Bazza Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER lol Maybe if this were the only thread I were following' date=' or the only thing I was doing on the computer. [/quote'] Good point. How are the little ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Good point. How are the little ones? They're doing just fine. Three are sleeping, and Erin is settling down. She's teething, so she's not a very happy camper these days. How are you and yours doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER They're doing just fine. Three are sleeping, and Erin is settling down. She's teething, so she's not a very happy camper these days. How are you and yours doing? My niece is teething too, her 1st birthday in a couple of days. She can walk and loves her grandparents. One is 2 and as always at that age cute, fun, and a handful. He is very definately got his own mind and states so frequently. The eldest is nearly five, one month approx to go. I'm sure he is counting the sleeps. He went from Pre-school straight to Transition (he skipped Pre-Transition) and is just starting playing sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My niece is teething too, her 1st birthday in a couple of days. She can walk and loves her grandparents. One is 2 and as always at that age cute, fun, and a handful. He is very definately got his own mind and states so frequently. The eldest is nearly five, one month approx to go. I'm sure he is counting the sleeps. He went from Pre-school straight to Transition (he skipped Pre-Transition) and is just starting playing sport. Excellent. The twins are five, Faith's four, and Erin will be one toward the end of May, so I'm very familiar with the ages you're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER How do the little bundles of joy get so independent at those ages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER How do the little bundles of joy get so independent at those ages? It's God's way of paying us back for what we did to our parents. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER It's God's way of paying us back for what we did to our parents. lol Couldn't have said it better. How true. And the circle of life continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The only Crichton books I've read are Congo and Jurassic Park. I thought both were incredibly fun. I also think JP the movie is a wonderful piece of work. I can't bear to watch Congo all the way through. I find that Crichton comes up with really good concepts but falls down in the execution. For example I hated every character in JP and really wanted the dinosaurs to eat everyone. The movie was outstanding, but I consider that to be less Crichton and more Spielberg. Congo the movie was really terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhammeWhamme Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER By the way, just a notion: There are about 35 posters with postcounts above 1,500 (meaning they are frequent posters) who are still active and are often found in NGD. That's only about 38 posts each to beat the 'Catsuit' thread. C'mon, folks, we ought to be able to do that standing on our heads! Shall we show a bit of 'community spirit', all pitch in, and do our part? I'll toss ONE post this way. More and I'll feel like I'm contributing to the overproliferation of 'threads that ain't what NGD oughta be about'. It's depressing. I want to boost my post count, but no one cooperates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER By the way, just a notion: There are about 35 posters with postcounts above 1,500 (meaning they are frequent posters) who are still active and are often found in NGD. That's only about 38 posts each to beat the 'Catsuit' thread. C'mon, folks, we ought to be able to do that standing on our heads! Shall we show a bit of 'community spirit', all pitch in, and do our part? I'm trying, this should make lucky 13. All in the name of Community Spirit, Dr. A pass the non-alcoholic wine over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Eh.. I'll give it a shot. Though if I had my druthers, I'd like to see the A &Q thread be the one to beat the Catsuit pagent in post-count I was very pleased to see it pass the Q&A thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I think we should factor in the WGAC Index. That stands for "Who Gives A Crap?" It uses the number of views a thread has to modify its number of replies. Based on my entirely unscientific observation, the average thread has roughly ten time the number of views as it does replies. So the WGAC Index is calculated by (views / replies * 10). Here are the WGAC Indices for the threads with the most replies: WAG1 .334 WAG2 .304 A&Q .657 Q&A .589 random about random .792 WAG1.5 .286 random 1.028 catsuit 2.239 opposites game .375 You can see that the game threads suck for WGAC, and sex definitely sells. So if we multiply the total replies by the WGAC Index, here are the current thread champs with their modified size: WAG1 4834 catsuit 2976 WAG2 2400 random about random 2260 A&Q 2177 Q&A 1736 random 1524 WAG1.5 530 opposites game 440 WAG1 still wins by virtue of sheer volume, but one Catsuit reply is worth almost seven WAG1 replies. Now we have a more realistic goal to which this thread can aspire, a possible methodology to calculate how well we're doing, and scientific proof that I've got way too much time on my hands this morning. -AA Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted April 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I think we should factor in the WGAC Index. That stands for "Who Gives A Crap?" It uses the number of views a thread has to modify its number of replies. Based on my entirely unscientific observation, the average thread has roughly ten time the number of views as it does replies. So the WGAC Index is calculated by (views / replies * 10). Here are the WGAC Indices for the threads with the most replies: WAG1 .334 WAG2 .304 A&Q .657 Q&A .589 random about random .792 WAG1.5 .286 random 1.028 catsuit 2.239 opposites game .375 You can see that the game threads suck for WGAC, and sex definitely sells. So if we multiply the total replies by the WGAC Index, here are the current thread champs with their modified size: WAG1 4834 catsuit 2976 WAG2 2400 random about random 2260 A&Q 2177 Q&A 1736 random 1524 WAG1.5 530 opposites game 440 WAG1 still wins by virtue of sheer volume, but one Catsuit reply is worth almost seven WAG1 replies. Now we have a more realistic goal to which this thread can aspire, a possible methodology to calculate how well we're doing, and scientific proof that I've got way too much time on my hands this morning. -AA I appoint you official WGAC man. Keep us informed of our progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We're not doing so hot right now - our WGAC is .44. Maybe we should post some pictures. