My base voting power is now 6.00. Huzzah

<== Probably the only Christmas present I'll get this year, but I don't care because NO MORE SHITTY LV29 ICON YAY!

56000 b/p points. :P

Thank you Steam, I had to reinstall Psychonauts just for the Christmas achievement.

Also, happy 2112 day!

Listening to:

Manilla Road - Playground of the Damned

At 12/20/11 08:24 PM, Powerage wrote: Well, I noticed today that I'm ranked 400 in experience points, though I imagine that number might be slightly lower on Bahamut's list, due to those pesky deactivated accounts.

The highest deactivated account is close to level 44 so once you're there your rank should be synced with the NG rankings. That one level 50 user who got deactivated is now back in the rankings so you won't have to worry about going all the way to level 50 just so both ranks are consistent.

At 12/21/11 03:39 AM, Coop wrote: Coop prepares for the last working day of 2011 for him. Congratulations to:

I've still got two more working days. Friday should be an easier day considering I'm putting an hour extra both today and tomorrow so I can leave at 2 on Friday.

At 12/20/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: Hmm, I've decided that I'll stick to Friday and Saturday. Maybe a bit of Sunday if anyone's still around. I'll leave Thursday be so I'm on the safe side. Just incase I get a job interview for anything. At least with Friday the weekend starts so I can make my way from home at 2 or so.

Well, my circumstances show me that it's not looking all that good for my attendance in Manchester at the moment, which isn't fair :(

Aw man, not again.

I try to keep away from them but they always get to me.

Act like Zoidberg - let life just pass you by.

I do that for the most part. I seem to be too in date with the trends that go on.

An unofficial London meet? Even if Luis won't be there, that doesn't mean we can't arrange something oursleves. :)

During the Olympics? Get real.

Do you really think I was going to consider that time? How about before or after when it should be clear?

I have now hit 8,000 Saves. Yipee

And to avoid triple posting in the day, congratulations to

tinm23 - Level 10
Powerage - Rank 400 for experience
Kevin - 16,000 Saves
IzzyDude - Level 22
Sushi13 - 25,000 B/P
Sheizenhammer - Level 30
Dream-of-Duke - 56,000 B/P

Thank you to
Odyssic

Combined B/P of over 4,000

It's starting to get alittle higher :).

At 12/19/11 01:39 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/19/11 09:13 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/16/11 09:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: Newgrounds related only!

BOOOO!

And besides, I'm not going to hunt down this one place for you. I have a gaming bar to attend.

You are going to Piccadilly Station anyway, right? Oldham Street is just around the corner... well, not EXACTLY around the corner, but only about a 5 minute walk. :P

Heh, so what if there's a fire problem in the Eiffel Tower? There's a restaurant halfway up the tower.

Maybe they give you free parachutes with each meal?

Excellent idea!

Would be interesting if you had to take your meal while you are parachuting.

You know what, I have to agree on that. At least you have to directly point it to your enemy to hurt them.

I still prefer levels that are not golden, though.

I like my gold.

No surprises there. But it's still possible that it isn't "gold" but just plain butter.

Nope, we have new hipsters.

Everything comes back. Good! Then we will have a new wave of "New Wave of Britsh Heavy Metal" soon!

I thought we had that already but in non-British form.

If it was a non-British form then it couldn't have been a "New Wave of British Heavy Metal".

At 12/19/11 06:50 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/19/11 09:13 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 06:53 AM, Auz wrote: I believe here the official highlights site belongs to a channel you have to pay for, so I don't even have access to them. But oh well, the highlights are always broadcasted on Sunday at 19:00 which is a time I can usually watch them anyway. And if not, well too bad. I don't mind missing them every now and again. It's not like the matches are always that interesting anyway.

Maybe it's just that the Eredivisie isn't as interesting as the Bundesliga? :P

Perhaps the level lies a bit higher in the Bundesliga, but I think both are actually pretty interesting in comparison to the Primera Division and Premier League. I mean, at least there are not only two teams figthing for the title year in, year out.

All of those leagues have to be more interesting than the Scottish Premier League, haha.

Also, what's up with Ajax vs Alkmaar? Is there a replay?

No! They're just as useful as the supporters until they step into the field!

See, that's why you will never win a big tournament again... :P

I'm telling you: We're going to win Euro 2012!

And I heard that Germany is going to win this time...

If it's not next year then never again.

I kind of have the same feeling. It's the best german team ever right now and for the past tournaments. But if they don't win a title, then all the effort will be worth nothing...

54,000 B/P!

I just noticed that after hitting the "Post it" button...

Reached Level 10
B/P Rank: Pvt First Class
3000 total BP

forty-two

Coop prepares to deliver some Xmas cheer to his friends, while congratulating:
philonous: 6.00 Base Voting Power; 8,000 Saves
Sheizenhammer: Level 30
Dream-of-Duke: 56,000 B/P
Decky: 4,000 B/P
Haggard: 54,000 B/P
Nemo103: Level 10; Private 1st Class; 3,000 B/P
NEVR: Level 42

Listening to:
Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere In Time

At 12/21/11 01:04 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/21/11 03:39 AM, Coop wrote: Coop prepares for the last working day of 2011 for him. Congratulations to:

I've still got two more working days. Friday should be an easier day considering I'm putting an hour extra both today and tomorrow so I can leave at 2 on Friday.

Works well - I'm still not sure I'll have a job come the start of 2012, but what can you do?

At 12/20/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: Hmm, I've decided that I'll stick to Friday and Saturday. Maybe a bit of Sunday if anyone's still around. I'll leave Thursday be so I'm on the safe side. Just incase I get a job interview for anything. At least with Friday the weekend starts so I can make my way from home at 2 or so.

