At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: See the damage for yourself - I barely felt the seatbelts tug and there was no airbag deployment.

"I meant ass whiplash."

But yeah that looks pretty bad. The hood can be banged out, but the alignment might be jacked up along with all the internal parts namely the radiator. At least it wasn't a total loss.

And now, for your dissection and enjoyment at someone else's misfortune, you may all call me Crash Bandicoop.

Heh, I was going to make a quip about women drivers, but Crash Bandicoop is much funnier.

At 1/6/11 04:26 PM, Pokemonpoeguygcn wrote: My EXP
It's OVER 9000!!!!!!!111

Ugh.

Coop brings the hire car into work in sleet / snow conditions (Not fun, considering the manual is a fucking novel. Congratulations to:
Gagsy: 53,000 Saves
SCTE3: 7,000 Medal Points
AnalPenguinFarming: Praporshchik; 11,000 B/P
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 9,000 Experience. Take the meme to 4chan, they appreciate them.
killaboy69: 13th Birthday
Kevin: 13,000 B/P
AniMetal: Level 36
ArtDanVal: Level 24

Listening to:
Iron Maiden - No More Lies
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Phil COllins - In The Air Tonight

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/5/11 08:06 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/4/11 10:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: If that's easy for you, how can you say no?

I could certainly be performing that, come August.

Excellent! Hopefully the bartenders don't hog the karaoke like they did last time. The fact that each staff had at least three songs to play and I only had one is fucking ridiculous. They're there on a regular basis while we're only there once a year.

We have to counter-hog! It's an easy enough procedure, if you can get in there early and often.

At 1/6/11 12:57 PM, LittleWashu wrote: But now I just say it because it is my signature saying in this thread. Kind of like how I always using the crying expression with all my posts except that I am not trying to be humble with that.

Ah, the pain of the Buddhist monk that whips himself daily. Punishment for the ills he will commit during the day, or something like that.

At 1/6/11 01:47 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: It must just be my family then - My grandad became a father for the first time at 30, my father at 32. Thus in 2001, we had a great year of celebrations, with my grandad's 80th, dad's 50th and my 18th.

I don't know, maybe it differs per country too.

I know in the 40's and 50's, the church still had a big influence here. Using condoms and such was considered a disgrace and was forbidden by the church. Hence why we had all these large Christian families around who had eight children or so.

Both of my parent's families are Christian - on my mum's side, there were 9 kids from 2 marriages, while on my dad's, there are only 2 kids. Mind you, both of his parents came from large families (6 and 4), so they might have wanted to stop earlier.

Hmm, you better not take your gaming frustations out on your kids then. I know some people can get really worked up about losing a game. I can imagine things might start to get ugly when their kid starts whining as well.

I've got plenty of time to work that out of my system.

Well, not when you're just getting pissed and your kid starts screaming.

I presented the calmest influence on my niece yesterday - she was sitting on the sofa, watching the TV, then she decided to climb up and almost fell. I picked her up and put her back on the floor, before explaining to her at eye level that she mustn't climb on the sofa, or she will hurt herself when she falls.

But I've seen the side effects of gaming and kids - since my best mate and his wife had their first, I've not spent any time at his playing on the PS3 with him :P

At 1/6/11 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: Coop considers making a thread, or just a News Post over his wonderful start to the New Year.

Oh my, did you hit a lamp post?

No, I was turning into the car park (where the car is pictured is the entrance) and a car pulled out of a parking space in front of the bank (behind in the shot). As I had commenced my manoeuvre, I only saw this car (which had not signalled, nor put any lights on) when it was too late. Her front wing made contact with my bumper, creasing all of the bodywork. It's her fault and my insurers see it that way as well.

I now have a Seat Exeo estate for the duration of the repairs, which is great, but the one problem I have is the controls for everything, which are massively over complicated. Wednesday, when I get the focus back, I can get on with driving properly.

At 1/7/11 03:30 AM, reverend wrote:

At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: See the damage for yourself - I barely felt the seatbelts tug and there was no airbag deployment.

"I meant ass whiplash."

But yeah that looks pretty bad. The hood can be banged out, but the alignment might be jacked up along with all the internal parts namely the radiator. At least it wasn't a total loss.

We're talking new bonnet, bumper, valance, grille and possibly wings. They're crumple zones, so they need to be replaced as new. The radiator wasn't broken, as no fluids leaked. Possible paintwork damage and a little stuff on the interior. The clutch problem isn't a problem, so the repair place said Wednesday is looking like when we'll be done.

I'm more worried about the paintwork and getting a match done well. If they mess that up, I could be driving this for a while...

