39,000 B/P points.

Just leveled up to lv 12 today :]

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote: Listening to:
Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

You can't go much farther back in the history of Metal than this.

Really now?

Yep.
They where one of the very first to use the sign of the "mano cornuta" in the context of an album (linkage time), plus they are the first to combine "music" and "satanism". Some artists say, they have been influenced by Coven (King Diamond used parts of the "Satanic Mess" in one of his songs, for example).

At 3/25/11 01:08 PM, Bahamut wrote: So how about my latest discussion?

Tbh, I didn't read through all of it since I wanted to get done with the catch up post.
A brief summary would be nice. ^^

I was talking about new metal releases.

Oh that. Yes, some very nice albums are going to be released, that's for sure. Of course, I'm very excited about a new Anvil release. ^^

You can simply CTRL + F to find the specific album and see if I have it.

Could've done it, but I was too shocked of that long list.
But then, I guess I own quite a few CDs as well, but I'm too lazy to list them all.

I took the time to write it up, so can you.

Yes, but I'm more interested in collection video games and listing them took me long enough (linkage time again, it's in german of course, but it doesn't matter too much this time).
Maybe I list the CDs when I unpack them after I moved. Would help me to get at least some order into my CDs. Right now albums of one single band are all over the place in the CD shelves.

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote: So, we won't play "roll down that steep hill in a trash can" right now?

Well, if you want to get in and enjoy the ride, I'm up for giving you a push.

But where's the fun in that if I go down that hill alone?

I'd think it was fucking hilarious :P

It would be even more hilarious if we both roll down the hill together. Especially if you explode after we get down. :P

Listening to:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell. See Coop, I got this instead of some lousy compilation album. :P

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/25/11 01:08 PM, Bahamut wrote: Not only that, I still have some live shows to see, especially Maiden... and that AC/DC clone for support act.

But you're going to see IRON FUCKING MAIDEN! Ignore Airborne - go and have a piss, grab a drink and get ready for the main attraction!

I can't ignore Airbourne if we need to be as close to the stage as we possibly can. At least Sonata Arctica had decent acts which I was willing to listen to.

So what if Gagsy associates you with a supermarket? I'll deal with her if she's taking a step too far. :P

Whatever - I'm not the one complaining about it, as any attention is good attention :P

Then don't complain at all.

At 3/26/11 12:16 PM, IvanTuroc wrote: level 47 *rawr*

Excellent work! It's all golden from here on. How does that feel?

At 3/27/11 05:04 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: TheNumberOfTheDragon is no longer relevant.

Oh fine. What about newsreporter? He's suppose to be unbiased and can settle this.

I spoke to him and he agrees that Bahamut is better without the seven. He always calls me Bahamut anyway.

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote: It's the 8, isn't it - like I went from Coop8======D to Coop======D :P

Coop8======D
While that might not be ten times better than Coop it is certainly ten inches better than Coop. :P

More like Coop8=D. :P

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: I was talking about new metal releases.

Oh that. Yes, some very nice albums are going to be released, that's for sure. Of course, I'm very excited about a new Anvil release. ^^

I still need to get used to Anvil but I did like the song from their new album so that's giving me confidence.

I took the time to write it up, so can you.

Yes, but I'm more interested in collection video games and listing them took me long enough (linkage time again, it's in german of course, but it doesn't matter too much this time).

Speak English or die! :P Joking aside, it's a nice collection.

Maybe I list the CDs when I unpack them after I moved. Would help me to get at least some order into my CDs. Right now albums of one single band are all over the place in the CD shelves.

I'm looking forward to seeing the list.

10 voting power.

Meh.

You entered the top 2000 in B/P Points. Outstanding!

Up next: Top 1000.

*Coop pulls over in the DeLorean and gets out to inspect the damage*

Hmm... the speedometer seems to be stuck.

88,888 B/P

Great Scott!

At 3/26/11 02:03 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote: You mean the seating inside the restaurants is uncomfortable?

Only McDonalds and other fast food places. Plastic chairs or booths that are also plastic with little cushion for your back; not really comfortable for long periods of time.

