Well 10,000 registered users is looming in the next day or so. Obviously we have had a huge uptick in user registrations since making the gallery require registration to see the full sized images.

In conjunction with switching over to our new dual-server system, this milestone is definately a high-point for me since starting the site in late 2001. Armorama will be celebrating its 4th Birthday on December 16, 2005! The growth of the site in such a short time is a testiment to all the active members, moderators, and staff who make it what it is.

I will keep this topic updated to track the membership number.

Cheers,
Jim

Awesome work Jim!

And just checking our latest 50 members shows a fantastic range of national flags - Armorama is truly an international success story!

All the best

Rowan

Jim, just curious, do you have any way of knowing how many of the registered members are active? By active I mean someone who posts regularly on the forums.

Mike

Thank you for your outstanding work, Jim. This site has done wonders to my interest in modeling.
BTW: I see you are user number 2. Who is number 1?

Cheers
Erik

Congrats Jim!

You had a vision and it's grown.

I asked myself the same question Erik and thought it was Jim's wife...

Jim, will member n° 10000 receive something special? An award or a gift? I think there will be a slow down in registering around the 9990 mark because everybody will have the 10000 number!

Jean-Luc

Ciao Jim,
Congratulations! You have really started something. Again, thanks for providing us with a second home.
Ciao for now
Rob

As of 10:30pm GMT, 78 to go.

Congratulations Jim!

I remember back in 2001 when this forum first started and how excited we were over the first 500, then the first 1000 and the big one was 2000 members!!

Times sure have changed but Armorama is still a great place!

Mike,
The only statistic I have that comes close to tracking this is this one.

Registered Users viewing Forum in past 30 days: 1280

It has always run in the 10-15% range of total membership.

#1 user is "Anonymous".

Cheers,
Jim

Thanks Anders!

How's work going with VLS? I saw some of your new figures in the last batch. Very nice!

Cheers,
Jim

WoW.... that "Anonymous" dude really gets around.... :-)

I remember discussing this on site a while ago (registered users). I think that other than Jim's first few usernames, that I was the only other active member of the first 10 enlistees.

Its always nice to be part of a virtual community that is constantly growing.

Are you doing anything once we hit the 10K mark? ie: Splash this all over the front page?

Maybe create a small graphic and assign it to all that were part of the first 10,000?

Should happen in the next 24 hours or so.

Jim

Jeremy,
Probably not as I generally do more for the site's birthday which will be in December.

But you guys are welcome to have a party in the MSN chat room! I may even join in.

Cheers,
Jim

10,000 members is a considerable milestone to reach especially in under 4 years. It's a testament to the commitment of everyone from Staff Jim downwards. Kudo's to all.

Pete

Ps I wonder how many of the first few members are still active?

Mmmmm - getting excited now...

Gunnie

Im thinking i might create a banner just for this occasion....just to get into the mood of the occasion.

A banner would be nice.

Thanks,
Jim

PS: 24 to go!

Yep, we are almost there!
It is one of the most friendly and active modeling communities around the www - proud of being amongst the first.... 271 :-) :-)

I'll think about a banner....

Skipper

10.000 members in less then 5 years is an astonishing achievement... Which is only possible to the brilliant friendly nature of the site and the continuous upgrading and evolution the site has undergone through the years. Something to be really proud of Jim Starkweather and of course the editors, the mods and all the people involved in this site and making it what it is today.

Oh and for the banner. I already made something up a couple of weeks ago for this event. It is kinda lousy but it was only 5 minutes work. I can probaly work out something better

i guess we are almost there just 10 more ???

gr. majorme

It's 8pm here in England, 9980 registered users. 20 to go! We should reach it by this time tomorrow.