Coop fills out more insurance claim forms (The things I'll do for £150 :P). Congratulations to:
Quinny: 1,111 Blams
Timchick: 1,000 Posts
gamejunkie: Top 100 Total Points
Hacsev: 32,000 Saves
Aci6: Brigadier General

Listening to:
AC/DC - Hells Bells
Sash! - Stay

Thank you to:
Odyssic

At 5/22/11 06:44 AM, Odyssic wrote: Survived the Rapture, BRING ON 2012!

Oh, please.

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 06:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: Wait, HE is Recon?

If he is Recon, why is ReconRebel inactive?

That's what I'm thinking. This bloodthorne is alive and well with his deposits.

Zoidberg is afoot! *grabs magnifying glass and deerstalker*

At 5/22/11 10:44 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote: "Now that you mention it, I do have trouble breathing underwater. I'll take the gills."
"So if you have gills, you won't need lungs?"
"I guess not."
"I take lungs now, gills come next Tuesday."

"It's just a name. Like the Death Zone or the Zone of No Return. All the zones have names like that in the Galaxy of Terror!"

"NURSE!"

"You will feel small pain."

"Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!"

Call back gag FTW!

Well, since the guy who kicks for us is called Andy Goode, we can say that it's all Goode.

Puns are such abominations to the English language and yet people still make them. I guess it's just because they are punny. :P

um yeah.

Get out. That pun is not even worthy of The Sun

At 5/23/11 02:25 AM, Aci6 wrote: Brigade General. Nice surprise after getting back from uni for the day.

It's a Brigadier General ;)

Well its finally happened its taken me 14 months to get another 1000 blams(With about 3-4 months of being active) and with those 1000 blams I can now say that...

My blam count is OVER 9000!

Good chance thats the last time I will ever say that unless I somehow find a way to 9000 posts or reviews one of these days.

Metal Monday 2011 - Week 21: Symphony X - The Communion and the Oracle

Listening to:

Reflection - When Shadows Fall

At 5/23/11 03:51 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: The 10k updates are now up! And now I hate making updates for the 10k lists. :P

Now it's official!

Top 10 Total Points!

Excellent work! I used to be in the top 10 but then I took my temporary break at 70k B/P allowing a few to pass me. At this point the only way I can look forward is falling down the ranks.

At 5/23/11 05:09 AM, Emlfuryoflion wrote: My blam count is OVER 9000!

Oh come on, you're much better than this.

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/20/11 04:35 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote: If they have a decently sized grass field, then yes they are. Preferably with two goals and no water around.

Two goals? You don't need real goals to play football. Two trees, or just some parts of your clothing (like your coat or your sweater) will do to mark two posts.

That will work, but I always find that a bit lame and you have to fetch the ball every time someone takes a shot at the goal.

Yeah, but on most public football fields there are no nets in the goals. So...
Also, you don't have to shoot so hard, then you don't have to run so far to get the ball back. ^^

DUUUUHUUUUUUUHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hm.... let me put it this way: NEIN!

Well that might not be a good example. But how about songs like Bohemian Rhapsody?

This song shouldn't be butchered by people who can't sing. :/

The cake was the only thing that was not a lie that night 0.o

Sounds like you had one hell of a trip.

Well maybe the stuff we bought wasn't that good. We were with a whole group and some people became ill after a while. Then others started to panic and basically it all sucked.

I'm glad the hardest drug I ever did was weed... ^^

Yeah. In 12th grade we had a school trip to Spain and we went there by bus. It took us 32 hours to get there...
Strangely enough the trip back only took about 24 hours.

Lol. Had a Spanish busdriver on the way back maybe? Those guys can be pretty reckless.

No, it was the same drivers both times, I think they were from Poland. But on the way back we hadn't so many traffic jams. ^^

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/21/11 12:24 PM, Haggard wrote: Metal-ABC: Dragonhammer

Now this sounds more lively than Event Horizon which I was listening to just now. Event Horizon sound very generic for power metal but Dragonhammer are more passionate.

Too bad I missed them when I had the chance to see them live. But I arrived so late at the festival I only could hear them, but didn't have the time to go to the stage. :(

Next will be E and the most obvious ones for that letter are Edguy, Ensiferum, Electric Wizard and Exodus. Let's see what you can do.

It's none of those. ;)

At 5/21/11 06:51 AM, Bahamut wrote: You'll have to agree with me the moment I say DragonForce!

By the time when I saw them live they still where cool.

I find that hard to believe. :P

Hey, it was back in 2004!
But when I saw them again in 2009 they sucked ass.

I can say the same joke again.

Which would possibly kill me again. Maybe try citing only half of the joke.

Actually, why not say it all TWICE?!

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

Didn't have the same effect on my this time. But maybe that's because I'm still dead. But I am not too sure myself...

Then why are you still posting?

Because my body still hasn't noticed that the mind died a few days ago.

Dammit, that isn't right.

It's a bit like Monty Burns. He's so ill, the only reason he is still alive is that the diseases are blocking themselves, so no disease can take any effect on him.

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 12:24 PM, Haggard wrote:

"Ford? There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for 'Hamlet' they've worked out."

Ah, the Simpsons.

Yes, the episode where Bender and Randy Marsh had an illegitimate baby, which later got adopted by Flanders.

"Family Simpsons Futurama Dad"? A stellar series :P

Such a crossover series could be quite cool.

Level 16!

At 5/21/11 04:53 PM, Gagsy wrote: Your Statistical Variations Today:
It's your NG birthday today!

Thanks for bringing that to my attention NG Logs. :( Feels like it's been longer than 5 years.

Heres to another 5? ;_;

Congrats :(

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: Sounds like a better idea. I think DoD only wants to pester Coop anyway.

He's trying to see how much it will take to get me to track him down and castrate him with a shotgun. I'm getting there.

He's definitely pushing his luck. I suppose you can handle it though and I better not meddle into it.

Well according to the Hobbit, there's a weak spot in your armour somewhere on your chest. But that might only apply for the dragon Smaug though... =/

Only if the bowman is Bard and he is firing his black arrow, that he talks to. Besides, Stephen Fry is going to be the master of Laketown.

And Bard was a lame-ass who didn't play any significant role in the story.

Was the master of Laketown evil-ish? I can't fully remember. It's been long since I read the book.

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote:

Played well enough to get his own spin-off series after Friends. Having watched a few episodes of Friends, I never thought that character would be so popular. All the three main male characters from that series kinda act alike as far as I could see.

