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Thanks to
Coop
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Happy New Year everyone!

Coop comes down from the New Year high and welcomes in the new year for New Grounds (pun intended), while congratulating:
SCTE3: 500 Flash Review Responses
Tycrane: 17,000 Saves
Sispri: Level 38
IvanTuroc - Quickdraw! 01/01/2012
Nemo103: 1,000 Experience
Martin: Top 80 B/Per

Listening to:
The Sword - The Sundering
Rush - Something For Nothing

Thank you to:
Odyssic
philonous

At 12/31/11 11:24 AM, Auz wrote: Can't really be arsed to write some replies right now since I have to leave in about 10 minutes anyway.

Oh fine - be like that then :(

Happy New Year!

At 12/31/11 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/31/11 07:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/30/11 06:52 PM, Haggard wrote: Listening to:
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Holy shit, I never knew the original version is over 22 minutes long.

Some cars don't last that long on the Autobahn, from what I've heard :P

Some cars shouldn't be allowed to even be used on an Autobahn!

A friend of a friend's took an ageing Skoda (when they were awful cars) to Germany to kill it on the Autobahn. Playing chicken with a 911 on the two lane stretches, because they really didn't give a crap about the car at that stage.

Suffice to say, they took a train back to blighty :P

At 1/1/12 12:33 AM, reverend wrote: Happy New Years Wi/Hters!
Enjoy making and breaking your weight loss pledges.

I have no intention of losing weight, being a paltry 10.5 stone (147 lb). I'd like to redistribute it into more athletic muscle, but we'll see.

Happy new year everyone. I would have made a news post at 5 in the morning but I went under turmoil last night and ended up sleeping at 2.

Listening to:

The Beatles - White Album

At 12/31/11 07:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/30/11 08:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: And Mastodon are indeed worth a shot. I should probably provide some examples.

Well, my metal repertoire has indeed increased over the past 12 months. Why not increase it next year as well?

That is an excellent idea.

At 12/31/11 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/31/11 06:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Hah, even I knew that a while back when I was listening to them for a bit. From their stuff, I've listened to Autobahn and The Man-Machine. I might even pick up the latter.

I only knew about the 9 minute "radio edit" (which offers some things that can't be heard in the original version).

Well that's something.

Also, I would buy Kraftwerk with german lyrics only. First of all, there aren't that many lyrics to begin with, second, I think they just don't sound the same when they sing in english. And no, I don't mean just the language, but the whole feeling of the songs is different.

Eh, I enjoyed The Man-Machine and the genre is a little out of place for my taste.

Oh well, you're missing out on a good band.

I'll add them to the list of "good bands I'm missing out on". Geesh, that list is LONG!

So who else is on there?

Well, one thing that would definitely show up is Falkenbach, I think that's the only one who's showed up for both of our projects.

And as far as I can see it will remain the only band that will show up on both projects.

I suppose you did better with the underground artists in the end.

Level 20, a third of the levels done, but about 1/20th of the time it takes to get max leveled.

And on New Year's day as well. Happy 2012 everyone!

Reached level 43, which i think is very sexy :)

also happy new year everyone!

Level 46 but one day too late for the Christmas hat.

Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
If we don't we might as well lay down and die
You and I!!!

Can't someone finally make a decent New Years song?

Listening to
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-IX)
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

At 12/28/11 01:34 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote:

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

I just watched it. Lol!
But was it really the case that they didn't understand each other? Seemed more like the linesman thought it was in, while the ref thought it wasn't at first.

"The England players celebrated a goal, but the referee Gottfried Dienst was uncertain if it had been a goal. He consulted his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov from the Soviet Union, after non-verbal communication, as they had no common language, the Swiss referee awarded the goal to the home team."

Yeah okay, but we don't know whether they have communicated it wrongly, do we? Perhaps the linesman just didn't see it right either.

He is! Plus he's way too conservative if you ask me. How many game-determining wrong decisions by refs does he need before he finally agrees to put a guy behind a TV screen for a second opinion? This would spare everyone so much hassle and would make the game much more fair (gives referees less room to be one-sided for instance).

Well, we can't have decisions based on video footage for everything, but just a simple goal camera would help a lot already. I mean, we have so many referees already: The main ref, two linsemen, in international matches the ref behind the goal and the one near the benches. One more guy watching a TV screen and deciding if a goal should be awarded wouldn't hurt.

