The BIG Threads at SDMB

In My Humble Opinion
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In order to assist anybody who has had an interest in The truly great threads in SDMB history, I already started Fun Threads from your first month at SDMBwhich has some samples of mine and some hints on how to retrieve your own first month’s goodies.

For further assistance, and to save you some time, I have gathered the following data by forum of all threads still visible since “from the beginning” sorted in descending order of Number of Replies.

No links are provided, but this should help to locate any you remember as being worth consideration for the Truly Great listing.

The BIG ones are any with at least 1,000 Replies.

Add any that fit your own definition of BIG.

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Pit rules have been revised
Ed Zotti 03-07-2009 02:29 PM
by Cougarfang 1,052 33,296

General Questions

Are scalar weapons for real?
zhlf210 11-15-2003 03:11 AM
by bibliophage 1,017 44,258

Great Debates

Fork Hillary 3: The Final Forking
Diogenes the Cynic 06-04-2008 09:33 PM
by tomndebb 2,949 104,058

Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh
don willard 07-19-2003 09:50 PM
by PatriotX 1,779 27,378

McCain not as forked as the McCain Forked thread, but still forked
waterj2 11-04-2008 04:16 PM
by tomndebb 1,196 45,304

Is McCain forked yet?
ElvisL1ves 10-07-2008 07:51 PM
by MEBuckner 1,088 42,856

John Kerry and Vietnam
remisser 09-08-2004 03:23 PM
by SnakeSpirit 1,084 20,035

2008 Presidential Election Results Thread. See it here as they come in.
Phlosphr 11-05-2008 07:40 PM
by tomndebb 1,027 35,313

Ok, if I shouldn’t shoot the intruder, then…?
Lumpy 01-31-2009 12:42 PM
by Cuckoorex 1,026 11,306

Stick a fork in her: Clinton’s done
Billdo 03-04-2008 12:35 PM
by ArchiveGuy 1,002 35,226

Cafe Society

All Diablo2 Talk here…
Madawc 09-13-2004 08:04 PM
by C K Dexter Haven 2,814 26,595

If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?
Fingolfin 02-03-2004 04:32 PM
by Ukulele Ike 2,041 476,338

Movie Game IV (son of a son of a…)
twickster 09-03-2005 09:12 PM
by Sternvogel 2,014 9,835

The Movie Game
Nightwatch Trailer 01-03-2005 05:26 AM
by ShibbOleth 2,010 12,236

A new song title game
marque elf 01-16-2006 04:45 PM
by DfrntBreign 1,837 13,517

The Movie Game II
Gfactor 05-27-2005 01:07 PM
by Maureen 1,713 8,134

Movie Title Game
Flamsterette_X 01-05-2004 04:39 AM
by detop 1,438 6,382

The Movie-Link Game
souroranges 11-16-2005 09:14 AM
by anyrose 1,291 6,044

Enterprise Cease Fire spoilers
carnivorousplant 10-01-2004 09:27 PM
by Aesiron 1,107 6,919

Movie Game, Mk 3
Maureen 07-09-2005 09:30 AM
by ShibbOleth 1,086 4,968

The Ultimate MST3K Thread
CandidGamera 05-09-2008 08:53 AM
by Uzi 1,061 34,842

Movie Game Number V is Alive!
Sternvogel 11-17-2005 11:29 AM
by BigDummy 1,001 5,554

The Game Room

Mafia V: The Cult of Sekham
Blaster Master 09-16-2007 12:49 PM
by DiggitCamara 4,353 85,767

Werewolf a game Part 2 (this time with MAFIA!)
NAF1138 05-19-2007 03:46 AM
by dnooman 3,947 90,581

Mafia: Conspiracy 2: The Cabal Strikes Back! [Game Over]
Pleonast 08-29-2008 08:23 AM
by NaturalBlondChap 2,663 38,159

Mafia The Game III: Kinder and Gentler
Gadarene 06-25-2007 03:16 PM
by Blaster Master 2,503 54,297

