At 12/31/05 05:06 AM, Auz wrote:

At 12/31/05 12:33 AM, Rhabdophobia wrote: 3000 exp

oh snap

Me too. Nice one at the end of the year =)

I would like to thank vivverine for depositing for me and alerting everyone to my 3000 xp and happy new year to every one

At 12/31/05 08:17 AM, HolyJesus666 wrote: help me level up i've been a member for AGES! and i cant get any levels up ive got 30 exp but thats all!!lol

You do realise that your sign-up date is listed right next to your post, right? So much for "AGES"...

At 12/31/05 01:32 AM, IvanTuroc wrote: I finally got to 4000 saves! Yay me, I was beginning to think it was impossible. I missed the farking screenie however while reading about a new windows exploit thats been around for-freakin-ever *sigh*

Congrats. :)

Well we can't vote til the panel appears and they added a delay on the vote panel. I guess it wasn't enough. I have been waiting longer and the message hasn't come up anymore. Thanks again schneelocke :)

No problem. :) Yeah, you have to wait until the panel appears, but you could also look at the traffic going back and forth and then create a tool that automatically votes on all new entries, for example. The delay until the panel appears only guards against people who actually use a browser. :)

At 12/31/05 01:42 AM, gfoxclock wrote: "relatively" neutral? Hmph. The only thing stopping it from being entirely neutral is the whims of the portal. I try to hit each rankup around 50:50, and I will never let my blams (OR saves) get too far out in front of the other, fear not. The whole point of taking this account upwards in the b/p ranks after retiring gfoxcook is.... to maintain neutrality in the truest, least-NG-unbalanced manner.

But are you really neutral just because you have a 50:50 ratio? I'd say you only are if there's an equal amount of good and bad submissions to the portal, too, but the crap actually outweighs the good stuff, and I think a true neutral user would be someone whose blam/save ratio matches the ratio of bad vs. good stuff that is uploaded to the portal.

GFOXCLOCK BECAME TEH LEVEL 17.

Congrats. :)

At 12/31/05 02:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Why is it that so many people who aren't actively involved in the passing of gfox themselves are so interested in the passing of gfox? Seriously, it's interesting how it's never just "congrats on 60k b/p!" and/or "congrats on taking #3!/#4!/#5!/etc." but instead "blahblahblah, passing gfox, blahahbhaha".

For me, that's pretty much the same thing in the end, actually. I'm ultimately congratulating people because they've reached a certain rank; but when you're as high as that, then any increase in rank also means that not only are you passing someone else, but that it's also a relatively major thing.

Oh well. Hard to explain, but I don't see a difference there, myself, and in any case, it's really the increase in ranking that I like to congratulate people on, anyway.

Congrats:
MPA - Level 17
Afro_Stud - Elite Guard Second Lieutenant, 11111 points, 7777 blams
Rhabdophobia - 3000 XP
gfoxcook - Level 20 (nice, that's pretty much my favourite level ^^)
DestroyerOfMan - Level 10
Auz - 3000 XP

At 12/31/05 11:44 AM, Rhabdophobia wrote:

At 12/31/05 05:06 AM, Auz wrote:

At 12/31/05 12:33 AM, Rhabdophobia wrote: 3000 exp

oh snap

Me too. Nice one at the end of the year =)

I would like to thank viverrine for depositing for me and alerting everyone to my 3000 xp and happy new year to every one

surprise! =)

k, happy new year.

Well I just made Elite Guard Second Lieutenant. Now I’m close to 10 K B/P… Here are 2 pics. One in black and white because people said it fits me and one in color for you traditional people.

At 12/31/05 12:09 PM, viverrine wrote:

At 12/31/05 11:44 AM, Rhabdophobia wrote:

At 12/31/05 05:06 AM, Auz wrote:

At 12/31/05 12:33 AM, Rhabdophobia wrote: 3000 exp

oh snap

Me too. Nice one at the end of the year =)

I would like to thank viverrine for depositing for me and alerting everyone to my 3000 xp and happy new year to every one

surprise! =)

k, happy new year.

Lets make like a tree and fuck in the backseat of a honda

Happy New Year LUL

Elite Guard Staff Sergeant. ^_^ New Year's Resolution: Supreme Commander by '07...
Happy New Year and congratulations to everyone with an achievement!!!

At 12/31/05 02:15 AM, InsOmniaC777 wrote: Congrats, to the Wi/Ht forum itself, for having 12,345 topics.

Mmmm... 12345. Nice notice, good screenie, and wahooo!

I saw your post shortly after I posted last night, so I went and checked for myself to see if I could snag my own screenie, but it was 12,346 already thanks to a "help me" topic, and I didn't feel like forging the html or the screenie itself, so... sleep instead. #;-}>

At 12/31/05 03:12 AM, madknt wrote: tomorrow is my newgrounds birthday..

