Level 35!

Happy Easter! Congrats to:
byteslinger- 48k B/P
WeirdAlthe3rd - Praporshchik
14hourlunchbreak - Level 25
lemonsourkid - 3,000 Posts
HeavyTank - 32k Medal Points
WilhelmTheVampire - 7,000 Exp
SCTE3 - 15k Saves, Brigadier General, and 10.00 Total VP
Rabid-Animals - 6.66 Base VP
VinnyXY - 2,000 Posts

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At 10/6/02 02:56 PM, the-phantom-spancker wrote: IM A LEVEL 35 NOW
SO IM MAKING THIS TOPIC FOR EVERYONE THAT GOES LEVEL UP 10 LET US KNOW
AND JUST 2 TELL ALL U LEVEL 34'S AND UNDERS THAT IM HIGHER THEN U!!
LOL

Me Too!!! :D

At 4/4/10 03:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: Dear god no. I've been trying for ages to ensure that it isn't.

Oh? I'm sure it's a lot better than Tarboy. What would be your pick of #1 all-time?

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: That reminds me, my quadro alts are close to the sais as well. While I'll be away in London tomorrow and getting back home on Tuesday, I'm going to make sure I deposit my alts just so those four don't stay at the shurikens for another day or two.

Any thing and everything to get out of that horrid level of 34/5. Not that I have anything against throwing stars but I was so burned out of it several weeks ago.

At least it's over now and I really like my new level.

A few congrats to a few awsome milestones

At 4/3/10 10:25 PM, byteslinger wrote: Just passed 48K total B/P...yay.

Very nice indeed, i see you back there coming up fast, so slow down abit so i can have abit of breathing room hehe, anyways congrats

At 4/4/10 01:45 PM, HeavyTank wrote: 33k medal points.

Very cool, congrats on that, thats something i need to work on as i only have 610 :(

At 4/4/10 04:21 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote: Oh look, 7,000 experience. Actually that was like three days ago. Joy.

Aww 7 is always a lucky number, congrats on 7,000 of them though.

At 4/4/10 04:41 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Also forgot I just got 15k saves with the new BP rank.

Very nice indeed, CONGRATS on that one.

At 4/4/10 07:20 PM, reverend wrote: Level 35!

Congrats on the new level, keep it going :)

~X~

Coop watches the Avalanche breathe a slightest hope of playoff qualification into the team, before congratulating:
14hourlunchbreak: Level 25
lemonsourkid: 3,000 Posts
HeavyTank: 33,000 Medal Points
SCTE3: Birgadier General; 10.00 Total Voting Power; 15,000 Saves
WilhelmtheVampire: 7,000 Experience
RabidAnimals: 6.66 Base Voting Power
VinnyXY: 2,000 Posts
reverend: Level 35

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP Update #24 (Easter Special) is now available! Try and find all the easter eggs!

I found 3, as discussed last night. I don't like spoilers on the thread, so I removed them ;)

When do you plan on revealing them?

At 4/4/10 03:59 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/3/10 12:40 PM, Bahamut wrote: ...Actually, that's true. So what do I do then?

...See below?

But that's just avoiding Death. He's gotta take me away sometime.

Of course. I'd just rather it was a little later.

A deal? Sure, no problem. Great.

How much money have you got in the house?

Oh, none.

What about the three hundred quid on top of the bathroom cabinet?

At 4/4/10 02:10 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/4/10 03:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop watches 23 guys start to overheat their engines on the Malaysian grid, while congratulating:

Ha! Finally Vettel's car didn't break. ^^

Yeah, it was Schumacher's this time :P

Still, a good race for the first two thirds of it, but the tyres are so easy to manage now that they only need 1 stop to do the whole race. Smaller fuel tanks mean more pit stops and therefore closer racing, due to tactics. The FIA should specify the size of the tanks for each race. Slower circuits, like Monaco should have smaller tanks, to get less fuel in and therefore 2 stops minimum

Also, full course cautions for race incidents like accidents, that don't take off the race distance. Red flag if necessary. That's why NASCAR works, because they run so many laps!

At 4/4/10 07:20 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/4/10 03:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: Dear god no. I've been trying for ages to ensure that it isn't.

Oh? I'm sure it's a lot better than Tarboy. What would be your pick of #1 all-time?

Ooh, that's a tough call. But here's a few suggestions:

• Unpublished Submission

• 

  Madness - Preloaded

  by LYRONMARTIS

  Dont steal this preloaders button!... or else HE'LL BUST A CAB IN YO HEAD

  Movie

  707,222 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  French Erotic Film

  by TmsT

  AKA "Colin Mochrie vs Jesus H. Christ". CONTAINS NO PORN!

