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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 04:19:09


War of the Portal - Part 4
6 - “The Last Ancient”
Note: For the sake of simplicity, the Ancient speaking Ancient tongue (Latin) in this chapter will be translated by Alkador. At times the Latin is displayed; you may assume that the Ancient tongue (Latin) was not translated.

The huge submission giant charged to the group as he roared in a rage. A geyser of lava erupted from the ground as they all entered the roflcopter. The blades began to turn immediately despite the large icicles that had attached themselves to the machinery. The submission growled as it threw a ball of fire towards the flying transport, which quickly dodged the destructive power as it hovered upwards.
“The shadows of earth are rising again. The King has awoken.” Muttered Stamper as the giant submission became an ant as they moved northwards.

“What does he mean by the King?” Asked Denvish as he shivered, looking at the collapsed mountain in shock.
“The last Geminus lord has risen. His coming will be an end if none fight.” Stamper said with an expressionless face, seemingly calm over the whole incident.
“Was that the King’s work?” Stuttered _lightning_ as he looked back at the ruins. He turned his head away, unable to bear the shock he has experienced. “The destruction of the mountain?”
“No,” The four looked at Stamper in shock. “Only the guards of the King. They are a force that is as strong as the other Geminus lord who is dead.”
“Can’t we just do what D0GMA did to the last Geminus lord?” Suggested the_phantom_spancker, remembering the blue light that came from the heavens during the huge battle against the submissions.
“D0GMA?” Stamper stared at the_phantom_spancker; the name very familiar to him. “God’s servant!”
“Do…mini?” Alkador looked at Stamper.

“I am the last Ancient alive in this world,” He said slowly, giving time for Alkador to translate. “When the Gods departed the world, three servants came to be, always dying and returning in an alternate life.”
“An alternate life? Departed?” Denvish appeared confused. “So D0GMA was a god…do you know who the others where?”
“When the servants died, they were brought back in another body, unaware of their past lives. They were still able to summon the Power to a level they previously had learnt. The other two gods were Dobio and the King himself.”
“The King?” ReconRebel gasped as he walked into the small compartment, shaky of the whole incident. “You’re going to have to tell me about this. Then we’re going to have to find out about how the submissions managed to destroy a mountain so huge!”

Qwoxyl ducked as Rat charged at him in rage. Rat threw a ring of fire as Afterburner appeared from behind.
“Qwoxyl, XwaynecoltX, XkwiziTOnE! Come here!” Roared Crono- as he grinned, his right hand placed forwards. Afterburner and XkwiziTOnE appeared by his side, placing their hands on top of his. Inuzuka-Kiba grunted as he threw binding threads of a red colour at Rat. Qwoxyl and XwaynecoltX gasped for breath as they placed their hands on the others.
“Relax and think of our bodies becoming one,” Said Afterburner as he breathed slowly. They focused and felt each other with a strange aura glowing around them. It was done. “Penta formation!”

The five smiled as radiating auras appeared around them. They charged towards Rat as XwaynecoltX felt a strange urge in his body, sliding on the ground and leaping up to give Rat an uppercut. Qwoxyl dashed forwards, unleashing a blow from his pipe and slamming it against Rat’s head. The creature growled as it roared deeply, throwing a hail of ice towards XkwiziTOnE, who was instinctively aware of what actions to take. He dodged with great speed, moving like a blur as Crono- flashed behind Rat, throwing him upwards. Afterburner grinned as he flared forwards while XkwiziTOnE threw him into the air, towards Rat. Afterburner roared as his fist glowed blue; his silver gauntlet smashing onto Rat’s chest. The creature gasped as the force brought him to the ground, breaking the floor as he did so. He coughed blood as he tried to breath. Mustering his final energy, Rat stood up.
“You may have defeated me twice, but next time, I’ll avenge you all for Dobio’s death!”
Two black holes formed on his back as small rockets jets appeared from beneath his fur. A flare of fire boosted him away as he laughed manically. His laughed continued as he smashed through the mansion walls to escape.