Congrats on 4 years of NGness. 1/1/2002... did you wait until New Year's Day to sign up on purpose, or was it just a coincidence?

..or no one to care..

awww.

At 12/31/05 05:08 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote:

At 12/31/05 02:06 AM, gfoxcook wrote: LEVEL 20 WAHOOOOOOOOoooooo.

Welcome to the world of hammer, to date it is my most fave, anyways congrats on the new level...

WORLD OF HAMMERS IZ GOOD.

Most fave to date? Nah, I still have to go with level 16 nunchaku as the greatest level icon I have EVER had. But 20 definitely is next best. level 15 chains is probably 3rd, then level 18 silver gauntlet, and... level 12 boxing gloves with barbed wire.

1. 16
2. 20
3. 15
4. 18
5. 12
all the other 1-20 levels (which mostly blow and thus aren't worth ranking further)

I didn't mind 19 as much as some do, and I liked it more than 17, say.. or 13... and certainly WAYYYYYYY MORE than 14, the worst level to date for me... but I am super happy to be done with it and have moved on to 20. Both for the nice 2x level number and for the sweet level icon and... well, it's nice to be ranked #103 in exp right now. Top 100, here I come. Save a spot for me, Recon, X, Crono, Afterburner, et al. #;-}>

At 12/31/05 05:20 AM, -Alpe- wrote: Sup! Long time no seen. Havent wrote to the forum like what.. a year? Still been here and checking NG out. My ranks have dropped like shit, lol. Cant believe that this topic is still alive. Going soon to page 1500 :D

Well, welcome back then. Ranks'll do that, yeah. Drop like shit and all. But um... how on earth are you surprised this topic is still going? Even if you really haven't posted in it since 12/31/04, surely you realised it had been around for 2+ years at that point. What's 12 more months when a topic was already around for 24+ months?

At 12/31/05 07:29 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: Congrats to:

MPA - Level 17. Time for some fishing? :P

Fishing? O_o

MPA has been exactly 10 exp behind my alt for over a year now, BTW. If he's fishing for anything, he's fishing like a shark fishes for severed limbs in bloodied water. #;-}>

gfoxclock - Level 17
gfoxcook - Level 20. You look kick ass with that hammer! :D

Why thank you. I think so, too. In fact, I'm trying to decide whether my new icon looks more kick-ass in my profile... or here on the BBS thread pages. I'm starting to lean towards the latter. It's just soooo nice lookin' next to my posts, though it definitely rocks in the profile, too. IT'S TEH BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!

I guess that will be the last congrats list I'll make for this year.

OH NOE.

At 12/31/05 08:17 AM, HolyJesus666 wrote: help me level up i've been a member for AGES! and i cant get any levels up ive got 30 exp but thats all!!lol

Hahahahaha. 12/31/05 signupness... I SMELLS A TROLL ALT.

Jesus + 666 in the same username = another big clue.

At 12/31/05 11:57 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 12/31/05 08:17 AM, HolyJesus666 wrote: help me level up i've been a member for AGES! and i cant get any levels up ive got 30 exp but thats all!!lol

You do realise that your sign-up date is listed right next to your post, right? So much for "AGES"...

Again, troll alt. Worry not! #;-}>

At 12/31/05 01:42 AM, gfoxclock wrote: "relatively" neutral? Hmph. The only thing stopping it from being entirely neutral is the whims of the portal. I try to hit each rankup around 50:50, and I will never let my blams (OR saves) get too far out in front of the other, fear not. The whole point of taking this account upwards in the b/p ranks after retiring gfoxcook is.... to maintain neutrality in the truest, least-NG-unbalanced manner.

But are you really neutral just because you have a 50:50 ratio? I'd say you only are if there's an equal amount of good and bad submissions to the portal, too, but the crap actually outweighs the good stuff, and I think a true neutral user would be someone whose blam/save ratio matches the ratio of bad vs. good stuff that is uploaded to the portal.

Like I said, I consider maintaining a roughly 50:50 ratio, such as gfoxclock and Sadic and... uh... who's that guy with like 2200 blams and 2200 saves? Anyway, people like us with our nifty 50:50ness I consider TRUE neutral.

Because in a perfect world.... In a world where the truth that half of everything is crap and half of everything is worthy and thus 0 is the true average... then 50:50 is the balance point between the crap half and the worthy half.

Of COURSE half of the entries on NG aren't protectable. I'd argue it's closer to 1/3 that are protectable than the 1/5 to 1/4 that tend to get protected, but that's neither here nor there. THIS account's ratio... the ratio I ended my main account b/p career on, is 36/24 or 3/2 or 1.5 to 1. 1.5 blams for every 1 save is still more "good" than the NG portal's balance, but I consider this account's balance to be more "attuned to NG."