  Movie

  607,480 Views

  (Ages 13+)

• 

  You are a F*cking Moron5

  by The-WalrusZ

  You Are a Fucking Moron 5: President George W Bush

  Movie

  721,119 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  DFL: Short Order - Sushi

  by agro23

  Just a snack between episodes.

  Movie

  128,693 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  The Matrix Has You.

  by LegendaryFrog

  A collection of Matrix Movies

  Movie

  3,532,265 Views

  (Ages 13+)

• 

  Strawberry Goes Camping

  by CrustClock

  StrawberryClock and friends go on a not-so-average camping trip!

  Movie

  140,487 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  Sheik's a woman?

  by Theheroine

  What happens when Zelda cross-dresses.

  Movie

  986,427 Views

  (Ages 13+)

• Unpublished Submission

• 

  Bunnykill 3 Vol.1

  by Mottis

  The first part of Bunnykill3

  Movie

  1,323,113 Views

  (Ages 17+)

I really can't separate these, as I've watched so many flash over the years. Yes, Bitey of Brackenwood was legendary in how advanced it was, but it hasn't got much better since then. Dashkin wasn't bad, but it's nothing that makes me think "you've upped the bar massively again, Adam." Bunnykill makes me feel that at present, since it's taken the Madness concept and advanced it with smooth, awesome animation.

Oh happy Easter to you all by the way.

I forgot it yesterday, but Easter is not such a big deal at my place. We don't really do stuff like family dinners and all that.

Achievement of the Day
SCTE3: Brigadier General, 10.00 Voting Power

Both very nice. Congrats on these achievements! =)

Congrats to:
14hourlunchbreak: Level 25
lemonsourkid: 3,000 Posts, Level 15
WilhelmTheVampire: 7,000 Experience
SCTE3: 15,000 Saves
Rabid-Animals: 6.66 Base Voting Power
VinnyXY: 2,000 Posts
reverend: Level 35

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/4/10 06:01 AM, Auz wrote: God I slept terribly last night.

Same, eczema is a horrible "treat" from God.

You have eczema?

Luckily I don't have it myself, but my brother does. Doesn't that shit usually get worse at this time of the year or something?

At 4/4/10 02:10 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/3/10 03:14 PM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
Haggard: 1,337 Audio Reviews, 800 Audio Review Responses

Yet again. I think that's three times in a row now. ^^
Thanks!

Only counting the days where you had some achievement, yep it's three times in a row now. Congrats on your hattrick :p

Milestone:

27,000 Medal Points

*Gets ever so close to an awesome level*

Fro has really been enjoying the nice weather and has already gotten sun burnt twice now while sayings Congrats To:

RuinedMartyr: 15,000 Medal Points
WeirdAlthe3rd: Top 500 in B/P, Praporshchik
Coop83: 72,000 B/P, 15,000 Medal Points
XwaynecoltX: 28,000 Saves
HeavyTank: 32,000 Medal Points then to 33,000 Medal Points
Odyssic: 17,000 Saves
Kaytee: Top 200 in B/P
sushi13: 9,000 B/P
Oliver: Level 22
dx5231: Captain
dawg25043: Silver Whistle
AndrewGlisson13: 10,000 Total Stats
Matt: Level 39
zimzap: Level 37
Haggard: 1,337 Audio Reviews, 800 Audio Review Responses
lemonsourkid: Gold Whistle, 3,000 Posts, Level 15
AfroBahamut: Level 33
byteslinger: 48,000 B/P
14hourlunchbreak: Level 25
SCTE3: Brig. General, Max Voting Power of 10, 15,000 Saves
WilhelmTheVampire: 7,000 Experience
Rabid-Animals: 6.66 Base Voting Power
VinnyXY: 2,000 Posts

Thanks To:

reverend
Coop83
Odyssic
Auz
And anyone else if I missed them

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At 4/1/10 11:58 PM, idiot-buster wrote: I know i have'nt been around in the past few months, but who is Kevin Bacon?

Kids...

Not to mention the fact that it would have taken a few seconds to look up.

At 4/3/10 01:37 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

BTW, please to stop calling me General gfox, rev and Fro... General (the rank) makes me think of General (the forum), since I've mostly been posting in that shithole of a forum thanks to the beachhead Coop established with his Revolution topic back in January...

