Coop tries putting more weight on his bruised ankle (Cricket rules!), while congratulating:
Kevin: 7,000 Saves
PabMo: 25,000 Medal Points
Auz: Top 100 Blammer
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 24,000 Saves
MagnumForce: Level 13
Aci6: Major; 10.00 Total Voting Power
RuinedMartyr: Level 12
sixflab: 5,000 Saves
Mendou: Level 32
vader316: Level 22

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/19/10 03:43 AM, C0GMA wrote:

At 4/19/10 03:39 AM, Coop83 wrote: Er, that's him.

I've got your wallet.

Oh, that'd be me then.

*simeltaneous* Oh, that'd be me then.

At 4/19/10 01:13 PM, Fro wrote: By the way Coop, get your video in for the RRC Flash? I talked Sonofkirk into doing the video for the audio. >:] Make sure to add me to your portal buddies too if you want to be coauthored on it. I'll have to submit it because it's going to be very close to 20 MBs.

I'm going to work on it tonight - I've ironed my shirt especially for it ;)

At 4/19/10 04:03 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/19/10 03:39 AM, Coop83 wrote: Boxing day is a Bank Holiday, but the Queen's birthday isn't, neither is remembrance day.

Oh? Do we get more holidays off than you guys? I've always thought it there was more things to celebrate over there.

If we had the holiday for it, that day would come off the standard holiday package I get from work as one of my "statutory" days, thus leaving me with less flexible days to enjoy. I'll live.

Nunchuku

Fro is very sore from the competition while saying Congrats To:

Auz: Top 100 Blammers
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 24,000 Saves, Level 25
MagnumForce: Level 13
Aci6: Major, 10.00 Total VP
RuinedMartyr: Level 12
sixflab: 5,000 Saves
Mendou: Level 32
vader316: Level 22
ChampionAnwar: 1,234 Posts, Level 15

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Well I didn't win the competition, but I knew that once I went down and saw the huge guys lifting down there. I did do good personally though and the whole reason I was there was to beat my personal bests for the year and to donate to charity so I'm very happy with the results. :)

Bench: 340 lbs.
Deadlift: 405 lbs.
Squat: 375 lbs.

3rd in Bench
4th is Squat
5th in Deadlift

Out of about 20 guys. I probably would have done much better, but a big group of guys came in half way through the competition to compete. I didn't see how they did though because I had to head out early for class.

So yeah, I've done more on all three of these before, but I haven't lifted with my legs since high school (like 4 years now) so I was pretty happy with the results. It's time to get back to my old form again and maybe play some semi-pro football next summer like before.

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote:

I'm going to work on it tonight - I've ironed my shirt especially for it ;)

I felt like you would be doing yours as a proper English Gentleman.

Sonofkirk probably won't do his because he says that he sounds stupid when he tries to speak English. I guess it's up to Nick to do the audio then. He might even have a good song to go along with it. :P

Listening to:

Opeth - Watershed

Thanks to:

Auz

At 4/19/10 01:11 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: True enough but I easily avoid lots of bad music by not listening to the radio. However, for someone who's fucking everywhere like Lady GaGa, it's impossible.

Heh, so far I only heard one song by Lady GaGa. :P

Why do I think we've talked about Lady GaGa before? I'm guessing that song is Poker Face. It's everywhere all right, even in good parodies of it.

But she's literally everywhere on billboards.

Welcome to the 2010s.

At 4/19/10 04:03 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: So where does it come from? :P

FF7 would be my guess.

You could say that but the real reason I had a 7 there was because it's my favourite number. I only use the 7 if I can't take the name Bahamut which was initially so for Newgrounds.

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: Oh, that'd be me then.

*simeltaneous* Oh, that'd be me then.

How very honest of you. You know, I have always said that you Romany types are as generous as the day is--

Achievements of the Day
Aci6: Major, 10.00+ VP

Or at least I'm guessing you meant 10+ VP. Congrats on those nice achievements.

Congrats to:
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 24,000 Saves
MagnumForce: Level 13, Portal Security
RuinedMartyr: Level 12
sixflab: 5,000 Saves
Mendou: Level 32
vader316: Level 22
ChampionAnwar: Level 15, 1,234 Posts
Pokemonpoeguygcn: Level 25

At 4/19/10 04:03 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/19/10 02:46 PM, Auz wrote: GPA is sort of your personal performance/grade list I'm guessing. I suppose only D's and C's won't look good on it, but hey at least you passed.