Yeah, but there's always been something about Joey's child-like innocence, or naivety.

I think Matt LeBlanc looks more like a James Dean kinda guy though.

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: *Flash backs to the time when lots of people here obtained the praporsch... praporschic... praporschik rank*

Heh, those ranks are rather forgotten to me. Then again, I did get Supreme Commander around five years ago.

I think we're talking way back in 05 that the praporschik ranks were still hip around this place. Now about every regular here has become a Sup Commander years ago.

I don't find it much of sore yet, but eventually I will probably want to spend my time elsewhere as well.

If you feel you can't keep it up, do yourself a favour and call it day. There's tons of other things to do.

I'm thinking about shooting for the big 100k.

I could then consider passing ramagi and Denvish for those extra two ranks, but the gaps after that will get ridiculous. We're talking a possible 30,000+ points between me and the likes of courtday, Toocool100 and illuminate at that point. There's no way I can overcome that within a reasonable time if they continue BPing. So 100k sounds like a good moment to call it quits to me.

I am starting to come to a point when ranking up on the BP lists isn't doable anymore (10k gaps, users like Gagsy and byteslinger bumping me down every time I finally rank up etc.). And if I can't really rank up and can't level up anymore either, I don't see what I still have to (actively) BP for.

Yeah, you're at a very tough position right now. At least after those two the most you'll have to worry about is Pokemonpoeguygcn. After that we'll see who else is climbing up the ranks.

He's 20k behind me and gains about 100 a week on me. That means about 200 weeks for him to go until he comes flying by. By that time I'll probably be retired from BPing, even if I'd decide to go on for a little longer after 100k.

Well you could use an alt to get around the limit? I know that's technically against the rules, but I'm sure the mods then will understand. Also, as an ex-mod you could probably get away with little things like that ;)

I could but I'd rather not push around if I'm not doing my mod duties anymore. Seeing next week will mark three years of making the B/P updates, I could extend the list just once.

Would be a nice thing to see for your third anniversary.

Kinda hard for me to determine now how long I've been updating the Reviewers List since I quit for a couple of years. IIRC I started in October 2005 and went on non-stop until about October 2008. Then I picked it up again somewhere late last year... I should look into this.

Sounds like a better idea. I think DoD only wants to pester Coop anyway.

If that's the case I'll just give Wylo a buzz at the start of every month.

Good idea. I don't mind bimonthly updates for the VP list either, but I would like to see an update at least every once in a while, preferable at a constant rate.

Well according to the Hobbit, there's a weak spot in your armour somewhere on your chest. But that might only apply for the dragon Smaug though... =/

I can always put some extra armour on. ;)

I guess Smaug wasn't as resourceful as you, considering he lived a 1000 years and never came up with that idea.

If I were to shoot you somewhere, I'd aim for your balls. That'd be my weakspot so it might also be a dragons :p

Not if I've got balls of steel!

[Insert Duke Nukem quote]

At 5/22/11 04:28 AM, jonthomson wrote: Rank up to the one that's after colonel, whatever that's called now

That's Brig. General, the rank that used to be the start of the leaf badges. You might be slow and steady but you're a potential quadlister someday. The only other person I know who's on his way to getting his fourth 10k stat is Auz.

Are we really the only ones that are on our way to become quadlisted? I thought there might be a few fanatical posters out there who are also pretty far with BP and Experience when it comes to reaching 10k.

At 5/22/11 10:44 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: It is of course totally against their nature to do so. Normally they'd run away from danger. It's odd how horses are so obedient in battles though.

Horses have a natural tendency to run in packs. So as long as you have several horses running together you can have them charge into anything. Now a better question is why horses often run into burning barns.

They do that? I've never seen a horse run into a burning barn before. I thought the one thing all animals had in common was that they would flee from fire.

I'd laugh pretty hard if that happened. Then I'd take your wallet and walk off :p

You know, I wonder why more muggers don't just spray someone with pepper spray to rob someone. Sound much more simpler than getting a gun or trying to threaten someone with a knife.

What a brilliant idea! You don't have to worry as much about your victim seeing your face either, since you're pretty much blinding him :p

There is plenty of farmland actually. Holland might not be that big, but the major cities aren't that big either so most of the space is utulized for farming.

I'm a little lazy to search for it but what is the population of the Netherlands and what is the size of the largest city?

I think it's about 16.5 - 17 million and Amsterdam has around 780,000 inhabitants. Other major cities are The Hague and Rotterdam with 500,000 and 600,000 inhabitants respectively. All these cities lie in a region called the 'Randstad', which is a region that takes up about a quarter of the country, but more than 7 million people live there. So naturally the other three quarter of the country isn't as populated.

I'm sure there are plenty of eggs produced in the Netherlands, but perhaps we're just importing and exporting them for the sake of trading and keeping each others economies going.

Sounds like kind of unproductive to me. Why get eggs from well over 1,000 miles away when you can have some locally made and more fresh.

Lol, well 1,000 miles away is a little excessive. The Netherlands is no bigger than 300 km long and 200 km wide (±180x125 in miles). If they're imported from the western borders of Germany then that won't be an awful lot of transportation.

Unlike the USA, most European countries aren't really able to maintain themselves with their own resources so hence why a lot of importing and exporting is going on.

At 5/23/11 03:51 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Top 10 Total Points!

Awesome, congrats!

That will probably be one of the last achievements I'm going for.

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: That will work, but I always find that a bit lame and you have to fetch the ball every time someone takes a shot at the goal.

Yeah, but on most public football fields there are no nets in the goals. So...
Also, you don't have to shoot so hard, then you don't have to run so far to get the ball back. ^^

Well, I have played for football for a long time, so I can usually control myself and gently pass the ball in the corner to score a goal. But there are always those who think their chances of scoring increase if they shoot as hard as they can from as close by as they can :p

Well that might not be a good example. But how about songs like Bohemian Rhapsody?

This song shouldn't be butchered by people who can't sing. :/

To be honest I only like to hear that song at the very end of the year when the Dutch top 2000 greatest songs ever ends and Bohemian Rhapsody holds the #1 spot once again.

Although last year it was The Eagles with Hotel California.

Well maybe the stuff we bought wasn't that good. We were with a whole group and some people became ill after a while. Then others started to panic and basically it all sucked.

I'm glad the hardest drug I ever did was weed... ^^

It wasn't a hard drug or anything. It came from a coffee shop, but I can't quite remember what it was again.