Well, my circumstances show me that it's not looking all that good for my attendance in Manchester at the moment, which isn't fair :(

Aw man, not again.

Yeah, but like I said, building houses in this climate is difficult, to say the least.

I try to keep away from them but they always get to me.

Act like Zoidberg - let life just pass you by.

I do that for the most part. I seem to be too in date with the trends that go on.

I just pick up on some of the trends that do occur, but they're more like Twitter trends, or whatever the hell you'd call them on General - shooting down Bon Jovi's death and reporting about a baby with two heads.

An unofficial London meet? Even if Luis won't be there, that doesn't mean we can't arrange something oursleves. :)

During the Olympics? Get real.

Do you really think I was going to consider that time? How about before or after when it should be clear?

We'll see - I have no idea on employment status and therefore my bank balance by then, so bear with me.

Listening to:

Mercyful Fate - Melissa

At 12/21/11 06:59 AM, Sheizenhammer wrote: <== Probably the only Christmas present I'll get this year, but I don't care because NO MORE SHITTY LV29 ICON YAY!

My Christmas present will come late but at least it will arrive unless I'm struck by a heart attack before 7th January. :P

At 12/21/11 08:17 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 01:39 PM, Bahamut wrote: And besides, I'm not going to hunt down this one place for you. I have a gaming bar to attend.

You are going to Piccadilly Station anyway, right? Oldham Street is just around the corner... well, not EXACTLY around the corner, but only about a 5 minute walk. :P

I've found myself lost in Manchester a few times so even if it's 5 minutes, forget it.

Excellent idea!

Would be interesting if you had to take your meal while you are parachuting.

There needs to be a video of this. Any action film doing this sequence would get auto approval from me. :)

I like my gold.

No surprises there. But it's still possible that it isn't "gold" but just plain butter.

But it's more valuable.

I thought we had that already but in non-British form.

If it was a non-British form then it couldn't have been a "New Wave of British Heavy Metal".

I mean the sound of NWOBHM from different countries like Sweden.

At 12/21/11 08:19 PM, Haggard wrote: 54,000 B/P!

I just noticed that after hitting the "Post it" button...

Now that is a reason to be angry... At yourself. :P

At 12/22/11 05:34 AM, NEVR wrote: forty-two

Good to see you at level 42. In a day or two you'll pass Bahamut7.

At 12/22/11 07:44 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/21/11 01:04 PM, Bahamut wrote: I've still got two more working days. Friday should be an easier day considering I'm putting an hour extra both today and tomorrow so I can leave at 2 on Friday.

Works well - I'm still not sure I'll have a job come the start of 2012, but what can you do?

I'm due to end my current job in January.

Aw man, not again.

Yeah, but like I said, building houses in this climate is difficult, to say the least.

We need to start a funding campaign to get you to Manchester. They're already doing it for Gagsy. :P

I do that for the most part. I seem to be too in date with the trends that go on.

I just pick up on some of the trends that do occur, but they're more like Twitter trends, or whatever the hell you'd call them on General - shooting down Bon Jovi's death and reporting about a baby with two heads.

I love how hipsters are some sort of trend when they're meant to be against trends.

Do you really think I was going to consider that time? How about before or after when it should be clear?

We'll see - I have no idea on employment status and therefore my bank balance by then, so bear with me.

Start saving now. :P

Fro has been a bum on his days off while saying Congrats To:

Fagamut: Level 42
tally1989: Level 34
Little-Rena: 36,000 Saves
Coop: 99,000 B/P
Egarewop: 7.77 Total Voting Power
Asandir: Level 19
DrHood: Level 46
Tycrane: 18,000 B/P
wismty: 9.50 Base Voting Power
philonous: Lieutenant, 6.00 Base Voting Power, 8,000 Saves
illuminate: 32,000 Experience Points
SCTE3: 20,000 Medal Points, 17,000 Posts
Haggard: 888 Audio Review Responses, 54,000 B/P
FBIpolux: 20,000 Posts
tinm23: Level 10
Powerage: 400 in Experience
IzzyDude: level 22
sushi13: 25,000 B/P
Sheizenhammer: Level 30
Dream-of-Duke: 56,000 B/P
Decky: 4,000 B/P
Nemo103: Level 10, Pvt. First Class, 3,000 B/P
NEVR: Level 42

----------

Nick and I are brainstorming for a few projects. I'm assuming they'll be too long to be submitted to newgrounds, but I'm hoping the usual suspects will still want to watch and let me know what they feel about them.

At 12/20/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/19/11 06:50 PM, Auz wrote: Well I haven't witnessed most other peoples entrance, but I'm sure you and all the other regulars here were never that bad as posters. Even if you might've thrown out a lot of short posts in the beginning, at least your ban record was pretty much clean, wasn't it?

I'm sure there's a lot of stupid shit to find. Would be fun if ED were to make fun of me and go through them. :P

Oh well, we were 14 - 15 at the time? You can always blame it on having been a teenager.

Heh, I just watched the first 10 minutes or so and I agree the songs they wrote themselves do kinda suck. At least, on a technical level.

Sucks in every sense.

Well the second one was kinda catchy, but... it was of course just the Moulin Rouge song ripped down and the lyrics / singing were pretty simplistic and slow (I think they went twice as slow as in the original).

The review itself looks alright though, but I don't know if they really had to go through the whole film that way. I mean, he basically gave his overall opinion in the first couple of minutes already. I don't see any need for breaking the film down piece by piece.

