At 4/15/13 08:30 AM, DiMono wrote: Hey check it out, I'm level 30

Also, apparently in the last 9 days I've gained 3000 total points, because Newgrounds Logs says I just passed 50,000 points and now have 52,003. That seems seriously wrong, because I've only gained 376 B/P in that time and I really don't post that much. So either something got miscalculated, or something had been getting miscalculated for the longest time and just got fixed. Anyone have some insight?

At 4/15/13 08:34 AM, DiMono wrote:

Anyone have some insight?

It's counting medals in your total stats now, is that it? :P

A few notes:

1. No more Bahamut. Name became less and less attached to me and it's something I'm gonna put behind me. Was gonna go with another name but this one keeps what I do on here separate from everything else easier.

2. I've given up the friendship with my ex. She was far too much trouble from the start and hardly expresses any feelings for me now. She has more for her partner before dating me than myself. That says it all, really.

3. I shall enjoy the live shows approaching tomorrow and Wednesday!

At 4/15/13 11:15 AM, FromADistance wrote: 1. No more Bahamut.

:O

At 4/15/13 10:32 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 4/15/13 08:34 AM, DiMono wrote:

Anyone have some insight?

It's counting medals in your total stats now, is that it? :P

I think so; I noticed that right after posting, but I didn't want to make 3 posts in a row.

At 4/15/13 11:15 AM, FromADistance wrote: A few notes:

1. No more Bahamut. Name became less and less attached to me and it's something I'm gonna put behind me. Was gonna go with another name but this one keeps what I do on here separate from everything else easier.

I always feel a bit sad when users change their name. Mostly because I always get confused when I see posters with 10k+ posts yet I don't remember their name.

Thanks for voting, Metal-Therapy! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 12,000 experience points. You need 90 more to get to Level 34.

444 art reviews :D

70.000 Medal Points.
Level 16.

At 4/12/13 04:39 PM, Metal-Therapy wrote: 43,000 b/p.

Also, NGlog is now counting medals! :D

Nice addition,but i think that NGLOGS should count the medal points too,because every medal has a value (from 0 to 100),and a 100 pts medal is much more valuable than a 5 pts one.

At 4/16/13 01:15 PM, TheRed555 wrote: Nice addition,but i think that NGLOGS should count the medal points too,because every medal has a value (from 0 to 100),and a 100 pts medal is much more valuable than a 5 pts one.

I'm strictly referring to the "Total Stats" of each user, which is exp+blams+saves+posts+reviews+medals. (NGLog goes by the Hexalist, which largely determines what does and doesn't constitute a "stat" here in the NG community. :P

Also, NGLog does keep track of medal points, they just aren't part of your "total stat" tally.

At 4/14/13 06:50 AM, Coop wrote:

At 4/9/13 02:40 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/8/13 07:16 PM, Bahamut wrote: So... that witch is no longer with us.

My mother was a witch, she was burned alive.
Thankless little bitch, for the tears I cried.
Take her down now, don't want to see her face
All blistered and burnt, can't hide my disgrace.

I prefer a poem that I learned when I was very young:

"Here lies the body of our old MP,
Who promised the earth to you and me.
Her promises she never did fulfil,
And now the rotter's dead,
And lying still!"

Which in turn reminds me of a slogan, for which I didn't find a good translation... so, here's a word-for-word translation:
"Here lie my bones. I whished those where yours."
Not as catchy as in german, though. :/
"Hier liegen meine Gebeine. Ich wuenschte, es waeren deine."

At 4/14/13 10:36 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Yeah, I changed that name back. :P

At 4/13/13 08:47 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/12/13 11:38 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, that really is troublesome. I'm sorry for even bringing up the idea. XD

You silly dragon! :P

Ah well, that just makes me a lazy mod.

And now you're not even a dragon anymore.

Quite. It's really had a bad time this week and it still feels like shit. I've been thinking about my life way too much. I really don't know what good I'm doing out there.

I guess everyone has to go through a phase like this at some point in their lifes. :/

Those thoughts are really eating at me right now. Here I am going to be 23 in a few months time and if my life can't progress soon, there won't be any care for me due to my age at a later stage.

