At 1/25/07 05:36 PM, Cereal wrote: I came close to beating x-naut for the position of lowest flash, not that close but the closet anyones come, I reached the 3rd lowest flash of all time, too bad it'll eventually be voted up since everything on the last page gets mass fived.

Bob came closer.

This is going to be a long post so bare with me

Congrats:
Killer-DuK - level 11
Edward - 1337 saves
AtomicTerrorist - 190th place b/p but really 185th now,16000 b/p & 25000 total stats
Sterockicy - 111 reviews flash & audio & 2000 exp
Ptcfast - 1000 posts
Dream-of-Duke - first deposit of the day 22/1/07 & 12000 saves
Minion777 - 33030 b/p points
HairydragonballZ - level 16
Peregrinus - 3500 posts
KIRBYLINK - level 12
MegaGold - 3000 posts
Patcoola - 15500 B/P & freaking high vp
AnzRage - level 17
Hemlok - Elite Guard Lieutenant General
MARCUSM - 8000exp
Coop83 - 1000th day on ng, 8000 posts, 8.000 posts/day & 300 flast reviews
Ecke - 666 blams
MetalDart - 111 review responces
Crag - 666 blams & 2000 exp
BonusStage - 10000 exp
AfroUnderscoreStud - level 14
ng-user1 - level 11
Hybrid-Of-Souls - 1111 saves
HomerDough - 5000 b/p points & you're one rank ahead of me now
ibhenowflee - 1000 posts
Simon - level 13
Phantom - level 14
VincentElric - level 10
Cereal - Elite Guard Praporshchik, A+ BA & 3000 exp
ReservoirDogs - level 10
Truth - level 14
MARINE - 6000 exp
Mr-Molotov - 8888 posts
Sirockalot - level 10
ReconRebel - 78000 b/p
Night-Ranger - level 10
ixfd64 - level 18
verycoolguy - 1000 posts
milinko959 - 9000 saves
wesdood - #210 b/p

Thanks:
PenguinLink
Mr-Molotov
Dela
IndianapolisColts
Coop83
Bahamut
Casualty

At 1/25/07 10:35 AM, raindrops wrote: Here is the chart by Ramgi

Well that means I'm level 12, not mush change there

At 1/26/07 03:38 AM, Sterockicy wrote:

:o

At 1/26/07 04:45 AM, ChicagoBears wrote: Bob came closer.

I thought the lowest his flash went to was .86 mine went to .71 Anyway, its funny that the lowest flash dosn't even have turd.

After reaching 10,000 Experience and the doublelist, Coop congratulates:
Phantom: Level 14
VincentElric: Level 10
Cereal: EG Praporshchik; 3,000 Experience
Truth: Level 14
MARINE: 6,000 Experience
Mr-Molotov: 8,888 Posts
Sirockalot: Level 10
AtomicTerrorist: 25,000 Total Points
Crag: 2,000 Experience
milinko959: 9,000 Saves
verycoolguy: 1,000 Posts
ixfd64: Level 18
Night-Ranger: Level 10
Sterockicy: 2,000 Experience

Thanks to:
Shanus

At 1/25/07 11:50 AM, Casualty wrote: This time you deserve a whole list on your own =D Congrats!

At 1/23/07 09:03 AM, Coop83 wrote: See comments for Linkin Park. Other than that, say what you like about Soggy Digestive

See reply for your comments to Linkin Park. And I've never heard about Soggy Digestive...

Basically, we were in the pub, coming up with stupid names for stupid bands. I offered up 'Limp Dickshit' for Limp Bizkit, while the other options we're 'Fred Durst's ego' and 'Soggy Digestive' (All you yanks - digestive is a biscuit, which you would call a cookie)

At 1/25/07 02:35 PM, schneelocke wrote: Mmmm, level 25.

I'm hoping for level 29 in that case...

At 1/25/07 06:19 PM, Mr-Molotov wrote:

At 1/25/07 04:10 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, that's your loss, sonny *puts quater back in pocket, smugly*

Bummer. :(

Remember kiddo, you look after me and I'll look after you.

