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

Also, Iron Maiden announced more details for their new album including album cover, tracklist, release date AND a single! Go here for more information.

Listening to:

Iron Maiden - El Dorado

Thanks to:

RohantheBarbarian

At 6/7/10 10:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: London Underground?

That's what I'm talking about.

Also, I'm now past 75,000 B/P! Ain't no stopping me now!

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

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.

At 6/7/10 02:07 PM, reverend wrote: As Bahamut mentioned, that the Mid-year awards are going on: Might I suggest the Viva la revolution! thread so we can rain on the General user parade once more. :)

DO IT!

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

Three-peat!

Jokes on you reverend!

But it'll be like having sex with your twin sibling. It's sick and wrong.

Well if it's a clone wouldn't you consider it to be exactly like yourself and not like a brother? Isn't having sex with yourself consider masturbation? I guess these are deep philosophical question that can't be answered just of yet. :P

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?

At 6/7/10 06:30 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote: Also, how do you plan on shipping out that Barbecued Chicken Breast? Getting kind of hungry at the moment.

Will standard delivery do?

At 6/7/10 11:04 PM, BonQuiQui wrote: Oh nice, a step closer for Bahamut :P

One step closer to what exactly? :P

Congrats!

Thanks but why the name change?

At 6/7/10 11:37 PM, thenewbies wrote: Congrats me for statwhoreship.

Nope.avi

At 6/8/10 01:26 AM, Haggard wrote:

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

You got at least one vote for Most Underrated so far. :P

Yeah, a few too many. I may be in the voting process but not if we get others to have more nominations than me.

But it's only the 7th.

Exactly! That's what makes it even worse!
Plus, I have to pay at least 10Euro for the doctor today, and maybe another 10 for the dentist later this month. It's a copayment, so I HAVE to pay those 10 Euro...

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.

If it's a really old album, you should expect it to be at a fairly good price.

Yeah, but if it is an old album and a rare album as well, then you'll have to pay tons of money to get it. ^^

But Queen's albums aren't rare.

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

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

Looks like I might be an outsider for Best Mod here. That would be a slight shock, but mind you, so were the other nominations you gave me. Bump that thread ;)

You mean Master Creator? What's wrong with that? Better you than...That guy. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about. As for the revolution thread, it must be bumped! I thought Sir-Nuts was going to bump the thread.

At 6/8/10 03:46 AM, Coop83 wrote: My biggest achievement to date:

50,000 Saves

Very nice!

At 6/8/10 08:51 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Congrats Bahamut regarding the well-deserved icon modship btw

Thank you very much!

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.

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.

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

Check you out Mr. Big Mod ;P

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.

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

I will leave the replies for later if you guys don't mind. I'll be leaving really soon, so I don't have time.

For now I'll just say: Congrats to Bahamut on becoming an icon mod and thanks to Coop and Haggard for the underrated nominations in the midyear BBS awards ^^

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

Achievement of the Day:
Coop83: 75,000 BP, 50,000 Saves

Both amazing achievements. Congrats Coop!

Congrats to:
Lizzardis: Major, Top 3,000 Experience
Jolly: Police Lt.
RuinedMartyr: Master Sergeant
RohanTheBarbarian: User of the Day

Uh... 100k total stats. This doesn't feel nearly as rewarding as I was hoping it would.

You passed 26000 Saves. Way to go!

Rev has a supermassive headache; congrats to:
Lizzardis - Major
Coop83 - 50k Saves!
RuninedMartyr - Master Sergeant
RohantheBarbarian - User of the Day! - Now go buy some lotto tickets since it's your lucky day
milinko959 - 100k Total Stats!
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 26k Saves

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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

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

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.

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

You entered the top 4000 in Experience Points. Outstanding!

Wow cool.. Top 4k experience points.. Well it would of been lower if I did not quit Newgrounds for 6 years. I would of been maybe top 50.. or 30...

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

At 6/8/10 01:26 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/7/10 06:45 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/6/10 01:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/6/10 06:52 AM, Coop83 wrote: Ah, yes. My favourite Belgian GP, by far. I'd been watching F1 religiously since 1996, the year that Damon Hill finally won the championship.