McDonalds' is okay here concerning that. Recently they all underwent a make-over to make the place look more modern. They now have more comfy chairs and couches and they generally look more inviting.

I thought that was normal in America. Or at least it was mentioned in the wikipedia article that it was used for fries as well.

Well it might be common in some areas but not all over America. I use to live in Maryland and that's where I picked up the taste for it.

I suppose that's by the sea? Considering it's typically used on sea food, which you probably won't find in Nevada.

Being a student, I am sort of extremely poor. I mean, I do pretty much live from my parents and the governments money.

In the US if you aren't earning much to support yourself and are a college student, you would technically be still a Dependent under your parents for tax purposes even in college up to the age of 24.

Yeah I know how it goes in the US.

If I'm not mistaken people get out of college and university with massive debts sometimes. I heard of one girl who was $100,000 in red after her studies were over and I believe she ended up with a not-so-great job. So she had to live in a crappy apartment for at least the next 20 years or so. You can wonder whether it was worth it for her.

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote:

Auz thinks that some people's Dutch accents sound German. This could be interesting.

Now I'm really curious!

Well what I said was that when people pretend to be Dutch in films, they often take on a German accent instead in the assumption that Dutch looks like German.

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/24/11 03:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

Bit of a long story to read all of that, but it looks like they went through an important time there in Hamburg.

You could've just searched for the "Kaiserkeller" there. :P
I think Lennon once said: "I was born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg."

I thought I was supposed to read everything. Which would be an interesting read I'm sure, but it's a bit on the long side :p

Anyway, some of the stories in there are hilarious. Especially if you keep in mind how big they have become later.

There you have it. It's Amsterdams red light district of which everybody in Holland knows about, but I'm sure that it isn't as well known as we think it is abroad.

Well, as I've said, I've only been to Amsterdams airport yet.

You could've heard of it somehow.

If you actually take a weekend to visit the city I think you will find it or hear about it eventually.

You should go there someday. It's a very nice city with lots of things to see. And with lots, I mean lots.

Yes, my wife was there once and she liked it as well.

About everyone does. As far as I know it's about the only major city in France worth seeing though.

Oh I see. I'd find it a bit odd to go to a bar next to a hookers house, but I suppose it's handy for all those drunks who are feeling lonely :p

It's called "entertainment district" for a reason. ^^
There are also a few theatres on the Reeperbahn, but of course they wouldn't exactly show something like McBeth there...
The only annoying thing about those... "ladies" standing on the streets is that they tend to grab you. I hate that. If they would only "ask" me to go with them I could simply ignore them. But grabbing my clothes? Dammit...
The only time they don't bother you is when there's a female person with you. ^^

Oh God. Yeah that's quite annoying. I can imagine a fight breaks out over that every once in a while. But hey... they're just doing their job.

Funny thing is that sometimes I only find Dutch websites for a certain phrase. In that case, I know it's definitely wrong :P

Lol, I know what you mean. In Germany the term "happy end" is very common, when in fact it is called "happy ending" in english.

So you get a shitload of hits on websites ending with .de :p

40 pounds? I think you didn't buy the right tickets then. Last summer me and my gf bought a 30 pounds card with which could travel with the bus and the subway for as much as we liked for six days.

It's a special bus line that only stops at the airports. And it's 20 Pounds for a single ticket, that makes 40 pounds for two tickets.

I'm sure it would've been cheaper if you went via the subway and the busses. I don't know how close they will take you to the airport though, but I suppose they will bring you there.

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote: Just one spot away now.

It always feels like forever when you're this close.

Still at #201...

Well there would be no more need for prisons and we could do with less police. That'd save some cash.

Yeah, I feel Britain needs to do more capital punishment in this country. There are far too many criminals in prison and most of them need to be ridden of.

I think here the prisons are quite empty, but we're letting too many go unpunished. Like recently we let a guy get away with rape because the girl was dressed too 'invitingly' or something. I know some girls are dressed like sluts, but you still oughta keep your hands off asshole.