At 1/26/07 03:38 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Way to make me look bad! >:-(

And my 5x you doesn't?

At 1/26/07 05:05 AM, Cereal wrote:

I thought the lowest his flash went to was .86 mine went to .71 Anyway, its funny that the lowest flash dosn't even have turd.

Only godly flashes don't have a piece of shit next to their icon.

My 2,000 post w00t!

Screenshot??

At 1/24/07 02:06 PM, schneelocke wrote: Congrats on the pipe (and 6666 posts).

Thanks :)

I wouldn't be surprised if the new levels took another 6 months (or even longer; in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't implemented in 2007 at all[1])

The way things have gone so far, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't arrive this year either ;)

but why do you hope they're never gonna arrive at all?

The amount of time it takes to level up is perfectly fine at the moment, since it takes a while to level up, which makes it seem more meaningful. Reducing the amount of time it takes to level up will take away that meaning, since you'll be levelling up too frequently, making it seem like barely an achievement at all.

It's not until you reach somewhere around level 23 that levelling up takes too long. Bear in mind that it's not these high-level users that are complaining. The majority of the complainers are those that have just reached level 9 and are shocked by the amount of experience they need to reach level 10, since they were used to levelling up after every 50 experience points recieved. The arrival of the new levels isn't going to help these people to not feel shocked, since they'll still be faced with a significant extra amount of experience points to acquire than they were used to.

At 1/26/07 07:08 AM, Dent0n wrote: My 2,000 post w00t!

Heh, I remember when you reached 1000. Congrats.

Screenshot??

Sure thing.

At 1/26/07 07:30 AM, AfroUnderscoreStud wrote: The amount of time it takes to level up is perfectly fine at the moment, since it takes a while to level up, which makes it seem more meaningful. Reducing the amount of time it takes to level up will take away that meaning, since you'll be levelling up too frequently, making it seem like barely an achievement at all.

well... i would prefer if the levels just got a little bit easier to get.

It's not until you reach somewhere around level 23 that levelling up takes too long. Bear in mind that it's not these high-level users that are complaining. The majority of the complainers are those that have just reached level 9 and are shocked by the amount of experience they need to reach level 10, since they were used to levelling up after every 50 experience points recieved.

lol thats very true. I remember when i was leveling up like carzy until i got to level 9.

The arrival of the new levels isn't going to help these people to not feel shocked, since they'll still be faced with a significant extra amount of experience points to acquire than they were used to.

I hope that they make the leveling up more gradual so that its not such a big jump when they get to level 9.

Congrats to:

VincentElric - Level 10
Cereal - Elite Guard Praporshchik, 3000 EXP
ReservoirDogs - Level 10
MARINE - 6000 EXP
Mr-Molotov - 8888 posts
Sirockalot - Level 10
AtomicTerrorist - 25000 total points
Crag - 2000 EXP
milinko959 - 9000 saves
verycoolguy - 1000 posts
ixfd64 - Level 18
Night-Ranger - Level 10
ReconRebel - 78000 B/P
Sterockicy - 2000 EXP
Coop83 - 10000 EXP. :D
Dent0n - 2000 posts. Take a screenshot yourself, you lazy ass. :P

At 1/25/07 10:35 AM, raindrops wrote: Here is the chart by Ramgi

LOLOLOLOL!

10 00899
11 01,398
12 01,897
13 02,396
14 02,895

Those are the levels that most of my alts will be.

18 04,890

That's where Toohot100 would be. :)

25 08,383

And that's where I'd be. :)

At 1/25/07 11:50 AM, Casualty wrote: The link I posted must be like, the worst music video EVER made, any category.

That emo looking person on the video...Is that a man or a woman? It scares me. :P

At 1/26/07 07:30 AM, AfroUnderscoreStud wrote:

At 1/26/07 07:08 AM, Dent0n wrote: My 2,000 post w00t!

Heh, I remember when you reached 1000. Congrats.

