OneUpMe is a community of creative thinkers who come together to foster abstract thought in the form of a daily wordplay game. Every weekday a new topic is posted and players attempt to "one-up" each other in the cleverness of their response. Read more
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Top 100 Player · CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California
A complex person with simple dreams, I think deeply about life and existence, constantly trying to seek a higher truth by gaining a broader understanding of the world, its people and their stories. I want to bring us together, for all we have is each other.
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Hi Eric...Is there something wrong with the OUM site? All day yesterday and today it is slower than molasses. (Hey, that sounds like a good starter! haha) Is there something that is causing this and can it be fixed? Also, my rankings are listed twice for I think Acro, Hybrids, and one other...? I LOVE your site...btw.
Hi Eric, I may have found a weird bug. I won the first and ninth game I played in Movie Taglines, however my wins total 1 within that category. Not really an important fix but might be worth checking out.
Top 100 Player · Works at Legal Assistant in Muskegon, MichiganCan we follow our own selves? The reason I ask is because it just occurred to me that I don't see my own posts in the forum unless I click the everyone tab. Plus, I'm just that egotistical that I would like to follow myself.
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California yeah...that's a weird glitch i haven't been able to figure out
Chris MChris M
Works at Legal Assistant in Muskegon, Michigan You mean my inflated ego? Yeah, nobody quite understands it.
Top 100 Player · CEO & Founder at Trunkettes, LLC in Los Angeles, CaliforniaHi Eric. Hope you are having a good start to 2012! When I logged on this morning at 4am California time, the posting was already open. Is this a glitch or are there new times?
Karen FKaren F
Lives in Weston, Florida Hi Eric ~ Also hope that 2012 is treating you well! Just an update on the post time - Today was a 6 am EST start as well (the starting time is listed as 6 am). Looking forward to the launch of the "new" OUM :o)
Hilary GHilary G
CEO & Founder at Trunkettes, LLC in Los Angeles, California yep....still eatly for me too.
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California whoops... i believe that was an issue with daylight savings time
"© 2011 FishoftheBay · 8:09 am, January 06"
But it is really 9:09
Been this way for awhile. What's up?
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California daylight savings time, I think.
AnalogiesOkay, so you guys tell me: what makes the "community" here a community? Why do you think it developed as it did? Why do you have an attachment to each other? What specific aspects of the site helped make it so?
1 month ago
Kate DKate D
Owner at Morphose Mountain Retreat in Puntarenas, Costa Rica For me, I knew OUM was a "community" when I saw Beau's birthday video to Eric on the very first day I joined. There were all these cool people from all over the world referring to an inside joke (Good in Bed), that I didn't understand, but that I wanted to try to become a part of. When those very same...See more
Julie SJulie S
Works at queen mutha of her crib a sense of belonging with witty, sarcastic, passionate, creative, wise ass, humorous, appreciative, caring, competitive and naughty individuals who make one big dysfunctional family~ I smell a reality show~ thank you Eric for this sweet little escape
Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New YorkThanks, O omniscient one.
Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New YorkHello and Happy New Year, Eric. We seem to be missing our Analogy starter for tomorrow (1/4). Hope all's well and I appreciate your help (as always).
Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Lives in Novi Sad, SerbiaRA login problem again
AnalogiesHappy New Year, guys. Here's hoping that 2012 will see some big improvements and growth in the OUM community...
1 month ago
Nikolina ?Nikolina ?
Lives in Novi Sad, Serbia happy new year, best wishes
Sharon WSharon W
Works at Harrah's Entertainment Thanks Eric , Happy New Year to you and yours too .
Top 100 Player · CEO & Founder at Trunkettes, LLC in Los Angeles, CaliforniaJust wanted to drop by to wish you a very Happy New Year! It's been a very fun OUM year! Thanks for all your work.......Hilary
Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New York.Hey there, Eric. Hope all's well. Sorry to trouble you, but the analogy topic for Monday is a repeat. We had the same one on September 22 (although the cart was a he back then) Other than that - hope you have a happy and healthy and prosperous New Year. I look forward to hanging out again in a few weeks.
Chris MChris M
Works at Legal Assistant in Muskegon, Michigan Please change it, Eric. Fresh start, New Year and all that should have a fresh topic don't you think?
Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Lives in Novi Sad, Serbiaproblem in RA - can't log in
Top 100 Player · Worked at The AppCompany.com (Marketing) in Los Angeles, CaliforniaHi Eric, I know you're really busy, but I'm wondering if it's possible for all of the posts to show on same page without having to click on 'Show More' numerous times to finally get to the earliest posts. It just makes voting more time-consuming for busy people. I think you once did have all posts showing...See more
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California They should... the query is set to do 500 at a time, and each day there are only about 200.
Maxine RMaxine R
Worked at The AppCompany.com (Marketing) in Los Angeles, California Thanks for getting back to me. However, for about the last week or so, I'm getting that 'Show More' feature at the end of each page. I have to keep hitting it at least 3 or 4 times to get to the earliest posts. I like voting from the earliest to the newest in order to avoid voting for a 'copycat' post....See more
"this is better http://developers.facebook.com/showcase/" on Vickie R's post."Welcome to the site :) Hope you enjoy your stay." on Nat B's profile."I wrote on your wall that I fixed it. That's what happened." on Carl N's post."Hi. I think I fixed the problem you were..." on Carl N's profile."yeah...that's a weird glitch i haven't been able to figure out" on Chris M's post.Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New York
Hello there, Eric. I just heard a rumor that the topic for tomorrow is:
He's like a cloud - rained on my parade. We had the same topic and starter on 8/24. I wasn't sure if you were aware or not. Thanks. Hope all's well.
Top 100 Player · Works at The Manhattan Mortgage Company in Jersey City, New JerseyEric, I just passed you in total number of likes. What do I win?
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California A kiss?
Vincent MVincent M
Works at The Manhattan Mortgage Company in Jersey City, New Jersey Uhm...sure?
Hi eric, I was wondering when Oneupme will be in spanish? I love the site, and I want to share it with my friends, but they don't speak english (not well if they do). I think it would be great if this website is open to others languages. Great job btw!
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California Oh my, probably not ever.... the specifics of wordplay here are really only English-based. Unless we had an entirely different site, filled with word games in Spanish and run by Spanish-speaking people (I'm relatively fluent, but that doesn't count), I don't think it'll happen :-/
Paulina GPaulina G From Rancagua, Chile Ok, thanks anyway! I'll try to make my friends learn some english, because this website it's awesome! :)
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California Glad you like. Stick around for the upgrade coming next month :)
AnalogiesSo, while I can't guarantee (at least not right now) that the actual GAME will be improved in the next two months, I *can* tell you that the SOCIAL features will be getting a nice upgrade: groups, private messages and message threads, photos, events, long-form posting (blogs), re-sharing, email notifications...See more
1 month ago
Hilary GHilary G
CEO & Founder at Trunkettes, LLC in Los Angeles, California That's great Eric and I am sure much appreciated by all! Just remember that the heart of this site is the game.....it's what brought everyone together and is the common bond that links us and makes us social. If the game works, the social comes organically......Thanks for all you do!
William BWilliam B
Works at Team Wrad in Republic, Missouri I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but I would like a notification when someone comments on a thread I have commented on but did not start.
Elder (Over 100 Rounds) · Journeyman at Millwright Local 1607 in Pomona, California
Eric I'm sure you are a very busy man, but I'm having trouble accessing my Dashboard. Here is the message I receive:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 40 bytes) in /var/www/vhosts/oneupme.com/httpdocs/includes/functions.php on line 94
I've done the normal...See more
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California It's my fault, in that I'm doing a very poor database query on that page that was a bit too large for you. Fun fact: you've liked over 10,000 posts in the forum alone.
Ski ZSki Z
Journeyman at Millwright Local 1607 in Pomona, California Oops! Wow! Thanks Eric, I just really "like" this site and all the people involved. :)
Donna GDonna G
Lives in Cary, North Carolina thanks for staying on top of this motley crew.
Chris MChris M
Works at Legal Assistant in Muskegon, Michigan Crap! Now I have to think!
Top 100 Player · Works at indelible ink in New York, New YorkHey, Eric. I just wanted to double check that tomorrow's analogy starter is correct. We've already had "He's is like a glue stick" back on September 8th. Thanks.
Eric FEric F
CoFounder - Design at TownSquared, Inc. in San Francisco, California Yeah I just changed it
Steve JSteve J
Works at indelible ink in New York, New York Thanks, Eric
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CEO & Founder at Trunkettes, LLC in Los Angeles, California Thanks Martha! I'm glad someone else got to be the messenger this time :). Yep....it's true, Eric. Makes it nearly impossible for me to vote. Hope we can give it a little shove.....BTW, I am totally bummed that I had to move my New York trip to March. I will miss seeing you all again, but please try to have fun without me!!
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