At 7/12/03 08:24 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

How are you X? I see you got a kick out of the hit squad. You'll have to wait for me to restock on ammo before we go again (kinda burnt out right now). Besides, thanks to you I haven't found all my skull fragments yet so it's tough to keep my brain held together.

I am hanging in there as usual tryin to maintain and keep sane as usual - Yea i have to admit those guys of your was type funny *still laughing* but you know i had to do what i needed to do to survive at all costs - but if you need any help i have some glue you can use.........

At 7/13/03 12:13 PM, XkwiziTOnE wrote: I am hanging in there as usual tryin to maintain and keep sane as usual - Yea i have to admit those guys of your was type funny *still laughing* but you know i had to do what i needed to do to survive at all costs - but if you need any help i have some glue you can use.........

Or would you prefer tape?.......either one your choice.....

At 7/13/03 01:03 AM, RageVI wrote:

so to big X, and all others up there, RUN!! Run while I'm still down! now's your time to gain some ground, but you better watch out when I get back.

LoL X's da name and points ma game, yea you know ima get ma points and move with them, you enjoy your work and be sure not to work too hard now...........

At 7/13/03 12:57 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 7/13/03 12:17 AM, wismty wrote: My favorite is lv. 16, It doesn't matter wich aura, it looks cool anyway. =)

I think level 16 (nunchaku) looks best with a light aura. The blue background makes 'em look cold and cruel.

I think it looks best with neutral, but then, I think almost all of them look best with neutral, as I love green so much. But yeah, it looks great with blue as well.

It does not look good with the red background, though. It's just too obscuring (especially of the chains). The blue, you're right, makes 'em stand out crisply, and the green provides a balance between sharp contrast (blue) and lack thereof (red).

I don't think I'll stop depositing when I get to level 16, but I might deposit less often. heh.

At 7/13/03 01:32 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 7/13/03 01:03 AM, RageVI wrote: so to big X, and all others up there, RUN!! Run while I'm still down! now's your time to gain some ground, but you better watch out when I get back.

Was "all the others up there" addressed as high up as myself, or just to the other Praporshchiks? #;-}> I don't think I have too much to worry about from you, but if you cross 10,000, then I'll start to pay attention.

You collect dragons 'eh? What's your sign in Chinese astrology, the dragon? You remind me of Chrono-, trouble with a capital T. I'll get my points while you're having fun RageVI and here's a dragon gif if you don't have it already.

Mine is the snake, BTW. :::waits for the inevitable snake gif to be posted:::

At 7/13/03 08:05 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Mine is the snake, BTW. :::waits for the inevitable snake gif to be posted:::

You're a Fire Snake to be exact gfox and since you seem to like green so much (same here) I thought I'd post this venomous guy. He could definitely ruin your day.

At 7/13/03 09:57 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: You're a Fire Snake to be exact gfox and since you seem to like green so much (same here) I thought I'd post this venomous guy. He could definitely ruin your day.

My mistake, that's an Emerald Tree Boa. He's non-poisonous but he could crush the hell out of your body. Here's the guy I wanted to post, the Green Mamba. If he bites you it's all over in about 30 minutes from a massive heart attack.

At 7/13/03 10:50 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: My mistake, that's an Emerald Tree Boa. He's non-poisonous but he could crush the hell out of your body. Here's the guy I wanted to post, the Green Mamba. If he bites you it's all over in about 30 minutes from a massive heart attack.

Either way i think it is better that you stay out of the rain forest cause you might get more of a hug than you bargain for..........

At 7/13/03 10:50 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 7/13/03 09:57 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: You're a Fire Snake to be exact gfox and since you seem to like green so much (same here) I thought I'd post this venomous guy. He could definitely ruin your day.

What do you mean by Fire Snake to be exact, eh? Hmmm.

Anyway, oooo.

My mistake, that's an Emerald Tree Boa. He's non-poisonous but he could crush the hell out of your body. Here's the guy I wanted to post, the Green Mamba. If he bites you it's all over in about 30 minutes from a massive heart attack.

Emerald Tree Boa, eh? I think they have a couple of those at the Houston Zoo's reptile house, I'll have to check next time I'm there takin' a walk in the rain (which'll be today or tomorrow if that freakin' hurricane ever sends some rain to cool us down).

As for the Mamba... yes... I've heard of those... I think I'll stick with the boa. #;-}>

Yay, my computer is now running normally again. Unfortunately, it came at a harsh price. A whole week with no internet access. But now I'm back to cover lost ground, and I'm hellbent on doing it. I can't believe that in a whole week I didn't lose a b/p rank. Heh heh, suckers shoulda striked when they had a chance.

At 7/14/03 08:53 PM, Mr_James wrote: Yay, my computer is now running normally again. Unfortunately, it came at a harsh price. A whole week with no internet access. But now I'm back to cover lost ground, and I'm hellbent on doing it. I can't believe that in a whole week I didn't lose a b/p rank. Heh heh, suckers shoulda striked when they had a chance.

You sure you didn't lose a single b/p rank in 7 days?