Rly? Wow, lol

Screenshot??

Sure thing.

Thx..:)

At 1/26/07 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: After reaching 10,000 Experience and the doublelist, Coop congratulates:

Sweet, congrats. :)

Congratulations To
NickScott- 1337th post, silver whistle and 666 saves (666 saves? Is that an oxy moron?)
AtomicTerrorist- 7,000 saves, 16,000 B/P points, and Elite Guard Lieutenant Colonel
Superstatguy- Level 10
Killer-of-cows- 7.00 voting power
Peregrinus- Level 12
SimKiss- 2,000 posts
ChicagoBears- 84,000 B/P points
Sterockicy- Elite Guard Staff Sergeant
Kabomb- 4,000 experience points and level 12
BlueFlameSkulls- 10,000 posts and level 14
Trish-Loves-Tubgirl- 1,000 experience points
Haggard- Silver whistle
PsychoYoshi- Level 12 and 1,000 B/P points
FallenElement- 3,000 experience points
Ornery-scotsman- Elite Guard Supreme Commander and cracked 12.00 voting power
Coop83- 21,000 B/P points
Wesdood- 11,111 posts
Minion777- Level 14 and 33,000 B/P points
PenguinLink- 5,000 saves, 3,000 blams and Elite Guard Praporshchik
ELASP- Level 10
MetalDart- 8,000 saves, 5,000 experience points and 10,000 blams
Aksumka- 34,000 B/P points
Psycho-Simple- Level 11
Ppink-Ssoda- Level 11
Darkl89- Level 14
Imacow- 400 flash reviews
Wizardman- 10,000 experience points (Happy birthday!)
Kabomb- Level 12
SlashFirestorm- Level 12
Shpouiten- Level 17
Michael- 6.66 voting power
ScreamingPhoto-op- Level 11
Stuff4u2kno- 1,337 posts
HomerDough- 3,000 saves
Patcoola- Level 19
Dream-of-Duke- Top 100 B/P users (I wish I was there) and 12,000 saves
Sex0r- Level 2
Bahamut- 45,000 B/P points
MrT-Time- Level 16
Tip-Toe- Level 11
Shanus- Elite Guard Sergeant First Class
Killer-DuK- Level 11
Dela- 3,000 saves
Edward- 1,337 saves
Ptcfast- 1,000 posts
HarydragonballZ- Level 16
KIRBYLINK- Level 12
AnzRage- Level 17
Coop83- 1,000 days on Newgrounds (Now that's an achievement), 8,000 posts, and 300 flash reviews
Ecke- 666 blams
CrimsonBlood- 6.66 voting power
Afro_Stud- Level 14
Ng-user1- Level 11
Hybrid-Of-Souls- 1,111 saves
Elite Guard Sergeant First Class and 5,000 B/P points
Ibhenowflee- 1,000 posts
Simon- Level 13
Phantom- Level 14
VincentElric- Level 10
Cereal- Elite Guard Praporshchik and 3,000 experience points
ReservoirDogs- Level 10
Truth- Level 14
MARINE- 6,000 experience points
Sirockalot- Level 10
Jdog925- Level 8
Milinko959- 9,000 saves
Verycoolguy- 1,000 posts
Ixfd64- Level 18
Night-Ranger- Level 10
ReconRebel- 78,000 B/P points
Sterockicy- 2,000 experience points
Dent0n- 2,000 posts

Thanks To
Coop83
Bahamut
Mr-Molotov
PenguinLink
Shanus
Casualty
IndianapolisColts (GO BEARS! >:()
MegaGold

Sorry this took so long, World of Warcraft has got the best of me. I havent missed a congrats to someone in a long time and I don't plan on missing one anytime soon.

At 1/26/07 07:30 AM, AfroUnderscoreStud wrote: The amount of time it takes to level up is perfectly fine at the moment, since it takes a while to level up, which makes it seem more meaningful. Reducing the amount of time it takes to level up will take away that meaning, since you'll be levelling up too frequently, making it seem like barely an achievement at all.

I don't see that. Why would levelling up - say - after three months instead of six months be less of an achievement?

It's not until you reach somewhere around level 23 that levelling up takes too long. Bear in mind that it's not these high-level users that are complaining. The majority of the complainers are those that have just reached level 9 and are shocked by the amount of experience they need to reach level 10, since they were used to levelling up after every 50 experience points recieved. The arrival of the new levels isn't going to help these people to not feel shocked, since they'll still be faced with a significant extra amount of experience points to acquire than they were used to.

Those who're now high levels, well, already are at high levels. There's a few levels they likely will never reach, but for the most part, even the very high ones can be attained - I remember seeing ramagi at level 23 for a long time, for example, and she's 25 now. I'm pretty sure she'll eventually get to 26, too, at least (that is, she would if there wouldn't be any new levels).

It's not true that the majority of those who complain have just reached level 9, either. Apart from the fact that everyone can see the system is broken no matter which level they currently have, anyway, no matter whether it's level 2 or level 20, I, for one, have always been saying that it's broken even though I'm level 15 now and well on my way to 16.

But actually, I'd be more inclined to listen to those who've just reached level 9, anyway, since they will have to endure even larger gaps. Let's take level 25, for example - I don't know how long it took ramagi to get there, but since she signed up in spring 2001 and since she's 25 now, it took her less than 6 years. Now, take me; according to the planetbob calculator, I'll need another 12 years and 11 months to get there, for a total of about 15 and a half years. Someone who just reached level 9 (400 XP) would need another 22 years and 3 months, in addition to the (negligible) ~1 month they already spent on NG.

How can anyone seriously say that this is not broken?

I'm not saying that high levels should be easy to reach or that, for example, all levels should be at set 50 XP gaps even after level 9 (although I wouldn't be surprised if that's what it was like when the whole level system was first introduced. Does someone know what the *original* level requirements were, before they started changing for the first time?). What I *am* saying is that *everyone* deserves a chance to actually reach even the high levels with enough dedication and hard work, and the way things are now, if you didn't sign up a few years ago, you're hosed, plain and simple.

ramagi got to level 25 in less than 6 years. I will need more than 15 years to get there. Someone who is level 9 right now will need more than 22. Somebody who'll sign up in a year might well need 30. How is that fair?

The current system really does nothing except for rewarding those who have been here for a long time - or, more to the point, it punishes everyone who hasn't. Rewards for having been here for long are OK, but I really think that levels should scale exponentially instead of linearly. Why does the gap between level 9 and level 10, at any given time, have to be the same as the gap between level 29 and level 30? (I know it's still easier to level up to 10, of course, but I'm talking about the XP gap only.) I frankly don't see why, and an exponential scaling would get rid of the unfairness for people who haven't been around for half a decade or more already.

And all this is doubly true when you consider that (base) VP is directly tied to XP, too; one might argue that XP and levels are ultimately meaningless numbers that are only good for vanity, but as it stands, people who're not part of the "old guard" are also punished in terms of voting power - they're basically told that they are and always will be worth less (not worthless, of course, but worth less).

I don't see why that's good, either.

WOW! crazy list Hemlok! How long did that take to type up?

8.75 VP yeh!

At 1/26/07 04:28 PM, AtomicTerrorist wrote: WOW! crazy list Hemlok! How long did that take to type up?

This is probably my third list like this, I've grown used to making these. It took me around 10-15 minutes, not too bad.

8.75 VP yeh!

Cool! Good work.

Elite Guard Major General

At 1/26/07 06:08 PM, LevelOneAccount wrote: Elite Guard Major General

awsome! only 8.5 k left until....

lol doubles in everything.

Congrats to:
AtomicTerrorist - 25,000 stat points, and 8.75 VP.
Cereal - 3,000 exp.
Crag - 2,000 exp.
Dent0n - 2,000 posts.
ixfd64 - Level 18.
LevelOneAccount - EG Major General.
milinko959 - 9,000 saves.
Night-Ranger - Level 10.
ReconRebel - 78,000 b/p.

