At 1/5/06 07:39 PM, Major_punk wrote:

Soild reasons against DoD's promotion.

Actually, in light of his recent outbursts, perhaps Major-Punk is right regaurding DoD's promotion to officer of that particular field.

However, at the same time, I also feel that DoD has made some significant contributions, and his deadication can be seen in his current rank. Perhaps this particular officer position isn't right for him in the meantime, however with his skills he should DEFINATELY be on notice for future officer promotions.

In my opinion, if over the next while DoD can show without a shadow of a doubt that he has indeed turned over a new leaf, he should then be guaranteed consideration for promotion. Of course, this is simply my opinion and I respect any high-ranking decsion either for or against his promotion.

*Salutes*

i don't think anyone in the barracks would lie about a flash being stolen or not and no one outside the barracks knows about the rules (at least i don't think so, or maybe just a few) and if it isen't stolen i think we can figure that out.

Meh, after school came back, I haven't been getting the 81 B/P points a day, and homework is holding me back.

At 1/5/06 07:39 PM, Sekky wrote: I have an idea. Since you have an intelligence division (which I would be pulling stats for if they weren't already available, :( ), why not have an Artillery division, for Elite Guards who also have a higher voting power than others, since just having a high rank doesn't necessarily mean a high vp. I can see enormous benefits for something like this, as on an event like Clock Day, the Artillery can be called in strategically during peak times in order to counterweight the mass voters. I think it would help to have a unit that is able to push some heavy numbers around if we see the portal being abused by massers.

Yeah, thats a great Idea. Both Level and B/P levels. I guess we have a couple of users with a high VP. But we'd need to recruit more users.

I serve the portal well, but now school has come back and i get less B/P a day. I hope to achieve the rank of Elite Guard Corporal by the end of the month, but I can't guarantee it. At least i don't have much homework the first day, which is today. Well, back to the portal to defend whats great and obliterate whats crap.

*Emits valiant war-cry*

At 1/5/06 07:22 PM, EagleRock wrote:

I have seen this flash many times as well. I cannot verify whether they are Barney Bunch fileswaps, but I have seen it submitted many times on the Portal.

Well its passed and its been swapped now!

At 1/5/06 08:54 PM, JoKeR_ADT wrote:

Well its passed and its been swapped now!

Yup, here is the VILE link to it. I say all of us on-duty Elite Guards mass-vote 0 on it.

At 1/5/06 09:12 PM, KungFuCow wrote:

At 1/5/06 08:54 PM, JoKeR_ADT wrote:

Well its passed and its been swapped now!

Yup, here is the VILE link to it. I say all of us on-duty Elite Guards mass-vote 0 on it.

I e-mailed Wade about it...usually fileswaps are deleted within a few days.
lol...I already zero'd it when it was under judgement and whistled it...but it wasn't enough, it seems. Sigh.

At 1/5/06 09:15 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

I e-mailed Wade about it...usually fileswaps are deleted within a few days.
lol...I already zero'd it when it was under judgement and whistled it...but it wasn't enough, it seems. Sigh.

How is it NOT marked for administrative review if you flagged it?

At 1/5/06 09:20 PM, KungFuCow wrote:

How is it NOT marked for administrative review if you flagged it?

It takes more then one person to flag it! If I remember correctly it takes six people with the same reason to flag it. I try to flag it as well and made a post of it on the last page but I guessed it didn't help.

At 1/5/06 09:20 PM, KungFuCow wrote:

At 1/5/06 09:15 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

I e-mailed Wade about it...usually fileswaps are deleted within a few days.
lol...I already zero'd it when it was under judgement and whistled it...but it wasn't enough, it seems. Sigh.

How is it NOT marked for administrative review if you flagged it?

The submission didn't have enough whistles for it to be pulled, sigh. I'm not sure what the exact number of flags is required for that...

Let me take this time to refer you (and all newer Barracks members) to Major_punk's yelling at me for posting a link to an entry. lol. Others could probably explain it better than myself, but essentially, there is a difference between alerting to a potential problem flash and encouraging mass voting...and we don't want this place to be locked because of not knowing the difference, lol.

At 1/5/06 09:12 PM, KungFuCow wrote: Yup, here is the VILE link to it. I say all of us on-duty Elite Guards mass-vote 0 on it.

What's the point of mass voting 0 when they have already emailed Wade and it is going to be deleted within a couple days?

