Qt3 member posting statistics: Version 8

[Brian Koontz]

Its time again to update the posting totals and posting frequency of Qt3ers. This post covers the Top 50 in total posts, along with the change in their posts from the last report (2 months to the day ago), as well as the Top 50 in posts per day again with changes from last time.

For the Top 50 Qt3ers in Total Posts, I list the rank, then the person's name, then the total number of posts, then in parentheses are the previous rank, the number of posts the person has made since the last update, and then the number of posts the person made in each of the 5 previous 2-month periods (reverse chronological order). Qt3ers who have made 450 or more posts since the last update have their parentheses outlined in Blue, those with 300 to 449 are outlined in Green, those with 210 to 299 are outlined in Brown, and those with 0 to 50 are outlined in Red. UR stands for Unranked. ND stands for Not Determined. NQ stands for Not Qualified.

Top 50 in Total Posts:

#1: Jason McCullough: 9107 (1; 819, 1019, 985, 985, 991, 906)
#2: Tyjenks: 5502 (2; 122, 220, 201, 156, 147, 312)
#3: Mark Asher: 5283 (3; 86, 446, 384, 314, 712, 651)
#4: Bub, Andrew: 4582 (5; 214, 282, 131, 286, 560, 467)
#5: XPav: 4496 (4; 106, 114, 686, 837, 791, 746)
#6: Tim Elhajj: 4190 (7; 536, 687, 467, 477, 2, 354)
#7: Ben Sones: 4188 (6; 265, 368, 310, 468, 373, 318)
#8: DennyA: 3574 (8; 210, 256, 313, 305, 366, 379)
#9: Dave Long: 3562 (9; 205, 266, 200, 251, 173, 152)
#10: Rywill: 3411 (10; 284, 349, 405, 363, 311, 418)
#11: Midnight Son: 3403 (14; 669, 668, 361, 596, 379, ND)
#12: Jakub: 3175 (12; 308, 221, 206, 468, 235, 374)
#13: TomChick: 3127 (11; 251, 338, 153, 192, 169, 154)
#14: wumpus: 2772 (13; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
#15: quatoria: 2579 (18; 398, 200, 214, 204, 537, 479)
#16: Desslock: 2543 (17; 288, 256, 0, 6, 359, 313)
#17: Brad Grenz: 2516 (15; 199, 179, 76, 82, 198, 318)
#18: Anders Hallin: 2475 (16; 159, 197, 181, 260, 321, 449)
#19: Chet: 2251 (24; 329, 318, 191, 91, 143, 151)
#20: Christoph Nahr: 2156 (20; 161, 175, 127, 324, 206, 181)
#21: Sean Tudor: 2155 (23; 196, 163, 178, 247, 148, 132)
#22: Gary Whitta: 2070 (25; 217, 361, 456, 223, ND, ND)
#23: extarbags: 2037 (34; 407, 515, ND...)
#24: DrCrypt: 2031 (26; 194, 160, 131, 150, 250, 165)
#25: Mike Cathcart: 2027 (19; 0, 40, 151, 210, 127, 178)
#26: Supertanker: 2010 (22; 40, 132, 164, 219, 202, 161)
#27: mtkafka: 2000 (21; 23, 73, 152, 135, 155, 202)
#28: Jason McMaster: 1953 (31; 255, 161, 231, 265, 88, 67)
#29: Kalle: 1952 (27; 116, 261, 180, 207, 190, 341)
#30: Dirt: 1926 (30; 174, 204, 181, 280, 216, 232)
#31: Robert Sharp: 1860 (29; 107, 165, 192, 160, 101, 243)
#32: DaveC: 1845 (33; 156, 140, 84, 205, 203, 250)
#33: Brian Koontz: 1844 (32; 148, 146, 124, 169, 98, 248)
#34: steve: 1841 (36; 314, 257, 132, ND..)
#35: Derek Meister: 1810 (UR; 596+, ND....)
#36: SpoofyChop: 1787 (28; 0, 0, 0, 89, 346, 145)
#37: Matthew Gallant: 1744 (35; 205, 138, 90, 167, 162, 119)
#38: Alan Dunkin: 1715 (38; 210, 256, 223, 43, 213, ND)
#39: Xaroc: 1571 (37; 63, 40, 117, 79, 106, 196)
#40: Alan Au: 1541 (41; 117, 140, 125, 182, 147, 159)
#41: Jason Becker: 1524 (39; 51, 102, 78, 75, 99, 87)
#42: Anaxagoras: 1516 (UR; 302+, ND....)
#43: Brian Rucker: 1491 (45; 188, ND....)
#44: Andrew Mayer: 1487 (UR; 300+, ND....)
#45: awdougherty: 1452 (44; 121, 97, 221, ND..)
#46: Derek Smart [3000AD]: 1451 (40; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
#47: Qenan: 1442 (42; 90, 100, 211, ND..)
#48: balut: 1403 (UR; 200+, ND....)
#49: Murph: 1388 (43; 55, 28, 0, 126, 91, 125)
#50: TSG: 1336 (47; 49, 172, 106, 136, 152, 64)

