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[Matyuv]

Well, that many posts in one day is still an absolutely crazy amount.

[PluMGMK]

Can't be denied.

[Xenon]

It's probably been cleaner this year also.

[PluMGMK]

Well, it would have to have been, no?

[Matyuv]

I don't think so.

[Xenon]

That said, there are a lot of Rayman's dick, Globox being a pedo etc-style threads...

[PluMGMK]

I didn't seem to notice.

[Matyuv]

There's also the BONK thread which shouldn't even exist.

[PluMGMK]

Surely not! And yet, we would never have broken our record the last few years without it…

[Xenon]

I wonder what a newcomer would think of the OT forum if he joined today.

[PluMGMK]

Would probably think it was a great place, and end up with considerable sanctions for continuing the behaviour for another week!

[Hunchman801]

There's also the BONK thread which shouldn't even exist.

Not a huge fan of it either. But we'd already decided to close the bomb and both word-to-words for this record so we just kept it open. Maybe next year?

Would probably think it was a great place, and end up with considerable sanctions for continuing the behaviour for another week!

Let's bury some of those threads then.

[Master]

Yup, I already made a start on that by bumping some of the normal threads when RD had finished.

[Keane]

I don't particularly like the BONK thread, although more so because the funny posts die after 15-20 mins but due to its TYG-tier post boost you're almost kinda obligated to use it if you wanna break big records. I might skip out on spamming it up next year because it felt more like a nuisance than fun near the end. I thought the BONK acronyms were pretty memey though.

I'm surprised Off Topic isn't a more popular thread during RD, I noticed the In My Pants eventually just turned into general discussion with "in my pants" thrown at the end of every post.

It's probably been cleaner this year also.

Cleaner.

I wonder what a newcomer would think of the OT forum if he joined today.

Well, they probably wouldn't share your skepticism about the gay thread's poll.

[Master]

Yeah, I think the problem comes with a need for creativity. When you're posting for hours on end, coming up with sufficiently creative posts is a daunting task. I think Serz and I did try to encourage some modicum of creativity, but even so, I know some of mine were just sentences with a BONK peppered in.

[Hunchman801]

Maybe we could try to make up rules for the BONK thread? No idea what though.

[Pirez]

Here's one : anyone who posts in the BONK thread during Record Day shall participate in a Super Bonk livestream for charity through Brad's podcast (which hopefully will be around next year) Oh please don't hurt me, that was merely a joke >_<

[Hunchman801]

Charity? Can't I just keep all the money and run away to the Bahamas?

[Pirez]

You're already in Brexitanny, Hunch : it's like the Bahamas, but the weather is always shit and the ladies aren't lovely.

[Hunchman801]

Nope, the Bahamas have 0% personal income tax. Not quite the same here.