31 dead and at least 29 wounded. I saw on the little ticker at the bottom of the CNN screen that the gunman is among the dead. At least he can't kill anymore people. I don't know what would possess someone to go out and do something like that. I couldn't even bring myself to just hurt someone, let alone kill them.

I'm not trying to make light of this horrible event, but who wants to be that video games become the excuse for this?

At 4/16/07 03:17 PM, Snerd wrote: I'm not trying to make light of this horrible event, but who wants to be that video games become the excuse for this?

I'm sure the media will do the whole go-around again. They'll talk about how it was so close to the anniversary of Columbine, and then video games and violent movies and such...that's what they do. Already they're blaming the police for not getting there fast enough.

It's always a blame game. Instead of doing anything meaningful, people are going to be pointing fingers about this for a while. Really sad.

Let's just hope there aren't any copycat shootings or anything.

At 4/16/07 03:20 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: I'm sure the media will do the whole go-around again. They'll talk about how it was so close to the anniversary of Columbine, and then video games and violent movies and such...that's what they do. Already they're blaming the police for not getting there fast enough.

the media are just crazy. i remember when a game in the Uk was blamed for bad behaviour and violence in children. I used to play it at my mates house and i wish i could remember the name of it as im pretty sure you would have heard of it, it was by rockstar games anyway.

Let's just hope there aren't any copycat shootings or anything.

has this happened before? The original shootings are bad enough without copycats.

From what I understand, the shooter had semi-automatic handgun that he had converted to automatic. I only saw a little bit of the coverage at about 12:30 today. I don't know if he had anything else. I'm sure someone will release something with more details soon.

At 4/16/07 02:42 PM, Solidone wrote:

Yeah, they said they didnt have an exact number of fatalities but that it was around 20. When you say highest in any school shooting, it makes it sound like this kind of thing happens a lot over there??

They are depressingly common. I wouldn't like to put a figure on it as I simply don't know, but there have been at least 5 in this school year alone.

At 4/16/07 03:17 PM, Snerd wrote:

I'm not trying to make light of this horrible event, but who wants to be that video games become the excuse for this?

It wouldn't surprise me at all if video games/films/music were blamed for this. With all shooting incidents like this the authorities will look for something to put the blame on, almost as a way of justifying it and saying it won't happen again. I see the police are being blamed for their slow response as well, although there seems to be some good reason for that judging by the news reports.

At 4/16/07 03:19 PM, Jeffaro wrote:

At 4/16/07 06:44 AM, Phantom wrote: Welcome aboard Private, I hope you enjoy your stay here.

Sir thankyou sir!

I mentioned this on the last page and I'm going to mention it again- no one line posts. If you have nothing more to say then don't post until you do. Three posts so far in this club, and three one liners.

At 4/16/07 03:20 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

I'm sure the media will do the whole go-around again. They'll talk about how it was so close to the anniversary of Columbine, and then video games and violent movies and such...that's what they do. Already they're blaming the police for not getting there fast enough.

Yeah, they are already piling onto the Columbine bandwagon here, with lots of attempts at making it look like a copycat killer so close to the anniversary. Also a lot of reports on security being stepped up at Colorado schools. I can't say I have heard one word of sympathy yet for the victims...

It's always a blame game. Instead of doing anything meaningful, people are going to be pointing fingers about this for a while. Really sad.

That is typical of any event like this, both in the States and the UK. The media is always looking to point the finger and find a scapegoat so that they can have something for the public to target and hate. It's sickening really. I have never liked the media- all they do is sensationalise stories and spread fear.

Let's just hope there aren't any copycat shootings or anything.

I hope not, but I wouldn't be surprised.

At 4/16/07 03:24 PM, Solidone wrote:

has this happened before? The original shootings are bad enough without copycats.

I don't know of any specific examples, but I'm pretty sure there have been copycat incidents after things like Columbine.

At 4/16/07 03:27 PM, Jeffaro wrote: Sorry for the double post..Im not trying sound weird or anything but what type of weapon did the Virginia Shooter use?Id imagine it would have to have a high rate of fire in order to wound/kill that many people.

I haven't seen any reports, but you may well be right about that. Although the gunman did have a couple of hours to roam the campus, so he could have killed/injured that many with a small handgun and plenty of ammo with the time he had. Either way it is terrible that he was allowed so much time to round up victims- I have a sickening feeling we'll be hearing of almost execution type killings when this mess has been cleared up.