And now, for your dissection and enjoyment at someone else's misfortune, you may all call me Crash Bandicoop.

Heh, I was going to make a quip about women drivers, but Crash Bandicoop is much funnier.

Sweet - I liked it. I get the feeling on Sunday, it won't be taken so well by my mates at the pub :P

What's the deal guys? 28k Total EXP isn't an accomplishment? lol.

At 1/7/11 07:16 AM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: What's the deal guys? 28k Total EXP isn't an accomplishment? lol.

28,000 Total points isn't an achievement - we count those achievements in the mighty milestones of 5,000 points, or even 10,000 points. There are so many places that you can gain them from. I get about 70 per day and if I can do that, there are people out there that can easily average 100 per day. Congratulating people every 10 days for going up 1,000 points is a little too often.

At 1/7/11 03:15 AM, Jolly wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:57 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Back then the whistle system was on a sliding scale so it was thought to be impossible to get that high due to ramagi and Joe raising the bar so high.

Thanks for taking the time to explain. I have one more question (not relating to you though). Does that mean to keep your whistle status you had to continue flagging review constantly? If so, that's a pretty good way to keep everybody flagging reviews.

Only if you had a gold or Deity whistle. But to be honest no it is a terrible way to keep people flagging abusive reviews.

All it would takes is one super competitive person (Like ramagi, or myself back in the day) and everyone's whistles would level down down to silver. This would cause the masses to stop flagging reviews and the newer users to not even try because let's face it most people only flag reviews to get the shiny whistle not because it is the right thing.

Besides that wasn't and it still isn't the purpose to the whistle system in the first place. It was made so that the users could police NG not fight to keep their whistle's shiny. (Funny I am saying this because back in the day I did that even though I was doing it correctly) So the changing of the system some time in ocotober of 2006 was the best thing they could have done.

One person having the power to weaken everyone's whistles when they are doing the right thing wouldn't help the system it would be like shooting it in the leg. Which is what would happen if the Admins where to make the whistle system where you had to continue flagging to keep your whistle shiny.

Was I to blunt about my level up ...or was it just not seen as it was at the bottom of the page?

At 1/7/11 09:47 AM, fuzzum111 wrote: Was I to blunt about my level up ...or was it just not seen as it was at the bottom of the page?

It most likely wasn't seen. Whenever you level up, or gain some milestone it will be posted eventually.

At 1/7/11 10:12 AM, LittleWashu wrote:

At 1/7/11 09:47 AM, fuzzum111 wrote: Was I to blunt about my level up ...or was it just not seen as it was at the bottom of the page?

It most likely wasn't seen. Whenever you level up, or gain some milestone it will be posted eventually.

Ah well, no big deal thanks for the reply *smiles*

With that vote, you now have 23,000 experience points.

Listening to:

Iced Earth - Days of Purgatory

At 1/6/11 01:47 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: No way, I'm not taking steps back. As for the job, there's talks about an extension and the headteacher really wants me to stay for a few additional months.

I wouldn't say going to college or something is 'taking a step back'.

To me it is.

Anyway, I guess he wants you to stay until the end of the schoolyear? Halfway in the year doesn't sound like a convenient time to have to look for a replacement for you.

Uhh, my headteacher isn't a man. Anyway, they're trying to get me on for a few more months. Not necessarily the end of the year but at least a few more months to help them out.

It's the easy way to get a weapon with good abilities. Customising one weapon with the best abilities can be tedious, especially when you need 99 Dark Matters for Break Damage Limit.

I don't know how hard they are to collect in FFX, but I assume quite hard since that's always one of the rarest items in FF.

It is. The only way to even get them from battles besides dark aeons is the Battle Arena so that's grinding yourself to battling loads of special fiends and Dark Matters are rare drops.

I don't think Spoony ever explained the sphere grid in his review. Infact, the most I heard him saying was "piss off" to everyone commenting on it on Twitter.

I think he mentioned only one or two things about it, but didn't go into any details.

Too bad he didn't say much. That's actually a key point to the game that should be explained properly. It's a shame he spent more time on bitching about random trivial things and mediocre sketches than talking about the sphere grid. Some of the new characters Spoony introduced last year are really poor. Black Lantern Spoony is just Spoony with a black shirt and evil while Spoony Bum, his voice isn't good for a bum impression. Of course, by bum impression I mean Chester A. Bum.

Doesn't sound too bad, but I guess there have been better systems in FF games.

The sphere grid isn't the best system but it's not terrible. Even if some systems don't work out well such as the junction system from FFVIII, I still liked Square's ambition to make the system of the latest FF game different to all the others. However, those ideas are wearing thin now.

