At 3/13/06 07:48 AM, Socially-Failed wrote: Finally, Sirs! I have waken' up, and am ready for action, Sirs! I plan to get about 75-100 blam and protect points, Sirs!

Well hello thar, lol. In the future, if you make a "I'm here" post, try and add something more to it, so it don't seem spammy, heheh. Like what I'm about to do, lol. :-P
I'm awake three hours earlier than usual...my alarm never even needed to go off, I woke up due to TheBlueHippo im'ing me and my lil brothers making noise. Let's see how well I operate on four and a half hours sleep today, lol.
Portal is currently ick, but hey, some schools are just getting on spring break (like the ones around here), so hopefully today will speed up. As long as I break 120, I'm a happy soldier.
:salute:

Give Turkeybean the officer job, he'd be good at it.

And a small gift for Prap. world_famous:

At 3/13/06 09:50 AM, Peregrinus wrote: And a small gift for Prap. world_famous:

Improve quality. Here you go

At 3/13/06 09:53 AM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:

At 3/13/06 09:50 AM, Peregrinus wrote: And a small gift for Prap. world_famous:

Improve quality. Here you go

Snap. Quality is the same, you just cropped it different. I like having mine blend in with the post and leave people guessing where exactly the edges are...

At 3/13/06 09:56 AM, Peregrinus wrote: Snap. Quality is the same, you just cropped it different. I like having mine blend in with the post and leave people guessing where exactly the edges are...

The edge was an error, quality has a small difference, what do you use to save the images and on what Format? I prefer JPEG remade because I wanted to fix my mistake here .

While on the pic topic, lol. does anyone know if there's anywhere where I can upload 2-3 MB bitmap pictures? Photobucket allows bitmap, but has a low file limit. Putfile.com has a higher limit (2MB, which I could work with), but doesn't allow bitmap. :'( And often converting to JPEG format ruins the detail so bad I just don't bother uploading anywhere.
Speaking of, I may try to make a new profile picture soon...Link has been there with that thar Piece of Heart for a while, lol. If I do, I'll use my mediocre MS paint skills to make one of Slash.

At 3/13/06 10:27 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: While on the pic topic, lol. does anyone know if there's anywhere where I can upload 2-3 MB bitmap pictures?

Not unless you pay them money, for free you want find anything good enough for that. Some will give you 1 MG but not in bmp.

Forsome odd reason, I lucked out and don't have to go to school today, so I'll also be working the portal. If the portal kicks up to a Defcon 3 again, I might just try for another record for myself.

At 3/13/06 01:15 AM, EagleRock wrote:

I need help from the Barracks Records Officer and from Major Major_punk on this matter. I need to know which officers are currently active and which one's aren't... ... This is an ongoing matter and will probably be resolved this week sometime.

No problemo, I would do it today but I'm doing a bit of spring cleaning myself and it'll probibly take me all day and maybe some of tommorow. I should have it ready by Thursday at the latest.

Anyway I'll catch up on everything else that's going on like Turkeybean later.

hey could i join...but wot do u do?tell me!

At 3/13/06 11:08 AM, shock01 wrote: hey could i join...but wot do u do?tell me!

* whistle *

Well, all I can say is I'm under 100 B/P until Elite Guard General, so expect me to become a General on Wendesday if the portal activity stays quite active. :) Also, all this abusive review flagging because I want to try and get a gold whistle, ugh, it's making me tired at the moment. :S

At 3/13/06 11:08 AM, shock01 wrote: hey could i join...but wot do u do?tell me!

Hello there, Safety Patroller! I'm Barracks Recruitment Officer Captain Firestorm. The Elite Guard Barracks is a place for those of Elite Guard rank to hang out while working the portal. To find out more, check out the link Lieutenant Colonel Ghost_Phantom gave you to see the Barracks FAQ.
If you're still interested, keep racking up those points! Once you reach Security Guard, apply to the NGPD (link in my sig), giving you a home while you quest for Elite Guard.
Good hunting! :salute:

At 3/13/06 11:04 AM, Major_punk wrote:

At 3/13/06 01:15 AM, EagleRock wrote:

I need help from the Barracks Records Officer and from Major Major_punk on this matter. I need to know which officers are currently active and which one's aren't... ... This is an ongoing matter and will probably be resolved this week sometime.

