Right, I am BACK, ready to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and make witty remarks regarding my possession of said gum!

...or more accurately, to humbly apologise for my long-standing absence around the Barracks, however with summer exams finally out of the way, I am making a serious attempt at a return to activity now. By the way, I would like to thank everyone for how they conducted themselves in the absence of higher authority (though I expected no less from anyone here) and to Ismael for grabbing the bull by the horns regarding RogerBK's membership application.

Unfortunately Roger, discussions will have to take somewhat longer than usual, as it is Barracks policy to delete a voting thread once discussions are finished, and due to a lack of foresight on my part when I became 3rd in command here I presently lack the administrative tools to delete the thread. However I will work on solving this, and once either this issue is resolved or another higher-up returns you will be notified of the decision. In the meantime you are more than welcome to post here as long as you abide by our standards, which from the posts here so far doesn't seem to be an issue.

Well I think that's about it for the moment, feel free to direct any questions or rage towards me for my absence haha.

*salutes*

Good to be back.

At 5/21/10 08:30 PM, RogerBK wrote: So, guys, bye, as I said before, I'll be inactive tomorrow, so, I think I'll miss the news, but, who cares?? Just posted to leave a one-day goodbye... lol

That's OK :)
You really don't need to say goodbye each time you think you're going to be absent for a day, specially in a place where it's normal for some of our members to go inactive for weeks or even months. Just look at our big list of members and you'll see what I'm talking about ;)

*Punching and kicking the air, preparing for the big fight tomorrow...*

Wish me luck!!

Good luck!

At 5/22/10 08:02 AM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Right, I am BACK, ready to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and make witty remarks regarding my possession of said gum!

Behold, mortals, for the almighty gum chewer is back!

...or more accurately, to humbly apologise for my long-standing absence around the Barracks, however with summer exams finally out of the way, I am making a serious attempt at a return to activity now.

It's OK, don't worry. I really hope you can get more active though :)

By the way, I would like to thank everyone for how they conducted themselves in the absence of higher authority (though I expected no less from anyone here) and to Ismael for grabbing the bull by the horns regarding RogerBK's membership application.

No problem, we're not called "Elite" for nothing, hehe

Unfortunately Roger, discussions will have to take somewhat longer than usual, as it is Barracks policy to delete a voting thread once discussions are finished, and due to a lack of foresight on my part when I became 3rd in command here I presently lack the administrative tools to delete the thread. However I will work on solving this, and once either this issue is resolved or another higher-up returns you will be notified of the decision. In the meantime you are more than welcome to post here as long as you abide by our standards, which from the posts here so far doesn't seem to be an issue.

Again, bureaucracy at it worst, hah. If you become an Admin in our forums, but you think that you're not going to be really active, you should make someone a mod for that specific subforum. The current mod for the "Member Discussion" forum is Phantom, who besides already being an admin, is inactive :/

Well I think that's about it for the moment, feel free to direct any questions or rage towards me for my absence haha.

I could never direct any rage towards the almighty gum chewer. I bow to you, sir!

*salutes*

*Salutes*

Good to be back.

Good to have you back.

Hello RothantheBarbian great to see you on here again as well as other old members of the EGB. Now I'm a little confused about the current list on the EGB forums, I thought SlntCobra1 is Portal Violations Officer which he mentioned a few months back. So that is why I have not reported much because ,I recall that it was up top to Portal Violation Officer to do so. But according to the current list by Ismael92 I'm still PVO I'm confused help what is going on?!

Anyway that account with submissions is worth keeping an eye on.

Well technically, you're the commanding PVO, I'm just the lieutenant PVO. But seeing as how you're less active than I am, perhaps I should take over? Then again, I would have to keep up with all the submissions which look suspicious and the authors, etc. ugh, I don't think I could handle that. Not to say that I don't have a good work ethic, I do, it just seems like a lot of pressure.

I don't work well under pressure.

At 5/22/10 06:34 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Well technically, you're the commanding PVO, I'm just the lieutenant PVO. But seeing as how you're less active than I am, perhaps I should take over? Then again, I would have to keep up with all the submissions which look suspicious and the authors, etc. ugh, I don't think I could handle that. Not to say that I don't have a good work ethic, I do, it just seems like a lot of pressure.

I don't work well under pressure.

No I'm fine with my it I need to keep up with the lists it can get confusing. I have the lists bookmarked I need to report them, and hopefully keep up again thanks for replying.

Sure, no problem. Other than that, anyone else find or do anything of real interest this week?

