YWS BIG BOOK OF RECORDS
INTRODUCTION
Back in June Liberty brought up the question is there a "YWS Book of World Records" and being someone who is also interested in YWS history, meticulous record keeping, and nostalgia it seemed like a great idea to put one together! As is the nature with these sorts of record books some of them are incomplete and there are more records that could be included! If you notice a record missing or one that needs updating comment with your source and the date and this can be updated as needed.
FIRSTS
First Member - @Nate (November 14, 2004)
Source: YWS Member List
Honorable Mentions - First 10 Members: @Nate, @Brian, @-KayJuran-, @Lee, @ZZAP, @freakforchrist, @bowl_of_soup, @electricbluemonkey, @Korin, @Crysi
First People Tab Post "My guestbook!" - @Nate October 29, 2005
First Work Posted - Death Wish by @Brian / @Nate (November 14, 2004)
First Review Posted - Oh Gray Threads reviewed on November 15, 2004 by @electricbluemonkey
First Lyrics Posted - Bittersweet Song Lyrics (Dec 3, 2004) by @niteowl
First Discussion and Debate Topic - Abolish the Penny (Nov 18,2004) started by "Guest" (@Nate)
First YWS Storybook - The Dark Ones (November 17, 2004) started by @Nate
First Role-Play with a "Completed" Tag - The Stranded Hotel (Apr 9 2017 - Nov 25, 2017) started by @Mageheart
First Completed Storybook - Wanderlust (July 2010, started by @ScarlettFire)
source
First Featured Member - @Firestarter December 31 2004 - January 31 2005
First Squills Editor - @Nate, followed by @Griffinkeeper (Jan 2013)
Source: Squills 1/22/13
First Review Day - May 2011 was the first one similar to how we have them now, it followed a Review Month that @Rosendorn had came up with.
INDIVIDUAL MOSTS
Most Reviews Written - @KateHardy (4012 as of 7/2023; broke Snoink's record on 12/28/22)
Source: All Time Leaderboard
Honorable Mentions: Top 10 Reviewers: @KateHardy, @Snoink @Rydia, @Emerson, @BluesClues, @Deanie, @JabberHut, @Juniper, @Noelle, @IcyFlame
Most Forum Posts Written - @TheClosetKidnapper (33743 Forum Posts)
Source: All Time Forum Posts Leaderboard
Honorable Mentions - Top 10 Forum Posters: @TheClosetKidnapper, @PixieStix, @Shady, @Mageheart, @Ljungtroll, @Snoink, @MailicedeNamedy, @Nate, @Rydia, @Rosendorn
Most Points at One Time - 401,216 points @KateHardy source
Honorable Mention 145,000 @alliyah source, 126,795 @Mea source, 117,000 @MailicedeNamedy,114,310 @BluesClues, and @Yewis mysterious has 1,000,000 points.
Most SB Credits Earned - 286 Credits, @BrumalHunter
Honorable Mention - 264 @Sheysee, 208 @Mageheart source
Most Chapters in a YWS Novel90 chapters @BluesClues "Second Draft of Book Man" here
Most Works Posted on YWS 369 works - @Rook [unconfirmed record, anyone over 400/500?]
Most Wall Pages 594 pages (& counting) - @Mageheart
Most Votes For YWS Mascot - [DISPUTED RESULTS & RECORDS] While the initial round of voting gave Dragons 74 votes versus the Monkey's 69 votes, the final official vote ended with Monkeys having 106 versus Dragons with 103. Clearly the only winner is @TheEgg ... or Pat Buchannan ... or The Kangaroo? Anyways subsequent re-counts have continued to be inconclusive.
