Closing Long Threads

[$cirisme]

It saddens me deeply as these threads have been ingrained into our history, but I've removed many of the ultra long spam threads from the forum.

The reason for that is beause these threads have far too many posts for our puny little dual xeon server to handle. (the Xavier spam thread alone was sorting through a quarter of a million posts and returning nearly 40,000 records)

I wish there was some way to avoid this, but simply is too much. Starting today, threads that reach more than 10,000 posts will be closed. I know a few threads remain that have more than that, but they will removed in short order.

If there is a great enough demand, I may offer these threads for download for historical reasons.

I apologise for this and hope you all understand.

Some of the threads removed:

Xavier's spam thread (over 38k posts)
JohnSpark's Post Count Celebration
Not one... not two... but three last poster wins threads.(I guess I started something there. And fwiw, OBP won all of them.)
Word Association Thread

Thanks for your understanding.

$cirisme <---TWeb's stressed out sysadmin

[Xavier]

*sniff*

You could at least have let me say goodbye...

:bawl:

MY POOR THREAD!!!!!!!!!!

[Thedonhopeless]

It saddens me deeply as these threads have been ingrained into our history, but I've removed many of the ultra long spam threads from the forum.

The reason for that is beause these threads have far too many posts for our puny little dual xeon server to handle. (the Xavier spam thread alone was sorting through a quarter of a million posts and returning nearly 40,000 records)

I wish there was some way to avoid this, but simply is too much. Starting today, threads that reach more than 10,000 posts will be closed. I know a few threads remain that have more than that, but they will removed in short order.

If there is a great enough demand, I may offer these threads for download for historical reasons.

I apologise for this and hope you all understand.

Some of the threads removed:

Xavier's spam thread (over 38k posts)
JohnSpark's Post Count Celebration
Not one... not two... but three last poster wins threads.(I guess I started something there. And fwiw, OBP won all of them.)
Word Association Thread

Thanks for your understanding.

$cirisme <---TWeb's stressed out sysadmin

in all honesty. yo ushoudl have gave forwarning, to give peoepl a chance to win last poster! it woulda been awesome to have like a crazy marathon to the very last second to see who wins! boooooo

hey actually, this gives me a great idea!

[$cirisme]

in all honesty. yo ushoudl have gave forwarning, to give peoepl a chance to win last poster! it woulda been awesome to have like a crazy marathon to the very last second to see who wins! boooooo

hey actually, this gives me a great idea!
That would have compounded the problem.

Xavier, I can provide an archive if you want one.

[Xavier]

How big is it?

[Xmansmommy]

:bawl: And I tried so hard to be the LP to win. :sigh:

[$cirisme]

I won't know till I run it.

[Xavier]

Well... It's not really that big of a deal... :smile:

[$cirisme]

:bawl: And I tried so hard to be the LP to win. :sigh:
You can always try to be the 10,000th last poster on the upcoming threads. :hehe:

[Xmansmommy]

True dat! :grin:

[$cirisme]

True dat! :grin:
just be careful not to be the 10,001st poster, there's a severe punishment for that person. :hehe:

[Spiritus Naturae]

:bawl: Memories...pressed against the pages of my mind... :sad:

[Xmansmommy]

just be careful not to be the 10,001st poster, there's a severe punishment for that person. :hehe:

:outtie:

[RumTumTugger]

you took away xaviers spam thread in the middle of my latest spam run.


You mean the Female only thread is going to be closed we just got it to 10000 this month. :bawl:

[Thedonhopeless]

well if it reduces lag im all for it

[Xmansmommy]

:lol: Don.

[Abigail]

:violin:<---- Playing the death walk for spam. The beginning of the end of spam!! :hehe:

[Xmansmommy]

Say it isn't so Abigail! :bawl:

[Lizard]

:solly:


Dearly beloved, we are here today to pay our final respects to the victims of a tragic event. Yes, the pruning of the uberthread that took the lives of many dear dear friends.

:bawl:

The Xavier spam thread. I myself had many many post on that thread, it was a good thread and will be missed? :bawl:

And who could forget the "Last Poster" triplets? In these threads, everyone was a winner, at least for a little while. What joy these three brought to TWeb. :bawl:

Only to be stopped short, by this tragic event.

Let us pray for those touched by this great loss. :pray:

[Xmansmommy]

Thinking that we can get this thread up to 10k soon enough. :grin: But then I don't think it counts for :spam: points either soooo....:doh:

[Xmansmommy]

:pray:

[Abigail]

Say it isn't so Abigail! :bawl: Yes, yes I'm afraid it is. Now chin up, best foot forward stiff upper lip and all :teeth:

[Xmansmommy]

Yeah thanks for the encouragement Abigail. Time to go win again. :teeth:

[Xavier]

"Will be Missed?"