Lol. Had a Spanish busdriver on the way back maybe? Those guys can be pretty reckless.

No, it was the same drivers both times, I think they were from Poland. But on the way back we hadn't so many traffic jams. ^^

Lol. I don't know if I'd rather be with a Polish or with a Spanish driver... perhaps the Spanish one cause at least he might be sober :p

In case there are any Polish users around here, j/k ;)

5,555 posts!

Coop notices a dearth of conversation and a lack of achievement. Congratulations to:
Emlfuryoflion: 9,000 Blams
EDylan: Level 16
Haggard: 5,555 Posts

Listening to:
Weird Al Yankovic - Weasel Stomping Day
Alice Cooper - Zorro's Ascent

Thank you to:
Bahamut
Odyssic
Auz

At 5/23/11 06:54 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/23/11 03:51 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: The 10k updates are now up! And now I hate making updates for the 10k lists. :P

Now it's official!

Top 10 Total Points!

Excellent work! I used to be in the top 10 but then I took my temporary break at 70k B/P allowing a few to pass me. At this point the only way I can look forward is falling down the ranks.

A shame though that is, you have to live by your decisions, I'm afraid.

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 12:24 PM, Haggard wrote:

"Ford? There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for 'Hamlet' they've worked out."

Ah, the Simpsons.

Yes, the episode where Bender and Randy Marsh had an illegitimate baby, which later got adopted by Flanders.

"Family Simpsons Futurama Dad"? A stellar series :P

Such a crossover series could be quite cool.

Mr Wee becoming Homer's Boss and drinking contests between Brian, Bender, Barney and Klaus I can see it now!

At 5/23/11 11:57 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 5/23/11 03:55 AM, Coop wrote: Oh, please.

hahahahah

I'm more likely to die from falling from a high building, FFS

"Dear Sir,

I would like to complain about that last scene, about people falling out of tall buildings. I myself have lived all my life in such a building and... have... never... once - WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! *falls*"

At 5/23/11 12:25 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: Sounds like a better idea. I think DoD only wants to pester Coop anyway.

He's trying to see how much it will take to get me to track him down and castrate him with a shotgun. I'm getting there.

He's definitely pushing his luck. I suppose you can handle it though and I better not meddle into it.

Meddle if you want - maybe it would convince him that it's nothing personal.

Well according to the Hobbit, there's a weak spot in your armour somewhere on your chest. But that might only apply for the dragon Smaug though... =/

Only if the bowman is Bard and he is firing his black arrow, that he talks to. Besides, Stephen Fry is going to be the master of Laketown.

And Bard was a lame-ass who didn't play any significant role in the story.

Yeah, if you call slaying the main adversary of the title not playing a significant role, then I suppose he is.

Was the master of Laketown evil-ish? I can't fully remember. It's been long since I read the book.

He was a coward and overcome with greed, he absconds with the cash.

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote:

Played well enough to get his own spin-off series after Friends. Having watched a few episodes of Friends, I never thought that character would be so popular. All the three main male characters from that series kinda act alike as far as I could see.

Yeah, but there's always been something about Joey's child-like innocence, or naivety.

I think Matt LeBlanc looks more like a James Dean kinda guy though.

Except he's still alive at 40 :P Dean didn't make it to 30.

Level 45!

Listening to:

Solstice - New Dark Age

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now this sounds more lively than Event Horizon which I was listening to just now. Event Horizon sound very generic for power metal but Dragonhammer are more passionate.

Too bad I missed them when I had the chance to see them live. But I arrived so late at the festival I only could hear them, but didn't have the time to go to the stage. :(

You could have seen them live? That sucks! Hopefully they do something very soon.

Next will be E and the most obvious ones for that letter are Edguy, Ensiferum, Electric Wizard and Exodus. Let's see what you can do.

It's none of those. ;)

Which is good because those above are too obvious. Now I want to know who is your E artist.

I find that hard to believe. :P

Hey, it was back in 2004!
But when I saw them again in 2009 they sucked ass.

Maybe they were decent in 2004 but got lazy after a while and started sucking.

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

Didn't have the same effect on my this time. But maybe that's because I'm still dead. But I am not too sure myself...

Shall I try once more?

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

Dammit, that isn't right.

It's a bit like Monty Burns. He's so ill, the only reason he is still alive is that the diseases are blocking themselves, so no disease can take any effect on him.

I suppose we'll have to rely on someone to shoot him. :P

At 5/23/11 12:25 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: Heh, those ranks are rather forgotten to me. Then again, I did get Supreme Commander around five years ago.

I think we're talking way back in 05 that the praporschik ranks were still hip around this place. Now about every regular here has become a Sup Commander years ago.

I remember when reaching Supreme Commander was cool.

If you feel you can't keep it up, do yourself a favour and call it day. There's tons of other things to do.

I'm thinking about shooting for the big 100k.

Yeah, 100k is a nice way to stop.

Yeah, you're at a very tough position right now. At least after those two the most you'll have to worry about is Pokemonpoeguygcn. After that we'll see who else is climbing up the ranks.

He's 20k behind me and gains about 100 a week on me. That means about 200 weeks for him to go until he comes flying by. By that time I'll probably be retired from BPing, even if I'd decide to go on for a little longer after 100k.

Wow, 200 weeks? I expected him to get to you within two years providing both of you continue your B/P paces.

I could but I'd rather not push around if I'm not doing my mod duties anymore. Seeing next week will mark three years of making the B/P updates, I could extend the list just once.

Would be a nice thing to see for your third anniversary.

Oh yeah! :)

Kinda hard for me to determine now how long I've been updating the Reviewers List since I quit for a couple of years. IIRC I started in October 2005 and went on non-stop until about October 2008. Then I picked it up again somewhere late last year... I should look into this.

I highly recommend looking into expanding the list. I think top 150 will do nicely.

If that's the case I'll just give Wylo a buzz at the start of every month.

Good idea. I don't mind bimonthly updates for the VP list either, but I would like to see an update at least every once in a while, preferable at a constant rate.

Hey, I'm patient as much as the next guy (unless it's D-o-D :P) but it would help if we made a little push with some consistency for the updates.

I can always put some extra armour on. ;)

I guess Smaug wasn't as resourceful as you, considering he lived a 1000 years and never came up with that idea.

lol what a dumbass.

Not if I've got balls of steel!

[Insert Duke Nukem quote]

Shake it baby!

