At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: It's mostly the health insurances that appear to be very costly.

Aren't there any student discounts for insurances?
I only have to pay a small amount (about 50 EU) for my insurance.

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/12/10 03:57 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/12/10 10:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Also, I've just finished off all three seasons of Sam & Max. Now what do I do with video games from now until whenever the Oddworld set comes out on Steam?

Play some Monkey Island?

I would but I don't know how long Monkey Island 2 is. The first one took a while for me. For now, I'll just try and win the special items in Poker Night and then a bit of TF2 up until the Oddworld box does come out.

If you try to figure it out all on your own I guess it's pretty damn long. Tbh, I never beat any Monkey Island without some help. ^^

Total reviews is flash + audio + art combined. Oh, you have more art reviews than I do.

YAY!

That makes it two stats so far. For the third, saves it'll be. Maybe you'll pass me in flash reviews in a year or two?

Not with the pace I currently have. Seems I suffered some review deletion (because of deleted flashes) lately. At least I am very sure I wrote more reviews than I gained on the updates in the Top Reviewers List.

That only works for Homer Simpson.

Then you'll have to look for a job in a matress factory. Or at JYSK, I'm sure you could use the beds there at least during lunch break.

Looks like I'll need to find the nearest store of that kind.

Seems the company isn't that big in the UK yet.

Got to level 25 a few days ago.

At 12/13/10 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: I don't think I would like one... *looks around uncomfortably*

Why not? Just because I said I use Russians doesn't mean that I've laced the tea with Polonium-210 *pours himself a cup of tea and drinks* See, I've still got all of my hair and teeth.

You're looking a bit green though =/

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: A portrait? Nice.

I haven't seen Timmy's name pop up that often yet in the voting thread though, so I don't think this battle is gonna occur.

Actually, he's doing fairly well right now and could change the tide. For now, I'm taking the lead.

That was to be expected.

Not being nominated for any category sure makes the voting round less exciting...

Lol random. I think I need to see that in context :p

It's actually just a random scene in the game but it's still hilarious. Another favourite moment of mine in Sam & Max is the point and click reference.

This game looks even more random than Conkers Bad Fur Day 0.0

At 12/13/10 08:36 AM, SeeD419 wrote:

At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: I saw you gained another 16 flash reviews these last two weeks when I updated the reviewers list. Looks like you're still going strong.

Haha, interesting statistic I was unaware of ;)

I'm still going, but I'm pretty far away still.

Well I got you on my tracking list so I can see your bi-weekly review progress ;)

At 12/13/10 01:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: It's mostly the health insurances that appear to be very costly.

Aren't there any student discounts for insurances?
I only have to pay a small amount (about 50 EU) for my insurance.

Well, according to some check and compare website, me and my girlfriend can get a health insurance for about 160 euros a month. This is the cheapest one available, with student discount and a discount for being less than 31 years old included.

This has the maximum of what we call 'own risk' though. It means that if we need some medicine or one of us ends up in a hospital for example, we have to pay the first 670 euros of costs ourselves.

It seems silly to me, because if we take a low own risk we can't handle the monthly costs and if we take a high own risk it's still very costly and we're fucked if something happens to us. It seems hardly beneficial for us to get such an insurance at all, but it's mandatory X|

I passed 48,000 Saves somewhere today. Didn't notice at first.

level 46
I have been listening to Phil X and I think he is vastly underrated :-)

Coop tries to brace himself for the next round of snow, while congratulating:
juansolous: Level 33
Corky-D: Level 25
Auz: 48,000 Saves
IvanTuroc: Level 46

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/12/10 10:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Why not? Do it for laughs.

The very idea of Slayer doing Silent Night is hilariously appealing.

Let it be done!

*Slayer Noise* SILENT! NIGHT! *Moar Noise* UNHOLY! NIGHT! *Noise*

Something like that?

At 12/13/10 08:36 AM, SeeD419 wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:02 AM, Coop wrote: These things happen - if they were more active on the BBS, then perhaps we'd understand.

(Robert stack appears walking from a smoky alley)
"It was a cold evening on the night when Newgrounds user Humantarget52 mysteriously seemed to vanish without a trace. Nobody had spoken to him on the night of his disappearance."

Nah, that was more like Josh. He disappeared, as the account was deleted. We can still see ht52's corpse floating on the river. Wanna poke him?

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/12/10 05:06 PM, Auz wrote: I don't think I would like one... *looks around uncomfortably*

Why not? Just because I said I use Russians doesn't mean that I've laced the tea with Polonium-210 *pours himself a cup of tea and drinks* See, I've still got all of my hair and teeth.