At 5/22/10 07:14 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Sure, no problem. Other than that, anyone else find or do anything of real interest this week?

I'm back guys!! Hey!!

I just found some bruises in my arms and a unfair fight against a brown-belt karate-guy...

So, as I said before, I fought a brown-belt man, I think he has 16 years, and I almost won, I lost just by a punch in my chest... (it wasn't a point!! Why did the jusdge give him a POINT????)

So, what's up with my news?? Am I going to be accepted?? *Anxious*

:|

At 5/22/10 08:45 PM, RogerBK wrote: So, as I said before, I fought a brown-belt man, I think he has 16 years, and I almost won, I lost just by a punch in my chest... (it wasn't a point!! Why did the jusdge give him a POINT????)

Please tell me you (or someone) has a video of this! :P

So, what's up with my news?? Am I going to be accepted?? *Anxious*

Easy there; the voting thread's not over yet (we're still getting votes), and this one may take a particularly long time due to no-one being around to delete it once it's done with (we have a thing about not seeing your own voting thread for some reason ;P). Just sit tight and keep working on that blam count, m'kay?

At 5/22/10 08:51 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

and keep working on that blam count, m'kay?

Why would he have to work on his blam count? Roger just doesn't vote on the bad submissions meaning he only votes on submissions that he wants to pass. This is completely honest and alright to do.

I say vote how ever you want to vote Roger, as long as you're voting honestly then that's all we can ask for ever.

At 5/22/10 09:05 PM, Fro wrote:

At 5/22/10 08:51 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

and keep working on that blam count, m'kay?

Why would he have to work on his blam count? Roger just doesn't vote on the bad submissions meaning he only votes on submissions that he wants to pass. This is completely honest and alright to do.

Crap; completely mis-worded it. DISREGARD THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SUCKING ON RIGHT NOW!

I say vote how ever you want to vote Roger, as long as you're voting honestly then that's all we can ask for ever.

^^Yeah, that instead. Just ignore me; I'm not making a whole lot of sense right now. ( ._.)

*mumbles incoherently*

At 5/22/10 09:25 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

Crap; completely mis-worded it. DISREGARD THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SUCKING ON RIGHT NOW!

Oh, you're drunk! I understand now. ;)

By the way I reviewed your art submission. Took me about 20 minutes, but it was pretty good. I suggest working on a few more pieces of art to have the opportunity to get scouted.

Anyway, I'm sorry for not being around much... I won't be for awhile again. On to Pyroscape 3 and a Robot Day RPG game!

At 5/22/10 09:05 PM, Fro wrote:

At 5/22/10 08:51 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

and keep working on that blam count, m'kay?

Why would he have to work on his blam count? Roger just doesn't vote on the bad submissions meaning he only votes on submissions that he wants to pass. This is completely honest and alright to do.

I say vote how ever you want to vote Roger, as long as you're voting honestly then that's all we can ask for ever.

While you are quite correct in your response, Fro, I can understand Sheiz's directive. I think I can say that we all believe that RogerBK votes fairly on passable flashes, or not at all. He is technically doing nothing wrong, per se.

But one of the reasons the EGB exists is to help weed out those flashes that are truly spam or porn or stolen or detrimental to the portal. We don't mass vote - but we all apply the rules as they stand and our own common sense to help keep the peace.

When you see an obvious "bad" flash that truly has no business on Newgrounds, and then don't blam it, that's the same thing as being in a war, spotting the enemy - and then letting them go by. If a soldier IRL did that, he would be court-martialed for dereliction of duty.

Now, we're certainly not going to pressure Roger - or anyone else - into blamming a flash when they feel they don't want to. But I do need to point out that maybe he could learn to be more self-confident in his position, so when he sees a flash that needs to be put down, he's not afraid to do the right thing and blam it. It's not an anti-social act, and it is anonymous unless you write about it in a review. Protecting the portal is the Prime Directive of the EGB - and we can't do that if we don't take out our blam rifles and give the bad guys hell.

(Some of you may have seen this before)

From the book The Zen of the Elite Guard:

The Zero is your friend; the Zero helps keep the balance and the peace. It protects Newgrounds from those who would seek to hurt it. It may not be popular, but in the Great Wheel of Life, it is the only balance against the "5". Yin and Yang. Good and Evil. Pass and Fail. The choice is yours - the responsibility is ours.

