I just noticed there is a new status under some user names. What qualifies one to be a lurker? Posts per day under some number I assume..
i'm assuming it's someone who is obviously a fan of another team that's on this board just to talk it up..
knowing Clutch's sense of humor, I'd guess he turned off all their posting ability for some good reason, without fulling banning them. ie, they are in READ-ONLY mode/lurker.
Found the YouTube of it... Canadian Snipers helping out our side in Afghanistan... read the excerpt below from a news agency: SPOILER TAG for [distant] violence: Spoiler <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfv5WxPl9bQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfv5WxPl9bQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan video attached - read article first They never saw it coming. Canadian Sniper wiping out Talaban Snipers. In Afghanistan. These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target. The sniper is using a 50 calibre rifle. A 50 cal. round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long. Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when you hear the shot fired.... watch what happens. The sniper is also about a half mile away... or more. A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters, the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper was at an altitude of 8,500 feet and the target, across a valley, was at 9,000 feet. Canadian sniper units often operated in support of US infantry units, which were grateful for their help. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters (8000 feet). The Canadian snipers fire special 50-calibre McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating without helmets or flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one sniper rifle, three standard rifles Canadian (C7s), one of them with a 203mm grenade launcher. ------------------------------ LOOKOUT, lurkers...
I thought it was PPD (posts per day) too, but after careful and concise research I found my hypothesis to be incorrect. Further testing to be administered, data to follow...
When does one become elibible to start their own thread? I'm posting this here since I can't do it. Heh.
once your posts trigger the member rating from the QPC Here you have to earn your thread starting rights with good posts.
I have posted more than 100 replies in a couple of months. Why am I still a lurker? How can I become a member and post new threed? Anybody?
at the rate you are going thiuronium.......never a formula you need to use to your advantage quality posts = more status posts like that one above = no change in status no matter how many times you post.
Usually, the more someone begs to start a thread, the worse the thread is once they finally get to start it.