Well its a shame people like these cant think before they act..And well all I can say is that I hope no New Grounders live or have any family in that area.

There are a few that live nearby from what I have seen, but I don't know of anyone who is at VA tech.

and a much better post- more like this one in the future please!

I just wish that instead of pointing toward things like video games, movies, and music that people would just acknowledge people can just be fucking crazy without provocation. I don't know of anything that would make any normal person snap and shoot at 59 people and then kill himself. Yep... you can say I'm jumping to conclusions on this one, but I'm gonna go ahead and say he was fucking crazy. He was old enough to go to college, so that makes him at least 18. Video games have been violent for quite some time now, violence in movies has been around since before he was born, and music has had violent lyrics for a long time, too. So if those were the culprits, he probably would've snapped before now.

At 4/16/07 02:34 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Holy damn. Anyone in the states watching the news? Fucking crazy shooting in Virginia...

I hope no one here has friends or family that go there. Death toll is the highest from any school shooting in U.S. history...damn.

I know about it. Here is a link that tells about all this.

I really don't get why things like this happen...

At 4/16/07 06:15 PM, K-Fox wrote: I really don't get why things like this happen...

Who knows. We'll have to wait to hear more about the guy and his motives...but despite what some people would like us to think, people don't just shoot up a school for no reason. It's important to find out that reason, however flawed it may be, and use it to try to stop similar events from happening.

Anyway...keep an eye out in the portal for memorial flashes. There may be stuff that tries to ride the wave, such as something that starts as a memorial but turns out to be utter crap. Keep an eye open and watch them flashes all the way through.

Well, I think the total number killed is going to hold at 32, not that that's a good number. They don't know who the killer was, and they think he may have had a partner.

I feel really bad; just coming back from Spring break, some of them would have been graduating in a month or so and all those families who haven't heard from their kids, wondering if their alright. It's a terrible thing to have some one do that to a school, especially a college. I understand high school with all the cliques and peer pressure and such, but college is way different.

Hmm...today flew by rather quickly...

Blams: 1601 (+7 since last log)
Saves: 2969 (+14 since last log)
Total B/P points: 4570
Total B/P points acquired today: 21
B/P Badge: Elite Guard Staff Sergeant (430 until next grade)
Avg. B/P Points per day: 40.517
B/P Rank: #792 (+24 move since last log)
Protect/Blam Ratio: 1.85528756957

Must...keep...average...over...40...*Falls again*

Pretty bad day today, with the shooting and all...

Time for me to leave...already?!

I doesn't even feel like 2 hours have passed yet...oh well...

See ya tomorrow...

*Salutes*

Sneak preview of my ramagi flash, which WILL be finished tonight, lest giant demons rip my balls off.

i better finish... :'(

I just saw this on TV about an hour ago. Brent Bozell (I think that's how it's spelled) was on MSNBC trying to pawn this off on video games and TV. Bozell is the leader of one of the media watchdog groups that's basically behind a lot of the censorship issues in almost all forms of media except the internet, which it would probably like to see censored as well. Anyway, he started in on his bullshit statistics and it just sickens me to see this fucking opportunist take advantage of a tragedy to support his own close-minded agenda.

Hey, check out these movie threads I made.
There's some sigs there, and interesting information, and pictures there. Post to boost my already inflated ego :[

SpiderMan 3

Pirates of the Caribbean

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

And now:
Blams: 11450 (+15 since last log)
Saves: 12974 (+30 since last log)
Total B/P points: 24424
Total B/P points acquired today: 45
B/P Badge: Elite Guard Lieutenant General (1076 until next grade)
Avg. B/P Points per day: 23.152
B/P Rank: #128 (0 move since last log)

Plus the 10 under judgement, to make it 55 points a day. Not that great of a day, really, only 55 points, meh. I can do better.

Also, early Congrats to Sentio for reaching Elite Guard Supreme Commander!

At 4/16/07 08:59 PM, TheThing wrote: Well, I think the total number killed is going to hold at 32, not that that's a good number. They don't know who the killer was, and they think he may have had a partner.

Talk of VA Tech? I live in VA myself and its all over the news. The total raised again, it is no longer 32, I forget the final number but its higher.

On another note, I have been gaining more b/p points recently. Hows everyone else been doing?

