Achievement of the Day
byteslinger: 10,000 Blams, 2x10k

10,000 Blams is a rarity these days. And nice to see you'll get included on the pentalist as well. Congrats!

Congrats to:
RuinedMartyr: Private First Class
HeavyTank: 30,000 MP
wreckages: 12,000 Experience
PabMo: 5.55 Base VP
WilhelmTheVampire: 14,000 BP
Bahamut: 20,000 Experience, 2,000 Days on NG
Toohot100: 8.00 Base VP
Simple: 4 Years on NG

At 3/12/10 06:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/11/10 09:59 AM, Auz wrote: Not sure from which era Jan Wouters was. I think from long ago, because I don't know much about him actually.

I remember he played at Bayern Munich, that must have been in the 80s.

Hmm... maybe he was there when we won the EC then in 1988.

Like a 'goalgetter' right? I believe that's the English term. I think strikers like that are never that popular, but they're usually the most effective ones.

I tried to find a translation for that word, but the only thing I found is "to have a nose for a goal". I think it's a bit different from the term "goalgetter".

Hmm maybe it is slightly different. In Holland we would say a "goaltjesdief" which is literally a "goals thief". I think that would be an accurate translation.

Is the German word literally "goals hunter" by the way?

At the moment our team is not so impressive on paper I think. Our offense is pretty good since most of them are base players for clubs like Bayern Munchen and Liverpool. But for the rest a lot of them are still playing in the dutch competition, which is widely known as a "Mickey Mouse"-league.

Heh, I remember when dutch teams where top notch in Europe. Well, at least Ajax and Feyenoord.

I think the glory years of those clubs are long over. Feyenoord won the UEFA Cup in 2001 and that's the last big milestone we've had here. I remember in 2005 or so both PSV and AZ had a good shot at making it to the finals of the Champions League and UEFA Cup respectively, but both clubs lost their matches due to a goal in the very last minute.

Fortunately the new generation of players after 2002 knows how to take penalties.

Well, that's one thing the english team still doesn't know how to do. ^^
I think the german team never lost a penalty shootout at a tournament. And this may be their biggest advantage when it comes to a shootout. Somewhere in the back of their heads the opposing players may think: "Oh shit, a shootout against THEM? We don't have a chance..." and then it becomes a kind of self fulfilling prophecy. ^^

Yeah. I think it works the other way around as well. Like the dutch team must have always been thinking "Oh shit, a penalty shootout! We're fucked". And then everybody lost their self confidence and screwed up.

Also wasn't Germany the best team on tournaments of all time or something?

At least no other team reached the finals so often, I think.

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure they have added up the points of every country once. Like 3 points for every win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss, no matter if it was group stage or final. And Germany came out #1, even though everyone was expecting Brazil.

At 3/13/10 06:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: 20,000 EXP!

You'd think it'd be as exciting as reaching 10,000 EXP but it isn't.

Aren't we forgetting something? ;)

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/12/10 06:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/12/10 03:25 AM, Coop83 wrote: That and my navigation via the back button (drop down) doesn't work properly. I can't drop down the menu to check the pages I have recently viewed.

Another strange thing. Never heard of this before.

Well, do you get a drop-down menu for your navigation, showing which pages you recently visited? On firefox, there was a drop down menu, next to the forward and back buttons, but I can't find this one, if there is.

Oh, you mean that. By default there's no back button with a drop down menue, but you can simply add it by going to "Tools -> Appearance -> Buttons -> Browser" and then simply drag and drop it to the main bar.

At 3/13/10 07:25 AM, Auz wrote:

At 3/12/10 06:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/11/10 09:59 AM, Auz wrote: Like a 'goalgetter' right? I believe that's the English term. I think strikers like that are never that popular, but they're usually the most effective ones.

I tried to find a translation for that word, but the only thing I found is "to have a nose for a goal". I think it's a bit different from the term "goalgetter".

Hmm maybe it is slightly different. In Holland we would say a "goaltjesdief" which is literally a "goals thief". I think that would be an accurate translation.

Sounds like what we call an "Abstauber", someone who's suddendly there and scores the goal. Of course you need to have that "Torriecher" to be an "Abstauber". ^^

Is the German word literally "goals hunter" by the way?

The "Torjäger", yes that translates to "goal hunter".

Also wasn't Germany the best team on tournaments of all time or something?

At least no other team reached the finals so often, I think.

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure they have added up the points of every country once. Like 3 points for every win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss, no matter if it was group stage or final. And Germany came out #1, even though everyone was expecting Brazil.

Interesting. But I think Brazil has another great "stat". IIRC they never lost a final. So, when they made it to the finals they also won the tournament. Impressive.

Milestone:

700 Audio Review Responses

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Made two threads yesterday. Post if you have anything to add. :)

Make an escape the room game in real life. It's exactly what it sounds like. It's about making search/escape games in real life. Check it out, it really is fun to do.

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1152 063

Generic Sprite Collab. Only post if your interested in making a sprite collab with me I guess. So far no luck though.

