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-	'''Current record:''' ''Most users ever online was 1,618, 10th January 2009 at 12:04 PM.''	+	'''Current record:''' ''Most users ever online was 1,188, 14th October 2008 at 09:06 PM.''
-	The current record was set due to an error in the Matrix. Server replication issue lead to the artificial boosting of the record by ~500 users.	+	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.
	'''Records:'''		'''Records:'''
-	* 1618 - 10th January 2009 - Server issues leading to an error.	+	* ''1618 - 10th January 2009 - Server issues leading to an error. Reverted by Agg''
	* 1188 - 14th October 2008 - Again nothing in particular, people reported Whirlpool slow, perhaps that helped.		* 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		* 1165 - 1st September 2008 - Another one due to gradual growth and forum guests

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Revision as of 06:54, 10 January 2009

Current record: Most users ever online was 1,188, 14th October 2008 at 09:06 PM.

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.

Records:

• 1618 - 10th January 2009 - Server issues leading to an error. Reverted by Agg
• 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.