Well now that you mention it I see no reason to view you as a superior. You are simply Gfox. General Gfox does have a nice ring to it so if I call you that it's simply to get on your nerves from now on though. :)

At 3/28/10 02:53 PM, Fro wrote: Fro is in a lot of pain. He ate something called a Bitch Steak two days ago. It contains steak, chicken tenders, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, two different types of cheese, marinara sauce, and all on 14 inches of bread... The sandwich hasn't left his body yet even though it's been two days.. while saying Congrats To:

Sounds fucking delicious, man! Pain? More like ecstacy!

Well obviously it tasted good. It was by far one of the best tasting "cheese steaks" that I had ever had in my life. Three days of pain and agony weren't worth the taste though. Next time I'm going to get the french fries that are covered in chicken, hot sauce, ranch dressing, and cheese. That should be easier on my bowels.

04/05/10 02:24 PM
20,000 Exp. Points

4,000 saves.... :(

Rev watched a beat down by the Cards; congrats to:
lemonsourkid - Level 15
Fro - 27k Medal Points
GUTHRIE - 20,000 Exp!
LegolaSS - 4,000 Saves

Thanks to:
XwaynecoltX
Coop83
Auz
Odyssic

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At 4/5/10 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote: Ooh, that's a tough call. But here's a few suggestions:

Pretty interesting group.

I really can't separate these, as I've watched so many flash over the years. Yes, Bitey of Brackenwood was legendary in how advanced it was, but it hasn't got much better since then. Dashkin wasn't bad, but it's nothing that makes me think "you've upped the bar massively again, Adam."

Well you aren't really judging the entire series when you pick the overall number one. I agree that Adam's decision to make Bitye have some sort of backstory in Dashkin was really a poor one, but his works are still outstanding and beyond almost everyone on this site.

Bunnykill makes me feel that at present, since it's taken the Madness concept and advanced it with smooth, awesome animation.

Now there is a great series. I guess if I had to make some pick it would be these:

• 

  Los Dias Sin Dias

  by Scarydoll

  a sort of a music video for Estradasphere

  Movie

  148,927 Views

  (Ages 13+)

• 

  Kong

  by Raz

  action movie

  Movie

  1,012,874 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  Smile!

  by Sarkazm

  Smile! Or die.

  Movie

  1,184,628 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  :the Composer:

  by Jazza

  Music can name the unnamable, and communicate the unknowable

  Movie

  1,197,630 Views

  (Everyone)

• 

  Across The Universe

  by marciano

  SOrrY I haven't got a life

  Movie

  341,090 Views

  (Ages 17+)

• 

  PUSTOTA

  by Kol-Belov

  Music video for THEODOR BASTARD

  Movie

  178,163 Views

  (Everyone)

• 

  hitchHiker: part One

  by chluaid

  part one of a true story

  Movie

  675,730 Views

  (Everyone)

Level 41. A little late posting this I know, but I have been away for some time and had a friend doing my daily votes for me, albeit sporadically.

I just realized, it's my 2nd NG Birthday!

Woot!

You passed 21000 B/P! Congrats!

Cool beans !

Just a little something. 19.000 flash reviews

~X~

Coop prepares to head back to the office, while congratulating:
lemonsourkid: Level 15
Fro: 27,000 Medal POints
GUTHRIE: 20,000 Experience
LegolaSS: 4,000 Saves
gamejunkie: Level 41
Yamor: Private 1st Class
Hacsev: 2nd NG Berfday
vader316: 21,000 B/P
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Reviews (Flash)

Thank you to:
Fro (x2)

At 4/5/10 04:03 PM, lemonsourkid wrote: Omg that's 2000 days of depositing!

It's actually 1,998 days of depositing ;)

At 4/5/10 07:54 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/5/10 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote: Bunnykill makes me feel that at present, since it's taken the Madness concept and advanced it with smooth, awesome animation.

Now there is a great series. I guess if I had to make some pick it would be these:

Some interesting ones you've picked here. Smile is incredibly dark and the way it is portrayed really does get the ideas flowing. Some of these I haven't seen, so I'll have to look into them.

I'll have an important exam in a few hours, wish me luck guys =)

Achievement of the Day
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Flash Reviews

Nice going there. Hope you'll hit 20k sometime soon, that would be sweet. Congrats!

Congrats to:
GUTHRIE: 20,000 Experience
LegolaSS: 4,000 Saves
gamejunkie: Level 41
Yamor: Private First Class
Hacsev: 2 Years on NG
vader316: 21,000 BP
Lizzardis: 9.00 Voting Power

I'm back and Opeth kicked ass! Will write about the show later on!

