I didn't level up or anything, I just think you guise are cool!

At 6/17/10 03:59 AM, TehSlapHappy wrote: I didn't level up or anything, I just think you guise are cool!

Congratulations to:

TehSlapHappy: Being a brown nose

Level 16. The icon isn't that great but meh :3

Achievement of the Day
Odyssic: 23,000 BP

Sweet! ^^

Congrats to:
FroNickProductions: Level 23
Rabid-Animals: Staff Sergeant
Lizzardis: 13,000 Saves
DrHood: Happy 22nd Birthday!
sandwich-eater: Level 16

At 6/17/10 03:58 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/16/10 02:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 6/16/10 03:07 AM, Coop83 wrote: When I won Most Underrated, a few weeks later, I attended my first NG London Meet. Tom was there as well and as a result, I made a "Most Underrated" award - took one baked beans tin, sprayed it gold and when that had dried, I put and NG Sticker on it.

Then I got Tom to present me with said tin.

Yeah I've seen the picture before but I always wondered what the idea was. I just read it in your newsblog :p You should've written 'most underrated' on it or something, although it would hardly be readable.

There were two problems with that:

1) The can was too small for the NG Logo sticker and anything else to be written on the tin

2) I only had a blue ball point pen, so it kept chipping the paint off, as opposed to writing over the top.

You could've written it in the yellow part of the sticker, but I guess with a blue ball point pen it wouldn't be visible anyhow.

Anyway, it must've been nice meeting Tom. I don't suppose he goes to Europe often to meet his fans.

well i am level 11 now guess i am not a noob anymore white gloves and fists.

About the special flight trip last Saturday for my grandad's 80th birthday, here's the news post.

Listening to:

Einherjer - Blot

Thanks to:

Auz. Haha.

At 6/16/10 07:14 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: You saw Megadeth LIVE playing the whole of Rust in Peace? Holy motherfucking shit, that's awesome!

Yes is was, absolutely awesome. We were right in the front row, see below pic of Dave Mustaine with no zoom whatsoever :P

That is just as awesome as the Opeth show I went to, if not, BETTER!

This might be a surprise to you but I actually recognise Sirocco. I have a few songs of theirs on my iPod. I was recommended to listen to them by the Metal Hell back in 2007.

Cool, might get into them myself, I was thoroughly impressed by them the other night.

That's good. I haven't had a further look in their music but if you find anything else, be sure to let me know.

Ah, it feels good to let my anger out on him.

Let the hate flow through you...

Speaking of "gamers", that fucker went to E3. There is no god.

He did not mean to blow your mind.

Don't worry, that shit happens to me all the time :P

His posts are just POWERFUUUUUUL!

At 6/16/10 12:01 PM, Fro wrote: Milestones:

Level 33

Nicely done Fro!

At 6/16/10 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Why am I blamed for this?

You picked it up in broad daylight and you scratched it.

Evidence please?

Also, you're the only one with dragon claws. :/

Oh, just because I have claws you immediately assume it was me who scratched those DVDs.

Oh yeah, that was me. I needed to drink something and all I could find was beer.

So it was Bahamut that drank the beer... The story is starting to get messed up. Now that I think about it I was the one that clogged the toilet... or was it Haggard?

Now why blame Haggard? I'm pretty sure I messed up the toilet when I was drunk.

At 6/16/10 12:26 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/16/10 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Nah, no voices needed, unless you plan to make any Gmod videos.

Who me personally? No no no. I'll just stick to not doing Flash. I'll leave that to the experts or whoever made that vid.

Fair enough, in the meantime I'll make any videos that comes to mind.

At 6/16/10 02:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, for the finals you CAN vote for yourself but why would you want to do that? That's just stupid!

Yeah, voting for yourself is kinda lame imo so I'm not gonna do that.

Yeah, I've never done it and I never will.

Coop and Tom Fulp with a can of beans!

Oh so that's what they're holding in the picture.

I had no idea what they were doing there actually, but now I get it after reading Coops newspost.

It's not so obvious for a non-Brit so I'll cut you some slack.

Possible Liverpool meet?

Liverpool meet?

I'm not UK'er and don't care much for meets in general, so don't expect to see me there. Although I would love to go to the home of The Beatles someday.

I'm sure others will want to go to the home of The Beatles someday as well which is why I think something can be arranged here. However, if I was the one organising it, I'd think it'd be best if I met a NGer beforehand so they can confirm a trustworthy meet. I've never been to meets before so it'll look strange if I arranged one myself.

No but I still have my blue aura and that's what counts! Being a gold dragon would make me much heavier. :P

Yes, but you could be like... Bahamut-ZERO! Or something.

I don't remember Bahamut ZERO being gold or anything.

I'm hoping I do get it. It'll be a tough competition with Scarab still around but we'll see. If I do win Best Poster, maybe I'll have a happy e-retirement.

You're not gonna retire from posting then are you?

Nah, I'll still post as long as I'm happy here. If I did win Best Poster, I'll know that I've done something right here and shouldn't doubt myself too much.

At 6/16/10 05:11 PM, Hacsev wrote: Thanks to all for congratulating me except Bahamut!

Not to worry, you'll get your mention this Sunday.

At 6/17/10 03:58 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/16/10 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Something tells me I'm going to forget mine as well.

Postit Notes?

I have none lying around in the house so I'll just have to rely on my memory.

Congratulations to: -

Spoopy - Level 23
Fro - Level 33 and 33,000 Medal Points
FroNickProductions - Level 23
Hacsev - 31,000 Medal Points
Rabid-Animals - Staff Sergeant
Lizzardis - 13,000 Saves
DrHood - Happy 22nd Birthday!
Odyssic - 23,000 B/P
sandwich-eater - Level 16
darksoldier567 - Level 11

Thank you to: -

Fro
reverend
Yamor
Auz
Coop83
Odyssic

At 6/16/10 12:26 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/16/10 07:14 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.

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red

Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

At 6/17/10 08:43 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/16/10 07:14 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: You saw Megadeth LIVE playing the whole of Rust in Peace? Holy motherfucking shit, that's awesome!

Yes is was, absolutely awesome. We were right in the front row, see below pic of Dave Mustaine with no zoom whatsoever :P

That is just as awesome as the Opeth show I went to, if not, BETTER!

Haha, it was amazing all right, first time I've been front row for a gig as well, which made it twice as special.

This might be a surprise to you but I actually recognise Sirocco. I have a few songs of theirs on my iPod. I was recommended to listen to them by the Metal Hell back in 2007.

Cool, might get into them myself, I was thoroughly impressed by them the other night.

That's good. I haven't had a further look in their music but if you find anything else, be sure to let me know.

As far as I know An Tríu Creathán and March Through Crimson Frost are their two "main" albums, I know they have a few other CD's out but mostly with only 3 or 4 tracks.

Ah, it feels good to let my anger out on him.

Let the hate flow through you...

Speaking of "gamers", that fucker went to E3. There is no god.

Ugh, what so many people wouldn't give to get into E3 and that wanker goes.

He did not mean to blow your mind.

Don't worry, that shit happens to me all the time :P

His posts are just POWERFUUUUUUL!

Take a look across the Styx, he's got the pick OF 36!!!

Fro thinks he should start on his philosophy homework now while saying Congrats To:

FroNickProductions: Level 23
Hacsev: 31,000 Medal Points
Rabid-Animals: Staff Sergeant
Lizzardis: 13,000 Saves
DrHood: 22 Years Old
Odyssic: 23,000 B/P
sandwich-eater: Level 16
darksoldier: Level 11, Still Noob

Thanks To:

reverend
Yamor
Auz
TehSlapHappy
Odyssic
Bahamut
RohantheBarbarian

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I made a thread in the audio forum requesting some sounds for an introduction that I created for any of my future submissions. Opinions in that thread about the sounds done so far or in here would be appreciated. :)

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1174 677

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At 6/16/10 02:05 PM, Yamor wrote:

But, I don't wanna clean the bathroom. : / Coop just has horrible aim. It's EVERYWHERE!

And I'm sure that has nothing to do at all with the beer that he didn't steal.

At 6/16/10 07:38 PM, WeirdAlthe3rd wrote: I have a question for you guys. Why do hate level 26 so much?

Have you not looked at it? Even though I would have to say that I don't dislike it as much as the other guys here. In fact, there aren't many levels that I don't like.

