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PsionicFox · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 17

[SPEC] SOTA counter.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:48 pm

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darkphan · Veteran Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 113

I think there are just that many people checking the page. The counter is hosted on another site (easycounters.com) so I seriously doubt it is counting seconds.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:04 am

PsionicFox · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 17

Yeah, I just wasn't sure because the number was going up so rapidly, and also seemed to increase quickly, even when I switched pages. Maybe there is supposed to be a specific number of visits before something changes?

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:22 am

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Shlonster · Veteran Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 74

Not to mention if you just sit there and refresh it, it counts you as another visit every time, so it will go up as fast as you can hit f5.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:52 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:47 am

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th30p3rat0r

Maybe nothing, but does anyone else want something to happen to the sota site when the counter passes 1000000. Would be pretty sweet

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:19 pm

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SGMX · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 50

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:41 pm

CookTrain · Boot Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 29

Not sure I agree with your definition of party... Wink

But my Opera browser's auto-refresh will come party with ya Very Happy

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:49 pm

SGMX · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 50

That counter is going crazy....

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:58 pm

CookTrain · Boot Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 29

Around 40 every 5 seconds... I guess people took your invite Very Happy

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:02 pm

SGMX · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 50

590K...

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:12 pm

redct · Entrenched Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233

40 every 5 seconds? *cough* It's me *cough*
Very Happy

I took the idea and automated it with a script in the Mac OS X terminal.

The script: `while echo; do curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.easycounter.com/counter.php?sota; done`

In other words, the computer is refreshing the counter as fast as it can.

EDIT: 600K. I'm stopping Razz

SGMX · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 50

600K...

edit: 8 minutes to get another 10,000 hits. Good work everyone. Lets see if we can break 5. Wink

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:20 pm

SGMX · Boot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 50

630K...

edit: at this pace, we'll break 1,000,000 in about 6 hours...

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:51 pm

th30p3rat0r

oy, what have i started Razz

i'm figuring we'll get to 1 mil, and the the easy counter will append a 1... haha

but fun anyways

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:55 pm

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