How do you folks do it... I mean post so much!

[DungeonKeeperUK]

I don't post half as much as I'd like to, I get to have little splurges, like over the past couple of days, but I find myself getting pulled into the boards and need to distance myself from time to time or get no work done what so ever..

 

[LcKedovan]

Re: Re: How do you folks do it... I mean post so much!

You just get used to it. The place has a "feel" with ebs and tides, and it becomes easier and easier to keep on top of it as you become more in tune with the place.

Yes, I like to refer to the phenomenon as "Zen Geekness".

If a tree falls in the forest, will I get XP for it?

-Will

 

[hong]

Re: Re: Re: Re: How do you folks do it... I mean post so much!

Crothian is sooooooooo going to kill your ass for that...

You bring up an interesting topic.

Let us consider what Crothian has achieved. One day his post count is 1,000, the next day it's 2,000 and before you know it, it's 6,000. Isn't it amazing and, perhaps, even inspirational, how he has typed so much in so little a time -- and, more to the point, caused so little offense in the process? Thus it's apparent that while sheer force of personality is ONE way to get your post count up, it can't be the ONLY way.

1 theory is that Crothian posts by not wanting to post. There is much wisdom in this apparent paradox, celebrated in Zen mysticism. By emptying your mind of the intent and desire to post, you can overcome the barriers that your conscious mind erects in your way. When you has achieved complete electronic illumination, there is nothing that is impossible, including achieving unheard-of post counts. It is a path that takes dedication, persistence, and long hours online, practicing one's posting skills.

You see a computer. You see a keyboard. You see a button labelled "submit reply". You type in a response, and you push the button. That is all there is to it. The impulse springs from the subconscious, flows into the computer, and moves into the net as naturally as a raindrop falls from the sky into the palm of your hand. Such is the way of the enlightened one.

This technique is sometimes known in the east as wu-wei (no mind). Thus, we might say that Crothian is the paragon of the mindless poster.


Hong "hm, he's still going to kill my ass for that, isn't he?" Ooi

 

[hong]

Re: Re: Re: How do you folks do it... I mean post so much!

Yes, I like to refer to the phenomenon as "Zen Geekness".

If a tree falls in the forest, will I get XP for it?

Ah, LcKedovan is enlightened.


Hong "It's all that Planescape stuff you work with, isn't it?" Ooi

 

[Mark]

Re: Re: Re: Re: How do you folks do it... I mean post so much!

Ah, LcKedovan is enlightened.


Hong "It's all that Planescape stuff you work with, isn't it?" Ooi

That or the paint fumes...

 

[Bagpuss]

I don't. Well net access at work helps so I can check in at lunchtimes.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hit it in the morning, hit it at lunch, hit it in the evening and I still miss somethings.

Oh, and no social life.

 

[Jarval]

Playing in four games on the In Character Board, and DMing one helps to up the post count a bit

 

[Buttercup]

I read the board in the morning during my coffee IV drip, like right now. Then I check it mid morning from work, and usually leave it minimized on my desktop for the rest of the day, checking it over lunch, and so forth. Then I read it for a few hours each night. I figure that I spend about as much time here as hubby spends watching TV, which I don't do.

But if you look at my post count, you'll see that it's pretty low, compared to others. That's because I frequently don't have anything to say that would add substance to the discussion. I've tried lately to contribute more, because I feel a bit like a mental parasite, sucking up all the good ideas, but giving none back in return. But I'm afraid I just don't have all the good ideas that others do.

 

[Speaker]

What Buttercup said.

Plus, I'm on the wrong side of the world, so I have to work extra hard at night and early in the morning to stop any good ideas from getting past me. Being that tired doesn't help me think of constructive comments.

*Yawn*

Edit: Took a look at my post counter...

Ack! I was never in this thread. You didn't see me. I must lurk! I must dis