At 6/17/10 08:43 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Evidence please?

You wrote Bahamut wuz here all over the DVD's. >:(

Oh god... I hope that wasn't you know who showing up... :(

Now why blame Haggard? I'm pretty sure I messed up the toilet when I was drunk.

So everything is your fault except for the DVD's then. That's not any better.

At 6/15/10 04:26 PM, Yamor wrote: The blade is still efficient and it adds some slightly homosexual flair. Always a plus in my book. ;)

I kinda see it. I think the feathers are what overdoes it for me. It's not least favorite icon for sure, but I don't why it's level 36 and not something lower. Ah well, such is life.

At 6/15/10 04:45 PM, thenewbies wrote: So? The blade protrudes out more than the fluff. Plus, it makes a normally manly weapon look dainty, so it's more powerful than it seems. There's more to it than meets the eye.

Yeah, the blade's pretty decent, and the blood is a nice little touch. I kinda figured that normally dainty items that look manly show more power than vice versa. Pulling off either one is all well and good, but by level 36, the small details should be adding to the manly side.

At 6/16/10 07:38 PM, WeirdAlthe3rd wrote: I have a question for you guys. Why do hate level 26 so much?

Well it's just kind of a bummer level. You have level 23 which is pretty nice, level 24 which isn't as nice, but I definitely don't wanna get hit by a bronze fist, and level 25 is nunchucks which are great. Then you get to level 26 and it's like...a tiny little blade. The preceeding levels were building up to so much more. Also it comes right before level 27 which is amazing, so people are eager to rid themselves of it.

At 6/16/10 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/15/10 07:04 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote: Reminds me somewhat of
Another user
Trying to get to 10k posts.
Honestly, making your posts multiple lines long
To make them seem better
Isn't fooling anyone.

/Ultor

His posting format sucks all right. He even tried to add me to his portal buddies and I was like "lolno."

What's with the whole "a brighter future and a better life" thing? He sounds like some Eastern European dictator :P

At 6/17/10 03:59 AM, TehSlapHappy wrote: I didn't level up or anything, I just think you guise are cool!

Excellent. It's all falling into place...

Rev is ready for Game 7; congrats to:
FroNickProductions - Level 23
Hacsev - 31k Medal Points
Rabid-Animals - Staff Sergeant
Lizzardis - 13k Saves
DrHood - 22 Years Old
Odyssic - 23k B/P
sandwich-eater - Level 16
darksoldier567 - Level 11

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At 6/17/10 08:58 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

Eh, screw it you win. I think we pretty much covered every notable quote there is.

At 6/16/10 06:07 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/15/10 01:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, it's not one his strongest but it's a good follow-up to his previous review.

Yes and it also takes another step in the right direction: Away from all the shit around the reviews (like beating up Bugs Bunny, etc.) and back to reviewing the games and giving background information to the games.

Yeah, he's been focusing more and more on the games themselves these days and hardly anything besides that. I'm guessing he'll have something special in August, though.

A little special from time to time is all right, but there was a time when I felt he focuses more on all the stuff beside reviewing than on reviewing itself.

At 6/16/10 12:01 PM, Fro wrote: So it was Bahamut that drank the beer... The story is starting to get messed up. Now that I think about it I was the one that clogged the toilet... or was it Haggard?

It wasn't me man! By the time I got to the toilet it was already clogged.

At 6/16/10 02:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 6/15/10 01:01 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/15/10 06:00 AM, Auz wrote: Anyway, yeah it looks like he got his fathers talent. If he keeps playing like this he might become one of the top players of this tournament.

Gerd Müller and Thomas Müller aren't related. "Müller" is a very common name, just like "Meijer" is in Holland. ;)

I thought you said he was... Oh well.

Hm, never said that. Maybe you got the impression because I mentioned Gerd Müller while talking about Thomas Müller.

Judging from the first games I'd say Germany are the favorites at the moment. With Spain fucking up and Brazil winning with a lousy 2-1 to North-Korea, Germany have been the only ones to perform good in their first match. Let's just hope they don't peak too early.

Yellow Press already makes them World Champions. I hate that...
Also, Argentina impressed with their second match, so they are back in business. I really hope Greece loses against Argentina and the winner of the match Nigeria - South Korea can go on to the next round. I really don't like Greece. ^^

At 6/17/10 12:05 PM, Fro wrote: darksoldier: Level 11, Still Noob

yea i know but atleast i am not a noob white gloves and fists

I thought long and hard about it. What to do?

Do I make an 'epic' topic with hidden references just to recieve a few pages of "Awesome 30k post dude!", when the simple fact is I post because I enjoy doing it, not to get any stat whore high number. I post because its fun for me. I've never once in 29,999 posts '+1ed'. Sure my posts have NEVER been perfect. I don't care how long or how well thought out my posts are a lot of the time, and even when I post quick little reponses it's all because I want to. Not to get further somehow on useless stats, but because I simply like posting on this site.

With that said.

Here is my 30,000 post guys. Who better to 'spend' it with, then with people who share my passion for Newgrounds.

Here's to 30,000 more? I don't think so.

At 6/17/10 02:42 PM, Gagsy wrote: Here is my 30,000 post guys. Who better to 'spend' it with, then with people who share my passion for Newgrounds.

30,000 posts is quite a feat to have achieved. Within many forums, having 1000-2000 posts is considered astronomically high.
Back when I first started on Newgrounds I seem to recall members like PureLionHeart reaching 8k posts and being one of the highest ranked users for post count.
Much has changed since then.

Personally I'm looking forward to reaching 10,000 posts as well as 10,000 saves simply to make it into the list of 10k+ Quad stats.

Anyhow, congrats Gagsy.

At 6/17/10 04:28 AM, Gagsy wrote:

At 6/17/10 03:59 AM, TehSlapHappy wrote: I didn't level up or anything, I just think you guise are cool!

Congratulations to:

TehSlapHappy: Being a brown nose

>:C eff you shagsy

I have finally earned a hard worked for gold whistle!! On to deity I go.

I (almost) reached 62,000 BP!

This is my 1000th post. I'll use it to come in here and announce that I just made Staff Sergeant (6000 B/P). I expect this will be my last post in this thread for quite a while, as I'm planning an extended break from the site in not too long, though I may make it to the top 1000 B/P when the stats refresh overnight. In which case, consider this post to also announce that, in case it happens.

Whoa whoa WHOA, what have I been doing? :O

OK, the last time that I posted in here was around March. But I could've caught up here in the middle of April, when I created the .txt file with part of the catch-ups.

Right, I never touched it again. Until now...

HOWEVER, most of the things that I had written there were pretty obsolete, that it wouldn't make sense to post them. Thus, I deleted the entire file. Restarting everything.

Anyway, new .rtf file (not .txt anymore), catch up streak continue!

What I achieved over the past two (three?) months:

Not everything, it isn't necessary to post 12k and 13k saves :P

12,000 Blams;
13,000 Saves;
Level 33;
Commander
40000 Total Points;
Total VP 11.00;
Top 1,000 Exp
Top 200 B/P

To sum up - a bunch of stuff.

NEAT!

Now... I still have to catch up on some older Auz posts that I had been skipping even though I was still posting regularly. BEGIN:

At 3/20/10 08:15 AM, Auz wrote: Sir-Nuts replies coming up later.

THIS is what I've been skipping forever. NOT ANYMORE, HAHAHAHAHA!!! ;P

At 3/20/10 09:15 AM, Auz wrote: (Cool I've hit the maximum character limit)

Great, but the problem is that I'll need to do some manual work consisting of "colon-space adding, copy-pasting quotes, more colon-space adding." :P

I really think the Wi/Ht could use a longer character limit per post. Like... 10,000 characters?

At 3/16/10 05:09 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Break-outs aren't more difficult to happen. Despite being crowded, they won't hesitate in shooting whoever tries to leave.

But yeah, once a year or so we see riots where the prisoners take over the place and start demanding things, such as the liberation of certain prisoners (like "bosses" of drug dealing). They either give up or the police represses them, and their penalty is extended.

Heh, yeah it's not like they can go anywhere I guess. If they leave they'll get shot so... For the police it's just a matter of waiting until they give up.

