500 Posts :)

@Pop,

Actually ScubaBud put my name on my scuba tank - He does good work

@ baalam,

Congrats on your 500 - Way to go guy )

You keep on, keeping on . . .


@ddp,

I've got 2X PLUS a bunch more than you and all I can say is: The cats all died from malnutrition, the dogs ran off to find a better home AND I I've still been spending way too much time at aD (Lol)

Peace all,

Pete

 

Congrats on being an "official" Addict ddp My PC lock (on the case) has been jammed for a few days (about a week) so thats why i haven't been on here as much as usual.

Message 560 which means 1940 till addict

I guess thats what i get for taking my PC to school

 

np ddp, I took it for an English project and locked it so kids couldn't get in it (I have English first but, couldn't take it home till the end of the day.) I locked it up so kids won't mess with it while i couldn't supervise it. Then, much to my suprise, I couldn't get it to open when i took it home

 

CONGRATS THERE DDP, WELCOME TO THE CLUB )

 

Well, I got the lock fixed but, now some virus found its way onto my PC and so it won't boot into Windows (I somehow got a new virus, Kaspersky didn't detect it, I scanned the file before i ran it) The virus was a massive payload virus and it deleted everything (as far as i can tell) on my hard drive

I talk about it here:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/166020

edited by Pop_Smith: This is my 676th message, that means 1824 more to go until i hit the "addict" mark

 

it wont be that long til they have another addict: pop

 

Hey guys,

Sorry to tell you but I've been here for a while and it's all about the same after you're a senior -

Come on up, the water's fine )

 

Pete' right. Its not much difference from Senior to Addict. Its just a name. If you think about it, after enough time everyone will be addicts.

Jerry

 

i guess you guys will have to think up more grand names for us to rival that of senior member,addict, etc

 

i think in retrospect that they shouldnt have bowed to the pressure and changed the way the posts were tallied for people to go up.In time we are really going to be inundated with an abundance of addicts.
You may have a point about: junior addict = 2500 posts
senior addict = 5000 posts

etc as havent we noticed a lot of change in the quality of posts

 

i've been here since aug 2002 ,and have just realised that i must'nt have much to say or am not that knowlegeable as my post count is still a long way from addict

that is quite a tally!!!!!

 

I always thought there should be one upper level just below the mods that should still be hand picked by the mods and admins. Maybe like one new title but I know how they feel about it and respect the reasons they don't want to get into that type system again. But like I said in enough time everyone will be AD Addicts so the titles are not important anymore. Just keep the quality of your posts at a high level and refrain from the useless junk and the other members will learn to respect you for your answers and knowledge, not for the title under your name.

Jerry

 

Thats the big drawback with the present system and it was brought up right after it was started. Its all automatic and not really any control over it. But there were problems and arguments with the old system too. There isn't any perfect system or way to do it. I hadn't looked at my post count in almost 6 months until this thread was posted and then realized I was close to the 2500 posts. I'm on here 3 or 4 times a day and only post to actual questions. I don't care about the title that much but its nice to see I made it to Addict. It doesn't change my way of answering questions or making posts. I still try to treat the newbies with some respect and don't jump them just because of a dumb question or one that been repeated many times. Some don't know there is a search feature until you tell them the first time. Its all in a days work that I enjoy doing. Being a service manager and dealing in customer relations 5 days a week gets you use to working with people at different levels of knowledge.

Jerry

 

At one time quality was treasured. Now that numbers are what it's all about, I've seen quite a change. Some pple who used to make a single post, listing all of the pple asking questions in a thread, now they make indivual posts to answer each and every person asking questions on that thread.

As we've all seen, the testing thread gets a major workout. Me, on those few times I've used it – I edit one of my own posts over again so as not to run a numbers count up.

I suppose I'll won't ever learn to make 3-word posts either BUT it's just not my particular style )

You guys go . . . I just ask that why you see me on the beach, you won't kick sand in my face – Lol )