Rev is disturbed over talk of another seth macfarlane show; congrats to:
sandwich-eater - Level 13
vader316 - Brigadier General and 7,000 Blams
Odyssic - Happy F'n Birthday!
gamejunkie - 29k B/P

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At 3/7/10 07:28 PM, KingExodus wrote: D: What the fuck man... D:

"Hey, I calls 'em like I sees 'em! I'm a whale biologist."

At 3/8/10 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Where else do I learn my shit? Wiki.

Yep, because Wikipedia is always right.

Don't forget, you've got so much more population to choose from and therefore, there should be enough bodies to fill up the NFL, MLB, NBA and the NHL quotient, while leaving plenty of space in the minor leagues and also in MLS.

Yeah that is true. I think what is needed is some higher wages in the MLS to help woo some athletic talent way. I seriously doubt that the MLS wages are no where near the Big Four wages or European Leagues pay.

I'm guessing the first two are from the NFL, while I know who Kevin Garnett is (NBA) I think that he'd be wasted with his massive frame in goal, to be honest.

Yeah they are in the NFL; a Wide Receiver and a Running Back respectively. I think KG would be great as a keeper. Look how big his reach from side to side; he just could stand there and swat shots down without moving at all. :)

At 3/8/10 10:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: I remember when this place was so active that I had to make two lists in one day so I didn't have to go through many people the following day. That was in 2005 and 2006, though.

Good ol' days. Not the insanely active LUL but you making lists. Ha!

Congrats to:
sandwich-eater - Level 13
Vader316 - Brigadier General, 7,000 Blams
Odyssic - 18 Years Old - Happy Birthday
gamejunkie - 29,000 Posts, 48,000 Total Stats

Listening to:
DubbelShot - Can't Sleep

At 3/8/10 12:38 AM, sandwich-eater wrote: level 13, only 47 to go

Good luck with that. :D

At 3/8/10 05:52 PM, reverend wrote: Good ol' days. Not the insanely active LUL but you making lists. Ha!

Yeah, when I heard that Bahamut was going to stop making lists I shat bricks, seeing as he's one of the core members of the LUL. It's great to see he's kept on posting regularly.

Nothing else to really quote, hopefully tomorrow will be slightly less quiet.

level 26, right now.
FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAH!

no.

My whistle status is now gold.

Time to blow my whistle baby. ;)

I love that jingle.

Level 32

Holy jeepers Batman!

Your Statistical Variations Today:

You passed 10000 Total Points. Bodacious!

Coop closes the Monthy Writing Contest, before congratulating:
Odyssic: 18th Birthday
gamejunkie: 29,000 B/P
***Emlfuryoflion: 8,000 Blams***
JKMonkey: Staff Sergeant
rahfa: Level 26
Goonie: Gold Whistle
Emlfuryoflion: Level 32
SpiffyMasta: 10,000 Total Points

At 3/8/10 02:14 PM, XwaynecoltX wrote:

At 3/8/10 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Don't we all? They come, but what can you do? JUst deposit your 10 per day and keep on trucking.

yep thats what i tell myself but at times i get bored lol ohwell

That's alright, you've already been Cooped ;)

At 3/8/10 03:13 PM, Emlfuryoflion wrote:

At 3/8/10 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Emlfuryoflion: 8,000 Experience

Its 8000 blams not experience but thanks anyway.

At 3/8/10 03:24 AM, Odyssic wrote: Emlfuryoflion: 8,000 Experience

Same mistake its 8000 blams thanks anyway though enjoy your birthday :)

Just a thought - someone been copying my lists again? :P

At 3/8/10 05:52 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/8/10 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Where else do I learn my shit? Wiki.

Yep, because Wikipedia is always right.

<homer>Oh, so they have the internet on computers now...</homer>

Don't forget, you've got so much more population to choose from and therefore, there should be enough bodies to fill up the NFL, MLB, NBA and the NHL quotient, while leaving plenty of space in the minor leagues and also in MLS.

Yeah that is true. I think what is needed is some higher wages in the MLS to help woo some athletic talent way. I seriously doubt that the MLS wages are no where near the Big Four wages or European Leagues pay.

I don't know - no-one else was willing to pay Beckham that much, so he went to the USA. It's a precedent and even though he goes back for the end of the season to Europe, he does it well.

I'm guessing the first two are from the NFL, while I know who Kevin Garnett is (NBA) I think that he'd be wasted with his massive frame in goal, to be honest.

