finally up to general. now back to the portal.

Past days have been stressful for me. My dog has starting having seizures which is terrible to watch. I'm going to take him to the vet soon but he is really up there in age. :/

At 5/5/11 03:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well that sucks. We could do with your help.

Yeah I tried making them with Gimp but I hate the GUI and it's a hassle when cropping and resizing which is what you need most for making icons. I need my Fireworks.

At 5/5/11 03:56 AM, Coop wrote: True enough. I'm almost worried that the Mavs have managed to go 2-0 against LA...

Looks like the Lakers are fighting back or at least they are keeping it close. There is no way they can come back if they lose game 3.

Maybe baseball is a simpler version of rounders, but not cricket :P

Rounders? I didn't know it existed until I looked it up. Yeah they are pretty similar.

At 5/5/11 05:54 AM, Auz wrote: I'm pretty sure it exists, or used to exist. It might be linked with the "rule of thumb" expression.

Ah, it was supposedly apart of British Common Law.

And let me guess, open hand is more okay than closed hand?

Yeah. It's a slap with an open hand and a punch when it's closed.

I highly doubt it's ever been put to the test, except in medieval times maybe when it was normal to carry around a bow. If you carry around a bow nowadays I bet you're gonna be arrested for being in possession of a deadly weapon.

So you are not even allowed to have a bow even for hunting purposes?

I think I'd puke at the smell of that.

Nah. It smells like fish. If it smells bad then it is rotten.

I missed my eighth NG birthday! Happy 8 years on NG, me!

Mike27112 - Level 60

Listening to:

Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand

At 5/6/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/6/11 03:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: I knew it!

*shifty look*

Alright, go back to listening to Manowar. That'll recover your manliness.

Hah, at this point I'll never win Most Underrated ever again.

With your status as NG Legend finally secured, you should use it. Set up the Bahamut award for underrated users, or something?

You can make that suggestion for the next BBS awards. The Stickam kids will probably make a mid-year awards in June.

No, Dance of Death is modern Maiden.

I'll refer back to my original comment of "Montsegur" then :P

In that case, you're close. You still suggested a bunch of classic Maiden songs so I had to be more specific.

At 5/6/11 04:59 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/6/11 03:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: And your Photoshop will look crap.

I may not be skilled with photoshopping, but changing one number isn't THAT hard. :P

Be sure you can get it to look neat.

Wow, you actually agree with the Metallica part?

Well what can I say. One of the most succesful metal bands (if not THE most succesful) hardly has any "lesser known songs", except for some B-sides maybe.

Sorry, I won't cover their B-Sides at all.

And some songs from Maiden aren't well known because they also have a lot of shit in their portfolio. Yes I know, St. Anger and stuff. But that's ONE album, while Maiden has to cope with "No Prayer for the Dying", "Fear of the Dark", "The X Factor" and "Virtual XI", which all are mediocre at best.

To be fair, Maiden have recorded more albums but they're still far better than St. Anger.

Hopefully I get enough enjoyment from them whenever I see them live.

I hope so, too. They are definitely a band you should see live at least once and I am glad I saw them, even if the spark didn't jump over.

Quite a funny statement but I'll take your advice.

I'm sure some of their other albums have the sound production that meets your needs.

Good to hear.

I'll need to find the right song for you so give me time on that.

Excellent!

*strikes a Monty Burns pose*

That makes it all the better.

At 5/6/11 10:39 PM, reverend wrote: Past days have been stressful for me. My dog has starting having seizures which is terrible to watch. I'm going to take him to the vet soon but he is really up there in age. :/

Damn! :( I hope he recovers from this.

At 5/5/11 03:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well that sucks. We could do with your help.

Yeah I tried making them with Gimp but I hate the GUI and it's a hassle when cropping and resizing which is what you need most for making icons. I need my Fireworks.

Yeah, GIMP's GUI is really awful. I had to go back to Fireworks, even if it forces me on Vista Basic.

At 5/6/11 10:48 PM, SCTE3 wrote: the Top 10 Audio Reviewers of All Time!!

That's an excellent achievement. Congrats!

Coop prepares to go scoring for the cricket team in the rain, while congratulating:
Mimilop: Level 12
Quinny: Top 888 B/Per; Level 28
Asandir: Level 12
AnalPenguinFarming: 4,000 Posts
DarkSoldier: Level 34
worldfamous: General
SCTE3: Top 10 Audio Reviewer
DrHood: 8th NG Berfday

Listening to:
Iron Maiden - Holy Smoke
Reel Big Fish - Hungry Like The Wolf
Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!