But like I said, I consider the actual balance of b/p in the portal to be "NG-unbalanced," and hence I described gfoxclock's quest for true neutrality as "neutrality in the truest, least-NG-unbalanced manner." Whether you agree with that type of neutral being called "true," you MUST agree it is least-NG-unbalanced. No? #;-}>

GFOXCLOCK BECAME TEH LEVEL 17.

Congrats. :)

Thanks! ... erm... on his behalf? #;-}>

At 12/31/05 02:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Why is it that so many people who aren't actively involved in the passing of gfox themselves are so interested in the passing of gfox? Seriously, it's interesting how it's never just "congrats on 60k b/p!" and/or "congrats on taking #3!/#4!/#5!/etc." but instead "blahblahblah, passing gfox, blahahbhaha".

For me, that's pretty much the same thing in the end, actually. I'm ultimately congratulating people because they've reached a certain rank; but when you're as high as that, then any increase in rank also means that not only are you passing someone else, but that it's also a relatively major thing.

Yes, but what I'm saying is... when it comes to the people who have begun to pass me, I haven't seen them congratulated for reaching a certain rank (such as 4 for Denvish, 5 for bila, and soon to be 6 for Recon). Instead, the focus seems to be on "gfox got knocked back a rank!" Now, that's entirely fair to phrase it that way, because... after all, I did. Not due to being passed in a race, but more due to lack of... participation as of 10/04/2005.

My point is only that when we talk about things in such ways, I think it shifts the focus off what should be congratulated. Which is the attaining of a new point total (60k+) and the attaining of a new rank (be it 2, 3, 4, 5, or soon to be 6... sadly, no one ever got rank #1 from me, since I never got to rank #1. But any other rank... fair game to pass me for it).

And THIRD after those two things is that I was the one who got passed. I = not the main story of someone's accomplishment, that's all I'm saying.

Oh well. Hard to explain, but I don't see a difference there, myself, and in any case, it's really the increase in ranking that I like to congratulate people on, anyway.

Good! I'm glad to hear someone agrees with me that that's the important thing.

When I passed people for ranks #5, 4, 3, and finally 2, for example, I may have noticed who I passed and felt kinda "ooo, I'm ahead of so-and-so now," especially in the cases of TheJoe324 and Crono, two b/pers I had looked up to for quite some time, and then I passed them both within 2 days in April 2004.... but gaining the rank spot was the important part to me, and I don't like to dwell on the fact that I knocked two guys I consider friends down a peg. I would hope the same is true for people passing me who respect or like or whatever me. That the rank spot and the forward b/p progress is the important thing to them. Not knocking me down a peg.

gfoxcook - Level 20 (nice, that's pretty much my favourite level ^^)

You too, eh? Well, you and X should start a level 20 appreciation club over in C&C or something. #;-}>

If I were to make such a club, it would start with levels 16, 24, and 25... but levels 20 and 15 wouldn't be too far behind. Those 5 are my ultimate favourite (as opposed to the 5 fave I've already HAD as my level, which is what the listing in the above post was all about, of course).

Levels are teh fun. CONGRATS ON ALL THE LEVEL UPS HERE IN LEVEL UP. Having levelled both gfoxcook to 20 and gfoxclock to 17 and gfox not quite yet to 15 (give it a few more weeks, but it WILL be in January)... I am all out of fresh levels for now... BUT... I have a feeling that a certain gfoxclock will be hitting 1000 b/p this weekend, unless I totally don't b/p at all, so... a new b/p rank awaits. LEVELS AND RANKS AND LEVELS OH MY.

HAPPY NEW LEVEL YEAR!

GD it takes a long time to LVL after 10th isnt it

I'm now over 9500 B\P Points, meaning that i'm now a Elite Guard Second Lieutenant !!
WOOHOO!!!!

I'm gonna need a new Signature though...

At 12/31/05 03:03 PM, Placebo wrote: Just got over 10,000 blams the other day, though I've been so busy with work and other things I haven't had much time to get any more, lol. Pretty soon here I should be ranking up again in badges with only 400 some B/P points left.

YES! Finally. Another triplelister! And just in time for the final pentalist of 2005. Welcome aboard, Mr. 10k+ exp/blam/post man. And not only 10k+ blams but 5k+ saves (not a horrible ratio, certainly, 2:1)... and 11.00 VP.

Good stuff all around. Congrats!

:::will get around to updating the list sooner or later... enjoying his 3 day weekend too much right now to bother:::

you need 5 more experience points for level 19

Looks like I'm going to start 2006 with a new level, too bad 19 is one of my least favorite levels, but I'm sure I'll grow fond to it like I did with others :)

Oh, and I hope you all had a merry Christmas, and I wholeheartedly wish you all have a pleasant New Year with your love ones!

OMG! I soooooo got all of you there! First, I have rank up in my age! That's right today it's my birthday and I'm back from snowboarding... resting for tonight's party! So I'm no more a teen-ager! Yay!

Rank UP!

Plus, unlike all of you, I will have 2006 post for the year 2006! How many fella can say that in here?!

