Lists ???

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

thanks you all

BTW which one sounds better, "Deity of the Darkness" or "Deity of Darkness"?

[-Jrabbit]

I think the righteous indignation over the May Lists thread is pretty bleepin' hilarious.

-Everyone knows Community is the last refuge of +1s for people who don't actually participate in the games that form the basis for this site's existence.
-Everyone also knows that the owners' wishes rule, and the mods do their bidding.

Q. Did the May List thread generate a large number of very short (+1) posts?
A. Yes, obviously.

Q. Is the topic of the Monthly List a viable and interesting one for Poly memebers as a whole?
A. Yes, obviously.

Q. Did the mods and the owners know this was happening?
A. Yes, they see all and know all.

Q. Did it continue to happen unabated for weeks on end?
A. Yes, obviously.

So why the uproar? Community spam is site-controlled, by definition. Discussion by us, the hoi-polloi, is self-indulgent crap at best. (Thus my amusement.)

Therefore, it is in fact this thread, being a troll-poll designed to draw a bunch more +1s on a moot topic, that I deem to be...
SPAM!!

[Last Conformist]

So Ras shouldn't have asked if we wanted the lists too continue?

[Arnelos]

I concur with JRabbit. As I said at the time and have continued to say, it is OBVIOUS that Ming (for one) has been watching these threads. It remains in his power to close the threads and to issue warnings about the spam. The fact that he has chosen NOT to do so while simultaneously making it clear that he at least noticed the thread sent a pretty clear signal in my opinion.

Also as I said at the time, the admins and those like Ming retain the power, at any time they wish, to issue such a warning and to ask for that activity to stop. I'm relatively sure that if it's asked for by them, it'll happen. Simple as that.

As for ME, I'll confess that while I was having *FUN* essentially spamming the May Lists thread (among a few others) in the A/C forum, I do not engage in such actvity elsewhere on the site (where I actually get MOST of my posts). The bulk of my postcount is easily racked up by making on-topic posts on strategic issues in the Civ3 forums, and (generally) EXTREMELY LENGTHY game-related posts in the various democracy games. Hell, I seem to have quite the reputation for exceedingly lengthy posts in the Civ3 democracy game community. I think a few people have even started referring to very long posts (that approach the character limit) as "Arn-sized posts".

In fact, being in an elected position in a democracy game on this site is by far the fastest way to increase your postcount and to do so without spamming. You just end up spending a lot of time conversing game issues and strategies with the other team members. Your post count increases and you don't even notice because that's not why you're posting - you post as much or as little as is needed in an argument or discussion.

[alva]

"Arn-sized posts".

that's Vel's baby

To the other point, I don't know, sure as long as the owners et all allow it, then sure, go ahead.
However, the ACS forum used to be the first one I visited when logging-in, been awhile since I did that.

[Unspeakable Horror]

as long as the owners et all allow it, then sure, go ahead.

Thinking the same thing here

By the way, Congrats CP!

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by DarkCloud

As you'll notice, Rasputin had 3630 in 2002 and has made 7000 posts since then [3 years to 3K, 2 years to 7K ]

the slow posting in first 3 years was due to a hibernation period from about 2001 to end 2002 i think when i rarely came to poly..

from early 2003 to now is my usual posting rate...

I can see if I can dredge up some other data if Bloody Monk is still interested.

im interested, some figures for what the deities had at the time would b egood, i coudl inlcude them in the lsits to show changes..

[DarkCloud]

Chilean Presidente- el segundo palabra es mejor
-
Rasputin- well as you can see, I have the post counts for some deitites posted.

More factoids:

as of May 2001, Dr Strangelove (user id 385) [I think this might have been El Awrence before he changed his name ) only had 886 posts.

Zopper [now Zopperoni] had 846 posts

Locutus had 816

paiktis22 had 625 posts

and axi had 569

and here's the old apolyton Army Version II... (I think it was done in June 2001... but it may have been done in May 2001... ver I was in Dec 2000) Note: This was compiled shortly before Area 54 was discovered and PH and several others were busted down several thousand posts

The Apolyton Army v. 2.0
Volume 2, Issue 5

President/King/Head Academician/Khan (18 and Up)
18.47 (480) 2-3-00 Provost Harrison 8864 (AI)

General of the Army/Grand Marshal (16-17.99)
17.85 (150) 1-4-01 cpoulos 2677
16.78 (720) 6-15-99 Mao 12078
16.61 (840) 2-15-99 Ming 13953