At 1/6/11 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Pimp's taken that spot longer than bomb. I'd rather have bomb than Pimp being #1 or even better. ME!

Or ME!

No, ME!

You'll miss out on a masterpiece.

I'm not into dragon porn, so meh.

There's something we can at least agree on regarding the matter, though. It's better than Manowar!

At 1/6/11 04:26 PM, Pokemonpoeguygcn wrote: My EXP
It's OVER 9000!!!!!!!111

Shut up shut up SHUT UP!!

At 1/7/11 03:15 AM, Jolly wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Batman: Arkham City

I want them to release a Batman game where you're in a large city, such at the one in [PROTOTYPE], and you can actually explore the city instead of you following a storyline throughout the whole game. I don't know anything about Batman: Arkham City, but I doubt it's anything like what I just described.

This takes place in Gotham City itself so I thought there'll be a large city roam.

Duke Nukem Forever (I must be kidding myself)

If it's actually coming out, does it have a set release date yet?

It's expected to be released this year. Considering the game is now in the hands of a more stable developing company, there's a better chance of it coming out.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Oblivion is the best game ever, in my opinion at least, I hope Skyrim is even better. I should probably play Morrowind before I get Skyrim, though.

I really wanted to enjoy Morrowind but I have a hard time doing that with the awful combat system.

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent! Hopefully the bartenders don't hog the karaoke like they did last time. The fact that each staff had at least three songs to play and I only had one is fucking ridiculous. They're there on a regular basis while we're only there once a year.

We have to counter-hog! It's an easy enough procedure, if you can get in there early and often.

Looks like I'll have to write up a request for the both of us and then you can do one for yourself.

At 1/7/11 07:26 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Duke Nukem Forever (I must be kidding myself)

Haha, I think I will be boring.

Considering Chinese Democracy was boring, that's a reasonable prediction. Who knows, the game could be really good but there's also a chance it'll suck. We may as well get it over and done with.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

I want a real trailer first before getting hyped.

The time will come for that.

The Last Guardian

Is this coming out this year? I want a link.

Expected late 2011. Not a guaranteed 2011 release in that case.

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/6/11 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: Coop considers making a thread, or just a News Post over his wonderful start to the New Year.

Oh my, did you hit a lamp post?

No, I was turning into the car park (where the car is pictured is the entrance) and a car pulled out of a parking space in front of the bank (behind in the shot). As I had commenced my manoeuvre, I only saw this car (which had not signalled, nor put any lights on) when it was too late. Her front wing made contact with my bumper, creasing all of the bodywork. It's her fault and my insurers see it that way as well.

You know, it's stories like these that make me happy that I can't drive a car. This means, I cannot be involved in car accidents. ^^

At 1/7/11 12:18 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/6/11 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Pimp's taken that spot longer than bomb. I'd rather have bomb than Pimp being #1 or even better. ME!

Or ME!

No, ME!

Okay, both of us.

You'll miss out on a masterpiece.

I'm not into dragon porn, so meh.

There's something we can at least agree on regarding the matter, though. It's better than Manowar!

I'm not entirely sure about that. But I have yet to see a dragon porn movie, because right I haven't seen one yet. As I've said, I'm not into it, so I won't go looking for it. ^^

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

With that vote, you now have 11,370 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 33. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 8 hours, 11 minutes, and 50 seconds.

Not a post I'm proud of, but here goes.
After 8 years, 22 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes. Parity has been achieved.

Protect/Blam Ratio: 1

Blams: 17,749
Saves: 17,749

Terrible really since approximately 16 months ago it was 1.8 blams to 1 save.

At 1/7/11 09:00 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Not a post I'm proud of, but here goes.
After 8 years, 22 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes. Parity has been achieved.

Protect/Blam Ratio: 1

Blams: 17,749
Saves: 17,749

Terrible really since approximately 16 months ago it was 1.8 blams to 1 save.

I feel your pain man. It happened to me last year, and now before you know it your ratio will be 1 blam to 1.8 save but I am willing to bet it will take even less time then 16 months since less then 20 blam points come out in 2 days come out of the portal where as you can get over 60+ saves within one.

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote: We're talking new bonnet, bumper, valance, grille and possibly wings. They're crumple zones, so they need to be replaced as new. The radiator wasn't broken, as no fluids leaked. Possible paintwork damage and a little stuff on the interior. The clutch problem isn't a problem, so the repair place said Wednesday is looking like when we'll be done.

