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algol 08-Jul-09, 18:29 |
You must be one earliest members around Skip, Cairo has been here since mid 2001. |
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algol 08-Jul-09, 19:09 |
January 2001 |
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baronderkilt 08-Jul-09, 22:33 |
I still insist ... Then perhaps his trusty PC. Does that count if it gained sentience After being here? I don't think we ever did get the "real Mike Nik", so to speak, on that old thread. Could drink it, could eat it but might not want to?! Jello~! [We don't eat that here. My wife says gelatin has horse hooves in it. Well depending how much gelatin, maybe there is only one hoof. THIS IS ONLY AN OPINION and any resemblance to any product within the factual universe is strictly coincidental . . . ] But re the Question: Yes there is a way. There is even a legal way. But I'm assuming you mean using your computer. So I know nothing. (The same as about comtupers) But I like the question G/L }8-) |
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algol 08-Jul-09, 22:43 |
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algol 08-Jul-09, 23:14 |
Deleted by algol on 08-Jul-09, 23:24.
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algol 08-Jul-09, 23:42 |
Early members of GK heinzkat suggested tanman as Mike's handle. tanman must indeed be one of the earliest members as he is registered at GK "before Nov-2000" and the domain gameknot.com is registered 26-Oct-2000 - hard to beat that! Of interest is the following GK statistic from 5-April-2001: Total active players: 2141 Total rated players: 268 Total completed games: 4849 Total games in progress: 930 The top-10 of 1-Feb-2001 looked like this: 1. madbg 1582, 2. spymaster 1580, 3. vitly 1531, 4. dasmi 1517, 5. kaczor 1511, 6. fatale 1444, 7. mishkin 1428, 8. ericleerinn 1420, 9. 15101971 1382, 10. soulreaver 1305 dasmi was the player with most played games at that time (43 games). On 9-March-2001 grandpatzer had taken over the top position in the rating list: 1. grandpatzer 1884, 2. d19dario 1822, 3. hammy3517 1822, 4. sirbismarck 1800, 5. harsha 1789, 6. vamsi 1774, 7. onlyapawn 1747, 8. chandra 1727, 9. knorpot 1726, 10. pxpep 1723 |
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baronderkilt 09-Jul-09, 01:18 |
algol ... But it does not seem to be a nik fitting the riddle of the prior thread. Lets not get into talking food processors here, but it would seem otherwise one cannot drink an entire tanman. ( I have to assume Mike was not watching the SNL Squirrel Juicer skit the night he picked a nik. Of course its possible, but ... You brought up an interesting point tho algol re defunct niks. To clarify: skipwallace ... are you looking to make a list of the niks of the oldest GK members EVER. Or oldest ones that are still here? (And the same nik active?) Personally I am just hoping if the thread shows enough activity, then all the really old timers will show up and fill us in. Or someone shows up with a technical answer. I did come up with one idea, but its pretty mundane. We could ask Mike to print a list. Regards all ... |
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kingdawar 09-Jul-09, 04:42 |
Skip |
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algol 09-Jul-09, 05:12 |
ccmcacollister ... |
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Yes, |
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kingdawar 09-Jul-09, 11:52 |
web.archive.org Profile / Personal info: Real name: Mike City: Founder and webmaster of GameKnot.com Country: United States (USA) Time zone: GMT-8 Age: 28 Gender: male Homepage: gameknot.com Additional info: There is a picture, but it won't show up. I have inquired about this picture before I think. The profile picture was still there in April/May 2005. It also says: "Member since: before May-2000" |
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baronderkilt 09-Jul-09, 13:07 |
Pictures !?! Now Exhibit #3, 'Alleged-Mike trying to fix convertible of Alleged-Gata Kamsky under that arch thing by the bay' was provided by a private source here on GK (Very Strangely enough is ALSO known as "Mike" or varied aliases such as "M", "Miguel" and "Not GK-Mike~!" or "Joe Friday" among others) but has not been confirmed by any independent secondary source. Much mystery remains . . . }8-D |
