1000 Reviews!

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The site just broke 1000 reviews today!

Thanks to everyone for contributing your thoughts, pictures, files, links, and making the site a success.

I can't speak for anyone else but I've found the information to be invaluable while planning my latest road trip.

Thanks again everyone! :D

[MattK]

Indeed! Looks like a lot of new members joined recently, too. It 's kind of ironic that the site seems to be taking off right now, even as many of the courses are covered in snow. Looks like the best is yet to come.

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The influx of new members may have had something to do with the recent PDGA newsletter :)

[mobster]

The influx of new members may have had something to do with the recent PDGA newsletter :)

that's how I found the site

[Olorin]

The influx of new members may have had something to do with the recent PDGA newsletter :)

I didn't renew this year, so I no longer get the newsletter. What did it say? Did it say anything about the PDGA Course Evaluation program?

[mobster]

the newsletter had an ad at the bottom:

"Disc Golf Course Review is the fun, easy way to...

Find, View and Review disc golf courses!

Track courses you've played and want to play!

Track round scores and details!

Share and promote upcoming events!

With thousands of course pictures, player reviews, and extensive course information it has never been easier finding a great place to play a round!"

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Another milestone hit tonight.. 1000 members! :D

[Olorin]

Congratulations!

[magictenor1]

Great news!!! Keep up the good work.

[ERicJ]

Tim, How about a stat update? # Courses, members, & reviews?

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Courses: 2644
Members: Check the bottom of the forums page :)
Reviews: Just under 1800

[ERicJ]

Averaging 12+ reviews a day over the past two months seem like a pretty good pace. :)

[timg]

We have over 2100 reviews now. I missed the magic 2000 number.. must have happened some time last week. There are also almost 1800 rounds recorded and 3200+ discs being tracked.

I need to put together some sort of stats page at some point now that the stats are respectable :)

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Stat update for those interested.

Courses: 2,734
Reviews: 2,985
Photos: 10,215
Rounds: 3,226
Discs: 5,329

[JConnell]

Did Donovan just hit 3,000? :)

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/reviews.php?id=1347&mode=rev#3000

[timg]

Nope, still 13 to go. The id # doesn't reflect the actual number of reviews since when I delete a review if someone messed up, etc. the id's don't go down.

[Donovan]

Nope, still 13 to go. The id # doesn't reflect the actual number of reviews since when I delete a review if someone messed up, etc. the id's don't go down.

It is really great that this site is taking off the way it is. It deserves the success that it is getting. Great job timg! And way to go everyone for your contributions! :D

[Donovan]

Stat update for those interested.

Courses: 2,734
Reviews: 2,985
Photos: 10,215
Rounds: 3,226
Discs: 5,329

How interesting is it that we have more courses than the PDGA listing of 2669?

[timg]

DGCR does have a bunch of courses that aren't in the PDGA directory and there's also the fact that I split up a lot of parks with multiple courses (ie. Codorus) where the PDGA will keep it listed as one course.

[Donovan]

DGCR does have a bunch of courses that aren't in the PDGA directory and there's also the fact that I split up a lot of parks with multiple courses (ie. Codorus) where the PDGA will keep it listed as one course.

Well, I do think the way you are doing it makes more sense and gives better information to the player. Thanks.

[Donovan]

Looks like we made 300 reviews now, yes timg? :D

[timg]

Looks like it :D

[Donovan]

Looks like it :D

BAH! I meant 3000....how was my timing? I actually went a played that new course today and reviewed it after updating some of the info. Then I looked at the recent ones and realized my last review fell off the first page. So, I when I wrote this one, I was thinking we would be close.

[DGtourist]

BAH! I meant 3000....how was my timing? I actually went a played that new course today and reviewed it after updating some of the info. Then I looked at the recent ones and realized my last review fell off the first page. So, I when I wrote this one, I was thinking we would be close.

Maybe it has to do with the season, but it feels like this site is starting to catch on good now. I love all the opinions!

[Texconsinite]

Congrats Tim. This site deserves the success it has been having. Impeccable design on your part. Keep up the good work!!!

[ERicJ]

Maybe it has to do with the season, but it feels like this site is starting to catch on good now. I love all the opinions!
Season, plus recent advertisements in PDGA newsletters.

I played four courses on a trip to Ohio last week and two of them had DGCR flyers posted on their info boards! That was cool to see. :D

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I was probably the one that posted the flyers :)

[ERicJ]

Then you'll probably be happy to know they're still there two months later. :)

[timg]

Just passed 4000 reviews either yesterday or today.. currently at 4030. There are also well over 12,000 course photos, 2900+ courses and 5600+ rounds. Plus the forum seems to be pretty busy now as well and I find myself on here constantly checking for new posts and wasting time at work :) It's really cool to see how much it has grown in 1.5 years.

