In this race of planet history, Lurkers, those with less than 100 posts per year of membership are challenged!
Myself, and other tenured members I shall designate will pose comments, statements or questions of Chiefs Planet History. Your job~your Challenge! is to explain the story behind the comment, link it to its originating poster....explain why its relevant or funny. Bonus points awarded for context.
How well do the lurkers know us? How versed are the lurkers in our history?
At the end of this thread, I will donate $20 to Chiefsplanet in the name of the determined winner. The contest will end when I determine the thread/contest has run its course.
Points will be awarded by myself to the first lurker with correct explanation of each event. Bonus points will be given to those with less than 10 total posts.
Tenured posters are allowed to participate in the thread, however until a lurker answers a question...do not give the answer, or anything more than subtle hints on questions that may pose difficulty. Once revealed of the true answer.....feel free to give your take or comment on that moment. [Reply]
Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey:
I've simmered down significantly as of late....
hell I don't even know what my new post count is, but that could be a question for the lurkers, what was my highest post per day average?
Don't worry you will never match the legend Endelt after his first year was still over 44 posts per day and during his first 6 months was up to 51 posts per day. [Reply]
I did my first lurk in 2001, and have been lurking ever since.
I occasionally go cold turkey and start posting, but I always end up lurking again.
I know I need help, but I just enjoy the feeling a good lurk gives me. Sometimes I even lurk several times in one day. I have begun to lurk without even remebering what I have lurked upon or whom I have lurked at. It's wierd, but I don't even feel ashamed - alittle dirty, but not ashamed.
19 Lurkers participated in the making of this thread.
8 lurkers had at last 5 points, which I think is outstanding.
dtforever comes into 3rd place with a very respectable 10 points.
For your winner.......We have a Draw....a tie.
huskerdooz and Chief wiggum have both completed the ballot count with 14 points each.
We can either declare duel winners, and I'll make the donation in the name of both-or all lurkers participating.....or we can have a Sudden Victory round, which will require thought, research and Details of a multiple answered question.
Congratulations.....Welcome from the shadows, and thank you to all participants, and even those lurkers who considered posting. come on in, the water's fine. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
A poster made a thread once, describing in detail the beaver he could see in a convertible below his office window.
Describe the scene and link the thread.
Here's 1 more possible tiebreaker
I believe that ChiTown was the planeteer in question, but for the life of me I can't find the specific thread. I have only been able to find this thread that references the thread in question.
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
Hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave....oops, wrong thread.
Best wishes in your new endeavor. You're good people, and the planet will have a void. Get yourself settled and back to slacker status and don't be a stranger. We'll miss your off season office window beaver hunt in the convertible.
If you get too much money, I'd be happy to keep some of it in one of my accounts.
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
Thats not the thread, and I think at this point it would be unfair to give a point even if it were what I was looking for.
If its a tie-breaker.....It'll be a new and likely complex question both will be asked to answer with the best answer winning.
As it is, the thread seems to have essentially run its course, and a draw isn't a terrible option unless you two just need to know.
