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So at least 50% of your posts are you grandstanding to strangers?

Is that the point you were hoping to make?
 
"You are not your post count" - Tyler Durden


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Guess I should have said I have done well in comps and only posted 3 times, grandstanding to strangers 33% of the time.
 
It all depends how you see the world. It is either still 50% or is now up to 66%. ;)
 
Lets scrap the post count system altogether in favour of a points system. Let your peers be the judge. I'm quite willing to have my meter wound back to zero and be judged on the quality of my contributions to brewing, jocularity or controversy.

At least it will discourage worthless posts for the sake of racking up the count.
 
Maybe there would be a correlation between posts READ and comp wins rather than posts MADE.

I say this as a self confessed noob who has read at least a hundred times more posts than I have made.
 
Dave70 said:
Lets scrap the post count system altogether in favour of a points system. Let your peers be the judge. I'm quite willing to have my meter wound back to zero and be judged on the quality of my contributions to brewing, jocularity or controversy.

At least it will discourage worthless posts for the sake of racking up the count.
You mean something along the lines of a "like" system? Yah, one of those would be ENDLESSLY helpful.

Auzimon3 said:
Maybe there would be a correlation between posts READ and comp wins rather than posts MADE.
You may be on to something.

I presume you mean the fewer read the better a brewer you are, yeah? Because prevailing wisdom generally isn't.
 
punkin said:
Been reading all the State and National brew comp threads lately and i have taken note of all the absolute brewing champs that have just a couple or thirty or a hundred posts here. Many seem to be long term members.

I often wonder when reading these things, about the reasoning behind all that. Are these the people that read books and read posts where applicable and take that information away and chew on it and apply it and see what happens?

Obviously. :p

But they on the whole, seem to be the ones who don't engage in the day to day banter or the back and forth discussions on the site.

I often wonder on that and wonder if anyone else has thoughts on it. If nothing else, it's a very stark reminder to newbies that a high post count has nothing to do with quality of advice, but taken further it could come down to the opposite. :blink:
I stopped asking questions on here a while ago because the only way I thought I would really find out is to just brew. I ask questions on here thse days from time to time about trivial ****, when I want a few different opinions.
I read a lot of books on brewing, i find books and well known brewers who write them, i think they are on the right track so I tend to follow their guidance. Why listen to random people on here when you can follow world class brewers etc???
There are a lot of people on here with a lot of great info on all subjects brewing, but, at the end of the day, if your brewing great beer then who's judging it and who says its great?
If 2 kegs of your beer doesn't last more than a week, I would say your onto a winner.
 
I've only once picked up a 1st place with a hefe with a disappointing 36/50 and that was only because the other entries scored below 25.

I kind of felt like this guy-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAADWfJO2qM
 
jyo said:
I've only once picked up a 1st place with a hefe with a disappointing 36/50 and that was only because the other entries scored below 25.
How many posts did you have at the time?

Pretty sure we've just worked out the cut-off point.

[EDIT: deleted link to .gif that did not work]
 
bum said:
You mean something along the lines of a "like" system? Yah, one of those would be ENDLESSLY helpful.

I'd prefer you to identify your haughty sarcasm with italic font in future. Bold type or capitals are both acceptable though.
Thats if it's not to much trouble.
 
who cares about post numbers. is there any specific reason they're there anyway? why not just scrap them?
 
How else will the comp judges know who to give the awards to?
 
i just can't see any purpose in them really


You've never compared appendages with others?
 
Yob said:
The answer is clearly 42

Always been 42

Will always be 42
Ahhhh. But what is the question?


Oh. It's the title of the thread. Carry on.

Andthanksforallthefishcam.
 
Auzimon3 said:
I say this as a self confessed noob who has read at least a hundred times more posts than I have made.
I think this is a great way to be.
 

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