Yeah and I was thinking for arguable red cards also. Don't they have a system in American sports where coaches can ask for a second opinion like once a match or so? That would help keep it within bounds.

Also: Worst phantom goal ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5IYQKEl E4
Sorry, commentary is only available in german.

LOOOOOOL!!!!!

Worst linesman ever!

Ah I see. I believe most German players prefer to stay in Germany anyway, don't they? I don't know that many good German footballers playing outside of their country.

Yes, it's quite surprising. Some years ago, in the 90's, many players of the national team played in Italy. Nowadays almost all players are playing in Germany (except for Özil and Khedira, who play at Real Madrid).

Oh well. I suppose they'd rather stay close to home these days? I can imagine it's tough sometimes if you have to move across Europe like once every other year.

At 12/23/11 07:00 PM, Haggard wrote:

Aaaaahaha I don't think so. I looked it up actually to be sure and I pretty much found that 12 AM is a bullshit way to state the time as it's unclear. Therefore you should say 12:00 midnight or 12:00 noon or something along those lines. Or just say 00:00 and 12:00 in the 24 hours system as it's superior in my opinion...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_am redirects to "Midnight".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_PM redirects to "Noon".
QED. :P

But but but... nuh-uuuh

While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m.", those notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem or before noon and p.m. stands for post meridiem or after noon. Since noon is neither after noon nor before noon, and midnight can equally be twelve hours before and after noon, neither abbreviation is correct (although the length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time - 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated).

Anyway, I kind of assumed that you meant 12 noon as you posted somewhere in the afternoon, didn't you?

I posted it at around 0:30 GMT +1. ;)

...
"Blimey!"

At 12/29/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote: Jack Nicholson makes one of the best faces in film history.

Yes, that is true, but I need something to get me by on the film front until next December, when The Hobbit comes out. On the TV Front, that includes Great Expectations and the World's Strongest Man

Oh, well there's the new Muppets film which I heard is very good and hilarious. Also, The Dark Knight Rises will be out somewhere halfway this year. And for the rest... wait, how many films do you need to "get by on the the film front" for one year?

At 12/29/11 08:28 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote: I can't say I really know much about their music though. I think I might've overheard a conversation about them by you and Coop or Haggard. Otherwise perhaps some of my friends talked about them once.

This is a question we should ask Coop and Haggard. What do THEY think of Mastodon?

Commence Metal flame war in 3, 2, 1, ...

Unless of course they agree.

That's true, but I have to say that I can hardly tell anymore who's F2P and who isn't (just judging from their playing styles). Maybe you should give the game another try someday.

Tried it, game still looks shit, uninstalled.

Well, perhaps it's also the new weapon updates that bother you? I have to say that they do come up with the most silly weapons these days and I can imagine it only getting worse when players are making suggestions and handing in their own designs.

At 1/1/12 12:08 AM, IvanTuroc wrote: I haven't accomplished much lately but I did survive another year and I managed to get the first deposit of the new year; I haven't done that in awhile :D

Lol congrats!

Typically Bahamut shoots for these kind of things if I remember correctly.

At 1/1/12 07:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/31/11 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/31/11 07:14 AM, Coop wrote: Some cars don't last that long on the Autobahn, from what I've heard :P

Some cars shouldn't be allowed to even be used on an Autobahn!

A friend of a friend's took an ageing Skoda (when they were awful cars) to Germany to kill it on the Autobahn. Playing chicken with a 911 on the two lane stretches, because they really didn't give a crap about the car at that stage.

Never get between a german and his car. You can only lose.

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/31/11 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote: Also, I would buy Kraftwerk with german lyrics only. First of all, there aren't that many lyrics to begin with, second, I think they just don't sound the same when they sing in english. And no, I don't mean just the language, but the whole feeling of the songs is different.

Eh, I enjoyed The Man-Machine and the genre is a little out of place for my taste.

Well, since I also listen to Radiohead, Kraftwerk doesn't seem to be that out of place for meh, haha.

Anyway, an example:
The Model
Das Model

I think the german version sounds much more distant and "frosty", which I think works best in the context of the song.

Also:
Die Roboter
The Robots

Again I think the german version works much better with the theme of the song. Maybe, because german is a "harder sounding" language than english... but I think a lot of atmosphere is lost in the translation (as it almost always is the case with translations).

Also, last two videos are blocked in germany. I fucking hate youtube for that.