Thank you to everyone that has helped make this site as useful as it is today.

[ERicJ]

Best disc golf site on the web. Keep up the great work :D

[Innovadude]

I have over 7,000 disc golf course photos uploaded to my page at discgolfersr.us, for anyone interested. Too much work to re-upload them for sure. But, you can walk through 100+ courses hole by hole I'd say.

[DirtyMittenDG]

discgolfersr.us vs. dgcoursereview.com

winner- dgcoursereview.com

[timg]

The sites focus on different things, social networking vs. the whole course directory/review/scoring thing I have happening here. So it's not really fair to compare them directly plus I don't want to start an us vs. them thing. I think both sites do what they set out to do rather well.

[Innovadude]

As do I.

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Just a stat update for those interested:

Reviews: 4600+
Discs: 9500+
Rounds: 7000+
Photos: 14000+

[Adam Schneider]

Getting a traffic boost from the fact that the PDGA's directory is down and they're sending people here instead?

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I'm definitely seeing a noticeable bump in traffic. A lot of new people are discovering the site through that link which is great. Hopefully we'll get a lot of reviews and photos for courses that don't currently have any and more opinions on existing courses.

[JR Stengele]

Hey Timg or anyone else out there, how do you start a new thread? I for somereason am having issues. Thanks ahead of time fellas.

[JR Stengele]

Congrats by the way on the 1000+ members. This course gets better by the day.

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JR,

Click the forum you want to start a new thread in and you should see a big "New Thread" button towards the left side of the page. You won't see it in the Announcements forum as I'm the only one that can start a new thread in here.

[JR Stengele]

Got it, thanks.

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Stat update for those interested:

Reviews: 7707
Discs: 17198
Rounds: 12403
Photos: 19540

[crouchingwombat]

holy smokes that's a lot of disc, not to be a party pooper but seeing that this site has 20,000 photos with about 4000 members. I wonder how many photos facebook has on their servers, billions!

[JR Stengele]

I can't wait till you can click on any course and be able to see pictures for every hole. I guess we will have to wait a few more years eh? Keep the photos coming fellas.

[_.-Dut-._]

Stat update for those interested:

Reviews: 7707
Discs: 17198
Rounds: 12403
Photos: 19540

7700 reviews, nice

[timg]

Definitely.. took less than a year to get another 6000 reviews!

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Another stat update for fun since I noticed that the rounds recorded just went over 13,000.

Reviews: 7933
Discs: 17709
Rounds: 13015
Photos: 19754

Wow, less than two weeks and there are 500+ more discs on the site, 600+ more rounds and 200+ more reviews.

Also, on a side note, I am working on hole-by-hole score stats broken down by tee. Everything from average score to number of birdies to the number of penalty shots. The hard part is almost done (figuring out how to record all that information) and the slightly less but still challenging part of how to display it all is still ahead but I have some ideas on how to set it up so I'm hoping next week you'll be able to see that information for all the courses.

[willstradamus]

can we get a stat check on total distance traveled by all of the members combined :p;)

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8575 Miles :)

[harr0140]

Thats just miles of holes. Factor in even more for between tees and baskets

[Greg Layton]

Thats just miles of holes. Factor in even more for between tees and baskets

And think of all the rounds recorded on courses that don't have the distances recorded. :eek:

That's a big pet peeve of mine, actually... whenever I play a new course I do everything within my power to try and track down the stats for the course. Sometimes they just flat-out don't exist.

[harr0140]

I have a measuring wheel in my car and truck at all times (need it for landscaping) so I am considering measuring after a round if the distances arent there. I am surprised not more has been uploaded tot his site even. The easy ones that have maps or scorecards are easy, but the ones with the distances just on tee signs, all that needs to be done is written down as yo score.

I have already done a few in my area.

[Greg Layton]

I have a measuring wheel in my car and truck at all times (need it for landscaping) so I am considering measuring after a round if the distances arent there. I am surprised not more has been uploaded tot his site even. The easy ones that have maps or scorecards are easy, but the ones with the distances just on tee signs, all that needs to be done is written down as yo score.

I have already done a few in my area.

Yeah, I write down the distances off tee signs. I don't have a measuring wheel, but I've considered getting one... just need to keep an eye on craigslist I guess. Are they pretty accurate? How do you measure holes where there's a big dogleg?

[Greg Layton]

Yeah, I write down the distances off tee signs. I don't have a measuring wheel, but I've considered getting one... just need to keep an eye on craigslist I guess. Are they pretty accurate? How do you measure holes where there's a big dogleg?

Here's this one... I don't know what these go for... if I offered the guy $15, I wonder if he'd take it? Looks like the ad is a couple weeks old.