No problemo, I would do it today but I'm doing a bit of spring cleaning myself and it'll probibly take me all day and maybe some of tommorow. I should have it ready by Thursday at the latest.

Anyway I'll catch up on everything else that's going on like Turkeybean later.

Well here is some people that I have not seen in a while.
X-Naut
Kosyghin posted last week asking to join but I haven't seen him after that.
KungFuCow
Quisty
TheBoneThug posted once asking to join about two or three weeks ago.
Rslegend change his name to _Legend_ and I have not seen him in a while.
Thats all I got for now.

At 3/13/06 11:21 AM, JoKeR_ADT wrote:
Rslegend change his name to _Legend_ and I have not seen him in a while.

_Legend_ comes into the NGPD every now and then. His last post there was Posted: 3/12/06 08:25 AM. I do not know if this helps or not, but I thought I would offer the information.

*Salutes

At 3/13/06 11:21 AM, JoKeR_ADT wrote:

Rslegend change his name to _Legend_ and I have not seen him in a while.

I see that guy in the abuse review thread a lot posting bad reviewers for the masses just like I do so even if he doesn't post here all that much he is still doing his part for NG

FAQ updated, any important changes are posted under a star in the beginning. This time I went color crazy because I could hardly see the people, let me know what you think. Oh and for you lazy people here it is again.

At 3/13/06 07:48 AM, Socially-Failed wrote: Finally, Sirs! I have waken' up, and am ready for action, Sirs! I plan to get about 75-100 blam and protect points, Sirs!

Hoorah!

.::Elite Guard Private Socially-Failed::.

Salutes

Glad to see you are enthused to be here, Private!

At 3/13/06 09:44 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 3/13/06 07:48 AM, Socially-Failed wrote: Finally, Sirs! I have waken' up, and am ready for action, Sirs! I plan to get about 75-100 blam and protect points, Sirs!

Well hello thar, lol. In the future, if you make a "I'm here" post, try and add something more to it, so it don't seem spammy, heheh. Like what I'm about to do, lol. :-P

As true as your words, are, Captain, I trust our new Private will not make spam or spamlike posts in the future. He is rather excited right now and this is to be expected. I have my confidence in him.

At 3/13/06 10:27 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: While on the pic topic, lol. does anyone know if there's anywhere where I can upload 2-3 MB bitmap pictures? Photobucket allows bitmap, but has a low file limit. Putfile.com has a higher limit (2MB, which I could work with), but doesn't allow bitmap. :'( And often converting to JPEG format ruins the detail so bad I just don't bother uploading anywhere.

Hmm...I never really had quality problems in MS Paint, but if you're really having problems, go to www.gimp.org and check out The GIMP. It's basically a free version of Adobe Photoshop under the GNU Public License. When you convert a file to .jpg, it'll ask you what quality you want...just set it to 100% for the least amount of quality loss.

At 3/13/06 10:49 AM, -Crux- wrote: Forsome odd reason, I lucked out and don't have to go to school today, so I'll also be working the portal. If the portal kicks up to a Defcon 3 again, I might just try for another record for myself.

Great to hear such enthusiasm! I must say, I think the morale here is at an all-time high!

At 3/13/06 11:08 AM, shock01 wrote: hey could i join...but wot do u do?tell me!

Since my trusty Relations Officer and my trusty Recruitment Officer have said already, I won't bother repeating. I just want you to not get discouraged, as it seems like a long road, but it's quicker than you think. If you head over to the NGPD Headquaters, you will find many just like you. I hope you find it to your liking there. Good luck on your journey!

At 3/13/06 01:14 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote: FAQ updated, any important changes are posted under a star in the beginning. This time I went color crazy because I could hardly see the people, let me know what you think. Oh and for you lazy people here it is again.

I checked it out...it gets better every time I see it! I thank you again for all your hard work on this FAQ, sir!