Do they have an estimate to when all of that will be done. Weeks, months?
Also, I'm sure you can get a new bonnet at any hat store. :P

3k saves, does that count?

And how many B/P points a day is a lot?

Congrats to:
fuzzum111: Level 31
Bahamut: 23,000 Experience Points
SCTE3: 100 Art Reviews
Kaytee: Level 33
hiddeninthecrowd: 8,888 Post
Corky-D: 3,000 Saves

At 1/8/11 02:20 AM, Corky-D wrote: 3k saves, does that count?

And how many B/P points a day is a lot?

I get about 60 per day. I'd say that's quite a few per day.

At 1/7/11 09:00 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Not a post I'm proud of, but here goes.
After 8 years, 22 days, 20 hours and 15 minutes. Parity has been achieved.

Protect/Blam Ratio: 1

Blams: 17,749
Saves: 17,749

Terrible really since approximately 16 months ago it was 1.8 blams to 1 save.

Better than mine. I get 1 blam every 7 saves.

At 1/7/11 09:47 AM, fuzzum111 wrote: Was I to blunt about my level up ...or was it just not seen as it was at the bottom of the page?

I congratulated you.

Listening to:

Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath

Thanks to:

Jolly
Odyssic

At 1/7/11 03:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/7/11 12:18 PM, Bahamut wrote: No, ME!

Okay, both of us.

If we're both at the top you'll be one taking the top spot.

There's something we can at least agree on regarding the matter, though. It's better than Manowar!

I'm not entirely sure about that. But I have yet to see a dragon porn movie, because right I haven't seen one yet. As I've said, I'm not into it, so I won't go looking for it. ^^

You can just look at some dragon porn pictures and decide then.

At 1/7/11 09:00 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Terrible really since approximately 16 months ago it was 1.8 blams to 1 save.

This is one of the few reasons why I'm happy I stopped B/P'ing on this account. If I kept going even now my save count will be well ahead of blams. As for how much I'd have in total, I might have around 120,000 B/P. That would put me in the top 10. However, I'm happier with 77,777 B/P than reaching the top 10. I guess that makes me less of a statwhore.

At 1/8/11 04:05 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 1/7/11 12:18 PM, Bahamut wrote: Considering Chinese Democracy was boring, that's a reasonable prediction. Who knows, the game could be really good but there's also a chance it'll suck. We may as well get it over and done with.

The gameplay needs to be the same as Duke Nukem 3D, pretty graphics will be fine with me if the gameplay is the same.

I've yet to play Duke Nukem 3D (I know, I'm ashamed of this) but if Duke Nukem Forever is similar to it I'll be happy enough. We need to hear more of Jon St. John.

Coop prepares to head to the Rugby (Worcester - Bedford), while congratulating:
fuzzum111: Level 31
Bahamut: 23,000 Experience
SCTE3: 100 Reviews (Art)
Kaytee: Level 33
hiddeninthecrowd: 8,888 Posts
Corky-D: 3,000 Saves

Listening to:
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
Alice Cooper - Cold Machines
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Thank you to:
Jolly
Odyssic

At 1/7/11 09:47 AM, fuzzum111 wrote: Was I to blunt about my level up ...or was it just not seen as it was at the bottom of the page?

Sorry, I missed it - I can't even think why, so you're on today's list.

At 1/7/11 12:18 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/6/11 12:37 PM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent! Hopefully the bartenders don't hog the karaoke like they did last time. The fact that each staff had at least three songs to play and I only had one is fucking ridiculous. They're there on a regular basis while we're only there once a year.

We have to counter-hog! It's an easy enough procedure, if you can get in there early and often.

Looks like I'll have to write up a request for the both of us and then you can do one for yourself.

Dare I ask what you're thinking? I'd hate to only come primed for a few dozen songs this year :P

At 1/7/11 03:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/6/11 02:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/6/11 03:36 AM, Coop wrote: Coop considers making a thread, or just a News Post over his wonderful start to the New Year.

Oh my, did you hit a lamp post?

No, I was turning into the car park (where the car is pictured is the entrance) and a car pulled out of a parking space in front of the bank (behind in the shot). As I had commenced my manoeuvre, I only saw this car (which had not signalled, nor put any lights on) when it was too late. Her front wing made contact with my bumper, creasing all of the bodywork. It's her fault and my insurers see it that way as well.

You know, it's stories like these that make me happy that I can't drive a car. This means, I cannot be involved in car accidents. ^^

With the substitute car only costing me for parking at work, over the other one, I can't really complain, except I've got to be really careful.