At 4/16/07 10:41 PM, Snerd wrote: I just saw this on TV about an hour ago. Brent Bozell (I think that's how it's spelled) was on MSNBC trying to pawn this off on video games and TV. Bozell is the leader of one of the media watchdog groups that's basically behind a lot of the censorship issues in almost all forms of media except the internet, which it would probably like to see censored as well. Anyway, he started in on his bullshit statistics and it just sickens me to see this fucking opportunist take advantage of a tragedy to support his own close-minded agenda.

I hate people that see tragedies like this as an opportunity. Until we know who the people/person behind it were/was you can't blame anything at all, and I really hope the kid had never touched a computer in his life- that would shut everyone up pretty quickly. There is also the possibility that whoever it was visited this site, and is that is the case I dread to think what might happen. Fingers crossed that they didn't come here at all.

Plus my prediction a couple of hours ago of 'execution' style killings may well be true, at least according to that most reliable of sources, FOX news (lol). They had a witness report telling of the killer lining people up against a wall and picking them off one by one. That honestly makes me feel sick- a situation like that would be anyones worst nightmare. I really hope it isn't true.

Anyway, enough depressing stuff for one day...

At 4/16/07 11:36 PM, MadCow wrote:

Plus the 10 under judgement, to make it 55 points a day. Not that great of a day, really, only 55 points, meh. I can do better.

Today has been slow, but not totally terrible. I've made around 100 points to bring me to within 40 points of EGSC... it's so close, yet I know I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to get it.

Also, early Congrats to Sentio for reaching Elite Guard Supreme Commander!

Thanks- tomorrow will be the big day :D

*salutes*

At 4/17/07 12:49 AM, Sentio wrote: Thanks- tomorrow will be the big day :D

There will be drinking and strippers and more strippers when it happens!

I remember when I hit EGSC...sniff...I damn near creamed myself when I refreshed my profile and saw that glorious blazing badge.

Oh wait, I DID cream myself, no 'damn near' about it... :-D

In other news, I'm going to start keeping track of my daily gains again. I'm just curious if I'm moving at 100 a day yet....

Also, I FINISHED MY RAMAGI FLASH! She's not on at the moment, though, so I'll wait to submit. I was gonna make it an alpha, but I already made one for Slash Returns: HAISTLWU, and turns out you can only make one alpha every seven days, bah. After I made special screenies for it and everything...

In any case, it rocks hardcore. :-P LOOK FOR IT.

<3 ramagi

At 4/17/07 01:23 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

There will be drinking and strippers and more strippers when it happens!

That is all I could ask for- after all what is the point of having something to celebrate if you can remember it afterwards? It just so happens I have a crate of beer sitting in my fridge as we speak :D And I'm never going to complain about strippers. Ever.

I remember when I hit EGSC...sniff...I damn near creamed myself when I refreshed my profile and saw that glorious blazing badge.

I remember that day as well- there was a whole group of you that made it all around the same time, including Eagle and Phantom. Those were the good old days :)

Oh wait, I DID cream myself, no 'damn near' about it... :-D

I guess I had better control myself- I'll most likely make it at work tomorrow and that is not the place to have to clean myself up... Speaking of which, there is a chance I won't be around to catch the screeny as I have a lot to do in the lab tomorrow, so if ANYONE happens to be looking at my profile when I hit EGSC can you grab the pic for me please?

In other news, I'm going to start keeping track of my daily gains again. I'm just curious if I'm moving at 100 a day yet....

You must be pretty close to managing that. I don't count the exact total I get each day, but I usually have a fair idea of how many I have got.

Also, I FINISHED MY RAMAGI FLASH! She's not on at the moment, though, so I'll wait to submit. I was gonna make it an alpha, but I already made one for Slash Returns: HAISTLWU, and turns out you can only make one alpha every seven days, bah. After I made special screenies for it and everything...

You mean you are making us wait even longer? What vile torture is this? You had better not post it while I am asleep!

In any case, it rocks hardcore. :-P LOOK FOR IT.

I'm looking, now submit it already!

*salutes*

Barracks roster – April 17, 2007

Sterockicy’s note:

Sorry about double posting but I have to make the update spread over two pages because I have exceeded the post limit!

