When will we have 100,000 messages online? (A contest)

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When will we have 100,000 messages online? (A contest)

Unread post by Mike Ratledge »

Brent Kimble suggested that we have a contest to guess when the software shows we have 100,000 messages online. I had vaguely given it a thought a few months ago, but I am glad he pointed it out, or I would have forgotten - at least not remembered to give it enough time to work well.

Turns out that we actually have posted 104,908 messages as of last check, but that number is never decremented when a message gets deleted (or lost - we figure that we lost several hundred - if not more - back around two+ years ago shortly after the transition in ownership because the previous owner - let's just say "dropped the ball" during hand off to me, and we moved hosting from GoDaddy to HostGator.

Anyway, the idea is for people to guess what date that will happen. The rules are pretty simple, but I might adjust things as we get closer, just depends.

One guess per member, and you must select a unique date. If it (the date you select) was already taken, the first person who guessed it wins. To be fair, once we pass 99,000 messages, I will probably quit accepting new guesses, though I might cut it closer. The counter right now shows 97, 593 - and I don't know exactly what the prize is yet, but I will figure out something appropriate.

Entry consists of a reply here with a date, the date you expect UC to _show_ we have 100,000 messages available online. No "gaming" the system, folks. Let's all play fair. I will update this first post when I have more details about what the prize is, and I am likely going to give at least a couple of choices, so that you don't end up with something that you already have, but I wanted to get things started soonest.
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And should I win this contest, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today I won an as-yet unnamed prize. Today I celebrate my Independence Day!

tl;dr July 4
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11th June... My Mom's birthday
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June 16th, my Dad's birthday.
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I'm gonna go with my mom's bday June 25th @ 1423 hours.

I'm not interested in the prize just wanted to guess, so if someone else wants this date, go for it.
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June 29th!
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Re: When will we have 100,000 messages online? (A contest)

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I'm not going to enter as I'll be helping to determine the exact date (and possibly post!)

But I will throw out there that the 100,000th post according to the internal counter was mine lol.
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montecarlojoe wrote:I'm not going to enter as I'll be helping to determine the exact date (and possibly post!)

But I will throw out there that the 100,000th post according to the internal counter was mine lol.
You could still make a WAG for fun. :lol:
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June 19!!!!!!
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Where can we check what the count is right now?
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How do we see the current count?
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4.of.Clubs wrote:How do we see the current count?
Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see STATISTICS then below that Total Posts.
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20th of May!
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16th of July
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June 8th. You can just give me my prize now.

Unless I end up being wrong, in which case ignore the bravado.
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hummm.. 31 May 2016! Hope to be that lucky xD
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Justin O. wrote:June 8th. You can just give me my prize now.

Unless I end up being wrong, in which case ignore the bravado.
You'll have a better chance with a different day. I picked June 8th already. :lol:
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Lets just go with my birthday ! 18th may :)
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So if I pick July and the boards accidentally go down for a month or two no one will be suspicious right?
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