______________
To Major Major_punk (snicker),
Major JoKeR_ADT,
Private TurkeyBean,
Lieutenant Colonel LittleWashu,

I read all your posts and wanted to group you together, as I was basically repeating myself. In regards to the levels of inactivity that you all have mentioned, I have duly noted them and will use them in my decisions later on. In regards to _Legend_ (mentioned by most of you), it is obvious that he is currently active, but has not been here to the Barracks. I will converse with him when I get the chance and see if he wishes to continue being an officer here in the Barracks. If any of you get a chance to coverse with him before me (I'll post when I do), please feel free to do so as well.

In terms of the officer positions, I have big plans for change in the Barracks, and will tell you all in the near future (once my ideas are more concrete). I thank you all for the attention you gave me in this matter, as trying to do this a while ago would have gotten nothing but silence. It's great to have great people here in the Barracks!

*salutes*

At 3/13/06 02:07 PM, EagleRock wrote:

In terms of the officer positions, I have big plans for change in the Barracks, and will tell you all in the near future (once my ideas are more concrete). I thank you all for the attention you gave me in this matter, as trying to do this a while ago would have gotten nothing but silence. It's great to have great people here in the Barracks!

*salutes*

that all sounds very exciting i hope these big changes are good as the say you ere talking sounded as if a lightbulb had gone off in your head. Well anyway it is always good to see new things happening in the barracks and i hope these ideas are made real soon. *salutes*

At 3/13/06 02:07 PM, EagleRock wrote: In terms of the officer positions, I have big plans for change in the Barracks,

I feel some cut downs soon, and as I've learned in the mafia, no one is protected during the cut downs.

At 3/13/06 02:16 PM, wastedwizard wrote: that all sounds very exciting i hope these big changes are good as the say you ere talking sounded as if a lightbulb had gone off in your head. Well anyway it is always good to see new things happening in the barracks and i hope these ideas are made real soon. *salutes*

Well, the changes are in respect to the officer positions. I feel we need to clean up a lot in terms of the officer positions at this point. I could be as little as just swapping out people and installing new officers or as big as new officer positions. I'll probably end up making a report sometime tonight or tomorrow as to what my intentions are.

At 3/13/06 02:27 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote:

At 3/13/06 02:07 PM, EagleRock wrote: In terms of the officer positions, I have big plans for change in the Barracks,

I feel some cut downs soon, and as I've learned in the mafia, no one is protected during the cut downs.

Well, if you're worried about yourself, sir, worry not. I think eveyrone can agree that you are really one of the most active people here, and with your constant work with the FAQ, how can I accuse you of not doing your duty here?

However, there are plenty of people I feel either need to be recharged with their duties or removed from the position due to inactivity. Note that I do not consider being removed from the position a dishonor, as you had to have a level of honor to get there in the first place. Our non-Barracks lives take control of us every now and then, and if that period is long enough, I only feel it fair to let others who have more time to take the job.

I feel that this will keep the Barracks alive as it is, since we need our most qualified soldiers at the helm at all times.

i am surprised at even myself today. My cousin came over and really pissed me off by doing something stupid. but what really surprised me was that I was so pissed off that I winded up flagging over 3 full pages in the abusive review thread and most of them had major diamond mines in them I lost count of the amount of reviews I flagged after 2000. and what is really funny is the day is still young. as for the portal it is picking up well I am going back to my fishing later for now elite guards :)

At 3/13/06 02:46 PM, EagleRock wrote: Well, the changes are in respect to the officer positions. I feel we need to clean up a lot in terms of the officer positions at this point. I could be as little as just swapping out people and installing new officers or as big as new officer positions. I'll probably end up making a report sometime tonight or tomorrow as to what my intentions are.

i agree to be honest some of the ranks are a bit simular but it is up to you, anyway shame i will not be here to see what the plans are as i am off now but i will check up later maybe. Well today i have been busy so have got a poor 30 points but i will be back tommorow. Signing out! *salutes*

At 3/13/06 02:46 PM, EagleRock wrote: Well, if you're worried about yourself, sir, worry not.

Phew, I'm glad I could be of assistance in the Barracks, as you can see by the order in my sig I've changed my main club from the Mafia, to the Barracks. I just really like it here, even more than the mafia. People are great, treatment and intelligence are high as well. I'll be here for as long as I can. And don't forget that I'll be fast enough to be the first to post on page 200 just as I was on 100, so don't get your hopes up.

