Extremely Low Post Ratio

Spree · 07-26-2008, 07:13 PM

My registration date is July 2001, and so far I've blessed FOFC with 12, count 'em, 12 posts, for a stunningly lazy ratio of about 1.7 posts per year. For those long-time lurkers, has anyone registered before the new millennium and failed so far to accumulate a double-digit post total? Can anyone exceed my laziness?

Senator · 07-26-2008, 07:20 PM

We did an audit one time and found someone even lazier.

What I want to know is, did we ever determine from C-Town, How long to call?

larnott · 07-26-2008, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spree

My registration date is July 2001, and so far I've blessed FOFC with 12, count 'em, 12 posts, for a stunningly lazy ratio of about 1.7 posts per year. For those long-time lurkers, has anyone registered before the new millennium and failed so far to accumulate a double-digit post total? Can anyone exceed my laziness?

I have a few more posts than you, but I registered on the day that the Sportplanet board began.

terpkristin · 07-26-2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spree

My registration date is July 2001, and so far I've blessed FOFC with 12, count 'em, 12 posts, for a stunningly lazy ratio of about 1.7 posts per year. For those long-time lurkers, has anyone registered before the new millennium and failed so far to accumulate a double-digit post total? Can anyone exceed my laziness?

Hey, you're up to 15 posts now!

But you raise an interesting question....is the reason you don't post because of laziness, or is there something else that makes you refrain from posting? Perhaps you don't want too much traceability?

/tk

Spree · 07-26-2008, 07:33 PM

Let's see... 8 years divided by 18 posts... 2.25 posts per year. Nope, not even close.

Racer · 07-26-2008, 07:48 PM

I believe there is some dude who registered in the first couple of days and has never made a single post.

Spree · 07-26-2008, 07:49 PM

Is it J.D. Salinger?

Racer · 07-26-2008, 07:49 PM

Just looked it up. "Evan" registered on the 1st day of this board's existence and has never made a single post.

Senator · 07-26-2008, 07:52 PM

Yeah, Evan, I remember that now.

Izulde · 07-26-2008, 08:06 PM

Evan truly is almighty.

Spree · 07-26-2008, 08:17 PM

Yep, that's the only cultural reference for "Evan" I could come up with, too.

In fact, there's a subheading on the "Evan" wikipedia page called "Popular culture references to the name Evan." The only entry? Evan Almighty.

So that does it: our brains are as resourceful as Wikipedia.

TCY Junkie · 07-26-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Spree

Can anyone exceed my laziness?

I moved the page up and down in the images thread to tell it was Monroe instead of getting out of my chair.

Autumn · 07-26-2008, 08:38 PM

I asked my son to carry my monitor 15 feet away from me while I reclined.

Galaxy · 07-26-2008, 08:45 PM

Evan was on before the internet and computers were created!

Front Office Football Central

Ajaxab · 07-27-2008, 05:11 AM

Maybe we're all just pawns in Evan's own little Truman Show. Evan decides to throw us a jbmagic, a Hornsmaniac or a Hell Atlantic every so often just to keep things interesting.

Ryan S · 07-27-2008, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Racer

Just looked it up. "Evan" registered on the 1st day of this board's existence and has never made a single post.

Evan is from Gamespy. He still updates the sportplanet website.

Spree · 07-27-2008, 06:54 AM

And Ajaxab's theory is thrown completely out the window.

Honestly, is FOFC important enough for anyone to involve it in a conspiracy?

Suburban Rhythm · 07-27-2008, 07:19 AM

The dreaded ELPR. I think they make a pill for that now.

bbor · 07-27-2008, 07:39 AM

you certainly are on a "spree" of posting now.

Spree · 07-27-2008, 07:45 AM

should i apologize?

Bradley · 07-27-2008, 08:11 AM

I think I've got you beat. 4 posts, 7 years (0.57 per year). Of course, this post increases my total by 20%.

I've been around since the original version of FOF, still have that CD it in my closet in fact. I still check the board regularly, probably 5-6 times per month and read through a fair amount of stuff. Does that make me a lurker???