I would like to pick up the Bunny Hood though, to get around faster. For the other masks it probably does not matter that much for the difficulty of the game whether you gather them or not.

Yeah, I can pick that up if I remember what to do again.

Won't spoil anything, but it wasn't hard. Though you do need another mask first.

Yeah, most don't have such a short timespan either. Often it's going back and forth between different era's in time without having influence on little events.

You have games like Chrono Trigger that let you travel in certain time zones but then you have Majora's Mask.

Chrono Trigger did it pretty well too in my opinion. It was nice how you could walk around a prehistoric world, a medieval world, the future etc. and how the story was tied together.

Well it was fun that you could explore the whole world and go where you please. But Kefka is locked up in his tower and won't show his face again until the end and aren't any other big events anymore from that point onwards IIRC.

Kefka was to be feared considering his light of judgment.

I can't recall that...

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote: I thought the only reason you were here is because you're stuck in a midlife crisis ;)

A mid life crisis at 21. That's sad. Even though I'm 28 in just over a week, it would still be sad to have a mid-life crisis this early.

Of course I meant you at age 27 having a mid-life crisis :p

It'd be sad, but I can see it happening to some people.

On his way into work, Coop witnesses a spectacular head gasket failure in the 4x4 in front of him. Congratulations to:
gamejunkie: 39,000 B/P
sanjeev88: Level 12
EggoBleeder: Level 15
Kevin: 10.00 Total Voting Power
Friday: 8,000 Saves
SCTE3: 12,345 Posts

Listening to:
Michael Jackson - The Lost Children
White Zombie - Black Sunshine

At 3/27/11 05:04 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote: It's the 8, isn't it - like I went from Coop8======D to Coop======D :P

Coop8======D
While that might not be ten times better than Coop it is certainly ten inches better than Coop. :P

Who have you been talking to? If you're after verification, I'd speak to EchoRun :3

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote: So, we won't play "roll down that steep hill in a trash can" right now?

Well, if you want to get in and enjoy the ride, I'm up for giving you a push.

But where's the fun in that if I go down that hill alone?

I'd think it was fucking hilarious :P

It would be even more hilarious if we both roll down the hill together. Especially if you explode after we get down. :P

Yeah, but the risks inherent of if I go off like a mentos / coke rocket while we're heading down the hill just screams Darwin Award to me.

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell. See Coop, I got this instead of some lousy compilation album. :P

Fair play.

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/25/11 01:08 PM, Bahamut wrote: Not only that, I still have some live shows to see, especially Maiden... and that AC/DC clone for support act.

But you're going to see IRON FUCKING MAIDEN! Ignore Airborne - go and have a piss, grab a drink and get ready for the main attraction!

I can't ignore Airbourne if we need to be as close to the stage as we possibly can. At least Sonata Arctica had decent acts which I was willing to listen to.

MP3 player? Drown it out?

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote: It's the 8, isn't it - like I went from Coop8======D to Coop======D :P

Coop8======D
While that might not be ten times better than Coop it is certainly ten inches better than Coop. :P

More like Coop8=D. :P

You leave Coop-Chode out of this - he has personality, which is what counts :'(

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote: I thought the only reason you were here is because you're stuck in a midlife crisis ;)

A mid life crisis at 21. That's sad. Even though I'm 28 in just over a week, it would still be sad to have a mid-life crisis this early.

Of course I meant you at age 27 having a mid-life crisis :p

It'd be sad, but I can see it happening to some people.

But I'm just a kid.

R.I.P. Top 300 B/P updates.

Metal Monday 2011 - Week 13: HammerFall - Secrets

Listening to:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

At 3/27/11 03:44 PM, Coop wrote: 88,888 B/P

Shame I had to pull the plug by the time you got this nice number. Would be nice to see with myself at 77,777 and you with 88,888 B/P.

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: It always feels like forever when you're this close.

Still at #201...

The system is teasing you. :P

Yeah, I feel Britain needs to do more capital punishment in this country. There are far too many criminals in prison and most of them need to be ridden of.