Ok, Not much to say today except NEW FEATURE! There is now a Voting power section where you can compare your VP to other users! I hope you like it and bow down to me for it! I was thinking of added some other things like I suggested but realised it would take forever and I don’t want to make the list too fat and confusing. For now, this will do!

Also, Hi to all of you new members! We now have over 50 members on the list and it looks pretty cool!

Top 5 Gainers:

PenguinLink – 1402
Sentio – 1139
MadCow – 943
Metal Dart – 935
ArtDanVal – 904

Special Congratulatory list:

Mega Gainers: PenguinLink!
Top gainers, repeat offenders: Sentio, MadCow, PenguinLink, ArtDanVal!
New to the list: hongkongexpress, Cool-Points, K-fox, 36Holla, Solidone, Snerd, TheThing, Andrea364, Jeffaro!
Top 3 biggest average rises: MetalDart + 66.8, SlashFirestorm + 45.3, BlueHippo + 29.1!
King of the portal: (highest voting power): life!

Rank // Total B/P points // Gain // Gain/day // Gain rise/drop // VP // Name

01 // 52306 // 0193 // 013.8 // 015.6- // 09.70 // ADT
02 // 50844 // 0751 // 053.6 // 000.3- // 10.10 // Phantom
03 // 49427 // 0688 // 049.1 // 002.3- // 09.98 // X-Naut
04 // 47729 // 0813 // 058.1 // 029.1+ // 10.35 // BlueHippo
05 // 43469 // 0427 // 030.5 // 023.3- // 09.81 // Major-punk
06 // 42369 // 0220 // 015.7 // 045.7- // 10.06 // pepeatumi
07 // 34063 // 0681 // 048.6 // 020.7+ // 09.77 // Seamonky
08 // 31740 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 09.04 // EagleRock
09 // 30828 // 0638 // 045.6 // 045.2+ // 09.37 // SlashFirestorm
10 // 29965 // 1139 // 081.4 // 012.2- // 09.53 // Sentio
11 // 28488 // 0904 // 064.6 // 006.0- // 08.74 // ArtDanVal
12 // 28433 // 0117 // 008.4 // 046.1- // 09.01 // Hemlok
13 // 28096 // 0509 // 036.4 // 001.7+ // 11.04 // life
14 // 25902 // 0057 // 004.1 // 001.0+ // 09.71 // LittleWashu
15 // 24434 // 0943 // 067.4 // 005.4- // 08.82 // MadCow
16 // 24285 // 0641 // 045.8 // 045.8+ // 10.33 // Coop83
17 // 23288 // 0816 // 058.3 // 039.5- // 08.76 // pwroftheseagoat
18 // 23144 // 0935 // 066.8 // 066.8+ // 08.82 // MetalDart
19 // 16889 // 0366 // 026.1 // 005.5- // 08.93 // arianna1
20 // 16523 // 0384 // 027.4 // 010.2+ // 08.94 // Casualty
21 // 14762 // 1402 // 100.1 // 016.0+ // 07.75 // PenguinLink
22 // 12514 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 07.44 // EIMaster
23 // 12276 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 08.56 // hongkongexpress
24 // 09629 // 0615 // 043.9 // 000.4- // 07.21 // Sterockicy
25 // 09391 // 0148 // 010.6 // 001.5- // 07.15 // ever-vigilant
26 // 08442 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 06.94 // Cool-Points
27 // 07760 // 0652 // 046.6 // 002.6- // 06.96 // DarkSoldier
28 // 07544 // 0360 // 025.7 // 016.8- // 06.99 // Shanus
29 // 07396 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 07.15 // HoboPorn
30 // 07069 // 0232 // 016.6 // 009.7+ // 07.33 // Dela
31 // 06481 // 0016 // 001.1 // 000.7+ // 07.38 // Perengrinus
32 // 06247 // 0014 // 001.0 // 000.7+ // 07.94 // Nerijus
33 // 06023 // 0037 // 002.6 // 001.3- // 07.25 // Sixers1fan
34 // 04580 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 06.28 // K-fox
35 // 04208 // 0002 // 000.1 // 003.1- // 06.52 // PossiblePancakes
36 // 04054 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 06.48 // 36Holla
37 // 04020 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.1- // 06.75 // Turkeybean
38 // 03862 // 0018 // 001.3 // 000.7+ // 06.50 // dawin45
39 // 03749 // 0726 // 051.9 // 007.5+ // 06.68 // Odyssic
40 // 03704 // 0007 // 000.5 // 000.8- // 06.57 // Zornkatzu
41 // 03616 // 0527 // 037.6 // 001.3- // 06.40 // DarkLotusJuggalo
42 // 03606 // 0038 // 002.7 // 000.0+ // 06.71 // RSQViper
43 // 03444 // 0041 // 002.9 // 000.2+ // 06.80 // Black-Flame
44 // 02924 // 0043 // 003.1 // 003.1+ // 06.23 // ElementalSoldier
45 // 02646 // 0310 // 022.1 // 009.9+ // 06.45 // Gorillazrock
46 // 02513 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 06.01 // sparkingAC195
47 // 02289 // 0113 // 008.1 // 008.1+ // 06.37 // Whitcomb
48 // 02174 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.5- // 06.04 // SilentSoldier
49 // 02124 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.1- // 06.16 // KermitTheMuppet
50 // 02123 // 0009 // 000.6 // 000.1- // 06.88 // generalmario
51 // 01875 // 0015 // 001.1 // 001.1+ // 06.29 // Imacow
52 // 01693 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 05.72 // Solidone
53 // 01690 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 05.95 // MrAngel
54 // 01555 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 05.79 // Snerd
55 // 01550 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 06.46 // TheThing
56 // 01518 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 05.86 // Andrea364
57 // 01502 // NEW // NEW // NEW // 05.79 // Jeffaro

