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Title: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 17, 2008, 18:17:30
There are now  29486 total members, as at 1715 today. Will VStep be giving a special present to the 30,000th member to join?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 18:42:49
It'd be funny if they did. :D
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 17, 2008, 18:43:40
Like buying the 1,000,000th Mini?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 18:46:33
He he yeah
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 17, 2008, 18:51:17
Hehe..  on the one hand, it seems nice to do such a thing..

But on the other hand.. why would member #30.000 deserve a present any more than any of the other members that are allready registered or will follow after him/her.. Seems unfair.. But maybe that's just me.  ;D

Fred
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Shipaddict on December 17, 2008, 18:53:08
Maybe they should give us all a pesent!
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 17, 2008, 18:56:46
They did, recently.. the Javelin..  people forget to soon..  ;D  :P
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 17, 2008, 18:58:33
Who says member 30,000 will ever post or be active anyway?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 19:01:30
Hehe..  on the one hand, it seems nice to do such a thing..

But on the other hand.. why would member #30.000 deserve a present any more than any of the other members that are allready registered or will follow after him/her.. Seems unfair.. But maybe that's just me.  ;D

Fred

That is a good point, we are all equal here.

Who says member 30,000 will ever post or be active anyway?

Another good point, most members dont seem to be active nowadays, still, the active ones are all nice :)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMS Gigantic on December 17, 2008, 21:38:09
Have we ever had a real spammer here? A troll?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 21:41:01
Not to my knowlendge RMSGigantic, but then Ive only been here since september.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 17, 2008, 21:43:06
Have we ever had a real spammer here? A troll?

There are ex-members out there, that crossed the line. There always will be people who are out to cause trouble. Best not mention those cases, I think.  ;)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 21:47:00
There are ex-members out there, that crossed the line. There always will be people who are out to cause trouble. Best not mention those cases, I think.  ;)

Wow I didnt know that, must have been before my time... :)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 17, 2008, 21:50:00
Well, it's not always clear to everyone, if something happens, since things get removed too, when it's off limits and such.

And yeah, some cases that came to mind, where perhaps before you registered.  :)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 17, 2008, 21:53:34
Yeah. Maybe they stopped because Im here ;D (joke)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Mad_Fred on December 17, 2008, 21:55:36
If so, then the staff owes you thanks, since handling such things is not fun, I can tell you.  ;)   ;D
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 17, 2008, 23:08:12
Sometimes a Moderator spots it very quickly and no-one else is even aware...
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 17, 2008, 23:42:37
*remembers the OLD forums...*
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: JHB on December 18, 2008, 00:05:41
where are these 30 000 btw? I have never seen any big online list here :P
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 18, 2008, 17:20:47
If so, then the staff owes you thanks, since handling such things is not fun, I can tell you.  ;)   ;D

He he yeah, I can imagine dealing with spammers and such being rather arduous (Forgive me for not being able to spell that word :))
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Ncena1 on December 18, 2008, 17:26:56
how about that: At Chrismas Days free download for the elbe or furie hehe ;D
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 18, 2008, 18:13:39
Who's gonna be on the forum on Christmas Day?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 18, 2008, 18:15:12
Who's gonna be on the forum on Christmas Day?

RMSGB

Pretty obvious that Santa and his reindeer will be there! Probably a few elves lurking in the corners as well....

 ;D ;D ;D

Mike
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 18, 2008, 18:22:03
RMSGB

Pretty obvious that Santa and his reindeer will be there! Probably a few elves lurking in the corners as well....

 ;D ;D ;D

Mike

He he, I though Santa would be resting after all his hard work the night before
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on December 18, 2008, 18:27:09
Who's gonna be on the forum on Christmas Day?

I will be! can't spend a Christmas without SS...After all-I got SS08 at Christmas, last year. And SS06 a long time before that!

Jack ;D
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 18, 2008, 18:29:50
Looks like I was wrong then
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 19, 2008, 00:01:26
What else does one do while the barbeque is warming up?
Title: Walkthrough on 2006
Post by: hilobude123 on December 19, 2008, 00:41:25
I've a question,  Can you walkthrough on SS06?? Just wondering!!!! :laugh:
Title: Re: Walkthrough on 2006
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 19, 2008, 10:55:09
I've a question,  Can you walkthrough on SS06?? Just wondering!!!! :laugh:

What on earth has that got to do with this topic??
Title: Re: Walkthrough on 2006
Post by: RMS Gigantic on December 19, 2008, 16:09:26
I've a question,  Can you walkthrough on SS06?? Just wondering!!!! :laugh:
Without the Addon, only on Titanic.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 20, 2008, 08:53:10
http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php?action=profile;u=30000
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 20, 2008, 10:32:16
http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php?action=profile;u=30000

What is the point of that completely pointless post??????????
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 20, 2008, 11:03:40
http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php?action=profile;u=30000

Im a bit confused by that aswell
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMS Gigantic on December 20, 2008, 12:00:56
Look at the URL: that's the 30,000th member.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 20, 2008, 12:08:21
No it isnt, theres only 29575 members
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 20, 2008, 12:39:48
Look at the URL: that's the 30,000th member.

The number increases daily, read the first post!
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Gloat on December 20, 2008, 12:43:22
29486 Is the number of members you say?

Useing my magnificent brain I calculate this:

x = 30,000
y = 29486

The forumula is: x - y

That equals
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514 members needed to join.

Thats not a small amount, y'now people. Maybe in Summer 2010 we could reach that amount as many new people will buy Ship sim 2010 and register on the forums.



