Coop watches Steven Strasburg's impressive debut, while congratulating:
RuinedMartyr: Master Sergeant
RohantheBarbarian: BBS User of the Day
milinko959: 100,000 Total Points
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FBIpolux: 16,000 Posts
HeavyTank: 12,000 B/P
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Ronald-McDonald-LoL: 4th NG Berfday
Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thank you to:
Odyssic (x2)
RohantheBarbarian
Bahamut (x2)
Auz (x2)
reverend
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At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, Iron Maiden announced more details for their new album including album cover, tracklist, release date AND a single! Go here for more information.

Thanks for that - not a bad sounding track. I want the rest of the album though...

At 6/7/10 10:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: Also, I'm now past 75,000 B/P! Ain't no stopping me now!

3/4 way to 100k. How does it feel?

Good. It'll feel weird when I get to my Saves : Blams ratio of 2:1

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: I love the way that he did an advert for some sort of shampoo and he was dubbed with a deep and masculine voice, despite that fact that he speaks perfect English.

His voice just isn't masculine enough. XD

Though he does have enough testosterone to drive one of the fastest cars available :P

Fair enough. If you're not into the sport, there's no real drive to keep watching, though you might keep tabs, by looking at results and watching highlights of the big crashes, for example.

Heh, sometimes I watch the start of a race and hope for a big crash. ^^
Luckily the cars are a lot safer than they where some years ago, so even if there's a huge crash almost nobody gets hurt in it.

With the way that some of my more simple friends talk, the best way to watch a race is to watch the first lap or two, so we can see the start and the replays, followed by the finish. I prefer to watch the tactical exchanges, plus if I didn't, I would have missed the Vettel / Webber crash, which I believe was the route of this rambling conversation ;)

Listening to:

Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom

At 6/8/10 10:35 AM, NEVR wrote: It is kind of a shame that icon mods were stripped of their gold auras, but it makes sense on some level when you consider how many users have been made icon mods over the past week or so.

Of course, it was getting crazy with all the regulars running around with gold aura. If icon mods didn't become goldless, then some parts of the forums may as well be public mod lounges. :P Well, the icon mod crew is close enough.

Also, I COULD have had gold aura for a few hours but Tom Fulp made a slight mistake on his end and instead of being recruited on Friday, I had to wait until he had time to check his emails. On the bright side, at least I never had gold aura to begin with as if I found out I was with one but didn't witness it, that would have been a tease.

Still, hope all the icon making / modding goes well. GRATZ ;)

Thank you. It's been really interesting so far and I intend to keep up the good work.

At 6/8/10 02:14 PM, Auz wrote: Congrats to Bahamut on becoming an icon mod

Thank you Auz!

I really wish I could vote for more people in the best poster and most underrated categories.

Same, I always have several people for these categories. If I was able to nominate more than one for Most Underrated, you and Haggard would have been mentioned by me without hesitation. As for Best Poster, Coop would have been mentioned. I apologise to Coop for not nominating him for Best Poster but Best Mod and Master Creator are still good, right?

At 6/8/10 02:36 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: As Baron said, I'm an icon mod now. Sure, there are like 50 other people who are icon mods as well but hey, I'm still considered a mod, right? As for the lack of gold aura, at least I can still change my aura. I'm sure the other mods are jellyous of us. :P

Congrats dude! Pity you can ban anybody

It's a pity I can ban people? I wasn't aware icon modding involved banning users. :P

but it's a nice foot in the door, so to speak.

True that.

Jokes on you reverend!

Yeah, instead of someone sort of worthy like yourself, there is tons of nominations for people who are not underrated in the slightest.

But I'm no longer worthy.

You're having sex with someone with the exact same genes as you so I'd consider it as sick and wrong. It could be worse, though. What if it was having sex with a female counterpart?

I remember once that there was a thread, since deleted, about dragons having sex with a car. Not in a car but with it. I think that is worse as you can get. :P

When there's a thread about dragons, I will NEVER forget about it and I remember that thread very well. FBIpolux has made some awesome threads about dragons which are definitely worth reading!

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Sit out for the rest of the month if you want. Just make sure you have enough to get the new albums by Blind Guardian and Iron Maiden.

It's not that I'm totally broke, but I like to have a few hundred bucks on my bank account, just in case something bad happens. It's always nice to have a little back up.

I understand that very well. I always like to make sure I have a lot of money in my bank account. Still, be sure to get those two albums on the day of release.

But Queen's albums aren't rare.

Quite so. But there are albums that may be considered rare, but I guess not many people care for them as many albums get a re-release these days and most people (myself included) are just happy when they can listen to the songs. They don't care if it is an original release or not.

