At 9/15/13 07:22 PM, Decky wrote: And I guess I'll be posting again tomorrow when I go over 10,000 experience points.

I knew it.

11th year here wow :o

Congratulations to

Knuckstrike: top 1,000 in exp.
Decky: level 31, 10,000 exp.
Hemlok: level 43
ViceFullbuster: 11 years on NG

At 9/15/13 11:16 AM, Knuckstrike wrote: Cheer up people! Summer holiday has ended, so me, along with probably a lot of other people, are just busy with their school/work again. I'll be getting medals soon. :3

That may be, but it's still gone to crap around here. (Though we appear to be chatting a bit atm.) lol

Anyway, the top 1,000 in experience is a pretty awesome achievement for me. If you count b/p as one stat, I think I'm in the top 1000 for each stat now.

What about reviews?? :P

At 9/15/13 12:54 PM, Murray wrote:

Thankfully I have Coop on Twitter and some of you on Steam but if not, how will you stay in contact with us?

I have your email address. >:)

At 9/15/13 02:37 PM, Haggard wrote:

It's still a long way until I can reach level 60. And 1000 B/P points take a long time as well. But I know what you mean. ;)

Kinda worded that badly as I wasn't trying to compare gaining 1k b/p to how far you still have to go to reach level 60. Sorry. :P As far as 1k b/p taking a long time, well, I guess that depends on who's collecting them. ;)

Just keep going. Others might join in. I have seen quite a few users doing lists for some time, so I'm sure others might start doing it as well.

Yeah, but am I the first user to be the ONLY one making them? :P I don't plan on stopping yet, but it's kind of a bummer being the only one doing them.

At 9/16/13 01:23 AM, Hemlok wrote: Let the weird levels commence.

lmao

At 9/16/13 11:26 AM, Dev wrote:

At 9/15/13 02:37 PM, Haggard wrote:

It's still a long way until I can reach level 60. And 1000 B/P points take a long time as well. But I know what you mean. ;)

Kinda worded that badly as I wasn't trying to compare gaining 1k b/p to how far you still have to go to reach level 60. Sorry. :P As far as 1k b/p taking a long time, well, I guess that depends on who's collecting them. ;)

Yeah, users like Afro_Stud always seem to get every B/P point there is to get.

Just keep going. Others might join in. I have seen quite a few users doing lists for some time, so I'm sure others might start doing it as well.

Yeah, but am I the first user to be the ONLY one making them? :P I don't plan on stopping yet, but it's kind of a bummer being the only one doing them.

I think Coop once was the only listmaker for a while. So you are not the first one. And even if you are, remember: You are not alone! :3

Classic Level 25.

It took me forever!

I am Level 31 now and I also have 10,000 Experience points.

Gotta say that I didn't really like Level 30 and I am glad that the gun is gone (huehehe), I like all those upcoming ninja and samurai weapons up to Level 40 so that makes me pretty happy too. Also like that sword that I have right now, so in my opinion Level 30-40 is probably the best row of level icons in the current design.

4000 experience points,level up happens tomorrow!

The level 20 icon is much better than my current one.

Just got my Gold Whistle today!

Next milestone passed level 47. Even though I finally got my new marvin the Martian laser icon it is not really a big deal >_<

I feel like a bit of a fraud, now I'm coming in here soley to show off m achievements...

91,000 Saves

Your experience gave you a voting power of 8.35 votes. Your blam and protection points gave you an additional 60% of your experience power, meaning that your total vote power was worth 13.37 votes!

Finally passed 8k blams, took long enough!

In The Top 2,000 For Experience!!!

42,000 saves.
Also, UOTD on NGLogs!

I like to offer my congratulations to:

Painbringer: level 25! Still love that classic icon!
Asandir: Level 31 and 10k experience points!
The Red555: 4k Experience!
Nimhster2: Getting gold whistle! Keep whistling!
LittleWashu: Level 47!
Coop: 91k Saves! You're still the man Coop.
Hacsev: 13.37 votes!
RohantheBarbarian: 8k Blams!
Decky: Top 2,000 experience!
Martin: 70k B/P!
sandwich-eater: 42k saves and UTOD on Ng Logs!

I seem to have reached level 59! Huzzah!

Just one more level before I reach the covenant last step. It's nostalgic to think back to how I first started with Newgrounds and coming back day after day, voting on flash movies and games of a diverse mix. I gotta say.. the animation standard has significantly grown since then.