Grade Point Average. It's basically a conversion of an A to 4 B to 3 C to 2 D to 1 and F 0 which is weighted to your credits and averaged. So when Fro says he has a 3.75 GPA you know he is doing well compared to me if I say I have a 2.8 GPA average.

Oh I see. Heh pretty confusing system if you ask me. First you convert your % scores to grades and then you convert those grades back to numerical averages =/ Might as well convert them straight from the percentages, right? Would be much more accurate at least.

You know, I always think Americans are way more focused on doing great in school and getting good grades and such. Here it doesn't matter much actually. People usually just aim for the 6/10 grades and be happy with them :p

For most people it's fine as long as you don't fall below 2.0; you can be put on Academic Suspension if you do. For others going to Graduate School or Medical School who are competing for spots then it's best you have the highest possible grades like 3.5+.

Ah yeah that's the same here for schools like those. Lots of people like to do medical studies so if they're not averaging 8/10 for all their grades they might not be allowed in. Falling below a certain average doesn't matter though, luckily.

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: Oh, that'd be me then.

*simeltaneous* Oh, that'd be me then.

How very honest of you. You know, I have always said that you Romany types are as generous as the day is--

All the credit cards have expired. And the driving licence is a forgery. And apart from the nudie collage of Julia Somerville, it's of no use to me. Rather like my eye!

Congrats to:
MagnumForce - Level 13
Aci6 - Major
RuinedMartyr - Level 12
sixflab - 5,000 Saves
Mendou - Level 32
vader316 - Level 22
ChampionAnwar - Level 15
Pokemonpoeguygcn - Level 25 and 24k Saves
Lizzardis - 12k Saves

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At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: If we had the holiday for it, that day would come off the standard holiday package I get from work as one of my "statutory" days, thus leaving me with less flexible days to enjoy. I'll live.

So how many vacation/sick days do you get? Two weeks?

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: You could say that but the real reason I had a 7 there was because it's my favourite number. I only use the 7 if I can't take the name Bahamut which was initially so for Newgrounds.

Ah, I see.

At 4/20/10 10:40 AM, Auz wrote: Oh I see. Heh pretty confusing system if you ask me. First you convert your % scores to grades and then you convert those grades back to numerical averages =/ Might as well convert them straight from the percentages, right? Would be much more accurate at least.

You have to remember that the professor sets up what is an A, B, C .... One professor can have it that 93% and above is an A while another 90%, or have it set to a Bell Curve where the median of students will earn a C.

At 4/20/10 10:28 PM, Yamor wrote: 7,500 post

boo yah

This thread makes me feel so worthless.

15,000 B/P points. Half way there.

ohlooklol, i just levelled up n shit.

Level 31 and 10,000 Experience!

Having puzzled out how to get his microphone working properly, Coop congratulates:
ChampionAnwar: 1,234 Posts; Level 15
Pokemonpoeguygcn: Level 25
Lizzardis: 12,000 Saves
Yamor: 7,500 Posts
WilhelmTheVampire: 15,000 B/P
Rucklo: Level 32
LadyX: Level 31; 10,000 Experience

At 4/20/10 08:11 AM, Fro wrote:

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm going to work on it tonight - I've ironed my shirt especially for it ;)

I felt like you would be doing yours as a proper English Gentleman.

Well, you've seen it now :P

Sonofkirk probably won't do his because he says that he sounds stupid when he tries to speak English. I guess it's up to Nick to do the audio then. He might even have a good song to go along with it. :P

That's a shame. Trust me, there are worse accents in English than a French accent while speaking English. Look at South African, for example :P

At 4/20/10 03:00 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: If we had the holiday for it, that day would come off the standard holiday package I get from work as one of my "statutory" days, thus leaving me with less flexible days to enjoy. I'll live.

So how many vacation/sick days do you get? Two weeks?

It's 28 days per annum (Four weeks), with seven days taken off for the statutory holidays, thus meaning I've got 21 days to play around with. I might take a few of them soon...

At 4/20/10 11:23 PM, NewgroundsNation wrote:

At 4/20/10 10:28 PM, Yamor wrote: 7,500 post

boo yah

This thread makes me feel so worthless.

Only if you let it - go out there and achieve something, before coming back and telling us about it.

We all once had no stats, remember that.