If only this was some 10 minute review but no, they had to stretch it out as much as they could. They may as well have riffed on the movie. That actually sounds like a better idea and I honestly wouldn't mind Doug having some company with others.

Yeah, like I said, it's way too long and they needn't break it down piece by piece. A little bit of bullshit around the review is fine with me, but 45 minutes? ... Really?

Well there are some vanilla servers, aren't there?

They'll be clogged up by F2P'ers. :P

Perhaps, but they aren't that bad are they? I actually got more annoyed by people whining about F2P'ers. And most of the early F2P'ers (like me) have probably outgrown their noob status by now.

At 12/21/11 08:17 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 06:50 PM, Auz wrote: Perhaps the level lies a bit higher in the Bundesliga, but I think both are actually pretty interesting in comparison to the Primera Division and Premier League. I mean, at least there are not only two teams figthing for the title year in, year out.

All of those leagues have to be more interesting than the Scottish Premier League, haha.

Celtic, Celtic, Celtic...

Still, at least you have the Rangers there. I can imagine the leagues of Austria, Switzerland, Estonia and countries like that are even more boring.

Also, what's up with Ajax vs Alkmaar? Is there a replay?

Looks like Youtube is whiping all the videos off their site.

What happened is that a supporter made his way onto the field and attacked the AZ goalie. However, the AZ goalie defended himself, worked the guy to the ground and kicked him a few times. Conform the football rules, the referee gave the goalie a red card to which the trainer of AZ called his team off the field (the whole team was pretty pissed). Then the match was stopped by the referee.

Haven't seen this happening before.

I'm telling you: We're going to win Euro 2012!

And I heard that Germany is going to win this time...

HA! Win against Denmark and Portugal perhaps.

If it's not next year then never again.

I kind of have the same feeling. It's the best german team ever right now and for the past tournaments. But if they don't win a title, then all the effort will be worth nothing...

Yeah indeed we're in the same boat. Guys like Sneijder, van der Vaart and van Persie will all be in their 30's by the next WC and you can't win with a team of grandpa's.

Unfortunately, there aren't that many young talents really making a name of themselves at the moment, so I think WC 2014 won't be that much of a success for us.

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/21/11 08:17 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 01:39 PM, Bahamut wrote: And besides, I'm not going to hunt down this one place for you. I have a gaming bar to attend.

You are going to Piccadilly Station anyway, right? Oldham Street is just around the corner... well, not EXACTLY around the corner, but only about a 5 minute walk. :P

I've found myself lost in Manchester a few times so even if it's 5 minutes, forget it.

I used to get lost like you, but then I took a GPS device in my hand.

Actually, no. Scrap that shitty meme. I never really got lost, I always have a general sense of direction, even in towns I've never been before. Granted, I always study the maps of any town I visit, so that may be helping me out with directions.

Anyway, since I bought a GPS device (many because I got into geocaching last year) I always take that with me along with a compass. So even LESS chances of getting lost!

Excellent idea!

Would be interesting if you had to take your meal while you are parachuting.

There needs to be a video of this. Any action film doing this sequence would get auto approval from me. :)

Just imagine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal in such a scene. Every one of them could show how great their mime game is!

I like my gold.

No surprises there. But it's still possible that it isn't "gold" but just plain butter.

But it's more valuable.

I'm sorry, but I don't think butter is more valuable than metal or wood.

I thought we had that already but in non-British form.

If it was a non-British form then it couldn't have been a "New Wave of British Heavy Metal".

I mean the sound of NWOBHM from different countries like Sweden.

But it still would be a "NWOSHM", even if they sound like British Heavy Metal.

At 12/21/11 08:19 PM, Haggard wrote: 54,000 B/P!

I just noticed that after hitting the "Post it" button...

Now that is a reason to be angry... At yourself. :P

Yes. And angry at the achievement because more than half of my B/P points come from saves.

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/21/11 08:17 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 06:50 PM, Auz wrote: Perhaps the level lies a bit higher in the Bundesliga, but I think both are actually pretty interesting in comparison to the Primera Division and Premier League. I mean, at least there are not only two teams figthing for the title year in, year out.

All of those leagues have to be more interesting than the Scottish Premier League, haha.

Celtic, Celtic, Celtic...
Still, at least you have the Rangers there. I can imagine the leagues of Austria, Switzerland, Estonia and countries like that are even more boring.

I think it happend only once that the first two teams wheren't Celtic and Rangers at the end of a SPL season. Hearts of Midlothian finished second that year. No league can beat that. Scottish First League is far more balanced. Granted, they play shitty football there, but at least all the players are on the pitch because they have fun doing it. For what those players earn in one month players from United or City wouldn't even tie their shoelaces.

Also, in Austria you have Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and "Red Bull" Salzburg. In Switzerland... Basel (who kicked out Man Utd!), Grashoppers and FC Zürich.

Also, what's up with Ajax vs Alkmaar? Is there a replay?

Looks like Youtube is whiping all the videos off their site.

What happened is that a supporter made his way onto the field and attacked the AZ goalie. However, the AZ goalie defended himself, worked the guy to the ground and kicked him a few times. Conform the football rules, the referee gave the goalie a red card to which the trainer of AZ called his team off the field (the whole team was pretty pissed). Then the match was stopped by the referee.

I think this a very shitty rule. Ok, Brown overreacted (but on the other hand, he got attacked first), but I really don't get why any player would recieve a yellow or a red card if they tackle a fan running on the pitch and disturbing the game. What happens if the guards catch the runner? They tackle him and get him off the ground.
So, if a guard tackles, it's ok. If a player tackles, thus helping the guards, it's a yellow card? How stupid is that?

Haven't seen this happening before.