Indeed, they could just wait until the riot cools down, but they often hold whoever works in the prisons as hostages. Those are the tension moments, because they can't just shoot them out of nowhere, and there's the necessity of negotiating with the prisoners, which isn't a easy job. :/

I don't really remember, I haven't studied the history of the Portuguese language. All I know is that it's a variant of a region in Spain. Maybe Spain was more connected with Portugal?

Still, the majority of terms are Latin, some are Greek.

Well Spain and Portugal are neighbors so... :p Still doesn't explain why you guys speak some Greek though. Is it Basques (or whatever that language is called) what you guys speak by the way?

Actually, since I wrote this, my Portuguese / Literature teacher began to teach us the history of the Portuguese language. Here's why we have some Greek therms in our language:

When the Roman empire (Latin-speakers) conquered Greeks, they didn't "erase" their culture, which was really vast and fascinating. Instead, they incorporated is to their culture, including art, lifestyle and their language!

Thus, pretty much any country that has a Latin-derivative language is likely to have Greek therms in their language as well. CONGRATS, YOU GOT AN A IN PORTUGUESE HISTORY. :)

Oh, and I think Basques is spoken in the North of Spain, as a secondary language, I think. Two of my friends lived in there for a few months, and they recently came back. :)

Nah, not really. The two major countries would be Brazil and Portugal, with some countries in Africa, but none in South America. There are fewer than 300,000,000 lusophonics, I'm sure.

Brazil is nearing 200 million right now.

I thought you guys would have way more inhabitants than that, considering the size of your country.

That's a good guess, but you'd have to consider that we have large forests (the rain forest is OURS, not world-patrimony!), and we still have large farms and stuff.

Or are you guys like Australia and China, where the majority of the people lives along the coast? I bet there aren't many people living in the rain forests at least...

That's true, but hey, I live in the middle of nowhere (check the map :P) and there's about 3mi people living around here. More history lessons ahead:

Back in the 1700 / 1800s, there were plenty of expeditions to the West of Brazil, to gain more territory and, mainly, find gold. This "Western march" created some major cities in the middle of Brazil. Although where I live was a plan during the 50s to move the capital to the middle of Brazil. :)

And our neighbours speak mostly Spanish, with the exception of French (French Guiana), English (Guyana) and Dutch (Suriname). See, you can live in South America if you want to. :)

Haha yes I could go live in Suriname if I want to. I know many people in Holland wouldn't mind living there, due to the much better weather they have. Plus the Suriname people always seem way more relaxed and happy than we are.

Wait, what's the difference between calling Holland and Netherlands?

Well, if you know English, you can survive pretty much anywhere. :P

When I go to France on a holiday, it's still difficult though. Most French people just don't want to speak or learn English. Mainly the older generation doesn't understand a word you say. The younger generations do learn English now, but they don't seem to like you much if you start talking to them in English =/

Yeah, I'm starting to learn why this happens now. Basically, they used to fight.

A lot. :P

I have been taught a little bit of French myself fortunately , but just enough to be able to order a sandwich or ask which way I have to go :p

My dad used to have French classes, but he has forgot most of it, due to lack of usage. And he has forgot part of his English as well, thus he relies on me to translate so things to him, heh.

I'm still thinking whether or not I should learn a third language...

You speak English and Portuguese right? Well like you said, if you speak English you could go almost anywhere. In your case it might be handy to learn some Spanish though, if most of your neighboring countries speak Spanish. Unless of course you never go there and never meet any tourists.

Also, I was thinking of working as a tourist guide during the 2014 World Cup, since my town will be one of the hosts. Maybe I should take some Spanish classes, since there should be lots of Spanish-speaking people around here by then.

And yeah, I have yet to visit some of our neighbour countries, mainly Uruguay and Argentina. My grandparents go there a few times during the year, maybe I can convince them to bring me during of of these trips. :)

--Time for some quoting-pasta. :P--

Oh, and my dad wrote a mini-article for the newspaper that got published regarding the governor's situation. In his words, "Federal intervention NOW!". I think it's his third article in the newspaper. :)

So your Dad is some kind of journalist? Cool! Was it for a big newspaper?

Not really, he's graduated in Civil Engineering, but he works as some kind of high-ranked manager in the post-office social security (I don't know exactly what he does :P).

However, he has a great critic sense, and often writes mini-articles for the biggest local newspaper. I think it's the third time he had something published... He doesn't get anything for that, aside from having his words published. :P

Well, I'm afraid of our next govern... The right wing candidate is ahead in the pre-voting polls, but the left wing is closing the gap... maybe it's because our current president (left party) brings his candidate EVERYWHERE to help her campaign. That's cheating. :P

Lol. So the president is like... promoting the next left party's candidate? :p Yeah that is indeed unfair towards the other parties.

Indeed, and the hole got even bigger in the past months... :(

Our president had to pay some fines due to that (nothing huge, more like a warning). And now, there's the speculation that there are spies among the parties, working for the other party! :O

At least the candidate I'm voting for has nothing to do with that scandal. :)

Whahahahaha, so sometimes they're not even there? :p Kinda makes me wonder why they became politicians in the first place. Sounds like they're only in it for the money and the power.

Sure, isn't that obvious? :P

Some of them only show up when they want to, make those "pre-made speeches" and travel somewhere else. SUUUUURE...

Haha so they're actually on vacation most days of the year? :p

Sort of. I'm afraid most of them won't show up to work during the world cup. They even wanted to vote a project that would extend their vacations during the wc, I think.

Isn't it abusive? =(

Really? Arrested for not voting?

Yep. Seems to the case in quite a bunch of countries all across the world actually. Not sure which one of them actually throw people in jail for not showing up, but seems like even in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Australia you will have to vote if you are allowed to.

Come to think of it, I think the same thing happens in here. If you don't vote, then you have to justify why you didn't vote. If you don't justify / don't have an apparent reason to not have voted, then you get a fine. If you don't pay that fine, then I THINK you go arrested, and have to pay a fine when you leave. :P

Also, some politicians try to buy votes from the more poor classes, and for really low prices. We usually see some getting caught, but who knows how many have "escaped" with that?

Lol. Well if I was poor I'd probably take the money as well. I mean there are probably not many fair politicians standing up for the poor people right?

Yeah, but still it's unfair for the ones who don't take it, right?

At 3/20/10 09:16 AM, Auz wrote: And part 2. Just hope I haven't forgotten anything.

And I think I'm going to need a part three, just for your posts. :P

At 3/16/10 05:40 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Heh, and James Cameron lost the Best Director award to his ex-wife. :P

Imagine what their son would be like?

A super director? At least that's what everyone would expect him to be, but of course he doesn't necessarily have to be very good at directing...

Indeed, but it would be interesting to see if he/she would have skills in doing so. Depends on how he/she would be raised, etc...

Hmm, so Tim Burton twisted the story, eh? I'm willing to see it now, I'll check whenever it's in the movies...

No, no. It's actually supposed to be a sequel to the books. Alice is now 19 instead of 7 and goes back to Wonderland to find out it's been taken over by the Red Queen. I'm just saying some elements Tim Burton added do not fit the books that well. The books are really not that serious you know, so fighting scenes and all that...

There are fighting scenes? O_o

Alice in Wonderland is already a pretty twisted story, and that just turns it weirder. Anyway, I'll have to wait until it's in the DVDs, thus I'll watch it in regular HD, instead of 3D. :)

Well, maybe they'll lower the prices when 3D cinema becomes more popular... right?

It's already becoming more and more popular, but it seems to me like the cinema's now have a good excuse to cash in on some extra money. Because for most people it's still new and mindblowing and all that, so they'll go to the cinema anyway.

Indeed, and there are more and more movies coming out in 3D. MILK MORE CASH FROM US, WE'LL TAKE IT. >:(

Although they're also releasing "normal" versions along with them, I think only Alice and Avatar were 3D exclusives in here. Maybe because not all cinemas have the 3D technology, I guess...

Whenever my friends want to go to watch a movie, we just stay at the mall, have lunch and wait until it starts. :)

But I think there aren't subscriptions in here. Individual tickets only.

Yeah I wish I could do that as well, but like I said, on the island I live there is not a single cinema. We have to go to Rotterdam which is at least a 20 minutes drive so... it's not like we will just go there if we are bored or something.

...And I just realised that the Netherlands consist of many separate islands. I swear I didn't know about that. :P

I liked GH Metallica, I don't care whenever someone says that a band sold out. As long as their music is enjoyable...

