# Looks like MPSIMS will break the 1 million post mark. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731 "2003-08-21T17:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/61 "2003-08-21T21:38:09Z")
Darn it… I was about four posts too early… the million mark doesn’t seem to have broken the frames, though, so I’m grateful for that small mercy. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/62 "2003-08-21T21:38:23Z")
I was 1000010, which is a cool number. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/63 "2003-08-21T21:39:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Freiheit \* > \*\*\*\*BONER \*\* \*\* Well done. Not the millionth post, but much better than my attempted “Boobs.” post. In retrospect, I should have gone with “Boobies.” as it is much more mundane. I’d rank them thusly: 1. Boobies. 2. BONER 3. Boobs. The silver color detracts slightly from your score. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/64 "2003-08-21T21:44:49Z")
We ought to try to get the key data from the several threads relating to this event and have as close to a real log of the posts as we can get. Here’s what I’ve kept in a NotePad file: 993555 49827 08-14-2003 04:39 PM by My Darn Snake Legs 993907 49839 08-14-2003 09:11 PM by SkyBum 994356 49854 08-15-2003 05:13 AM by Achernar 994902 49866 08-15-2003 05:10 PM by Baker 995288 49883 08-16-2003 04:55 AM by flodnak 995360 49884 08-16-2003 08:13 AM by ShibbOleth 995572 49898 08-16-2003 04:48 PM by Joe K 996037 49920 08-17-2003 07:36 AM by LolaCocaCola 996140 49923 08-17-2003 09:08 AM by Rabid Child 996620 49942 08-18-2003 05:27 AM by Derleth 997096 49964 08-18-2003 05:25 PM by Boscibo 997756 49989 08-19-2003 09:35 AM by dantheman 998017 49998 08-19-2003 02:42 PM by Phlosphr 998041 49997 08-19-2003 03:05 PM by Monstre 998069 49998 08-19-2003 03:28 PM by Rico 998077 49999 08-19-2003 03:34 PM by Frankd6 998078 50000 08-19-2003 03:35 PM by xxxx 998538 50018 08-20-2003 05:52 AM by shijinn 998660 50024 08-20-2003 08:59 AM by Tygr 998999 50035 08-20-2003 04:23 PM by bdgr 999003 50035 08-20-2003 04:29 PM by Lobsang 999031 50037 08-20-2003 05:15 PM by Sternvogel 999034 50037 08-20-2003 05:22 PM by Ms Macphisto 999516 50057 08-21-2003 09:19 AM by Mama Tiger 999684 50066 08-21-2003 12:27 PM by Cosmopolitan 999821 50074 08-21-2003 02:14 PM by lieu 999836 50074 08-21-2003 02:25 PM by Homer J. Simpson 999849 50075 08-21-2003 02:42 PM by Zeldar 999902 50076 08-21-2003 03:24 PM by whuckfistle 999914 50076 08-21-2003 03:29 PM by ArrrMatey 999935 50078 08-21-2003 03:36 PM by curlybacon 999948 50078 08-21-2003 03:47 PM by neutron star 999962 50078 08-21-2003 03:59 PM by Capt B. Phart 999968 50079 08-21-2003 04:03 PM by Zeldar 999986 50079 08-21-2003 04:27 PM by Acrylic Vessel 999989 50079 08-21-2003 04:29 PM by Zeldar 1000000 50079 08-21-2003 02:33 PM by Padeye 1000001 50079 08-21-2003 04:33 PM by Blonde ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/65 "2003-08-21T21:45:23Z")
Arrrggh! I’ve had my wireless laptop sitting right next to me all day just so I could follow the Millionth Post Countdown…and I missed it!! ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/66 "2003-08-21T21:58:16Z")
it looks like from post IDs it was [THIS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3876243#post3876243) post ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/67 "2003-08-21T22:29:09Z")
SON OF A… damn… .I missed it by a while… just got home… any fireworks? hampsters? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/68 "2003-08-21T22:29:57Z")
1000066! I MISSED IT! Damn this whole looking for a job thing! ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/69 "2003-08-21T23:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*Well done. Not the millionth post, but much better than my attempted “Boobs.” post. In retrospect, I should have gone with “Boobies.” as it is much more mundane. I’d rank them thusly: > > 1. Boobies. > 2. BONER > 3. Boobs. > > The silver color detracts slightly from your score. \*\* I liked the silver color–maybe people would see the title and completely miss the huge BONER. I like the contrast of silver’s subtlety with the big in-your-face BONER. Anyway, **Munch,** you’re now my buddy, since we seem to have similar brains. mmm…brains ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/70 "2003-08-21T23:39:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*Hey **whuckfistle** , is there a city called Sister Bay in Wisconsin? Coz I seem to be getting a lot of spam email lately purporting to be from there. (three so far this afternoon, even!) > > F\_X \*\* Yes, it`s in the pointy part of the state. Door County - to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/71 "2003-08-22T00:36:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whuckfistle \* > \*\ ***rockle** - you`re in charge of watching the boards to see who the poster is. Be sure to get the time too. I want to win this thing. \*\* Damn me! Damn me to hell! I had a responsibility to all you other Dopers, and did I live up to your expectations? No! Why? Because I am a LOSER, that’s why! Because I made the (incorrect) decision to go home and make my husband Tuna Freaking Helper instead of staying here and watching the boards like I was s’posed to! If I weren’t so damned ashamed of myself, I’d pit myself for this egregious oversight, but alas, I am not worthy even of that! I am a fuckwaffle, a colon gopher, a … a … _Sigh_ I can’t even insult myself properly. No WONDER I post to every cat thread on the Boards. I am completely freaking useless. _Double Sigh_ Sorry, **whuckfistle** , a million times over. Er … uh … Freudian slip there … guh … oh, sheesh, I’m such a :wally ! