30,000 exp.

That is all. Till I level up in 2 days, that is!

Be back to catch-up tomorrow night, hopefully.

LV 31 and 9990xp

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

With that vote, you now have 12,090 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 34. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 19 hours, 32 minutes, and 14 seconds.

The more experience points you have, combined with BLAM and PROTECTION

Next milestone passed 777 EXP. Not really a big deal though >_<

Coop tries to balance his books, concedes and decides to go to the pub, all while congratulating:
Auz: 100,000 Total Points
gamejunkie: 36,000 B/P
schumaccercat: 1,000 Experience
Tycrane: 57,000 Medal Points
LittleWashu: 33,000 B/P; #777 Most Experienced
MrT-Time: Level 35
High-Dark: 7,000 B/P
gfoxcook: 30,000 Experience; 30k triplelisted
HeavyTank: Level 31
Sispri: Level 34

At 1/15/11 01:14 PM, LittleWashu wrote:

At 1/15/11 05:59 AM, Coop wrote: A co-ordinated effort would certainly help, but the problem is that it's forbidden under NGBBS rules. I'm sure that elsewhere on the internet, it wouldn't be so frowned upon though :P

Sad but true becauase even though we are trying to do the right thing others would see it as a form of Mass voting. Also yeah that is how some of those spammers worked. They had their own forums and would plan on their forums to vote together as one to pass their shit.

It's only against the BBS Rules. That's all I have to say on the matter.

That or the current users on NG need to realize that their votes are count, because if they didn't the then everything that came into the portal would still be on NG unless marked for review then deleted.

Yeah, but once it's marked for review, it sits around and waits patiently for admin attention, while out of sight of the lay user.

That is a plus and a minus. The plus is that it can be passed until it get out of judgement and if it is truly rule breaking it will be deleted. Bad because you have to wait until the Admin to delete it which could take months or even a year and change.

This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

Plus, with the additional Blam points that will produce, it might also influence the voting crowd.

At 1/15/11 05:59 AM, Coop wrote: That's a defeatist attitude and I'll have none of it. Having an idea about retiring at your age is laughable!

Scofff! What you call defeatist I call realistic. Maybe if the number one B/P would retire I might reconsider but there is no possible way to catch him. Why climb Everest when Everest keeps getting taller and taller? :P

At least with levels you get a new icon in 3-4 months.

At 1/15/11 06:38 AM, Auz wrote: With this post, I now have 100,000 Total Stats!

Sweet!

Congrats to:
Auz: 100,000 Total Stats
gamejunkie: 36,000 B/P Points
schumaccercat: 1,000 Experience
Tycrane: 57,000 Medal Points
MrT-Time: Level 35
Saint-Jesus: Top 3,000 in B/P
High-Dark: 7,000 B/P Points
gfoxcook: 30,000 Experience
HeavyTank: Level 31/10,000 Experience
Sispri: Level 34
LittleWashu: Rank 777 in Experience

At 1/16/11 05:20 AM, Coop wrote: This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

If this ever happens. Send me the first application form.

I'm back from Manchester. Lots of stuff happened but overall it was an excellent time! Some events there will make you wish you attended. I'm looking at you, Coop. :P

Listening to:

Primordial - To the Nameless Dead

At 1/13/11 08:10 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/12/11 11:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: SHUT. THE FUCK. UP! WAIT UNTIL THE FUCKING MEET!

Gratuitous plug alert!
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 02081

You can be happy with that for the time being. BTW, I did not sing Iron Maiden on karaoke night. I'm saving it for London for you.

At 1/13/11 11:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/12/11 03:51 PM, Auz wrote: True. There are many commercial jingles that I'd like to forget :(

"Crazy Frog" comes to my mind here.

I thought I forgot him forever.

At 1/13/11 04:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now that's an excellent idea. How can we argue about this?

Only problem is that there are so many other users in front of us who disagree with our plans.

Baaaaah, you are right about this. We know Coop is strongly against our idea.

It's still an improvement for you. :P

Okay then. They still play shitty music, though. :P

But not the worst, right?

At 1/13/11 04:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/13/11 04:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: It makes you wonder if there's a stable country right now. Looks like we'll all go back to square one eventually.

China seems pretty stable at the moment, and willing to help other nations out. Of course they want a little influence in return, which might be bad... or good... I don't know yet.