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1152 103

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Fro's girlfriend is sick so he has quite a day ahead of him while saying Congrats To:

wreckages: 12,000 Experience Points
WilhelTheVampire: Captain, 14,000 B/P
RuinedMarty: Private First Class (You put it in a place I didn't notice it last time)
Bahamut: 20,000 Experience Points, 2,000 Day Old Account
Toohot100: 8.00 Base Voting Power
Simple: 4 Wasted Years on Newgrounds
Auz: 39,000 Saves

I'm getting close to:

26,000 Medal Points
32,000 B/P
55,555 Total Stats
444 Review Responses
1,000 Flash Reviews
1,000 Audio Reviews

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At 3/12/10 05:20 AM, RuinedMartyr wrote:

I'd just like to take this time that the first part of your username is correct. You ruined your username. :( It was much better before. I guess some would say that Corky52 was better than Fro as well though.

Just watched a barrage of movies including Alice in Wonderland(This one in theater, the rest on Dvd), 2012, Zombieland, and Couple's Retreat. (Girlfriend makes me watch movies I don't particularly want to)

I enjoyed Zombieland. It wasn't realistic at all, but it added a nice touch of humor, emotion, and action spread throughout it. Especially the Bill Murry scene pretending to be a zombie.

At 3/12/10 05:24 PM, vader316 wrote:

Well I think 300 to me is an achievement.. I don't need your petty award =) Well you got over 17K because more then half is locking a thread. (which should not count in your total posts ^.^)

I guarantee that not even 5% of Coop's posts are lock messages. To think that he gets his post count from anything other than contributing to a topic would be crazy.

Anyway, I can think a carrot is a pineapple, but in the end it's still a carrot. You may think that 300 posts is an achievement here, but in the end it's still just another number that isn't. ;)

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

My maternal uncle. He had a birthmark on his brain that had been growing by 2% per year. By the time he reached 50, the docs said it was life threatening. We're now 8 days away from what would have been his 62nd birthday. 12 bonus years that saw him really happy with his wife, traveling the world.

I think that it was good to have the release and it was great to see some of the family again, despite the sad circumstances. That and one of my uncles nearly dropped the coffin at the crematorium.

I'm one that won't say "I know what you are going through because I lost so and so" because I'll never know what you were going through even if I was in a similar circumstance. I do know it can hurt a lot though. My last funeral was my nephew. He died the same night that he was born.

I don't know what's harder to handle. Losing someone that you've had so many fun times with or losing someone that you never had the opportunity to have those fun times with. I'm happy I made it in enough time to hold him though.

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/12/10 05:24 PM, vader316 wrote:

At 3/12/10 03:25 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/11/10 09:16 AM, vader316 wrote: Well I borrowed it from some guy. I did not make it =) Unless you can edit this sig and fix the spelling I sadly cant =/

I could do a poor MS Paint job. Other than that, I'll just leave it for you :P

O I see how it is... You give criticism on the spelling of the sig and now your don't even try to fix it when I offer you it? The cold man. Really cold.

cries in a corner

You're telling me that I'm lazy? Says the guy that stole his sig from someone :P

I did not steal this sig I ASKED to take this sig and he said sure. Unlike most of this people on Newgrounds. And yes I pulling a punk card on you via calling you lazy. =P

At 3/11/10 04:10 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/11/10 08:03 PM, vader316 wrote:

300 and counting...

It's not an achievement here - come back when you've got 1,000 Posts.

How do you think I feel? I've got over 17,000 Posts :P

Well I think 300 to me is an achievement.. I don't need your petty award =) Well you got over 17K because more then half is locking a thread. (which should not count in your total posts ^.^)

Not really, I had over 16,500 posts before I was modded. I've made about 10-20 posts while locking threads. How about Bahamut and his 21,000+ Posts? Or ZeroAsALimit, with his almost 50,000 Posts?

We not talking about them we talking about you. So don't change the subject. =)

27.000 saves now. This week was abut slow though. Ohwell. Contests to all who did something neat today

~X~

Rev feels like going on a hike today; congrats to:
WihelmTheVampire - Captain
Bahamut - 20k Exp and 2,000 Days on NG!
Toohot100 - 8.00 Base VP
Simple - 4 years on NG
Auz - 39k Saves!
Fro - 700 Audio Review Responses
XwaynecoltX - 27k Saves

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At 3/12/10 06:31 PM, mwmike wrote: The keychains certainly are nice little things.

Yeah, I was looking that their shirts but they seem to be out of stock on most things my size; not to mention the designs are a little to small for the price, IMHO. :/

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop prepares to get the Formula 1 Season underway, with Bahrain Qualifying.

Let me guess, Jimmy John.. I mean Schumacher is going to win.

British English Dictionary, Google Wave App, Download Statusbar. Nothing overly special.

Hmm, if that Wave app is anything like the Google toolbar then there is known compatibility problems with it.

I've finally reached 5 posts per day. That might not be much, but it is for some older users. I think it was in the mid 4.0's a couple months ago.

Alternative Character Battle 2 - Battle 16 (Second Round): Ada Wong vs Duke Nukem

Just realised, after reaching 20,000 EXP, I am the first 4x20k'er. If the Pentalist started counting 20k instead of 10k (won't be happening at all while I'm running the list), I'd have been the first to be quadlisted.