;-) Happy NEW YEAR to all of you ;-)

Thanks to you guys ------------------------------------------
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At 12/30/05 01:26 AM, Afro_Stud wrote: Congrats on 2K posts!

Screenie

Thanks a lot for the congrats and for the screenie!

At 12/30/05 05:28 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: Snowy_Beast - 2000 posts

Thanks a lot buddy, best wishes for the next year!

At 12/30/05 09:36 AM, schneelocke wrote:
Congrats:
Afro_Stud - 2000 posts

Guess this one was for me... thanks anyway

At 12/31/05 02:56 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Again, troll alt. Worry not! #;-}>

OK. :)

But like I said, I consider the actual balance of b/p in the portal to be "NG-unbalanced," and hence I described gfoxclock's quest for true neutrality as "neutrality in the truest, least-NG-unbalanced manner." Whether you agree with that type of neutral being called "true," you MUST agree it is least-NG-unbalanced. No? #;-}>

No. :) I don't think you can argue that the portal is actually unbalanced, either - at least not when you judge the amount of good and bad submissions (as opposed to the amount that gets saved and blammed, respectively). Sure, there are more bad ones than good ones, but I don't think that automatically means imbalance: it simply is the way things are. And if reality doesn't match one's expectations, then it's those expectations that are wrong, not reality.

So I don't think you're truly neutral, either - true neutrality, for me, would mean that you're free from any kind of personal opinion and only judge flashes based on objective merit, so that your blam/save ratio would precisely (or, given portal artifacts, at least almost precisely) match the ratio of bad vs. good flash submissions.

But that's just me. :)

Thanks! ... erm... on his behalf? #;-}>

That works. :)

When I passed people for ranks #5, 4, 3, and finally 2, for example, I may have noticed who I passed and felt kinda "ooo, I'm ahead of so-and-so now," especially in the cases of TheJoe324 and Crono, two b/pers I had looked up to for quite some time, and then I passed them both within 2 days in April 2004.... but gaining the rank spot was the important part to me, and I don't like to dwell on the fact that I knocked two guys I consider friends down a peg. I would hope the same is true for people passing me who respect or like or whatever me. That the rank spot and the forward b/p progress is the important thing to them. Not knocking me down a peg.

*noddles* Yeah, that's the way I feel, too. When I pass someone (a relatively rare occurence these days), I don't think "woo, I passed X", but rather "woo, I gained a rank".

You too, eh? Well, you and X should start a level 20 appreciation club over in C&C or something. #;-}>

*chuckle* I'll do so in 2010, when I reach level 20 myself. ^_~

If I were to make such a club, it would start with levels 16, 24, and 25... but levels 20 and 15 wouldn't be too far behind. Those 5 are my ultimate favourite (as opposed to the 5 fave I've already HAD as my level, which is what the listing in the above post was all about, of course).

*noddles* I like level 27, too, but that's probably not surprising, considering it's a variant of the level 20 icon. But unlike level 20, it's one I'll never achieve, unless all the high-ranking people stop depositing altogether.

Levels are teh fun. CONGRATS ON ALL THE LEVEL UPS HERE IN LEVEL UP. Having levelled both gfoxcook to 20 and gfoxclock to 17 and gfox not quite yet to 15 (give it a few more weeks, but it WILL be in January)... I am all out of fresh levels for now... BUT... I have a feeling that a certain gfoxclock will be hitting 1000 b/p this weekend, unless I totally don't b/p at all, so... a new b/p rank awaits. LEVELS AND RANKS AND LEVELS OH MY.

Well, you can still add a gfoxglock and gfoxlock and so on, too... more alts to level up. ^_~

HAPPY NEW LEVEL YEAR!

Thanks, to you too!

At 12/31/05 05:16 PM, Snowy_Beast wrote: Guess this one was for me... thanks anyway

Might well have been, but I'm too lazy to check.

Congrats:

Ghost_Phantom - Elite Guard Second Lieutenant
SlashFirestorm - Elite Guard Staff Sergeant
Placebo - 10000 blams
Dent0n - Elite Guard Second Lieutenant

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

At 12/31/05 03:53 PM, Placebo wrote: Hey thanks man :)

You're quite welcome. I popped into your profile to check out the new 10k stat of yours and noticed all the other goodies as well, couldn't resist commenting on them all. LIKE A KID IN A CANDY SHOP!

My goal right now is to get EGSC (eventually, haha) and then bring up my saves. Not sure how I got so many blams, but I suppose because of the ratio of good to bad movies in the portal.

Well, good luck with all your goals, but I am most happy to know you want to get your saves up. To 10k+ territory as well, I presume? I hope? I think? I feel? #;-}>

At 12/31/05 04:15 PM, wismty wrote: you need 5 more experience points for level 19

Not as bad as my "1 more exp point for level 20" message 36 hours ago, but... heh. #;-}>

Looks like I'm going to start 2006 with a new level, too bad 19 is one of my least favorite levels, but I'm sure I'll grow fond to it like I did with others :)

It's not one of my fave OR least fave. It was okay. It's worth going through to get to 20, that's for sure.

