At 1/15/12 08:26 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/14/12 04:07 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/14/12 03:21 PM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, how dare Christmas be a major celebration at the end of the year.

Really. What a stupid idea to put those holidays right there.

Yeah, who in their right mind would celebrate Christmas right before the year ends?

It should be celebrated during the middle of the year. We are short of holidays there.

However, we also walked out of the town centre, there where some more modern houses. I bet they had better windows, too.

Send in a complaint.

Yes, but to whom?

My brother liked the idea of traveling to Liverpool as well and we had more than enough time to waste.

Anything in Liverpool that interested him?

I think he stayed there once. At least he was familiar with Lime Street. I think there's a huge shopping mall there?

I like the symphonic elements of the band.

Speaking of Haggard, I should buy more albums from them. But I realized a big flaw in my "about 2 albums every other month"-plan: I'm going to Singapore in March, so I should save up for this trip a little bit...

Singapore? Yeah, best saving up for that. Much more important than CDs.

Exactly. Maybe I can pick up a few CDs there...

At 1/16/12 04:19 PM, Auz wrote: Been a while since I last caught up...

Lol, slacker...

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

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

Yeah, I agree. They don't do it as much in basketball, right? That seems like the only sport I'd be interested in on American television.

I think in Basketball breaks happen more often, so they don't have to pause the game to show commercials.

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...

Well there are some attackers who are very good at provoking fouls, but a foul is still a foul. That defender probably should've been more careful after that first yellow, right?

I couldn't see any provoking behaviour from Robben there. He simply stopped the ball and stopped running. People said: "Yeah, but why does he stop running? He was provoking this foul!" - "Ok, what else could he have done in that situation?" - "Continue to run." <- conclusion: Never ever stop on a football field, you are provoking fouls. o_O

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.

Yeah, but who's gonna pay their salary?

Easy: The teams. Whoever pays best will win the game. ;)
Seriously: The football associations. Who else?

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!

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At 1/16/12 11:25 AM, Bahamut wrote: Kicking off my new series of posts on my review site with a rant on Guns N' Roses being inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I still think that Guns 'n' Roses deserve a place there - Rush and Maiden's time will come.

At 1/16/12 03:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/15/12 08:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: At least you'll finally watch them. Beware of the holiday special, though. That one is by far the worst Futurama episode.

I'll bear it in mind.

Well, you could delay it and save it for the 2012 holiday season.

Nah, once I get it, I'll spend a good few days watching and memorising those episodes :P

I'm guessing you haven't watched any of these episodes before.

Not one.

At least things are happening to your life outside Newgrounds.

Yeah, getting shitfaced and then consoling a friend because my ex has offended her. Great stuff.

That's what happened? Fuck that!

Well, it was my friend's birthday - did I mention that she's my ex-girlfriend's best friend? We rallied around to make the day special and took her to see Goon, then on to Pizza the Hutt and then the Red Man.

At the newly renovated Red Man, Bex complains that it doesn't feel like the old place. I was glad it's been tidied up. I can still have a drink with friends and enjoy it, though convincing Bex of that can take some doing. Words were exchanged and by the end of the night, we were all in a bit worse a mood than we should have been.

Because Haggard may jump above me as well?

Exactly. You'd feel the hurt, because you'd be one step further from the top 100. I'd have to get back in the top 100, because Voidist cunningly used the double deposit technique to effectively pull away from me. He's just one deposit ahead, but it's still ever so slightly annoying.

I would be #101 in that case but then there's that user you were planning to pass so it would work for me. :P

He's not making it easy. I'll get there at some stage...

At 1/16/12 04:19 PM, Auz wrote:

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

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

Oh well, that happened to more artists. Many never managed to make it across the pond from our side either.

Hasn't Robbie Williams been trying for 20 years now?

Let him, it keeps him off my radar :P

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

Depends on the band I guess. Some bands aren't very good live, or their music just doesn't really work in large arenas.

Pink Floyd sounds very good live though and from what I've heard from my parents their shows were amazing.

I'll bet - live shows by people influenced by mind altering substances had to be "out there", with psychedelic light shows and all sorts of strange paraphernalia

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.

Well I tend to have a hard time with picking favourite songs by my favourite bands as well, but I just decided to pick 2 songs max per band and didn't put them in a certain order or anything.

