AFF's 250,000th post thread....

[Mwenenzi]

Threads 16,301 Posts 249,084 Members 19,777

237,000 posts when JohnK announced the contest on 7 Feb 2010
249,084 posts a few minutes ago. 293.5 posts per day from the contest announcement

If the prediction is to be correct, (from the recent post)
-180.8 posts per day needed by Mal
379,999 posts per day needed by Jacques Vert
344.4 posts per day needed by oz_mark
331.0 posts per day needed by Blackadder
312.4 posts per day needed by JohnK
298.4 posts per day needed by hvr
252.3 posts per day needed by ejb
245.8 posts per day needed by Samh004
230.4 posts per day needed by kpc
220.3 posts per day needed by NIGNELINOZ
195.5 posts per day needed by Flashware
193.8 posts per day needed by straitman
188.8 posts per day needed by drron
184.1 posts per day needed by Bundy Bear
164.7 posts per day needed by Mwenenzi
152.2 posts per day needed by dede
150.7 posts per day needed by tardise
106.0 posts per day needed by serfty

Posting rates slow at weekends, so I think oz_mark, Blackadder or JohnK will win

 

[JohnK]

Thanks for the update Mwenenzi. Many people still in with a realistic chance. This could be one of the closest contests ever....

 

[oz_mark]

Posting rates slow at weekends, so I think oz_mark, Blackadder or JohnK will win

I think it got a little bit too slow thus weekend for me....

 

[JohnK]

Threads 16,337 Posts 249,632 Members 19,801

A very slow posting weekend followed by an unbelievable Monday. Perhaps sometime tonight (Tuesday 23 March) or early tomorrow morning. It looks like it is down to Hvr and ejb....

 

[samh004]

Threads 16,337 Posts 249,632 Members 19,801

Interesting to see we’re almost at 20,000 members too. I wonder how many have never posted, but lurk, how many have posted once, how many have posted multiple times, etc...

 

[JohnK]

Someone with SQL access over the database may be able to answer those questions.

Just over 200 posts to go. Posting rate is up and down like a yo yo....

 

[Mwenenzi]

Threads 16,344 Posts 249,764 Members 19,808


237,000 posts when JohnK announced the contest on 7 Feb 2010
249,764 posts a few minutes ago. 289 posts per day from the contest announcement

If the prediction is to be correct, (from the recent post)
-29.3 posts per day needed by Mal
-78.7 posts per day needed by Jacques Vert
-690.7 posts per day needed by oz_mark
-1011.4 posts per day needed by Blackadder
-3432.6 posts per day needed by JohnK
3432.8 posts per day needed by hvr
375.1 posts per day needed by ejb
325.5 posts per day needed by Samh004
242.1 posts per day needed by kpc
204.0 posts per day needed by NIGNELINOZ
140.2 posts per day needed by Flashware
136.8 posts per day needed by straitman
127.6 posts per day needed by drron
119.5 posts per day needed by Bundy Bear
92.2 posts per day needed by Mwenenzi
78.2 posts per day needed by dede
76.6 posts per day needed by tardise
41.8 posts per day needed by serfty

 

[samh004]

I don’t reckon enough posts will be made by tomorrow lunchtime for me to win, but we’ll see.

 

[JohnK]

Hmmm. Is it just my imagination or are some people not posting trying to delay the 250,000th post closer to their prediction? :shock:

I don’t reckon enough posts will be made by tomorrow lunchtime for me to win, but we’ll see.

The conditions of the contest are the closest prediction to the actual 250,000th post wins the contest. So for you it is not lunchtime but rather the time in between the previous prediction and the next prediction. i.e your window of opportunity is tomorrow from 10:51am-3:00pm....

 

[ejb]

Hmmm. Is it just my imagination or are some people not posting trying to delay the 250,000th post closer to their prediction? :shock:


The conditions of the contest are the closest prediction to the actual 250,000th post wins the contest. So for you it is not lunchtime but rather the time in between the previous prediction and the next prediction. i.e your window of opportunity is tomorrow from 10:51am-3:00pm....

John,

I am in PER and as we have had no power at work or work unit I have had no computer to post with since last night but will make a concerted effort tonight.

ejb

 

[ejb]

And this is one from me, if you get there first, it can be your birthday present

But I would like to win fairly.

On second thought I would like to win any way.

We will however look silly if kpc wins.

ejb

 

[JohnK]

Thanks to the 3 stooges we are only 77 posts away, make that 76 posts, from 250,000 posts on AFF.

If you insist, however I think we may be frowned upon for rigging the result.

Post padding is frowned upon during these contests.

Not now that I have replied to your post (barring some deletions), but I heard Kiwi Flyer (or whatever his username on here is) was slightly more prolific

Not on AFF. He is prolific on Flyertalk with ~50,000 posts.

 

[djfuzz]

9:42am 24th March 2010.

I just hope I am closer than last time.

ejb

Wish I'd understood all this earlier - seems like it's between ejb and samh004 - my money is on ejb but good luck!

[Posts in this thread don't count to the site total do they?]

 

[samh004]

[Posts in this thread don't count to the site total do they?]

I don’t think this is the place to answer, but I don’t believe any forums on AFF are excluded from total post counts, though a moderator could correct me if I’m wrong?

I think FT has certain areas that are excluded, but I know of another forum where they say an area is excluded and it really isn’t, so I’m not sure at all.

Every post counts towards a “site total” though. It’s all relevant to that. And according to my address bar this could actually be the 310,038th post on this site, well more than 250,000, but we’ve established that threads and posts are cleaned up over time already.

 

[JohnK]

Wish I'd understood all this earlier - seems like it's between ejb and samh004 - my money is on ejb but good luck!

Hvr has until 2:51am, ejb has from 2:51am until 10:51am, samh004 has from 10:51am until 3:00pm and then kpc has from 3:00pm until 8:11pm. With only 54 posts remaining I believe the contest will be over sometime early morning so more than likely the winner will be ejb.

[Posts in this thread don't count to the site total do they?]

Yes they do but as long as the posting is not abused. Sometimes it takes just as much time, if not more time, to construct a post in the Playground as it does in the main forum.

Every post counts towards a “site total” though. It’s all relevant to that. And according to my address bar this could actually be the 310,038th post on this site, well more than 250,000, but we’ve established that threads and posts are cleaned up over time already.

The number you refer to is more like an index, relative record number for want of a better term, not actual post count. The 250,000th post contest is fairly accurate for number of actual posts on AFF....

 

[oz_mark]

Every post counts towards a “site total” though. It’s all relevant to that. And according to my address bar this could actually be the 310,038th post on this site, well more than 250,000, but we’ve established that threads and posts are cleaned up over time already.

310,038 is just a key to which post it is. From memory, on this board it didn't start at 1, and there will be holes where deleted posts have been. So 250,000 is a good reflection of how many posts you can actually see.

 

[djfuzz]

Surely ejb has it by now?

Congrats.

 

[straitman]

Thanks to the 3 stooges we are only 77 posts away, make that 76 posts, from 250,000 posts on AFF.

Some people may take that comment personally :!:

Post padding is frowned upon during these contests.

Yeah, right.

Not on AFF. He is prolific on Flyertalk with ~50,000 posts.

No longer on AFF to be more precise.

 

[straitman]

This post appears to be #250,008 :!:

 

[Bundy Bear]

Congrats to ejb

Sam sometimes you need to stop posting for a while it was a close thing.