Well, I was 22 (nearly 23) when everything changed for me... ;)

I suppose we all needed a character who we could all relate to. If we're going to go back to that space exploring thing, maybe there's a co-incidence where there's another planet that has humans similar to us but with different aspects to them.

That's what I liked about the Hitchhiker's Guide. Arthur Dent actually was an earthling, but he still traveled to some weird places.

I really should read that book, even though I'm not much of a reader.

There's always the BBC series, which is pretty good.

An underground tunnel walkway would be nice but I imagine it was troublesome enough just to build the two tunnels from the last century alone.

Water is just silly. It's never there, when you need it. And when you don't need it, there's plenty of it.

At 4/15/13 11:15 AM, FromADistance wrote: A few notes:

1. No more Bahamut. Name became less and less attached to me and it's something I'm gonna put behind me. Was gonna go with another name but this one keeps what I do on here separate from everything else easier.

Well, viewed from a distance (sorry, I just had to do that), I liked the name Bahamut better.

2. I've given up the friendship with my ex. She was far too much trouble from the start and hardly expresses any feelings for me now. She has more for her partner before dating me than myself. That says it all, really.

Sorry to hear that. But this is just how things go. I hope this helps to let a troubled part of your life behind you.

3. I shall enjoy the live shows approaching tomorrow and Wednesday!

WOOO!

only took me... a few years to level up

"With that vote, you now have 17,765 experience points. You need -5 more to get to Level 41. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 0 hours, 51 minutes, and 30 seconds."

Level 22 get.

Farewell my beloved level 49, i shall miss you the most as you was the level i always wanted

Hi level 50... hows it going?...

also, blue dragon will live on... from a distance...

Anyone got some bananas in need of slicing?
They might get a bit bloody.

At 4/17/13 04:25 AM, LegolaSS wrote: Hi level 50... hows it going?...

Oh i see you also brought your friend 15,000 saves...

Lol I have the feeling that I've overshot this by one save. Nothing changed yet but I will keep my eye on this stat maddeningly for the next 24 hours just in case..

I want to dedicate this to Bahamut, yes a user who does not exist anymore. Andy, I understand the next to detach yourself away from something you've been for years, but I still feel its important that you're aware first how great and inspiring on this site Bahamut has been. Yes, you're still here, yes, you're still you and I'm not saying that one of you has died and you've risen from the ashes, I just hope you know that Bahamut has been someone a lot of us have looked up to on this site and its thanks to your fantastic 77,777 bp stat that I decided to go one up myself. That was because of you so thank you for that and please don't look down on who you were. Cause I really like that guy.

I'm never going to get 77,777 saves, not a chance in hell but I know I will always keep trying because thats all any of us noble stat whores can do. No matter what. If we give up then the bad ones win.

So lets not lose heart no matter what.

Reached 1.000 blams today.

At 4/17/13 01:15 PM, VJF wrote: Reached 1.000 blams today.

That was supposed to be a comma, saying 1,000 blams today.

BAHAMUT YOU SILLY GOOSE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ;_;

Should be for the best, anyway. It will take a while to get used to it, but since you changed your Twitter name I've been thinking that you were "moving on" from the name. Lasted 10 good years, yeah.

In which brings me to posting with iron-maiden instead of sir-nuts, because the latter is pretty silly and I'm no longer 12 years old hah

At 4/14/13 06:50 AM, Coop wrote: Coop waits patiently to watch the Chinese GP rerun.

Why is it always fun when a tyre detaches itself from the car and starts rolling down the track?

I usually feel like "HEY, that tyre is doing rather well in the race, keep it up!"

At 4/17/13 01:25 PM, Iron-Maiden wrote: In which brings me to posting with iron-maiden instead of sir-nuts, because the latter is pretty silly and I'm no longer 12 years old hah

Sir-Nuts is a pretty unique username, you should keep it. :P

Also, this got me thinking... am I the only one left who still has his original username? Coop83 is gone, Bahamut is gone... that leaves me, Odyssic and Auz. But both don't post too much in here anymore. And I'm not sure, if they changed their usernames at some point.

