One way to deal with grief is to just get on with it. In that respect, I have and now can boast the following:

1,111 Audio Reviews

I know I've written closer to 1,500, but wit deletions and all, you know how it is...

Congrats to:
Everybody
It's been so long since I posted here that there are far too many for me to go back and make a mega list, but well done with your various achievements in the past week or so :).

I've entered the top 6,000 experience rank :)

Monday Metal Treasures - Week 49: Sonata Arctica - The Power of One. Only three more left and I'm done with it all.

That's my last London break for this year over. I saw Cathedral on their last main show. I'm glad I had the chance to see them live before they retired.

Thanks to:

Coop

At 12/2/11 04:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/1/11 08:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Why when they can play Burnt Offerings or even Dante's Inferno?

Exactly. They have so many amazing songs, they can easily ditch songs from live shows that don't turn out to be that great.

And how many will miss them? :P

lol. Will the band's pick be one of them?

It starts with "Ni-", but it doesn't end with "-hilist" or "-ghtwolfe".

At least that weeds out a lot of bands.

I've had bad luck with Firefox as well. At least Chrome is stable... for now.

Maybe you should work in quality inspection for browsers. You seem to run into a lot of trouble. ^^

Now that sounds like an appropriate job.

I'm afraid I don't know too much about Manchester. Only some shops and venues.

Ah well, maybe we can find one ourselves.

I hope you enjoy yourself this week.

At 12/3/11 12:02 AM, FBIpolux wrote: Level up...

Lost my bet, still no redesign, I finally reached the golden levels.

lol, what was that bet?

At 12/3/11 07:49 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 12/2/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: One part of his was what killed it all for me. I'm not saying it wasn't his fault since if there's anyone who wanted to throw in the lame ass joke about pointing out the penis in The Little Mermaid cover, it's either Rob or Doug.

I think it was the Nostalgia Chick, unless it said written by Doug or Rob at the end. They probably just gave the line to Brentalfloss.

If that's the case, they shouldn't even allow NChick to add any input for their jokes. That will only prove that she has horrible comedic talent. Can't say I respect her considering she replied to someone spoofing with my email address but doesn't say anything to me when I explain someone was impersonating me.

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

At 12/2/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: So there's no dragons around there.

I wouldn't like to swear to it, but most animals must have similar looking vaginas.

My interests are specialised.

And what is that?

Wouldn't you like to know?

Well, what is it?

Fair enough.

I'm going to regret this.

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

At 12/4/11 04:38 AM, reverend wrote: A chat you say? We really should have a Wi/Ht? chat some time. I finally figured out the whole G+ thing; maybe we could do that sometime.

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.

At 12/4/11 03:24 PM, FBIpolux wrote:

At 12/4/11 10:24 AM, Bahamut wrote: After passing Shrapnel in EXP, I have now entered the top 125 for EXP. Now I'm eyeing up on the top 100 more and more, even if it'll be ages until I'm even there.

You know how big of an accomplishment that is right? Ht52 next.

Of course I do. I remember Shrapnel being #3 in EXP and now I'm ahead of him in EXP. I'm happy that it was him who I passed to reach the top 125 EXP. And yes, Ht52 will be one to pass in January. I'm looking forward to my level up as well as passing him. Oh yeah, there's a light at the end of the tunnel from this shitty level.

I became a Major:

Wow, I just noticed that sometime in the last few days I got to level 40. :D

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. ^^

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/2/11 04:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/1/11 08:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Why when they can play Burnt Offerings or even Dante's Inferno?

Exactly. They have so many amazing songs, they can easily ditch songs from live shows that don't turn out to be that great.

And how many will miss them? :P

I guess no one.

I've had bad luck with Firefox as well. At least Chrome is stable... for now.

Maybe you should work in quality inspection for browsers. You seem to run into a lot of trouble. ^^

Now that sounds like an appropriate job.

Glad I could be of some help.

I'm afraid I don't know too much about Manchester. Only some shops and venues.

Ah well, maybe we can find one ourselves.

I hope you enjoy yourself this week.

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

Congratulations to:

sandwich-eater - Total VP 10.00
Bahamut - Top 125 Exp
Tycrane - Colonel
worldfamous - level 27
Martin - Total VP of 7.00
Coop - 1,111 audio reviews
Decky - Top 6,000 Exp
FBIpolux - Top 200 in Exp
Asandir - Major
Listen2Reason - Level 40

At 12/5/11 06:10 AM, Coop wrote: On top of that, when I got home, I found out that my uncle had passed away

So sorry to hear that Coop, hope that you and your family are doing okay

16,000 EXP! Nice!

At 12/5/11 11:57 PM, Wegra wrote: 16,000 EXP! Nice!

I take your 16,000 EXP and raise you 1,000 more. In other words my next milestone passed is 17,000 EXP. Not really a big deal though >_<

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions, servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife/ And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

CONTENDER READY?
GLADIATOR READY?
3!
2!
1!
*whistle*

Level 51

Just had to say, gold aura plus that sword. Oh my god.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

Coop skates in to work (never thought I'd play Ice Hockey in the UK!), before congratulating:
FBIpolux: Top 200 Experienced
Asandir: Major
Listen2Reason: Level 40
Wegra: 16,000 Experience
LittleWashu: 17,000 Experience

Thank you to:
Odyssic
philonous
DumbassDude

At 12/5/11 10:07 AM, Decky wrote: Congrats to:
Everybody
It's been so long since I posted here that there are far too many for me to go back and make a mega list, but well done with your various achievements in the past week or so :).

That is such a cop-out. If you're not going to make a list, don't put the effort in to say congrats to everybody. Seriously. If you're up for making a list, go back a few days or something, there's not that much to congratulate.

I've entered the top 6,000 experience rank :)

Also, that's not an achievement. Top 1,000 and then every 100 thereafter, but not the thousands, that's still too easy.

At 12/5/11 11:21 AM, Bahamut wrote:

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

At 12/2/11 08:03 AM, Bahamut wrote: So there's no dragons around there.

I wouldn't like to swear to it, but most animals must have similar looking vaginas.

My interests are specialised.

So were Ezio Auditore da Frienze's aqnd look how he turned out.

"I have other interests, mother."
"I meant apart from vaginas!"

And what is that?

Wouldn't you like to know?

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.

Fair enough.

I'm going to regret this.

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.

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

At 12/5/11 06:10 AM, Coop wrote: On top of that, when I got home, I found out that my uncle had passed away the night

Really sorry to hear about that. :(

It's not your fault. Because I was working in Birmingham / West Brom, mum didn't call me, in case it affected my performance etc. On the way back, I got a text from my best friend sending his sincere condolences. I kind of knew it was going to be that message, but I thought it was from mum. I plucked my phone from my pocket and saw my friend's name and there was a moment of releif. How short lived was that?

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.

At 12/6/11 03:19 AM, DumbassDude wrote: Just had to say, gold aura plus that sword. Oh my god.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

Great step up, wouldn't you say?

At 12/6/11 03:19 AM, DumbassDude wrote:

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

This reference is beautiful.

I just reached level 29; WOOT!

At 12/5/11 10:07 AM, Decky wrote: I've entered the top 6,000 experience rank :)

It seems that I achieved the same experience rank on the exact same day. From the looks of it your experience total is five above mine, which means that I have missed almost two years of depositing since I signed up if you have never missed any deposits. With missed deposits in place that number could rise even higher.

I've also finally made the decision to swap away from Fab aura. I just don't think it looks too good with this level and overall just think that light's a more attractive aura. That's not to say that I don't still have fab in my heart, but I like this change.

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