Qt3ers leaving the Top 50: voltaic, jeff lackey, Captain Cookiepants, Case
Qt3ers likely to enter the Top 50 in the October report: Ben

Jason McCullough breaks his streak of 6 consecutive 2-month periods with at least 900 posts. Tyjenks, Mark Asher, XPav, Ben Sones, DennyA, and Rywill, all Top 10 posters, ALL posted their lowest period totals in the 7 recorded periods.

In total posts between August 12 2003 and August 12 2004 Jason McCullough is #1 with 5705, XPav is #2 with 3280, and Midnight Son is #3 at 2673. It took 1215 posts to qualify for the Top 50 on June 12, 1075 posts to qualify on April 12, 979 on February 12, 813 on December 12, 688 on October 12, and 542 on August 12.

For The Top 50 Qt3ers in Posts Per Day (minimum 232 posts), I list the rank, then the person's name, then the overall posts per day, then in parentheses are the previous rank, the movement made in posts per day from the last update, and the movement made in posts per day in each of the 5 previous 2-month periods (reverse chronological order). Qt3ers who have increased their posts per day by at least 0.40 from the last update have their parentheses outlined in Blue, those between 0.20 and 0.39 of an increase are outlined in Green, those between 0.06 and 0.19 of an increase are outlined in Brown, and those with a decrease of 0.35 or greater are outlined in Red. NQ stands for Not Qualified (under minimum post count), UR stands for Unranked, and ND stands for Not Determined.

Top 50 in Posts per Day:

#1: Jason McCullough: 11.54 (1; +0.16, +0.48, +0.56, +0.62, +0.82, +0.88.)
#2: Midnight Son: 9.05 (3; +0.37, +0.55, -0.61, +0.34, -1.88, NQ)
#3: XPav: 8.13 (2; -0.79, -1.00, +0.27, +0.74, +1.00, +1.44)
#4: Nick Walter: 7.18 (NQ)
#5: Tyjenks: 6.97 (4; -0.42, -0.35, -0.42, -0.65, -0.81, -0.63)
#6: Mark Asher: 6.69 (5; -0.43, +0.01, -0.06, -0.25, +0.53, +0.56)
#7: quatoria: 6.29 (6; +0.04, -0.63, -0.84, -1.70, -0.35, -2.39)
#8: Derek Meister: 6.07 (12; +1.12, +1.93, NQ)
#9: Bub, Andrew: 5.81 (7; -0.19, -0.13, -0.37, -0.23, +0.31, +0.19)
#10: shift6: 5.73 (NQ)
#11: Anaxagoras: 5.55 (8; -0.13, +0.12, +0.70, NQ)
#12: Tim Elhajj: 5.30 (10; +0.29, +0.57, +0.33, +0.40, -0.46, +0.25)
#13: Ben Sones: 5.30 (9; -0.08, +0.06, -0.01, +0.24, +0.13, +0.05)
#14: Duality: 5.02 (17; +0.64, -0.82, NQ)
#15: Jakub: 4.78 (14; +0.03, -0.13, -0.17, +0.35, -0.14, +0.28.)
#16: Gary Whitta: 4.77 (11; -0.20, +0.19, +0.69, -0.19, +0.07, -3.04)
#17: Rywill: 4.76 (13; -0.01, +0.09, +0.24, +0.18, +0.13, +0.48.)
#18: DennyA: 4.54 (15; -0.09, -0.04, +0.06, +0.02, +0.18, +0.27)
#19: Dave Long: 4.51 (16; -0.09, -0.03, -0.12, -0.08, -0.26, -0.36)
#20: extarbags: 4.40 (18; +0.35, +0.78, +0.69, NR..)
#21: TomChick: 3.95 (19; +0.01, +0.15, -0.12, -0.10, -0.15, -0.23)
#22: wumpus: 3.52 (20; -0.29, -0.35, -0.41, -0.53, -0.64, -0.81)
#23: steve: 3.44 (23; +0.22, +0.14, -0.13, +0.48, ND)
#24: Jason McMaster: 3.44 (22; +0.09, -0.10, +0.08, +0.16, -0.41, -0.74)
#25: awdougherty: 3.35 (21; -0.23, -0.39, -0.05, +0.43, +0.87, +0.34)
#26: Desslock: 3.22 (26; +0.13, +0.10, -0.29, -0.37, +0.28, +0.26)
#27: Brad Grenz: 3.18 (24; 0.00, -0.02, -0.19, -0.24, -0.04, +0.23)
#28: Anders Hallin: 3.13 (25; -0.04, 0.00, -0.01, +0.11, +0.28, +0.66)
#29: DaveC: 2.89 (29; -0.04, -0.07, -0.21, +0.01, +0.03, +0.21)
#30: Chet: 2.85 (42; +0.21, +0.24, +0.08, -0.10, -0.01, +0.01)
#31: nutsak: 2.84 (35; +0.12, +0.19, +0.09, ND, NQ.)
#32: Christoph Nahr: 2.79 (32; -0.01, +0.01, -0.06, +0.27, +0.10, +0.08.)
#33: DrCrypt: 2.78 (33; +0.04, -0.01, -0.07, -0.05, +0.18, 0.00)
#34: Andrew Mayer: 2.77 (UR; +0.40+, ND....)
#35: Mike Cathcart: 2.76 (28; -0.25, -0.23, -0.07, +0.00, -0.18, -0.08.)
#36: Sean Tudor: 2.73 (40; +0.04, 0.00, +0.03, +0.15, -0.01, -0.05)
#37: Mehrunes: 2.68 (NQ)
#38: Jon R.: 2.67 (38; -0.03, -0.19, -0.12, +0.27, NQ)
#39: Kalle: 2.66 (34; -0.06, +0.15, +0.05, +0.10, +0.10, ND)
#40: Woolen Horde: 2.59 (41; -0.08, -0.11, -0.08, +0.13, -0.19, +0.43)
#41: Lokust: 2.57 (50; +0.25, ND)
#42: Theodore Rex DX: 2.54 (43; -0.05, -0.41, +0.01, NQ..)
#43: Machfive: 2.54 (27; -0.51, -0.74, -1.18, -2.46, -2.99, NQ)
#44: Supertanker: 2.54 (39; -0.16, -0.05, +0.00, +0.09, +0.08, +0.01)
#45: mtkafka: 2.53 (37; -0.18, -0.14, -0.03, -0.08, -0.05, +0.05)
#46: tromik: 2.50 (31; -0.38, -0.33, +0.18, -0.10, +0.18, NQ)
#47: SpoofyChop: 2.48 (36; -0.23, -0.27, -0.33, -0.25, +0.31, -0.14)
#48: Ben: 2.46 (UR; +0.15+, ND)
#49: -Lord Ebonstone-: 2.45 (UR; +0.08+, ND)
#50: Dirt: 2.44 (46; +0.03, ND)

Qt3ers leaving the Top 50: Jobe, Robert Sharp, John Reynolds, TheWombat, Brian Koontz, Captain Cookiepants
Qt3ers likely to enter the Top 50 in the October report: Alan Dunkin, stusser, senator cthulhu, JM

It took 2.32 posts per day to qualify for this list on June 12, 2.38 to qualify on April 12, 2.32 on February 12, 2.15 on December 12, 2.18 on October 12, and 1.88 to qualify on August 12.

[Jim Preston]

Once again I am nowhere to be found -- demonstrating that I alone hold the banner for the normal, healthy and well-adjusted.

[Duality]

I'm getting better!

No ... wait. That just means I'm posting more shit!

[Stroker Ace]

i call shenanigans on cthulhu. he ain't posting nothing.

[Duality]

Good point.

Shouldn't most of the senator's post count be rewarded to LeVar Burton?

[Jazar]

Once again I am nowhere to be found -- demonstrating that I alone hold the banner for the normal, healthy and well-adjusted.

*high fives*

[Nick Walter]

Once again I am nowhere to be found -- demonstrating that I alone hold the banner for the normal, healthy and well-adjusted.

Nah, I just think it proves that you don't have a job that allows 4-6 hours of message board reading/posting per 8 hour workday ;-)

[Tyjenks]

Just as I was going to congatulate Asher for passing me, he takes a sabbatical. Oh well, what do I have to do to catch back up with Jason in addition to quitting my job.

[Jason McCullough]

Sons of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!