Mafia: The Conspiracy
Pleonast 11-14-2007 01:22 PM
by Blaster Master 2,125 32,906

Mafia: The Mob is Recruiting [Game Finished]
fluiddruid 03-27-2008 06:34 PM
by Ro0sh 1,983 30,142

You-Solve-It Mafia Game
NAF1138 02-25-2008 08:47 PM
by Rysto 1,804 38,360

Sdmb mafia
Hawkeyeop 12-12-2008 01:07 PM
by ShadowFacts 1,726 23,719

Mafia–T2: Behind the Scenes
pedescribe 10-29-2008 09:33 PM
by Hawkeyeop 1,628 20,034

U.S. History trivia quiz
Elendil’s Heir 04-08-2008 10:06 AM
by Elendil’s Heir 1,547 17,471

D & D on the Straight Dope setup thread. (In Middle Earth FA63)
What Exit? 03-02-2009 11:39 AM
by Hoopy Frood 1,497 15,606

Describe it in three words
Elendil’s Heir 03-21-2008 03:16 PM
by Elendil’s Heir 1,461 10,514

Mafia: Simpletown
sachertorte 05-12-2008 11:29 AM
by NAF1138 1,459 21,258

Middle Earth FA63 D&D Game, Third Adventure, Ered Lithui Mystery Creature
What Exit? 09-19-2008 05:50 PM
by What Exit? 1,446 12,415

World of Warcraft questions
Mister Rik 03-06-2009 07:38 AM
by InvisibleWombat 1,415 18,676

Mafia: Cecilvania [Game Over]
USCDiver 07-04-2008 04:28 PM
by ShadowFacts 1,409 19,199

The Celebrity Death Pool 2008
amarone 01-05-2009 06:49 PM
by BJMoose 1,374 54,380

Middle Earth FA63 D&D Game. Fourth Adventure. Journey to Rivendell
What Exit? 12-05-2008 01:39 PM
by What Exit? 1,341 9,490

Let’s play a role-playing game
tdn 01-05-2009 10:35 PM
by tdn 1,331 12,477

Middle Earth FA63 D&D Game: Fifth Adventure - War in Goblin Gate.
What Exit? Today 03:25 PM
by CatInASuit 1,299 8,882

Fallout 3
Freejooky 02-08-2009 12:41 PM
by Gorsnak 1,291 25,271

Werewolf (Mafia)–The Split [Signups–In progress]
pedescribe Today 05:25 PM
by Mahaloth 1,244 11,669

Family Feud!
Idle Thoughts 04-30-2007 10:24 PM
by SkipMagic 1,208 14,400

The “I’ve Never” Game (Game in Progress)
Hockey Monkey 01-13-2009 06:31 PM
by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies 1,141 13,322

In My Humble Opinion

Spit or Swallow? A followup poll TMI?
Davebear 08-24-2003 06:43 PM
by Davebear 1,032 19,454

Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)

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Klaatu 03-17-2003 02:21 AM
by Coldfire 5,337 37,535

Moved: Mafia V: The Cult of Sekham
Blaster Master - - -

Oh, My Freaking God! (Looong!)
Davebear 11-13-2003 04:47 PM
by UncleBeer 3,964 45,592

Song Title Game
Flamsterette_X 11-13-2003 04:52 PM
by UncleBeer 3,914 15,758

Predict The Next Poster!
NoClueBoy 11-13-2003 04:42 PM
by UncleBeer 3,379 19,973

Word Association Thread!
Philster 10-29-2003 12:51 AM
by Cajun Man 2,989 11,369

Word morphing game
Liberal 12-26-2003 08:23 AM
by UncleBeer 1,677 12,266

Call me ThreadKiller™!
An Gadaí 08-28-2007 09:35 AM
by Cajun Man 1,604 12,215

Describe it in three words
Winston Smith 04-30-2007 10:16 PM
by SkipMagic 1,531 17,644

[Quote… …unquote game]
(Quote... ...unquote game - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board)
samarm 11-13-2003 05:07 PM
by UncleBeer 1,513 13,588

