Level up! I like this one. :)

Listening to:
Wizo - Poupée De Cire
Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Ennio Morricone - A Silhouette of Doom
Fischmob - Ey, Aller

At 9/9/09 07:32 PM, Hacsev wrote: Faggard: Level 24

Thanks!

At 9/9/09 09:43 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Congrats to:
Faggard: Level 24

Thanks!

At 9/10/09 12:19 AM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/9/09 05:10 AM, Faggard wrote: With that vote, you now have 5,880 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 24.

My dream level, Congratulations Faggard (& the rest of the users who reached goals!)

Thanks.
Yeah, the bronze gauntlet isn't too bad, but I don't plan to stop depositing with Faggard too soon. ^^

At 9/10/09 04:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: Faggard: Level 24

Thanks!

At 9/9/09 03:59 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/9/09 03:29 PM, Coop83 wrote: Statwhoring with half a mind on the job - that last post was my 100,000th point
*facepalms*

Lol, congrats on both achievements!
I've not even reached 60k yet... :(

It'll come - you've not got much in the way of B/P, compared to me. Your experience is still quite high amongst your stats.

Yeah, B/P is still the fastest rising stat, even though I've been slacking quite a lot lately due to other more important things going on in real life (ie studying)

Trust me, you've got it in you to join this club.

I sure hope so. ^^

At 9/10/09 04:16 AM, reverend wrote: Rev is enjoying the rain; congrats to:
Faggard - Level 24

Thanks!

At 9/10/09 08:25 AM, michelinman wrote: Didn't make a list yesterday because there was like one person. Haha.

Whoa, Faggard will not be pleased if he reads this.

Mich celebrates entering the top 2,000 B/Pers, while Congratsin:
Faggard: Level 24

Thanks!

At 9/9/09 03:59 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/8/09 06:15 PM, michelinman wrote:

At 9/8/09 09:02 AM, Haggard wrote:

Lol, Osgood > Roy.

P

Only in goals scored. And in that case, Brodeur>all. Haha.

Haha, IIRC correctly Osgood beat up Roy twice! :P

Roy wasn't fighting back physically. He was using the jedi mind trick to destroy the remainder of Osgoods career....

Oh and I thought Roy was just trying to hurt Osgoods fists with his face. -.-

LOL! I was just trying to piss off an Avs fan. :P

OBVIOUS TROLL IS OBVIOUS. :)

Lame meme is lame!
Oh wait... :(

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote:

At 9/9/09 03:59 PM, Haggard wrote: I saw Inglorious Basterds today. Great movie! But you really have to watch it in the original version with subtitles, or else too much would be lost in translation.
But this problem shouldn't occur to that much people here. As far as I know movies aren't dubbed in the US. How about the UK? Are foreign films dubbed there?

I thank god they don´t do that in Holland. But the language differences play such a big role in the movie. Do they still literally translate it then like this?:

I don't know, I didn't watch the movie dubbed. :P

"Ich habe angst das ich am ende meiner Fransozisch sind. Sollen wir dieser Konversation auf Englisch vortsetzen?"

Nice try, but a few mistakes here and there. My correction:
"Ich befürchte, dass ich am Ende bin mit meinem Französisch. Wollen wir diese Konversation auf Englisch fortsetzen?"
You'd only say "ich habe Angst" if something scares you.

"Spreche sie Englisch?"
"Nein"
*calls German speaking basterd*
"Frag ob er am leben bleiben wollte."
"Wollen sie am leben bleiben?"

Yeah, this would sound ridiculous. Just as ridiculous as in "Saving Private Ryan" when they met the german soldier and one of them had to translate everything even though they where speaking german all the time. >_>
Dubbing isn't a bad thing in general (plus I hate reading subtitles), but sometimes it can destroy the atmosphere of a scene.

Also: "Frag, ob er am Leben bleiben möchte."
"Wollte" is past tense and means something different in this context. But I think it's going too far to explain it (ie I don't know how I could explain it. ^^ )

"Es sind meine Freunden auf Italien"
"Gutentag"

"Freunde"; "aus"; and you need a space between "Guten" and "Tag".

But other than that, your german is pretty good. :)

I assume they had to think of something new in those and many other scenes? Otherwise it would be pretty confusing =/ Or are you Germans used to that by now?

See above, it can really destroy the atmosphere of a scene, but most of the time dubs are pretty good. And it saves you from reading subtitles all the time.
However, there are some pretty bad translations where you think what the translators had been smoking to make such mistakes.
One example is the word "silicon" which more often than not gets translated as "Silikon" (="silicone"). Ok, I can see the similarities between those words, but it should be obvious that microchips don't have anything to do with breast implants. -.-

But on the other hand there are examples where the dubbing is even better than the original. Most prominent example is "The Persuaders", know as "Die Zwei" in germany. This series was a very big success in germany because of the funny dialogues the translators wrote.

At 9/10/09 11:18 AM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/10/09 05:07 AM, Liteice wrote: I just reached level 10. Been stuck on level 9 way too long...

Is it still an insanely long jump time?

No.

