What is a "PMS" Account? - Page 2

GuidoHunter · 01-22-2014, 08:22 PM

Did that ever succeed?

--Guido

Izzy · 01-22-2014, 10:13 PM

Nope. A million ended up being way too many posts.

There is / was a 10 seconds timer between posts.

10 seconds * 1,000,000 = 115.7 days in raw time.

Could maybe divide this by 10 or 15 to get 7 solid days of posting, but nobody is posting 24/7 every 10 seconds.

GuidoHunter · 01-22-2014, 11:34 PM

I saw that they got up to seven-hundred-something thousand posts. Seems like that'd be close enough to keep on it.

--Guido

Svaz · 01-22-2014, 11:47 PM

PMS can also stand for pulse/motor/sensory to assess whether or not any nerve damage has been sustained within a limb post trauma. They're trying to switch to PSM due to the easily confused acronym, of course.

Tps222 · 01-23-2014, 12:40 AM

can it be MPS so everyone can just shorthand it to mips?

I can see people saying "HIS MIPS ARE FAILING, GET HIM TO THE OR"

**Zageron** · 01-23-2014, 12:45 AM

**drizzleRomanceGirl** · 01-23-2014, 12:50 AM

Zageron (or another administrator), do you have permission to bring back the Post Million Squad thread so we can finish posting to 1,000,000? We only need about 200,000 more posts! ^.^ I think it would be a lot of fun.

**devonin** · 01-23-2014, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by drizzleRomanceGirl

Zageron (or another administrator), do you have permission to bring back the Post Million Squad thread so we can finish posting to 1,000,000? We only need about 200,000 more posts! ^.^ I think it would be a lot of fun.

PMS was stopped and the threads deleted because 700,000 more posts were enough to make searches and loadtimes noticeably longer.

I don't imagine they'll allow you to re-clog that up since pretty much by definition, all of those posts don't contribute anything.

I'm surprised they allowed people to do the image posting one.

There's less than 3,000,000 posts total on the entire forums. Having a full 25% of posts (by the time it gets to 1M and we're at 4M total) be worthless spam for no reason seems like a bad idea.

**drizzleRomanceGirl** · 01-23-2014, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by devonin

PMS was stopped and the threads deleted because 700,000 more posts were enough to make searches and loadtimes noticeably longer.

I don't imagine they'll allow you to re-clog that up since pretty much by definition, all of those posts don't contribute anything.

I'm surprised they allowed people to do the image posting one.

There's less than 3,000,000 posts total on the entire forums. Having a full 25% of posts (by the time it gets to 1M and we're at 4M total) be worthless spam for no reason seems like a bad idea.

I see what you mean, but the administrators could delete the last 200,000 posts as soon as we finish, so it won't affect how the site loads. ^.^

Izzy · 01-23-2014, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by drizzleRomanceGirl

I see what you mean, but the administrators could delete the last 200,000 posts as soon as we finish, so it won't affect how the site loads. ^.^

Too late now. They are deleted.

**devonin** · 01-23-2014, 12:09 PM

Yeah you'd have to start from post 1.

Also, the contest was sponsored and had cash-prizes which were put up by a user. So someone else want to volunteer to pay out? Wasn't the final prize like, several hundred dollars?

**Zageron** · 01-23-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by devonin

I'm surprised they allowed people to do the image posting one.

I still think it's pretty dumb, but at least it requires a search.

Drizzle, no we're not going to bring it back for all of the reasons stated before me. It's a rather large waste of database indexing space, and added hours onto forum maintenance crons. Sorry.

**devonin** · 01-23-2014, 12:23 PM

At its peak I want to say that it was a good 40% of every post on the site.

**ll sephirothll** · 01-23-2014, 12:36 PM

it was also the name of a pro halo 2 team consisting of all girls lol

**drizzleRomanceGirl** · 01-23-2014, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zageron

Drizzle, no we're not going to bring it back for all of the reasons stated before me. It's a rather large waste of database indexing space, and added hours onto forum maintenance crons. Sorry.

It's okay; thank you for responding.

Tokzic · 01-23-2014, 08:21 PM

At the time, the admin were supportive of it. They made settings changes to things such as adjusting the minimum time between posts just for that thread.

But yeah I guess they changed their minds.

01-22-2014, 10:13 PM	#22
Izzy Snek Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas Age: 33 Posts: 9,192	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? Nope. A million ended up being way too many posts. There is / was a 10 seconds timer between posts. 10 seconds * 1,000,000 = 115.7 days in raw time. Could maybe divide this by 10 or 15 to get 7 solid days of posting, but nobody is posting 24/7 every 10 seconds. Last edited by Izzy; 01-22-2014 at 10:15 PM..

01-22-2014, 11:47 PM	#24
Svaz quite clever Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slumberland Age: 35 Posts: 792	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? PMS can also stand for pulse/motor/sensory to assess whether or not any nerve damage has been sustained within a limb post trauma. They're trying to switch to PSM due to the easily confused acronym, of course. __________________

01-23-2014, 12:40 AM	#25
Tps222 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 6,167	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? can it be MPS so everyone can just shorthand it to mips? I can see people saying "HIS MIPS ARE FAILING, GET HIM TO THE OR"

01-23-2014, 12:45 AM	#26
Zageron Zageron E. Tazaterra RRR Developer & DevOps Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BC Age: 32 Posts: 6,586	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? orz __________________ Help Develop FFR

01-23-2014, 12:09 PM	#31
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? Yeah you'd have to start from post 1. Also, the contest was sponsored and had cash-prizes which were put up by a user. So someone else want to volunteer to pay out? Wasn't the final prize like, several hundred dollars?

01-23-2014, 12:23 PM	#33
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? At its peak I want to say that it was a good 40% of every post on the site.

01-23-2014, 12:36 PM	#34
ll sephirothll Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 35 Posts: 204	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? it was also the name of a pro halo 2 team consisting of all girls lol

01-23-2014, 08:21 PM	#36
Tokzic FFR Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: TGB Age: 34 Posts: 6,878	Re: What is a "PMS" Account? At the time, the admin were supportive of it. They made settings changes to things such as adjusting the minimum time between posts just for that thread. But yeah I guess they changed their minds. __________________ ~very popular guitar streamer~ Last edited by Tokzic: Today at 11:59 PM. Reason: wait what

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