I don't think we could reach 30,000 until then... but depends how many ppl buy ship sim and how many ppl who buy ship sim have internet access.  ;)

* Edit
reading the posts of MH1 and RMSGB above, I have used a better genius brain like mine to calculate the fact that we could actually reach 30,000 at the end of the year!
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 20, 2008, 14:39:29
It's actually 29578 now, so you need to re-engage the brain and work it out again..... 422
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Person264 on December 20, 2008, 16:47:33
Male-Spambot ratio 78.3:1
That's a bit off the international average...
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 20, 2008, 16:58:32
He he, I have never seen any Spambot here
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Person264 on December 20, 2008, 17:25:08
I've seen someone called Becky on here, and also Chrystine, but that's about it
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on December 20, 2008, 17:31:08
There was another one that used to come on Multiplayer now and then....I can't remember her name to be honest. It will probably come to me in a few minutes. (I'll edit my post).

Jack.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 20, 2008, 17:42:39
I've seen someone called Becky on here, and also Chrystine, but that's about it

I think Becky is a guy, says so on their profile. is chrystine a girl? I thought he was a guy. Help us out please becky and Chrystine
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 20, 2008, 19:35:09
Try reading their introductory and other posts. Chrystine speaks of her husband.

Season is called Chantal...
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 20, 2008, 19:59:57
Really, That makes me feel quite stupid. Well, the things you learn....
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: The Captain on December 21, 2008, 05:35:13
Can't really think of any others... But thats why the ratio is to 1 :P.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 21, 2008, 06:26:08
there were over 30,000 when I posted that...
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 21, 2008, 11:01:05
there were over 30,000 when I posted that...

Just try the link you posted, it is nothing to do with the number of members (which is still below 30,000) but the personal information of a member called Bedrock?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 21, 2008, 11:31:42
Hi Mike.

I think that as Bedrock is member number 30000, that's what made Astin elieve that there were 30000 members.

(In the link it has U:30000, where U is the members number).

But I don't know if that truly means that 30,000 people had registered.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 21, 2008, 12:28:57
Hi Mike.

I think that as Bedrock is member number 30000, that's what made Astin elieve that there were 30000 members.

(In the link it has U:30000, where U is the members number).

But I don't know if that truly means that 30,000 people had registered.

Hi Terry, I hink we currently have 29 620 members at the moment. If you click on members at the top bar, on that members page it says ''viewing members 1 to 30 (of 29620)''

So that must mean there is 29620 members. Hope this helps,

Regards, RMSGB
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 21, 2008, 12:38:54
I suspect what happens is that Bedrock is actually the 30,000th member to register but this includes those who have left/been banned/died or whatever so the 29,6xx means the number of actual members active or not?
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 21, 2008, 12:46:01
I guess so but only about 100 of us are actually active on the forum and post regularly....
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 21, 2008, 13:22:42
Hi Terry, I hink we currently have 29 620 members at the moment. If you click on members at the top bar, on that members page it says ''viewing members 1 to 30 (of 29620)''

So that must mean there is 29620 members. Hope this helps,

Regards, RMSGB

29623 when I checked just now. But the U:30000 link means that Bedrock was the 30000th person to be registered.

Of course, some will have been test-runs when the forum was being set up, some will have been duplicates when members have deleted one account and then re-registered and so on. Then, 29623 is the current row count in the MEMBERS table of the forum. It looks like it is pretty standard SQL databse underneath, and that would be the way that it is calculated.

So, Bedrock was indeed the 30,000th member to register, even though we have less members!  8)
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: mvsmith on December 21, 2008, 15:07:44
A comment on the number of registered versus active members:
The fact that a member has never posted does not necessarily mean that he is not actively using the simulator.
The CMMs receive many unacceptable missions from members who have post counts of zero. Our PMs to them are never acknowledged, probably because they never bother to log onto the forum after registering. The regular emails probably are caught by spam filters, or he has not provided a valid address.
We also receive many junk missions with a blank user name, indicating that the user has never registered.

Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 21, 2008, 15:08:25
29623 when I checked just now. But the U:30000 link means that Bedrock was the 30000th person to be registered.

Of course, some will have been test-runs when the forum was being set up, some will have been duplicates when members have deleted one account and then re-registered and so on. Then, 29623 is the current row count in the MEMBERS table of the forum. It looks like it is pretty standard SQL databse underneath, and that would be the way that it is calculated.

So, Bedrock was indeed the 30,000th member to register, even though we have less members!  8)

And now it all makes sense, thnks for that peice of info Terry, So we indeed do have 30000 members, even if we only have 29623! ;D
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 21, 2008, 15:13:38
Yep.

Only in Marmite-World does 29,623 = 30,000
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: RMSGreatBritain on December 21, 2008, 15:15:31
Yep.

Only in Marmite-World does 29,623 = 30,000

Or 29623=30000 when your drunk aswell!
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: tom_baker1709 on December 21, 2008, 16:16:58
Hi all,
      is that 30,000 members in the forums of all languages or just english.
Thank you
Tom
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: TerryRussell on December 21, 2008, 16:38:04
Hi Tom.

Everyone, regardless of langauge, Marmite tendencies, length of legs, hair colour / amount, etc is included. See above for Tecchie stuff.

PS I remember you when you were the Doctor.
Title: Re: NEARLY 30,000 MEMBERS
Post by: CaptainMike1 on December 21, 2008, 17:16:39
As the number has already reached 30,000 there is no point in further comment!!

Topic closed!!

Happy Christmas