That's Brig. General, the rank that used to be the start of the leaf badges. You might be slow and steady but you're a potential quadlister someday. The only other person I know who's on his way to getting his fourth 10k stat is Auz.

Are we really the only ones that are on our way to become quadlisted? I thought there might be a few fanatical posters out there who are also pretty far with BP and Experience when it comes to reaching 10k.

The only other potential is FattyWhale. He's less than 400 posts away and makes some posts on a regular basis. ReconRebel was so close to 10k posts but then we went inactive on the forums and eventually the site in general.

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/23/11 06:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent work! I used to be in the top 10 but then I took my temporary break at 70k B/P allowing a few to pass me. At this point the only way I can look forward is falling down the ranks.

A shame though that is, you have to live by your decisions, I'm afraid.

Hey, it was nice while it lasted. I could have been in the top 5 for both B/P and total points if I didn't retire but I've made my decision to dedicate my time to other things rather than B/P'ing.

At 5/24/11 05:12 AM, Haggard wrote: Level 45!

Congrats! I knew you'd switch to dark when you level up. I'll laugh if you ever become a mod and you won't have your aura changing ways anymore. BTW, nice song choice.

At 5/23/11 03:55 AM, Coop wrote: Coop fills out more insurance claim forms (The things I'll do for £150 :P).

I'm sure whoring yourself out would be simpler.

"NURSE!"

"You will feel small pain."

"Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!"

"Thank you!"

Get out. That pun is not even worthy of The Sun

Pfft. That is gold and definitely Sun material considering The Sun is just a step up from toilet paper.

At 5/23/11 12:39 PM, Auz wrote: They do that? I've never seen a horse run into a burning barn before. I thought the one thing all animals had in common was that they would flee from fire.

Nah it common for them to. When they are scared they will go to a safe place which they think is the barn.

I think it's about 16.5 - 17 million and Amsterdam has around 780,000 inhabitants. Other major cities are The Hague and Rotterdam with 500,000 and 600,000 inhabitants respectively. All these cities lie in a region called the 'Randstad', which is a region that takes up about a quarter of the country, but more than 7 million people live there. So naturally the other three quarter of the country isn't as populated.

So it's the case the most people live in the cities and most of the larger ones lie near the coast, right?

Lol, well 1,000 miles away is a little excessive. The Netherlands is no bigger than 300 km long and 200 km wide (±180x125 in miles). If they're imported from the western borders of Germany then that won't be an awful lot of transportation.

Unlike the USA, most European countries aren't really able to maintain themselves with their own resources so hence why a lot of importing and exporting is going on.

OK that makes sense. I guess when there are tons of small countries you have to be really open to trade in your country. I guess I should be too surprised since the orange I ate this morning came from some other country rather than Florida or California.

Not such a big deal, but I passed 2,000 Medals yesterday.

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/23/11 12:25 PM, Auz wrote: He's definitely pushing his luck. I suppose you can handle it though and I better not meddle into it.

Meddle if you want - maybe it would convince him that it's nothing personal.

Alright, I won't hesitate next time.

And Bard was a lame-ass who didn't play any significant role in the story.

Yeah, if you call slaying the main adversary of the title not playing a significant role, then I suppose he is.

I was just very disappointed at how it was described in the book. It was something like: Everybody was fighting the war of five races, all hell broke loose AND IN THE MEANTIME Smaug flew over Laketown and Bard gets a lucky shot, kills him and afterwards he is crowned king. I can not remember Bard doing anything else in the plot.

It was the only thing in the book that irked me. I hope the film will improve that story element.

Was the master of Laketown evil-ish? I can't fully remember. It's been long since I read the book.

He was a coward and overcome with greed, he absconds with the cash.

Ah yes, that's what it was. Could be a good role for Stephen Fry, but I do hope he doesn't make it too comical.

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote:

I think Matt LeBlanc looks more like a James Dean kinda guy though.

Except he's still alive at 40 :P Dean didn't make it to 30.

Only to the age of 24 apparently. I guess his early death did help turning him into an icon for the youth.

At 5/24/11 05:12 AM, Haggard wrote: Level 45!

Congrats! I've grown quite fond of that icon.

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/23/11 12:25 PM, Auz wrote: I think we're talking way back in 05 that the praporschik ranks were still hip around this place. Now about every regular here has become a Sup Commander years ago.

I remember when reaching Supreme Commander was cool.

Like I already stated before: It used to be an end point. Enough reason for some people to quit BPing. However, nowadays you're hardly in the top 200 and still hardly matter in BP land. You gotta keep on going if you want to impress anyone.

I'm thinking about shooting for the big 100k.

Yeah, 100k is a nice way to stop.

Thinking of some cool numbers. Perhaps something like 30k:70k?

He's 20k behind me and gains about 100 a week on me. That means about 200 weeks for him to go until he comes flying by. By that time I'll probably be retired from BPing, even if I'd decide to go on for a little longer after 100k.

Wow, 200 weeks? I expected him to get to you within two years providing both of you continue your B/P paces.

Yeah well my calculations are also provided we keep these rates constant. It might be shorter, but it will be a long time nonetheless. I will reach 100k somewhere late 2012 probably. I don't think he will have passed me yet by then.

Would be a nice thing to see for your third anniversary.

Oh yeah! :)

I highly recommend looking into expanding the list. I think top 150 will do nicely.

You mean for the Reviewers List? I could, but it'd be too inaccurate with the people I have right now. I'd need more usernames to track.

Good idea. I don't mind bimonthly updates for the VP list either, but I would like to see an update at least every once in a while, preferable at a constant rate.

Hey, I'm patient as much as the next guy (unless it's D-o-D :P) but it would help if we made a little push with some consistency for the updates.

Indeed. But fortunately there's less point comparing your own gains on the VP list if you just don't miss any deposits. You'll always get the max possible anyway.

I guess Smaug wasn't as resourceful as you, considering he lived a 1000 years and never came up with that idea.

lol what a dumbass.

He knew much, but he wasn't smart, that's for sure :p

[Insert Duke Nukem quote]

Shake it baby!

Blow it out your ass!

Are we really the only ones that are on our way to become quadlisted? I thought there might be a few fanatical posters out there who are also pretty far with BP and Experience when it comes to reaching 10k.

The only other potential is FattyWhale. He's less than 400 posts away and makes some posts on a regular basis. ReconRebel was so close to 10k posts but then we went inactive on the forums and eventually the site in general.

