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The Elite Guard Barracks

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:31:07


At 2/18/06 12:16 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:
At 2/18/06 11:42 AM, -Casualty- wrote: Hardcore! I just witnessed my 3rd blam in one week!
You mean Blam movies right? I have about 10-12... I've lost count by now... But the yare fun to have, just not as fun as the save...

Indeed. And I think I must have had about 10 too... But only 2-3 protects :(


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:33:16


At 2/18/06 12:19 PM, Biff777 wrote: I havn't had either movie for a loooonge time :(

You must be like me and vote as early as possible... I do that but once in a while a flash was voted on quickly and I got it... The sad part is hardly ever watch them if I get them because I don't want to miss more B/P... ( usually I get them during a very busy hour of the portal ).

Also I would like to say I feel sorry for RemRulzz, he is mentioned rather high in the list and yet he doesn't know it exists... I tried contacting him, a little toast before the race is back on but no sign of him... to be ranked so high in a list you don't even know of... But still pity will not save him, I already have him by 46 points with a UJ "free" portal so I'd say I'm off to a good start.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:34:25


At 2/18/06 05:20 AM, Bahamut- wrote:
At 2/18/06 05:14 AM, Ghost_Phantom wrote: Thanks. Do I have to tell him or something? I'm new to this 10 K business.
You can post about your 10K here and gfox will mention you on his next update. :) Best mentioning about your 10K stat sooner so he doesn't miss you out on the next update. ;)

I've wanted to be on that list for soooooo long. It's like the elite of the elite of the Elite!. Anyway congrats Phantom your half way there. =)

At 2/18/06 10:15 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:
Real...life? What's that? :shakes head in wonder:

Get a job. You'll learn pretty quick. ~_^

Top 300 list updated. Denvish, me, and Afro_Stud got star pace,

Valentines day was a gift for those that took advantage of it.

and quite a few Barracks members had very impressive gains.

Barracks members always have impressive gains. =)

I woke up to an UJ queue of 17, so that's hopeful! ^_^ :salute:

Bah, I slept in until 11:50am NG time. This'll be a bad day for me already and I don't really feel like being on NG all day anyway since yesterday I was getting uncomfortable, nausea and really fidgety yesterday while on NG.
That's what you get when someone spends 12+ hours on the computer though. = |

At 2/18/06 11:42 AM, -Casualty- wrote:
Hardcore! I just witnessed my 3rd blam in one week!

I haven't gotten a blam movie since 2005, plenty of save movies, but no blams. ;_;

btw hi.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:35:17


At 2/18/06 11:42 AM, -Casualty- wrote: Hardcore! I just witnessed my 3rd blam in one week!

Three all in one week? I think the only 3-in-a-week I pulled was 2 blam movies and a protect movie...nice work!

At 2/18/06 12:19 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote: Any way I'm even closer to my next rank, only 249 points left... Man the anticipation is killing me...

Ooh, the suspense!

At 2/18/06 12:19 PM, Biff777 wrote: I havn't had either movie for a loooonge time :(

I got lucky yesterday...I saw a blam movie! I usually don't see them at all because I vote right away when I see a movie. Oh well.

Oh, btw, I love your sig, Private! Way to promote the Barracks!

Well, I'm off to my civilian life for a while, I'll be back later. In the meantime, keep up your diligence on the Portal! Hooah!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:36:29


Thats exactly what I do, as quick as possible. Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB. I blam without watching. My internet is slow and fast at the same time because it takes a while to load movies but surfs quickly. Also most of the time I blam correctly and know that by reading the reviews, if any.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:40:38


At 2/18/06 12:36 PM, Biff777 wrote: Thats exactly what I do, as quick as possible. Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB. I blam without watching.

What!? I do not think that is a good method at all, sir. How can you justify blamming a movie without even watching it? Well, its your choice to vote however you want, but I think you aren't being very fair.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:46:28


At 2/18/06 12:31 PM, -Casualty- wrote: Indeed. And I think I must have had about 10 too... But only 2-3 protects :(

And they say I'm bad... You are much worse than me.. I have about 7 protect movies...

At 2/18/06 12:35 PM, EagleRock wrote: Ooh, the suspense!

I know! I'm so close... Sould I start a K-Pingu style countdown now?

At 2/18/06 12:36 PM, Biff777 wrote: Thats exactly what I do, as quick as possible. Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB.

I have seen a lot by now... including briliant movies in under 1000 KB... and hidius ones at 5 MG... try to be a little more fair because you are the one missing out on points you know.

At 2/18/06 12:40 PM, Rslegend wrote: What!? I do not think that is a good method at all, sir. How can you justify blamming a movie without even watching it? Well, its your choice to vote however you want, but I think you aren't being very fair.

