very cool thread! i hope im a high level like you one day! :)

Only eight days on Newgrounds and I'm already a Police Officer.

Coop wishes Newgrounders a Merry Xmas and issues his festive bans. Congratulations to:
Odyssic: 13.50 Total Voting Power
MikeyS9607: Level 20
Alex616: Level 14
ExtraLife: Level 31; 10,000 Experience; Major

Listenng to:
Rush - 2112

At 12/24/11 06:31 AM, Odyssic wrote: What is it with people not using Pre-loaders anymore?

It's awful, that's what it is. Sure, a 500kB file is fine for not having a preloader, but a 2-3 meg one still needs a preloader

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

I only know I have a DVD, the rest I have no idea what I'm getting.

Which one?

At 12/24/11 07:54 AM, Bahamut wrote:

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.

Better than no work at all, though.

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?

For the August meet, but the issues with work have been with us since 2008, to be honest.

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

Oh yeah, he uses his account legit from time to time, but I suspect that he runs a bot while sleeping.

At 12/24/11 08:54 AM, Asandir wrote:

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),

Really? Everyone needs sleep, it's impossible for us to function rationally without it. If you want to carry on on Newgrounds, then try seeing a doctor and getting some medication to give you a rational sleeping pattern. You need help.

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

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.

Glad to help :)

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

The best comedians in the world watch and listen. They notice what's going on and re-tell it in a funny way. If only I could manage the latter.

At 12/24/11 02:27 PM, philonous wrote: And a Merry Christmasto all. Hope that your stockings, turkeys and stomachs are all suitably stuffed.

Turkey and stomach only this year, my friend. No woman to fill her stockings for me :(

Level 36!

I'm finally in the top 10 of the top medal point users list. I don't know if that's an achievement too, but I'm certainly happy about it.

Now this is a story, all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down...

All right, so in early 2000 or maybe even in 1999 a friend of mine showed me a game. It was called "Pico's School" and it was on a strange website called "newgrounds.com". The game was quite fun to play, so we returned more than once to play it. We also discovered other games like "Pico vs. Überkids", or shitty but yet somewhat funny games like "Slap the slut" (I think it isn't available on newgrounds anymore).
Days and months passed, we enjoyed a new game somebody of us found and shared with the others, then we found some "Wazzuup" flashes and discovered our very fist meme (even though the word "meme" didn't exist back then, or at least we've never heard of it before). There where all kinds of flashes. Simpsons "Wazzuup", Dragonball, even some "Anti-Wazzuup" flashes.

Then one day my friend told me he created an account on Newgrounds because the more often he voted on flashes, the more experience he would get and the more power his votes had (sadly I don't remember the username anymore). Interesting stuff, right?

So, when I finally got internet at home one of the first things I did was creating an account here. And guess what? It was 12/25/01. So it's been 10 FUCKING YEARSsince I created my account!

At 12/24/11 02:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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

Yeah I noticed that too. Hilarious :p

I saw some more footage of this and the guy was really worked up. Pushing away people when they held him back and yelling at the ref and everything.

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.

Yeah, I don't know. I'm a very calm guy usually, but perhaps I would've done the same as Esteban. I can imagine I might panic a bit at first.

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.

Ha! Funny that the refs didn't always speak the language of the players. That must've lead to more problems than this case.

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

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

Perhaps Platini appreciated it that he kicked a Spaniard in the neck?

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.

I'm sure he is. He's a good leader and has a load of experience.

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.

All playing in Germany I guess?

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

Yeah, well if you just look at the past winners of the CL and UC it is pretty easy to see that the Bundesliga must be the better league.

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

I know Hitler massively fucked up the time zones in Europe, but I'm pretty sure it's still very light outside in Germany at noon.

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

YAY!

Pic below.

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

Now that you mention it: LOL XD

The best comedians in the world watch and listen. They notice what's going on and re-tell it in a funny way. If only I could manage the latter.

Indeed, that's the true art of comedy (and story telling).

At 12/25/11 06:53 AM, Haggard wrote: So, when I finally got internet at home one of the first things I did was creating an account here. And guess what? It was 12/25/01. So it's been 10 FUCKING YEARSsince I created my account!

Awesome!

There are not many people yet who can say they've been here for 10 years.

