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apotheosis
07-25-2007, 01:03 PM
Everyone feel free to throw in anything you calculate statistically that you find interesting.

I'll start us off with this one. J.K. Rowling's Longest Novel: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is an impressive 257,045 words in length.

Hall of Infinite Doors has recently surpassed this novel in length and is currently 258,627 words in length. My next goal is to have it surpass War and Peace... though that will take a while.

(Yes, I am aware HOID is sort of cheating in that it has had many authors and is a bunch of different plotlines, some related, some not, rather than Rowling's book which is one plot and one author, but considering no one was paid to write it, and it was instead made for the pure pleasure in writing, I think this is a noteworthy observation... I know Drag will disagree.)
Locke
07-25-2007, 02:40 PM
How much of that length is Leblanc's?
apotheosis
07-25-2007, 02:43 PM
I'm estimating less than 1%. While he has made a lot of rooms they are all short in length. Some of the very involved and high quality plots in that story have made up the majority of the word count. Story Writer, Vesnicie, Snow in August ect. are all examples of writers who have contributed a significant percentage of overall word count.
Vesnic
08-11-2007, 05:25 PM
I guess this belongs here. Anyway, Apoth, you uberginormousgargantuan dork. You have reached the level of "Senior Member" before the rest of us.

Congratulations?
apotheosis
08-11-2007, 07:29 PM
I was going to brag about that but I decided not to. I figured I'd let someone else take notice to it. Thank you very much for pointing it out. I need to log as many posts as possible before I go off to college and don't have time for you all.
apotheosis
02-01-2008, 11:59 PM
Another random numerical stat, not comparison. After revealing some private details about myself, everyone on my floor now will only refer to me as "niner"

They even drew a pictorial representation on the wall.
Leblanc4prez
02-02-2008, 05:22 PM
Shippo: Most rooms are mine, not LeBlanc's! :(
Vesnic
02-02-2008, 05:42 PM
Repetition breeds boredom. Boredom breeds desperation. Desperation breeds illogical acts.
ChubbyTeletubby
02-02-2008, 05:49 PM
Repetition breeds boredom. Boredom breeds desperation. Desperation breeds illogical acts.

Thanks, Yoda. :D
Leblanc4prez
02-03-2008, 01:10 AM
Shippo: I can fit five tuna cans in my throat!
Leblanc4prez
02-03-2008, 08:03 PM
Shippo: Whats a st... a str... a thinngy?

Psy: *Hands over can* Shut up and eat it!
Vesnic
02-03-2008, 08:04 PM
It's funny, every time I read one of Michael's posts now I hear Stewie's voice in my mind and it is very, very fitting.
Leblanc4prez
02-09-2008, 09:42 PM
Kurt: With your brain and my Mosin Nagant, we will create a new world order. Mwahaha!
Leblanc4prez
02-10-2008, 06:18 PM
Kurt: The worls shall once again remember the name OMEGA!
Leblanc4prez
02-11-2008, 08:00 PM
Ultros: All shalt be mine playground of destruction... All shall die!
Leblanc4prez
02-13-2008, 02:31 PM
Ultros: Hmmm.... I don't speak primitive negroid.... My lord Psy might know what you are talking about though...

LeBlanc: *To audience* Ultross was revived by Psy... He now has aligned himself to my cause... I don't know what my cause is... Anyway, Ultross is a royal Octopuss, he is not as random or strange as Shippo. Heh, Shippo.... Shippo is my brainchild....
Leblanc4prez
02-16-2008, 02:04 AM
Shippo: What was this thread about again?
Leblanc4prez
02-17-2008, 02:06 PM
Shippo: What would she want with me? Does she have a quest for me to go on?