Senator · 07-27-2008, 09:24 AM

It doesn't make you a lurker, it makes you a king of self control. With some of the bunk that has come through here over the years, how did you not post, if only to tell someone off?

kserra · 07-27-2008, 11:22 AM

Long time lurker...rarely a poster...no shame about it...except for the excitement I used to have for the threads with photos of beautiful women... those were the days...

Lathum · 07-27-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by kserra

except for the excitement I used to have for the threads with photos of beautiful women......

I think you need a lesson on the real purpose of the internet

[email protected] · 07-27-2008, 12:07 PM

looks like I'm at 1 post a year.

Autumn · 07-27-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

I think you need a lesson on the real purpose of the internet

Can you imagine coming to FOFC to get your visual erotica needs met? This is like the Reader's Digest of beautiful women.

Spree · 07-27-2008, 07:54 PM

It's like George Costanza utilizing a copy of Glamor.

SFL Cat · 07-27-2008, 07:58 PM

Wow...this thread is like turning on the light in the garage in the middle of the night and watching all the little critters scurry.

Mota · 07-27-2008, 08:57 PM

I'm on the site every day and I still haven't hit 400 posts.

flere-imsaho · 07-28-2008, 09:42 AM

Suddenly I'm getting stage fright. I never knew so many people were reading my drivel....

lungs · 07-28-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

I'm on the site every day and I still haven't hit 400 posts.

About the same here.

TrendNet · 07-28-2008, 01:31 PM

You have me beat!

I've been following FOF since it came out... and followed this board... didn't register though...

Julio Riddols · 07-28-2008, 03:43 PM

I used to know what it was like to lurk and post about never so often. Now I am just a faceless reveler mumbling incoherently. I think its because I post and run. I've been around in a couple different iterations (shanekorn, then this one) since the original board, back when it was around 3 or 4 hundred strong I think. 33% of my life I have been conversing with complete strangers about a text based football game and whatever else comes to mind. I remember when it was all about "on-topic" and "off-topic" posts and how that lead, ultimately, to this conglomeration.

korme · 07-28-2008, 04:58 PM

My post ratio fluctuates more than Kirstie Alley's waist size.

Icy · 07-29-2008, 06:18 AM

If i remember well it took me a while to start to post besides a couple of questions about FOF. I was non confident enough about my English and for sure this board has helped me a lot to improve it, specially to learn the kind of phrases and turnarounds that are not written in the English courses. I have also learned a lot about the USA culture and way of thinking and it has helped me a lot in my business.

Now if we could have a voice chat with all the board members involved, i could practice my listening/spoken English that is way behind by writing/reading one

Kodos · 07-29-2008, 08:19 AM

I wonder what awoke the sleeping giant in Spree?

rkmsuf · 07-29-2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

I wonder what awoke the sleeping giant in Spree?

Maybe he's Latrell Spreewell.

Cringer · 07-29-2008, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

looks like I'm at 1 post a year.

See you next year.

flere-imsaho · 07-29-2008, 08:39 AM

Who was the guy who used to post a "season review" of FOFC every year after the Super Bowl? He must have 4 or 5 posts, total.

JeeberD · 07-29-2008, 08:48 AM

Good call...Herb is up to five posts now...

Edit: Though he's likely a gimmick account, so I don't know if that really counts in this context.

Kodos · 07-29-2008, 08:48 AM

Herb?

Speaking of Herb, has anyone else gotten messages from him in the past offering to let you take over the Herb duties? I've gotten that at least twice, maybe more. Strange.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herb

Herb, as you know, is the name of the ref who gives out end of year evaluations on FOF2. Herb, as you may or may not know, is also an alter ego used by an FOFC poster to make post-Super Bowl fourm evaluations on the board. (Do a past search for posts by user Herb to see what I mean).

And he has decided that the Herb login will work better as an enigma style rotating thing. Some new blood and new ideas can help keep Herb fresh (and someone may actually pay attention to Herb if someone interesting is doing the writing).

I have decided to offer the opportunity to be Herb to you, Kodos. You are funny and creatitive, and have been a member of the board since the beginning. I think that you would make a great Herb.

Let me know if you accept by return PM. If you do, I will PM you with the login information, and you are good to go. Feel free to be Herb for a long or as short a time as you like and pass it on to the next person (or stay Herb forever if you like it).