From D0GMA's last update (the 13th):

176 1825 bloodthorne Unch
177 1814 theshadowoflenin +4
179 1791 wiseguy316 +1
181 1784 mr_james -2
182 1780 zicdeh Unch
183 1766 endymion Unch
184 1750 avocadoclock Unch

That suggests you lost 2 ranks (to wiseguy and shadowoflenin, I presume).

In any event, welcome back. Now if only redrum would show up.

At 7/14/03 08:53 PM, Mr_James wrote: Yay, my computer is now running normally again. Unfortunately, it came at a harsh price. A whole week with no internet access. But now I'm back to cover lost ground, and I'm hellbent on doing it. I can't believe that in a whole week I didn't lose a b/p rank. Heh heh, suckers shoulda striked when they had a chance.

Hey Welcome back there Mr_James good to see you online again......well i hope that you can get your ball rolling again and get them points......

At 7/15/03 12:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: 176 1825 bloodthorne Unch

Some people are obsessive with keeping statistics.

At 7/15/03 04:35 PM, Bloodthorne wrote:

At 7/15/03 12:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: 176 1825 bloodthorne Unch

Some people are obsessive with keeping statistics.

Yup, and those people can be so bloody helpful.

I know I dropped a couple of ranks but I was thinking that that happened before my 7 day abscence began. I guess it is possible that I'm mistaken, but I'm over it now. I'm putting that past behind me, it's water under the bridge. All that matters is the future, the past can do nothing for me now.

At 7/15/03 08:51 PM, Mr_James wrote:

At 7/15/03 04:35 PM, Bloodthorne wrote:

At 7/15/03 12:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: 176 1825 bloodthorne Unch

Some people are obsessive with keeping statistics.

Yup, and those people can be so bloody helpful.

Yea your right they do come in handy and resourceful...

I know I dropped a couple of ranks but I was thinking that that happened before my 7 day abscence began. I guess it is possible that I'm mistaken, but I'm over it now. I'm putting that past behind me, it's water under the bridge. All that matters is the future, the past can do nothing for me now.

Yea that the way to think about it all whats ahead, with new smiles and more levels and ranks......

Wake Up Wake Up!! I know you all are out there and you want some action to get going in this post so holla and make ya selves known!!!!!

At 7/15/03 08:51 PM, Mr_James wrote:

At 7/15/03 04:35 PM, Bloodthorne wrote:

At 7/15/03 12:08 AM, gfoxcook wrote: 176 1825 bloodthorne Unch

Some people are obsessive with keeping statistics.

While I resemble that comment, that's not one of my stats. As I said (and as you snipped), it's D0GMA's.

Yup, and those people can be so bloody helpful.

I know I dropped a couple of ranks but I was thinking that that happened before my 7 day abscence began. I guess it is possible that I'm mistaken, but I'm over it now. I'm putting that past behind me, it's water under the bridge. All that matters is the future, the past can do nothing for me now.

D0GMA updates a few times a week, take it up with him if he's got something wrong. Jeez, it's not that big of a deal, I just wanted you to know his records showed you lost two ranks so you didn't find out some other way if it's true.

As for me, still stuck at #13 overall, #8 on the top 50 protects....

but, I'm about to level up to level 13 (bleh)... more importantly, I had a cool moment 15 minutes ago or so, check out the screenshot at the bottom of the post.

For the first time since January 30th, I have the same number of blams and saves (I hit 12,000 combined with 6000 blams and 6000 saves just now!).

For anyone who's curious, here's a quick approximate summary of my progress since I started, it's an interesting curve. Clearly, the rise to 1000 more saves than blams took a lot longer than its fall back to even (the crap content of the portal seems to be increasing exponentially! #;-}>)

date ------------ blams -- saves -- total -- save-to-blam differential
2003/01/11 --- 75 -------- 25 ------- 100 ------ -50
2003/01/21 --- 158 ------ 142 ------ 300 ------ -16
2003/01/24 --- 200 ------ 200 ------ 400 ------ +/-0
2003/01/30 --- 300 ------ 300 ------ 600 ------ +/-0
2003/02/18 --- 700 ------ 900 ------ 1700 ---- +200
2003/02/20 --- 800 ------ 1000 ----- 1800 --- +200
2003/02/22 --- 900 ------ 1100 ----- 2000 --- +200
2003/02/28 --- 1100 ---- 1400 ----- 2500 --- +300
2003/03/08 --- 1300 ---- 1700 ----- 3000 --- +400
2003/03/12 --- 1400 ---- 1900 ----- 3300 --- +500
2003/03/16 --- 1500 ---- 2100 ----- 3600 --- +600
2003/03/19 --- 1600 ---- 2200 ----- 3800 --- +600
2003/03/22 --- 1700 ---- 2300 ----- 4000 --- +600
2003/03/24 --- 1800 ---- 2400 ----- 4200 --- +600
2003/03/26 --- 1900 ---- 2500 ----- 4400 --- +600
2003/03/29 --- 2000 ---- 2600 ----- 4600 --- +600
2003/04/01 --- 2100 ---- 2700 ----- 4800 --- +600
2003/04/03 --- 2200 ---- 2800 ----- 5000 --- +600
2003/04/05 --- 2300 ---- 2900 ----- 5200 --- +600
2003/04/16 --- 2600 ---- 3300 ----- 5900 --- +700
2003/04/19 --- 2700 ---- 3400 ----- 6100 --- +700
2003/05/09 --- 3300 ---- 4200 ----- 7500 --- +900
2003/05/14 --- 3400 ---- 4400 ----- 7800 --- +1000
2003/05/28 --- 3800 ---- 4800 ----- 8600 --- +1000
2003/06/05 --- 4100 ---- 5000 ----- 9100 --- +900
2003/06/10 --- 4400 ---- 5100 ----- 9500 --- +700
2003/06/12 --- 4600 ---- 5200 ----- 9800 --- +600
2003/06/16 --- 4800 ---- 5300 ----- 10100 -- +500
2003/06/19 --- 5000 ---- 5400 ----- 10400 -- +400
2003/06/27 --- 5300 ---- 5600 ----- 10900 -- +300
2003/07/08 --- 5600 ---- 5800 ----- 11400 -- +200
2003/07/12 --- 5800 ---- 5900 ----- 11700 -- +100
2003/07/16 --- 6000 ---- 6000 ----- 12000 -- +/-0

