7,000 medal points!

At 1/20/12 10:21 AM, Quinny wrote: 7,000 medal points!

9,000 now. Yay...

Became a Praporshchik!

At 1/20/12 02:56 AM, Coop wrote: 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

If we're to sing a song of theirs tonight, I might have to decline.

4,000 blams, 5 months before I was expecting to get it.

Also, rank 222 in B/P.. But I don't think that's very significant.

Today. I became a Police Lieutenant rank for my Blam/Protection thing.

Side note: Nearly at 33,000 medal points as well.

You have 22,220 Experience Points!

i was going to post when i had 22k, but that just looks better :D...

also was going to get to 10k saves today... but im going to go to the UK meet later, so i'm up nice and early for that :P

woot

Sup Level 37.

AXE ME A QUESTION I DARE YOU HOHOHO

Coop shows up in Manchester, as a surprise visitor, before congratulating:
Goldfire64: Level 25
Faggard: 14,000 Experience
sandwich-eater: 22,222 Saves
Auz: 50,000 Medal Points
tally1989: Praporshchik
Jolly: 4,000 Blams
LegolaSS: 22,000 Experience
Raccoonmario: Level 37

At 1/20/12 12:14 PM, Bahamut7 wrote:

At 1/20/12 02:56 AM, Coop wrote: 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

If we're to sing a song of theirs tonight, I might have to decline.

What did you sing in the end? I know that I belted out Tribute and made a few new friends. Some welcome, others not so *shudders*

Congratulations to

Muffin - 22,000 Experience
Gimmick - 25,000 Medal points
EmoDragon - 19,000 Experience
Goldfire - Level 25
Faggard - 14,000 Experience
sandwich-eater - 22,222 Saves
Auz - 50,000 Medal points
tally1989 - Praporschik
Jolly - 4,000 Blams
VJF - Police Lieutenant
LegolaSS - 22,000 Experience
Racoonmario - Level 37

100k medal points.
Brig. General.
10 total voting power.

3 milestones in a row ftw.

At 1/21/12 06:28 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/20/12 12:14 PM, Bahamut7 wrote: If we're to sing a song of theirs tonight, I might have to decline.

What did you sing in the end? I know that I belted out Tribute and made a few new friends. Some welcome, others not so *shudders*

I took on With a Little Help From My Friends and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. I had a third song requested but we all left before I even had that chance. Ah well, there's always the next meet for another night of karaoke fun.

RANK UP!

SERGEANT OF THE MASTER SERGEANTS MOST IMPORTANT PERSON OF EXTREME SERGEANTS TO THE MAX!

Over 56,000 B/P.

Coop prepares to leave the Manchester Meet, while congratulating:
Tycrane: 100,000 Medal Points; Brigadier General; 10.00 Total Voting Power
Quinny: Sergeant Major
DoctorStrongbad: 56,000 B/P

At 1/21/12 08:07 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 1/21/12 06:28 AM, Coop wrote: Coop shows up in Manchester, as a surprise visitor, before congratulating:

A new challenge has entered... Manchester!

3 wins, 2 losses at Super Mario Kart, courtesy of Nintendisco at Kyoto Lounge yesterday. Good fun was had by all.

At 1/21/12 10:39 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: I took on With a Little Help From My Friends and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. I had a third song requested but we all left before I even had that chance. Ah well, there's always the next meet for another night of karaoke fun.

Luis was not happy with how long we had to sway for Always look on the bright side of life. It did drag on a little.

A pretty significant couple of days for my NG account is underway. Today I have finally passed into the top 300 for experience, something that has been a long, long time coming. To go with that a less significant stat, my medal total has finally surpassed my B/P total after a point splurge this week courtesy of Fortunacus.

And tomorrow I will reach level 45, my final level before the redesign. Who knows how things will look after that!

That was a damn good time at Manchester, especially with Coop being our surprise guest!

Listening to:

Cruachan - Blood on the Black Robe

Thanks to:

Coop
Odyssic
philonous

At 1/19/12 12:47 PM, Odyssic wrote: Congrats to:
Muffin: 22,000 Experience

At 1/19/12 12:39 PM, Bahamut wrote: It's the way the seasons are done over there.

This is getting confusing, I mean, some people count the movies as series 5.

And some may consider season 5 from the broadcast format. If that's the case, the latest season will be the eighth. Goddamn confusions.

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

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

Yeah, I didn't really like that idea. Ah well, it's very rarely I actually need the cached pages from them.

Also, Operas style sheets > Google cache.

I never even used that feature from Opera.