If by original, you mean the original track listing without any bonus tracks, then for Queen's album, I don't really mind if I get bonus tracks or not. Sometimes bonus tracks can ruin the feel of the album, even if they're usually placed right after the album closer.

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, Iron Maiden announced more details for their new album including album cover, tracklist, release date AND a single! Go here for more information.

Thanks for that - not a bad sounding track. I want the rest of the album though...

It's pretty good. I'm finding myself liking it more and more each time I listen to it. I can't wait to hear the whole album. Hopefully When the Wild Wind Blows will be a really good song considering its track length. It's their first 10+ minute track since Sign of the Cross in The X Factor so I have high hopes for it.

3/4 way to 100k. How does it feel?

Good. It'll feel weird when I get to my Saves : Blams ratio of 2:1

If only the ratio for blams and saves were the other way round.

222 Reviews lol iam awesome

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: I love the way that he did an advert for some sort of shampoo and he was dubbed with a deep and masculine voice, despite that fact that he speaks perfect English.

His voice just isn't masculine enough. XD

Though he does have enough testosterone to drive one of the fastest cars available :P

I bet he does that to compensate something else.

Fair enough. If you're not into the sport, there's no real drive to keep watching, though you might keep tabs, by looking at results and watching highlights of the big crashes, for example.

Heh, sometimes I watch the start of a race and hope for a big crash. ^^
Luckily the cars are a lot safer than they where some years ago, so even if there's a huge crash almost nobody gets hurt in it.

With the way that some of my more simple friends talk, the best way to watch a race is to watch the first lap or two, so we can see the start and the replays, followed by the finish. I prefer to watch the tactical exchanges, plus if I didn't, I would have missed the Vettel / Webber crash, which I believe was the route of this rambling conversation ;)

Yeah but to watch the exchanges I'd have to watch the whole race and for that, I'd have to be into the sport, which I'm not. ^^
And yes, the Vettel/Webber was the start of this conversation. ^^

At 6/9/10 05:28 AM, Odyssic wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Sit out for the rest of the month if you want. Just make sure you have enough to get the new albums by Blind Guardian and Iron Maiden.

It's not that I'm totally broke, but I like to have a few hundred bucks on my bank account, just in case something bad happens. It's always nice to have a little back up.

I understand that very well. I always like to make sure I have a lot of money in my bank account. Still, be sure to get those two albums on the day of release.

Maybe not on the day of the release, but very soon after it, I guess.

But Queen's albums aren't rare.

Quite so. But there are albums that may be considered rare, but I guess not many people care for them as many albums get a re-release these days and most people (myself included) are just happy when they can listen to the songs. They don't care if it is an original release or not.

If by original, you mean the original track listing without any bonus tracks, then for Queen's album, I don't really mind if I get bonus tracks or not. Sometimes bonus tracks can ruin the feel of the album, even if they're usually placed right after the album closer.

By original I meant the copies that where first released. For example like Metallica's "Garage Days Re-Revisited". All the tracks are included on the "Garage Inc." so I'm fine with that. But there may be some people out there who'd like to get a hand on a copy of "Garage Days" even though it's a collectors item and you'd have to pay way over 500$ (at least that's the last price I heard of) to get one.

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reverend
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Coop83
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At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/7/10 12:24 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/6/10 10:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: And you know what's worse with having to play all these games? You then get some nostalgia urge and go back to playing old games. Yeah, I know we're going circles in here but recently I had to play the first Tomb Raider game again after writing up an upcoming rant.

Happens me constantly, for no reason at all I'd get a craving to play some old game for no good reason :S

It's funny because there are those out there who think once they've played a game, they're done with it for good, even if they happened to have enjoyed it a lot. I'd say it's the real gamers who look back at old games and play them again.

Suppose that's true, I mean even if it's just for the sake of nostalgia there's some games I'll always go back and play for a bit.

Speaking of which, I think you must resign yourself to getting Underrated nominations, as someone who contributes as much as you but isn't well known outside Wi/Ht and C&C is bound to be picked, like it or not :P

That'll make me happy, actually. A third time will be very silly.

Would be sort of funny if you became like the perennial underrated winner year in year out.

Also, User of the Day, nice surprise, although I admit I didn't notice till sixflab sent me a PM.

Big congrats on that! I'm still waiting to be UOTD.

Thanks, I mean it is bound to happen at some point or another, still nice when it does though.

At 6/8/10 02:36 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/8/10 08:51 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: So wise so young, they say do never live long.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.

Congrats to:
FBIpolux - 16k Posts
HeavyTank - 12k B/P
BaronVonBadGuy - 21k B/P
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 8,888 Blams
Ronald-McDonald-LoL - 4 Years on NG
Haggard - 18k Exp
DeIvL666 - 222 Flash Reviews

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At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop watches Steven Strasburg's impressive debut, while congratulating:

7IP 4H 2R a HR with 14K. Not bad for facing the Pirates and having every single person in the baseball nation watching you.

