Number of postings

[Steve B]

Hmmmm, well finally got to Master Bowman, unfortunately, I now better work on my form to get there in Archery :o

[Inner-10]

I wouldnt cash it in for 600 all at onece, just keep it below 300; just to hold the master title just beyond his fingers.

['arrowing Annie]

Hey Folks

Go easy on Maranoa.

Dave B and CMB50 just do like me and ignore her postings. I'm sure that if we keep her in the dark for a few years, we will be able to open the door one day and find a lovely mature adult.

Dave B and CMB50, are you related; you have the same last initial?

[2Dogs]

ignore her postings

Poor ol Annie.......this gender thing has you all confused doesn't it :lol:

Maranoa Archer was a guy last time I looked.......but then again I have been known to be confused these days :wink: :P

[Maranoa_Archer]

It is ok fokes i am a bloke.

Marcus that doesn't sound like a bad idea i will post a lot more messages so you can delete them. We will go 50/50.

[CMB50]

ave B and CMB50, are you related; you have the same last initial?

HA! LOL . Firstly, i'm much better looking! (see avatar!)
secondly, i can't shoot :(

[James Park]

I notice we got past 20,000 posts today. Very impressive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D

[mike]

Yes, I was most dissapointed to not be the 20,000th poster -- must be my busy student lifestyle getting in the way...


Impressive the way this forum has grown..

[Marcus]

April last year we had 273 posts in total
So far this April we have had 709

WHOA!

[frommy]

Marcus,

If you have a quality product the public will come to it. This site is a first rate quality product, for all of these reasons IMO:

1. Well organised
2. Standard of contributors with in depth knowledge of the sport
3. Good humor from many issues
4. Information of happenings within our sport which we do not get from the fees we pay to clubs/RGB's or AA.
5. And no GT

Biases do appear, but are most often addressed in an appropriate manner by contributors, even your bias against the cl..t word. :fist:

It is a credit to you, for which I express my personal thanks, in the maintenance of the site. It must be hellishingly time consuming. And a credit to yourself and other contributors who keep the rest of us informed, entertained, or just frankly wasting time.

Keep up the good work.

Brian

[Marcus]

Thanks Brian
Yeah super large thanks must go to the contributors. Many many other forums exist and yet you have all chosen this one as your place to post. It's incredibly enjoyable watching you all have a good time, and that's what this is about.

One thing I have always tried to do as the administrator is not sacrifise my own obnoxious attitude for political correctness. :D

After 20,000 posts I still can't believe that anyone likes clout.

[Clare Barnes]

One thing I have always tried to do as the administrator is not sacrifise my own obnoxious attitude for political correctness. :D

....and you have succeeded!! :D

........ESPECIALLY as far as clout goes :fist:

[frommy]

I'm with Clare. :) But the previous message is sincere.

[StevenB]

about this time last year I signed up and I was the 36th member and there are now 585 :o

[Eberbachl]

I can remember some pretty longwinded discussions about nothing between just one or two posters in the early days, but Archery Forum was fun even then!

AF is a huge credit to Marcus, he's built a great place out of nothing, which is enjoyed by not only the 500 and something registered members, but by thousands of lurkers worldwide as well! (hey lurkers...register and get posting :D )

The exponential success AF has enjoyed over the last eighteen months or so...I guess it'd be getting close to two years...is testament to the site's professionalism and popularity. It's a place where archers can be serious, or just goons. :bday: But over and above all of that, lots of people have had lots of help because of this place, and many people have had a great time doing it.

Here's to a big thanks and congratulations to Marcus for all of his hard work, a big thanks to all of the contributors which make this place come alive, and here's to the next 20,000 posts!

.....and by the way mike, I can't believe you didn't get the 20,000th! What were you thinking? :angel:

[2Dogs]

yep.... a big pat on the back to Marcus too.

This is the best thing to happen to Australian Archery....well since i got into Archery.

Great Job Marcus......now to work on your darn bow selection..hehehehe.

Bird Says Two Dogs will be sporting Hoyt Spiral cam Ultratec with LX Pro Limbs %55 letoff........hehehehe, something up my sleeve maybe :lol:

[Shirt]

Another bloody bow, 2Dogs?