Also, thanks for depositing for me Auz! :)

Listening to:

The Who - Who's Next. Oh yeah, I also got CDs with the HMV vouchers I had waiting to be spent in London.

Thanks to:

Fro

At 4/4/10 01:45 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: The ranks are rough as hell now. I remember when ramagi had that much B/P when I was new to this site and now we have 63 more users with that amount. Heh, funny that I once wanted to aim for the top spot. If I didn't retire from B/P'ing, I'd probably be #6 right now but I'm much happier with my 7's. :)

I'm stunned I was ever in the top 50 list at all. Members really are getting more and more tenacious about gaining in B/P rank.

Heh, imagine how the ranks will be in 2 years time. Chances are we'll have over 250 EGSCs by then.

At 4/4/10 02:10 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: So what? Having it digital just saves physical space.

That's why it is not the same. You don't have anything physical. I can be sure that I can play the games I bought in 20 years from now (well, provided the hardware doesn't break, of course), but with Steam you can't be sure. What if they shut down their servers?

Do you really think there's a possibility of Valve going out of business?

No guessing, he took over Newgrounds and made everyone talk about him. How egotistical can you possibly get? It's more egotistical than putting your face on a dollar bill.

I think putting your face on a dollar bill is more egoistical.

Nah, the word filters to make everyone talk about Kevin Bacon is much worse.

Raining Blood is just as important.

I don't think so, tbh. :P

IT. IS. IMPORTANT!

At 4/4/10 04:21 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP Update #24 (Easter Special) is now available! Try and find all the easter eggs!

I found seven. But two of them are kinda the same.

If you did get them all right, then that's only one person so far who found them all. And yes, two were the same but they're two different people so it still counts as two.

At 4/5/10 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP Update #24 (Easter Special) is now available! Try and find all the easter eggs!

I found 3, as discussed last night. I don't like spoilers on the thread, so I removed them ;)

Ah, I never stated when they should be spoiled. I was thinking of until someone gets all seven but I'll see who else can find them.

When do you plan on revealing them?

Next Sunday, so it gives everyone a week.

But that's just avoiding Death. He's gotta take me away sometime.

Of course. I'd just rather it was a little later.

I'd rather it be never. :P

Oh, none.

What about the three hundred quid on top of the bathroom cabinet?

How do you know about that?

At 4/5/10 07:30 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Same, eczema is a horrible "treat" from God.

You have eczema?

Sadly so. To me, it's one of the biggest proofs that God doesn't exist.

Luckily I don't have it myself, but my brother does. Doesn't that shit usually get worse at this time of the year or something?

I haven't been this bad since 2006. I have no reason why it's gone so bad all of sudden.

At 4/6/10 05:19 AM, Auz wrote: I'll have an important exam in a few hours, wish me luck guys =)

Best of luck Auz!

At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm back and Opeth kicked ass!

Of COURSE!

At 4/4/10 02:10 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: So what? Having it digital just saves physical space.

That's why it is not the same. You don't have anything physical. I can be sure that I can play the games I bought in 20 years from now (well, provided the hardware doesn't break, of course), but with Steam you can't be sure. What if they shut down their servers?

Do you really think there's a possibility of Valve going out of business?

There's always a possibility. But they don't even have to go out of business to shut down the steam servers. ;)

No guessing, he took over Newgrounds and made everyone talk about him. How egotistical can you possibly get? It's more egotistical than putting your face on a dollar bill.

I think putting your face on a dollar bill is more egoistical.

Nah, the word filters to make everyone talk about Kevin Bacon is much worse.

But it only lasted for a day while the dollar bills last for years.

Raining Blood is just as important.

I don't think so, tbh. :P

IT. IS. IMPORTANT!

It is. But not as important as the exams.

At 4/4/10 04:21 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP Update #24 (Easter Special) is now available! Try and find all the easter eggs!

I found seven. But two of them are kinda the same.

If you did get them all right, then that's only one person so far who found them all. And yes, two were the same but they're two different people so it still counts as two.

Sadly I didn't find any on my own. The 37-one was quite obvious though, I should've thought of that. ^^

Level 35!

TWEEEEET!

7,000 Blams!

Inching my way to 10k.

