Post counts

CrematorCremator Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 27Members
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why are peeps obsesed with them?  i can understand that you feel a bit more trusting to someone with a lot of posts, but i also wonder, what else do they do with their life.  im not saying that forum people are bad, heck, one of my best friends is the forum-master.  however, i think that forums are a rather poor use of time.  if you just want to talk to people, why not use a chat system like mirc?  whatever, please post your own thoughts and comments.

i can't wait till i hit 500!  argh!
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    It's an innate peice of your mind.  It's tied to people's desire to amass objects in unbelievable amounts.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    ITt's peoples obsession with having a higher number of  inamimate ideas to confuse others.
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  • CrematorCremator Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 27Members
    perhaps like whenever you clip you toe or fingernails you have to put them in a little pile, rob?
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    Exactly.
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <b>-Edit- Umm... actually... It isn't a big deal anymore. I believe the person who made a comment about them in the topic down the list a bit was only mocking the entire (long passed) situation. And people took him the wrong way. I could have sworn this community had gotten over the issue... Must have just been a misunderstanding of mockery being taken as seriousness. I hope, at least. So anyways, I deleted all but one section of my lengthy post. Wouldn't want to contribute to (or re-spark) a non-existent issue, now would I? <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo--></b>

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->however, i think that forums are a rather poor use of time.  if you just want to talk to people, why not use a chat system like mirc?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Well... Not necessarily. In forums, thoughts are usually a lot more organized, because people have time think out their replies to questions, and whatnot. It also can reach a lot more people. Unlike IRC, you don't have to be there "at the right time" either... a person could get a lot more feedback on his level or whatever on a forum, considering that people can take a gander at his stuff 24/7 instead of the brief few minutes that it's up on IRC... It just has the potential to reach more people on a forum.



    <!--EDIT|ken20banks|June 08 2002,23:44-->
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    Forums aren't a waste of time, the yprovide you with lots of info, and you can find me in the IRC room everyday.....Just call me a NS addict d:)
    Problem with IRC are the timezones, timezones don't matter on a forum...
    And yeah, I thought we already discussed this and got over it, guess i was wrong...
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    ken pretty much summed up forums vs irc. another thing is that some people can figure IRC out.
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  • richard_of_richardlandrichard_of_richardland Join Date: 2002-05-29 Member: 687Members
    It's a statistic. I for one am a downright stats #####.

    If a server has stats (such as cs.meatyballs.net 1,2,3 that I regulary play on) then I'll stick around just those servers to increase my stats.

    Post count is just another to watch and distract yourself with.
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  • BananBanan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 235Members
    Stats suck, especially in games like cs, it makes all the good players go on the same team just because they all want good stats, statwhores, grrr, I hate them too much!
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    Post counts are good because u get to be called the name of a powerful alien <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • SmokeMastaSmokeMasta Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 430Members
    postcounts suxors
    they create massive post floods.
    most of the n00bs will make a zillion posts a day and annoy everybody.
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  • KassingerKassinger Shades of grey Join Date: 2002-02-20 Member: 229Members, Constellation
    I heard somewhere that people who spend much time online on forums and such are usually more depressed than others. Though it didn't say what was cause and what was effect. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    As for post counts, at least they encourage people to post in smaller forums, though I don't think that's much of a problem here.
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  • MartMart Origin of SUYF Join Date: 2002-02-26 Member: 248Members
    But post counts are the most important thing in the entire universe! In fact my entire life revolves around my post count and how much of a man it makes me feel. They're so incredibly important that we have to bring this topic up over and over again...

    They're THAT important...
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  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    high post counts just make people feel more appreciated. Woo, I'm over 430! i feel so special
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  • Shuvit_ViperShuvit_Viper Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
    POST COUNT- *eh* TEAM SCORE IS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!

    www.natural-selection.org|www.readyroom.org


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    (my little commercial spam when playing cs...)



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  • Black_WolfBlack_Wolf Join Date: 2002-03-13 Member: 310Members
    mmmm, id have to agree with all that stats crap, ive been wanting CS to go team score only for about a year now, its one step towards making it an actual team game, though a lot more would have to be done to make me start playing it again.
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    they did that in one of the betas apparently. they idiots yelled so load they changed it back. <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
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  • Zero7Zero7 Join Date: 2002-03-10 Member: 301Members
    mmm... I think this will say it nicely..

    <img src="http://members.optushome.com.au/sponesystems/thread/gaschamber.jpg" border="0">
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  • SonoSono Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 105Members
    I don't think of post counts. Also I think it's cool seeing myself over 100. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
    But of course if you're new to a board you are going to trust people with high post counts.

    In games, the stats suck. Especially in CS. The whorest thing I ever saw was when I shot a terror once. He was highly damaged and so it only took me two shots to get him down. Just as I had shot him another CT went round a corner, looked at the dead terror and fired two shots on me. I asked him what the heck that should be and he just answered with one word: fragstealer.

    Only one of the fact why I don't play CS anymore.

    PS: One thing: Shuvit: You avatar scares me.
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