Guess it's true what they say...

http://www.archery-forum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=82076 :lol: :lol:

[2Dogs]

A F#$#$%ing Whore and proud of it :)

[StevenB]

I have to say that if it wasn't for this forum my desire to come back archery wouldn't have been as strong.

Thanks Marcus for this great Forum
and thanks to everyone on here

[enseth]

I have only been a member of this forum for a few months but during that time I have learnt more about the finer points of archery than my entire two previous years of arching. I have also taken part in some interesting debates and had some laughs and insights into some of the weirder people who shoot arrows (2 Dogs). Thanks for creating such a great forum Marcus and congratulations on your 20,000th post.

PS. Will someone please tell me what TTT stands for!

[Marcus]

Thanks Enseth

To The Top

[Jay Bowden]

Yippee ! 200 posts :bday: :multi: :multi:

[grantwomack]

Well, this thread has been inactive for a long time, I know but I am happy that I have finally reached the 100 posts mark... At the same time, Marcus sits at the pinnacle of posts with exactly 4000. But even better than that, he reached the 4000 mark only days before AF's second birthday! Not bad at all! :D :D :D

[Jay Bowden]

Well done Grant ,:multi:
Well done Marcus ,:multi: :multi:
Well done AF . :multi: :multi: :multi:

[Vic]

Well done Grant ,:multi:
Well done Marcus ,:multi: :multi:
Well done AF . :multi: :multi: :multi:

Yeah? I know what your game is, fella! You're looking to knock me out of the top ten. Sneaky! :D

Amazing how fast the posts add up.

Vic

[Jay Bowden]

Nobody could call you Slow, except maybe me.
and you had 2 1/2 months headstart.

[Vic]

The only place you would be quicker than me would be racing 2Dogs to the buffet. :D

Vic

[Jay Bowden]

Ah yes, the buffet :icecream: . looks like you lose again.
you must be getting used to that by now.

[Shirt]

I think we should have bets on that. I put money on 2Dogs because while he might be slower, I think he's more likely to do something like trip PSEBOW up. After all, all's fair in love and food... :lol:

[Jay Bowden]

Nah, 2dogs is to easily distracted by anything new. All I'd have to do is point in any direction and say something like "look at the shiny new hoyt over there" and the buffet would be mine for the taking.

[Shirt]

Yeah, but if you were to misguess and name his current least favourite company, he might move faster in order to get away from it...

[2Dogs]

:fist: sit on this fellas and grab a ceiling fan :lol:

[Shirt]

I'm not tall enough, I can't reach the fan. :lol:

[Vic]

I'm not silly. If there was one thing I learned from my years in hotels was never to get between two dirty great Queenslanders and food. It would be like telling John Eales he can't have the ball!

As for the winner of the hypothetical contest, my money is also on 2Dogs for two reasons:

 The other able-bodied contestant missed an ideal opportunity to point out that I was so skinny that if I turn sideways and poke out my tongue, I look like a zipper. This is an indication of a fair and shall I say sporting attitude that has no place here.

 Imagine for a second, 2Dogs and the Prawn Platter? It would be carnage! :o

Vic

[Marcus]

Forget 2Dogs and the prawn platter, you should see Gareth go through em. At the Townsville Nationals he ate about 10 helpings of the Prawn cocktails and then the next day ate a MOUNTAIN of prawns on a cruise the team went on. Didn't even breathe between helpings! Scary stuff!

[Jay Bowden]

25000 posts, 700 Members. What next.

[James Park]

Pretty obvious, actually: 700 members, 25001 posts.
(sorry!!)

[Clare Barnes]

Pretty obvious, actually: 700 members, 25001 posts.
(sorry!!)

It could have been 701 members and still 25000 posts :o :o ....but some person/s stuffed that by posting too quickly :roll:

[Marcus]

No by answering the question it automatically moves the posts first. Unless Jim didn't answer the question, joined as osmeone else and then answered......

