Chess.com's Millionth Member!!!

And the 1,000,000th member of Chess.com is...

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It's Monday December 28th.  It's just after 11pm Universal Time (6pm Local Time).  And right now, Chess.com has just over 952,000 members.  That means that there's only 48,000 more to go before there is officially A MILLION PEOPLE at Chess.com!!!!

I'm surprised at how quickly they get new members (I watched 10 of them come in within 5 minutes).  Crossing the ONE MILLION mark will undoubtably happen before Valentine's Day, and will probably happen sometime in January!! 

Anyone want to start an unofficial pool on when member # 1,000,000 joins?  We'll make them 1-hour blocks. 

I'll say January 22nd, in the 4pm hour (GMT).

What's your guess?

Current Guesses:

1-06  03:00  chsskrazy
1-10  14:00  wilt18
1-11  11:00  trickydarren 
1-11  12:00  _ishan_
1-12  01:00  Bjarkoff
1-14  03:00  Gerik
1-16  ???:00  whey  (NO TIME SPECIFIED)
1-16  18:00  blackfirestorm666
1-17  ???:00  BWater  (NO TIME SPECIFIED)
1-18  17:00  furtiveking
1-19  01:00  mprhchess
1-19  21:00  StarJock
1-20  ???:00  erik  (NO TIME SPECIFIED)
1-20  15:00  Kacparov
1-20  16:00  Drcruiser
1-20  19:00  zankfrappa
1-21  13:00  gambitsareok
1-21  17:00  kershack
1-21  18:00  idosheepallnight
1-22  15:00  Fromper
1-22  16:00  Billium248
1-23  15:00  littlehotpot
1-23  23:00  ADK
1-24  15:00  CATLOCK
1-24  17:00  brfc
1-26  11:00  kokino
1-27  17:00  Komoliddin07
1-28  08:00  BlackNight_13
1-28  15:00  grandmaster56
1-28  21:00  Cudameister
1-29  14:00  paul211
1-29  01:00  sgt_pepper
1-29  07:00  timmygadget
1-29  17:30  rrrttt
1-31  06:00  oinquarki
2-01  20:00  billwall
2-02  17:00  Gambitking
2-12  13:00  RetGuvvie98
2-13  17:00  Doomclaw
2-16  ???:00  Yoshirools  (NO TIME SPECIFIED)
2-18  00:00  Dakota_Clark
2-22  02:00  wormrose

Current Members:

12/28 = 952,099
12/29 = 954,342
12/30 = 956,617
12/31 = 958,674
01/03 = 964,866
01/06 = 971,101
01/09 = 976,767
01/10 = 978,854
01/11 = 980,493

I think it will be Jan. 10 2pm GMT!

I'm SO excited!

16th January in the 1800 GMT time slot 

     By a strange coincidence, his name will be Marty Million.


And when is the cutoff to guess, this is important to know as people can wait
to decide?

Based on my estimated average rate of one member per minute, the millionth member should join chess.com on...

January 30th, 2010, 22:26:18, -8GMT,

lol, taking into account that after christmas there will be more players joining and above all, coming from ChessPark... well, I will say:

January 26th, 11:00 AM (GMT)

January 29th 0720 UTC, on my exact birthday lol

predictions/guesses/bets/whatever list (in GMT)

Billium248 - 1-22-10 16:00:00 < millionth member join time <= 1-22-10 16:59:59

wilt18 - millionth member join time = 1-10-10 14:00:00

blackfirestorm666 - millionth member join time = 1-16-10 18:00:00

zankfrappa - [name of millionth member = "Marty Million"] + [first condition will arise by strange coincidence]

oinquarki - millionth member join time = 1-31-10 06:26:18*

Komoliddin07 - millionth member join time = 1-27-10 17:00:00

kokino - millionth member join time = 1-26-10 11:00:00

timmygadget - [millionth member join time = 1-29-10 7:20:00] + [timmygadget will be born on same day as the joining of the millionth member]

rrrttt- 1-29-10 17:30:00 < millionth member join time < 1-29-10 18:30:00

BlackNight_13 - 1-28-10 08:00:00 < millionth member join time < 1-28-10 09:00:00

RetGuvvie98 - millionth member join time = 2-12-10 13:00:00

billwall - millionth member join time = 2-1-10 20:10:00

Gerik - millionth member join time = 1-14-10 03:33:00

Erik - 1-20-10 00:00:00 <= millionth member join time <= 1-20-10 23:59:59

BWater - 11-17-10 00:00:00 <= millionth member join time <= 11-17-10 23:59:59

Kacparov - millionth member join time = 1-20-10 15:00:00

brfc - millionth member join time = 1-24-10 17:00:00

Bjarkoff - [millionth member join time = 1-12-10 1:00:00] + [Bjarkoff will be born on same day as the joining of the millionth member]

trickydarren 1-11-10 11:00:00 <= millionth member join time <= 1-11-10 11:59:59

CATLOCK  - millionth member join time = 1-24-10 15:00:00

furtiveking - millionth member join time = 1-18-10 17:00:00

littlehotpot - millionth member join time = 1-23-10 15:40:00

Cudameister - millionth member join time = 1-28-10 21:00:00

paul211 - [1-29-10 05:00:00 <= millionth member join time <= 1-30-10 04:59:59] or [millionth member join time = 1-18-10 20:00:00]*

idosheepallnight -  millionth member join time = 1-21-10 18-00-00

Drcruiser - millionth member join time = 1-20-10 16:00:00

gambitsareok - millionth member join time = 1-21-10 13:42:00

Fromper - millionth member join time = 1-22-10 15:00:00

ADK - millionth member join time = 1-23-10 11:25:00*

GambitKing - millionth member join time = 2-2-10 17:17:00

StarJock - millionth member join time = 1-19-10 21:46:00

mprhchess - millionth member join time = 1-18-10 25:00:00*

_ishan_ - millionth member join time = 1-11-10 12:00:00

whey - millionth member join time = 1-16-10 00:00:00

yoshirools - millionth member join time = 2-16-10 00:00:00

* = after time zone conversion

Well this will throw a big monkey wrench into anyone's calculations.  For the last hour and a half, the home page has said:

I've watched dozens of new members join, and it still says the same number.  It's been stuck for AT LEAST 90 minutes so far, probably longer.

5 year old boy: "mommy ! daddy ! lookin' it say I am a millionth customers on chess.com ! and I get a free prize ! weee.."

mum: "ignore it dear is just a gimmick, is just another ad."

What's the prize ? A giant Plush Suggo?

 aarrgghh ! forget it !!

Cutoff date? Hmm... by the end of the year? Or Jan 7th? Thoughts?

And the winner gets a trophy that says they're a genius.

Staff are not eligible for the competition because they have access to site statistics that make it easier for them to figure out. Also, everybody already knows that every chess.com staff member is a genius.

"wahh wahh I don't want a plush Suggo I want a action doll figure of saidh !"

*is come with a AK-47 assult rifle* 

Ha crawling wont help you oinquarki lol

crawling?

LOL

on the chess.com homepage

Lost in translation sorry ...

How many are still active? That's the important number.