“But Dobio is still alive…” Eldarion said, cradling his broken arm from Rat’s attack.
“It was bad timing too,” Sighed RedCircle. “Just as we were getting ourselves a better defence.”
carmelhadinosaur gasped as he stared at the group, shocked at the Penta formation. “What kind of power is that?”
Afterburner puffed as he slumped against the wall. The whole mansion was in ruins. “It seems that ‘Rat’ is back and he’s nastier than ever.” He glanced towards carmelhadinosaur. “That power is different to that of the Power. Traditionally it was the_phantom_spancker, _lightning_, MPA, Crono- and I that performed that, but…”
“But three of those people are away…” Sighed Inuzuka-Kiba. “The Penta formation is an increase in strength that requires five men who have a great willpower. It can also be done with more people or even less but five is the best number.”
“And what about those red threads that came out of your fingertips?” RedCircle breathed as he stood up to stare at Inuzuka-Kiba. “What was that?”
“My body has been infected with Portal threads. Because of that, I am able to manipulate air around me to a lesser extent.”

The roflcopter landed on the helipad as gfoxcook smiled. His was tired and he was more curious as to what happened to the mansion.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 05:56:03


Yet another quality installment from Alkador, master of portal based fiction.

It's been a hectic week for me, collecting my 1000th Save, 3000th Blam, EG Staff Sgt badge and celebrating my 1st NG Birthday.

Now that all those are out of the way, expect me to blend into the background again for about another 3 months.

Congratulations to all on any achievement and thanks to those of you who congratted me.


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 06:37:47


At 4/29/05 06:13 AM, -LazyDrunk- wrote: Congrats, Congrats and Congrats. Wish my EGSS rank-up held the same nice numbers as yours.

I guess that calls for thanks, thanks and indeed thanks.

I will, however, be passing you tonight :P

You probably will, as I've got an 8-hour shift ahead of me. Damn

*rank up*

Congratulations.


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 06:43:48


At 4/28/05 04:45 PM, schneelocke wrote: Congrats to:
Bahamut7 - 111 reviews with responses. I'm not sure that's really that special an occasion, but I like dragons, so you get congrats anyway. ^.^

Thanks, but it seems that post I mentioned about my responses disappeared. :S Oh well.

At 4/28/05 10:40 PM, ramagi wrote: I would welcome j00bie back but he got himself banned again :/ (no it wasn't me who did it)

O_O Banned again? He really needs to try and keep away from bans. :S

At 4/29/05 04:19 AM, Alkador wrote: The roflcopter landed on the helipad as gfoxcook smiled. His was tired and he was more curious as to what happened to the mansion.

Yay, roflcopter! :D

Congrats to:

j00bie - Elite Guard Lieutenant General. That's good, but you should always try and be good on the BBS.
Coop83 - NG birthday. Happy birthday to your account. :)
UndercoverStudios - Level 13. Heh, I have to wait a long time for the next level up as well. :(
-LazyDrunk- - Elite Guard Staff Sergeant. That's nice.

Well, that's pretty much the last congrats list I will make until I've got my computer back, so see you all soon.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 07:39:21


Thanks to Mazza, schneelocke, ramagi, BonusStage and Bahamut7 <3

At 4/28/05 11:11 PM, EKRegulus wrote:
At 4/28/05 11:08 PM, ReconRebel wrote: Are you freakin' serious ramagi? How many days of freedom did he enjoy and what was the reason for his sudden departure? Got a link to post?
j00bie posted "first post" in the last NG news topic. That's why he's banned.

Fuck's sake, why, oh why did j00b have to do that? I'm gonna miss the bastard. AGAIN. ;_;

Happy NG Birthday to Coop83, have a good one :D

I should have waited till today to post that #250 b/p pic, because I managed to get into the top 2000 EXP users today as well:

Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 08:46:17


--------IMPORTANT NEWS--------

It's time to enforce the Newgrounds rule:

"Stat Topics aren't allowed. Everyone on NG (potentially) has a profile for a reason. No need to have a "Post your popularity here!" thread. Level up (blam/protect or experience) threads and threads about how many posts you have are also not allowed."

Here's what we're gonna do:

I will try and get spancker's approval on the renaming of this topic to just the:
Wi/Ht? Lounge

I will be locking my "The One Lounge" since there isn't a need for two lounges in one forum.

I will try to get jonthomson to allow me to unlock his Reviews topic so that people may post in there if they want to talk about Reviews (since there will be little discussion about reviews in here).

This will now be the Lounge in Where is/How to. This will not be a place where you can post your achievements, but rather, you may engage in casual conversation. The reason? It's against the rules. This topic (and forum) have been built on stats, and it might take some time for people to adjust, but all in all, it's for the best for the topic and forum as a whole.

