Revisiting my youth just after the previous redesign today.

Level 50

Your turn, Auz.

Coop re-reads the ninja manual and dresses in black, before congratulating:
Quinny: 8,000 Experience
SCTE3: 333 Reviews (Art)
Dream-of-Duke: 8,000 Posts
Asandir: Sergeant Major
Jolly: 18,000 Saves

At 8/17/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:17 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/16/11 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Submission-wise, Clock Day was a disappointment. My alt gained 168 saves while the blamming alt didn't even get anything. Not happy with that considering there were blatantly crap movies coming in. We'll see on Sunday who was save whoring the most and you WILL be questioned about it if I see you with the most points gained.

I doubt I'll even get 500 points for the week, unlike some.

And those will be possible suspects. I'll just stick to what I see from the top 10 gainers.

So... have you calibrated your Mega Flare recently?

Thanks for the inspiration! Now find the other two medals.

O.o

That's right, my flash has two other medals to find.

I've found 2 of the 3, now I'm stumped with the other one.

True that. Say, will you be making a recap for the meet?

Yes - this virus has laid me low, plus I'm trying to work through it (silly boy!), but I hope to get something sorted at some stage, as with the photos.

Alright then. I look forward to it.

My just over a week off starts tomorrow, so that should help me.

At 8/17/11 06:09 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 8/16/11 08:22 AM, Coop wrote: Only 50 failed blams? I think I had about 150-200 of them and still managed 97 Saves.

Well, over 50, but I don't know the number, but it IS over 50 failed blams.

Oh, that's okay then.

At 8/17/11 04:28 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/16/11 08:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/15/11 10:11 AM, Auz wrote: Happy Clock Day everyone! I hope you're all enjoying yourselves. Here are some of my favourite submissions so far:

Exquisite choice, sir.

What do you know. Someone made a flash about that video you send me a while ago (with the Dutch cops).

Yeah, I saw that, though I prefer the sketch.

At 8/15/11 04:06 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/15/11 03:16 AM, Coop wrote:

Fuck! There goes my dream of being the first man on Mars :'(

And yet, I am still not completely immortal - Tachyons are a weakness you've learned of.

Ah yes, every indestructable man has his kryptonite.

Perhaps I'll go and create some life of my own?

300 Audio Review Responses (:

Level up!

I'm now in the golden icons. I wasn't too big of a fan of level 47 at first, but with a golden aura behind it it is much more likable.

Listening to:

Root - Black Seal
Satan - Court in the Act

At 8/17/11 04:28 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/16/11 10:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Submission-wise, Clock Day was a disappointment. My alt gained 168 saves while the blamming alt didn't even get anything. Not happy with that considering there were blatantly crap movies coming in. We'll see on Sunday who was save whoring the most and you WILL be questioned about it if I see you with the most points gained.

Well that won't be me.

I'm happy for you then.

I came across a fair amount of good stuff. I'll have to check back on the highlights from Clock Day.

Well I'm just glad a lot of Clock Day related submission were listed in the top 10 of 15/08. I believe that was different last year.

Yeah, the top 10 for Clock Day were all relevant submissions. Thankfully mine didn't win but it is high up on the collection page right now. So undeserving, though.

And is it even worth improving the technology for 3D effects?

I don't know. I suppose it could be cool if you could see holograms and stuff without glasses, but I don't think it will do the films that much good.

It'll probably hurt your eyes that way, lol.

Hell, try thinking of five films worth watching from this year and five more for next year. Well, 2012 does have a few things to offer such as The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit (Part 1) and Pixar's Brave is looking good. I'm not quite sure about the Spider-Man reboot just yet but I'll at least give it a shot. The Avengers is another maybe so that makes it... FIVE!

Are they all in 3D?

Who cares if they are?

I thought Christopher Nolan prefered to stick to 2D so I would expect that The Dark Knight Rises will be in old fashioned 2D.

2D is the way to go.

Ah well, save it for leftovers then. Actually, the offer for the free games might be too late for you now.

I think it is, yes. Stores here have already anticipated on the price cuts, of course pretending that it's "A UNIQUE OFFER".

Hahahaha, obviously it's not.

I actually liked the Sphere Grid system. It combined the skill learning with stat increasing in one shot. Sure, navigation could be better but it was the best way to max your stats. Some games like FFVII and FFVIII made stat maxing tedious. Sure, getting 255 for luck in FFX is tedious as hell but at least the others are easy to reach.

Oh well, the luck stat was never that big of a deal to begin with.

In FFX, it actually meant something. It added to the accuracy, evasion and critical hits so it was vital for the dark aeons.

In FFVII I remember it was quite tedious to morph all those enemies in that sunken... ga.... something, but it seemed to be the only way to max your stats.

Yeah, that was the only way to max stat. You only needed to focus on power source and maybe the odd stuff from the others.

At 8/17/11 06:02 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/17/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: Free postage for a great album? Amazon sure treated you well.