====================

Below a picture of my Christmas presents this year :)

Got enough stuff to read until the next Christmas now. And enough DVDs until next week. I got about all that I asked for and then some, so I'm happy and satisfied with my presents.

Merry Christmas LUL! I did get a fair amount of stuff but I'll update it on my latest news post later on.

Listening to:

Devin Townsend - Ghost. Yes, this is one CD I got for Christmas.

At 12/24/11 08:54 AM, Asandir wrote: since I abondoned the majority of my sleep (who needs that anyways)

Trust me, this is not good for your health.

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

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.

Heh, I'm surprised you'd even know them. I suppose their success has gone far enough to have been a name for non-metal fans.

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.

They may have done so but they like to forget about it and think they're all perfect.

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.

Yeah, you could do that. Even if that's the case, it still weeds out many players.

At 12/24/11 02:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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.

So obvious that I didn't consider it. Now we're onto O. Don't let Opeth be your choice. :P

Just one day to go.

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

But Christmas Day is the right day to open the presents.

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.

You might not want to go to NG London meets. :P

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!

Give them a little buzz.

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.

If we're getting that redesign.

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

Retro gaming RULES!

Semi-retro gaming.

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/24/11 07:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: My current work won't be permanent. They've only given us a temporary task and once it's all done, that's it.

Better than no work at all, though.

Of course I know that. Far better that than being mislead to voluntary work when they said it was a genuine job.

Wasn't it like that last year?

For the August meet, but the issues with work have been with us since 2008, to be honest.

That long? Aw man.

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

Oh yeah, he uses his account legit from time to time, but I suspect that he runs a bot while sleeping.

Semi legit is better than no legit, I guess. :P

At 12/25/11 06:53 AM, Haggard wrote: Now this is a story, all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down...

Fucking nice! 10 years of being awesome.

At 12/25/11 08:19 AM, Auz wrote:

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.

Yeah, I don't know. I'm a very calm guy usually, but perhaps I would've done the same as Esteban. I can imagine I might panic a bit at first.

Exactly. I think he paniced there for a bit, that's why he kicked the guy lying on the floor and that's why he was about to punch the guard that came onto the pitch.

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.

Ha! Funny that the refs didn't always speak the language of the players. That must've lead to more problems than this case.

"Wembley Goal" comes to my mind there... even though it was the linesman and the referee that didn't share a language, lol.

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

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

Perhaps Platini appreciated it that he kicked a Spaniard in the neck?

Platini is one of the biggest assholes in football. >:(

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.

All playing in Germany I guess?

Yes. Kroos playing at Bayern, Reus at Mönchengladbach and Götze at Dortmund.

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

Yeah, well if you just look at the past winners of the CL and UC it is pretty easy to see that the Bundesliga must be the better league.

But still not as good as the Premier League or the Primera División.

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

I know Hitler massively fucked up the time zones in Europe, but I'm pretty sure it's still very light outside in Germany at noon.

12 am is midnight, you fool. :P

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

YAY!

Pic below.

Nice.

At 12/25/11 06:53 AM, Haggard wrote: So, when I finally got internet at home one of the first things I did was creating an account here. And guess what? It was 12/25/01. So it's been 10 FUCKING YEARSsince I created my account!

Awesome!

There are not many people yet who can say they've been here for 10 years.

Oh well, I had my break already. But that might be a story to tell if I ever reach 10k posts. ^^

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/24/11 02:18 PM, Haggard wrote:

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.

So obvious that I didn't consider it. Now we're onto O. Don't let Opeth be your choice. :P

Don't worry, it will not be Opeth.

Just one day to go.

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

But Christmas Day is the right day to open the presents.

Says who?
It's just a tradition in Germany that on Christmas Eve all presents are put under the Christmas Tree and opened on the same day. Maybe it's just because we are a very impatient nation?

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.

You might not want to go to NG London meets. :P

That's why you should also always bring "real" maps with you. Never trust a single source of information. ^^

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!

Give them a little buzz.

I should just do that. Or maybe we should just read "All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger"

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.

If we're getting that redesign.

I hope so.

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

Retro gaming RULES!

Semi-retro gaming.

But still retro.

At 12/25/11 06:53 AM, Haggard wrote: Now this is a story, all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down...