I'm glad to see that this thread has continued its long and cherish tradition of congratulating others and themselves. It's in my opinion, still one of the most effective way to get approval from your fellow Newgrounders. Rock on guys.

Reached 220,000 medal point.

Congratulations to

Asandir: level 31, 10,000 exp.
TheRed555: 4,000 exp.
Nimhster2: gold whistle
LittleWashu: level 47 -will it ever be a big deal??
Coop: 91,000 saves
Hacsev: 13.37 total vp
RohantheBarbarian: 8,000 blams
Decky: top 2,000 in exp.
Martin: 70,000 b/p
sandwich-eater: 42,000 saves, NGlog UOTD
WavyGravy: level 59
VJF: 220,000 medal points

At 9/16/13 02:09 PM, Haggard wrote: Yeah, users like Afro_Stud always seem to get every B/P point there is to get.

I've been there more than once, though Afro_Stud has been a bit more consistent than me over the years. :P

I think Coop once was the only listmaker for a while. So you are not the first one. And even if you are, remember: You are not alone! :3

That must have been after I came back late last year -it was Coop and Odyssic then, before I jumped in, then just me and Coop. And I see I'm not alone, for the moment anyway (My old buddy BR made a list!)

At 9/19/13 02:33 AM, Coop wrote: I feel like a bit of a fraud, now I'm coming in here soley to show off m achievements...

Don't worry, you're just like the 95% of users who post here now.

At 9/21/13 05:46 AM, WavyGravy wrote: Just one more level before I reach the covenant last step. It's nostalgic to think back to how I first started with Newgrounds and coming back day after day, voting on flash movies and games of a diverse mix. I gotta say.. the animation standard has significantly grown since then.

Congrats. Once you reach level 60, you'll be able to focus on Supreme Commander... ;)

I'm glad to see that this thread has continued its long and cherish tradition of congratulating others and themselves. It's in my opinion, still one of the most effective way to get approval from your fellow Newgrounders. Rock on guys.

Come back and congrats me when I reach 50,000 B/P, ok? I'M RETIRING, DAMMIT! :P

Well that was a bit of a shit week. Had a long time friend who decided to start making out with me recently on one night. With that I thought she might have wanted to start dating me because of it so I make my efforts to see what I can do and when it came to seeing her last week, she was being awkward with me and on Friday night she was making out with someone else and I think he was with someone already. Sucks to feel used like that but at least now I know she wasn't the right person to date and with her off the list that means I am back down to just one option and I'm sure this one would be very loyal to me if she is willing to date me.

At 9/15/13 02:37 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/15/13 12:54 PM, Murray wrote: It's a domino effect, really. When some of us don't post in a while, none of us do but when some of us start posting here again, it picks up but not by a whole lot. I could add a fair amount of discussion here but how much of it will be responded to?

If I see anything I can respond to, I will do so. :P

I was meant to have responded to these posts sooner but at least I'm doing it now.

The latest EXP update suggests otherwise.

That's good to know. I just had the feeling: "Wait, did I deposit my Exp yesterday? Oh well, propably not..."

Sooner or later I'm sure this will happen to me. I'll see if it ever happens before I reach level 60 but if I still do good then, I'd only wonder how far I could possibly go before I'm truly fed up with depositing.

as there's been plenty of days where I thought I didn't deposit but still did so.

Yes, that has just happen to me. If you just come here to deposit the Exp then it kind of gets hard to keep track of wether you did deposit or not. If I can also come here to post on the BBS, then it's much easier fo me to remember if I did deposit or not. ^^

I was using NG Logs to ensure me that I had been depositing but even that I've recently stopped using. I go by fortnight cycles. If I know it's an odd number (for the second to last digit, that is) on a Sunday when it should be then I know I'm good (apply even numbers to other weeks).

but when I DO get a full-time permanent job, that will leave me with hardly any free time to have and I'd like to spend my spare time on more important things.

Easy, just find a job that doesn't block newgrounds. :P

Ah but when I'm working I wouldn't even think of going on Newgrounds anyway. And besides, there are other sites that I'd much rather spend my time with than here.

If some of us leave here permanently, I would like to acquire contacts of you all before you move on because I'd like to still speak to some of you even when NG is hardly in your interests anymore. Sadly some of you aren't accustomed to social networking so keeping in touch won't be that easy. Thankfully I have Coop on Twitter and some of you on Steam but if not, how will you stay in contact with us?

ICQ / AIM / MSN (if it would work properly with pidgin... but it doesn't) / Jabber
That are enough IMs to choose from, right? :P

lol, which of them are even relevant? At least have Skype or something.