There are plenty of topics out there (ramagi's EXP topic, gfoxcook's VP and Pentalist topics, Jonthomson's Reviews topic [which I will ask Jon to unlock in the next day or so], D0GMA's Blam&Save topic, gfoxcook's Blams and [unrelated] Saves topic) that will cater to your specific discussion regarding those relevant topics of interest.

Anyway, I'll be deleting irrelevant and spam posts from now on. gfoxcook and I have decided that it's in the best interest for the forum, and since the rules state that this topic should not contain stat posting anyway, it makes sense.

Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?

But, if you feel the need to flame me, do it in e-mail, or AIM, and I'll hear you out gladly.

E-mail: RedCircle@newgrounds.com
or
AIM: RedCircleNG

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 09:08:22


At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: I will try to get jonthomson to allow me to unlock his Reviews topic so that people may post in there if they want to talk about Reviews (since there will be little discussion about reviews in here).

Hmm, there's the Review club in the C&C, so I don't think there's a point on unlocking that review thread. The review stuff could be in the Reviewer's Club. That's what I think, though. If I am wrong, then okay.

Also, I'm alright with this change, even though I hate changes like this. I will miss the stat acheivement and congratting people, but to keep away from breaking the rules, then I guess it's best to stop. I'm sorry for any mess I have caused in this lounge. Hopefully with this new change, I will not be as bad as I used to be with the posts I made in the LUL.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 09:24:32


WHAHAHA!
Well than, no more place to talk about archivments ):(

I just hope everything will be as fun as it used to be, in the good old days.

Anyways, today i finally go... WHAHAHAHA! BOOHOO..


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 09:30:24


At 4/29/05 09:24 AM, carmelhadinosaur wrote: WHAHAHA!
Well than, no more place to talk about archivments ):(

Heh, there are other topics regarding stats. Feel free to use those :)

I just hope everything will be as fun as it used to be, in the good old days.

It will be...different, but I think everything will be just fine.

Anyways, today i finally go... WHAHAHAHA! BOOHOO..

hahaha, it's hard, isn't it?
_______________

Anyway, after a LONNNNNNNNNNNNG night of talking to people and sharing comments (and Halo 2), I'm finally ready for bed. Have a good one everyone, and I talked to spancker on MSN, and I'll try and contact Wade or James about renaming this topic tomorrow.

So, YAAFM isn't all that I thought it would be, but it wasn't bad this time around. Too much advertising, but hey, they gotta make their money somehow...

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 09:34:34


At 4/29/05 09:30 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: Heh, there are other topics regarding stats. Feel free to use those :)

Haha ment to say one place. How can you know about people's new archivments now?
Oh well.. dang

It will be...different, but I think everything will be just fine.

:P

hahaha, it's hard, isn't it?

Well i did it on purpose, but yes :o
It'll be odd doing everything while it's splitted into different topics...

LONNNNNNNNNNNNG night

Wow, you had a lonnnnnnnng day... dream about a new way for everything to be fun =)


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 10:29:03


Well, I think it's a good think that these stats talks finally end. It was getting rather boring just to see stats and lists everywhere, it stopped to make sense after all :-\

Oh, and great episode Alkador, I really liked this one (can't explain why though, hehe). But I think I've missed one, in which episode does the submissions destroy a mountain?

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 10:36:11


Nevermind Alk, found it myself ...

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 10:50:34


At 4/29/05 04:03 AM, UndercoverStudios wrote: Its been dragged out, but I have finally reached Level 13.
100+ days to go...

Congrats US, i love the bat, i can't wait till it's my turn to get there : )

At 4/29/05 07:39 AM, Eldarion wrote: I should have waited till today to post that #250 b/p pic, because I managed to get into the top 2000 EXP users today as well:

Top 2000! congrats Eldarion : ) does this mean i get on that <3 list in your next post ?

t 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote:

--------IMPORTANT NEWS--------

Ok, im not sure i compltely agrre, but hey your the one with the authority around here lol, are you going to allow time for the stat in here to fizzle out, as im sure alot of people will not read this, it would be unfair to ban if somebody is not imformed about the new ruleing in here.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 11:57:48


Figures that when i finally help in create something cool (one lounge to rule them all) it gets locked >:(

RAWR!!


