1,614

[Seike]

Tell me the story of how these forums reached their max online user count of 1614 online at once.

[Beric]

We had a massive bot wave. A glorious story we'll tell our grandchildren. 

[Seike]

What were they after? Gold? Cattle? Dank memes?

 

What happened next?

[Beric]

14 minutes ago, Seike said:

What happened next?

Absolutely nothing. Our CAPTCHA stopped them from being able to register.

 

I imagine if they had we'd have gotten a shocking 1000+ posts with phishing links. We get a few of those that slip in every now and then. 

[Zatevon]

I was wondering the exact same thing today. Thanks for asking the question @Seike. 

 

If that was a bot attack, why are we keeping that number? We not remove that data? 

[Beric]

19 hours ago, Zatevon said:

If that was a bot attack, why are we keeping that number? We not remove that data? 

I suppose we just never thought about it! I've reset it. We'll almost certainly see another (likely much smaller) bot wave throwing it out of whack within a few months, but for now...

[Kris_Kronkle]

Bots boosting our web traffic for free? Man some people pay money for this shit lol 

[Zatevon]

An interesting part of Gladz history, for sure. 

[Seike]

I don't want to alarm anyone, but right now we are currently setting the all time record for most users online! 37! Truly something to tell the grandkids about.

[Beric]

We're going to need an excuse to send out a mass PM and cheese those numbers back up. 

[ravnj]

Just now, Beric said:

We're going to need an excuse to send out a mass PM and cheese those numbers back up. 

 

QUARTER CENTURY ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

 

When we reach 25 years, of course.

[Sirsir]

On 4/26/2022 at 4:47 PM, Beric said:

I suppose we just never thought about it! I've reset it. We'll almost certainly see another (likely much smaller) bot wave throwing it out of whack within a few months, but for now...

Aww, I actually liked seeing that.

 

I'm just weird this way, but bot waves skewing forum statistics always make me smile.