Member numbers?

[ChAce]

I just checked the member list and couldn't help but notice that 90%+ of the "members" here has 0 to 10 posts. I know high member counts look interesting and all, but not this way. I recall when EOCF (www.eocf.com) had 16,000 members and it had seriously 10 times the traffic this site currently has, there's just.. well.. 90%+ members that probably joined just to download something (like recently ATiTool for nVidia cards lol) and never to be seen again. I mean... I can't even realistically look myself up on the member list for all the pages of 0 postcount "members" I have to scroll through, its whack :eek:

[Steven B]

well eocf is more of a forums, they reivew far less than we do. EOCF doesnt have a case modding section anywhere close to ours.

[intel igent]

i think you should head on over to EOCF to check out their case modding SECTIONS.

thats right i said sections (more than 1) know what you are posting about b4 posting. :)

[Steven B]

i do smart one, check up on me at EOCF my username is Sin0822 i got over 3000 posts.

[intel igent]

ok then smart one. :p

why didnt you know that their case modding section is much larger than the one here? :confused:

are you that oblivious? :confused:

:)

[Steven B]

ok then smart one. :p

why didnt you know that their case modding section is much larger than the one here? :confused:

are you that oblivious? :confused:

:)

WEll its not

[intel igent]

ok buddy, W/E. they have over 1000 posted case mods, plus the mods in progress, plus the cases in the watercooling section/water chiller section/phase change section, the list goes on..............

youre a dweeb. stop posting useless crap.

[djbbenn]

Lmao, dweeb...but anyways, these forums are not very old either. Plus a lot of people just come and post a question and get an anwser and leave.

-Dan

[intel igent]

this forum, although relatively small, is an excellent forum and has made many positive changes in the short time that i have been a member. hopefully our community here continues to grow and remains knowledgeable. this is more of a specialty forum instead of a chit chat forum, and i enjoy evry second spent here.

to the powers that be -- keep up the excellent work :) and thank you for providing a place for us to come to and "hang out" :D

OH AND BTW I DID CHECK YOU OUT, 3000 POSTS IN 1 YEAR! THATS A LOT OF SPAM :D

[djbbenn]

I'm a member of other forums, and this is by far my fravorite. Just has a good info, and great people. We do get the occasional idiots here, but they don't last long. This is a great place to shoot the shit too. :p

-Dan

[intel igent]

We do get the occasional idiots here, but they don't last long.

-Dan

thank god. ;)

[Steven B]

ok buddy, W/E. they have over 1000 posted case mods, plus the mods in progress, plus the cases in the watercooling section/water chiller section/phase change section, the list goes on..............

youre a dweeb. stop posting useless crap.
Is not quantity but rather quality that counts.

their phase section is almost dead. I fyou want to talk phase change goto XS.

Also This site has an impressive number of completed case mods the mods here > than EOCF

Also if you like em so much stay there with their mods, which are also part of the reason i dont frequent there anymore

Spam? Excuse me? Look up some of my posts they are all relevant. I dont spam

[W1zzard]

if you guys have any suggestions how to improve the forums (or anything else on the site), i'm always listening :)

[intel igent]

their phase section is almost dead. I fyou want to talk phase change goto XS.

i know this, and i dont care im not into phase change.

Also This site has an impressive number of completed case mods the mods here > than EOCF

Also if you like em so much stay there with their mods, which are also part of the reason i dont frequent there anymore

i never claimed that one was better than the other i just said that theirs is larger. if you are so interested in case mods why dont you go to www.pimprig.com or www.modthebox.com

Spam? Excuse me? Look up some of my posts they are all relevant. I dont spam

hahahahahahahahahahahaha :D

[zAAm]

I must say this forum's replies are much better than all the others I've been at. ex. at Guru3d they have an immense number of posts and all that (like 1000 per day) but they are mostly just posts like "you suck" or "your dumb" or some useless <10 word replies. That's why I come here every day! And the site has grown a lot and has gotten a lot better thanks to Wizz. ;)

[intel igent]

if you guys have any suggestions how to improve the forums (or anything else on the site), i'm always listening :)

i would like to see the cooling section separate from the overclocking section and divided into air/water/water chiller/phase, and so on. the only problem with this is i dont know if there are enough members in the community with "exotic" cooling to warrant this. i know im liquid cooled and there are a few other watercoolers around, and i also seen 1 person running a waterchiller, so.......

also like to be able to use an "avatar"

[djbbenn]

also like to be able to use an "avatar"

That would be neat, would really help much, but poeple would definitely like it...

