>>> The April DCC thread of doom <<<

[Arcanine]

"Popped on MSN"
That sounded wrong at first glance..XD

Um, is it nessacary to have milk with that?
I'm forgetful only when I feel like it. Most of the time I have a good memory~

Not really... XD

Yea, I got to have milk with cream puffs, or cookies, or cake and so on and so on. XD

Then lose your "Off of PC" mood and go back to your ancient ways of posting. Crush the upstarts into dust. Who knows? You might even overtake Jorfe if you're quick about it. XD

Overtake Jorfe? Nah, that won't be happening anytime soon. XD

 

[Ho-Oh]

Tea parties~
They have them at tea parties..
I only have milk with cereal but you go ahead and enjoy your milk, cookies and cream. XD

 

[Drummershuff]

Well with you losing that 3000 it makes it much easier~
You're now my new goal.
I have time though, it's not like you're going to suddenly be extremely active.

Can you *please* just stop with you "you're gonna be my next goal" type attitude. It's going back to how it was in January with it being your aim to overtake everyone in postcount. No one cares about it anymore. It's a number and position that when you grow up, it's going to get you nowhere. See, you can't go for a job interview and saying, "Oh, yeah, I was the top poster on a Pokémon forum with 50,000 posts!!"

And going back a few posts, nothing can beat last years April Fools. This years was just plain and boring. ):

 

[Lt. Surge's Raichu]

You guys are lucky to get all the candy and stuff. I ended up with none... I should go buy me some so I can feel better or something. XD

Then again, eating too much candy is also not good for you.

Haha, i know, but i just have to eat much much candy xD

 

[pokejungle]

Andy always annoyed me the way he'd quote like a bajillion people in one post. But, y'know, someone has to be different. The rest of us can just speed post with two sentences. Sorry, not Jack. He's not included in 'everyone'. He can keep his military-mature reputation.

News flash: updated my LJ for once. I really am trying to use it. Someone else inspired me. (Guess that was a little bit off topic, sorry)

And you guys were talking about post count. Personally, I love it. I never understood why people would down play it. As long as you make decent posts, it's a number you can pretty much show off with pride. My PE2K number is almost useless, because I used to put in about 100-120 per day speed posting in their DCC. But at PC I was never one of the speed posters...

...so I'm pretty proud I hit the 10k. After 4 years. Hmph. And no one even cared that I hit 4 years.

I'm totally an older member than Andy.

 

[Lt. Surge's Raichu]

I don't focus so much at post count, but it's impressive when you guys get over 10k

 

[pokejungle]

I don't focus so much at post count, but it's impressive when you guys get over 10k

If you had a nickel for every time you just posted one sentence, well...damn! You'd be a millionaire!

Please. Let's work on a real discussion here. You were here when they were talking about that pages and pages back. It's not that hard, it just takes about two minutes.

Two well spent, enjoyable minutes.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Can you *please* just stop with you "you're gonna be my next goal" type attitude. It's going back to how it was in January with it being your aim to overtake everyone in postcount. No one cares about it anymore. It's a number and position that when you grow up, it's going to get you nowhere. See, you can't go for a job interview and saying, "Oh, yeah, I was the top poster on a Pokémon forum with 50,000 posts!!"

It's not like I actually started the conversation..
I just continued on because...well I don't need to explain, seriously as I was saying, yeah it's something that happened and I was nearly requesting for the post count to be removed. Umm, that wont help me, but if I did want a job as a secretary, they'd take that into consideration, by how many words I can type in a minute or so on. So, in a way, it could be helpful to a career..

Instead I could say "From November 2005 until April 2007, posting for about two hours a day, I was able to post over 10,000 times." They'd do the maths and that could be a guide to helping them decide whether I'd be right for a job.

 

[Drummershuff]

It's not like I actually started the conversation..
I just continued on because...well I don't need to explain, seriously as I was saying, yeah it's something that happened and I was nearly requesting for the post count to be removed. Umm, that wont help me, but if I did want a job as a secretary, they'd take that into consideration, by how many words I can type in a minute or so on. So, in a way, it could be helpful to a career..

Instead I could say "From November 2005 until April 2007, posting for about two hours a day, I was able to post over 10,000 times." They'd do the maths and that could be a guide to helping them decide whether I'd be right for a job.

If you're really not bothered you could have your postcount lowered to 100 or something. :3
I hardly think so. You're currently 14, yes? By the time you get a job I don't thnk you're going to be saying "I typed 10,000 posts on a Pokemon forum." Also, your posts could be four words long. They're not going to know how big your posts were, are they? Nope. So they wouldn't take it into consideration.