Listening to:

Anthrax - State of Euphoria

Thanks to:

Fro
mwmike
Auz
reverend

At 3/12/10 03:58 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/12/10 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: lol, Coop's demodded. I take it you have the demod all script. That's not one I'll use considering then there'd be more fab icons. It'd be great if there was a fab to neutral script. That's more preferable than blocking them.

Yep.

Ah yes, I've come across those scripts before.

You know, I'll poke round that de-mod script and see if there is a way to get it to switch Fab to Netural. It's shouldn't be too hard since I think they all work on javascript.

Yeah, I'm sure it's easy to make the script to de-fab users just like removing mod auras.

At 3/12/10 05:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/12/10 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/11/10 05:05 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/10/10 10:10 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/9/10 12:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/7/10 10:23 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/7/10 06:54 AM, Haggard wrote:

Too late for me..

In my hands

It lies I thought

But I failed

Now he's in me

My soul is lost

In his black chamber

I'm gone

That was fun! :D

Not even Raining Blood? Hey, this might be a way to get Casualty back here on a regular basis. :P

I don't know the lyrics too well, only the intro riff. XD

We can do the riff and then I'll assist you with the lyrics.

We could sing Opeth, but it could take a while if we also play all the riffs. XD

That's a great idea, actually!

It's not funny, it's downright creepy.

That's what makes it so funny!

I don't find it funny at all. From now on, I'm not going to tweet about Virgin Media, even when they be a pain in the ass to me.

Too good to be true.

What, iscrulz at level 10 or Coop being evil for a change?

Both!

Yeah, I just edited the source code. Opera let's you view the changes you made in the site, which is pretty nice for figuring out what went wrong with the code on your own web page (sure, there are offline web editors, but PHP doesn't work there)

About time I got my own icon here!

At 3/12/10 06:31 PM, mwmike wrote: Congrats to:
Bahamut - 21,000 Posts - How fast are you posting at the moment? Just wondering seeing as you're starting to near 22,222

It took me 7 months after reaching 20,000 posts to reach 21,000. I'm guessing I'll reach 22k in November and then 22,222 by the end of the year.

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/12/10 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Wow, getting close to me already. I thought you were roughly 9k behind me.

112,381, as of first thing this morning :P

You get points faster than I thought.

Not really, I had over 16,500 posts before I was modded. I've made about 10-20 posts while locking threads. How about Bahamut and his 21,000+ Posts? Or ZeroAsALimit, with his almost 50,000 Posts?

Exactly, neither myself nor ZAAL has ever been a BBS mod but we've been able to post a lot over the time. ZAAL was a crazy poster while I've been consistent with posting in the same threads for years.

At 3/13/10 07:25 AM, Auz wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: 20,000 EXP!

You'd think it'd be as exciting as reaching 10,000 EXP but it isn't.

Aren't we forgetting something? ;)

I know now. I can't believe I forgot to mention it earlier today.

I just noticed it a few hours ago, but this account is now 3,000 days old. Yes, that means if I'd deposited every day I would be at 30,000 Exp now.

At 3/13/10 01:25 PM, Bahamut wrote: Just realised, after reaching 20,000 EXP, I am the first 4x20k'er. If the Pentalist started counting 20k instead of 10k (won't be happening at all while I'm running the list), I'd have been the first to be quadlisted.

Maybe you could add a special mention for those who gain 20k, 30k, etc. in a certain stat.

At 3/12/10 05:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/12/10 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/11/10 05:05 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/10/10 10:10 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/9/10 12:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/7/10 10:23 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/7/10 06:54 AM, Haggard wrote:

Too late for me..

In my hands

It lies I thought

But I failed

Now he's in me

My soul is lost

In his black chamber

I'm gone

That was fun! :D

It was, we could continue straight on with "Theatre of Pain" now. ^^

Not even Raining Blood? Hey, this might be a way to get Casualty back here on a regular basis. :P

I don't know the lyrics too well, only the intro riff. XD

We can do the riff and then I'll assist you with the lyrics.

Wouldn't be as interesting. ^^

We could sing Opeth, but it could take a while if we also play all the riffs. XD

That's a great idea, actually!

So, how about "Deliverance"?

It's not funny, it's downright creepy.

That's what makes it so funny!

I don't find it funny at all. From now on, I'm not going to tweet about Virgin Media, even when they be a pain in the ass to me.

I would be creeped out as well if that happened to me, but it's still funny. :D

Too good to be true.

What, iscrulz at level 10 or Coop being evil for a change?

Both!

YAY!

Yeah, I just edited the source code. Opera let's you view the changes you made in the site, which is pretty nice for figuring out what went wrong with the code on your own web page (sure, there are offline web editors, but PHP doesn't work there)

About time I got my own icon here!

I see what I can do tomorrow. :P

Sup 4000th post.

At 3/13/10 03:01 PM, Racoonmario wrote: Sup 4000th post.

Nice going!!!

Just hit 4500 Saves

Wow, not many achievements today.