You're looking a bit green though =/

You're trying to say I was poisoned? Pish! I've not so much as taken a day off work this year, for illness, I wouldn't let poison get me down. It's a fantastic song!

With that vote, you now have 11,000 experience points. You need 370 more to get to Level 33. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 19 hours, 1 minute, and 13 seconds.

Oh yeah.

Last night I vaulted into the top 600 B/P, going from 605 to 593. Next stop, 10k B/P! (which should arrive later today).

IRL 14th birthday, meaning I lose the ability to be hilariously ironic when using the phrase 'thirteen year old boy to slag people off. At least I can now use the second best thing.

Listening to:

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

Thanks to:

Odyssic

At 12/13/10 08:36 AM, SeeD419 wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/12/10 10:56 AM, SeeD419 wrote: Minecraft

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!

I'm totally missing the connection between that video and Minecraft xD

I fear for whoever plays Minecraft and has an addiction for it.

At 12/13/10 01:38 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: I would but I don't know how long Monkey Island 2 is. The first one took a while for me. For now, I'll just try and win the special items in Poker Night and then a bit of TF2 up until the Oddworld box does come out.

If you try to figure it out all on your own I guess it's pretty damn long. Tbh, I never beat any Monkey Island without some help. ^^

And that's why I better hold it off. It doesn't help when I never really got into Deus Ex when I started it up a few months ago.

Looks like I'll need to find the nearest store of that kind.

Seems the company isn't that big in the UK yet.

Then we'll make it big!

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Actually, he's doing fairly well right now and could change the tide. For now, I'm taking the lead.

That was to be expected.

Not being nominated for any category sure makes the voting round less exciting...

It's hard to say for myself since the last time I didn't get into the finals is 2006. 2007 got me Most Underrated finalist, mid 2008 awards offered me Never Logs Off finalist, 2008 awards had Never Logs off and Best Poster finals, mid 2009 had Best Poster finals and winning Most Underrated, the second award of 2009 I won Most Underrated again and mid 2010 had me in the finals for Most Underrated once again and winning Best Poster. Yeah, that's a lot I've done.

It's actually just a random scene in the game but it's still hilarious. Another favourite moment of mine in Sam & Max is the point and click reference.

This game looks even more random than Conkers Bad Fur Day 0.0

I wouldn't be surprised. However, Sam & Max haven't made any references to Merseyside while Conker's Bad Fur Day did. Sam & Max have gone as far as making references to modern internet age such as namedropping YouTube and Craigslist. Something like that would stick out like a sore thumb in The Simpsons.

At 12/13/10 07:01 PM, IvanTuroc wrote: level 46
I have been listening to Phil X and I think he is vastly underrated :-)

Congrats! Level 46 is best with evil aura. My evil aura isn't very effective, though. :P

At 12/14/10 04:01 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Let it be done!

*Slayer Noise* SILENT! NIGHT! *Moar Noise* UNHOLY! NIGHT! *Noise*

Something like that?

After hearing some Noise music, I have a very hard time relating Slayer or anything from metal to noise.

Level 9 for the win.

Listening to:
Björk - I Can't Help Loving That Man
Goethes Erben - Der Spiegel

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote: It seems silly to me, because if we take a low own risk we can't handle the monthly costs and if we take a high own risk it's still very costly and we're fucked if something happens to us. It seems hardly beneficial for us to get such an insurance at all, but it's mandatory X|

I don't know if I have to pay anything extra if I have to go to the hospital, but well, since the current government seems to be more interested in hotels and managers I wouldn't be surprised if I have to.
Also: Yes, it seems a bit silly that an insurance is mandatory, but I'm quite happy we don't have such a fucked up health system like the USA. :/
Having an insurance is ALWAYS better than not having one.

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/13/10 01:38 PM, Haggard wrote: If you try to figure it out all on your own I guess it's pretty damn long. Tbh, I never beat any Monkey Island without some help. ^^

And that's why I better hold it off. It doesn't help when I never really got into Deus Ex when I started it up a few months ago.

Then you have to play some smaller games on NG. :P

Looks like I'll need to find the nearest store of that kind.

Seems the company isn't that big in the UK yet.

Then we'll make it big!

Let's start another revolution!

Okay, so me and my gf went to our meeting today about that apartment. We discussed the rent and it turns out to be cheap as fuck really. We basically pay about 200 euros a month for three rooms, plus a shower, toilet and kitchen. Our parents have also agreed to pay our health insurances, so that pretty much takes care of our financial troubles.

