32000 members - Page 2

DrSpike · May 26, 2003, 18:25

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Originally posted by Locutus

(There are probably more of such stats to be found in forum archives and news, but finding those will be this week's homework assignment for DrSpike

)

FROM DrSpike.

Thirgaral · May 27, 2003, 09:01

A big group hug everyone!

orange · May 27, 2003, 09:06

yeah but we have to assume that at least half are DLs

Congrats Poly

Hey, when we reach 50,000 or 100,000 users, can we have a huge Global Polymeet where Markos flies the most active 1000 members who want to come to the location?

Harry Seldon · May 27, 2003, 09:20

Hurrah!

How about we do the bottom 1000, too. I like free trips!

alva · May 27, 2003, 18:25

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Hey, when we reach 50,000 or 100,000 users, can we have a huge Global Polymeet where Markos flies the most active 1000 members who want to come to the location?

Does the Greek army even have planes?

Jamski · May 28, 2003, 04:22

That would be the Greek Airforce Alva

-Jam

Panag · May 28, 2003, 06:51

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Originally posted by alva

Quote:

Hey, when we reach 50,000 or 100,000 users, can we have a huge Global Polymeet where Markos flies the most active 1000 members who want to come to the location?

Does the Greek army even have planes?

hi ,

www.haf.gr

Greece :-
F-16 C/D 80 + 50 Block 50+ on order
Mirage 2000 38 + 15 on order (also being upgraded)
Mirage F1CG 30
F-4E/RF-4E 76/25
F-104G 92
F-5A/B 89
A-7 H/E 90
AH-64A 20

thats more then plenty to take over belgium

and loads more firepower , .....

at least they can carry out amph landings combined with a strong airforce , ...... some several other european nations cant say , ....

1.Avionics Upgrade of F/RF-4 Aircraft.
The Avionics upgrade of 39 F/RF4 aircraft is being developed by the German company DASA. It includes Radar,
communications, and cockpit displays.

2.Airborne Laser Designators (ALDs)
The acquisition of 15 with option 10 ALD’s systems by the lowest bidder company RAFAEL has been
decided.

3.Flight Simulator of F-16 C/D BLK 50 Aircraft
Acquisition of F-16 C/D blk 50 aircraft flight simulator by the Israeli company BVR and the upgrade of the current system
of the F-16 C/D BLK 30 aircraft with full dome capabilities.

4.Acquisition of SMART WEAPONS.
The procedures for the acquisition of STAND OFF - PRECISION weapons for Air To Ground missions as well as the acquisition and modernization of Air To Air
missiles, are being developed.

5.Acquisition of a New Fighter Aircraft (NFA)
The acquisition of up to 60 NFA is well under way. The operational evaluation of all candidate aircraft has been completed, and technical-economic proposals by the
companies are presently being evaluated.
The candidate aircraft are:

Boeing F-15 Strike Eagle

Dassault, M-2000-5

Eurofighter - 2000 (TYPHOON)

Lockheed-Martin F-16 Blk 50+

Suckhoi, Su-30

6.Acquisition of a New Training Aircraft (NTA)
The Hellenic Air Force has decided to replace the T-37 B/C and
T-41D aircraft with 45 modern training aircraft. The
T-6A (TEXAN II) of RAYTHEON won the competition. The contenders were:

T-6A (RAYTHEON)

PC-9 (PILATUS)

SUPER TUCANO (EMBRAER)

7.Acquisition of Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW & CA).
In order to modernize and reinforce the Air Control System and early warning capabilities of the country, the Hellenic Air Force has decided to acquire the system

EMB- 145 & ERIEYE (ERICSSON- EMBRAER- THOMSON)

8.Acquisition of Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA)
In order to increase the transport capabilities and supplement the C-130 fleet, the Hellenic Air Force will procure 15-20 medium transport Aircraft. CandidateAircraft are the following:

C-27 J (LOCKHEED MARTIN-ALENIA)

CN-235 (CASA)

C-295 (CASA)

AN-32 (AVIANT)

9.Replacement of "NIKE" Air Defence Surface to Air Missiles
The competition for this major program has been completed with the selection of PATRIOT system. Four (4) Batteries with option two (2) will be procured to
replace the existing missile system "NIKE"

10. Avionics Upgrade of C-130 B/C Aircraft
HAF will upgrade the avionics of the 15 C-130 H/B aircraft it operates.The modernisation - upgrade includes new weather radar, navigation and communication equipment.