I think here the prisons are quite empty, but we're letting too many go unpunished. Like recently we let a guy get away with rape because the girl was dressed too 'invitingly' or something. I know some girls are dressed like sluts, but you still oughta keep your hands off asshole.

Oh man, not even Britain or America would be that dumb. If it's rape, they won't take it lightly.

Yeah, I can pick that up if I remember what to do again.

Won't spoil anything, but it wasn't hard. Though you do need another mask first.

Well, I've already seen it all once before. It's a matter of remembering everything.

You have games like Chrono Trigger that let you travel in certain time zones but then you have Majora's Mask.

Chrono Trigger did it pretty well too in my opinion. It was nice how you could walk around a prehistoric world, a medieval world, the future etc. and how the story was tied together.

Yeah, the game did time traveling right in its own merit. It was fun going through everything from different times. I don't think there was a single thing I missed out on. Yes, I even saw all 14 endings. Then again, I just saved at one point, beat the final boss, go to a later point and beat the final boss again and again up until I saw all the endings. That saves me from going through the game a dozen times.

Kefka was to be feared considering his light of judgment.

I can't recall that...

Not the part where he tears town apart with his light?

At 3/27/11 08:21 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Also how is everyone here?

Full of cold. I really shouldn't go into work and will probably be told by my manager I shouldn't have come in to begin with but they're expecting me today and tomorrow for important work so I shouldn't be off. I'll soldier on, unless I'm told to go home. It would be a pain having to go there and back in the fog today but at least I made the effort to get into work for a time where they really need me.

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell. See Coop, I got this instead of some lousy compilation album. :P

Fair play.

It's not a bad album. Hey, it can't be praised for nothing besides the title track. My only gripe is how rock n' roll-ish it feels when I was expecting something more like Queen. Yeah, the title track is a bit of a tease considering it's one of the most astonishing rock songs of all time.

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

I can't ignore Airbourne if we need to be as close to the stage as we possibly can. At least Sonata Arctica had decent acts which I was willing to listen to.

MP3 player? Drown it out?

As if a volume limited iPod will drown out a live act.

That's Major DiMono to you... with a total voting power of 8.88 and 13,000 saves to go with it.

...yesterday was a big day for me here.

You entered the top 1000 in B/P Points. Outstanding!

Phew, finally! :)

Next grounds gold update I'm hoping for rank #4000 in EXP points. I think that'll take me 2 days max to achieve. :D

At 3/28/11 10:47 AM, Tycrane wrote: Next grounds gold update I'm hoping for rank #4000 in EXP points. I think that'll take me 2 days max to achieve. :D

I'm looking forward to rank #5000 in EXP points in the next couple days. So there's about 80 days between me and you, which probably means I'll reach rank #4000 in a little over 3 months.

...I like timelines.

6,000 saves.

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: I was talking about new metal releases.

Oh that. Yes, some very nice albums are going to be released, that's for sure. Of course, I'm very excited about a new Anvil release. ^^

I still need to get used to Anvil but I did like the song from their new album so that's giving me confidence.

Yes, the voice is a bit hard to get used to, but the music is very good (well, at least on "Speed of Sound"). So it's not a hard thing to do.

I took the time to write it up, so can you.

Yes, but I'm more interested in collection video games and listing them took me long enough (linkage time again, it's in german of course, but it doesn't matter too much this time).

Speak English or die! :P

You mean, I can't use words like "Hinterland" or "Abseilen" or "Zwischenzug" anymore? :'(
Also, at least I CAN speak another language. :P

Joking aside, it's a nice collection.

That's what I like to think myself. But compared to others (like for example this one [<- YES, THAT'S A LINK!]) it's a very small one.

Maybe I list the CDs when I unpack them after I moved. Would help me to get at least some order into my CDs. Right now albums of one single band are all over the place in the CD shelves.

I'm looking forward to seeing the list.

Don't get your hopes up too high. :P

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote:

Auz thinks that some people's Dutch accents sound German. This could be interesting.

Now I'm really curious!

Well what I said was that when people pretend to be Dutch in films, they often take on a German accent instead in the assumption that Dutch looks like German.