At 12/31/05 05:16 PM, Snowy_Beast wrote: OMG! I soooooo got all of you there! First, I have rank up in my age! That's right today it's my birthday and I'm back from snowboarding... resting for tonight's party! So I'm no more a teen-ager! Yay!

Rank up in my age... is certainly an interesting way to put it. But anyway, happy birthday!

My boss' birthday is tomorrow, 1/1... and since 6/30 is my birthday, 12/31 is my half-birthday. I'm 28.5 today. Wheee. So fun all around, eh?

At 12/31/05 05:32 PM, schneelocke wrote: No. :) I don't think you can argue that the portal is actually unbalanced, either - at least not when you judge the amount of good and bad submissions (as opposed to the amount that gets saved and blammed, respectively). Sure, there are more bad ones than good ones, but I don't think that automatically means imbalance: it simply is the way things are. And if reality doesn't match one's expectations, then it's those expectations that are wrong, not reality.

Oh, some ancient Greek philosophers would beg to differ. When reality fails to meet teh HOLY TRUTH's requirements... which is in the wrong? Reality? Or TEH HOLY TRUTH?

I say reality is in the wrong. But clearly you are of another mind on this one. #;-}>

Let's just put it this way, the NG portal is a flawed and human thing, and THAT to me is why there are more blams than saves 95%+ of the time. It's not because that's the way things are, damnit! We could fight to change it. But not enough of us have the flash skills, the time, and the dedication to change things on both the submission and the voting side of things ourselves.

Also, to touch on something I said in that last post: In a perfect world NG would have way more saves than blams, actually. So it doesn't even take a PERFECT world to make the balance on the portal closer to 50:50. It just takes a better pool of artists/submitters.

And BTW, I never said I came to the portal with the expectation that saves would be easier to get than blams or anything. The only day that's true is days like Clock Day, when saves run like a blood river in a time of slaughter. Mmmm... blood river of saves.

But there are a select few, like Toocool, who show us the way: blams can be spurned. And if enough artists changed, or enough voters changed, or preferably BOTH... the portal COULD have more saves than blams every now and then when it's not a special Clock or Lock or Daily Toon or Halloween or Christmas whatever else NG day/holiday to help it have more saves than usual.

So I don't think you're truly neutral, either - true neutrality, for me, would mean that you're free from any kind of personal opinion and only judge flashes based on objective merit, so that your blam/save ratio would precisely (or, given portal artifacts, at least almost precisely) match the ratio of bad vs. good flash submissions.

But the type of neutrality I'm talking about has nothing to do with how you judge movies... either objectively or negatively. I'm talking SHEER numbers. Take saves and subtract blams. Most have a negative number (including this account). Some have a positive number (Toocool being the person on the site with the biggest number of all with this method of examining b/p stats).

But VERY VERY few have near or exactly 0. And that is why it's such a holy grail to raise our b/p while keeping our ratio near 1:1 for myself and others of like mind. It's a goal I once had with gfoxcook, back at 6000 blams and 6000 saves, but my desire for rankups and getting higher in the rankings overruled my number-love side. With my alt, I don't care about getting ahead in rank OR ranking. I'm just raising the numbers together, trying to keep them as close as possible forevah and evah. I think it's a good goal.

Now, whether it's the kind of perfect balance that's fine on NG (IMO) or doesn't fit with the way the NG portal is actually balanced (unbalanced IMO) as in your view... eh. Take it or leave it. #;-}>

But that's just me. :)

And this is just me, so it's good that we know this is a subjective thing on both our parts to begin with. :::nods:::

*chuckle* I'll do so in 2010, when I reach level 20 myself. ^_~

Ouch...

I'll be in level 24 in 2010 IIRC. That'll be nifty.

*noddles* I like level 27, too, but that's probably not surprising, considering it's a variant of the level 20 icon. But unlike level 20, it's one I'll never achieve, unless all the high-ranking people stop depositing altogether.

The blackness is part of what makes 20 so great, though. So 27 doesn't make my top 5. Maybe my top 10, but... eh.

Well, you can still add a gfoxglock and gfoxlock and so on, too... more alts to level up. ^_~

gfoxcook/gfoxclock/gfox = enough gfox-related alts. I have 999999th and 1000000th as well, yanno. But they're forever level 1s. I don't want to deposit for 5 accounts. 3 is enough. And no, I ain't renaming them to glock and lock, either. #;-}>

Oh, snap! I am a top 2000 exp user now. :D:D:D

At 12/31/05 08:05 PM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Oh, snap! I am a top 2000 exp user now. :D:D:D

damn i cant wait for that day! Congrats!
o yeah dream littlewashoe talks about u all the time supposedly u two are competing in b/p
but anyways i just got a new badge but with winter break ending and me needing to get a life i might not get to the next badge for a while.....

sad face

damn, this "level up lounge is popular.