Also, their concerts are amazing. :)

Yeah it sounds a bit like whining because they're starting to become popular among the masses which die-hard fans don't like. But indeed, as long as their music is still good, why complain?

Yeah, this happens a lot with some bands. Whenever they become popular, they automatically become "sellouts, making music for the money" etc... The same thing happened to Green Day when they released their best known album, "Dookie". But we all know what is Green Day today because of that album...

Although Green Day became pretty shitty lately. Either way, they'll play a concert in here in October, and I should go there. :)

And yeah I've heard their concerts were really good as well.

Metallica's concerts are great, not only for the music, but also for the effects. For example, during "One", the stage becomes some kind of battlefield, with a bunch of fireworks for explosions. :)

Really? Wow, now that's pretty weird, since they have a bad-ass reputation... playing in a pop festival? O_o

Weird isn't it? The bands that usually play there are bands like The Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, The Kooks, but also pop artists like Pink, Amy McDonald, Katy Perry etc.

I'd like to go there one day, then. :P Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers are among my favourite bands, I'd wear pink to see them. :P

It's really not a hardrock or heavy metal festival at all. Although they had Volbeat last year and this year they've managed to get Rammstein =/

Even Rammstein? That's far from being pop... o_O

... And here's part three of Auz's replies, along with the beginning of the "actual" catch up...

1 dollar = 1.76 reais. So 150,00 reais = 85 dollars.

That's still a lot indeed for the cheapest ones. The cheapest seats at the U2 concert last summer were only 30 euros I believe, which equals about 45 dollars at the moment I think.

Which would be about R$80,00 in here. I'd definitely pay that to see U2 in here. :)

And 40 reais for Muse is about 25 dollars then? That's really cheap man :p I'm sure they'd ask way more than 16 euros here.

Indeed, that was way cheap. It was a festival, though, and they weren't that famous in here (2008 - before the whole Twilight thing). It was an amazing concert, though, and I was very close to the stage. :)

Speaking of Twilight, their new song BLOWS. What has Twilight done to them? :(

I know there's a reference to him in a Pink Floyd song in The Wall. It's a hidden backwards message in "Empty Spaces", I think.

Haha I just looked it up on Youtube. This is indeed a clear case of a hidden message, but is Old Pink a reference to Syd Barrett then? I also listened to the full song backwards and something else seems to be said after the message, but I can't really hear what it says.

Yeah, he's the "Old Pink". I think someone calls him after that and the message is cut.

Either way, it's well hidden. :P

Well, they should get over their differences and make a small reunion... Not only they would revive their old days, but the crowd would be sold-out, wherever they played at.

Definitely. If they came to Holland then I'd definitely try to get some tickets for it, and I know plenty of people who would do anything to get there as well.

If they played in here, my cousin would go, no matter what. He's an avid fan of Pink Floyd, even more than my dad. ^^

I'm not sure... Since Matthew Bellamy LOVES conspiracy theories, it might have to do something with it. HAARP is a target for many conspiracy theories, including nuclear weapons related. :P

Never heard of it before, but sounds plausible to me. Their music always seems a bit.. anti-government-ish for some reason.

The songs in Black Holes and Revelations have some political message behind them, in the thoughts of making a revolution and criticizing the government. I think there are some like that as well in Resistance, but I don't really like that album and I haven't listened to it a lot to think about that. :P

Who knows... they had a small orchestra in their previous album, anything is possible!

They seem like the kinda band that would do such a thing. Aren't they getting a lot of inspiration out of classical music?

They had a 15-minute song (split in three) that was orchestrated in their latest album, so I'll think yes. :P

I think that's correct, although I've seen Bellamy smoking with Slash in a video. Anyway, I think they don't do any hard drugs. Maybe just the regular alcohol / cigarette.

Too bad he smokes, though. :(

Hehe that's gonna ruin his voice someday :p

Hopefully it'll be just like Mick Jagger. :P

___________

... and from here and on, the catch ups are from when I last posted in here:

At 3/28/10 03:47 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: One week after the concert, I'm finally catching up!

2 and a half months after this catch up, I'm finally catching up! :(

BLASPHEMY! I declare myself the king of slack-dom!

Listening to:
Dream Theater - Score (disc 2 - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence!!)

~38 pages ahead!

At 3/28/10 04:24 PM, Haggard wrote: Replies tomorrow, no time today. :(

I wish my replies also came on the day after. :(

At 3/28/10 09:26 PM, gfoxcook wrote: TF2 first, LUL later. #;-}>

As you like to say yourself, VERBOTEN!

That was basically what I was saying for the past two months. If only I knew how to cope TF2 and Newgrounds... apparently they can't live together in complete harmony. :P

NG's version* of gfoxcook = 10 years old (OLD NEWS, BRO)

Awesome, congrats! 10 years and still kicking.

At 3/29/10 04:08 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 3/28/10 03:47 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Also, your bets for this year's championship?

I'd have to say (begrudgingly) that a Ferrari driver will be on the top spot this year. But that is the case so far. I can't call Vetell, because of the reliability issues with the Red Bull.

Like that crash involving him and Webber, when they were leading the race, but they're both too greedy? :P

If they want this championship, they'll need to sort out some issues with their cars and themselves. I don't know how they're actually doing on the backstage, but I hope they don't screw each other's plans like this again.

Oh well... big game at San Jose tonight!

Let's just stop talking about hockey :( Every time you mention an Avs game, we lose :'(

Hey, I never mentioned the Avs during the playoffs, though. :( Either way, the Capitals were surprised as well with the Habs, and BLEH, EARLY EXIT.

Oh well, game 6 of the Finals tonight (as I type this, it's still Wednesday). I'm hoping that the Flyers take this series back to Chicago; a game seven in the Stanley Cup finals should be interesting...

At 3/29/10 10:32 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/28/10 03:47 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: One week after the concert, I'm finally catching up!

Speaking of concerts, one week until Opeth. Hell yeah!

And how many weeks until the DVD comes out? :)

CHEERS MATE!!!

Demoman has made me saying that quote more and more.

Despite hating Demomen in general, I think that one of the best TF2 quotes.

Ah, I still think Sonata is awesome. I still hope that they'll play in here one day. :)

I'd like to see them live too but only if they don't play too much of their latest album. Most of it was forgettable to me.

Indeed, if they ever come in here, I hope they play mostly their older stuff, maybe up to the "For the Sake of Revenge" DVD, it gets blurry for me after that.

You know, considering the poll results in their website, where about 30% voted for the end of the Character Battles (given five options, that is), I think they'll try to change it this time (if there is a next one).

Here's hoping but they'll just consider the other 70%. However, maybe they'll say no to joke "characters" from now on.

Speaking of which, are you going to hold a mini "non-characters" battle?

At 3/26/10 11:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: I have Pokemon SoulSilver! :D

Awesome! Is it really better than the original one?

It's hard to say since I'm only 6 hours in (yeah, I'm slow) and the remakes have so much more added to them. Original Silver I must have played for a total of 300 hours.

Heh, I still play my original Pokemon Silver sometimes... I wonder if I'll ever buy a more modern (not better :P) hand-held console. I was thinking of buying a PSP over a DS, I think the games for the PSP are better...

Also, what is that new DS...? An upgrade or more Nintendo crap?

At 3/29/10 03:17 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Ugh. Well, I have all the quotes I want to reply to ready (ALL SIXTY-FUCKING-EIGHT OF THEM o_ooooooooo), but it's 2AM and I don't feel like starting the actual replying tonight, so it'll have to wait till tomorrow.

OK, just as long as you WILL get them done tomorrow. If not, you know what will happen.

I hope I never get that kind of pressure when I'm catching up. O___O

Scary things happen while you're catching up:

I just tried to open the .rtf file with the catch-ups. And when I click it - "UNKNOWN ERROR WHILE TRYING TO ACCES THE FILE". ._.

It managed to open later, somehow. But I got really scared for a minute...

ANYWAY:

At 3/29/10 01:05 PM, Fro wrote:

At 3/28/10 03:47 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

Oh, sorry for that! Really, I've seen your name a few times in here, so I thought you were alright with it. Sorry for that, I completely understand you.

It's been said in the past, but I've actually done a decent job of having a lot of the times my name has been said removed. The name change helped a bit as a lot of the old links lead back to Corky52, which is basically empty.