I was thinking ReconRebel as well, but indeed I haven't seen him around in ages. Shame he never got to 10k.

By the way, Ultor is another candidate right? Although if he keeps posting like he does, it'll still take him years to get those last 100 posts.

At 5/24/11 07:42 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/23/11 12:39 PM, Auz wrote: They do that? I've never seen a horse run into a burning barn before. I thought the one thing all animals had in common was that they would flee from fire.

Nah it common for them to. When they are scared they will go to a safe place which they think is the barn.

Ah. Of course it's rather stupid, but it makes some sense I guess.

I think it's about 16.5 - 17 million and Amsterdam has around 780,000 inhabitants. Other major cities are The Hague and Rotterdam with 500,000 and 600,000 inhabitants respectively. All these cities lie in a region called the 'Randstad', which is a region that takes up about a quarter of the country, but more than 7 million people live there. So naturally the other three quarter of the country isn't as populated.

So it's the case the most people live in the cities and most of the larger ones lie near the coast, right?

No most people live in the towns. There are only four real major cities. Utrecht is the last one with 300,000 inhabitants. Makes about 2.2 million in total people living in the 'big cities'. The rest live in minor cities or towns.

But yeah, most live near the coast. Has a lot to do with the harbors and the trading companies of the 17th century I guess.

Lol, well 1,000 miles away is a little excessive. The Netherlands is no bigger than 300 km long and 200 km wide (±180x125 in miles). If they're imported from the western borders of Germany then that won't be an awful lot of transportation.

Unlike the USA, most European countries aren't really able to maintain themselves with their own resources so hence why a lot of importing and exporting is going on.

OK that makes sense. I guess when there are tons of small countries you have to be really open to trade in your country. I guess I should be too surprised since the orange I ate this morning came from some other country rather than Florida or California.

Exactly. As a small country we are very dependant of importing and trading.

But sometimes I guess it is also for the taste. You know... oranges from this country taste better than the oranges from that country.

Listening to:
Opeth - Damnation
No growls on this album? Lame. The songs are still great. Awesome.

At 5/23/11 12:39 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/21/11 01:40 PM, Auz wrote: That will work, but I always find that a bit lame and you have to fetch the ball every time someone takes a shot at the goal.

Yeah, but on most public football fields there are no nets in the goals. So...
Also, you don't have to shoot so hard, then you don't have to run so far to get the ball back. ^^

Well, I have played for football for a long time, so I can usually control myself and gently pass the ball in the corner to score a goal. But there are always those who think their chances of scoring increase if they shoot as hard as they can from as close by as they can :p

The only position I am good at is as a goalie. Also, if people think they have to shoot the ball extra hard, they should be the ones to get the ball back if it goes flying off the field. That'll teach them! ^^

Well that might not be a good example. But how about songs like Bohemian Rhapsody?

This song shouldn't be butchered by people who can't sing. :/

To be honest I only like to hear that song at the very end of the year when the Dutch top 2000 greatest songs ever ends and Bohemian Rhapsody holds the #1 spot once again.

Dutch Top 2000? With a name like that you'd expect them to play only dutch songs. :P

Lol. Had a Spanish busdriver on the way back maybe? Those guys can be pretty reckless.

No, it was the same drivers both times, I think they were from Poland. But on the way back we hadn't so many traffic jams. ^^

Lol. I don't know if I'd rather be with a Polish or with a Spanish driver... perhaps the Spanish one cause at least he might be sober :p

Hey, the bus drives where really cool guys.

In case there are any Polish users around here, j/k ;)

My ancestors are from poland! I should report you to an admin so you lose your mod status! >:(

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote: Coop notices a dearth of conversation and a lack of achievement. Congratulations to:
Haggard: 5,555 Posts

Thanks!

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 12:24 PM, Haggard wrote:

"Ford? There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for 'Hamlet' they've worked out."

Ah, the Simpsons.

Yes, the episode where Bender and Randy Marsh had an illegitimate baby, which later got adopted by Flanders.

"Family Simpsons Futurama Dad"? A stellar series :P

Such a crossover series could be quite cool.

Mr Wee becoming Homer's Boss and drinking contests between Brian, Bender, Barney and Klaus I can see it now!

We should call up the producers! Or better yet, produce it ourselves! How much money is left in the LUL treasury?

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/22/11 10:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now this sounds more lively than Event Horizon which I was listening to just now. Event Horizon sound very generic for power metal but Dragonhammer are more passionate.

Too bad I missed them when I had the chance to see them live. But I arrived so late at the festival I only could hear them, but didn't have the time to go to the stage. :(

You could have seen them live? That sucks! Hopefully they do something very soon.

IIRC they played on Friday afternoon. Since me and my friend had to work on Friday we only could start driving to the festival at around 2 pm. After a one hour drive we just arrived when they entered the stage. And since we had to unpack things, get our festival bracelets and so on, we simply missed the show. :(

Next will be E and the most obvious ones for that letter are Edguy, Ensiferum, Electric Wizard and Exodus. Let's see what you can do.

It's none of those. ;)

Which is good because those above are too obvious. Now I want to know who is your E artist.

I linked to a song of them at least once in LUL. ^^

I find that hard to believe. :P

Hey, it was back in 2004!
But when I saw them again in 2009 they sucked ass.

Maybe they were decent in 2004 but got lazy after a while and started sucking.

That may be true. We should simply ask them. "Hey guys, when exactly did you start to suck?"

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

Didn't have the same effect on my this time. But maybe that's because I'm still dead. But I am not too sure myself...

Shall I try once more?

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

*dies again*

Oh, that means I must have come alive again in the meantime!

Dammit, that isn't right.

It's a bit like Monty Burns. He's so ill, the only reason he is still alive is that the diseases are blocking themselves, so no disease can take any effect on him.

I suppose we'll have to rely on someone to shoot him. :P

Maggie tried that once, but he survived.

At 5/24/11 05:12 AM, Haggard wrote: Level 45!

Congrats! I knew you'd switch to dark when you level up. I'll laugh if you ever become a mod and you won't have your aura changing ways anymore. BTW, nice song choice.

You knew it because I told you beforehand! :P
Also, I will simply decline the offer to become a mod, so I can still change my aura!

At 5/24/11 10:11 AM, Odyssic wrote: Congrats to:
Haggard: 5,555 Posts, Level 45

Thanks!

Thats it, OK, from now on, 24th of may is Haggard day.

YAY!

