WHERE'S THE FIRE. I got me my new shiny axe and I'm lookin' to run into some burning buildings with it.
Hooray to me for level 23 and hooray to all others for their achievements today.

Coop finishes second in the first part of the Stag Weekend celebrations, the night before congratulating:
BillysPorgrammer: Level 12
BlueHippo: Level 38
Emlfuryoflion: 28,000 B/P
SCTE3: Lieutenant
aldlv: 6,000 Experience
SevasTra: Level 23

Thank yous to:
Auz
Hacsev

At 4/17/09 07:19 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 4/17/09 04:11 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop gets his first taste of Guitar Hero World Tour, while congratulating:

I don't think it is as good as Rock Band, but I still like playing it. Did you like it?

I didn't mind it to be honest - I managed to get a perfect on Eye of the Tiger on Medium straight away, so it's not bad ;)

At 4/17/09 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/17/09 04:11 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/16/09 10:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/16/09 03:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I just tallied up and it look like I've passed 90,000 Total Points

You ought to be excited for 100,000 total points more than ever now. :D

Meh, I'll be getting excited about it when I reach 99k ;)

Ok, fair enough. While you're at 99k, make sure to see yourself at exactly 99,999 total points and then 100,000.

I'm sure that the odds are stating that the 99,999th and 100,000th point will both be claimed during an experience deposit :P

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 4/17/09 04:11 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop gets his first taste of Guitar Hero World Tour, while congratulating:

take good care of the drums, they break easily.

It's only the guitar version. If I got anything like that, I'd be committed and get a proper drum set :P

*****

As I eluded to earlier, I've started off my best friend's stag weekend with an evening of karting and pubs. In the karting, I qualified 5th and finished second overall (The Stag qualified in 9th and fought his way up to 3rd, though I'd managed to keep an eye on him for the duration.)

I think I was more peeved that I'd been eclipsed by over 2 laps by the eventual winner :( I'll still be going back there at some point!

Level 25.

Congratulations to: -

BillysProgrammer - Level 12
BlueHippo - Level 38
Emlfuryoflion - 28,000 B/P
SCTE3 - Lieutenant
aldlv - 6,000 Experience
SevasTra - Level 23
Hemlok - Level 25

Thank You to: -

Hacsev

At 4/18/09 03:43 AM, ThePigeonMaster wrote:

At 4/17/09 06:08 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 4/16/09 08:10 PM, ThePigeonMaster wrote:

At 4/3/09 04:48 PM, ThePigeonMaster wrote: TPM has made a decision, he will stop creating lists forever when he gets to the list number #70. So list #70 will be his last list here, but enough of that, he's congratulating:

I'll never quit making lists. I always come back, at a point or another. =P

But... why is that? Why are you stopping?

Screw what I said, I'm staying after all. This thread is cool and I already feel part of this family =)

Good to hear, it's great having you around here.

Thanks man. I miss the old days when sonofkirk and Ismael92 used to create lists here and for a moment I thought you were going to stop someday but fortunately, I was wrong.

Nah, I won't be going anywhere unless (a) I stop enjoying it or (b) due to time constraints or some other issue I can't get NG time.

51,000 Saves

Achievement of the Day
BlueHippo: Level 38. Nice one. I should be there in about 3 weeks time as well. Congrats :)

Congrats to:
Emlfuryoflion: 28,000 BP
SCTE3: Lieutenant
aldlv: 6,000 Experience
SevasTra: Level 23
Hemlok: Level 25
Molotov: 51,000 Saves

Listening to:
Metallica - Enter Sandman (live in Moscow)

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm going to try getting that "M5 Honor Role" medal in FU2 again. I gave up a few weeks ago, but after reading some tips that Auz gave here, I decided to try it again. Thanks Auz!

I´m not saying it was the best strategy, but it worked for me after several tries :)

At 4/17/09 12:35 PM, Auz wrote:

At 4/16/09 04:04 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: That stage looks great! It's pretty innovative, but it will feel weird, I think.