At 9/10/09 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/9/09 03:59 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/9/09 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: How could you say Angel of Death is a boring song?

I just say it. ^^

Well you shouldn't say such things.

But if it is the truth?

Shut up, they are. And so are Ensiferum.

Don't know much about Ensiferum, but I think they suck as well... >_>

Now that's going too far. Think about what you did Haggard and never call yourself a metal fan until you accept your wrongdoings.

Lol! How about you stop calling yourself a metal fan until you stop listening to all those shitty bands?
:P

I just became a Lieutenant General!

At 9/10/09 11:18 AM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/10/09 05:07 AM, Liteice wrote: I just reached level 10. Been stuck on level 9 way too long...

Is it still an insanely long jump time?

What? No it doesn't take long at all, before recently I was being lazy and not voting five times a day, thus not getting my Newgrounds gold. I was on level 9 for about a year or longer before deciding to start voting again.

Congrats on becoming a Lieutenant General Hacsev.

Welcome to Idiot-buster's 83rd Level Up Lounge list!

Achievement of the day!
This special award that goes to the person with the highest rank/level/points of some kind in a cirtain field, or i just think they should have the AOTD . And it goes to....Nijsse: level 45!

Watching: Bully beatdown!

Congrats to:
harriet: Level 18
KrevZabijak: 3,333 Blams
Coop83: Level 43- sorry you just missed out
Metal-Therapy: 21,000 Saves
KrevZabijak: 10,000 Saves
LiteIce: Level 10
WillhelmTheVampire: Top 4,000 Exp
Soapbubble: 10,000 Total Stats
Lizzardis: 6,666 saves
Hacsev: Lieutenant General

Thanks to:
All who made a list today.

Thanks for voting, Metal-Therapy! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 8,000 experience points. You need 90 more to get to Level 28. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 23 hours, 15 minutes, and 55 seconds.

8K exp!

Coop remembers that it is 8 years since he heard of Al-Qaeda, while congratulating:
LiteIce: Level 10
Soapbubble: 10,000 Total Points
Nijsse: Level 45
Lizzardis: 6,666 Saves
Hacsev: Lieutenant General
Metal-Therapy: 8,000 Experience

Thank you to:
RohantheBarbarian (x3)
reverend (x3)
Odyssic (x3)
michelinman (x3)
Auz (x2)
Bahamut (x3)
idiot-buster

At 9/10/09 08:25 AM, michelinman wrote:

At 9/9/09 04:00 AM, Coop83 wrote:

Mind you, the addition of players like Ray Borque certainly helped matters in 2001 :P

<3 Bourque. Haha. 2001, they were absolutely stacked obviously, they won the Cup, but it doesn't take away from what you pointed out up above (the text I deleted to keep this post short.) Roy was an excellent leader, and even though they had more leadership in '01 then any team could ever need, Roy still deserves some respect as a guy that could build a team.

I remember hearing the legend of 'Mission 16W' - one game, the score was tied at 1 and between periods, the coach said "Right, we need a goal from somewhere." Ray Borque looked up and said "I've got it covered" The very next period, he slapped a shot over Brodeur's glove and gave the Avs a 2-1 lead, which they would not relinquish, ending up 3-1 winners and taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

No need to take that tone with me :(

I did the tongue stick out thing to show I was being sarcastic! Haha. And now I keep confusing your for aviewaskewed because of your icon. GREAT. JUST GREAT.

And life and deckheadtottie... and Evark if he were still a mod :P

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote:

At 9/10/09 04:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/9/09 07:46 AM, Auz wrote:

Well, batting average is the number of hits (1, 2, 3 bases or a home run) over the number of chances to hit. This should be multiplied by 100 to express as a percentage, but Americans have real trouble with that, expressing percentages as decimals :P

So... does that mean that every time they have a strike, it counts to the number of chances to hit? And every time they actually hit the ball, it counts to number of hits? And does it matter whether they hit the ball on the wrong side of the line (not sure what the term is, foul ball?)?

Right, the balls and strikes thing is different - the pitcher pitches and if he hits the strike zone (Knee to letters, home plate width), the player swings and misses or connects with the ball going out of play foul, that's a strike. Foul balls can't be strike 3, if you get three strikes, you're out. If you get 4 balls - pitches that are outside of the strike zone, that the player doesn't swing on, he can walk to first base.

At bats (chances to hit) are the number of times a player gets to the plate and either scores a hit or gets out. Reaching on errors counts as an at-bat, but no hit. Being hit by the pitch and getting a base on Balls (walk) do not count as at bats, neither do sacrifice outs, where you move runners up intentionally, or even score them.

Home runs is easy - the number of times they hit the ball out far enough that they can touch 1st, second, third and home bases in succession without being out. The record for this is 73, set by Barry Bonds, though everyone knows he was on HGH for this :P

Isn´t a home run simply whacking the ball over the fences?

Not quite - that's the simpler version, as the player then gets to jog leisurely around the bases, to complete the run. You can belt it into the outfield and run hell for leather and make it the 360 feet from home plate to home plate. The inside the park home run is possible and it was the way that Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner scored his first career Home Run.