It's one part of my order. The second part is the 9th season of Columbo, which is released in october. So, I was over the 20 Euro limit (if your order is above 20 euros, you don't pay shipping costs, don't know how high the limit is for amazon.co.uk), but I never thought they'd split the order in two parts and charge no shipping costs, since they now have to ship twice and none of the items reaches the 20 euro limit.

I better look into that. HMV does free shipping for CDs so I could do with pre-ordering Anthrax's new album and I might get something from Sepultura, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse (first album only).

You may not be lucky next time.

On the other hand, if you want to crash my party with Manowar, this would mean, you'd be AT my party. You know, if you ever make it to my birthday party, I'd listen to a whole Manowar album with you.

Wait, what is this?

But we're hating on those who are above me in EXP. So, that poxpower guy...

But there are only so many users above you. While I have one particular user above me that seems to like Afros really much...

That guy is a complete and utter douchebag.

Sure they do. They do need a bit of love after all.

But not all of them look as adorable as Bub and Bob.

Then cuddle Bub and Bob even more.

At 8/18/11 02:51 AM, Coop wrote: Revisiting my youth just after the previous redesign today.

Level 50

Nice one. You know what means, Coop? Not long until my level up which is in 35 days time. Hang on, why am I looking forward to my next level when it's the shitty bow and arrow?

At 8/18/11 04:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/17/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: And those will be possible suspects. I'll just stick to what I see from the top 10 gainers.

So... have you calibrated your Mega Flare recently?

I'll save it for Sunday.

That's right, my flash has two other medals to find.

I've found 2 of the 3, now I'm stumped with the other one.

The last one is tricky.

Alright then. I look forward to it.

My just over a week off starts tomorrow, so that should help me.

Even better!

At 8/18/11 06:26 AM, Auz wrote: Level up!

I'm now in the golden icons. I wasn't too big of a fan of level 47 at first, but with a golden aura behind it it is much more likable.

I told you it was a great level icon.

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

yay

Exp rank: 666

Wonder how long it will stay.

Been a while since I have posted here. Just did a checkup on my stats and I have hit 43,000 B/P sometime in the last couple of weeks.

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I better look into that. HMV does free shipping for CDs so I could do with pre-ordering Anthrax's new album and I might get something from Sepultura, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse (first album only).

Cannibal Corpse is one band I never will get an album from.

You may not be lucky next time.

On the other hand, if you want to crash my party with Manowar, this would mean, you'd be AT my party. You know, if you ever make it to my birthday party, I'd listen to a whole Manowar album with you.

Wait, what is this?

It's an invitation to all of my future birthday parties. :P

But we're hating on those who are above me in EXP. So, that poxpower guy...

But there are only so many users above you. While I have one particular user above me that seems to like Afros really much...

That guy is a complete and utter douchebag.

Sure is. If he just could quit newgrounds (like he did with the BBS so long ago) I could finally pass him in Exp.

Sure they do. They do need a bit of love after all.

But not all of them look as adorable as Bub and Bob.

Then cuddle Bub and Bob even more.

Okay, that sounds good.

At 8/17/11 06:02 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:21 PM, Auz wrote: Those snobby French!

Off with their heads!

"They're dreadfully fond of beheading people there; the great wonder is, that there's any one left alive!"

Verliesen und Drachen?

Kerker und Drachen. Also, the plural of Verlies would be Verliese.

Oh I see, I see. I looked it up and it did say Verliese, but plural with an N seemed more logical to me (cause in Dutch it's also usually an extra 'en' or 'n' for the plural).

Yeah, the literal meaning is correct I suppose. However, it's a very uncommon, perhaps a bit old-fashioned insult. I'm sure if you seriously insulted someone with 'geitenbreier' you'd be laughed at :p

Sounds a bit like "Geiermeier" (I hope "The Little Vampire" is known in the Netherlands...)

The Little Vampire? Doesn't ring any bells here.

Hair Metal? Makes me think of bands like Van Halen and Kiss.

Right on!

But isn't that genre called "Glamour Rock"?

Not only that, any small backpack can carry up to at least 20 items. No matter how big or heavy they are.

"Wait, where did I leave my bazooka..."

"Oh there it is, in the front pocket, next to the med kit, C4 explosives, machine guns and my trustworthy swiss knife."

Well it's mostly about a bunch of presentors going to France or some place to talk with Dutch people on vacation there and check out the area and the camping site and stuff. Not exactly top class television.

But they do show a lot of caravans, right? :P

Oh yeah I do think they do that. Like... rate caravans and all. Kinda like how they rate cars ("this one is modestly priced and is very child friendly.")

Well here they are usually on the 4th, 5th and 7th channel so I suppose it makes sense. SBS6 is of course the 6th channel on most TVs.

Much like Pro7 is on the 7th channel here.
But I was more aiming for the names of the stations. If we have RTL and RTL 2 and you have RTL 4, where the hell is RTL 3?

I have no idea. Maybe it went bankrupt?

