At 9/21/09 10:48 PM, EagleRock wrote: It's gonna be crazy, I'll bet. I can't wait to see what happens at 12:01.

Oh, shit, that's tomorrow. I wonder if its too let to fake a flu so I can get out of school tomorrow. =P

Speaking of crazy, I FINALLY got Chapter 28 done! Handy handy linky here: Barracks Under Fire - Chapter 28

A very good chapter, but damn it Eagle, why must there always be a cliffhanger. You better hurry and post 29, haha.

At 9/21/09 08:50 PM, idiot-buster wrote: They are becomming more technical savvy more then ever now.

I agree, I think that these spammers are taking things WAY TOO FAR. You'd think that they'd take the admins' generosity to not ban them more nobly. As for the legality of hacking, I don't think there's a specific law to ban it, but the accused hackers may breach their ISP's terms of service contract. If thats the case, then I believe all Wade would have to do is report their activities to their ISP, in which case the ISP could refuse to continue their services to the offenders.

It'll be quite interesting to see how this all turns out, and best of luck to those who may have lost their accounts to malicious users.

At 9/21/09 05:56 PM, SoulMaster71 wrote: Odd, I was just thinking of D&D myself today. Would someone remind me when the EGB became a nerd hivemind?

Ever since it was founded on the internet, my friend.

I used to play Dungeons and Dragons. Me and 3 other guys went in on the starter set, the DM Guide, and the Player's guide and the Monster Manuel. We met a few times and had some fun dicking around. I was the first Dungeon Master. But when I was done and gave the books to my friend to plan out his game, the fucktard lost the books. That was a solid $25 a person down the shitter. Luckily, I still got the character sheets and map.

Oh shit! I just checked out the starter box, and the books magically appeared! My level 2 Sorcerer must have brought them back! Hell, I still have the character sheets from us 4

Good news, everyone! I finally fixed the sound on my laptop, meaning I'm going to be as active as I used to be. I know I haven't posted here that much, but it's good to be back and actually able to listen to and report Flash with the improved sound. See you on the front lines later today!

*salutes*

At 9/21/09 11:23 PM, Fro wrote: I'm kind of upset that I won't be able to be on very much tomorrow as it is Madness Day, but my computer charger broke and the battery is dead so the only time I can get on tomorrow is while I'm at work and on the computer there. Thing is I can't really watch many movies because I'll be working and everything, but I'm going to try and catch a movie or two if I can.

have you notice that that always happen in the worst moments... XD
like... the day you don't have internet, is the day you was going to lvl up, or the special Ng day, y have some... i don't know.. some family reunion or something... that you have to go to sleep just when you are going to rank up... and you leave the computer been like 3 points away from the new rank?

it always happen... Murphy's law is always right on this... isn't it?

At 9/22/09 02:26 AM, Lizzardis wrote: NGPD = locked

PossiblePancakes made a discussion thread about it in the forums guys. If you want to throw in your two cents on the issue, that's the place to do it. I've already added my wall of text. :P

One of those huge filesized blank screens, and needless to say, the user name set off a couple of red flags... Beware of swap out.

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Even though I'm not in the EGB, figured I should report it. What with the NGPD down and all...

• 

  mellow men madness 2

  by m103904

  it's the 2nd part to this installment

  Movie

  9,208 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Gave me " Abnormal C++ Runtime Library" errors, and shut down my Internet Explorer.

At 9/22/09 07:42 AM, XIII13 wrote: Even though I'm not in the EGB, figured I should report it. What with the NGPD down and all...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 2270
Gave me " Abnormal C++ Runtime Library" errors, and shut down my Internet Explorer.

Hmm...might not be intentional. Works fine on a Mac in Firefox. If you have another browser besides IE there, it might warrant a look-again.

I should've download firefox into my computer earlier

Right now, so far so good...

At 9/22/09 12:53 PM, Lizzardis wrote:
So you still want me to deposit for you? Just as a back up just in case...Anything else goes wrong?

Alright, just in case...

Madness day is a good NG holiday, but why don't they make a different banner every year? They use to do it with every holiday, now they recycle them.

Plus I haven't seen any outstanding Madness flashes yet, but the day is still young I suppose, and considering I'm British, I won't see the ones leading up to midnight.