On the other hand, Newgrounds is a very old site and there propably aren't many sites with such a long history.

You can certainly give Newgrounds credit for being able to live for so long. There were even some troubles in the past where it could have went down the drain but it fought its way through. I hope that it can do that now with its struggling activity but I can't be sure. It would be great if it did pick up, though.

At 9/16/13 11:26 AM, Dev wrote:

At 9/15/13 12:54 PM, Murray wrote:

Thankfully I have Coop on Twitter and some of you on Steam but if not, how will you stay in contact with us?

I have your email address. >:)

Eh, I don't really like email too much as a form of communication. Although I email Afro_Stud occasionally, I'd much rather use other forms of communication.

At 9/19/13 02:33 AM, Coop wrote: I feel like a bit of a fraud, now I'm coming in here soley to show off m achievements...

91,000 Saves

To be honest, I'm amazed you even find time in the portal these days.

At 9/21/13 05:46 AM, WavyGravy wrote: I seem to have reached level 59! Huzzah!

Well done on that! It's crazy to think how close some of us are to the final level now when a few years back I would recall us being only in the mid-late 30s for levels. I want to finally reach the last level but I know when I get it I'll feel a bit sad knowing that there are no more level ups to achieve. Best making the most out of the next 18 months then.

At 9/22/13 05:17 PM, Dev wrote:

At 9/16/13 02:09 PM, Haggard wrote: Yeah, users like Afro_Stud always seem to get every B/P point there is to get.

I've been there more than once, though Afro_Stud has been a bit more consistent than me over the years. :P

Nothing against the guy but I do wonder why some users would even insist on collecting so many points after a while. Although, I tend to wonder where I'd be now if I never stopped. Perhaps be one of the top 5 but that's not something I ever want anyway and I'm glad I don't dedicate all my free time to the portal. I may have done so back in the day but that was when it was far more active and when I was aiming to reach Supreme Commander. That and I was far less sociable than I am now so.

Level 36. The dreaded Fluffy Axe is mine at last!

30,000 Experience! >:(

I think I missed a deposit on Saturday. Oh well... :/

At 9/22/13 05:17 PM, Dev wrote: LittleWashu: level 47 -will it ever be a big deal??

No. :P

At 9/16/13 02:09 PM, Haggard wrote: Yeah, users like Afro_Stud always seem to get every B/P point there is to get.

I've been there more than once, though Afro_Stud has been a bit more consistent than me over the years. :P

Makes me think what kind of motivation Afro_Stud has to continue B/Ping. I mean, he stopped being active on the BBS a long time ago and the gap between him and the 2nd spot in B/P-Points is quite large, so...

I think Coop once was the only listmaker for a while. So you are not the first one. And even if you are, remember: You are not alone! :3

That must have been after I came back late last year -it was Coop and Odyssic then, before I jumped in, then just me and Coop. And I see I'm not alone, for the moment anyway (My old buddy BR made a list!)

Hey hey
my my
list making will never die

At 9/22/13 07:05 PM, Murray wrote:

At 9/15/13 02:37 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/15/13 12:54 PM, Murray wrote: It's a domino effect, really. When some of us don't post in a while, none of us do but when some of us start posting here again, it picks up but not by a whole lot. I could add a fair amount of discussion here but how much of it will be responded to?

If I see anything I can respond to, I will do so. :P

I was meant to have responded to these posts sooner but at least I'm doing it now.

I didn't really check the BBS in the last week anyway, so...

The latest EXP update suggests otherwise.

That's good to know. I just had the feeling: "Wait, did I deposit my Exp yesterday? Oh well, propably not..."

Sooner or later I'm sure this will happen to me. I'll see if it ever happens before I reach level 60 but if I still do good then, I'd only wonder how far I could possibly go before I'm truly fed up with depositing.

If I ever reach level 60, I think that's it for me. No real use to continue then.

as there's been plenty of days where I thought I didn't deposit but still did so.

Yes, that has just happen to me. If you just come here to deposit the Exp then it kind of gets hard to keep track of wether you did deposit or not. If I can also come here to post on the BBS, then it's much easier fo me to remember if I did deposit or not. ^^

I was using NG Logs to ensure me that I had been depositing but even that I've recently stopped using. I go by fortnight cycles. If I know it's an odd number (for the second to last digit, that is) on a Sunday when it should be then I know I'm good (apply even numbers to other weeks).