The Celebrity Death Pool 2007
a35362 02-22-2008 06:35 PM
by Baker 1,398 62,513

Werewolf - a game.
Revenant Threshold 03-26-2007 12:03 PM
by NAF1138 1,385 49,828

The hijack game. win absolutely nothing but your insanity…
Plankspanker 10-05-2003 07:22 AM
by EddyTeddyFreddy 1,378 6,586

Thread titles that will have 0 replies and 0 views
SSG Schwartz 01-24-2008 03:37 PM
by SkipMagic 1,359 12,397

The Celebrity Death Pool 2006
a35362 02-10-2007 02:18 PM
by a35362 1,342 62,521

Good news/bad news – game
Aholibah 01-23-2004 11:25 AM
by UncleBeer 1,313 20,760

Question and Answer thread
Diogenes the Cynic 12-07-2003 08:21 PM
by Sunspace 1,242 10,156

Outrageous lies about the previous poster.
George Kaplin 06-04-2007 10:18 AM
by SkipMagic 1,230 15,217

Word Association (a game)
Chimpy 12-26-2003 08:22 AM
by UncleBeer 1,220 4,075

Doperball V–Man, I’m bored
Draelin 09-14-2005 10:26 PM
by photopat 1,152 4,593

The Celebrity Death Pool 2005
a35362 01-03-2006 10:27 PM
by Feydeau 1,151 53,340

Corrupt Wish Game!!
Alex VA 12-26-2003 08:25 AM
by UncleBeer 1,131 12,989

Guy Stuff
Ukulele Ike 08-02-2000 07:07 AM
by UncleBeer 1,113 3,985

Threadkillers 2001!
Jester 01-11-2001 05:45 PM
by Sangria 1,111 6,672

Truth or Dare?
Idle Thoughts 11-11-2005 05:21 PM
by Anastasaeon 1,087 12,617

Surreal continuing story: walking through doors and passageways
dougie_monty 01-23-2004 11:11 AM
by UncleBeer 1,082 9,477

Brit Dope Winter 2003
ianzin 12-01-2003 04:08 PM
by SciFiSam 1,044 8,687

Who wants to play “Answer a Question with a Question”?
Plynck 10-18-2005 01:25 PM
by Cajun Man 1,019 6,947

The last word
BornDodgy 12-30-2000 06:44 AM
by Sapphire Bullet 1,007 3,996

The consecutive number game.
moejuck 11-17-2003 10:33 AM
by UncleBeer 1,000 7,532

The BBQ Pit

Lying whore.
BabaBooey 04-14-2007 12:58 AM
by Huerta88 1,707 67,360

Let the poor woman die already!
Blalron 04-02-2005 04:30 PM
by vivalostwages 1,254 43,606

Scott Plaid, Stand Up or Shut Up
Frank 07-16-2005 07:06 AM
by TVeblen 1,073 26,851

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Thanks! Nice to see I’ve got two threads on the list.

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Ahh. Makes me nostalgic for the old days seeing “Guy stuff” on the list. Thread that crashed the server before the software could handle one that big.

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I could add links to that, Zeldar, if you like. I don’t think it would be more work for me than compiling those was for you.

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That’d be cool, Marley23. This thread just sat there for going on two weeks with no replies and few views, so I wasn’t going to press the issue. But since a few have stepped forward, your suggestion seems worthwhile.

Go for it. And thanks!

FWIW, I believe a few threads that were approaching 1,000 replies as I posted the OP may have crossed the border. I’ll check and add them if I can locate them. The searches are relatively cheap in that you don’t have to wait 5 minutes between them.

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It looks like my memory was wrong. No new 1,000+ Replies threads to add. Some got enough more than others to move up the ladder, but no new ones to add yet.

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[del]Done through the Great Debates threads. I’ll come back to the others later today if I can, or tomorrow.[/del]

Everything’s done except the MPSIMS threads, which I’ll probably get tomorrow.