Took an early lunch and got myself 16,000 Medal Points

Not much, but a good step

Listening to:

Mercyful Fate - The Beginning

At 4/20/10 02:16 PM, C0GMA wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: How very honest of you. You know, I have always said that you Romany types are as generous as the day is--

All the credit cards have expired. And the driving licence is a forgery. And apart from the nudie collage of Julia Somerville, it's of no use to me. Rather like my eye!

So that's how she knew all those things!

At 4/20/10 03:00 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: You could say that but the real reason I had a 7 there was because it's my favourite number. I only use the 7 if I can't take the name Bahamut which was initially so for Newgrounds.

Ah, I see.

Indeed but roughly two years later, Tom Fulp was kind enough to give me the name Bahamut due to the former Bahamut being inactive. I'm still grateful even to this day for that.

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: We all once had no stats, remember that.

Yep, I remember when I had this little EXP and posts.

At 4/21/10 07:39 AM, Coop83 wrote: Took an early lunch and got myself 16,000 Medal Points

Not much, but a good step

Good jorb!

In other news,

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

With that vote, you now have 14,390 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 37. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 14 hours, 54 minutes, and 17 seconds.

At 4/21/10 07:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/20/10 02:16 PM, C0GMA wrote: All the credit cards have expired. And the driving licence is a forgery. And apart from the nudie collage of Julia Somerville, it's of no use to me. Rather like my eye!

So that's how she knew all those things!

Now, how much money have you got in the house?

It is a beautiful day and I'm planning my day outside while saying Congrats To:

Lizzardis: 12,000 Saves
WilhelmTheVampire: 15,000 B/P
Rucklo: Level 32
LadyX: Level 31, 10,000 Experience
Odyssic: 5,000 Medal Points
Coop83: 16,000 Medal Points
Elfer: Level 37

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At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:11 AM, Fro wrote:

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm going to work on it tonight - I've ironed my shirt especially for it ;)

I felt like you would be doing yours as a proper English Gentleman.

Well, you've seen it now :P

Ha! It was exactly as I expected it to be. The generic sounding English accent along with the tie. I didn't expect anything less from you Coop my good man.

You were the only one who was funny while being serious at the same time, but I have to say that Nick and I both acted just like we would in real life and I find both of them to be somewhat funny as well. When I showed Mono the video of Nick he only responded with, "Freaks."

Sonofkirk probably won't do his because he says that he sounds stupid when he tries to speak English. I guess it's up to Nick to do the audio then. He might even have a good song to go along with it. :P

That's a shame. Trust me, there are worse accents in English than a French accent while speaking English. Look at South African, for example :P

Yeah, I tried getting him to do it again and again, but it was followed by excuse after excuse. I even encouraged him to play a little guitar in it to show off how good he was.

Looks like we are just waiting for the best reviewers video to be made and then it'll be all finished. Your huge file made it a close call, but we should be able to do it.

Breakfast time.. I'm feeling bacon, sausage, eggs, bacon, and probably some sausage. I'll probably cover all of it with bacon.

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/19/10 01:11 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: True enough but I easily avoid lots of bad music by not listening to the radio. However, for someone who's fucking everywhere like Lady GaGa, it's impossible.

Heh, so far I only heard one song by Lady GaGa. :P

Why do I think we've talked about Lady GaGa before? I'm guessing that song is Poker Face. It's everywhere all right, even in good parodies of it.

I guess it was Poker Face as it seems to be her most popular song, but I really don't know. And I don't remember the song I heard too well, so even if I listened to Poker Face right now I wouldn't be able to tell if that was the song I heard back then. ^^

But she's literally everywhere on billboards.

Welcome to the 2010s.

Billboards aren't that new. :P

At 4/21/10 11:11 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/19/10 01:11 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/19/10 08:56 AM, Bahamut wrote: True enough but I easily avoid lots of bad music by not listening to the radio. However, for someone who's fucking everywhere like Lady GaGa, it's impossible.

Heh, so far I only heard one song by Lady GaGa. :P

Why do I think we've talked about Lady GaGa before? I'm guessing that song is Poker Face.

I do seem to recall a time when "Poker Face" was on constant rotation on virtually every radio station, thankfully I've since acquired a CD player for my car.

My cousin and her friends all seem to be drawn to Lady Gaga after they found out she, apparently is of high intelligence. Personally I'd prefer Rihanna, Gaga has yet to impress me.

