We broke 20,000 members! - Page 3

**WhiskeySix** · 01-03-2008, 09:14 PM

Interesting. BF2 hit in July 05.. It looks like there's another inflection point around Jan '07... what's that?

**Tonk** · 01-03-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

Interesting. BF2 hit in July 05.. It looks like there's another inflection point around Jan '07... what's that?

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Originally Posted by Apo

It is amusing though with any single game/group assuming that their game is the one responsible for the growth. It's really the community as a whole and the joint effort and effect from ALL of our game titles and members that create the growth.

/nuf said

o and... 2142 came out in december =P

Acreo Aeneas · 01-04-2008, 12:26 AM

Well at 20,000+ members, TG is probably one of the top 500 or so forums with more than 10,000 members.

The way I look at inactive accounts is this: a lot people will just read a forum and they'll register an account for the event (some time in the future) where they think they'll need it in order to read a certain section or to post.

Congrats to all of our gamers!

**Tonk** · 01-05-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

Well at 20,000+ members, TG is probably one of the top 500 or so forums with more than 10,000 members.

The way I look at inactive accounts is this: a lot people will just read a forum and they'll register an account for the event (some time in the future) where they think they'll need it in order to read a certain section or to post.

Congrats to all of our gamers!

yes, i am a member to some forums that i never post in, but still activly and frequently read.
its like a group conversation, not alot of people may speak, but a whole lot more listen without adding to the conversation

i went about 2 months without posting in these forums when i registered if i remember right

**Pompa** · 01-06-2008, 08:43 AM

Yep, I do a lot of lurking too ^^

**WhiskeySix** · 01-07-2008, 01:18 PM

It'd be really interesting to see a similar plot for supporting memberships.

**Tonk** · 01-07-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

It'd be really interesting to see a similar plot for supporting memberships.

i could do it, but the first and biggest problem is that, if i were to spend that huge amount of time in the members list, it would only show me who is an SM "Right Now", and not who WAS one in 5/03,
and also: i think the list/amount of SMs is not public from earlier posts asking how many SMs there were(few months ago if i recall), and to count boldies page by page would be a pain, because i am counting individualy, and also, some people start/stop SMship which would make it horrible to keep track of, i would have to make an individual line graph for everyone that was ever an SM, it would be easier for Apo and/or someone at the highest of high levels to tally paypal transactions, but then again, i dont think that is public

Atomic Dog · 01-07-2008, 09:51 PM

Awesome job for TG!!!

And because I love to be the rain on the parade...

According to member list:

13,054 out of 19,732 members have 0 posts!!! Stop lurking and show us some love!

**Tonk** · 01-07-2008, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Atomic Dog

Awesome job for TG!!!

And because I love to be the rain on the parade...

According to member list:

13,054 out of 19,732 members have 0 posts!!! Stop lurking and show us some love!

the average post count is 33, if you are above average, we please ask that you do not post again until the less social people have a chance to speak... thankyou for choosing tactical airlines, now please fasten your seatbelts while we begin our decent

BeSiege82 · 01-07-2008, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonk

the average post count is 33, if you are above average, we please ask that you do not post again until the less social people have a chance to speak... thank you for choosing tactical airlines, now please fasten your seat belts while we begin our decent

Ya, look who is talking.....

Axis, just wait another year and 70+ won't be looking too bad.

And just imagine the money Apophis would have if we all became supporting members. WOW!!!

As some one said about quality over quantity and there abouts- look at gamefaqs and gamespot and their garbage 45,000 member community.

ScratchMonkey · 01-08-2008, 11:28 AM

I always start my TG visit with a click on New Posts. Today's searchid was 799949. So we're approaching 800,000 searches.