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/24/11 05:12 AM, Haggard wrote: Level 45!

Congrats! I've grown quite fond of that icon.

Thanks. Yes, it is one of my favorites ever since the redesign. I hope I can wear it a little longer (ie, the re-redesign shouldn't happen too soon...)

Coop pours over baseball statistics, while congratulating:
Haggard: Level 45
Auz: 2,000 Medals
Addict: 12,000 B/P

Listening to:
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (Live - Flight 666)
Laibach - Opus Dei
Guyz Nite - Die Hard

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/23/11 06:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent work! I used to be in the top 10 but then I took my temporary break at 70k B/P allowing a few to pass me. At this point the only way I can look forward is falling down the ranks.

A shame though that is, you have to live by your decisions, I'm afraid.

Hey, it was nice while it lasted. I could have been in the top 5 for both B/P and total points if I didn't retire but I've made my decision to dedicate my time to other things rather than B/P'ing.

I'm not criticising you for it, though I perhaps lament it a little.

At 5/24/11 07:42 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/23/11 03:55 AM, Coop wrote: Coop fills out more insurance claim forms (The things I'll do for £150 :P).

I'm sure whoring yourself out would be simpler.

Yes, but there would be very few takers. I'm not sure the ones that would take would be willing to pay the price, either...

"NURSE!"

"You will feel small pain."

"Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!"

"Thank you!"

"Wow, you guys sell every kind of meat here, except Human."

"What, you want Human?"

Get out. That pun is not even worthy of The Sun

Pfft. That is gold and definitely Sun material considering The Sun is just a step up from toilet paper.

I still prefer the SAS "never touch the sides" bush shitting tactic, but if needs be, the Sun will have to do sometimes.

At 5/24/11 10:11 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote: I'm more likely to die from falling from a high building, FFS

Lets put the odds even higher, say being struck by lightning... twice, I'd say more chance of that happening then 2012.

Being struck by lightning twice on top of a high building, from which you then fall off and die as a consequence of.

*Cut to image of god, working out the exact million-to-one chance, so that he can kill me. He looks at the camera*

"What? It's a hobby."

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/23/11 12:25 PM, Auz wrote: And Bard was a lame-ass who didn't play any significant role in the story.

Yeah, if you call slaying the main adversary of the title not playing a significant role, then I suppose he is.

I was just very disappointed at how it was described in the book. It was something like: Everybody was fighting the war of five races, all hell broke loose AND IN THE MEANTIME Smaug flew over Laketown and Bard gets a lucky shot, kills him and afterwards he is crowned king. I can not remember Bard doing anything else in the plot.

I wonder how it will look in the film.

Was the master of Laketown evil-ish? I can't fully remember. It's been long since I read the book.

He was a coward and overcome with greed, he absconds with the cash.

Ah yes, that's what it was. Could be a good role for Stephen Fry, but I do hope he doesn't make it too comical.

Stephen is a good actor - just like Hugh Lawrie, his comedy partner. He's a great choice.

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote:

I think Matt LeBlanc looks more like a James Dean kinda guy though.

Except he's still alive at 40 :P Dean didn't make it to 30.

Only to the age of 24 apparently. I guess his early death did help turning him into an icon for the youth.

Youth and talent are no match for age and treachery. The best T-Shirt motto I have seen for a while

At 5/24/11 06:29 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/24/11 04:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/23/11 09:08 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/22/11 06:08 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/21/11 12:24 PM, Haggard wrote:

"Ford? There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for 'Hamlet' they've worked out."

Ah, the Simpsons.

Yes, the episode where Bender and Randy Marsh had an illegitimate baby, which later got adopted by Flanders.

"Family Simpsons Futurama Dad"? A stellar series :P

Such a crossover series could be quite cool.

Mr Wee becoming Homer's Boss and drinking contests between Brian, Bender, Barney and Klaus I can see it now!

We should call up the producers! Or better yet, produce it ourselves! How much money is left in the LUL treasury?

*opens treasury door, moth flies out* Apparently, it's been a bad year. Hang on, there's a note here.

"Dear LUL members,

I have had to borrow your cash, as times are tough. You probably will get it back, but I'll offer no guarantees, unless you're a bank.

Sincerely,

George Osbourne"

FUCK!

Listening to:

Turisas - The Varangian Way

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: I remember when reaching Supreme Commander was cool.

Like I already stated before: It used to be an end point. Enough reason for some people to quit BPing. However, nowadays you're hardly in the top 200 and still hardly matter in BP land. You gotta keep on going if you want to impress anyone.

But of course. I just miss the times when Supreme Commander was something special. Oh well, at least having over 70k B/P is a more impressive count.

Yeah, 100k is a nice way to stop.

Thinking of some cool numbers. Perhaps something like 30k:70k?

That's reversing what Denvish did.

Wow, 200 weeks? I expected him to get to you within two years providing both of you continue your B/P paces.

Yeah well my calculations are also provided we keep these rates constant. It might be shorter, but it will be a long time nonetheless. I will reach 100k somewhere late 2012 probably. I don't think he will have passed me yet by then.

And now I realise how slow the portal truly is.

You mean for the Reviewers List? I could, but it'd be too inaccurate with the people I have right now. I'd need more usernames to track.

I thought you'd be alright with it. How much does the one ranked at 150 have?

Hey, I'm patient as much as the next guy (unless it's D-o-D :P) but it would help if we made a little push with some consistency for the updates.

Indeed. But fortunately there's less point comparing your own gains on the VP list if you just don't miss any deposits. You'll always get the max possible anyway.

Eh, I just like to see the VP list going on. If we leave it for so long we'll get too many rank uppers for B/P.

Shake it baby!

Blow it out your ass!

Your ass, your face, what's the difference?

By the way, Ultor is another candidate right? Although if he keeps posting like he does, it'll still take him years to get those last 100 posts.

Mentioning Ultor just makes me laugh. He's trying so hard to get to 10k posts and even admits to aiming for it.

At 5/24/11 06:29 PM, Haggard wrote: Listening to:
Opeth - Damnation
No growls on this album? Lame. The songs are still great. Awesome.

It's the weakest Opeth album by far but still worth a listen.

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: You could have seen them live? That sucks! Hopefully they do something very soon.

IIRC they played on Friday afternoon.

Ouch, now that is unlucky.

Which is good because those above are too obvious. Now I want to know who is your E artist.

I linked to a song of them at least once in LUL. ^^

I'll leave it as a surprise then. I'm not going through all your posts just to find the possible artist.