I think KG would be great as a keeper. Look how big his reach from side to side; he just could stand there and swat shots down without moving at all. :)

I'd prefer the Bird Man :P

1,000 Audio Reviews

I have to say that even though I'm not very enthusiastic about Audio reviewing, I think that it is still quite an achievement to get here.

Next stop, 3,000 Reviews total :D

Achievement of the Day
Coop83: 1,000 Audio Reviews

Awesome achievement! Congrats Coop! =)

Congrats to:
gamejunkie: 29,000 BP
JKMonkey: Staff Sergeant
rahfa: Level 26
Goonie: Gold Whistle
Emlfuryoflion: Level 32
SpiffyMasta: 10,000 Total Stats

At 3/8/10 04:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/7/10 12:55 PM, Auz wrote: Oh just a reference to the 1988 semi finals of the European championship ;) It's when Holland won from West-Germany in a 2-1 victory. Here it's pretty much considered the revanche for the lost final in 1974.

Plus it was at a time when the rivalry between the Netherlands and Germany was at it's high point, I remember a dutch player whiping his ass with a german strip... ^^

And let's not forget the incident between Voller (with an umlaut) and Rijkaard where Rijkaard spitted Voller in the neck. Both players received a red card.

Anyway, I'm glad it cooled down to what it is now. A friendly teasing where nobody is hurt. :)

Yeah it's always fun now :p

No idea how good they are playing at the moment. I suppose they are both becoming a bit old by now. Aren't they both almost in their 30's? I wouldn't know any other good German strikers though. I thought Kuranyi was pretty good once, but wasn't he just some sort of 'one day fly' at the '06 WC?

Podolski was born 1985, so no, he's not in his 30's. :P
But yeah, Klose is 32 now.

Kuranyi was pretty good last season and this season as well, but he won't play for germany again as long as Löw is the coach. Kuranyi went home on his own during the half time during a match against russia (they played in Gelsenkirchen where Kuranyi also lives) because he didn't play...

Hehe alright :p Well that's too bad for you guys then. I can remember 4 years ago he was considered the only good striker in all of Germany.

I think Kießling would be a good choice and Müller as well (no, not Gerd Müller, but Thomas Müller :D ), both are pretty young and play great. Müller might be TOO young, though.

I don't know much about both of those players to be honest. Haven't been paying much attention to what's going on in the football world lately, especially not outside of Holland. Gerd Müller was a player for Germany once wasn't he? So how old is Thomas then?

Alternative Character Battle 2 - Battle 12 (Second Round): Pyramid Head vs Crash Bandicoot

Hey Coop, do you think you have a chance with this audition?

Listening to:

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

At 3/7/10 02:55 PM, Coop83 wrote: After lengthy internet delays

Virgin Media? :(

At 3/8/10 04:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

Hey, we're still in the middle of singing Black Chamber or do you want to sing Slayer instead? :P

At 3/8/10 05:52 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/8/10 10:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: I remember when this place was so active that I had to make two lists in one day so I didn't have to go through many people the following day. That was in 2005 and 2006, though.

Good ol' days. Not the insanely active LUL but you making lists. Ha!

It feels like years since I last made a congrats list.

At 3/8/10 06:10 PM, mwmike wrote: Yeah, when I heard that Bahamut was going to stop making lists I shat bricks, seeing as he's one of the core members of the LUL. It's great to see he's kept on posting regularly.

I may have abandoned congrats lists but I couldn't leave LUL altogether. It's good to know I've been keeping up with posting here without congrats lists for over a year now.

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

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

At 3/6/10 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/5/10 06:28 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/5/10 10:42 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/4/10 12:27 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/4/10 12:04 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/3/10 02:30 PM, Haggard wrote: *starts singing* I am lost in the black chamber...

There's no way to turn back

It takes me down forevermore

And death would be so sweet

I'm possessed by the old creature

Who has planned all

to take my soul

Too late for me..

In my hands

It lies I thought

At 3/9/10 09:31 AM, Auz wrote:

At 3/8/10 04:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/7/10 12:55 PM, Auz wrote: Oh just a reference to the 1988 semi finals of the European championship ;) It's when Holland won from West-Germany in a 2-1 victory. Here it's pretty much considered the revanche for the lost final in 1974.

Plus it was at a time when the rivalry between the Netherlands and Germany was at it's high point, I remember a dutch player whiping his ass with a german strip... ^^

And let's not forget the incident between Voller (with an umlaut) and Rijkaard where Rijkaard spitted Voller in the neck. Both players received a red card.