I was really glad when Hill won the championship. I never liked Schumacher. XD

I can understand why that sort of arrogance drives people away from the sport.

Exactly. And he was all over the media, so no real escape from Schumacher at that time.

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

I'd grow accustomed to it during the late 80s and early 90s under the tutelage of my grandfather. Hard to believe that this is the 15th year I've watched every face flag to flag.

I used to watch a few races in the 90s, but lost interest in it quite some time ago.

As a result of Schumacher?

Partly. But mostly because I realised I'm not that much into motor sport. XD

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.

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

At 6/8/10 01:26 AM, Haggard wrote:

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

You got at least one vote for Most Underrated so far. :P

Yeah, a few too many. I may be in the voting process but not if we get others to have more nominations than me.

But it's only the 7th.

Exactly! That's what makes it even worse!
Plus, I have to pay at least 10Euro for the doctor today, and maybe another 10 for the dentist later this month. It's a copayment, so I HAVE to pay those 10 Euro...

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.
Plus, there's a rent to pay and I really don't like it if I don't have at least the rent for next month on my account.

If it's a really old album, you should expect it to be at a fairly good price.

Yeah, but if it is an old album and a rare album as well, then you'll have to pay tons of money to get it. ^^

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.

At 6/8/10 04:42 PM, Ultor wrote: Stats are a wonderful thing here

really I couldnt imagine this place without them

if this place got rid of them I think half the population would stop coming

Hehe agreed (although I think we could use MOAR STATS)
Also, 12,000 b/p.

21,000 total B/P's.
Only 500 more until my next badge.

Fro isn't feeling the best and hopes that he can get through the week of work while saying Congrats To:

WilhelmTheVampire: 25,000 Total Stats
vader316: Level 23
Coop83: 18,000 Medal Points, 75,000 B/P, 50,000 Saves
iateamexican: Level 28, Golden Whistle
Lizzardis: Major, Top 3,000 in Experience
Jolly: Police Lieutenant
RuinedMartyer: Master Sergeant
RohantheBarbarian: User of the Day
milinko959: 100,000 Total Stats
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 26,000 Experience
vader316: 4,000 Experience
FBIpolux: 16,000 Posts
HeavyTank: 12,000 B/P
BaronVonBadGuy: 21,000 Total B/P

Thanks To:

Coop83
reverend

Hey I just noticed that our good buddy Hacsev is on the frontpage for this work.

Congrats to him and write a review, since it's being torn apart for being FP'ed.

At 6/8/10 02:32 PM, Pokemonpoeguygcn wrote: You passed 26000 Saves. Way to go!

Now I have over 8888 blams

Four years on NG as of today!

18,000 experience points!

Coop watches Steven Strasburg's impressive debut, while congratulating:
RuinedMartyr: Master Sergeant
RohantheBarbarian: BBS User of the Day
milinko959: 100,000 Total Points
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 26,000 Saves; 8,888 Blams
FBIpolux: 16,000 Posts
HeavyTank: 12,000 B/P
BaronVonBadGuy: 21,000 B/P
Ronald-McDonald-LoL: 4th NG Berfday
Haggard: 18,000 Experience

Thank you to:
Odyssic (x2)
RohantheBarbarian
Bahamut (x2)
Auz (x2)
reverend
Fro (x3)

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.

Congratulations to: -

Lizzardis - Top 3,000 in Experience
milinko959 - 100,000 Total Stats
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 26,000 Saves and 8,888 Blams
vader316 - 4,000 Experience
FBIpolux - 16,000 Posts
HeavyTank - 12,000 B/P
BaronVonBadGuy - 21,000 B/P
Ronald-McDonald-LoL - 4 Years on NG
Haggard - 18,000 Experience

Thank You to: -

Auz
reverend
Fro
Coop83
Odyssic

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
vader316: Top 4,000 Experience
FBIPolux: 16,000 Posts
HeavyTank: 12,000 BP
BaronVonBadGuy: 21,000 BP
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!

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Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup Champions 2010
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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!

Congratulations to: -

DeIvL666 - 222 Reviews
Pokemonpoeguygcn - 29,000 Medal Points
reverend - Lieutenant General
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.