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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
Turn off the individual post counts for a week - or two - and see what happens.

Intriguing, yes?
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 
Are you volunteering to be first TD?
 

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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
Yes.

(Although the idea is for everyone to be first.)

[ August 30, 2003, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: Thriftshop Debutante ]
 

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Posted by Nightcrawler on :
 
Seriously, I've thought about doing it a time or too. Post counts aren't important to me.

But, they are for other people and that's why I'll leave them there. Should we ever get rid of them though, the posts can be recounted and the numbers restored.

[ August 30, 2003, 10:52 PM: Message edited by: Nightcrawler ]
 

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Posted by Mekt Ranzz on :
 
who needs a count when you have a lord?

tee hee!


 

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Posted by Kid Prime on :
 
I think you'd have mass hysteria!
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
I can just hear the wailing now...
 

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Posted by Fat Cramer on :
 
I think it would be okay but set everybody to 0, and we'd have to find a new job for Portfolio Boy.

But we'd probably find something else to count and compete over.
 

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Posted by Fat Cramer on :
 
On second thought, wipe out all the posts and start over. It would be a very zen experience - life is transient and an illusion, that sort of thing. But then you would really hear the howls. It would be a shame to lose all this thinking, but....

Can I delete myself? In one fell swoop? I'm to lazy to go post by post, it would be interesting to be zero-houred.
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 
Not that I don't think it would be an interesting experiment but after all the other troubles we've had lately I really don't think it would be a good idea. We might wind up alienating a few posters. How about we just keep the board stable for a while before experimenting again?
 

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Posted by Danny Blaine on :
 
Stability? On Legion World? Bah!
 

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Posted by Portfolio Boy on :
 

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
On second thought, wipe out all the posts and start over. It would be a very zen experience -

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I'd be in favor or rebooting the count, if only because it's likely the only way I'll ever make the TOP 10.
 

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Posted by Portfolio Boy on :
 

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Originally posted by Fat Cramer:
I think it would be okay but set everybody to 0, and we'd have to find a new job for Portfolio Boy.

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Oh, So? I'm sure I'd pretty easily find some other geeky fanboy ana' compulsive-obsessive trivial list making project.

My wife picks on me because I actually spent time for my Legion web pages counting how many panels each Legionnaire appeared in and how many words they spoke in each issue....
 

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Posted by Marla Latham on :
 
Don't you supposed Legionnaires has something better to do than to debate who has a bigger post count? You sound like Ultra Boy and Sun Boy in the showers.
 

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Posted by DrakeB3003 on :
 

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Originally posted by Marla Latham:
Don't you supposed Legionnaires has something better to do than to debate who has a bigger post count?

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Nope (woohoo! that's one more for the post count!).
 

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Posted by Kid Prime on :
 

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Originally posted by Marla Latham:
Don't you supposed Legionnaires has something better to do than to debate who has a bigger post count? You sound like Ultra Boy and Sun Boy in the showers.

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Posted by Stu on :
 
Though you'd think there would be no need to debate if they were already in the showers...
 

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Posted by Thriftshop Debutante on :
 
I am liking my proposal more and more!
 

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Posted by the boy with UltraPowers on :
 
it is a BOLD proposal !!?? and i sure a few members would be upset !! if we all went back to ZERO !!

or we couldn't view our count !! but i do think it would be FUN if we couldn't see our actual count total for a while !!

i'm not that not hung up about having the highest post count, but i suppose i am glad i'm in the top ten, as it shows i have a presence on this board, and the more posts you make, the larger your personality is known !! [ did that make sense ?? i hope it did ]

i suppose what i mean is, as someone who grew up, with not that many close friends or wasn't the most popular kid at school !!

it's nice to have found a place, that you feel such a part of, and are well liked and respected by you comrades !! ]

btw ..... i just hit the 800 mark ......

Matthew.
 

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Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
 
Fine with me.

The post count thing can be a fun game and all, but that's not what I'm in it for.
 

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Posted by Nightcrawler on :
 
Okay. Let's try it.

Bye post counts!
 

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Posted by Nightcrawler on :
 
Psych!
 

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Posted by Lightning Lad on :
 



 

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Posted by icefire on :
 
Post counts are fun and alot of the threads around here are about post counts!!!
 

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Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
 

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Originally posted by icefire:
Post counts are fun and alot of the threads around here are about post counts!!!

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Correct on both counts.

Hence the experiment idea, I believe. Just to see what would happen.
 

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Posted by icefire on :
 
For a really bold experiment lets post nude photos of all members!!!!
 

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Posted by New Kid on :
 
OK Icey, I'll post mine first, and when you quit either Ralphing or pass out from laughing maybe you'll back that idea off a little.

Just Kidding
 

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