[awm]

I recommend the movie thread.

This thread has been active for longer than pretty much any other thread (i.e. with people regularly posting rather than lying dormant for years and then maybe being revived). Virtually all the posts are on topic, and it's been pretty useful.

Of course, if we want a bridge-related thread it's not the best choice, but I don't recall that being specified.

[gwnn]

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Except Water Cooler and Laws forum, I am not a big contributor to either so I would probably misjudge it.

Yes the movie thread would be nice but it's apples and oranges. Of course comparing threads in the bridge-related discussion is also pretty apples and oranges

[Jlall]

foo was clearly poster of the decade, cayuga was a close 2nd.

[gwnn]

shubiiii

[655321]

What about the over 20 hours of college math thread (and a related thread.)

I agree with Josh's memory, not the real Josh, I think the 5♦ overcall thread is hilarious!

[hanp]

Ooo!

I computed them using probabilities and combinations...

One of the best one-liners.

[gwnn]

the draft is now:

http://forums.bridge...hp?showtopic=83
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=3537 and http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=3651
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=8270
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=8787
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=9893
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=12678
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=14158
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=17756
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19164
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19335
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19960
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21068
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21082
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21693
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=22350
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=23116
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=27678
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=28746
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=28777
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=29706
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=34622

I don't have time to justify all of them but 83 is great because it came before all other rating threads and was actually an anti-rating thread And 21082 was an unanimous poll (as of 27 January 2010).

edit: adding
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=25181 to the list, particularly Echognome's reply was hysterical.

[hrothgar]

Jlall, on Jan 27 2010, 08:40 AM, said:

foo was clearly poster of the decade, cayuga was a close 2nd.

Sometimes, I almost miss foo...
but then I inevitably sober up

[Jlall]

I would now like to nominate Stephen Tu as the best poster of the decade... that old unregistered jlall was teh worst imo

[jjbrr]

two thumbs up to that list

[jdonn]

Actually we should have a poster of the decade vote. New thread gwnn.

[jjbrr]

Jlall, on Jan 27 2010, 10:22 AM, said:

I would now like to nominate Stephen Tu as the best poster of the decade... that old unregistered jlall was teh worst imo

Jlall, on Nov 18 2007, 08:34 PM, said:

You do not belong here. Go play on the short bus.

lol

[Elianna]

gwnn, on Jan 27 2010, 12:05 AM, said:

the draft is now:

http://forums.bridge...hp?showtopic=83
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=3537 and http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=3651
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=8270
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=8787
http://forums.bridge...?showtopic=9893
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=12678
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=14158
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=17756
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19164
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19335
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=19960
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21068
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21082
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=21693
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=22350
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=23116
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=27678
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=28746
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=28777
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=29706
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=34622

I don't have time to justify all of them but 83 is great because it came before all other rating threads and was actually an anti-rating thread And 21082 was an unanimous poll (as of 27 January 2010).

edit: adding
http://forums.bridge...showtopic=25181 to the list, particularly Echognome's reply was hysterical.

It's really hard to keep track of with just the numbers. Is there any way you could label them by subject (or interesting sub-subject as the case may be) for an actual poll?

[jjbrr]

1. Anti-Rating System
2. Least favorite conventions and Favorite conventions
3. Hamman: Talent or System?
4. Diamonds are always foul in Tenerife
5. Double Dummy Solver
6. Bash Conventions
7. A for Attitude; K for Count
8. Theory vs Experience
9. Does Opener's reverse in 2/1 show extras?
10. 5D goes for 800
11. 1NT Opening with a Stiff
12. 20 Hours of College Math
13. Unanimous poll!
14. We Didn't Vote for Bush!
15. AKQ9xx opposite xx
16. Gitelman 2/1
17. School's in Session
18. Forcing Pass
19. Ignoring the Side Major
20. Overtricks at IMPs
21. Bridge and the Blue Team
22. Appeals to Authority
23. Ben's Threads on Squeezes in the BI Forum:
a. Introduction to Squeeze Plays
b. Squeezes Quiz
c. Part II
d. Part II Quiz
e. Part III


I hope you don't mind I went ahead and did it.

Feel free to re-do any of mine, gwnn, and I'll edit this post so that yours take the spotlight. Just trying to help.

Added Ben's stuff. Hope you dont mind.

This post has been edited by jjbrr: 2010-January-27, 17:14

[gwnn]

haha thanks jjbrr may I say great titles

[Elianna]

jjbrr, on Jan 27 2010, 11:15 AM, said:

1. Anti-Rating System
2. Least favorite conventions and Favorite conventions
3. Hamman: Talent or System?
4. Diamonds are always foul in Tenerife
5. Double Dummy Solver
6. Bash Conventions
7. A for Attitude; K for Count
8. Theory vs Experience
9. Does Opener's reverse in 2/1 show extras?
10. 5D goes for 800
11. 1NT Opening with a Stiff
12. 20 Hours of College Math
13. Unanimous poll!
14. We Didn't Vote for Bush!
15. AKQ9xx opposite xx
16. Gitelman 2/1
17. School's in Session
18. Forcing Pass
19. Ignoring the Side Major
20. Overtricks at IMPs
21. Bridge and the Blue Team
22. Appeals to Authority

I hope you don't mind I went ahead and did it.

Feel free to re-do any of mine, gwnn, and I'll edit this post so that yours take the spotlight. Just trying to help.

Thank you very much! That's great and makes it SOOO much easier to discuss.

[Elianna]

So it seems that we have two main categories of threads:

1) Threads that contain helpful, informative, or provacative posts/ideas that attempt to teach something

2) Threads where someone posted something really stupid and people tell them so in humorous ways.

I worry that if we pick threads of the second category, it will only serve to make fun of people, and tell non-frequent posters (or new posters) that this could be their fate if they cross the line that others state.

I guess I'm worrying about the appearance of bullying. But maybe that's over thinking. I do admit they are funny, and I don't actually feel sorry for most of the picked on in the threads highlighted. I just am worried about appearances.

[jjbrr]

Well. Quickly click through the threads that you consider to be the ones where people get flamed for something stupid while noting which subforum the thread is in. Perhaps if you see a pattern, there might be a moral to the story or some sort of lesson available that should mitigate the appearance of unwarranted bullying. There is a reason for specific subforums, after all.

Also, gwnn, was it just an error to leave the squeeze threads out of that or did they not qualify?

Edit: I added Ben's stuff above.

[hrothgar]

If I were judging solely based on bridge related content I think Ben's work on squeezes wins.

If I were voting on the best content by the "community" participating in the thread I'd have to go for "We didn't Vote for Bush"

For sheer amusement value, "20 Hours of College Math"

[gwnn]

sure Ben's squeeze threads should be there. I guess we should open a poll now? no specific criteria, just "which would you name as thread of the decade?".