23 members away...

heh, I think I was way back at the beginning - just a lurker . . .though I was registered . . .does that allow me to be a lurker?

Actually, you are the 27th members with most posts so you're quite a veteran 8)

Is there an easy way to check where we rank? Over 2% of the posts are mine, so I'm probably in the top 10.

Jason

I'm not really in the top 10 twice though :) (Otherwise I'd be within touching distance of Matthew.)

Of course, lots of one-line posts like this helps to push your score up without necessarily meaning anything...

Of course, content before post counts. I am and was always pro "hidding post counts" in forums because in some situations it encourage elitism. Example: "Why should I trust what you are saying, you're just a newbie with two posts lol." or during an argument "Shut up newbie, post counts: 3 lol" :roll:

Fortunately, this has never happened here so it's currently not a problem. The day we get a big "Postcount++ HURR HURR" thread I'll be personally cutting that snippet of code that show posts.

Also, I want to stress that posting one-liners or quick messages is not shunned upon. Nobody should be afraid of posting because they aren't thorough enough. As long as it's on-topic. Every little bit helps.

I do think chatter in Off-Topic is alright.

I was somewhat surprised that I had all of 16 posts. (Well, now 17 I guess.) I didn’t think I had even that many.

I was very surprised that those 16 posts put me all the way up at number 56 out of 999 (as of Feb. 19, 2004). Does everyone just lurk (the way I usually do) or something?

And I was astonished to see that, according to the members list anyway, I was the 5th person to sign up! (Sep. 17, 2002) I’d gotten the impression when I joined that BGDF was already a thriving community. (Did I really stumble across this site on the second day of operation, or did we lose track of some folks when we changed our web hosts way back when? Either way, now I feel like I should be contributing more.)

Someone who has a better memory than mine should post a brief history of BGDF, maybe when we get our thousandth member. It would make for a fascinating review, I’m sure.

But I just have to hand it to everyone, especially the guys who do all the hosting and the other heavy work around here. (Seriously guys, thanks for starting this forum and keeping it going.) Cruising through the members list and seeing that we truly are a global community was awe inspiring. It’s so encouraging to see how far Board Game Designers Forum has come in only 17 months.

When the big breakthrough comes, and These Games Of Ours become mainstream, I’m sure it will be some of the folks at BGDF who will make it happen.

My hats off to you, guys!

Leland