60,000 (aka That's a lot of fish)

[Andrew]

So, here I am at post number 60,000, less than a year after hitting 50,000. Huh...that's a lot of posts. And fish.

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For the last few milestone threads I've generally avoided shoutouts since there'll always be one or two people that slip my mind when I'm compiling the list but I do usually write up a few paragraphs thanking the NLSC Team for their hard work, the community for supporting us, alluding to future plans and offering the opinion that we've got a pretty good thing going here. I don't want to go on at length about all that this time because I've said so much on it before, but it's as relevant now as it was then, so I will touch on all those points briefly.

I do want to thank everyone on the NLSC Team for pitching in, contributing content and helping out in so many ways around the site; I couldn't do it without you guys. I'm always very appreciative of the support we get from the community, for sticking with us through good times and bad, making the best of things and for giving me a reason to put effort into the site. We have been tossing around a few ideas for improvements and expansion as we continue to move towards covering both NBA Live/Elite and NBA 2K along with NBA Jam and basketball gaming in general, I think you'll like them and I'm looking forward to introducing them to you in 2011. And while we do have our ups and downs in this community, I do still think we've got a pretty good thing going here.

With that out of the way, what else do I have lined up for this milestone thread? As I mentioned before, in the past I've done shoutouts and made speeches. I've told stories, I've had a Q&A and I've tried some games. I'll be honest, as this particular milestone came up, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do.

I decided what I'd like to do is share a few screenshots that I've taken at previous milestones. I'm not entirely sure why I took them, I guess just for fun and maybe to have something to reflect upon down the road, perhaps when I've moved on from the NLSC (that's not happening anytime soon though), but now seems an appropriate enough time to share them with the community. I like that they also provides a snapshot of other folks who've posted a lot here over the years and what the Forum has looked like through time.

The first one is the 10,000 post mark:



The second, 15,000:



Next up, 20,000:



I skipped 25,000 but I took another screenshot at 30,000:



I did acknowledge post 32,294 though, a couple of posts beyond Michael Jordan's total career points in the regular season:



And then 38,387 posts, matching Kareem's regular season career total:



After that, 50,000:



And now, 60,000.



Since we stress quality over quantity and not just posting for the sake of posting, I'd like to think that a more than acceptable percentage of my posts have been worthwhile, be they answering a question in one of the NBA Live sections, posting news or patch releases that people are interested in, offering feedback on someone else's work or joining in a discussion. I enjoy doing that, it's why I post as often as I do and while I'm still at this gig going on ten years now.

Speaking of things I enjoy, I thought I'd finish up by sharing my top ten dunks by Michael Jordan (to my recollection as of this moment), in no particular order.

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Thanks again to everyone for your support of the NLSC. Like I said, I'm still here because I enjoy it and I plan on being here a while yet. I guess that means planning out something for my 70,000th post sometime next year.

[JaoSming]

I'm sure you'll be able to think of something awesome for 70k as well. Congrats man.

Do you think 100k is possible?

[el badman]

Nicely done Andrew, great job around here

[dare]

Congrats sir Andrew, Like Jao said it would be cool to see you reach a 100k mark.

[[Q]]

look at jao shoot up the board after 38k. stop spamming the forum!!

[JaoSming]

look at jao shoot up the board after 38k. stop spamming the forum!!

~3-4k in a year, ima wee bit behind andrew's pace

[Lean]

Indeed that's a lot of fish Andrew. I'm not even at 1/4 of your fish.

Anyway congratulations Mr. Begley.

[The X]

Congrats on another milestone. Since your Mutombo one was a little blurry, thought I'd repost from a different angle to get the MJ finger wag:

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[rise]

Congrats on the 60k Andrew! It's interesting to see how the forum's appearance has changed over the years, since I've only been here, what, 8 months? I must say I like the look the NLSC had when you hit 15000, but I prefer this look now.

Again, congrats on the 60k.

[You have 30x the amount of posts I have! Just passed 2000 today.]

[kibaxx7]

'grats Andrew, 60k, that really is something!

Is it possible to go retro for like a month, and use the red forum? Some sort of anniversary?

[Houndy]

Gratz Andrew on another milestone smashed. We gotta be lucky that we have beastly admins and mods

[shadowgrin]

Since we stress quality over quantity and not just posting for the sake of posting

Ahh...uhm...hmm...I have a lot of fish then.
Curse you sir Begley.

for your fishes.

That Jordan dunk breaking the backboard is just
The reaction of the defenders is even better than most teabag reactions. Jordan made it rain with glass on their ass.

[Alpha_]

Congrats Sir Andrew!

[Oznogrd]

Congrats on 60k andrew. I tried to google some significant things having to do with 60,000 but came up with nothing.