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/72 "2003-08-22T01:01:36Z")
Thanks for the information on Sister Bay, **whuckfistle**. Wonder how many MORE of those spam emails I’ll get? (and I know not to open anything that looks like it could be connected with that SOBIGF virus that’s going around, either) Seems I missed it while I was busy looking other stuff up. Eh well, maybe next time. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/73 "2003-08-22T01:17:02Z")
Okay, gang. I have pieced together from the various threads dealing with the monster event, all the captured times that got posted. Please note that the times may appear out of sync, but I think that’s because of the differing time zones of the participants. I chose not to “correct” the times but just to put them in post# order and let you figure what times were “correct.” 999902 50076 08-21-2003 03:24 PM by whuckfistle 999904 50076 08-21-2003 04:26 PM by Zeldar 999914 50076 08-21-2003 03:29 PM by ArrrMatey 999935 50078 08-21-2003 03:36 PM by curlybacon 999948 50078 08-21-2003 03:47 PM by neutron star 999962 50078 08-21-2003 03:59 PM by Capt B. Phart 999968 50079 08-21-2003 04:03 PM by Zeldar 999986 50079 08-21-2003 04:27 PM by Acrylic Vessel 999987 50079 08-21-2003 02:28 PM by Mikie 999989 50079 08-21-2003 04:29 PM by Zeldar 999992 50079 08-21-2003 02:29 PM by Mikie 999998 50079 08-21-2003 04:32 PM by Ferris 1000000 50079 08-21-2003 02:33 PM by Padeye 1000001 50079 08-21-2003 04:33 PM by Blonde Things got crazy after 999,989 and I think most everybody was trying to be the winner as opposed to capturing post times. The response was especially weak in those few minutes. But a great time was had by all. Jolly good. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/74 "2003-08-22T01:55:08Z")
In my post (number 1,000,001 - I’ll never live that down) I stated that I wanted to be the 999,999th poster. So, who was it? Fun times! The hamsters worked overtime for us today. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/75 "2003-08-22T02:05:02Z")
So far, **Blonde** , I don’t know any of the missing numbers in that list above. They were the only ones posted. There ought to be a way to use the postid numbers to track down the missing posts to MPSIMS, but I believe that’s a lot of detective work, since the postid numbers aren’t tied to specific forums. Or at least if they are, I don’t know the code for it. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/76 "2003-08-22T02:14:55Z")
Thanks, **Zeldar** - I think it is quite funny that our winner, **Padeye** , won from posting a rather long technical answer related to the IT issues involved about rolling from 999,999 to 1,000,000 - without realizing the subject at hand. Hats off to him! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/77 "2003-08-22T03:06:49Z")
That was like watching the ball in Times Square drop, only no Dick Clark and equally pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/78 "2003-08-22T03:24:32Z")
Since I went to bed when there was only a couple of hundred posts to go (I’m GMT +12), I figured the one million mark would be long gone before I got to work today. I was surprised, therefore, to see the post count at 999,976 when I logged on. After a two or three minute search for threads I was interested in, I replied to one, noted the counter at 999,986, so quickly found another thread, thinking that I’d be pretty close. When I next looked at the main board, it read 1,000,002 and there were two threads above the one I’d just posted in; I was pretty certain that I’d fluked it, but obviously the two top threads contained more than one recent post. Please don’t go searching for the 999,999th post - that way I remain the last _recognisable_ poster before one million! Yeah, like _that’s_ gonna be some sort of consolation… But I agree - **Padeye** gets extra kudos for doing it inadvertently! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/79 "2003-08-22T03:39:12Z")
Where is **Padeye**? He’s gotta come and receive his complementary drink. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-mpsims-will-break-the-1-million-post-mark/196731/80 "2003-08-22T07:05:25Z")
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