*Salutes*

At 5/22/10 09:37 PM, byteslinger wrote:

When you see an obvious "bad" flash that truly has no business on Newgrounds, and then don't blam it, that's the same thing as being in a war, spotting the enemy - and then letting them go by. If a soldier IRL did that, he would be court-martialed for dereliction of duty.

Ah, but what happens when you don't want to shoot a man so you pass it over to your friend and allow them to make the choice? Roger has sent me blam worthy flashes on AIM before and I checked them out, thought they were blam worthy, and voted 0 on them accordingly.

Hey, side note, and a lot of posts from me in a thread that I usually don't post in more than 1 time a month, but oh well it's nice to talk to some people that I haven't talked to in a while... Is anyone interested in doing about 10 background pieces of art for me for a flash? It's going to be a sniper type game and I'll need places like a park, inside of an office, etc..

Here's an example of some of the sprites that will be used.

Lol, Fro and Nick

At 5/22/10 09:42 PM, Fro wrote:

At 5/22/10 09:37 PM, byteslinger wrote:

When you see an obvious "bad" flash that truly has no business on Newgrounds, and then don't blam it, that's the same thing as being in a war, spotting the enemy - and then letting them go by. If a soldier IRL did that, he would be court-martialed for dereliction of duty.

Yeah, Sheiz and you are right, I need to start blamming more flashes, since people don't like 32 blams... xD. And, also, I'm contributing to the site when I blam shitty flashes, I think I need to start blamming a little more...

Ah, but what happens when you don't want to shoot a man so you pass it over to your friend and allow them to make the choice? Roger has sent me blam worthy flashes on AIM before and I checked them out, thought they were blam worthy, and voted 0 on them accordingly.

Dont' forget to say that I said "OMG, there is a Kitty Krew attack in the Portal, they're completely offensive, I think we should blam it..."

Hey, side note, and a lot of posts from me in a thread that I usually don't post in more than 1 time a month, but oh well it's nice to talk to some people that I haven't talked to in a while... Is anyone interested in doing about 10 background pieces of art for me for a flash? It's going to be a sniper type game and I'll need places like a park, inside of an office, etc..

Here's an example of some of the sprites that will be used.

Lol, Fro and Nick

lol, I'm still w/ this in my netbook, I forgot to delete it when you passed me trough AIM...

Also, sorry about the double post, I was distracted watching TV...

No, Sheizen, no one video-taped it, since everyone tought it was going to be a massacre, but people congratulated me after my painful and awful loss...

(Oh, God, how I'd love to watch it again... I'd laugh so much, since I jumped in the ground to avoid one of the kicks...)

At 5/22/10 09:42 PM, Fro wrote: Is anyone interested in doing about 10 background pieces of art for me for a flash? It's going to be a sniper type game and I'll need places like a park, inside of an office, etc..

Sure, I could probably help you out here.

Lol, Fro and Nick

Ok...um...why are you referring to yourself in the 3rd person!? o_0

At 5/22/10 08:45 PM, RogerBK wrote: So, as I said before, I fought a brown-belt man, I think he has 16 years, and I almost won, I lost just by a punch in my chest... (it wasn't a point!! Why did the jusdge give him a POINT????)

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that you lost :(
Anyway, remember that he is 16 years old. We use the verb "to be", not "have" (it's not like Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages that come from Latin).

At 5/22/10 09:05 PM, Fro wrote:

At 5/22/10 08:51 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

and keep working on that blam count, m'kay?

Why would he have to work on his blam count? Roger just doesn't vote on the bad submissions meaning he only votes on submissions that he wants to pass. This is completely honest and alright to do.

At last! Someone who thinks like me!

Anyway, just because there isn't someone to delete the voting thread doesn't mean that he can't get in. He just can't get validated so he can't see the thread (anyway, there isn't anyone around with admin power to validate accounts in our forums).

At 5/22/10 09:42 PM, Fro wrote: Here's an example of some of the sprites that will be used.

Hehe, so you're going for a pixel art? Anyway, it doesn't matter, I suck at drawing so I can't help you :(

At 5/23/10 01:18 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 5/22/10 09:42 PM, Fro wrote: Lol, Fro and Nick

Ok...um...why are you referring to yourself in the 3rd person!? o_0

Probably because the characters in that pictures are indeed Fro and Nick.

At 5/23/10 11:17 AM, Ismael92 wrote:

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that you lost :(

Yeah, I'd won that fight, the guy wasn't so strong as a brown belt must be. I'd won, if I wasn't so idiot...

Anyway, remember that he is 16 years old. We use the verb "to be", not "have" (it's not like Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages that come from Latin).