Rev is cranking up the A/C; Congrats to:
gamejunkie - Level 41
Yamor - Private First Class
Hacsev - 2 Years on NG
vader316 - 21k B/P
XwaynecoltX - 19k Flash Reviews
Lizzardis - 9.00 Total VP
S-k-y - Level 35

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At 4/6/10 03:22 AM, Coop83 wrote: Some interesting ones you've picked here. Smile is incredibly dark and the way it is portrayed really does get the ideas flowing. Some of these I haven't seen, so I'll have to look into them.

Yeah, Smile! is a standout movie; it's very haunting and foreboding. The idea of individuality not being tolerated and being punished for non compliance is always a torturous subject. I still don't know what to make of the ending though.

You'll like all of them. They all have be frontpaged or in the Top 50 at one point or another.

About some your picks: French Erotic Film was a nice little gem to watch. I usually only view my animutilations from DrunkMagiKoopa but I forgot that TmsT use to do them also ages ago. The Madness one; I didn't see that one on Madness Day 07 but it's really good. A lot better than some of the official Madness movies I would dare to say. And oh yeah, YAFM. What ever became of TheWalrusZ? He must have up and gave up on the flash business and move on to other ventures with his site.

At 4/6/10 05:19 AM, Auz wrote: I'll have an important exam in a few hours, wish me luck guys =)

Good Luck!

At 4/6/10 05:19 AM, Auz wrote: I'll have an important exam in a few hours, wish me luck guys =)

Hope ya did well on it :)

Achievement of the Day
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Flash Reviews
Nice going there. Hope you'll hit 20k sometime soon, that would be sweet. Congrats!

Thanks i will, allthought not so sure now as im looking to change my reviews once again so that there is abit more to my reviews, not that anything was wrong with the way i been doing them but just figure i need abit more depth in there, and in the process i hope it will help the artist aswell. anyways thanks once again.

Also thanks too

Reverend
Odyssic
Coop83

Anyways have fun peoples may all your dreams come true today err or atleast the newground ones hehe

~X~

I am lvl 30!!! XD

(i could have got it like a week ago bue i had been absent for easter)

27th Birthday

List to follow, but the best present I've got so far is playoff ice hockey from the Avs... And the Yanks beating the Sox :D

Coop celebrates his birthday, while congratulating:
Lizzardis: 9.00 Total Voting Power
S-k-y: Level 35
reverend: 7,000 Blams
aldlv: Level 30

At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/5/10 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: EXP Update #24 (Easter Special) is now available! Try and find all the easter eggs!

I found 3, as discussed last night. I don't like spoilers on the thread, so I removed them ;)

Ah, I never stated when they should be spoiled. I was thinking of until someone gets all seven but I'll see who else can find them.

I'm looking forward to finding these, as I have no idea where they could be. Scanning over the links didn't work for me, but I was doing it too quickly to be thorough.

But that's just avoiding Death. He's gotta take me away sometime.

Of course. I'd just rather it was a little later.

I'd rather it be never. :P

Wouldn't we all? Until we get bored, that is.

Oh, none.

What about the three hundred quid on top of the bathroom cabinet?

How do you know about that?

God, I keep telling you mate, I'm Death. I know everything.

At 4/6/10 01:54 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/6/10 03:22 AM, Coop83 wrote: Some interesting ones you've picked here. Smile is incredibly dark and the way it is portrayed really does get the ideas flowing. Some of these I haven't seen, so I'll have to look into them.

Yeah, Smile! is a standout movie; it's very haunting and foreboding. The idea of individuality not being tolerated and being punished for non compliance is always a torturous subject. I still don't know what to make of the ending though.

Comply, or die - attempts to trick us will result in death.

And oh yeah, YAFM. What ever became of TheWalrusZ? He must have up and gave up on the flash business and move on to other ventures with his site.

I think Zipperfish.com still operates and churns out pieces. It's just a case of not getting the pieces uploaded to NG any more, sadly.

My time seeing Opeth!

Listening to:

Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy...Very 'Umble

Thanks to:

reverend
Coop83

At 4/6/10 11:13 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm back and Opeth kicked ass!

Of COURSE!

And now read my blog about the awesome band.

Do you really think there's a possibility of Valve going out of business?

There's always a possibility. But they don't even have to go out of business to shut down the steam servers. ;)

And you think they'd shut down their servers before they go out of business? The number of users they had increased by a large margin last year. It's as likely as Newgrounds going out of business. Maybe even less...

Nah, the word filters to make everyone talk about Kevin Bacon is much worse.

But it only lasted for a day while the dollar bills last for years.

But we're talking about a single dollar bill.

IT. IS. IMPORTANT!