I remember reading about an incident during one world cup (before yellow and red cards where invented). One player got sent off, but the referee and the player didn't speak the same language. So when the ref said "you are sent off", the player didn't understand him. Finally after 10 minutes of arguing and gesturing, he began walking off the pitch, but the rest of the team followed him. Maybe they thought: "If he leaves the pitch, we do the same!"
Must have been very amusing to witness this live.

I'm telling you: We're going to win Euro 2012!

And I heard that Germany is going to win this time...

HA! Win against Denmark and Portugal perhaps.

And then kicking out Holland in the last group match. That would even be better than winning the title!

No, it wouldn't. But it still would be hilarious!

Also, please leave Kung Fu Nigel at home, that guy is practicing the wrong sport!

If it's not next year then never again.

I kind of have the same feeling. It's the best german team ever right now and for the past tournaments. But if they don't win a title, then all the effort will be worth nothing...

Yeah indeed we're in the same boat. Guys like Sneijder, van der Vaart and van Persie will all be in their 30's by the next WC and you can't win with a team of grandpa's.

Yes, it's a real pity to see the career of great players end without winning one international title.
Same with Michael Ballack. He once was the team captain and undisputed in the team. But now he's not even nominated to play anymore.

Unfortunately, there aren't that many young talents really making a name of themselves at the moment, so I think WC 2014 won't be that much of a success for us.

At least the future is looking quite good in germany. Toni Kroos, Marco Reus, Mario Götze, Thomas Müller... it's the result of the shitty performance in EC 2004. Suddendly the bosses of the DFB realized that something has to be done, and something HAD been done.

Today is a special day for me. It's my first Newgrounds birthday and it has been a pretty good year for me. I started as user who did't use the forums very much and became a very active poster. I gathered a bunch of stats, like my high rank, my Deity Whistle and Level 19 with a 100 % deposit rate. And the users decided that I was the Rookie of the mid-year 2011.

But then I worked on my posts after having 10,000 of them and were allowed to join the Elite Guard Barracks. Additionally, I started to interview forum users, something that has become a project that means a lot to me and that works pretty well( if someone wants to get interviewed, then feel free to say so).

In the most recent past, I applied as icon moderator and made over 16,000 icons since then, and it makes me glad that I found a way to contribute to Newgrounds. I am looking forward to my future on Newgrounds and want to thank everyone who became a Newgrounds friend to me.

Coop continues the festive clearance, as soon as hie's congratulated:
Asandir: 1st NG Berfday

Thank you to:
Fro

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/22/11 07:44 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/21/11 01:04 PM, Bahamut wrote: I've still got two more working days. Friday should be an easier day considering I'm putting an hour extra both today and tomorrow so I can leave at 2 on Friday.

Works well - I'm still not sure I'll have a job come the start of 2012, but what can you do?

I'm due to end my current job in January.

My hope is that if I lose this job, I can get on the agency and keep my hand in, so that should a job arise, I can say that I've not been bumming around playing LOTRO all of the time :P

Aw man, not again.

Yeah, but like I said, building houses in this climate is difficult, to say the least.

We need to start a funding campaign to get you to Manchester. They're already doing it for Gagsy. :P

I don't want to put on you guys (and girls) to get me there. I should be alright, but it could hinge on whether or not the next week's wages go into my account.

I do that for the most part. I seem to be too in date with the trends that go on.

I just pick up on some of the trends that do occur, but they're more like Twitter trends, or whatever the hell you'd call them on General - shooting down Bon Jovi's death and reporting about a baby with two heads.

I love how hipsters are some sort of trend when they're meant to be against trends.

Ah, an ironic trend.

Do you really think I was going to consider that time? How about before or after when it should be clear?

We'll see - I have no idea on employment status and therefore my bank balance by then, so bear with me.

Start saving now. :P

You think I haven't? I'm already a really tight bastard at this time of year anyway, but now it's even worse!

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/21/11 08:17 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/19/11 06:50 PM, Auz wrote:

Also, what's up with Ajax vs Alkmaar? Is there a replay?

Looks like Youtube is whiping all the videos off their site.

What happened is that a supporter made his way onto the field and attacked the AZ goalie. However, the AZ goalie defended himself, worked the guy to the ground and kicked him a few times. Conform the football rules, the referee gave the goalie a red card to which the trainer of AZ called his team off the field (the whole team was pretty pissed). Then the match was stopped by the referee.

Hopefully, the BBC can supply you with video. I love the Adidas advertising in the background - the fastest boot just got a brain. Now that's situational irony.

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: Today is a special day for me. It's my first Newgrounds birthday and it has been a pretty good year for me.

You need to experience life away from your computer, though. Also, more of the Blam button.

Best of heavy metal in 2011!

Listening to:

Metallica - Master of Puppets. Some good ol' Metallica for Haggard.

Thanks to:

Fro

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/20/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: I'm sure there's a lot of stupid shit to find. Would be fun if ED were to make fun of me and go through them. :P

Oh well, we were 14 - 15 at the time? You can always blame it on having been a teenager.

Yeah, that will be my excuse but that's something they like to flock on.

If only this was some 10 minute review but no, they had to stretch it out as much as they could. They may as well have riffed on the movie. That actually sounds like a better idea and I honestly wouldn't mind Doug having some company with others.

Yeah, like I said, it's way too long and they needn't break it down piece by piece. A little bit of bullshit around the review is fine with me, but 45 minutes? ... Really?

Don't want to mention the guy but not even Irate Gamer puts that much padding in a review.

They'll be clogged up by F2P'ers. :P

Perhaps, but they aren't that bad are they? I actually got more annoyed by people whining about F2P'ers. And most of the early F2P'ers (like me) have probably outgrown their noob status by now.