11. SHORAD Acquisition
Under the reinforcement of the Air Control Protection, Hellenic Airforce has decided to acquire 9 units of the French sytem SHORAD CROTALENG.

12. Acquisition of CL-145 Fire-Fighter Aircrafts.
It has been decided the acquisition of 10 Fire-Fighter Aircrafts from the Canadian BOMBARDIER. It is expected to significantly increase the fire fighting capabilities.

they can whoop most countries behind and get away before they would even know what has happend to them , ......

sorry for going ot on this but they are a strong and excellent army

have a nice day

alva · May 28, 2003, 09:31

Panag.... I was only kidding...

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3.Flight Simulator of F-16 C/D BLK 50 Aircraft
Acquisition of F-16 C/D blk 50 aircraft flight simulator by the Israeli company BVR and the upgrade of the current system
of the F-16 C/D BLK 30 aircraft with full dome capabilities.

And now with Markos joining they could very well have two flight simulators

Dauphin · May 28, 2003, 10:39

Captain panag to the rescue!

VJ · May 28, 2003, 11:26

Do we have to create a new spam-topic EVERY time we get 1 000 new members?

Yes... I can see it now...

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Wow, congratulations, Apo! 71 253 000 members!!!

Locutus · May 28, 2003, 12:04

Well, at our present growth rate that's still over 6800 years away, so I don't think we really need to worry about that right now

DrSpike · May 28, 2003, 14:07

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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
Do we have to create a new spam-topic EVERY time we get 1 000 new members?

Well you didn't have to open the thread and post here.

Skanky Burns · May 28, 2003, 18:53

Nor get the +1 for his trouble.

Panag · May 28, 2003, 18:57

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Originally posted by Locutus

Our average growth rate since 2002 has been 1000 logins per 35 days. At that pace we should reach 50,000 logins is about 20 months. So not this Christmas but next (Christmas 2004). Of course, our current rate is 1000 logins per 13 days, so should we be able to keep that up (however unlikely), we will reach the magic 50,000 number in about 8 months. Not too long after Christmas indeed.

hi ,

it shall be around x-mas , a bit shorter , why , the introduction this fall of civ conquests , ..... that shall boost trafic and new members

have a nice day

DarkCloud · May 28, 2003, 19:11

aaah! Locutus you stole my job

I wasted my time doing this and making two charts about a month ago

Oh well, at least you did it better than me

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Statistical Prediction of the Rise in Registrations As shown over a period of time beginning 2/15/99 through 3/12/03
Usernumbers Dates
29500 3/12/2003 MOO3
29000 3/5/2003 17
28000 2/18/2003 31
27000 1/17/2003 30
26000 12/17/2002 27
25000 11/20/2002 23
24000 10/27/2002 35
23000 9/22/2002 36
22000 8/16/2002 37
21000 7/9/2002 36
20000 6/3/2002 43
19000 4/20/2002 57
18000 2/23/2002 39
17000 1/14/2002 37
16000 12/7/2001 16
15000 11/21/2001 13 EU II
14000 11/8/2001 3
13750 11/6/2001
13500 11/6/2001
13000 11/5/2001 21 CIV III
12000 10/14/2001 64
11000 8/10/2001 81
10500 6/28/2001
10000 5/19/2001 90
9500 4/1/2001
9000 2/19/2001 57
8500 1/16/2001
8000 12/22/2000 60
7500 11/26/2000
7000 10/22/2000 143
6500 8/9/2000
6391 7/27/2000
6000 5/29/2000 116
5000 2/3/2000 105
4700 1/2/2000
4500 12/7/1999
4000 10/18/1999 107 SMACX
3000 7/1/1999
2302 5/9/1999
2102 4/24/1999
1902 4/14/1999 Registration Trend line- Average # of Registrations Per Month
1825 4/10/1999
1802 3/12/1999
1800 2/15/1999 AC
0 7/28/1998

