# of Posts, who cares?

[Lefty Scaevola]

. What happned to the "real name thread anyway? I can not find it. Did it get deleated, or perhaps I forgot which forum it was in?

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Gauis Mucius Scaevola
older richer & wiser than you

[tonic]

Try the OT (when in doubt always the OT)

[Lefty Scaevola]

. No one has yet stated that the # of post status has any value to yhem beyond a small amout of flavor and some opportunities for humor.

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Gauis Mucius Scaevola
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[Ming]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola on 11-04-2000 11:02 PM</font>
. What happned to the "real name thread anyway? I can not find it. Did it get deleated, or perhaps I forgot which forum it was in?


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It can be found at: http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum23/H...tml?date=15:02
It was on page three of the OTF when I just looked for it

[phoenixcager]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola on 11-05-2000 10:50 AM</font>
. No one has yet stated that the # of post status has any value to yhem beyond a small amout of flavor and some opportunities for humor.
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Like I mentioned in a thread a couple of weeks back, the post counts work as a behaviour reinforcer of some sort for people to post. There are some threads where you might be deciding whether to post in or not, but since it increases your post count, your response might be "what the heck...let's just do it!"

If you compare discussion boards which have a post count and those that don't, you'll notice that the former category has a larger pool of regular posters. And it's largely for the reasons above.

[cavebear]

Lefty - Well, I hardly live for the thread count, but sometimes it *does* help in understanding or interpreting a post to know if the person is relatively new or an old hand (at the boards, not the game).

And sometimes, you learn who is double-logged when they know too much about the boards as a Settler.

If I see what seems to be a odd question or comment, it makes a difference whether the person is Ming (with a gazillion posts) or GALACTICUS THE NEW CIV MASTER OF YOU ALL (with 2 posts)...

*s*

[tonic]

cavebear: But the suspected DL could be the ultimate lurker, patiently scanning the forums for two years and suddenly deciding to make a post. That's why I reckon a lurker-watch and -count would be quite revealing.

[Lefty Scaevola]

. Dang you Tonic, you betray all lurkers!
. Remember (cardboard and plastic) (yes I am That old) risk, where most player would bash their heads in trying to hold continents and then the LURKER, with impecable timing would roll out of some dismal hole and sweep the map!

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Gauis Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
older richer & wiser than you & master of the Great Siberian LURK
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[cavebear]

Lefty, my Risk pieces are still wood, and I remember well. That's why I used to keep a small pile of oblongs at the BACK of my empire, to terrify anyone who dared try a board sweep. It was often a chancey thing to hold on to the front lines while I built that pile up, but it was always worth it in the long run.

[Lefty Scaevola]

. ah Cavebear, you have the now coveted wooden block edition of Risk, rather than the more mass produce plastic tri-cross versions. I actually pocess neither, having resered my game inventory at the time for Avalon Hill & SPI games. There was always a wargamer around who had a copy for when we eschewed the nore serious fare in favor of Risk, Nuclear War, Junta, or Grand Imperialism, as well as some homemade, laugh games like Yellow Hair Gets Trimed and Mercenaries.
. My compiment to you and us other paleolithic relics.

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Gauis Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
older richer & wiser than you

[Ming]

Lefty Scaevola...

JUNTA!!!!!!
One of the best games to play with a group of "friends"

I didn't think anybody else had ever played that fine game.

[cavebear]

Lefty - And I still have the original AH Gettysburg. If I only had someone to play it with... *sigh* I should find a face-to-face gaming club. Or start one.

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[MichaeltheGreat]

Lefty - the post count is like virtual **** size. Everyone says, "nah, it's not important" until you talk about cutting it off and getting rid of post count. Then look at the whiners come out of the woodwork.

If you look at the number of people vacationed for trying to jack their post counts, several of them multilpe time, it's truly pathetic.

So you're another old fart wargamer? Cool.

[Lefty Scaevola]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by cavebear on 11-09-2000 09:14 PM</font>
Lefty - And I still have the original AH Gettysburg. If I only had someone to play it with... *sigh* I should find a face-to-face gaming club. Or start one.


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. I believe Avalon Hill is headquartered in Baltimore, there should be some sort of AH gamming club near you. Pearhaps you could even find the game designer to play aganst.

[ColdWizard]

IIRC Avalon Hill went out of business

as for post count it gives the forum a bit more texture and lets you know whether or not some one posts actively.