At 11/6/09 02:55 PM, TheThing wrote: Just got this surgery done yesterday...

Well, I am glad you're feeling a little better after surgery. Yes, Percosets are a wonderful drug. After
a couple of those, they can saw off your legs with a rusty spoon and beat you like a pinata, and all the time you'll be singing "Take a Chance On Me" from ABBA's greatest hits. Or so I've been told...

I was fortunate enough to be in a relatively normal state when I woke up.

Normal, of course, being a completely subjective opinion based on your perspective. I seriously doubt anyone in this forum reading this post can be considered normal. But I am glad you'll be back to your old self in no time.

When you're 10 minutes out of surgery, don't hit on the nurses, even if they are hot. Because trust me, you look like to belong in the morgue.

Actually, from your picture, you look like a young Bill Gates that just got the crap kicked out of him in the school yard for telling everyone that "one day you will all bow to me, the King of expensive bloatware!"

All kidding aside, I hope your recovery goes well, and your can literally breathe easier from now on.

At 11/6/09 12:28 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Tell me about it. Hey, since Byte, Eagle, Idiot-Finder, TheThing, PuddinN64, and myself are all writing fanfics, how about you jump on the bandwagon Lizz? I'm pretty sure you could come up with something. After all, you're the youngest here.

Yes, I concur. But I know Lizz is in the middle of a bunch of exams, and he's trying real hard to get his grades up, so I'm not sure how much free time he'll have to spend on a story. But if he does get time, I can give him this bit of advice: write about what you know - and then add in the people here as they could fit. You can take any story concept and match up people you know with characters in the story. For example, "Alice in Wonderland". Who would be Alice? What about the Mad Hatter or the Rabbit? Forget about gender - look at personalities. Imagine yourself as the protagonist (main character) and then think who would fit the other roles. The thing about a fanfic is that there is no right or wrong - if you change reality, so what? The idea is to have fun, and exercise your writing skills.

We're like the comedy relief of the EGB. When the 5 of us get going, we joke a lot with each other. Maybe you could do a fic about our days in the NGPD, save for Byte, we didn't know her then.

As I've said numerous times, I use comedy and humor to defuse tense situations. It's hard to stay serious when there's a clown in the room - unless you hate clowns and shoot them on sight.

And, according to this article people with a sense of humor tend to be more creative - and vice versa!

(Another PSA from the fine folks at the EGB. And remember kids, only you can prevent forest fires!)

At 11/6/09 03:55 PM, byteslinger wrote:

At 11/6/09 02:55 PM, TheThing wrote: Just got this surgery done yesterday...

Well, I am glad you're feeling a little better after surgery. Yes, Percosets are a wonderful drug. After
a couple of those, they can saw off your legs with a rusty spoon and beat you like a pinata, and all the time you'll be singing "Take a Chance On Me" from ABBA's greatest hits. Or so I've been told...

Meh, I just more talkative/funny, and had some funny gesticulations. Of course, I don't know what the size of the pill was, so it could have been whatever the lowest dose is.

I was fortunate enough to be in a relatively normal state when I woke up.

Normal, of course, being a completely subjective opinion based on your perspective. I seriously doubt anyone in this forum reading this post can be considered normal. But I am glad you'll be back to your old self in no time.

When I say normal, I mean not mumbling about the flying green hippo outside.

When you're 10 minutes out of surgery, don't hit on the nurses, even if they are hot. Because trust me, you look like to belong in the morgue.

Actually, from your picture, you look like a young Bill Gates that just got the crap kicked out of him in the school yard for telling everyone that "one day you will all bow to me, the King of expensive bloatware!"

All kidding aside, I hope your recovery goes well, and your can literally breathe easier from now on.

I was kid of hamming it up for that picture. I don't need to wear that thing over my nose anymore, so I just look like I got hit in both eyes and have a funny plastic thing over my nose.

At 11/6/09 04:14 PM, TheThing wrote:

At 11/6/09 03:55 PM, byteslinger wrote:

At 11/6/09 02:55 PM, TheThing wrote: Just got this surgery done yesterday...

