The Road to 10,000

I expect that post 10,000 will be good for at least a minor Friday Freakout.

hotseatgames wrote: I propose that his post count gets permanently locked at 9999.

Or goes back to zero.

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A Treatise on Buttcrack by M. Barnes

Hex Sinister wrote: A Treatise on Buttcrack by M. Barnes

Chapter 1 : Rectum? Damn Near Killed Him!

Chapter 2 : It was supposedly a suppository

Excerpt from Chapter 3 :

So not really the tightest variant of Twister, I'd ever played, but it was a novel use of the materials, basically turning it into spin and poop on the target. I do like that there was a lot more skill involved. Clean up is a pain.

I think what I will actually do with my 10,000th post is to announce the formation of an upper tier, elite echelon of F:AT membership called the Michael Barnes 10k Club. This will basically be a group of individuals that have demonstrated sufficient insufferable hypocrisy and unearned superiority to act as tastemakers and hobby shamers over the rest of the site. MB10kC members will be granted access to a special forum where we will talk about Reiner Knizia games and denounce Kickstarter, pedophilia and the films of Zack Snyder while celebrating our elevated status over the lower F:AT members.

Who will be the next to join?

BTW, what happened to Black Barney, he used to be like a Canadian version of that friendly alien on V...now he's just adding nothing but rampant vulgarity to the site.

The reviews are in!

Notable reviews for A Treatise on Buttcrack by M. Barnes

The New Yorker said:

What a piece of [...] great!

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said

We will be contacting you regarding the contents of Chapters 7 and 8 as to the condition of the rodents Tigris and Euphrates.

I don't think I've ever felt less guilty trolling a topic than one that Barnes makes about himself. If he strokes that ego anymore, he'll go blind.

Michael Barnes wrote: I think what I will actually do with my 10,000th post is to announce the formation of an upper tier, elite echelon of F:AT membership called the Michael Barnes 10k Club. This will basically be a group of individuals that have demonstrated sufficient insufferable hypocrisy and unearned superiority to act as tastemakers and hobby shamers over the rest of the site. MB10kC members will be granted access to a special forum where we will talk about Reiner Knizia games and denounce Kickstarter, pedophilia and the films of Zack Snyder while celebrating our elevated status over the lower F:AT members.

Who will be the next to join?

BTW, what happened to Black Barney, he used to be like a Canadian version of that friendly alien on V...now he's just adding nothing but rampant vulgarity to the site.

Screw Kickstarter - Make it like Scientology and you can pay yourself up a level or 2. Make sure that elevation to the MB10kC has some form of advertised benefits in the future domination of the planet/universe. WINNING!

Use it to announce the fundraising for a Michael Barnes patreon.

The first rule of MB10K Club is that you do not talk about games.
The second rule of MB10K Club is...

Michael Barnes wrote: As of about 10 minutes ago, I crossed the 9,900 post threshold which means I will be making my 10,000th post here soon... So I am open to suggestions as to what I should post to celebrate all of this wasted time and effort.

Rename shittily-named site after self.

Now you are speaking straight to my colossal ego.

As of post 10,001, this site will be renamed GamingByMichael.com.

The 10Kth post should be a relevation(s) about yourself, one or more of the following:

- Photo from regular gaming sessions with Aldie and Derk and Steve Weekes
- You are actually a 65 year old grandmother, still an insufferable gaming tastemaker though.
- That you and Superfly Pete go to Rugby matches together.
- You are a substantial shareholder in Asmodée and your Plan is proceding on schedule.
- You are struggling to decide if you are worthy enough to invite Southernman to the MB10K Club, you think you should really wait until the MB50K Club.
- NoHighScores is a front for a North Korean hacking group.
- NoHighScores is sponsored by Manga.
- You watch The Andy Griffith Show to chill out (suurprise, suurprise, suurprise).
- You will be sponsoring one overseas FATie to join you tastemaking at a FATie Con.

When I hear the name Gaming by Michael for some reason it reminds me of Michael Bolton.