Every once in very great while comes a ridiculously funny thread. So funny in fact i must put it into my sig http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic /1049194/1

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 12:06:28


At 4/29/05 11:57 AM, Toocool100 wrote: Figures that when i finally help in create something cool (one lounge to rule them all) it gets locked >:(

RAWR!!

You know, the topic getting deleted doesn't destroy the fact you helped in creating something cool. What's more important anyway, having a lounge that you created or having a lounge?

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 12:08:18


Well on my two 3 day bans this week, I got 800 blams, 200 protects, and got police captain. :D

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 13:35:00


At 4/28/05 11:15 PM, BonusStarClock wrote: Also EK didn't say that he JUST got off the ban today, and yeah got banned ... today XD

Everyone already knew that, smartass. Oh and Bonus didn't type that j00bie got banned for 5 days.

At 4/29/05 04:19 AM, Alkador wrote: long story

Too bad that some of the inactive users that are included in your stories might never read them :( They are probably missing good stuff. I typed "probably" because I don't really read these stories. :O

At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: Here's what we're gonna do:
I will try and get spancker's approval on the renaming of this topic to just the:
Wi/Ht? Lounge

Good.

I will be locking my "The One Lounge" since there isn't a need for two lounges in one forum.

I never liked that topic anyway.

There are plenty of topics out there (ramagi's EXP topic, gfoxcook's VP and Pentalist topics, Jonthomson's Reviews topic [which I will ask Jon to unlock in the next day or so], D0GMA's Blam&Save topic, gfoxcook's Blams and [unrelated] Saves topic) that will cater to your specific discussion regarding those relevant topics of interest.

Should we post our achievements in the related threads (for example, a rank-up into Dogma's thread or into gfox's voting power list because the rank-up gives a nice vp boost) instead of posting the reached milestones here? I guess that if it's accepted then posting weak stats that nobody cares about (for example, 300 blams or 50 saves) won't be allowed.

This thread can still be used to discuss about the experience system, reviewing system, etc. without posting achievements, right?

At 4/29/05 11:36 AM, BonusStarClock wrote: just some people thought it was dumb, for no REAL REASON AT ALL :(.

Read our posts again, we typed a few reasons. Of course, you might not agree but we did justify our thoughts. I guess that we didn't go into details but it currently seems unnecessary to give you the details

At 4/29/05 12:06 PM, -Myst- wrote: What's more important anyway, having a lounge that you created or having a lounge?

Having a lounge. Hopefully, this lounge won't become too much like the general forum.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 13:45:35


At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: Here's what we're gonna do:

Who is we?

I will be locking my "The One Lounge" since there isn't a need for two lounges in one forum.

Which is good to see...

I will try to get jonthomson to allow me to unlock his Reviews topic so that people may post in there if they want to talk about Reviews (since there will be little discussion about reviews in here).

Nope. That was locked BEFORE any of this shit came up.

This will now be the Lounge in Where is/How to. This will not be a place where you can post your achievements, but rather, you may engage in casual conversation. The reason? It's against the rules. This topic (and forum) have been built on stats, and it might take some time for people to adjust, but all in all, it's for the best for the topic and forum as a whole.

In whose opinion?

There are plenty of topics out there (ramagi's EXP topic, gfoxcook's VP and Pentalist topics, Jonthomson's Reviews topic [which I will ask Jon to unlock in the next day or so], D0GMA's Blam&Save topic, gfoxcook's Blams and [unrelated] Saves topic) that will cater to your specific discussion regarding those relevant topics of interest.

So instead of one topic where people are free to post statistical achievements, you want people to use several topics (which only consisted because of the lists, all barring one or possibly two being dead anyway) to post their stats? On the principle that you want this single thread to remain stat-post free?

Anyway, I'll be deleting irrelevant and spam posts from now on. gfoxcook and I have decided that it's in the best interest for the forum, and since the rules state that this topic should not contain stat posting anyway, it makes sense.

Ah, so the aforementioned "we" consists of yourself and gfoxcook now, does it? You can't possibly use the rules argument anyway, seeing how the topic predates the rules document.

Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?

You've lost your mind.

But, if you feel the need to flame me, do it in e-mail, or AIM, and I'll hear you out gladly.

