Who posted the most in 2018?

[Patrick Thistle]

For all the "OTF was better in the old days" complaints there's only a handful of people in the top 40 who aren't still posting regularly.

[Sporting]

As a newbie here, I've no idea why the old times should have been better but I've been on other forums and it's pretty clear to me that the old-timers get to know each other's opinions on just about everything so in the end there's little point in even discussing these issues.

Has there ever been a thread on possible new threads: off-beat/unusual/unheralded subjects which would generate a zillion posts? How about one on string, for example, and does anyone ever buy it any more and if so for what (can't be for wrapping parcels, surely?)?

[Fussbudget]

Gardening?

[sw2borshch]

Yeah, I use a bit of garden string to tie two cocktail sticks together into a rough cross then hang snail shells onto them to set up a Forbidden Zone for slugs.

[ursus arctos]

PT, I think that is a reflection of just how long ago the “old days” were

Here, for instance, is the 2006 list, which BDG matched with the then current FIFA rankings

1 Brazil - Dr Strangely Strange
2 Italy - Super Sharp Shooter
3 Argentina - Ganja
4 France - Ursus Arctos
5 England - Major Easy

6 Germany - AIATL
7 Netherlands - Incadenza
8 Portugal - Rogin
9 Nigeria - Tubby
10 Czech Republic - GO

11 Cameroon - Spearmint Rhino
12 Spain - Toro
13 Ukraine - GMan
14 Sweden - C Fromage
15 Croatia - Femme Folle
16 Greece - Ginger Yellow
17 Switzerland - Tonton
18 Cote D'Ivoire - EIM
19 Romania - TV's Mr P
20 Mexico - Carcass

21 Denmark - Hobbes
22 Russia - Ad Hoc
23 Guinea - Dalliance
24 Poland - E10 Rifle
25 Scotland - Reed
26 Turkey - Wyatt Earp
27 Egypt - Liquidator
28 Ghana - Spock
29 Uruguay - Malcom X
30 Ecuador - Y Weled

There are a few name changes that complicate the analysis, but a good portion of those posters just aren’t here any longer.

[Third rate Leszno]

I only joined in 2008 but I remember most of those (SSS had gone by then but his absence was regularly lamented).

Who was/is Dr Strangely Strange though?

By the way, cheers DG - happy to be at the bottom of the festive 50 - I used to post on a motorsport forum, flounced in 2014 but I’m still well inside the top 40 on there, so happy to have achieved more of a balance between real life and daubing shit on the internet.

[Duncan Gardner]

Dr Strangely Strange also posted as Borracho

[ursus arctos]

And Analogue Bubblebath, Councilor "the Stroke" Fahy, O'Hanrahan, Hedley Lamarr, etc.

[Third rate Leszno]

Vennegoor Strokes as well, I think?

Who was Major Easy?

[EIM]

I think it was mumpo, but I could be wrong.

[ursus arctos]

I think both of those are right, he definitely went through a Venegoor persona.

Newbies may not know that Berbaslug was AIATL

[Lang Spoon]

No, what did that stand for?

[ursus arctos]

And I Am The Life, which was his actual user name

[WOM]

Which one plays banjo?

[Toby Gymshorts]

Am.

[Incandenza]

And Analogue Bubblebath, Councilor "the Stroke" Fahy, O'Hanrahan, Hedley Lamarr, etc.

Also Selected Ambient Works, and originally Juanito, IIRC.

[Lang Spoon]

ABII an’ all.

[Fussbudget]

...and Windowlicker, which he copped a lot of shit for.

[Duncan Gardner]

...and Windowlicker, which he copped a lot of shit for

IIRC. he seemed genuinely remorseful, removed it quickly and said he hadn't been aware of its associations, particularly in Scotland. Possibly not coincidentally he scaled down claims of familiarity with Glaswegian culture learned by supporting Celtic after that

Talking of OF-supporting senior OTF-ers, another messaged me earlier deriding anal-gazing threads such as this one. Which would be fair enough if said veteran didn't have an impressive 8 separate user accounts...

Gonzo 2,962
G Costanza 1,134
A Doctor Speaks 501
Once Gaza 334
smallbrownfenian 260
Dav O'Roso 115
Uncle Toni 106
George C 36

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is fascinating. Very satisfied with second place.

Ursus is at the top, like Jack Hobbs.

[Satchmo Distel]

In Test average terms, Ursus is Bradman, with WOM and Berbs in Steve Smith (+Pollock, Headley, Sutcliffe*) range.

*Voges is freakish

[Sporting]

Ursus should rename himself 99.94.

[WOM]

One does not rename oneself.

[ursus arctos]

One does not.

It is also blindingly obvious that Sporting has never seen me bat.

[MsD]

I’m the Postess with the Mostest, not to be too binary about it.