I'll be leveling up tomorrow :)

Achievement of the Day
Elfer: Level 37

Finally got rid of the fluffy-axe. Congrats!

Congrats to:
Lizzardis: 12,000 Saves
WilhelmTheVampire: 15,000 BP
Yamor: 7,500 Posts
Rucklo: Level 32
LadyX: 10,000 Experience, Level 31

At 4/20/10 03:00 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/20/10 10:40 AM, Auz wrote: Oh I see. Heh pretty confusing system if you ask me. First you convert your % scores to grades and then you convert those grades back to numerical averages =/ Might as well convert them straight from the percentages, right? Would be much more accurate at least.

You have to remember that the professor sets up what is an A, B, C .... One professor can have it that 93% and above is an A while another 90%, or have it set to a Bell Curve where the median of students will earn a C.

Really? Since your GPA is so important it sounds kinda strange to me to not have a standard for those grades. Also that Bell Curve is kinda lame. I think some tutors occasionally applied it in our school as well, but not many students liked it. Theoretically you could score 80% correct on a test, but fail anyway because the majority scored higher =/

In my opinion a grade should always be an indication of how well you know the material and not how well you do compared to other students.

At 4/21/10 12:31 PM, Auz wrote: I'll be leveling up tomorrow :)

Looking forward to the level 42 sword?
Personally I can't wait to lose this hammer, one of the most bland icons out of the bunch.

Level 20 hammer pre-update > Level 41 hammer post-update.

Rev is surprised that Big Ben got suspended for six games; congrats to:
WilhelmTheVampire - 15k B/P
Rucklo - Level 32
LadyX - Level 31 and 10,000 Exp
Odyssic - 5,000 Medal Points
Coop83 - 16k Medal Points
Elfer - Level 37

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At 4/20/10 11:35 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote: 15,000 B/P points. Half way there.

I looked at that picture and thought my browser didn't display it correctly at first. :P

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: It's 28 days per annum (Four weeks), with seven days taken off for the statutory holidays, thus meaning I've got 21 days to play around with. I might take a few of them soon...

I hear Tahiti is nice this time of year.

At 4/21/10 12:31 PM, Auz wrote: Really? Since your GPA is so important it sounds kinda strange to me to not have a standard for those grades. Also that Bell Curve is kinda lame. I think some tutors occasionally applied it in our school as well, but not many students liked it. Theoretically you could score 80% correct on a test, but fail anyway because the majority scored higher =/

In my opinion a grade should always be an indication of how well you know the material and not how well you do compared to other students.

GPA is really just an overall look into your college work. It is important, but can't tell the whole story. Also, the grades are set differently it really gives some leeway for each professors to set up the course they wanted it. If it's a hard course they can move the standards down and vice versa for an easy one.

Also, I believe the only class that I had a Bell curve in was a Calculus III course where people were averaging around 60% so in that case it help but it's really rare and only some math teachers tend to do it.

Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

Coop watches Zero Punctuation rip the piss out of Just Cause 2, before congratulating:
Odyssic: 5,000 Medal Points
Elfer: Level 37
Odyssic: 22,000 B/P
Auz: Level 42

Thank you to:
Elfer
Fro
reverend

At 4/21/10 07:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: We all once had no stats, remember that.

Yep, I remember when I had this little EXP and posts.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw :3

At 4/21/10 10:21 AM, Fro wrote:

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:11 AM, Fro wrote:

At 4/20/10 03:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm going to work on it tonight - I've ironed my shirt especially for it ;)

I felt like you would be doing yours as a proper English Gentleman.

Well, you've seen it now :P

Ha! It was exactly as I expected it to be. The generic sounding English accent along with the tie. I didn't expect anything less from you Coop my good man.

Generic? There was the occasional Black Country twang in there, but I'm no Adrian Chiles (Thank the maker!)

You were the only one who was funny while being serious at the same time, but I have to say that Nick and I both acted just like we would in real life and I find both of them to be somewhat funny as well. When I showed Mono the video of Nick he only responded with, "Freaks."

I wasn't even trying to be funny :P

At 4/21/10 04:11 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: It's 28 days per annum (Four weeks), with seven days taken off for the statutory holidays, thus meaning I've got 21 days to play around with. I might take a few of them soon...

I hear Tahiti is nice this time of year.

