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Spring Fundraiser and a New Server (Merged)

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3yardsandacloud said:
Working from my daily usage numbers, buckiprof did some calculations and just ran some "interesting" numbers (read as "scary") by me in a PM. Hopefully he'll post them here.

I see prof just posted ... ooops. Please put the numbers up here buckiprof. And thanks for extending the anaysis.
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Ask and ye shall receive 3yards :biggrin:.

Excellent stats 3yards! I couldn't resist playing around with them a little bit, so I started by determining averages for each month. They are:

May 2004 144.52
June 2004 161.9
July 2004 227.77
August 2004 266.77
Septmeber 2004 280.77
October 2004 308.1
November 2004 354.4
December 2004 422.71
January 2005 515.55
February 2005 965.93
March 2005 783.29
April 2005 752.73

(Of course April 2005 is the average to date.)

Making a plot of this averaging data, time vs the averages, and excluding the February 2005, since it can be considered an outlier, and you have a plot that is damn near a quadratic. In fact, excluding the March 2005 data as well, yields a plot that can be modeled by a quadratic regression model that has a coefficient of determination of 0.9899. In other words, the quadratic model fits the data with an accuracy of about 99%.

So what in the hell does that mean?!? Well, if (and as always in making a prediction it is a big if) the growth continues following this model, we can expect the average in October 2005 to be about 1291.5. Whereas if we employ a little calculus and assume the rate of growth for April (as given by the model) continues for the foreseeable future, the predicted value for October 2005 is about 1205.3.

Again, there are some big if's involved and assumptions made and I am by no means saying that this is what is going to happen for October 2005. There are simply too many unknowns/variables involved and the calculus utilized is good for making a short term prediction, say one month into the future, but I decided to jump to the heart of the football season
(Oct. 2005) anyway for illustrative purposes.
 
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CoosMeister said:
We say we don't want this to be a pay site so instead we take stuff away? Maybe it is time to have a premium section.
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Who is footing the bill to host those videos?

Who is putting in the time to make them?

Who is simply looking out for the best interests of the site?

What has been taken away from the site? The video clips are Mili's personal property that he decided to share with the board. If he decides to cease that until we meet a goal, that is certainly his perogative. However, do not insinuate that BP is taking amenities away from members...this is not a site issue.

Your argument that new users will stay here because of clips is very short sighted...this place blew up well before Mili's forum was ever created. You see similarities to the other sites? Where? People are here for more freedom to express, cleaner boards, organized, drama-free recruiting forums, excellent reporting, and a true sense of communal ownership.
 
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CoosMeister....there is a big difference between this site and the pay sites. Number one difference is not the movies. It is the summary of information that the Big Boys make you pay $ for! I've never paid for preemie info., and I don't ever plan on paying for it. I will, however, pay to keep a good place like the Planet "running," which is a smidge different than paying to hear some guy interview a kid for a living.
 
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The difference between this site and BN is that people come on here for buckeye info and everyone has equal status. Now there are some posters, like osugrad21 whose expertise and quality analysis give his posts more persuasion but anyone with good, thoughtful, factual posts are welcome here.

Also, posters here post asking for information from anyone. Over there, you basically ask one of the "experts" for advice (Steve, Gary, Duane, Kyle, etc). While they give good analysis from time to time, most threads turn into heavy duty brown-nosing (ie keep reminding the experts how great they are) sessions rather than having a thread where everyone pitches in what they know.

There is a sense of them and everyone else. Now I'm not saying whether it's what they do, or whether there are very few useful posters in the masses. But there is not the same level playing field you'll find here. We have a few posters like NevadaBuck or Alan who have some inside information, however with all of the recruiting information we cover there are plenty of times every week where an infrequent poster can chip in his two cents since he's seen teh player play, or knows the family, etc.