Fucking nice! 10 years of being awesome.

Not quite. I started being awesome when I discovered the Wi/Ht forum, that was around 2006/2007.

At 12/25/11 06:53 AM, Haggard wrote: Now this is a story, all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down...

Oh congrats, you beat me by about a month, 10 years ago :)

~X~

Merry Christmas all!

And level 55, one of the coolest of them all in my opinion.

52k Total Stats.

Merry Xmas :)

23,000 Saves!

Monday Metal Treasures - Week 52 (FINAL): Ensiferum - The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II). That's the end of Monday Metal Treasures. Now you all have to look forward to Haggard finishing off his Metal ABC.

Listening to:

Saint Vitus - Born Too Late

At 12/25/11 01:51 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote: So obvious that I didn't consider it. Now we're onto O. Don't let Opeth be your choice. :P

Don't worry, it will not be Opeth.

Don't make it Overkill or Ozzy Osbourne either.

But Christmas Day is the right day to open the presents.

Says who?

The rest of the world.

It's just a tradition in Germany that on Christmas Eve all presents are put under the Christmas Tree and opened on the same day. Maybe it's just because we are a very impatient nation?

Yeah, you guys must he impatient. :P

Give them a little buzz.

I should just do that. Or maybe we should just read "All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger"

Yeah, you get to that as well.

If we're getting that redesign.

I hope so.

I'm just going to leave it to them. I think I've done enough work.

Semi-retro gaming.

But still retro.

And still awesome.

Fucking nice! 10 years of being awesome.

Not quite. I started being awesome when I discovered the Wi/Ht forum, that was around 2006/2007.

You admit to sucking ass, lol.

Coop tries to attach his Xmas present to the wall, while congratulating:
sushi13: Level 36
Knuckstrike: Top 10 Medal Points
Haggard: 10th NG Berfday
Rage: Level 55
Jolly: 23,000 Saves
SCTE3: 2nd most audio reviews

Listening to:
Rush - Dreamline
Pink Floyd - Flaming

At 12/25/11 06:36 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote: It's awful, that's what it is. Sure, a 500kB file is fine for not having a preloader, but a 2-3 meg one still needs a preloader

What I hate about it, I open a tab and click when I get ready for it, and when a flash doesn't have a pre-loader it plays music that the creator has put really loud.

I'd rather that there was a menu / preloader as well, so that the piece stops when it gets to the end, rather than carrying on ad nauseum.

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote: Which one?

Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya
I got the rest obviously, I will list them...

Professor Layton - Game
Idiot Aboard Series 2 - DVD
Halo - Game
Stephen Merchant Live - DVD

That's it.

A decent showing - I have pictures here, though I've not managed to get all of the images onto one picture... just yet.

At 12/25/11 08:19 AM, Auz wrote:

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

Now that you mention it: LOL XD

The best comedians in the world watch and listen. They notice what's going on and re-tell it in a funny way. If only I could manage the latter.

Indeed, that's the true art of comedy (and story telling).

Viral advertising for Adidas. I bet they love it.

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/25/11 04:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/24/11 07:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: My current work won't be permanent. They've only given us a temporary task and once it's all done, that's it.

Better than no work at all, though.

Of course I know that. Far better that than being mislead to voluntary work when they said it was a genuine job.

I'd do voluntary work while on the dole, if only to stop me from going insane...

Wasn't it like that last year?

For the August meet, but the issues with work have been with us since 2008, to be honest.

That long? Aw man.

Yeah, but things have been getting gradually worse. I only know that I've done what I can and at the end of the day, I treasure my own time, as while I suddenly might have a lot more, I would also have no money to enjoy it with.

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

Oh yeah, he uses his account legit from time to time, but I suspect that he runs a bot while sleeping.

Semi legit is better than no legit, I guess. :P

It's still cheating - what's to stop me from having a program that I run while I'm asleep, voting 0 on everything, to hook those last few blams every night?

Oh yeah, morals.

Xmas part 1

I received a massive 39" x 26" canvas to adorn my bedroom wall. The scene is a wintery one from Central Park, New York. I think that it takes away from the green somewhat.

