Long Running Threads

Originally posted by @handyandy
I believe the thread was closed for technical reasons by the site owner.

My recollection is - there was an original thread by Starrman (which was probably closed because of the server time it took to load the whole thread each time someone clicked on it), in which the thread closing post suggested that a replacement thread be started (which probably means there was no problem with the concept or content). Then there was another thread called something like Word Association Number 2 (which I can't locate now). I don't think it grew to anything like the original size, and I don't know whose name it bears or how to find it.

The ability to change thread names and poster names means that long-distance tracking is more difficult than it would be otherwise. Think researching male ancestors (fixed surnames) compared to female ancestors (multiple surnames). You have to feel sorry for future anthropologists researching the genealogy of the babies now being born into blended hyphenated optional surname families!

Originally posted by @kewpie
My recollection is - there was an original thread by Starrman (which was probably closed because of the server time it took to load the whole thread each time someone clicked on it), in which the thread closing post suggested that a replacement thread be started (which probably means there was no problem with the concept or content). Then there was another ...[text shortened]... ng the genealogy of the babies now being born into blended hyphenated optional surname families!

This is Starrman's thread:

https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/general/word-association-game.16193

Originally posted by @handyandy
This is Starrman's thread:

https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/general/word-association-game.16193

and here's another:
https://www.playtheimmortalgame.com/forum/general/word-association-game--ver-1-2.87696
and another:
https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/general/word-association-game-2.96229


So:
16193 created by Starrman on 10 November 2004, ended by Forum Moderator at page 3371 on 19 February 2008 {50551 posts}
87696 created by rbmorris on 20 February 2008 with the opening post of simply "Starrman", ended by pawnhandler on 16 March 2008. {307 posts}
96229 created by Rapidfyre on 2 July 2008, ended by Handy Andy at page 1248 on 7 April 2016. {18712 posts}
Last two threads probably closed when the new 60-day rule was introduced.

Starrman definitely deserves credit for the whole set, all 69,570 posts. 😀

This has been an entertaining bit of activity for me, but it's made me realise just how much bumpf we're putting out there every day in just this one forum. 🙄

Originally posted by @kewpie
and here's another:
https://www.playtheimmortalgame.com/forum/general/word-association-game--ver-1-2.87696
and another:
https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/general/word-association-game-2.96229
So:
16193 created by Starrman on 10 November 2004, ended by Forum Moderator at page 3371 on 19 February 2008 {50551 posts}
87696 created by rbmorris on 20 Fe ade me realise just how much bumpf we're putting out there every day in just this one forum. 🙄

69,570 posts -- we may have written a great novel!

All we need to do is to shuffle the words to put them in proper order.

Originally posted by @kewpie
This has been an entertaining bit of activity for me, but it's made me realise just how much bumpf we're putting out there every day in just this one forum. 🙄

Seriously, I wouldn't refer to the WAG as bumpf. It was, at best, an exercise in thinking outside the box.

Now the Sticky Thread Game... that's bumpf.

Originally posted by @handyandy
Seriously, I wouldn't refer to the WAG as bumpf. It was, at best, an exercise in thinking outside the box.

Now the Sticky Thread Game... that's bumpf.

STG - it is, I agree.

Originally posted by @handyandy
Seriously, I wouldn't refer to the WAG as bumpf. It was, at best, an exercise in thinking outside the box.

Now the Sticky Thread Game... that's bumpf.

Why not stick that response in the STG?

Originally posted by @great-big-stees
I thought about this question and of course came up with...Maybe Ponderable?

That guy seems to have been silent for some days...
RL anyone.

But it showed that others are apt to fill in anyway..so some encouraging experience.

Imyself am a bit astonished that tge last word threats die comparatively easy and young.

Originally posted by @ponderable
That guy seems to have been silent for some days...
RL anyone.

But it showed that others are apt to fill in anyway..so some encouraging experience.

Imyself am a bit astonished that tge last word threats die comparatively easy and young.

It depends on the determination of the thread's creator, doesn't it?

Originally posted by @kewpie
It depends on the determination of the thread's creator, doesn't it?

It also depends on people playing on.
Ice Cold hasn't been seen in a while I believe...

Originally posted by @handyandy
Seriously, I wouldn't refer to the WAG as bumpf. It was, at best, an exercise in thinking outside the box.

Now the Sticky Thread Game... that's bumpf.

I prefer the bumf spelling. Sticky nevertheless.