If anything that could really do is give it a award for underdog if some more of the mass voters start reviewing all 10s. Even if the review score is 2 something now Im sure they can get it higher.

That may be just the way I look at it though. O=/

_______________________________

As for me lately the portal hasnt been as active, or maybe I just have missed the good times. Heh I am moving at a much slower pace.

At 1/5/06 09:27 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Let me take this time to refer you (and all newer Barracks members) to Major_punk's yelling at me for posting a link to an entry.

Thank you for informing me, SIR! It will not happen again, SIR!

At 1/5/06 09:15 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: I e-mailed Wade about it...usually fileswaps are deleted within a few days.
lol...I already zero'd it when it was under judgement and whistled it...but it wasn't enough, it seems. Sigh.

I flagged it as well...how could two SILVER whistles not be enough?

At 1/5/06 08:53 PM, KungFuCow wrote: I serve the portal well, but now school has come back and i get less B/P a day. I hope to achieve the rank of Elite Guard Corporal by the end of the month, but I can't guarantee it. At least i don't have much homework the first day, which is today. Well, back to the portal to defend whats great and obliterate whats crap.

School doesnt return for me until next monday so I still have a few more high pace days left. But this weekend im busy so I guess it all comes to an end tommorow. : (

Speaking of high pace, my pace is now 56.12 per day, the highest its been since October.

*Emits valiant war-cry*

Haha.

At 1/5/06 09:27 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Let me take this time to refer you (and all newer Barracks members) to Major_punk's yelling at me for posting a link to an entry. lol.

Usually when someone is yelling they dont start it with please. : P

but essentially, there is a difference between alerting to a potential problem flash and encouraging mass voting...and we don't want this place to be locked because of not knowing the difference, lol.

But ya, well said.

At 1/5/06 09:40 PM, Afro_harryjarry wrote:

What's the point of mass voting 0 when they have already emailed Wade and it is going to be deleted within a couple days?

If anything that could really do is give it a award for underdog if some more of the mass voters start reviewing all 10s. Even if the review score is 2 something now Im sure they can get it higher.

Welcome back Afro_harryjarry! I had a feeling youd come back sometime soon, but anyway you just missed the membership update by a few hours(page 46), but Ill quickly give you a brief look at where you stand.

Rank| Name| VP | B/P| *B/P gained since last update|

09.) Dream_of_Duke 07.83 12,653 0922
10.) boloneyman 07.98 10,368 0403
11.) Ghost_Phantom 07.30 09,932 1252
12.) Frostbreath 07.64 09,427 0615
13.) Afro_harryjarry 07.01 08,921
14.) Major_punk 06.89 08,776 1001
15.) JoKeR_ADT 06.78 08,506 0914
16.) EagleRock 06.63 07,921 1456
17.) -Shadow_XII- 07.77 07,920

Heh I am moving at a much slower pace.

Good news to me >: )

At 1/5/06 10:07 PM, Major_punk wrote: Welcome back Afro_harryjarry! I had a feeling youd come back sometime soon, but anyway you just missed the membership update by a few hours(page 46), but Ill quickly give you a brief look at where you stand.

Rank| Name| VP | B/P| *B/P gained since last update|

13.) Afro_harryjarry 07.01 08,921
14.) Major_punk 06.89 08,776 1001

Heh yeah I was going to post something earlier but since I havent been posting in here a lot I decided to just wait for a good time to step in O=). About 200 points away from me too.

Oh and I ment no offence in my post either I just thought that may help O=/.

Heh I am moving at a much slower pace.

Good news to me >: )

Heh I do my best that I can I guess. But I still need to speed it up. I got 6,000 blams awhile ago I should have 6,100+ but I havent even past 6,100 O>=(.

Ehh theres always hope for a better tomorrow O=)

At 1/5/06 07:39 PM, Sekky wrote: I have an idea. Since you have an intelligence division (which I would be pulling stats for if they weren't already available, :( ), why not have an Artillery division, for Elite Guards who also have a higher voting power than others, since just having a high rank doesn't necessarily mean a high vp. I can see enormous benefits for something like this, as on an event like Clock Day, the Artillery can be called in strategically during peak times in order to counterweight the mass voters. I think it would help to have a unit that is able to push some heavy numbers around if we see the portal being abused by massers.

