At 2/12/04 03:04 AM, MrX2003 wrote: I go to TAFE on Tuesday to Thursday

I only go on Thursday afternoons, but it's nice to see a fellow Aussie TAFE'r.

At 2/12/04 02:26 PM, jonthomson wrote: I don't like all this talk of people coming up the blam/protect ranks quickly and taking the lower end of the top 100 from behind... ought to get my skates on and pass some more people. In a couple of months it could be absolute carnage.

Be on your toes, us Elite Guard Staff Sergeants are on our way!
I got around 100 blams/saves yesterday and I plan on doing teh same thing today!

It's on!

Mike

At 2/13/04 12:43 AM, Baron_Von_Bad_Guy wrote: I got around 100 blams/saves yesterday and I plan on doing teh same thing today!

You've gotta have a crystal ball or something to nail 100 points tonight Baron. I just broke 50 points myself due to the site being down earlier.

At 2/13/04 01:37 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 2/13/04 12:43 AM, Baron_Von_Bad_Guy wrote: I got around 100 blams/saves yesterday and I plan on doing teh same thing today!

You've gotta have a crystal ball or something to nail 100 points tonight Baron. I just broke 50 points myself due to the site being down earlier.

When I say day I usally mean from when I wake up to when I go to bed, though I think I got around 40 today so far (when I woke up), I'll probably go down to play my Bass soon and come back in a bit.
Yesterday was a fine day for Blams/saves, there were tons!

Also, how much untill your next Badge level up?

Mike

At 2/13/04 02:02 AM, Baron_Von_Bad_Guy wrote: Also, how much untill your next Badge level up?

Ummm... let's see. If I'm not mistaken I'm roughly 1,895 points away Baron. Not too much longer (LoL).

At 2/13/04 12:41 AM, James0 wrote:

At 2/12/04 03:04 AM, MrX2003 wrote: I go to TAFE on Tuesday to Thursday

I only go on Thursday afternoons, but it's nice to see a fellow Aussie TAFE'r.

Nice to see you go to TAFE too. You're so lucky you only have to go once a week, in the afternoon. I have to stay at Crow's Nest for 8 hours on Wednesday AND Thursday. That will probably be the time Baron_Von_Bad_Guy beats me.
Fortuantly I'm still around 60 points ahead of him, so I would be very surprised if he beats me by Tuesday. Mr_Pop_Alot is still around 100 points ahead of me, so I might have to wake up in the middle of the night to get a much needed 20+ b/p point boost for the next few days just to catch up.

At 2/13/04 01:37 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote: You've gotta have a crystal ball or something to nail 100 points tonight Baron. I just broke 50 points myself due to the site being down earlier.

I haven't even done that today. With school and everything, the timing really didn't work out all that great for me. Right after school, I hung out with my friends for a while and when I came home, Newgrounds was dead. So, I just whipped out The Big Lebowski on DVD and watched that for two hours. Hell, I didn't even realize that the site was back up until just four hours ago. I'm lucky I even got the 40-something blam/protect points that I did. Hey, we live in the same time zone, huh? What's your daily schedule look like? What I did today is pretty much what I do every day.

Oh, and just to keep you posted on the race between me and Majin_SnakeMan (I know people that change their underwear less than this guy changes usernames), I'm around 40 blam/protect points behind him right now. Only thing is, he just realized that the site was back up so he's on the move again. I've been watching his profile pretty closely lately. I know these things. Looks like he's on the verge of becoming an Elite Guard Major too. Only around 20 blam/protects away. Geez, this guy's almost impossible to keep up with. It's insane.

Kinda like this curious fellow.

At 2/13/04 02:23 AM, MrX2003 wrote: I have to stay at Crow's Nest for 8 hours on Wednesday AND Thursday.

...harsh. My Thursday's only go for 4 hours too. Are you doing more than one course, or just a high Certifcate (III, IV)?

I might have to wake up in the middle of the night to get a much needed 20+ b/p point boost for the next few days just to catch up.

Wake up IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!? Fuck, you sure are dedicated man. I go on for about 2 hours a day (and by day I mean day - the sun is out) and that does me. Screw losing sleep over it. Heh heh, slow and steady wins the race...

At 2/13/04 03:37 AM, James0 wrote: ...harsh. My Thursday's only go for 4 hours too. Are you doing more than one course, or just a high Certifcate (III, IV)?

