40 posts and I'm still a newbie?

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#1

Maybe 41 will do it :stuck_out_tongue:

#2

I think youā€™ve gotta hit 50.

Then 150.

Then ? 250 ?

Then ?500?

Canā€™t remember :(. But I do remember the trepidation each time I hit a round number, wondering if this would finally mean my talents had been recognised, and Iā€™d been raised to the Pantheonā€¦ :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

[quote] But I do remember the trepidation each time I hit a round number, wondering if this would finally mean my talents had been recognised, and Iā€™d been raised to the Pantheonā€¦ :stuck_out_tongue:
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Or just spam the board like some kind of spamming machineā€¦

:-X

EDIT: Hey! Iā€™m a FULL MEMBER!!!

#4

full memeber is 100 I think

#5

so I think itā€™s 50 -> 100 -> 200?

#6

50 - Junior
100 - Full
250 - Senior
500 - God
2000+ - Cas :wink:

Kev

#7

2000+ need methadone 8)

#8

duncan, you will ALWAYS be a newbie ā€¦ ;D

#9

[quote]duncan, you will ALWAYS be a newbie ā€¦ ;D
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Ooooooo! That was so low I donā€™t feel bad about replying and padding my posts :wink:

#10

n00b

#11

[quote]full memeber is 100 I think
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Heh, shows how much I pay attention. Donā€™t feel bad, iirc, everyone lost their id + post count when the old java-gaming.org site went away. Iā€™d probably be at 200 by now if that hadnā€™t have happenedā€¦

EDIT wasnā€™t there talk of restoring the old boards for informational purposes?

#12

[quote]EDIT wasnā€™t there talk of restoring the old boards for informational purposes?
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Oh, theyā€™re still accessible, if you know where to look! ;D

I have to say Iā€™m not sure thereā€™s any value in resurrecting the posts at this late stage. Technology ages very badly, and Java has aged worse than most. If the old posts were resurrected when the new board went live, that would be a different matter - but nowā€¦ shrug Things have changed a lot since October 2002.

(And I seem to remember the attempts to resurrect the more recent Newless Clubies board failed as well. Again, not a forum that is very useful 6 months down the line, so no big loss.)

But yes, the old board. I wonder if itā€™s worth someone either writing a screen scraper or just spidering the lot, just so thereā€™s an external archive somewhere of it?

Edit: scratches head Is this the third forum weā€™ve had? Or the second? I seem to recall two transition periods, but the old ā€œdiscusā€ and the current YaBB dovetail nicely, and I thought when the JGO forums first opened we were using discusā€¦

#13

I think itā€™s the second if you donā€™t count the dev.java.net forum.

#14

Why not make him newbie for his future existence?

#15

[quote]Maybe 41 will do it :stuck_out_tongue:
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Perhaps that should also be a ā€œ#num posts viewedā€ tag, because sometimes one doesnā€™t write much but learns a lot by reading othersā€™ posts (ā€“> big assumption? probably not :p)

This way people would feel that have been in the discussions too, although not really contributing much, spectators do play some kind of role.

//btw: this post was just a lame excusion to increase my own post count. Sorry. Now you have the chance to reply something silly too, increasing yours in return. Perhaps, there should be a ā€œPost Count Increamentā€ Thread. Where all newbies can add a few empty posts everytime they feel theyā€™ve learnt something ;D

#16

pedro you are starting to be infected by the Cas virus ::slight_smile:

#17

HaHaha! I think Cas have more valuable things to say than me though :stuck_out_tongue:

My reality is that Iā€™m England (not my home country!), trying to finish a project report before term starts, and since everyone else is panicing about final exams, social interaction with other humans got reduced nearly to zero. So thatā€™s how this forum and I became friends ;p

Iā€™m not religous, but I do believe in good chocolate, so Happy Easter for everyone :wink: There are some nice easter eggs at : www.eeggs.com

#18

[quote]I think itā€™s the second if you donā€™t count the dev.java.net forum.
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Ah yes, the CollabNet fiasco. Thatā€™s probably what Iā€™m thinking about. Thanks!

#19

[quote]There are some nice easter eggs at : www.eeggs.com
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My goodness, is that old thing still running? ::slight_smile:

[quote]6700 Easter Eggs collected so far! 0 New in the last two weeks!
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Well, they certainly seem pleased about that result! ;D

#20

Why do people actually care about their status (Newbie, God, etc.) anyways? It doesnā€™t really say anything (unless you starting hitting the 5000s or something like that)ā€¦