Well, I am glad you're feeling a little better after surgery. Yes, Percosets are a wonderful drug. After a couple of those, they can saw off your legs with a rusty spoon and beat you like a pinata, and all the time you'll be singing "Take a Chance On Me" from ABBA's greatest hits. Or so I've been told...

Meh, I just more talkative/funny, and had some funny gesticulations. Of course, I don't know what the size of the pill was, so it could have been whatever the lowest dose is.

It sounds more like PCP or Angel Dust, as it's more commonly known to me.

Get some good old fashioned Ketamine inside of you :P

At 11/6/09 12:10 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Really I'd say we should talk about the portal and all that.....But there is really nothing to talk about :\

Well, besides my favourite whistle-point farm coming back, school seems to be keeping the dumbfucks off NG right now. Not much you can do in an unabused portal besides sit quietly and admire it. :)

And B/P, of course... ;P

At 11/6/09 10:00 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I'm on Wave now, so invites may be forthcoming at some stage :P

That could be fun...I can see that place easily becoming a gathering point for the EGB and a nice supplement to the main thread. I'd have to play with it more to see, though.

Yeah! Now there's a victory parade in a few minutes time.

I hope the Yanks extend Kate Hudson's contract... :-P

Yeah, it could be a place where Eagle hosts a wave for his stories, for example. A place where discussions about potential members happens in real time, that sort of thing.

I also see it as a great chat room, greater than using IM or some chat on a web page. You could literally see what all of the EGB is doing at that time...I think it'd be a blast!

At 11/6/09 12:10 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Hmmm. Over the past few days we have been talking about nothing really. Shall we get a conversation going in here or something? IT seems.....Kinda.....Bland.

Let's talk about lawn chairs. Interesting, aren't they? ;-)

At 11/6/09 01:38 PM, TheThing wrote: Just got this surgery done yesterday. It was a solid 10-hour day for me in the hospital. My nose is now pretty much centered, and, from what I've been able to do so far, breathes a lot better. But I did learn a few things while there.

I read the procedure and all of your posts, so I'm glad to see that the procedure was successful, and here's hoping for a speedy recovery!

1) You will never get any better sleep then when you're knocked out with anesthesia.

I remember when I had to get foot surgery due to an accident in martial arts...I saw the guy inject something into my IV hookup, and I remember saying "So, how long before this takes affeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." *sleep*

I woke up feeling like I just had like 20 beers...it was awesome.

2) Percasets are one hell of a drug

Oxycodone is the shit...no doubt. I'm someone with a large tolerance for stuff like alcohol and painkillers, so I can actually drive and function normally on oxy, but man, when that stuff starts working, it's like a blanket of awesome slowly coating your body. Ahhhhhhh...

3) Even though the surgeons broke my nose and cut my nostrils, nothing hurts more than a dry throat sore from the breathing pipe they put down it for the anesthesia.

Ugh...I can imagine...that doesn't seem to be a think that painkillers can easily resolve.

4) When you're 10 minutes out of surgery, don't hit on the nurses, even if they are hot. Because trust me, you look like to belong in the morgue.

HAHAHA...I'll remember that tip, thanks. Of course, you might have the Florence Nightingale effect work towards your favor, so it's worth a shot. :-P

At 11/6/09 03:55 PM, byteslinger wrote: Byte's great advice

Exactly. That's why my initial Barracks story was about Counter-Strike...it's what I knew. I have since been able to expand my writing elsewhere, but it was the best building block for me.

(Another PSA from the fine folks at the EGB. And remember kids, only you can prevent forest fires!

*cues music* The more you knoooooow.

