Forgot to say this, 16,000 Experience Points!

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.

Listening to:

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

At 9/4/12 02:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/3/12 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now has revival seasons 1-4 of Doctor Who on DVD. I've already cleared season 1 but the others I will be occupied with for the next week or two. Soon I'll be needing seasons 5 and 6 on DVD and then I can be with everyone else and watch the new episodes as they come by.

I just finished watching "The Prisoner". That's another series worth looking into.

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

The highest I had with my posting rate was 24 and that was in early 2006 so it's slowly been doing downhill since. I will never see myself posting the way I did in 2005 again on here. Most of the posts then were crap but it was a more active BBS.

I'm not sure if I ever posted that many posts on a single day.

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.

If you don't know them, you won't know whether they're scum or not but I can assure you they are.

I didn't even bother to look it up. I have more important things to do. ^^

Good, you keep away from them. It's a good thing to do.

Once they do figure out better graphics, it only turns to bad loading times and other sorts of bullshit.

I don't think "long loading times" and "better graphics" are correlated. Like, I've seen some shitty graphics, but the game still took ages to load up. But GTA: Vice City didn't have long loading times, but the graphcis and the animations where OK on PS2.

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

And that's why there are programs out there to test your machine against modern games just so you can be sure you can play it just fine.

But that's just another negative thing for PC gaming, imo. I have to test out things, or I have to download third party programs.

You mean a free online test is bad? At least it gives you a warning.

Coop wonders how the story ends. Congratulations to:
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Tony-Darkgrave: Level 37
Nijsse: 1,111 Posts; Level 55 That's so groovy, it's off the scale
Knuckstrike: 200,000 Medal Points
HAcsev: 16,000 Experience

At 9/4/12 09:16 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/4/12 06:33 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/3/12 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now has revival seasons 1-4 of Doctor Who on DVD. I've already cleared season 1 but the others I will be occupied with for the next week or two. Soon I'll be needing seasons 5 and 6 on DVD and then I can be with everyone else and watch the new episodes as they come by.

I think that I've grown disenchanted with the franchise. I'll stick to Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother for now. When it comes to BBC series, I did enjoy Merlin, though that was another that I kind of fell out of touch with, as Bex would go on about it so much. At least my friends and I can crack Harry Dresden jokes now and she's not got a clue what we're going on about...

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...

I use shuffle on my iPod at times and last time I did it I was getting loads of my favourite songs by pure luck. I should do shuffle play on my iPod more often.

I started with Black Sunshine and got about a dozen of my top favoured quality tracks in a row, which was nice. I even got "Masterchef Synthesia" in there, which I've not heard for weeks.

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

At 9/4/12 11:47 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote: Not sure who is a review mod anymore but thought i would pass this along.

I've dealt with it - I'm still a review mod.

At 9/4/12 12:38 PM, XwaynecoltX wrote: and here is another one of another acount, seems like it could just be alts pushing up review scores or something

And I'd dealt with this one before reading your post, so something in the system works :P

At 9/4/12 02:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/3/12 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now has revival seasons 1-4 of Doctor Who on DVD. I've already cleared season 1 but the others I will be occupied with for the next week or two. Soon I'll be needing seasons 5 and 6 on DVD and then I can be with everyone else and watch the new episodes as they come by.

I just finished watching "The Prisoner". That's another series worth looking into.

The original one, or the shitty remake?

I am not a number, I am a free man!

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

Over 50,000 medals once again

With that vote, you now have 16,030 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 39. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 6 hours, 52 minutes, and 8 seconds.

At 8/31/12 02:42 PM, Fagamut wrote:

At 8/29/12 09:01 PM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 21,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 21,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 21,000 experience points.

Wow i haven't been here in awhile! College is going great, classes are fun... Bio, chem, bio and chem labs. I want to be active again but i doubt i'll be anytime soon. Miss you all

oh and 13.00 total vp!

Yahoo, level 48!

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.

At 9/4/12 02:04 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/3/12 07:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Now has revival seasons 1-4 of Doctor Who on DVD. I've already cleared season 1 but the others I will be occupied with for the next week or two. Soon I'll be needing seasons 5 and 6 on DVD and then I can be with everyone else and watch the new episodes as they come by.

I just finished watching "The Prisoner". That's another series worth looking into.

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

The highest I had with my posting rate was 24 and that was in early 2006 so it's slowly been doing downhill since. I will never see myself posting the way I did in 2005 again on here. Most of the posts then were crap but it was a more active BBS.

I'm not sure if I ever posted that many posts on a single day.

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.

If you don't know them, you won't know whether they're scum or not but I can assure you they are.

I didn't even bother to look it up. I have more important things to do. ^^

Good, you keep away from them. It's a good thing to do.

Maybe I'll look it up later. :P

Once they do figure out better graphics, it only turns to bad loading times and other sorts of bullshit.

I don't think "long loading times" and "better graphics" are correlated. Like, I've seen some shitty graphics, but the game still took ages to load up. But GTA: Vice City didn't have long loading times, but the graphcis and the animations where OK on PS2.

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.

And that's why there are programs out there to test your machine against modern games just so you can be sure you can play it just fine.

But that's just another negative thing for PC gaming, imo. I have to test out things, or I have to download third party programs.

You mean a free online test is bad? At least it gives you a warning.

You shouldn't even have to test anything before you buy a new game. It should just run on your machine. Another thing I didn't even mention is the bullshit you have to put up with if you are installing a new game. Shit like SecuROM shouldn't be installed anywhere. "Oh wait, you have Nero Burning ROM installed? I'm sorry, but you cannot play this game!" Fuck you, I payed for this game, so I have a right to play it and you shouldn't care about what else I have installed on my machine!

On a totally unrelated side note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApCMW1F7a0
Fuck yeah! I want this game! NOW!

Coop prepares to step back into the breach, while congratulating:
Decky: 50,000 Medal Points
Hacsev: Level 39. Groo- Oh wait.
SirAlex: Level 21
Sekhem: Brigadier General
EmoDragon: 21,000 Experience
idiot-buster: 13.00 Total Voting Power
DrHood: Level 48

Hmm, perhaps I can make something useful, with all of those metals I wasted hours smelting last night on LOTRO...

60,000 Medal points.

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

Wanna ask the creator of Newgrounds, Tom Fulp a question? Well you can! The Interviewer is putting the power in your hands to ask the questions. Just click above!

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.