But then new F2P'ers will arrive. It's a vicious cycle of shit and Valve really need to implement premium exclusive servers.

At 12/22/11 07:52 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: I've found myself lost in Manchester a few times so even if it's 5 minutes, forget it.

I used to get lost like you, but then I took a GPS device in my hand.

Ohh, a handheld GPS now? Don't those things tend to go wrong?

Actually, no. Scrap that shitty meme.

Yeah, it was never funny to begin with and it's worse when the whole internet is overusing it. It feels like something someone had to find to make it Skyrim's "STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!" Nowhere near as funny.

There needs to be a video of this. Any action film doing this sequence would get auto approval from me. :)

Just imagine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal in such a scene. Every one of them could show how great their mime game is!

Seriously, why hasn't the film industry come up with this idea?

But it's more valuable.

I'm sorry, but I don't think butter is more valuable than metal or wood.

Only level 52 is butter.

I mean the sound of NWOBHM from different countries like Sweden.

But it still would be a "NWOSHM", even if they sound like British Heavy Metal.

And that it is.

Now that is a reason to be angry... At yourself. :P

Yes. And angry at the achievement because more than half of my B/P points come from saves.

And angry at all the morons who allow crap to go through.

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: In the most recent past, I applied as icon moderator and made over 16,000 icons since then, and it makes me glad that I found a way to contribute to Newgrounds.

Too bad your work isn't legit. Your frequency of icon uploading is way too fast to be even taking the time to watch the films. You can drop the charade now.

At 12/23/11 06:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: I'm due to end my current job in January.

My hope is that if I lose this job, I can get on the agency and keep my hand in, so that should a job arise, I can say that I've not been bumming around playing LOTRO all of the time :P

The current job I have is supported by an agency.

We need to start a funding campaign to get you to Manchester. They're already doing it for Gagsy. :P

I don't want to put on you guys (and girls) to get me there. I should be alright, but it could hinge on whether or not the next week's wages go into my account.

Next time, start saving-oh wait, I already said that.

I love how hipsters are some sort of trend when they're meant to be against trends.

Ah, an ironic trend.

Just like how Satanism is some sort of anti-religion yet it's a religion itself.

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: Today is a special day for me. It's my first Newgrounds birthday and it has been a pretty good year for me.

You need to experience life away from your computer, though. Also, more of the Blam button.

As well as more sleep. Considering the activity, such little amount of sleep should have had you crashing by now.

Congratulations to

Decky - 4,000 B/P
Haggard - 54,000 B/P
Nemo103 - Level 10, Private First Class & 3,000 B/P
Nevr - Level 42
Asandir - One year on NG. Particularly impressive is the 100% deposit rate. Hope that you're able to keep it up (though I also hope you can drop 20 or so deposits so that I'm able to catch up with you ;-))
No36 - Sergeant & 5,000 B/P

Thanks to
Odyssic
Coop (x2)
Fro (x3)

Merry Christmas, Newgrounds and Level Up! Lounge regulars!

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: Today is a special day for me. It's my first Newgrounds birthday and it has been a pretty good year for me.

Congrats on your first year!

This post reminded me that I will have a very fucking awesome NG Birthday tomorrow... (Demeber 25th, it's already past midnight here ;) )

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/22/11 07:52 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: I've found myself lost in Manchester a few times so even if it's 5 minutes, forget it.

I used to get lost like you, but then I took a GPS device in my hand.

Ohh, a handheld GPS now? Don't those things tend to go wrong?

Depends on where you are. Dense forest? Forget GPS. Surrounded by fucking huge houses/skyscrapers? Forget GPS.
Clear sky? Hello GPS, can you tell me EXACTLY where I am right now? All right, thanks!

Usually you'll get your position with an accurateness of 5 to 10 meters if you are in a bigger city. If you are on an open field the accurateness will be around 1 to 3 meters.

Actually, no. Scrap that shitty meme.

Yeah, it was never funny to begin with and it's worse when the whole internet is overusing it. It feels like something someone had to find to make it Skyrim's "STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!" Nowhere near as funny.

Even "Over 9000" was more funny than that in the beginning. In fact, I still like the original video. But I'm annoyed by the endless repetitions...

There needs to be a video of this. Any action film doing this sequence would get auto approval from me. :)

Just imagine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal in such a scene. Every one of them could show how great their mime game is!

Seriously, why hasn't the film industry come up with this idea?

We should do a massive fundraising and produce our own movie!

But it's more valuable.

I'm sorry, but I don't think butter is more valuable than metal or wood.

Only level 52 is butter.

I will try that once I get there (I propably won't before the redesign). The golden gauntled does have a "buttery" feel to it...

I mean the sound of NWOBHM from different countries like Sweden.

But it still would be a "NWOSHM", even if they sound like British Heavy Metal.

And that it is.

But I want a "New New Wave of British Heavy Metal" not a "New Wave of Swedish Heavy Metal That Sounds like British Heavy Metal"

Now that is a reason to be angry... At yourself. :P

Yes. And angry at the achievement because more than half of my B/P points come from saves.

And angry at all the morons who allow crap to go through.

That goes without saying.
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Opened my first Christmas Present on midnight (shut up! In Germany we open our presents on Christmas Eve!). Here's a picture.

You passed 65,000 B/P! Congrats!

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Total voting power: 8!

At 12/24/11 12:16 AM, Gimmick wrote: 38

Total voting power: 8!

+I forgot: Level 20!
8,000 saves!