At 9/10/09 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/9/09 03:29 PM, Coop83 wrote: Statwhoring with half a mind on the job - that last post was my 100,000th point

Now that's an epic way to get 100,000 total points! :D You are the 21st user to reach this many points.

I tried to be funny and was tired instead :(

Oh well, I'm now up to 20th place and I'll be hoping to pass iscrulz before the next update.

Anyone would think I've got a vendetta against the poor chap...

At 9/10/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Level 43

Awesomeness, congrats! That with 100k total points is on the same level of epicness as my level 41 + 20k posts double milestone last month. :)

Thanks :)

Time for an aura change!

Oh...

Right...

The greatest advantage of not having any mod privileges. :D

I'll stick to having a legion of fanboys, thanks :P

At 9/10/09 04:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/9/09 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Of course, nothing beats that for you.

Oh I don't know - Level 43 is pretty special :P

Not as great as the sword but it's a pretty sweet icon nonetheless.

I think it's better - much more skill is required to wield one of these babies ;)

If that's the case, why am I unable to remember the time I had sex? :P

Rohypnol?

And so, Bahamut undid the paradox and the account never existed in the first place :P

It was a figment of our imaginations.

What are you doing using my shower?! You'd better not have used all of my hot water >:(

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

It'll come - you've not got much in the way of B/P, compared to me. Your experience is still quite high amongst your stats.

Yeah, B/P is still the fastest rising stat, even though I've been slacking quite a lot lately due to other more important things going on in real life (ie studying)

Yeah, life has a habit of getting in the way of hobbies.

Trust me, you've got it in you to join this club.

I sure hope so. ^^

I'll save you a place

Oh and I thought Roy was just trying to hurt Osgoods fists with his face. -.-

Well, with the aerodynamic makeup of Roy's face - his nose is designed to deflect blows away from the rest of his face, so that he can play in goal without a face mask!

In Memoriam

Congrats to:
Liteice - Level 10
Soapbubble - 10,000 Total Stats
Nijsse - Level 45!
Lizzardis - 6,666 Saves
Hacsev - Lieutenant General
Metal-Therapy - 8,000 Exp

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At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote: I have no idea what those two terms mean :p

Off the top of my head, On Base Percentage refers to the amount of times the batter reaches base divided by his at bats. Slugging Percentage actually weights each hit i.e. single weights 1 double 2 etc. divided by his at bats.
It's mainly use to compare power hitters and such.

You passed 15000 Saves. Way to go!

Achievement of the Day
Hacsev: Lt. General. Congrats!

Congrats to:
Nijsse: Level 45
Lizzardis: 6,666 Saves
Metal-Therapy: 8,000 Experience
Odyssic: 12,000 Experience

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote: But other than that, your german is pretty good. :)

Thanks, but I think most dutch people are better with German than me though =) I especially have a lot of trouble with the grammar.

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote:

See above, it can really destroy the atmosphere of a scene, but most of the time dubs are pretty good. And it saves you from reading subtitles all the time.
However, there are some pretty bad translations where you think what the translators had been smoking to make such mistakes.

Well we do have dubbed versions of movies for children (Madagascar, Kungfu Panda etc.), but I´d still rather go to the original version and take the trouble to read the subtitles.

But maybe that is because there aren´t many (good) voice-actors in Holland. It´s just kinda strange to hear for example Alex the Lion from Madagascar having the same voice as Shrek and Po (Kungfu Panda). Plus the original voice-actors usually do a much better job anyway.

But perhaps that´s different in Germany.

One example is the word "silicon" which more often than not gets translated as "Silikon" (="silicone"). Ok, I can see the similarities between those words, but it should be obvious that microchips don't have anything to do with breast implants. -.-

Lol :p

But on the other hand there are examples where the dubbing is even better than the original. Most prominent example is "The Persuaders", know as "Die Zwei" in germany. This series was a very big success in germany because of the funny dialogues the translators wrote.

Yeah, but doesn´t that still give you mixed feelings? I mean, doesn´t that give you the feeling that you´re not actually watching the real movie?

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote: So... does that mean that every time they have a strike, it counts to the number of chances to hit? And every time they actually hit the ball, it counts to number of hits? And does it matter whether they hit the ball on the wrong side of the line (not sure what the term is, foul ball?)?

Right, the balls and strikes thing is different - the pitcher pitches and if he hits the strike zone (Knee to letters, home plate width), the player swings and misses or connects with the ball going out of play foul, that's a strike. Foul balls can't be strike 3, if you get three strikes, you're out. If you get 4 balls - pitches that are outside of the strike zone, that the player doesn't swing on, he can walk to first base.

This I did know from the times I played baseball in highschool. Or it was softball actually. But does that foul ball at strike two still count towards chances to hit?

At bats (chances to hit) are the number of times a player gets to the plate and either scores a hit or gets out. Reaching on errors counts as an at-bat, but no hit. Being hit by the pitch and getting a base on Balls (walk) do not count as at bats, neither do sacrifice outs, where you move runners up intentionally, or even score them.

Alright, and sacrifice outs are those times when they don´t actually swing at the ball but just let it drop on the bat. Right?