So i raise my glass and leave it at that sir.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

[Andrew]

I'm sure you'll be able to think of something awesome for 70k as well. Congrats man.

Do you think 100k is possible?

Thanks Jon. 100k might be possible, like I said I expect to be around for a while yet. Who knows how my posting habits will be affected in the future but if I'm around for a few more years yet with Dynasty threads, a couple of basketball games released each year, patches and a few more NBA seasons, it might happen. I'll definitely have to put some planning into that milestone thread if I reach that many posts, in the meantime I've got 70k to mull over.

Nicely done Andrew, great job around here

Thanks, appreciate the kind words!

Congrats sir Andrew, Like Jao said it would be cool to see you reach a 100k mark.

Thanks. As I said, we'll see how things go over the next few years.

look at jao shoot up the board after 38k. stop spamming the forum!!

~3-4k in a year, ima wee bit behind andrew's pace

Taking care of business in the 2K sections.

Indeed that's a lot of fish Andrew. I'm not even at 1/4 of your fish.

Anyway congratulations Mr. Begley.

Thanks Lean.

Congrats on another milestone. Since your Mutombo one was a little blurry, thought I'd repost from a different angle to get the MJ finger wag:

Appreciate it X! Much better quality on that video too. Well worth getting T'd up on that play, great moment during the 1997 Playoffs.

Congrats on the 60k Andrew! It's interesting to see how the forum's appearance has changed over the years, since I've only been here, what, 8 months? I must say I like the look the NLSC had when you hit 15000, but I prefer this look now.

Again, congrats on the 60k.

[You have 30x the amount of posts I have! Just passed 2000 today.]

Thanks. Yeah, we've had a few different looks over the years. We'll probably have a new one in the not too distant future too.

'grats Andrew, 60k, that really is something!

Is it possible to go retro for like a month, and use the red forum? Some sort of anniversary?

Thanks Thierry. We've thought about that before and even discussed having a few skins, it's an idea that usually falls by the wayside because other projects take up our time and it complicates things with Forum upgrades since you have to update the files for all templates when new versions of phpBB are released. Never say never though, nothing's imminent but I wouldn't like to rule it out completely.

Gratz Andrew on another milestone smashed. We gotta be lucky that we have beastly admins and mods

Thanks! I too think we have a pretty good staff to say the least.

Since we stress quality over quantity and not just posting for the sake of posting

Ahh...uhm...hmm...I have a lot of fish then.
Curse you sir Begley.

for your fishes.

That Jordan dunk breaking the backboard is just
The reaction of the defenders is even better than most teabag reactions. Jordan made it rain with glass on their ass.

Cheers shadow. As for that Jordan clip, I feel it has to be one of the better board breaking highlights we've seen, an easy choice for my top ten MJ dunks.

Congrats Sir Andrew!

Thanks!

Congrats on 60k andrew. I tried to google some significant things having to do with 60,000 but came up with nothing.

So i raise my glass and leave it at that sir.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Thanks Oz, I definitely appreciate the kind words. I considered doing that as well, indeed I did it for my 50,000 thread if I recall correctly, but as you found out doing it for 60,000 the results aren't that great. Posing the question "What would you do with $50,000?" was probably one of my more creative milestone threads though, like I said I really wasn't sure what to do with this one. It'd be could if we could make some fun out of it though, let it evolve somehow.

[Axel]

Congrats Andrew. I think you should start keeping track of your post count with exponents once you reach 100k.

[Mandich]

Congratz Andrew , you really made the NLSC a special place

[kibaxx7]

Is it possible to go retro for like a month, and use the red forum? Some sort of anniversary?

Thanks Thierry. We've thought about that before and even discussed having a few skins, it's an idea that usually falls by the wayside because other projects take up our time and it complicates things with Forum upgrades since you have to update the files for all templates when new versions of phpBB are released. Never say never though, nothing's imminent but I wouldn't like to rule it out completely.

Never say never Must admit the red one is my favourite look, but this one is a close 2nd.

[J@3]

Congrats , it was cool seeing the old forum layouts too. I sort of miss the red board lol

[joemmel]

Congratulations sir, and now I see the evolution of the forums

[Martti.]

Nice to see the old designs again. Congrats on 60K! Keep 'em coming.

[Axel The Great]

Congrats Andrew! You continue to be the internet's best admin, and hopefully you'll one day reach 100k. Enjoyed Jordan's dunks, especially the one on Ewing.

[buzzy]

I feel so ... small

congrats Andrew!

[NovU]

Just amazing.

Much of this forum's success is owed to you.

[Chino]

Congrats Andrew!

It's nice seeing the old forum layout. It reminds me of my days playing NBA Live 2005 and downloading lots of patches.