Nope, I'll air it here actually. If the whole texture of this forum is going to change on your whim, it only seems fair that everyone sees discussion. Especially considering that you're the one that has seemingly invisaged the "problem" and a self appointed cartel is deciding on what to do about the "problem".

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 14:08:04


At 4/28/05 12:13 PM, Bahamut7 wrote: -Mazza- - 17000 blams.

Thanks!

That was quick getting from 16000 to 17000.

I don't think so....Looks all the same to me.

At 4/28/05 01:32 PM, schneelocke wrote: -Mazza- - 17000 blams

Thanks!

At 4/28/05 02:47 PM, Tom_s00 wrote: Congrats Mazza ! good job, : )

Thanks!

At 4/28/05 04:51 PM, BonusStarClock wrote: OMG HORRAY TO MAZZA

Lawl, thanks.

At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: I will try and get spancker's approval on the renaming of this topic to just the:
Wi/Ht? Lounge

I didn't know mods could rename topics....

Anyway, I'll be deleting irrelevant and spam posts from now on. gfoxcook and I have decided that it's in the best interest for the forum, and since the rules state that this topic should not contain stat posting anyway, it makes sense.

It does...But still, if any of the admins actually had a problem with this, don't you think they'd have locked it themselves a long time ago? And also, I think it'd encourage a lot of people to make 'I leveled up!' threads, if they don't have somewhere to post about it.


fucking magnets man how do they work

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 14:21:43


At 4/29/05 01:45 PM, jonthomson wrote:
I will try to get jonthomson to allow me to unlock his Reviews topic so that people may post in there if they want to talk about Reviews (since there will be little discussion about reviews in here).
Nope. That was locked BEFORE any of this shit came up.

Besides, a reviewing club exists.

So instead of one topic where people are free to post statistical achievements, you want people to use several topics (which only consisted because of the lists, all barring one or possibly two being dead anyway) to post their stats? On the principle that you want this single thread to remain stat-post free?

Last time I checked, people were also posting their achievements there when these lists were active. Of course, the inactivity of these lists might change the situation and some achievements like the amount of posts can't be posted anywhere so RC's choice might not be the best.

Nobody seems to agree about where the achievements should be posted.

What are the choices?
1-Keeping two lounges, one for stats, one for dicussions but this MIGHT oblige the admins to lock the level-up lounge which will create another problem.
2-The current situation but do we really want the users to pollute the lists' threads with achievements? Of course, these threads already include this kind of posts but their amount are limited or the achievements are included into the discussions.
3-Completely enforce the rules. Some regulars will leave and many stat threads might appear in the general forum.

Looks like the perfect solution doesn't exist.

At 4/29/05 01:55 PM, BonusToTheStage wrote: The one time i wasn't being sarcastic you think i was being it, not everyone knew that,why would RR have asked if he knew

BLEH!

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 14:22:03


At 4/29/05 02:08 PM, -Mazza- wrote: It does...But still, if any of the admins actually had a problem with this, don't you think they'd have locked it themselves a long time ago? And also, I think it'd encourage a lot of people to make 'I leveled up!' threads, if they don't have somewhere to post about it.

Good point. Even if I'm not actually against the idea of cutting the crap that's, in my honest opinion, going around here since a fucking long time, I got to admit I like it better to see it here instead of seeing it in the whole board ...

And also the fact that only two persons decide about something that has been going for a while annoys me a little. Addicted to power aren't you?

Well, I don't disagree with the idea, but you should take in consideration that, except the regulars, nobody care about how this thread is going. If you also consider the fact that we, the regular, are the one that help ng users on the board and the fact that without us, it would lose most of it efficiency, may be you could accept the possibility of making an exception, just as a reward for our "good services". After all, the real purpose of YOUR work is to ensure everyone's happy, which is why you make sure nobody's offensive, etc.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 14:24:51


(uh, btw, even if I quoted Mazza's post, it's DOH and gfox I was talking too. Sorry for the double-posting XP )

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 15:53:47


At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: --------IMPORTANT NEWS--------
Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?

Not to be an ass or anything, this is just my honest opinion. This thread has been getting along just fine for as long as I can remember. I don't think that it should be changed on the whim of a single person. If you want a place to just chat, either re-open your other lounge and have it for discussion and leave this one for stats, or go to the LNL. If this thread is closed it will just encourage people to make their own threads for major accomplishments, thus giving you and the other moderators even more work. You shouldn't fuck with a good thing, it's as simple as that.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 16:32:25


It's my birthday, I'm a year old now.