This means that we will most likely move out of our parents houses to The Hague somewhere in the next couple of weeks. I know this is a pretty big step in life, but everybody has to take it sooner or later.

At 12/14/10 04:01 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote: You're looking a bit green though =/

You're trying to say I was poisoned? Pish! I've not so much as taken a day off work this year, for illness, I wouldn't let poison get me down. It's a fantastic song!

Well didn't you pour in that tea yourself? That would imply that you poisoned yourself. Or was it the coffee lady who made the tea? In that case you might want to check her backgrounds again.

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote: That was to be expected.

Not being nominated for any category sure makes the voting round less exciting...

It's hard to say for myself since the last time I didn't get into the finals is 2006. 2007 got me Most Underrated finalist, mid 2008 awards offered me Never Logs Off finalist, 2008 awards had Never Logs off and Best Poster finals, mid 2009 had Best Poster finals and winning Most Underrated, the second award of 2009 I won Most Underrated again and mid 2010 had me in the finals for Most Underrated once again and winning Best Poster. Yeah, that's a lot I've done.

Impressive. Looks like you mostly get nominated for the same categories. Of course best mod is new.

Only thing I've had so far is nominated for and winning Most Underrated in the mid year 2010 awards.

This game looks even more random than Conkers Bad Fur Day 0.0

I wouldn't be surprised. However, Sam & Max haven't made any references to Merseyside while Conker's Bad Fur Day did. Sam & Max have gone as far as making references to modern internet age such as namedropping YouTube and Craigslist. Something like that would stick out like a sore thumb in The Simpsons.

Conkers Bad Fur Day made a reference to Merseyside? Where?

Sam & Max indeed seems like a typical game with tons of references to all kinds of things. Just like Conkers Bad Fur Day.

At 12/14/10 01:42 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote: It seems silly to me, because if we take a low own risk we can't handle the monthly costs and if we take a high own risk it's still very costly and we're fucked if something happens to us. It seems hardly beneficial for us to get such an insurance at all, but it's mandatory X|

I don't know if I have to pay anything extra if I have to go to the hospital, but well, since the current government seems to be more interested in hotels and managers I wouldn't be surprised if I have to.
Also: Yes, it seems a bit silly that an insurance is mandatory, but I'm quite happy we don't have such a fucked up health system like the USA. :/
Having an insurance is ALWAYS better than not having one.

It looks like that's changing under Obama though, but yeah I guess you're right. Compared to America and many other countries, the Dutch health system isn't so bad and neither is the system in many other Western European countries.

Anyway, like I already said above, our parents are willing to pay our health insurances so that's awesome ^^

5,000 experience points.

7,000 saves

Level: 50

At 12/12/10 10:43 AM, S-k-y wrote: Level 38!

Level 38!

8k saves.

1,500 Blams.
Holy crap that took forever.

And that's 10,000 total B/P, and 1/3 the way to Praporshchik

Rev is here and there; Congrats to:
RuinedMartyr - 10,000 Saves
Tetros - 4,000 Posts
juansolous - Level 33
Corky-D - Level 25
Auz - 48k Saves
IvanTuroc - Level 46
DumbassDude - 11k Exp
EmmDubya - 14 Years Old
Danavers - 5,000 Exp
AnalPenguinFarming - 7,000 Saves
Patcoola - Level 50
Fagamut - Level 38
sandwich-eater - 8,000 Saves
DiMono - 10,000 B/P and Top 600 in B/P

How has this thread been going since 2002?

At 12/14/10 09:15 PM, haas117 wrote: How has this thread been going since 2002?

Because it's a stat sharing thread, it's updated multiple times daily and there's no need for a new one.

Coop wonders if his watch will be fixed in time for Xmas, while congratulating:
DumbassDude: 11,000 Experience
DiMono: Top 600 B/Per; 10,000 B/P
EmmDubya: 14th Birthday
Danavers: 5,000 Experience
AnalPenguinFarming: 7,000 Saves
Patcoola: Level 50
Fagamut: Level 38
sandwich-eater: 8,000 Saves

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/14/10 04:01 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/13/10 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote: Let it be done!

*Slayer Noise* SILENT! NIGHT! *Moar Noise* UNHOLY! NIGHT! *Noise*

Something like that?

After hearing some Noise music, I have a very hard time relating Slayer or anything from metal to noise.

Sorry, I was going from the "traditional physics" definition of noise - unwanted sound.

At 12/14/10 02:41 PM, Auz wrote: This means that we will most likely move out of our parents houses to The Hague somewhere in the next couple of weeks. I know this is a pretty big step in life, but everybody has to take it sooner or later.

Freedom!