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/8/10 02:36 PM, reverend wrote: Congrats dude! Pity you can ban anybody

It's a pity I can ban people? I wasn't aware icon modding involved banning users. :P

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Damn edit button didn't work -- I meant can't instead of can.

But I'm no longer worthy.

That category is probably the hardest for anyone to decide since it's so relative to how people perceive one another. One person might feel they are underrated compared to what they perceive while another don't see them as underrated.

When there's a thread about dragons, I will NEVER forget about it and I remember that thread very well. FBIpolux has made some awesome threads about dragons which are definitely worth reading!

The dude is right; we need more dragons and dragon related stories on this forum.

At 6/9/10 09:12 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them.

Achievement of the Day:
milinko959: 100,000 Total Stats

Too bad you're not that happy about it. I personally consider it one of the 'bigger achievements', but that's just me. Anyway, congrats nonetheless!

Congrats to:
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 26,000 Saves, 8,888 Blams
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Ronald-McDonald-LoL: 4 Years on NG
Haggard: 18,000 Experience
DeIvL666: 222 Reviews

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/7/10 07:08 AM, Auz wrote: This reminds me of another interesting failure book called: "The Book of Heroic Failures". My girlfriend happens to own a copy and I must say it is quite an amusing thing to read through. It covers all kinds of failures, from individual ones (like the Darwin Awards) to failing military strategies, stupid inventions and stuff like that.

I believe that I actually own a copy of said book... or something very similar. Still, if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's a smashing read.

I think it's quite a famous book, although I thought the wikipedia article stated it wasn't very successful in America. Anyway, fun book indeed. I gotta dig it back up again someday :p

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/8/10 02:14 PM, Auz wrote: I really wish I could vote for more people in the best poster and most underrated categories.

Same, I always have several people for these categories. If I was able to nominate more than one for Most Underrated, you and Haggard would have been mentioned by me without hesitation. As for Best Poster, Coop would have been mentioned. I apologise to Coop for not nominating him for Best Poster but Best Mod and Master Creator are still good, right?

Indeed. I had a lot of difficulty picking names this year as I've already said several times.

I wanted to vote Haggard, reverend and Sir-Nuts for most underrated. But I thought Haggard and reverend were already mentioned here and there, so I went for Sir-Nuts because he deserves some credit as well imo.

For best poster I had you, Coop, Scarab and gfoxcook in mind. I never voted for Scarab before, so I went for him this time.

Anyway, I do wish you could just drop a few catagories and have extra votes in others. Like I personally couldn't give a shit about Never Logs Off or Best Artist. Best Artist doesn't have much to do with the BBS anyway if you ask me, unless it goes to some audio/art/writing forum reg (which it probably doesn't).

Either that or at least have two or three votes per category, kinda like we do in the wi/ht? forum.

29000 medal points

Lieutenant General!

Two stars; three to go. :)

Level 24. I'm not really sure if this is more dangerous than the previous level, but oh well.

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

With that vote, you now have 1,350 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 12. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 20 hours, 26 minutes, and 39 seconds.

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

Coop thinks about getting his weights out, while congratulting:
Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup Champions 2010
DeIvL666: 222 Reviews (Flash)
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 29,000 Medal Points
reverend: Lieutenant General
Ship: Level 24
PenisFromHell: Level 12

Listening to:
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Alice Cooper - This House is Haunted

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, Iron Maiden announced more details for their new album including album cover, tracklist, release date AND a single! Go here for more information.

Thanks for that - not a bad sounding track. I want the rest of the album though...

It's pretty good. I'm finding myself liking it more and more each time I listen to it. I can't wait to hear the whole album. Hopefully When the Wild Wind Blows will be a really good song considering its track length. It's their first 10+ minute track since Sign of the Cross in The X Factor so I have high hopes for it.

Always good to have a bit of length to the tracks. Particularly if they've got a steady beat. I think Hallowed be thy Name is a pretty good tune for length and consistent beat. I'll try lifting to it in a moment or two.

3/4 way to 100k. How does it feel?

Good. It'll feel weird when I get to my Saves : Blams ratio of 2:1

If only the ratio for blams and saves were the other way round.

Ah yes, that would be something else. I remember when I was trying to help schneelocke to 50k Blams. A shame that that's not working out any more :(

At 6/9/10 08:24 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: I love the way that he did an advert for some sort of shampoo and he was dubbed with a deep and masculine voice, despite that fact that he speaks perfect English.

His voice just isn't masculine enough. XD

Though he does have enough testosterone to drive one of the fastest cars available :P

I bet he does that to compensate something else.