It is. But not as important as the exams.

Slayer are just as important, dammit!

If you did get them all right, then that's only one person so far who found them all. And yes, two were the same but they're two different people so it still counts as two.

Sadly I didn't find any on my own. The 37-one was quite obvious though, I should've thought of that. ^^

Yeah, there will be some obvious ones but the most obvious one I could have done was doing something for myself. I knew everyone would get that so easily so I thought about others.

At 4/7/10 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: 27th Birthday

Happy Birthday again!

At 4/7/10 03:20 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ah, I never stated when they should be spoiled. I was thinking of until someone gets all seven but I'll see who else can find them.

I'm looking forward to finding these, as I have no idea where they could be. Scanning over the links didn't work for me, but I was doing it too quickly to be thorough.

Surprisingly enough, I think there's still an obvious one or two you still need to find.

I'd rather it be never. :P

Wouldn't we all? Until we get bored, that is.

How will I get bored of life anyway?

How do you know about that?

God, I keep telling you mate, I'm Death. I know everything.

Everything? What, even about the...

Thanks for the good luck wishes guys. Answers of the exam were published today and it seems I have passed it with a pretty good grade.

Now by passing this one I have officially passed all the courses for the first year at my uni. I don't know if that's considered a big deal in the UK and Germany, but over here it is. You get a little diploma and they sometimes hold a ceremony for all the people who completed the first year. I think you're also able to switch studies more easily, put it on your cv and stuff like that.

So that's pretty sweet. Feels like I've finally accomplished something at the university ^^

Congrats to:
S-k-y: Level 35
reverend: 7,000 Blams
aldlv: Level 30
Coop83: Happy 27th Birthday!

At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, thanks for depositing for me Auz! :)

No problem.

At 4/5/10 07:30 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/4/10 10:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Same, eczema is a horrible "treat" from God.

You have eczema?

Sadly so. To me, it's one of the biggest proofs that God doesn't exist.

Yeah it looks like torture man. I know my brother also hates having it, although it hasn't been so bad the last few years.

Luckily I don't have it myself, but my brother does. Doesn't that shit usually get worse at this time of the year or something?

I haven't been this bad since 2006. I have no reason why it's gone so bad all of sudden.

Could it be because of the harsh winter this year?

At 4/6/10 09:17 PM, XwaynecoltX wrote:

At 4/6/10 05:19 AM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Flash Reviews
Nice going there. Hope you'll hit 20k sometime soon, that would be sweet. Congrats!

Thanks i will, allthought not so sure now as im looking to change my reviews once again so that there is abit more to my reviews, not that anything was wrong with the way i been doing them but just figure i need abit more depth in there, and in the process i hope it will help the artist aswell. anyways thanks once again.

Yeah, I suppose you also might want to change styles every now and again. Especially if you review as much as you do.

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I'll probably post some gfox replies later =)

At 4/6/10 12:16 PM, S-k-y wrote: Level 35!

Level 35!

This is my 666th post.

Happy birthday Coop! Incidentally, is that meant to be pronounced coop like chicken coop, or coop like cooperative?

gfox catch-up part 1

I couldn't even quote the post without losing some text due to the character limit =/

Anyway part 2 coming up later.

At 4/3/10 12:16 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 2/15/10 12:37 PM, Auz wrote: Looks like you are right. The song was on the B-side of 'Where the Streets Have No Name' and was later re-released (1998) as a single on it's own. It was written as an apology to his wife when Bono was in the studios recording The Joshua Tree on her birthday.

Ah, cool. I have a book somewhere with all the (main) meaning(s) of all the U2 songs up to around 2000. I wish I could find it, then you wouldn't have to look up such things as I could confirm them before I hit "post." #;-}>

Really? That'd probably be an interesting book to read through. I know Bono always writes his lyrics very carefully and especially their earlier songs have some of the strangest lyrics at first glance.

Oh yeah. I've listened to War from start to finish like you suggested, but that was already some time ago. I think my opinion was that it was a good album, but I wouldn't put it among my favorites.

Ah, good that you've listened to it once, at least. Give it another shot sometime. The first 4 tracks are right up there with any 4-straight tracks on any U2 album, IMO. SBS, NYD, and Like a Song... are some of their strongest work, and Seconds is pretty good, too (one of the few ones with Edge on lead vox). And a few of the later tracks past the strong opening are good, too (such as Two Hearts Beat as One), though some are a bit sleepy, which is something TUF has in common with War in the later parts of the album.