Of course laughing without twitching a single muscle in his face :p

Yeah, I wonder how he does that.

Well he IS an ex-CIA agent of course, and martial arts expert, and his old partner betrayed him, and they kidnapped his wife and his daughter, and he has to deal with his past...

Really? Seems odd to me, because again, the laughter pretty much always sounds similar. But if someone else says so...

Maybe it was always the same audience?

Hehe, you think they could get them to watch hundreds of episodes live?

Heh, I would definitely watch it without the laughing track if given the option.

Yeah, that's what we did. Most of the time I know where to laugh without a laughing track. ^^

Yeah. But they still add pauses then? Or do they cut those out?

Lol, yeah Al always gets the most applaus. Christina Applegate gets a good deal of yelling and whistling too when she comes on.

Well yeah, she looks pretty nice. ^^

Indeed, she does :p

Me neither.

*artificial laughter from an imaginary audience*

I don't think I ever watched his show.

Me neither.
*even more artificial laughter*

Alright, if you say so.

*artificial laughter*
All right, all right! Can someone PLEASE get rid of this laughing box?

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*

No I guess it doesn't, but at least it would make a bit more sense that they need a translator.

That's just the kind of stuff you have to live with if you watch dubbed films. Advantage subtitles, I guess.

Yep.

Oh, so there were only two then.

Yes, two kaisers named Wilhelm. But there where also two Kings in the Kingdom of Württemberg who where also named Wilhelm I. and Wilhelm II.
Confusing.

At the time when Germany still consisted of hundreds of little kingdoms?

At 8/18/11 02:51 AM, Coop wrote: Revisiting my youth just after the previous redesign today.

Level 50

Your turn, Auz.

Oh, I didn't know we were going to level up on the same day. Congrats! ^^

At 8/18/11 04:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:28 PM, Auz wrote: What do you know. Someone made a flash about that video you send me a while ago (with the Dutch cops).

Yeah, I saw that, though I prefer the sketch.

Of course, but I liked the reference.

At 8/15/11 04:06 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/15/11 03:16 AM, Coop wrote:

Ah yes, every indestructable man has his kryptonite.

Perhaps I'll go and create some life of my own?

Nah that'll be too easy. How does a giant clock made of Mars sand sound?

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:28 PM, Auz wrote: Well that won't be me.

I'm happy for you then.

I'm happy for me too. No dragon rage on me :)

Well I'm just glad a lot of Clock Day related submission were listed in the top 10 of 15/08. I believe that was different last year.

Yeah, the top 10 for Clock Day were all relevant submissions. Thankfully mine didn't win but it is high up on the collection page right now. So undeserving, though.

Lol! It looks like Haggards submission also got included in the collection. I don't know how the order is determined...

I don't know. I suppose it could be cool if you could see holograms and stuff without glasses, but I don't think it will do the films that much good.

It'll probably hurt your eyes that way, lol.

Yeah and they'd probably need to reconstruct theaters because if I'm sitting in front I probably won't be able to see much of it (other holograms are obstructing my sight).

Are they all in 3D?

Who cares if they are?

Hopefully they'll at least offer the oppertunity to see it in 2D if they are also in 3D.

I thought Christopher Nolan prefered to stick to 2D so I would expect that The Dark Knight Rises will be in old fashioned 2D.

2D is the way to go.

I'm glad most great directors agree with that.

I think it is, yes. Stores here have already anticipated on the price cuts, of course pretending that it's "A UNIQUE OFFER".

Hahahaha, obviously it's not.

Of course it isn't, but not everybody reads the gaming newspapers :p

Oh well, the luck stat was never that big of a deal to begin with.

In FFX, it actually meant something. It added to the accuracy, evasion and critical hits so it was vital for the dark aeons.

Oh yes, I've heard those were quite a bitch.

I think it did similar things in FFVIII (and perhaps other FF's too), but it's not like you really needed to boost it that much in those games. Boosting defense and strength was far more useful.

In FFVII I remember it was quite tedious to morph all those enemies in that sunken... ga.... something, but it seemed to be the only way to max your stats.

Yeah, that was the only way to max stat. You only needed to focus on power source and maybe the odd stuff from the others.

Yeah, but it took ages. I remember I had Cloud at level 90 or so at some point and I was nearly done maxing his Strength stat, but that alone already required hours upon hours.

At 8/18/11 06:26 AM, Auz wrote: Level up!

I'm now in the golden icons. I wasn't too big of a fan of level 47 at first, but with a golden aura behind it it is much more likable.

I told you it was a great level icon.

I wouldn't call it great, but it's a fairly good one and the mod gold makes it come out nicely.