So yeah, let's hope for our fellow Barracks member's quick recovery...and if you get to reading my story TheThing, you'll hopefully notice I left you a little present in the latest chapter. :-)

Well done on getting to Staff Sergeant SlntCobra1 it took me ages to get to that level. So Creeb up to his old tricks again that is nothing new then. On the stolen flashes I find it hard to tell if they are stolen or not as you say the address not matching does not mean its not there flash. Sheizenhammer I would love to see the link about how to tell if flashes are stolen. I remember being caught out with a author called YouGame on that account. Glad your surgery went well TheThing. Hopefully Chris Beer wont submit any rule breaking flash again. Have you noticed that his aviator is Donald Duck?

Well, I'm finding another 2 things about the surgery that I hate.

First, I can't sleep. It's more of a intermediate stage between being awake and asleep, and I'll pop out of it every once in a while.

Second, it feels like my nose is constantly stuffy, like i got a cold. The only problem is that I can't blow my nose because it'll hurt like a bitch, and I'll break all the clots, which means I'll be bleeding like a woman.

Oh, and updated picture of me looking sexy. Taken about 5 hours ago.

At 11/7/09 02:26 AM, TheThing wrote: First, I can't sleep. It's more of a intermediate stage between being awake and asleep, and I'll pop out of it every once in a while.

Ouch. I know what that's like. It's worse than getting no sleep at all. By the way, I don't know if you noticed, but I started a sequel to the original BUF, and something tells me you'll enjoy it so far. :-)

Second, it feels like my nose is constantly stuffy, like i got a cold. The only problem is that I can't blow my nose because it'll hurt like a bitch, and I'll break all the clots, which means I'll be bleeding like a woman.

Ugh..that would drive me nuts. Do you know how long it will take for your nose to heal?

At 11/7/09 02:35 AM, TheThing wrote: Oh, and updated picture of me looking sexy. Taken about 5 hours ago.

That actually doesn't look bad at all considering you just had surgery...If this keeps up, you should be healed in no time... :-P

At 11/6/09 01:38 PM, TheThing wrote: Just got this surgery done yesterday. It was a solid 10-hour day for me in the hospital. My nose is now pretty much centered, and, from what I've been able to do so far, breathes a lot better. But I did learn a few things while there.

I'm glad that everything went well! You look much better now, good look with your recovery! 10 hours sounds like a lot, but the surgery was successful so it's all good :)

At 11/7/09 02:26 AM, TheThing wrote: Well, I'm finding another 2 things about the surgery that I hate.

First, I can't sleep. It's more of a intermediate stage between being awake and asleep, and I'll pop out of it every once in a while.

Second, it feels like my nose is constantly stuffy, like i got a cold. The only problem is that I can't blow my nose because it'll hurt like a bitch, and I'll break all the clots, which means I'll be bleeding like a woman.

That's pretty bad, I would hate not to be able to sleep :( As I said, good luck with your recovery!

At 11/6/09 06:47 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 11/6/09 10:00 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I'm on Wave now, so invites may be forthcoming at some stage :P

That could be fun...I can see that place easily becoming a gathering point for the EGB and a nice supplement to the main thread. I'd have to play with it more to see, though.

I watched the looooong video yesterday and it looks awesome. I think that every group or business could benefit from it, even if I still haven't tried it yet.

I signed up yesterday but apparently I must be invited by a friend to sign in. Anyone care to invite me? lol

Malicious Submission:

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Spawns pop-up windows and is quite loud. Be careful...use Firefox. :-P

Y'all think a 10 hour surgery is immense?! HA! My surgery on my back was much longer. I had to go in at 7:30 AM and my surgery was scheduled for 8 or 8:30 and I woke up about 6 or 7 that night in the ICU.

Here's the discussion Lizz and I had over AIM yesterday evening.