-Dan

[Steven B]

i would like to see the cooling section separate from the overclocking section and divided into air/water/water chiller/phase, and so on. the only problem with this is i dont know if there are enough members in the community with "exotic" cooling to warrant this. i know im liquid cooled and there are a few other watercoolers around, and i also seen 1 person running a waterchiller, so.......

also like to be able to use an "avatar"

Im runnin phase so ill help some people out if this does happen.

[wtf8269]

That would be neat, would really help much, but poeple would definitely like it...

-Dan
That and a picture signature! I have one made in Photoshop but I can't use it.

[djbbenn]

I have one too, but I never used it lol...

-Dan

[ChAce]

i do smart one, check up on me at EOCF my username is Sin0822 i got over 3000 posts.
hehe, I've got nearly 5,000 posts... pwnd.

this forum, although relatively small, is an excellent forum and has made many positive changes in the short time that i have been a member. hopefully our community here continues to grow and remains knowledgeable.Don't worry, you got me now :p

I'm watercooled myself and yeah, I'd like to see a separate cooling section for sure, but not divided in to air, air, water, tec, phase, more extreme cuz this board doesn't have the members to fill that up. Separate, divided into air and "exotic" (watercooling is still considered exotic...) that would be a good step-up.

And about having to be a member to download things... I can see the idea behind it, but huge member counts and low post rates look kinda awkward, you know what I mean... lol. People will just sign up to download but not unusually they will not stick around. I have had this account for quite some time already but until recently (I came back for the nVidia ATiTool (stays ironical, great stuff)) I didn't find it very impressive, some good steps were made while I was a "zero-poster". So now I'm here and this time I think you're gonna be stuck with me for a bit.

[Polaris573]

I would like to congratulate the administrators of this site, as well as the people who post regularly. This is my primary stop for hardware news and information, and I’ve never had a problem that someone here couldn’t help me with. Most people are helpful and friendly, and there are an amazingly small number of offensive posts (excluding the “guests” in the news forum). I always enjoy my time spent here. So to everyone one contributes to this site, even if it is only a small contribution, Thankyou!

[Steven B]

hehe, I've got nearly 5,000 posts... pwnd.



Its not a post war, im just saying iv been over there long enough to notice their case modding section. But look at the galleries here (which EOCF doesnt have) My rig2 at EOCF is almost a joke, its been a full year and more now and they still dont have it going.

And why is everyopne bashing on me? take a look at this: http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/
Then look at this: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/forumdisplay.php?f=39

TPU has a bunch of original never really seen before mods and styles, EOCF is just a bunch of case cutting and painting (with a few exceptions).

I dont see what your looking at but i do know what i am.

End of story, you guys have your opinions and i respect that, and i have mine.,

[wazzledoozle]

I propose, if an account is inactive for 2 months delete it.

[ChAce]

I propose, if an account is inactive for 2 months delete it.
I concur, but don't block it, just link it to the email address. So that a person can come back under his name if he likes, but that nobody else takes the name and we misidentify him. That way you get rid of 1 download members and people that visit very irregularly will have to visit more regularly, so as not to lose their postcount and built up respect...

Edit: No avvies is good, keep it that way. EOCF does have them so I use one too, but it's only distracting if you ask me. The times I've seen someone crap a thread to ask about where he found the avvy image... hopeless.

[Steven B]

chase whats your eocf name?

[zAAm]

Small avatars would be fine, but NO picture sigs! It really clutters everything and makes it impossible to read the posts one after the other with the distracting CS and other crap picture sigs. And you could just make it a rule that if you want to know where that person got his avatar or whatever ;) ,do it in the General Nonsense section or just don't do it at all. :p

EDIT: Oh, and I agree with the 2 month member deletion idea.

[wazzledoozle]

Small avatars would be fine, but NO picture sigs! It really clutters everything and makes it impossible to read the posts one after the other with the distracting CS and other crap picture sigs. And you could just make it a rule that if you want to know where that person got his avatar or whatever ;) ,do it in the General Nonsense section or just don't do it at all. :p

EDIT: Oh, and I agree with the 2 month member deletion idea.
Small avatars would be grood, BUT NO PICTURE SIGS!

[ChAce]

chase whats your eocf name?
ChAce, but everybody calls me XT.