08/15/11 01:45 AM
24,000 Exp. Points

Congrats to:
Coop: Level 50
Soapbubble: 300 audio review responses
Auz: Level 47
FBIpolux: Level 46
Bryan: Private
SCTE3: 1,900 Audio reviews
tally1989: Top 900 B/Pers
Little-Rena: Top 666 in Experience
Emlfuryoflion: 43,000 B/P Points
GUTHRIE: 24,000 Experience

Thanks to:
Coop
Odyssic

At 8/15/11 03:16 AM, Coop wrote: We'll see. I'm not holding out for anything, but you never know what sort of creepy weirdo I might bump into :P

I'm sure the ladies love it when you call them 'creepy weirdo'.

At 8/15/11 04:35 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm talking about my own gun.

What gun? All you have over there are bats, umbrellas and brooms to assault each other with.

At 8/15/11 04:06 PM, Auz wrote: That's why I'm trying to sit back a little and relax when it comes to modding. I used to watch the forums like a hawk, but that really becomes a sore.

I had to take a few days off NG to collect my thoughts. Modding is really becoming a buzz kill and I didn't get any joy in Clock Day. I can just feel myself drifting from NG.

Yep, that's what I would guess. It's not that they really NEED to know I suppose, but it would be nice if they could tell their customers what they are serving.

And that's why you need to ask if their is any cat meat in your sandwich. You'll never know for certain until you ask.

Oh you mean like the gay bears club? :p

Yeah. The way Chronamut makes it sound, the country is full of them.

Coop tries to stop feeling so rough, by taking it out on the Egyptians, in Russia. Congratulations to:
Soapbubble: 333 Audio Review Responses
Auz: Level 47
FBIpolux: Level 46
Bryan: Private
SCTE3: 1,900 Reviews (Audio)
tally1989: Top 900 B/Per
Little-Rena: 666 Most Experienced
Emlfuryoflion: 43,000 B/P
GUTHRIE: 24,000 Experience

Listening to:
Thin Lizzy - Out In The Fields
Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!
Jeff Wayne / Gary Osbourne - Thunder Child

Thank you to:
Odyssic
Jolly

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/18/11 02:51 AM, Coop wrote: Revisiting my youth just after the previous redesign today.

Level 50

Nice one. You know what means, Coop? Not long until my level up which is in 35 days time. Hang on, why am I looking forward to my next level when it's the shitty bow and arrow?

"Come on now workers, you still owe me ten more Iroquois twists."

At 8/18/11 04:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/17/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: And those will be possible suspects. I'll just stick to what I see from the top 10 gainers.

So... have you calibrated your Mega Flare recently?

I'll save it for Sunday.

How long does it take to calibrate that thing anyway?

That's right, my flash has two other medals to find.

I've found 2 of the 3, now I'm stumped with the other one.

The last one is tricky.

Clearly, I haven't found it. I spent half an hour looking for Tricky the clown, because of that. Clues plx.

Alright then. I look forward to it.

My just over a week off starts tomorrow, so that should help me.

Even better!

Still feeling shitty, stay tuned.

At 8/18/11 06:43 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/18/11 02:51 AM, Coop wrote: Revisiting my youth just after the previous redesign today.

Level 50

Your turn, Auz.

Oh, I didn't know we were going to level up on the same day. Congrats! ^^

It all happened when I deposited for you a few weeks back. I thought "he needs the same amount of experience as me to level. Sweet, we'll both level on the same day. Thus, I laid in wait!

At 8/18/11 04:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:28 PM, Auz wrote: What do you know. Someone made a flash about that video you send me a while ago (with the Dutch cops).

Yeah, I saw that, though I prefer the sketch.

Of course, but I liked the reference.

Nice to see classic comedy getting into things like this. Someone needs to make a dead peggey sketch for Clock Day.

At 8/15/11 04:06 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/15/11 03:16 AM, Coop wrote:

Ah yes, every indestructable man has his kryptonite.

Perhaps I'll go and create some life of my own?

Nah that'll be too easy. How does a giant clock made of Mars sand sound?

What can you get for the man that has everything?

At 8/19/11 03:56 AM, reverend wrote:

At 8/15/11 03:16 AM, Coop wrote: We'll see. I'm not holding out for anything, but you never know what sort of creepy weirdo I might bump into :P

I'm sure the ladies love it when you call them 'creepy weirdo'.

You've never been in my home town on a Friday or Saturday night :P

The long awaited arrival of my tank trophy!

Listening to:

Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer

At 8/18/11 06:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I better look into that. HMV does free shipping for CDs so I could do with pre-ordering Anthrax's new album and I might get something from Sepultura, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse (first album only).

Cannibal Corpse is one band I never will get an album from.

I don't blame you. They never pushed themselves hard with their musical capabilities. If anything, they're more repetitive than DragonForce. However, I will say that Eaten Back to Life is a decent record and after that it's just a song or two from each album. This is why they need a compilation album.

Wait, what is this?

It's an invitation to all of my future birthday parties. :P

But... I'm making you listen to Manowar.

That guy is a complete and utter douchebag.

Sure is. If he just could quit newgrounds (like he did with the BBS so long ago) I could finally pass him in Exp.

He really should, you know.

Then cuddle Bub and Bob even more.

Okay, that sounds good.