I remember that I thought Seconds was a bit strange, but I liked it. Two Hearts Beat as One I know from the live album (Under A Blood Red Sky). It's a pretty nice song in my opinion. Like a Song is nice as well. Very energetic song with some great guitar-work imo. And obviously I know about SBS and NYD already. They're great songs, but you shouldn't hear them too often.

Is I Threw A Brick Through A Window on it as well by the way? My dad recently gave me a live DVD of some of their earliest performances and they opened quite nicely with that song. Then they followed it up with A Day Without Me, one of my favorite Boy songs.

Of course, TUF also has Bad on it, which is up there in the "best U2 songs evar" rankings, especially the live version (which isn't on the album, but I like the album version a lot more than some fans seem to...).

Which one? I suppose you mean the Wide Awake in America version. That was a nice version indeed, but I think Bad always does well live. Personally I love the Rattle and Hum version. The Boston DVD version of the Elevation tour was pretty nice as well, but it wasn't as elaborate as the other two. It went over into Where the Streets Have No Name quite nicely though.

I still gotta give the other two a full listen. Perhaps I should put them on my iTunes.

No October or TUF yet, eh? October can wait... TUF cannot! ;_;

No I still haven't listened to either of the two. I just remembered October is the only album my dad doesn't have in his U2 collection, so getting that one on my iPod is gonna be a bit more difficult. Perhaps I'll just look around on Youtube or something. As for TUF, I'll see if I can upload it soon.

Well that's usually about the point where newer/better/updated games and sequels are brought out, right? And they'll start to disappear from the shelves in the store.

I tend to play most games 3-5 years after they come out. Cheaper and less taxing on the PC since you're playing older games on your newer (hopefully) PC.

Keeping up with the Joneses was fun for awhile in the 90s, but now I prefer to upgrade my PC as rarely as possible, and older (but gooder #;-}>) games = the easiest way to avoid having to do keeping-up-with-the-Joneses-style upgrading constantly.

I couldn't care less about keeping up with the Joneses :p My current PC is almost ten years old and still working pretty well, so I see no need to waste money on pointless upgrades.

And yeah I only buy older games as well at the moment. 60 euros for one game is a fortune for a poor student like me. Can't bother getting one of the latest generation consoles anymore either.

Heh, yeah the question is if she even wants that account. If she cared about levels she'd probably prefer to start at level 1 and work her way up herself. And if she doesn't care she probably wouldn't mind to start at level 1 either.

No, she clearly doesn't. But you never know... she might one day see a flash movie or play a flash game she wants to comment on SO BADLY that she signs up for her own account. I won't hold my breath, though.

She doesn't care about levels and exp or anything. The only statwhoring I've seen her doing is on last.fm, and it's because she likes to boost the playcount of her favourite musicians there... there'd be no such "wanting to help her fave music artists" motivation behind any of the stats on NG, so.... no dice.

Well maybe if she wants to support an author she likes on NG? But if she's not that interested in flash games/movies in general then I wouldn't hold my breath either.

gfox catch-up part 2

Hope I didn't forget anything.

Yeah. I think I would've liked it more if it seemed made out of wood rather than gold.

Exactly. Maybe mostly wood with a BIT of gold trim/accents. #;-}>

</bow construction & decoration 101>

Indeed, with a bit of gold trim to make it looks prettier. But pure gold just looks lame, plus I don't think you could even make a decent bow out of it in reality anyway.

The Zelda sword is probably my least favorite of the swords, but still a decent level icon.

The least good sword is still > most other weapons in level icons. #;-}>

True. Plus it's sort of similar to the old level 24 icon, which was quite a popular one if I recall correctly.

But yeah, it's not as good as the level 42 or 55 (or is it 56? Can't remember) swords, but still decent.

I agree. The other two just look more kick-ass and less... toy-ish.

Yep. I was at exactly 555 flash reviews and 190 responses at midnight. As you can see I haven't done much reviewing anymore ever since.

Cool. Yeah... I hear that. I think I've reviewed about 1 or 2 flashes per half-year on average for the past 2 years. I need to get back at reviewing Bahamut's flashes that he wanted me to review two years ago or so when I was last doing them (in fairness to myself, I did review two clusters of 15 of his flashes each, for a total of around 30 or more... but then I never ended up doing the last 15 he gave me to do)....

Just once or twice I year I usually get this review fever where I review several dozen in a couple of weeks time. Then I quit for like a half-year again or so. It's usually around summer- and Christmasbreak, when I have not much to do.

