Listening to:

Bathory - Nordland I

Thanks to:

Coop
Odyssic

At 9/5/12 05:56 AM, Coop wrote: Coop wonders how the story ends.

This comes to mind...

At 9/4/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote: Keep in mind I'm not using the BBC itself to watch Doctor Who. Yet. It'll be fun to see which will be first: The mid-season finale or myself catching up with the modern series.

It depends on how many episodes you're watching a week. You have the chance to watch them all before episode 4 of the series, given that episode 1 was aired on Saturday...

So that's about three weeks off. I could do that if I fully focus. I'll have to make a real dedication after the weekend, though.

My iPod did not give me luck yesterday. Had three interlude tracks in a row. I really should take such tracks out of the playlists dedicated to shuffle plays.

Just make one called "metal" and have done with it :P

I have over 10,000 tracks to cover and I want to include all the progressive rock as well.

At 9/5/12 05:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: The house could have been set aflames last night. The boiler had a leak and it just so happened it was dripping over a power box. This caused all the sockets barring the odd one to all go down. The electrician company thought it wasn't an emergency but that leak could have caused the whole house to explode. The call centre advisor needs a slap on the wrist for possibly being responsible for the destruction of our house. Good thing my parents were vigilant and weren't going to back down one bit.

Well, that would have been a first - an explosion on the Wirral that wasn't down to an angry dragon :P

Glad to hear that everyone's alright

And the boiler was looked into today so it should be all good now.

At 9/6/12 02:41 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/5/12 05:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: The house could have been set aflames last night. The boiler had a leak and it just so happened it was dripping over a power box. This caused all the sockets barring the odd one to all go down. The electrician company thought it wasn't an emergency but that leak could have caused the whole house to explode. The call centre advisor needs a slap on the wrist for possibly being responsible for the destruction of our house. Good thing my parents were vigilant and weren't going to back down one bit.

Good thing you discovered it before anything happened.

Well, what was happening throughout the day was some strange thuds. Had not idea what it was and by 8:30PM, the thud happened twice and then all the power sockets went down.

I know that show well but only because of Iron Maiden. :P

Yeah, but the show is good as well. :P
Or you could just try and watch that Simpsons episode: http://www.wtso.net/movie/389-913_The_Joy_of_Sect.html

But I've seen that Simpsons episode many times. Still good, though.

I did make 100 posts in a single day but that was all the way back in 2005. It was the peak of the BBS as well as my best motivation to post.

I know my post rate went up for the last World Cup and for the Olympics as well. But I really don't know how many posts I made during that time.

My post rate is just steady but slowly declining.

I recall the later games on the PS1. FFIX for example had some shit loading times.

I did only play through that game once, so I don't know how long the loading times where. But maybe it was just your PS1 acting weird? I know that the very first models of the PS1 had an overheating problem. And they ran faster when you put them on the side.

For random battles, it did take its sweet time but at least it's not as as bad as FFV and VI on PS1. Thankfully I traded in FFVI on the PS1 yesterday as I have it on GBA.

9.00 Base Voting Power!

At 9/6/12 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/6/12 02:41 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/5/12 05:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: The house could have been set aflames last night. The boiler had a leak and it just so happened it was dripping over a power box. This caused all the sockets barring the odd one to all go down. The electrician company thought it wasn't an emergency but that leak could have caused the whole house to explode. The call centre advisor needs a slap on the wrist for possibly being responsible for the destruction of our house. Good thing my parents were vigilant and weren't going to back down one bit.

Good thing you discovered it before anything happened.

Well, what was happening throughout the day was some strange thuds. Had not idea what it was and by 8:30PM, the thud happened twice and then all the power sockets went down.

Just imagine this had happened during the night...

I know that show well but only because of Iron Maiden. :P

Yeah, but the show is good as well. :P
Or you could just try and watch that Simpsons episode: http://www.wtso.net/movie/389-913_The_Joy_of_Sect.html

But I've seen that Simpsons episode many times. Still good, though.

So, you are all set for the real series. :P

I did make 100 posts in a single day but that was all the way back in 2005. It was the peak of the BBS as well as my best motivation to post.

I know my post rate went up for the last World Cup and for the Olympics as well. But I really don't know how many posts I made during that time.

My post rate is just steady but slowly declining.

As I've said, my post rate cannot decline, since it's very low to begin with. ^^

I recall the later games on the PS1. FFIX for example had some shit loading times.

I did only play through that game once, so I don't know how long the loading times where. But maybe it was just your PS1 acting weird? I know that the very first models of the PS1 had an overheating problem. And they ran faster when you put them on the side.