At 3/13/06 02:49 PM, LittleWashu wrote: 2000.

(ramagi looks over her shoulder and starts running away from LittleWashu)
"This is MY whistle! MINE!"

At 3/13/06 02:07 PM, EagleRock wrote:
______________
To Major Major_punk (snicker),
Major JoKeR_ADT,
Private TurkeyBean,
Lieutenant Colonel LittleWashu,

I read all your posts and wanted to group you together, as I was basically repeating myself. In regards to the levels of inactivity that you all have mentioned, I have duly noted them and will use them in my decisions later on. In regards to _Legend_ (mentioned by most of you), it is obvious that he is currently active, but has not been here to the Barracks. I will converse with him when I get the chance and see if he wishes to continue being an officer here in the Barracks. If any of you get a chance to coverse with him before me (I'll post when I do), please feel free to do so as well.

In terms of the officer positions, I have big plans for change in the Barracks, and will tell you all in the near future (once my ideas are more concrete). I thank you all for the attention you gave me in this matter, as trying to do this a while ago would have gotten nothing but silence. It's great to have great people here in the Barracks!

*salutes*

I made a list of the people I have on recorded I have it of there last post and there last post in here. If there last post in here is - it means there last post was in here. I have 40 people on record.

Name Last time posted was Last time posted in the EGB was
Nimmer 3/12/06 08:51 AM -
XwaynecoltX 3/13/06 06:09 AM 3/10/06 01:08 AM
X-Naut 3/13/06 03:45 AM 1/22/06 04:04 AM
Bahamut- 3/13/06 02:27 PM 3/13/06 11:16 AM
TehBlueHippo 3/13/06 09:58 AM 3/13/06 12:05 AM
Andersson 3/13/06 01:00 PM 3/8/06 05:47 PM
-Rule- 3/12/06 11:43 PM 3/12/06 02:03 PM
Dream_of_Duke 3/12/06 10:26 PM -
Ghost_Phantom 3/13/06 02:27 PM -
LittleWashu 3/13/06 02:49 PM -
Major_punk 3/13/06 11:04 AM -
JoKeR_ADT This post -
EagleRock 3/13/06 02:46 PM -
Kosyghin 3/5/06 11:44 AM 3/4/06 02:26 PM
Afro_sauce 3/12/06 01:57 AM -
SlashFirestorm 3/13/06 11:17 AM -
Coop83 3/13/06 09:06 AM 3/13/06 08:22 AM
World_famous 3/13/06 01:10 AM -
Donthurtme 3/12/06 07:39 PM -
-Casuaity- 3/8/06 03:00 PM 3/8/06 09:38 AM
Grizzley 3/11/06 02:42 AM -
psykolord 3/13/06 07:31 AM 3/2/06 06:40 PM
space_cowboy101 3/8/06 05:42 PM -
Warhammer_40k 3/12/06 10:48 PM -
SgtBash_RF3000 3/12/06 03:28 AM 3/9/06 11:47 PM
wizardman 3/8/06 03:53 PM 3/7/06 11:29 PM
KungFuCow 3/13/06 03:00 PM 3/1/06 07:20 PM
Peregrinus 3/13/06 10:07 AM 3/13/06 09:56 AM
Biff777 3/11/06 01:13 PM 2/28/06 11:54 AM
wastedwizard 3/13/06 02:52 PM -
ElectricMoose 3/12/06 11:40 PM -
-Crux- 3/13/06 03:17 PM -
Quisty 3/13/06 01:03 AM 3/6/06 06:42 PM
TheBoneThug 3/13/06 07:08 AM 2/23/06 03:36 AM
CaptinChu 3/11/06 11:58 AM 2/26/06 08:58 PM
FretBuzzard 3/12/06 07:37 PM -
_Legend_ 3/12/06 12:41 PM 2/22/06 05:36 PM
Socially-Failed 3/13/06 07:48 AM -
Turkeybean 3/13/06 12:42 PM 3/13/06 12:12 PM
ThePunisher52 3/13/06 02:23 AM -

At 3/13/06 02:46 PM, EagleRock wrote: However, there are plenty of people I feel either need to be recharged with their duties or removed from the position due to inactivity.