Yeah, it's quite funny how this still is such a big topic today even though both players are got along with each other only a few months after the incident. IIRC they even appeared in a commercial together.

Anyway, I'm glad it cooled down to what it is now. A friendly teasing where nobody is hurt. :)

Yeah it's always fun now :p

And it's even more fun when the german team kicks the dutch out of a tournament. :P

Hehe alright :p Well that's too bad for you guys then. I can remember 4 years ago he was considered the only good striker in all of Germany.

Yeah it seems once a striker wears the national strip he suddendly doesn't know how to kick the ball anymore. But that doesn't matter too much as long as the midfielders or the defenders score the goals. ^^

I think Kießling would be a good choice and Müller as well (no, not Gerd Müller, but Thomas Müller :D ), both are pretty young and play great. Müller might be TOO young, though.

I don't know much about both of those players to be honest. Haven't been paying much attention to what's going on in the football world lately, especially not outside of Holland. Gerd Müller was a player for Germany once wasn't he? So how old is Thomas then?

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Müller
Also called "der Bobmer der Nation" (the nation's Bomber) or "kleines dickes Müller" (Small fat Müller).
He scored 365 goals in the Bundesliga and 68 for the national team (in only 66 international matches! O_O). Also he was the most succesful scorer at a WC with 14 goals until Ronaldo took over the first place with his goals in the WC 2006.

And Thomas Müller is 20 now.

At 3/9/10 10:51 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/8/10 04:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

Hey, we're still in the middle of singing Black Chamber or do you want to sing Slayer instead? :P

Something went wrong with copy/pasting yesterday it seems.

At 3/8/10 05:52 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/8/10 10:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: I remember when this place was so active that I had to make two lists in one day so I didn't have to go through many people the following day. That was in 2005 and 2006, though.

Good ol' days. Not the insanely active LUL but you making lists. Ha!

It feels like years since I last made a congrats list.

It sure does. It also does feel like years since I made my last one.

At 3/8/10 10:42 PM, Goonie wrote: My whistle status is now gold.

Time to blow my whistle baby. ;)

I love that jingle.

Congrats!!! Do they still play that jingle?? I haven't blown a whistle in so long I've forgotten.

Rev is enjoyin the spring weather; congrats to:
JKMonkey - Staff Sergeant
rahfa - Level 26
Goonie - Gold Whistle
Emlfuryoflion - Level 32
SpiffyMasta - 10,000 Total Stats
Coop83 - 1,000 Audio Reviews!

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At 3/9/10 03:58 AM, Coop83 wrote: I don't know - no-one else was willing to pay Beckham that much, so he went to the USA. It's a precedent and even though he goes back for the end of the season to Europe, he does it well.

I think the jury is still out about the Designated Player Rule aka 'Beckam Rule' on the MLS side of things. I really hope it doesn't turn into a retirement home for former Eurostars.

I'd prefer the Bird Man :P

He would be intimidating at 6ft 10 but I seriously doubt he even knows what soccer ball is.

At 3/9/10 01:07 PM, DRD1982 wrote: Congrats!!! Do they still play that jingle?? I haven't blown a whistle in so long I've forgotten.

Nope, not after the redesign of '07. You have to play it manually.

level 26

Ruin takes time away from enjoying the weather to Congratulate:
Odyssic: 18th B-Day! Congrats! Voting and being drafted for war, the joy!
gamejunkie: 48k total points! ...Wow!
JKMonkey: Staff Sergeant
rahfa: Level 26!
Goonie: Gold whistle
Emlfuryoflion: Level 32!
SpiffyMasta: 10k total points, Nice!
Coop83: 1,000 audio reviews ...Wow, great job!
Egarewop: Level 26!

Listening to: FFXIII OST

For those that aren't aware, I had a name change. The former Seraphim is now humbly yours.

Spring time is finally upon us folks and it sure does feel great! So little to do and so much time! How ever, will I occupy myself? Ugh, that's right, the dreaded thought of Spring cleaning.

Tally Ho!

Congrats to:
JKMonkey - Staff Sergeant - We don't seem to be getting every 100 posts anymore
Rahfa - Shitbladed
Goonie - Gold Whistle - These are pretty rare at the moment
Emlfuryoflion - Level 32
Spiffy - 10,000 Total Stats - Seems you're hot on my heels, I better get whorin'
Coop83 - 1,000 Audio Reviews - Amazing feat
Egarewop - More Shitblade

Listening to:
Bongzilla - Trinity

At 3/9/10 05:15 PM, RuinedMartyr wrote: For those that aren't aware, I had a name change. The former Seraphim is now humbly yours.