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/for/1065589068.html

[harr0140]

Measuring wheels new can cost between $25-50 for non digital ones. Digital ones are a lot more expensive and not worth it. The only drawback to the measuring wheel versusa gps is that if it is on rolling terrain you will get bad numbers. It follows the ground where the GPS is distance in the air in a straight line. Now if all you do is throw rollers then it the wheel will work just fine for all circumstances.

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You could also use a laser range finder.. I believe that's what ERicJ uses.

[Greg Layton]

You could also use a laser range finder.. I believe that's what ERicJ uses.

Yeah, I thought about that, but they're waaayyy out of my price range. I'm thinking $15 or $20... something I can throw in the back of my truck and forget about til I need it. Not $300 or $400 and having to worry about it being stolen or broken.

[ERicJ]

The Laser kicks butt for almost all measuring needs. If you can see the basket it's the only method that will give you a distance from the tee in under one second. No need to walk the distance like with a wheel or GPS. It also hangs on your belt and doesn't require any really additional effort to carry like a wheel. But as you say Greg, it all comes at a trade-off of price. The Nikon Monarch 800 that I've got now goes for $200-$230 best price on ebay.

ERic

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Haven't done this in a while.. stat update:

Courses: 3224
Reviews: 10068
Discs: 23058
Rounds: 19564
Photos: 23201

[srm_520]

Broke the 10,000 barrier is reviews! Very nice. Pretty impressive to add 10X the reviews in just over a year. Very nicely done Tim. Did you think the site would blow up this fast? Be Honest...

100,000 here we come! :)

[solomon.trenton]

Broke the 10,000 barrier is reviews! Very nice. Pretty impressive to add 10X the reviews in just over a year. Very nicely done Tim. Did you think the site would blow up this fast? Be Honest...

100,000 here we come! :)

can we do it in another year?

[solomon.trenton]

The Laser kicks butt for almost all measuring needs. If you can see the basket it's the only method that will give you a distance from the tee in under one second. No need to walk the distance like with a wheel or GPS. It also hangs on your belt and doesn't require any really additional effort to carry like a wheel. But as you say Greg, it all comes at a trade-off of price. The Nikon Monarch 800 that I've got now goes for $200-$230 best price on ebay.

ERic

thats god aweful expensive!

[harr0140]

I only have a .54% of the total reviews. I am embarrassed.

How many total positive votes and how many negative votes???

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I definitely didn't expect it would be as popular as it has gotten so quickly. A very nice surprise :)

As for the vote counts:

Unhelpful: 11811
Helpful: 30257

[kmrynders]

I have a measuring wheel in my car and truck at all times (need it for landscaping) so I am considering measuring after a round if the distances arent there. I am surprised not more has been uploaded tot his site even. The easy ones that have maps or scorecards are easy, but the ones with the distances just on tee signs, all that needs to be done is written down as yo score.

I have already done a few in my area.

I'm in the same area as harr - and I gotta say THANKS - I enjoy seeing all the distances on this site...now if only we could make some courses in the area put up some signage

[ShortBusDiscGolf]

1,000......that's almost 1,001. nice work!!

[Hamilton]

1,000......that's almost 1,001. nice work!!
LOL 1000 was over a year ago...DOH!

[volklgirl]

Measuring wheels new can cost between $25-50 for non digital ones. Digital ones are a lot more expensive and not worth it. The only drawback to the measuring wheel versusa gps is that if it is on rolling terrain you will get bad numbers. It follows the ground where the GPS is distance in the air in a straight line. Now if all you do is throw rollers then it the wheel will work just fine for all circumstances.

I bought the cheapie wheel at Lowe's for about $30. It seems to be fairly accurate....It's small enough to just clip right to my bag, so I take it almost everywhere (except Avalanche Park, where I really needed it for the back 9).

I've been measuring and ortho mapping every course we play with missing distances or no maps.

[harr0140]

I'm in the same area as harr - and I gotta say THANKS - I enjoy seeing all the distances on this site...now if only we could make some courses in the area put up some signage

Kevin, that is step #2 in my plan. After I have all of the distances recorded I will be figuring out a way to make it work. I am hoping there will be sign sponsorship involved, but I am mostly concerned with finding a way to have signs that either wont get vandalised, broken or stolen. If it is a notorious course for vandalism or theft, they will get something simple and cheap (maybe like dretzkas winter signage, simply stating the distance and Hole #.

Regardless if the signs go in the ground or not, each area should have a statistical record keeper, and since I enjoy numbers and like knowing the distances I am volunteerung for S. E. WIsconsin. I will probably measure most courses I play if distances arent listed somewhere already. I hope each disc golf club could nominate one person to do this. Half of the battle is getting the distances, the next part of the battle is figuring out a way to make the signs, but noone will think to have the signs made if the distances are never taken down.