How long till 50000 posts now? My guess is around 10 months at current pace. :o

[Vic]

Not with Jay and myself trying to out-post each other. :D

Vic

[archerypark]

congratulations Marcus. It seemed only a very short time ago I said the same thing about 600 members.... Great work :multi:

[James Park]

I am stunned: I go overseas for two weeks and totally ignore the forum and when I get back there seem to have been about a zillion new posts!!
(Actually, I did not totally ignore it - I got onto the net in the QANTAS lounge in Heathrow late Monday night, but only logged on as a guest. No one else was on line at the time.)

[Marcus]

It's been moving pretty well. June was a record post month for us with over 3000 posts in one month!
Lets get to 4000 in a month now!!

[robbo]

4000 in a month, well here's one. :D

[Dave Barnes]

Congratulations, very productive robbo. (thats two)

But seriously, good work marcus. How many posts or users does the US forum have?? I don't even know the URL for it. (Its OK though, you don't need to tell me either, waste enough time here :D )

[robbo]

Thanks Dave(that's 3) :P

This forum's better than that one over there anyway. :D

[Shirt]

Here's number 4. The US forum arguably has greater technical wizards, but this place is better for two reasons - 1, y'all have more thoughts on form and followthrough; 2, I can post irrelevant comments and generally be closer to my normal self than I can over there.

[Marcus]

Thanks guys, keep up the good work.
Yep they have many more posts than us, but that's fine by me, more of them too. I think we have about 27000 more posts than any other Aussie forum ;) and I hope this is not a stressful place to be, like the US boards can be.

number 5

[robbo]

Ahh ...... bugger I forgot what I was going to say. :wink: eeerrrrr 6

[Marcus]

We had our highest ever hit count in June with 1,090,930 hits for the month. We reached the million mark for a month!!! I've only kept these kind of detailed logs since mid feb though, but I would guess it is our highest. Since then we have had 4,227,875 hits! :o

[James Park]

I note we are coming up to the next significant number: 30,000.
When might it happen? Is Mike firing up the PC for automatic post creation at the correct time?

[robbo]

At the rate we have been posting, it should be mid to late afternoon. :D

[Clare Barnes]

Wrong Robbo...it's almost 9.30pm and 11 to go still...not that I am counting of course!!! :o :roll:

[robbo]

It's almost 10.00 and only 9 to go.

Sorry I forgot it's a bit slow in SA :D

[Clare Barnes]

It's almost 10.00 and only 9 to go.

Sorry I forgot it's a bit slow in SA :D

AF runs to SA time in case you hadn't noticed....... :fist: :D

[James Park]

I note Mike coming on line at the appropriate moment.

[Marcus]

The RACE


30,000!!!! :bday: :bday:

[Clare Barnes]

Okay Marcus.....who made the 30,000 post????? :o :(

[robbo]

Not on my computer? :P

[Clare Barnes]

The RACE


30,000!!!! :bday: :bday:

Administrator's perogative huh??? :o :roll: :D

[James Park]

I could not resist making 29999 just to see how fast you could all press "send".

[Marcus]

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It was Frommy talking about Clout!!!!!


NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :x :cry: :( :x :( :x :oops: :( :cry: :fist:

http://www.archery-forum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=44117#44117

[Clare Barnes]

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It was Frommy talking about Clout!!!!!


NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :x :cry: :( :x :( :x :oops: :( :cry: :fist:

http://www.archery-forum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=44117#44117

FROMMY....CONGRATULATIONS
:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Our plan worked!!!!!!!

And I got my 450th post too!! :D

[robbo]

My conection is so slow, I sent a post at 29996 and it got there at around 30003. :-?

[Clare Barnes]

My conection is so slow, I sent a post at 29996 and it got there at around 30003. :-?

NSW is reknowned for that!!!! :fist: :D

[James Park]

Clare, Frommy,
I did note the clout topic start at the strategic moment, and wondered if there was a plan. Congratulations!

[Clare Barnes]

Clare, Frommy,
I did note the clout topic start at the strategic moment, and wondered if there was a plan. Congratulations!

:D :D :D :D :D

[James Park]

Mike,
Where were you at the relevant moment?

[Clare Barnes]

Mike,
Where were you at the relevant moment?