Oh well, you're missing out on a good band.

I'll add them to the list of "good bands I'm missing out on". Geesh, that list is LONG!

So who else is on there?

Slough Feg.

Well, one thing that would definitely show up is Falkenbach, I think that's the only one who's showed up for both of our projects.

And as far as I can see it will remain the only band that will show up on both projects.

I suppose you did better with the underground artists in the end.

Horaay!

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah okay, but we don't know whether they have communicated it wrongly, do we? Perhaps the linesman just didn't see it right either.

It's not a matter of miscommunication here, just a matter of "must have been funny to witness how two people not sharing a language communicate with each other".
Also, the linesman told "I saw the ball bouncing back from the net, so it didn't matter to me where the ball hit the ground."

Well, we can't have decisions based on video footage for everything, but just a simple goal camera would help a lot already. I mean, we have so many referees already: The main ref, two linsemen, in international matches the ref behind the goal and the one near the benches. One more guy watching a TV screen and deciding if a goal should be awarded wouldn't hurt.

Yeah and I was thinking for arguable red cards also. Don't they have a system in American sports where coaches can ask for a second opinion like once a match or so? That would help keep it within bounds.

But here we are running into trouble already. Every coach will say a red card was unjustified and the game needs to be stopped. And then we end up like US Sports where "60 minutes of gameplay" means "3 fucking hours full of breaks, not given points, commercials and other stuff."
Just put a chip in the ball and install some cameras that watch the goal line. That's enough.

Also: Worst phantom goal ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5IYQKEl E4
Sorry, commentary is only available in german.

LOOOOOOL!!!!!

Worst linesman ever!

I wonder if he's still allowed to work as a linesman, haha.

Ah I see. I believe most German players prefer to stay in Germany anyway, don't they? I don't know that many good German footballers playing outside of their country.

Yes, it's quite surprising. Some years ago, in the 90's, many players of the national team played in Italy. Nowadays almost all players are playing in Germany (except for Özil and Khedira, who play at Real Madrid).

Oh well. I suppose they'd rather stay close to home these days? I can imagine it's tough sometimes if you have to move across Europe like once every other year.

Maybe it's just that the quality level of the Bundesliga has become so much better, so there's no need anymore to play in a different country. ^^
I remember when Ajax Amsterdam was very succesful in international matches, many players from the dutch national team played there. But now... how many national players are actually playing in Holland?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_am redirects to "Midnight".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_PM redirects to "Noon".
QED. :P

But but but... nuh-uuuh

While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m.", those notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem or before noon and p.m. stands for post meridiem or after noon. Since noon is neither after noon nor before noon, and midnight can equally be twelve hours before and after noon, neither abbreviation is correct (although the length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time - 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated).

And this is exactly why a 12-hour-clock is inferior to a 24-hour-clock.

32k exp

New year blog.

Listening to:

The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/29/11 08:28 AM, Bahamut wrote: This is a question we should ask Coop and Haggard. What do THEY think of Mastodon?

Commence Metal flame war in 3, 2, 1, ...

Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Tried it, game still looks shit, uninstalled.

Well, perhaps it's also the new weapon updates that bother you? I have to say that they do come up with the most silly weapons these days and I can imagine it only getting worse when players are making suggestions and handing in their own designs.

Yeah, the new weapons don't help matters at all.

At 1/1/12 12:08 AM, IvanTuroc wrote: I haven't accomplished much lately but I did survive another year and I managed to get the first deposit of the new year; I haven't done that in awhile :D

Lol congrats!

Typically Bahamut shoots for these kind of things if I remember correctly.

Well, I would have aimed for having an account with the first level up for the year since Toohot100 was aimed for 1st January for level 46. Like I said yesterday, I fell asleep at 2AM so I missed out on these opportunities.

At 1/1/12 06:40 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Eh, I enjoyed The Man-Machine and the genre is a little out of place for my taste.

Well, since I also listen to Radiohead, Kraftwerk doesn't seem to be that out of place for meh, haha.

I quite like Das Model.

Again I think the german version works much better with the theme of the song. Maybe, because german is a "harder sounding" language than english... but I think a lot of atmosphere is lost in the translation (as it almost always is the case with translations).

They made the song good in both languages.

Also, last two videos are blocked in germany. I fucking hate youtube for that.

They block videos of a german band? Goddammit.

So who else is on there?