LizzardisNG 4:53 pm
I've always wondered though, how did you do your back in? Were you born with it? Or an accident?
DragonMaster368 4:53 pm
Well, Scoliosis is a genetic defect. It's on both sides of my family.
my aunt on my dad's side, and my mom has it, but not as bad as I did.
It didn't really start to show until I was 13. I had a hump but my parents didn't know what it was.
LizzardisNG 4:54 pm
Dang. So what happens again? Your spine curves a funny shape?
DragonMaster368 4:54 pm
Yup.
LizzardisNG 4:54 pm
Man....So how do they correct that?
DragonMaster368 4:55 pm
http://www.webmd.com/video/scoliosis-sur gery
http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/tc/scolio sis-symptoms
LizzardisNG 4:57 pm
So what do you have? Flexible, stainless steel or Titanium rods?
DragonMaster368 4:57 pm
Not sure.
I think it's the flexible stainless steel.
LizzardisNG 4:57 pm
Ah right. Okay
DragonMaster368 4:58 pm
Mine was much worse than those 2. The upper portion of my spine was bent 80 degrees to the right.
LizzardisNG 4:58 pm
Wow!
Was that painfulk?
painful*
Or did you learn to deal with it and such?
DragonMaster368 4:59 pm
well the pre-op wasn't.
The post-op PT was the worst.
but waking up in the ICU was a rough event. 7 minutes after I woke up, I puked.
LizzardisNG 5:00 pm
Why? The pain, or because of the anestesia?
DragonMaster368 5:00 pm
the anesthesia
LizzardisNG 5:00 pm
Sorry for my spelling.....Not to good on words i have never spelt before.
DragonMaster368 5:00 pm
it's alright.

but one day while in the hospital I had to take a leak, so I got up and hobbled my way to the bathroom. When I came out of the bathroom, the doc walked in, mouth agape and I looked at him and blatantly asked "What? Never seen a guy leave a bathroom before?" That was fucking funny as hell!!
LizzardisNG 5:02 pm
Ahahaha. Dude....That would have been funny to see his reaction!
DragonMaster368 5:02 pm
it was.
he said 'GET BACK IN BED!"

Also, best of luck on your recovery Thing.

Sorry for the double post, but speaking of the portal, y'all seen this new spam crew the BGG? Otherwise known as the Brad Garrett Group?

I respect Brad as a talented actor and comedian, but who'd have thought that spammers could ruin that?

At 11/7/09 02:40 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Sorry for the double post, but speaking of the portal, y'all seen this new spam crew the BGG? Otherwise known as the Brad Garrett Group?

I respect Brad as a talented actor and comedian, but who'd have thought that spammers could ruin that?

I have in fact had the pleasure. Turns out they're targeting me with their latest Flash, too. Looks like I'm all sorts of popular lately...

On another Portal note, there have been a few Flash submitted today that have been spawning pop-ups, so make sure your browser has a pop-up blocked built-in or installed. Keep on the lookout today!

At 11/7/09 02:40 AM, EagleRock wrote:

At 11/7/09 02:26 AM, TheThing wrote: First, I can't sleep. It's more of a intermediate stage between being awake and asleep, and I'll pop out of it every once in a while.

Ouch. I know what that's like. It's worse than getting no sleep at all.

Yeah. Although I did find some sleep after posting that. Wasn't great, but it was better than what I was doing before that.

By the way, I don't know if you noticed, but I started a sequel to the original BUF, and something tells me you'll enjoy it so far. :-)

I'll have to check it out when I get a chance.

At 11/7/09 06:06 AM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 11/7/09 02:40 AM, EagleRock wrote: That actually doesn't look bad at all considering you just had surgery...If this keeps up, you should be healed in no time... :-P

The picture far below doesn't show my face too well, but most of the bruising has gone away. It just looks like I haven't had much sleep.

He should be healed externally, in no time. You forget that his sinuses had to be moved and muscles have been cut, its going to take a while to heal internally though.

Most of the bruising has gone away, but my nose still hurts a bit and is tender. Might be able to take the split off in another week or so, and then I shouldn't do any contact sports for about a month or 2.

However, I do agree with Eagle, you go look great. I wish you the best of recovery stages :)

Thank you, and everyone else who has wished me a good recovery.

At 11/7/09 01:03 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Y'all think a 10 hour surgery is immense?! HA! My surgery on my back was much longer. I had to go in at 7:30 AM and my surgery was scheduled for 8 or 8:30 and I woke up about 6 or 7 that night in the ICU.