At 12/31/05 08:05 PM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Oh, snap! I am a top 2000 exp user now. :D:D:D

Let's make that a screenie.

At 12/31/05 08:53 PM, demoninabottle wrote: damn, this "level up lounge is popular.

What makes you say that?

At 12/31/05 06:05 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Oh, some ancient Greek philosophers would beg to differ. When reality fails to meet teh HOLY TRUTH's requirements... which is in the wrong? Reality? Or TEH HOLY TRUTH?

I say reality is in the wrong. But clearly you are of another mind on this one. #;-}>

Indeed. :)

Also, to touch on something I said in that last post: In a perfect world NG would have way more saves than blams, actually. So it doesn't even take a PERFECT world to make the balance on the portal closer to 50:50. It just takes a better pool of artists/submitters.

Mmm. In a perfect world, actually, there would *only* be good submissions - no jokes and stuff, no crap by people who have just used Flash for ten minutes, no (claimed) five-year olds, no j00bie, no Barney Bunch, and all that. But then, in a world like that, the whole judgement process wouldn't be necessary, either, and we'd not even be talking about things like blam and save points. ^_^

And BTW, I never said I came to the portal with the expectation that saves would be easier to get than blams or anything. The only day that's true is days like Clock Day, when saves run like a blood river in a time of slaughter. Mmmm... blood river of saves.

Oh yes... I think I got about 250 last Clockday, although it unfortunately went downhill after they disabled the display of the entries' current scores after voting... :)

But there are a select few, like Toocool, who show us the way: blams can be spurned. And if enough artists changed, or enough voters changed, or preferably BOTH... the portal COULD have more saves than blams every now and then when it's not a special Clock or Lock or Daily Toon or Halloween or Christmas whatever else NG day/holiday to help it have more saves than usual.

I don't think it's realistically possible. There's always gonna be people who think they're funny submitting obvious crap - people who think that they're original and that noone ever did this before. And unless humanity as a whole changes, I'd say that these people will continue to be in the majority, too. ^_~

As for spurning blams... I don't think there's anything wrong with them, actually. There's lots of submissions that *deserve* to be blammed; just voting 2 to 5 on *everything* is just as bad as voting 0 or 1 on everything. It defeats the purpose of the portal - namely, to weed out the bad stuff. It's true that good stuff sometimes gets deleted, too, and that bad stuff creeps in, but voting to save *everything* is not a solution - it really just makes the problem worse.

IMO, worshipping *either* blams or saves *or* ratios doesn't make sense. You've got to take what the portal gives you - and you shouldn't make up your mind and say "I want to save this or that amount (or percentage) of submissions now" before you even know what they're going to be like. :)

But VERY VERY few have near or exactly 0. And that is why it's such a holy grail to raise our b/p while keeping our ratio near 1:1 for myself and others of like mind. It's a goal I once had with gfoxcook, back at 6000 blams and 6000 saves, but my desire for rankups and getting higher in the rankings overruled my number-love side. With my alt, I don't care about getting ahead in rank OR ranking. I'm just raising the numbers together, trying to keep them as close as possible forevah and evah. I think it's a good goal.

I fail to see why a difference of 0 is desirable in any way - it's an artifact, and again, you're worshipping a number that's ultimately meaningless. What you should do is judge the flashes that come in on their own merit and the either blam or save them, as appropriate. If you do that, and if you always vote on their actual quality (or how you see them, at least), then you'll probably still get more blams than saves, but at least you'll be able to look back and say "I gave every flash the rating it deserved, and if I have more blams now than saves, then that's just because some poopheads decided to flood the portal with crap that was duly blammed".

*chuckle* I'll do so in 2010, when I reach level 20 myself. ^_~

Ouch...

You'll probably understand now why I'm a bit miffed with the experience system... people who sign up these days have no chance to reach even a moderately high level anymore unless they literally invest half a decade or more.

I'll be in level 24 in 2010 IIRC. That'll be nifty.

Cool. :)

The blackness is part of what makes 20 so great, though. So 27 doesn't make my top 5. Maybe my top 10, but... eh.

It's hard to say for me which ones my favourite are outside of the hammers. I like the sword (24, I think), and the big rod (29), but neither is really realistic, so I pretty much have my sights set on the first hammer only.

But there's other goals for the meantime, too - reaching 10.00 VP, for example, or reaching EGSC with blams alone, and so on. And of course, passing my secret arch-nemesis (no, not you). ^_~

gfoxcook/gfoxclock/gfox = enough gfox-related alts. I have 999999th and 1000000th as well, yanno. But they're forever level 1s. I don't want to deposit for 5 accounts. 3 is enough. And no, I ain't renaming them to glock and lock, either. #;-}>

*chuckle* Aww... I was just about to suggest gfoxbarney. ;)

At 12/30/05 09:36 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 12/30/05 01:54 AM, ReconRebel wrote: What's the title of this book?