I think I'll cuddle a Dratini now.

At 8/18/11 06:43 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'm happy for you then.

I'm happy for me too. No dragon rage on me :)

Let's just see how the others handle my dragon rage.

Yeah, the top 10 for Clock Day were all relevant submissions. Thankfully mine didn't win but it is high up on the collection page right now. So undeserving, though.

Lol! It looks like Haggards submission also got included in the collection. I don't know how the order is determined...

The collection is ordered by score. Somehow mine has more than most yet there's so much great content out there.

Who cares if they are?

Hopefully they'll at least offer the oppertunity to see it in 2D if they are also in 3D.

As far as I'm aware, all films are watchable in 2D.

2D is the way to go.

I'm glad most great directors agree with that.

Then the film industry isn't as lost as I thought it was.

In FFX, it actually meant something. It added to the accuracy, evasion and critical hits so it was vital for the dark aeons.

Oh yes, I've heard those were quite a bitch.

They're not as bad as you think. The first four are pretty easy once you're strong enough but the other four will give you a challenge. However, the biggest of all is Penance.

Yeah, that was the only way to max stat. You only needed to focus on power source and maybe the odd stuff from the others.

Yeah, but it took ages. I remember I had Cloud at level 90 or so at some point and I was nearly done maxing his Strength stat, but that alone already required hours upon hours.

Yeah, and Cloud is a must for your party no matter what.

I told you it was a great level icon.

I wouldn't call it great, but it's a fairly good one and the mod gold makes it come out nicely.

And I had it beforehand. I do miss it, though. The trident isn't bad but again, I've got a bad level icon to go through next.

At 8/19/11 06:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll save it for Sunday.

How long does it take to calibrate that thing anyway?

A week. If I do it more, it'll kill me fast.

The last one is tricky.

Clearly, I haven't found it. I spent half an hour looking for Tricky the clown, because of that. Clues plx.

LOL! Just see what you can find from the beginning.

Even better!

Still feeling shitty, stay tuned.

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

At 8/19/11 06:30 AM, Odyssic wrote: Went out to get Batman The Animated Series, volume 2 was the only one there, so I have to wait until I get volume 1 before I can watch.

I still need to pick up volume 2 but before that, I better finish off Monty Python's Flying Circus.

after a few days battling to get in the top 300 been stuck at 301... i did a mini leap overtaking 3 people and am now ranked in the top 300 EXP list :D

YAY.. this means if i keep up my B/P i will never drop out the top 300 :3

34,000 saves and top 800 in experience points.

At 8/18/11 06:25 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/17/11 06:02 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/17/11 04:21 PM, Auz wrote: Those snobby French!

Off with their heads!

"They're dreadfully fond of beheading people there; the great wonder is, that there's any one left alive!"

Haha, yeah. I just like the phrase "off with their heads". It's so... catchy.

Verliesen und Drachen?

Kerker und Drachen. Also, the plural of Verlies would be Verliese.

Oh I see, I see. I looked it up and it did say Verliese, but plural with an N seemed more logical to me (cause in Dutch it's also usually an extra 'en' or 'n' for the plural).

I thought for quite a while how plurals are formed in german. It has something to do with the article and then there are a few forms. "-e", "-er", "umlaut" (like "Vater" -> "Väter"), "-(e)n" and "s". Wow, now I begin to realize why german is such a hard language to learn.

Yeah, the literal meaning is correct I suppose. However, it's a very uncommon, perhaps a bit old-fashioned insult. I'm sure if you seriously insulted someone with 'geitenbreier' you'd be laughed at :p

Sounds a bit like "Geiermeier" (I hope "The Little Vampire" is known in the Netherlands...)

The Little Vampire? Doesn't ring any bells here.

Too bad.

Hair Metal? Makes me think of bands like Van Halen and Kiss.

Right on!

But isn't that genre called "Glamour Rock"?

Yes. Another name is "Hair Metal".

Not only that, any small backpack can carry up to at least 20 items. No matter how big or heavy they are.

"Wait, where did I leave my bazooka..."

"Oh there it is, in the front pocket, next to the med kit, C4 explosives, machine guns and my trustworthy swiss knife."

I think in Resident Evil 2 (maybe 1 as well) the bazooka took up two spots in the inventory. But still I don't know how the hell the characters would carry it around. ^^

Well it's mostly about a bunch of presentors going to France or some place to talk with Dutch people on vacation there and check out the area and the camping site and stuff. Not exactly top class television.

But they do show a lot of caravans, right? :P

Oh yeah I do think they do that. Like... rate caravans and all. Kinda like how they rate cars ("this one is modestly priced and is very child friendly.")

Ha. I have yet to see a car magazine that rates cars for their "child friendlyness".

Well here they are usually on the 4th, 5th and 7th channel so I suppose it makes sense. SBS6 is of course the 6th channel on most TVs.

Much like Pro7 is on the 7th channel here.
But I was more aiming for the names of the stations. If we have RTL and RTL 2 and you have RTL 4, where the hell is RTL 3?