Oh, I see. But it's easy to copy a dutch accent. Just add a shitload of "gggggggggg"-sounds. :P

For a german accent all you need is to replace "th" with "z". ^^

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/24/11 03:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

Bit of a long story to read all of that, but it looks like they went through an important time there in Hamburg.

You could've just searched for the "Kaiserkeller" there. :P
I think Lennon once said: "I was born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg."

I thought I was supposed to read everything. Which would be an interesting read I'm sure, but it's a bit on the long side :p

It's also known as the "wikipedia trap", especially if you click on any of those interwiki-links...

Anyway, some of the stories in there are hilarious. Especially if you keep in mind how big they have become later.

Yeah, sleeping in some room right next to the ladies room... sure sounds like a lot of fun. >_>

There you have it. It's Amsterdams red light district of which everybody in Holland knows about, but I'm sure that it isn't as well known as we think it is abroad.

Well, as I've said, I've only been to Amsterdams airport yet.

You could've heard of it somehow.
If you actually take a weekend to visit the city I think you will find it or hear about it eventually.

We should visit each other's famous red light districts then, I guess. ^^

You should go there someday. It's a very nice city with lots of things to see. And with lots, I mean lots.

Yes, my wife was there once and she liked it as well.

About everyone does. As far as I know it's about the only major city in France worth seeing though.

We made a school trip to spain (in 2000, or 1999, I think) and we drove through the southern parts of France. It was the most boring landscape I've ever seen. ^^

Funny thing is that sometimes I only find Dutch websites for a certain phrase. In that case, I know it's definitely wrong :P

Lol, I know what you mean. In Germany the term "happy end" is very common, when in fact it is called "happy ending" in english.

So you get a shitload of hits on websites ending with .de :p

I always get that, because google search sucks and rates the sites from my country higher (IP adress based in germany -> sites from Germany get a higher rating. This of course is also true for other countries), even if I select "search the web".

40 pounds? I think you didn't buy the right tickets then. Last summer me and my gf bought a 30 pounds card with which could travel with the bus and the subway for as much as we liked for six days.

It's a special bus line that only stops at the airports. And it's 20 Pounds for a single ticket, that makes 40 pounds for two tickets.

I'm sure it would've been cheaper if you went via the subway and the busses. I don't know how close they will take you to the airport though, but I suppose they will bring you there.

We have never been to London before, so it was too risky to use the subway/busses. Also, I'm not sure if we can get close enough to the airport with public transportation. Plus, we had our luggage with us.

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote: So, we won't play "roll down that steep hill in a trash can" right now?

Well, if you want to get in and enjoy the ride, I'm up for giving you a push.

But where's the fun in that if I go down that hill alone?

I'd think it was fucking hilarious :P

It would be even more hilarious if we both roll down the hill together. Especially if you explode after we get down. :P

Yeah, but the risks inherent of if I go off like a mentos / coke rocket while we're heading down the hill just screams Darwin Award to me.

Is there a better way to die than by earning a Darwin Award?

Eleven-thousand posts.

At 3/28/11 05:20 PM, Painbringer wrote: Eleven-thousand posts.

Also it took just 4 months (plus a week) to get from 10k posts to 11k.

I just hit 10,000 exp :)
My B/P is crap though, I don't have time for that :P.

At 3/28/11 11:41 PM, Jolly wrote: 11,000 Saves.

12,000 rather.

Delete last post, please.

14,000 Experience

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

With that vote, you now have 14,000 experience points. You need 390 more to get to Level 37. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 17 hours, 21 minutes, and 16 seconds.

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: I spoke to him and he agrees that Bahamut is better without the seven. He always calls me Bahamut anyway.

Hmph. I never liked him anyways.

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote: McDonalds' is okay here concerning that. Recently they all underwent a make-over to make the place look more modern. They now have more comfy chairs and couches and they generally look more inviting.

I guess they feel they can get away with less over here than over there. I guess they feel that you don't really go for the atmosphere, unless it's one that has a play area for little kids.

I suppose that's by the sea? Considering it's typically used on sea food, which you probably won't find in Nevada.

Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, where the bay in Old Bay comes from. You know right next to Washington D.C.

Yeah I know how it goes in the US.

If I'm not mistaken people get out of college and university with massive debts sometimes. I heard of one girl who was $100,000 in red after her studies were over and I believe she ended up with a not-so-great job. So she had to live in a crappy apartment for at least the next 20 years or so. You can wonder whether it was worth it for her.

Yeah it really depends on how big of a school you go to and how long you study for, advance degree etc. I graduated from decently sized college and had about several thousands in loans but I can see where you can rack up 100k if you go to a private college and get a Masters or PhD.

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote: Who have you been talking to? If you're after verification, I'd speak to EchoRun :3

I think there might be some pics from the London Meet. I'll have to search for them.

Listening to:

Falkenbach - Heralding the Fireblade

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: I still need to get used to Anvil but I did like the song from their new album so that's giving me confidence.

Yes, the voice is a bit hard to get used to, but the music is very good (well, at least on "Speed of Sound"). So it's not a hard thing to do.

I'm sure the music is good. It's just trying to find the right album. Hopefully I can enjoy the new album.

Speak English or die! :P

You mean, I can't use words like "Hinterland" or "Abseilen" or "Zwischenzug" anymore? :'(
Also, at least I CAN speak another language. :P

Well I don't understand German.

Joking aside, it's a nice collection.

That's what I like to think myself. But compared to others (like for example this one [<- YES, THAT'S A LINK!]) it's a very small one.

Dean has a pretty big collection as well.

I'm looking forward to seeing the list.

Don't get your hopes up too high. :P

I still want to see it.

At 3/29/11 07:16 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: I spoke to him and he agrees that Bahamut is better without the seven. He always calls me Bahamut anyway.

Hmph. I never liked him anyways.

Who ever liked NewsReporter anyway?

I'm now at experience rank #5,000 even. Makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside.

Coop recovers from a nice run, while congratulating:
DiMono: Major; 8.88 Total Voting Power; 13,000 Saves
Tycrane: Top 1,000 B/Per; 6,000 Saves
Painbringer: 11,000 Posts
Bobogooboo: 10,000 Expeirence
Jolly: 12,000 Saves
Corky: 14,000 Experience

Listening to:
Reel Big Fish - You Don't Know
Apollo440 - Cold Rock The Mic

Thank you to:
Bahamut
Odyssic

At 3/28/11 04:14 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/27/11 03:44 PM, Coop wrote: 88,888 B/P

Shame I had to pull the plug by the time you got this nice number. Would be nice to see with myself at 77,777 and you with 88,888 B/P.

All things must come to an end :( We will continue to fight the good fight!

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell. See Coop, I got this instead of some lousy compilation album. :P

Fair play.

It's not a bad album. Hey, it can't be praised for nothing besides the title track. My only gripe is how rock n' roll-ish it feels when I was expecting something more like Queen. Yeah, the title track is a bit of a tease considering it's one of the most astonishing rock songs of all time.

Rock Opera is a strange genre, but one I can get along with quite well - Bruce took it further and added Metal to the Opera :P

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

I can't ignore Airbourne if we need to be as close to the stage as we possibly can. At least Sonata Arctica had decent acts which I was willing to listen to.

MP3 player? Drown it out?

As if a volume limited iPod will drown out a live act.

Well, I'm not a genius, I'm trying to help.

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/25/11 04:59 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/24/11 02:41 PM, Haggard wrote: So, we won't play "roll down that steep hill in a trash can" right now?

Well, if you want to get in and enjoy the ride, I'm up for giving you a push.

But where's the fun in that if I go down that hill alone?

I'd think it was fucking hilarious :P

It would be even more hilarious if we both roll down the hill together. Especially if you explode after we get down. :P

Yeah, but the risks inherent of if I go off like a mentos / coke rocket while we're heading down the hill just screams Darwin Award to me.

Is there a better way to die than by earning a Darwin Award?

Surely, it is better just not to die?

At 3/29/11 07:16 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote: Who have you been talking to? If you're after verification, I'd speak to EchoRun :3

I think there might be some pics from the London Meet. I'll have to search for them.