General/Marshal (13-15.99)
13.02 (840) 2-15-99 Imran Siddiqui 10934

Colonel/Field Marshal (11-12.99)
12.39 (300) 7-2-00 Eli 3717 (Builder/BuilderR)
11.70 (840) 2-15-99 MarkG 9830
11.07 (750) 5-19-99 Alexander's Horse 8302

Lieutenant/Leutnant/Kommadant (8-10.99)
10.81 (450) 3-23-00 Ecthelion 4867 (Andz83/Chaos Warrior)
10.12 (600) 10-27-99 MichaeltheGreat 6071
9.38 (270) 9-7-00 phoenixcager 2523
9.17 (300) 7-4-00 Shadowstrike 2750
8.89 (600) 10-10-99 Infatuation 5336 (Dookie/Nimrod)
8.45 (780) 4-15-99 Narck 6591
8.28 (360) 6-13-00 SuperSneak 2979
8.13 (270) 9-10-00 Sprayber 2194

Soldier/Warrior (5-7.99)
Sergeant 7.92 (750) 5-24-99 Urban Ranger 5939
Sergeant 7.78 (840) 2-15-99 *End Is Forever* 6076 (Iain Lindley)
Sergeant 7.34 (750) 5-7-99 Roland 5503
7.24 (780) 4-22-99 Lancer 5650
6.74 (420) 4-11-00 Snapcase 2830
6.58 (840) 2-15-99 My Wife Hates CIV 5530
6.53 (420) 4-1-00 Empress 2745
6.38 (810) 3-4-99 Albert Speer 5170
6.34 (540) 12-24-99 Djugashvili 3423
6.10 (840) 2-15-99 LordStone1 5124
6.02 (780) 4-5-99 Caesar the Great 4697
5.98 (300) 7-27-00 DarkCloud 1793
5.74 (660) 8-9-99 MLeonard 3791
5.74 (630) 8-12-99 Docfeelgood 3618
5.69 (840) 2-15-99 Stefu 4781
5.68 (840) 2-15-99 GP 3932
5.58 (690) 7-4-99 The Brain 3849
5.57 (840) 2-15-99 Zhu Yuanzhang 4675 (Dave Boshko?)
5.57 (750) 5-10-99 MikeH 4181
5.40 (690) 7-22-99 n.c. 3727
5.35 (780) 4-17-99 Shi Huangdi 4171 (Black Dragon)
5.28 (840) 2-15-99 Gibsie 4436
5.24 (630) 9-18-99 ProvostB 3304
5.07 (840) 2-15-99 Theben 4258

Irregular (1-4.99)
4.92 (180) 12-27-00 Zopper 886
4.87 (810) 3-21-99 Paul 3945
4.84 (840) 2-15-99 Monk 4068
4.70 (840) 2-15-99 connorkimbro 3955
4.56 (840) 8-1-98 DanQ 3828
4.45 (840) 2-15-99 Sir David 3741
4.34 (810) 3-7-99 JohnT 3519
4.30 (840) 2-15-99 derek 3616
4.14 (810) 3-9-99 Sten Sture 3552
3.84 (840) 2-15-99 Colon 3224
3.27 (750) 5-21-99 darkgrendel 2452
2.32 (270) 9-29-00 DaShi 626
1.62 (150) 1-14-01 Ninny Man Jr 243
1.56 (690) 7-12-99 Timexwatch 1078
1.43 (210) 11-22-00 Darkknight 301
1.05 (840) 2-15-99 Dr Strangelove 886

Currently Courtmartialed (Under 0.99)
0.36 (300) 8-10-99 The Emperor Fabulous 109
0.32 (780) 4-5-99 Titan. 247


February 99- 840
March 99- 810
April 99- 780
May 99- 750
June 99-720 (2 Years)
July 99-690
Aug 99-660
Sept 99-630
Oct 99- 600
Nov 99- 570
Dec 99- 540
January 00-510
February 00-480
March 00- 450
April 00- 420
May 00- 390
June 00- 360 (1 Year)
July 00- 330
August 00-300
September 00-270
October 00-240
November 00-210
December 00-180
January 01-150
February 01-120
March 01-90
April 01-60
May 01-30
June 01-00

Heres some more info from late June 2001
Shortly after OT posts were taken away

Dark Cloud's newest List of Activity
-Thus Proving DC is the "Master of Apolyton Lists"
-And deserves the title "Master of Lists"

