So I started my new job today. So far, it's not a varied role but it'll do for me up until the end of January or however long they need me. Hours are flexible as well so I could work extra hours on the week the Manchester meet falls on just so I can get there on Friday afternoon.

Listening to:

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

Thanks to:

Odyssic
philonous

At 12/5/11 11:49 AM, FBIpolux wrote: Top 200 in experience ranking. Took a while Missed tons of deposits in 2011. Like 30.

And now there's over 200 users who are at least level 47. I do look forward to the higher requirement for the golden levels on the redesign just so it's more of a challenge to earn your gold. :P

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: lol, what was that bet?

Ummm... I think it was just a personal bet / jinx in my head that would cause the redesign to happen the day before I level up...

Bah, where's the fun in that?

At 12/5/11 12:23 PM, Odyssic wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: If that's the case, they shouldn't even allow NChick to add any input for their jokes.

Whats this?? Someone acted like you? When did this happen?

I received an email from Lindsay about a message I "sent" to her via the mail form on her site. I'm not certain who did it but I've speculated it's a former friend of mine who was out to get me. I don't know anyone who would refer me as "Bahamut VII" (with a space) other than him.

At 12/5/11 06:47 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: And how many will miss them? :P

I guess no one.

That or weird Iced Earth fans.

Now that sounds like an appropriate job.

Glad I could be of some help.

Let me know of any places where I can apply for such jobs.

I hope you enjoy yourself this week.

It's only three days, but yeah, I will be all right, I guess. ^^

I'm still disappointed we couldn't meet up but I suppose there'll be another opportunity sometime.

At 12/6/11 03:04 AM, Coop wrote: Level 51

Cool, now I'm getting ever so close to levelling up. Just a little over a month now and once Christmas is all over, level 50 is me.

At 12/6/11 04:10 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, what is it?

I've seen the redesign - Tom asked me to have a look at it and frankly, it's shit. I'd be happy staying with the old Newgrounds.

Now why would Tom show it to you before me?

I don't see why you should. It sounds like your dream come true.

You're watching the wrong channel on that dream interpreter thingy again.

So what is the real dream channel? Wait, I think that's an oxymoron.

Level 32; 25,000 combined stats.

Entered top 60k in EXP ranks

Congratulations to:

Wegra - 16,000 Exp
LittleWashu - 17,000 Exp
Coop - Gladiator sword. John Fashanu would be so proud
k6ka - Level 29
SCTE3 - 21,000 saves
Drake - Level 32 & 25,000 stats

Ninth year on newgrounds.

7.50 Base Voting Power

These new cogs are better, stronger, faster. We have been rebuilt.

Coop tries to warm up the office and considers burning paperwork for self preservation. Congratulations to:
k6ka: Level 29
SCTE3: 21,000 Saves
Drake: Level 32; 25,000 Total Points
wismty: 9th NG Berfday

Thank you to:
Odyssic
SCTE3
philonous

At 12/6/11 09:02 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 12/6/11 04:10 AM, Coop wrote: It's not your fault. Because I was working in Birmingham / West Brom

Hope you're OK through this time...

I'll get by - I always do.

This one was more profound than I expected, but when I was 5, he went on a year's exchange as a teacher. He moved to Vancouver and as a result, we went to see them over there for three weeks. I've fallen in love with the country and, by association, their national sport of Ice Hockey. Sure, I may not support one of the now seven franchises that play in Canada, but the Avalanche do still have their ties to that wonderful country - they used to be the Quebec Nordiques, after all.

At 12/6/11 12:32 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/6/11 03:04 AM, Coop wrote: Level 51

Cool, now I'm getting ever so close to levelling up. Just a little over a month now and once Christmas is all over, level 50 is me.

Excellent. Keep voting and it will come to pass. Not that I ever need to encourage you in this respect.

At 12/6/11 04:10 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, what is it?

I've seen the redesign - Tom asked me to have a look at it and frankly, it's shit. I'd be happy staying with the old Newgrounds.

Now why would Tom show it to you before me?

Maybe he feels that someone else deserves a tank award? :P

I don't see why you should. It sounds like your dream come true.

You're watching the wrong channel on that dream interpreter thingy again.