[TalbotTrojan]

can we do it in another year?

I bet we can but it means all of us playing new courses and writing those amazing reviews.

[ERicJ]

The only drawback to the measuring wheel versusa gps is that if it is on rolling terrain you will get bad numbers.
Well, that and water holes...

[zenbot]

Congrats! I only recently got into the forums here. I depended on the course reviews though.

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Did this a little over a month ago.. here are those numbers:
Courses: 3224
Reviews: 10068
Discs: 23058
Rounds: 19564
Photos: 23201

and the new numbers:
Courses: 3308
Reviews: 11764
Discs: 27700
Rounds: 24392
Photos: 25949

[Daffron24]

Wow this is awesome. I'm really glad that more and more people are starting to participate and join the best website ever.

[solomon.trenton]

Did this a little over a month ago.. here are those numbers:
Courses: 3224
Reviews: 10068
Discs: 23058
Rounds: 19564
Photos: 23201

and the new numbers:
Courses: 3308
Reviews: 11764
Discs: 27700
Rounds: 24392
Photos: 25949

800 courses
1700 reviews
4000 discs
5000 rounds
2700 photos

all this in a month. how staggering and awesome is thins?

[Hamilton]

sure explains why my reviews never stay on the front page for more than 10 minutes...LOL

[srm_520]

sure explains why my reviews never stay on the front page for more than 10 minutes...LOL

Just makes you have to work that much harder! ;)

[solomon.trenton]

Just makes you have to work that much harder! ;)

or play like 10 new courses and then posts your reviews all at the same time.:D

[andyman]

800 courses
1700 reviews
4000 discs
5000 rounds
2700 photos

all this in a month. how staggering and awesome is thins?

800 courses?!?!? I wish there were that many new courses!:D

[Geoffro]

how staggering and awesome is thins?

That should be: "how staggering and awesome are thins?" :)

[solomon.trenton]

That should be: "how staggering and awesome are thins?" :)

no. it should be how staggering and awesome is this?

[Gamecock]

If it is a notorious course for vandalism or theft, they will get something simple and cheap (maybe like dretzkas winter signage, simply stating the distance and Hole #.

Have you got a link to demonstrate what you mean (or where the signs are placed)? I did a search for it, but it only showed your message here.

I'd like to help install some signs for my fave local course, but no budget. I don't think vandalism will be a problem, but I'd like to make sure that if we install some, they will remain there to help people for the long term.

As for "Next Tee" signs, I'm thinking just bring a step ladder to put them way up high on a tree will discourage any idiots from tearing them down.

I hope each disc golf club could nominate one person to do this.

Good idea! I'll volunteer to do this for my local club. Any other takers? :)

Half of the battle is getting the distances, the next part of the battle is figuring out a way to make the signs, but noone will think to have the signs made if the distances are never taken down.

We got the distances and all of our local courses have signs except one. I'm working on that, but most members want cement tee pads for back 9 FIRST! I helped get 2 of those in, so 11 holes down and only 7 yet to go.

We really need some next tee arrow signs, which should be very simple.

[innova]

Out of all those reviews... how many do you think are truly valid?

I've read some reviews that perhaps should just be removed.

Do you just let them pile up so you can have a big number of reviews?
If some are (clearly) bogus, do they count?

[Neophyte]

Out of all those reviews... how many do you think are truly valid?

I've read some reviews that perhaps should just be removed.

Do you just let them pile up so you can have a big number of reviews?
If some are (clearly) bogus, do they count?

Why so negative? I am sure there are a couple reviews that are not valid but the vast majority have arguably helpful information for those interested in playing the course.

[srm_520]

Anybody just notice that the member list in the forum just broke 8000? Holy crap a lot of people have joined this year!!!

[harr0140]

Yeah I saw that. If i remember right I was in the 3000's somewhere and I joined in January!

[XxInnovaxX]

Anybody just notice that the member list in the forum just broke 8000? Holy crap a lot of people have joined this year!!!

that is more than double what it was when i joined in 5 months and 1 day ago

[solomon.trenton]

that is more than double what it was when i joined in 5 months and 1 day ago

that is over 600 in the past week!

[Dave242]

I just passed 1000 reviews of my reviews (thumbs). :D

[srm_520]

I just passed 1000 reviews of my reviews (thumbs). :D

Congrats on achieving Coal Status! ;) Like a diamond just more useful...

[Hamilton]

I'm missing something here...

[harr0140]

The only thing I dislike about Dave242 reviews is the lack of info it only gives a grade for each section and an overall grade and I do not consider that helpful. I have yet to vote on his reviews though because I do hope he does add some info in the future.