At 5/6/11 10:39 PM, reverend wrote:

At 5/5/11 03:56 AM, Coop wrote: True enough. I'm almost worried that the Mavs have managed to go 2-0 against LA...

Looks like the Lakers are fighting back or at least they are keeping it close. There is no way they can come back if they lose game 3.

Sunday could see the Lakers pack their bags - boy did they miss Artest yesterday.

Maybe baseball is a simpler version of rounders, but not cricket :P

Rounders? I didn't know it existed until I looked it up. Yeah they are pretty similar.

Yeah, that's the comparison I always make if someone says that Cricket is like Rounders. The bat in cricket is much bigger and so is the ball. If you can hit a cricket ball 300 ft, you're doing really well. 450ft diameter is the cricket field, so the longest you'll have to hit the ball for a six is 200-220 ft.

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/6/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/6/11 03:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hah, at this point I'll never win Most Underrated ever again.

With your status as NG Legend finally secured, you should use it. Set up the Bahamut award for underrated users, or something?

You can make that suggestion for the next BBS awards. The Stickam kids will probably make a mid-year awards in June.

Well, I'll try to be around General at that point.

No, Dance of Death is modern Maiden.

I'll refer back to my original comment of "Montsegur" then :P

In that case, you're close. You still suggested a bunch of classic Maiden songs so I had to be more specific.

There's only one track that I have on that album which I rated at 4 stars. Everything else was great, IMO.

Oh! Happy Days. 40,000 points of the B/P variety.

Base voting power of 7.77 as of a couple of days ago.

I thought that I actually posted it the other day, but I must not have. In other news, I've graduated college today. I went to school for four years to become a teacher and we'll see where things take me. I'm not sure if I actually want to be a teacher or not, but it's kind of late now. I'll see where life takes me I guess.

Next milestone passed 15,000 EXP. Not really a big deal though >_<

Finally reached 30k total stat points. It's been quite the journey, but I've done it.

Coop pulls the trigger on a trade that will probably break his fantasy season, before congratulating:
gamejunkie: 40,000 B/P
Corky: 7.77 Base Voting Power
EJR: Level 28
LittleWashu: 15,000 Experience
AnalPenguinFarming: 30,000 Total Points

Listening to:
BBC Turkish Grand Prix coverage. Delightful :P

Listening to:

Warning - Watching from a Distance

At 5/7/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote: You can make that suggestion for the next BBS awards. The Stickam kids will probably make a mid-year awards in June.

Well, I'll try to be around General at that point.

You mean we can try the revolution again around then?

In that case, you're close. You still suggested a bunch of classic Maiden songs so I had to be more specific.

There's only one track that I have on that album which I rated at 4 stars. Everything else was great, IMO.

There's only two subpar tracks on Dance of Death while the rest are amazing.

At 5/7/11 11:02 PM, Corky wrote: Base voting power of 7.77 as of a couple of days ago.

Awesome!

I thought that I actually posted it the other day, but I must not have. In other news, I've graduated college today.

Excellent work man!

At 5/7/11 04:13 AM, Odyssic wrote: Oh no, I really hope everything ends up OK.

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote: Damn! :( I hope he recovers from this.

Yeah I don't know what was wrong with him. He doing fine yesterday and today. Couldn't hurt to take him to the vet and see what's up though I hope it was just a freak occurrence.

At 5/7/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote: Sunday could see the Lakers pack their bags - boy did they miss Artest yesterday.

I think they are going to win game four. Just do enough to avoid the sweep. I think this is the last time we see the Lakers in their present form.

Yeah, that's the comparison I always make if someone says that Cricket is like Rounders. The bat in cricket is much bigger and so is the ball. If you can hit a cricket ball 300 ft, you're doing really well. 450ft diameter is the cricket field, so the longest you'll have to hit the ball for a six is 200-220 ft.

There is no professional leagues for rounders, is there?

Level 45 as of today.

6.66 VP + 200 NG Logs

Hot damn

You passed 16000 B/P! Congrats!

Level up!

I am no longer the grim reaper :(

Also, thanks to Coop and/or Bahamut for depositing for me this weekend.

8888 blams

Coop finishes his morning's work and tries to finally relax a little. Congratulations to:
SCTE3: 400 Flash Review Responses; 13,000 Posts
GoryBlizzard: Level 45
SeeD419: 6.66 Base Voting Power
Jolly: 16,000 B/P
Auz: Level 46
Emlfuryoflion: 8,888 Blams

Listening to:
Alice Cooper - Elected
Status Quo - Down Down

At 5/8/11 07:23 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/7/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote: You can make that suggestion for the next BBS awards. The Stickam kids will probably make a mid-year awards in June.

Well, I'll try to be around General at that point.