 

[Sammi]

Umm, that wont help me, but if I did want a job as a secretary, they'd take that into consideration, by how many words I can type in a minute or so on. So, in a way, it could be helpful to a career..

Instead I could say "From November 2005 until April 2007, posting for about two hours a day, I was able to post over 10,000 times." They'd do the maths and that could be a guide to helping them decide whether I'd be right for a job.

There's a few flaws with that though.

First, by the time you get a job, you probably won't be on PC any more. Your WPM will have changed by then. PC might not even be up, so they can't have concrete proof that you claim is correct.

Second, there are better ways of proving you have a good WPM than some wishy-washy claim about your posts on a forum. A WPM test isn't hard to do. All you need is a computer, a basic word processor like Wordpad or Notepad, and a special page with WPM on it. I'm sure they would rather have the concrete results from that than a basic claim about "I had x posts on a forum during this time". The WPM test is very structured and real to what you will do in the workplace, while on PC, your posts vary in length, and so will your WPM. Also, the posts on PC aren't going to be what you're doing in work, I can guarantee that.

As for the 10k, I don't think it's very impressive. This is a big enough forum where you can get it easy, I think. There's tons of threads in the fanclub section you can get easy postcount in, not to mention the DCC if it's active enough. There's also tons of sections where you can find threads to post in at least once, if not more. Anyone could get 10k with time and patience, really. Besides, it is just a number, after all, and it doesn't reflect quality. Would you rather see a member with 10k of one-lined posts that are almost spam or someone with 100 good, well-thought out posts?
Well, that's just my opinion, anyway.

 

[Ho-Oh]

There's a few flaws with that though.

First, by the time you get a job, you probably won't be on PC any more. Your WPM will have changed by then. PC might not even be up, so they can't have concrete proof that you claim is correct.

Second, there are better ways of proving you have a good WPM than some wishy-washy claim about your posts on a forum. A WPM test isn't hard to do. All you need is a computer, a basic word processor like Wordpad or Notepad, and a special page with WPM on it. I'm sure they would rather have the concrete results from that than a basic claim about "I had x posts on a forum during this time". The WPM test is very structured and real to what you will do in the workplace, while on PC, your posts vary in length, and so will your WPM. Also, the posts on PC aren't going to be what you're doing in work, I can guarantee that.

As for the 10k, I don't think it's very impressive. This is a big enough forum where you can get it easy, I think. There's tons of threads in the fanclub section you can get easy postcount in, not to mention the DCC if it's active enough. There's also tons of sections where you can find threads to post in at least once, if not more. Anyone could get 10k with time and patience, really. Besides, it is just a number, after all, and it doesn't reflect quality. Would you rather see a member with 10k of one-lined posts that are almost spam or someone with 100 good, well-thought out posts?
Well, that's just my opinion, anyway.

I could have screenshot'd the posts, and forwarded it to them by email.

I'm not actually saying I'd want to do that, But I thought it could be something that could help.

As you two were saying, it's a Pokemon forum, and the quality of all posts wont make a big difference to life.

If you're really not bothered you could have your postcount lowered to 100 or something. :3
I hardly think so. You're currently 14, yes? By the time you get a job I don't thnk you're going to be saying "I typed 10,000 posts on a Pokemon forum." Also, your posts could be four words long. They're not going to know how big your posts were, are they? Nope. So they wouldn't take it into consideration.

Fine, let them do it.
Um..15 in a few weeks.
Of course I wouldn't say Pokemon.
It was just a suggestion that could help..meh.

 

[Sammi]

I could have screenshot'd the posts, and forwarded it to them by email.

I'm not actually saying I'd want to do that, But I thought it could be something that could help.

If you're looking to impress people on your resume, I doubt it'd mattered if you would screenshot it and forward it via e-mail, and I doubt you'd use your claim anywhere else but on a resume. Your resume is supposed to impress on first glance; I doubt they'd want to look on their e-mail for more information on a strange claim. People don't look at resumes very long.
...and for some reason, I keep wanting to put a é on resume. It's probably right either way, but oh well.

I still say it wouldn't help as much as a WPM test, that's all. A WPM test is practical; a claim about post on a forum is a little off the wall. I know would never mention PC on a resume. Hell, I don't think mentioning a forum or forum work would really help on a resume at all, except for maybe a select few jobs. There are either better examples to put on it or a better way to use the limited space on a resume. I don't know if you'll read this part since I edited it in late, but oh well.

 

[Ho-Oh]

We always got taught with the special e~
Ah well, I wont even consider using PC examples anyways then.