Oh well, I get your point of view... After a bit of Googling, I found out that my name has never been mentioned in here, neither by me or anybody else. I couldn't find your name either, but it could've been a typo, I don't know...

But still, your profile picture is a picture of yours... shouldn't you take it out as well? Who knows who can stumble upon your page...

I can change that when I'm going to get a job. I can't change posts. I still have another year of college before I have to worry about the picture.

Haven't you had any "apprentice" jobs?

At 3/29/10 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/28/10 08:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll get it when I'm up to playing it. I have enough games lying around that I've yet to play and Steam is far worse.

Steam is a plague! :P

It is, in some manner... It made my computer crash a few times, including one that it just wouldn't ream the HD anymore...

How this was fixed? My dad punched the side of the computer. REALLY HARD.

And it came back to normal. o_O

At 3/30/10 10:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, gfox you fail.

See, this is the kind of pressure I was talking about.

At 3/31/10 09:45 PM, Rabid-Animals wrote: 4000 blams. I'm proud?

You should be - they are scarce nowadays, unfortunately. :/

At 3/31/10 10:53 PM, milinko959 wrote: 17,000 Blams!

WAY TO OVERWHELM THE PREVIOUS POST

At 4/1/10 12:37 AM, NEVR wrote: Happy Kevin Bacon day, guys.

Meh. At least we still could post on the forum, unlike last year.

Although they could've been more creative, like McNewgrounds and last year's Chinagrounds. I read that it was planned only a few days before April 1st, seemed a little rushed...

Also... ugh, bacon.

At 4/1/10 06:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Welcome back iscrulz to the Regulars List!

Lol, poor him. :(

WOOOOOHOO, making bacon!

Isn't that a Pyro achievement? :P

At 4/1/10 04:00 PM, Haggard wrote: But wiki tells me, that in english the word "soli" refers to classical pieces and that "solos" is the anglicised form of the plural. How lame!

Well, not everything is trustworthy on Wikipedia. I usually only look up about artists' discographies and such...

At 4/1/10 11:58 PM, idiot-buster wrote: And i think my retirement may be calling.....

SAY WHA-?

Why? Lost interest on NG? Maybe you just need a slight break, but don't retire completely!

At 4/2/10 02:07 AM, gfoxcook wrote: I'll catch up on the past two pages once I've finished posting the 6 weeks of catchup that preceeds them....

I'll catch up

GFOX CATCH UP!

!!!!!!!

Time for a break, I guess. Back for more catch-ups tomorrow. :P

*Takes a break...*

Yeah, time to catch up ALL GFOX'S POSTS! All 9 of them!

At 4/2/10 02:07 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

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?

(cough)

Kids these days...

You forgot to mention Footloose. How can you say Kevin Bacon without mentioning Footloose? :P

At 2/13/10 07:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: It'll get going some more - epic postage from gfoxcook will certainly help ;)

And then help and help and help again. My posts are like interest in a bank account. #;-}>

NEVAR DIE, REVOLUTION THREAD. NEVAR DIE.

Indeed. After I finish the LUL catch up, that thread should be my next goal. All ten pages of it, it will look weird if I double-post-catch-up in there. It's still a hostile territory, I mean. :P

At 2/13/10 01:39 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Ah, so that's why it took you so long to get Powerslave. Very well, then.

But it's taken you so long to catch up, I've actually got a copy of Powerslave now :P

Awesome!

At 2/13/10 07:05 AM, Coop83 wrote: Sentimental value - it's worth more than real money ever could be!

Neutral auras being green is worth far more than real money as well. Harumph!

I've been Neutral since I joined, aside from some minor changes that lasted a maximum of a week, I think.

NEUTRAL FOREVER!

At 4/2/10 03:47 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Man, I love achievements you can unlock more than once. FTW! #;-}>

For example:

Ignite a Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.

Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Pyro's milestone 3

Is it even possible?

Well, I had history classes in Texas, Japan, and Pennsylvania (at 4 schools--elementary (TX), middle (Japan), high (PA), and college (TX part 2))

Did you live in Japan? o_O

STEAM IS LIFE.

Depends.

When it nearly kills your aged computer, making your father punch it HARD on the side so it can work again... :P

At 4/2/10 03:48 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Sadly, I did not get to go see Muse in March after all. ;_;

Why not? Well, they will play in Texas again later this year, will you be able to attend it?

At 2/13/10 02:01 PM, Bahamut wrote: Mwahahahaha! You know what would be better, if I got everyone in the LUL to play PropHunt mod in TF2.

Ugh. #;-}>

What's wrong with PropHunt? =/

At 4/2/10 08:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/2/10 03:47 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Sure it was. "he caught up on the last posts" = Bahamut talking about me doing catchups to you. #;-}>

He = Sir-Nuts, I think. :P

Indeed it is. And I knew it the whole time, but I never mentioned it... I think I wanted to have you figuring it out by yourselves. :P

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

At 2/15/10 12:37 PM, Auz wrote: 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 barely write reviews nowadays - I should really get back to it, maybe after I hit EGSC...

.... but I'm sure he'd rather I caught up on all of Wi/Ht? first before I try to do that. #;-}.

We all do. ;)

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...

Indeed. Recently a rock-only radio station began transmitting in my town (late last year), and they actually play a lot of decent songs in there that even made me find out more about an artist, such as Dio (RIP), U2, Pink Floyd (they played Dogs one day - 18 minutes! On the radio!!)... Now my dad turns it on every weekend on his good ol' receiver as a wake up for everyone, heh. :P

But yeah, it's way better to buy the albums than to just listen to singles on the radio/TV etc...

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. #;-}>

Can you add late 50s (blues!) and early 90s (Pearl Jam!) as well? Then you'd have FORTY YEARS OF JOY!

Well sorry. I guess I just think that after level 46 you've pretty much had all the awesome icons. There's still a few between 50 and 60 I like, but overall I just prefer the early 40's.

Yep. 42, 43, 44, 45 = the best 4 NG level icons in a row, 30-level-system or 60-level-system, either way...

While that, I'm stuck on the double-shurikens. :(

At least level 35 is great.

--NEAR CHARACTER LIMIT-

At 4/3/10 12:43 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Dr. Pepper and gfox: Texas's two main gifts to Bahamut. #;-}>

Hmm, this reminds me that I've never tasted a Dr. Pepper...

I need to go to the US again.

At 4/3/10 12:49 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 2/22/10 03:16 PM, reverend wrote: Lol at Canada. Go USA! Congrats to:

So YOU'RE the one who jinxed our hockey teams at the winter olympics. YOU BASTARD. #;-}>

I want to know who jinxed Russia at the Olympics. I was hoping that they would win, but NOOOOO, THE FAVOURITES WERE ELIMINATED! >:(

That's not what I had in mind. However, it's still a funny flash. See gfox? I do appreciate Marc M

Yep. :)
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/20 4271

Even better! Red Diamond Dragon Club... Marc M's finest work. God, I wish he'd make a sequel to it... some of his recent works (in the past 2-3 years, I mean) have come close to FEELING like sequels, but none have been direct sequels...

No way, I was watching this earlier today! Definitely a classic, and some really, REALLY memorable lines:

Plus, I'm hungry for shiiiiiiiit....

"Imagine what life would be like without the word... the"

Hmmmmmmmm

"NOOOOOOOOO"

At 2/27/10 11:00 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Mini catch-ups ahead. I was going to post them earlier, but I had no internet for a whole day. That's right, I missed one deposit! D:

Also, wtf gfox...

WIN!

(the wtf gfox part, not the missing 1 deposit part... I feel for you there. ;_;...)

Yeah, that was pretty lame. After that, I started worshipping every deposit more, and even more now, that I'm entering the top 1000 and rushing for EGSC. EVERY STAT COUNTS! :P

Sweet. Although my dad is probably older than yours (he's 50 now), his musical ''era'' was a bit earlier. He's more fond of 60's/70's music. However, I think he has a tape (yeah, a tape!) with ''Joshua Tree'' in it. I don't know if it works or not, though.

Your dad kicks ass.

For having tapes? :)

Oh, great... =/

I also share birthdays with Elvis Presley.

I share the same birthday as Yngwie Malmsteen.

Awesome. I was studying a little bit of his technique in a guitar class... He's great indeed.

At 2/27/10 11:04 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: And to think that you could have made a 20-post spam in the LUL.