In short, if you accept, Herb will be in your hands. Do whatever you will with it. Don't feel constrained.

Of course, please do not mention this offer to anyone whether you accept or not. I'd like to keep the Herb thing a secret.

JeeberD · 07-29-2008, 09:00 AM

Good job, Kodos. Go against Herb's direct command...

I've always thought that Herb was Coug, btw...

Kodos · 07-29-2008, 09:02 AM

His request was from May of 2007. Statute of limitations is up! And I'm assuming that Herb as we know him is dead.

JeeberD · 07-29-2008, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Spree

For those long-time lurkers, has anyone registered before the new millennium and failed so far to accumulate a double-digit post total? Can anyone exceed my laziness?

I bet some of the folks in this thread could exceed it...

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=33745

Spree · 07-30-2008, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

33% of my life I have been conversing with complete strangers about a text based football game and whatever else comes to mind.

You're on FOFC 8 hours a day?

Yeah, I registered when I was 14/15, and at that time, as a kid, everyone seemed like a bunch of sophisticated grown-ups, who wanted Madden's Franchise Mode to work correctly even sacrificing the graphics.

Nothing compared to now.

dolfin · 07-30-2008, 04:38 PM

I went through a brief period where I made a few posts, but it was a while ago. It's much more efficient to read and not post. I like being efficient!

RomaGoth · 07-30-2008, 05:07 PM

I would have more posts than what I have now but I took off 3 months from this board. Alas, I missed it and came back, there is no substitute for the real thing. I often gaze dreamily into the night sky and wish I could have registered way back in the year 2000. Errr...I mean the year 2001.

JeeberD · 07-30-2008, 06:16 PM

Why not 2000?

st.cronin · 07-30-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Suddenly I'm getting stage fright. I never knew so many people were reading my drivel....

Who are you again?

korme · 07-30-2008, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spree

You're on FOFC 8 hours a day?

Yeah, I registered when I was 14/15, and at that time, as a kid, everyone seemed like a bunch of sophisticated grown-ups, who wanted Madden's Franchise Mode to work correctly even sacrificing the graphics.

Nothing compared to now.

I took that to mean that Julio has been here since inception (2000), and he's 27, so that's 9 years of his 27, or 33%... Yes, I know he registered in '01 but many people lurked before posting.

07-26-2008, 07:20 PM	#2
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	We did an audit one time and found someone even lazier. What I want to know is, did we ever determine from C-Town, How long to call? __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

07-26-2008, 07:52 PM	#9
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	Yeah, Evan, I remember that now. __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

07-26-2008, 08:06 PM	#10
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Evan truly is almighty. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

07-27-2008, 07:19 AM	#18
Suburban Rhythm Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pittsburgh	The dreaded ELPR. I think they make a pill for that now. __________________ "Do you guys play fast tempos with odd time signatures?" "Yeah" "Cool!!"

07-27-2008, 07:39 AM	#19
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	you certainly are on a "spree" of posting now. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

07-26-2008, 07:33 PM	#5
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	Let's see... 8 years divided by 18 posts... 2.25 posts per year. Nope, not even close.

07-26-2008, 07:48 PM	#6
Racer College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana	I believe there is some dude who registered in the first couple of days and has never made a single post.

07-26-2008, 07:49 PM	#7
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	Is it J.D. Salinger?

07-26-2008, 08:17 PM	#11
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	Yep, that's the only cultural reference for "Evan" I could come up with, too. In fact, there's a subheading on the "Evan" wikipedia page called "Popular culture references to the name Evan." The only entry? Evan Almighty. So that does it: our brains are as resourceful as Wikipedia.

07-26-2008, 08:38 PM	#13
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	I asked my son to carry my monitor 15 feet away from me while I reclined.

07-26-2008, 08:45 PM	#14
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Evan was on before the internet and computers were created! Front Office Football Central

07-27-2008, 05:11 AM	#15
Ajaxab College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Far from home	Maybe we're all just pawns in Evan's own little Truman Show. Evan decides to throw us a jbmagic, a Hornsmaniac or a Hell Atlantic every so often just to keep things interesting.

