Redo The Spork Function

[rsvman]

Really? No one else is gonna share their information? I feel sorta bared.

Your information was so epic, so unimaginably awesome that everybody else was scared away. I mean, seriously. Your point total is something like three times mine.

Trust me, the reason nobody else is sharing their information is that your number was so towering!

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Your information was so epic, so unimaginably awesome that everybody else was scared away. I mean, seriously. Your point total is something like three times mine.

Trust me, the reason nobody else is sharing their information is that your number was so towering!

Well now I'm blushing. It's simply evidence of too much time spent.

rsvman, in any reasonable universe, you would have far more sporkage than me. Your COVID-19 posts alone have been a bigger benefit to this board than my body of work.

[chrishoke]

Really? No one else is gonna share their information? I feel sorta bared.

I'll play. I have a measly 1,750 points, but frankly that's more than I deserve.

[devildeac]

And sometimes I get points docked when people give me POSITIVE comments, which is really weird. I see what looks like a brick instead of a spork (I assume it's supposed to be a brick?). So when I see the brick, I assume somebody didn't like something I posted, right? But then I read the comment, and it says something like, "I agree with you entirely. Thanks for posting this." In such cases, I assume that the person accidentally hit the brick when they were attempting to hit the spork? More specifically, I guess, hit the "I disapprove" button when they meant to hit the "I approve" button?

I dunno. Steven43, when you get all those bricks, are they usually accompanied by negative comments? (I kid, I kid.)

Does this happen to anybody else, or am I the only one?

I’ve had a few “bricks” but I think they’ve been from relatively new/infrequent posters who only have 1 spork and sadly, their comment is worth zero points.
I used to get 12 points from OPK (and others) when he/they were rising stars, but now that they’re super novas, those comments are worth 6 points, or, like Charlie Brown at Halloween, “I got a rock.” 😑

[OldPhiKap]

A spork from devildeac is like manna from Heaven.

And he likely offers a good drink to pair it with in the ymm, beer thread.

[devildeac]

I'll play. I have a measly 1,750 points, but frankly that's more than I deserve.

Lemme see if I’m able to help, especially for all your football posts that may have gone unrewarded.

[devildeac]

A spork from devildeac is like manna from Heaven.

And he likely offers a good drink to pair it with in the ymm, beer thread.

Ooh, a great idea for a good discussion on Ymm, Beer.

[Rich]

“Caused” is the right word, and not sure there is much of a story. Something about TW having trouble signing in to the virtual pub zoom, a dumb thought that amused me, and the sheer force of repetition to a point of banality by me. And I am glad that TW took it in the light intended, since I do not know him.

I do and can vouch for TW. He's easy like Sunday morning.

[JasonEvans]

I'll play along. My number is 6,761

Got you just by a nose. I am at 6,790. I think I may get bonus points for being a mod (or something like that) so you are probably ahead of me in terms of "earned points."

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Got you just by a nose. I am at 6,790. I think I may get bonus points for being a mod (or something like that) so you are probably ahead of me in terms of "earned points."

Wow. No way. I didn't realize I was in such rarified air.

Now I REALLY don't trust the same system.

[Steven43]

I dunno. Steven43, when you get all those bricks, are they usually accompanied by negative comments? (I kid, I kid.)

Ha! Honestly, I’ve never noticed this brick thing you mention. But now I’m afraid to find out. I’m guessing I could build a very large home with all of my accumulated bricks. 😊

[House P]

This thread includes a lot of discussion about the quality of posts, but how about sheer quantity?

It was a slow weekend, so I spent way too much time browsing through a bunch of DBR profiles and identified many folks who have made 7500+ posts on the current board. Rather than admit that this was a complete waste of time, I though I would try to turn it into a quiz.

Rules:

Rank the top 7 DBR posters from the list below in order of the total number of posts they have made on DBR from 2007 through ~2:30 Monday afternoon.
Do this without looking anything up. We will be on the honor system. Ideally, everyone would make their top 7 list without looking at anyone else's list.

Scoring:

You get 1 point for each poster you correctly list in the top 7.
You get 1 bonus point for each poster you list in the proper position.

Timeline for Entry:

Any entry poster prior to 9 PM tonight will be considered. I will post the results sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning.

Prize:

Sporks, of course.

List (Rank the top 7 from this list in terms of the number of total posts. Apologies to anyone I missed):

Bob Green

Budwom

CameronBornAndBred

CDu

DevilDeac

dukelifer

DukieInKansas

FerryFor50

flyingdutchdevil

fuse

Indoor66

JasonEvans

Jimsumner

-jk

Kedsy

moonpie23

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15

Newton_14

OldPhiKap

OlympicFan

OZZIE4DUKE

roywhite

sagegrouse

throatybeard

troublemaker

uh_no

weezie

YmoBeThere

[chrishoke]

Ha! Honestly, I’ve never noticed this brick thing you mention. But now I’m afraid to find out. I’m guessing I could build a very large home with all of my accumulated bricks. 😊

You wear the chain of bricks you forged in life. Even now it is a ponderous chain of bricks. Or something like that.

[CameronBornAndBred]

It cracks me up to this day that we all refer to those pitchfork icons as "sporks." I mean, we all get the connection between Duke Blue Devils and pitchforks, right? But someone in their infinite wisdom made the connection with the spoon/fork combo thingy all those years ago, made a joke about it, and it stuck. It freakin' stuck so much so that no one even thinks about calling them pitchforks. They're just "sporks." It's really funny as hell when you think about it.

Who was the first person to give it that name? Anyone remember the origin?

I vaguely remember it being devildeac. Or possibly OPK. I always get those guys confused.

Yes, it was DevilDeac in a post on crazietalk. He noticed that we had a spork smiley.
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[CameronBornAndBred]

You wear the chain of bricks you forged in life. Even now it is a ponderous chain of bricks. Or something like that.

A chain of bricks would be way cooler than that obnoxious thing the Miami defense passes around.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Got you just by a nose. I am at 6,790. I think I may get bonus points for being a mod (or something like that) so you are probably ahead of me in terms of "earned points."

I don't know about bonus points for being a mod, but I think points given by a mod carry more reward AND destruction. I'm pretty sure about the latter, because while it only happened once, and has been a long while, getting flamed by a mod once cost me 50 points, and getting flamed by someone else cost me barely anything. I don't generally follow the points, and until today hadn't even checked in ages (5915, FWIW), I just happened to notice that one time that the dinging knocked me into the proverbial next week.

[OldPhiKap]

You wear the chain of bricks you forged in life. Even now it is a ponderous chain of bricks. Or something like that.

Mine are cinder blocks. Because, DBR.

[Nrrrrvous]

I'll play along. My number is 6,761

Your information was so epic, so unimaginably awesome that everybody else was scared away. I mean, seriously. Your point total is something like three times mine.

Trust me, the reason nobody else is sharing their information is that your number was so towering!

I'll play. I have a measly 1,750 points, but frankly that's more than I deserve.

Got you just by a nose. I am at 6,790. I think I may get bonus points for being a mod (or something like that) so you are probably ahead of me in terms of "earned points."

Clearly I need to get out of the Ymm, Beer thread more often.

[Steven43]

Mine are cinder blocks. Because, DBR.

I had a strong feeling a cinder blocks comment was nigh.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

If anyone hits 9,314 spot on they should be declared the undisputed champion (I can't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday but I can tell you how many seats are in Cameron). If prolific and talented posters such as Jason and Mtn Devil are below 7,000, it will likely be a long time until someone gets there.