Respectfully, sir, I do not see it necessary, as we have the DEFCON to determine the need for the Portal. Everyone here is a valuable protector of the Portal, and classification of the "best" protectors is not necessary. Thanks for the suggestion though, sir!

At 1/5/06 07:39 PM, Major_punk wrote: He loses his cool to easily, and hes too unreliable if someone is going to be relyed upon to solve an argument and keep the peace, a barracks officer of good conduct needs patience. I cant stress that enough.

Hes the only person in the barracks that ive seen insult another member and I doubt his loyalty to the barracks.

DoD viewed others (including me) as undeserving for their respective roles but what I wanna know is what has he done.

I hope I have explained enough of the reasons why Dream_of_Duke shouldnt be Officer of Barracks Conduct.

Indeed, you have cited good reasons to not want him appointed. However, I believe that we can give people chances here, and it is definately showing that Captain Dream_of_Duke is trying. Please note after he admitted he was wrong he changed his habits drastically and has indeed been contributing to the forum.

However, you make a point. I would like to give Captain Dream_of_Duke to prove himself to you and gain your respect. I will hold off awarding the position for now and see what develops.

At 1/5/06 07:47 PM, nimmer wrote: this would make ten officers on a club of 30 ppl? what are you gonna do when more people want an officers post? plus all the ex-staff members of NGPD? there'll be more officers as ordinary users. i'm not contra these appointements but i think you must take caution in the future.

I appreciate your concern, sir. The NGPD has only one more anticpated person, who is Captain K-Pinga. After that, there are not any other NGPD "graduates" that will be getting positions, at least not just because of them being from the NPGD.

I originally stated that anyone that contributes to the Barracks considerably should be awarded a position. Perhaps I appeared a bit too eager in my petitions, and if I did, I apologize. However, I am merely attempting to give credit where credit's due. Please note that I am basically trying to "catch up" on the officer positions I wanted to award in the past but could never do because of business I was attending to around the holiday season.

Either way, I think I will hold off on the delegations for now. I would like to give the people asking for the positions the opportunity to show their credibility for their positions to quell any controversy. In this way, those that want the positions can do something to try to obtain them while others can be proven the worthiness of the candidates.

I hope this will be a satisfactory solution for now on the situation. I know I haven't handled it the best as of late, and for that, I apologize. However, I will do my best to make the best out of the situation.

At 1/5/06 10:58 PM, EagleRock wrote:

I appreciate your concern, sir. The NGPD has only one more anticpated person, who is Captain K-Pingu. After that, there are not any other NGPD "graduates" that will be getting positions, at least not just because of them being from the NPGD.

Thank you Sargent Major EagleRock. I'm finally getting the time to be able to judge new submissions. I should be here as EG private January 20th ish (hopefully sooner, but I have to find someone responsible to fill my role in the NGPD).

*Salutes
Police Captain K-Pingu
Unit Operations Officer
NG Police

EagleRock, thanks for considering a position for me. However, I don't think that I deserve it right now. Like Prap Major_punk said, I lost my cool yesterday which was a very immature. I also don't post here as often as many of you guys do because of laziness. In addition, I agree with EG Commander nimmer: there is no need to have 10 officers since the Barracks only have 30 members. I am patient enough to wait and I will prove to the doubters like Major_punk that I will be the right guy for the position one day. So what I am thinking is that the Barracks should still have 7 officers since we only have 30 members including myself. In addition, it is a better idea right now to leave the Conduct Officer position absent and you guys can evaluate me a bit more before making the decision. Considering the all controversies about my promotion, let's cool off the heat first and decide at least 2-3 weeks later. I am not ready for the position yet, but I will prove to everyone that I will be the right person for the job. >:)
-------------------------------
To all the newcomers, you guys are more than welcome to join the Barracks. However, there is one thing that I have to remind you guys. Once you decide to post, do not post something like "Elite Guard XXXXX (name) reports for duty." and leave with one sentence. The reason why the NG army was locked was because it was floated with such posts. EGP Major-punk has mentioned it before, and I am mentioning it again. I hope that you guys can notice it and try to leave valuable posts so that our barracks will be the most valuable club. Thanks for taking your time and I appreciate your attention.

At 1/5/06 11:48 PM, K-Pingu wrote: Thank you Sargent Major EagleRock.

You were, as with Private the_fallen_one1, expected to come here and were already determined ready for the position by myself and other officers here. The efforts you went through to maintain Barracks relations as well as to keep the NGPD alive only warrants such a position. Don't get ahead of yourself though, as you still have a duty at the NGPD!