I have no idea. Maybe it went bankrupt?

Or maybe the belgians have a station called RTL 3.

Of course laughing without twitching a single muscle in his face :p

Yeah, I wonder how he does that.

Well he IS an ex-CIA agent of course, and martial arts expert, and his old partner betrayed him, and they kidnapped his wife and his daughter, and he has to deal with his past...

Sound totally plausible to me.

Really? Seems odd to me, because again, the laughter pretty much always sounds similar. But if someone else says so...

Maybe it was always the same audience?

Hehe, you think they could get them to watch hundreds of episodes live?

Well, if they where inmates in a prison...

Heh, I would definitely watch it without the laughing track if given the option.

Yeah, that's what we did. Most of the time I know where to laugh without a laughing track. ^^

Yeah. But they still add pauses then? Or do they cut those out?

It was never taped in front of a live audience, so no need to stop there.

Lol, yeah Al always gets the most applaus. Christina Applegate gets a good deal of yelling and whistling too when she comes on.

Well yeah, she looks pretty nice. ^^

Indeed, she does :p

But I always liked Peg better. XD

Me neither.

*artificial laughter from an imaginary audience*

I don't think I ever watched his show.

Me neither.
*even more artificial laughter*

Alright, if you say so.

*artificial laughter*
All right, all right! Can someone PLEASE get rid of this laughing box?

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*

*pulls plug*
That should take care of it.

Oh, so there were only two then.

Yes, two kaisers named Wilhelm. But there where also two Kings in the Kingdom of Württemberg who where also named Wilhelm I. and Wilhelm II.
Confusing.

At the time when Germany still consisted of hundreds of little kingdoms?

Well, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation existed until 1871, then the German Reich was founded. Wilhelm II. of Würtemberg was King from 1891 to 1918.
But my historical knowledge of Germany starts with 1933 and ends with 1945. 13 years in school and all I ever learned about Germany was how the Third Reich was founded and how it ended (and everything in between). It's a real shame.

Top 300 Exp

o/

Huh? Next time I should include everything into one post and not leave one tab open even though the replies are all ready...

At 8/19/11 08:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/18/11 06:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I better look into that. HMV does free shipping for CDs so I could do with pre-ordering Anthrax's new album and I might get something from Sepultura, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse (first album only).

Cannibal Corpse is one band I never will get an album from.

I don't blame you. They never pushed themselves hard with their musical capabilities. If anything, they're more repetitive than DragonForce. However, I will say that Eaten Back to Life is a decent record and after that it's just a song or two from each album. This is why they need a compilation album.

In my opinion they earn they are the worst band ever (except for Manowar who are non-competitive :P )

Wait, what is this?

It's an invitation to all of my future birthday parties. :P

But... I'm making you listen to Manowar.

It's the price I would gladly pay if you'd ever make it to my birthday party. :P

That guy is a complete and utter douchebag.

Sure is. If he just could quit newgrounds (like he did with the BBS so long ago) I could finally pass him in Exp.

He really should, you know.

And so should Ultor.

Then cuddle Bub and Bob even more.

Okay, that sounds good.

I think I'll cuddle a Dratini now.

I'm not into Pokemon.

thought i'd ask, did anyone else make an unexpectedly huge gain in rank between a couple of days ago and now?

i could have sworn i was around 480ish yesterday, but today i'm #446. any ideas? in the meantime, i'm going to do some investigating.

At 8/19/11 09:13 PM, Powerage wrote: thought i'd ask, did anyone else make an unexpectedly huge gain in rank between a couple of days ago and now?

i could have sworn i was around 480ish yesterday, but today i'm #446. any ideas? in the meantime, i'm going to do some investigating.

I knew something was odd about Odyssic making quite a jump in EXP ranks today. After seeing you getting a jump in EXP ranks as well, I checked up the EXP list and it turns out a bunch of alts from Afro_Stud (including some accounts by others he was depositing for) have an EXP rank of 0 meaning the accounts have been deactivated. The only real problem I have with this is that if the accounts are locked out, some of them were actually legitimate accounts.

At 8/19/11 09:44 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/19/11 09:13 PM, Powerage wrote: thought i'd ask, did anyone else make an unexpectedly huge gain in rank between a couple of days ago and now?

i could have sworn i was around 480ish yesterday, but today i'm #446. any ideas? in the meantime, i'm going to do some investigating.

I knew something was odd about Odyssic making quite a jump in EXP ranks today. After seeing you getting a jump in EXP ranks as well, I checked up the EXP list and it turns out a bunch of alts from Afro_Stud (including some accounts by others he was depositing for) have an EXP rank of 0 meaning the accounts have been deactivated. The only real problem I have with this is that if the accounts are locked out, some of them were actually legitimate accounts.

i was just now looking through your EXP users list, as i remembered a few minutes after making my initial post that Afro_Stud had a bunch of high-leveled alts, so i went to several of those profiles and noticed that.

well, at least now i have an answer, but why would those accounts get deactivated? as far as i know, they weren't breaking any rules.