So what is the real dream channel? Wait, I think that's an oxymoron.

I thought we put it on channel 616, didn't we?

At 12/6/11 05:49 PM, philonous wrote: Coop - Gladiator sword. John Fashanu would be so proud

Awooooga!

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: This would be a great idea. We just need to get Coop and Haggrd on there as well as gfox and we should be all settled.

Awesome. I got a decent laptop and now I've been able to join some of these video chats. I just find G+ interface to be better. I like how it's capped at 10 people which makes it less of a chaotic mess.

Any time any day will be fine.

Passed 12000 exp

At 12/7/11 06:16 AM, reverend wrote: less of a chaotic mess.

Because Lord knows that you've seen the shenanigans that go on in a normal G+ Hangout. :P

Level 43. :D

Must have voted zero on at least a dozen cookie cutter mass submission bullshit games just now. Feel so sorry for anyone new arriving with decent stuff now when they need to compete for attention with quicksailor's daily "hidden alphabets" game and the rest.

Finally, after god knows how long, I have finally achieved the rank of...

SUPREME COMMANDER

crowd goes wild!

Hey guys! I'm knew to this site and I was wondering if you minded me posting in this thread every now and then. I just turned level 4 and I plan on being level 60 in a few months. Thanks for letting me post!

Fro decides to become active on Newgrounds again while saying Congrats To:

Coop: Level 51
k6ka: Level 29
SCTE3: 21,000 Saves
Drake: Level 32, 25,000 Total Stats
wismty: 9th NG birthday
tally1989: 12,000 Experience
Dream-of-Duke: Level 43
DumbassDude: Supreme Commander

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Btw, my wife caught me in the act today. I'm pretty upset so I made a thread where I can flush out my emotions.

Listening to:

Judas Priest - Turbo. I really should stop with the discography OCD at times. This album isn't worth listening to many times.

At 12/7/11 04:06 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/6/11 12:32 PM, Bahamut wrote: Cool, now I'm getting ever so close to levelling up. Just a little over a month now and once Christmas is all over, level 50 is me.

Excellent. Keep voting and it will come to pass. Not that I ever need to encourage you in this respect.

Of course. I happen to be more OCD with EXP than you are. Yes, even if you have a better deposit rate and EXP than me, I still do the EXP updates, check the users in front of me every two days and even do estimation listings once in a while. I could do one on Sunday once I've done the last EXP update for 2011. See where I'll be in 2012 before the world ends. :P Probably won't reach the top 100 but from what I've gathered, your actual rank for when the time comes will be better than your estimated rank considering users who randomly shut down.

Now why would Tom show it to you before me?

Maybe he feels that someone else deserves a tank award? :P

Oi, tank winners first.

So what is the real dream channel? Wait, I think that's an oxymoron.

I thought we put it on channel 616, didn't we?

Or was it channel 777. Nah, that's only for my dreams.

At 12/7/11 06:16 AM, reverend wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: This would be a great idea. We just need to get Coop and Haggrd on there as well as gfox and we should be all settled.

Awesome. I got a decent laptop and now I've been able to join some of these video chats.

Does this mean you can make more icons soon? :P

Hit 12,000 B/P today. Yay.

Hit level 50, yay

At 12/7/11 12:56 PM, Bahamut wrote: Does this mean you can make more icons soon? :P

We'll see. Fireworks Cs3 is wonky with Win 7. I'll have to figure out what's the issue is.

Coop gets rather tied up with a few frames of Snooker. Congratulations to:
taly1989: 12,000 Experience
Dream-of-Duke: Level 43
DumbassDude: Supreme Commander; 30,000 B/P
philonous: 12,000 B/P
wizardman: Level 50
Addict: 11,000 Posts

Listening to:
Velvet Revolver - Illegal I Song
Semisonic - Closing Time

Thank you to:
Fro

At 12/7/11 11:38 AM, jonthomson wrote: Must have voted zero on at least a dozen cookie cutter mass submission bullshit games just now. Feel so sorry for anyone new arriving with decent stuff now when they need to compete for attention with quicksailor's daily "hidden alphabets" game and the rest.

Yeah, tell me about it - I remember when I managed about 3/4 of the year at 10+ Blams per day. Now it's more like 5-8 per day, which sucks balls.