[Midnight Son]

Jason, why don't you just stop the charade and admit you're unemployed, live at home and read blogs all day? :D

[Jason McMaster]

I'm comin up

[madkevin]

I apologize if this has already been answered, but can somebody tell me why exactly Koontz does this, or what the stats are supposed to prove?

[Ben]

kevin-
1. Koontz can do it.
2. See 1.

[Ben]

Also, whoo-hoo, Top 50, bitches!

[Trey]

I guess this is the type of thing you resort to once masturbation becomes a chore.

[Talisker]

I guess this is the type of thing you resort to once masturbation becomes a chore.
So THAT'S what that Green Day song was about.

[Warlord of Mars]

Once again I am nowhere to be found -- demonstrating that I alone hold the banner for the normal, healthy and well-adjusted.

I've never made it once since registering here. I might have the record for most posts without starting a topic thread now. :)

[Squirrel Killer]

I've never made it once since registering here. I might have the record for most posts without starting a topic thread now. :)

Although Brian hasn't seen fit to waste 12 hours updating these stats (http://www.quartertothree.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=137962), I think I might have you beat. Buck up though little Warlord, maybe you'd be second again! :wink:

[Bill Dungsroman]

I apologize if this has already been answered, but can somebody tell me why exactly Koontz does this, or what the stats are supposed to prove?
Well, no one really knows why, but look at the sarcastic back-patting that it prompts. That's worth something.

[Nathan Phoenix]

I was going to say that I had the highest climb in rank for posts per day, but then I saw Chet beat me. :P

[JM]

Ooh ooh, I might be in the next one!

Quick! To the dom2 threads! Charge!

[Nick Walter]

Ooh ooh, I might be in the next one!

Quick! To the dom2 threads! Charge!

You are in the exact same position I was in last time these stats got posted, a fairly new account with a heavy dom2-related posting volume. Just keep up the dom2 games and the AARs and you too can be in the top 10 next time.

I'm not sure why being in the 10 is a good thing, but I have this vague feeling it raises my standing in the herd and improves my mating chances.

[steve]

I'm not sure why being in the 10 is a good thing, but I have this vague feeling it raises my standing in the herd and improves my mating chances.
It only improves you matching chances with other members of the herd.

[madkevin]

I'm not sure why being in the 10 is a good thing, but I have this vague feeling it raises my standing in the herd and improves my mating chances.
It only improves you matching chances with other members of the herd.

That explains my strange sudden attraction to Jason, then.

[Nick Walter]

I'm not sure why being in the 10 is a good thing, but I have this vague feeling it raises my standing in the herd and improves my mating chances.
It only improves you matching chances with other members of the herd.

That explains my strange sudden attraction to Jason, then.

Dibs on Tyjenks. He's a SECTSY BEAST!!!1!

[Andrew Mayer]

There's some kind of irony in the fact that by posting about my posting I'm increasing my posting.

[balut]

Yeah.

[Squirrel Killer]

That's not ironic, that's... ah screw it, wake me when the monkey genes (http://www.quartertothree.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12765) are ready...

[Kalle]

Seeing as how I'm falling on the charts I'm going for a meta-post here.

[balut]

Yeah.

[Anders Hallin]

I am shocked and appalled that these threads always devolve into post-padding!

[Anders Hallin]

You should be ashamed of yourselves!

[Warlord of Mars]

I've never made it once since registering here. I might have the record for most posts without starting a topic thread now. :)

Although Brian hasn't seen fit to waste 12 hours updating these stats (http://www.quartertothree.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=137962), I think I might have you beat. Buck up though little Warlord, maybe you'd be second again! :wink:

Dammit to hell! ;)

[Midnight Son]

Post padding? What's that?

[Talisker]

Post padding? What's that?
No idea.

[Midnight Son]

Post padding? What's that?
No idea.

Fer real! :lol:

[Alan Au]

Oh come on, you guys aren't even trying; there's a fine art to post-padding.
...or something.

- Alan

[balut]

Yeah.

[balut]

Does consistency at least lend some legitimacy to post padding?

[balut]

Well, does it?

[Alan Au]

Does consistency at least lend some legitimacy to post padding?
What is this "legitimacy" you speak of?

And no, you have to offer some sort of clever excuse to chain posts like that. I mean, you're supposed to at least pretend to be subtle about it. Maybe you can pretend you double posted or something.

- Alan

[Alan Au]

Oops, double post!

- Alan

[shift6]

I agree.

[steve]

http://www.phobe.com/what_the.jpg

[balut]

Yeah!

[Midnight Son]

Et tu?