mega thread Last Poster Wins

[Nsxile 26,898]

Banned because your win license has just expired 

[CypherHoof 26,482]

Perhaps he snoozed, because we know a win-doze always crashes

[Nsxile 26,898]

You are a yak, but not a yak at the same time. If I put you inside a cardboard box and sealed it, would that make you Schrodinger's yak? 

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

I am a zebra, not a yak.

[Nsxile 26,898]

3 minutes ago, Gun Metal Zebra said:

I am a zebra, not a yak.

I know, I was talking to cypherhoof/cypherkirin 

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

1 minute ago, Nsxile said:

I know, I was talking to cypherhoof/cypherkirin 

Perhaps so, but that doesn't mean you win.

[Nsxile 26,898]

Well... You win by having the last post... And if this thread goes on indefinitely, then there will be no last post 

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

So...no one could end up winning.

[Nsxile 26,898]

Yes... Like a game of mutually assured destruction 

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

Post for eternity.

[Nsxile 26,898]

Yes 

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

This is the thread that never ends!

[Nsxile 26,898]

..

[Wingnut 6,988]

Yes….YES!!!

[DubWolf 17,251]

1 hour ago, Gun Metal Zebra said:

Post for eternity.

When you think about it, if the forums die out and all that's left is whatever's on "wayback machine", there you will see the final winner  .

Although I think a website has to still exist for wayback to work, no?

*reboots WinWin c:*

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

3 minutes ago, WWolf said:

When you think about it, if the forums die out and all that's left is whatever's on "wayback machine", there you will see the final winner  .

Although I think a website has to still exist for wayback to work, no?

*reboots WinWin c:*

Let's see how long it takes to get to that point.

[DubWolf 17,251]

4 minutes ago, Gun Metal Zebra said:

Let's see how long it takes to get to that point.

I wish I could see the average life of a forum... most of them die out pretty quickly, apparently, but since this one is tied to such a huge community and it's one of the primary communities for MLP (there's also EquestriaDaily and whatnot..), the end would have to be not related to lack of fans.

 

There was a smaller "WorldofEquestria" before but it has disappeared yeras ago.

Edited July 12, 2022 by WWolf

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

3 minutes ago, WWolf said:

I wish I could see the average life of a forum... most of them die out pretty quickly, apparently, but since this one is tied to such a huge community and it's one of the primary communities for MLP (there's also EquestriaDaily and whatnot..), the end would have to be not related to lack of fans.

 

There was a smaller "WorldofEquestria" before but it has disappeared yeras ago.

I don't know the average life of a forum, but I have seen various forums come and go over the past couple of decades that I have been using forums.  It is an interesting thing to think about, nonetheless.  And the answer eludes me like the win does.

[DubWolf 17,251]

2 minutes ago, Gun Metal Zebra said:

I don't know the average life of a forum, but I have seen various forums come and go over the past couple of decades that I have been using forums.  It is an interesting thing to think about, nonetheless.  And the answer eludes me like the win does.

The first one I ever joined was discontinued  . It was on lego.com known as the "message boards". Very safe-guarded though to avoid having to deal with any legal battles. Started there in 2006, stayed up to around 2010.

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

8 minutes ago, WWolf said:

The first one I ever joined was discontinued  . It was on lego.com known as the "message boards". Very safe-guarded though to avoid having to deal with any legal battles. Started there in 2006, stayed up to around 2010.

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I have seen various lifespans of forums.  Many of them seemed to last anywhere from two to eight years.  I do like old-fashioned forums, even though people have largely moved onto things like Discord nowadays.

[Nsxile 26,898]

8 hours ago, WWolf said:

When you think about it, if the forums die out and all that's left is whatever's on "wayback machine", there you will see the final winner  .

Although I think a website has to still exist for wayback to work, no?

*reboots WinWin c:*

The wayback machine might not capture the true winner though, as it takes a snapshot of the website at random points in time  Also, it might not take a snapshot of this thread and instead take a snapshot of the main page of the forum. 

8 hours ago, Gun Metal Zebra said:

And the answer eludes me like the win does.

Alas, in the end, the win eludes us all 

Edited July 12, 2022 by Nsxile

[Tropical Melody 6,069]

Line of unrelated context .....

 

[DubWolf 17,251]

4 hours ago, Nsxile said:

The wayback machine might not capture the true winner though, as it takes a snapshot of the website at random points in time  Also, it might not take a snapshot of this thread and instead take a snapshot of the main page of the forum. 

Alas, in the end, the win eludes us all 

Yes but we’d have to settle with that as the last poster  . Unless other evidence existed otherwise 

Edited July 12, 2022 by WWolf

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,220]

It’s all shenanigans anyway. 

[Treeglow Flicker 13,619]