Well, who can say? I for one won't be popping into the F1 locker room to try and gauge his package ;)

With the way that some of my more simple friends talk, the best way to watch a race is to watch the first lap or two, so we can see the start and the replays, followed by the finish. I prefer to watch the tactical exchanges, plus if I didn't, I would have missed the Vettel / Webber crash, which I believe was the route of this rambling conversation ;)

Yeah but to watch the exchanges I'd have to watch the whole race and for that, I'd have to be into the sport, which I'm not. ^^
And yes, the Vettel/Webber was the start of this conversation. ^^

Look at the report and scan read for the words "crash", "carnage", "indecision", "suicidal" and the like. That should be the clues to the crashes. If there are any, then watch the video and laugh.

At 6/9/10 01:10 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop watches Steven Strasburg's impressive debut, while congratulating:

7IP 4H 2R a HR with 14K. Not bad for facing the Pirates and having every single person in the baseball nation watching you.

It might be a better indicator when he faces a competitor, but still a very good start to his career. He's got more wins than 4 Washington starters and as many wins as one starter, through 8 starts. I wonder if he'll be challenging Justin Heyward for Rookie of the Year? On this showing, yes he will.

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/7/10 07:08 AM, Auz wrote: This reminds me of another interesting failure book called: "The Book of Heroic Failures". My girlfriend happens to own a copy and I must say it is quite an amusing thing to read through. It covers all kinds of failures, from individual ones (like the Darwin Awards) to failing military strategies, stupid inventions and stuff like that.

I believe that I actually own a copy of said book... or something very similar. Still, if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's a smashing read.

I think it's quite a famous book, although I thought the wikipedia article stated it wasn't very successful in America. Anyway, fun book indeed. I gotta dig it back up again someday :p

Yes, because when Americans do want to read, they don't want to read about how stupid they are. There are also groups that have an aversion to the name Darwin, because Evolution is a thoery, not a fact. If only they knew the meaning of the word "theory" :P

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: Same, I always have several people for these categories. If I was able to nominate more than one for Most Underrated, you and Haggard would have been mentioned by me without hesitation. As for Best Poster, Coop would have been mentioned. I apologise to Coop for not nominating him for Best Poster but Best Mod and Master Creator are still good, right?

For best poster I had you, Coop, Scarab and gfoxcook in mind. I never voted for Scarab before, so I went for him this time.

To be frank, I really don't mind over which awards I'm nominated for. The very fact that I'm considered is an honour enough.

Yeah. I'm level 11!

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Ship - Level 24
PenisFromHell - Level 12
ThR - Level 11

At 6/9/10 01:10 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/9/10 09:12 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in blood.

Listening to:

Motörhead - Motörhead

At 6/9/10 08:24 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: I understand that very well. I always like to make sure I have a lot of money in my bank account. Still, be sure to get those two albums on the day of release.

Maybe not on the day of the release, but very soon after it, I guess.

Good enough, I suppose. Man, is this the only argument we're having right now?

If by original, you mean the original track listing without any bonus tracks, then for Queen's album, I don't really mind if I get bonus tracks or not. Sometimes bonus tracks can ruin the feel of the album, even if they're usually placed right after the album closer.

By original I meant the copies that where first released. For example like Metallica's "Garage Days Re-Revisited". All the tracks are included on the "Garage Inc." so I'm fine with that. But there may be some people out there who'd like to get a hand on a copy of "Garage Days" even though it's a collectors item and you'd have to pay way over 500$ (at least that's the last price I heard of) to get one.

Oh yes, the original Garage Days. Now I know what you're talking about. After reading this post, I'm actually curious about Metallica's Garage Inc. now. I guess I should get it at some point but I'll leave it for a 2 for £10 deal at HMV.

At 6/9/10 09:12 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's funny because there are those out there who think once they've played a game, they're done with it for good, even if they happened to have enjoyed it a lot. I'd say it's the real gamers who look back at old games and play them again.

Suppose that's true, I mean even if it's just for the sake of nostalgia there's some games I'll always go back and play for a bit.

Yep, and I have many to play time and time again. Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld, Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider. That just shows how much I love the PS1 era.

That'll make me happy, actually. A third time will be very silly.

Would be sort of funny if you became like the perennial underrated winner year in year out.

I already made fun of that joke by saying the Most Underrated award should be called the Bahamut award.

Big congrats on that! I'm still waiting to be UOTD.

Thanks, I mean it is bound to happen at some point or another, still nice when it does though.

Indeed it is and I sure hope I'll get it sometime before I don't have any time for this site. Then again, I've been lucky enough to be UOTD twice on my main account on NG Log.