Slough Feg.

Good, they're essential. Anyone else?

Coop gets a late start to the last day of his holiday. Congratulations to:
Bobbybroccoli: Level 20
1337: Level 43
Toohot100: Level 46
WeHaveFreshCookies: Level 30
Jonthomson: 32,000 Experience

Listening to:
Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Alice Cooper - Nothing's Free
Aerosmith - Sedona Sunrise

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 12/31/11 07:14 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/30/11 08:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: And Mastodon are indeed worth a shot. I should probably provide some examples.

Well, my metal repertoire has indeed increased over the past 12 months. Why not increase it next year as well?

That is an excellent idea.

I'll be putting this to the test soon - I've been loaned a fistful of CDs, which are as follows:

Rush - Feedback
Rush In Rio
In The Court of the Crimson King
Deceased - Supernatural Addiction
Fresh Cream
Geddy Lee - My Favourite Headache

Should be fun exploring these.

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Listening to
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-IX)
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Not so much of a fan of Blue Sky, because it's been taken by Birmingham City fans, but Shine on you Crazy Diamond is fantastic. Which version of Set Controls have you got? A Saucerful of Secrets or Ummagumma?

At 12/29/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote: Jack Nicholson makes one of the best faces in film history.

Yes, that is true, but I need something to get me by on the film front until next December, when The Hobbit comes out. On the TV Front, that includes Great Expectations and the World's Strongest Man

Oh, well there's the new Muppets film which I heard is very good and hilarious. Also, The Dark Knight Rises will be out somewhere halfway this year. And for the rest... wait, how many films do you need to "get by on the the film front" for one year?

I'm not sure. I want to see Goon, because I'm a hockey fan. That might happen for a friend's birthday, though.

At 1/1/12 06:40 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/1/12 07:22 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/31/11 02:06 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 12/31/11 07:14 AM, Coop wrote: Some cars don't last that long on the Autobahn, from what I've heard :P

Some cars shouldn't be allowed to even be used on an Autobahn!

A friend of a friend's took an ageing Skoda (when they were awful cars) to Germany to kill it on the Autobahn. Playing chicken with a 911 on the two lane stretches, because they really didn't give a crap about the car at that stage.

Never get between a german and his car. You can only lose.

For you, ze race is ova! Cooler, 8 veeks.

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote:

At 12/29/11 08:28 AM, Bahamut wrote: This is a question we should ask Coop and Haggard. What do THEY think of Mastodon?

Commence Metal flame war in 3, 2, 1, ...

Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Do you really want to go there?

I'm pretty sure I hit 1000 total medals today. Is that an achievement?

Listening to
The Rolling Stones - Stones Story (album)

At 1/1/12 06:40 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah okay, but we don't know whether they have communicated it wrongly, do we? Perhaps the linesman just didn't see it right either.

It's not a matter of miscommunication here, just a matter of "must have been funny to witness how two people not sharing a language communicate with each other".
Also, the linesman told "I saw the ball bouncing back from the net, so it didn't matter to me where the ball hit the ground."

Of course that is funny.

And lol! He was in need of some glasses.

Yeah and I was thinking for arguable red cards also. Don't they have a system in American sports where coaches can ask for a second opinion like once a match or so? That would help keep it within bounds.

But here we are running into trouble already. Every coach will say a red card was unjustified and the game needs to be stopped. And then we end up like US Sports where "60 minutes of gameplay" means "3 fucking hours full of breaks, not given points, commercials and other stuff."
Just put a chip in the ball and install some cameras that watch the goal line. That's enough.

You know, I always thought one of the main reasons our football isn't popular in the US is because the TV stations can't stuff a commercial break in every three minutes. Unlike baseball, where there's 10 seconds of action and then five minutes of fuck all happening.

Anyway, how long the game has to be halted depends on how fast the technology is I suppose. I got a feeling that with modern day technology the fourth (or fifth) official could check the replay within a minute if he wants to. Of course that might still be a lot of waiting, but now we have coaches and players bitching and moaning and arguing for five minutes every time there's an arguable decision by the ref.

LOOOOOOL!!!!!

Worst linesman ever!

I wonder if he's still allowed to work as a linesman, haha.

Is that even like... an official job? :p

Oh well. I suppose they'd rather stay close to home these days? I can imagine it's tough sometimes if you have to move across Europe like once every other year.

