Countries in the Forum

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:08 am

Out of curiosity, has there ever been a count of how many different countries are represented in this forum?

Off the top of my head:

USA
Canada
Japan
Brazil
Argentina
England
Scotland
Ireland
Iceland
PR - Puerto Rico?
Finland
France
Germany
Sweden
India
Spain

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:29 am

I am from England origonally but moved into the USA during April 2000.

I would say the majority of people here are either from UK or the US although maybe 10-15% are from other European and South American regions.

I think alot of the people from Japan are actually US or British that moved there, I don't believe we actually have true Japanese natives on here.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:24 am

Don't forget the Netherlands!

Myself and SPACE HARRIER are from there and I spotted also DreamerNL as being from the Netherlands...

Also Raiden Fighter kirkov represents the country of Austria...and Randorama and Turrican are from Italy!

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:10 am

I'm from Wales(UK)

Post by **system11** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:40 am

The following list may contain several errors - judging location by IP address is far from reliable, but for April the following countries were represented, in order of traffic. The US by the way, or places the stats program thinks are American, is almost 60% of all traffic - I suspect it gets confused by large multi country ISPs like AOL. Some of the really obscure ones may simply be web spiders indexing stuff. Argentina is the last one on the list with any kind of real activity.

United States
Great Britain
European Union
Canada
Germany
Unknown
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
Finland
India
Spain
Brazil
Japan
France
Austria
Poland
Italy
Ukraine
Iceland
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland
Jordan
Lebanon
Singapore
Ireland
Norway
Mexico
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Taiwan
China
South Korea
Russian Federation
Thailand
Turkey
Macedonia
Greece
Malaysia
Chile
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Argentina
Bulgaria
Moldova
Czech Republic
Croatia
Philippines
Slovenia
Lithuania
South Africa
Portugal
Latvia
United Arab Emirates
Hungary
Guatemala
Estonia
Honduras
Costa Rica
Romania
Morocco
Bangladesh
Antigua and Barbuda
Bermuda
Kuwait
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Malta
Gibraltar
Bahrain
Yugoslavia
Guam (USA)
Libya
Luxembourg
Peru
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Iran
Qatar
Vietnam
Pakistan

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:19 pm

Traffic doesn't mean it's a member of the forum visiting. Maybe there are people who just come, read a thread and leave.

I think Ilmrm is more curious about what different countries are represented here through the member.

I know that besides me, there are at least 2 more Brazilian members here - R-Typer and Stormwatch. But I think R-Typer hasn't been active here for a while now.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon May 09, 2005 2:53 pm

well.. theres a whole bunch of swedes on these boards anyway.. prob around 10ish..

we actually have a swedish site called www.stgfan.com all in swedish ofcourse but why not visit and check it out anyways ^_^

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:05 pm

No sign of any cabbages onthe board

(I'll get my coat)

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:17 pm

I'm from Italy, currently living in The Netherlands.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:43 pm

Im from South Wales, UK

SheSaidDutch - Where are you from in Wales?

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon May 09, 2005 5:14 pm

Do you mean nationality or location? I was born in Hong Kong but have been around. Right now, I'm located in NY city.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:18 pm

Ex_Mosquito wrote:Im from South Wales, UK

SheSaidDutch - Where are you from in Wales?

Pontypridd near Cardiff

Where are you to Ex Mosquito?, I thought for some reason you were in England or something.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:25 pm

Heh nah, im originally from England (swindon) but i live in Newport now.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:29 pm

SheSaidDutch wrote:
Ex_Mosquito wrote:Im from South Wales, UK

SheSaidDutch - Where are you from in Wales?
Pontypridd near Cardiff

Where are you to Ex Mosquito?, I thought for some reason you were in England or something.

I'd love to visit Wales! I've heard that it has more Castles per square kilometer then anywhere else in Europe!

It's great to see so many people on this forum from so many different countries! BTW, who are the Irish members? I'm part Irish, English, German, and Scottish myself.