Dave I know you can do a better job including info and a new perspective that noone who has reviewed the course has.

I wish I had 1000 thumbs so far, but apparently negative thumbs are a lot easier than positives!!!

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Haven't done this in a while.. here are the old numbers as of 6/27/2009:

Courses: 3308
Reviews: 11764
Discs: 27700
Rounds: 24392
Photos: 25949


and today we have:

Courses: 3482
Reviews: 15591
Discs: 39587
Rounds: 36400
Photos: 32296

[NothinButChing]

moar!!!!

[JR Stengele]

Nice to see the stats rising!

[solomon.trenton]

almost 16,000 reviews now thats impressive!

[harr0140]

I wonder what user has the biggest contribution of reviews, rounds, discs and photos???? I know I have a high disc count and review contribution but I bet I havent loaded more than 50 photos since my digital camera went down (my phone camera sucks). Plus I know I have about 260 rounds posted this year.

[mashnut]

I wonder what user has the biggest contribution of reviews, rounds, discs and photos???? I know I have a high disc count and review contribution but I bet I havent loaded more than 50 photos since my digital camera went down (my phone camera sucks). Plus I know I have about 260 rounds posted this year.

As far as reviews, last I checked Dave242 has the lead by a good margin with over 220 reviews.

[Disc Dog]

As far as reviews, last I checked Dave242 has the lead by a good margin with over 220 reviews.

Here are the top 4 reviewers and the only ones over 100. Mashnut is not far behind at 97.

Dave242 Lake Forest, IL 221
The Valkyrie Kid Puyallup, WA 191
Innovadude Ann Arbor, MI 171
harr0140 Wauwatosa, WI 104

[Dave242]

I wonder what user has the biggest contribution of reviews, rounds, discs and photos???? I know I have a high disc count and review contribution but I bet I havent loaded more than 50 photos since my digital camera went down (my phone camera sucks). Plus I know I have about 260 rounds posted this year.

I'm sure it is timg in photos. He has uploaded tons of photos (many of them taken from other sites). I have not done anything even close to an intentional survey, but my impression in just looking at the photo credits is that he has done at least half of them.

To me, the pictures are the by far the single best feature added to the course listings. I much prefer looking at pictures than reading reviews.

[timg]

Dave is probably right on the pictures front. People email me a lot of pictures as well if they don't have accounts or have trouble resizing, etc. so I end up uploading stuff like that quite often.

[ERicJ]

I wonder what user has the biggest contribution of reviews, rounds, discs and photos???? I know I have a high disc count and review contribution but I bet I havent loaded more than 50 photos since my digital camera went down (my phone camera sucks). Plus I know I have about 260 rounds posted this year.
Reviews: 85
Rounds: 495
Discs: 753
Photos: not easy to count yourself but probably somewhere 250-500...

[jedwards]

Discs: 753


That is just sinful :eek:

[DiscChainBasket18]

I'm sure it is timg in photos. He has uploaded tons of photos (many of them taken from other sites). I have not done anything even close to an intentional survey, but my impression in just looking at the photo credits is that he has done at least half of them.

To me, the pictures are the by far the single best feature added to the course listings. I much prefer looking at pictures than reading reviews.I agree! And I've uploaded a boatload of pictures. I like going to a course that does not have any pictures yet. Or one that only has the tee pads shown.

[Dave242]

and today we have:

Courses: 3482
Reviews: 15591
Discs: 39587
Rounds: 36400
Photos: 32296

I was curious (and bored), and was wondering the impact of trusted reviewers on the numbers.

There are 160 trusted reviewers (109 Bronze, 28 Silver, 23 Gold).
There are 4992 reviews by them.

So, 1/3 of the of the reviews are done by trusted reviewers. That is pretty good IMO.

[mashnut]

It's too bad I didn't keep track of scores, it would be cool to have all 961 rounds I've played entered here on the site. I've only kept track of rounds played and best scores per course rather than full scores, and now I regret that.

[Dillon_Gourley]

If all my reviews were letter grades I'd prob have all mine reviewed too... GL on becoming a TR.

[solomon.trenton]

I was curious (and bored), and was wondering the impact of trusted reviewers on the numbers.

There are 160 trusted reviewers (109 Bronze, 28 Silver, 23 Gold).
There are 4992 reviews by them.

So, 1/3 of the of the reviews are done by trusted reviewers. That is pretty good IMO.

i think its sad that 1/3 of reviews are done by such a small majority of this site.

[Roc1Time]

Why? If everyone was TR then there would be no point

[mashnut]

i think its sad that 1/3 of reviews are done by such a small majority of this site.

