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'''Current record:''' ''Most users ever online was 1,147, 11th August 2008 at 09:38 PM.'
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The current record was set without an organised attempt, it just happened as part of the normal growth of the site.  There were quite a few guests browsing at the time (nearly 300) which helped push us over the line.
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'''Current record:''' ''Most users ever online was 2,076, Today at 5:20 AM.''
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The current record was set when a forum thread was linked on Slashdot, resulting in a massive spike in guest users.
  
 
'''Records:'''
 
'''Records:'''
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* 2076 - 27th August 2009 - [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=800958 Gigs' Concrete Slab Watercooling] hit the front page of Slashdot, a week after we moved to the [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Server_Hardware new servers].
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* 1495 - 11th January 2009 - [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=744914 Rainwulf's Project Monolith] linked on Engadget
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* 1188 - 14th October 2008 - Again nothing in particular, people reported Whirlpool slow, perhaps that helped.
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* 1165 - 1st September 2008 - Another one due to gradual growth and forum guests
 
* 1147 - 11th August 2008 - This one just happened without any organising, not sure why :)  
 
* 1147 - 11th August 2008 - This one just happened without any organising, not sure why :)  
 
* 1143 - 11th of February 2008 - Organised record break attempt by Vulkanyaz - first one with guest browsing enabled
 
* 1143 - 11th of February 2008 - Organised record break attempt by Vulkanyaz - first one with guest browsing enabled

Latest revision as of 21:31, 5 March 2010

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Current record: Most users ever online was 2,076, Today at 5:20 AM.

The current record was set when a forum thread was linked on Slashdot, resulting in a massive spike in guest users.

Records:

  • 2076 - 27th August 2009 - Gigs' Concrete Slab Watercooling hit the front page of Slashdot, a week after we moved to the new servers.
  • 1495 - 11th January 2009 - Rainwulf's Project Monolith linked on Engadget
  • 1188 - 14th October 2008 - Again nothing in particular, people reported Whirlpool slow, perhaps that helped.
  • 1165 - 1st September 2008 - Another one due to gradual growth and forum guests
  • 1147 - 11th August 2008 - This one just happened without any organising, not sure why :)
  • 1143 - 11th of February 2008 - Organised record break attempt by Vulkanyaz - first one with guest browsing enabled
  • 1100 - 27th February 2007 - Organised record break attempt by -KoMoD0-
  • 1059 - 6th March 2006 - Organised record break attempt by WaLLLY
  • 829 - 9th August 2005 - About 10 minutes after the successful landing of the highly publicised Space Shuttle Discovery. There were also some mis-priced Dell HDD's.
  • 808 - 9th August 2004 - Big Brother 2004 ended
  • 652 - 13th January 2004 - SCO versus the rest of the world (IBM and Novell by then)
  • 612 - ?
  • 607 - 5th August 2003 - SCO versus Unix?
  • 542 - 26th February 2003 - ISOnews closed, taken over by US Government
  • 528 - ?
  • 486 - 3rd June 2002
  • 427 - 20th May 2002
  • 422 - 9th April 2002
  • 404 - 26th Feb 2002
  • 267 - 29th October 2001
  • 244 - 29th August 2001
  • 205 - 30th July 2001

Entries marked with ? are mentioned in later news posts but I couldn't find the date for them.