07-27-2008, 06:54 AM	#17
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	And Ajaxab's theory is thrown completely out the window. Honestly, is FOFC important enough for anyone to involve it in a conspiracy?

07-27-2008, 07:45 AM	#20
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	should i apologize?

07-27-2008, 08:11 AM	#21
Bradley n00b Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Colorado	I think I've got you beat. 4 posts, 7 years (0.57 per year). Of course, this post increases my total by 20%. I've been around since the original version of FOF, still have that CD it in my closet in fact. I still check the board regularly, probably 5-6 times per month and read through a fair amount of stuff. Does that make me a lurker???

07-27-2008, 09:24 AM	#22
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	It doesn't make you a lurker, it makes you a king of self control. With some of the bunk that has come through here over the years, how did you not post, if only to tell someone off? __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

07-27-2008, 11:22 AM	#23
kserra H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Brighton, MI	Long time lurker...rarely a poster...no shame about it...except for the excitement I used to have for the threads with photos of beautiful women... those were the days...

07-27-2008, 12:07 PM	#25
[email protected] n00b Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Christiansburg,VA	looks like I'm at 1 post a year. __________________ no, that's not actually my email.

07-27-2008, 07:54 PM	#27
Spree n00b Join Date: Jul 2001	It's like George Costanza utilizing a copy of Glamor.

07-27-2008, 07:58 PM	#28
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Wow...this thread is like turning on the light in the garage in the middle of the night and watching all the little critters scurry.

07-27-2008, 08:57 PM	#29
Mota College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001	I'm on the site every day and I still haven't hit 400 posts.

07-28-2008, 09:42 AM	#30
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Suddenly I'm getting stage fright. I never knew so many people were reading my drivel....

07-28-2008, 01:31 PM	#32
TrendNet n00b Join Date: Feb 2004	You have me beat! I've been following FOF since it came out... and followed this board... didn't register though...

07-28-2008, 03:43 PM	#33
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	I used to know what it was like to lurk and post about never so often. Now I am just a faceless reveler mumbling incoherently. I think its because I post and run. I've been around in a couple different iterations (shanekorn, then this one) since the original board, back when it was around 3 or 4 hundred strong I think. 33% of my life I have been conversing with complete strangers about a text based football game and whatever else comes to mind. I remember when it was all about "on-topic" and "off-topic" posts and how that lead, ultimately, to this conglomeration. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA Last edited by Julio Riddols : 07-28-2008 at 03:48 PM.

07-28-2008, 04:58 PM	#34
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	My post ratio fluctuates more than Kirstie Alley's waist size.

07-29-2008, 06:18 AM	#35
Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	If i remember well it took me a while to start to post besides a couple of questions about FOF. I was non confident enough about my English and for sure this board has helped me a lot to improve it, specially to learn the kind of phrases and turnarounds that are not written in the English courses. I have also learned a lot about the USA culture and way of thinking and it has helped me a lot in my business. Now if we could have a voice chat with all the board members involved, i could practice my listening/spoken English that is way behind by writing/reading one __________________

07-29-2008, 08:19 AM	#36
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I wonder what awoke the sleeping giant in Spree? __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

07-29-2008, 08:39 AM	#39
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Who was the guy who used to post a "season review" of FOFC every year after the Super Bowl? He must have 4 or 5 posts, total.

07-29-2008, 08:48 AM	#40
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Good call...Herb is up to five posts now... Edit: Though he's likely a gimmick account, so I don't know if that really counts in this context. __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO Last edited by JeeberD : 07-29-2008 at 08:49 AM.

07-29-2008, 09:00 AM	#42
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Good job, Kodos. Go against Herb's direct command... I've always thought that Herb was Coug, btw... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-29-2008, 09:02 AM	#43
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	His request was from May of 2007. Statute of limitations is up! And I'm assuming that Herb as we know him is dead. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

07-30-2008, 04:38 PM	#46
dolfin High School JV Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Texas	I went through a brief period where I made a few posts, but it was a while ago. It's much more efficient to read and not post. I like being efficient!

07-30-2008, 06:16 PM	#48
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Why not 2000? __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

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