So how does one go about joining this group? Are you still admitting members?

At 7/17/03 01:35 AM, Afterburner wrote: So how does one go about joining this group? Are you still admitting members?

Our leadership (members #1 and 2) are both MIA, so it's a bit tough to add people right now, but... I guess you can petition Recon, he's the de facto commander right now.

Why do you want to join, though? You're seldom here, it seems (I should talk).

Wow... page 174... ranked 174 in b/p's... what a coincidence!

At 7/17/03 02:27 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Why do you want to join, though? You're seldom here, it seems (I should talk).

True enough gfoxcook, but have you heard from the_phantom_spancker, Drimarki, Transformers or _redruM_ lately? I thought you might want to add some fresh blood to the mix.

It's getting forever to get to level 10. Because I don't know the secrets of the leveling up. :-(

At 7/18/03 12:31 PM, Artman40 wrote: It's getting forever to get to level 10. Because I don't know the secrets of the leveling up. :-(

Umm there are not really any secrets.... you get 10 Exp per day for voting... thats pretty much it

goddamn this is a huge thread :/

WOOHOO lvl 8! Yay im happy! I dont care if you think im weird for saying this but the lvl 8 icon is my fav.

At 7/18/03 05:14 PM, demon0 wrote: WOOHOO lvl 8! Yay im happy! I dont care if you think im weird for saying this but the lvl 8 icon is my fav.

I don't think you're weird demon0, I just think you're happy to reach level 8 and that it's influenced your judgement slightly. Gain another 50 experience points and you'll probably change your mind.

At 7/18/03 02:30 AM, Afterburner wrote:

At 7/17/03 02:27 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Why do you want to join, though? You're seldom here, it seems (I should talk).

True enough gfoxcook, but have you heard from the_phantom_spancker, Drimarki, Transformers or _redruM_ lately? I thought you might want to add some fresh blood to the mix.

That makes sense, at least to me. You have my vote. If 2 other 'Where is/How to?' members vote for you Afterburner, then you can join. If anybody objects to admitting a new member please voice your opinion.

At 7/18/03 09:01 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 7/18/03 02:30 AM, Afterburner wrote:

At 7/17/03 02:27 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Why do you want to join, though? You're seldom here, it seems (I should talk).

True enough gfoxcook, but have you heard from the_phantom_spancker, Drimarki, Transformers or _redruM_ lately? I thought you might want to add some fresh blood to the mix.

That makes sense, at least to me. You have my vote. If 2 other 'Where is/How to?' members vote for you Afterburner, then you can join. If anybody objects to admitting a new member please voice your opinion.

Haha, bringing the operations of the RPG Club to here also Recon? As far as I knew we voted through email... but anyway.

Are you sure you're just not following the crowd Afterburner? The top 3 RPG Club members are also members here, and you thought you might want to join too? I know that was the case with me and the RPG Club. Well, whatever your reason is, I say you're in. With Recon's way of doing it, all you need is one more person to say yes to you and you can put another Club number in your sig.

At 7/18/03 10:49 PM, Mr_James wrote: Haha, bringing the operations of the RPG Club to here also Recon? As far as I knew we voted through email... but anyway.

Yeah kinda. It wouldn't hurt to give him a chance. Members just aren't posting as much anymore (in here & in the RPG club) so I'm for adding new members if it'll increase the posting frequency (sound familiar Mr_James?).

At 7/18/03 11:09 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Yeah kinda. It wouldn't hurt to give him a chance. Members just aren't posting as much anymore (in here & in the RPG club) so I'm for adding new members if it'll increase the posting frequency (sound familiar Mr_James?).

I see your point. Now that I think about it, it would've been nice if Spancker had of taken the time to give us an official leaving message and not just dumped us. I mean, he was the frickin leader! But yeah, hopefully Afterburner can add something to this topic.