QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
Making himself look active in the community.
Personally, I think thats one of my weaknesses in NS- I'd love to get to know the guy, and treat him like another poster, but we treat him like god, because seeing him is....rare.
There's plenty of forums that you can't see. You can actually search for all his posts, he was obviously around much longer than anyone else, seeing he is the first actual member.
Marik_SteeleTo rule in hell...Join Date: 2002-11-20Member: 9466Members
edited November 2003
The further back in time you go on these forums, the more common it was to see Flayra posting. Part of this is because there were fewer people and it made any one person seem like a more major poster.
As for why the total number is so high even though you see him posting so little now, think of it this way: MonsE's post count is huge too, and would also seem fake until you see how much he helped people in the Tech Support forum, where few people bother seeing just for fun. Flayra probably posts plenty in forums not often viewed either, except now we're talking about ones not in the public eye at all (heck, even I don't have the right or reason to see the area for devs, and they're probably communicating back and forth there like crazy) [edit]Sirus beat me to it.
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<!--QuoteBegin--Vulgar Menace+Nov 14 2003, 07:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vulgar Menace @ Nov 14 2003, 07:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yeah, i agree with sirius. its not that hard to be active. i mean, look at me. been here for a month and ive got 200 some-odd posts under my belt. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Only 200? My first real month, I had a 400 postcount. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
LikuI, am the Somberlain.Join Date: 2003-01-10Member: 12128Members
<!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Nov 14 2003, 08:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Nov 14 2003, 08:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Fake? who cares? post counts = nothing, someone set mine back to 0 jus for a laugh! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Can I have your posts?
Flay posted a great deal more a while back. As for me, I've been here over a year and hitting 1150! Remember it's what you posts that matters not how much.
<!--QuoteBegin--Hida Tsuzua+Nov 15 2003, 05:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hida Tsuzua @ Nov 15 2003, 05:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Flay posted a great deal more a while back. As for me, I've been here over a year and hitting 1150! Remember it's what you posts that matters not how much. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> lol I wish that were true, if it was this place would be alot smaller.
Not that I've been here since the beginning, but my guess is that Flay simply posts less than he used to. It really isn't all that hard to rack up a high postcount. Either way, the number is the <i>count</i>, not the <i>rate</i>/
<!--QuoteBegin--kida+Nov 15 2003, 12:53 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Nov 15 2003, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea, I've been tracking ns a year before it came out, but never signed up on the boards, because I never realy cared muct to do. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats what they ALL said.
<!--QuoteBegin--Delarosa+Nov 15 2003, 01:47 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Delarosa @ Nov 15 2003, 01:47 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ...you don't see how active he is in the team forums.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Do you?
BTW You guys post too much. Granted I don't really have an accurate representation. I lost my old account when the forums went haywire and moved to this pretty blue scheme but I'd really only have around 150-200 more posts than now including my old account. But then again, what would I read if you guys were post crazy.
Although a late starter, I've read the forums for a long time. Before the first release, he was indeed a busy little bee on the forums. I would consider that number an under-estimate.
Quaunaut, youve been here less than a year and already have 2000+ posts, I imagine when youve been here as long as Flayra, you'll be up over 10k...so...yeah.
Anyway, Flay used to be alot more active before 1.0, back in NSTR days.
Firstly, the first time I came here, we had a different board (Forgot what it was called :?)
Then, somehow they had to switch the forum over to a more reliable one (like now) and IMPORTED EVERYTHING from the first database.
Then the numbers add up from there.
And also add the fact that there are other forums we can't see.
But there is also an option in Admin tools to edit postcount, if I'm not mistaken. I remember back in the days where I was admin and constantly changed my postcount to "elite" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Heh, I used to troll around some with like 50 posts, a stupid sig and lame avatar + leetspeak. Argh.. someone dig me up those old posts. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Now he's shut up and abandoned us out in the cold. The only information we get is from his changelog posts.
Personally, I think thats one of my weaknesses in NS- I'd love to get to know the guy, and treat him like another poster, but we treat him like god, because seeing him is....rare.
There's plenty of forums that you can't see. You can actually search for all his posts, he was obviously around much longer than anyone else, seeing he is the first actual member.
As for why the total number is so high even though you see him posting so little now, think of it this way: MonsE's post count is huge too, and would also seem fake until you see how much he helped people in the Tech Support forum, where few people bother seeing just for fun. Flayra probably posts plenty in forums not often viewed either, except now we're talking about ones not in the public eye at all (heck, even I don't have the right or reason to see the area for devs, and they're probably communicating back and forth there like crazy)
[edit]Sirus beat me to it.
OMG!!! THEY'VE GOT A BIG POST COUNT IT MUST BE FAKE OR THEY MUST BE TEH SPAMMOR!!!
Only 200? My first real month, I had a 400 postcount. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Can I have your posts?
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-Dev/Admin
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Considering how the secretive ones are used for more dev communication, its no suprise he would post a lot there.
*Flay is not from Kentucky. I just like saying Kentucky. No offense to any Kentuckians.
lol I wish that were true, if it was this place would be alot smaller.
Thats what they ALL said.
Do you?
BTW You guys post too much. Granted I don't really have an accurate representation. I lost my old account when the forums went haywire and moved to this pretty blue scheme but I'd really only have around 150-200 more posts than now including my old account. But then again, what would I read if you guys were post crazy.
Anyway, Flay used to be alot more active before 1.0, back in NSTR days.
Then, somehow they had to switch the forum over to a more reliable one (like now) and IMPORTED EVERYTHING from the first database.
Then the numbers add up from there.
And also add the fact that there are other forums we can't see.
But there is also an option in Admin tools to edit postcount, if I'm not mistaken. I remember back in the days where I was admin and constantly changed my postcount to "elite" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Argh.. someone dig me up those old posts. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->