China know they deal well with other countries so they wouldn't want them to fall.

For apprenticeships, the usual age range they ask for is 16-19. I started applying to hell to them at the age of 18 and even got turned down because someone had more experience than me. You're taking these courses for the fucking experience.

Oh so you were a bit late perhaps. But yeah, that last thing doesn't make sense.

Maybe I was too old but it wouldn't make sense for some of those employers to pick someone with more experience than me.

But not for Pokemon Black/White. We're getting it just before America does.

Awesome! I don't think I'll check it out anytime soon though. I'm just about done with playing Platinum and I still got Soul Silver to play through. But for now I'd rather play something other than Pokemon.

I'm not sure if I'll be in a rush for Pokemon Black/White. Sure, I do want to get it but I'm not sure about first day buy. I'll see what my friends think of the game and decide from there.

You know, I can't remember if Spoony still has a job or not. I'm all for video makers getting a bit of money in return for their videos but when it came to critiquing Spoony, it was regardless of how much money he's earning.

I've always wondered if he had a job. I think he's making quite a lot of money with ads on his website.

I spoke to another friend of mine who's also a Spoony fan and he says he has no job. It's just the videos that are getting him money but considering he's one of the biggest names for video game reviewers, I wouldn't be surprised if he earns enough money to maintain his life.

At 1/14/11 12:21 PM, Haggard wrote: Hey Bahamut!

HEY HAGGARD!

What do you know any of these bands and if so, can you reccomend some of them?
AGENT STEEL
ENFORCER
EPICA

I know those three bands. I only have one Agent Steel album but Unstoppable Force is SPEED FUCKING METAL! I've yet to pick up an album by Enforcer but they're pretty good from what I've heard. As for Epica, I'm more fond of their classical set on the live album rather than their own tracks but what they've written themselves is still alright. Some of their songs I really like but others I need time to get used to.

At 1/15/11 06:38 AM, Auz wrote: With this post, I now have 100,000 Total Stats!

Congrats! Welcome to the 100,000 cool club.

At 1/15/11 11:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: 30,000 exp.

That is a grand milestone.

At 1/16/11 04:59 AM, LittleWashu wrote: Next milestone passed 777 EXP. Not really a big deal though >_<

No way, it's lucky sevens.

Listening to:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sailor's Lament
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chameleon

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/13/11 11:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/12/11 03:51 PM, Auz wrote: True. There are many commercial jingles that I'd like to forget :(

"Crazy Frog" comes to my mind here.

I thought I forgot him forever.

LOL! Again.

At 1/13/11 04:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now that's an excellent idea. How can we argue about this?

Only problem is that there are so many other users in front of us who disagree with our plans.

Baaaaah, you are right about this. We know Coop is strongly against our idea.

Maybe we can bribe him?

It's still an improvement for you. :P

Okay then. They still play shitty music, though. :P

But not the worst, right?

Well... better than Justin Bieber at least. But that isn't saying much.

At 1/14/11 12:21 PM, Haggard wrote: Hey Bahamut!

HEY HAGGARD!

Oh hi.

What do you know any of these bands and if so, can you reccomend some of them?
AGENT STEEL
ENFORCER
EPICA

I know those three bands. I only have one Agent Steel album but Unstoppable Force is SPEED FUCKING METAL!

Sounds good. I'm more into Thrash, but Speed is good as well.

I've yet to pick up an album by Enforcer but they're pretty good from what I've heard.

I listened to one song so far, and it sounded okay. I guess I will check them out a bit better then.

As for Epica, I'm more fond of their classical set on the live album rather than their own tracks but what they've written themselves is still alright. Some of their songs I really like but others I need time to get used to.

I was sceptical when I read about them, I think I put them near the bottom of my "bands to check out" list.

Hello Newgrounders, I have reached level 34. This has to be the second most interesting level icon right behind level 26.

Manchester is a fine place, Bahamut. I am glad you enjoyed your time.

Sorry for slacking a bit with the replies here lately. I have some good excuses.

First thing is, I have received the key to my new apartment last Thursday and we have payed the rent for this month. So now it's officially me and my gf's place, but of course we have a shitload of paperwork to go through before we officially live there and everybody is aware of that. Also, we have to get working on the ceilings, walls, floors and have to move all our stuff in and buy some more stuff we need.