Dragged down aerodynamically??? :o :wink: :D

[frommy]

:smilecolros:

Timing is everything. 8) And so is a good partner! :D

Where the hell did everyone come from all of a sudden? Do you all have 29,995 warning alarms set? The board was almost empty 5 minutes before I started the post. :sleeping:

Sorry Marcus. Please forgive Clare and I for giving clout a memorable place in AF history. :(

But hey :smilecolros: and :D

[mike]

Mike,
Where were you at the relevant moment?

Dragged down aerodynamically??? :o :wink: :D

Yes, battling the effects of a particularly nasty side wind and repeated gusts. It didn't help that I had to explain it in writing on the forum and simultaneously carry out a small lecture on aerodynamics here at home (in which I have NO training whatsoever :roll: ).

Dammit!!!

Now I have to wait until 40, 000!!!!!!! :x :x :x :x :x


And as for how it was done, that's a disgrace Frommy!!

[Zoe]

carry out a small lecture on aerodynamics here at home

:roll: hmm, yes, said 'small lecture' consisted of little more than two people furiously wiggling ball-point pens towards a non-existent target, then varying finger placement to denote changing centre of barely-existent mass...riveting stuff!
Meanwhile, 20 posts went by
While the physics was fascinating :o , time would rather have been spent discussing classic clout moments with Frommy and Clare :cry:

[Clare Barnes]

...time would rather have been spent discussing classic clout moments with Frommy and Clare :cry:

I understand totally!! :roll: :D

Keep discussing them anyway....... I am sure that underneath it all (well, the kilt anyway) Marcus enjoys clout too.... :o :wink:

[frommy]

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[robbo]

I think it has more to do with the fact I cannot afford broadband. :wink:

[Clare Barnes]

Had to get my 500th post somehow and thought here was as good as anywhere!! :wink:

:smilecolros: :smilecolros:

Wonder what percentage of them mentioned clout??? :lol: :lol:

[Robert de Bondt]

Had to get my 500th post somehow and thought here was as good as anywhere!! :wink:

:smilecolros: :smilecolros:

Wonder what percentage of them mentioned clout??? :lol: :lol:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:bday: :bday: :bday: :bday:

Does this mean you have now become a Grand Dame? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[CMB50]

Wonder what percentage of them mentioned clout??? :lol: :lol:


quick calculation shows 79.3% of your posts Clare, mentioned clout in some way. :roll:
Almost, but not quite as high, as the percentage of Marcus's post's bagging on clout shooters!


:P

[Clare Barnes]

quick calculation shows 79.3% of your posts Clare, mentioned clout in some way. :roll: :P

Damn...that low? :o :(

Oh well, just have to work on it that's all.....and I have to practice clout a lot!! :wink: :D

[James Park]

CMB50,
Despite "Marcus bagging clout shoters" from time to time, he has actually won some particularly important clout awards in his time as a top notch clout shooter. He might not tell you that, however (too modest).

[Marcus]

Next time he is around he can see it, I've replaced our wedding photos with the clout awards on the wall. :-? :P

[CMB50]

I'd suspected for a while Marcus was a closet clout shooter. :roll:

[mike]

Just noticed that we are going to have gone from 5000 posts to nearly 35000 in just one year!!

Actually works out to be about 80 posts a day on average!

We hit 5000 on the 9th of September last year for all the newbies out there!


Is there any limit to what our obsessions can achieve??? :roll: :D

[robbo]

I'm pretty excited about getting close to eth 5000 post mark! We have had almost 100 posts just this week. Well done for hitting 400 posts yourself Jim.

Doesn't seem that long ago. :o

[Marcus]

LOL that's funny Robbo, how young we were huh?

We have had 1406 posts the last 7 days, or 6092 per month. :o

[Marcus]

Got my 10,000th post today!!!!

I need life now. Nah this is good enough for me. ;)

[Mike13]

Well done Old Man - you officially qualify as a tragic. lol

[Marcus]

Go home Nudge! :lol:

Yep it's hard work posting this much crap for 3 years.

[Mike13]

ok, ok.

Just let me finish rifling through the fridge.

[frommy]

You can lock this thread off now. :fadein:

Keep up the good work though. :wink: