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.

70000 total points!

At 1/27/07 06:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: Finally made it!

Yep, and now I gotta get to 10k EXP sometime in June or July. It's a long way away, but I'll be getting 9k EXP in 39 days time. :)

At 1/27/07 07:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: 70000 total points!

CONGRATS

As for myself.

= 17000 Flash Reviews =

~X~

Congratulations to:
Dent0n 2000 Posts
LevelOneAccount Elite Guard Major General
Nerijus Level 14
YoinK Top 20 experienced users
Fennec Level 11
Bahamut 70,000 Total Points

This pretty much speaks for itself!

YAH, FINALLY!

Congrats to:
VincentElric: LVL 10 - Hooray!
Cereal: EG Praporshschik/3,000 Experience
ReservoirDogs: LVL 10
Thruth: LVL 14
Rage: Modship - lol
Rucklo: Modship - And lol!
Marine: 6,000 Experience
Mr-Molotov: 8,888 Posts
Sirockalot: LVL 10
AtomicTerrorist: 25,000 Total Stats/8.75 VP
Crag: 2,000 Experience
milinko959: 9,000 Saves
verycoolguy: 1,000 Posts
ixfd64: LVL 18
Night-Ranger: LVL 10
ReconRebel: 78,000 B/P - Nice one, heh!
Sterockicy: 2,000 Experience/EG Sergeant First Class
Dent0n: 2,000 Posts
LevelOneAccount: EG Major General - I fucking hate it when alts are better than me >:(
Nerijus: LVL 14/Top 1,111 Experience
YoinK: Top 20 Experience
Fennec: LVL 11
Coop83: 111 Review Responses
Bahamut: 70,000 Total Stats - Long time before you got some cool stat but here it is =P
XwaynecoltX: 17,000 Flash Reviews - *gasp*!

At 1/26/07 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: 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)

Hahahah dude I gotta do that some time with some mates!

At 1/26/07 09:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

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

Yes, I am scared too =( Fortunately thanks to logical logic emos kill themselves so "it" shouldn't be around too long anymore... I hope.

Top 1.8k experience.. ^^

At 1/27/07 02:36 AM, YoinK wrote: I've reached the top 20 experience users!
I just recently hit #20 in experience and quite soon i'll become #19. :)

Holy moly! Congrats! :)

At 1/27/07 03:11 AM, LittleWashu wrote: 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.

I don't know... I've been here for 2,5 years, and I'm only level 15. Given that the first 9 levels don't really count, anyway, that means I've reached the 6th "real" level out of 21 - so it's not just about not being able to get to high levels "real fast". In order to reach 25 (the 16th out of 21 - which, unlike the 6th out of 21, actually is a high level), I'd need 15 years, and not being happy with that is not about wanting to get there "real fast". In fact, there is quite some room between 15 years and "real fast", I'd say...

Also, on a side note, it's not just about the time it's taking to get to those levels, it's also about the unfairness. If, for example, all levels above 9 had had never-changing 1000 XP gaps between them right from the start, it would still take you a long, long time to get to (for example) level 25, but it would've been like that for *everyone*, and the fact that some signed up earlier than others would only have meant that they'd have amassed more XP already and that they thus would get there earlier - but those who signed up later wouldn't receive an extra penalty for it.

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?

I agree that adding new levels is band-aid at best, yes - but it's better than nothing for now, and purdy new icons are always nice, too. ;)

But seriously, it's simply not true that putting all levels on a fixed, never-changing scale is the only way to fix the current system. I've already proposed another solution in my last post - use an exponential scale instead of a linear one, so that the levels are spaced tighter near level 9 at any given points than they are near level 30 (or, hopefully soon, 60). That would neatly solve the current problems while still giving you an incentive to deposit every day that goes beyond reaching fixed levels.

(On a side note, even if the level requirements were frozen, I'm not sure how it'd take you the same amount of days to reach a certain level when you miss deposits as someone who doesn't - that person would have more XP than you and would thus take less time to reach certain levels, too. But I do see why a system like that would be less desirable than a sliding-scale system.)

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.

If the #1 user stops, he will soon be overtaken by somebody else. Remember ht52? He stopped, but since pimp was right behind him, everything continued like before. Nowadays, of course, it'd take people some time to overtake pimp even if he stopped, but it wouldn't take *that* long, and I don't think the chance that he'll stop depositing anytime soon is that large, either.

Of course, it's true that he might miss deposits, but if you look at his average XP/day gain, you'll see that he really doesn't miss many - not at all.

Finally, yes, it's true that the calculator's estimates will be too big if the level 30 user doesn't deposit every day... but they will also be too small if *I* don't deposit every day, and I'd say that for the average user, that's actually more likely. I myself certainly have missed more deposits since I joined NG than pimp did since he joined.

At 1/27/07 06:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: *dances* I'm finally on the doublelist with you!

Whee! ^^

At 1/27/07 08:33 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote: = 17000 Flash Reviews =

Wow, that's insane - in a good way. Congrats!

how's my profile?

i finnally have 77 posts....YAH!!!!!

2400 posts! OMGZ

Level 10. :D

Finally! I became a Elite Guard Private today! :)

Congrats to:
Nerijus - Level 14 and 1111 Ranked in EXP
YoinK - Top 20 in EXP
Fennec - Level 11

Coop83 - 100 Review Responses
Bahamut - 70000 Total Points
XwayneColtX - 17000 Flash Reviews
Sterockicy - 5000 B/P Points
Stuff4u2kno - Top 1800 EXP
AtomicTerrorist - 2400 Posts
NickScott - 2400 EXP
Metal-Dart - Level 10
Haggard - Elite Guard Private

XwaynecoltX is there a flash in the portal that you have not yet reviewed? 17000 is just ridiculous. I remember when I used to come here a lot you were right around 15000. How many reviews do you write a day. How many flashes are in the portal. Are you on a quest to review every single one?

Recon, we've been in the same thread for plenty of time, and you never said hi, now you're telling me to fuck myself? >:(

Yes, NickScott I believe that is exactly what he said.

how's my profile?

It would probably be better if you didn't make that post.

i finnally have 77 posts....YAH!!!!!

I might be wrong but is that really a big achievement around here? I don't think that I made a big shit about it when I hit 77 posts. If I did I am deeply sorry to everybody that was forced to read the waste of a post that I made. Just wait until you make 4 more posts now and get 100. Then you can post it here without me getting pissed.

What is it with the back-to-back 2400's? First we have 2400 posts and then 2400 EXP. Although I would have to say that 2400 EXP is a much bigger deal.

Sorry for the double post but I have some fixes to make. Sorry for the space in my list in the last post. And at the end I meant that 2400 posts is a bigger achievement. Just wanted to make sure that my point got across completely.

PenguinLink's Congratulations List #10
Congratulations to the following users:

Nerijus- Level 14
YoinK- Rank #20 in Experience Points
Fennec- Level 11
Bahamut- 70000 B/P Points
XwaynecoltX- 17,000 Reviews
Sterockicy- Elite Guard Sergeant FIrst Class
Metal-Dart- Level 10
Haggard- Elite Guard Private
AtomicTerrorist- 2,400 Posts
NickScott- 2,400 Experience Posts

Is there a "2,400" Stat number contest going on in here? Well, I have..uhh....ummm... Nevermind.

*PenguinLink walks away with his head down in shame...*