Ruin is listening to raindrops hit his window as he Congratulates:
Heavytank: 30,000 medal points! Damnnn!
byteslinger: 10,000 Blams!
Wreckages: 12,000 Exp!
PabMo: 5.55 VP!
WilhelmtheVampire: Captain!
Bahamut: 20,000 Exp!
Toohot100: 8.00 VP!
Simple: 4 years on NG! Hopefully many more!
Auz: 39,000 Saves!
Fro: 700 Audio reviews! Wow!
XwaynecoltX: 27,000 Saves!
Haggard: 3,000 day old Account! Congrats!
Racoonmario: 4,000 posts!
DRD1982: 4,500 Saves!

Thank you to:
reverand
mwmike
Coop83
Auz
Fro

Hope the weather isn't too bad for all for you, it is storming pretty hard for me at the moment.

Tally Ho!

Damn how do guys level up?

At 3/13/10 09:10 PM, Necr0Cyst wrote: Damn how do guys level up?

Vote on 5 submissions every day to get experience points. The more points you get, the higher your level. Check out the FAQ.

wut submissions? u mean games and vids?

At 3/13/10 01:25 PM, Bahamut wrote: Just realised, after reaching 20,000 EXP, I am the first 4x20k'er. If the Pentalist started counting 20k instead of 10k (won't be happening at all while I'm running the list), I'd have been the first to be quadlisted.

Nice first grab of that i know if i havent been so lazy over the past few years i would have been first but woe is me i guess, anyways a BIG congrats to you on that

~X~

At 3/13/10 09:29 PM, Necr0Cyst wrote: wut submissions? u mean games and vids?

Yes. The FAQ has a lot of information on how this site works.

Level 32! I got this a few days ago, but I wanted to post it along with the catch-ups...

Anyway, this is how the Guns N' Roses concert was, in my opinion.

Listening to:
U2 - One

I got addicted to this song recently. :)

At 3/7/10 06:54 AM, Haggard wrote: I just wished Löw wouldn't nominate Podolski and Klose anymore. Both play very badly right now, especially Podolski who didn't score a goal for over 1,400 minutes until yesterday...

What about Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Ballack...? How are the other players doing right now?

At 3/7/10 01:26 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: The German team might seem disorganized, but the individual quality shows up when it gets real. ;)

The german team always plays a lot better once the tournament starts. Just before WC 06 germany got beat by Italy 1-4, the game was just horrible. But in the tournament suddendly the team didn't play that bad at all. ^^

I don't know, maybe the home field advantage gave the German team a boost... Either way, in 06, Zidane messed with Brazil's plans once again... good thing that he retired. :P

Champions in '10? Who knows, right? =)

Would be great. XD

I have high hopes on Honduras winning this year. :)

I'd be happy if either Germany, Italy, Uruguay and, of course, Brazil won it. Family stuff. :)

I don't know why, but I just don't like the brazilian team. I never liked them even though the world's best footballers come from brazil.

You know, not every Brazilian fancies the national squad either... I mean, our coach was highly contested two years ago, some claim that Brazil plays "for results" (a 1-0 is more than enough)... I'm cheering for Brazil, of course, mostly for some players rather than the team itself.

I mean, I like the individual players (it's hard not to like them when you watch them play ^^), but as a team I find them very unfriendly.

Maybe because we complain too much while playing. Like claiming for yellow cards, delaying the game... being bastards. :P

Oh wow, that's lovely! Can Faggard and I meet someday? :P

When is the next gay parade in Brazil? I bet he'll be there. :P

It's too far from where I live. :(

Oh, and I think that our gay parade is the biggest one in the world. I'm not sure if we should be proud of that, anyway. :P

At 3/6/10 04:05 AM, Auz wrote: My dream final also, except that it would have to be ZWEI - EINS! again ;)

What would be that...? :P

It's german for 2 - 1. ;)

Ah, right. That would be "dois a um" in Portuguese.

At 3/7/10 07:57 AM, mwmike wrote:

At 3/6/10 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: Yoshi is now Sispri.

I thought he got a name-change but I had a feeling it was something extremely Japanese sounding that I could never remember for more than twenty seconds at once.

He had two name changes - first he was "MirahuForever" (I think) then he became Sispri.

As for darknessdweller, he's been gone for a long time and I'm glad it's going to stay that way.

Yeah, he was definitely very immature, although it seems like there's something missing from the LUL without him. Even if he seemed a bit of a twat, he definitely had a place.

Biggest spammer/worst poster? Nah, that's despicable to me.

At 3/7/10 10:23 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/7/10 01:09 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Months? I think it's been a whole year since I haven't posted in there! It's only ~10 pages, though, I can do the "one-a-day" thing.

But it might take 10 posts as well. :O

The effort will definitely be worth it. You'll prove to be as epic as gfox.

Maybe not epic, but possibly as patient as him. I mean, going through so many pages takes some effort and concentration from anyone. I find myself being delayed by TF2 constantly, like now, for example. :P

Ah, great. But how does it work when you're a Medic / Engie?

Medic - Syringe Gun to find the props. Sadly, you can't heal hunters.

Hmm, not a good idea. How will you know what is a prop and what isn't? Only with the Blutsauger, if a "+3" shows up in your health.

Engineer - Build dispensers to heal your allies. Will come in handy but I'd rather play as other classes. However, I did see some Engineers building sentries but I'm not sure if they do anything in PropHunt.

Might be handy, indeed, but it shouldn't be very fun for the engie, though. At least there are no sappers. :)

Oh, did they fix the ability to shoot as a prop (sometimes)?