Along with that, I had to hand in a report and one chapter of a report and I also have exams in the upcoming two weeks.

So busy times here. Chances are I might not be around so much every now and again.

At 1/14/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/13/11 04:46 PM, Auz wrote: Well that's too bad. If you don't have any good memories, then it's gonna be difficult changing the way you think about your brother.

When we were young, I was rewarded for performing well in most subjects at school (Grade A/B), while my brother was rewarded the same, despite his lower performance (Grade C/D, which migh be generous, but I never really paid attention, so long as he was worse). To a certain extent, I was jaded that he could be rewarded for "trying his best", when I got the same reward for coming top of the class. In High School, my grades dropped and, while I don't regret that now - I wouldn't have been any better off in life had I tried harder, I don't think, there might not have been my better interests at heart.

Now it's unfair to drop this, along with everything else at my parent's door, since they have the hardest job in the world. If they were to not reward him for not reaching my levels, I would have been better off, but that would only have made him the bitter one. At least I can be philosophical and know that I'm the normal one out of us.

I think I see, but I'm not fully sure.

Honestly, it's the same at my place. I've always been the one who had the better grades and my brother was always at a lower level at school. We also always got the same rewards for our results, but it never really bothered me that he did worse than I did while we still got the same.

I understand that my parents were just trying to raise us equally and that we both have our good and bad qualities. They didn't want to make it seem like they preferred me over my brother or the other way around. I'm sure your parents must have had the same idea.

At 1/14/11 12:21 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/13/11 04:46 PM, Auz wrote: I don't know how much you paid for it...

About 25 Euros.

That sounds like a good deal for seven CCR albums.

Well if she's working 9 to 5 every day of the week, then it might be a problem. But if she's a part-timer, there must be an oppertunity to use the car from time to time. Unless your schedule coincides with hers.

9 to 5? You wish... her regular work schedule is from 8 to 4, but most of the time she works until 5 or even longer. Plus, she has to work on some weekends and sometimes even night shift. (after all, she works as a medical doctor in a hospital ;) ).

As a doctor? Nice!

Yeah I guess that's pretty heavy work which requires a lot of flexibility.

And then you made clear that a man's driving skills are far superiour to that of a woman, even when he is a beginner. Am I right? :p

Everytime I try that all I get is a boot to the head. :(

Same here :p Although my girlfriend can't drive anyway, so who's she to tell me I'm wrong?

32.000? Holy shit 0.0

Big city, big Uni. ^^

Yeah. I'm sure the universities in Amsterdam and Rotterdam have many students as well, but Delft is not even that much of a city.

I think the Technical University of Delft only has about 15.000 students or so. Then again, Germany probably has 5 times as many students in total.

Yeah, maybe. There is also a Technical University in Hamburg, but I don't know how many students it has.

So Hamburg has two universities?

Well that's not too bad. It's about 1 hour and 30 minutes for me, but once I have moved to The Hague it's no more than about 50 minutes.

Lol, I always have to stop and think which city is meant by "The Hague". ^^

I guess in Germany it might also be known as 'Den Haag'.

1 hour 30 minutes can be quite long when you are riding a train.

It's not only the train. It's about 30 minutes bus, 15 minutes subway, 15 minutes train and 30 minutes walking and waiting in between.

Wait, David Hasslehoff? 0.o
I always thought it was this guy.

Oh, Peter Maffay and his singing wart.

I think David's german is better than Peter's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmibSTB5G HI

Lol. I didn't know David could actually sing. I do know he tried a singing career once, but... it didn't work out :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsF F8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPwFEPsu eU

Don't know, I only know him from that one song :p
Though it can't get any worse than The Hoff, can it?

Well, Hasselhoff had one or two good moments in 4 seasons of Knight Rider. Reim has... nothing.

Like I said I don't know much about Reim :p

All I know about the Hoff is that he is a washed up B-grade actor who used to play in series like Baywatch and Knight Rider. I used to watch Knight Rider as a kid, but I have no idea if it was such a good series or not. Probably not.

At 1/15/11 09:35 AM, gamejunkie wrote:

At 1/15/11 06:38 AM, Auz wrote: With this post, I now have 100,000 Total Stats!

Congratulations, great effort.

Also 36,000 B/P points.