I'll just fill it with all my achievements.
Suprisingly I've done alot that I could fill it with.
Like..TED councillor, Siren ringer, Um and..many other achievements.
And yeah, I read that part, I just didn't bother posting yet.

 

[Sammi]

We always got taught with the special e~
Ah well, I wont even consider using PC examples anyways then.

I'll just fill it with all my achievements.
Suprisingly I've done alot that I could fill it with.
Like..TED councillor, Siren ringer, Um and..many other achievements.
And yeah, I read that part, I just didn't bother posting yet.

I would've done that, but it didn't auto-correct in Word like cafe to café does, so I figured it wasn't that common. :/
Oddly enough, I learned what sound the é makes from Pokémon. I guess Pokémon does do some good. *shot* XD

See, that'd be so much better for a resume than PC would. It's concrete and it would probably look nice. :3

I wish I had a few more things for mine. We're doing resumes in my Personal Finance class right now, and I find that I lack in activities compared to other kids in my class. Well, I guess I do have some things like volunteer work, but I don't have many clubs to list. Some people love clubs and sports, but I was never into either. I'd rather stay home and do my own thing, or I was too shy to join the few clubs that did interest me, like the anime club at my old school.
It doesn't help when my teacher is like "why didn't you join so many clubs? You should join more." To be honest, that irritates me a bit. It's my life, let me do what I want. I'm not interested in most of the clubs around school, to be honest. I'm not going to join something just so I can have it on a resume. It probably won't do me any good once I'm trying to find a job after college, or maybe during it when I have real things to put on it. :/

 

[pokejungle]

Haha, you guys are kind of amusing.

The people that are ganging up on those who like post count need to realize that acting like bullies is just as low as you accuse Nica of being. There's no reason to needlessly rip on her, it just comes off as stupid and immature.

Let's keep the DCC mature and positive, shall we?

 

[Ho-Oh]

Sammi-

I actually pronounce Pokemon with the 'a' and with the 'e' sound for some reason..
Both ways sound okay to me~

Yeah, I will use that, without one reference to a forum.

Aw, we get told we have to do community service..
They don't complain about what we do personally, just as long as we do the 20 hours.

And oh yay, someone actually isn't picking faults.

 

[Lt. Surge's Raichu]

This isn't a forum for fightning is it?
Don't make it one

 

[Drummershuff]

Sammi-

I actually pronounce Pokemon with the 'a' and with the 'e' sound for some reason..
Both ways sound okay to me~

Yeah, I will use that, without one reference to a forum.

Aw, we get told we have to do community service..
They don't complain about what we do personally, just as long as we do the 20 hours.

And oh yay, someone actually isn't picking faults.

Uh, I'm still doing my community service. I've got another... 4 hours of it left, ugh. x_x At least what I'm doing isn't too bad, but one of my friends has to go around picking up litter and such. Sounds nasty. I'm glad I didn't get picked to do that.

 

[MegaFuz]

Uh, I'm still doing my community service. I've got another... 4 hours of it left, ugh. x_x At least what I'm doing isn't too bad, but one of my friends has to go around picking up litter and such. Sounds nasty. I'm glad I didn't get picked to do that.

What do you have to do exactly? o.o

 

[Jack O'Neill]

Overtake Jorfe? Nah, that won't be happening anytime soon. XD

You need to put Nica in her place by keeping the gap between the two of you as wide as possible. In the process, you stand a fairly good chance of breaking 20k and surpassing Jorfe.

And you guys were talking about post count. Personally, I love it. I never understood why people would down play it. As long as you make decent posts, it's a number you can pretty much show off with pride. My PE2K number is almost useless, because I used to put in about 100-120 per day speed posting in their DCC. But at PC I was never one of the speed posters...

...so I'm pretty proud I hit the 10k. After 4 years. Hmph. And no one even cared that I hit 4 years.

As long as a poster's signal-to-noise ratio is high, having a high number of posts can indeed be a good thing. If the poster's SNR is low, however, high post count is more of a mark of shame rather than pride.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The newer recruits tend not to give a damn about the veterans.

Uh, I'm still doing my community service. I've got another... 4 hours of it left, ugh. x_x At least what I'm doing isn't too bad, but one of my friends has to go around picking up litter and such. Sounds nasty. I'm glad I didn't get picked to do that.

They make you do community service where you go to school as well? Until now, I was convinced that community service as a graduation requirement was just a United States-only phenomenon.

For the record, I completed my community service hours long ago; I even surpassed the minimum time requirement by a significant number as well.