Well, Poozy told me to spread the word and this is the convo I had with him about 20 minutes ago.

DragonMaster368: What exaclty was it that the NGPD did wrong for this little hiaruts of the thread?
EYESKYKING: What do you think it did?
DragonMaster368: Well aside from the small bits of off-topic chatter that was a minimum of like 5 posts, nothing.
DragonMaster368: :\
EYESKYKING: Is that sarcasm or petulance I'm detecting?
DragonMaster368: no, I'm merely telling you what I think the NGPPD did wrong.
EYESKYKING: How many times have you seen multiple mods warn a thread and it's posters over and over without locking or deleting the thread?
DragonMaster368: hmm, alright, point taken. twice for them.
EYESKYKING: I don't need the drama associated with helping people on the internet keeping their plus one/stat whore thread open.
DragonMaster368: true
EYESKYKING: rules are simple
DragonMaster368: that they are.
EYESKYKING: spread the word
EYESKYKING: poozy is done helping
EYESKYKING: I will unlock the thread when I'm good and ready.
DragonMaster368: alright. I'll soread the word.
DragonMaster368: *spread
EYESKYKING: Next time my reaction will be permanent.
DragonMaster368: wow. I'm guessing you've had some bad days at work recently?
EYESKYKING: I'm cool man.
EYESKYKING: You guys don't realize what goes on behind the scenes.
DragonMaster368: it might help to know though. :\
EYESKYKING: How about using common sense and trying to see shit from another persons POV?
DragonMaster368: fine, that works
EYESKYKING: I am considering all of your and your fellow users that post in that thread by not deleting it.
EYESKYKING: Or permanently locking it.
DragonMaster368: could you re-word that a bit, I'm not quite sure I got the gist of it.
EYESKYKING: I meant that I'm considering the feelings and thought, opinions of the users active in that thread.
DragonMaster368: ah. alright.

The NGPD is dead! It's not here anymore!
But!
On my back, and in my heart, it lives on as a part of me!
If you're gonna protect, protect until the Portal reaches parity!
Even if my Whistle becomes Garbage, I keep flagging! And once the bad Flash is gone, it's my victory!
Who the hell do you think we are?!
We are the EGB!
Not the NGPD our friends.
We are us!
The Elite Guard Barracks!!!

Anyone who can tell me where that's from gets my alt bigblam. Interestingly enough, the original owner left and gave me that account because of Poozy, so in a way it's fitting that Poozy's actions inspire the account's changing hands twice.

I'm not going to question Poozy's decision though. The NGPD had some problems staying on-topic: some of the users might not have felt themselves to be devoted enough to NG to feel that they could keep a club like that alive on NG discussion alone, maybe. They had their warnings, but after a while it seemed they forgot about each warning. Maybe they needed a sign that the mods were serious, and Poozy volunteered to weed out what he saw as less-than-dedicated warriors. For my part I believe that they had the dedication, but looking at it as a former *chan admin and moderator on another forum, it did look kind of spammy.

At 9/22/09 01:14 PM, DumbassDude wrote: Madness day is a good NG holiday, but why don't they make a different banner every year? They use to do it with every holiday, now they recycle them.

Plus I haven't seen any outstanding Madness flashes yet, but the day is still young I suppose, and considering I'm British, I won't see the ones leading up to midnight.

I was seeing Madness Day flash from as early as last night EST around 10PM...today's been fun so far. There are also quite a few high-quality madness remakes, which I'm pleased to see, as opposed to the usual Clock Day mentality of "fiven en-masse"

By the way, did anyone catch at Midnight that they put the wrong year graphic up? For about 20 minutes it said "Madness Day 2008," which gave Tails and me a good chuckle.

At 9/22/09 02:00 PM, SoulMaster71 wrote: I'm not going to question Poozy's decision though. The NGPD had some problems staying on-topic: some of the users might not have felt themselves to be devoted enough to NG to feel that they could keep a club like that alive on NG discussion alone, maybe. They had their warnings, but after a while it seemed they forgot about each warning. Maybe they needed a sign that the mods were serious, and Poozy volunteered to weed out what he saw as less-than-dedicated warriors. For my part I believe that they had the dedication, but looking at it as a former *chan admin and moderator on another forum, it did look kind of spammy.