I'm not sure what you mean here. I think it's cool that so many of the reviews are by people that other users of the site have found to be helpful reviewers, that should help keep the ratings and reviews accurate and useful, and give a better baseline for new members.

[srm_520]

i think its sad that 1/3 of reviews are done by such a small majority of this site.

It's all good. You can only have so many fanatics. That's what makes it interesting.

[srm_520]

I was curious (and bored), and was wondering the impact of trusted reviewers on the numbers.

There are 160 trusted reviewers (109 Bronze, 28 Silver, 23 Gold).
There are 4992 reviews by them.

So, 1/3 of the of the reviews are done by trusted reviewers. That is pretty good IMO.

I decided to breakdown your stats a little more. Using the 15591 of total reviews on this site:

109 Bronze Members - 1950 Reviews = 12.5% total reviews.

28 Silver Members - 1130 Reviews = 7.2% total reviews.

23 Gold Members - 1912 Reviews = 12.3% total reviews.

Member search brings up 8752 total members on the site.

109 Bronze Members = 1.2% of total members

28 Silvers Members = 0.32% of total members

23 Gold Members = 0.26% of totals members

Okay, so basically one 1/4 of a percent of members have written over 10% of reviews on this site. I think that's pretty cool.

[harr0140]

We are also only about 90 votes from what I assume will be our first diamond reviewer. The Valkyrie Kid. I already conceeded to him the other day, but I am still making a push to get near the top. I expect to have about 20-25 more courses played between Christmas and February with my month of vacation towards Florida and a business trip back to KY. I should also be hitting a few of the better known courses from this site so my vote tally should go way up.

[solomon.trenton]

We are also only about 90 votes from what I assume will be our first diamond reviewer. The Valkyrie Kid. I already conceeded to him the other day, but I am still making a push to get near the top. I expect to have about 20-25 more courses played between Christmas and February with my month of vacation towards Florida and a business trip back to KY. I should also be hitting a few of the better known courses from this site so my vote tally should go way up.

thats nuts! you have some work to do to beat him though;)

[harr0140]

Oh I wont beat him . . . probably ever. I travel but only between WI and FL so I am limited int he courses I can get to. However, I am about 175 votes behind second place right now (I think I am in the top 5 or 6 in positive votes right now, but there are two others (Olorin and Texconsinite) with almost exactly the same # of positives as me and I know texconsinite has about 7 or 8 courses to post reviews and I have just finished my most recent one. I need to get on the road sooN! Of course my Kops park review had about 10 positive in it before the course got deleted. Im just syain'

[solomon.trenton]

Oh I wont beat him . . . probably ever. I travel but only between WI and FL so I am limited int he courses I can get to. However, I am about 175 votes behind second place right now (I think I am in the top 5 or 6 in positive votes right now, but there are two others (Olorin and Texconsinite) with almost exactly the same # of positives as me and I know texconsinite has about 7 or 8 courses to post reviews and I have just finished my most recent one. I need to get on the road sooN! Of course my Kops park review had about 10 positive in it before the course got deleted. Im just syain'

i hear ya. i just went on a roadtrip yesterday and boosted my reviews to 20. now just for that one last vote.....

[harr0140]

Nice request . . . I voted yes!

[solomon.trenton]

Nice request . . . I voted yes!

well thank you! i have joined the reanks of Silver TR:D that is once the site updates.

[harr0140]

Assuming you have 30 unique reviewers!

[solomon.trenton]

Assuming you have 30 unique reviewers!

damn i forgot about that part, lets hope i do:D

[harr0140]

damn i forgot about that part, lets hope i do:D

Well I just noticed 25 votes from maple hill plus my vote on the new review I am sure you are there.

The most I have from 1 course is 16 I think. 200 unique reviewers is gonna be tough!

[solomon.trenton]

Well I just noticed 25 votes from maple hill plus my vote on the new review I am sure you are there.

The most I have from 1 course is 16 I think. 200 unique reviewers is gonna be tough!

yeah it will. but thats why its diamond:D

[prerube]

Well I just noticed 25 votes from maple hill plus my vote on the new review I am sure you are there.

The most I have from 1 course is 16 I think. 200 unique reviewers is gonna be tough!

especially now that the reviews are only on the homepage for a short amount of time and also when you write a review, it will stay on the top page of the courses reviews for a shorter amount of time because there are more reviewers.

[solomon.trenton]

especially now that the reviews are only on the homepage for a short amount of time and also when you write a review, it will stay on the top page of the courses reviews for a shorter amount of time because there are more reviewers.

although if you post it on the weekend it stays just a little longer due to the lack of activity.

[mashnut]

although if you post it on the weekend it stays just a little longer due to the lack of activity.