Indeed. It´s an interesting stage design. I´m not sure whether it´s gonna be that spectacular though. Personally I loved the huge TV screens they used to have on their live shows, but now they got this weird 360 screen =/

Yeah, it's pretty weird. But U2 always wants to innovate. I wouldn't be surprised if the stage started flying out of nowhere. =P

Indeed they always want to be innovative, so I expect they will have a few suprises.

Also there´s a pretty big chance I will be behind one of the pillars, since we have the cheapest tickets. I certainly hope not, cause that might ruin the show for us.

That would be terrible. Some guys in the Iron Maiden concert had to stay behind the mixing table, so they couldn't see anything. And yeah, they had the cheapest tickets, but it was a matter of getting there earlier, to get places on the sides, not in the middle.

Ah, I actually remember when you made huge lists, which you had to separate every page that the milestones were posted on.

Oh yes I remember as well now. I remember I didn´t used to make lists daily and actually wanted to wait a few days just to create such huge lists :p

They were really impressive. I didn't use to make lists at that time, but I imagine how long they took from you...

Well not that long actually as I didn´t include links or anything yet back then. Usually it was 15-30 minutes.

Listening to:

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons

Thanks to:

Auz
Hacsev

At 4/17/09 07:01 PM, BlueHippo wrote: Seemed to have acquired a new blade to my axe :0

It looks better than the previous axe you had. :) And of course, it's infinitely times better than the fluffy axe.

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm going to try getting that "M5 Honor Role" medal in FU2 again. I gave up a few weeks ago, but after reading some tips that Auz gave here, I decided to try it again. Thanks Auz!

Best of luck trying to get that. You're making a good attempt at the game so far, which is much better than how I've been with it.

At 4/17/09 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: The 11th Pentalist update is now available!

So the next update is on May 30th, right? Well, I'm around 1,000 Blams from 10K Blams and about 400 saves from making into the 2x 10K land. We are 43 days away from the next update. I'd have to keep an insane 23 Blams a day pace to make it there, which is unlikely. At least I think I'll have reached 10K saves until then. =)

If you don't make it by the next update, there's always the one after that to look forward to.

Nope, I need that money for other things.

Such as buying games on Steam? =P

Yes, that's right.

True, but there isn't as much users on NG Log as there are on the BBS, so it's reasonable. Heh, you should have seen what Retrogade was like with their UOTD system.

I think that, when I joined NG, Retrogade was already down. How was their UOTD system?

Retrogade was still around when you joined NG. RG went down in April 2007 and hasn't returned since. Their UOTD system, if you posted over the last week, you'd be eligible for UOTD. However, if you were UOTD already, you couldn't get it again until after a week since the last time you got it. Yes, people were able to be UOTD a lot more than once.

And gfox has posted there since your latest post in the Regulars List thread? :o

Probably not. =P

Actually, he did a full catch-up in March. Now he needs to do it again.

Yes, but this is only the beginning of taking over Newgrounds. We're still far away from completing our mission.

We already have it stat-wise, which is great. =)

Most certainly stat-wise, but we're not thinking big enough.

At 4/18/09 05:59 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/17/09 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ok, fair enough. While you're at 99k, make sure to see yourself at exactly 99,999 total points and then 100,000.

I'm sure that the odds are stating that the 99,999th and 100,000th point will both be claimed during an experience deposit :P

Then make sure those two points are saved for anything besides EXP.

4,444 B/P. Not really a goal, but it's a nice number :P

I have 2500 saves
I have 2500 blams
and I am now a Sergeant

At 4/18/09 12:44 AM, idiot-buster wrote:

At 4/18/09 12:37 AM, aldlv wrote: 6K EXP....

is a little one... but i liked it
when i get to 10k i will be so happy

I will be so happy when i get my 10,000 experience points because then i will be on Bahamut's famous pentalist, well of course thats if i keep my blam pace up. One more thing.... you had to make this post just after i made my list now you will have to wait until tomorrow for me to make another list @;-}>

pretty cool.. so go on for the EXP...
i think i will get the Bahamut list before you... i'm so close of getting 10k blams...

and don't worry... waiting until tomorrow won't kill me =D

Shamless self promotion:
Game Quiz #15

Can you solve that too, Bahamut? ;)

Also: Damn, I just missed newspost #300,000 by 6!