DarkCloud · May 28, 2003, 19:12

at least my list has when the games were released

can't figure out how to attach a chart, however. but then again, that would be sort of redundant, since Locutus has already done the honors

But mine have trend lines

Tuberski · May 28, 2003, 19:27

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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
Do we have to create a new spam-topic EVERY time we get 1 000 new members?

Yes... I can see it now...

Do you post in every one? Then you have an equal part in the blame.

ACK!

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 05:34

panag,
There was hardly a noticable rise in the number of logins during the release of PtW (since Civ3's release the growth rate has been pretty much a straight line), so I doubt Conquests will have much an an effect either.

DC,
Well, I gave you 32 chances

But your info *can* be used to fill some gaps in my charts (the 9k date and 2k/3k/4k). Where did you get that data anyway? Forums and news are pretty useless for pre-2000 and AFAIK you yourself weren't around yet in '99...

Anyway, what did you use as trendline? I couldn't get any type of trend to look good (floating average was close, but was basically a copy of the existing graph, only slightly smoother)...

I will attach the Growth rate and the Time to reach Milestone charts again with DC's data incorporated:

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 05:35

Second graph.

Gramphos · May 29, 2003, 07:06

see, DC's 8000 milestone point is better than yours

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 07:15

Gramphos,
I said 3 times already that I knew the date was wrong

But only when I saw DC's date, I knew why: when the news item said month 19-12, it was a typo for 19-2 -- even I should have thought of that

Anyway, here are 2 (hopefully) final graphs, which now also include other milestones: dates of game releases (and other important events, such as birth of Apolyton, Settler I & II and the shutdown of Gamestats). [Yes, I stole the idea from DC

]

And before newbies ask: Gamestats was a network Apolyton was an affiliate of before we went independent. For the first couple of years, we were hosted on their servers. When the dotcom bubble burst, Gamestats went broke, causing some serious access problems for Apolyton (we were even temporarily hosted on a Greek university site to keep the site running, where we suffered from almost as many power blackouts as California

)

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 07:15

2nd graph.

Skanky Burns · May 29, 2003, 07:52

Very impressive work Locutus.

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 08:01

Oh, and thanks for all the compliments, everyone

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Originally posted by Locutus
When the dotcom bubble burst, Gamestats went broke, causing some serious access problems for Apolyton

But of course, that's just the official story. In reality, we all know it was really Skanky's fault

DrSpike · May 29, 2003, 08:49

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Originally posted by Locutus

But of course, that's just the official story. In reality, we all know it was really Skanky's fault

Apolyton's trouble, or the dotcom crash?

VJ · May 29, 2003, 08:51

Is there any doubt?

Both of them.

Andemagne · May 29, 2003, 16:11

ah, those good old days when there were less than 5000 of us here. *Andemagnus admits being Elitist*
before 5000 Apo was still fun, everything after that is just nostalgia.

ok! ok! congrats to Apo for another +1000 members.

Locutus · May 29, 2003, 17:04

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Originally posted by Andemagne
before 5000 Apo was still fun

You mean, before you registered?

Andemagne · May 29, 2003, 17:41

IIRC my reg. number is 4616. and I lurked 4 months before I registered. go back in time to see if you don't believe.

Skanky Burns · May 29, 2003, 18:26

I object, I was not responsible for the demise of Gamestats. Directly.