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baronderkilt 09-Jul-09, 22:56 |
Using Heinzkat's top archive link ... |
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algol 09-Jul-09, 23:39 |
Skip... Dec-2000: 8888, spymaster Jan-2001: grandpatzer,kaczor,ottobre-rosso,tassiac Feb-2001: idefix,redrook4,tonyh Mar-2001: gngr1952,agmac,tonlesu,godevils May-2001: wanttaja,hrryd Jul-2001: high,hvacman,calmrolfe,lamacuk,cartier24,jbmac,bleauzard,treggert,drfell Aug-2001: carlosmart,cairo,marcocapezza,indianking,krejci,jgkagaoan,udow,neigemahn,tamulder, ragnar,b123,ruri,vesa,maxim99,lata Sep-2001: duchess,dj222,macheide,presburger,episode,clueftenegger2,butlera,petery,vova105,matda Oct-2001: eralos,brunetti,ghorani,sjoroos,vezer,desantura,nordlicht,poly,chano,chessigi,r505,bdbor, xateu,mixok,ich_loose_nur,uelman,usopata,mainosaur,rgrassi,screwface19,igorpasaric Nov-2001: qiwi,anders,sr_ajedrez,umegard,debajyoti,philaretus,arcturus,thumper, tombro,omus,eriku,jwar,sacrifice,pachi,tobings,a_train_5, breakerofwind,milo974,champerman,spiderman420,arbusik Dec-2001: tkdman,drdesoto,eggis49,andriytx,lion2play,superpage,maxistr,peterf, fixxxer,blunderer,dvaldez,nbbsa,resurrection,j2b2,piero51,redhead, doctorno,marv7,johanm,kentc,tokjogho,flanders,lucasvervoort Jan-2002: grandphish,mazi,johnny5,serhiy,le_bel_eric,zoltantor,witchman,noni, adamette,_5oclockworld,beuk,aogus,kshines,gagarin,beardsleyx, ali_irvine,geodad5,ydebilloez,blanka,fluido,obispo,stergiou_costas, gramario,ddebruyn,francox,bluefrog,pumba,pondgreg,andreamor, morpheus76,docd,flea Feb-2002: mad_dog,ancampa,icecross,mercury_whyte,jazevedo,valeriuzaharia, ben777,zepelin,stubbornking,erizo,saints,cyberryder,niels,john_wr, woodman,luis_on,pdekaey,v_glorioso12,propagandalf,oldtimer,frodan, jklarl,thedrum,brunoenlinea,macnecio Mar-2002: curator,diversemanx,florinserban,mrjfb,bytor,billbentley,skipwallace555, francoivrea,tyrin,elyhim,yaho,petura,jniman,alfil56,dimitrov, a_professional_idiot,honololou,rugantino,barnstablaster,slyco,amicus, jsierra52,carmac,pedro76,smithche,chessnutt1,oakfarm,ratingsyoyo, george_stamps,coupigwe,simonovitch,bobsr,tulkos As said, these are only from the active player list with rating 1600+. It would probably be easy for GK to extend the Advanced Player search with a second sort method (now only the rating can be used to sort the search results) based on the membership duration. But it is doubtful that this is in high demand... By the way, I learned today that old-timer honololou designed the GK logo and old-timer norain the two alternative ones which you can see in the gameknot shop, nice work! |
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kingdawar 09-Jul-09, 23:42 |
Algol |
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algol 09-Jul-09, 23:54 |
Heinzkat string strRequest = "http: //gameknot.com/stats.pl?" + strUser; HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strRequest); and then extracted the data I wanted and exported to Excel for the sorting of the results. I had to put a timeout between requests as I got errors on the response otherwise. Did not check how fast I could go, just waited half a second before doing the next one. This is why it took about 1.5 hours to get the 7000 players... |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 00:06 |
Heinzkat New and Old quadlibet,123gjjm fridayap,aberrance agustincaceres,agustin2878 neazwh,ariscarbone blessed-knight,blazing-knight theinimitablekan,bobbyfi72 bored_ezra,boredezra boyquayks,boycuaycong supragenius,carlos3k suka_makan_tuhau, charleslucas kurix, christiand lasvegascarl, colorfulcarl rodion, cyprinuscarpio vicerosa, dominant_king qwkslvr, elfin embee8, expertmarc spoofee, flukemeister flyerguy, flyerguy1012 goksel1964, goon2 cheeky_knight, gothicgirl pj1939, hedied4me ewiman, javel kingteddy, johnrowell 148n, jueni148 kansasjayhawk, kansaspatzer cgchess, kasper75 4boys, lawarner flyingghost, lifenet6 long_island22, locomotive17 madsmurf, madmsurf justplainmatthew, matthew456 sunstar38, michael19 harpo_marx, michaeltf salsacise, mikehallworth -mirela-, mirela22 mwcohen, mwcohen7u13 norbs286, norbs28 leminous, okuden qtmat, qtmatt rooplal78, rooplal101 ricktaylor, rtaylor7796 kerespaul, rwilfongjr knightemplar-1, sam6691 brazchess, sanlorenzo merrimac-gunship, seachlids4me moondust, sevdwarf shacagoan, shacharmeron17 sprong, spronggg nickmalone1, stetienne1888 bonaccord, tcowling tomalone, thmmyjoe myrydin, tim_b gbrooks, whseman tactical_abyss, winds_of_wisdom winsanhun, winniesanhun nighttripper, woodstock wotan_spears, wotanchess tuardian, wreimann |