Yeah, it really wasn't that bad. Hell, it was really only a 3 hour surgery. The rest was prepping me and then making sure I wasn't going to die on the way home.

My mom says that it used to be that I would have had to stay in the hospital for a day or 2.

And I'm sure that Cobra had to stay around for a couple of days before he went home.

but one day while in the hospital I had to take a leak, so I got up and hobbled my way to the bathroom. When I came out of the bathroom, the doc walked in, mouth agape and I looked at him and blatantly asked "What? Never seen a guy leave a bathroom before?" That was fucking funny as hell!!

Lol. I seem to heal quick. When I donated blood in the spring, I was able to walk around normally. And even after the surgery, I was a bit weak, but still able to go to the bathroom just fine.

LizzardisNG 5:02 pm
Ahahaha. Dude....That would have been funny to see his reaction!
DragonMaster368 5:02 pm
it was.
he said 'GET BACK IN BED!"

Lol. I guess he was just trying to cover his ass. Imagine if you fell down or fucked up your back again. It'd be all on him.

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This is stolen from

armorgames.

It's a pretty large game.

At 11/7/09 10:01 PM, ClockWorkYellow wrote: Sir! Reporting for duty, Sir!!!

Sorry you need 2/500 points to join here so when you reach Private you can try then. Thanks for the link to that flash TP. Well the portal being spammed by a user called BradGarrett or another name with the same image used over again, its annoying but good for blam points wonder if ist the same user as last week. Don't know why someone would try to steal a Armor game I check out that profile of that thief gamerboy500 http://gamerboy500.newgrounds.com/

Well, another Saturday night in front of my laptop. The portal has been relatively slow this week, despite the spikes of spam and crap.

This gave me time to finish another chapter in my fanfic:

Chapter 15 - Loose Ends

I'm going to expand on some details over the next few chapters, since many of you wanted it not to end just yet. And, yes, I am tying it in to current events and EagleRock's current story as well.

Hope you like it!

At 11/7/09 09:04 PM, Toiletpaper wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 7299
This is stolen from armorgames. It's a pretty large game.

It still amazes me what people try to steal. I still laugh when someone bothers to try to steal a flash that is ridiculously prominent on the Top 50 list. Thanks for the heads-up!

At 11/7/09 10:01 PM, ClockWorkYellow wrote: Sir! Reporting for duty, Sir!!!

Thanks for showing your interest in the Barracks! As others have already said, you don't yet meet the requirements to join. The requirements are as follows:

- B/P rank of Elite Guard Private or higher (minimum of 2,500 B/P)
- Minimum whistle status of Bronze or higher
- Good posting habits and a history of such to back it up

You seem to understand B/Ping already, but here's a link to the FAQ for convenience. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me and I'll answer them for you. :-)

At 11/7/09 11:07 PM, byteslinger wrote: This gave me time to finish another chapter in my fanfic:
Chapter 15 - Loose Ends

Great chapter as usual! I posted my thoughts in the thread. I swear...I just can't figure you out anymore...

Here it is, this one covers a ridiculous controversy that shouldn't have happened but it did due to some edited video that made it looks like a spitball is applied.

At 11/7/09 10:07 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: Thanks for the link to that flash TP.

No problem. ;)

Well the portal being spammed by a user called BradGarrett... Don't know why someone would try to steal a Armor game I check out that profile of that thief gamerboy500.

His newness, his level, as well as his profile is leading me to believe that he is one of the DD, I could be wrong though. I'm pretty sure either he just got recruited into a spam group, or he was in one all along. Again, I could be wrong.

At 11/8/09 10:00 AM, EagleRock wrote: It still amazes me what people try to steal. I still laugh when someone bothers to try to steal a flash that is ridiculously prominent on the Top 50 list. Thanks for the heads-up!

Heh, speaking of ridiculous, I remember someone trying to steal Toss the Turtle. It got flagged before the flash obtained 50 views.