Just a Certificate IV for Digital Media. One lesson they taught us how to motion tween and showed us sites that use flash (yes, they do expect us to know nothing).
What course are you doing and where?

Wake up IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!? Fuck, you sure are dedicated man. I go on for about 2 hours a day (and by day I mean day - the sun is out) and that does me. Screw losing sleep over it. Heh heh, slow and steady wins the race...

I don't see it as losing sleep since I have been sleeping in for a few weeks. Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night trying to get back to sleep, so I might as well spend that time doing something to make me tired. Besides, I like the fact that so far that my rank has been better everyday (except for that day where I missed those 150+ b/p points when I went backwards in rank).

At 2/13/04 04:22 AM, MrX2003 wrote: Just a Certificate IV for Digital Media. One lesson they taught us how to motion tween and showed us sites that use flash (yes, they do expect us to know nothing).

So they're teaching you all about Flash?

What course are you doing and where?

IT at Bomaderry Campus. Certificate II.

Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night trying to get back to sleep, so I might as well spend that time doing something to make me tired.

Maybe because you're getting up to go on the computer every night? You're in a routine and your body clock has adjusted.

At 2/13/04 04:51 AM, James0 wrote: So they're teaching you all about Flash?

Yes. I might send something here when I finish.

IT at Bomaderry Campus. Certificate II.

That sounds good. Hope you go well.

Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night trying to get back to sleep, so I might as well spend that time doing something to make me tired.

Maybe because you're getting up to go on the computer every night? You're in a routine and your body clock has adjusted.

No, I don't go on the computer every night, I'm planning to. I don't know why I've been waking up, but I might as well use it to my advantage. Although if I ever give up blam/protecting for some reason, I might have to change the time the alarm goes off forward by five minutes just so I can sleep for eight or more hours without waking up.

again, i dropped by for a sec today to say congrats to everyone, i know it's getting lame

At 2/13/04 03:25 PM, daredevilguy wrote: again, i dropped by for a sec today to say congrats to everyone, i know it's getting lame

Hello daredevilguy. What's lame? That's a cryptic statement if I've ever heard one (and congrats are always nice).

I feel so small with my lousy Security Officer rank :(

Ah well, I'll get there eventually. I better stop procrastinating hadn't I?

At 2/13/04 05:03 PM, RiZzOmAn_WhIgFeD wrote: I feel so small with my lousy Security Officer rank :(

I saw a Safety Patrol rank, but congrats anyway.

Ah well, I'll get there eventually. I better stop procrastinating hadn't I?

You've been here for over a year, so yes, you should stop procratinating.

I forgot to post about my level up to level 10. So I am posting about it now. Now I just need to get some more posts and Reviews in there.

WOOT
WOOT
im only 200 points off of my next lvl up
GO ME
Here i come bat
(shudders at the thaught of a stupid pipe)
come on nunchucks

At 2/13/04 10:01 PM, Vacant_Soul wrote: Here i come bat
(shudders at the thaught of a stupid pipe)
come on nunchucks

Haha! That's funny Vacant_Soul. Right after I made it to level 16 all I could think about was the bronze gauntlet. It'll probably be the same thing with the silver gauntlet once I hit level 17.

At 2/13/04 10:01 PM, Vacant_Soul wrote: WOOT
WOOT
im only 200 points off of my next lvl up
GO ME
Here i come bat
(shudders at the thaught of a stupid pipe)
come on nunchucks

The pipe r0xx0rs! That's my favorite level Icon.
I'm not to found of teh level 11 though, it's the same as 6 and 7 only with brass knuckles, though I'll be glad to just get it.

Mike

At 2/13/04 03:37 AM, James0 wrote:

At 2/13/04 02:23 AM, MrX2003 wrote: I might have to wake up in the middle of the night to get a much needed 20+ b/p point boost for the next few days just to catch up.

Wake up IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!? Fuck, you sure are dedicated man. I go on for about 2 hours a day (and by day I mean day - the sun is out) and that does me. Screw losing sleep over it. Heh heh, slow and steady wins the race...