At 4/17/13 03:51 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/17/13 01:25 PM, Iron-Maiden wrote: In which brings me to posting with iron-maiden instead of sir-nuts, because the latter is pretty silly and I'm no longer 12 years old hah

Sir-Nuts is a pretty unique username, you should keep it. :P

I'd take the "Sir-" away, but I don't want to give the staff trouble for an account I use every now and then. Just Nuts would sound a lot better.

Also, this got me thinking... am I the only one left who still has his original username? Coop83 is gone, Bahamut is gone... that leaves me, Odyssic and Auz. But both don't post too much in here anymore. And I'm not sure, if they changed their usernames at some point.

If you count NEVR, BlueHippo, gfox... though they no longer wander around these parts. And I'm not sure if they haven't changed either at some point.

And I could go back to Sir-Nuts, who knows.

At 4/17/13 06:01 PM, Iron-Maiden wrote: though they no longer wander around these parts.

Although some of us still lurk in the shadows.

You know I just realized everyone in this group is always talking about something. Guess I should stick around somtime

59,000 B/P.

At 4/17/13 11:21 PM, gamejunkie wrote: 59,000 B/P.

And yesterday, my time, was my 46th Birthday. Yay!

At 4/17/13 11:56 AM, Gagsy wrote: Lol I have the feeling that I've overshot this by one save. Nothing changed yet but I will keep my eye on this stat maddeningly for the next 24 hours just in case..

Lmao. Fucking kill me.

I'm back now. Really enjoyed my time in London despite limited internet but as long as I got my deposit and checked on my Twitter feed all day, I was all good. Although, I did had to do a lot of catching up on Tumblr when I got back. As for the shows, Sonata Arctica were better than last time but Helloween and Gamma Ray's show does steal the spotlight by far, especially Helloween. Really strong setlist and the encore made me want to jizz. It was THAT GOOD! :D

Listening to:

Edge of Sanity - Crimson II

At 4/15/13 11:27 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 4/15/13 11:15 AM, FromADistance wrote: 1. No more Bahamut.

O

Yeah... I know this change is a shock to many but I really want to put the whole Bahamut thing behind me. Now if only I could change my username on Last.fm, then it'll be all good for me.

At 4/15/13 01:20 PM, LiquidFire wrote: I always feel a bit sad when users change their name. Mostly because I always get confused when I see posters with 10k+ posts yet I don't remember their name.

I know that feeling tally1989, I know that feeling. :P In all fairness, there isn't many users with over 30k posts so it won't be like someone made that many posts from out of nowhere.

At 4/16/13 03:55 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/14/13 10:36 AM, Bahamut wrote:

Yeah, I changed that name back. :P

You'll have to get used to it after a while. Hopefully in months to come people will see the better side of the username.

Ah well, that just makes me a lazy mod.

And now you're not even a dragon anymore.

Actually, I still am a dragon somewhere on the internet. Just not on Newgrounds anymore.

Those thoughts are really eating at me right now. Here I am going to be 23 in a few months time and if my life can't progress soon, there won't be any care for me due to my age at a later stage.

Well, I was 22 (nearly 23) when everything changed for me... ;)

Eh, I'll be 23 in a few months. I'll admit that I MIGHT have my eye on someone but I really have to go slower on this. This isn't a local person so I will have to step it up with the talking on the internet. It's only on Tumblr right now but I did send her a message or two relating to her communication issues as well as complimenting her looks. I might be thinking too big here but from what I've seen her posting on Tumblr, she would be an ideal partner in terms of common interests. For now, I would like to see if the friendship can develop. If you say your favourite bands are Blind Guardian and Wintersun, then you're already fucking awesome in my books! Tumblr is indeed finding the right people for me.

I really should read that book, even though I'm not much of a reader.

There's always the BBC series, which is pretty good.

Might give it a shot but I have other stuff to watch. If I were to put Doctor Who to one side, I would like to try out Game of Thrones and Sherlock. Oh, speaking of television, I did manage to finish off watching through all of Monty Python's Flying Circus after two years. It shouldn't take that long but season 3 had its slumps so it didn't motivate me for a while.