Yeah, but it also gets less hits due to the lack of activity, people are more likely to be out playing rather than sitting on the site like we all tend to do on weekday evenings.

[Smelvis]

Well I just noticed 25 votes from maple hill plus my vote on the new review I am sure you are there.

The most I have from 1 course is 16 I think. 200 unique reviewers is gonna be tough!

What is a cubby ace?

[prerube]

What is a cubby ace?

I'll send you the links. We have threads dedicated to Cubby Ace
(basically it's a super short ace where you threw every disc you had until you got an ace)

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7467&highlight=Cubby+Ace

"What the Hell is a Cubby Ace Thread"

[solomon.trenton]

Yeah, but it also gets less hits due to the lack of activity, people are more likely to be out playing rather than sitting on the site like we all tend to do on weekday evenings.

true its a double edged sword

[Smelvis]

Thanks. I actually tried to cubby and was unsuccessful.

[timg]

Wow.. it's been a little over 7 months since I last threw some numbers out. For those curious, on 9/29/2009 the numbers were:

Courses: 3482
Reviews: 15591
Discs: 39587
Rounds: 36400
Photos: 32296

and today we have:

Courses: 3727
Reviews: 20534
Discs: 61234
Rounds: 55851
Photos: 39911

[RussMB]

Wow.. it's been a little over 7 months since I last threw some numbers out. For those curious, on 9/29/2009 the numbers were:

Courses: 3482
Reviews: 15591
Discs: 39587
Rounds: 36400
Photos: 32296

and today we have:

Courses: 3727
Reviews: 20534
Discs: 61234
Rounds: 55851
Photos: 39911

Wow, that is awesome.

[bcr123psu]

I heart this site.

[volklgirl]

I heart this site.
Me too!

[therealbigtrav]

Keep on truckin". Honestly, everything I've seen and used regarding this site has improved over time. Love the site.

[Fender088]

This site keeps me sane.

[jongoff09]

Just curious about the numbers now, its been a few months.

[RussMB]

Just curious about the numbers now, its been a few months.

I'm curious as well!

[timg]

On 5/4/2010 the numbers were:

Courses: 3727
Reviews: 20534
Discs: 61234
Rounds: 55851
Photos: 39911

and today we have:

Courses: 3949
Reviews: 25105
Discs: 80271
Rounds: 75932
Photos: 48111

[RussMB]

On 5/4/2010 the numbers were:

Courses: 3727
Reviews: 20534
Discs: 61234
Rounds: 55851
Photos: 39911

and today we have:

Courses: 3949
Reviews: 25105
Discs: 80271
Rounds: 75932
Photos: 48111

That is incredible! I didn't realize that we are only 51 courses shy of there being 4000 courses! I wonder what course 4000 will be? Hopefully not some 3 hole playground course! LOL

[timg]

That course count includes extinct courses as well.. active courses is a bit less.. around 3700 or so.

[Matthew boals]

From 39,911 photos to 48,111 !?! HOLY CRAP! Again, Timg you won't get anymore pictures from me to post!......HOLY CRAP !

[srm_520]

Amazing the bump in stats. I wonder if the achievements motivated more people to get their discs and rounds entered?

[timg]

It most definitely motivated some people.. no doubt about it.

[RussMB]

I will say this, I had already uploaded a bunch of pictures and stuff. The achievement Disc Medal really made me look at it as an accomplishment. The Silver Photo Disc is in my sights! What's rough, is that I've already photographed all the unphotographed courses in my area. At the moment, there are no more! lol At least the ones with in reach of me.

[solomon.trenton]

Amazing the bump in stats. I wonder if the achievements motivated more people to get their discs and rounds entered?

i was thinking the same thing. would be cool to see how many things were done after achievements came into play

[yearofrolling]

I love contributing here. I'm hoping for a BIG boom in pics and course adds this spring.
I've gotta get my buddies on here, too, but they don't spend as much time online as I do I guess.
I want to see it hit 100k discs. Just think of all that plastic...

[timg]

Sine you bumped this thread, here is a stats update :)

On 9/4/2010 the numbers were:

Courses: 3949
Reviews: 25105
Discs: 80271
Rounds: 75932
Photos: 48111

and today we have:

Courses: 4158
Reviews: 28188
Discs: 97522
Rounds: 92737
Photos: 55362

[srm_520]

Slowing a bit more, but still some pretty incredible growth looking back.

Thanks Tim.

[Brall]

i think that this spring the site will see it's biggest boosts yet.

the main reason i say this is because of the increased public eye disc golf is having with tv shows, word of mouth, DGCR members slipping old PDGA mags into doctors office waiting rooms etc...