But what is reaching on errors then?

Home runs is easy - the number of times they hit the ball out far enough that they can touch 1st, second, third and home bases in succession without being out. The record for this is 73, set by Barry Bonds, though everyone knows he was on HGH for this :P

Isn´t a home run simply whacking the ball over the fences?

Not quite - that's the simpler version, as the player then gets to jog leisurely around the bases, to complete the run. You can belt it into the outfield and run hell for leather and make it the 360 feet from home plate to home plate. The inside the park home run is possible and it was the way that Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner scored his first career Home Run.

Yes okay, but that´s something that doesn´t occur often right? Unless someone like... tosses the ball over the fences or into the player benches or something.

At 9/11/09 04:22 AM, reverend wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote: I have no idea what those two terms mean :p

Off the top of my head, On Base Percentage refers to the amount of times the batter reaches base divided by his at bats. Slugging Percentage actually weights each hit i.e. single weights 1 double 2 etc. divided by his at bats.
It's mainly use to compare power hitters and such.

Okay I think I get this. Base Percentage actually means the amount of times they scored a point divided by the amount of times they hit the ball?

And the slugging percentage just counts the amount of ... plates he ran after his hit?

Real life achievement: As of today me and my girlfriend are together for 6 years!. :D

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

It'll come - you've not got much in the way of B/P, compared to me. Your experience is still quite high amongst your stats.

Yeah, B/P is still the fastest rising stat, even though I've been slacking quite a lot lately due to other more important things going on in real life (ie studying)

Yeah, life has a habit of getting in the way of hobbies.

It sure does. And my gf does a pretty good job of keeping me away from the computer lately. XD

Trust me, you've got it in you to join this club.

I sure hope so. ^^

I'll save you a place

Nice

Oh and I thought Roy was just trying to hurt Osgoods fists with his face. -.-

Well, with the aerodynamic makeup of Roy's face - his nose is designed to deflect blows away from the rest of his face, so that he can play in goal without a face mask!

I see. ^^

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote: But other than that, your german is pretty good. :)

Thanks, but I think most dutch people are better with German than me though =) I especially have a lot of trouble with the grammar.

Hm, most dutch people I talked to said something like: "Can you repeat that in english? My english is way better than my german..." XD

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote:

See above, it can really destroy the atmosphere of a scene, but most of the time dubs are pretty good. And it saves you from reading subtitles all the time.
However, there are some pretty bad translations where you think what the translators had been smoking to make such mistakes.

Well we do have dubbed versions of movies for children (Madagascar, Kungfu Panda etc.), but I´d still rather go to the original version and take the trouble to read the subtitles.

But maybe that is because there aren´t many (good) voice-actors in Holland. It´s just kinda strange to hear for example Alex the Lion from Madagascar having the same voice as Shrek and Po (Kungfu Panda). Plus the original voice-actors usually do a much better job anyway.

But perhaps that´s different in Germany.

Yeah, there's a pretty big voice actor scene with lots of good voice actors here. And not only do they dub movies but they also can be heard in full cast audio dramas, which too is only a big thing in germany, I think.

Of course it's sometimes weird to hear a voice and then think: "Where did I hear that voice before?"
And sometimes an actor is dubbed by more than one actor, even though most big actors like Samuel L Jackson or Nicolas Cage or Bruce Willis have their "standard voice-actor".

But on the other hand there are examples where the dubbing is even better than the original. Most prominent example is "The Persuaders", know as "Die Zwei" in germany. This series was a very big success in germany because of the funny dialogues the translators wrote.

Yeah, but doesn´t that still give you mixed feelings? I mean, doesn´t that give you the feeling that you´re not actually watching the real movie?

No. Maybe people here are just used to it. For us it's weird to read subtitles. ^^

Congrats to:

harriet: Level 18
Metal-Therapy: 21,000 Saves; 8,000 Experience
KrevZabijak: 3,333 Blams; Level 15; 10,000 Saves
Coop83: Level 43 - Man I love that level so much!
Liteice: Level 10
Soapbubble: 10,000 Total Stats
Nijsse: Level 45
Lizzardis: 6,666 Saves
Odyssic: 12,000 Experience
mranarchy: Level 31

Thanks to:

idiot-buster(X2)
Coop83(X2)
RohantheBarbarian
reverend(X2)
Odyssic(X2)
michelinman
Auz(X2)

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/9/09 07:32 PM, Hacsev wrote: Faggard: Level 24

Thanks!

No problem, man! ;)

At 9/10/09 08:10 PM, Liteice wrote: Congrats on becoming a Lieutenant General Hacsev.

Thanks a lot, man!

At 9/10/09 09:50 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Achievement of the day!

And it goes to....Nijsse: level 45!

Damn, I really wanted to be the AotD.

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
Hacsev: Lt. General. Congrats!

What's this? Thank you so much, Auz! But, I think Nijsse really won it this time.

