Here's a hard guessing game. - When will these numbers be reached?

[Dan Hibiki]

As of this post there are approximately 2397 members and 17957 posts in this forum. Try to answer these questions...

When will there be 3000 members? Give the date.
When will there by 20000 posts? Give the date.

To make it even harder, try to give the time of day, or even a specific hour it will happen.

[Nantuko Joe]

to try and guess this answer, you'd have to find out the average number of new users per day, and also the average number of posts for each day. by time one figures that out, your goal would have already been reached. Unless, of course, Zing or one of the administrators can find these numbers out for us...

[Dan Hibiki]

Just use the starting month of August as the first value. In amount of time that has elapsed since August, that many users and posts were created. It is a simple equation, but you can be a little wrong. To find out what time specifically the board started, check the first post in each section.

[Nantuko Joe]

Aaaaahhhhh!! Math!!! Nooooo!!! Head...exploding!!! Yaaagh!!!

Very true, Dan. However, as my above seizure explains, that would be too much math. As an uneducated guess, i'd have to say about January 30, around 10:00

[Dan Hibiki]

150 days... 2397 members... 17957 posts...

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Dan does some math, that obviously Nantuko Joe does not like.</span>

I estimate that in 37 days, 17 hours, 31 minutes, and 12 seconds there will be 3000 members.
I estimate that in 17 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes, and 36 seconds there will be 20000 posts.

Hope I wasn't too accurate with my estimations.

[Nantuko Joe]

ur right: i hate math. also, if you got at least the day correct, you deserve a medal. if you got the whole frigging thing correct, i'd believe you were really a college professor, or a time traveler from the future

[Physicals r scary]

uh i think there will be 2000 posts tommorow(if you wanna take me on, anyone could spam so *sticks tongue out*) and i think there will be 3000 members by the next hour hehehe

[oO_HoTSauCeOo]

heh, I can't tell, but I guess in like 2 weeks or something.

[Nferno666]

i would say like an average of 60 posts a day and about 20 new members or so a day

[Selvin]

Umm, did you forget ME!!! I could post cram in an instant throwing off your prediction.

[Dan Hibiki]

NOOOOO! DON'T, SELVIN!! Just post as much as you usually do, or I'll... I'll...

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Dan's face screws up in concentration.</span>

... I'm drawing a blank on that part.

[oO_HoTSauCeOo]

LOL, I would like to see Selvin do that.

[Selvin]

How do you think I have 2500+ posts??

[oO_HoTSauCeOo]

Selvin.....Acutally it was a joke, but as you told me you get 2500 post from a hella lot of bitching.

(By the way do you know how to do Flash Intos)?

[Selvin]

No...

[oO_HoTSauCeOo]

####....Anyways go on ICQ, I need some more links ;).

[Nantuko Joe]

Ha! I foiled you all! According to my rough calculations, the exact day/time will be... hold on... it's here somewhere...Ah! Yes! Dan, my calculations also match yours! What a coincidence!

[Nantuko Joe]

Actually, after a little more research (I do less work at school!), i have come up with a guess of 20000 posts in no longer than a week and a half

[Nantuko Joe]

Actually, after a little more research (I do less work at school!), i have come up with a guess of 20000 posts in no longer than a week and a half, and you can quote me on that

[oO_HoTSauCeOo]

Ok after all the thinking, No MATH, I have one solution. Only Selvin can decide how much post. Selvin..You post too much(j/k) heh heh.

[Nantuko Joe]

wow, o0Hotsauce0o. However, if Selvin does not go post-crazy, i believe my guess is most accurate

[Dan Hibiki]

I actually calculated it, you know... IF the rate of posting remains constant, then my answer will more likely than not be correct.

[Nantuko Joe]

Oh, wow. Talk about patience :shocked:. Actually, my guess came from the past two days. Yesterday there were around 17500 posts, and today there were over 18000 posts. Therefore, i figured about 300-500 posts a day.