Maybe it's just that the quality level of the Bundesliga has become so much better, so there's no need anymore to play in a different country. ^^
I remember when Ajax Amsterdam was very succesful in international matches, many players from the dutch national team played there. But now... how many national players are actually playing in Holland?

Let's see... there's van der Wiel, but he's leaving for Valencia soon... and a couple of other ones (about six I think). But none of them are really the core players.

And yes, you're right. The Dutch first league is more like a talents pool and an in-between station for most good players.

But but but... nuh-uuuh

While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m.", those notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem or before noon and p.m. stands for post meridiem or after noon. Since noon is neither after noon nor before noon, and midnight can equally be twelve hours before and after noon, neither abbreviation is correct (although the length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time - 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated).

And this is exactly why a 12-hour-clock is inferior to a 24-hour-clock.

Exactly! The 12-hour system is actually pretty stupid in my opinion. I don't know why we don't all switch to the 24-hour as the standard one.

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Commence Metal flame war in 3, 2, 1, ...

Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Oh shit, here we go...

Well, perhaps it's also the new weapon updates that bother you? I have to say that they do come up with the most silly weapons these days and I can imagine it only getting worse when players are making suggestions and handing in their own designs.

Yeah, the new weapons don't help matters at all.

Nope. This Deus Ex Machina and alien weaponry (Cow Mangler etc.) shit feels very out of place.

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Listening to
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-IX)
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Not so much of a fan of Blue Sky, because it's been taken by Birmingham City fans

I only recently really discovered E.L.O. actually when I bought Out of the Blue from the pawn shop. Pretty good album allround in my opinion and I do like Mr Blue Sky.

, but Shine on you Crazy Diamond is fantastic. Which version of Set Controls have you got? A Saucerful of Secrets or Ummagumma?

I got three versions actually. The third, and my favourite one, is the one from Live in Pompeii.

And yeah, SOYCD is one of my favourite songs of all time. It's one of the songs I voted on in our annual top 2000 best songs of all time list. I liked to see it ending up at #16.

At 12/29/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote:

Oh, well there's the new Muppets film which I heard is very good and hilarious. Also, The Dark Knight Rises will be out somewhere halfway this year. And for the rest... wait, how many films do you need to "get by on the the film front" for one year?

I'm not sure. I want to see Goon, because I'm a hockey fan. That might happen for a friend's birthday, though.

Haven't heard of it and from the looks of it there's not even a release date set for the Netherlands yet. It does seem to get good reviews though, so I might check it out as well if it's ever released here.

66,000 Saves

After being stuck with two levels I personally found to be unappealing, I've finally reached one of my favorite level icons: level 48!
Hooray!

According to Bahamuts Pentalist update I have entered the top 20 in total stats somewhere this month.

Sweet!

7000 total B/P.

Woop!

After about a fortnight off, I began B/Ping again today and several hours ago today I managed to finally break out of Private First Class, where I have been for too long for my liking, and now I am a Corporal/4000B/P-aire, and hopefully on track for another rankup just before the end of this month, and hopefully I'll at least come close to getting another one in the short month of February

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/1/12 06:40 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: Eh, I enjoyed The Man-Machine and the genre is a little out of place for my taste.

Well, since I also listen to Radiohead, Kraftwerk doesn't seem to be that out of place for meh, haha.

I quite like Das Model.

That's good.

Again I think the german version works much better with the theme of the song. Maybe, because german is a "harder sounding" language than english... but I think a lot of atmosphere is lost in the translation (as it almost always is the case with translations).

They made the song good in both languages.

That's out of the question. I'm not saying the english versions are bad, I'm just saying the german versions are better.

Also, last two videos are blocked in germany. I fucking hate youtube for that.

They block videos of a german band? Goddammit.

Copyright issues. Youtube are fucking pussies. At least there are proxies I can use to solve this problem... it's still annoying as hell.

So who else is on there?

Slough Feg.

Good, they're essential. Anyone else?

Brocas Helm

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

Number eight *buuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuuurp*

At 1/2/12 01:24 PM, Auz wrote: Of course that is funny.

And lol! He was in need of some glasses.

More like a telescope.

But here we are running into trouble already. Every coach will say a red card was unjustified and the game needs to be stopped. And then we end up like US Sports where "60 minutes of gameplay" means "3 fucking hours full of breaks, not given points, commercials and other stuff."
Just put a chip in the ball and install some cameras that watch the goal line. That's enough.