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 17:03:46


Congrats to:

Coop83 - 3000 blams
UndercoverStudios - Level 13
-LazyDrunk- - Elite Guard Staff Sergeant
Eldarion - top 2000 XP users ^^
NorwayClock - Police Captain
That-Is-Bull - NG birthday

Oh, and -DaughterOfHades-, you're fucking insane. This topic has existed for almost 3 years and grown to more than 33000 posts, and nobody *ever* gave a damn. Unless somebody can give a good reason WHY stats-posting shouldn't be allowed here, they're just a damn control freak.

For what it's worth, I think it's actually a *good* thing to have this topic, too; everyone knows that this is the place to post your achievements, so we don't have tons of short-lived (until they get locked) threads started by people who want to show off. Isn't that a good thing? And FWIW, it's not as if anybody is actually *forced* to read this thread, either.

In short: don't fix it if there's no problem. Especially not if the fix is worse than what you have now.


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Oft ég svarta sandinn leit / svíða grænan engireit

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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 17:16:58


At 4/29/05 01:45 PM, jonthomson wrote:
At 4/29/05 08:46 AM, -DaughterOfHades- wrote: There are plenty of topics out there (ramagi's EXP topic, gfoxcook's VP and Pentalist topics, Jonthomson's Reviews topic [which I will ask Jon to unlock in the next day or so], D0GMA's Blam&Save topic, gfoxcook's Blams and [unrelated] Saves topic) that will cater to your specific discussion regarding those relevant topics of interest.
So instead of one topic where people are free to post statistical achievements, you want people to use several topics (which only consisted because of the lists, all barring one or possibly two being dead anyway) to post their stats? On the principle that you want this single thread to remain stat-post free?

Great point. The WHOLE PURPOSE of the LUL was to confine all stat discussion to ONE topic, so as to prevent the forum becoming flooded with such topics. And now you want to spread all that discussion throughout MULTIPLE threads, RC? That's crazy, and it goes against the no-stat-thread rule more than this thread ever did.

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Now, we NEED both the old LUL and the new lounge. Below is a simple summary of what, IMO, the purpose of both lounges, and why they're justified.

Purpose of the LUL
- to confine all stat posts to ONE topic.
- to allow users to post their achievements.
- to allow users to discuss their stats with others.

Purpose of TOLTRTA
- to allow Wi/Ht users to chat in general, without having to sift through screenshots and congrats lists.

The LUL can't be a jack of all trades and a master of none. If you go back to the old LUL, you have just that, a discussion thread and an achievement thread, but IT DOESN'T WORK. When anyone tries to start a conversation, it gets washed away in a torrent of screenshots and congrats lists.

The latest solution is fucking crazy and will never work, as I explained above.

So the problem with the LUL is, it doesn't do conversation very well. The problem with the new lounge, in some people's eyes, is that it would reduce the LUL to a stat-only thread that would eventually get locked. BOLLOCKS. The LUL would remain as a stat thread, WITH stat discussion. The admins would have to keep it open, otherwise stat discussion would be all over the forum, instead of in one place.

Therefore, the only solution in my eyes is to have BOTH a lounge for stat posts/stat discussion, AND a lounge for general chat. Reinstate the old LUL minus the general chat and unlock the TOLTRTA thread. I realise my input is nowhere near as valued around here as that of RedCircle, Denvish, gfox, etc, but if you read all of this, I thank you. I'd appreciate any comments, or whatever.

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 17:32:58


Congrats to all since I'm too God damned lazy to read all those pages. I see some weird stuff is going on with renaming this thread and that One Lounge To Rull Them All, but meh. Too lazy to get into that too.


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Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 18:07:17


24 days til I finally reach level 24. OMG!

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 18:34:28


At 4/29/05 06:07 PM, YoinK_VineS wrote: 24 days til I finally reach level 24. OMG!

Eh! You can't say that anymore dude ... so ... OMGWADEPLZBAN!!!

Response to Wi/Ht? level up! Lounge 2005-04-29 18:49:57


I know this really isn't the place to ask but most of you guys have sweet names.....And Ive had alot of trouble finding a name I like for myself, so if you can could you please suggest a good and original name?