(its XT-ChAce)

btw, EOCF's admin (Jason) is kinda in Houston, and for all we know he's probably ok but he's lost power and inet so he can't tell us he is :p

[65tweet]

if you guys have any suggestions how to improve the forums (or anything else on the site), i'm always listening :)

How about a button you can click that will give a shock to another member who posts something that aggravates you? :D :D :D

[intel igent]

How about a button you can click that will give a shock to another member who posts something that aggravates you? :D :D :D

hahahahahaha me like :D

[Polaris573]

Small avatars would be grood, BUT NO PICTURE SIGS!

On my site the size of avatars is limited to 200 by 200 pixels and 30kb. It works well and is not too annoying, but it's a small site and it's easy to moderate objectionable or annoying content. I'm not sure how well avatars would work here, they have the possibility of becoming very annoying.

[W1zzard]

i think avatars are a bad idea .. they add very little to the viewing experience and tend to create some problems .. especially for low bandwith users .. 20 users * 30kb per avatar = 600 kb download .. same with picture sigs .. for picture sigs bad links are also an issue

[djbbenn]

They would look good, but there no real advantage to having them. They don't do anything, but take up bandwidth like W1zz said. What about user title names? Like you get a new one after so many posts or something? Doesn't really matter to me, but some user might like it.

-Dan

[W1zzard]

i couldnt come up with a good user title scheme so i made the stars :)

[zAAm]

Stars work for me ;) Very patriotic. :rolleyes:

[ChAce]

i couldnt come up with a good user title scheme so i made the stars :)
Its different, but they are post counted. I'm not sure, but I believe its 5/25/50/100/250/500/1000 and so on. Why not make that 8/16/64/128/256/512/1024 lol, just an idea. But post counted isn't preferable eitherway. I mean... Someone could spam his ass off and to a newbie (on this board) still look like someone with a lot of status. Custom user titles aren't everything because people would just crap it, but a certain ranking would look better than stars in my opinion, but something that really compares to true value takes too much of the mods time, I know cuz EOCF had it and it was ditched 2 weeks after it was introduced because the mods got tired of rating good or bad posts.

BTW, what's the difference between "Staff" and "Moderator" :confused:

Edit: I've got one thing though, when you click an attached image it opens in the same window... It's when it is opened in a new window, in my opinion :)

[intel igent]

more smillies?

[ChAce]

Always cool, ask Jason if you can have some :p

[intel igent]

ask Jason if you can have some

do you think hell mind? :D

[ChAce]

I think he will... lol. More work for him, and I know what its like to be vB admin, enough work.

http://www.fancysplace.com/smileys/

Who's got some time to spare? :p

[W1zzard]

wow thats a lot of smileys .. suggest smileys please .. give the link to the image and the tag for it

[ChAce]

Yeah I know man, I just ran into the link on EOCF and its kinda crazy... Right now i don't have much time but I might check some out tonight (that's this afternoon to you :p).

[zAAm]

Just be careful with adding TOO much smilies Wizz. I've seen some sites where they basically reply in smilies lol. It's like:

:) :mad: :p :( :D ;) :o :confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:

Personally there's enough smilies to express most emotions? Don't know about the other people though? :p

[ChAce]

Just be careful with adding TOO much smilies Wizz. I've seen some sites where they basically reply in smilies lol. It's like:

:) :mad: :p :( :D ;) :o :confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:

Personally there's enough smilies to express most emotions? Don't know about the other people though? :p
I really miss the :lol from EOCF, that means "hilarious", its this one: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1899/laugh2og.gif

They have a few more too, which I'ma hunt after now. In this case, more = better :p

BTW, you can set a maximum number of smilies in a post and that's actually just a setting, very easy. So that's not so hard to prevent.

[zAAm]

I really miss the :lol from EOCF, that means "hilarious", its this one: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1899/laugh2og.gif

They have a few more too, which I'ma hunt after now. In this case, more = better :p

BTW, you can set a maximum number of smilies in a post and that's actually just a setting, very easy. So that's not so hard to prevent.

As long as it doesn't go overboard then I'm fine with it! :p

[ChAce]

I gave them to W1z... Up to him to add them now :)

[W1zzard]

smileys added :toast:

[ChAce]

Sweet :rockout:

[djbbenn]

Thanks W1zz...it kind of goes of the page a bit though.

-Dan

[ChAce]

lol dan, how many stars did you plan on getting... W1z is gonna have to widen the sidebar for you :laugh:

[djbbenn]

Lol...ha I just saw that I got 8 now. :nutkick: <---(lmao hes cool)

-Dan

[intel igent]

yeah boyyy :rockout: :toast:

[at2wooden]

If your intention was to make an interesting and helpful forum you are all doing great!

