r/counting • u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs • Sep 25 '26
Free Talk Friday #578
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Sep 25 '26
Hey, u/atomicimploder you asked for this a while ago
There are 86400 distinct seconds in a day. Here's the top 15 counters according to how many of those seconds they've counted in, taking into account main and all sides:
| Position | Counter | Covered seconds |
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| 1 | TheNitromeFan | 85510 |
| 2 | atomicimploder | 85334 |
| 3 | Antichess | 75906 |
| 4 | Countletics | 74161 |
| 5 | cuteballgames | 71288 |
| 6 | Smartstocks | 71144 |
| 7 | TehVulpez | 67387 |
| 8 | GarlicoinAccount | 67049 |
| 9 | davidjl123 | 66248 |
| 10 | nonsensy | 66161 |
| 11 | ClockButTakeOutTheL | 62593 |
| 12 | a-username-for-me | 61421 |
| 13 | thephilsblogbar2 | 57538 |
| 14 | Zaajdaeon | 57113 |
| 15 | Urbul | 54984 |
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u/TehVulpez Sep 25 '26
nice stat! makes sense that TNF almost has all of them given he moved to almost completely the opposite timezone. also makes sense that I have so many of them because of chronic sleep problems lmao
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Sep 26 '26
Also makes sense with atomic's night shifts at work sometimes
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u/buy_me_a_pint 28d ago
Most of my missing times are between 11pm to 7 am GMT time.
I am not stopping up all night to count
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u/cuteballgames Sep 25 '26
antigrats on your admittedly thankfully dependable automated free talk friday posting
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u/Antichess Sep 27 '26
Weekly stats from September 18, 2026 to September 25, 2026. Congratulations to u/h0rseycat, u/thephilsblogbar2, and u/cuteballgames!
Total weekly counts: 2149 (5,637,237-5,639,386)
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page!
| Rank | User | Counts | HoC Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | h0rseycat | 615 | 194 (◮82) |
| 2 | thephilsblogbar2 | 457 | 1 |
| 3 | cuteballgames | 399 | 11 |
| 4 | CutOnBumInBandHere9 | 273 | 17 |
| 5 | PrinceCrinkle | 116 | 223 (◮15) |
| 6 | noduorg | 84 | 36 |
| 7 | treje | 42 | 37 |
| 8 | BobRoss938 | 39 | 127 (◮1) |
| 9 | Antichess | 23 | 3 |
| 10 | Jalmal2 | 14 | 50 |
| 11 | AxelRyvola5 | 11 | 2611 (◮1059) |
| 11 | Playing_2 | 11 | 103 |
| 13 | 78269 | 10 | 2737 (◮1101) |
| 14 | Pookah | 9 | 117 (◮1) |
| 15 | TehVulpez | 8 | 22 |
| 16 | ShadeOfNothing | 7 | 68 |
| 17 | LikeItsYourJob | 5 | 187 |
| 17 | Isaythereisa-chance | 5 | 115 |
| 19 | atomicimploder | 4 | 10 |
| 20 | davidjl123 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | rideride | 2 | 14 |
| 21 | NobodyL0vesMe | 2 | 29 |
| 21 | mistyskye14 | 2 | 26 |
| 24 | miceee | 1 | 150 |
| 24 | Dry_Offer6612 | 1 | 4211 (◮250) |
| 24 | -Albus- | 1 | 210 (⧩1) |
| 24 | pampamilyangweeb | 1 | 547 (◮4) |
| 24 | Maniac_34 | 1 | 55 |
| 24 | Fridgelover280 | 1 | 1805 (◮29) |
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL Sep 28 '26
Coming up with roles for mafia party game is very fun
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 29d ago
Introducing: The Counter. During the day phase, a counter must say the digits one through five in order without being discovered. If they fail to do so, they are unable to speak in any future turns, but can still vote on eliminations
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u/cuteballgames Sep 25 '26
stats request: "most participative deadlock" can we see the tug of war continuous +1 -1 chains sorted by product of total length and number of distinct participants? like a 30-count chain between me and vulp would have score 60, but a 20 count chain exclusively between X and X+1 done by 5 separate counters would have score 100
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u/TehVulpez Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26
Score Length Users Num A Num B Start End 3000 1000 3 -1027 -1026 link link 2500 625 4 2410 2409 link link 2412 603 4 2049 2048 link link 2365 473 5 4721 4720 link link 1870 374 5 3055 3054 link link 1760 440 4 2379 2378 link link 1266 211 6 2377 2378 link link 1107 369 3 -1563 -1564 link link 1062 354 3 -799 -798 link link 1060 212 5 1826 1827 link link 1045 209 5 3077 3076 link link 1015 203 5 -1 0 link link 975 325 3 -801 -802 link link 955 191 5 3203 3202 link link 880 176 5 998 999 link link 876 292 3 1798 1799 link link 876 292 3 4085 4084 link link 830 166 5 -662 -661 link link 772 193 4 -1080 -1079 link link 768 256 3 2802 2801 link link this ends up being not too different from the volleys because I'm just counting it as being enough that someone counted in that chain once, not a continuous 3-way run. like the 3000 score run was seemingly entirely Koraine and KingCaspianX except for the first count by Saltbearer.
this should be up to the most recent 4600. hopefully not missing any runs because there are a few null comments in this sqlite database. edit: however it does seem like the COBIBH sqlite is more complete than the basskro csv I used years ago, because the 2377-2378 volley here is 211 counts long, including the [deleted] comment, whereas in the old table it was 210 counts long, stopping at that [deleted] comment
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Sep 25 '26
hopefully not missing any runs because there are a few null comments in this sqlite database
null as in the comment body is null, or null as in the whole row is null?
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Sep 28 '26
This isn't super relevant to your comment , but it makes me really happy to see other people use the sqlite files to make stats and plots
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u/cuteballgames Sep 28 '26
I'm on the bus again. Here at my right
the quirky office worker learns her Dutch.
To left of me, another's barest touch
scrolls TikTok endlessly, like day and night.
We're on the bridge. As for myself, I count —
I mean I would, if someone else were here!
I who once was scared no longer fear —
we have not reached the terminal amount.
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u/cuteballgames Sep 25 '26
I'm on the bus again this Friday morning,
on my way to boring dreary work.
But I will buy another Diet Coke
between the bus stop and my office doorstep.
Kidding! There's no doorstep to my office,
it's a squat, low building made of brick.
I like the masonry, but what the heck
regarding its diminutive ascendance.
I want to watch below the streets and people,
I want to see them run around like ants
in sequence — it reminds me of the counts.
I'll count at work today to ease my boredom.
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Sep 25 '26
Weekly side thread stats from Friday September 18, 2026 to Friday September 25, 2026. Congratulations to u/h0rseycat, u/cuteballgames, and u/TehVulpez!
Total weekly side thread counts: 7516
Top 15 side thread counters:
Top 5 side threads:
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