I'm sure Tails will straighten it all out with Poozy. I'm also sure Tails is capable of ensuring this won't happen again, as he'd had to be tough when it counted. I'm not too worried about the future of the NGPD.

At 9/22/09 02:21 PM, EagleRock wrote:

I'm sure Tails will straighten it all out with Poozy. I'm also sure Tails is capable of ensuring this won't happen again, as he'd had to be tough when it counted. I'm not too worried about the future of the NGPD.

I wouldn't worry about Tails at all. He's the only reason the club itself hasn't been deleted. It is quite odd though as you think a club that is made for the purpose of "protecting" newgrounds from spam and other things wouldn't have so many members that spam with their posts most the time...

At 9/22/09 02:28 PM, Fro wrote: I wouldn't worry about Tails at all. He's the only reason the club itself hasn't been deleted. It is quite odd though as you think a club that is made for the purpose of "protecting" newgrounds from spam and other things wouldn't have so many members that spam with their posts most the time...

Oh, I'm intimately familar with what Tails is capable of. He and I have had to deal with crap before, and Tails is the most capable leader of the NGPD I've seen since Peregrinus. And for those of you know that know Peregrinus, that's saying a lot. If there's one person that can keep the NGPD in check, it's Tails.

And unfortunately, due to the nature of the NGPD having relatively low B/P requirements, you can get a lot of newcomers to Newgrounds join, who are still green when it comes to posting etiquette and whatnot, so the NGPD gets the perception that it's fully of spammy BBS users, when the truth is the opposite. In reality, I've also seen quite a few people turn around and learn rather quickly while in the NGPD. As a matter of fact, there are EGB members I know of that wouldn't have passed standards for membership here if it wasn't for the NGPD helping them improve their posting style and becoming an overall better NG member. It's one of those vital organizations on Newgrounds that helps turn people into quality posters, even if they had a one-liner spammy past. Like I said, though, Tails has it covered, and I'm sure he'll take this experience and make the NGPD better because of it.

HAPPY MADNESS DAY!

At 9/22/09 02:39 PM, EagleRock wrote:

And unfortunately, due to the nature of the NGPD having relatively low B/P requirements, you can get a lot of newcomers to Newgrounds join, who are still green when it comes to posting etiquette and whatnot, so the NGPD gets the perception that it's fully of spammy BBS users, when the truth is the opposite.

Just checking the few last pages I can see most of the users have been here for at least a year and some of them up to 6 years or more. Yes, quite a few good users come from there, but I'd still say just a little bit around half of the users that come out of the club haven't improved a bit.

The only reason some of the members have graduated from the NGPD and made it into the EGB is because they had enough friends in the club already to vote them in and/or brag them up. ;) Things will turn out for the best though no matter what happens there.

Also, birthday in 2 days. :D

At 9/22/09 02:50 PM, Fro wrote: Just checking the few last pages I can see most of the users have been here for at least a year and some of them up to 6 years or more. Yes, quite a few good users come from there, but I'd still say just a little bit around half of the users that come out of the club haven't improved a bit.

Define "haven't improved." Almost every member in the NGPD is active in the WI/HT? forum, consistently posts more abusive flashes than this thread, and works much harder because they are newer to the portal protection thing and are much more eager to prove themselves than anyone here. They offer all of this, with the downside of getting slightly carried away with one liners and meme jokes on occasion. Most of the people in that thread are much younger than the members in here. It happens, but they are well on their way to becoming great users. And the sign up date argument is void. Sign up dates mean NOTHING. For example: Every day I've come to newgrounds.com since I joined, I've deposited. All 179 days.

The only reason some of the members have graduated from the NGPD and made it into the EGB is because they had enough friends in the club already to vote them in and/or brag them up.

That's just straight asinine. It's because they've established that they can be relied upon to post up stolen/malicious/whatever flashes and without a doubt be right about it. What else does the EGB care about? Whether or not they can keep up with all of our reflections on the old days and recipes, or the stories going on in the private forums? Whether it's for 1 line or 20, an off-topic post is off-topic. You are in no position to condescend the NGPD by being in the EGB. You're being awfully judgemental of a lot of people who bust their asses for this site, and quite frankly it's bullshit.