Yet another lack of a gif?

Sirockalot - Level 10.
Sterockicy - 2,000 exp.
verycoolguy - 1,000 posts.

Thanks to:
Bahamut.
Coop83.
MegaGold.
Shanus.

At 1/26/07 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Remember kiddo, you look after me and I'll look after you.

You'd better not be stalking on me now...

>_>

At 1/26/07 03:54 PM, Hemlok wrote: Congratulations To

YOU'RE MISSING ONE AWESOME USER. >:(

Alright well some of you might remember me I was a regular here for a while you know posting my milestones, and saying congrats. Anyway I would definetly like to come back. I am trying to start posting a little bit more in the Where is/How to? and other forum sections instead of just the Clubs & Crews. So I am just gonna start congratulation people again.

Hybrid-Of-Souls - 1,111 saves
Ibhenowflee - 1,000 posts
Simon - Level 13
Phantom - Level 14
VincentElric - Level 10
Cereal - Elite Guard Praporshchik and 3,000 EXP
ReservoirDogs - Level 10
Truth - Level 14
MARINE - 6,000 experience points
Sirockalot - Level 10
Jdog925 - Level 8
Milinko959 - 9,000 saves
Verycoolguy - 1,000 posts
Ixfd64 - Level 18
Night-Ranger - Level 10
ReconRebel - 78,000 B/S
Sterockicy - 2,000 EXP
Dent0n - 2000 posts
AtomicTerrorist - 8.75 Voting Power
LevelOneAccount - 21,500 B/S

I haven't reached anything big in a while. The other day I got 300 posts but that isn't really that big of a deal. Anyway I should be able to keep up with this thread okay since It is only here and Clubs & Crews that I post in. I look forward to talking to all of you and getting to kno all of you a whole lot better.

At 1/25/07 10:35 AM, raindrops wrote: Here is the chart by Ramgi

Level 41 - 16,366 exp

Yeah baby! Only 166 experience points away from the 41st rank (hypothetically speaking).

My thanks to:

Shanus
Bahamut
Hemlok
Mr-Molotov
head2toewinner

the rest of you can go fuck yourselves >:-(

Slipping into madness on occasion is good for the sake of comparison.

At 1/26/07 11:08 PM, NickScott wrote: I wonder where he made that up;

I don't think he did Nick. He said it was ramagi's list.

liljim said they still didn't know if they were going to change our level.

Great. So that means I still have a shot at level 23. That's like waiting at the dentist's office to get your teeth pulled.

Recon,

Nick,

we've been in the same thread for plenty of time

Define plenty.

and you never said hi

Neither did you.

now you're telling me to fuck myself? >:(

Buy me another beer. You're still ugly. <3

PenguinLink's Congratulations List #9
Congratulations to the following users:

HomerDough- Elite Guard Sergeant First Class and 5000 B/P Points
AtomicTerrorist- 16,000 B/P Points
ibhenowflee- 1,000 Posts
Simon- Level 13
Phantom- Level 14
VincentElric- Level 10
Cereal- Elite Guard Praporshchik
ReservoirDogs- Level 10
Truth- Level 14
MARINE- 6,000 Experience Points
Mr-Molotov- 8,888 Posts
Sirockalot- Level 10
verycoolguy- 1,000 Posts
ixfd64- Level 18
Night-Ranger- Level 10
Sterockicy- 2,000 Experience Points
Cereal- 3,000 Experience Points
Dent0n- 2,000 Posts
AtomicTerrorist- 8.75 Voting Power
LevelOneAccount- Elite Guard Major General

Sorry for the long list guys. Many of us got behind on Congratulating people and well this is what happens. This page will be known as the first page that contained the longest Congratulations lists in the history of this thread. :) That is if you guys could prove me wrong... >:)

Just got Level 14. Also, I'm ranked 1,111 out of experience.
Can't wait until new layout to see what my new level will look like.