I do the same but my standers are around 100 KB for movie and 10 KB for game.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:51:52


At 2/18/06 12:36 PM, Biff777 wrote:
Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB. I blam without watching.

You really shouldn't. Sure you can get away with it and none of us can stop you. But it makes the EGB look like a bunch of hypocrites.

What I do is if I have the feeling it's just a piece of shit flash (we all know the feeling) I'll just turn the volume WAY down, almost right off. And at least watch some of it.

Since it's such a small filesize it's only about 10-20 seconds long anyway. And even less time to load.

Don't forget theres been quite a few really good games with less then 100kb filesize so by being prejudice your just missing the point you could of had if you waited only 10 seconds longer to let it grab your interest.

I'm not trying to sound like an bitch but I think it would be wrong of me to say nothing.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 12:56:41


lol thats why I should proof read my sentances. I ment 100 because the movie never loads in time. when it's 1000 that enough time to load. Sorry for the mix up.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 13:03:39


At 2/18/06 12:36 PM, Biff777 wrote: Thats exactly what I do, as quick as possible. Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB. I blam without watching. My internet is slow and fast at the same time because it takes a while to load movies but surfs quickly. Also most of the time I blam correctly and know that by reading the reviews, if any.

I can't say I agree with that policy. Although the majority of movies of small file size are bad, there are a few that are extremely good and voting 0 without watching them is extremely unfair on them. After all if everybody did that then undeserving flash would be blammed.

Your argument about having slow internet as an excuse to blam without watching doesn't really follow, as it is those with small filesize that you CAN watch without long load times. I have a similar problem when I'm at home and am only able to realistically vote on low file size submissions (one of the reasons I have many more Blam points than Protect).

I can't say I am perfect, I don't watch to the end of every movie, that would require the patience of a saint. However I do give every submission a chance and only stop watching if it really is unwatchable. Sometimes I think people care more about the points and stats than about the flash themselves. After all, this is a site designed to support and watch flash, the stats are only there as a means of keeping people interested. I feel some of you may need to keep that in mind, everone deserves a chance!!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 13:24:28


At 2/18/06 12:36 PM, Biff777 wrote: Thats exactly what I do, as quick as possible. Also most of the time when the movie is less then 1000 megs and/or say OMG FIST SUB. I blam without watching. My internet is slow and fast at the same time because it takes a while to load movies but surfs quickly. Also most of the time I blam correctly and know that by reading the reviews, if any.

That is not a good policy, not matter how big the submission is. The Barracks is dedicated to protecting the Portal, not dedicated to personal gain. Every submission deserves a fair vote, even if it is 1 KB. Granted, most 1KB files are not protection-worthy, but I have given 4's and 5's to files as small as 5KB. I ask you to be more discretionary in your voting in the future for the sake of the Portal. Thanks for understanding, Private.

At 2/18/06 12:46 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:
At 2/18/06 12:35 PM, EagleRock wrote: Ooh, the suspense!
I know! I'm so close... Sould I start a K-Pingu style countdown now?

Yes yes yes, sir! We haven't had one in a while!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 13:30:14


At 2/18/06 12:35 PM, EagleRock wrote:
At 2/18/06 11:42 AM, -Casualty- wrote: Hardcore! I just witnessed my 3rd blam in one week!
Three all in one week? I think the only 3-in-a-week I pulled was 2 blam movies and a protect movie...nice work!

Thanks! I haven't got many protect movies yet :(

At 2/18/06 12:34 PM, Major_punk wrote: btw hi.

Hi.

END OF DAY REPORT stuff
B/P points: about 70
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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 13:44:14


At 2/18/06 01:24 PM, EagleRock wrote: Yes yes yes, sir! We haven't had one in a while!

K-Pingu reenactment. Only 238 points to go... And then I’ll have to change everything I have as stats in the barracks forums and get used to my rank… The worst part is how close you people are to me…


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 14:12:21


At 2/18/06 12:35 PM, EagleRock wrote:
At 2/18/06 11:42 AM, -Casualty- wrote: Hardcore! I just witnessed my 3rd blam in one week!
Three all in one week? I think the only 3-in-a-week I pulled was 2 blam movies and a protect movie...nice work!