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mrmarmalade 10-Jul-09, 00:27 |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 00:51 |
:-) |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 06:11 |
Skip As to the growth numbers without having the players identity, the wayback machine can produce an accurate picture: 5-April-2001: Total active players: 2141 Total rated players: 268 10-Jun-2001: Total players: 8965 Total active players: 3676 Total rated players: 589 14-Sep-2001: Registered players = 11616 Active players = 7202 Rated players = 1538 And later the "Registered players" statistic is given: 2-Dec-2001: 17,744 (completed games 102299) 18-Jan-2002: 21,859 27-Jan-2003: 62,252 26-Jan-2004: 120,369 1-Jan-2005: 235,940 1-Jan-2006: 390,845 7-Jan-2007: 576,810 1-Jan-2008: 709,278 10-Jul-2009: 893,160 This is just a highlight, you can find much more here web.archive.org |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 08:56 |
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kingdawar 10-Jul-09, 09:30 |
Watch the mystery unfold ... Social Chat [ mod this thread ] << - < - > - >> From Message triangulator 12/30/2002 14:52:46 [ report this post ] Subject: mike riddle? Message: can someone post it here? the riddle he gave about who he is. tulkos 12/30/2002 17:09:35 [ report this post ] I didn't even know there was such a riddle. Message: What is it? thumper 12/30/2002 17:55:02 [ report this post ] Message: It's gone. spymaster 12/31/2002 06:21:25 [ report this post ] yup ... it's gone Message: triangulator didnt u see my answer? too bad i didnt safe the riddle! ") triangulator 12/31/2002 10:46:54 [ report this post ] no i didn't Message: spymaster thanks anyway guys getoutofhere 12/31/2002 11:52:27 [ report this post ] two words Message: one you can eat but might not want to the second you can drink but might not be able to v_glorioso12 12/31/2002 13:05:57 [ report this post ] i know! Message: HAM BURGER! you can eat ham, but i know people who dont like to. and you... cant eat burger... guess he isnt a ham burger.... drcorbett 12/31/2002 14:22:19 [ report this post ] Uh, Message: thin ice? triangulator 12/31/2002 17:16:46 [ report this post ] nice v-g Message: that sounds right getoutofhere thanks swarm 12/31/2002 19:25:41 [ report this post ] Message: spinach tequila??? v_glorioso12 12/31/2002 19:50:03 [ report this post ] Message: i know the second word! shake! yeah! so the first word is... i dont know... last word is shake!!! drcorbett 12/31/2002 19:52:13 [ report this post ] milk shake...? Message: You can eat milk, but it would have to be frozen... you can drink a shake, but may be forbidden... ? triangulator 12/31/2002 20:23:14 [ report this post ] that could be it Message: shake- some people are allergic v_glorioso12 1/01/2003 09:32:57 [ report this post ] heh? Message: i mean, its hard to drink a milk shake! yeah! Milk Shake!so..... i dont know anyone named milk shake... mike shake? mike is close to milk?!?! MIKE SHAKE! triangulator 1/01/2003 12:28:01 [ report this post ] no Message: the first is somthin you eat v_glorioso12 1/01/2003 13:32:58 [ report this post ] frozen Message: milk? like ice cream? his name might be Ice Shake or Cream Shake or Ice Cream Shake!!! mormel12 1/01/2003 14:17:29 [ report this post ] not even close Message: but i'm not gonna tell you greetings triangulator 1/01/2003 15:56:34 [ report this post ] thanks a lot Message: I know how about we go and mail everyone that has a too word name that can become 1 word and tell them that we know he is mike- we should get it eventually v_glorioso12 1/01/2003 15:58:51 [ report this post ] it can become one word? Message: i didnt know?!?! triangulator 1/01/2003 16:33:38 [ report this post ] it does Message: become 1 word, I remember some of the riddle: "one you can eat but might not want to the second you can drink but might not be able to" is what gooh wrote. but I remember it this way( it will be slightly-or a lot- incorrect) mine name is 2 words one you can eat but might not want to the second you can drink but might not be able to and when put together they make 1 word v_glorioso12 1/01/2003 17:14:29 [ report this post ] oh... Message: i still say (frozen) milk shake.... mormel12 1/01/2003 22:50:00 [ report