Coop steels himself for the final straight. Congratulations to:
No36: Sergeant
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 65,000 B/P
Gimmick: Level 20; 8.00 Total Voting Power; 8,000 Saves

At 12/23/11 08:42 AM, Odyssic wrote: What's everyone getting for Christmas?

A massive canvas for my bedroom wall - Central Park in Winter; DVDs; CDs; Books; Hopefully a gorillapod for my camera and above all else, pissed.

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: In the most recent past, I applied as icon moderator and made over 16,000 icons since then, and it makes me glad that I found a way to contribute to Newgrounds.

Too bad your work isn't legit. Your frequency of icon uploading is way too fast to be even taking the time to watch the films. You can drop the charade now.

I think it's more annoying that he believes us to be this dense not to have cottoned on, to be honest.

At 12/23/11 06:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/22/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote: I'm due to end my current job in January.

My hope is that if I lose this job, I can get on the agency and keep my hand in, so that should a job arise, I can say that I've not been bumming around playing LOTRO all of the time :P

The current job I have is supported by an agency.

I didn't say they were bad, but like you well know, if you perform well, you might get a permanent position, when your contract finishes.

We need to start a funding campaign to get you to Manchester. They're already doing it for Gagsy. :P

I don't want to put on you guys (and girls) to get me there. I should be alright, but it could hinge on whether or not the next week's wages go into my account.

Next time, start saving-oh wait, I already said that.

Indeed. I've known about this since September and I've been trying to save, but a £1,000 bill for my car wasn't the best timed, if I'm honest.

At 12/23/11 12:32 AM, Asandir wrote: Today is a special day for me. It's my first Newgrounds birthday and it has been a pretty good year for me.

You need to experience life away from your computer, though. Also, more of the Blam button.

As well as more sleep. Considering the activity, such little amount of sleep should have had you crashing by now.

Or at least running the bot :P

Yes, I went there.

At 12/23/11 01:50 PM, philonous wrote: Asandir - One year on NG. Particularly impressive is the 100% deposit rate.

100% for a year isn't particularly impressive. When you've done it for 6-7 years in a row, it starts to become impressive.

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote: Merry Christmas, Newgrounds and Level Up! Lounge regulars!

Merry Xmas, everyone! *professor Farnsworth style dropping of dressing gown*

Listening to:

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness. Listening to Morbid Angel on Christmas Eve. How extreme is that?

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote: Merry Christmas, Newgrounds and Level Up! Lounge regulars!

Just one day to go.

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ohh, a handheld GPS now? Don't those things tend to go wrong?

Depends on where you are. Dense forest? Forget GPS. Surrounded by fucking huge houses/skyscrapers? Forget GPS.

So don't use it in London.

Yeah, it was never funny to begin with and it's worse when the whole internet is overusing it. It feels like something someone had to find to make it Skyrim's "STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!" Nowhere near as funny.

Even "Over 9000" was more funny than that in the beginning. In fact, I still like the original video. But I'm annoyed by the endless repetitions...

Sad to think over 9000 was funny at some point...

Seriously, why hasn't the film industry come up with this idea?

We should do a massive fundraising and produce our own movie!

We may as well get somewhere since the film industry don't do that. What are the odds of them looking at our suggestion?

Only level 52 is butter.

I will try that once I get there (I propably won't before the redesign). The golden gauntled does have a "buttery" feel to it...

Nah, no butter there. Level 52 is the only buttery icon out there.

And that it is.

But I want a "New New Wave of British Heavy Metal" not a "New Wave of Swedish Heavy Metal That Sounds like British Heavy Metal"

Well you're going to get what you'll get.

Opened my first Christmas Present on midnight (shut up! In Germany we open our presents on Christmas Eve!). Here's a picture.

PS2? GBA? Feeling a little old school there. :P

At 12/24/11 05:30 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: The current job I have is supported by an agency.

I didn't say they were bad, but like you well know, if you perform well, you might get a permanent position, when your contract finishes.

My current work won't be permanent. They've only given us a temporary task and once it's all done, that's it.

Next time, start saving-oh wait, I already said that.

Indeed. I've known about this since September and I've been trying to save, but a £1,000 bill for my car wasn't the best timed, if I'm honest.

Wasn't it like that last year?

As well as more sleep. Considering the activity, such little amount of sleep should have had you crashing by now.

Or at least running the bot :P

Yes, I went there.

At least he's getting SOME blams, unlike squf. :P

At 12/24/11 07:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: At least he's getting SOME blams, unlike squf. :P

That is very true. I am still unhappy with my ratio, but since I abondoned the majority of my sleep (who needs that anyways), I get more blams. Some crappy submissions get blammed within a short amount of time and I missed them in the past. There is a certain account who submits bad flashes every day, and still they pass, most likely through mass voting. But no namecalling from me.
I just hope that the redesign happens soon - I became addicted to making icons and I don't do much else anymore, apart from sleeping for a few hours. Which were stolen away from me today, since the loud fire alarm was on the whole time (there was no fire, thankfully).
I just wish everyone a merry christmas - for me it will be the first without my father, who died due to lung cancer. The last half year was horrible for me, to see how he got weaker every day. So, basically no christmas for me - there is simply nothing to celebrate.
And nice presents that you got there, Haggard. I hoped for Diablo 3 and/or Torchlight 2 under my christmas tree but both games releases were delayed to sometime next year. Oh well.

At 12/22/11 07:52 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote: Celtic, Celtic, Celtic...
Still, at least you have the Rangers there. I can imagine the leagues of Austria, Switzerland, Estonia and countries like that are even more boring.