Not sure if that glitch has been fixed but they can shoot when they're the last prop remaining.

Hmm, maybe it was that all along. I've seen some props shooting sometimes, although I'm not sure if they were the last one or not.

At 3/7/10 02:55 PM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/7/10 01:09 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Really, Ferdinand? I though Gerrard was chosen as the captain, I think a mid-fielder can hold that position better, since they are more active during the game.

Gerrard is the vice captain - Rio is the captain, but was injured and thus unavailable for the Egypt tilt

Ah right, makes more sense now. Oh, and who's England's goalkeeper? Since Seaman retired, I don't know who's been keeping for you.

Either way, I think being the captain only boosts the players morale, so it doesn't matter that much.

Doesn't make him a better player though :(

Maybe it does. He might feel more confident and start playing better.

What team to you cheer for there, anyway? Aston Villa?

Yeah, I'm a long suffering Villain. I did enjoy watching us beat Reading 4-2 today, to seal a match up against Chelsea, the rematch of the 2000 FA Cup final.

I wish you and your team the best, I don't really like Chelsea in England, despite being a Drogba fan.

In England, I'm more fond of Liverpool, while my brother loves Man. United. He bought a team jersey and almost had it written "C. Ronaldo - 7" on the back. He went to Real Madrid afterwards and, guess what? He bought a Real Madrid jersey.

Kaká > Ronaldo.

At 3/7/10 01:26 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Really, why is the American Football called... football? Because of the kick-off? It should be called tackleball or similar.

No, because of Rugby Football having such a similar style of ball, I believe.

Makes sense. But in Rugby you use your foot a lot more. Tackleball is a more appropriate name. :)

At 3/7/10 04:26 PM, reverend wrote: Rev is pondering who will get tops for Feb; congrats to:

1/2 Explosm's unfunny/overrated Cyanide & Happiness + 1/2 Johnny Utah, basically.

At 3/7/10 01:26 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I have to; voting is obligatory in here. I'm not sure if this is good or not, though.

Really? I think voting should be a privilege rather than a requirement. There is no benefit to having people vote when they are indifferent to whom they are voting for.

They say people have to "exercise their citizenship". We still have the option to vote blank, though.

Also, our voting system is 100% electronic, while yours is still on paper. Seriously, modern that! :)

I can't imagine what our team would look like if we had Anquan Boldin or Reggie Bush streaking down the wing, Brian Urlacher as a fullback, or Kevin Garnett as a keeper.

And why not LeBron James as a midfielder, with Patrick Kane as a striker? :)

At 3/13/10 06:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: 20,000 EXP!

Awesome, 4x20k!

At 3/13/10 08:08 AM, Haggard wrote: Interesting. But I think Brazil has another great "stat". IIRC they never lost a final. So, when they made it to the finals they also won the tournament. Impressive.

We lost in 98 to France, and I was watching it. :(

Thanks for voting, Spoopy! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 4,440 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 21. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 22 hours, 49 minutes, and 52 seconds.

The more experience points you have, combined with BLAM and PROTECTION points, the more your vote is worth!

At 3/7/10 01:52 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/6/10 11:40 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: There are some similarities in here as well... If you're a teen and you commit a crime, you might do volunteer work in a poor community or - if it's a more serious crime - spend some time in a youth prison. The problem is that it isn't recorded afterwards - they have the thought that you "thought over what you've done" etc...

Nah. It's a bit of a problem here as well. I believe youth prison is recorded, but for less serious crimes it's all forgiven and forgotten after you've done your work. The work is never that ... intimidating towards youth criminals since it's usually 8 hours a day for only one week. They're really soft on them. Therefore they usually go back to committing crimes soon and in the worse case they end up in the crime circuit, never to get out again.

That would be the same problem in here. You only do "volunteer" work for a while, and you're back as if nothing happened. The maximum you can get is a three year reclusion, even if you're 17, thus you'll be free when you're 20.

It's getting worse in here, because the middle-class teenagers are getting into that criminal circuit as well. There was a thug in my class who brought knives, sprays and such to school. He was kicked, eventually, but which school will take him after that?

And it isn't even helping around, it's just not getting caught doing anything wrong there. If you sit there all day long, you are behaving well...

Lol. So you could be dealing drugs and murdering people in there, but if they never find out you'll get away with it and can even leave prison much earlier? :p

Yeah, if you know how to hide a corpse well. :P

I always thought people would get mistreated in Brazilian prisons, but sounds like they're not so bad if you are a prisoner there.

They are probably among the worst prisons in the world, actually. They're crowded, rusty, sometimes lacking space/cops, no beds... It's like a slave-house.

It would be, literally, a "clean body" - it's basically the right to respond the lawsuit in freedom.

Plus, I believe it's Greek, not Latin. Either way, our language is confusing. :P

Oh alright. So you don't have to be held in custody or anything when you got a lawsuit against you?

If your lawyer manage to get one of those to you, then yes, you're free until the judgement day.

And I would guess Latin. I thought juridical terms are usually in Latin and you guys are Latin America aren't you?