You know, I always thought one of the main reasons our football isn't popular in the US is because the TV stations can't stuff a commercial break in every three minutes. Unlike baseball, where there's 10 seconds of action and then five minutes of fuck all happening.

My thoughts exactly. I mean, just imagine this: They even pause football games to show commercials on Television! Oh fucked up is that?

Of course that might still be a lot of waiting, but now we have coaches and players bitching and moaning and arguing for five minutes every time there's an arguable decision by the ref.

Yeah, but we have the fourth official for that. Coaches bitch at him, not at the ref.
Also, this reminds me a bit of Stuttgart vs. Bayern where one of Stuttgarts players was sent off with two yellow cards. Both times he fouled Robben. Stuttgarts coach was furious and later accused Robben that he was overreacting and that he was diving. Some people even claimed that Robben was provocating those fouls. One person said: "He's stopping right before the foul, he's looking where the other player is and then jumps. Robben should've gotten a yellow card here."
I don't know if this guy was serious or just trolling, but sadly enough this is very similar to what the coach of Stuttgart said.

Robbens comment to that: "This is sad, how can he say such things?"

Btw. those fouls where two very clear fouls and it really is beyond me how anybody can say otherwise. Too bad I can't find any youtube videos at the moment...

LOOOOOOL!!!!!

Worst linesman ever!

I wonder if he's still allowed to work as a linesman, haha.

Is that even like... an official job? :p

Well, they have to visit some trainings, that's for sure. But they are not professionals, as far as I know. But they should be professionals, so they can make a living as a ref and as a linseman and they can fully concentrate on their job as a ref. This can only help the sport.

And this is exactly why a 12-hour-clock is inferior to a 24-hour-clock.

Exactly! The 12-hour system is actually pretty stupid in my opinion. I don't know why we don't all switch to the 24-hour as the standard one.

Because people are stupid!

Coop prepares to head back to the office, while congratulating:
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Listening to:
Queen - Hammer To Fall
Alice Cooper - I Never Cry [Live at Cabo Wabo 1995]
Motorhead - Rock 'N' Roll Music

At 1/2/12 01:24 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/1/12 03:28 PM, Auz wrote: Listening to
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-IX)
Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Not so much of a fan of Blue Sky, because it's been taken by Birmingham City fans

I only recently really discovered E.L.O. actually when I bought Out of the Blue from the pawn shop. Pretty good album allround in my opinion and I do like Mr Blue Sky.

The strange thing is that ELO made more of an impact in the States than the UK - they were never massive here, but they have almost cult status overseas.

, but Shine on you Crazy Diamond is fantastic. Which version of Set Controls have you got? A Saucerful of Secrets or Ummagumma?

I got three versions actually. The third, and my favourite one, is the one from Live in Pompeii.

Ah, live versions can be better, though some can be worse as well :P

And yeah, SOYCD is one of my favourite songs of all time. It's one of the songs I voted on in our annual top 2000 best songs of all time list. I liked to see it ending up at #16.

I'd have a tough time trying to pick some of my favourite songs of all time. I'm too eclectic.

At 12/29/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote:

At 12/28/11 10:45 AM, Auz wrote:

Oh, well there's the new Muppets film which I heard is very good and hilarious. Also, The Dark Knight Rises will be out somewhere halfway this year. And for the rest... wait, how many films do you need to "get by on the the film front" for one year?

I'm not sure. I want to see Goon, because I'm a hockey fan. That might happen for a friend's birthday, though.

Haven't heard of it and from the looks of it there's not even a release date set for the Netherlands yet. It does seem to get good reviews though, so I might check it out as well if it's ever released here.

The joy of watching Seann William Scott getting punched in the face might be how I get my best friend to finally watch one of his films, for a change.

At 1/2/12 06:20 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

Number eight *buuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuuurp*

Hey, wow! A Peanut!

8000 experience.

Back in work tomorrow.

Listening to:

Helstar - Nosferatu

Thanks to:

Coop
Odyssic

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: That is an excellent idea.

I'll be putting this to the test soon - I've been loaned a fistful of CDs, which are as follows:

Rush - Feedback
Rush In Rio

More Rush? Can't argue with that.

In The Court of the Crimson King

Heck yes!

Deceased - Supernatural Addiction

...Uhhh, I don't know.

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

It feels better with the burp.

Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Do you really want to go there?