Congratulations to: -

LiteIce - Level 10
Soapbubble - 10,000 Total Stats
Nijsse - Level 45
Lizzardis - 6,666 Saves
Hacsev - Lieutenant General and 15,000 Saves
Metal-Therapy - 8,000 Experience
Odyssic - 12,000 Experience
mranarchy - Level 31

At 9/11/09 12:55 PM, Haggard wrote: Real life achievement: As of today me and my girlfriend are together for 6 years!. :D

Congrats man, interesting that you happened to get together on September 11th, at least you will never forget your anniversary :P

Virgin Media have been fucking up again. BOO!
...8 hours partying with my friends today? Hell yes!

Listening to:

Ensiferum - From Afar

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/10/09 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well you shouldn't say such things.

But if it is the truth?

It's not even the fucking truth.

Now that's going too far. Think about what you did Haggard and never call yourself a metal fan until you accept your wrongdoings.

Lol! How about you stop calling yourself a metal fan until you stop listening to all those shitty bands?

P

How about you don't say whether I should call myself a metal fan or not until you admit that St. Anger sucks? HA!

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/10/09 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now that's an epic way to get 100,000 total points! :D You are the 21st user to reach this many points.

I tried to be funny and was tired instead :(

Oh well, I'm now up to 20th place and I'll be hoping to pass iscrulz before the next update.

Anyone would think I've got a vendetta against the poor chap...

Maybe you should stop talking about him for a while once you've passed him in total points.

The greatest advantage of not having any mod privileges. :D

I'll stick to having a legion of fanboys, thanks :P

What legion of fanboys? :P

Not as great as the sword but it's a pretty sweet icon nonetheless.

I think it's better - much more skill is required to wield one of these babies ;)

I still think the sword is the best icon.

It was a figment of our imaginations.

What are you doing using my shower?! You'd better not have used all of my hot water >:(

I gotta wash somewhere. :(

Before Clock Day this year I had like less than 300 B/P points, but since then I've been determined to get 1000 B/P points. Might not be a big deal to most of you guys, but I'm a Police Sergeant. I also have 7.00 voting power.

Rev is ready for another Gameday; congrats to:
Odyssic - 12k Exp
Hacsev - 15k Saves
mranarchy - Level 31
Zwe - 1,000 B/P

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At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote: Okay I think I get this. Base Percentage actually means the amount of times they scored a point divided by the amount of times they hit the ball?

Not score. It's just how many times they reach base; whether they get a hit, walked, or hit by a pitch over their At Bats.

And the slugging percentage just counts the amount of ... plates he ran after his hit?

Yeah essentially. It's basically Total Bases per At Bat. If you hit a home run you earned four bases, so forth, so on.

These two stats are really useful in determining productivity better than their Batting Average.
If you looked at Jeter and Ichiro; their BAs are similar .330 .384, respectively. However, if you compared Jeter's OBP and SLP of .397 and .470 verses Ichiro's OBP and SLP of .384 and .458 you'll see that Jeter is the better player since he gets on base more and hit for more extra bases.

Hey Bahamut. I fixed your sig for ya. It had a misspelling in it. :)

With that vote, you now have 10,670 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 32. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 18 hours, 14 minutes, and 1 second.

My account = 5 years old today

Since today is my NG account birthday, I have to make a comparison between this time last year and now.

EXP
2007: 14,530
2008: 18,180
Difference: 3,650
Comment: PERFECT!

Level
2007: 37
2008: 41
Difference: 4
Comment: That's a good amount of levels for where I am right now. I should be close to level 45 this time next year.

EXP rank
2007: 333
2008: 236
Difference: 97
Comment: 100 ranks up would have been nice but you can't win them all, especially not when you're higher up in the ranks. It's hard to say how far I'll get in 12 months time but I should easily reach the top 200 by then. I'm hoping I can get in the top 150 but that might be hoping for too much.

Blams
2007: 37,028
2008: 39,911
Difference: 2,883
Comment: Had I not stopped B/P'ing for most of the time, I'd have probably racked up over 8k blams but I much rather retire at a good number, so don't expect the difference to be any higher than 89 next time.

Saves
2007: 34,327
2008: 37,776
Difference: 3,539
Comment: One short but I'm saving the last save point for something good. It would have been Dadgame if it didn't pass so quick.

B/P
2007: 71,355
2008: 77,687
Difference: 6,422
Comment: Good amount of B/P gained considering I was aiming for retirement all year.

B/P rank
2007: 15
2008: 16
Difference: -1
Comment: Here's where I'll keep falling down. :P

Posts
2007: 18,325
2008: 20.150
Difference: 1,825
Comment: Didn't exceed 2,000 as I did last year but that's good enough for me, especially when I'm in the 20,000's which only 19 others have exceeded.

Reviews and responses
I don't care. :P

Flashes
2007: 99
2008: 99
Difference: 0
Comment: This bites. :(

Total Points (EXP + B/P + Posts + Reviews)
2007: 105,468
2008: 117,264
Difference: 11,796
Comment: May be my least impressive amount yet but for retirement plans, it's good. However, I don't expect to exceed 10k in gaining this time next year, even if medals became official for the Pentalist.

Here's to another five years. Oh, BTW reverend, favourite is the correct spelling in the UK. Therefore, it's correct.