this post ] ahem Message: it should say " allowed" instead of "able" if i remember it right greetings. thumper 1/01/2003 23:19:07 [ report this post ] mormel12 Message: Am I right? mormel12 1/02/2003 00:18:15 [ report this post ] no Message: nice try. greetings crazykarl 1/02/2003 03:26:52 [ report this post ] i think Message: "one you can eat but might not want to the second you can drink but might not be able to " Ice T(Ice Tea) you can eat ice, but ice as in ice cubes, you might not want to. you can drink tea, but if it's too hot, you can't CrazyKarl triangulator 1/02/2003 08:19:26 [ report this post ] um crazy dude Message: I am pretty sure they have to make 1 word ufo84 1/02/2003 08:57:50 [ report this post ] the riddle Message: "It's two words that can make one word. The first is something you can eat but might not want to, the second is something you can drink but might not be allowed to." I have a good memory. cheetah 1/02/2003 09:38:00 [ report this post ] Message: If it's 'allowed' than it's probably the name of some alcohoolic beverage like whiskey v_glorioso12 1/02/2003 09:51:14 [ report this post ] mike is Ice T? Message: can i get your autograph triangulator 1/02/2003 11:27:27 [ report this post ] thanks Message: ufo84- that is it! ufo84 1/03/2003 11:09:33 [ report this post ] welcome Message: triangulator, and cheetah thats what I've been thinking, but nothing that I've found through the search has put up anything that might be close. But then again his name might not be searchable. getoutofhere 1/03/2003 11:36:36 [ report this post ] search Message: His name is searchable triangulator 1/03/2003 11:58:41 [ report this post ] but Message: if you search- say beer- it wont find names like jaybeerman, it will only find names like beerdude( or whatever) crazykarl 1/04/2003 01:20:16 [ report this post ] okay Message: i found noone with the name ice T, so i guess im wrong noone with the name milk shake either thoug CrazyKarl spymaster 1/04/2003 06:26:01 [ report this post ] heheh Message: folks! You've missed the clue!!! I'll try search my database and get what mike really wrote. it's about something you eat and something you drink.... and if you join the two words it becomes a one word which is his nick! good luck, comrades!!!! ") bullmoose 1/04/2003 07:30:07 [ report this post ] borissmirnoff? Message: I wouldn't want to eat boris & may not be allowed to drink vodka if I was under 18... }: ) sportsgirl 1/04/2003 22:48:35 [ report this post ] how about Message: slushh? |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 10:16 |
It's Now chances are this handle from the end of 2002 has been deleted... Now that I think about handles: May be I am Mike? I could be: 1. You can eat ALGue but may not want to 2. You can drink OL (Danish for beer) but may not be allowed to 3. And together I am a ghoul (al Ghul, the demon star which is actually a close double star) or a programming language (to extract user profiles...) 4. There is no point 4. 5. See point 4. 6. Only problem is I was not around here end of 2002... As Mike could well be from Finnish origin, has anybody considered that he might be the wizard? The birth year fits Heinzkat's clue. Those who have seen his picture may be able to identify him: www.wizzu.com (which also explains point 4 and 5). |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 11:29 |
Riddle... Based on the current trend, GK's registered user count is going to hit the 1 million mark in about 1 year's time (much faster if the blitz is fixed of course). May be at that occasion Master Mike will give us pawns a new riddle and a picture of his celebration event? Will the queen backdrop behind the left hand side menus warp into a champagne bottle? Will there be a prize for the 1-millionth registered user? |
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drdesoto 10-Jul-09, 12:28 |
I know the riddle ... No one who got the answer ever posted it on the forums, which was a quite agreement, solve it and enjoy ). Good old times, many friends are no longer around here (I do miss EDMASTER and many others), but still plenty of new "skulls to crush" ED!!! Best, drdesoto |
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drdesoto 10-Jul-09, 12:49 |
btw ... Best, drdesoto |
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algol 10-Jul-09, 12:51 |
Thanks very much |
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