I noticed that and I'm not sure if I like it or not, I think I do, purely due to the fact that it doesn't have any numbers in there anymore. Seraphim was pretty catchy alone.

Anyways, that's just about all I have to discuss, barely anything seems to be going on at the moment on the discussion side of things. Hopefully it'll pick up as we get into the week.

I've got a bunch of milestones, mostly soft ones:

500 forum posts
750 blams (this one is especially soft)
2000 saves
top 15k experience

At 3/9/10 09:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: 1,000 Audio Reviews

O_o Congrats on that

I have to say that even though I'm not very enthusiastic about Audio reviewing, I think that it is still quite an achievement to get here.

Yes it is, keep at it

Next stop, 3,000 Reviews total :D

O_O good luck and grats on the audio reviews

~X~

23K saves...
that's cool.. isn't it?...
but i still not very high in the top protectors list...

Level 40, woo. By far my least favorite of the high level icons. :(

Level thirty.. I don't like the icon at all. Oh well I'll get a new one in 3 months or so.

Coop nurses his first bruises of the cricket season, while congratulating:
Egarewop: Level 26
chris-marks: 2,000 Saves
aldlv: 23,000 Saves
DrHood: Level 40

Thank you to:
Auz
reverend
RuinedMartyr
mwmike
XwaynecoltX

At 3/9/10 10:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hey Coop, do you think you have a chance with this audition?

Yes, but I'm just getting into the whole band thing at present, so I think I'll pass.

Plus, I don't want to show anyone up :P

At 3/7/10 02:55 PM, Coop83 wrote: After lengthy internet delays

Virgin Media? :(

Yep - it worked to deposit and for most of my LUL post, but then it decided to quit on me. I had half an hour of trying to get it to work, then gave up and went to the pub. When I came back, it was fine >:(

At 3/9/10 01:07 PM, DRD1982 wrote:

At 3/8/10 10:42 PM, Goonie wrote: Time to blow my whistle baby. ;)

I love that jingle.

Congrats!!! Do they still play that jingle?? I haven't blown a whistle in so long I've forgotten.

Nah, that, the Blam and the Protect movies were all abolished in the 2007 redesign.

At 3/9/10 03:15 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/9/10 03:58 AM, Coop83 wrote: I don't know - no-one else was willing to pay Beckham that much, so he went to the USA. It's a precedent and even though he goes back for the end of the season to Europe, he does it well.

I think the jury is still out about the Designated Player Rule aka 'Beckam Rule' on the MLS side of things. I really hope it doesn't turn into a retirement home for former Eurostars.

Former EuroStars are still better than most of the 'talent' on show at the MLS. You would see a benefit of the coaching and experience that they can bring along to help the kids out.

I'd prefer the Bird Man :P

He would be intimidating at 6ft 10 but I seriously doubt he even knows what soccer ball is.

Seriously? He's a Catholic, they all know what football is, since the Italian connection is there.

At 3/9/10 08:29 PM, XwaynecoltX wrote:

At 3/9/10 09:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: 1,000 Audio Reviews

O_o Congrats on that

Thanks - blame the Review Request Club for the sheer volume of review that they have given me :P

I have to say that even though I'm not very enthusiastic about Audio reviewing, I think that it is still quite an achievement to get here.

Yes it is, keep at it

Will do.

Next stop, 3,000 Reviews total :D

O_O good luck and grats on the audio reviews

It's going to take a while (unless they put Art Reviews in as a stat, as that will bring me between 100 and 200 closer at that point.) but I'll just carry on every day.

7.00 base VP.

Thanks for voting, C0GMA! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 9,340 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 30. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 18 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 seconds.

Listening to: Alice Cooper (Featuring Slash) Only Women Bleed

The heretics shall burn!

Alternative Character Battle 2 - Battle 13 (Second Round): Kefka vs Heavy

gfox wants a party on his news post for no particular reason. He told me so last night on Steam.

Listening to:

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

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

At 3/9/10 10:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hey, we're still in the middle of singing Black Chamber or do you want to sing Slayer instead? :P

Something went wrong with copy/pasting yesterday it seems.

Well that sucks. Still, is Slayer an option for the next song? XP

At 3/10/10 04:17 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/9/10 10:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hey Coop, do you think you have a chance with this audition?

Yes, but I'm just getting into the whole band thing at present, so I think I'll pass.