Listening to:
Janis Joplin - Catch Me Daddy (Live)
Janis Joplin - Magic of Love (Live)
Janis Joplin - Summertime (Live)

Congrats to:
MICHhimself: 2,000 Posts
BillysProgrammer: Level 12
BlueHippo: Level 38
Emlfuryoflion: 28,000 B/P - Wow, a new SC soon. We had quite a lot lately after a long period of no new SCs. Nice! :)
SCTE3: Lieutenant
aldlv: 6,000 Experience
SevasTra: Level 23
Hemlok: Level 25
Molotov: 51,000 Saves
JohnCena423: Level 16
Davidzx: Level 24, 300 Reviews
dx5231: 4,444 B/P
MegamanMegafan: Sergeant

At 4/17/09 07:19 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 4/16/09 06:43 PM, Haggard wrote: Loco Roco, Patapon, Death JR, Outrun. To only name a few.

If I'm honest, I like Tekken for the PSP.

How are the controls for Tekken? I played a fighting game (Street Fighter) with an Emulator on the PSP, but the d-pad is too "deep inside" the case of the PSP, so I can't get any special moves to work for me...

Idiot-buster's list #14

Achievement of the day!
Molotov: 51,000 Saves

Congrats to
aldlv: 6,000 Experience
SevasTra: Level 23
Hemlok - Level 25
Molotov: 51,000 Saves
JohnCena423: Level 16
Davidzx: Level 24, 300 Reviews
dx5231: 4,444 B/P
MegamanMegafan: Sergeant

Thanks to:
Haggard
Auz
Odyssic

At 4/18/09 07:29 PM, darknessdweller wrote: OMG!!!!

Lieutenant!

*squeals*

And he squeals just like a bitch.

13,000 blams. Cool.

2,222 saves finally. I'm almost a corporal.

I Just reached 9,000 Blams! That final Blam took forever to come. =P

I think I'll wake up today at 4:00 AM to watch F1's China GP. Pretty awkward time in Brazil, but it's common for the first races of the season.

Listening to:
Kings of Leon YouTube channel

Congrats to:
aldlv - 6,000 Experience - We will get there, one day.
SevasTra - Level 23
Hemlok - Level 25
Molotov - 51,000 Saves
JohnCena423 - Level 16
Davidzx - Level 24; 300 Reviews
dx5231 - 4,444 B/P
MegamanMegafan - 2,500 Saves; 2,500 Blams; Sergeant - Wow, how did you manage to do that?
darknessdweller - Lieutenant
Joshiwa - 13,000 Blams - Hey, haven't seen you for a while...
WilhelmTheVampire - 2,222 Saves

At 4/18/09 03:43 AM, ThePigeonMaster wrote:

Até logo, OMestreDosPombos. =P

Portuguese ftw! =P
It's a shame that isn't any portuguese school in my city. I've wanted to learn it since I was a little kid =)

It should be pretty easy for you to learn how to speak Portuguese, since you're from a Spanish-speaking country. Most words look alike, the phonemes are almost the same... But the grammar is pretty different and tricky.

At 4/18/09 05:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: As I eluded to earlier, I've started off my best friend's stag weekend with an evening of karting and pubs. In the karting, I qualified 5th and finished second overall (The Stag qualified in 9th and fought his way up to 3rd, though I'd managed to keep an eye on him for the duration.)

I think I was more peeved that I'd been eclipsed by over 2 laps by the eventual winner :( I'll still be going back there at some point!