Hahaha, sorry, it's indeed in Latin. I thought it was created in Greece at first, but I was mistaken. :P

And yeah, we are Latin Americans, but there are so many Greek and Latin therms in Portuguese that it gets hard to figure out what's the origin of a word. And that turns out really complicated when adding prefixes and suffixes and figuring out words you don't know.

It's a vast and complex language, which probably less than 300 million people speak in the world. I think we should have been colonized by either Spanish, Italian or German colonies. BUT WHY PORTUGUESE? >:(

I'm not really pro-death penalty to be honest, but for such people a lifelong sentence would indeed be justified if you ask me.

Heh, now I remember my mom saying that she agrees on a torture sentence for some crimes. :P It's really revolting for her.

Yup. We can't divide the govern in two; govern + allies X opposition. They consist of many political parties, but they are either in favour or against what the government says, respectively.

Oh that sounds a lot like the Dutch system then, and probably many other European systems. We also have many parties, and after the elections the biggest party may join together with a few other parties to form the 'government'. This government usually has the majority so that they can make laws and decisions and the opposition (which are the remaining parties) can't thwart all their plans.

Hahaha, it's exactly the same thing. I think only the USA has a two-party system, then.

But does your governors get caught in a video tape receiving real money, then declaring it was meant to be for the poor people?

Currently it is a bit messed up here though. Our government recently 'fell' since they came to a strong disagreement about sending more troops to Afghanistan.

Heh, at least Brazil has only sent some troops to Haiti, way before the quake.

One party left the government so now they got a minority. New elections will be held here soon, but it seems like right wing extremists are gaining in popularity =/ Even so much that they might win the elections (you might have heard of Geert Wilders?) which is very worrying. But that's another matter.

No, I haven't heard of him before, but as far as I've read, he's a pretty controversial figure.

But hey, ten years ago our govern was basically a right wing party. It's stabilized the economy, creating our current currency (real [reh- all]), but many companies were sold, employment rates dropped... We're getting better only now, with Lula "the MAN", according to Obama. :P

Anyway, is the system in your country anything like that?

Sure, although govern and opposition are more "balanced", so some things are approved while others are denied. It really matters whether there are more govern or opposition members at the voting moment. Yes, they come whenever they want to.

Even though a few days ago I got my card that gives me the right to vote in this year's elections. It's optional for who is 16-17 years old, but I still want to vote. Maybe I'll find someone who's decent/honest.

Optional? But is it mandatory to vote in your country then after a certain age? Because in our country about 20% of the people who can vote usually don't even show up and people can vote 'blanco' as well if they want to.

Yeah, after you're 18 and before 70 voting is obligatory. If you don't vote, you have to explain why you didn't vote or pay a tax for not voting (I'm not sure how much is it).

But yeah, sometimes I think it shouldn't be obligatory. I mean, sometimes people who aren't interested vote for anyone they think that "looks good". So why not leaving it for those who are interested? =/

At 3/7/10 01:53 PM, Auz wrote: Just hope I haven't forgotten anything or stopped sentences halfway :p Went through this a bit chaotically.

Hahahaha, no problem. It's 2:30 am in here and I'm really tired as well. I still have my common sense on, just don't expect anything too complex or witty. :P

At 3/6/10 11:42 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: SPOILERS, in case no one has realised. :P

I felt that when her father died was more emotional, though. That and when he didn't have the oxygen mask on and she saved him.

Heh I couldn't care much for the father either. But yeah it was quite nice to see her meet the real Jake. You knew it would happen, but they did that scene quite well.

Yeah, but it's one of the problems in the movie. I mean, EVERYONE knew that was going to happen, really predictable. And everyone knew he would become one of them in the end.

It's really bad because the 3D glasses kept slipping while he was with them. You either adjust it all the time, or you have a huge nose to hold both glasses. :P

So he was like touching and adjusting his glasses all the way through the movie? That has got to be very annoying.

Yeah, I noticed him adjusting them quite often. Maybe it was only those glasses, there might be better shaped ones around.

Speaking of 3D glasses by the way. I went to Alice in Wonderland yesterday and the glasses I got there were much better than the ones I had at Avatar. They were sort of greenish when you looked straight through them and this time almost everything on the screen was sharp. So they didn't hurt my eyes so much like they did with Avatar.

Really? The glasses I had looked purple when I looked at them, but the lens were pretty small, IMO. I think that was one of the reasons of it causing headaches.

I guess the quality of the 3D movie just depends a lot on to which cinema you go.

Hmm, I think there are only three 3D rooms in here. Once it gets more popular, they should open more.

Oh, and how's the movie, anyway? Worth watching?

Yeah, that's just Brazil. :)

Even though I still got the regular 50% discount for being a student, it was still really expensive.

Well at you least you got a 50% discount ;) Normally you could about 50% off here if you go in the morning on normal weekdays. For some reason you can not benefit from any discounts here when you go to a 3D movie though =/

Really? No discounts for #d movies? That's unfair - it's still a movie, isn't it?

Oh, and the weekday also matters in here. Weekends and holidays are more expensive, while weekdays are about 5,00 cheaper. It's great going to the cinema after school, specially when there's a mall right next to your school. :)

Right, there's too much to discuss about that, I think there won't be a definite answer of what's legal or not so soon. I just think the artists should be more decisive in this, not the record companies. I mean, it's their songs, not the company's!

