How many firefly fans are there?

POSTED BY: EyesDriedOpen
UPDATED: Friday, February 24, 2006 18:32
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EYESDRIEDOPEN

Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:25 AM

I just finished watching all four dvds and topped it off with the movie. I had never heard of firefly before, but like you am stoked to have discovered it. So does anyone have the official count?

DINKY

Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:11 AM

Welcome!!! I don't know if there is an official count.... Welcome though! Expect a warm coat from a special someone .

"Th3re !s n0 spo0Ne." -The Matricks

J6NGO1977

Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:16 PM

I think there is 3 .LOL

CBY

Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:25 PM

I think it's about 15.000-20.000 real fans worldwide and a large number of people who had a good time watching the movie.

There are not as many as it seems. It's a pretty small fanbase after all (I don't say this is a bad thing).

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NUCLEARDAY

Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:31 PM

Howdy, EyesDriedOpen and welcome to our little Haven. I swear not a day goes by without one or two new recruits announcing their enlistment, so we may be small but our numbers are continuing to grow. And I figure for every one that shows up here and in other forums, there's also a good number of "regular" fans and such.

Anyways, keep the hope alive, spread the word, and know that we'll all be holding the line for when Mal returns. ;p

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FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:37 PM

Hey, welcome to the 'verse!

I am the keeper of the 'coats... so to speak, I'm the designated supply clerk, so you'll be needin' your very own Browncoat..

*let me see here, I know I've got some new boxes back in the corner...aha, here we go, another new box opened, whew we've had lots of new folks lately. Anyway, here ya go...hands EyesDriedOpen a regulation browncoat*

We're proud to have you! This is a shiny ship and there are lots of very nice folk aboard. I think you will be very happy. We may be a small group, but we are mighty!

Someone will be along and offer you strawberries or something good to eat.

The thing about how many there are of us is that we are growing all the time. Each time someone views Serenity it seems we get a convert. And they tell others ( hopefully!) and it spreads from there. Not a day goes by now that I don't greet someone new. I take that as an excellent sign.

Edit: Your sign up # is 18,387 and mine is 13,103, that means between you and me 5,284 people have become active members of this site. I just got here in September right before the movie.
There were lots of folks before me. I suspect we have lots of lurkers here too and that doesn't even count the folks on other boards.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

HELL'S KITTEN

Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:04 PM

I doubt anyone really knows. It's not like we're tagged for tracking purposes.

On the official Universal message board, there were probably around 75,000 accounts opened, last I recall, by the time it shut down. No idea how many were actually individual accounts.

However, estimating how many fans there are based on how many people are signed up on any given message board is fairly narrow minded. E.G., of the 8 fans at my company, I'm the only one who actually has an account.

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OBSESSEDWITHFIREFLY

Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:17 PM

Count me in as a fan. I just finished the DVDs and now I'm ready for the movie. I just cursed a friend of mine by buying them the DVDs. He'll probably become as obsessed as me.

NUCLEARDAY

Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:29 PM

Huzzah, another recruit! Welcome obsessedwithfirefly, to our little haven in the black. Love the handle, btw. Once you've been in Serenity, you never leave. You just learn how to live there ;p

Yeah, the Browncoats are sort of the Avon company of fanbases, always looking for another convert. Keep getting everyone hooked and someone'll take notice eventually, I'm sure. Figure all these networks invest tons of money trying to figure out what the public wants, and here we are tellin' em...

Anyways, keep hope, spread the word, and know that we'll all be here holding the line until Mal gets back. :)

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.

SINGLEJACK

Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:32 PM

Got no idea how many browncoats there actually are,but we are mighty shiny folk.
I guess I would count as one of the lurkers,operating on the theory that "it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I don't post much on any boards as a matter of fact this is the only one that I am registered on.
I have converteed at least five others that I can say for sure, and at lesst three more in the future.

Walkin and talking, bright and shiny

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