*Salutes*

i dont know if any of you even remember me, but i used to be pretty active around here until i started college. oddly enough, i started at Virginia Tech. so, ive been around for the first killer hanging out on campus and now this one.

just curious as to your thoughts.

Heheh...I can't wait to see how I do once I've been back for the entire duration between reports. I've been B/P'ing pretty well lately, and I think I can go faster if I try, heh...

At 4/17/07 03:28 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Rank // Total B/P points // Gain // Gain/day // Gain rise/drop // VP // Name
01 // 52306 // 0193 // 013.8 // 015.6- // 09.70 // ADT

You slowed down, I admit I'm slow too but I'm catching up slowly like I always promised.

02 // 50844 // 0751 // 053.6 // 000.3- // 10.10 // Phantom

Not bad, I expected no more and no less. I know my B/P rate has gone to shit lately but I have been busy and my grades are finally high enough so I'm ok with it.

03 // 49427 // 0688 // 049.1 // 002.3- // 09.98 // X-Naut
04 // 47729 // 0813 // 058.1 // 029.1+ // 10.35 // BlueHippo

My glorious competition, I'm not expecting much.

*Salutes*

Thanks for the update.

At 4/17/07 03:21 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Barracks roster – April 17, 2007

thansk for the update, now all i need is the next one to see how many points im acutally gaining.

At 4/16/07 10:31 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Sneak preview of my ramagi flash, which WILL be finished tonight, lest giant demons rip my balls off.Thanks for the preview, im looking forward to it.

i think waiting untill she is online to submit is a good idea as well.

My new goal is to be Private First Class by Pico Day or at least at the end of Pico Day. That's a rather ambitious goal, but I think I can make it. I'm almost at 1600 at the time of this post and I think if I can get a few weekend votings under my belt, I should get there. I should have slightly over 1600 by tonight.

At 4/17/07 03:28 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Rank // Total B/P points // Gain // Gain/day // Gain rise/drop // VP // Name
16 // 24285 // 0641 // 045.8 // 045.8+ // 10.33 // Coop83

Thanks for the update, Stero. I'm making some progress in a rather swift fashion of late.

A real shock to hear about the shooting in Virginia. I was in the gym and caught the scoop while lifting my weights. At least there's more news of late than on Saturday morning - Prince William and Kate Middleton split up -.-

Wanna rank up faster? It's time to look at...

SLASH'S GUIDE TO BECOMING A B/P MASTER

1) Drop out of school.
It's true, all you needed to know, you learned in kindergarten. Share your toys, don't piss yourself, and don't share hats. School gets in the way of B/P.

2) Quit your job.
You're only helping to turn the cogs of the vile corporate system, anyhow. Employment gets in the way of B/P.

3) Cut your sleep down to three hours a night.
The average human being will spend more than a third of their life in bed. What a pitiful statistic. You should spend it sitting in your computer chair until it breaks, blamming and protecting, like a sane person. Sleep gets in the way of B/P.