Yes... I could have. And then probably would have never posted in LUL again as a result.

Scratch that, you have to post at least once every season!

Summer (for you) is almost there, time to get it ready!

And to be honest, I'm not that much of a big fan of ''Nuts'' anymore either. I mean... when I hear people calling me Nuts in TF2 in their mics, it feels so... childish. Even if the meaning is balls, mad or nuts itself, it sounds weird.

Well, then... come up with a new nickname on Steam, then. O_o

But then I'd feel that I should switch it in here as well, which is unlikely.

Either way, I'll keep it since I haven't any better ideas.

kk. Just make sure to tell Bahamut and myself if you do change it, so we'll know who to look for in a TF2 game. #;-}>

Also, I don't have any decent ideas for a new name. Plus, no one else is called "Nuts" itself, they often add some silly thing along with NuTzzz.

Now that's silly. :P

Makes sense. I use notepad for catching up as well, but I usually type everything in the NG posting box itself before organizing everything in notepad.

Nah, I type straight into notepad. If my browser crashes (due to all the fucking tabs open in it), my shit's gone if I typed it there. Safer to type in notepad directly.

I often rely on Firefox's tab recovery. Which tends to fail sometimes. :(

Although I've changed my catch up "technique": now I type part of my catch up in the NG posting box and copy it to WordPad (not notepad anymore), while paying attention to the 8,000ish character limit. If I reach that, I'll add a "_________" to split every post.

And it's WAY BETTER. ^^

But yeah, I scroll through posts, read part of them and CLICK THEM LINKS! :)

I don't want to click the links till I'm done posting, and when I'm done posting, I don't want to go back several pages to find the links I passed over. So the only way I end up looking at links is if they're recent links. #;-}>

But what if the link was really relevant to the post itself? Would it make no sense after you posted? :P

At 4/3/10 01:29 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 2/27/10 11:04 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I also recommend Muse. I have already seen them live, and I'm proud of that. =)

You bastard. :::jealous:::

Heh, too bad I wasn't a big fan at the time of the concert, I knew mostly things from BH&R, and only a few more known songs.

Even though they might not come back here anytime soon... they said they didn't really like playing here, apparently they almost died in Rio de Janeiro, I think.

Ooops. O_o

Well, I'm sure they'll be back here in Houston in a few years, but the problem is that I mostly want to hear stuff from Absolution and Black Holes live, and the more time goes by the more albums there are between the present and those two albums... so there'll be less and less songs from those two albums played at future Muse concerts. ;_;

Hey, they are playing in Austin, can you go there?

And yeah, Absolution and Black Holes are their best albums. At least in their next tour they shouldn't play too much from "Resistance", hopefully their next album will be better...

Well, maybe they should hold a $1 sale. =)

$2.50 was close enough. I just wish they'd do it again... I want an extra copy for fooling around with/getting achievements again with...

Oh, and free weekend + Mac users now on TF2... I don't know if I should postpone this catch up to play it or not... Probably not, considering the amount of OS wars over the servers. Yeah, I'll skip this free weekend. ;P

only problem with an extra copy would be if it magically got one of the 2-4 hats I really really want on my main account.... like 1 day after starting it... and then I'd be sad, since there's no trading (yet?).

Maybe it'll come out on the Engie update...?

Indeed! Catching up in January is tough, there's so much snow/sun for everyone!

Not here. No sun nor snow. Had some snow in December, though.

Ah, at least you had snow. I've yet to know what snow is, physically. ;_;

Sure, but it made you think more before rushing recklessly into the enemies' base. This is why I enjoy the Arena maps in TF2 :)

It's fun now and then, but I tend to play CTF most, then a bit of Att/Def and Payload. A bit of regular CP, too, but ehhhh...

Indeed. Although I'd rather play PL maps and CP maps, mainly Hydro, the often overlooked map is actually one of my favourites. (yeah, I consider Hydro to be a CP map, since TC... well, it would be the only map in that style...)

At 2/27/10 11:06 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: PropHunt is full of awesomeness. Too bad I can never find good servers that don't kick me due to my ping (I hate NO HEROES because of that!).

All of the No Heroes servers are in NYC (about 13 servers) or London (4 servers)... the ping thing is there because too many high ping players in a 32-man server can negatively affect the play experience for the other people... I'm sure if they could make a Nuts-only exception, they would. #;-}>

Heh. :P

And here's an odd thing - I play mainly on international server not because of the local servers, but because of the local players. I don't know why, but whenever I join a Brazilian server, I get someone trolling / flaming / doing overall shit; Unlike the international ones that I play into. :)

Also, I hate the spelling / pronunciation errors some of them commit. They say some names as if they were written in Portuguese. For example, a Demoman could become a "Demomâin", a Spy "schpAi", a Pyro "Pie and so on. :P

Anyway, try my low-grav 2fort server, my 2nd server after No Heroes CTF, my 1st server. I don't think it has a ping limit, plus people from Europe and Russia and Australia play there a lot, I wonder how your ping would be from Brasil.... it's in Texas, near me, instead of NYC, it might be a bit better as it's closer to you... just a bit.

Maybe, yeah... Some American servers that I play in have a ~180 ping, and they are in Dallas or Austin, I think. Care to join me for a match on them, someday? :P

Also, I think the perfect servers would be the ones in Florida, since they're the closest state to Brazil. I've yet to find one. ^^

Genesis is a pretty confusing band I guess. I think I must know some of their songs, but they could be from Peter Gabriel's or Phil Collins' solo-careers as well.

Land of Confusion is my fave Genesis song. All the other faves of mine I think of when I think of Genesis turn out to be either Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins solo stuff. #;-}>

Meh, Land of Confusion is alright, but not their best, IMO. I really like Invisible Touch, Home By The Sea, Domino and some other huge songs they have.

Also, have you ever listened to Tarzan's soundtrack? Seems weird, but Phil Collins did all of it, and the songs are actually really good!

At 3/1/10 10:59 AM, Bahamut wrote: I agree, gfox is the true LUL spammer with his decuple post from a few weeks back. :P He's also an IM spammer on Steam.

Pffft. You want spam? I'll give you spam.

YEAH, GFOX SPAM!

At 3/1/10 08:32 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Watch me spam the LUL again. :P

Stop calling it spamming! It's just catching up, damnit. #;-}>

I know it isn't spam, I was mocking those who called it spam (Fro?). It isn't spam, they are constructive posts at their finest.

</massively invested in not thinking of his catch-ups as spamming, or else he'll STOP BOTHERING, ahemahemahem>

It's FAR from being spam!

*except when you post 10 times straight LOLOLOLOLOL :P*

At 3/7/10 01:09 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote: You have showed us the truth! No wonders why Gagsy is neutral as well... gfox is just pretending he stopped B/Ping! </major conspiracy>

shifty eyes:::

3rd alt, maybe?

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

At 3/28/10 03:47 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Also, you need a better microphone. Your voice sounds muffed when you spoke in there. :)

Sometimes it slips downwards along the headphone cord it clips on and gets muffled by my shirt. Next time, let me know at the time instead of weeks later, please, then I can fix it! Jeez. #;-}>

Heh, sorry for that. I only noticed that you were the one speaking later in the match, and I didn't bother to open my LAGGY AS HELL Steam in-game-thingy to tell you that. :P

Half the time someone tells me they can't hear me, BTW, another person says they can hear me just fine. Everyone's got their "voice output/input" levels set differently, it seems...

Mine are set to default; maybe I'll get them a little higher the next time that I play it...

</catchup>

(9 posts instead of 10 o_O)

Brilliant!

Upcoming: POST-CATCH UP CATCH UPS! (?)

At 4/3/10 04:30 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/2/10 06:18 AM, Auz wrote: So how did you all like the Aprils fools prank this year?

I don't know - the story threads with the Kevin Bacon substitute turned most of them into comedies. Especially the first person tales.

First person? Weren't they all about the great actor that is Kevin Bacon? :P

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

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

Including me! :)

Although I'll join it when there are a little less than 1800 EGSCs. Great!

At 4/7/10 10:14 AM, Auz wrote: gfox catch-up part 2

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...

The three biggest mistakes in the 80s: Keytars, Hair metal and Billy Idol.

Although they were three EXCELLENT mistakes!