Thread organization is huge over here. On BN, people constantly start threads whose titles are ridiculously vague, and overboard/emotional posts are rarely moderated. There are new threads constantly about the same topics... I don't think they even have the technology to merge threads. Here if you post info that should have been contained elsewhere, you are not reprimanded just informed of the system we use... and then the thread is merged. You can follow all of the recruiting news for one player across two years (and soon we'll have an additional news only thread for each recruit) without reading ten million different posts (which would be impossible to find down the road).

Over there, information that can be found on a number of other sites for free, such as The Ozone, is restricted inside of premium articles. I understand that they are providing a subscription service so they can spend more resources on some interviews and videos, but when it is information gleaned from a public press conference, it bothers me that they don't allow the masses to read it.
 
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I have sent all of the t-shirt profits (so far) to BP via paypal. The total I sent was 393.72 which like I said is only the profits as of right now. I still have 66 shirts to sell and I could really use some help doing so. If there are any of you that know anyone who would like one of the shirts or if you have an idea on how to advertise and sell these I would really appreciate it. If... no When we get rid of all of the shirts that'll be an extra 1300.00 for the site.
 
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Soooo, should my check have been for $393.73 rather then $1000.00?

Please excuse my sarcasm ScarletIMV (and to all the other guys who have worked so hard on this project) but I felt from the start that if we all had sent just sent the price of a T shirt directly to Clarity we would have been a heck of a lot to the closer to a new server than we are now.

With that said, I'll send you a check for $50 for a couple shirts.

Go Bucks, Go Buckeye Planet

ScarletIMV, I just wanted you to know that I'm not pissed. My above post sounded like it but I'm not. I'm glad I put up the thousand (actually eleven hundred this spring). The total needed to get moving and I had hoped that a few other BP members would step up with a some more sizable donations.
I had thought that some of our members had done better $$$ than an old fart Phys Ed major.
 
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Charlotte you may not be pissed but I am. I had every intention of selling these fucking shirts at the spring game and sending all of the profits at once, but as we all know... that didn't go as planned. I too have sent some of my own money to the site for the spring drive. I think it was around 100.00, which I know is nothing compared to what you have donated but it's all I could afford. I don't want you to send 50.00 for 2 shirts. I want you to pay the same amount as everyone else which is 15.00 for a short sleeve and 20.00 for a long sleeve. I don't feel comfortable with you putting up all of this money while there are certain unnamed posters that haven't done jack... know what I mean?
 
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I've bought two shirts but yea the total seems still a bit far away so i'll donate $10 more dollars, not much but i'm a student in college with only 287.23 in the bank account so it'll have to do.


I think we should shut down the day for like two days like may 3rd and 4th just to show everyone on the board how importent it is to them. Or even the the two days after Conley and Oden visit.
 
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No one should be pissed. None of us can control the weather. Everyone had good intentions and if it hadn't been 35 degrees and gale force winds I am positive all the shirts would have been sold and this conversation wouldn't be necessary. If nothing else, fall will be here before you know it.
 
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The problem is Chris, we can't wait untill fall to sell these shirts. The current server won't last until then, not with the increase in membership and traffic we see daily.

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And I'm not pissed about the weather.. I'm pissed because I didn't keep my end of the deal with Charlotte
 
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ScarletInMyVeins said:
The problem is Chris, we can't wait untill fall to sell these shirts. The current server won't last until then, not with the increase in membership and traffic we see daily.

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And I'm not pissed about the weather.. I'm pissed because I didn't keep my end of the deal with Charlotte
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I understand that, but if they don't sell before.... not much choice. Maybe you didn't keep your end of the deal, but it wasn't because of a lack of effort. Anybody who thinks anything else can take a flying leap. Big ups to you and BFS.
 
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First off, everyone needs to relax. Read the Server Upgrade thread...we are not as far away as originally planned.

This fundraiser was successful. There is no need to call out posters or begin griping about what could have been.

Today is the last day of this drive...thank you to all who contributed. Every donation is appreciated.

Now, I am off to the beach for a day of drinking, pool, and good seafood as I need to relax after a good playoff run in baseball and the looming start of Spring Football on monday.

Thanks again to everyone.
 
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