"Der Drachenbeinthron", by Tad Williams, availabe in English as "The dragonbone chair". :) I definitely recommend, and I definitely recommend the rest of Tad's works, too - he's a great writer.

The review says it's a great fantasy epic so I'll give it a read. Heh, I read Volume 2 of the Dragonlance Chronicles in one night. If you've never read any of Terry Brooks may I suggest 'The Sword of Shannara'

At 12/31/05 02:06 AM, gfoxcook wrote: LEVEL 20 WAHOOOOOOOOoooooo.

Congratulations gfox, it's about bloody time! That makes you the 7th Wi/Ht? member to snag the hammer. XkwiziTOnE, spancker and leeboy should be next in line if they keep up with the deposits. ^_~

At 12/31/05 02:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: What goes up must come down.

Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears. Where's my freakin' cookie?

At 12/23/05 11:07 PM, ReconRebel wrote: Thanks Bahamut7. Lately I've been getting more protection points than usual.

That should make gfox happy.

The man is easily amused. Some people might use a feather to tickle their fancy, but gfox uses the whole damn chicken! o_0

Very very true. Anything to help the pentalist save ratios...

You and your save ratios. Out of curiosity does Toocool100 still hold the record for most protection points?

I just don't want X-Naut to pass me soon, because I was at #7 on the way up for soooo damned long, and I don't like the number that much.

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. It looks like he's slowed down a bit during the holidays and he still needs well over 6k in b/p points to reach you. That's going to take some serious time to accomplish.

Forty-three points so far and still over six hours to go! Let's hope some of the flash artists stay home tonight. All work and a dead portal makes Jack a dull boy.

I've resolved to get more B/P points next year. By whatever means necessary. >;'\

On to the list.

Congratulations to:
» Afro_Stud - 3,333 saves
I don't normally count .5K milestones and othersite accomplishments here ;P But good jobbb anyway.

» Kronno - #99 experience user
Keep depositing there good sir.

» jonthomson - 15K B/P points
Wonderful. Hopefully I'll get there, sooner or later.

» Wylo - 33,333 blams
IT WARMS MY HEART TO SEE 3'S ACROSS THE BOARD. Congrats. ;D

» Afro_Stud - Elite Guard First Lieutenant; 11,111 B/P points, 7,777 blams
Cool, that's going to be my first rank up goal for next year. It's better than Praporschik because it's ALL gold. Good job on the number achievements too.

» Bahamut7 - Elite Guard Major General
Awesome, 2-star general. I always thought Brigadier General looked cooler though. ;D

» MPA - Level 17
Too bad I don't enjoy fisting.

» Rhabdophobia - 3K experience
Screenie below.

» gfoxclock - Level 17
Alt power unite indeed.

» gfoxcook - Level 20
BWAHAHAHAHA. You have no idea how much I laughed at that post. Probably about 10 minutes.

I'm not sure if that's a good sign...first time I've ever found humor in stats.

» Placebo - 10K blams
TRIPLELISTER POWER.

» Dent0n - Elite Guard Second Lieutenant
For the win. Good work, sir.

Thanks to XwaynecoltX for congratulating my alt (_Raven_) on level 11.

At 12/29/05 07:52 AM, Frostbreath wrote: When christmas is over, there's really nothing to do :)

Homework.

Blah.

Do i actually have some influence on you? How useful ;)

You could see it that way. ;D

At 12/29/05 08:00 PM, Afro_Stud wrote: LOL

Well, once your far enough ahead of him... Miss some :P

Never >: )

Heh fairdos.

Yeah, and if you're wondering why I chose Raven. I like Teen Titans a lot.

At 12/31/05 01:42 AM, gfoxclock wrote: I never made an announcement. I think I "officially" announced maybe one or two of the rankups on this account so far. WHOOPS!

Hmm, oh well. Congrats for all them good rank ups I missed...or something like that. ;D

"relatively" neutral? Hmph. The only thing stopping it from being entirely neutral is the whims of the portal. I try to hit each rankup around 50:50, and I will never let my blams (OR saves) get too far out in front of the other, fear not. The whole point of taking this account upwards in the b/p ranks after retiring gfoxcook is.... to maintain neutrality in the truest, least-NG-unbalanced manner.

Awesome then. I was hoping to keep my own voting patterns neutral, or probably even light, but if I want to get my stats up anytime soon I'll end up having a dark pattern anyway. ;P Toocool100 beats me at light voting anyway, he's already EGSC with less than 100 blams.

(my level 14 alt-alt will get them back at some point in 2007)

Jesus, even your alt-alt has more experience than my main.

Meh, iamnone rubbed his 5 or so alts in my face enough already, so it's nothing new.