At 8/19/11 09:53 PM, Powerage wrote: well, at least now i have an answer, but why would those accounts get deactivated? as far as i know, they weren't breaking any rules.

the NG wiki *i qoute*

"B. In order to access some features of the Website, you will have to create an account. You may never use another's account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Newgrounds immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Although Newgrounds will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Newgrounds or others due to such unauthorized use."

this is all i could find so far on the subject but I'm sure it says somewhere your not meant to have alts anyway :P

Congrats to:
Odyssic: Top 400 in Experience
LegolaSS: Top 300 in Experience
Emlfuryoflion: 34,000 Saves / Top 800 in Experience
SCTE3: 2,222 Days on NG / 24,000 B/P Points
FattyWhale: Top 300 in Experience

At 8/20/11 03:26 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 8/19/11 09:53 PM, Powerage wrote: well, at least now i have an answer, but why would those accounts get deactivated? as far as i know, they weren't breaking any rules.

the NG wiki *i qoute*

"B. In order to access some features of the Website, you will have to create an account. You may never use another's account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Newgrounds immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Although Newgrounds will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Newgrounds or others due to such unauthorized use."

That doesn't say you're not allowed to have let other people deposit for you. (assuming you're implying Afro_Stud does) It says you cannot be on somebodies account without their permission.

this is all i could find so far on the subject but I'm sure it says somewhere your not meant to have alts anyway :P

It's not against the rules, but honestly it's really not fair for other people to have that many high level alts.

The first time I met newgrounds was just a year after I had "discovered" neopets, and my brother introduced me to it (He was 11 at the time). Coincidentally, he had "discovered" flash at round about the same time, and ever since I found out that I could submit flash to newgrounds, I started learning it and signed up instantly to make sure I didn't miss out on anything.

I started reviewing a lot back then, but my reviews were also a bit immature, but they were the majority -- I didn't have more than 30 reviews the whole of this year.

The real time when I actually started "learning" flash was when he was making a small beat-em-up and was stuck at a problem; I suggested something -- I didn't know anything about it at the time -- and magically, it worked.

Soon after, I found out AS2 was very easy to learn (self explaining code) and so I started creating flash. I occasionally tried to draw, around very early 2009 (I was still 10 at the time) and guess what? No surprise, I failed. People didn't want to see my userpage, and they didn't know who I was either. I got PMs from people stating that some of them hated me and that I should leave, but as the person I was and is, I just continued.

Later on, in late 2010, I faced an issue : I was level 9, I didn't feel like going on Newgrounds at all, and I felt like plain quitting; I had submitted good flash, and then got some good scores....as well as PMs from users who liked my flash. Of course, my flash skill had improved since 2008. I wouldn't actually want to quit, so I just didn't log on....for 6 months.

That, was the time I realized the BBS. I had logged on to the BBS before, but at that time, I was highly discouraged from posting , and I didn't feel the need to actually go there; I was considered a noob, pond scum, whatever you wanted to call me. Later, I just decided to use the BBS again, because there was nothing else to do, and I was truly bored -- remember, this time I considered newgrounds as every normal site -- so I thought, "hey, since there's nothing to do, why not just browse through the BBS? It's been 2 years!" and since that, my life on NG changed.

I got a tip from some users about apparent "post counts", and so I was suddenly, out of the blue, from nowhere, known by little, to a mass-poster on the BBS. (Specifically, I think Narcissy was the one)

After the first 1000 posts, my posts per day decreased, and I heard of the 10k forum. I then felt like shooting for it, and so I started to post again, this time my interest for Newgrounds increasing cumulatively, but at the same time taking post quality into account.

Over time, I became known to Newgrounds. Of course, I recieved my fair share of bans as well, and I think it amounted to 25 days in the whole of 2011 (for now), and not all so-called "publicity" I recieved was good -- every flash that I submitted now on was zero bombed, bringing the score from 3x to 2x, but I'm fine with it, as long as they're around 2.7.

3 years on Newgrounds!
300 reviews!

10

This is gonna be a long one, reaching back to before I left home. These are the rankups between Thursday last week and Saturday, today, so I'm guessing I've blown it on a couple of these. Now I gotta get my reviews on.