I visited a couple of other forums before I "settled" here.

I have to hand it to all of you, I would have been too nervous about fooling with these things if it wasn't for you all.

I will try to offer any limited wisdom I have to help new folks like myself when I can.
What did I ever do to get a star anyway? lol
Keep up the good work!

"Willing Rookie"

[Solaris17]

this forum, although relatively small, is an excellent forum and has made many positive changes in the short time that i have been a member. hopefully our community here continues to grow and remains knowledgeable. this is more of a specialty forum instead of a chit chat forum, and i enjoy evry second spent here.

couldnt agree more..i love this place always helping me out and even i have had the pleasure of someone saying wow thnx solaris;) i have this as my homepage.

[Thermopylae_480]

:toast:

[intel igent]

couldnt agree more..i love this place always helping me out and even i have had the pleasure of someone saying wow thnx solaris;) i have this as my homepage.

quoting me without quoting me, genius!

:roll: :toast:

[ChAce]

quoting me without quoting me, genius!

:roll: :toast:He just forgot your name... Ehh... what was it again?

[intel igent]

what was it again?

Don Vittorio :roll:

[tony929292]

21/m/st.louis i love this fourm yes i got only 30 something posts right now but i sit back and read others peoples theards and replys aslo look at the cases and reviews all together a spend about an 3 hours a week on this site mainly after work when my girl and my son are asleep bullshitting on this site i am a proud member of TECHPOWERUPS keep up the great work guy and ladies

[Solaris17]

wooo wait did i quote someone? i wasnt aware show me!!:confused:

[zAAm]

You quoted him but the name wasn't included. So no one knew who you quoted. ;) Don't worry, it's REALLY not a big deal. hehe

[intel igent]

check up on me at EOCF my username is Sin0822

i cant ask there so ill ask here, why were you banned today/for how long?

[Steven B]

until the 28, i said i wouldnt post there ever again and they ban me....

[intel igent]

looks like you made jason? sad :roll:

[Thermopylae_480]

There are 10754 accounts with 1 or less posts. Thats 74% of our user base.:eek: Only 26% of us have produced 30,096 of the 40,669 posts. Wazzledoozle and W1zzard have produced 9% of all posts:toast: .

[djbbenn]

10754 users with less than 1 post. :eek: Most just come here and get Atitool probably and ask a question then leave.

-Dan

[Urlyin]

I'm not sure that's exactly true .... I have 809 posts but I didn't see it listed :cry:

[Thermopylae_480]

Hmm. It would appear you are correct, you and some others are not included in the user list. Although there is invariably a margin of error in all calculations, I think they still portray the general trend. Your abscense alone however, accounts for nearly a 2% error, perhaps it would have been better if I expressed the cacluations in terms of averages.

[Urlyin]

Hmm. It would appear you are correct, you and some others are not included in the user list. Although there is invariably a margin of error in all calculations, I think they still portray the general trend. Your abscense alone however, accounts for nearly a 2% error, perhaps it would have been better if I expressed the cacluations in terms of averages.

Okay W1zz fixed me up ... we do get a lot of visitors that read the vmods, BIOS flashing and of course all the great reviews ... not everyone posts... but we do get over 800k of visitors a month now ... :rockout:

[Thermopylae_480]

By 800k do you mean 800,000:eek: ? That is imperesive if we get that much:rockout: !

[intel igent]

i believe the correct terminology is "pWnd" :pimp:

what ever happened to the wOOt smillie?

[Thermopylae_480]

i believe the correct terminology is "pWnd" :pimp:

what ever happened to the wOOt smillie?

:confused: ?

[intel igent]

:confused: ?