At 12/7/11 12:27 PM, Fro wrote: Hey guys! I'm knew to this site and I was wondering if you minded me posting in this thread every now and then. I just turned level 4 and I plan on being level 60 in a few months. Thanks for letting me post!

STFU n00b!

Btw, my wife caught me in the act today. I'm pretty upset so I made a thread where I can flush out my emotions.

You poor guy. Your self esteem must be shot to all hell. I'll make you a cuppa and you can tell me all about it.

At 12/7/11 12:56 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/7/11 04:06 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/6/11 12:32 PM, Bahamut wrote: Cool, now I'm getting ever so close to levelling up. Just a little over a month now and once Christmas is all over, level 50 is me.

Excellent. Keep voting and it will come to pass. Not that I ever need to encourage you in this respect.

Of course. I happen to be more OCD with EXP than you are. Yes, even if you have a better deposit rate and EXP than me, I still do the EXP updates, check the users in front of me every two days and even do estimation listings once in a while. I could do one on Sunday once I've done the last EXP update for 2011. See where I'll be in 2012 before the world ends. :P Probably won't reach the top 100 but from what I've gathered, your actual rank for when the time comes will be better than your estimated rank considering users who randomly shut down.

I don't need to check, I remember ;)

Now why would Tom show it to you before me?

Maybe he feels that someone else deserves a tank award? :P

Oi, tank winners first.

Nah, you're not on the list. Talk to the bouncers.

So what is the real dream channel? Wait, I think that's an oxymoron.

I thought we put it on channel 616, didn't we?

Or was it channel 777. Nah, that's only for my dreams.

I'll remember not to go there, then :P

Fro is wondering where everyone is at while saying Congrats To:

philonous: 12,000 B/P
wizardman: Level 50
Addict: 11,000 Posts

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At 12/8/11 09:04 AM, Coop wrote:

I noticed that all of the flashes I'm coauthored on with you have a shitty score. You have some enemies that 0-bomb your stuff don't you?

At 12/7/11 12:27 PM, Fro wrote: Hey guys! I'm knew to this site and I was wondering if you minded me posting in this thread every now and then. I just turned level 4 and I plan on being level 60 in a few months. Thanks for letting me post!

STFU n00b!

>:(

Btw, my wife caught me in the act today. I'm pretty upset so I made a thread where I can flush out my emotions.

You poor guy. Your self esteem must be shot to all hell. I'll make you a cuppa and you can tell me all about it.

*Sniffle* Thanks bro.

Btw, I already told Bahamut, but I'll share with the rest. My wife wasn't impressed with the Penicorn that I got in the mail the other day, BUT she did laugh at the dried glue on the tip that made a perfect representation of the jizzum. Her mom, on the other hand, thought the whole thing was hilarious.

Congratulations to:

wismty - 9 years of NG
C0GMA - 7.50 Base VP
tally1989 - 12,000 Exp
Dream-of-Duke - Level 43
DumbassDude - Supreme Commander - huge achievement, well done!
wizardman - Level 50
Addict - 11,000 posts

Thanks to:

Coop
Fro
Odyssic

Work recap.

I went ahead and deleted all my YouTube videos. I don't feel like being at risk from any further false copyright claims, especially when there isn't a clear answer for if losing your YouTube channel also means losing your Google account. I'll get to reuploading them all on Blip someday. Oh, and counter claim is not a good option for YouTube, especailly when you require to share you personal details with them and maybe even whoever falsely flagged your videos. Not only that, they seem to take forever with counter claims so fuck them.

Listening to:

Judas Priest - Nostradamus

At 12/8/11 12:00 AM, wizardman wrote: Hit level 50, yay

Just 30 days for me, just 30 more days...

At 12/8/11 05:16 AM, reverend wrote:

At 12/7/11 12:56 PM, Bahamut wrote: Does this mean you can make more icons soon? :P

We'll see. Fireworks Cs3 is wonky with Win 7. I'll have to figure out what's the issue is.