Congrats to:
jonthomson: 12,000 Blams
Martin: Top 100 in B/P
Odyssic: 19,000 Experience
idiot-buster: 50,000 Total Stats; Level 37
Haggard: 30 Years IRL
Ship: Level 30
SCTE3: 1,111 Audio Review Responses; Rank 1,337 in Experience; Level 33; 333 Art Reviews; 1,900 Audio Reviews; 2,222 Days on NG; 24,000 B/P
ZJ: Level 34
Asandir: 8,000 Posts; Top 700 in B/P; Sergeant Major
EmmDubya: Level 21
sandwich-eater: 2 Years on NG
Bryan: 4,000 Posts; Private
HeavyTank: Level 34; Commander
EJR: Sergeant
Addict: 14,000 Saves; 15,000 B/P
gamejunkie: 43,000 B/P
Quinny: 7,000 Saves; Top 800 in B/P; 8,000 Experience
Martin: 40,000 B/P; Top 50 in Saves; 34,000 Saves; Level 27
Auz: 77,000 B/P; Level 47
Gimmick: Corporal; 3 Years on NG; 300 Reviews
dx5231: 40,000 Total Stats; 25,000 B/P
joeyjoah: 1,000 Saves
atypop: Level 13
SoupSquad: Scout
Tycrane: 13,000 B/P; 12,000 Saves
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 59,000 B/P
GoryBlizzard: Level 46
Spilda-Bongwata: Level 17; 1,000 Saves; 10,000 Medal Points
Kevin: 16,000 B/P
Gagsy: Level 42
Nijsse: 25,000 Saves
Dream-of-Duke: 8,000 Posts
Jolly: 18,000 Saves
Coop: Level 50
FBIpolux: Level 46
tally1989: Top 900 in B/P
Little-Rena: #666 in Experience
Emlfuryoflion: 43,000 B/P; 34,000 Saves; Top 800 in Experience
GUTHRIE: 24,000 Experience
LegolaSS: Top 300 in Experience
FattyWhale: Top 300 in Experience

Thanks to:
Jolly x2
Odyssic
Coop

Coop uploads pictures from the Iron Maiden gig, before congratulating:
Odyssic: Top 400 Experienced
LegolaSS: Top 300 Experienced
Emlfuryoflion: 34,000 Saves; Top 800 Experienced
SCTE3: 2,222 Days on Newgrounds; 24,000 B/P
FattyWhale: Top 300 Experienced
Gimmick: 3rd NG Berfday; 300 Reviews (Flash)

Listening to:
Alice Cooper - Sideshow
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

At 8/19/11 08:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/19/11 06:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/18/11 07:33 AM, Bahamut wrote: I'll save it for Sunday.

How long does it take to calibrate that thing anyway?

A week. If I do it more, it'll kill me fast.

So, why are you starting to calibrate it on Sunday?! Why not start last week, so that it's ready to rumble, come Sunday?

The last one is tricky.

Clearly, I haven't found it. I spent half an hour looking for Tricky the clown, because of that. Clues plx.

LOL! Just see what you can find from the beginning.

-.-

Even better!

Still feeling shitty, stay tuned.

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

We've had yet another relapse this morning, but I'm determined to score for the cricket team this Sunday, so watch this space.

At 8/19/11 09:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: I knew something was odd about Odyssic making quite a jump in EXP ranks today. After seeing you getting a jump in EXP ranks as well, I checked up the EXP list and it turns out a bunch of alts from Afro_Stud (including some accounts by others he was depositing for) have an EXP rank of 0 meaning the accounts have been deactivated. The only real problem I have with this is that if the accounts are locked out, some of them were actually legitimate accounts.

In short, "some shit went down that not even the mods know about."

Listening to:

Primal Fear - Jaws of Death

At 8/19/11 05:56 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/19/11 08:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: I don't blame you. They never pushed themselves hard with their musical capabilities. If anything, they're more repetitive than DragonForce. However, I will say that Eaten Back to Life is a decent record and after that it's just a song or two from each album. This is why they need a compilation album.

In my opinion they earn they are the worst band ever (except for Manowar who are non-competitive :P )

Shall we just have a Cannibal Corpse debate then? :P

But... I'm making you listen to Manowar.

It's the price I would gladly pay if you'd ever make it to my birthday party. :P

Well, I'll be sure to bring Battle Hymns with me.

He really should, you know.

And so should Ultor.

That would be the day.

I think I'll cuddle a Dratini now.

I'm not into Pokemon.

Maybe you're not but Dratini is still cute.

At 8/20/11 03:56 AM, Jolly wrote: It's not against the rules, but honestly it's really not fair for other people to have that many high level alts.

This is one reason why I want to stop depositing on all my alts eventually. I'll put them at certain levels and leave them at that.

At 8/20/11 06:17 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 8/19/11 08:04 AM, Bahamut wrote: I still need to pick up volume 2 but before that, I better finish off Monty Python's Flying Circus.

I'm not even going to open volume 2 until I get volume 1, I hope to have it asap. Also, Monty Python is good, until the third series, do you have the movies as well?

I have Life of Brian and Holy Grail which I've already watched.

At 8/19/11 09:44 PM, Bahamut wrote: It isn't hard getting experience everyday but it is a pain if you have alts. I've tried...

Also, it was a big Experience jump, so I was wondering, how many alts did Afro_Stud have?

He has at least 30 and then some accounts that others relied on him to deposit for them. A few other accounts have been shot down as well since I gained two ranks unexpectedly. I'm hoping they will recover their accounts since it is their accounts and what I gained just now aren't official.