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.

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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...

3000 posts

At 3/29/11 10:19 PM, klik wrote: 3000 posts

2000 posts.

Became a private.

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Listening to:
Thunder - Love Walked In

At 3/29/11 10:16 AM, Odyssic wrote: Coop: 88,888 B/P - I think you missed the fact I put 88,888 Saves.

I can't be held responsible for spotting everything.

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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: 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?

I'd rather consider that when I'm ready to die.

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote:

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.

Motorbikes never really interested me. No space for a stereo, for starters.

At 3/29/11 09:04 PM, Emlfuryoflion wrote: Now I just got to keep working on those blams...

They will come, we just need to remain vigilant and keep pushing for more Blams.

Listening to:

Falkenbach - Heralding the Fireblade

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

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

Well, you can. I'm only doing a few minor things.

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

It sure is. You've got to make sure your music doesn't suck as well as the concept of the album.

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

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

That's like firing a water pistol at a river of lava. You expect THAT to work?

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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

I would listen to that if it's on Spotify. Too bad it isn't so I'll have to go with another album.

Well I don't understand German.

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

Nope.

I still want to see it.

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

Yay!

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote:

At 3/28/11 04:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: The system is teasing you. :P

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

Still teasing you. For me, I did take a while to get to the top 150 but I was on a see-saw with two other users with who was in the top 150 so I was safely there when one of them slipped up.

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.

I sure hope the case hasn't been dropped completely.

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.

Yeah, I'm sure it will.

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.

Just remember, you can save at a certain point, beat the boss, save, load the game (not new game plus), go to a further point and beat the boss again.

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.

It may have been in a cutscene that wasn't mandatory. Meaning you could not go to the town that has the light of judgment flashback and miss out on it.

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

And look at that. Exactly rank #4000 in just the course of 2 days.

This one took long enough. :P

We got the keys to our new appartement today! Don't know exactly when we will be moving in for good, but we will get some stuff over there on the next week end.

At 3/29/11 03:38 PM, Auz wrote:

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

Oh, I see.

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."

?

All right, you also have to replace "w" with "v".
"Ve have ze milk on ze table, right zerrr."

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

Wise decision.

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

Well, she can come with you. It's not like the Reeperbahn is for males only. They have clubs with male strippers and clubs with no strippers at all. ;)

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.

Well, obviously as there are more people living in Germany than in Holland. ^^

At 3/30/11 03:57 AM, Coop wrote:

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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: 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?

I'd rather consider that when I'm ready to die.

But when will that be?

At 3/30/11 04:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 3/29/11 12:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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

I would listen to that if it's on Spotify. Too bad it isn't so I'll have to go with another album.

Oh, okay.

Well I don't understand German.

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

Nope.

But you use exactly the same words in english as well. o_O

I still want to see it.

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

Yay!

Glad I could make you happy for a change. :)

You entered the top 3000 in B/P Points. Outstanding!
Looks like I forgot to mention this...

19,000 saves.

Master Sergeant finally after all this time I have reached this level.

Captain B/P Rank / 9.00 Voting Power.

Not that it's the biggest deal in the world ever (lolWashu :P), but I have reached Deity for the first time as Coop