You mean we can try the revolution again around then?

Well, persistently bump it until then, in any case.

In that case, you're close. You still suggested a bunch of classic Maiden songs so I had to be more specific.

There's only one track that I have on that album which I rated at 4 stars. Everything else was great, IMO.

There's only two subpar tracks on Dance of Death while the rest are amazing.

I'm intrigued - I've got Wildest Dreams as vaguely sub-par, but no other. I'd be interested by your thoughts.

At 5/8/11 03:26 PM, reverend wrote:

At 5/7/11 06:53 AM, Coop wrote: Sunday could see the Lakers pack their bags - boy did they miss Artest yesterday.

I think they are going to win game four. Just do enough to avoid the sweep. I think this is the last time we see the Lakers in their present form.

Boom! *watches mushroom cloud around the Staples Centre from afar*

And they are outtahere!

Yeah, that's the comparison I always make if someone says that Cricket is like Rounders. The bat in cricket is much bigger and so is the ball. If you can hit a cricket ball 300 ft, you're doing really well. 450ft diameter is the cricket field, so the longest you'll have to hit the ball for a six is 200-220 ft.

There is no professional leagues for rounders, is there?

Not that I'm aware of.

Metal Monday 2011 - Week 19: Falconer - Substitutional World

Listening to:

Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead

At 5/9/11 04:26 AM, Auz wrote: Level up!

Congrats!

I am no longer the grim reaper :(

But now you remind me of myself from a while ago.

At 5/9/11 08:23 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/8/11 07:23 AM, Bahamut wrote: You mean we can try the revolution again around then?

Well, persistently bump it until then, in any case.

Good, the Wi/Ht? revolution does live on after all.

There's only two subpar tracks on Dance of Death while the rest are amazing.

I'm intrigued - I've got Wildest Dreams as vaguely sub-par, but no other. I'd be interested by your thoughts.

New Frontier and Gates of Tomorrow.

Metal-ABC - Carnivore

Listening to:
Iced Earth - Curse the sky
Iced Earth - Melancholy

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/6/11 04:59 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/6/11 03:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: And your Photoshop will look crap.

I may not be skilled with photoshopping, but changing one number isn't THAT hard. :P

Be sure you can get it to look neat.

Hah! I don't even need photoshop for that. I just alter the html code, make a screenshot of that and delete the comment. :P

Wow, you actually agree with the Metallica part?

Well what can I say. One of the most succesful metal bands (if not THE most succesful) hardly has any "lesser known songs", except for some B-sides maybe.

Sorry, I won't cover their B-Sides at all.

I don't even know which songs are considered B-Sides. Right now only the "wanana"-version of "Whereever I may roam" comes to my mind. It's a very early version of the song and every lyric part is just James singing "wanananana". >_>

And some songs from Maiden aren't well known because they also have a lot of shit in their portfolio. Yes I know, St. Anger and stuff. But that's ONE album, while Maiden has to cope with "No Prayer for the Dying", "Fear of the Dark", "The X Factor" and "Virtual XI", which all are mediocre at best.

To be fair, Maiden have recorded more albums but they're still far better than St. Anger.

Maiden also had more lineup changes. Changing the singer is never a good idea. It didn't work that well for Iced Earth either. ^^
Overall I think Metallicas albums are listed higher on the "awesome" list than Maides albums, but that's just a personal opinion. ;)

Hopefully I get enough enjoyment from them whenever I see them live.

I hope so, too. They are definitely a band you should see live at least once and I am glad I saw them, even if the spark didn't jump over.

Quite a funny statement but I'll take your advice.

Yes, it may seem I am contradicting myself. But I want to see all the "legends" at least once.

I'm sure some of their other albums have the sound production that meets your needs.

Good to hear.

I'll need to find the right song for you so give me time on that.

I give you all the time you need. ;)

At 5/9/11 04:39 PM, SCTE3 wrote: 1,337 audio reviews

Congrats SCTE3, keep on going, you are a busy busy bee in audio reviews :)

~X~

You passed 54,000 B/P! Congrats!

At 5/9/11 07:59 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Over 9,000 medal points

congrats once again, thats something i will never reach im not much good at the games, i get myself a few medals here and there but not much :(

At 5/9/11 06:56 PM, SCTE3 wrote:

thank you ~X` for the comment

Yoy are welcome, i wish i could review more i do enjoy reviewing and if it helps artists thats a plus, but with work, and 3 kids its a full house here lol

~X~

Level 32 WOOP WOOP

At 5/9/11 08:23 AM, Coop wrote: Boom! *watches mushroom cloud around the Staples Centre from afar*

And they are outtahere!