Most Consecutive Days on Team Tortoise - @KateHardy (22 months - Aug 2020 - June 2022)
Honorable Mention:@starlitmind (13 months - June 2020-July 2021), @Plume (11 months - start Jan 2021), @MailicedeNamedy (6 months - start May 2021), 6 months ForeverYoung299 (July 2021 - ongoing
4 months RandomTalks ( August 2021 - November 2021), 3 months vampricone6783 (Sep 2021 - ), 122 days @JabberHut, 119 days @FlamingPhoenix
Source: @ReviewBuddy
Most Logged Green Room Reviews - 1346 (& counting) Knight Hardy @KateHardy (log of reviews
Second Place: 1050 (& counting) @BluesClues
Source: Knight Blue's Log of Reviews
Most KotGR Awards - Knight Africa (@BluesClues) & Knight Hardy @KateHardy
Source: Notice (only users to have achieved Dragon Status)
Most likes (& replies) on a literary work - My Best Friend is Gay by @lakegirls (221 likes & 117 replies)
Source: Literary Spotlight Top 100 of All Times
Honorable Mentions - Top 5 Works: Romeo & Juliet: Instant Messaging Edition by @Celdover, there was a time when my friends included everyone who smiled back by @Sonder, 25 Things to Remember When You Become a Book Character by @Gravity, My Body is Not Poetry by @vitamere
Most Reviews Written by an Individual over Review Day - 105 Reviews, @Hannah June 2013
Honorable Mentions - 85 Reviews (@Juniper - June 2013), 73 Reviews (@Lavvie - May 2011)
Most Reviews Written by an Individual in One Month - @KateHardy 450 Reviews June 2021 source
honorable mention @Elijah 261 Reviews, April 2016 source
Most Forum Posts Written by an Individual in One Month - @Shady & @MailicedeNamedy (both tied with 8500 in Feb 2022)
honorable mention @Moonglade (2824), @KateHardy (1969), @ScarlettFire (1686), @Ljungtroll (1524), and @Phillauthet (1106)
Most Threads posted in 1 day - @Riverlight (23) (8/4/21)
Most WritersFeedPads - @ScarlettFire 428 (& counting)
Most Write-Ins Hosted - @FruityBickel (Squid) 185
Most likes on a People Tab post - 119 likes (& counting) "The Egg Post" featuring @TheEgg, posted by @fishsashimi
Source: The Egg Post
Most Replies on a People Tab post - 488 Replies @FlamingPhoenix's post on @KateHardy's wall! (June 25, 2020) Honorable Mention: 466 Replies @Carina's post on @veeren's wall, July 15, 2013.
And 398 Replies @LadyBug's Post on @Liberty's Wall, May 16, 2020
Most Username Changes - @Omni (ten names) honorable mention: @Mageheart (nine names)
Longest Reigning Featured Member - @Rosendorn (4 months)
Shortest Reigning Featured Member - @TheEgg (1 day) (4/1/2023)
Longest Running Contest: LMS (Last Man Standing) created by @Tenyo
Round 1 started on March 23rd 2014
Most Words Written in a week during LMS - @mellifera: 36,630 words during Blizzard
Honorable Mention- @BluesClues (32,301 words during Round 3's Blizzard)
Longest Running LMS Project- @TheSilverFox: "Blessed are the People," at 179,332 words, started at the beginning of round 3.
Longest Known SB Post - @AstralHunter, 10,114 words Pokemon New Horizons Aug 1, 2020
Quickest RP Duo to Reach 99 Pages - Jan 20, 2022 - Jan 31, 2022 (11 days) Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree(pt 3) by @Ljungtroll & @Shady
Honorable Mention: Nov 15 2020 - Jan 27 2021 (10 weeks) The Fateful Heart by @soundofmind & @Carina
Longest Literary Work Posted - @BluesClues, 79,041 words
First Draft of The Book Man (unpublished now)
Most on-site NaPoWriMos participated in - @Meshugenah - 15 years!
Most NaPo Poems Written / Posted in one NaPo - @Moonglade - 160 poems 2022
Honorable Mentions: @starshipgirl- 108 poems 2021, @Brigadier - 100 poems 2018
Most NaPo Comments Written in one NaPo - @alliyah - 77 comments (2023) source
Most YWS Gifts given over Gift Weekend by User - @KateHardy 4000 source: 2022
Honorable Mentions: @Shady 795, @SantaYWS 322, @Rosendorn 260 gifts (2012), @Carlito 258
Most YWS Gifts Given by one user - @Nate - 24,225 gifts!
Honorable Mentions - @SantaYWS 6,232 gifts, @KateHardy - 4,000, @Rydia - 3,150 gifts, @Santa C - 1710 gifts, @niteowl - 791 gifts (+ infinite
), @Rosendorn - 780 giftsCOLLECTIVE RECORDS
Most Reviews Written on a Review Day - 1,076 Reviews, May 2011,
Honorable Mention - 1051 Reviews June 2013, 976 Reviews August 2011, 825 Reviews, September 2013, 763 Reviews, June 2011
Most Reviews Written in a Single Month - 5,782 Reviews (August 2011 - source
Honorable Mention: January 2010 with 4,781 reviews
source
June 2011, 4612 Reviews [url=
The June 2011 Statistical Review]source[/url]
Most Users to Complete Team Tortoise in one Month: 9 (Great Tortoise Race, 2023
Most Gifts Given over one Gift Weekend Event: 6714 (December 2022) source
Most People in the Chat Room at once for "Break the Chat" Event - 50 (2013 Break the Chat Event, YWStival)
source:Third YWStival
Most Users with Holiday Avatars at Once - 57 users (October 2021: source)
honorable mention: 54 (December 2014: source)
Longest the Green Room has stayed under 15 works - 17 Days, 14 hours (June 2020) (Courtesy Knights of the KotGR After Watch)
Source: The After Watch Log
Longest Role-Play: Two Crows From the Gallows Tree 15 editions, @Shady & @Ljungtroll started Mar 24, 2021 - still going as of June 2022
Honorable Mention: Mount Olympus, 13,808 replies, 928 pages, 10 editions, started by @PixieStix in June 11, 2012 last reply was July 13, 2013
Longest Running Role-Play: 3 years, 10 months, and 20 daysAether's Heart (started by @Omni with cast: @AvantCoffee, @AlyTheBookworm, @soundofmind @ScarlettFire @winterwolf0100, @Chaser)
Honorable Mention: 3 years, 8 months, 20 days Pokemon MysteryDungeon: The Seventeen Plates of Arceus (started by @Robusto Dec 24, 2014 last post by @TheSilverFox Sept 13, 2018)
Most SB/RP Posts in a Month: 2012 March: 12339
Most Literary Works Posted in a Month: 2011 June: 1388
Most Forum Posts in a Month: 2022 February: 26814
Longest Squills Issue: 20 replies Squills 6/29/14
Most NaPo Participants in NaPoWriMo - 82 participants with 83 individual threads in 2021
NOTEABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
YWS Gold Medal Winners from YWS Olympics - @UshertheThird (2014), @passenger & @Rydia (2016), @Mea & @alliyah (2018), @alliyah (2021)
Sources: 2014, 2016, 2018 2021.