Thank you and congrats yourself :)

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/13/11 04:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/13/11 04:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

China seems pretty stable at the moment, and willing to help other nations out. Of course they want a little influence in return, which might be bad... or good... I don't know yet.

China know they deal well with other countries so they wouldn't want them to fall.

Yes indeed. It's gonna hurt them as well in the end, so they better try to keep them alive.

Oh so you were a bit late perhaps. But yeah, that last thing doesn't make sense.

Maybe I was too old but it wouldn't make sense for some of those employers to pick someone with more experience than me.

No, not if it goes via that program thingy you mentioned.

Awesome! I don't think I'll check it out anytime soon though. I'm just about done with playing Platinum and I still got Soul Silver to play through. But for now I'd rather play something other than Pokemon.

I'm not sure if I'll be in a rush for Pokemon Black/White. Sure, I do want to get it but I'm not sure about first day buy. I'll see what my friends think of the game and decide from there.

Same here. I'm fine with playing it later, after I've heard how well it has been received by everyone.

I've always wondered if he had a job. I think he's making quite a lot of money with ads on his website.

I spoke to another friend of mine who's also a Spoony fan and he says he has no job. It's just the videos that are getting him money but considering he's one of the biggest names for video game reviewers, I wouldn't be surprised if he earns enough money to maintain his life.

Yeah I thought so. Like I said, it doesn't look like he lives in a very expensive place and as far as I know, website ads are big business. As long as he stays popular he can probably live of those earnings.

At 1/16/11 05:20 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/15/11 01:14 PM, LittleWashu wrote:

At 1/15/11 05:59 AM, Coop wrote:

That or the current users on NG need to realize that their votes are count, because if they didn't the then everything that came into the portal would still be on NG unless marked for review then deleted.

Yeah, but once it's marked for review, it sits around and waits patiently for admin attention, while out of sight of the lay user.

That is a plus and a minus. The plus is that it can't be passed until it get out of judgement and if it is truly rule breaking it will be deleted. Bad because you have to wait until the Admin to delete it which could take months or even a year and change.

This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

I see kind of like how wade was the only one removing abusive reviews until they gave the review mods the power to do the same thing. That would help big time

Plus, with the additional Blam points that will produce, it might also influence the voting crowd.

True but that would only be for those who actually pay attention and flag the abusive flash. Many people just let a lot of abusive flash pass for the protect point even if they do know it is abusive. Plus they would have to vote 0 or 1 to get the point otherwise they would only get whistle points.

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/16/11 04:59 AM, LittleWashu wrote: Next milestone passed 777 EXP. Not really a big deal though >_<

No way, it's lucky sevens.

If they were so lucky I wouldn't be having computer problems the moment I got that number. As a result I have been thrown off of my A game and will be gaining less B/P points until further notice.

Damn, it seems like I'm always late when I recently leveled up a few days ago. I think it was the seventh or so.

Also not counting this post I had 3,333 posts!

65,000 Medal Points!

Hi again you stat-whoring scumbags. Just checking in to say hi.

3000th post btw

Level 48

Poseidon has blessed me with a trident of gold. Now my enemies shall sink to the depths in his name.

17,000 total B/P!

10,000 experience points (I had 9,990 yesterday, the congratulatory post with 10k was a mistake)...that's a thousand days of voting...wow.
Well, I also guess that this means 1,000 days on NG, although obviously they're a bit more because of the few days I missed :P

Coop hauls himself out of bed and starts looking for work. Congratulations to:
Odyssic: 28,000 B/P
NewsReporter: Level 34
Cootie: Top 500 B/Per
Wegra: 3,333 Posts
Hacsev: 65,000 Medal Points
WeirdAlthe3rd: 23,000 Saves
Strategize: 3,000 Posts
Sushi13: 17,000 B/P
HeavyTank: 10,000 Experience

At 1/16/11 05:39 AM, reverend wrote:

At 1/15/11 05:59 AM, Coop wrote: That's a defeatist attitude and I'll have none of it. Having an idea about retiring at your age is laughable!

Scofff! What you call defeatist I call realistic. Maybe if the number one B/P would retire I might reconsider but there is no possible way to catch him. Why climb Everest when Everest keeps getting taller and taller? :P

Why must you bring rocks into this? Everest grew by less than the height of Edmund Hillary between the time that he conquered it and his death, why does that make the climb seem inconsequential?