If I may, despite the NGPD thread going up, I'd like to continue to report flashes here as well.

This one

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Has been stolen pretty obviously, from

playcrafter.

Playcrafter even has an

account

on this website, and has not submitted this game.

MASTER SERGEANT, SLNTCOBRA1, REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!

At 11/8/09 03:55 PM, Toiletpaper wrote: If I may, despite the NGPD thread going up, I'd like to continue to report flashes here as well.
This one
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 7384
Has been stolen pretty obviously, from playcrafter. Playcrafter even has an account on this website, and has not submitted this game.

Well Playcrafter allows it's users to create games on their site and download them and then upload them elsewhere. This is the second time I've seen this kind of thing come into question. It's not stolen at all. It's in Playcrafter's TOS.

I apologize if this is a double post.

At 11/8/09 04:25 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: MASTER SERGEANT, SLNTCOBRA1, REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!

MASTER SERGEANT, SLNTCOBRA1, REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!

That's better.

Deep apology for triple posting.

At 11/8/09 04:29 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Well Playcrafter allows it's users to create games on their site and download them and then upload them elsewhere. This is the second time I've seen this kind of thing come into question. It's not stolen at all. It's in Playcrafter's TOS.

My apologies. I realized that after visiting the playcrafters website. It seems I was completely wrong. Sorry for the incorrect flag; I've never seen such a thing before. I'll be more careful next time.

At 11/8/09 03:19 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Mmmkay guys. Just a quick heads up, it seems that Poozy is willing to let the NGPD have their last chance.

It has been unlocked.

Wow, hopefully it stays unlocked

Can I ask something....If you guys see that the users are off-topic, or if its staying too far off course, come you butt in and intervene? I mean....A little nudge wouldn't hurt.

Why not? It wouldn't hurt for the PD's big brother to step in and set it straight. And honestly, how much effort is involved in posting in the NGPD? We can even write something up to post there, if and when the situation arises.

This flash brings clear threats against tom, and by ours truly, the DD.

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At 11/8/09 03:55 PM, Toiletpaper wrote: If I may, despite the NGPD thread going up, I'd like to continue to report flashes here as well.
This one
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 7384
Has been stolen pretty obviously, from playcrafter. Playcrafter even has an account on this website, and has not submitted this game.

Well, it may have turned out to be a false alarm, but you are always welcome to report stolen flash here! Thanks for the effort!

At 11/8/09 04:32 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 11/8/09 04:25 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: MASTER SERGEANT, SLNTCOBRA1, REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!

MASTER SERGEANT, SLNTCOBRA1, REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR!!

That's better.

Congrats!

Deep apology for triple posting.

Apology accepted, Staff Sergeant...I mean MASTER Sergeant Cobra...

At 11/8/09 08:23 PM, TheThing wrote:

At 11/8/09 03:19 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Can I ask something....If you guys see that the users are off-topic, or if its staying too far off course, come you butt in and intervene? I mean....A little nudge wouldn't hurt.

Why not? It wouldn't hurt for the PD's big brother to step in and set it straight. And honestly, how much effort is involved in posting in the NGPD? We can even write something up to post there, if and when the situation arises.

I agree that we should help them out whenever we can, but please do remember that the NGPD is its own group, and the EGB holds no authority on it. We can make our friendly recommendations as allies, but Tails' leadership over the NGPD should be respected. I'm only saying because it's happened in the past, and Tails was understandingly pissed off because of it. However, I'm sure that your assistances would be only recommendations anyway, so I'm really just being precautionary. :-)

At 11/8/09 09:52 PM, Toiletpaper wrote: This flash brings clear threats against tom, and by ours truly, the DD.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/51 7419

Then suddenly in his angst-filled rage after watching his Giants losing to the mediocre west coast team known as the Chargers in a inexcusable fashion, Idiot-Finder burst in and shot DD's flash with his lazor, blasting it to oblivion.

Then he went back home and lock himself up in his room to mope...