Xmas part 2

Now this is the rest of the Xmas gear - aside from the money, which I list in no particular order:

Discworld Board Game
Pants on Fire bluffing game
Chocolate Orange
iTunes voucher (£25)
Roll the Bones (Rush)
Garage Inc (Metallica)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Anger Management (Jack Nicholson's guide to modding General :P)
FC:UK deodorant and after shave (1972)
Whistling key fob

Now to have a look online and see if there's anything I want for the prices that I can pay.

At 12/26/11 06:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Monday Metal Treasures - Week 52 (FINAL): Ensiferum - The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II). That's the end of Monday Metal Treasures. Now you all have to look forward to Haggard finishing off his Metal ABC.

I hope I can finish it during the new year, lol.

At 12/25/11 01:51 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote: So obvious that I didn't consider it. Now we're onto O. Don't let Opeth be your choice. :P

Don't worry, it will not be Opeth.

Don't make it Overkill or Ozzy Osbourne either.

I didn't even consider them.

But Christmas Day is the right day to open the presents.

Says who?

The rest of the world.

I really don't think so. Unless people who don't celebrate Christmas don't belong to "the rest of the world". And Spain neither (they open their presents on January 6th). :P

It's just a tradition in Germany that on Christmas Eve all presents are put under the Christmas Tree and opened on the same day. Maybe it's just because we are a very impatient nation?

Yeah, you guys must he impatient. :P

Or maybe we are just more efficient. Delivering presents and opening them on the same day. :P

Fucking nice! 10 years of being awesome.

Not quite. I started being awesome when I discovered the Wi/Ht forum, that was around 2006/2007.

You admit to sucking ass, lol.

I think there's more than just "being awesome" or just "sucking ass". I think there are some states in between. :P

Coop prepares to plough through some reviews, while congratulating:
SCTE3: 4,000 Total Reviews - Had to do the maths there for you.

Listening to:
Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
Alice Cooper - Nothing's Free

Right, so I squeezed a few albums out of my iTubes voucher yesterday, so now I own the following:

Alestorm - Black Sails at Midnight
Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
Lauren Harris - Calm Before The Storm
The Sword - Gods Of The Earth

That should keep me going for a while.

Ranked up to commander in bp points and passed 40,000 total stats.

Listening to:

Trouble - Psalm 9

At 12/26/11 07:00 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote: Of course I know that. Far better that than being mislead to voluntary work when they said it was a genuine job.

I'd do voluntary work while on the dole, if only to stop me from going insane...

Well that alone made me go insane. It'll be as if I have no future for employment so they throw me at the very bottom.

Semi legit is better than no legit, I guess. :P

It's still cheating - what's to stop me from having a program that I run while I'm asleep, voting 0 on everything, to hook those last few blams every night?

Of course, that isn't to say I excuse the behaviour at all. If it's bad, it's still bad.

At 12/26/11 01:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/26/11 06:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Monday Metal Treasures - Week 52 (FINAL): Ensiferum - The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II). That's the end of Monday Metal Treasures. Now you all have to look forward to Haggard finishing off his Metal ABC.

I hope I can finish it during the new year, lol.

At least you're halfway through.

Don't make it Overkill or Ozzy Osbourne either.

I didn't even consider them.

Good, I'd hate to see Ozzy Osbourne on the next post.

The rest of the world.

I really don't think so. Unless people who don't celebrate Christmas don't belong to "the rest of the world". And Spain neither (they open their presents on January 6th). :P

Spain make even less sense than you guys.

Yeah, you guys must he impatient. :P

Or maybe we are just more efficient. Delivering presents and opening them on the same day. :P

You're just getting Christmas over and done with.

3000 total Saves

Congratulations to

ExtraLife - 10,000 Experience, Level 31 & Major
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Knuckstrike - Top 10 medal rank
Haggard - 10 years of NG
Rage - Level 55 - definitely one of the coolest ranks
Jolly - 23,000 Saves
SCTE3 - #2 Audio reviewer, 4,000 total reviews & rank 222 in B/P
sixflab - Commander & 40,000 Total stats
Nemo103 - 3,000 Saves

Hope that everyone had a good Christmas :-)

At 12/27/11 09:07 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/26/11 01:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/26/11 06:52 AM, Bahamut wrote: Monday Metal Treasures - Week 52 (FINAL): Ensiferum - The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II). That's the end of Monday Metal Treasures. Now you all have to look forward to Haggard finishing off his Metal ABC.