I'll be having words with those security folk at Travelodge if there are any pictures!

At 3/29/11 07:36 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/27/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: I still need to get used to Anvil but I did like the song from their new album so that's giving me confidence.

Yes, the voice is a bit hard to get used to, but the music is very good (well, at least on "Speed of Sound"). So it's not a hard thing to do.

I'm sure the music is good. It's just trying to find the right album. Hopefully I can enjoy the new album.

Well, I recommend Speed of Sound. I bought it because others said it's their best album. ^^

Speak English or die! :P

You mean, I can't use words like "Hinterland" or "Abseilen" or "Zwischenzug" anymore? :'(
Also, at least I CAN speak another language. :P

Well I don't understand German.

But you do understand words like Rucksack, Kindergarten or Schadenfreude, right?

Joking aside, it's a nice collection.

That's what I like to think myself. But compared to others (like for example this one [<- YES, THAT'S A LINK!]) it's a very small one.

Dean has a pretty big collection as well.

Oh yes. Especially his C64 collection. I plan to collect more games for my Amiga, since it's the gaming (and working) system that was most important in my early childhood.

I'm looking forward to seeing the list.

Don't get your hopes up too high. :P

I still want to see it.

Okay, this motivates me to compile a list once I'm done moving.

At 3/29/11 08:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 06:44 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/26/11 07:40 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/26/11 03:50 AM, Haggard wrote: But where's the fun in that if I go down that hill alone?

I'd think it was fucking hilarious :P

It would be even more hilarious if we both roll down the hill together. Especially if you explode after we get down. :P

Yeah, but the risks inherent of if I go off like a mentos / coke rocket while we're heading down the hill just screams Darwin Award to me.

Is there a better way to die than by earning a Darwin Award?

Surely, it is better just not to die?

We all have to die in the long run. So why not leave this world with a big bang?

Just reached the heady heights of Level 32, definitely one of my favourite level icons.

At 3/28/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote: Of course I meant you at age 27 having a mid-life crisis :p

It'd be sad, but I can see it happening to some people.

But I'm just a kid.

Yeah keep telling yourself that. Before you know it you're driving around on a Harley Davidson while listening to Steppenwolf.

At 3/28/11 04:14 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote: Still at #201...

The system is teasing you. :P

It is. Still not #200, FUCK! >:(

I think here the prisons are quite empty, but we're letting too many go unpunished. Like recently we let a guy get away with rape because the girl was dressed too 'invitingly' or something. I know some girls are dressed like sluts, but you still oughta keep your hands off asshole.

Oh man, not even Britain or America would be that dumb. If it's rape, they won't take it lightly.

I think the case is still running though because obviously the victim's side does not agree with this outcome.

Won't spoil anything, but it wasn't hard. Though you do need another mask first.

Well, I've already seen it all once before. It's a matter of remembering everything.

It'll probably all come back to you then I guess.

Chrono Trigger did it pretty well too in my opinion. It was nice how you could walk around a prehistoric world, a medieval world, the future etc. and how the story was tied together.

Yeah, the game did time traveling right in its own merit. It was fun going through everything from different times. I don't think there was a single thing I missed out on. Yes, I even saw all 14 endings. Then again, I just saved at one point, beat the final boss, go to a later point and beat the final boss again and again up until I saw all the endings. That saves me from going through the game a dozen times.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I went through the game once and was thinking about unlocking all the endings, but I never did. I should pick it up again someday and go through them all.

I can't recall that...

Not the part where he tears town apart with his light?

It was a while ago since I last played the game. I seriously can not recall a cutscene or anything where a town got destroyed by Kefka in his tower.

At 3/28/11 12:05 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote: Well what I said was that when people pretend to be Dutch in films, they often take on a German accent instead in the assumption that Dutch looks like German.

Oh, I see. But it's easy to copy a dutch accent. Just add a shitload of "gggggggggg"-sounds. :P

No, actually you just have to sound a bit dumb and not stretch any vowels. And put a lot of 'uuuhs' between your words. Also, there's no difference in pronounciation between bad, bet, bed and bat :p

For a german accent all you need is to replace "th" with "z". ^^

Surely there must be more to it than:
"We have ze milk on ze table, right zere."