**Shiner** · 01-10-2008, 07:11 PM

I would expect the SM membership is considered proprietary, but it isn't that hard to write a web agent that could process the membership pages for bold and do that calc automatically. Suffice it to say, my guess is that TG is doing well enough with SMs to support our existing servers, but we need to continue to grow paying membership to make investments in support of new games. For example, TG has to provision and pay for servers for a game like COD4 long before any additional revenue is added by those playing that game. Meanwhile, for those arguing that there is existing revenue from COD2 players, it is unlikely that TG turns off its servers for other/older games just as fast as a new game is released (thus the need for new player growth).

**Apophis** · 01-10-2008, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shiner

I would expect the SM membership is considered proprietary, but it isn't that hard to write a web agent that could process the membership pages for bold and do that calc automatically. Suffice it to say, my guess is that TG is doing well enough with SMs to support our existing servers, but we need to continue to grow paying membership to make investments in support of new games. For example, TG has to provision and pay for servers for a game like COD4 long before any additional revenue is added by those playing that game. Meanwhile, for those arguing that there is existing revenue from COD2 players, it is unlikely that TG turns off its servers for other/older games just as fast as a new game is released (thus the need for new player growth).

It's not proprietary, there have been several discussions in the SM-General forum about this very topic. I just don't crunch the numbers that often.

You are right in your assessment though. Additionally- A lot of people don't consider the cost of the infrastructure servers (web, database, DNS, mail, backup, security, etc) in addition to the game servers.

**Extinct** · 01-12-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bc2ID

Do you mean that I would have to give up my other 25 personalities....???

ROFL, anyway grats to all, i have been here since i met the nice people on the CS:S server a couple month's back and i plan to stay with the community as long as I am gaming.

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Originally Posted by Tonk

its like a group conversation, not alot of people may speak, but a whole lot more listen without adding to the conversation

i went about 2 months without posting in these forums when i registered if i remember right

Cheers to that, personally I read more posts than I actually post in. I <3 my tg family...

**ANGELofDEATH** · 01-12-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeySix

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/memberl...e&pp=50&page=1

check member ID's for each 1st of the month.

Wow, 20k

just yesterday about 25 new members.. BUT TWO of them became supporting members

.. 11 new supporting members since New years eve..
and those are only the ones who recently joined the forums.. imagine if we could get one forum member to go SM every day

01-03-2008, 09:14 PM	#31 (permalink)
WhiskeySix Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gillette Stadium, Section 309, Row 12, Seat 24 Age: 32 Posts: 7,706	Re: We broke 20,000 members! Interesting. BF2 hit in July 05.. It looks like there's another inflection point around Jan '07... what's that? __________________

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Acreo Aeneas Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DePaul University (Chicago) Age: 22 Posts: 3,470	Re: We broke 20,000 members! Well at 20,000+ members, TG is probably one of the top 500 or so forums with more than 10,000 members. The way I look at inactive accounts is this: a lot people will just read a forum and they'll register an account for the event (some time in the future) where they think they'll need it in order to read a certain section or to post. Congrats to all of our gamers! __________________ Acreo_Aeneas Former 9th Member "...I had my tonsels removed and my breasts enlarged, now I dont need to bother the wife if I want some big nipples in my face. Cha ching!" - Thesleeper01

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01-08-2008, 11:28 AM	#41 (permalink)
ScratchMonkey Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Pablo, California Posts: 3,506	Re: We broke 20,000 members! I always start my TG visit with a click on New Posts. Today's searchid was 799949. So we're approaching 800,000 searches.

01-10-2008, 07:11 PM	#42 (permalink)
Shiner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 30 Posts: 2,247	Re: We broke 20,000 members! I would expect the SM membership is considered proprietary, but it isn't that hard to write a web agent that could process the membership pages for bold and do that calc automatically. Suffice it to say, my guess is that TG is doing well enough with SMs to support our existing servers, but we need to continue to grow paying membership to make investments in support of new games. For example, TG has to provision and pay for servers for a game like COD4 long before any additional revenue is added by those playing that game. Meanwhile, for those arguing that there is existing revenue from COD2 players, it is unlikely that TG turns off its servers for other/older games just as fast as a new game is released (thus the need for new player growth). __________________

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