Maybe they were decent in 2004 but got lazy after a while and started sucking.

That may be true. We should simply ask them. "Hey guys, when exactly did you start to suck?"

When they became big, maybe?

Shall I try once more?

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

*dies again*

Oh, that means I must have come alive again in the meantime!

No no no!

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput

I suppose we'll have to rely on someone to shoot him. :P

Maggie tried that once, but he survived.

Shoot him again?

Congrats! I knew you'd switch to dark when you level up. I'll laugh if you ever become a mod and you won't have your aura changing ways anymore. BTW, nice song choice.

You knew it because I told you beforehand! :P

No, I knew in my mind you'd choose dark since it works best with the scythe (except for possibly gold) and your last dark level was 40.

Also, I will simply decline the offer to become a mod, so I can still change my aura!

Shame, really.

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hey, it was nice while it lasted. I could have been in the top 5 for both B/P and total points if I didn't retire but I've made my decision to dedicate my time to other things rather than B/P'ing.

I'm not criticising you for it, though I perhaps lament it a little.

Nah, I know that. I'm just saying I at least enjoyed my time in the top 10 and although I could have aimed higher, I don't think it's worth it.

*Looking at my newly acquired golden Hammer. Is Thor still relevant? (Witty and hilarious quip about it then.) Well Thanks to you all it really means a lot. I will be back when I get the 15.00 VP.

Listen to:
Hester Prynne - An Ambulance in Traffic
Heaven Shall Burn - Forlorn Skies
Neaera - Sirens of Black
No Homo & No Homo Outro _ The Lonely Island
and Miseration - Theca

I got this 3 days ago, but only noticed it now:
33,333 Saves!

Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Hopefully I can get a job in which I can use the internet a lot... where do you work, Coop? ;P

Pvt. First Class!

20% voting power increase!

I don't know if I should feel good or bad about this but, today marks my tenth year on Newgrounds.
Good because I love this place and all its awesomenessitty.
Bad because I haven't really contributed to much to the site, and it makes me feel old. Haha.

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote: No most people live in the towns. There are only four real major cities. Utrecht is the last one with 300,000 inhabitants. Makes about 2.2 million in total people living in the 'big cities'. The rest live in minor cities or towns.

I would have figured that since it's so small that it was almost one big city with even your rural areas being somewhat populated.

But yeah, most live near the coast. Has a lot to do with the harbors and the trading companies of the 17th century I guess.

I would have figured so, since the Netherlands were a major power in trade back in the 1600s.

Exactly. As a small country we are very dependant of importing and trading.

But sometimes I guess it is also for the taste. You know... oranges from this country taste better than the oranges from that country.

In the US, it's more or less whatever is in season where ever they are from and at the lowest cost. Taste seems to be on the back burner.

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote: Yes, but there would be very few takers. I'm not sure the ones that would take would be willing to pay the price, either...

You got to sell yourself better. A clean shave and a nice sales pitch will go far.

"Wow, you guys sell every kind of meat here, except Human."

"What, you want Human?"

"Did you ever stop to think I might be happier with gills?"

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Sweet!

Listening to:

Solstice - New Dark Age

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Hopefully I can get a job in which I can use the internet a lot... where do you work, Coop? ;P

Well done on that! I suppose that means you've got more time here now.

At 5/26/11 12:22 AM, Psycho-Pickle wrote: I don't know if I should feel good or bad about this but, today marks my tenth year on Newgrounds.

Good or bad, it's still pretty cool, so congrats to you.

At 5/26/11 12:53 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Sweet!

Like chocolate?

At 5/26/11 03:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Hopefully I can get a job in which I can use the internet a lot... where do you work, Coop? ;P

Well done on that! I suppose that means you've got more time here now.

Well, I should do. My main priority in life now is jobhunting, and right now that means spending much more time on the computer, which inevitably means much more time procrastinating on NG. ;)

At 5/26/11 06:15 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Real life achievement: finished my degree!

Awesome!

You're awesome.

Coop wrestles with no phone and no internet in the office, before finally congratulating:
iscrulz: Level 52
Haggard: 33,333 Saves
SCTE3: 800 Audio Review Responses
NEVR: Degree
EDylan: Private 1st Class
Psycho-Pickle: 10th NG Berfday

Listening to:
BBC F1 Coverage - Monaco GP 2nd Practice

At 5/25/11 06:18 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/24/11 07:14 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hey, it was nice while it lasted. I could have been in the top 5 for both B/P and total points if I didn't retire but I've made my decision to dedicate my time to other things rather than B/P'ing.

I'm not criticising you for it, though I perhaps lament it a little.

Nah, I know that. I'm just saying I at least enjoyed my time in the top 10 and although I could have aimed higher, I don't think it's worth it.

Fair enough - I'm still going, but I'm not here for the ranks - they're a nice bi-product, but that's all.

At 5/25/11 07:22 AM, iscrulz wrote: *Looking at my newly acquired golden Hammer. Is Thor still relevant? (Witty and hilarious quip about it then.) Well Thanks to you all it really means a lot. I will be back when I get the 15.00 VP.

Mjollnir is not golden. Pretentious he may be, but Thor Odinson wields a mighty hammer not made of any metal on this earth. Perhaps Level 41 would better illustrate it.

At 5/25/11 12:21 PM, Odyssic wrote:

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote: Being struck by lightning twice on top of a high building, from which you then fall off and die as a consequence of.

I can't beat that.

Falling into a wood chipper at the bottom of the fall? Be creative.

At 5/25/11 09:32 PM, NEVR wrote: Hopefully I can get a job in which I can use the internet a lot... where do you work, Coop? ;P

I work for a housing developer. Yes, I'm in the office now, but on my laptop, so using company internet :P

At 5/26/11 12:53 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote: Yes, but there would be very few takers. I'm not sure the ones that would take would be willing to pay the price, either...

You got to sell yourself better. A clean shave and a nice sales pitch will go far.

I'll consider it.

"Wow, you guys sell every kind of meat here, except Human."

"What, you want Human?"

"Did you ever stop to think I might be happier with gills?"

"Bender, man. It has come to my attention that this company has been paying you to do nothing but loaf about on the couch."

Level 30. Awesomesauce.

General rank and 11 total voting power :D

6,666 saves. Already gone over that though, 30+ B/P is unusual for me, only bother to get about 20 most days.