For random battles, it did take its sweet time but at least it's not as as bad as FFV and VI on PS1. Thankfully I traded in FFVI on the PS1 yesterday as I have it on GBA.

Hm, I have Final Fantasy Anthology, and I didn't notice any long loading times. Besides, Final Fantasy isn't exactly well known for its good graphics. :P
Gran Turismo is a game that had good graphcis for it's time, and it didn't have overly long loading times. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver had absolutly no loading times (except for cut scenes), because it constantly streamed the content from the disc. That was pretty nice.

Medals from 400 Games

That's jumped quite a bit in the last few days. Let's see if I can keep this up...

At 9/6/12 02:41 AM, Haggard wrote: I know my post rate went up for the last World Cup and for the Olympics as well. But I really don't know how many posts I made during that time.

Mine too. I'm surprised no-one made a thread for the Paralympics. By the time I realized it was already 3/4 days in so I didn't bother, I figured if anyone was interested in it, there would have already been a thread made. I have watched most of it though. I find it far more inspiring than the Olympics. China are just blitzing it. 2nd through to 6th is pretty close. (Medal Count).

Australian swimmer Jacqueline Freney is a freaking machine. She has 7 Gold Medals for this her first Paralympics and still has 5 races to swim and it's quite possible she could end up getting 12 Golds in 1 Olympics. Add to that the fact that our Champion male swimmer Matt Cowdrey has also racked up 4 Gold Medals (for a total of 12 Gold Medals in 3 Paralympics) with a couple more swims to go and a good chance of winning more Gold.

Has anyone else been watching the Paralympics? If so, how is your team doing and what do you think of it all so far? Have you enjoyed it? Has it lived up to your expectations? What's your favourite event? Who's your favourite Paralympian?

Coop prepares for a very active day, while congratulating:
Jolly: 60,000 Medal Points
Haggard: 9.00 Base Voting Power
Martin: Level 33

Listening to:
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Foo Fighters - Floaty

At 9/6/12 07:35 AM, Odyssic wrote: Great start to the day, been sick. I hate being sick.

I prefer it to having the runs.

At 9/6/12 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/5/12 05:56 AM, Coop wrote: Coop wonders how the story ends.

This comes to mind...

Meh, you're just associating titles and perhaps lyrics

At 9/4/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote: Keep in mind I'm not using the BBC itself to watch Doctor Who. Yet. It'll be fun to see which will be first: The mid-season finale or myself catching up with the modern series.

It depends on how many episodes you're watching a week. You have the chance to watch them all before episode 4 of the series, given that episode 1 was aired on Saturday...

So that's about three weeks off. I could do that if I fully focus. I'll have to make a real dedication after the weekend, though.

I've got a few films to watch and with a few friends, I'll be able to get through them as well :P

My iPod did not give me luck yesterday. Had three interlude tracks in a row. I really should take such tracks out of the playlists dedicated to shuffle plays.

Just make one called "metal" and have done with it :P

I have over 10,000 tracks to cover and I want to include all the progressive rock as well.

Did you see the prog rock awards? You have five times as many tracks as me, btw...

At 9/7/12 02:24 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Has anyone else been watching the Paralympics? If so, how is your team doing and what do you think of it all so far? Have you enjoyed it? Has it lived up to your expectations? What's your favourite event? Who's your favourite Paralympian?

I thought that Oscar Pistorious was a bit petulant after losing. He could have had longer blades, but chose to go with modern able bodied athlete spec, so he lost out...

Team Paralympic GB is doing really well. 108 medals is better than last time and we're the main competitor for China, who only have 183, so the gap is not as big as it was. We're getting there.

11,000 Blams!

Interview with Tom Fulp

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Also yes, Tom Fulp has given permission to do this thread.

32,000 Saves.

Coop prepares for the biggest day in his cricket club's recent (past 10 years) history. Congratulations to:
sushi13: 11,000 Blams
gamejunkie: 32,000 Saves

Thank you to:
Odyssic

At 9/7/12 08:01 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 9/7/12 06:07 AM, Coop wrote: I prefer it to having the runs.

I don't know, both have a same feeling, you get sweaty doing both, instead of being sick out the mouth, it comes out the... well you get my point.

I don't like being afraid to fart for 2-3 days afterwards. When I'm sick, I feel bad, but I'm not afraid to burp.

Passed 18000 Saves

22000 exp points. :)

Coop recovers from the festivities and is happy to report both promotions. Congratulations to:
Gambit: 9.00 Base Voting Power
hiddeninthecrowd: 11,111 Posts
LiquidFire: 18,000 Saves
Addict: 7,000 Experience
Dream-of-Duke: 22,000 Experience

At 9/8/12 07:54 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 9/8/12 06:38 AM, Coop wrote: I don't like being afraid to fart for 2-3 days afterwards. When I'm sick, I feel bad, but I'm not afraid to burp.