The B/P summit is moving forward at a tremendous pace and I am still pursuing it.

At least with levels you get a new icon in 3-4 months.

106 days for me, but that's a drop in the ocean for those above me :P

At 1/16/11 06:55 AM, gamejunkie wrote:

At 1/16/11 05:20 AM, Coop wrote: This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

If this ever happens. Send me the first application form.

I'll have the inside track over this ;)

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm back from Manchester. Lots of stuff happened but overall it was an excellent time! Some events there will make you wish you attended. I'm looking at you, Coop. :P

Preserving my cash is more important at present. Sorry. Was there Karaoke then?

At 1/13/11 08:10 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/12/11 11:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: SHUT. THE FUCK. UP! WAIT UNTIL THE FUCKING MEET!

Gratuitous plug alert!
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 02081

You can be happy with that for the time being. BTW, I did not sing Iron Maiden on karaoke night. I'm saving it for London for you.

Sweet. I'll be practising.

At 1/16/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/14/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote: Now it's unfair to drop this, along with everything else at my parent's door, since they have the hardest job in the world. If they were to not reward him for not reaching my levels, I would have been better off, but that would only have made him the bitter one. At least I can be philosophical and know that I'm the normal one out of us.

Honestly, it's the same at my place. I've always been the one who had the better grades and my brother was always at a lower level at school. We also always got the same rewards for our results, but it never really bothered me that he did worse than I did while we still got the same.

Maybe it's just me then.

I understand that my parents were just trying to raise us equally and that we both have our good and bad qualities. They didn't want to make it seem like they preferred me over my brother or the other way around. I'm sure your parents must have had the same idea.

Perhaps I feel this way, because I've been drilled by mum that parenting is the most difficult job and you'll always get it wrong, no matter what you do.

At 1/16/11 02:54 PM, LittleWashu wrote:

At 1/16/11 05:20 AM, Coop wrote: This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

I see kind of like how wade was the only one removing abusive reviews until they gave the review mods the power to do the same thing. That would help big time

We'll just have to wait and see - if they want to stick with this, then they will.

Plus, with the additional Blam points that will produce, it might also influence the voting crowd.

True but that would only be for those who actually pay attention and flag the abusive flash. Many people just let a lot of abusive flash pass for the protect point even if they do know it is abusive. Plus they would have to vote 0 or 1 to get the point otherwise they would only get whistle points.

When people see more flash that were submitted within 24 hours cluttering up the graveyard and they aren't getting so many saves, from protecting this garbage, they will remember what their 0 buttons are for.

It happened around 2007 the other way around, it can happen again.

Congrats to:
Odyssic: 28,000 B/P Points
NewsReporter: Level 34
Cootie: Top 500 B/P
Wegra: Level 36
Hacsev: 65,000 Medal Points
WeirdAlthe3rd: 23,000 Save Points
Strategize: 3,000 Post
Coop: Level 48
sushi13: 17,000 B/P Point

Achievement of the Day:
Coop: Level 48

At 1/17/11 04:28 AM, HeavyTank wrote: (I had 9,990 yesterday, the congratulatory post with 10k was a mistake)

They're so close together that I pre-congratulated you.

At 1/17/11 05:19 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/16/11 02:54 PM, LittleWashu wrote:

At 1/16/11 05:20 AM, Coop wrote: This is the reason that I would like to see Portal Mods, to help Wade. He seems to be the only person that deals with this, so a small handful of these should help keep abusive flagged flash down to a minimum.

I see kind of like how wade was the only one removing abusive reviews until they gave the review mods the power to do the same thing. That would help big time

We'll just have to wait and see - if they want to stick with this, then they will.

Plus, with the additional Blam points that will produce, it might also influence the voting crowd.

True but that would only be for those who actually pay attention and flag the abusive flash. Many people just let a lot of abusive flash pass for the protect point even if they do know it is abusive. Plus they would have to vote 0 or 1 to get the point otherwise they would only get whistle points.

When people see more flash that were submitted within 24 hours cluttering up the graveyard and they aren't getting so many saves, from protecting this garbage, they will remember what their 0 buttons are for.