I used to use NG Logs daily, so it was really easy to see if I had already deposited. But with activity declining here, my activity on NG Logs declines as well. But a quick check on the users lists there came with quite a surprise: I am in 4th spot for most Logs, haha.

Easy, just find a job that doesn't block newgrounds. :P

Ah but when I'm working I wouldn't even think of going on Newgrounds anyway. And besides, there are other sites that I'd much rather spend my time with than here.

Well, there are days when there's not much to do...

ICQ / AIM / MSN (if it would work properly with pidgin... but it doesn't) / Jabber
That are enough IMs to choose from, right? :P

lol, which of them are even relevant?

All of them? :P
I can even use those on my smartphone, thanks to IM+.

At least have Skype or something.

I would use Skype too, if it would work with pidgin. But to use Skype with pidgin, I would have to start up Skype as well. That's useless... also, Microsoft reads and listens to everything you do in Skype. :P

Passed 34,000 saves!

Nearly 9 years of on again off again b/p'ing has lead to this: 38,000 saves, 12,000 blams and 50,000 B/P.

So, yeah, I am officially retired from b/p'ing. Talk about bittersweet... :\

At 9/24/13 04:24 PM, Dev wrote: Nearly 9 years of on again off again b/p'ing has lead to this: 38,000 saves, 12,000 blams and 50,000 B/P.

So, yeah, I am officially retired from b/p'ing. Talk about bittersweet... :\

Congratulations. What will you do if someone else gains global rank 90?

Thanks for voting, Hacsev! Your experience has been automatically deposited!
With that vote, you now have 19,580 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 43.

You entered the top 600 in Experience Points. Outstanding!

Yesterday, I reached level 28 and I became a Private!

Just got my 5000th medal.

Double milestone for me today! That doesn't happen much anymore.

Hit 20,000 EXP and passed 46,000 B/P points!

Level 53!

Congratulations to

Haggard: 30,000 exp., level 53
sushi13: 34,000 saves, 20,000 exp., 46,000 b/p
Hacsev: level 43
Pokemonpoeguygcn: top 600 in exp.
PsychoZoid: level 28, Private
DiMono: 5,000 medals

So, what do you guys think about shutting down the NG store? I guess they have to do what's in their best interests, but man... :'( At least I've assembled a nice collection of NG merch over the years...

At 9/22/13 07:05 PM, Murray wrote: Well that was a bit of a shit week. Had a long time friend who decided to start making out with me recently on one night.

Sounds a bit slutty to me. Probably not girlfriend material, but at least you saw a little action. You must be doing something right! ;)

Eh, I don't really like email too much as a form of communication. Although I email Afro_Stud occasionally, I'd much rather use other forms of communication.

Well, at least I could shoot you an email every once and again if one/both of us leave here someday, just to see how life's treating you and all that.

Nothing against the guy but I do wonder why some users would even insist on collecting so many points after a while. Although, I tend to wonder where I'd be now if I never stopped. Perhaps be one of the top 5 but that's not something I ever want anyway and I'm glad I don't dedicate all my free time to the portal. I may have done so back in the day but that was when it was far more active and when I was aiming to reach Supreme Commander. That and I was far less sociable than I am now so.

Yeah, I'm much the same way. Back in the early days of my account then later in 08-09 I used to be in the Portal nearly all day. I've decided to stop at 50k because I just don't see myself gaining another 50k b/p, or even another 10k, for that matter, especially with it being less active these days. Just seems like a good place to stop with the high paces...

At 9/24/13 12:56 AM, Haggard wrote:

No. :P

I figured as much.

Makes me think what kind of motivation Afro_Stud has to continue B/Ping. I mean, he stopped being active on the BBS a long time ago and the gap between him and the 2nd spot in B/P-Points is quite large, so...

That's why I thought he might stop at 200k, or at least take a break like ramagi used to when reaching a big milestone. Guess not.

Hey hey
my my
list making will never die

I hope not!

At 9/24/13 05:03 PM, VJF wrote:

Congratulations. What will you do if someone else gains global rank 90?

That will happen soon enough, but I will always be the 90th user to reach 50k! I woke up this morning to see 30,001 saves, which really pissed me off, seeing as I hadn't voted on anything since reaching 30k a few days ago. I suppose since my perfect 50k is now fucked up, I'll just vote on uj's when I deposit. (mind as well, right?) Lets just say I'm retiring from gaining more than 35 b/p per week. lol

Thank You

VJF (Been a while since I made a thank you list...)