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Jun 13, 2010, 09:30 PM
 
My PM total had passed 1,111 and was getting out of control. Enough is enough - this is a contest I don't want to win. After nuking most older PMs, things are more tidy now.

Initial List
3,097 Demonhood
1,518 ghporter
1,119 reader50
1,065 vmarks
904 OreoCookie
751 Cold Warrior
451 chipchen
371 ThinkInsane
258 seanc
240 chippervw
209 Chuckit
184 Scotttheking
180 Thorzdad
160 mindwaves
114 Steve
114 andi*pandi
100 ibook_steve

Updated List
3,099 Demonhood
1,065 vmarks
904 OreoCookie
752 Cold Warrior
451 chipchen
377 ThinkInsane
261 seanc
240 chippervw
209 Chuckit
204 reader50
184 Scotttheking
180 Thorzdad
160 mindwaves
121 ghporter
114 Steve
100 ibook_steve
49 andi*pandi
(Last edited by reader50; Jun 16, 2010 at 05:07 PM. (Reason:added -after list))
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 09:55 PM
 
Everyone else: <80.
Bleedin' showoff mods.
Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 10:06 PM
 
Cold Warrior is madly deleting PM's. He doesn't want to be #5
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 10:18 PM
 
I just downloaded them all as a csv to analyze and am mystified as to how it got that high.
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 10:22 PM
 
There are two reader50s? At least pick a different number to append to your nickname to make things less confusing?
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 10:23 PM
 
I feel like writing a script to randomly PM you guys...

"Hey there Cold Warrior. I'm just wondering... Do mods such as yourself like apple sauce?"
     
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Jun 13, 2010, 11:10 PM
 
Edit: never mind.

"One ticket to Washington, please. I have a date with destiny."
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 09:02 AM
 
Edit: never mind.

"Specific knowledge on a topic usually demonstrates in-depth knowledge."
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 09:12 AM
 
Edit:
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 11:05 AM
 
Hey, I just deleted a bunch!
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 12:23 PM
 
Do I get a trophy?
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 12:25 PM
 
We'll PM it to you.
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 06:50 PM
 
I have significantly reduced my inbox contents, and have all but eliminated my sent contents. I've just been distracted of late and haven't cleaned out old, obsolete messages. Like from 2004... All done now.
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Jun 14, 2010, 09:18 PM
 
For the heck of it, I checked who had a full box at exactly 80. Turns out there was only one. 79 and 78 each had multiple members, but I noticed an odd pattern.

80 Dakar V
79 DakarÊ’ (+7 others)
78 Dakar the Fourth (+5 others)
     
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Jun 14, 2010, 09:29 PM
 
Dakar often has a full box.
     
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Jun 15, 2010, 05:27 AM
 
So, mods and admins, since you're boring us all with this instead of posting it in the admin lounge, how's about bumping us all up to 200+? They're only wee little text snippets, after all - they can't take that much space.
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Jun 15, 2010, 10:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by reader50 View Post
For the heck of it, I checked who had a full box at exactly 80. Turns out there was only one. 79 and 78 each had multiple members, but I noticed an odd pattern.

80 Dakar V
79 DakarÊ’ (+7 others)
78 Dakar the Fourth (+5 others)
...and to think, I could have had three consecutive 80 accounts if jerks hadn't been PMing me the days leading to 5k.

'Course my current account is missing from the list; Laminar won't even look me in the back of the head anymore.
     
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Jun 15, 2010, 04:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
...and to think, I could have had three consecutive 80 accounts if jerks hadn't been PMing me the days leading to 5k.

'Course my current account is missing from the list; Laminar won't even look me in the back of the head anymore.
I tried PMing you a week or two back but your box was full so I gave up.

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Jun 16, 2010, 05:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
So, mods and admins, since you're boring us all with this instead of posting it in the admin lounge, how's about bumping us all up to 200+?
Wish granted. Also, this broke Dakar's full-box streak.

Credit to Oisín for pushing it through. Even though he only has 76.
     
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Jun 16, 2010, 05:06 PM
 
Now we really know why Doofy wanted the limit raised.
     
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Jun 16, 2010, 06:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by reader50 View Post
Wish granted. Also, this broke Dakar's full-box streak.

Credit to Oisín for pushing it through. Even though he only has 76.
Excellent. Nice one chaps.
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Jun 16, 2010, 06:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Now we really know why Doofy wanted the limit raised.
Remember that time Kevin claimed his PM box filled up twice a week with poor weaklings from the PWL that were begging him to defend them against the mean Liberals?

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Jun 16, 2010, 07:03 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Remember that time Kevin claimed his PM box filled up twice a week with poor weaklings from the PWL that were begging him to defend them against the mean Liberals?
Kevin's claims aside, didn't we have a ridiculously low limit back then though? I'm sure it's not always been 80.
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Jun 16, 2010, 07:33 PM
 
I always wondered why we were only allowed 80, I'm too used to gmail.
     
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Jun 16, 2010, 10:37 PM
 
It used to be 40 until a few years ago. Which, looking back, was obscenely low. I think we feared changing it because of how quirky the server was at the time.
     
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Jun 17, 2010, 06:15 AM
 
Quirky? The Hamstor was downright psychotic for quite a while... But yes, it was very low for a very long time.
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Jun 17, 2010, 09:07 AM
 
I think you guys should tie the PM increases to mac mini bumps.
     
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Jun 17, 2010, 09:47 AM
 
Maybe 10 year veterans can get more.
     
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Jun 17, 2010, 09:12 PM
 
Sheese. I have 40.

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