Well the companies invest in them and own their rights probably, so they want the money ;) But yeah it would probably be good if artists were clear on their standpoints on this themselves.

Yeah, we don't know what artists think about that, not all of them, at least. I mean, everyone knows how much Metallica LOVES when you download one of their songs. ;P

He's 84 now, and it's possibly his last world tour. If only they didn't put so many concert at the same time... :(

Yeah that's what I thought. It's too bad, but it might also explain the high ticket prices.

Sure, it's possibly BB King's last world tour, but 150,00 for the CHEAPEST one? If it was about 100,00, I could've bought a ticket, but those extra 50,00 make a big difference. Come on, I paid only 40,00 for Muse. :)

Maybe they could make a tribute to Richard Wright, their former keyboard player who passed away in 2008...

Yes that would be a good occasion. I believe Syd Barrett also passed away in 2006 or so, so they could also dedicate it to him as well.

That's a good idea, although I think they didn't get along with Syd Barrett really well. Still it would be a nice homage to the former members.

Oh, that might have been very awkward...

Yeah you could see they were a bit uncomfortable. Not so strange though since they also had a camera running right under their noses. I can imagine they didn't want to be too emotional when the whole world was watching.

Right... but do you think David Gilmore holds any bad feeling over Waters? I mean, the band didn't end in the most pacific way possible...

I think there are lyrics, somehow. Have you ever heard the live version from H.A.A.R.P? That one has no lyrics, I'M SURE!

Nope I have not. H.A.A.R.P is short for one of their tours/albums I assume...?

It's their live album and the tour I went to. There are some great songs missing in the album, but it's great to listen to, anyway.

And HAARP is short for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. Don't ask me why they put that as the title. :P

Only the screaming voice, I'd say, because instrumentally it's pretty good.

Yeah instrumentally they are always pretty good, but it's always the singing that turns me off and I think that song really makes it clear what I mean.

So if they made an instrumental album...? :)

Yeah, it's a great song, one of their best, IMO. But my top three would be Hysteria. Plug in Baby and Assassin. I'd use them as my argument of why Muse is awesome. :)

I might have heard Hysteria before, but I'm not sure. I have listened to Plug in Baby recently as well. I thought it was alright, but still nothing too amazing.

I really like it's riff. I actually learned how to play the whole song in one afternoon, it's easy and fun to play.

There are some songs that have a more clear, direct meaning, but some others... well, they just rhyme. :P

Haha really? :p Judging from their titles I always thought they would have very deep lyrics or something.

They really like to use metaphors, though. They aren't that hard to understand, but some are harder to make sense.

Despite that, I believe they don't use drugs. :P
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At 3/13/10 08:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/12/10 06:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/12/10 03:25 AM, Coop83 wrote: That and my navigation via the back button (drop down) doesn't work properly. I can't drop down the menu to check the pages I have recently viewed.

Another strange thing. Never heard of this before.

Well, do you get a drop-down menu for your navigation, showing which pages you recently visited? On firefox, there was a drop down menu, next to the forward and back buttons, but I can't find this one, if there is.

Oh, you mean that. By default there's no back button with a drop down menue, but you can simply add it by going to "Tools -> Appearance -> Buttons -> Browser" and then simply drag and drop it to the main bar.

Ah, now I see. Yesterday, I tried the browsing by clicking and holding the back button, but it wasn't the same.

At 3/13/10 07:25 AM, Auz wrote:

At 3/12/10 06:09 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/11/10 09:59 AM, Auz wrote: Like a 'goalgetter' right? I believe that's the English term. I think strikers like that are never that popular, but they're usually the most effective ones.

I tried to find a translation for that word, but the only thing I found is "to have a nose for a goal". I think it's a bit different from the term "goalgetter".

Hmm maybe it is slightly different. In Holland we would say a "goaltjesdief" which is literally a "goals thief". I think that would be an accurate translation.

I'll just throw in the English term "Goal-hanger" - someone that loiters near the goal and seems to pop up on the line to score the simple goals. Fillippo Inzaghi, formerly of Juventus was one that I remember from my Sunday mornings watching Gazetta Football Italia

At 3/13/10 08:56 AM, Fro wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: My maternal uncle. He had a birthmark on his brain that had been growing by 2% per year. By the time he reached 50, the docs said it was life threatening. We're now 8 days away from what would have been his 62nd birthday. 12 bonus years that saw him really happy with his wife, traveling the world.

I'm one that won't say "I know what you are going through because I lost so and so" because I'll never know what you were going through even if I was in a similar circumstance. I do know it can hurt a lot though. My last funeral was my nephew. He died the same night that he was born.

Yeah, time will help though - it's just a case of making sure that we don't let death get us down, since those that have left us wouldn't want us to cry over them all the time.

I don't know what's harder to handle. Losing someone that you've had so many fun times with or losing someone that you never had the opportunity to have those fun times with. I'm happy I made it in enough time to hold him though.

Wow, that's really sad. Being around children as much as I am, that must be a really difficult pill to swallow.

