Over 3,000,000 posts
August 12th, 2023 at 4:51:31 PM
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Not sure if this has been mentioned or anyone else has seen it. I was navigating to this site when I lost internet. Google then showed it would connect when internet returned. Part of the message said "Wizard of Vegas Forums- Over 3,000,000 posts and counting."
ZCore13
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August 12th, 2023 at 6:09:20 PM
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Quote: Zcore13Not sure if this has been mentioned or anyone else has seen it. I was navigating to this site when I lost internet. Google then showed it would connect when internet returned. Part of the message said "Wizard of Vegas Forums- Over 3,000,000 posts and counting."
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And 2 million of them are mine. LOL
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 12th, 2023 at 6:42:09 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: Zcore13Not sure if this has been mentioned or anyone else has seen it. I was navigating to this site when I lost internet. Google then showed it would connect when internet returned. Part of the message said "Wizard of Vegas Forums- Over 3,000,000 posts and counting."
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And 2 million of them are mine. LOL
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There is now question whether the number is accurate and I can't replicate the error to get a screen shot.
ZCore13
I am an employee of a Casino. Former Table Games Director,, current Pit Supervisor. All the personal opinions I post are my own and do not represent the opinions of the Casino or Tribe that I work for.
August 12th, 2023 at 7:57:22 PM
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according to the about us section here on the site,it shows a number over 3/4 of a million post but not 3 million. I think you may be remembering wrong.Quote: Zcore13Quote: EvenBobQuote: Zcore13Not sure if this has been mentioned or anyone else has seen it. I was navigating to this site when I lost internet. Google then showed it would connect when internet returned. Part of the message said "Wizard of Vegas Forums- Over 3,000,000 posts and counting."
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And 2 million of them are mine. LOL
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There is now question whether the number is accurate and I can't replicate the error to get a screen shot.
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August 13th, 2023 at 12:07:26 AM
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August 13th, 2023 at 2:59:11 AM
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Maybe wizard can update this since this information is as of 2015
August 13th, 2023 at 3:28:25 AM
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Quote: avianrandyMaybe wizard can update this since this information is as of 2015
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I think (but am not positive) that those "2015" numbers are current.
I only have certain modest insights to the inner workings, but estimating 39k threads, 22k users, and 895k posts all seems to align with what I see and remember.
3 million posts over 15 years would mean around 550 posts per day, if my math is right.
I'm not saying that a 3 million number didn't appear somewhere... I just think there was possibly a different unit of measure associated.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 13th, 2023 at 3:33:24 AM
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I think most likely what was quoted was three quarters of a million and that is where the 3 came in. That is my guess
August 13th, 2023 at 9:15:37 PM
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I found the message again. It did say over three quarters of a million posts and counting. I mis-read it before it disappeared and the site loaded.
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I am an employee of a Casino. Former Table Games Director,, current Pit Supervisor. All the personal opinions I post are my own and do not represent the opinions of the Casino or Tribe that I work for.
August 13th, 2023 at 9:48:57 PM
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vBulletin or XenForo will tell you how many posts right at the bottom of the forum home page.
The forum software here is proprietary, quirky and pretty dated, but I suppose the point at that time was that it was free? Was it free? It is not very easily upgradeable that's for sure. Or maybe the point of all this was the WizardOfOdds site, which is not a forum, with this forum as an afterthought, and wanting to use the same basic software for components of both.
Today, the WizardofOdds site maybe does what it is supposed to do, as well as it could, while this forum is technologically behind a 20 year old version of vbulletin software.
When this forum was started I believe you could get any forum software with lifetime upgrades and support for a few hundred dollars, which included a mobile app. Nowadays the support is free for only a limited time, but the lifetime upgrades are still included. Prices remain about the same, or even lower.
The forum software here is proprietary, quirky and pretty dated, but I suppose the point at that time was that it was free? Was it free? It is not very easily upgradeable that's for sure. Or maybe the point of all this was the WizardOfOdds site, which is not a forum, with this forum as an afterthought, and wanting to use the same basic software for components of both.
Today, the WizardofOdds site maybe does what it is supposed to do, as well as it could, while this forum is technologically behind a 20 year old version of vbulletin software.
When this forum was started I believe you could get any forum software with lifetime upgrades and support for a few hundred dollars, which included a mobile app. Nowadays the support is free for only a limited time, but the lifetime upgrades are still included. Prices remain about the same, or even lower.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 14th, 2023 at 1:32:56 AM
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If my historical internet powers do not fail me, phpBB, vBulletin, and Tapatalk would have been available around 2009. (Tapatalk slightly later.)
I do not believe that the decision to use custom software was based on cost savings.
I do not believe that the decision to use custom software was based on cost savings.
Look, you clicked on the spoiler, so that's now soliciting my irrelevant opinions.
I intensely dislike Tapatalk.
I'm not a particular fan of phpBB or vBulletin.