Heh, this reminds me of the last time that I went karting. It was me + 5 guys I didn't know. I finished in 4th. While I was struggling to do laps around 1:04, the 1st did laps around 0:50. =(

My console was that he made the best laps of the week, according to the race details. =P

At 4/18/09 09:55 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm going to try getting that "M5 Honor Role" medal in FU2 again. I gave up a few weeks ago, but after reading some tips that Auz gave here, I decided to try it again. Thanks Auz!

I´m not saying it was the best strategy, but it worked for me after several tries :)

I couldn't try a lot yesterday, I had to do some other things. I'll try it again today, hope it works.

They were really impressive. I didn't use to make lists at that time, but I imagine how long they took from you...

Well not that long actually as I didn´t include links or anything yet back then. Usually it was 15-30 minutes.

It usually takes me from 2 to 5 minutes to make a regular list, depends on how distracted I get during this process. =P

At 4/18/09 01:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm going to try getting that "M5 Honor Role" medal in FU2 again. I gave up a few weeks ago, but after reading some tips that Auz gave here, I decided to try it again. Thanks Auz!

Best of luck trying to get that. You're making a good attempt at the game so far, which is much better than how I've been with it.

Not many people carried on with that game due to its innumerous glitches. I eventually got the hang of the game and its glitches, but I'm still struggling with the M5 medal.

I think that, when I joined NG, Retrogade was already down. How was their UOTD system?

Retrogade was still around when you joined NG. RG went down in April 2007 and hasn't returned since.

I think I only got to know Retrogade's existence when it was down. I only began lurking in the forums around March, so...

Their UOTD system, if you posted over the last week, you'd be eligible for UOTD. However, if you were UOTD already, you couldn't get it again until after a week since the last time you got it. Yes, people were able to be UOTD a lot more than once.

And were you ever the UOTD there?

Probably not. =P

Actually, he did a full catch-up in March. Now he needs to do it again.

I think I'll have this catch-up finished by Tuesday. It'll be a holiday here (city's 49th anniversary) and I won't have classes neither Tuesday nor Monday.

We already have it stat-wise, which is great. =)

Most certainly stat-wise, but we're not thinking big enough.

Next step, manipulating the Portal's submissions. We will decide which ones stay and which ones don't. =P

Picture-thingy.

26K B/P

as nglog would say it... You passed 26000 B/P! Congrats!
anyway... maybe 26 is not a nice number... but is a big one... and is one more close to EGSC

=D

Congratulations to: -

Molotov - 51,000 Saves
JohnCena423 - Level 16
Davidzx - Level 24 and 300 Flash Reviews
dx5231 - 4,444 B/P
MegamanMegafan - Sergeant
darknessdweller - Lieutenant
Joshiwa - 13,000 Blams
WilhelmTheVampire - 2,222 Saves
Sir-Nuts - 9,000 Blams
aldlv - 26,000 B/P

I came across an account with an amusing name last night called AnEmoDragon. Related to EmoDragon, perhaps?

Listening to:

The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

At 4/18/09 04:52 PM, Haggard wrote: Shamless self promotion:
Game Quiz #15

Can you solve that too, Bahamut? ;)

Well, I was stumped on that one. As I never owned an Amiga, I had no idea what that game is. My friend owned an Amiga, so he might have an idea what that game is.

Also: Damn, I just missed newspost #300,000 by 6!

AshlynSanchez is a lucky bastard. If I was aware that the 300,000 mark was coming, I would have posted my second VG rant yesterday. Since that didn't happen, my rant will be up tomorrow instead. Oh well, there's always the 333,333 mark to look forward to.

At 4/19/09 12:42 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Congrats to:
MegamanMegafan - 2,500 Saves; 2,500 Blams; Sergeant - Wow, how did you manage to do that?

Easy, he does his best to keep his ratio balanced. :)

At 4/18/09 01:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: Best of luck trying to get that. You're making a good attempt at the game so far, which is much better than how I've been with it.