Oh god.

Well, it's true!

***Cricket News***

I'll be doing a news post about this either later, or over the next week or so, but both of our teams won yesterday, thus ensuring that we got promotions to Worcestershire County League Division 2 (1st XI) and Division 1 (2nd XI) for next season. I've been the scorer for two seasons and have overseen three promotions from a possible four. Not bad at all. Now we need to keep it up and see if we can carry on this vein of form, well into the next season.

I'm overseeing a delivery of a few tonnes of loam, grass seed and fertiliser this week, so hopefully we'll be ready to do the end of season work, towards the end of September. That should help to give us a ground to match the facilities and the fact that we probably have the best teas in our divisions from last season.

just broke into top 1K B/Pers!

W00T W00T!!

5000th post

32,000 B/P!

9,000 Saves

I've returned from my weekend break.

Listening to:

Death - The Sound of Perseverance

At 9/6/12 01:07 PM, Haggard wrote: 9.00 Base Voting Power!

So little VP achievements left now.

At 9/6/12 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, what was happening throughout the day was some strange thuds. Had not idea what it was and by 8:30PM, the thud happened twice and then all the power sockets went down.

Just imagine this had happened during the night...

Now that's an even worse situation. I'm just glad we did catch on in the evening.

But I've seen that Simpsons episode many times. Still good, though.

So, you are all set for the real series. :P

That is good to know. I'll see where my TV schedules go over the next few months but I still have tons of Doctor Who to watch.

My post rate is just steady but slowly declining.

As I've said, my post rate cannot decline, since it's very low to begin with. ^^

So it can slowly improve. :P

For random battles, it did take its sweet time but at least it's not as as bad as FFV and VI on PS1. Thankfully I traded in FFVI on the PS1 yesterday as I have it on GBA.

Hm, I have Final Fantasy Anthology, and I didn't notice any long loading times. Besides, Final Fantasy isn't exactly well known for its good graphics. :P

FFIV's loading times aren't an issue. It's bad in FFV and VI.

Gran Turismo is a game that had good graphcis for it's time, and it didn't have overly long loading times. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver had absolutly no loading times (except for cut scenes), because it constantly streamed the content from the disc. That was pretty nice.

Now if only more games were smart enough to do that.

At 9/7/12 06:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/6/12 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote: This comes to mind...

Meh, you're just associating titles and perhaps lyrics

But that's what I always do.

So that's about three weeks off. I could do that if I fully focus. I'll have to make a real dedication after the weekend, though.

I've got a few films to watch and with a few friends, I'll be able to get through them as well :P

By the end of the week, I am to finish off season 4 so I'll have the specials and seasons 5 and 6 to cover on DVD/blu-ray. Then I'll be with everyone else to watch the new episodes.

I have over 10,000 tracks to cover and I want to include all the progressive rock as well.

Did you see the prog rock awards? You have five times as many tracks as me, btw...

I don't usually focus on awards.

Congratulations, Bahamut!

Andy Murray wins his first major title over Novak Djokovic, in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Thought I'd like to rub it in a little and take the piss, basically. Wow.

At 9/10/12 09:04 PM, Coop wrote: Andy Murray wins his first major title over Novak Djokovic, in Flushing Meadows, New York.

it was a great game i must say. never saw djokovic tired like that.

by the way, level up: 36 right now.

21,000 Saves!

Deity Whistle. My hard work has finally paid off.

Coop watches a few highlights from last night's Tennis, while congratulating:
Tony-Darkgrave: Top 1,000 B/Per
NinoGrounds: 5,000 Posts
sushi13: 32,000 B/P; 21,000 Saves
Decky: 9,000 Saves
rahfa: Level 36
LiquidFire: Deity Whistle

Listening to:
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Alice Cooper - Deeper

At 9/10/12 08:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/7/12 06:07 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/6/12 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote: This comes to mind...

Meh, you're just associating titles and perhaps lyrics

But that's what I always do.

I'm not saying it's a problem. Not all of the time, at least :P

So that's about three weeks off. I could do that if I fully focus. I'll have to make a real dedication after the weekend, though.

I've got a few films to watch and with a few friends, I'll be able to get through them as well :P

By the end of the week, I am to finish off season 4 so I'll have the specials and seasons 5 and 6 to cover on DVD/blu-ray. Then I'll be with everyone else to watch the new episodes.

Well, my copy of RED has arrived. I've been portrayed by Karl Urban, which could be worse.