Yeah, my job with NGPD is pretty much redundant now. Fewer and fewer NGPD members were there while I was in my tenure as operations officer.

And Phantom, in response to your question about the program I use for screenshots, I just hit prntscrn and save it in adobe photoshop as a JPEG file. What I used to do before photoshop was to save in MSpaint as a PNG file to retain quality (but then I wasnt able to post it)

DEFCON Update:

The Portal WAS faster before, but it unfortunately has slowed again. Therefore, I'm keeping the DEFCON at DEFCON 4 until further notice. If it speeds up again, however, I'll will most probably up the DEFCON.

At 3/13/06 03:03 PM, Ghost_Phantom wrote: Phew, I'm glad I could be of assistance in the Barracks, as you can see by the order in my sig I've changed my main club from the Mafia, to the Barracks. I just really like it here, even more than the mafia. People are great, treatment and intelligence are high as well. I'll be here for as long as I can. And don't forget that I'll be fast enough to be the first to post on page 200 just as I was on 100, so don't get your hopes up.

I'm glad that you feel that way about the Barracks, sir. You are indeed a valued member here in many ways. As you may know, I feel officer positions are not something for someone to do, but more as a recognition of service and jobs already done. I don't take away positions for politics and other stupid reasons. As long as you do what you do here, you can be assured you'll be an officer here for a long time.

I just hope the Barracks member still have such trust in me...

At 3/13/06 03:48 PM, JoKeR_ADT wrote: I made a list of the people I have on recorded I have it of there last post and there last post in here. If there last post in here is - it means there last post was in here. I have 40 people on record.

What an excellent tool to use, Major! I thank you for your work, as this will undoubtedly help me out with the changes.

At 3/13/06 04:03 PM, Peregrinus wrote: Yeah, my job with NGPD is pretty much redundant now. Fewer and fewer NGPD members were there while I was in my tenure as operations officer.

I highly disagree with you, Sergeant. Honestly, even if the roster is small in the NGPD, you are still needed to keep up relations between the NGPD HQ and the Barracks. Besides, you are by no means inactive. I see you posting all the time here and there. Like I said to our Lieutenant Colonel Ghost_Phantom, people that are active in their positions are NOT who I am concerned with here.

In fact, I find it mildly ironic that two of the most active officers here are the ones talking about their positions!

At 3/13/06 04:48 PM, EagleRock wrote: I highly disagree with you, Sergeant. Honestly, even if the roster is small in the NGPD, you are still needed to keep up relations between the NGPD HQ and the Barracks.

Indeed. Perhaps I was misunderstood. Many of the members of the NGPD I knew are ranked out of inactive, with a few exceptions. When I post suggestions in there, new members most likely ask themselves "Who the hell does he thin he is?". I guess I'll just have to tag my rank/position on the bottom of my posts there...

Besides, you are by no means inactive. I see you posting all the time here and there.

I didn't see it as a matter of activity/inactivity

In fact, I find it mildly ironic that two of the most active officers here are the ones talking about their positions!

We like our jobs, Sir ^_^

*Salute* (haven't done that in a while, need to get back in the habit)

Just some random thoughts: considering that there are some people who never show up after they ask for joining or only post 1 single post once in a while. Maybe there is a need to change the active policy a little bit since more people are joining. Say that we can if a member do not have a single post in the last 10 days, then he/she should considered to be inactive and will not be included on the next user advancement update. I know that you gius used to update activity once in a well on the first 100 pages, I have not seen it many updates lately apart from the one JoKeR just did. It will be great if there is such an upodate every Monday so that we can know who is active and who is not. _thefallenone_ was a captain when I was an officer at NGPD, and I have not seen him for a long time. His job was not replaced by Turkeybean until just now which means that there was nobody in that position from the time he was gone to Turkeybean got his job. Because officers have more duty and more work to do than regular members, I would suggest setting the active standard for EGB officers at 7 days. If an officer does not show up in 7 days then he gets replaced. After all, we do not want to see a position vacant for too long. What do you think?