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The Streak is over!

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:42 am

On Saturday, November 8, 2014, lb did not succeed in placing a post on the Bored. The Streak is over! --Bob
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#2 Post by mrkelley23 » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:02 am

Has anyone heard from him? I don't know that I'd be getting all exclamation point-y until we know he's okay.
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#3 Post by Vandal » Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:27 am

He reported on his blog that he is fine and the same technical issues others have been facing prevented him from posting yesterday.
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#4 Post by mrkelley23 » Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:23 pm

Thanks, vandal. Puts my mind at ease.
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#5 Post by earendel » Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:37 am

Does it count if technical difficulties prevented anyone from logging on? Seems to me that the streak isn't dead yet.
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Re: The Streak is over!

#6 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:40 am

earendel wrote:Does it count if technical difficulties prevented anyone from logging on? Seems to me that the streak isn't dead yet.
Ultimately that'll be up to lb. But I'm guessing I know what his answer will be. --Bob
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#7 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:14 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
earendel wrote:Does it count if technical difficulties prevented anyone from logging on? Seems to me that the streak isn't dead yet.
Ultimately that'll be up to lb. But I'm guessing I know what his answer will be. --Bob
And I'll bet it's not the answer you're expecting...

As I mentioned on the blog post I did about this issue on Sunday, this wasn't the first time I was unable to get a post on the Bored during the lifetime of the streak... there were two other instances (PRoG moderation on 7/6/01 and an inaccessible Bored on 12/15/08) where that was also the case. And since I don't use automatic log in, there was nothing I could do to defeat the gremlins that have locked me out since last Friday evening. Had this occurred at some point several years ago, I would definitely not be counting the last six days against my streak....

However, like all such runs, eventually the pressure to keep it going starts to outweigh the benefit of running the number up even higher. There've been many days in the past couple years where I haven't even found anything to post in the morning, and sometimes have just thrown something up in the evening before leaving for work. A lot of times, that it would be a post that's even considered meaningless on this bastion of meaninglessness. I think I'm going to take this Bored hiccup as a sign... and an opportunity to officially end my nearly 14 and a half year streak...

5,254 days is nothing to sneeze at, and even I don't think the Bored would be around long enough for anyone to even challenge it. Let the record state that The Streak (6/20/00 - 11/7/14) has ended...

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#8 Post by Jeemie » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:36 pm

At least it outlived the show that birthed it (I don't count the abortion the daytime show has become as the same show that originally birthed these boreds).
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#9 Post by BackInTex » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:52 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:the benefit of running the number up even higher.
Was there a benefit?
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#10 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:53 pm

BackInTex wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:the benefit of running the number up even higher.
Was there a benefit?

Of course there was. I'm not one of those pansies who believe running up the score is a bad thing...

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#11 Post by kayrharris » Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:47 pm

Congrats, Beast. Don't let what others say talk you into officially ending your streak. I think it's a perfectly valid reason not to post.

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