It would be great if you could return. However, Asandir may have finished all the icons by the time you get there. :P

At 12/8/11 09:04 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/7/11 12:56 PM, Bahamut wrote: check the users in front of me every two days

I don't need to check, I remember ;)

By checking, I mean seeing how much EXP they have and determine how close I am to passing them. Considering the bunch of level 49 users I've passed, there isn't a whole lot of inactive users above me now. Level 50 has a few but after that, it's like one inactive user per level. :P At that point I may as well only check once a week.

Oi, tank winners first.

Nah, you're not on the list. Talk to the bouncers.

Send them to me. They have some explaining to do.

Or was it channel 777. Nah, that's only for my dreams.

I'll remember not to go there, then :P

It's a fun experience, I assure you.

I'm back! Thanks to Coop, Bahamut and Auz for depositing for me! Sadly this will be the last post with a cool level icon, because tomorrow I will level up to the ugly golden gauntlet. :(

Short news post about my trip.

At 12/6/11 04:10 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/5/11 06:47 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/3/11 10:35 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/2/11 04:18 PM, Haggard wrote: I have presents for my wife, my mom and I plan to buy something in Manchester for my brother. That leaves me with no presents for my niece and nephew, so I will have to get something for them, still.

My brother buys the present for my father, so I don't have to worry about that. ^^

Buy him a Man Utd top :P

Whom? My father? I'm sorry, but he isn't interested in sports. He wouldn't even know what kind of football club Man Utd is. I doubt he would even know that it is a football club at all. So no use buying him a Utd strip as he would never wear it and thus I couldn't make my brother angy. ^^

That's why if it were me, I'd buy the Man U strip for your brother :P Still, I'm not one to stir the pot.

If I want to burn 40 pounds I can just set two 20 pound notes on fire. It's a much quicker way than to buy a Utd strip for my brother, but the result would be the same. :P

At 12/6/11 12:32 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/5/11 06:47 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote: And how many will miss them? :P

I guess no one.

That or weird Iced Earth fans.

Yeah, there's always the odd few people who happen to like the weakest song of a band.

Now that sounds like an appropriate job.

Glad I could be of some help.

Let me know of any places where I can apply for such jobs.

Maybe sent an email to Opera?

I hope you enjoy yourself this week.

It's only three days, but yeah, I will be all right, I guess. ^^

I'm still disappointed we couldn't meet up but I suppose there'll be another opportunity sometime.

Yeah, Wednesday would've been a good day for a meet up, since we had so many hours to waste. I don't know when I will be around the next time. Next vacation plans don't include the UK, but Singapore (in March) and Canada (maybe 2013).

26,000 B/P Points!

I now have a total voting power of 8.00. Woo

Level 47!

Level icon sucks!

16,000 saves!

Listening to:

King Diamond - Abigail

At 12/8/11 03:35 PM, Haggard wrote: I'm back! Thanks to Coop, Bahamut and Auz for depositing for me! Sadly this will be the last post with a cool level icon, because tomorrow I will level up to the ugly golden gauntlet. :(

The others had a chance well before I did. That's what work does but I still checked later on regardless.

At 12/6/11 12:32 PM, Bahamut wrote: That or weird Iced Earth fans.

Yeah, there's always the odd few people who happen to like the weakest song of a band.

Just like how some Maiden fans will like The Angel and the Gambler. :P

Let me know of any places where I can apply for such jobs.

Maybe sent an email to Opera?

That shouldn't hurt. Imagine what you could do when working for one of these web browsers.

I'm still disappointed we couldn't meet up but I suppose there'll be another opportunity sometime.

Yeah, Wednesday would've been a good day for a meet up, since we had so many hours to waste. I don't know when I will be around the next time. Next vacation plans don't include the UK, but Singapore (in March) and Canada (maybe 2013).

Heh, even if we did meet up, we'd be walking around Liverpool but I suppose it's better there since we would have been together.

At 12/9/11 04:54 AM, Haggard wrote: Level 47!

Level icon sucks!

That's what I said when I reached level 49.

At 12/9/11 08:38 AM, Odyssic wrote: Haggard: Level 47 - inb4 Bahamut mentions Level 49.

Give me 29 days.

News just in, I am level 38.

At 12/8/11 01:13 PM, Bahamut wrote: Work recap.

I still need to find myself another job.

This Schmuckhead hit level 39 yesterday! Yes!