This could be a once in a lifetime chance. :P

Virgin Media? :(

Yep - it worked to deposit and for most of my LUL post, but then it decided to quit on me. I had half an hour of trying to get it to work, then gave up and went to the pub. When I came back, it was fine >:(

Yeah, Virgin Media are awkward like that. When they went down last week, I had to phone them up, they get an engineer booked and 5 minutes later, the TV and broadband were back, so that was a waste and I was just reporting an area fault! Also, Virgin Media are STALKERS!

Achievement of the Day
DrHood: Level 40

I agree it's an ugly level, but congrats anyway!

Congrats to:
Egarewop: Level 26
chris-marks: 2,000 Saves
aldlv: 23,000 Saves
X8X: Level 30
Kaytee: 7.00 Voting Power
C0GMA: Level 30

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

At 3/9/10 09:31 AM, Auz wrote: And let's not forget the incident between Voller (with an umlaut) and Rijkaard where Rijkaard spitted Voller in the neck. Both players received a red card.

Yeah, it's quite funny how this still is such a big topic today even though both players are got along with each other only a few months after the incident. IIRC they even appeared in a commercial together.

Really? :p

Yeah it's always fun now :p

And it's even more fun when the german team kicks the dutch out of a tournament. :P

Ha! I loved how you guys failed in that in EC 2004, with the Czech screwing you guys over. Great times.

Hehe alright :p Well that's too bad for you guys then. I can remember 4 years ago he was considered the only good striker in all of Germany.

Yeah it seems once a striker wears the national strip he suddendly doesn't know how to kick the ball anymore. But that doesn't matter too much as long as the midfielders or the defenders score the goals. ^^

I don't think Holland has ever had that problem. Our offensive players have always been really good. It's our defense that occasionally screws up though.

I don't know much about both of those players to be honest. Haven't been paying much attention to what's going on in the football world lately, especially not outside of Holland. Gerd Müller was a player for Germany once wasn't he? So how old is Thomas then?

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Müller
Also called "der Bobmer der Nation" (the nation's Bomber) or "kleines dickes Müller" (Small fat Müller).
He scored 365 goals in the Bundesliga and 68 for the national team (in only 66 international matches! O_O). Also he was the most succesful scorer at a WC with 14 goals until Ronaldo took over the first place with his goals in the WC 2006.

Jeez that guy was amazing. I don't think I have ever seen a player before that has an almost 1:1 goals to matches ratio over his entire career. More than 1:1 on the national team is even more impressive.

I know they used to play way more offensive several decades ago, but still... I don't think many players have matched him.

And Thomas Müller is 20 now.

I wouldn't call that too young. It's indeed young, but well... it's always good to have some young players in your team to let them have some extra experience so that they will be ready to replace the elders.

I think Holland has definitely learned that lesson at the beginning of last decade. Our average age must've been like 29 years old back then and we didn't even manage to qualify for the 2002 WC even though we had a great team on paper.

Rev finally bought something at the NG Store, go me; congrats to:
Egarewop - Level 26
chris-marks - 2,000 Saves
aldlv - 23K Saves
DrHood - Level 40
X8X - Level 30
Kaytee - 7.00 Base VP
C0GMA - Level 30
FroNickProductions - Level 21
Rabid-Animals - Sergeant

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At 3/10/10 04:17 AM, Coop83 wrote: Former EuroStars are still better than most of the 'talent' on show at the MLS. You would see a benefit of the coaching and experience that they can bring along to help the kids out.

Well it's really meant to bring true talent this way, not be one last paycheck for players who don't know when to hang it up.

Speaking of retirement, Garciaparra retired today as a Red Sox.

At 3/10/10 10:10 AM, Bahamut wrote: ... Also, Virgin Media are STALKERS!

No surprise, nothing is a secret on Twitter especially when Google indexes it up to the second when you post/tweet something. It wouldn't take long for a company Customer's Service to see you trash talk their company. :P

You passed 40000 Total Points. Bodacious!

At 3/10/10 12:37 PM, reverend wrote:

At 3/10/10 10:10 AM, Bahamut wrote: ... Also, Virgin Media are STALKERS!

No surprise, nothing is a secret on Twitter especially when Google indexes it up to the second when you post/tweet something. It wouldn't take long for a company Customer's Service to see you trash talk their company. :P

Well, that tweet I made about them I WAS trash talking their call centres. Whoops! Seriously, what do you expect when they send an engineer to your house instead of acknowledging an area fault?

Oh yeah, this is my 21,000th post! I couldn't think of anything special for this milestone but I'll try and do something good for my 22,222nd post whenever I get to it.

7,000 Experience!