Coop wakes up bright eyed and bushy tailed (?) to congratulate:
Derek Jeter: Most hits as a New York Yankee (2,723 and counting, passing Henry Louis Gehrig)
Odyssic: 12,000 Experience
Hacsev: 15,000 Saves
Haggard - 6th Anniversary with girlfriend. Enjoy your 'special night' ;)
mranarchy: Level 31
Zwe: 1,000 B/P; 7.00 Base Voting Power
simon: Level 32

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At 9/11/09 04:22 AM, reverend wrote: Off the top of my head, On Base Percentage refers to the amount of times the batter reaches base divided by his at bats.

Basically the amount of time he gets to base as a runner (Hits, walks, hit by pitch, reached on error all count as +1) against the number of chances to hit (at bats)

Slugging Percentage actually weights each hit i.e. single weights 1 double 2 etc. divided by his at bats.
It's mainly use to compare power hitters and such.

Yeah, slugging percentage goes up to 400% (4 bases every at bat, but no-one can possibly do that :P) If anyone is slugging at about 60-65%, they're doing well, as they're getting one base in every 60% of their at bats. In 2000, Barry Bonds came really close to 100%, so most teams chose to walk him instead of pitching to him.

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: Right, the balls and strikes thing is different - the pitcher pitches and if he hits the strike zone (Knee to letters, home plate width), the player swings and misses or connects with the ball going out of play foul, that's a strike. Foul balls can't be strike 3, if you get three strikes, you're out. If you get 4 balls - pitches that are outside of the strike zone, that the player doesn't swing on, he can walk to first base.

This I did know from the times I played baseball in highschool. Or it was softball actually. But does that foul ball at strike two still count towards chances to hit?

A foul ball with a count of 2 strikes will not retire a hitter. They get another pitch to swing at. One player endured a 15 pitch at bat this year and then hit a single to have his team walk off as winners.

At bats (chances to hit) are the number of times a player gets to the plate and either scores a hit or gets out. Reaching on errors counts as an at-bat, but no hit. Being hit by the pitch and getting a base on Balls (walk) do not count as at bats, neither do sacrifice outs, where you move runners up intentionally, or even score them.

Alright, and sacrifice outs are those times when they don´t actually swing at the ball but just let it drop on the bat. Right?

Almost - you're thinking a bunt, when they drop the ball onto the infield grass and then run to first base. Pitchers tend to do this in order to move runners from first to second and second to third. If they get out and move runners across, then it is a sacrifice (not an at bat recorded, but no hit either). It is possible to bunt for base hits.

The other sacrifice is a "sac-fly", where a runner is on third base with no outs or one out. The batter hits the ball to the outfield, where he is caught. The runner remains in contact with the base until the catch is made, then runs to home plate, scoring the run.

But what is reaching on errors then?

Reaching on an error - say the batter hits the ball to the third baseman. The third baseman puts his glove out to pick up the ball and then the ball skips over his glove, allowing the runner to reach 1st. That's a fielding error. Throwing errors are when routine plays are missed, usually at first base. These can all cause 'unearned runs' to be credited to the pitcher - the pitcher did no wrong in pitching to them, but the defense let the team down.

Not quite - that's the simpler version, as the player then gets to jog leisurely around the bases, to complete the run. You can belt it into the outfield and run hell for leather and make it the 360 feet from home plate to home plate. The inside the park home run is possible and it was the way that Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner scored his first career Home Run.

Yes okay, but that´s something that doesn´t occur often right? Unless someone like... tosses the ball over the fences or into the player benches or something.

Correct. I think you tend to see an inside the park home run maybe three or four times a year in the whole of major league baseball - 2,430 games is a lot of baseball :P

At 9/11/09 05:59 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: Oh well, I'm now up to 20th place and I'll be hoping to pass iscrulz before the next update.

Anyone would think I've got a vendetta against the poor chap...

Maybe you should stop talking about him for a while once you've passed him in total points.

Perhaps I will - I've stopped talking about him min the B/P thread and it'll be a while before I catch him for Reviews :P

The greatest advantage of not having any mod privileges. :D

I'll stick to having a legion of fanboys, thanks :P

What legion of fanboys? :P

The legion of fanboys that keep PMing me saying "He Mr. Mod, please delete the review for my flash."

It was a figment of our imaginations.

What are you doing using my shower?! You'd better not have used all of my hot water >:(

I gotta wash somewhere. :(

"Ai yah - you used up all the hot!"

Amy Wong, from I, Roommate. May have been a deleted scene, but it's still a Futurama quote :P

How long before Fagamut steals your sig?

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At 9/11/09 12:55 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote: But other than that, your german is pretty good. :)

Thanks, but I think most dutch people are better with German than me though =) I especially have a lot of trouble with the grammar.

Hm, most dutch people I talked to said something like: "Can you repeat that in english? My english is way better than my german..." XD

I think almost anyone here is better with English than with German. Mainly because everything around us is English. We hear English on tv, we read English on the internet, heck a lot of English words have actually gotten their place in our language.

But we do not read or see much German. Although I think German would be easier for us to learn.

