Congratulatory milestone parties; can you reserve the right to host them?
A frivolous question, I’m aware.
I’ve had the party Q all written out a few times only to be usurped! I know it’s the objective, of some, to never have a party thrown but there are some jellies who have been earning the points and whom I lurve more than anyone else lurves them and Dammit! I want to throw the bash.
Is it appropriate to reserve that right here?
I’ll always join the celebration, even if I’m disappointed not to have been the host
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It’s first come, first serve. Not sure how you’d even go about “reserving” it.
No, you can’t. But you can stalk someone as they are about to get to their milestone.
crap. my stalking shoes need re-treads.
It helps if it happens in the middle of the night.
I’m sorry if I stole the chance earlier! :( I hope I didn’t make ya angry!
@Blueroses who do you want to throw your party or are you going to do your own honors!? Sorry to say, it really doesn’t matter who throws the bash, just enjoy since we all love a good party.
Fact: I posted the party for Noelle without realising Kate already had. Had to delete it lol!
Hmm, I don’t think you can, but someone has already told me strongly that they want to host my 10K party.
I just hope they remember sayin that ;)
Nay @KatetheGreat, baby it’s all good. I’m only kidding because as our wise @AmWiser says, “we all love a good party”.
Would that be a fluther first, if I hosted my own‽ How narcissistic would I have to be to do that‽
@Blueroses trust me I thought about it, and wanted to ask a question to that effect, but eliciting self-lurve is could be grounds for being modded.
You have to be quick and a stalker. A zippy ninja, I tell you!
if I ever make it to the mansion (dang! y’all put in another pool? and is that a 90” widescreen in the theater room?) there might be someone with a spatula who would be upset not to be the first to notice but I doubt it would be shark week. (bleh. that is not a “please tell me you lurve me” statement. If you lurve this, you will earn negative points)
Hurry and you can welcome someone who just hit the mansion gate!
See @bkcunningham I missed noelle’s… hence my consternation. but I still went to the party
Maybe a wait period of a few hours should be applied to the community feed. This is why we would time them. Someone would write it and then we would get them there (via gaming) so someone that actually knew them could post it. Now they are just circle-jerks.
@johnpowell well, nothing wrong with a good circle jerk. Everyone gets something from it. Not like a train, where someone is left out.
@augustlan No, gaming not allowed. That’s cool. But reserving a few allowed GAs or GQs to push a friend over the top of a milestone… that would be ok, right?
@augustlan :: Gaming in this sense was not making new accounts. It was using the hole that there is no limits applied to Great Questions. And if I remember correctly you were the recipient of a bump. As most of the mods were.
Fix the code if it bugs you.
Ohhhh. No, as long as you’re using your own account for a few points here or there, that’s fine. I’m pretty sure the GQs are affected by the limit, though.
Whoa, now. I didn’t mean to feed a fight with this. @johnpowell you know I like your site, I wish there was more action there.
Twenty bucks and come see me at night, and it gets taken care of.
ah @bob_ one of your stock answers:
See me at night
I have a huge cock
make me a sammich
Now, you girls kiss
That sum it all up‽
you know I adore you, right?
I was gonna try and host my own 10K party, but I figured I’d never be fast enough.
Plus it’d be a total dick move.
As far as the timing goes, first come first serve. It’s all a lurve orgy anyway, if that’s your reason for wanting to host you might as well just post in the thread.
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I think there are limits to Great Questions, @johnpowell. I think it’s still 5. I just believe it’s a separate counter from the “approximately 100” max—i.e., even if you’ve maxed out on somebody with GA’s, you still have a 5x allotment with GQs, subject to the usual restrictions—you have to be one of the first five to GQ them, or it doesn’t count.
This conclusion is based on direct personal observation and not any inside knowledge, so it could be in error, but I feel pretty confident that I have seen it work this way more than once. There is definitely a limit to GQs; I’ve seen them stop registering.
@Jeruba Your guess seems pretty accurate. As you see, even @augustlan isn’t quite sure about that.
@Blueroses : I’ve hosted some, missed more, and it all comes down to sitting obsessively at your keyboard, having your party announcement all ready in another tab, and tripping the other stalkers as they run for the line. Watch out, girly, I’ve got wide shoulders, I’m a bully and I have no other life!
@Jeruba :: Certainly the Max on a GQ applies. It is just pretty easy to find questions that don’t approach that limit when a person has been around for a few years. They have a list of them.
Pffffft, bring it honey!!! <3
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@johnpowell, now I’m (more) confused. Aren’t these two statements contradictory?
It was using the hole that there is no limits applied to Great Questions.
Certainly the Max on a GQ applies.
So what am I, chopped liver?
@JilltheTooth You’re never chopped liver! You’re a wonderful lady!
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Bwuahahahahaha! You’re ALL chopped liver!
has anyone ever eaten chopped liver or is it something that was invented for the purpose of the idiom?
Well…. I ate YOU last week, didn’t I? <bah dum ching>
@Jeruba :: The limit is only 5 GQ’s are applied to points. There is a limit in that sense. But that doesn’t limit the person from giving more then a hundred to a person.
For giving a GA I maxed out on Allie 3 years ago. But if she asked a question right now and I gave it a GQ she would get the points as long as no more than 5 had done the same.
@johnpowell Wow. I never knew that. You’d think I would, huh?
That’s the part I don’t get, @johnpowell. I have seen my GQs stop registering for a person even when the Q itself still had fewer than 5 GQs. Some time ago I tried it out by going to a user’s profile page and looking up past Qs—a user on whom I had long since maxed out for GAs. I went and found old questions that had never received more than one or two GQs, and I clicked GQ on them. After four (I think, or maybe three) I couldn’t boost the user’s points any more.
[Edit} Well, I just GQ’d Auggie six times in a row (all on Qs that were under 5), and sure enough, they all added points. So you appear to be right, and this is a hole that ought to be plugged. Maybe even a high-priority hole, now that I think of the implications.
@WillWorkForChocolate Jesus, am I chopped liver as well?
Ehhh, fuck popularity. The only thing that comes from it are STDs.
@ladymia69 Hell no. I claim you too. I’ve just branded my name on your ass. :P
@Jeruba Thanks for doing the research. I’ll see what the guys say.
@Blueroses
Chopped Liver has existed for ages. Just ask any Jewish folks you know. It’s a big treat come holiday time. There are tons of recipes online for it. It is incredibly delicious, especially if one uses a little sherry or Marsala in the preparation. YUM.
Any classic NY style Delis usually carry it also.
In fact, handy as the expression is, it’s unfair to chopped liver to use it as if it meant “of no account” or “negligible.” Chopped liver is a delectable treat.
@Jeruba I think it is perfectly fine to use it if you personally think liver is a revolting food.
And this is getting pretty semantical…
@Blueroses You’re getting close better watch your numbers and host a party for yourself!!!!!
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