I've never done the whole "middle of the night" thing, but today, I did go out of my way to get little 20+ blam/protect point boosts to assist me in my passing of Oderus_Urungus. Don't know who that is? Well, Majin_SnakeMan, of course. What'd I tell you guys about him changing usernames a lot? Anyways, like I said, I went out of my way quite a bit today to get a few boosts to my blam/protect points. Just figured out a way to log in from school (they normally have Newgrounds.com blocked because they "don't agree with the content") and from there, it was all great. Logged in once during lunch to clear out a few Under Judgement submissions and then I logged in once more in between my afternoon classes to get rid of those. And now, thanks to the little extra time that I put in, I am now a proud Elite Guard Major. What's more, I think I actually stand a chance of passing him now. Of course, he'll probably read this and turn on the heat again, so maybe I shouldn't speak too soon. I'm just happy I got such a nice boost to my Voting Power. Now at 8.27 votes. Not too shabby, huh?

Let me give you you're first well deserved bravo. I really like the EGM rank. Major just sounds so 1337.

At 2/13/04 10:01 PM, Vacant_Soul wrote: WOOT
WOOT
im only 200 points off of my next lvl up
GO ME
Here i come bat
(shudders at the thaught of a stupid pipe)
come on nunchucks

Hey congrats on that. I too wish to recieve the Nunchucks. All in due time. ;-)

Congrats AncientX, biteme and Vacant_Soul. I wish I had signed up earlier, so I wouldn't need to get the highest b/p rank just to have a voting power over 8 (cursed level 9!).
As for the middle of the night thing, it gave me 20 b/p points, but that's not going to mean much when I go to TAFE and lose a lot of points. I'm going to have to find a way to use a computer at TAFE if I want to keep up.

So 2 days out of every week you can't b/p?

At 2/14/04 02:54 AM, Mr_Pop_Alot wrote: So 2 days out of every week you can't b/p?

Yes, eight hours at TAFE and over two hours travelling time, for each day.

At 2/13/04 10:43 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Haha! That's funny Vacant_Soul. Right after I made it to level 16 all I could think about was the bronze gauntlet. It'll probably be the same thing with the silver gauntlet once I hit level 17.

noy for me
once i hit 16 im done with the deposit

At 2/14/04 02:04 AM, biteme2514 wrote: and now, thanks to the little extra time that I put in, I am now a proud Elite Guard Major. What's more, I think I actually stand a chance of passing him now. Of course, he'll probably read this and turn on the heat again, so maybe I shouldn't speak too soon. I'm just happy I got such a nice boost to my Voting Power. Now at 8.27 votes. Not too shabby, huh?

congats biteme i'm all most at that rank my self as you know.

that high in b/p and only 8.27? that sucks

Wow this place really picked up in posted while i have been away. Thats great glad to see it moving in the right direction. Congrades to everyone on there rank up, level up and everything else that goes with it.

BTW there is nothing too bad about the pipe, its just a stepping stone to the next level you want to achieve. I learned to respect the pipe because i would not have won so many battles out there without it. I good swing and the crack of it hitting someone or something gives me a sense of pride and comfort. *ahhhhh* refreshing lol j/k....or am I?...............and plus if you think about it you would not get your oil and your water without a pipe to deliver it, so its all good about the pipe........

4,000 blams hit. Missed the screenie through watching the latest Foamy movie (which wasn't too bad, could be in line for a weekly award even), but it takes me that little bit closer to 6000 points.

At 2/14/04 06:32 AM, _lightning_ wrote: that high in b/p and only 8.27? that sucks

Yeah well, not everyone's a Lv. 16 vet like you. I haven't even been on Newgrounds for a whole year yet. But then again, I'm sure you were already aware of that. You're totally right though. Having such a low Voting Power for such a high rank sucks. You know I don't even have a vote of 6.00 without the blam/protect points yet? My base Voting Power only affords me a vote of 5.99 right now. It's really only the 38% boost with the Elite Guard Major rank that pushes me into the 120's in the latest update on the Top Voting Power List. Assuming that is the latest update, of course. You know, I'm starting to wonder if I'm in the 110's yet. Anyone know when the next update will be?

In other news, I passed Oderus_Urungus last night and I'm now sitting comfortably in the #21 spot on the Top Saviors/Blammers List. I've waited a long time for this. The weird thing is, it almost seems as if he gave up yesterday. I was watching his profile all day and he barely moved at all. In fact, I'm starting to think that passing him was almost too easy. Think he's plotting something? Oh well, here's what our blam/protect points look like right now. For once, I'm on top with 14,046 blam/protects and he's got 14,017 of them. One step closer to getting into the Top 20. I can hardly wait.

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day to you all.