def count(stat, count, opts=EMPTY_OPTIONS)
      opts = {:sample_rate => opts} if opts.is_a? Numeric
      send_stats stat, count, COUNTER_TYPE, opts
    end
def count(stat, count, opts=EMPTY_OPTIONS)
      opts = {:sample_rate => opts} if opts.is_a? Numeric
      send_stats stat, count, COUNTER_TYPE, opts
    end
Sends an arbitrary count for the given stat to the statsd server.

 @param [String] stat stat name
 @param [Integer] count count
 @param [Hash] opts the options to create the metric with
 @option opts [Numeric] :sample_rate sample rate, 1 for always
 @option opts [Array<String>] :tags An array of tags