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No ask the threads? The Ask The Gay Guy thread and Ask The Cop were pretty big IIRC.

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Not big enough in the sense of over 1,000 replies.

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Ask the Gay Guy probably isn’t on the list because it was from back in the day when the server couldn’t handle threads that long, so it got split up into 3 or 4 threads. But based on the “other criteria for big” the OP mentioned, it should probably go on the list.

We’ve had a few threads that ended up being widely disseminated across the Internet, despite a relatively small number of posts. The Horror of Blimps is the only one that comes to mind, though. Well, that and If LotR was written by someone else? (the posting of which is actually the most prominent feature on graphs of the server access logs), but that’s already on the list.

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Thanks for explaining this, Chronos, since those threads were before my time (2003) I guess. I was at the mercy of the current listings when I compiled the list in the OP.

If anybody would like to point to the “Ask the____” threads that did get split up, that would be a great contribution to this thread. Unfortunately, a keyword search on “ask the” wouldn’t even get started, right?

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Using Chronos’s suggestion, and sorting descending on number of Views in the various forums where these had a likelihood of being, here are some “Ask the____” threads:

Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)

Ask the Stripper! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Indygrrl 08-25-2007 09:37 AM
by bbs2k 418 28,931

Ask the cop ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Badge 05-24-2004 04:45 AM
by Badge 503 25,045

In My Humble Opinion

Ask the Muslim Guy ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page) [pt I]
Muslim Guy 10-14-2001 12:36 AM
by Czarcasm 336 16,484

Ask the Muslim Guy, Part Deux ( 1 2)

Ask the Former Restroom-Sex Afficionado (in light of the Sen. Craig scandal) ( 1 2 3 4)
jayjay 10-27-2007 10:05 AM
by bbs2k 174 12,906

Great Debates

Ask the Gay Guy IV! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Esprix 12-02-2003 07:30 PM
by Priam 411 16,607

Ask the Gay Guy! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Esprix 05-09-2000 01:43 PM
by Gaudere 452 9,157

Ask the Gay Guy III! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Esprix 04-22-2001 04:07 AM
by Sterra 303 8,184

Ask the Gay Guy II! ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
Esprix 09-21-2000 02:45 PM
by Gaudere 385 7,142

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Note that the BIG one of these had only 503 Replies.

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One of my BBQ Pit threads went over 800 not too long ago. Not TRULY BIG though, I guess :(.

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Well, the 1,000 cut-off was totally arbitrary on my part, and I did say, “Add any that fit your own definition of BIG.”

The whole point of this thread was to assist in selecting threads for that “Truly Great Threads” thread, if anybody deemed them truly great.

“Great” is a matter of taste, for sure. And so is BIG.

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Done.

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Methinks it’s time for another SDMB picture thread
by Roland Orzabal

Gay marriage opponents, listen up: I’ve got a secret to tell you
by Cisco

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Good one. Is there a sort of index to the various “Photos of Dopers” threads? A short time ago I got to searching for some of them and gave up when the ones I found had mostly dead links.

Even so, it might be fun to see who all tried to let us know what they look (or looked :slight_smile: ) like.

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I doubt it, but here are a bunch of them.

I want to know what you look like- Post your photo!
Alice The Goon

Your worst childhood photo.
Amazon Floozy Goddess

Another Doper Photo thread. . .
Tripler

The unflattering photo thread.
Idle Thoughts

(SDMB) Photo album??
squeekster

Share a photo of yourself and a parent at the same age!
Mississippienne

Doper Kid Photo Thread
fessie

Yet Another Photo Thread?
Creaky

SDMB Anonymous photos: Take a photo of your tongue.
Idle Thoughts

SDMB anonymous photos: Take a photo of your feet.
Idle Thoughts

Another doper photo thread.
Lobsang

Post a photo…of your FEET.
blondebear

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As was Cervaise’s telemarketer rant, but I didn’t see that either. It came back over and over again before finally being locked, but I don’t know if it hit 1000 posts.

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The Telemarketer Speaks. I Respond. went for 207 posts.