At 1/25/07 05:36 PM, Cereal wrote: I came close to beating x-naut for the position of lowest flash, not that close but the closet anyones come, I reached the 3rd lowest flash of all time, too bad it'll eventually be voted up since everything on the last page gets mass fived.

x-naut votes stuff up that get too close to that score as well as his fans. Sad but true.

I've reached the top 20 experience users!
I just recently hit #20 in experience and quite soon i'll become #19. :)

Level 11.

At 1/26/07 04:17 PM, schneelocke wrote:
It's not true that the majority of those who complain have just reached level 9, either. Apart from the fact that everyone can see the system is broken no matter which level they currently have, anyway, no matter whether it's level 2 or level 20, I, for one, have always been saying that it's broken even though I'm level 15 now and well on my way to 16.

you are right about one thing it isn't just the level 9 users who complain about this. The main reason people complained about this was because they couldn't get to the high levels they wanted fast enough simple as that. Most people deposit in hopes of getting to the high level real fast but they got a rude awakening when they couldn't.

But actually, I'd be more inclined to listen to those who've just reached level 9, anyway, since they will have to endure even larger gaps. Let's take level 25, for example - I don't know how long it took ramagi to get there, but since she signed up in spring 2001 and since she's 25 now, it took her less than 6 years. Now, take me; according to the planetbob calculator, I'll need another 12 years and 11 months to get there, for a total of about 15 and a half years. Someone who just reached level 9 (400 XP) would need another 22 years and 3 months, in addition to the (negligible) ~1 month they already spent on NG.

How can anyone seriously say that this is not broken?

The "broken system" even when the new levels are added the system won't be fixed since the gaps won't be gone they will only be smaller. Personally I don't think the new levels are a good Idea either for that same reason since it isn't a permanent solution to the problem. In a couple more years it will be the same thing all over again. The only way to fix the broken system would be to put all the levels on a fixed scale like the B/P system but that would defeat the whole purpose of depositing everyday since no matter how many deposits you miss it will take you the same amount of days to get to a certain level as some one who deposited everyday and how would that be fair?

The EXP Calculator isn't always correct as well. You forget that is only correct if the #1 user deposits everyday. If the #1 users doesn't deposit for the day but you do the gap won't increase. and if the #1 user stops completely there wouldn't be no increasing gaps until some one passes him/her.

Congrats to:

LevelOneAccount - Elite Guard Major General. Yay for Afro_Stud!
AtomicTerrorist - doubles stuff
Nerijus - Level 14, #1111 EXP. lol at that many users with a level of 14 or higher.
YoinK - Top 20 EXP
Fennec - Level 11

Thanks to:

Hemlok

At 1/26/07 03:54 PM, Hemlok wrote: Sorry this took so long, World of Warcraft has got the best of me.

When I got addicted and got a bit annoyed at where I was, I stayed away from World of Warcraft and not played on it again with one exception. :)

At 1/27/07 01:57 AM, LittleWashu wrote: x-naut votes stuff up that get too close to that score as well as his fans. Sad but true.

Uh-oh...

100 review responses

Coop passes on hearty congratulations to:
Dent0n: 2,000 Posts
LevelOneAccount: EG Major General
Nerijus: Ranked 1,111 for Experience; Level 14
YoinK: Ranked 20 for Experience
Fennec: Level 11

Thanks to:
Bahamut
schneelocke
Hemlok (x4)

At 1/26/07 09:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: Coop83 - 10000 EXP. :D

Finally made it!

At 1/26/07 03:25 PM, schneelocke wrote: Sweet, congrats. :)

*dances* I'm finally on the doublelist with you!

At 1/26/07 03:54 PM, Hemlok wrote: Sorry this took so long, World of Warcraft has got the best of me. I havent missed a congrats to someone in a long time and I don't plan on missing one anytime soon.

Thanks, but didn't you miss my 10k?!

At 1/26/07 07:09 PM, Mr-Molotov wrote:

At 1/26/07 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Remember kiddo, you look after me and I'll look after you.

You'd better not be stalking on me now...

I can confirm that you are not the NG user I am stalking.