[mashnut]

It's great to see this site keep growing, every time I look at the bottom of the forums page the number of members keeps getting bigger too. Meanwhile, I'm responsible for 1.4% of all the reviews on the site :D

[srm_520]

showoff! :)

[NDABRUSH]

showoff! :)

I know your ribbing him, but I think he's probably the most intense addict we have going at the moment. "Hello my name is Mashnut and I'm a discaholic.":D

[harr0140]

I know your ribbing him, but I think he's probably the most intense addict we have going at the moment. "Hello my name is Mashnut and I'm a discaholic.":D

I can only aspire to be as addicted as mashnut, I cannot imagine more than a few minutes a day go by without him thinking about disc golf or planning his next 40 courses played!

I thought I was the clear winner on playing courses quickly and I thought I had you all eating from the palm of my hands . . . but then that rat bastard came along and stole my thunder!

[NothinButChing]

stats are over-rated

[billnchristy]

stats are over-rated

Yeah but only 25% agree with that. :p

[mashnut]

I can only aspire to be as addicted as mashnut, I cannot imagine more than a few minutes a day go by without him thinking about disc golf or planning his next 40 courses played!

I thought I was the clear winner on playing courses quickly and I thought I had you all eating from the palm of my hands . . . but then that rat bastard came along and stole my thunder!

For a long time my goal was to catch up to you on reviews, and keep up with you on courses played, then Ashleigh and I got in better shape and started being able to get through a bunch of courses in a day, and the rest is history.

Here's another fun stat, diamond reviewers account for more than 3.7% of all the reviews on the site, and gold and diamond reviewers together account for about 23% of the reviews.

[Longliveguitar]

i love this sight and am so glad i found it. DGCR is my homepage, thank you all so much for everything that you share

[great white buffalo]

I usually spend two hours or more on this site every day. I really dont even go many places on the net other than here. Viva la dgcr.

[jongoff09]

i think that this spring the site will see it's biggest boosts yet.

the main reason i say this is because of the increased public eye disc golf is having with tv shows, word of mouth, DGCR members slipping old PDGA mags into doctors office waiting rooms etc...

Sooooo, did this pan out? Seems like every few weeks the # of online users at a time reaches a new record.

[timg]

Did it work out based on what? I haven't been keeping track to be honest :) I posted a random stat thing on the facebook page a while ago.

[jongoff09]

I was just curious to see if the amount of reviews and other stats jumped more since the last time you posted them in this thread than in previous posts. :popcorn:

[timg]

On 2/4/2011 the numbers were:

Courses: 4158
Reviews: 28188
Discs: 97522
Rounds: 92737
Photos: 55362

and today we have:

Courses: 4321
Reviews: 31029
Discs: 114652
Rounds: 110033
Photos: 60818

[mashnut]

I've played over 10% of the courses in the directory, and written about 1.4% of those reviews :D


It's been really cool to watch this site grow, it just keeps getting bigger. More and more, everyone I run into around here has at least heard of the site.

[vonDrehle]

I've played over 10% of the courses in the directory, and written about 1.4% of those reviews :D


It's been really cool to watch this site grow, it just keeps getting bigger. More and more, everyone I run into around here has at least heard of the site.

Tell me about it. I keep getting asked "Are you THAT von Drehle?" Just imagine if all these people are 100% active and not lurkers :thmbup:.

I think it is kind of funny to look back at DGR and see Tim's post (http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3363) over there and that he was a little scared about advertising on another DG site :D.

[SmoothSailor]

Tell me about it. I keep getting asked "Are you THAT von Drehle?" Just imagine if all these people are 100% active and not lurkers :thmbup:.

I think it is kind of funny to look back at DGR and see Tim's post (http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3363) over there and that he was a little scared about advertising on another DG site :D.

I can just feel the history oozing through my keypad.

[timg]

That's not history... :sick:

[harr0140]

That's not history... :sick:

Wow . . . . and I logged back into this thread because I though Mashnut just topped 1000 re\/iews . . . he is under 500 still . . . what a slacker!!!! And i end up with a comment from the godfather of DCGR like this!!!!

[timg]

On 6/2/2011 the numbers were:

Courses: 4321
Reviews: 31029
Discs: 114652
Rounds: 110033
Photos: 60818

and today we have:

Courses: 4480
Reviews: 33315
Discs: 124841
Rounds: 123289
Photos: 64094

[bcr123psu]

3.7% increase in the number of courses over a two month period? Wowzas. If that growth remains consistent, we'll have over 5,500 courses by next August.

[timg]

I'm counting extinct listings in that total. It's just a count of all course listings in the databse. Active (non-temp, non practice) courses is at 4166. On an average week, there are probably 3-5 new courses added (sometimes more).

[bazillion]

4166, huh?

Looks like I'm a-gonna have to quit my day job if I wanna play 'em all ... :D