Well, now everything is back as it was. And if history doesn't care that our degenerate friend Kobe is his own grandfather, then who are we to judge?

Triple OT in the Griz/Thunder game was pretty brutal. I can tell neither one of them is going to have enough energy for Dallas.

Not that I'm aware of.

Speaking of, are there any baseball leagues in the UK?

At 5/9/11 01:28 PM, Odyssic wrote: i just realized, anyone have twitter? I've had it for ages, but never thought to ask.

I like twitter.

Mine is listed in my userpage and in the Twitter group that's half-dead in the C&C.

Coop works through more of his story, while congratulating:
SCTE3: 1,337 Reviews (Audio)
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 54,000 B/P
Addict: 6,000 Posts
Kevin: Level 32

LIstening to:
Iron Maiden - Be Quick Or Be Dead
Swet - The Ballroom Blitz (Isn't that what should be played when Bender shines the F-Ray at Fry's testicles?)

At 5/9/11 08:52 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/9/11 08:23 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/8/11 07:23 AM, Bahamut wrote: You mean we can try the revolution again around then?

Well, persistently bump it until then, in any case.

Good, the Wi/Ht? revolution does live on after all.

It never dies.

There's only two subpar tracks on Dance of Death while the rest are amazing.

I'm intrigued - I've got Wildest Dreams as vaguely sub-par, but no other. I'd be interested by your thoughts.

New Frontier and Gates of Tomorrow.

Interesting - Both songs that I can sing quite well. I'm just trying to learn Coming Home at the moment, which sounds awesome, despite it was the tune that iTunes mocked me with on the morning after the Yanks got knocked out of the postseason, last year.

At 5/10/11 12:23 AM, Addict wrote: Also a big question, and please do answer, how do all of you get to 10k+ posts so fast?

About 4-5 clubs that I posted in almost daily, 1 in the Levelup Lounge, and the occasional one thrown into threads on Wi/Ht and General. It soon adds up :P

At 5/10/11 02:31 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/9/11 08:23 AM, Coop wrote: Boom! *watches mushroom cloud around the Staples Centre from afar*

And they are outtahere!

Well, now everything is back as it was. And if history doesn't care that our degenerate friend Kobe is his own grandfather, then who are we to judge?

Triple OT in the Griz/Thunder game was pretty brutal. I can tell neither one of them is going to have enough energy for Dallas.

You'd be surprised. They'll have game momentum, while Dallas will be sunning themselves for a few days, which can send them to sleep.

Also, ROFL at Phillip J. Bryant.

Not that I'm aware of.

Speaking of, are there any baseball leagues in the UK?

There is baseball-softball.co.uk, which has a few details on teams there, but I'm not such a big fan. The quality isn't all that good, tbh.

This game is bad and you should feel bad for liking it:

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Listening to:

Warning - Watching from a Distance

At 5/9/11 12:45 PM, Haggard wrote: Metal-ABC - Carnivore

I need to get through these songs.

At 5/7/11 05:48 AM, Bahamut wrote: Be sure you can get it to look neat.

Hah! I don't even need photoshop for that. I just alter the html code, make a screenshot of that and delete the comment. :P

But you've already uploaded the original picture.

To be fair, Maiden have recorded more albums but they're still far better than St. Anger.

Maiden also had more lineup changes. Changing the singer is never a good idea. It didn't work that well for Iced Earth either. ^^

Yeah, there's that as well but hell, I'll take Blaze Bayley over Hetfield's modern vocals any day of the week. Blaze Bayley isn't a terrible singer, he just didn't fit in well with Maiden.

I'll need to find the right song for you so give me time on that.

I give you all the time you need. ;)

...Just give me time. Or if you're not patient, just try something from Open the Gates or The Deluge.

At 5/9/11 01:28 PM, Odyssic wrote: i just realized, anyone have twitter? I've had it for ages, but never thought to ask.

I like twitter.

I have Twitter. My username is Bahamut7.

At 5/9/11 07:59 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Over 9,000 medal points

At least you were subtle about it. ;)

At 5/10/11 12:23 AM, Addict wrote: 6,000 posts.

Also a big question, and please do answer, how do all of you get to 10k+ posts so fast?

2005 was very active for the BBS. There used to be over 15,000 posts made every day but now we only get 3,000.

At 5/10/11 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/9/11 08:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Good, the Wi/Ht? revolution does live on after all.

It never dies.

We'll live on.

New Frontier and Gates of Tomorrow.

Interesting - Both songs that I can sing quite well.

I just find them to be below average and Gates of Tomorrow's intro sucks.

Level 19, yay.

And it only took me nearly 18 months XD.

Six years on NG. Not really a big deal though >_<