Hopefully cause seeing so much garbage passing when it should be blammed in not only wrong, but it is like telling a teacher someone is bullying you only for them to give the bully a pat on the back and serve the innocent the punishment.

The worse I have seen so far was a 0.1 kb flash that wasn't a link to an external website pass judgement.

It happened around 2007 the other way around, it can happen again.

Viva La Blam

At 1/17/11 10:41 AM, Cootie wrote: Just passed 2,000 blams.

I should have more than this it feels like, but due to me being the only person in this entire website that has voted to blam once this year (you motherfuckers) they are hard to come by. I really hope the portal gets a change soon, because the lack of blams and the pure garbage coming through makes me want to choke out a beagle.

Cootie I feel your pain, but you are wrong on that. I for a fact know a hand full of people who vote to blam garbage and I can quite a few of the top of my head besides you. (Coop, Littlewashu, Ronald-McDonald-LoL, Gamejunkie, Auz, and Gagsy are some of the users I know who vote correctly on shit that needs to be blammed)

But as I said I feel your pain dude since a lot of the shit that should be blammed passes due to those people who auto vote 5 when a flash doesn't deserve it. Hell I have seen abusive flash that should be marked or at least blammed pass judgement because of this. But please don't choke out a beagle don't let what happens on a website cause you to hurt something in real life.

Level 18

Still a so-so icon.

NG logs: You entered the top 900 in B/P Points. Outstanding!

Metal Monday 2011 - Week 3: Judas Priest - Run of the Mill

Manchester meet recap will be up later tonight.

Listening to:

Hammers of Misfortune - Fields/Church of Broken Glass

Thanks to:

NewsReporter
Jolly
Odyssic

At 1/16/11 12:09 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: I thought I forgot him forever.

LOL! Again.

For this, you'll forever acknowledge Manowar!

Baaaaah, you are right about this. We know Coop is strongly against our idea.

Maybe we can bribe him?

Coop doesn't take bribes, unless you can get him higher up in the EXP ranks.

But not the worst, right?

Well... better than Justin Bieber at least. But that isn't saying much.

At least they're not the worst.

I know those three bands. I only have one Agent Steel album but Unstoppable Force is SPEED FUCKING METAL!

Sounds good. I'm more into Thrash, but Speed is good as well.

Thrash and speed are similar enough. Give Chosen to Stay a listen to so you know what the general sound of the band as well as the vocalist is like.

As for Epica, I'm more fond of their classical set on the live album rather than their own tracks but what they've written themselves is still alright. Some of their songs I really like but others I need time to get used to.

I was sceptical when I read about them, I think I put them near the bottom of my "bands to check out" list.

I wouldn't blame you for putting them on a low priority. The songs seem to be hit and miss for metal fans. Even if their own songs aren't so good, the live album is still highly recommended. Here is Dies Irae metalized!

At 1/16/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: Maybe I was too old but it wouldn't make sense for some of those employers to pick someone with more experience than me.

No, not if it goes via that program thingy you mentioned.

If it's for those with zero experience, then no. However, these places say experienced is essential/desirable so it's fucking catch 22 here.

I'm not sure if I'll be in a rush for Pokemon Black/White. Sure, I do want to get it but I'm not sure about first day buy. I'll see what my friends think of the game and decide from there.

Same here. I'm fine with playing it later, after I've heard how well it has been received by everyone.

Yeah, the games have said to be an improvement as well as the new set of Pokemon. They can't beat the classics but they're easily better than the previous generation.

I spoke to another friend of mine who's also a Spoony fan and he says he has no job. It's just the videos that are getting him money but considering he's one of the biggest names for video game reviewers, I wouldn't be surprised if he earns enough money to maintain his life.

Yeah I thought so. Like I said, it doesn't look like he lives in a very expensive place and as far as I know, website ads are big business. As long as he stays popular he can probably live of those earnings.

Hell, he could probably earn a house with Scarlett if revenue improved as well as Scarlett having a job with a good pay. I don't know what Scarlett does in my life and quite frankly I don't want to know considering how much of a fucking whore she is. Her corruption on Spoony's site is to the point where I have to call her Scarlett the Harlot.

At 1/17/11 02:36 AM, Coop wrote: Level 48

Poseidon has blessed me with a trident of gold. Now my enemies shall sink to the depths in his name.

And already I'm used to your golden trident. That reminds me, 39 days to go until I reach the golden age.