Not many people carried on with that game due to its innumerous glitches. I eventually got the hang of the game and its glitches, but I'm still struggling with the M5 medal.

The numerous glitches and terrible controls put me off from the game completely. :(

Their UOTD system, if you posted over the last week, you'd be eligible for UOTD. However, if you were UOTD already, you couldn't get it again until after a week since the last time you got it. Yes, people were able to be UOTD a lot more than once.

And were you ever the UOTD there?

I can't remember how many times exactly now, but I think it was 7.

Actually, he did a full catch-up in March. Now he needs to do it again.

I think I'll have this catch-up finished by Tuesday. It'll be a holiday here (city's 49th anniversary) and I won't have classes neither Tuesday nor Monday.

OMGCANTWAIT

Oh, and considering gfoxclock will be level 44 very soon, gfox has to do his catch-ups very soon.

Most certainly stat-wise, but we're not thinking big enough.

Next step, manipulating the Portal's submissions. We will decide which ones stay and which ones don't. =P

Now we're thinking too big. XD First, let's try and take over the whole BBS. THEN, we go and take over the portal.

Thanks for voting, Dream-of-Duke! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 14,000 experience points. You need 390 more to get to Level 37. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 12 hours, 4 minutes, and 49 seconds.

Achievement of the Day
Dream-of-Duke: 14,000 Experience Points. Congrats!

Congrats to:
Davidzx: Level 24
dx5231: 4,444 BP
MegamanMegafan: 5,000 BP (Sergeant)
darknessdweller: Lieutenant
Joshiwa: 13,000 Blams
WilhelmTheVampire: 2,222 Saves
Sir-Nuts: 9,000 Blams
aldlv: 26,000 BP

At 4/19/09 12:42 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 4/18/09 09:55 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/17/09 10:39 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm going to try getting that "M5 Honor Role" medal in FU2 again. I gave up a few weeks ago, but after reading some tips that Auz gave here, I decided to try it again. Thanks Auz!

I´m not saying it was the best strategy, but it worked for me after several tries :)

I couldn't try a lot yesterday, I had to do some other things. I'll try it again today, hope it works.

I would try again today if I were you. It might take you no effort at all. Appearantly the game was "updated", but now it says that you got A+ on every mission. Some people got the Perfectionist medal for free from it and I got the M4 Honor Role (too bad Perfectionist is worth more).

15,000 saves

Finally I got something that is worthy of posting here. It's been quite awhile, but I got something. Even though it's a milestone that I could have reached a long time ago if I would have been depositing all these years.

You entered the top 2000 in Experience Points. Outstanding!

Having recovered from the stag party, Coop stops by to congratulate:
Hemlok: Level 25
Molotov: 51,000 Saves
JohnCena4267: Level 16
Davidzx:Level 24
dx5231: 4,444 B/P
MegamanMegafan: 2,500 Saves; 2,500 Blams; 5,000 B/P; Sergeant
darknessdweller: Lieutenant.
Joshiwa: 13,000 Blams
WilhelmTheVampire: 2,222 Saves
Sir-Nuts : 9,000 Blams
aldlv: 26,000 B/P
Dream-of-Duke (Corky52): 14,000 Experience
lilhunter03: 15,000 Saves

At 4/18/09 07:56 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 4/18/09 05:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: I didn't mind it to be honest - I managed to get a perfect on Eye of the Tiger on Medium straight away, so it's not bad ;)

I'm looking forward to GH: Metallica, should be fun. If you can, look at what songs people have made. Some are really good.

I'll have to have a check at it. Perhaps sometime next week.

At 4/18/09 01:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/18/09 05:59 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/17/09 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ok, fair enough. While you're at 99k, make sure to see yourself at exactly 99,999 total points and then 100,000.

I'm sure that the odds are stating that the 99,999th and 100,000th point will both be claimed during an experience deposit :P

Then make sure those two points are saved for anything besides EXP.

And miss out on some points?! NEVER!