Also, might I add, it is Praporshchik now, not Sergeant Major. Indeed, my superiors have seen me fit for yet another promotion, this time to a warrant officer position! Soon enought I will be to officially call myself a Commissioned Officer and will be among the greats in the Elite Guard! I shall take this new title and do my best out of the Portal! Hooah!

At 1/5/06 11:58 PM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: EagleRock, thanks for considering a position for me. However...

Thank you for your understanding, Captain. I believe that you can win over the others easily, as your attitude has markedly changed. I am sure the time you stated will calm everything down and everyone will be comfortable with the situation.

I do realize I was a bit hasty in my suggestion. I was juggling many things, including building the forums, posting here, and protecting the Portal all at once. I was a bit overloaded and make the decision in haste. I apologize again for my rashness, as it was unintended. I hope noone lost any respect for me for that...

Once you decide to post, do not post something like "Elite Guard XXXXX (name) reports for duty." and leave with one sentence.

You do make a good point, Captain. However, I believe it is okay for the first post. After that, though, it is a bit redundant, and should be curbed as you suggested, sir.

Day's end report:
112 points today! Not bad at all considering I slept until 2 in the afternoon, lol.
Captain Dream_of_Duke, you've gone a long way to convincing me you'd be good for it. I'm glad to see everyone being nice to each other again. ^_^
Well, today was decent on the portal, although it did slow down a few times. Also there was that BB fileswap...hopefully that was just a single occurance and they're not going to go back to the 2-3 fileswaps a day thing. I was hoping they were finally gone...
I'll head back to the portal for a few more hours (thankfully it seems that those...anti-phallic flashes stopped and I don't have to worry about them, lol)...good hunting everyone! :salutes:

Sorry for the double post but I just read that EagleRock got promoted in his post! Congratulations, Elite Guard Praporshchik EagleRock, sir! Hopefully I'll be there within a few months, as well! :salutes:

At 1/6/06 12:14 AM, EagleRock wrote: Also, might I add, it is Praporshchik now, not Sergeant Major.

My bad. I blame your sig pic, it's still all Sargeant Major-y. Congratulations on the Promotion, youve gone far since we first met.

*Salutes
P/Capt K-Pingu

That's ok, EagleRock, my respect to you goes up. I appreciate all the things that you have done to the barracks. Of course, I have no problem for newcomers posting short. However, according to EGP Major's member list, some people only posted once saying that they wanted to join and left since then. Our newest member Domnikathor also disappeared after leaving 3 short posts in a short period of time. I am not trying to be mean, but I have to doubt that a few members here post for their numbers and PPD. If there are enough people posting single post saying that they want to join and never returns, the overall quality of the barracks will take a big dive in the ocean since the place will be floated with sub-par posts. I agree with Major_punk's inactive police which is very helpful to the barracks. In addition, I believe that there is no need to maintain people who never post after they say that they want to join. The spaces should be for those active Elite Guards and NG polices who work hard to get enough points (1500) to quality to our barracks. Eagle, I want to hear your and other's opinions on the issue as we all want this place to be highly valuable.

Sorry for the double post, but the moive "curious" is stolen. I saw the exactly the same moive 1 and an hour months ago.

At 1/6/06 12:56 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Sorry for the double post, but the moive "curious" is stolen. I saw the exactly the same movie 1 and an hour months ago.

This is a repeat submission, but I dont think it was stolen, I remember both it and the author, Same guy as before.

P/Capt K-Pingu

At 1/6/06 12:25 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Day's end report:
112 points today! Not bad at all considering I slept until 2 in the afternoon, lol.

Not bad at all. I am current at 120 B/P, which has shifted my schedule a day ahead yet again. Just in time for the new rank, too! I was supposed to make Praporshchik tomorrow, but I was lucky enought to catch it today.

Captain Dream_of_Duke, you've gone a long way to convincing me you'd be good for it. I'm glad to see everyone being nice to each other again. ^_^

His efforts were the cause for my impulsive behavior before. Again, I hope my respect hasn't gotten down, as I try to do everything for the best of the Barracks.