I have over 10,000 tracks to cover and I want to include all the progressive rock as well.

Did you see the prog rock awards? You have five times as many tracks as me, btw...

I don't usually focus on awards.

Yeah, but it was the first ones, with Pink Floyd and Rush getting a lot of the awards.

At 9/11/12 02:04 AM, rahfa wrote:

At 9/10/12 09:04 PM, Coop wrote: Andy Murray wins his first major title over Novak Djokovic, in Flushing Meadows, New York.

it was a great game i must say. never saw djokovic tired like that.

I thought that the wheels had come off, when Murray went into the final set, having lost two, to allow Djokovic back in. But he dug deep. Really deep. Looks like the Olympics rerally galvanised him.

Listening to:

Destruction - Infernal Overkill

Thanks to:

Coop. lol!

At 9/11/12 03:18 AM, LiquidFire wrote: Deity Whistle. My hard work has finally paid off.

For 2012's standards, that's very impressive.

At 9/11/12 06:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/10/12 08:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/7/12 06:07 AM, Coop wrote: Meh, you're just associating titles and perhaps lyrics

But that's what I always do.

I'm not saying it's a problem. Not all of the time, at least :P

It's always a good thing to do to keep yourself associated with things.

By the end of the week, I am to finish off season 4 so I'll have the specials and seasons 5 and 6 to cover on DVD/blu-ray. Then I'll be with everyone else to watch the new episodes.

Well, my copy of RED has arrived. I've been portrayed by Karl Urban, which could be worse.

Yeah, I'm already going deep in season 4 for Doctor Who. Once I get my next Jobseeker Alllowance payment, then it's all good to get the rest there. Although, I do have my parents' wedding anniversary as well as my sister's birthday so September likes to keep itself busy.

Holidays again. This time not in a far away country but in Germany (on Amrum this time). So, I guess I won't be very active during the next week.

The worst thing is, that I missed a deposit yesterday. First time this happened in about 3 or 4 years. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later....

I reached level 45 awesome!

Coop gets ready to greet his niece and nephew, while congratulating:
phantomlassuk: Level 45

At 9/11/12 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: Thanks to:

Coop. lol!

Well, if I'm dumb enough to tune into 5 live at that time in the morning...

At 9/11/12 06:13 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/10/12 08:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/7/12 06:07 AM, Coop wrote: Meh, you're just associating titles and perhaps lyrics

But that's what I always do.

I'm not saying it's a problem. Not all of the time, at least :P

It's always a good thing to do to keep yourself associated with things.

Well this weel, I've been keeping myself associated with my facial hair, despite being clean shaven, when I work.

By the end of the week, I am to finish off season 4 so I'll have the specials and seasons 5 and 6 to cover on DVD/blu-ray. Then I'll be with everyone else to watch the new episodes.

Well, my copy of RED has arrived. I've been portrayed by Karl Urban, which could be worse.

Yeah, I'm already going deep in season 4 for Doctor Who. Once I get my next Jobseeker Alllowance payment, then it's all good to get the rest there. Although, I do have my parents' wedding anniversary as well as my sister's birthday so September likes to keep itself busy.

Ah, like my family in April.

At 9/11/12 05:00 PM, Haggard wrote: The worst thing is, that I missed a deposit yesterday. First time this happened in about 3 or 4 years. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later....

Holy cow, Batman!

8 years on Newgrounds, fuck yeah!

EXP

2011: 25,480
2012: 29,140
Difference: 3,660
Comment: Just what I want to see. Not a single deposit missed at all and this has been ongoing for four years now. It's even better when I managed to get my deposit on the redesign launch as well.

Level

2011: 48
2012: 52
Difference: 4
Comment: Just what I expected but there isn't plenty of time for levelling up now. Give me another three years and this part will be made redundant like my B/P.

Posts

2011: 26,557
2012: 29,175
Difference: 2,618
Comment: Major step down from last year with my +4k but at least despite the BBS slowing down, I'll easily have 30k posts before the next NG birthday.

Medals

2011: 1,230
2012: 1,818
Difference: 588
Comment: Of course, I'm slacking with medals but I'll try and do better next year.

Total Points (EXP + B/P + Posts + Reviews + Medals)

2011: 132,273
2012: 139,131
Difference: 6,858
Comment: I know it's less than 10k but to only rely on EXP, posts and medals, that's not so bad in my books. 150k will be something in 2015, though so I'm still a way off for that.

Medals from 888 games.

At 9/12/12 09:05 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Medals from 888 games.

So you played 888 games well congrats on that, where did you get that not that I really care lmao. But hey Look at me I have a new aura color comment if you know what that means hahaha sup.

Base voting power of 8.00