On one DAY I got four BLAM movies and two SAVE movies. Even though two of those blam movies were after I had voted to protect. :/
I think I've gotten about 20=30 Blam movies and about 10-15 Save movies.
Hopefully I can get pretty close to the EGMSGT rank this weekend, but thanks to a shitload of work from good ol AP History, I'm not sure. Plus the fact that my retarded French teacher decided we get to do a research project on Mardi Gras, instead of maybe actually LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING IN A DAMNED FRENCH II CLASS!
God, I hate my French teacher.
But enough about that.
I remember getting 99 B/P last Saturday, and then I got like 111 points since then. Damn, I feel bad. :/

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 14:52:09


I don't understand. Why are my protects slightly lower then my blams? My blams should be a lot higher than my protects but right now the protects almost average to the same. Not quite but it's scary to look at it. Am I too nice? Am I not pushing that zero as often as I should be? Something's definately up. Gotta change my ways.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 14:55:20


At 2/18/06 02:52 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Gotta change my ways.

Hang out with me for a day. You will become a great blammer in one day. Garanteed.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:05:57


At 2/18/06 02:55 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:
At 2/18/06 02:52 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Gotta change my ways.
Hang out with me for a day. You will become a great blammer in one day. Garanteed.

Why thank you. Hope I won't look like a tag along or one of those guys trying to squeeze into a group just nodding his head as if somewhat acknowledging whats going on....but thank you. Hah in your face insura care. Damn hospital insurance, think they own your lives......a crappy fact is they do....damnit.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:27:47


At 2/18/06 03:05 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Why thank you. Hope I won't look like a tag along or one of those guys trying to squeeze into a group just nodding his head as if somewhat acknowledging whats going on....but thank you.

My rules of B/P.

1). Never bother to even look at the title. You will notice if it's good or bad any way, only if it is very good you can look at the title. If you look at the title early it makes it much more personal and hard to blam

2). Stick by your principles... If you hate a certain genre and a famous author submits one, don't be scared to stick up by your principles and as meaningless as it may be, vote as you usually would.

3). Size. First time huge submissions will usually be uncompressed audio or video, usually better to blam. First time small submissions are just as poor. Scale
0.1 KB to 1 MG= rather small, lower half of it tends to suck.
1 MG to 3 MG= average submission for good author, usually hard to decide fast, best to watch.
3 MG to 5 MG= here it all depends on how many flashes the person has before. it can be very good or very bad pending on that alone, still best to watch when in doubt.
5 MG= manually submitted by Tom, Has to be good!

Thieves- usually a good flash as a first submission will be stolen, some time it's very clear and some times not... again this depends on user, if the submitter has a low profile and didn't bother to do anything in NG it is more likely to be stolen more than something suspicious by a higher level user... for say level 9 with around officer B/P and so...

Just how to vote- 0- when you feel like hanging the authors head on your wall,
1- when you just don't like it for any reason
2- good enough to be on NG but not by much
3- pretty good, nothing amazing
4- very nice but needs work
5- your jaw snaps off as you watch it.

If you need any more help tell me ( those were my systems in B/P whether people fully agree or not, it works... )


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:29:23


At 2/18/06 03:27 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote: 5 MG= manually submitted by Tom, Has to be good!

Minor glitch, I meant 5 + MG... You know what I mean... I hate it when it happens.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:37:35


http://www.newground..m/portal/view/296367

What the hell? I thought I blocked the flash submitter from my portal buddies. :| Not again, but I did have a little laugh at the flash that said was from me.

*posting screenshot*

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:46:47


At 2/18/06 03:27 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:

:: My rules of B/P.


1). Never bother to even look at the title. You will notice if it's good or bad any way, only if it is very good you can look at the title. If you look at the title early it makes it much more personal and hard to blam

I hate personal conscience. Too much thinking on the cover rather than whats inside.


2). Stick by your principles... If you hate a certain genre and a famous author submits one, don't be scared to stick up by your principles and as meaningless as it may be, vote as you usually would.

I try to be open to all genres. For exampel I absolutely hated clay moves, thought there was nothing redeeming about them but then I saw Knox and his flahes and that changed my perspective a bit but good point


3). Size. First time huge submissions will usually be uncompressed audio or video, usually better to blam. First time small submissions are just as poor. Scale
0.1 KB to 1 MG= rather small, lower half of it tends to suck.

mostly a stick or one picture. I see what you mean

1 MG to 3 MG= average submission for good author, usually hard to decide fast, best to watch.

Hard to tell because that extra 2MG might be an opening then it turns to crap. Hard to tell but it's a must watch

3 MG to 5 MG= here it all depends on how many flashes the person has before. it can be very good or very bad pending on that alone, still best to watch when in doubt.

I view the author's submissions depending on how many he has. 5 or more tells me he knows what he's doing. Anything lower and I judge for he might get sloppy

5 MG= manually submitted by Tom, Has to be good!

Without question


Thieves- usually a good flash as a first submission will be stolen, some time it's very clear and some times not... again this depends on user, if the submitter has a low profile and didn't bother to do anything in NG it is more likely to be stolen more than something suspicious by a higher level user... for say level 9 with around officer B/P and so...