LMS Winners - @mellifera (Round V), @Brigadier (Round IV), @BluesClues & @Que (Round III), @TinkerTwaggy (Round II), @Noelle & @Rook (Round I)
Source: LMS Club Records
R.E.D. Winners - @Mea Round 1, 322 Reviews (@Rydia - 2nd place, @Carlito - 3rd place) @EternalRain (Round 2, 71 Reviews (@Mea - 2nd place, @Que - 3rd place)
Last Reviewer Standing Winners - @RandomTalks (8 weeks, 117 Reviews April 2022)
Dungeon Master Winners (SB Writers who've earned over 200 points in Storybook Badges and Challenges) @AstralHunter @sheyren @Mageheart @Wolfical @Lumi @soundofmind @TheSilverFox @Omni
Completed YWS SBs (with person who started them) - Wanderlust (@ScarlettFire), Rhythms of Chaos (@ScarlettFire), Sibling Rivalry (@StellaThomas), What the Emperor Doesn't Know (@eldEr), The Wonderland Rift (@ERANBEAR), Do No E.V.I.L. (@AfterTheStorm), High Fantasy (@TakeThatYouFiend), The Broken Seal (@Lumi), New Year Revolutions (@BrumalHunter), Animorphers (@Lefty), The Outlands (@soundofmind), The Great YWS Treasure Hunt (@Mageheart), Dreamers (@soundofmind), Curse of Wyvern (source)
Last Ship Standing Winners: The Beach ( @Carina @KateHardy @Valkyria @Elinor @veeren)
(stats: 47,787 words in Tsunami Week. 20 weeks combined total: 102,064 words!)
The Fools' Quest (@soundofmind, @Shady, @Carina)
Knights who have earned a Dragon in KotGR - @Blues Clues, @KateHardy
Knights who have earned a Unicorn in KotGR -(ie. 500+ logged Green Room Reviews) - @Iggy, @Virgil, @BluesClues, @KateHardy, @niteowl
Knights who have earned a Kingdom in KotGR - (ie. Green Room reviews for a whole YWS novel) @PenguinAttack @dragonfphoenix
YWS Squills Editors in Chiefs -@Nate, @Meshugenah, @Emerson, @Griffinkeeper, @AlfredSymon, @Iggy, @Shady, @Hannah, @BluesClues, @megsug, @Aley, @EditorAndPerks, @Brigadier, @Shady
Source: Squills
NaPo April Madness Winners @Audy (2014), @Button (2015), @Audy (2016), @Lumi (2017), @TheSilverFox (2018), @Que (2019), @Lavvie (2020), @starlitmind (2021), @alliyah (2022), @niteowl (2023)
Winners of "Last to Post Here Wins" - @phantom_blackfire_wings , @Love Jan 2012 @zohali93 July 2012, @KatKage Aug 2012, @wordsandwishes Jan 2013, @Iggy Jan 2014, @r4p17 Feb & June 2015, @Editor Aug 2015, @Steggy Jan 2016 @Brigadier Mar & June 2017, @Lib url=https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=107322]June 2020[/url], @QueenMadrose January 2022, @KateHardy February 2022, @ForeverYoung299 Feb 2022, @Moonglade Feb 2022, @soundofmind + @alliyah April 2023
CORRECTIONS
There may be errors in the above records, or corrections / updates to be offered. If you have information for records that may have been missed, broken, or recorded in error please reply to this thread. If you have ideas to add new records also feel free to comment below (please include your source!) If in the future I ever cease to be active on YWS and another mod wants to keep this up, you have my permission to edit this record book too!
Last Updated: 7/1/2023
Good thing Veeren didn't end up deleting it!
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Points: 144550
Reviews: 1227