The AV1611 challenge.

tyke · Mar 23, 2018

brinny said:
Which forum, if you don't mind me asking?

Whispers..........CARM in the Secular subforum

brinny · Mar 23, 2018

tyke said:
Whispers..........CARM in the Secular subforum

Whispers back 'thank you, and i won't tell anyone'.

bhsmte · Mar 23, 2018

USincognito said:
No loss.

Agree. AV's entertainment value, exceeded its shelf life a while ago, for me anyway.

AirPo · Mar 23, 2018

Goonie said:
You won the challenge! (Unlike many of av’s)

The only way to win an AV challenge is to not respond to it.

durangodawood · Mar 23, 2018

AirPo said:
The only way to win an AV challenge is to not respond to it.

You cant lose if you dont play.

AirPo · Mar 23, 2018

durangodawood said:
You cant lose if you dont play.

You can't win if you do.

JustMeSee · Mar 25, 2018

I just lost the game. It's been months.
On topic, I hope AV comes home. I rely on his posts when I fill glum or blue.

The IbanezerScrooge · Mar 26, 2018

Steve Petersen said:
Only 3 million posts in 12 years. Yeah, probably needs an upgrade!

42 posts per hour per day (with 8 hours of "off time" factored in, which is probably way more than actual) 365 days a year. I used to be impressed by his post count, though it is still pretty impressive, until I saw that the majority of his posts are in the counting threads.

Tom 1 · Mar 26, 2018

Is there some kind of point to the counting thread?

The IbanezerScrooge · Mar 26, 2018

Tom Farebrother said:
Is there some kind of point to the counting thread?

To count! Duh!

On some older forums I used to frequent where post count got you privileges they used to do the counting threads to up their post count and activity. The admins knew what it was but let it happen anyway. Later they just kind of became a thing.

Goonie · Mar 26, 2018

Tom Farebrother said:
Is there some kind of point to the counting thread?

Not unles they start counting 1,1.1,1.2,1.3.......

brinny · Mar 26, 2018

Tom Farebrother said:
Is there some kind of point to the counting thread?

Yes. It's a wunnerful outlet for me to post quotes

And for Av, we sometimes share a bit o' humor together on my counting threads, and sometimes on his.

bhsmte · Mar 26, 2018

The IbanezerScrooge said:
42 posts per hour per day (with 8 hours of "off time" factored in, which is probably way more than actual) 365 days a year. I used to be impressed by his post count, though it is still pretty impressive, until I saw that the majority of his posts are in the counting threads.

Tells you a little something, doesn't it?

FrumiousBandersnatch · Mar 26, 2018

bhsmte said:
Tells you a little something, doesn't it?

It puzzles me - is it ego? why is it so important to have a ~~fake~~ grossly inflated post count?

It reminds me of people who wear obviously fake Rolexes and other brands, as if the fraud itself is something to be proud of...

bhsmte · Mar 26, 2018

FrumiousBandersnatch said:
It puzzles me - is it ego? why is it so important to have a ~~fake~~ grossly inflated post count?

It reminds me of people who wear obviously fake Rolexes and other brands, as if the fraud itself is something to be proud of...

IMO, for some reason, post count, seemed to make AV feel like he was an authority and because of his count, his opinion was somehow more valid. He would often critique other people who disagreed with him and would point out their opinion was not valid, because they had so few posts.

Manufactured credibility, is important to some.

AirPo · Mar 26, 2018

FrumiousBandersnatch said:
It puzzles me - is it ego? why is it so important to have a ~~fake~~ grossly inflated post count?

It reminds me of people who wear obviously fake Rolexes and other brands, as if the fraud itself is something to be proud of...

bhsmte said:
IMO, for some reason, post count, seemed to make AV feel like he was an authority and because of his count, his opinion was somehow more valid. He would often critique other people who disagreed with him and would point out their opinion was not valid, because they had so few posts.

Manufactured credibility, is important to some.

Some years ago someone implied that he may be limited in what he can do or where he can go. He replied by neither confirming nor denying.

brinny · Mar 26, 2018

AirPo said:
Some years ago someone implied that he may be limited in what he can do or where he can go. He replied by neither confirming nor denying.

he may be limited in what he can do or where he can go.

He shared on the last thread when he was amongst the missing, that it was due to illness, and that there are some health issues that do limit him.

FrumiousBandersnatch · Mar 26, 2018

AirPo said:
Some years ago someone implied that he may be limited in what he can do or where he can go. He replied by neither confirming nor denying.

Many forum regulars are limited in what they can do or where they can go; forums are a good way of meeting, discussing, and socialising for people in that situation.

I don't see how that relates to a need for artificially boosting spurious status indicators, though...

bhsmte · Mar 26, 2018

FrumiousBandersnatch said:
Many forum regulars are limited in what they can do or where they can go; forums are a good way of meeting, discussing, and socialising for people in that situation.

I don't see how that relates to a need for artificially boosting spurious status indicators, though...

Agree.

Maybe he left, because more people started to tune him out. I think attention was a big driver for him.

FrumiousBandersnatch · Mar 26, 2018

bhsmte said:
Maybe he left, because more people started to tune him out. I think attention was a big driver for him.

You may be right - there are quite a few attention-seekers on these forums.

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