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[Qwerty]

--29 November Update--

772 members on 29 November 2005

On July 6, 2005, the CommanderBond.net Forums hit yet another all time high of 159 members on at one time!

Why yesterday, amongst this somewhat quiet time in the Bond world is a mystery, but it goes to show the popularity of the #1 James Bond site in the world!

[Righty007]

[Bondian]

It was Dave's Birthday, remember.

[zencat]

Three words:

Graham Rye Interview.

[Qwerty]

LOL!

[hrabb04]

Guys tuned in to see if we had pics of Jane Seymour topless

[Gri007]

Guys tuned in to see if we had pics of Jane Seymour topless

Have you.

[cvheady007]

I long to see how many we tally when Bond #6 is announced...200? 300? 400???

[ES Blofeld]

Or how about the release of Casino Royale? Plenty of free publicity

[Qwerty]

I long to see how many we tally when Bond #6 is announced...200?  300?  400???

Wouldn't doubt it!

[Qwerty]

--4 October 2005 Update--

162 members on 4 October 2005

[killkenny kid]

--4 October 2005 Update--

162 members on 4 October 2005

Cheers

[zencat]

Cool. Guess we have Mr. Campbell to thank.

[marktmurphy]

Weird really- you'd think Bond would have gallons of fans. I wonder why it doesn't appeal as much as other series? For instance, the Dr Who board I'm on at the moment (at 2pm on a Wednesday) has 244 members online (I see the most ever is 1,320), which seems odd for a TV series with a largely British fanbase and which isn't even on at the moment. Considering something like every third person in the world has seen a Bond film (or whatever that incredible fact is), you'd think they'd be more fans, wouldn't you? Why would that be- is it just a sci-fi thing?

[doublenoughtspy]

Bond fandom cannot be compared to any other franchise, IMHO.

Licensees have made the mistake of thinking that it can be like Star Wars, Star Trek, or Doctor Who - where you slap a picture of Yoda, the Enterprise, or the Tardis on something - and the fans will buy it.

Certainly not for Star Wars, but I would venture to say that casual Bond fandom is larger than Trek or Who...but both of their hardcore fandoms are bigger than Bond's hardcore fandom.

Once again we get into Jim's question of long ago - how to do you measure the baseline Bond fan?

I know that the subscription base of 007 magazine can hover between 2000-4000 - depending on the subscription cycle and where the films are in the production cycle.

But you have plenty that also buy the magazine on the newstand and at comic shops. And then you have plenty of people who are into Bond but don't want to read a fan magazine.

So on this Doctor Who board - are their constant arguments over who the best Doctor is?

[Bondian]

Well, it definately beats JB&B's 28. ROFLMAO

Congrats again, CBn.

[killkenny kid]

Now that Mr. Campbell is making nice, with the press. Maybe we will break the record today. maybe.

[TortillaFactory]

Science fiction fans are just more prone to mess about on the internet, I think. That probably explains the dearth of vibrant Bond fan communities.

[doublenoughtspy]

So TorillaFactory, CBn isn't vibrant in your opinion because...?

[Qwerty]

--11 October 2005 Update--

182 members on 11 October 2005

Somehow, I'm guessing that record will soon be beaten again.

[Joyce Carrington]

We've done it again...

[Mister Asterix]

Most users ever online was 190 on Today, 01:44 PM

[Righty007]

Great! This Craig news is exciting!

[Qwerty]

[TortillaFactory]

So TorillaFactory, CBn isn't vibrant in your opinion because...?

Because Bond isn't science-fiction.

I thought I said that.

[zencat]

Unfortunately, we will never know what our true all time high is. We obviously hit it yesterday, but in order to keep the forums running, our excellent Quartermaster Greg had to such down everything that wasn't essential to the running of the site, including the feature that measure the current online membership.

[Qwerty]

We'll hit it again and again. No worry.

Being the best Bond site in the world, we can only get bigger and better.

[Bondian]

Looks like the records been busted into oblivion!!!.

638 online. And here's the evidence.

[Genrewriter]

665 now. Gee, I guess one week's wiorth of shooting in GB constitutes major news.

[Bondian]

Looks like a bot attack.