At 3/13/10 11:35 AM, vader316 wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: You're telling me that I'm lazy? Says the guy that stole his sig from someone :P

I did not steal this sig I ASKED to take this sig and he said sure. Unlike most of this people on Newgrounds. And yes I pulling a punk card on you via calling you lazy. =P

Fine - I don't care. If I had wanted to, I could remove your sig pic, but it's not breaking the rules. I was just pointing out a simple spelling error.

Not really, I had over 16,500 posts before I was modded. I've made about 10-20 posts while locking threads. How about Bahamut and his 21,000+ Posts? Or ZeroAsALimit, with his almost 50,000 Posts?

We not talking about them we talking about you. So don't change the subject. =)

Fair enough, I'll go back to the first argument there - I had about 16,500 posts before I was modded. Now, can I help you with your prejudiced attitude, or am I going to have to sit you down for a day or two for trolling?

At 3/13/10 12:40 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop prepares to get the Formula 1 Season underway, with Bahrain Qualifying.

Let me guess, Jimmy John.. I mean Schumacher is going to win.

Schumacher is on the 5th row of the grid, so not particularly stellar. I think that he will be out of contention for the race win, unless someone causes a pile up to take out the top 4, leaving it a more interesting dog fight between Merc and McLaren :P

Alonso and Vettel to fight for the win today, but watch for Barichello in 11th - he gets fresh tyres to start the race, unlike the top 10 ;)

British English Dictionary, Google Wave App, Download Statusbar. Nothing overly special.

Hmm, if that Wave app is anything like the Google toolbar then there is known compatibility problems with it.

I might disable it and try - I still use FF for Youtube and the like.

At 3/13/10 01:03 PM, letiger wrote: I've finally reached 5 posts per day. That might not be much, but it is for some older users. I think it was in the mid 4.0's a couple months ago.

That's not an achievement, as it encourages people to post more frequently, which could be prone to abuse.

At 3/13/10 01:25 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/13/10 06:02 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/12/10 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Wow, getting close to me already. I thought you were roughly 9k behind me.

112,381, as of first thing this morning :P

You get points faster than I thought.

Yeah, I get between 55 and 75 per day, usually. Of course, this is guaranteed to be 10 for experience, 35 for B/P (I expect no less!), plus I aim for 8 posts and 1 or 2 reviews. When my B/P numbers go up, so do my overall numbers :)

At 3/13/10 11:28 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 3/7/10 02:55 PM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/7/10 01:09 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Really, Ferdinand? I though Gerrard was chosen as the captain, I think a mid-fielder can hold that position better, since they are more active during the game.

Gerrard is the vice captain - Rio is the captain, but was injured and thus unavailable for the Egypt tilt

Ah right, makes more sense now. Oh, and who's England's goalkeeper? Since Seaman retired, I don't know who's been keeping for you.

Robert Green (West Ham) or David 'Calamity' James (Portsmouth) seem to be our keepers of choice.

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At 3/13/10 11:28 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 3/7/10 06:54 AM, Haggard wrote: I just wished Löw wouldn't nominate Podolski and Klose anymore. Both play very badly right now, especially Podolski who didn't score a goal for over 1,400 minutes until yesterday...

What about Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Ballack...? How are the other players doing right now?

Schweinsteiger plays a good season so far, he's now more in the defensive midfield and does a good job. Lahm now plays good on the right side (at the beginning of the season he was kind of a bombscare), but I guess in the national team he will play on the left side again.
Ballack plays at Chelsea now, so we'd have to ask Coop how he plays. I don't follow the Premier League. ^^

At 3/7/10 01:26 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: The German team might seem disorganized, but the individual quality shows up when it gets real. ;)

The german team always plays a lot better once the tournament starts. Just before WC 06 germany got beat by Italy 1-4, the game was just horrible. But in the tournament suddendly the team didn't play that bad at all. ^^

I don't know, maybe the home field advantage gave the German team a boost... Either way, in 06, Zidane messed with Brazil's plans once again... good thing that he retired. :P

The late goal against Poland was kind of a "booster detonation" before that the fans where of course rooting for the team, but after that goal suddendly the whole country changed. It was amazing. Suddendly you could see fans everywhere, singing the "WC song and being just happy in general.
Maybe it also had an effect on the team, but there's a saying here, that germany is a "tournament team", meaning they suck before and after a tournament, but in the tournament, they (usually) come very far.

Champions in '10? Who knows, right? =)

Would be great. XD

I have high hopes on Honduras winning this year. :)

Haha, I have nothing against that as well. ^^

I mean, I like the individual players (it's hard not to like them when you watch them play ^^), but as a team I find them very unfriendly.

Maybe because we complain too much while playing. Like claiming for yellow cards, delaying the game... being bastards. :P

You know, that is what most people say about the italian team. ^^

Oh wow, that's lovely! Can Faggard and I meet someday? :P

When is the next gay parade in Brazil? I bet he'll be there. :P

It's too far from where I live. :(

:(

Oh, and I think that our gay parade is the biggest one in the world. I'm not sure if we should be proud of that, anyway. :P

You should. ;)

At 3/13/10 08:08 AM, Haggard wrote: Interesting. But I think Brazil has another great "stat". IIRC they never lost a final. So, when they made it to the finals they also won the tournament. Impressive.

We lost in 98 to France, and I was watching it. :(

Oh, how could I forget about that.

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