At 1/7/11 06:19 PM, hiddeninthecrowd wrote: Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Eight Posts

What have I done with my life

Well, you're cruising towards a ban if you keep posting over 50 posts in a day ;) You'll draw the moderators' attentions, especially with one line garbage like I've seen you using there. Consider yourself warned ;)

At 1/8/11 01:06 AM, reverend wrote:

At 1/7/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote: We're talking new bonnet, bumper, valance, grille and possibly wings. They're crumple zones, so they need to be replaced as new. The radiator wasn't broken, as no fluids leaked. Possible paintwork damage and a little stuff on the interior. The clutch problem isn't a problem, so the repair place said Wednesday is looking like when we'll be done.

Do they have an estimate to when all of that will be done. Weeks, months?
Also, I'm sure you can get a new bonnet at any hat store. :P

Oh you cunt.

That's just taking it too far. You realise that if I got a new hood, I'd look like a fucking chav?

55k medal points.

It's getting harder and harder for me to get more medal points. Though I'll still keep on hunting them medals just for the thrills of it.

6,000 blams.

I have officially assisted in the deletion of half a dozen thousand pieces of crap.

16000 EXP

Now watching:
Columbo - Any Old Port In A Storm

At 1/8/11 06:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/7/11 03:25 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/7/11 12:18 PM, Bahamut wrote: No, ME!

Okay, both of us.

If we're both at the top you'll be one taking the top spot.

I have the earlier sign up date, so I deserve top spot more.

There's something we can at least agree on regarding the matter, though. It's better than Manowar!

I'm not entirely sure about that. But I have yet to see a dragon porn movie, because right I haven't seen one yet. As I've said, I'm not into it, so I won't go looking for it. ^^

You can just look at some dragon porn pictures and decide then.

Okay, I'd rather look at dragon port pictures than Manowar pictures, I give you that.

Moved up to the rank of major earlier today. Still a long way to go though.

I really wish I had more time to dedicate to this site, seems I'm so busy with life nowadays...

Anyway, just hit Lieutenant and since about all I have time to do is get my exp and blam/protect points this is quite an achievement for me.

Level 52. Golden hammer. Yes.

At 1/8/11 03:45 AM, Jolly wrote: I get about 60 per day. I'd say that's quite a few per day.

I average about 40 per day but recently it's been down to 30. It just depends on what time I'm on and how active the portal is.

At 1/8/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote: Oh you cunt.

That's just taking it too far. You realise that if I got a new hood, I'd look like a fucking chav?

My British to American Dictionary doesn't have the word chav in it but I'll take your word for it. You got to admit that bonnet does look good on you.

Congrats to:
Tycrane: 55,000 Medal Points
WilhelmTheVampire: 6,000 Blams
Powerage: 16,000 Experience
sixflab: Major
RuinedMartyr: Lieutenant
RageVI: Level 52

Achievement of the Day:
RageVI: Level 52

I might make the Achievement of the day daily.

At 1/9/11 12:34 AM, reverend wrote:

At 1/8/11 03:45 AM, Jolly wrote: I get about 60 per day. I'd say that's quite a few per day.

I average about 40 per day but recently it's been down to 30. It just depends on what time I'm on and how active the portal is.

I B/P from the time I wake up until I go to bed.

At 1/9/11 12:31 AM, RageVI wrote: Level 52. Golden hammer. Yes.

Golden Ban Hammer?

At 1/9/11 03:39 AM, Jolly wrote: I might make the Achievement of the day daily.

Doing it any other way would just be silly!!!!!

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

With that vote, you now have 20,535 experience points. You need -5 more to get to Level 44.

I like my nice new Dual Katana's. Time to do some slicing and dicing.

Coop has no idea what today will bring. Congratulations to:
Tycrane: 55,000 Medal Points
WilhelmTheVampire: 6,000 Blams
Powerage: 16,000 Experience
sixflab: Major
RuinedMartyr: Lieutenant
RageVI: Level 52 - Butter Smuggler
gamejunkie: Level 44

At 1/9/11 12:34 AM, reverend wrote:

At 1/8/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote: Oh you cunt.

That's just taking it too far. You realise that if I got a new hood, I'd look like a fucking chav?

My British to American Dictionary doesn't have the word chav in it but I'll take your word for it. You got to admit that bonnet does look good on you.

Fortunately, I got an OED for Xmas :P

Chav Noun; British, informal, derogatory. A young lower class person who wears designer clothes and typically behaves in a brash or loutish way.
- ORIGIN Perhaps from Chatham, Kent, or related to Romany "chavi", meaning child

I just passed 55,555 medal points.