At 6/9/10 01:10 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's a pity I can ban people? I wasn't aware icon modding involved banning users. :P

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Damn edit button didn't work -- I meant can't instead of can.

Of course you did. Shame you have no flashes for me to moderate. :P

But I'm no longer worthy.

That category is probably the hardest for anyone to decide since it's so relative to how people perceive one another. One person might feel they are underrated compared to what they perceive while another don't see them as underrated.

It was actually an easy choice for me. Sure, I still wanted to nominate Haggard and Auz but I went for someone who's not even a Wi/Ht?'er.

When there's a thread about dragons, I will NEVER forget about it and I remember that thread very well. FBIpolux has made some awesome threads about dragons which are definitely worth reading!

The dude is right; we need more dragons and dragon related stories on this forum.

I couldn't agree more. MORE DRAGON STORIES!

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: Anyway, I do wish you could just drop a few catagories and have extra votes in others. Like I personally couldn't give a shit about Never Logs Off or Best Artist. Best Artist doesn't have much to do with the BBS anyway if you ask me, unless it goes to some audio/art/writing forum reg (which it probably doesn't).

I did suggest for new categories last time but obviously they were ignored. It's probably best if audio, art and writing had their own awards for the respective forums if they're not doing it already.

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's pretty good. I'm finding myself liking it more and more each time I listen to it. I can't wait to hear the whole album. Hopefully When the Wild Wind Blows will be a really good song considering its track length. It's their first 10+ minute track since Sign of the Cross in The X Factor so I have high hopes for it.

Always good to have a bit of length to the tracks. Particularly if they've got a steady beat. I think Hallowed be thy Name is a pretty good tune for length and consistent beat. I'll try lifting to it in a moment or two.

When talking about Maiden's epics, do not forget The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I'm sure that song was a huge inspiration on Helloween's epics.

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: For best poster I had you, Coop, Scarab and gfoxcook in mind. I never voted for Scarab before, so I went for him this time.

To be frank, I really don't mind over which awards I'm nominated for. The very fact that I'm considered is an honour enough.

In that case, Coop for Worst Mod and Poster. :P

At 6/10/10 07:07 AM, Odyssic wrote: About to watch the new AVGN, but first...

Good review. To be honest, I didn't have Action 52 on Mega Drive in mind for this review but the mention was highly appropriate.

Thanks to NEVR for the underrated user vote ^^

Probably the last vote I needed to make it to the nominees.

Achievement of the Day:
reverend: Brig General

Congrats! Only three more stars to go :)

Congrats to:
Ship: Level 24
PenisFromHell: Level 12
ThR: Level 11

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: I think it's quite a famous book, although I thought the wikipedia article stated it wasn't very successful in America. Anyway, fun book indeed. I gotta dig it back up again someday :p

Yes, because when Americans do want to read, they don't want to read about how stupid they are. There are also groups that have an aversion to the name Darwin, because Evolution is a thoery, not a fact. If only they knew the meaning of the word "theory" :P

Yeah, Americans are much more religious than most Europeans, aren't they?

And more stupid... yeah. Maybe they're not that much more stupid than the average European, but as opposed to us they always seem to go berserk when people mention their 'stupidity' :p I guess they're simply much more patriotic than we are, thus they can't take criticism that well.

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: Anyway, I do wish you could just drop a few catagories and have extra votes in others. Like I personally couldn't give a shit about Never Logs Off or Best Artist. Best Artist doesn't have much to do with the BBS anyway if you ask me, unless it goes to some audio/art/writing forum reg (which it probably doesn't).

I did suggest for new categories last time but obviously they were ignored. It's probably best if audio, art and writing had their own awards for the respective forums if they're not doing it already.

Yeah I heard some complaints about no innovations this year. It seemed to me like Twilight just stole the opportunity to make the nominations topic when EJR made the discussion topic a few minutes earlier.

I don't know if that was as planned by EJR. I didn't see him complaining about it, but it looked odd to me.

Anyway I agree with a separate election for other forums. Or at least the Best Artist election should be held in the audio, art and writing forums.

10,000 EXP and Level 31. Not so interesting. Bahamut told me I have a single stat for 10k now and if I get another, I'll be on his Pentalist updates but the chances of myself being there is little to none.

Thanks Coop for the best poster nomination. It's much appreciated.