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:00 AM, Auz wrote:

See above, it can really destroy the atmosphere of a scene, but most of the time dubs are pretty good. And it saves you from reading subtitles all the time.
However, there are some pretty bad translations where you think what the translators had been smoking to make such mistakes.

Well we do have dubbed versions of movies for children (Madagascar, Kungfu Panda etc.), but I´d still rather go to the original version and take the trouble to read the subtitles.

But maybe that is because there aren´t many (good) voice-actors in Holland. It´s just kinda strange to hear for example Alex the Lion from Madagascar having the same voice as Shrek and Po (Kungfu Panda). Plus the original voice-actors usually do a much better job anyway.

But perhaps that´s different in Germany.

Yeah, there's a pretty big voice actor scene with lots of good voice actors here. And not only do they dub movies but they also can be heard in full cast audio dramas, which too is only a big thing in germany, I think.

Of course it's sometimes weird to hear a voice and then think: "Where did I hear that voice before?"

Which is what I constantly think here when watching dubbed movies.

And sometimes an actor is dubbed by more than one actor, even though most big actors like Samuel L Jackson or Nicolas Cage or Bruce Willis have their "standard voice-actor".

Oh now that´s a pretty good idea. In that case it wouldn´t be so annoying to hear the same voices if they have the same faces.

But on the other hand there are examples where the dubbing is even better than the original. Most prominent example is "The Persuaders", know as "Die Zwei" in germany. This series was a very big success in germany because of the funny dialogues the translators wrote.

Yeah, but doesn´t that still give you mixed feelings? I mean, doesn´t that give you the feeling that you´re not actually watching the real movie?

No. Maybe people here are just used to it. For us it's weird to read subtitles. ^^

I guess, if you grew up with it.

At 9/11/09 03:07 PM, Hacsev wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
Hacsev: Lt. General. Congrats!

What's this? Thank you so much, Auz! But, I think Nijsse really won it this time.

Now that you mention it, I kinda overlooked his achievement when picking AotD :p

At 9/12/09 04:08 AM, reverend wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote: Okay I think I get this. Base Percentage actually means the amount of times they scored a point divided by the amount of times they hit the ball?

Not score. It's just how many times they reach base; whether they get a hit, walked, or hit by a pitch over their At Bats.

Oh alright. So it´s divided by those things you mentioned then.

And the slugging percentage just counts the amount of ... plates he ran after his hit?

Yeah essentially. It's basically Total Bases per At Bat. If you hit a home run you earned four bases, so forth, so on.

These two stats are really useful in determining productivity better than their Batting Average.
If you looked at Jeter and Ichiro; their BAs are similar .330 .384, respectively. However, if you compared Jeter's OBP and SLP of .397 and .470 verses Ichiro's OBP and SLP of .384 and .458 you'll see that Jeter is the better player since he gets on base more and hit for more extra bases.

Indeed. It seems more fair and logical to compare players that way.

At 9/12/09 06:25 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/11/09 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: Right, the balls and strikes thing is different - the pitcher pitches and if he hits the strike zone (Knee to letters, home plate width), the player swings and misses or connects with the ball going out of play foul, that's a strike. Foul balls can't be strike 3, if you get three strikes, you're out. If you get 4 balls - pitches that are outside of the strike zone, that the player doesn't swing on, he can walk to first base.

This I did know from the times I played baseball in highschool. Or it was softball actually. But does that foul ball at strike two still count towards chances to hit?

A foul ball with a count of 2 strikes will not retire a hitter. They get another pitch to swing at. One player endured a 15 pitch at bat this year and then hit a single to have his team walk off as winners.

I don´t really see how that made him win. Is there like another rule besides scoring points that make you win?

At bats (chances to hit) are the number of times a player gets to the plate and either scores a hit or gets out. Reaching on errors counts as an at-bat, but no hit. Being hit by the pitch and getting a base on Balls (walk) do not count as at bats, neither do sacrifice outs, where you move runners up intentionally, or even score them.

Alright, and sacrifice outs are those times when they don´t actually swing at the ball but just let it drop on the bat. Right?

Almost - you're thinking a bunt, when they drop the ball onto the infield grass and then run to first base. Pitchers tend to do this in order to move runners from first to second and second to third. If they get out and move runners across, then it is a sacrifice (not an at bat recorded, but no hit either). It is possible to bunt for base hits.

Yes that´s what I meant. And so that´s called a "bunt".

The other sacrifice is a "sac-fly", where a runner is on third base with no outs or one out. The batter hits the ball to the outfield, where he is caught. The runner remains in contact with the base until the catch is made, then runs to home plate, scoring the run.

Alright. So it´s like, you hit it as high and far away as possible to the right side of the field. The one on the third base waits until the ball is caught and then he runs like hell to the home base.

But what is reaching on errors then?

Reaching on an error - say the batter hits the ball to the third baseman. The third baseman puts his glove out to pick up the ball and then the ball skips over his glove, allowing the runner to reach 1st. That's a fielding error. Throwing errors are when routine plays are missed, usually at first base. These can all cause 'unearned runs' to be credited to the pitcher - the pitcher did no wrong in pitching to them, but the defense let the team down.