The Active Posters on OnTopic Forums in the top 120 vs the ones not...
(After 1 month)
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Active=
More than 1 Post an *
More than 50 posts a **
More than 100 posts a ***
Nonactive= a blank

Position.Name-OldPosts (PostsMade) New Posts
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121. Jasonian- 1731 (-) 1731
*120. Carolus Rex- 1733 (3) 1736
119. werefox- 1759 (-) 1759
*118. Keygen- ? (?) 1762
117. Loud Medicine- 1767 (-) 1767
*116. Nordicus- 1786 (13) 1798
115. Kautilya- 1804 (-) 1804
114. Saras- 1804 (-) 1804
113. Faboba- 1819 (-) 1819
**112. DarkCloud- 1779 (63) 1843
*111. Zkribbler- 1841 (3) 1844
110. Makeo- 1857 (-) 1857
109. Evil Capitalist- 1866 (-) 1866
108. Lincoln- 1867 (-) 1867
107. Geography Dan- 1881 (-) 1881
106. Alphaman- 1929 (-) 1929
*105. The Mad Monk- 1898 (39) 1937
***104. TheBirdMan- 1845 (118) 1963
103. David Floyd- 1970 (-) 1970
103. Mark L- 1977 (-) 1977
***102. Rasputin- 1874 (157) 2031
101. Giancarlo- 2043 (-) 2043
*100. pchang- 2033 (11) 2044
*99. Ramo- 2046 (3) 2049
98. chegitz guevara- 2054 (-) 2054
97. ghen (Fast_Eddie)- 2065 (-) 2065
*96. War4ever- ? (?) 2107
95. vlad- 2108 (-) 2108
*94. LightEning- 2138 (6) 2144
93. Seneca- 2149 (-) 2149
92. technophile- 2156 (-) 2156
91. Tolls- 2171 (-) 2171
90. Dracon II (Dracon)- 2179 (-) 2179
89. orange- 2200 (-) 2200
88. Stewart Spink- 2200 (-) 2200
87. Usually Insane- 2217 (0) 2217
**86. Sprayber- 2180 (55) 2235
85. MasterBob the Elder(Fallen Angel Lord)- 2258 (-) 2258
**84. Scouse Gits- 2185 (93) 2278
83. only human (onepaul)- 2288 (-) 2288
*82. Eroberer- 2326 (6) 2332
*81. winston- 2350 (8) 2358
*80. Lefty Scaevola- 2334 (42) 2376
*79. Bolo- 2359 (1) 2360
*78. Gary- 2420 (3) 2423
77. Sergeant Sheets- 2446 (-) 2446
76. darkgrendel- 2452 (-) 2452
75. Dominikos- 2498 (-) 2498
*74. Hueij- 2522 (16) 2538
73. Par4- 2541 (-) 2541
*72. Victor Galis- 2537 (7) 2544
*71. phoenixcager- 2515 (33) 2548
*70. MagyarCrusader(Michael Jesczenka)- 2539 (16) 2555
*69. DinoDoc(Squalodon)- 2559 (3) 2562
*68. John-SJ - 2596 (7) 2603
*67. Atahualpa- 2722 (12) 2734
66. Empress- 2745 (-) 2745
***65. rah- 2628 (125) 2753
*64. Shadowstrike- 2744 (19) 2763
*61. reismark- 2813 (7) 2820
***60. cpoulos- 2646 (180) 2826
*59. Smash- 2817 (26) 2843
58. Comrade Dan- 2919 (0) 2919
57. mrtemba- 2924 (0) 2924
***56. Snapcase- 2797 (131) 2928
*55. Seeker- 2943 (4) 2947
*54. Kropotkin- 2934 (24) 2948
*53. SnowFire- 2986 (34) 3020
52. Giant_Squid- 3027 (0) 3027
51. Starchild- 3029 (0) 3029
50. St Leo- 3034 (0) 3034
***49. SuperSneak- 2939 (103) 3042
*48. DarthVeda- 3113 (6) 3119
*47. DanS- 3140 (4) 3144
**46. Jay Bee- 3050 (98) 3148
45. History049- 3233 (0) 3233
*44. Berzerker- 3192 (44) 3236
*43. Colon- 3223 (38) 3261
***42. Misotu- 3032 (235) 3267
41. monolith94- 3264 (0) 3264
40. ProvostB- 3304 (0) 3304
39. Djugavashili- 3423 (0) 3423
*38. JohnT- 3516 (11) 3527
37. Sten Sture- 3552 (0) 3552
36. derek- 3616 (0) 3616
35. Docfeelgood- 3618 (0) 3618
*34. n.c.- 3726 (1) 3727
33. Sir David- 3741 (0) 3741
**32. Eli- 3704 (82) 3786
*31. MLeonard- 3790 (4) 3794
30. The Brain- 3849 (0) 3849
*29. DanQ- 3827 (26) 3853
*28. GP- 3930 (48) 3978
*27. connorkimbro- 3948 (31) 3979
26. Monk- 4068 (0) 4068
***25. Paul- 3928 (166) 4094
*24. Shi Huangdi- 4168 (3) 4171
*23. MikeH- ???? (??) 4196
*22. Theben- 4257 (46) 4303
*21. Gibsie- 4435 (22) 4457
*20. Zhu Yuanzhang- 4673 (16) 4689
*19. Caesar the Great- 4696 (32) 4728
*18. Stefu- 4778 (24) 4802
***17. Echtelion- 4863 (147) 5010
*16. LordStone1- 5122 (5) 5127
15. Albert Speer- 5170 (0) 5170
*14. Infatuation- 5332 (13) 5345
13. Roland- 5503 (0) 5503
*12. My Wife Hates CIV- 5528 (11) 5539
11. Lancer- 5650 (0) 5650
***10. Urban Ranger- 5900 (154) 6054
**09. *End Is Forever*- 6052 (51) 6103
**08. MichaeltheGreat- 6060 (73) 6133
07. Narck- 6591 (0) 6591
***06. Provost Harrison- 3909 (5037) 8946
***05. Alexander's Horse- 8288 (1641) 9929
***04. MarkG- 9689 (339) 10028
**03. Imran Siddiqui- 10923 (53) 10976
*02. Mao- 12076 (6) 12084
**01. Ming- 13921 (89) 14010