One thread asked for my favourite Maiden track. I think I managed to get it down to a top 20...

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

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

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.

That'd be fun to see. I used to like him in American Pie, but turned out this guy can really only play one kind of role.

This time, he's not a ladies' man - the character is too thick for that, which I like. Plus seeing him take punches to the face helps.

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At 1/16/12 04:19 PM, Auz wrote:

At 1/3/12 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ugh, yeah, all that nonsense with game promotions. The only items I'll get from them are games I actually want.

I heard a lot about Deus Ex Machina and it seemed interesting to me, but it just doesn't belong in Team Fortress.

Neither does Scout having a sword but they did it anyway. Fucking Valve.

Well there you have it Auz. Manowar and Slayer, not Coop's things.

Well... this turned into an anti-climax.

Bah, we need more bands to argue about.

At 1/16/12 11:25 AM, Bahamut wrote: Kicking off my new series of posts on my review site with a rant on Guns N' Roses being inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Well, I'm actually more in favour of Guns N' Roses than ABBA. I heard they were going to be introduced in the Hall of Fame soon (or it might have already happened), but how are they Rock and Roll for fucks sake? I mean, sure they've made their impact on pop music, but they've never had anything to do with Rock or Roll for that matter.

It pretty much covers rock in general. Yeah, maybe ABBA are way more pop than rock but they're another one who shouldn't be there.

At 1/16/12 06:16 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/15/12 08:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, who in their right mind would celebrate Christmas right before the year ends?

It should be celebrated during the middle of the year. We are short of holidays there.

We only have Clock Day in August so yeah, more holidays needed in Summer.

Send in a complaint.

Yes, but to whom?

Whoever was running that hostel.

Anything in Liverpool that interested him?

I think he stayed there once. At least he was familiar with Lime Street. I think there's a huge shopping mall there?

Yeah, it's the Liverpool One. It's not so great, though. I only recommend it for HMV, some restaurants and nothing else.

Singapore? Yeah, best saving up for that. Much more important than CDs.

Exactly. Maybe I can pick up a few CDs there...

Uhh, I'd be careful with products over there. I'm always weary with a place like Singapore.

At 1/17/12 04:09 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/16/12 11:25 AM, Bahamut wrote: Kicking off my new series of posts on my review site with a rant on Guns N' Roses being inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I still think that Guns 'n' Roses deserve a place there - Rush and Maiden's time will come.

Not until Axl gets his head out of his ass. In other words, never.

I'm guessing you haven't watched any of these episodes before.

Not one.

You are missing out on a lot but not for much longer. The following season is also a great follow up. There are two episodes that are a miss in season 5 while the sixth one is just the odd episode that was below average. Everything else is all and well.

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At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: I was productive yesterday. Another review is up!

I hope I can get the next letter in the Metal-ABC done until this week end.

At 1/16/12 06:16 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/15/12 08:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, who in their right mind would celebrate Christmas right before the year ends?

It should be celebrated during the middle of the year. We are short of holidays there.

We only have Clock Day in August so yeah, more holidays needed in Summer.

But Clock Day isn't a bank holiday. Even though it should be.

Send in a complaint.

Yes, but to whom?

Whoever was running that hostel.

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

Anything in Liverpool that interested him?

I think he stayed there once. At least he was familiar with Lime Street. I think there's a huge shopping mall there?

Yeah, it's the Liverpool One. It's not so great, though. I only recommend it for HMV, some restaurants and nothing else.

Oh, okay.

Singapore? Yeah, best saving up for that. Much more important than CDs.

Exactly. Maybe I can pick up a few CDs there...

Uhh, I'd be careful with products over there. I'm always weary with a place like Singapore.

I don't think they have too many bootlegs over there. After all, they have very strict laws on nearly everything. Malaysia and Indonesia may have mostly bootlegs, though.
Also, Singapore has a very strict censorship (at least on magazines, so most likely for other media as well...), so I won't pick up any movies there. They are most likely cut. And to pick up cut movies I can just stay at home and buy some movies here. >_>

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At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/17/12 04:09 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/16/12 11:25 AM, Bahamut wrote: Kicking off my new series of posts on my review site with a rant on Guns N' Roses being inducted to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I still think that Guns 'n' Roses deserve a place there - Rush and Maiden's time will come.