Sad that such people exist.

Just how to vote- 0- when you feel like hanging the authors head on your wall,
1- when you just don't like it for any reason

Fridays can do that to ya

2- good enough to be on NG but not by much

Its a good effort but a retry is preferable. Makes sense

3- pretty good, nothing amazing

2/5...NO! 0/5....much better

4- very nice but needs work

Offering tips might bring a better ebtry next time around

5- your jaw snaps off as you watch it.

Damn my weak jaw muscles. Too many trsicuits.


If you need any more help tell me ( those were my systems in B/P whether people fully agree or not, it works... )

Actually this worked quite well. Thank you Ghost_Phantom. It helps when its heard from a professional's view.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 15:58:14


At 2/18/06 03:46 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Actually this worked quite well. Thank you Ghost_Phantom. It helps when its heard from a professional's view.

Any time, congrats on joining "the family" ;-) as long as I have a say, you will be in.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:14:35


At 2/18/06 03:37 PM, Bahamut- wrote: http://www.newground..m/portal/view/296367

Hi

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This flash is incorrectly rated. Does this mean it qualifies for being whistled?


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:29:13


At 2/18/06 04:15 PM, KungFuCow wrote: This flash is incorrectly rated. Does this mean it qualifies for being whistled?

No don't whistle it because it's rated wrong.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:32:01


At 2/18/06 03:58 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:
At 2/18/06 03:46 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Actually this worked quite well. Thank you Ghost_Phantom. It helps when its heard from a professional's view.
Any time, congrats on joining "the family" ;-) as long as I have a say, you will be in.

Thank you. People like you are hard to come by. Glad I can trust someone. As long its okay with you. I'd like to run it by Fragment because I know how hectic things can get when permission is not asked.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:33:55


At 2/18/06 04:29 PM, Major_punk wrote:
At 2/18/06 04:15 PM, KungFuCow wrote: This flash is incorrectly rated. Does this mean it qualifies for being whistled?
No don't whistle it because it's rated wrong.

Oh crap....I just whistled it. Guess I can count that as negative whistle points. The submission really wasn't for all audiences as I found some thematic adult elements but I guess it shoudn't be whistled just for that. My bad.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:47:26


At 2/18/06 04:32 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Thank you. People like you are hard to come by.

Aw... Shucks, you making me blush...

Glad I can trust someone.

Trust no one has been my life time motto. Never rely on any one lese, the more you get by on your own the tougher you get.

As long its okay with you. I'd like to run it by Fragment because I know how hectic things can get when permission is not asked.

Sure, I'm not going back to the mafia until this madness ends, who has the mental health to deal with these things...


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:55:08


At 2/18/06 04:47 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:
At 2/18/06 04:32 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: Thank you. People like you are hard to come by.
Aw... Shucks, you making me blush...

If its true let it through I always say.


Trust no one has been my life time motto. Never rely on any one lese, the more you get by on your own the tougher you get.

Indivituality indeed does succeed. Too bad I still can't cook. Thank god for the microwave, I wouldn't survive if it wasn't for mac and cheese microwavables.

Sure, I'm not going back to the mafia until this madness ends, who has the mental health to deal with these things...

As of now I'd like to wait out a bit I can Frag is not in the greatest of moods right now so I'll wait. In the meantime RedGlare has been asking about warhammer novels so hopefully I can respond to his questions without interfering and I know how pissed people can get.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2006-02-18 16:58:24


DEFCON Update:

The Portal is very fast right now...when I came home, there was 21 UJ submissions! I probably missed so many flash from 1300-1650 hours it's insane. However, despite me being out for so long, I already have 85 B/P. I'll surely rack in today, but I know a whole bunch of you will trump me by far.

Anyway, the DEFCON is at DEFCON 3 based on this behavior. The only reason it is not DEFCON 2 is because there is no signs of malicious flash and it seems like just a normal busy day. Howvever, DEFCON 3 assumes an attack can come at any time, so please be wary and watch the Portal carefully.

At 2/18/06 02:52 PM, Warhammer_40K wrote: I don't understand. Why are my protects slightly lower then my blams? My blams should be a lot higher than my protects but right now the protects almost average to the same. Not quite but it's scary to look at it. Am I too nice? Am I not pushing that zero as often as I should be? Something's definately up. Gotta change my ways.

Actually, Sergeant, I know plenty of people who are trying to get more protects to raise it in comparison with the blams they have. I know I try to keep at least a 1:2 ratio of protects to blams. I'm slightly under at this point, but there are plenty of protectable flash UJ right now, which should help my ratio.


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