WHAT'S WITH THE QUESTION MARK... :glare:

[Xmansmommy]

I wondered that too :xavier:. Slip of the finger Faramir? :hehe:

[yxboom]

it looks like this thread is turning into a spam thread :eh:

[Xavier]

:bawl:

Poor :spam: thread...

[Spiritus Naturae]

it looks like this thread is turning into a spam thread :eh:

:bawl: :sad: ...misty water colored memories...of the way we were... :sad: :bawl:

[Xmansmommy]

:lmbo:

[Abigail]

it looks like this thread is turning into a spam thread :eh::egad:my superstrength is getting weaker. C a n n o t c a r r y on.. :b_lame:

[mossrose]

Oh, get over it! Just go and start a dozen or so new ones.

What a sad, pathetic bunch!


:nanner:

[Xavier]

:bawl:

Poor :xav:... His :spam: thread was taken from him...

[Xmansmommy]

Why don't they just rename this The Last Poster Wins Thread? :shrug:

[Xavier]

:nsm:

[Mark_S]

because we don't get spam points here

[Xavier]

Nor Post Count.

[Xmansmommy]

:sigh:

[Mark_S]

Word is Magbro is blaming the Republicans for this situation

Sheepdog is blaming the Calvinists

Calvinists are blaming Sheepdog

Glenn Morton is eyeing the YEC's

Brother Vinny and BeHereNow don't know which mod to blame, but deep down they're both sure its all about one of them

and Johnny Skeptic is looking up the article on long threads in the Encyclopedia Britannica

[Xmansmommy]

:rofl:

[Xavier]

Xavier blames $Cirisme.

[Xmansmommy]

And we all know that :cir: is really DD so it's all her fault.

[Xavier]

Where's that leave :jaltus:?

[Lizard]

I wondered that too :xavier:. Slip of the finger Faramir? :hehe:
:doh: What a way to blow my perfect typing record at TWeb.

[A-Man]

$cirisme = Mr. Crabbypants

[RumTumTugger]

Oh, get over it! Just go and start a dozen or so new ones.

What a sad, pathetic bunch!


:nanner:

Xavier and I were trying get the record for longest thread :bawl: now we wont' know if we would have ever done it.

[Xavier]

Oh.. That was a long way away... Something like 200,000 if I remember right.

We did have the longest thread in TWeb History though... :smile:

[mossrose]

Xavier and I were trying get the record for longest thread :bawl: now we wont' know if we would have ever done it.
I know, Rum. I was only teasing.


It is indeed a sad, sad day for Tweb.



Playing Taps now...


:sad:

[TuckEverlasting]

I'm blown away this time... :stunned: I leave for a week and the TWeb goes topsy-turvy. No more LPW???!!!?? I don't know how to take this.

[Sparko]

Wha?

My thread is gone?

:crybaby:


Why couldn't you have just trimmed the front off these threads and leave the last post to carry on?

PS - at least announce the winners of the last poster wins threads.

[One Bad Pig]

PS - at least announce the winners of the last poster wins threads.
He did. :smug::smug::smug:

[Xavier]

He did. :smug::smug::smug:
:shifty:

loser

[One Bad Pig]

:rasberry:

[Xavier]

:rock:

[One Bad Pig]

If people are going to be mad that I won all three regardless, I may as well gloat. :hehe:

[Xavier]

:bonk:

[One Bad Pig]

:tongue:

[Xmansmommy]

If people are going to be mad that I won all three regardless, I may as well gloat. :hehe:

You only won because I took a break from winning. :tongue:

[One Bad Pig]

You only won because I took a break from winning. :tongue:
:yes: True. Maybe that'll teach you. :hehe:

[luv1another]

:bawl::cryn: :sad:
hhhhhhow cccccccoullllld yyyyyyyou ddddddo tttthis Cir :bawl: all those long hours spent caressing those threads and bringing them up to be big 10,000 threads, this is just so so so umm well I don't even have words for it :bawl:


by the way why does the red bead next to this forum always stay red? the blue ones all go off after you leave an come back to let ya know when there are new posts in that forum.... so I missed this till now.


But I think thats a good thing because I think I would have really cried had I seen it yesterday :doh:

[Xmansmommy]

:yes: True. Maybe that'll teach you. :hehe:

:doh:

[TuckEverlasting]

The :alden: in Kaz's sig looks like a Lego man. :haha: I agree with her post, though. :thumb:

[luv1another]

hey :poke::tuck: you do better :tongue: lego is cool by the way :teeth:


oh and vote for alden guys...come on you know you want to :teeth: :beg:

[dizzle]

:spam:

[Gabby]

Whoa!! What did I sleep through. :doh:

[Amazing Rando]

Alas, poor Xavier Spam Thread, I knew thee well! :sad:

[TuckEverlasting]

Whoa!! What did I sleep through. :doh:

Amen, gabby, amen... :bawl::sad: