I am currently sat at 160th, on page two of the mega list.
I have been in and around that position for about 3 years, some go whizzing past upwards while a few who have stopped rating are caught and overtaken.
Of the guys around me I have met only one; Sigmund, who also attended the Barcelona RBESG in 2016. I have sent posts to Nisse666 thanking him for his place reviews on the isle of Lefkada, which he kindly replied too.
Otherwise they are just names on list. Shame really, those of us staying need to communicate more, on the forums (not bug everyone by beermailing them), do you agree or disagree?
Maybe you know everyone around you on the āmega listā?
@garrold and i are within two places on page three of the big list. Both been on RateBeer for a similar amount of time and passed 6,000 rates last week.
Sitting at #795. Of regular users and oneās that I knowā¦
Maintaining pace and seems to go back and forth with Sarlacc83.
GTAEgeek seems to be holding me just behind him but I may catch up.
CH-303 is behind me but could potentially pass me up sooner than later.
I seem to be climbing faster than being passed. I would guess that by the end of the year Iāll be in the top 620. and Top 500 by end of next year. Currently need 3,800 rates to be there. I would like to get to the Top 500 and after that no real desire to keep pushing. Although at the rate people are leaving I may one day end up in the Top 100.
What amazes me after looking at the list is that 1952 people have rated over 1,000 beers. I donāt know anyone from the site, but I do live in Monterey, CA, a tourist destination with a good brewery, Alvarado Street, and Iād be happy to meet up with anyone if they were in town.
I donāt know any of those around me, on the 300s page, but Iāve met many at the top of that page. At one time I surfed at number 300, but just couldnāt keep up.
Iām currently on page 11 sitting at 1042nd position. Only names I recognise on this page are explosivedog and MacBoost, both of whom I coincidentally overtook in the past week or so. But yeah not met either of them.
Looking to the next page, the next username I recognise is Gary in 982nd position. I will overtake him in about a month or so at our current paces. Iāve not met him but I hear heās reasonably ok in person.
Itās amazing how many names I donāt even recognise though, I guess a lot of people have left or simply donāt use the forums? Or we never drink the same beersā¦
Donāt know, donāt care. Most of the people I give a shit about on this site are either way ahead of or behind me in terms of overall ratings. If people are numbers to you, you missed the golden years of the site.
Youāre talking about people in terms of numbers, relative to where they fall in comparison to you. You didnāt refer to them as numbers, but as you said after mentioning a mere two members, āotherwise they are just names on list.ā So the answer to your question is you are.
I never met anyone from ratebeer and have never tried, but if anyone has a similar or dissimilar number of ratings in NYC let me know, and I will drink a beer with you or something.