An underground tunnel walkway would be nice but I imagine it was troublesome enough just to build the two tunnels from the last century alone.

Water is just silly. It's never there, when you need it. And when you don't need it, there's plenty of it.

The dock's there, though...

At 4/15/13 11:15 AM, FromADistance wrote: A few notes:

1. No more Bahamut. Name became less and less attached to me and it's something I'm gonna put behind me. Was gonna go with another name but this one keeps what I do on here separate from everything else easier.

Well, viewed from a distance (sorry, I just had to do that), I liked the name Bahamut better.

Many will but time will adapt.

2. I've given up the friendship with my ex. She was far too much trouble from the start and hardly expresses any feelings for me now. She has more for her partner before dating me than myself. That says it all, really.

Sorry to hear that. But this is just how things go. I hope this helps to let a troubled part of your life behind you.

If she does dare show her face around here, she better damn well know that I won't want to see her at all. Although some friendship has been damaged as a result, it was about time people knew the truth. I don't like to be fucked around with having my feelings for her being nothing whilst she not only has interests in another guy, she also feels missed because of her ex who was with her prior to me. Looking back at it all, I'm sure I was just a rebound for her. If she didn't give me a fair shot with the relationship after putting me through so much, why should I give her a fair shot for friendship? At least with me it's been four weeks now so I've given myself a fair amount of time and by the time I do make an attempt to ask a girl out, that should be enough single time for me.

At 4/16/13 11:09 PM, Malachy wrote: only took me... a few years to level up

"With that vote, you now have 17,765 experience points. You need -5 more to get to Level 41. The next Grounds Gold day begins in 0 hours, 51 minutes, and 30 seconds."

Took you long enough. Shame you didn't get to level 41 on the 2007 redesign. I really liked the hammer from there.

At 4/17/13 11:56 AM, Gagsy wrote: I want to dedicate this to Bahamut, yes a user who does not exist anymore.

He lives on in my stats. :P

Andy, I understand the next to detach yourself away from something you've been for years, but I still feel its important that you're aware first how great and inspiring on this site Bahamut has been.

I won't deny that I've had fun times here with it and so did others but I felt it was about time I moved on from it. It's not a name I really go by for most places now. I have other names I adapt better to but I'm not gonna use them here.

Yes, you're still here, yes, you're still you and I'm not saying that one of you has died and you've risen from the ashes, I just hope you know that Bahamut has been someone a lot of us have looked up to on this site and its thanks to your fantastic 77,777 bp stat that I decided to go one up myself.

I like that I can inspire people to do things, even if it's the smallest of things.

That was because of you so thank you for that and please don't look down on who you were. Cause I really like that guy.

Ehhh, admittedly my low self esteem can cause me to look down on myself A LOT. Sad but that's how I am at times.

At 4/17/13 01:25 PM, Iron-Maiden wrote: BAHAMUT YOU SILLY GOOSE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ;_;

Should be for the best, anyway. It will take a while to get used to it, but since you changed your Twitter name I've been thinking that you were "moving on" from the name. Lasted 10 good years, yeah.

Ahh, so you thought on there. I eventually made that Twitter account a general account so I didn't want to have the Newgrounds stigma clogging it up. I was considering making a separate Twitter account for my NG shenanigans but I feel I'm at such a far point of my time on here that I wouldn't do a whole lot with it.

At 4/18/13 03:07 AM, Gagsy wrote:

At 4/17/13 11:56 AM, Gagsy wrote: Lol I have the feeling that I've overshot this by one save. Nothing changed yet but I will keep my eye on this stat maddeningly for the next 24 hours just in case..

Lmao. Fucking kill me.

I'm sure some favours can be done. ;)

At 4/18/13 06:58 PM, FromADistance wrote:

I'm sure some favours can be done. ;)

This only sounds degrading, sordid and erotic.

Which I am completely fine with btw. I really wanted that 77,777..

At 4/19/13 08:57 AM, Gagsy wrote: Which I am completely fine with btw. I really wanted that 77,777..

its ok, just another 11,110 to go :D...

... talking of large numbers... I passed 22000 B/P... its only taken me 7 years