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[IceSpear]

Well, I guess it's time for another extended leave. Maybe three months this time instead of previous two?

You can't control yourself enough to simply make fewer posts?  It's either 30 posts a day or 0 posts a day for you? 

It's the same for me. If I'm checking out the forum I'm going to post at full rate. Taking a full break is the only way I can limit myself.

Same here...I made 0 posts for a few months back in summer/fall. I did take a while to transition back (there were points I was only making a couple posts a week), but now I'm back to spamming as much as before.

[IceSpear]

Antonio hits the 40,000 mark:

1) BRTD 77,522
2) Al 60,479
3) Lewis 58,620
4) Phil 52,851
5) opebo 47,130
6) Kal 43,527
7) Eraserhead 41,803
8 ) Tender 40,146
9) Antonio 40,019
10) Lief 39,878

How soon until Tender or Antonio passes Eraserhead at current race? And who's in 11th/12th/13th?

Antonio's made over 1000 posts in the past month, while Eraserhead's under 100.  So Antonio should pass both Tender and Eraserhead and reach 7th place within the next two months, *if* he keeps going at his current pace.

Xahar, Jfern, and Grumps are 11th, 12th, and 13th place.  If Jfern came back and starting posting as much as he did before he left, he could catch up to Lief at #10.  But Xahar and Grumps don't post enough these days to reach the top ten.  (Xahar was in the top ten, but got bumped out by Antonio.)  I don't really see anyone new reaching the top ten within the next year unless jfern returns.

Knock on wood!

[IceSpear]

Over 60,000 posts this month so far.  And over 3000 new topics.  Both are records.

This despite the forum design looking like something from the previous century (perhaps because it almost literally is) and despite the fact that the entire concept of online discussion boards peaked around 2005.

That's because this place is like a community now.  It's very unique on the internet.  Not many places like it.

Atlas is interesting in the sense that it attracts a steady stream of new users without becoming huge and unwieldy, but also enough not to become stagnant or die off. It's like the Goldilocks of internet communities.