^^"800k a month"




in the last week or so it would appear that there has been some flamming between members, just so you know, its ghey.

the forum (imo) is better off without the e-penis battles, so please do me a favour (im nobody, TRUST ME) and dont flame eachother because in the end we all suffer. we are ALL entitled to our own opinions but lets not fight each other over them.

cant we all just get along? :confused:

if you want to participate in flame wars go somewhere else please.

thnx :toast:

:rockout:

[Thermopylae_480]

^^"800k a month"




in the last week or so it would appear that there has been some flamming between members, just so you know, its ghey.

the forum (imo) is better off without the e-penis battles, so please do me a favour (im nobody, TRUST ME) and dont flame eachother because in the end we all suffer. we are ALL entitled to our own opinions but lets not fight each other over them.

cant we all just get along? :confused:

if you want to participate in flame wars go somewhere else please.

thnx :toast:

:rockout:

Are you accusing me of "flaming?" Because I honestly do not know what you are talking about. I asked a simple question about his post, because I was surprised that we got 800,000 visits a month. I hadn't realized that that we go that much traffic (and it was something I was glad to hear!). Then you responded with this
i believe the correct terminology is "pWnd"

what ever happened to the wOOt smillie? Which confused me because it didn't seem to fit in with any part of this thread so I posted a question mark and a confused smilie hoping you would elaborate, and then we get a response about flaming that appears to be directed at me?
So, If you would like to see some flaming though I can cerntainly provide that at you convience. please do not be overly sensitive about mere questions.

[intel igent]

^^ i dont flame.

the first part of my post was a response to your initial question and the second part was a rant about some people being immature.

friends? :toast:

[djbbenn]

in the last week or so it would appear that there has been some flamming between members, just so you know, its ghey.

the forum (imo) is better off without the e-penis battles, so please do me a favour (im nobody, TRUST ME) and dont flame eachother because in the end we all suffer. we are ALL entitled to our own opinions but lets not fight each other over them.

cant we all just get along? :confused:

if you want to participate in flame wars go somewhere else please.

thnx :toast:

Yes this has been going on, and its very annoying. Especially when you try to go in and settle it or calm people down, and they come back at with a comments like "I own you". One thread started out very nice and informative, then it just turned into a fight. I got accused of being wrong causing a fight cause of my high star count?... even though all I did was ask a question. Then when I got some information, I got a very nice response of being "owned". :confused:

It's very discouraging, and makes people just angry... I totally agree with you intel igent about how we all suffer in the end.

-Dan

[Thermopylae_480]

^^ i dont flame.

the first part of my post was a response to your initial question and the second part was a rant about some people being immature.

friends? :toast:

Of course:) :toast: . I agree flaming is really annoying.

[Urlyin]

We have to remember that sometimes it's not hard to step on someone elses toes when trying to make a point... not to mention we have members from all around the world all trying to write in english, some real well and some not... words translate to different meanings from one language to another. I admire those speaking more than one language, well a little jealous too... but being faceless also encourages people to say things they normally would not say ... it's fine to disagree and even speak your mind but do it in a way you would want others to speak to you ... treat others as you wish to be treated ... nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree ... :toast:

[djbbenn]

I admire those speaking more than one language, well a little jealous too... but being faceless also encourages people to say things they normally would not say ... it's fine to disagree and even speak your mind but do it in a way you would want others to speak to you ... treat others as you wish to be treated ... nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree ... :toast:

Yeah kind to have to admire those people who can speak more than one language. I agree with your statement about being faceless and saying things you normally wont say too.

It's hard to build a good reputation up, but very easy to destroy it, and people don't realise that until they lose what they have...

-Dan

[Thermopylae_480]

It only takes one post where you personally attack a person for no good reason, and that person will often hold a grudge a long time. I hope I haven't steped on anyones toes to hard:( . I would feel bad. Unless they really deserved it:laugh: .

[djbbenn]

Thats why you just be nice even when they are being a ass hole to you. Just hold back your anger, and most of the time someone else would step in or a mod will. People will respect you for that, but if you just go back at them, it can end up making you look bad.

Sometimes I find, people misinterpret you, and thats when when it can look bad. You say something in a certain way, meaning no harm, just a saying or to have laugh, and someone is offened or misinterprets and come back at you. So you just got to stay calm and explain, or sometimes just give in.

-Dan :)

[intel igent]

I hope I haven't steped on anyones toes

ouch!:roll:

[Thermopylae_480]

ouch!:roll:
Oh yes! I meant it in a literal sense too. I just stepped through their connection and BAM! Squashed their toes:laugh: .:p

Smilies are the best for when you have to say something, but don't want to be to harsh. Everything comes across better with lots of smilies.

[djbbenn]

Oh yes! I meant it in a literal sense too. I just stepped through their connection and BAM! Squashed their toes:laugh: .:p

Smilies are the best for when you have to say something, but don't want to be to harsh. Everything comes across better with lots of smilies.


That would pwn all if you do that... and stick your hand through the monitor and hit people. :slap:

I find that smiles do help too... :D

-Dan