?

At 3/25/11 06:20 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/24/11 03:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

I thought I was supposed to read everything. Which would be an interesting read I'm sure, but it's a bit on the long side :p

It's also known as the "wikipedia trap", especially if you click on any of those interwiki-links...

That's why I only go there if I specifically look for one thing. As soon as I got the info I'm out of there :p

Anyway, some of the stories in there are hilarious. Especially if you keep in mind how big they have become later.

Yeah, sleeping in some room right next to the ladies room... sure sounds like a lot of fun. >_>

I just think it's funny to imagine that they once lived like that and played in places like that.

You could've heard of it somehow.
If you actually take a weekend to visit the city I think you will find it or hear about it eventually.

We should visit each other's famous red light districts then, I guess. ^^

I don't think my gf will like those plans. Though "I'm just going off to the Reeperbahn" doesn't have to mean anything :p

About everyone does. As far as I know it's about the only major city in France worth seeing though.

We made a school trip to spain (in 2000, or 1999, I think) and we drove through the southern parts of France. It was the most boring landscape I've ever seen. ^^

Heh, well when it comes to nature France is a pretty cool place, but as far as the cities go... there's nothing to see besides Paris.

So you get a shitload of hits on websites ending with .de :p

I always get that, because google search sucks and rates the sites from my country higher (IP adress based in germany -> sites from Germany get a higher rating. This of course is also true for other countries), even if I select "search the web".

I think I do get that as well, but if I enter some english search terms it won't give Dutch websites. I guess there are more .de sites than .nl ones though, so you probably have more trouble with it.

I'm sure it would've been cheaper if you went via the subway and the busses. I don't know how close they will take you to the airport though, but I suppose they will bring you there.

We have never been to London before, so it was too risky to use the subway/busses. Also, I'm not sure if we can get close enough to the airport with public transportation. Plus, we had our luggage with us.

It's a bit tricky because there are like 10 different subway lines that go criss-cross through London. You often have to hop from one to the other to get to the right location. But they do go to the airport. Carrying your luggage around the subway is gonna suck though.

At 3/29/11 07:16 AM, reverend wrote:

At 3/27/11 05:57 PM, Auz wrote: McDonalds' is okay here concerning that. Recently they all underwent a make-over to make the place look more modern. They now have more comfy chairs and couches and they generally look more inviting.

I guess they feel they can get away with less over here than over there. I guess they feel that you don't really go for the atmosphere, unless it's one that has a play area for little kids.

It's kinda weird because you'd say they have way more competition in America. Hence, they should invest more in comfort and such things to attract customers.

But I don't know, perhaps you guys are satisfied with less and maybe there are more 'die hard' customers in America.

I suppose that's by the sea? Considering it's typically used on sea food, which you probably won't find in Nevada.

Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, where the bay in Old Bay comes from. You know right next to Washington D.C.

I probably know about as much of American geography as you know about European geography :p

I do know Washington is at the east coast though, so Maryland must be at the east coast then.

Yeah I know how it goes in the US.

If I'm not mistaken people get out of college and university with massive debts sometimes. I heard of one girl who was $100,000 in red after her studies were over and I believe she ended up with a not-so-great job. So she had to live in a crappy apartment for at least the next 20 years or so. You can wonder whether it was worth it for her.

Yeah it really depends on how big of a school you go to and how long you study for, advance degree etc. I graduated from decently sized college and had about several thousands in loans but I can see where you can rack up 100k if you go to a private college and get a Masters or PhD.

Yeah, wasn't Harvard like $300,000?

I don't think we have many private schools and masters are much more affordable here. However, with the current government plans, it looks like I'll also be in debt for a good EU10,000 at the very least.

I just reached 2,500 Blams. Quarter of the way to the 10,000 mark now. Took long enough.

89,000 B/P

Some day, I'll get up there.

Top 50 in saves.

Proof

Now I just got to keep working on those blams...