I hope I can finish it during the new year, lol.

At least you're halfway through.

That's right. And I already know which band I will chose for the next letter, I just have to check out some songs from them first.

Don't make it Overkill or Ozzy Osbourne either.

I didn't even consider them.

Good, I'd hate to see Ozzy Osbourne on the next post.

Remember, I try to focus on "lesser known bands". Ok, it is debatable if Nile or Bloodbath are "lesser known", but at least they aren't exactly Mainstream.

The rest of the world.

I really don't think so. Unless people who don't celebrate Christmas don't belong to "the rest of the world". And Spain neither (they open their presents on January 6th). :P

Spain make even less sense than you guys.

Hehe. In spain they want to remind of the Three Wise Men. After all, they brought valuable gifts!

Yeah, you guys must he impatient. :P

Or maybe we are just more efficient. Delivering presents and opening them on the same day. :P

You're just getting Christmas over and done with.

That's simply not true. 24th isn't a holiday here (but most workers will get half of the day free), while 25th and 26th are full holidays. Plus, christmas time is always very stressful. On 24th I'm either at my father's or my in-laws, 25th is my mom's birthday and on 26th I'm at either my father's or my in-laws, depending on who I visited on 24th. So, it's three days fully packed with family business.

2,222 Total Review Responses

Now to try and push for a fair few more over the coming months :D

I'm finally in the top 250 for exp, that took a long time but I'm going to keep climbing!

Level up!

20,000 EXP points.

Damn I still remember quite clearly getting half that number and being dead chuffed. Now I suppose it's time to go for 30,000 :(

Coop prepares to make another audio submission (finally!), while congratulating:
sixflab: 40,000 Total Points; Commander
SCTE3: #222 B/Per; 1,200 Reviews (Flash); 2,400 Reviews (Audio)
Nemo103: 3,000 Saves
Martin: 47,000 B/P
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Luke: Level 33

Listening to:
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Lauren Harris - Steal Your Fire

At 12/27/11 09:07 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/26/11 07:00 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/25/11 12:05 PM, Bahamut wrote: Of course I know that. Far better that than being mislead to voluntary work when they said it was a genuine job.

I'd do voluntary work while on the dole, if only to stop me from going insane...

Well that alone made me go insane. It'll be as if I have no future for employment so they throw me at the very bottom.

The way to look at it is that it's something to fill your time and you'll look better if you head into an interview having done voluntary, while searching for work.

Semi legit is better than no legit, I guess. :P

It's still cheating - what's to stop me from having a program that I run while I'm asleep, voting 0 on everything, to hook those last few blams every night?

Of course, that isn't to say I excuse the behaviour at all. If it's bad, it's still bad.

Exactly. Let's not go there.

Listening to:

Ludicra - Fex Urbis Lex Orbis

At 12/27/11 01:09 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/27/11 09:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: At least you're halfway through.

That's right. And I already know which band I will chose for the next letter, I just have to check out some songs from them first.

I'm glad you do have something in mind. Now that Monday Metal Treasures is all over, we only have your posts to look forward to. :P

Good, I'd hate to see Ozzy Osbourne on the next post.

Remember, I try to focus on "lesser known bands". Ok, it is debatable if Nile or Bloodbath are "lesser known", but at least they aren't exactly Mainstream.

Nile are one of the key death metal bands.

You're just getting Christmas over and done with.

That's simply not true. 24th isn't a holiday here (but most workers will get half of the day free), while 25th and 26th are full holidays.

Then open your damn presents on the 25th,

At 12/28/11 05:22 AM, Gagsy wrote: 20,000 EXP points.

Damn I still remember quite clearly getting half that number and being dead chuffed. Now I suppose it's time to go for 30,000 :(

I'll be there in 345 days time. So that'll be next December.

At 12/28/11 05:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/27/11 09:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well that alone made me go insane. It'll be as if I have no future for employment so they throw me at the very bottom.

The way to look at it is that it's something to fill your time and you'll look better if you head into an interview having done voluntary, while searching for work.

To be honest, I've done enough voluntary work in the past. Had it not been for my temporary work, I'd have a stronger hatred towards everyone. The job centre, the government and all those employer cunts.