At 4/8/10 01:41 AM, aldlv wrote: a little late.. but... 1000 day on NG

like 5 days ago, i didn't realize until now

Which is totally fine, considering I only realized mine 10 days after it had happened. :P

At 4/10/10 06:26 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop wonders why he has to be a Powerslave...

Are you a slave to the power of death?

Mmm... soup

Possible Friends reference?

At 4/10/10 06:47 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/10/10 08:07 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/9/10 05:48 PM, Haggard wrote: Oh yeah, forgot about that. Still, owning a physical copy of a game >>>>> "owning" a game on Steam.

Not if it's so cheap on Steam.

Physical copies always beat the digital copy.

I actually agree with this statement. Physical copies are actually better than digital copies in everything; albums, games, even books nowadays. It just feels "better" to hold a copy in your hands. ^^

At 4/10/10 09:33 PM, DjangoEX wrote: Topic was made in 02 O_o.

Indeed it has, it's still running strong and KICKING YER GLUTEUS!

At 4/11/10 08:22 AM, Bahamut wrote: Who even uses ICQ these days?

RUSSIA!

Really! :P

At 4/11/10 05:30 PM, Fro wrote:

At 4/10/10 09:33 PM, DjangoEX wrote: Topic was made in 02 O_o.

I never knew that! We should stop bumping this old topic guys!

Of course! We're all going to get banned for constantly bumping such an old thread! :(

At 4/11/10 08:03 PM, HeavyTank wrote:

At 4/11/10 06:04 PM, WeirdAlthe3rd wrote: Forget what I said before. My whistle went back to gold.

My question is: why do you even keep flagging after Deity since you can risk you whistle?

...

This comment makes me rage really hard towards you, HT.

If you flag a bunch of stuff, in order to finally get a Deity whistle, which has more power when it comes to flagging...

WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE GATHERING DUST AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK YOU HAD TO EARN IT?

Are you simply going to let the abusive flashes pass by, because you "don't want to risk your shiny little precious whistle"?

Fucking fuck. >:(

At 4/12/10 08:52 AM, HeavyTank wrote: MORE BULLSHIT.

>:(

Your attitudes bother me.

At 4/12/10 12:41 PM, Fro wrote: By the way, I mark abusive reviews almost every single day. Some days I'll even go looking for them.

I only mark them if I stumble upon them...

At 4/12/10 08:28 PM, FBIpolux wrote: Are you guys ready to see the experience requirement for the next level to raise everytime the level 60 user deposits, therefore making the last 10 levels almost impossible to reach if you aren't around level 45 already?

I don't think that will happen again, but I was wondering what will happen to his voting power - will it keep raising or will it stop at roughly 10.00?

At 4/13/10 07:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Introducing Soup83.

Top-notch alt account. :)

At 4/13/10 04:52 PM, Coop83 wrote: Will kill for Blams... anyone?

harryjarry.

And make sure to distribute the saves for the masses.

At 4/14/10 01:32 PM, Fro wrote: Actually.... I was telling you what it was translated into off of memory from what the programmer told me. I translated it myself and even better yet... it translates into, "Live Version of the Terrorist to Escape the Room."

This reminds me of the Bad Translator and the fact that it always gets weird when it translates to Chinese. :P

At 4/15/10 04:57 PM, Scarface wrote: Congrats on being the most viewed thread on Newgroudnds.

Ever.

Indeed. >1mi views isn't something for any ordinary thread. ;)

At 4/17/10 12:36 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/16/10 08:33 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/15/10 07:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: Nah, that'd be Coop98.

So I either had my first child at 1 or at 15. Potent, I'll give you that, but not me ;)

Does Coop2000 sound more appropriate to you?

CoopMX, son of CoopMXMLXXXIII.

That's a large Roman numeral, btw.

At 4/17/10 02:07 PM, Haggard wrote: Of course it's nice that more people are switching to Opera, but it's kinda nice to use a browser that doesn't have such a big share in the market, as hackers (mostly) concentrate on the market leaders to wreak havoc.
So it's safer to use a browser that isn't so well known. ^^

This is well thought... Firefox is the "king" of the downloadable browsers; Chrome is on the rise; IE is default for Windows; Safari is default for Mac. And Opera is the underdog. :)

I have yet to try Opera. My brother said it isn't very good (and he works with computers, so his words count), but I still haven't downloaded it on this computer. I might try it one day...

At 4/18/10 10:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/18/10 05:06 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop wonders if they confused Formula 1 with the Wacky Races, while congratulating:

*laughs like Muttley*

At 4/18/10 02:43 PM, HeavyTank wrote: 8,888 saves and, pretty soon, 888 blams.

NICE RATIO, MR SHINY WHISTLE.

At 4/19/10 03:39 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop watches an awesome goaltending clinic from Craig Anderson...

But not enough to stop Pavelski later. :(

At 4/18/10 10:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/18/10 05:06 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop wonders if they confused Formula 1 with the Wacky Races, while congratulating:

*laughs like Muttley*

So Dick Dastardly is German now, yes? (Schumacher or Vettel?)

I'd say Schumacher, since he's already crashed a couple of times this season. But Vettel is close enough on fuck ups as well. :P

At 4/18/10 04:31 PM, Rudderchops wrote:

At 10/6/02 04:28 PM, Transformers wrote: Congrats on getting to level 11, I just leveled up yesterday.I don't think its nessesary to make a whole new thread about leveling up. :/

I bet you feel pretty silly.

*facepalm*

We should count how many times a clueless noob drops by and quotes the first page. That's once a month, at least. :P

At 4/20/10 01:17 AM, vader316 wrote: Time to hit stuff with my wrench!

Spy sapping my sentry!

I bet it was Bahamut.

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

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

At 4/21/10 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: ...Trust me, there are worse accents in English than a French accent while speaking English. Look at South African, for example :P

Jamaican people speaking English is a good source of entertainment. :P But yeah, in this World Cup I always get a good gag at some South Africans speaking English while being excited for the "Bafana Bafana". ;P

Oh, and I sound pretty silly while speaking English as well. While I do think in English, I haven't spoken it with someone in a long time, thus it sounds a little weird...

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.

LOL, eternal level 9! :P

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

Indeed, 42 is probably the best out there...

At 4/23/10 11:01 PM, Fro wrote: I just switched to Safari and it's so much faster than firefox. It doesn't crash every 5 clicks either. I'm liking this very much. :)

Heh, I have yet to try Safari as well. I use Firefox as my main, not only because of the add ons, but I'm more used with it than any other browser. I'm using Chrome right now (this laptop only has Chrome & IE) and it's still great, although I miss the Twitter app in Firefox. ;)

At 4/25/10 08:34 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/25/10 04:18 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 4/24/10 08:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: If it's possible, I'll get gfox to paste the chat convo regarding this.

Cool... June, then?

I guess so. You better remind me if we still haven't provided you that conversation by then. Hopefully I can remember to ask gfox for this the next time he's on Steam.

In case you haven't posted it yet, here's the reminder. ;P

At 5/1/10 04:43 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 4/30/10 09:48 AM, Haggard wrote: Take washing machines as an example: When you bought one 1950 you could be sure it would last for like 30 years+. If you buy one today you can be sure it will break in about 5 years.

You've got a good point, actually. The old TV we had lasted for a good 13 years but who knows how long the new HDTV will last. I'm hoping just as long but you can never be sure.

Alright, LETS TALK ABOUT TVS:

We have recently bought a brand new top-notch 42' HDTV, especially for the World Cup matches which will be all transmitted in HD. Our "previous" TV is still working, for about 4 years now, although it shows no signs of breaking down completely.

Also, the TV in my bedroom has been working for roughly 15 years now. And we have a shocking 30 years old one that still works as well. There are a bunch of TVs in here. :P

At 5/4/10 12:37 PM, reverend wrote: May the 4th be with you;

...eh...?

At 5/5/10 07:32 AM, Bahamut wrote: Master swordsmen whose keen reflexes allow them to intercept and deflect enemy attacks.

You could have made THIS reference instead! :) (link)

At 5/6/10 07:36 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/5/10 04:00 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, but have Maiden released bonus discs before? If they have, it makes a nice birthday present for a friend who told me about it and I can get the special edition just for me :P

As a matter of fact, they have. The 1995 re-releases had B-side bonus tracks. However, you can find them all on Best of the B-Sides...Which is quite rare. Still, they could do something special for the next album seeing it's their 15th album and named The Final Frontier.