Not until Axl gets his head out of his ass. In other words, never.

Put the political wankery aside for a moment - Guns were an above average band, with some talented musicians and massive drug abusers. No question that they do deserve their place in the hall, IMO

I'm guessing you haven't watched any of these episodes before.

Not one.

You are missing out on a lot but not for much longer. The following season is also a great follow up. There are two episodes that are a miss in season 5 while the sixth one is just the odd episode that was below average. Everything else is all and well.

I'll make sure that I sit down in March, to watch the movies again and make sure that I'm up to speed :P

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At 1/17/12 06:22 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: I was productive yesterday. Another review is up!

I hope I can get the next letter in the Metal-ABC done until this week end.

Heh, I have another review half-done but with the blackout today, it's not so easy to do some research.

We only have Clock Day in August so yeah, more holidays needed in Summer.

But Clock Day isn't a bank holiday. Even though it should be.

Neither is Halloween but we celebrate it anyway.

Uhh, I'd be careful with products over there. I'm always weary with a place like Singapore.

I don't think they have too many bootlegs over there. After all, they have very strict laws on nearly everything. Malaysia and Indonesia may have mostly bootlegs, though.

Even so, Singapore is one place I'd be careful with.

At 1/18/12 04:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: Not until Axl gets his head out of his ass. In other words, never.

Put the political wankery aside for a moment - Guns were an above average band, with some talented musicians and massive drug abusers. No question that they do deserve their place in the hall, IMO

Yeah, when they're one of the last remaining rock bands to even consider.

You are missing out on a lot but not for much longer. The following season is also a great follow up. There are two episodes that are a miss in season 5 while the sixth one is just the odd episode that was below average. Everything else is all and well.

I'll make sure that I sit down in March, to watch the movies again and make sure that I'm up to speed :P

I am tempted to do another marathon but I still have seasons 3 and 4 of Monty Python's Flying Circus to watch through and I got that for Christmas 2010.

At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/17/12 06:22 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: I was productive yesterday. Another review is up!

I hope I can get the next letter in the Metal-ABC done until this week end.

Heh, I have another review half-done but with the blackout today, it's not so easy to do some research.

Yeah, wikipedia is slow as hell today. Even de.wikipedia.org, even though they aren't blacking out anything. Also, if you hit Escape quickly enough (or just choose a different layout style in Opera) you can read the articles just fine. Poorly planned "black-out", really...

We only have Clock Day in August so yeah, more holidays needed in Summer.

But Clock Day isn't a bank holiday. Even though it should be.

Neither is Halloween but we celebrate it anyway.

We don't.

Uhh, I'd be careful with products over there. I'm always weary with a place like Singapore.

I don't think they have too many bootlegs over there. After all, they have very strict laws on nearly everything. Malaysia and Indonesia may have mostly bootlegs, though.

Even so, Singapore is one place I'd be careful with.

Even if there are bootlegs, it's not like I will get arrested as soon as I come back.

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At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/18/12 04:11 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/17/12 12:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: Not until Axl gets his head out of his ass. In other words, never.

Put the political wankery aside for a moment - Guns were an above average band, with some talented musicians and massive drug abusers. No question that they do deserve their place in the hall, IMO

Yeah, when they're one of the last remaining rock bands to even consider.

Timing doesn't matter - like with Maiden and Rush, the fact is that they will be there. We know that they're better bands than GnR, but they don't get recognition. Not that it's ever bothered Iron Maiden

You are missing out on a lot but not for much longer. The following season is also a great follow up. There are two episodes that are a miss in season 5 while the sixth one is just the odd episode that was below average. Everything else is all and well.

I'll make sure that I sit down in March, to watch the movies again and make sure that I'm up to speed :P

I am tempted to do another marathon but I still have seasons 3 and 4 of Monty Python's Flying Circus to watch through and I got that for Christmas 2010.

I know the feeling - I've got about 20-30 hours of stuff to watch through on the V Box and the new Tivo box keeps recording new stuff for me. Joy.

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At 1/18/12 01:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Heh, I have another review half-done but with the blackout today, it's not so easy to do some research.

Yeah, wikipedia is slow as hell today. Even de.wikipedia.org, even though they aren't blacking out anything. Also, if you hit Escape quickly enough (or just choose a different layout style in Opera) you can read the articles just fine. Poorly planned "black-out", really...