At 5/24/11 06:29 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 5/23/11 12:39 PM, Auz wrote: Well, I have played for football for a long time, so I can usually control myself and gently pass the ball in the corner to score a goal. But there are always those who think their chances of scoring increase if they shoot as hard as they can from as close by as they can :p

The only position I am good at is as a goalie. Also, if people think they have to shoot the ball extra hard, they should be the ones to get the ball back if it goes flying off the field. That'll teach them! ^^

"You should've been a better goalie then."

To be honest I only like to hear that song at the very end of the year when the Dutch top 2000 greatest songs ever ends and Bohemian Rhapsody holds the #1 spot once again.

Dutch Top 2000? With a name like that you'd expect them to play only dutch songs. :P

No the idea is that its the top 2000 best songs ever made according to the people of Holland. Of course there are some Dutch songs in there, but for the wide majority its English music with some French and German songs here and there.

The top 5 tends to be something like:
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
The Eagles - Hotel California
Boudewijn de Groot - Avond
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Deep Purple - Child in Time

Occasionally Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light makes it or some other classic. It's a pretty nice list to listen to. It always gets broadcasted from Christmas to New Years (#1 ending when the clock strikes 12).

Lol. I don't know if I'd rather be with a Polish or with a Spanish driver... perhaps the Spanish one cause at least he might be sober :p

Hey, the bus drives where really cool guys.

That doesn't mean they were sober :p

In case there are any Polish users around here, j/k ;)

My ancestors are from poland! I should report you to an admin so you lose your mod status! >:(

FUUUUUUU-

Anything I can do to keep you quiet?

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote:

At 5/24/11 05:12 AM, Haggard wrote:

Congrats! I've grown quite fond of that icon.

Thanks. Yes, it is one of my favorites ever since the redesign. I hope I can wear it a little longer (ie, the re-redesign shouldn't happen too soon...)

I don't know, it could happen any day now.

At 5/25/11 04:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote: I was just very disappointed at how it was described in the book. It was something like: Everybody was fighting the war of five races, all hell broke loose AND IN THE MEANTIME Smaug flew over Laketown and Bard gets a lucky shot, kills him and afterwards he is crowned king. I can not remember Bard doing anything else in the plot.

I wonder how it will look in the film.

Hopefully it won't be lame. Also, hopefully they will show the war and won't do it like the book with Bilbo passing out and missing everything.

Ah yes, that's what it was. Could be a good role for Stephen Fry, but I do hope he doesn't make it too comical.

Stephen is a good actor - just like Hugh Lawrie, his comedy partner. He's a great choice.

He's definitely a good actor and the role does probably suit him.

At 5/20/11 03:54 AM, Coop wrote:

At 5/19/11 03:26 PM, Auz wrote:

Only to the age of 24 apparently. I guess his early death did help turning him into an icon for the youth.

Youth and talent are no match for age and treachery. The best T-Shirt motto I have seen for a while

Sure beats "I'm with stupid >", "I'm with stupid ^", "FBI: Female Body Inspector" or "My mother went to France and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".

At 5/25/11 06:18 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote: Like I already stated before: It used to be an end point. Enough reason for some people to quit BPing. However, nowadays you're hardly in the top 200 and still hardly matter in BP land. You gotta keep on going if you want to impress anyone.

But of course. I just miss the times when Supreme Commander was something special. Oh well, at least having over 70k B/P is a more impressive count.

That probably won't go out of style anytime soon.

Thinking of some cool numbers. Perhaps something like 30k:70k?

That's reversing what Denvish did.

Exactly. Might be a nice tribute.

Yeah well my calculations are also provided we keep these rates constant. It might be shorter, but it will be a long time nonetheless. I will reach 100k somewhere late 2012 probably. I don't think he will have passed me yet by then.

And now I realise how slow the portal truly is.

Yeah. 10,000 BP may not seem like much, but it is still a lot of points that will take most 0.5-1 year to acquire.

You mean for the Reviewers List? I could, but it'd be too inaccurate with the people I have right now. I'd need more usernames to track.

I thought you'd be alright with it. How much does the one ranked at 150 have?

To be honest I just got a bunch of people listed at random after #105. Some only have around 400 reviews, but are writing a few every now and again. If I were to make a top 150 now, I'd probably have to include myself and I know it will be a bollocks list. I should probably dig up one of my old top 150 updates first.

Indeed. But fortunately there's less point comparing your own gains on the VP list if you just don't miss any deposits. You'll always get the max possible anyway.

Eh, I just like to see the VP list going on. If we leave it for so long we'll get too many rank uppers for B/P.

Those guys always suck balls. I hate being bumped down, knowing I might never have a chance to pass them again.

Blow it out your ass!

Your ass, your face, what's the difference?

I like a good cigar...and a bad woman...

By the way, Ultor is another candidate right? Although if he keeps posting like he does, it'll still take him years to get those last 100 posts.

Mentioning Ultor just makes me laugh. He's trying so hard to get to 10k posts and even admits to aiming for it.

I was guessing that was his ultimate goal. I don't know why he still hasn't realized that posting normally without spamming will get him to 10k that much faster.

At 5/26/11 12:53 AM, reverend wrote:

At 5/24/11 05:09 PM, Auz wrote: No most people live in the towns. There are only four real major cities. Utrecht is the last one with 300,000 inhabitants. Makes about 2.2 million in total people living in the 'big cities'. The rest live in minor cities or towns.

I would have figured that since it's so small that it was almost one big city with even your rural areas being somewhat populated.

Lol yeah. It's odd how Paris alone has about as many inhabitants as our whole country :p

But yeah, most live near the coast. Has a lot to do with the harbors and the trading companies of the 17th century I guess.

I would have figured so, since the Netherlands were a major power in trade back in the 1600s.

We refer to it as "the golden age". The age in which the Netherlands was one of the most powerful and wealthiest nations in the world due to having the largest merchant fleet and a great military fleet as well. Several naval wars against the Brits, French and Spaniards were won.

Now our military really doesn't matter anymore in the world and the economy isn't exactly superb either :p

Exactly. As a small country we are very dependant of importing and trading.

But sometimes I guess it is also for the taste. You know... oranges from this country taste better than the oranges from that country.

In the US, it's more or less whatever is in season where ever they are from and at the lowest cost. Taste seems to be on the back burner.

Oh well, if they're out of season then they're usually no good either.

At 5/26/11 08:59 AM, Zendra wrote: Oh, level 46.

Now people are gonna be confused again.