I think it happend only once that the first two teams wheren't Celtic and Rangers at the end of a SPL season. Hearts of Midlothian finished second that year. No league can beat that. Scottish First League is far more balanced. Granted, they play shitty football there, but at least all the players are on the pitch because they have fun doing it. For what those players earn in one month players from United or City wouldn't even tie their shoelaces.

Also, in Austria you have Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and "Red Bull" Salzburg. In Switzerland... Basel (who kicked out Man Utd!), Grashoppers and FC Zürich.

Yeah okay, but I'm sure there are countries where it is even more one-sided than in Scotland.

Looks like Youtube is whiping all the videos off their site.

What happened is that a supporter made his way onto the field and attacked the AZ goalie. However, the AZ goalie defended himself, worked the guy to the ground and kicked him a few times. Conform the football rules, the referee gave the goalie a red card to which the trainer of AZ called his team off the field (the whole team was pretty pissed). Then the match was stopped by the referee.

I think this a very shitty rule. Ok, Brown overreacted (but on the other hand, he got attacked first), but I really don't get why any player would recieve a yellow or a red card if they tackle a fan running on the pitch and disturbing the game. What happens if the guards catch the runner? They tackle him and get him off the ground.
So, if a guard tackles, it's ok. If a player tackles, thus helping the guards, it's a yellow card? How stupid is that?

Here are some videos of the incident by the way:
Vid 1
Vid 2 (provided by Coop)

I think the rule says something like: "Violent behaviour by the players is not acceptable under any circumstances". At least, the ref said so after the match.

I'm not sure if the red card was really necessary, but I don't think the goalie should've continued kicking the guy when he was already on the ground either. There's still a difference between self defense and simply taking revenge. The latter is what I think that the goalie was really doing.

Anyway, his red card didn't have any consequences, so he can play the next match.

Haven't seen this happening before.

I remember reading about an incident during one world cup (before yellow and red cards where invented). One player got sent off, but the referee and the player didn't speak the same language. So when the ref said "you are sent off", the player didn't understand him. Finally after 10 minutes of arguing and gesturing, he began walking off the pitch, but the rest of the team followed him. Maybe they thought: "If he leaves the pitch, we do the same!"
Must have been very amusing to witness this live.

Lol! Before cards were even invented? Must've been quite long ago.

I know there are quite a lot of videos around of funny / weird football incidents, where players attacked the ref and the other way around. Things like that :p

HA! Win against Denmark and Portugal perhaps.

And then kicking out Holland in the last group match. That would even be better than winning the title!

No, it wouldn't. But it still would be hilarious!

Well there's room for two in the next round, so Germany winning from Holland in the group phase doesn't have to matter.

Also, please leave Kung Fu Nigel at home, that guy is practicing the wrong sport!

Tough luck. Nigel is in. Better watch your faces >:)

Yeah indeed we're in the same boat. Guys like Sneijder, van der Vaart and van Persie will all be in their 30's by the next WC and you can't win with a team of grandpa's.

Yes, it's a real pity to see the career of great players end without winning one international title.
Same with Michael Ballack. He once was the team captain and undisputed in the team. But now he's not even nominated to play anymore.

Oh well, he's way too old by now anyway.

Unfortunately, there aren't that many young talents really making a name of themselves at the moment, so I think WC 2014 won't be that much of a success for us.

At least the future is looking quite good in germany. Toni Kroos, Marco Reus, Mario Götze, Thomas Müller... it's the result of the shitty performance in EC 2004. Suddendly the bosses of the DFB realized that something has to be done, and something HAD been done.

Apart from Müller I don't know any of them.

And I think the same happened here actually after the fiasco that was WC 2002 (we didn't even qualify). We got a new coach who decided to throw all the oldies out and recruit some new players. That's when van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben, van Persie, Huntelaar and players like them came in.

At 12/23/11 06:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote: What happened is that a supporter made his way onto the field and attacked the AZ goalie. However, the AZ goalie defended himself, worked the guy to the ground and kicked him a few times. Conform the football rules, the referee gave the goalie a red card to which the trainer of AZ called his team off the field (the whole team was pretty pissed). Then the match was stopped by the referee.

Hopefully, the BBC can supply you with video.

Yep, it's even better than the video I found.

I love the Adidas advertising in the background - the fastest boot just got a brain. Now that's situational irony.

Now that you mention it: LOL XD

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: Best of heavy metal in 2011!

Apart from Mastodon I can't say I know any of the other bands.

At 12/22/11 05:46 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/20/11 01:27 PM, Bahamut wrote:

Oh well, we were 14 - 15 at the time? You can always blame it on having been a teenager.

Yeah, that will be my excuse but that's something they like to flock on.

Ah well, I'm sure they acted silly as well at that age.

Perhaps, but they aren't that bad are they? I actually got more annoyed by people whining about F2P'ers. And most of the early F2P'ers (like me) have probably outgrown their noob status by now.

But then new F2P'ers will arrive. It's a vicious cycle of shit and Valve really need to implement premium exclusive servers.

Lol. Well there will always be noobs. And by the way, can't you upgrade to a Prenium account by buying something from the store? I heard the cheapest thing was like $0.40 or so, so I'm sure plenty of people will upgrade anyway if Prenium accounts get any good benefits.

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote: Opened my first Christmas Present on midnight (shut up! In Germany we open our presents on Christmas Eve!). Here's a picture.

But it's not even "eve" yet!

We'll be opening presents in a couple of hours here. I might post a pic as well.

At 12/24/11 07:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness. Listening to Morbid Angel on Christmas Eve. How extreme is that?

I chose to post the next letter in the Metal-ABC this morning. And I chose Nile.