OT, funny but true story-one of my German ancestors had to leave the country back in the late 1800's because he was hunting and he shot a game warden in the ass!

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:43 pm

Hah yeah, theres about 5 castles within 30mins of me:)

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:10 pm

Thanks for the list bloodflowers. That's quite a list.

Apologies for the confusion in the topic. I was thinking of which country the member is at.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:15 pm

dave4shmups wrote:
SheSaidDutch wrote:
Ex_Mosquito wrote:Im from South Wales, UK

SheSaidDutch - Where are you from in Wales?
Pontypridd near Cardiff

Where are you to Ex Mosquito?, I thought for some reason you were in England or something.
I'd love to visit Wales! I've heard that it has more Castles per square kilometer then anywhere else in Europe!

It's great to see so many people on this forum from so many different countries! BTW, who are the Irish members? I'm part Irish, English, German, and Scottish myself.

OT, funny but true story-one of my German ancestors had to leave the country back in the late 1800's because he was hunting and he shot a game warden in the ass!

Funny story about your ancestor there Dave

I was in Newport on saturday down Le Pub.
A band from San Francisco were saying about how much sheep and fields are here over inthe UK esp the mountains and of course the expense of the bridge toll fee and petrol.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:33 pm

You forgot Wherever!

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:12 am

And there was also "Inside a computer"(sorry can't remember which member that was, but it caught my eyes).

SheSaidDutch: The Golden Gate Bridge toll is five dollars, and the Bay Bridge is three dollars. Just a couple of weeks ago, someone robbed and shot a toll collector at the Golden Gate Bridge. He tried to take off but his stolen car stalled, so he fleed on foot. He was chased by a bridge security officer, who the bad guy shot at, missed and the officer returned fire, hitting the bad guy in the leg. It was big news over here. Now they posted an armed guard right at the booths.

I never thought someone would be that insane to rob the Golden Gate Bridge, since security is tight as hell since 9/11. There's the California Highway Patrol, the Federal Park Police, SFPD, Golden Gate Bridge Security, USCG and I don't know if the National Guard is still there.

The bridge is also one of the most popular suicide places.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue May 10, 2005 6:21 am

IlMrm wrote:The bridge is also one of the most popular suicide places.

OMG hahahahahah. I can't stop laughing. I've got some San Francisco tourist-rip-off items my sister got for me and among them is a mug with drawings of different SF attractions including the Golden Gate Bridge. I should tell my sister to stop buying me this depressing stuff.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:35 am

I think we have some Texans here. Not that they're officially a seperate country anymore or anything, but I don't think anyone ever told them that

aurang · Post by **aurang** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:51 am

Shot a German game warden in the ass? Geez, brutal, especially with the rifles back then. Germany is a big time deer hunting country, I hear hunters take 2 million dear a year.

I bet an ethnic origin thread would be interesting for around here.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:38 pm

lol

Don't forget the North of Ireland is a separate country to the republic!

Yeah the welsh got bullied alot by the english in the middle ages thats why they got soo many castles to hide in!

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:51 pm

SheSaidDutch wrote:I'm from Wales(UK)

Me too! (Newport).

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:00 pm

Are pirates their own country (IE the sea)?

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:16 pm

JigsawMan wrote:
SheSaidDutch wrote:I'm from Wales(UK)
Me too! (Newport).

I'm the only gay in this village

IlMrm- Some people are just crazy

UnscathedFlyingObject- maybe you'll get an updated one with an person jumping over the brigde

Now thats depressing

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:24 pm

dave4shmups wrote:I'd love to visit Wales! I've heard that it has more Castles per square kilometer then anywhere else in Europe!

You wouldn't say that if you'd actually been there.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:24 pm

is wales really as flat as they say and whats the deal with all of those sheep?

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:29 pm

Wales is probably the most non-flat place in the UK, hence there are so many sheep.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:30 pm

Does Kingsville count as a country? Its somewhere in between the state of Texas and Mexico.