OK, man, thanks, you'll have to correct me once in a while, since I still didn't finish my English course. Also, I always make mistakes with the ''has''. I can't put that in my head!!

Ok guys, I now have mod powers on the forums and thus I will be able to remove the voting thread when voting ceases, with that in mind I will probably remove the thread sometime this evening, so last chances to get a vote in. Speak now or forever hold your peace...

However, as Ismael alluded if Roger is accepted I unfortunately lack the power to validate a forum account, but nonetheless he can sign up and will be validated ASAP.

****STOLEN FLASH ALERT****

Stolen:

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Original and it was uploaded yesterday, 5/22/2010:

http://www.gamesofdesire.com/3d/street-r acing-girls/

I'm also posting this in the NGPD.

Here's the latest chapter, yes PETA members are made from chickens.

Enjoy.

Discussions have ended, and RogerBK has been accepted into the Barracks, congratulations! Some issues were raised during the discussion, and I will discuss these with Roger privately. However the concensus was overwhelmingly positive, so congratulations to Roger and welcome to the Barracks. Be sure to sign up on the EGB forums, it may take some time for your account to be validated but it'll be dealt with as soon as possible.

At 5/23/10 04:35 PM, Lizzardis wrote: I have added him to the roster as required, I've also added ADV back into the EGB as well, since he was once a member who is now back and here to stay with us, and I personally welcome him back.

You mean he was here and left before I ranked out of the NGPD and made it into the barracks like a week after you did? I don't recall seeing him around before.

I'm thinking of holding a roll call on the 1st of June, but I want some input from you guys. I know it's somewhat sudden, but if I start it here on the 1st of June, then I can do another at the start of next year and since I'm doing the NGPD roll call at the same time... Well it would be easier :)

I thought our roll call was held on 6/23, 9/23, and 12/23 of each year. That's what Slash put forth, but I'm not sure what Eagle's plans are though. Hmmm......

At 5/23/10 04:21 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Discussions have ended, and RogerBK has been accepted into the Barracks, congratulations!

Welcome to the EGB, Roger!

BTW, Rohan, I think you should delete Yamor's voting thread as well. Eagle locked it saying he would delete it later, but that was before he went inactive.

At 5/23/10 04:35 PM, Lizzardis wrote: I've also added ADV back into the EGB as well, since he was once a member who is now back and here to stay with us, and I personally welcome him back.

Good, I was about to point out that he should be added to the roster.

I'm thinking of holding a roll call on the 1st of June, but I want some input from you guys. I know it's somewhat sudden, but if I start it here on the 1st of June, then I can do another at the start of next year and since I'm doing the NGPD roll call at the same time... Well it would be easier :)

Just asking an all. It's up to you guys, the list is getting a tad full.

Maybe I'm being a bit obsessive about all the inactive members we have, but I was about to suggest the same thing (which should have taken place on 23rd Martch). Unfortunately, Slash is inactive and he wasn't here around that time.

As Slash has said in the past, the roster should reflect which members are active, and which members we can count on if there's any problem. It would also make your work much easier since the roster would be shorter. What do you guys (and gals) think? If you want to, I could take care of the whole thing (sending and receiving PMs, organizing a list of active/inactive/retired/ members) since as I already mentioned, Slash is inactive, and also your life is much busier than mine (I would gladly take some work off your hands).

At 5/23/10 06:17 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 5/23/10 04:35 PM, Lizzardis wrote: I have added him to the roster as required, I've also added ADV back into the EGB as well, since he was once a member who is now back and here to stay with us, and I personally welcome him back.

You mean he was here and left before I ranked out of the NGPD and made it into the barracks like a week after you did? I don't recall seeing him around before.

Read some of his old posts. He was a member here before.

I'm thinking of holding a roll call on the 1st of June, but I want some input from you guys. I know it's somewhat sudden, but if I start it here on the 1st of June, then I can do another at the start of next year and since I'm doing the NGPD roll call at the same time... Well it would be easier :)

I thought our roll call was held on 6/23, 9/23, and 12/23 of each year. That's what Slash put forth, but I'm not sure what Eagle's plans are though. Hmmm......

Yeah but as I said Slash wasn't around D:

RogerBK welcome to the barracks hope you like it here. I think maybe Lizzardis the role call may be a good idea, as you say many on the list have been inactive for ages. Phantom not posted since december of last year. Although I know members have busy lives. It is sad though to see people become inactive but that is life I guess. I Pm those stolen flashes anyway.