So is Eyjafjallajokull :P

At 4/22/10 03:50 AM, Auz wrote: Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

Nice job on finally getting that sword. I finally passed 1,000 reviews this week!

Listening to:

Strapping Young Lad - Bring On the Young

At 4/21/10 09:42 AM, C0GMA wrote:

At 4/21/10 07:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: So that's how she knew all those things!

Now, how much money have you got in the house?

None.

At 4/21/10 11:11 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/20/10 08:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: Why do I think we've talked about Lady GaGa before? I'm guessing that song is Poker Face. It's everywhere all right, even in good parodies of it.

I guess it was Poker Face as it seems to be her most popular song, but I really don't know.

I'd show you Poker Face but do you really want to hear it? I'm sure you'd much rather listen to Manowar. :P

Welcome to the 2010s.

Billboards aren't that new. :P

No, I'm talking about how Lady GaGa is everywhere and what we should expect to see over the next 10 years.

At 4/21/10 01:02 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote: Personally I can't wait to lose this hammer, one of the most bland icons out of the bunch.

Am I the only one who actually likes the new hammer? I got the hammer the same day I reached 20,000 posts and I was happy to get the two together.

At 4/22/10 03:50 AM, Auz wrote: Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

CONGRATS! :D You know what this means? I'll be levelling up soon enough.

13 days!

At 4/22/10 03:57 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/21/10 07:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yep, I remember when I had this little EXP and posts.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw :3

The best part is the post count. gfox has seen it before and he actually laughed while he screamed to death when he saw his easter egg on the EXP update.

At 4/21/10 10:21 AM, Fro wrote: You were the only one who was funny while being serious at the same time, but I have to say that Nick and I both acted just like we would in real life and I find both of them to be somewhat funny as well. When I showed Mono the video of Nick he only responded with, "Freaks."

I wasn't even trying to be funny :P

Hey, that's my line.

HeavyTank, what does Newgrounds say about your saves level?
It's over..
Well, you get the point.
9000+ saves.

At 4/22/10 03:50 AM, Auz wrote: Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

Niiice. I was just looking forward to getting past the feathery axe, but in a couple of years or so I'd like to have the lv 45 scythe.

At 4/22/10 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/21/10 09:42 AM, C0GMA wrote:

At 4/21/10 07:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: So that's how she knew all those things!

Now, how much money have you got in the house?

None.

Well what about that three hundred pounds that I've heard about, that you've got safely ensconced on top of the bathroom cabinet?

Achievement of the Day
sixflab: 1,000 Reviews

Very nice achievement. You don't see those often here. Congrats :)

Congrats to:
Odyssic: 22,000 BP
HeavyTank: 9,000 Saves

At 4/21/10 01:02 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote:

At 4/21/10 12:31 PM, Auz wrote: I'll be leveling up tomorrow :)

Looking forward to the level 42 sword?
Personally I can't wait to lose this hammer, one of the most bland icons out of the bunch.

Level 20 hammer pre-update > Level 41 hammer post-update.

I liked the hammer personally, but I like the sword much better :) The upcoming levels are also awesome.

At 4/21/10 04:11 PM, reverend wrote:

At 4/21/10 12:31 PM, Auz wrote: In my opinion a grade should always be an indication of how well you know the material and not how well you do compared to other students.

GPA is really just an overall look into your college work. It is important, but can't tell the whole story. Also, the grades are set differently it really gives some leeway for each professors to set up the course they wanted it. If it's a hard course they can move the standards down and vice versa for an easy one.

Oh yeah that's true. So GPA alone is not enough to get you into college or anything then?

Also, I believe the only class that I had a Bell curve in was a Calculus III course where people were averaging around 60% so in that case it help but it's really rare and only some math teachers tend to do it.

It doesn't make much difference in case of a 60% average I think.

At 4/22/10 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/22/10 03:50 AM, Auz wrote: Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

CONGRATS! :D You know what this means? I'll be levelling up soon enough.

13 days!

13 days difference already? Wow, I thought a level or two ago we nearly leveled up on the same day.

At 4/22/10 09:41 AM, Elfer wrote:

At 4/22/10 03:50 AM, Auz wrote: Level up! To one of the most awesome icons out there :)

Niiice. I was just looking forward to getting past the feathery axe, but in a couple of years or so I'd like to have the lv 45 scythe.

The scythe is a nice level indeed. I like the axe right after it as well, but then they start to go downhill imo.