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey, AA, isn't it about time you updated your info to "Triple Millennial Master"? Or are you waiting to hit 4k posts so you can become a "Double (Double Millennial Master)"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I find that Crichton comes up with really good concepts but falls down in the execution. For example I hated every character in JP and really wanted the dinosaurs to eat everyone. The movie was outstanding' date=' but I consider that to be less Crichton and more Spielberg. Congo the movie was really terrible.[/quote'] I had no problem with Crichton's characters. But then generally I'm not the sort who dislikes a character and wants to see him killed. Annoying, imperfect, opinionated and/or self-serving characters are just fine for me. Quite interesting, in fact. The only archetype I don't care for is the uber-competant ne'er-do-wrong hero who runs around telling & showing everyone else how they're losers compared to him. Which is why I've never made it past the first hundred pages of a Jack Ryan novel. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted April 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Oh my ever loving... my friend has apparently created an account as as we speak is replying in Burning Times. I expect to see a totally chaotic outburst in that thread soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey' date=' AA, isn't it about time you updated your info to "Triple Millennial Master"? Or are you waiting to hit 4k posts so you can become a "Double (Double Millennial Master)"? [/quote'] I've never touched that text, to be honest. I figured it would roll over by itself to something appropriate. I hadn't noticed that it didn't. Since I don't really follow post counts, do you have any other suggestions? -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I had no problem with Crichton's characters. But then generally I'm not the sort who dislikes a character and wants to see him killed. Annoying, imperfect, opinionated and/or self-serving characters are just fine for me. Quite interesting, in fact. The only archetype I don't care for is the uber-competant ne'er-do-wrong hero who runs around telling & showing everyone else how they're losers compared to him. Which is why I've never made it past the first hundred pages of a Jack Ryan novel. -AA I've never read Crichton, but I also prefer "normal" people to the Doc Savage "I can do anything" types. And even you do have such a character, they are only offensive if they have no real flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcL63 Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Stephen King? Meh. It's not that he's a bad writer or anything. His prose is easy enough to read and I've got quite engaged with some of the characters in the books I've read. It's just that I don't like having to read approx. the length of the average short novel as he tries to create the utterly spurious sense of normality which we know he's just going to ditch eventually anyway. This is just a waste of time, and not good writing, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've never read Crichton' date=' but I also prefer "normal" people to the Doc Savage "I can do anything" types. And even you [b']do[/b] have such a character, they are only offensive if they have no real flaws. Yeah, I don't mind a super-competant character, as long as they're not also right all the time. -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Stephen King? Meh. It's not that he's a bad writer or anything. His prose is easy enough to read and I've got quite engaged with some of the characters in the books I've read. It's just that I don't like having to read approx. the length of the average short novel as he tries to create the utterly spurious sense of normality which we know he's just going to ditch eventually anyway. This is just a waste of time' date=' and not good writing, IMO. [/quote'] That's very interesting. I've always regarded it as essential for a horror writer to establish reality before shattering it. Is it that concept you dislike, or just the amount of time it takes for King to do it? -AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I never got the point of horror. I'm supposed to scare myself as a form of entertainment? Although I must admit, if I ever need a good laugh, I just watch a horror movie. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I've never touched that text, to be honest. I figured it would roll over by itself to something appropriate. I hadn't noticed that it didn't. Since I don't really follow post counts, do you have any other suggestions? -AA Not really. Some people do "Triple Millennial Master", "Quadruple Millennial Master", etc. Some do something a bit different, but related: for a while I was a "Millennial Abnormal" (having worked my way up from "Skilled (Ab)Normal") and Klytus is a "Millennial Mage". Others have abandoned the "Millennial" thing altogether, either as passe or just because they want something different. Heck, for that matter, leave it as "Double Millennial Master" if you so desire...I was more poking a bit of fun than making a serious attempt to get you to change your descriptor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I never got the point of horror. I'm supposed to scare myself as a form of entertainment? Although I must admit, if I ever need a good laugh, I just watch a horror movie. Doc Horror has never really been my cup of tea, either. Some of it actively repulses me (the "buckets o' blood and gore" approach) but most of it just leaves me uninterested. I've been told by a number of people that I run a very good horror RPG scenario, though. (I occassionally do those by request...since they're not something I care for, I don't start/write them on my own. If I do decide to do one on request, though, you can bet your bottom dollar I'm going to try my darndest to deliver what the person wants. Evidently I have. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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