That reminds me by the way, I still got some Bahamut flashes to review myself if I ever wanna climb up the the responses ladder.

At 2/15/10 12:43 PM, Auz wrote:

At 2/13/10 02:46 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

Hehe I think many kids don't like the music their parents listen to at first. But the 80's music my dad always turned on when we went on vacation started to grow on me over the years. And it also helps that I now actually know who those songs are from.

Yeah....

And yeah, when you don't know that this song is by this artist, and hey, that other song happens to be from that artist, too... it's a bit harder to get into music, no matter the genre.

True. Still, it's pretty odd to me that you would suddenly like a song much more when you find out it's from a band you like.

Radio is fine for listening to music, whether it's music you already know or not... but to truly delve into individual artists deeply, nothing beats diving into an album on your own instead of listening piecemeal from someone else playing a track or two or the radio playing only scattered singles...

Yeah they only play the popular tracks anyway while sometimes the bands' best work is actually in the lesser known parts of the albums (look at U2 for example). Still, you gotta take your time if you really wanna dig through a bands albums and I usually don't feel like taking that time.

The 60's and 70's I just went on exploring by myself. I think they're ultimately my favorite music decades, and I still got a lot to discover.

Throw in the 80s and you have a deal. BEST. THIRTY. YEARS. OF. MUSIC. EVAR. #;-}>

Agreed. Although the 80s did have some crap music here and there though and imo it is the point where music started to go downhill (slowly). Early 90s were still okay, but after that...

Look, Black Dog is a great song, but I really wouldn't say it's better than Stairway. As for R&R, it definitely isn't. Part of this is just that I'm so damned tired of that song after the last 5 years of it being used in 80% of Cadillac advertisments on TV here in America, but... ugh... so tired of R&R.

And actually... my fave song on that album is When the Levee Breaks (so I pick none of the three above, anyway).

Alright then. I'll just listen to all of them and see which one I like most :p

So, it's like 6 weeks later... listened to any LZ4 since then? #;-}>

I did listen to them, but again: it was long ago. I thought I liked Black Dog most actually, but I can't remember that well. Gotta listen to them again. I suppose I also need to go dig through some of their other albums. Or is LZ4 really their best?

Milestone:

Level 32

I really enjoy this level so far, but just like every other one it's hard to get use to. I'll be use to it in the next month or so though.

Fro is about ready to submit his new story to a competition and is excited about being scouted while saying Congrats To:

GUTHRIE: 20,000 Experience
LegolaSS: 4,000 Saves
gamejunkie: Level 41
Yamor: Private First Class
Hacsev: 2 Year NG Birfdai
vader316: 21,000 B/P
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Flash Reviews
Lizzardis: Total Voting Power of 9
S-k-y: Level 35
reverend: 7,000 Blams
aldlv: Level 30
Coop83: 27 Year RL Birfdai
TheNumberOfTheDragon: Level 35
chris-marks: 666 posts (665 actually, but I'll assume you did have the 666)
Pimp: Level 59 (I know you didn't post it, but man you're ever so close now)

Thanks To:

reverend
Coop83
Odyssic

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At 4/6/10 10:43 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm back and Opeth kicked ass! Will write about the show later on!

Sweet, I'm excited to read about it. :)

At 4/7/10 10:26 AM, Fro wrote: chris-marks: 666 posts (665 actually, but I'll assume you did have the 666)

Down to 664 as I type this, so this post will bring it back to 665. Weird. It's a shame there's no way to know which posts are getting removed; no way of knowing what to avoid doing in the future. I know from being on the other side of another forum that it's unrealistic to expect personal messages each time a forum post is deleted, but I think it would be useful to have a repository of deleted posts in your account so you can see what gets a post deleted when you may not be expecting it to happen.

In other news, I made it to the office this morning about 10 minutes before heavy rain began. And then it was a torrential downpour. My timing is awesome! It's stopped now though.

Congrats to:
GUTHRIE: 20,000 Experience
LegolaSS: 4,000 Saves
gamejunkie: Level 41
Yamor: Private First Class
Hacsev: 2 Year NG Birfdai
vader316: 21,000 B/P
XwaynecoltX: 19,000 Flash Reviews
Lizzardis: Total Voting Power of 9
S-k-y: Level 35
reverend: 7,000 Blams
aldlv: Level 30
Coop83: 27 Year RL Birfdai
TheNumberOfTheDragon: Level 35
Fro: Level 32

I'm coming up on a few milestones myself, so that makes me feel good.