Look at Sheizenhammer. That guy is someone even the highest ranking members of the EGB can respect. He's written a countless number of OUTSTANDING guides for flagging abusive reviews, determining how a flash is stolen, etc, he's constantly in WI/HT helping new users, and he still has time to post flashes he finds that are stolen and malicious. He keeps up a pace mixed with quality like no user I've ever seen in the EGB emulate. You calling them out as nothing more than a group of spammers with the so called "purpose" of protecting newgrounds is a MASSIVE understatement to the pot calling the kettle black phrase.

Also, birthday in 2 days. :D

happy birthday. :)

At 9/22/09 03:36 PM, michelinman wrote:

And just as I assumed someone would take this for more than what I said. I clearly said that about half of the NGPD didn't improve. You do realize that means that the other half or maybe more do improve right?

I was simply talking about the ones that didn't, but of course you jump to conclusions and assume I was talking about most of the members. The word half was used for a reason.

The only reason some of the members have graduated from the NGPD and made it into the EGB is because they had enough friends in the club already to vote them in and/or brag them up.

That's just straight asinine.

Now this is you being ignorant of the facts. If you would have seen as many voting threads as I have then you would have known that some of the members just barely make it in and it's because most of their friends are there voting as highly as possible. And again, your ignoring the word that I used. I said some. That could mean 1 or 2 out of all of the members.

You were talking about the good ones and I was talking about the not so good ones. Doesn't mean that we were disagreeing even though you took it that way...

Also, birthday in 2 days. :D

happy birthday. :)

An early happy birthday? I won't have any of that. It's like wiping before you poop. :P

rude!

Hey, guys - Chapter 4 is up on the BBS now. I know Lizz, EagleRock and a few other fans have been waiting impatiently, so I moved it along as fast as I could. It's a little longer than chapter 3, but things are starting to build up, and plans are in motion...

And, before I forget -EagleRock, I loved chapter 28 - another cliffhanger, but it feels like we're getting close to the final confrontations. Nothing like a 6-way tag-team match to get the blood pumping - all over the ground! hehehe - Anyways, keep up the great work - we're all hooked!

At 9/22/09 04:02 PM, Fro wrote:

At 9/22/09 03:36 PM, michelinman wrote:

And just as I assumed someone would take this for more than what I said. I clearly said that about half of the NGPD didn't improve. You do realize that means that the other half or maybe more do improve right?

I was simply talking about the ones that didn't, but of course you jump to conclusions and assume I was talking about most of the members. The word half was used for a reason.

Fair enough. I think that both of you have your points, but I do have to point out that michelinman makes a good point that a good portion of NGPD members do improve their post history, B/P practices, etc. because of the influence of the club's ideals. Not to say that all people shape up, but I think that the NGPD sure has a role in helping some of these members improve their "lifestyle" on NG. Either way, I don't want this to turn into a flame war, so I'd like future discussions inside our own forums. However, I'd say this has sufficiently died out, anyway.

An early happy birthday? I won't have any of that. It's like wiping before you poop. :P

Nice. Thanks for the visual... :-/

At 9/22/09 04:40 PM, byteslinger wrote: Hey, guys - Chapter 4 is up on the BBS now. I know Lizz, EagleRock and a few other fans have been waiting impatiently, so I moved it along as fast as I could. It's a little longer than chapter 3, but things are starting to build up, and plans are in motion...

Things I love to hear. I'll be sure to check it as soon as I get the time to read it.

And, before I forget -EagleRock, I loved chapter 28 - another cliffhanger, but it feels like we're getting close to the final confrontations. Nothing like a 6-way tag-team match to get the blood pumping - all over the ground! hehehe - Anyways, keep up the great work - we're all hooked!

I'm still plodding along, here. Chapter 29 is almost polished and complete, and 30 is half-written. We're moving along in my story as well!

And yes, a 6 on 6 bloodbath was a good match to have at the point in time...and apparently Wadolf agrees... :-P

At 9/22/09 02:21 PM, EagleRock wrote: By the way, did anyone catch at Midnight that they put the wrong year graphic up? For about 20 minutes it said "Madness Day 2008," which gave Tails and me a good chuckle.

