How many people would be at deity status if OT posts counted?

[Chemical Ollie]

If OT did never count, I doubt NCO (or GT or whoever, the American sub officer) would call other people "Polytubbies who play computer games in their comfortable armchairs and have idiotic opinions about real military matters". It makes no sense if someone with 8000+ posts about computer games posts something like that, but it makes sense if 7800 of his posts were OT.

[Az]

If OT did never count, I doubt NCO (or GT or whoever, the American sub officer)

Most disrespectful post ever.

[Tiamat]

I'm sure if I gave up my Legend status I would be a diety by now or at the very least soon.

[DarkCloud]

Hmm... As far as I can consider- for deities, since OT post counting stopped in 2001... I would think that the following people might have made it:

CERTAINLY rah (as he himself stated earlier in this thread...)
SOMEWHAT CERTAINnotyoueither... he's so close to the number already and I think he posts in the OT from time to time, so even if he just made 300-400 posts in the OT (which is a normal amount, then he'd be in)
SOMEWHAT CERTAIN Provost Harrison... assuming he didn't suffer any other PCRs... but he really doesn't count since he already was a Deity once.
SOMEWHAT CERTAIN panag... assuming he spammed the OT as much as he spammed other sections of the site (3000 posts needed)
LESS LIKELY End Is Forever... He pretty much only posts in the OT nowadays.
LESS LIKELY Eli- He has about 5700 now... and he might have easily be at 8000 with OT counting... and very possibly 10,000... but who knows???
LESS LIKELY Skanky Burns... another long shot.

MUCH LESS LIKELY Giancarlo/Fez... PCRs would have kept him down.
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However, I will note that if OT posts counted, that we'd probably have a LOT more emperors! (at least 5-15 more )

[Skanky Burns]

I am much more active in the OT than in on-topic forums, yet my post count is above 5000. I would easily be deity by now if OT posts did count. I would bet that most poeple with 5500+ would be deity too.

[Vince278]

I guess what I'm not getting is why anyone would come to Apolyton just for the OT forum. I occasionally dabble when bored but there does seem to be alot of hard core posters who aren't much interested in Apolyton as a "Civilization Site".

[Skanky Burns]

Many came to the site because of a game (be it SMAC or Civ 3 or whatever), got bored of the game but still enjoyed the community. OT discussion is fun.

[TCO]

Now if you added in OT plus vountayr bans???


Yoy are looking at the man who helped sneak mINg (may he live forever like the Tisroc in Narnia) into his current postion....

[DarkCloud]

Now if you added in OT plus vountayr bans???

Then, GP, you would have 20,000 posts

[Arrian]

I might be one, or close.

But I don't understand why the "ranking" even exists. Who cares? Especially when playing in a PBEM game, posting "save to next player" over and over can really rack up the post count, whereas an intelligent post in the OTF does nothing. Bah, I say toss 'em.

-Arrian

[Ecthy]

+0

[Q Classic]

i'm fairly certain i'd be deity.

[Ecthy]

I'd be anyway if it wasn't for all ye PCRs

[Ming]

Originally posted by Arrian
whereas an intelligent post in the OTF does nothing.

Intelligent posts in the OTF...

[Theben]

Originally posted by Boshko
But it doesn't really matter, everyone knows that what's most important is having a 1969/70 registered date, its the true mark of the hallowed vetran

The squirrel speaks the truth.

And if OT posts never counted AH would still be a chieftain.