4) Cut all ties with real-life friends.
Friends are great, but they get in the of B/P'ing, wanting to 'hang out' and 'talk' all the time. Selfish fuckers. Remove this element from your life and replace it with repetitive clicking. Friends get in the way of B/P.

5) Stock up on supplies.
To be a complete and masterful B/P'er, you will need some materials.

---Two or three 2-liter bottles of water. Nothing but water; anything else will cloud your judgement. Getting up to drink gets in the way of B/P.

---A jumbo box of goldfish crackers, the kind with three bags in it. Moses survived in the wilderness solely on goldfish crackers. Seriously, look it up. Getting up to eat gets in the way of B/P.

---A bottle of caffeine pills/amphetamines, for when willpower alone isn't gonna keep you awake any longer. Weak will gets in the way of B/P.

---A bottle of advil/your favorite prescription medication, for when your eyeballs feel like they're about to burst. Pain gets in the way of B/P (Non-drowsy stuff only, obviously. Time and a place for everything).

---A large pot or two for storing bodily waste. Going to the bathroom gets in the way of B/P.

---An uninterruptible power supply for those pesky blackouts. Power outages get in the way of B/P.

There, you're set to B/P for one to three weeks. Not being prepared gets in the way of B/P.
---------------------------------------------
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So yes. You're living a life free of a lot of unneeded distractions, like friends and family, and B/P'ing faster than you ever have. Congratulations...you are a B/P Master.

At 4/17/07 01:05 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: So yes. You're living a life free of a lot of unneeded distractions, like friends and family, and B/P'ing faster than you ever have. Congratulations...you are a B/P Master.

Hurrah, you pee in a bucket by your computer with a small lid on it for smell and air freshener. You have no values and will agree to spam the portal yourself for points, now you're on your way to being a B/P star :-D

At 4/17/07 01:12 PM, Phantom wrote: Hurrah, you pee in a bucket by your computer with a small lid on it for smell and air freshener. You have no values and will agree to spam the portal yourself for points, now you're on your way to being a B/P star :-D

Yeah! :-D

Still working on getting that uninterruptable power supply, though. :-(

Not to mention those damn...what do you call em...females, they keep using some sort of mind control on me.

In my pants... :-/

some males too. O_O

Lol, I just sneezed and wiped out my entire post... guess I had better start againg then!

At 4/17/07 03:21 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Barracks roster – April 17, 2007

Yeay, update time again :D

Also, Hi to all of you new members! We now have over 50 members on the list and it looks pretty cool!

Yeah, we have had a lot of new recruits in the last couple of weeks. It's great to see this place moving so fast again as a result :)

Top 5 Gainers:

PenguinLink – 1402
Sentio – 1139
MadCow – 943
Metal Dart – 935
ArtDanVal – 904

Congrats to all- second place is amazing considering all the time I was away! All the fast movers of old seem to have slowed down a lot. No doubt Slash will be stiff competition for the next update though!

Special Congratulatory list:

Mega Gainers: PenguinLink!

An impressive total there!

Top gainers, repeat offenders: Sentio, MadCow, PenguinLink, ArtDanVal!

The Usual Suspects I see :D

King of the portal: (highest voting power): life!

I don't think any of us will catch that any time soon, as we don't have enough EXP. The only person who might is Coop.

At 4/17/07 03:28 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Rank // Total B/P points // Gain // Gain/day // Gain rise/drop // VP // Name

08 // 31740 // 0000 // 000.0 // 000.0+ // 09.04 // EagleRock
09 // 30828 // 0638 // 045.6 // 045.2+ // 09.37 // SlashFirestorm

The next targets, although the chances of me catching Slash have decreased significantly upon his return. It will be a sad day when I pass Eagle :(

10 // 29965 // 1139 // 081.4 // 012.2- // 09.53 // Sentio

Pretty damn good with the time off, and oh so close to EGSC :D

12 // 28433 // 0117 // 008.4 // 046.1- // 09.01 // Hemlok

:(

At 4/17/07 03:29 AM, worldfamous wrote: i dont know if any of you even remember me, but i used to be pretty active around here until i started college. oddly enough, i started at Virginia Tech. so, ive been around for the first killer hanging out on campus and now this one.

just curious as to your thoughts.