I didn't get to see the banner myself, but I noticed this thread about it. Of course, that wasn't the only thread about it.

Also, I'm loving both EGB stories, I wish there were more people writing fan-fiction about the EGB, it's so damn entertaining!

At 9/22/09 05:13 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Also, I'm loving both EGB stories, I wish there were more people writing fan-fiction about the EGB, it's so damn entertaining!

Don't look at me, I'm writing something already with something else in the planning stage. Maybe some other time. Or I could just postpone Destructive God in Eastern Paradise, not like I've yet started it anyway... Kylapharos and Finwariel is my main project though, for if and when the Lit Portal comes out.

At 9/22/09 05:13 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Also, I'm loving both EGB stories, I wish there were more people writing fan-fiction about the EGB, it's so damn entertaining!

Don't look at me either, I'm too busy writing my Duel Academy fanfic, although Byte did hint on a possible fanfic I may consider writing further down the road. "Dragonriders of the EGB." Somewhere around top to the middle of last page.

At 9/22/09 04:04 PM, Lizzardis wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 2346
Spawns a hell of a lot of pop-ups....For the love of god....Don't click play!

I had to experience that the hard way...

At 9/22/09 05:13 PM, Ismael92 wrote:

At 9/22/09 02:21 PM, EagleRock wrote: By the way, did anyone catch at Midnight that they put the wrong year graphic up? For about 20 minutes it said "Madness Day 2008," which gave Tails and me a good chuckle.

I didn't get to see the banner myself, but I noticed this thread about it. Of course, that wasn't the only thread about it.

Also, I'm loving both EGB stories, I wish there were more people writing fan-fiction about the EGB, it's so damn entertaining!

Well, once my story is over, I still have plans to make a sequel that involves those currently in the Barracks...I'll probably work off the current roster or something, I'll figure it out...

At 9/22/09 06:23 PM, KingExodus wrote:

At 9/22/09 04:04 PM, Lizzardis wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 2346
Spawns a hell of a lot of pop-ups....For the love of god....Don't click play!

I had to experience that the hard way...

I am glad I missed it... :-/

Anyhoo, here's Chapter 29, eagerly awaited, finally published: Barracks Under Fire - Chapter 29

At 9/22/09 05:28 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 9/22/09 05:13 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Also, I'm loving both EGB stories, I wish there were more people writing fan-fiction about the EGB, it's so damn entertaining!

Don't look at me either, I'm too busy writing my Duel Academy fanfic, although Byte did hint on a possible fanfic I may consider writing further down the road. "Dragonriders of the EGB." Somewhere around top to the middle of last page.

I'll cover the event that happened few years ago with my next intermission.

Remember the time when Duke was there
We knew he's filled with hot air
Remember the time when he couldn't grow a pair
He went and tripped down the stairs...

At 9/22/09 04:02 PM, Fro wrote: And just as I assumed someone would take this for more than what I said. I clearly said that about half of the NGPD didn't improve. You do realize that means that the other half or maybe more do improve right?

Bah, you can't blame me. You made the lock come across in a really "it was only a matter of time" manner. That's more of what I was disagreeing with, not so much the content of your post.

You were talking about the good ones and I was talking about the not so good ones. Doesn't mean that we were disagreeing even though you took it that way...

You see where I was coming from though right? Not trying to start a big shitfest, just pointing out that the NGPD does a lot for the NG community.

An early happy birthday? I won't have any of that. It's like wiping before you poop. :P

Lol. I'll wait then.

At 9/22/09 04:51 PM, EagleRock wrote: Either way, I don't want this to turn into a flame war, so I'd like future discussions inside our own forums. However, I'd say this has sufficiently died out, anyway.

Z0MG BUT HE ARE TEH N00B!! Haha. JK Fro. But seriously, we're all grown-ups here (except for porkchop), and for the most part we can handle little bitty stuff like that in a post or two. Hopefully nothing ever pops up that is that big of an argument that it needs to be carried over into the forums. And Chapter 29 is out? I'm only on ten I believe. I need to get crackin on these things. Haha.