Or just use the cache option via Google. Good thing they didn't black out.

Neither is Halloween but we celebrate it anyway.

We don't.

Not even doing a few small things for kicks?

Even so, Singapore is one place I'd be careful with.

Even if there are bootlegs, it's not like I will get arrested as soon as I come back.

It's not that, I'd rather have the genuine products and find places that I can trust.

At 1/18/12 04:43 PM, Odyssic wrote: Not buying Futurama until part 2 comes out, fucking bastards.

I blame Fox or whoever involved now.

It's the way the seasons are done over there. From 2010-2013, they'll play 13 new episodes for each year so that to them is different seasons. That didn't stop them from making the season DVDs the way they were meant to be. Either way, I wouldn't have been able to hold myself so I got season 5 there and then.

At 1/19/12 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, when they're one of the last remaining rock bands to even consider.

Timing doesn't matter - like with Maiden and Rush, the fact is that they will be there. We know that they're better bands than GnR, but they don't get recognition. Not that it's ever bothered Iron Maiden

Maiden are usually happy with themselves and would take this for granted if it ever happened. Whoever runs the hall of fame still needs to be questioned, though.

I am tempted to do another marathon but I still have seasons 3 and 4 of Monty Python's Flying Circus to watch through and I got that for Christmas 2010.

I know the feeling - I've got about 20-30 hours of stuff to watch through on the V Box and the new Tivo box keeps recording new stuff for me. Joy.

And I was considering watching Doctor Who this year...

At 1/17/12 01:18 PM, Fagamut wrote:

At 1/15/12 09:26 AM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 19,000 experience points.

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At 1/19/12 12:39 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/18/12 01:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Heh, I have another review half-done but with the blackout today, it's not so easy to do some research.

Yeah, wikipedia is slow as hell today. Even de.wikipedia.org, even though they aren't blacking out anything. Also, if you hit Escape quickly enough (or just choose a different layout style in Opera) you can read the articles just fine. Poorly planned "black-out", really...

Or just use the cache option via Google. Good thing they didn't black out.

Google cache is lame. Why did they hide it in the lame preview section? It took me quite a while to figure out where that link has gone...
Also, Operas style sheets > Google cache.

Neither is Halloween but we celebrate it anyway.

We don't.

Not even doing a few small things for kicks?

Some kids go around trying to gather some sweets, but they are a minority.

Even so, Singapore is one place I'd be careful with.

Even if there are bootlegs, it's not like I will get arrested as soon as I come back.

It's not that, I'd rather have the genuine products and find places that I can trust.

Some bootlegs can be worth it. Also, I don't think that the artists will mind too much if I own a bootleg or two.
Also, Singapore can't be as bad as Poland. In %u015Awinouj%u015Bcie there's a huge market and they have bootlegs of nearly everything, even clothes. Some of this stuff is so bad, they can't even get the brand names right... (really? This is a jeans from 'Lives'? And here I was thinking it's called 'Levis'...)

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At 1/19/12 12:39 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/19/12 03:58 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/18/12 12:43 PM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, when they're one of the last remaining rock bands to even consider.

Timing doesn't matter - like with Maiden and Rush, the fact is that they will be there. We know that they're better bands than GnR, but they don't get recognition. Not that it's ever bothered Iron Maiden

Maiden are usually happy with themselves and would take this for granted if it ever happened. Whoever runs the hall of fame still needs to be questioned, though.

Meh, I wouldn't go that far. I need some karaoke, to sooth my woes. Being able to hit the high notes on GnR would suitably piss you ff as well :P

I am tempted to do another marathon but I still have seasons 3 and 4 of Monty Python's Flying Circus to watch through and I got that for Christmas 2010.

I know the feeling - I've got about 20-30 hours of stuff to watch through on the V Box and the new Tivo box keeps recording new stuff for me. Joy.

And I was considering watching Doctor Who this year...

Star Wars, you've still got that to watch, haven't you?

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At 1/19/12 05:47 PM, Haggard wrote: %u015Awinouj%u015Bcie

This is supposed to be "Swinoujscie" with an acute accent on the "s"'s...

Damn you BBS and you lack of supporting foreign characters.

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