Looks like I also got one vote for most underrated and another for most overrated. :P

Fro is happy that this is the last day he has to work this week while saying Congrats To:

Pokemonpoeguygcn: 8,888 Blams, 29,000 Medal Points
Ronald-McDonald-Lol: 4 Years on NG
Haggard: 18,000 Experience
DelvL666: 222 Flash Reviews
reverend: Lieutenant General
Ship: Level 24
PenisFromHell: Level 12
ThR: Level 11
NewsReporter: 10,000 Experience, Level 31

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My editor should be done with my robot day story today and I'll have it out within the week! Hopefully some of you guys check it out and hopefully it has a chance of winning one of the three places. :)

So the Cubbies curse doesn't extend to the 'hawks; congrats to:
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 29k Medal Points
Ship - Level 24
PenisFromHell - Level 12
ThR - Level 11
NewsReporter - 10,000 Exp and Level 31 - Interesting

Thanks to:
Coop83
Odyssic
RohantheBarbarian
Auz
Fro

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At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: It might be a better indicator when he faces a competitor, but still a very good start to his career. He's got more wins than 4 Washington starters and as many wins as one starter, through 8 starts. I wonder if he'll be challenging Justin Heyward for Rookie of the Year? On this showing, yes he will.

One start and you already want rookie of the year? I'm not sure if he is going to be put fully in the rotation for the entire year. As they are, they are still a third place team and it would be waste to wear him down now before the Nats get come other talent, especially in the rotation.

At 6/10/10 08:24 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in blood.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Of course you did. Shame you have no flashes for me to moderate. :P

I have Flash, but no motivation to animate. However, I noticed that BaconBurgerClock could use some icons. :)

I couldn't agree more. MORE DRAGON STORIES!

Not only that, but dragons with swords for dicks!

At 6/10/10 11:22 AM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day:
reverend: Brig General

Awesome, but it's Lt. General. :)

Hm, there seems to be a problem at NG Logs today. I can't log my stats and it seems other people are experiencing this as well... last log is from 12:12 pm NG Logs time (now it is 13:57 at NG Logs).
This sucks, I'm missing far too many logs this year...

At 6/9/10 09:12 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Congratulations to: -
Haggard - 18,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 6/9/10 01:10 PM, reverend wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard - 18k Exp

Thanks!

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thanks!

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/9/10 08:24 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:58 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/8/10 03:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: I love the way that he did an advert for some sort of shampoo and he was dubbed with a deep and masculine voice, despite that fact that he speaks perfect English.

His voice just isn't masculine enough. XD

Though he does have enough testosterone to drive one of the fastest cars available :P

I bet he does that to compensate something else.

Well, who can say? I for one won't be popping into the F1 locker room to try and gauge his package ;)

You could always try and write a nice e-mail to his wife. :P

Yeah but to watch the exchanges I'd have to watch the whole race and for that, I'd have to be into the sport, which I'm not. ^^
And yes, the Vettel/Webber was the start of this conversation. ^^

Look at the report and scan read for the words "crash", "carnage", "indecision", "suicidal" and the like. That should be the clues to the crashes. If there are any, then watch the video and laugh.

Well, I'm not THAT much into crashes. I watch the start of a race whenever I zap through the programs and see it by accident. That's enough for me.

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/9/10 08:24 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: I understand that very well. I always like to make sure I have a lot of money in my bank account. Still, be sure to get those two albums on the day of release.

Maybe not on the day of the release, but very soon after it, I guess.

Good enough, I suppose. Man, is this the only argument we're having right now?

Sadly, yes. But I bet other users in the LUL are happy about that. :P

By original I meant the copies that where first released. For example like Metallica's "Garage Days Re-Revisited". All the tracks are included on the "Garage Inc." so I'm fine with that. But there may be some people out there who'd like to get a hand on a copy of "Garage Days" even though it's a collectors item and you'd have to pay way over 500$ (at least that's the last price I heard of) to get one.

Oh yes, the original Garage Days. Now I know what you're talking about. After reading this post, I'm actually curious about Metallica's Garage Inc. now. I guess I should get it at some point but I'll leave it for a 2 for £10 deal at HMV.

Garage Inc. is pretty nice. Sure, it's only a cover album but it's really worth it. Especially the Misfits covers. I like Metallicas version of "Die, Die my darling" even better than the original song.

At 6/10/10 12:24 PM, Fro wrote: Fro is happy that this is the last day he has to work this week while saying Congrats To:
Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thanks!

Blams: 25,050
Saves: 50,100

Ratio of exactly 2 saves per 1 Blam. Not as impressive as I wanted, but still decent.

2,000 experience points

Again with these pretty numbers. I have achieved 12,345 saves! I can feel more achievements coming my way, as it seems I'm dangerously close to two major lists here. Bliss.

At 6/10/10 11:22 AM, Auz wrote: Thanks to NEVR for the underrated user vote ^^

Probably the last vote I needed to make it to the nominees.

It was deserved. The only problem--other than the inherently contradictory nature of the underrated user category--is that it's pretty much just a general forum awards. Hopefully we can get some Wi/Ht'ers to win this year again (didn't Bahamut win underrated last time?)