Thank you guys fot the welcomes, I'm pretty sure I'll like being here with you...

;)

Welcome to the barracks, RogerBK! Glad to have you on board. I'm sure you'll fit right in just fine!

*shows RBK where the blammunition goes in his rifle, and how to spot really bad flashes*

Also, a big "welcome back" to ArtDanVal. It's always good to see a familiar face -even after all this time.

* Salutes and then orders Sheiz to clean out all of his old boxes of National Geographic porn so ADV can get to his bunk again *

Glad to see that RTB is alive and well, and even our illustrious leader EagleRock made a cameo appearance here and on the BBS. I guess when they heard that the inmates were running the asylum, and I offered to help step in and manage things, well that scared them out of hiding and brought them back. Hey, whatever works! (my legion grows; my minions serve me well! bwahahahaha. It's amazing how far cookies will get you in this place!)

* Puts out huge tray of assorted cookies and a dozen glasses of ice-cold milk *

And I think Lizz has a good idea - maybe a roll call on June 1st and a revisit of Barracks functions is needed so that we have a more accurate picture of the truly active members here, as well as a defined chain of command to follow when key members are absent for protracted periods of time.

* Salutes Lizz, then gives him a hug for just bein' so damn cute! *

If the positions are available, I'd like to request either "High Priestess of Clandestine and Deniable Operations", "Dark Queen of the Rites of Initiation" or possibly "Chief Morale Booster and Abuser". I don't see those positions on the roster now, but maybe we could add one of them? I believe I am more than overqualified for any of them, but if anyone else is interested, well, we could put it up for a vote.

Anyway, glad to see the activity level up again - now, lets go do what we do best!

* Salutes, and then finds Cobra, Lizz and Ismael and drags them back to the front lines*

At 5/23/10 09:11 PM, RogerBK wrote: Thank you guys fot the welcomes, I'm pretty sure I'll like being here with you...

;)

Welcome to Barracks, I'm Commander Idiot-buster.

I've been inactive for sometime. You seem to be the only one i don't recall seeing. When i find some time, i"m sure you'll become part of the family. First things first, you need to go shopping for food. Since i last looked the house is empty, i would like some of everthing. Fro i know it was you.

At 5/23/10 09:28 PM, byteslinger wrote: * Salutes and then orders Sheiz to clean out all of his old boxes of National Geographic porn so ADV can get to his bunk again *

DAMMIT Sheiz! How many times have I told you to keep your Nat Geo porn in your portable safe?! Or at the very least on your sextuple encrypted extremely complicated password protected flash drive?! Geez!

(my legion grows; my minions serve me well! bwahahahaha. It's amazing how far cookies will get you in this place!)

Hey, who in their right mind would turn down a cookie?

* Puts out huge tray of assorted cookies and a dozen glasses of ice-cold milk *

Actually, I believe I may be lactose-intolerant, and allergic to milk as it causes my psoriasis to flare up. I move we have skim milk and Vanilla Silk Soymilk in the fridge as well? Sadly, I drink this like it's going out of style it's so damn tasty! Hmm, mix vanilla and chocolate, WE'LL HAVE A PARTY! WHEEEEE!!!

* Salutes Lizz, then gives him a hug for just bein' so damn cute! *

Hey! Where's my hug?

* Salutes, and then finds Cobra, Lizz and Ismael and drags them back to the front lines*

I've been at the portal pretty much all day. I need a rest dammit! :P

could you hold me while I fall asleep in your arms for a nap? *blushes*

At 5/24/10 01:52 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 5/23/10 09:28 PM, byteslinger wrote: * Salutes and then orders Sheiz to clean out all of his old boxes of National Geographic porn so ADV can get to his bunk again *

Also, you're not going to give me a bunk, huh?? OK, I'll sleep in the floor, why'd you take care of a Private?? *Hunf*

Hmmm, animal porn... (Ex. of titles: The Tigers get in the Ass... And other creepy things...)

DAMMIT Sheiz! How many times have I told you to keep your Nat Geo porn in your portable safe?! Or at the very least on your sextuple encrypted extremely complicated password protected flash drive?! Geez!

lol, National Geographic is full of great movies...

* Salutes Lizz, then gives him a hug for just bein' so damn cute! *

Hey! Where's my hug?

If you hug me, you'd be in jail for harassing little kids, you pedophile...

* Salutes, and then finds Cobra, Lizz and Ismael and drags them back to the front lines*

And you send RogerBK to the last row, fighting until his death with only a little pistol... :'(