At 4/19/09 12:42 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 4/18/09 05:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: I think I was more peeved that I'd been eclipsed by over 2 laps by the eventual winner :( I'll still be going back there at some point!

Heh, this reminds me of the last time that I went karting. It was me + 5 guys I didn't know. I finished in 4th. While I was struggling to do laps around 1:04, the 1st did laps around 0:50. =(

That track that you're on is a lot longer than the one we were on, although I did make the most of the hill and my weight advantage over most of the field to pass them while going up to the 1st floor mezzanine that they had in this warehouse circuit :P

Listening to:
Amon Amarth - Bleed For Ancient Gods

Congrats to:
darknessdweller: Lieutenant
Joshiwa: 13,000 Blams
WilhelmTheVampire: 2,222 Saves
Sir-Nuts: 9,000 Blams
aldlv: 26,000 B/P
Dream-of-Duke: 14,000 Experience
lilhunter03: 15,000 Saves
Corky52: Top 2,000 in Experience

At 4/19/09 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/18/09 04:52 PM, Haggard wrote: Shamless self promotion:
Game Quiz #15

Can you solve that too, Bahamut? ;)

Well, I was stumped on that one. As I never owned an Amiga, I had no idea what that game is. My friend owned an Amiga, so he might have an idea what that game is.

Seems as if the game is not that well known, at least there's not that much to find when googling it. But it also seems as if it has a very solid and a very loyal fanbase. Found some threads from 2008 where people asked for tips on this game. >_>

Happy belated birthday, Coop, and congrats to you (and Mr. 36y dude, I hear) on the reviewmoddom. Wish you were one back when ramagi and me and a couple others were like the only active review mods. Thems were the days!

...

In other news... Best thread in Wi/Ht? HISTORY, bar none:

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1042 354

If you disagree, then I have one word for you. Go read the thread again and guess what word I mean. Tee hee!

...

Thanks to: Coop83, Bahamut, RohantheBarbarian, Odyssic, Haggard, Auz, No36, reverend, Hacsev

My mention of my alt alt gfox being 5 NG years old was more of an aside, so... a condensed thank you to you all instead of the usual quote by quote reply style. WHOOOPS. Worry not, the achievements since I last posted on 3/29 are far far more impressive and "normal":

...

gfoxcook level 47! (old news, and half the forum's already congratted me on it, it seems from looking at the couple of pages after I posted about the 5 year thing on 3/29....)

annnnnd....

gfoxclock level 44! (yay, new news!)

Woot. One eh icon (but the first golden one) and one o' my faves in a one month span. Eh... 48/45/42 will be a MUCH cooler collection of icons, methinks. I'll be making screenshots from NG log of all 3 level icons multiple times a week once that happens (right now, I maybe screenshot 2-3 times a month for "special numbers" and levelups and so forth.

...

AHEM.

So... now I start combing through all the old crap and INITIATE CATCHUP. In a bit. This'll take some time.... but hey, normally I save this for last, but this time I'll do it first. Bahamut should be happy since that means I won't be doing a nearly-full-catchup but leaving LUL out of it like I sometimes do.... Right, Bahamut?

Funny, I could've sworn Mal closed this topic...

At 4/20/09 12:24 AM, wismty wrote: Funny, I could've sworn Mal closed this topic...

"No stat threads".

He'd need to lock every stat thread in Wt/Ht with that reasoning. Can't see it happening really.

At 4/20/09 12:24 AM, wismty wrote: Funny, I could've sworn Mal closed this topic...

Either he's stoned, or his internal clock is set behind by 19 days.
I'd say the former.

At 4/20/09 12:26 AM, Gagsy wrote:

At 4/20/09 12:24 AM, wismty wrote: Funny, I could've sworn Mal closed this topic...

"No stat threads".

He'd need to lock every stat thread in Wt/Ht with that reasoning. Can't see it happening really.

You guys must all be high on some sort of hallucinogenic drugs. For shame.