Although as previously discussed, I would prefer to buy, as opposed to renting.

At 12/14/10 04:01 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/13/10 03:10 PM, Auz wrote: You're looking a bit green though =/

You're trying to say I was poisoned? Pish! I've not so much as taken a day off work this year, for illness, I wouldn't let poison get me down. It's a fantastic song!

Well didn't you pour in that tea yourself? That would imply that you poisoned yourself. Or was it the coffee lady who made the tea? In that case you might want to check her backgrounds again.

Yes, you're entirely correct - she gave me green tea, instead of black! Lousy double agent.

At 12/15/10 12:07 AM, sandwich-eater wrote:

At 12/14/10 09:15 PM, haas117 wrote: How has this thread been going since 2002?

Because it's a stat sharing thread, it's updated multiple times daily and there's no need for a new one.

As above, it helps to keep all of the stats in one place, plus it's also a lounge thread - people chat about stuff in it, which helps to keep things going.

47k medal points.

Listening to:

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

Thanks to:

reverend
Coop

At 12/14/10 01:42 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: And that's why I better hold it off. It doesn't help when I never really got into Deus Ex when I started it up a few months ago.

Then you have to play some smaller games on NG. :P

Or any small games I have on Steam. Hey, Portal fits in that category.

Then we'll make it big!

Let's start another revolution!

Can't we just tap this along with the Wi/Ht? revolution?

At 12/14/10 02:41 PM, Auz wrote: This means that we will most likely move out of our parents houses to The Hague somewhere in the next couple of weeks. I know this is a pretty big step in life, but everybody has to take it sooner or later.

That is excellent news! Good to see you and your girlfriend making a move with your lives. :)

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: Awards

Impressive. Looks like you mostly get nominated for the same categories. Of course best mod is new.

Yeah, and I've had far too much credit for Most Underrated. Good thing the latest awards forbid anyone from nominating myself for Most Underrated.

I wouldn't be surprised. However, Sam & Max haven't made any references to Merseyside while Conker's Bad Fur Day did. Sam & Max have gone as far as making references to modern internet age such as namedropping YouTube and Craigslist. Something like that would stick out like a sore thumb in The Simpsons.

Conkers Bad Fur Day made a reference to Merseyside? Where?

I believe they mention Birkenhead which is a town in Merseyside. Maybe a mention of scousers as well?

Sam & Max indeed seems like a typical game with tons of references to all kinds of things. Just like Conkers Bad Fur Day.

There's definitely many references in Sam & Max.

"Are you a bad enough president to rescue the dude?"

At 12/15/10 03:56 AM, Coop wrote: Coop wonders if his watch will be fixed in time for Xmas, while congratulating:

Is that the same watch that broke at the London meet?

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: After hearing some Noise music, I have a very hard time relating Slayer or anything from metal to noise.

Sorry, I was going from the "traditional physics" definition of noise - unwanted sound.

I know "unwanted sound" on an extreme level and it's not Slayer.

At 12/14/10 03:39 PM, Fagamut wrote:

At 12/12/10 10:43 AM, S-k-y wrote: Level 38!

Level 38!

Level 38!

Level 40! Two more levels and I can retire this account.

35k medal points

Slowly chugging along. It's nothing compared to the medal point elitists.

Listening to:
Anvil - Life To Lead
Anvil - Park That Truck
Eisregen - Mein Eichensarg

At 12/14/10 02:41 PM, Auz wrote: Okay, so me and my gf went to our meeting today about that apartment. We discussed the rent and it turns out to be cheap as fuck really. We basically pay about 200 euros a month for three rooms, plus a shower, toilet and kitchen.

WTF? I think I have to move to Den Haag as well...

This means that we will most likely move out of our parents houses to The Hague somewhere in the next couple of weeks. I know this is a pretty big step in life, but everybody has to take it sooner or later.

The biggest problem is to find furniture that doesn't look like bulky waste. Me and my gf failed big time in that department. XD
Ah well, at least the furniture was cheap.

Anyway, like I already said above, our parents are willing to pay our health insurances so that's awesome ^^

YAY for parents! ^^

At 12/15/10 11:30 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/14/10 01:42 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/14/10 12:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: And that's why I better hold it off. It doesn't help when I never really got into Deus Ex when I started it up a few months ago.

Then you have to play some smaller games on NG. :P

Or any small games I have on Steam. Hey, Portal fits in that category.

There's also a portal on NG. :P

Then we'll make it big!

Let's start another revolution!

Can't we just tap this along with the Wi/Ht? revolution?

Even the best revolutionists have to sleep sometimes.