I do remember you- in fact we were very close in B/P for some time when I first got onto the top 300 list (I was Donthurtme back in those days). It's good to see you around, although not under these circumstances. I hope all of your friends are OK, and that everything gets back to normal as soon as possible.

At 4/17/07 12:37 PM, Snerd wrote: My new goal is to be Private First Class by Pico Day or at least at the end of Pico Day. That's a rather ambitious goal, but I think I can make it. I'm almost at 1600 at the time of this post and I think if I can get a few weekend votings under my belt, I should get there. I should have slightly over 1600 by tonight.

I hope you make your goal in time. You have plenty of time to get those points, so with enough determination you'll make it with ease. One thing I have noticed when people join the Barracks is that they soon get swept up into the higher B/P paces of some of the higher ranked members, so I expect a few of you will speed up before long :D.

At 4/17/07 12:50 PM, Coop83 wrote:

A real shock to hear about the shooting in Virginia. I was in the gym and caught the scoop while lifting my weights. At least there's more news of late than on Saturday morning - Prince William and Kate Middleton split up -.-

The Royal Family are more popular, and more talked about over here than they are in the UK. That split up made all of the headlines in Colorado.

At 4/17/07 01:05 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Wanna rank up faster? It's time to look at...

SLASH'S GUIDE TO BECOMING A B/P MASTER

1) Drop out of school.
It's true, all you needed to know, you learned in kindergarten. Share your toys, don't piss yourself, and don't share hats. School gets in the way of B/P.

Lol, been there, don that. School seems like a long time ago now.

2) Quit your job.
You're only helping to turn the cogs of the vile corporate system, anyhow. Employment gets in the way of B/P.

Well, better yet would be to get a job where you can B/P all day at the office, whilst getting paid- that has worked great for me :D

3) Cut your sleep down to three hours a night.
The average human being will spend more than a third of their life in bed. What a pitiful statistic. You should spend it sitting in your computer chair until it breaks, blamming and protecting, like a sane person. Sleep gets in the way of B/P.

I've been around that mark for the last six months now for one reason or another, although I don't usually get up and B/P while I'm trying to sleep. When I'm at university I have my laptop on next to me when I sleep, so every time I wake up I sweep up the new entires in the portal.

4) Cut all ties with real-life friends.
Friends are great, but they get in the of B/P'ing, wanting to 'hang out' and 'talk' all the time. Selfish fuckers. Remove this element from your life and replace it with repetitive clicking. Friends get in the way of B/P.

Done and done- I even moved to another continent to get rid of them :D

5) Stock up on supplies.
To be a complete and masterful B/P'er, you will need some materials.

---Two or three 2-liter bottles of water. Nothing but water; anything else will cloud your judgement. Getting up to drink gets in the way of B/P.

But beer makes the whole experience so much more fun!

---A jumbo box of goldfish crackers, the kind with three bags in it. Moses survived in the wilderness solely on goldfish crackers. Seriously, look it up. Getting up to eat gets in the way of B/P.

Lol, I'll bear that in mind- nothing beats good old Cadbury's chocolate in my mind though, if you can get it.

---A bottle of caffeine pills/amphetamines, for when willpower alone isn't gonna keep you awake any longer. Weak will gets in the way of B/P.

Well you need to strengthen your will power then, or be stressed enough from work and life to not be able to sleep anyway...

---A bottle of advil/your favorite prescription medication, for when your eyeballs feel like they're about to burst. Pain gets in the way of B/P (Non-drowsy stuff only, obviously. Time and a place for everything).

I've never had a problem with that, but then I don't watch the screen all the time, rather I just leave it on and do something else, coming back frequently to refresh the page- Portal Guard has made that a lot easier!

---A large pot or two for storing bodily waste. Going to the bathroom gets in the way of B/P.

Pfft, just B/P in the bathroom- problem solved.

---An uninterruptible power supply for those pesky blackouts. Power outages get in the way of B/P.

That one has been a problem at times, but I don't have much choice in that unfortunately.

There, you're set to B/P for one to three weeks. Not being prepared gets in the way of B/P.
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So yes. You're living a life free of a lot of unneeded distractions, like friends and family, and B/P'ing faster than you ever have. Congratulations...you are a B/P Master.

WOO!

EGSC in 17 points and counting...

*salutes*

I think I'll just kill boars to level up. Thanks anyway.