I would be unsurprised to learn others share my distastes.
I intensely dislike Tapatalk.
I'm not a particular fan of phpBB or vBulletin.
I would be unsurprised to learn others share my distastes.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 14th, 2023 at 3:55:09 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: Zcore13Not sure if this has been mentioned or anyone else has seen it. I was navigating to this site when I lost internet. Google then showed it would connect when internet returned. Part of the message said "Wizard of Vegas Forums- Over 3,000,000 posts and counting."
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And 2 million of them are mine. LOL
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Looks like you have made about 5.95 posts per day. I am at about 2.65. Considering that we have both had long periods inactive we must have really made a ton of posts back in the early days. As did a lot of other posts. It is interesting when you look back at how the site evolved. I remember I was able to post a ton in the early days because I had a job where they did not care and was not busy so I had lots of time. Glad to see the site has lasted as most forums have died out since then.
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August 14th, 2023 at 8:15:53 AM
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I'd really like to know how many "active users" there are now, and how that number is determined. Feels like there's only a few dozen active users that regularly post anymore.
August 14th, 2023 at 8:36:26 AM
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That's the way it is.
Until a newbie straggles in. Or a sock puppet.
Alexa is no longer available so there is no free way to check traffic these days, but I assume WOO gets the traffic here not this forum.
The fact that this forum there's no way to change color, font, insert youtube, instagram, etc. or do much else without HTML like commands, probably discourages newcomers too. But this forum is probably stuck with its format until the end of time, as trying to convert and upload it into a vbulletin or whatever would be difficult and might have to be done manually.
Until a newbie straggles in. Or a sock puppet.
Alexa is no longer available so there is no free way to check traffic these days, but I assume WOO gets the traffic here not this forum.
The fact that this forum there's no way to change color, font, insert youtube, instagram, etc. or do much else without HTML like commands, probably discourages newcomers too. But this forum is probably stuck with its format until the end of time, as trying to convert and upload it into a vbulletin or whatever would be difficult and might have to be done manually.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 14th, 2023 at 9:58:20 AM
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From community statistics:
Total Threads: 38368
Total Posts: 895237
Total Members: 22923
Total Active Members: 11917
Total Blog Posts: 2647
At any given time, there seem to be about 5 to 8 dozen people that are logged in. Of course that includes many of us who log in but never log out - sort of like the Hotel California.
Total Threads: 38368
Total Posts: 895237
Total Members: 22923
Total Active Members: 11917
Total Blog Posts: 2647
At any given time, there seem to be about 5 to 8 dozen people that are logged in. Of course that includes many of us who log in but never log out - sort of like the Hotel California.
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
August 14th, 2023 at 10:05:56 AM
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I am not sure how accurate that "active members" counter is.
At VCT it currently shows Members 1,851 Active Members 105. Over there we have the same dozen or so members posting, pretty much the same as here. If we really had twelve thousand active members here, we'd have about 1500 members actively posting.
It is also unheard of for a forum to have been around this long and have half of its total members be active. Some of the most popular forums on the 'net don't show the # of active members for this reason - because it is so far below the number of total members, and it doesn't look good for them.
So I'd say that we have about 150 active members at WOV.
At VCT it currently shows Members 1,851 Active Members 105. Over there we have the same dozen or so members posting, pretty much the same as here. If we really had twelve thousand active members here, we'd have about 1500 members actively posting.
It is also unheard of for a forum to have been around this long and have half of its total members be active. Some of the most popular forums on the 'net don't show the # of active members for this reason - because it is so far below the number of total members, and it doesn't look good for them.
So I'd say that we have about 150 active members at WOV.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/betting-systems/33908-the-adventures-of-mdawg/
August 14th, 2023 at 10:26:30 AM
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As far as I understand, "active members" are those not banned. There have been a lot of spammers over the years.
There are many members that visit infrequently - when they receive a PM or when they go on an occasional gambling or Vegas trip.
There are many members that visit infrequently - when they receive a PM or when they go on an occasional gambling or Vegas trip.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 14th, 2023 at 11:06:47 AM
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I know nothing about web hosting software but vBulletin was mentioned in this thread and I only found one YouTube video on it
(May 5, 2020) and it's by someone I follow on YouTube who speaks out about many subjects including right to repair for Apple products. He runs a forum as described in this video but as of the start of the pandemic he could not get technical support to do anything and he wound up stiffing paying customers of the forum because it wasn't working properly. This video brings up the concern for archiving the forum's many posts. I'd have to watch it again for more description and insight.
(May 5, 2020) and it's by someone I follow on YouTube who speaks out about many subjects including right to repair for Apple products. He runs a forum as described in this video but as of the start of the pandemic he could not get technical support to do anything and he wound up stiffing paying customers of the forum because it wasn't working properly. This video brings up the concern for archiving the forum's many posts. I'd have to watch it again for more description and insight.
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