ALT POWER UNITE.

YESH.

Speaking of alts...I'd love it if you could delete the reviews my alt has. I left a link somewhere up there in this post. >_> <_<

» Rhabdophobia's screenie:

3000 blams

Happy New Year, NG! :D I also got 5.55 voting power a moment ago. What a nice start for 2006! :D

first deposit for 2006. But really, is this an accomplishment or what? I am elated for some reason.

Happy New Year Wi/Ht!!! Conjgradulations on all the rank ups and levels up and fantastic accomplishments for 2005. My New Years wish is we outdo ourselves again.

obligatory screeny;

I'M GONNA KILL YOU IVANTUROC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I STAYED UP 12 HOURS LONGER THAN I WANTED TO TRY AND GET THE FIRST DEPOSIT OF '06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!

calms down

Congrats to IvanTuroc on the first user to deposit in 2006.

Also I got first 'Non-American' user to deposit in 2006 :P

Here's the first 10 users to deposit in 2006 (LOL at Xiivi for getting beaten by a user with 40EXP)

01. IvanTuroc 9/11/2004 M 4,800 12:00:01 AM, Jan 1, 2006
02. Afro_Stud 2/6/2002 M 2,580 12:00:02 AM, Jan 1, 2006
03. Bakagamer 12/29/2005 M 40 12:00:03 AM, Jan 1, 2006
04. Xiivi 11/8/2002 F 6,085 12:00:03 AM, Jan 1, 2006
05. Suicidal-kid 8/26/2003 M 6,480 12:00:08 AM, Jan 1, 2006
06. Shoryuken_Dragon 12/22/2005 M 100 12:00:10 AM, Jan 1, 2006
07. Parasoul 7/8/2002 M 12,450 12:00:16 AM, Jan 1, 2006
08. Morextremist 12/17/2000 M 10,310 12:00:19 AM, Jan 1, 2006
09. Illidan101 2/25/2004 M 710 12:00:26 AM, Jan 1, 2006
10. hot_and_charming 11/7/2005 F 590 12:00:29 AM, Jan 1, 2006

At 1/1/06 12:07 AM, IvanTuroc wrote: first deposit for 2006. But really, is this an accomplishment or what? I am elated for some reason.

I bet Afro_Stud isn't. Judging from his deposit time I'd wager he was trying to do the same thing. Nicely done.

Happy New Year Wi/Ht!!! Conjgradulations on all the rank ups and levels up and fantastic accomplishments for 2005. My New Years wish is we outdo ourselves again.

As long as the questions keep coming and the stats keep growing I don't think that'll be much of a problem Ivan.

Happy New Year LUL!!!

At 1/1/06 12:13 AM, Afro_Stud wrote: I'M GONNA KILL YOU IVANTUROC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I STAYED UP 12 HOURS LONGER THAN I WANTED TO TRY AND GET THE FIRST DEPOSIT OF '06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!

calms down

Sorry mate, I remember last New Years the person who got first deposit was way excited. I thought I'd go for it as well if I was around this year. After viewing the last deposits screen, my girlfriend says I 've never gotten that elated during an orgasam. My kid thought I had lost what little sanity I had left. She even went and hid in the bathroom. :p Truely I was happy for some reason.
Congrats Afro_Stud on being the first from the UK to make a deposit. Thats quite an accomplishment as considering what time it is over there.

Again happy New Year LUL!!!!!!! and the Wi/Ht !!!!.

Close to rankup, and 4k posts. And of course, Happy New Year Wi/Ht!

At 12/31/05 01:42 AM, gfoxclock wrote: a little late, though... 12/28/2005... so 72 hours ago, basically...

GFOXCLOCK BECAME TEH LEVEL 17.

Yeah, two seperate posts would be just to spammy, eh? Congratulations, i don't know of any alt account that is of higher level. Except for Nemesis (or Gallon), of course. If he counts.

At 12/31/05 02:06 AM, gfoxcook wrote: LEVEL 20 WAHOOOOOOOOoooooo.

Due to lack of an entertaining comment, i just have to say, congratulations! Only ten more levels to go :)

At 12/31/05 09:51 PM, Charrlotte wrote: Homework.

Yeh. I've done some, but it's gathering dust at the moment. Do you know of any way to motivate yourself to actually do some studying on the holiday?

You could see it that way. ;D

Aye. Could ;(

At 1/1/06 12:07 AM, IvanTuroc wrote: first deposit for 2006. But really, is this an accomplishment or what? I am elated for some reason.

Now i'll have to wait another 365 days :(

Congrats on achieving the thing that many users strived to get. Including me. Overshot it by two whole minutes :D

At 1/1/06 12:16 AM, ReconRebel wrote: Happy New Year LUL!!!

*Sets off fireworks*

It feels an awful long time ago 2006 struck my neighborhood.

I've been on Newgrounds for a full year now. Awesome.