true indication of things.

I think he calculated them based on our PPD for the last month. Mine was much, much higher than normal so I'm supposed to hit deity in November of this year....but I've yet to even hit emperor.

	01-04-2004 12:01									#29
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OK, but how did he get this PPD for the last month? He had to have done it via an indirect way, as our profile only mentions the average PPD for all time.

	01-04-2004 12:04									#30
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quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt OK, but how did he get this PPD for the last month? He had to have done it via an indirect way, as our profile only mentions the average PPD for all time.

I assume it's done indirectly by looking at the post count at the end of February and the post count at the end of March

They apparently have a lot of free time Down Under.