Anyways, good luck cap'n. ;)

Coop tries his damaged heel in his trainers, while congratulating:
ThR: Level 11
NewsReporter: 10,000 Experience; Level 31
WeirdAlthe3rd: 15,000 B/P
DeIvL666: 2,000 Experience
WilhelmTheVampire: 12,345 Saves

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/9/10 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's pretty good. I'm finding myself liking it more and more each time I listen to it. I can't wait to hear the whole album. Hopefully When the Wild Wind Blows will be a really good song considering its track length. It's their first 10+ minute track since Sign of the Cross in The X Factor so I have high hopes for it.

Always good to have a bit of length to the tracks. Particularly if they've got a steady beat. I think Hallowed be thy Name is a pretty good tune for length and consistent beat. I'll try lifting to it in a moment or two.

When talking about Maiden's epics, do not forget The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I'm sure that song was a huge inspiration on Helloween's epics.

Awesome track. I've got to listen to more Maiden, though it comes on in my car quite frequnetly

At 6/9/10 02:31 PM, Auz wrote: For best poster I had you, Coop, Scarab and gfoxcook in mind. I never voted for Scarab before, so I went for him this time.

To be frank, I really don't mind over which awards I'm nominated for. The very fact that I'm considered is an honour enough.

In that case, Coop for Worst Mod and Poster. :P

w00?

At 6/10/10 11:22 AM, Auz wrote:

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yes, because when Americans do want to read, they don't want to read about how stupid they are. There are also groups that have an aversion to the name Darwin, because Evolution is a thoery, not a fact. If only they knew the meaning of the word "theory" :P

Yeah, Americans are much more religious than most Europeans, aren't they?

And more stupid... yeah. Maybe they're not that much more stupid than the average European, but as opposed to us they always seem to go berserk when people mention their 'stupidity' :p I guess they're simply much more patriotic than we are, thus they can't take criticism that well.

But if they had the chance, they'd realise that there are plenty of Europeans that get taken into account by this.

At 6/10/10 01:46 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote: It might be a better indicator when he faces a competitor, but still a very good start to his career. He's got more wins than 4 Washington starters and as many wins as one starter, through 8 starts. I wonder if he'll be challenging Justin Heyward for Rookie of the Year? On this showing, yes he will.

One start and you already want rookie of the year? I'm not sure if he is going to be put fully in the rotation for the entire year. As they are, they are still a third place team and it would be waste to wear him down now before the Nats get come other talent, especially in the rotation.

I'm not saying that he should win it, but if he keeps up this good start, it's going to put pressure on Heyward, isn't it?

At 6/10/10 02:03 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/10/10 04:12 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/9/10 08:24 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/9/10 03:24 AM, Coop83 wrote: Though he does have enough testosterone to drive one of the fastest cars available :P

I bet he does that to compensate something else.

Well, who can say? I for one won't be popping into the F1 locker room to try and gauge his package ;)

You could always try and write a nice e-mail to his wife. :P

Dear Mrs. Schumacher, could you tell us if your husband has a tiny penis? I can see that going down like a fart in a lift.

At 6/11/10 12:28 AM, NEVR wrote: Hopefully we can get some Wi/Ht'ers to win this year again (didn't Bahamut win underrated last time?)

Anyways, good luck cap'n. ;)

Those people that win Underrated get modded. Timmy, myself and Bahamut are all prime examples.

level 28 motherfuckers :D

You passed 35000 B/P! Congrats!
You entered the top 100 in B/P Points. Outstanding!

Listening to:

Tool - Ænima

Thanks to:

Fro
reverend. You're right, it is interesting.
Coop83
Odyssic

At 6/10/10 11:22 AM, Auz wrote: Thanks to NEVR for the underrated user vote ^^

From the looks of things, you have a good chance at winning Most Underrated. If I happen to be in the finals too, I will beg anyone who considers voting me to vote for you instead.

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: I did suggest for new categories last time but obviously they were ignored. It's probably best if audio, art and writing had their own awards for the respective forums if they're not doing it already.

Yeah I heard some complaints about no innovations this year. It seemed to me like Twilight just stole the opportunity to make the nominations topic when EJR made the discussion topic a few minutes earlier.

This is why I was thinking of running the Midyear awards myself but on the other hand, I was wanting to see if we were able to wait until the end of the year to have the awards rather than having an additional one half-way through. I guess one of us could try and run the awards at the end of the year and do some changes on our own behalf.

Anyway I agree with a separate election for other forums. Or at least the Best Artist election should be held in the audio, art and writing forums.

Indeed, they'll have a better idea on who's really good at those departments. My nominations for Best Artist are really only for those I know which can be biased.

