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Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!, now 10K

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Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!, now 10K
« on: January 20, 2011, 12:30:17 pm »
Just wanted to be the first to say congratulations to Dark Mantis for reaching his 8000 posts and counting. So far he is averaging 27 posts a day which is truly amazing.  :o

Now, if we could just stop him waffling it would be perfect!  :P

Well done mate and keep up the good work!  :D
« Last Edit: March 16, 2011, 01:51:37 pm by runn3R »
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 12:58:44 pm »
Thanks mate! I just went back through my posts and back in June 2010 I think is the post where I was waffling  ;D
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 08:44:16 pm »
Well done, keep up the good work :) this forum won't be the same without you.
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2011, 10:28:15 am »
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Now, if we could just stop him waffling it would be perfect!  :P   (...)

I have tried, really, but he didn't listen to me :)

Thanks DM!!!
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 11:47:46 pm »
Hey, congrats man! That daily post count is scary :o. I'm starting to wonder if maybe your real "name" isn't Skynet or something ;D. I mean, you're online all the time here ;).

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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 10:13:04 am »
Hey, congrats man! That daily post count is scary :o. I'm starting to wonder if maybe your real "name" isn't Skynet or something ;D. I mean, you're online all the time here ;).

Hey, somebody has to keep an eye on you all!  ;)

I'll be back! 8)

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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2011, 05:19:57 pm »
lol. congrats! ;D

The forum I was really active in was blu-ray.com and that was 4000 posts in one year. You get to 8000 in several months. ;D (yes, I was a blu-ray fanboy during the war  :-[. I was anti HD DVD, though I own both formats with BD outnumbering HD DVD). Now that Blu-ray has won the war, I am no longer active in that forum, though I still visit it frequently.
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2011, 05:27:09 pm »
I can appreciate that. I was caught out and bought a HD player the week before it was all sorted! >:(  But like you I have both types now and more BD disks than HD. I did purchase a few HD disks though as they were selling them off for next to nothing after the decision was made. :D
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2011, 05:39:04 pm »
I can appreciate that. I was caught out and bought a HD player the week before it was all sorted! >:(  But like you I have both types now and more BD disks than HD. I did purchase a few HD disks though as they were selling them off for next to nothing after the decision was made. :D

Hey you are lucky at least. I was into BD back in 2006. You did not experience the blow I was experiencing when Paramount switched side to HD DVD. It was a real joy for me when Warner did the opposite.

I am a PlayStation fanboy, and this is why I was on to BD very early. I got myself an original PS3 (the first batch of Japanese release - since I am anti-English language games. I prefer to play Japanese one). This was to play PS2 games, not PS3 games. It was to be honest, a dangerous gambling, roller coaster ride. It was really expensive. Now, I got at least 6 BD readers/writers (2 for laptop, 4 for desktop and 2 PS3, though none of them are proper BD players). My BDs are now about 100+.

I got into HD DVD because I really wanted this HP Pavilion HDX, but it came only with HD DVD. So before I bought it, I secured a BD writer off ebay for £200+. I took off HD DVD from the laptop as soon as I got it, and installed the blu-ray drive (alas, with HD DVD bezel). I am still using it externally though (I own 2 HD DVD drives in total, including that hybrid LG one)
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2011, 02:15:07 pm »

8000 posts...
I suspect that the first sign of trouble, DM runs into a phone booth, and changes into his Dark Mantis cape...
Good Show DM..With or without your cape.. ;D
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2011, 02:24:36 pm »
The problem nowadays jolphil is finding a phonebox to change in! :-\

All joking apart mainly because of the Cougar Point (Sandy Bridge) problem that Intel dumped on everybody it has been somewhat hectic recently. I wrote 81 posts yesterday and normally they have been up around 50 these last few weeks.
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2011, 02:53:52 pm »
I wrote 81 posts yesterday and normally they have been up around 50 these last few weeks.

You need to go and get a proper life DM!
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2011, 03:00:19 pm »
I aint got time for a proper life absic! This bl00dy forum keeps me too busy :'( :'( :'(
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2011, 12:29:56 pm »
So far he is averaging 27 posts a day which is truly amazing.  :o

He posted more than 9000 now... Statistic from "Jan 20 ~ Feb 13" is about 50 posts per day, 2 posts per hour...
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Re: Congratulations to Dark Mantis on 8000 posts!
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2011, 01:22:07 pm »
No I do sleep as well! Now if  I had only this forum too help out with I could get some real posting done... ::)
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