Yes, but can batters actually aim for those things? That´s kinda what the term reaching on errors implies. Of course I think a low bouncing ball to the third base will be difficult to stop, but it seems so risky to aim for.

Not quite - that's the simpler version, as the player then gets to jog leisurely around the bases, to complete the run. You can belt it into the outfield and run hell for leather and make it the 360 feet from home plate to home plate. The inside the park home run is possible and it was the way that Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner scored his first career Home Run.

Yes okay, but that´s something that doesn´t occur often right? Unless someone like... tosses the ball over the fences or into the player benches or something.

Correct. I think you tend to see an inside the park home run maybe three or four times a year in the whole of major league baseball - 2,430 games is a lot of baseball :P

Indeed that´s not often. I guess you have more chance of seeing an own goal on the football field.

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5 year anniversary on Newgrounds.
Congrats to Bahamut for 5 year anniversary :D

Soon is my 5 years ani too!
:D CONGRATS!

Also, 5k posts!

Hey again..Seems like a lot of you guys are still here from my days in the club..Michelinman seems like the only new guy..

So, following a few months with the Review Request Club, I'm here to celebrate 100 Audio Reviews! :D

At 9/11/09 03:20 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:55 PM, Haggard wrote: Real life achievement: As of today me and my girlfriend are together for 6 years!. :D

Congrats man, interesting that you happened to get together on September 11th, at least you will never forget your anniversary :P

Yeah, we needed a date that's easy to remember. XD

At 9/11/09 05:59 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/10/09 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well you shouldn't say such things.

But if it is the truth?

It's not even the fucking truth.

It is.

Now that's going too far. Think about what you did Haggard and never call yourself a metal fan until you accept your wrongdoings.

Lol! How about you stop calling yourself a metal fan until you stop listening to all those shitty bands?

P

How about you don't say whether I should call myself a metal fan or not until you admit that St. Anger sucks? HA!

Ha? Well, St. Anger sure isn't as good as their other albums, but I won't say it sucks. Because it doesn't. At least not as much as Manowar. :P

At 9/12/09 05:11 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:55 PM, Haggard wrote: Real life achievement: As of today me and my girlfriend are together for 6 years!. :D

Do I hear wedding bells? Really congrats!

I don't hear any bells. Right now we have no plans of getting engaged or even married. ^^

At 9/12/09 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: My account = 5 years old today

Congrats!

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BOOOO!

At 9/12/09 06:25 AM, Coop83 wrote: Haggard - 6th Anniversary with girlfriend. Enjoy your 'special night' ;)

I sure did. :)

At 9/12/09 08:02 AM, Auz wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:55 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/11/09 12:03 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/10/09 12:13 PM, Haggard wrote: But other than that, your german is pretty good. :)

Thanks, but I think most dutch people are better with German than me though =) I especially have a lot of trouble with the grammar.

Hm, most dutch people I talked to said something like: "Can you repeat that in english? My english is way better than my german..." XD

I think almost anyone here is better with English than with German. Mainly because everything around us is English. We hear English on tv, we read English on the internet, heck a lot of English words have actually gotten their place in our language.

It's the same here with english words in the language. Sad thing is that even words that only sound english are being used to "sound cool".
For example the word "Handy" I mentioned some time ago, which means a "mobile phone". No one speaking english would understand me if I asked for a "handy", yet those little things are called so, because it is "english" and therefor "cool".

But we do not read or see much German. Although I think German would be easier for us to learn.

I once heard a report that until the 60's or 70's it was quite common for dutch people to speak german, but then as an late aftermath of WW II people didn't want to learn it anymore.
But yeah, I think dutch is very close to "Plattdeutsch" or "Low German". So it shouldn't be that hard for dutch people to learn german and vice versa.
Try if you can understand anything in this video. ^^

And sometimes an actor is dubbed by more than one actor, even though most big actors like Samuel L Jackson or Nicolas Cage or Bruce Willis have their "standard voice-actor".

Oh now that´s a pretty good idea. In that case it wouldn´t be so annoying to hear the same voices if they have the same faces.

Yeah I guess that's what people who dub movies thought as well. Sometimes a voice actor is occupied with other things though, so it may be that the voice changes from one movie to another. It's sad, but it really doesn't disturb that much.

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Achievement of the day!
This special award that goes to the person with the highest rank/level/points of some kind in a cirtain field, or i just think they should have the AOTD. It looks like we have the first ever tie today! Bahamut/Ivanturoc: 5 years on NG!

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At 9/11/09 03:07 PM, Hacsev wrote:

At 9/10/09 09:50 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Achievement of the day!

And it goes to....Nijsse: level 45!

Damn, I really wanted to be the AotD.

Sorry about you not getting that, i just thought level 45 was just a little bit better then what you had.

At 9/12/09 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: My account = 5 years old today

Since today is my NG account birthday, I have to make a comparison between this time last year and now.

I like that idea! i think i might use that same format when i have my 3rd Newground account birthday in just over 6 days! Oh and congrats on being here so long :P