Why not?

At 1/2/12 01:24 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Oh shit, here we go...

Eh, not much so far.

Yeah, the new weapons don't help matters at all.

Nope. This Deus Ex Machina and alien weaponry (Cow Mangler etc.) shit feels very out of place.

Ugh, yeah, all that nonsense with game promotions. The only items I'll get from them are games I actually want.

At 1/2/12 03:41 PM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote: After being stuck with two levels I personally found to be unappealing, I've finally reached one of my favorite level icons: level 48!
Hooray!

Shame, that level icon might go considering it wasn't a favourable weapon when discussing new level icon ideas with Johnny Utah.

At 1/2/12 06:20 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: I quite like Das Model.

That's good.

I still want to get The Man-Machine. I still have £10 gift voucher for HMV so I'll see what I can get in Liverpool on Saturday.

They block videos of a german band? Goddammit.

Copyright issues. Youtube are fucking pussies. At least there are proxies I can use to solve this problem... it's still annoying as hell.

YouTube doesn't even fight back with copyright claims. If someone makes a false claim, they'll blindly take it and the victim has no luck.

Good, they're essential. Anyone else?

Brocas Helm

Also good. More?

Listening to:
Primordial - The golden spiral

At 1/3/12 03:26 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 06:20 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

Number eight *buuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuuurp*

Hey, wow! A Peanut!

I'm rich again! USA! USA! USA!

At 1/3/12 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/2/12 06:20 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: I quite like Das Model.

That's good.

I still want to get The Man-Machine. I still have £10 gift voucher for HMV so I'll see what I can get in Liverpool on Saturday.

I might consider buying a full album of Kraftwerk. But before I do that I have to buy some more metal albums.

They block videos of a german band? Goddammit.

Copyright issues. Youtube are fucking pussies. At least there are proxies I can use to solve this problem... it's still annoying as hell.

YouTube doesn't even fight back with copyright claims. If someone makes a false claim, they'll blindly take it and the victim has no luck.

Yeah, they say something like "it may be possible that this video contains content from blabla". Really? It MIGHT BE POSSIBLE??
With shit like that they only help other video sites to become bigger...

Good, they're essential. Anyone else?

Brocas Helm

Also good. More?

Primordial. But I just bought The Gathering Wilderness as an MP3-Album.

98,000 Medal Points!

Just 2K more!

Holy shi-, checking out my previous posts I noticed I made an achievement post in the wrong topic. Can a mod please delete my post in here?

Now here's the real one:

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With that vote, you now have 13,600 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 36. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 12 hours, 17 minutes, and 54 seconds.

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Ins>Listening to:
Rush - Roll The Bones [Rush In Rio]
Michael Jackson - Ghosts
Priestess - Lay Down

At 1/3/12 08:22 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 1/3/12 03:26 AM, Coop wrote: Coop prepares to head back to the office, while congratulating:

If you went in early, was it pitch black this morning?

Not quite - side lights only this morning. Since tomorrow is the anniversary of my accident, I'm not looking forward to that one :P

At 1/3/12 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/1/12 09:29 AM, Bahamut wrote: That is an excellent idea.

I'll be putting this to the test soon - I've been loaned a fistful of CDs, which are as follows:

Rush - Feedback
Rush In Rio

More Rush? Can't argue with that.

"Alright, its Saturday night. I have no date, a two litre bottle of Shasta, and my all Rush mix tape! Let's rock!"

Got to love Neil Peart's drumming

In The Court of the Crimson King

Heck yes!

I'll let you know when I've given it a spin

Deceased - Supernatural Addiction

...Uhhh, I don't know.

Is that a sarcastic IDK, or genuinely a band that you've not encountered before?

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

It feels better with the burp.

More of a relief of the tension, I feel.

Nope, they were civil about it. Now Slayer and Manowar on the other hand...

Do you really want to go there?

Why not?

Not my thing.

At 1/3/12 09:18 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/3/12 03:26 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 06:20 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/2/12 10:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/2/12 09:11 AM, Bahamut wrote: The Beatles - White Album. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.

I prefer number eight.

Number eight *buuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuurp* Number eight *buuuuuuurp*

Hey, wow! A Peanut!

I'm rich again! USA! USA! USA!

Okay, have we just descended into random Simpsons quotes? In that case,

"How can one piece of insulated wire bring so much happiness?

Police Sergeant.