Most Active on the On-Topic (over 100) [13 posters]
***104. TheBirdMan- 1845 (118) 1963
***103. Rasputin- 1874 (157) 2031c
***67. rah- 2628 (125) 2753
***60. cpoulos- 2646 (180) 2826
***56. Snapcase- 2797 (131) 2928
***49. SuperSneak- 2939 (103) 3042
***42. Misotu- 3032 (235) 3267
***25. Paul- 3928 (166) 4094
***17. Echtelion- 4863 (147) 5010
***10. Urban Ranger- 5900 (154) 6054
***06. Provost Harrison- 3909 (5037) 8946
***05. Alexander's Horse- 8288 (1641) 9929
***04. MarkG- 9689 (339) 10028
-
-Looking at this list I see that the people with the most
posts were not only active in the OT, but they were active
in on-topic forums as well.

-Thus, post count truly demonstrates how the people who are
worth the most to our forums are the people who make the most
posts (and who have been here the longest)


57. Dissident- 2831

Aug 25, 2001 I had 2446 posts
and TheBirdMan had 2436
technophile had 2227

Oct 31st 2001
Ming- 14491
Mao- 12113
MarkG- 11506
Imran- 11257
AH- 10366
PH- 9863
UR- 7091

and the last person on the top 20 list had only 4705 posts (Zhu Yuanzhang)

If thou desirest more I can dig some more up

[Rasputin]

excellant work, now i jsut need to work out how i am going to use them figures....

[DarkCloud]

well, good luck with it

My other saved Memberslist files date from:

18 May, 2004 (page 2)
27 Mar, 2004 (page 1-2)
Mar 15, 2004 (page 1-10)
4 Jan, 2004 (page 1-2)
Nov 13, 2003 (page 1-12)
Oct 5, 2003 (page 1-2)
July 26, 2003 (page 1-7)
July 9, 2003 (page 1-2)
May 29, 2003 (page 1-10)
Apr 9, 2003 (page 1) I was briefly in 18th place!
Mar 13, 2003 (page 1-6)
Nov 20, 2002 (page 1-5)
July 26, 2002 (page 1-3)

[Rasputin]

wow great work....


Ming Rah etal..... Please close this thread .... !!!! it time for JUNE LISTS

[DrGerry]

Absolutely agree with JRabbit and Arnelos.

NubeOscura I can't understand anything in your posts, but it's a lot of work

[Skanky Burns]

My congratulations to our newest deity, Chilean President!
Welcome to godhood.

[Frozzy]

to CP.

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

you're making me ..thanks guys


oh Kalius, go back to Frozzy mode I'm on a cruzade to preserve the old names. That Daulphin isn't getting rid of me neither



EDIT: Thanks DarkCloud, dejo la segunda