So, should they call a possible special edition "Beyond Boundaries"? :P

At 5/5/10 08:29 AM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote: ^ 77,777th W/i/Ht reply broke the boundaries of time.

And now you all know the power of the 7's. I should have kept the 77,777th reply in mind but I was happy enough with my level up.

You could have saved the level up post for the 77,777th reply. EPICNESS ASSURED!

At 5/10/10 08:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: It may be too early considering it'll only be 8AM where he is but screw it! Congrats gfox!

And with that being said...

At 5/11/10 07:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: Bahamut, you're failing! STOP FAILING!

Indeed.

At 5/14/10 04:49 AM, Odyssic wrote: Odyssic is downloading Portal as it is free.

Same here. And it's a great game. With cake. :P

At 5/14/10 08:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's gfox's wedding today (for real) so congrats! :D NOW we can party in his news post!

NOW you got it right!

At 5/14/10 11:14 AM, Auz wrote:

At 5/14/10 08:09 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's gfox's wedding today (for real) so congrats! :D NOW we can party in his news post!

Thanks for making me and Sir-Nuts look silly last time ;)

Heh, I was actually talking to gfox over the Steam IM, and it felt embarrassing asking him to delete our silly posts. :P

At 5/16/10 04:31 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 5/15/10 04:35 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/15/10 07:32 AM, Coop83 wrote: The main thing is that DrJam will never catch me :P

But he may always have a higher deposit rate than you and you want to surpass him in that.

I'm used to waiting. He might slip up eventually.

Aren't we all wishing that, deep inside? :P

At 5/16/10 09:48 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: "And so the mighty barbarian did slay the demonic examinations, and began his journey homeward."

EXCELLENT!

Welcome back! It's good to see you around here again!

At 5/16/10 08:17 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Not catch ups.

Which is partially a FAIL. DAMN PAST SELF, CATCH UP MORE! >:(

I'm here to say that I'm sad due to Ronnie James Dio death. He and his music will be forever remembered.

Eternally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSt1oEIs hE

At 5/24/10 08:48 AM, Bahamut wrote: Metallica - S&M. As much as I wanted to avoid all the Metallica albums from post-Black Album to pre-Death Magnetic, I couldn't find much at the HMV store in Dundee.

It's a great album, IMO. I have it along with the DVD, great stuff!

At 6/17/10 07:58 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Whoa whoa WHOA, what have I been doing? :O

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.

At 5/31/10 01:24 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/31/10 05:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: I read an article on the Darwin Awards about a man who took his drinking too far. Clearly, 3 litres of Sherry up the butt is too far, by about 2.9 litres :P

HAHAHA XD

Oh man. That's just... retarded. And is the Darwin Awards like an award for people doing incredibly stupid things? :p Looks like a fun website to me.

The 2008 winner for this was a Brazilian priest. Hilarious. Sad, yes, but still HILARIOUS.

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwi n2008-16.html

At 6/2/10 12:14 AM, Jolly wrote:

At 6/1/10 05:26 PM, JollySpace wrote:

At 6/1/10 01:59 PM, JollySpace wrote: 7,000 Medal Score!

8,000 Medal Score!

I'm making progress.

9,000!

You're making spam, actually.

At 6/3/10 01:23 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/3/10 03:26 AM, Coop83 wrote: I never saw the Hawks winning it in 4, but they've got to go back to Chicago, where they've been pretty good.

And now of course they lose in Game three in OT. Speaking of losing, did you hear about Galarraga losing a perfect game to a bad call?

This. What a mess the referee has made. 9th inning, and the guy is SAFE?

I actually think that instant replays should be added after this. And maybe to football as well.

At 6/7/10 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, the BBS midyear awards are up. NOT ME for Most Underrated. :P

Voting for you as the most underrated is an overrated thing. ;P

At 6/8/10 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: ... As for the revolution thread, it must be bumped! I thought Sir-Nuts was going to bump the thread.

...And I will, soon after this catch up. ;)

At 6/8/10 04:59 PM, FBIpolux wrote: 16k post, if that moron mod stops deleting my posts and abusing his "powers"

Hey, are you still holding that Compton meet? :P

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

Indeed. This makes me have some hopes for the Nationals once again...

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

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

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 ;)

When I actually watch a race, I try watching it as a whole, not only the first and final laps. While I do some other things during the race, I still keep focus on it.

What sucks is that most races (European ones) start at 9:00AM in here, and I'm not very used to wake up early at weekends, so I end up just catching the end of the race. :(

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

Indeed. And mind it, I've listened to it live. ;)

At 6/11/10 10:59 AM, Auz wrote: Thanks to Sir-Nuts for my fourth nomination ^^

More than deserved. I can't wait to see you winning that one. ^^

At 6/12/10 09:27 AM, fizzlerr wrote:

At 10/14/02 12:01 AM, ReconRebel wrote: That's real special. My question is this: Is there a way for me to check out all the pictures corresponding to the various levels without giving everybody and their dog popularity? I know the BBS is one way but it's too repetitive in some cases, and there's alot of topics to go through. Hey spancker, you out there?

yes there is!!! Here it is

LONG LIVE THE CLUELESS NOOBS!

At 6/13/10 04:58 PM, reverend wrote: Rev favorite color is now GREEN; congrats to:

YES!

Now, your aura is still light... When are you switching to Neutral? :P

At 6/14/10 05:08 AM, Auz wrote: Congrats to Haggard on his country kicking the Aussies asses ;) Didn't I tell you Germany would do well?

Best team of the cup so far, in matters of convincing people that they can actually play well, despite all the critics before the cup started.

I was impressed by Muller and Ozil (both with umlauts) by the way. They got a lot of potential.

And that Podolski goal? What a blast it was!

At 6/14/10 07:33 PM, gfoxcook wrote: HEY THERE, LULZ DENIZENS.

wat

At 6/15/10 12:15 AM, aldlv wrote: Third 10K, so... TRIPLELIST

Welcome to the club. ;)

At 6/15/10 04:12 AM, EmoKidd17 wrote: how do you level up?

Unfortunately, you did not take reverend's advice and you're still stuck in level 2. :(

At 6/15/10 07:04 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote:

At 6/15/10 06:28 PM, reverend wrote:

At 6/15/10 04:45 PM, thenewbies wrote: Broke my record for most posts in a day. My previous record was 88, now it's 93. Thanks NG Logs, I needed to know that.

Not an achievement really, just blatant +1 spam.

Reminds me somewhat of
Another user
Trying to get to 10k posts.
Honestly, making your posts multiple lines long
To make them seem better
Isn't fooling anyone.

/Ultor

Exactly

He doesn't know commas

Nor periods

And he spams a lot

And hes pretty much useless

At 6/17/10 12:20 PM, reverend wrote: Rev is ready for Game 7...

So am I. And I have no idea who's going to win this one, but I'm hoping for the Celtics to win.

At 6/17/10 08:45 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote:

At 6/17/10 07:58 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Whoa whoa WHOA, what have I been doing? :O

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.

BULLSHIT. >:(
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OVER.

Really, 9 posts? :(

Anyway, I hope I post again tomorrow, like I say at the end of each catch up. :P

EXTRA:

At 6/16/10 07:14 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:51 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/15/10 09:05 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: *head explodes*

He did not mean to blow your mind.

Don't worry, that shit happens to me all the time :P

At 6/17/10 08:59 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 6/17/10 08:45 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote:

BULLSHIT. >:(
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OVER.

Really, 9 posts? :(

Sorry, couldn't resist.
The setup was too perfect and the impulse was too great.

At 6/17/10 08:01 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 3/26/10 11:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: I have Pokemon SoulSilver! :D

Awesome! Is it really better than the original one?

It's hard to say since I'm only 6 hours in (yeah, I'm slow) and the remakes have so much more added to them. Original Silver I must have played for a total of 300 hours.

Heh, I still play my original Pokemon Silver sometimes... I wonder if I'll ever buy a more modern (not better :P) hand-held console. I was thinking of buying a PSP over a DS, I think the games for the PSP are better...

I have Pokemon Silver and Soul Silver and there are lots of differences (besides the pokewalker). The special events, the pokemon that walk with you, battle frontier, a new safari and the pokéathlon. Too bad you can't enter Silph Co. like in Silver.

Also, you forgot to congratulate me on reaching SC, Sir-Nuts.