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote: Merry Christmas, Newgrounds and Level Up! Lounge regulars!

Just one day to go.

You're always one day late. Yet another reason why I never could live in the UK, lol.

At 12/23/11 11:31 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ohh, a handheld GPS now? Don't those things tend to go wrong?

Depends on where you are. Dense forest? Forget GPS. Surrounded by fucking huge houses/skyscrapers? Forget GPS.

So don't use it in London.

Yeah, can be difficult to get a good signal there. In Hamburg I usually have an accuracy of about 7m, which at least helps you to locate where you are right now.
But if you are in a really dense forest with no clear view to the sky, accuracy can be as low as 20m. Pretty useless for geocaching matters, heh.

Seriously, why hasn't the film industry come up with this idea?

We should do a massive fundraising and produce our own movie!

We may as well get somewhere since the film industry don't do that. What are the odds of them looking at our suggestion?

Maybe we could propose this idea to Troma. At least, they are the last independet film studio in the USA!

Only level 52 is butter.

I will try that once I get there (I propably won't before the redesign). The golden gauntled does have a "buttery" feel to it...

Nah, no butter there. Level 52 is the only buttery icon out there.

I hope I will never find out, due to the redesign bringing us new level icons.

Opened my first Christmas Present on midnight (shut up! In Germany we open our presents on Christmas Eve!). Here's a picture.

PS2? GBA? Feeling a little old school there. :P

Retro gaming RULES!

At 12/24/11 10:42 AM, Auz wrote:

At 12/22/11 07:52 PM, Haggard wrote: Also, in Austria you have Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and "Red Bull" Salzburg. In Switzerland... Basel (who kicked out Man Utd!), Grashoppers and FC Zürich.

Yeah okay, but I'm sure there are countries where it is even more one-sided than in Scotland.

I don't even want to imagine that.

I think this a very shitty rule. Ok, Brown overreacted (but on the other hand, he got attacked first), but I really don't get why any player would recieve a yellow or a red card if they tackle a fan running on the pitch and disturbing the game. What happens if the guards catch the runner? They tackle him and get him off the ground.
So, if a guard tackles, it's ok. If a player tackles, thus helping the guards, it's a yellow card? How stupid is that?

Here are some videos of the incident by the way:
Vid 1
Vid 2 (provided by Coop)

Yeah, I saw Coop's video. I love how the goalie gets into a "fight stance" for a second there when one of the guards approaches them. You can see it at around 12 seconds into the video.

I'm not sure if the red card was really necessary, but I don't think the goalie should've continued kicking the guy when he was already on the ground either. There's still a difference between self defense and simply taking revenge. The latter is what I think that the goalie was really doing.

Yes, it's a very thin line between self defence and beating up some helpless guy. I don't know how I would react if some random guy would attack me on the pitch.

Haven't seen this happening before.

I remember reading about an incident during one world cup (before yellow and red cards where invented). One player got sent off, but the referee and the player didn't speak the same language. So when the ref said "you are sent off", the player didn't understand him. Finally after 10 minutes of arguing and gesturing, he began walking off the pitch, but the rest of the team followed him. Maybe they thought: "If he leaves the pitch, we do the same!"
Must have been very amusing to witness this live.

Lol! Before cards were even invented? Must've been quite long ago.

Actually, it happend during the world cup in 1966. After that the card system was invented.

Also, please leave Kung Fu Nigel at home, that guy is practicing the wrong sport!

Tough luck. Nigel is in. Better watch your faces >:)

How that guy is still allowed to play is beyond me... :/

Yeah indeed we're in the same boat. Guys like Sneijder, van der Vaart and van Persie will all be in their 30's by the next WC and you can't win with a team of grandpa's.

Yes, it's a real pity to see the career of great players end without winning one international title.
Same with Michael Ballack. He once was the team captain and undisputed in the team. But now he's not even nominated to play anymore.

Oh well, he's way too old by now anyway.

Yeah, he was stopped by that injurie during the FA Cup final and never really recovered from it. He's still an important player for his current team, Bayer Leverkusen though.

Unfortunately, there aren't that many young talents really making a name of themselves at the moment, so I think WC 2014 won't be that much of a success for us.

At least the future is looking quite good in germany. Toni Kroos, Marco Reus, Mario Götze, Thomas Müller... it's the result of the shitty performance in EC 2004. Suddendly the bosses of the DFB realized that something has to be done, and something HAD been done.

Apart from Müller I don't know any of them.

Not too surprising. I think Kroos is 21 and Reus and Götze are even younger, I think.

And I think the same happened here actually after the fiasco that was WC 2002 (we didn't even qualify). We got a new coach who decided to throw all the oldies out and recruit some new players. That's when van der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben, van Persie, Huntelaar and players like them came in.

And at some point in their carreer, they played in the Bundesliga (except for van Persie). That's proof enought that the Bundesliga is the better league. :P

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote: Opened my first Christmas Present on midnight (shut up! In Germany we open our presents on Christmas Eve!). Here's a picture.

But it's not even "eve" yet!

12 am? That's "eve" for me! :P

We'll be opening presents in a couple of hours here. I might post a pic as well.

YAY!

Congratulations to

Pokemonpoeguycn - 65,000 B/P
Gimmick - 8.00 Total voting power , Level 20 & 8,000 Saves
Odyssic - 13.50 Total voting power
MikeyS9607 - Level 20
Alex616 - Level 14

And a Merry Christmasto all. Hope that your stockings, turkeys and stomachs are all suitably stuffed.

congrats to all and their ng achievements

i just reached 10,000 exp points today,
level 31 yesterday,
and the blam/save major level a week ago

yayyy