Chess players: NEW FORUM: 125,000 users pool.
Rules:
Take your best guess on the exact date that this site will reach 125,000 Users. The winner will be the user who guesses closest to the exact date without exceeding it. Ties will be resolved by the first person to post the closest date. if you think erik is going to be 'right', just wait til he posts and do what matt did - pick a day later and post that for your guess.... heh heh.
e.g. suppose erik guesses April 24, 2008. and the site reaches 125,000 users on april 26, but no one guessed april 25. erik wins.
e.g. # 2 suppose erik guesses April 24, 2008, and the site reaches 125,000 users on april 23. his guess exceeded the exact date so he is disqualified. the winner will be redserpent because he guessed April 22, 2008.
my apology to all, I failed to give examples in the first iteration of this for 100,000 users.
1. one guess per player. you may not change your guess, first shot, one chance.
2. All 'guesses' must cease when this site size exceeds 120,000 users. (that way, we must wait a while - there would be no point in allowing 'guesses' after the site reaches 124,700 for instance). there are just over 100,000 users as of about 7:30 pm, 22 Jan 2008 eastern standard time, USA.
3. Prize: recognition by all here for your accuracy. (for what that is worth); Fame. (fleeting at best for we will start a new 'pool' to guess the next membership milestone for this site) and a good feeling, sort of like winning a chess game. (Winning a chess game gives one a personal feeling of great warmth - somewhat akin to wetting your pants in a dark suit at night - gives you a wonderfully warm feeling, but it doesn't last long and no one will likely notice or care.)
Reason for this pool: about the same as many of the other Forum topics.
I will post my guess within five days.
EDIT: my guess is March 8, 2008. guess posted on January 23.
EDIT BY ERIK:"Here is the link to view the current number of members:http://www.chess.com/members/member_countries.html "
dalmatinac, sorry, i'm american, and speak english. is mart the same as march (the third month) ??
thanks.
April 13, 2008
Yes, I guessed the 13th!
March 1, 2008
As of 25 January 2008:
Chess.com has 101,956 members from 222 countries!
April 1st, 2008.
yep,
APRIL FOOLS DAY!
as of feb.9, 2008, chess.com has 112,533 members from 222 countries.
No further guesses as to date this site reaches 125,000 users are allowed. the site size is 120,021 as of approximately 8:50 pm, EST.
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