Not even doing a few small things for kicks?

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

But not doing things for the heck of it?

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.

If the bootleg has some rarity value, then yes. Something like Slough Feg's compilation album consisting of bootlegged live shows and old demos is a nice treat for the fans, even if the sound quality isn't up to standards.

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.

Did I mention Latvia is rather shady for products? I bought Black Sabbath's Forbidden from a seller from Latvia and the feel of the CD case did not feel right. Meh, it's not a good Sabbath record anyway and I wouldn't have to resort to any bootleggers if these albums were kept in print from the labels.

At 1/20/12 05:25 AM, Haggard wrote: Damn you BBS and you lack of supporting foreign characters.

Redesign?

At 1/21/12 02:05 AM, LegolaSS wrote: also was going to get to 10k saves today... but im going to go to the UK meet later, so i'm up nice and early for that :P

woot

Hooray, 2x10k for you shortly! It was great seeing you at the meet, even if I didn't talk to you a whole lot. D:

At 1/22/12 06:32 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/21/12 08:07 AM, Odyssic wrote: A new challenge has entered... Manchester!

3 wins, 2 losses at Super Mario Kart, courtesy of Nintendisco at Kyoto Lounge yesterday. Good fun was had by all.

Whatever, I was just owning Keith, Kes and Tommy as Spy on TF2. Couldn't have asked for more seeing as I had such a bitter taste towards the fate of the game now.

At 1/21/12 10:39 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: I took on With a Little Help From My Friends and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. I had a third song requested but we all left before I even had that chance. Ah well, there's always the next meet for another night of karaoke fun.

Luis was not happy with how long we had to sway for Always look on the bright side of life. It did drag on a little.

I felt it was drawn out as well. The lyrics on screen weren't perfect, especially for With a Little Help From My Friends, unless that song has to be done with a duet.

At 1/22/12 09:54 AM, Sentio wrote: And tomorrow I will reach level 45, my final level before the redesign. Who knows how things will look after that!

That's nice and all but you need to get a move on with passing me in B/P. :P

Congratulations to

Tycrane - 100,000 medal points, Brigadier General & 10.00 Total voting power
Quinny - Master Sergeant
DoctorStrongbad - 56,000 B/P
Sentio - Top 300 Experience

At 1/22/12 12:49 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/22/12 09:54 AM, Sentio wrote: And tomorrow I will reach level 45, my final level before the redesign. Who knows how things will look after that!

That's nice and all but you need to get a move on with passing me in B/P. :P

Now is that a criticism of my snail like pace (for which work takes all of the blame), in which case it is only a matter of time (all be it a lot of it) before the inevitable happens...

Or is it a veiled statement that you will be coming out of B/P retirement post redesign due to some unforseen change that us mere mortals are unaware of, thus giving me a short time to make my move before you no doubt fly back past again...

Just hit 1000 total medals

Level 35.

I finally feel like I got out of the lower levels.

Level 33.5 was the longest level-up ever :(

Coop, now beardless returns to the office to congratulate:
Sentio: Top 300 Experienced
philonous: 1,000 Medals
Kevin: Level 35

At 1/22/12 12:49 PM, Bahamut wrote: That was a damn good time at Manchester, especially with Coop being our surprise guest!

When did you find out that I was coming?

At 1/22/12 06:32 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/21/12 08:07 AM, Odyssic wrote: A new challenge has entered... Manchester!

3 wins, 2 losses at Super Mario Kart, courtesy of Nintendisco at Kyoto Lounge yesterday. Good fun was had by all.

Whatever, I was just owning Keith, Kes and Tommy as Spy on TF2. Couldn't have asked for more seeing as I had such a bitter taste towards the fate of the game now.

I'm seriously considering seeing if I can look into opening a business like Kyoto Lounge back at home. I wonder how well it would fare?

At 1/21/12 10:39 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: I took on With a Little Help From My Friends and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. I had a third song requested but we all left before I even had that chance. Ah well, there's always the next meet for another night of karaoke fun.

Luis was not happy with how long we had to sway for Always look on the bright side of life. It did drag on a little.

I felt it was drawn out as well. The lyrics on screen weren't perfect, especially for With a Little Help From My Friends, unless that song has to be done with a duet.

Yes, but Gagsy wasn't there.

My experience.........IT'S OVER 5,000!!!

Well just ;).
How many times can I do that........Honestly.

While I might feel that it is necessary to mark each rank up from here on in as an achievement, I'm only celebrating the doubles and the tens for now.

