At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

nice job! :D

At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

nice job! :D

At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

nice job! :D

Apparently at some point today I got 9k saves.

At 1/25/07 08:30 PM, milinko959 wrote:

At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

nice job! :D

have had enough of your antics

I'm going to be level 10 in 3 more days! Hell yeah!

At 1/25/07 08:37 PM, Cereal wrote:

At 1/25/07 08:30 PM, milinko959 wrote:

At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

nice job! :D

have had enough of your antics

and iv had enough of urs. tho congrats on the 9k saves milinko

1,000 posts.

Congratulations to:

VincentElric Level 10
ReservoirDogs Level 12
Truth Level 14
MARINE 6.000 Posts
Mr.Molotov 8,888 Posts
Sirockalot Level 10, 1,100 Posts
AtomicTerrorist 25,000 Total Stats
Crag 2,000 Experience
jdog925 Level 8
verycoolguy 1,000 Posts Wow made this account on 6/6/06 eh?

At 1/25/07 08:14 PM, wesdood wrote: reached 210 in blam/protect

Nice job! :D

28 09,880

I'll be at least lvl 28. Are all the 1-30 gonna remain the same? Because that would still be lame. Cuz the 30 new ones will hardly be reached.

*Bold is the LEVEL, anything UNBOLD is the exp needed

Just hit level 18. :)

Finally got to lvl 10, feels like an achievement =D

At 1/22/07 01:27 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 1/7/07 08:09 PM, schneelocke wrote:

At 1/7/07 02:14 PM, gfoxcook wrote: GET A ROOM! :::slams door:::

Oh, come on, it was just a HUG.

Nothing to do with fear, baby. Just to do with funny.

Personally I think Greg likes to watch. Perv! 0_0

At 1/22/07 01:28 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 1/8/07 02:17 AM, ReconRebel wrote: Always a welcome break when Pimp misses a deposit. Now if gfox would only do the same thing on Retrogade. *looks around*

I do plan on taking a break from depositing soon. If you're still interested in RG exp by then, in light of your upsetness at charlotte's exp morality....

Ack! Just so we're clear on this Greg, I never said anything to anyone on Newgrounds about said incident. Not via the BBS, PM system, AIM, or even e-mail.

then I hope you enjoy the results.

If it means you're leaving Retrogade then I'm positive I won't like the results. :-(

I'd say the amount I'm gonna stop at, but it would ruin the surprise. It'll be within a matter of weeks, though, I can say that.

Make a contest out of it, like when you quit voting on Newgrounds. You should create another BBS sig for the winners too!

As long as I don't get stuck with that shitty level 23 icon I'm a happy camper. :-)

I hear ya. I don't think I have any danger of getting the level 23 icon on this account ever, unless they really screw with the level icons and throw 'em all over the place randomly when it goes from 30 to 60. :::crosses fingers:::

Technically the level 23 icon should be miles behind us when the new levels are added. You know what would be really freaky? If admin decided to draw the corresponding numbers randomly from a hat. Can you imagine the lollipop as the new level 60 icon?

*makes a Mr. Yuck face*

Well if you're ever privy to such information don't hesitate to let the less fortunate know.

I'm sure someone else will be breaking the news long before me, I'm not exactly up on the current events.

Meh..... things like that tend to happen when your visits to Newgrounds are sporadic at best.

And even if I start coming by every weekend, as I very much plan to do.... I STILL won't be on top of things as well as many others. #;-}>

The general forum hasn't been that bad lately, but for the most part I equate it to gas station restroom. *grins* When I was a kid I used to booby trap the toilets during summertime so that they'd spray the patron with water when they flushed. Haha! Buddy would come walking out looking like he had a major accident.

78,000 b/p points!!!

2000 exp!

3000 exp

At 1/26/07 03:26 AM, Cereal wrote: 3000 exp

YOU..........................................
.............................................
..BASTARD!

Way to make me look bad! >:-(

Na, just kidding. Congrats cereal!

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.