At 1/17/11 05:19 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/16/11 11:20 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm back from Manchester. Lots of stuff happened but overall it was an excellent time! Some events there will make you wish you attended. I'm looking at you, Coop. :P

Preserving my cash is more important at present. Sorry. Was there Karaoke then?

Better karaoke bar AND a gaming lounge. You missed out on so much, man.

You can be happy with that for the time being. BTW, I did not sing Iron Maiden on karaoke night. I'm saving it for London for you.

Sweet. I'll be practising.

Same here. After my horrendous imitation of Dio, I really need to brush up my singing skills for Iron Maiden. Otherwise, it'll be another classic butchered. Now I wish I remember how good/bad I was when singing Ace of Spades.

At 1/17/11 02:36 AM, Coop wrote: Level 48

Poseidon has blessed me with a trident of gold. Now my enemies shall sink to the depths in his name.

Awesome!

At 1/17/11 05:19 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/16/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote: I understand that my parents were just trying to raise us equally and that we both have our good and bad qualities. They didn't want to make it seem like they preferred me over my brother or the other way around. I'm sure your parents must have had the same idea.

Perhaps I feel this way, because I've been drilled by mum that parenting is the most difficult job and you'll always get it wrong, no matter what you do.

Lol, well yeah it's a tough job but that's what you sign up for when you're having children.

But anyway, I guess your situation at home was much different from mine when we were kids.

At 1/17/11 01:29 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/16/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote: No, not if it goes via that program thingy you mentioned.

If it's for those with zero experience, then no. However, these places say experienced is essential/desirable so it's fucking catch 22 here.

Odd.

Same here. I'm fine with playing it later, after I've heard how well it has been received by everyone.

Yeah, the games have said to be an improvement as well as the new set of Pokemon. They can't beat the classics but they're easily better than the previous generation.

Agreed on that last bit. While I think the fourth gen games were pretty good (Platinum is at least), the pokemon set was pretty crap for the most part.

I heard the new gen had some new battling systems going with 3 vs 3 battles or something, and it's all a lot more dynamic.

Yeah I thought so. Like I said, it doesn't look like he lives in a very expensive place and as far as I know, website ads are big business. As long as he stays popular he can probably live of those earnings.

Hell, he could probably earn a house with Scarlett if revenue improved as well as Scarlett having a job with a good pay. I don't know what Scarlett does in my life and quite frankly I don't want to know considering how much of a fucking whore she is. Her corruption on Spoony's site is to the point where I have to call her Scarlett the Harlot.

Yeah Spoony keeps mentioning her, but I still don't know who she is. All I know is that he often goes to the movies with her. I'm not assuming girlfriend, but it does sound like Spooney has a thing for her.

3k saves.

At 1/16/11 01:01 PM, Auz wrote: First thing is, I have received the key to my new apartment last Thursday and we have payed the rent for this month. So now it's officially me and my gf's place, . . .

Sweet! Sounds like you are well on your way.

At 1/17/11 02:36 AM, Coop wrote: Level 48

Poseidon has blessed me with a trident of gold. Now my enemies shall sink to the depths in his name.

Certainly an improvement from the golden gauntlet. Congrats

At 1/17/11 05:19 AM, Coop wrote: Why must you bring rocks into this? Everest grew by less than the height of Edmund Hillary between the time that he conquered it and his death, why does that make the climb seem inconsequential?

Well Everest wasn't growing by tremendous means while he was climbing it. I don't think I can even match his pace let alone close the gap. If you want me to talk more about rocks and B/P, it can be compared to Sisyphus as well. :P

The B/P summit is moving forward at a tremendous pace and I am still pursuing it.

Sir Edmund Coop

At 1/15/11 11:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: 30,000 exp.

That is all. Till I level up in 2 days, that is!

Be back to catch-up tomorrow night, hopefully.

hi there, still about

At 1/15/11 11:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: 30,000 exp.

That is all. Till I level up in 2 days, that is!

Be back to catch-up tomorrow night, hopefully.

Make that two nights from then, not one. CLOSE ENOUGH

Oh...
annnnnddddd....

LEVEL UP!

53. Not too shabby.

But level 55 is still what I'm holding out for. Come on, 2012, get here soon. #;-}>

:::begins catching up:::