#99 for experience

At 1/23/12 05:31 AM, Decky wrote: My experience.........IT'S OVER 5,000!!!

Well just ;).
How many times can I do that........Honestly.

How are your experience points ending in a 5?
I know that back in the day there were ways, but that was a long time ago.

At 1/22/12 12:49 PM, Bahamut wrote: Hooray, 2x10k for you shortly! It was great seeing you at the meet, even if I didn't talk to you a whole lot.

tis fine, you were busy stabbing people as a spy :D *also sneaking up on me in prophunt XD*

At 1/22/12 06:32 AM, Coop wrote: 3 wins, 2 losses at Super Mario Kart, courtesy of Nintendisco at Kyoto Lounge yesterday. Good fun was had by all.

you were robbed of a prize!... 3 in a row you got!...

anyway... i have managed to get mysaves up to 10,000 at long last :D

next checkpoint is 44,444 total stats :3

At 1/23/12 06:55 AM, sandwich-eater wrote:

At 1/23/12 05:31 AM, Decky wrote: My experience.........IT'S OVER 5,000!!!

How are your experience points ending in a 5?

Because when I signed up and you are asked if you want a daily e mail about the daily top 5 (to start with 5 eperience) or/and one about the weekly top 5 (for another d experiebce) I just picked weekly.

I'm hoping I can get my Manchester recap done tonight but I do have an urge to play some TF2.

Listening to:

Savatage - Poets and Madmen

At 1/22/12 03:30 PM, Sentio wrote: Or is it a veiled statement that you will be coming out of B/P retirement post redesign due to some unforseen change that us mere mortals are unaware of, thus giving me a short time to make my move before you no doubt fly back past again...

Eh, I'd rather they don't add more ranks for B/P.

At 1/23/12 04:03 AM, Coop wrote:

At 1/22/12 12:49 PM, Bahamut wrote: That was a damn good time at Manchester, especially with Coop being our surprise guest!

When did you find out that I was coming?

Dean told me via text when I arrived at the Premier Inn.

Whatever, I was just owning Keith, Kes and Tommy as Spy on TF2. Couldn't have asked for more seeing as I had such a bitter taste towards the fate of the game now.

I'm seriously considering seeing if I can look into opening a business like Kyoto Lounge back at home. I wonder how well it would fare?

Well, you'll need like £10,000 just for a room full of high spec computers. If I want a desktop like that, I'll have to throw all my money away for one.

I felt it was drawn out as well. The lyrics on screen weren't perfect, especially for With a Little Help From My Friends, unless that song has to be done with a duet.

Yes, but Gagsy wasn't there.

I have a song planned when I see her again.

At 1/23/12 07:05 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 1/22/12 12:49 PM, Bahamut wrote: Hooray, 2x10k for you shortly! It was great seeing you at the meet, even if I didn't talk to you a whole lot.

tis fine, you were busy stabbing people as a spy :D *also sneaking up on me in prophunt XD*

Both were fun times. We ended up looking at each other's screens just to see where we were hiding or lurking around. My favourite moment was hiding as the girder which actually blended well.

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

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

Lol, slacker...

I'm allowed to.

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

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

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.

I think they take time-outs every now and again, right? Seems no more than just a short break though.

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

Lol! Nice logic there indeed.

I suppose he just wanted to wait for back-up or something. Or show off...

Yeah, but who's gonna pay their salary?

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

Yeah, but apparently they don't want to invest in it or otherwise they would've already done so.

... That is why they must have these "Keep your hands on board" warnings at roller coaster rides!

"Warning: This product can burn eyes!"
Warning was displayed on a curling iron...

That does imply someone actually tried it once :p

This is what we got the Darwin Awards for.

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

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

I think they weren't actually that psychedelic actually. Well apart from building giant walls on stage and things like that :p

According to my dad they were just one of the first bands who actually cared about setting up a live show worth experiencing.

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...

That's what I'll get when being asked about my favourite Beatles song. There are many I enjoy, but the problem is that they don't really have a "magnum opus" if you know what I mean.

I believe Hey Jude is their most highly rated song here, but I don't really see what's so great about that particular one.

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

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

WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????

I haven't been on TF2 in a while. Did they really give the Scout a sword now? That's ridiculous.

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

Bah, we need more bands to argue about.

If only the The Beatles vs The Rolling Stones thing was still going...

That would've given a ruckus on the internet.

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.

Indeed. I get that they have made their mark on pop music, but shouldn't we simply make a Pop Music Hall of Fame where we can put people like ABBA, Michael Jackson and Madonna?

Raphael