At 6/10/10 01:46 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Of course you did. Shame you have no flashes for me to moderate. :P

I have Flash, but no motivation to animate. However, I noticed that BaconBurgerClock could use some icons. :)

I'll take him down once I'm done with YoinK's flashes and assuming no-one sorts him out before I have the chance.

I couldn't agree more. MORE DRAGON STORIES!

Not only that, but dragons with swords for dicks!

Yes, we need more dragons with swords for dicks. Why can't the General forum have more of that? It's not actually yiffing or anything. I'd sit out of the Wi/Ht? revolution completely if they had more stories about dragons with swords for dicks. I should have mentioned it to FBIpolux when I had the chance.

At 6/10/10 02:03 PM, Haggard wrote: Hm, there seems to be a problem at NG Logs today. I can't log my stats and it seems other people are experiencing this as well... last log is from 12:12 pm NG Logs time (now it is 13:57 at NG Logs).

Yeah, I had some problems myself. It seems fine now, although the servers are rather slow.

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Good enough, I suppose. Man, is this the only argument we're having right now?

Sadly, yes. But I bet other users in the LUL are happy about that. :P

Nah, RohantheBarbarian is amused at our Manowar and shitblade arguments so surely he loves our arguments in general.

Oh yes, the original Garage Days. Now I know what you're talking about. After reading this post, I'm actually curious about Metallica's Garage Inc. now. I guess I should get it at some point but I'll leave it for a 2 for £10 deal at HMV.

Garage Inc. is pretty nice. Sure, it's only a cover album but it's really worth it. Especially the Misfits covers. I like Metallicas version of "Die, Die my darling" even better than the original song.

I'm well aware it's a cover-only album but getting it for £5 is a fair deal. I suppose I could get another Tool album to complete the deal. Ænima is an interesting album despite the fillers. I don't see the point in having a track which is nothing but electricity noises.

At 6/10/10 11:33 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote: Again with these pretty numbers. I have achieved 12,345 saves! I can feel more achievements coming my way, as it seems I'm dangerously close to two major lists here. Bliss.

Top EXP users and top 300 B/P, I see. :)

At 6/11/10 12:28 AM, NEVR wrote: Hopefully we can get some Wi/Ht'ers to win this year again

Viva la revolution!

(didn't Bahamut win underrated last time?)

Yeah, I won Most Underrated TWICE!

At 6/11/10 03:23 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: When talking about Maiden's epics, do not forget The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I'm sure that song was a huge inspiration on Helloween's epics.

Awesome track. I've got to listen to more Maiden, though it comes on in my car quite frequnetly

I'm guessing you have some Maiden albums missing out. Can't remember which ones you have and which ones you haven't besides knowing you have the obvious ones like The Number of the Beast and Powerslave.

That reminds me, I could do with swiping a copy of Best of the B-Sides from eBay, even if the album will cost quite a bit.

In that case, Coop for Worst Mod and Poster. :P

w00?

No no, you know UltraBear is almost certain to win Worst Mod. As for Worst Poster, we'll wait and see but my bet is Ultor.

Those people that win Underrated get modded. Timmy, myself and Bahamut are all prime examples.

Good to know I'm being treated with respect for being an official mod despite normal aura.

Congratulations to: -

NewsReporter - 10,000 Experience and Level 31
WeirdAlthe3rd - 15,000 B/P
Coop83 - 1:2 B/P Ratio
DeIvL666 - 2,000 Experience
WilhelmTheVampire - 12,345 Saves
fuzzum111 - Level 28
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 35,000 B/P and Top 100 in B/P

At 6/10/10 10:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/9/10 09:12 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's funny because there are those out there who think once they've played a game, they're done with it for good, even if they happened to have enjoyed it a lot. I'd say it's the real gamers who look back at old games and play them again.

Suppose that's true, I mean even if it's just for the sake of nostalgia there's some games I'll always go back and play for a bit.

Yep, and I have many to play time and time again. Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld, Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider. That just shows how much I love the PS1 era.

Quite an amazing era for sure, so so many iconic and legendary series saw their first iterations on the PS1.

That'll make me happy, actually. A third time will be very silly.

Would be sort of funny if you became like the perennial underrated winner year in year out.

I already made fun of that joke by saying the Most Underrated award should be called the Bahamut award.

If you win again I will insist on it :P

Big congrats on that! I'm still waiting to be UOTD.

Thanks, I mean it is bound to happen at some point or another, still nice when it does though.

Indeed it is and I sure hope I'll get it sometime before I don't have any time for this site. Then again, I've been lucky enough to be UOTD twice on my main account on NG Log.

Here's hoping :)

At 6/10/10 01:46 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/10/10 08:24 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth in blood.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

To sleep, perchance to dream

awesome i got a new rank.saddly i will have to start voting on more new flashes ho well