Well, today was decent on the portal, although it did slow down a few times. Also there was that BB fileswap...hopefully that was just a single occurance and they're not going to go back to the 2-3 fileswaps a day thing. I was hoping they were finally gone...
I'll head back to the portal for a few more hours (thankfully it seems that those...anti-phallic flashes stopped and I don't have to worry about them, lol)...good hunting everyone! :salutes:

I think we're in the clear, but the Portal is rather active for the time, which is causing me to delay the shift back down to DEFCON 4. We'll see what happens, Staff Sergeant!

At 1/6/06 12:28 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Sorry for the double post but I just read that EagleRock got promoted in his post! Congratulations, Elite Guard Praporshchik EagleRock, sir! Hopefully I'll be there within a few months, as well! :salutes:

Double posts seem to be well-warranted here. Indeed, I am one of the many that does it as well...

Thanks for the kind words, Staff Sergeant! And at the rate you're going, I'm sure you'll make Praporshchik in a week... :-)

At 1/6/06 12:34 AM, K-Pingu wrote: My bad. I blame your sig pic, it's still all Sargeant Major-y.

I did update it, Police Captain. Perhaps you need to clear the cache of your browser to see it. (Control + F5).

Congratulations on the Promotion, youve gone far since we first met.

As have you!

At 1/6/06 12:49 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: That's ok, EagleRock, my respect to you goes up. I appreciate all the things that you have done to the barracks.

I appreciate that, sir. My intentions are only for the best.

If there are enough people posting single post saying that they want to join and never returns, the overall quality of the barracks will take a big dive in the ocean since the place will be floated with sub-par posts.

True. However, if we take time to address them like we have (especially Praporshchik Major_punk), I think we will be perfectly fine. We also have to make sure that we post enough here and not migrate fully to the other forums. Otherwise, like you said, sir, we will have a bunch of "requesting to join the Barracks" posts.

I agree with Major_punk's inactive police which is very helpful to the barracks. In addition, I believe that there is no need to maintain people who never post after they say that they want to join. The spaces should be for those active Elite Guards and NG polices who work hard to get enough points (1500) to quality to our barracks.

That is indeed why Praporshchik is our Barracks Records Officer. I fully trust his recent policies on what is considered inactivity and stand by him all the way on it.

Eagle, I want to hear your and other's opinions on the issue as we all want this place to be highly valuable.

Frankly, anything I would try to do to add to our inactivity policies would only get in the way of Praporshchik Major_punk's work. If you want my opinion, my opinion is to follow his policies. He is a self-proclaimed stat-whore and an excellent judge of inactive members. He also has courtesy enough to keep an inactive list behind the scenes to reactivate members that wish to return. I'm sure we'll be fine, Captain, sir!

At 1/6/06 12:56 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Sorry for the double post, but the moive "curious" is stolen. I saw the exactly the same moive 1 and an hour months ago.

Could it be a fileswap?

At 1/6/06 01:05 AM, EagleRock wrote: I did update it, Police Captain. Perhaps you need to clear the cache of your browser to see it. (Control + F5).

At the time I posted it, you hadn't changed it. You changed the sig pic 5 minutes after my post (i saw the new one in your forums)

Could it be a fileswap?

Oh shap...thinking back, it might have been. I know it isn't stolen, but i have seen it before. I remember it passed judgement, then i have no clue what happened to it. It may just be a potential attack.

At 1/6/06 01:03 AM, K-Pingu wrote:

At 1/6/06 12:56 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: Sorry for the double post, but the moive "curious" is stolen. I saw the exactly the same movie 1 and an hour months ago.

This is a repeat submission, but I dont think it was stolen, I remember both it and the author, Same guy as before.

P/Capt K-Pingu

The entry itself was quite funny. The graphics were decent too although it contains a stickman. So I doubt that the moive will be blammed. The author's profile is not clickable. In addition, I also found a BB fileswap deleted around 2 hours ago. So there is a good chance that it is another BB fileswap. I blew my whistle already, but I need some help to flag it. Watch out, guys, it might be a new wave of BB attack. If the moive turns out to be a BB fileswap, I suggest Eagle to raise the DEFCON level to 2, even 1.

At 1/6/06 01:15 AM, Dream_of_Duke wrote: I blew my whistle already, but I need some help to flag it. Watch out, guys, it might be a new wave of BB attack.

I'm flagging as repeat submission (which it is)

If the moive turns out to be a BB fileswap, I suggest Eagle to raise the DEFCON level to 2, even 1.

I don't think that raising DEFCON to level 1 is reasonable if its just one flash. 2 maybe. More likely 3, but thats just my opinion