At 5/20/07 07:52 PM, Snerd wrote: Fuck off. Get some more b/p points and some decent posts, then come back.

At 5/20/07 07:54 PM, Snerd wrote: *sorry for double post*

Didn't realize it was an alt. Sorry. Force of habit. You know how it is.

I thought we'd been over this with Dante on the previous page...

What the hell kind of response is that? There are two possibilities when someone new posts in the Barracks (and what follows applies to everyone, so make sure you know it!):

1) They are requesting to join, in which case, no matter what rank they are and how much of a noob they are, you treat them politely, point them to the FAQ and possibly the NGPD, and send them on their way. Certainly don't tell them to 'Fuck off'

2) If they aren't requesting to join, but instead spamming, in which case you DO NOT REPLY TO THEM IN ANY WAY. An officer will take care of it, and the offending post deleted by a mod. If you have replied to the spammer you will get banned.

In this case it was obviously Andrea's alt (or brother's account as it turns out), as she is replying to the previous post. But your response is unacceptable, as you thought it was a spammer, in which case you shouldn't have replied. You're lucky it was an alt, or you can bet a mod would ban you for that.

Please do not reply to an account you don't recognize in this manner again, and if it is 'force of habit' as you say, then change your habits. If there is an officer online, such as myself, Phantom, Eagle, or PenguinLink, then leave it to us to address them.

rant over

And Andrea, please if you can avoid posting under your brother's account in here- we don't want anymore confusion, though I know mistakes happen.

I didn't see that post, but I know better now. It's just a natural reaction for me to tell people to fuck off. Sorry. I usually ignore it, but the other name was replying to posts like a member (since, technically, a member was posting) and they only had like 30 b/p. The audacity of that got me a little pissed. Sorry. Not to happen again.

At 5/20/07 08:18 PM, Snerd wrote: I didn't see that post, but I know better now. It's just a natural reaction for me to tell people to fuck off. Sorry. I usually ignore it, but the other name was replying to posts like a member (since, technically, a member was posting) and they only had like 30 b/p. The audacity of that got me a little pissed. Sorry. Not to happen again.

Apology accepted. If someone is posting like that, and replying to other users like they belong here, you can bet it is an alt account. I used to have an alt (HurtMePlenty, lol), and I did accidentally post on it a couple of times- when you are signing in and out as multiple people it can easily happen. That was one reason I got rid of it (by changing the password and username to random letters that I can't remember).

Just a random thought, but everyone that has been here a while, if you haven't read the FAQ then do so (link in my sig), as it was down for a long time. Everyone needs to be up to date with the rules around here, I don't like having to rant at people (and I only do so for your own good and the good of the Barracks), and I suspect the other officers don't either.

*salutes*

At 5/20/07 08:06 PM, Azentiger wrote:
Huh, you think your list is so big than that?

Oh God, yes, it is colossally huge man, like 60 names! ( guess )... It took me 20 minutes to read through!

At 5/20/07 08:01 PM, Snerd wrote: Admittedly stolen. Read author comments.

It's kinda funny, but it's admittedly stolen. Get your whistle points, kids.

hey thanks man I needed them

At 5/20/07 08:06 PM, Azentiger wrote: That happens to everyone, ok? Just don't think you're invincible with a gold badge and you'll get it back soon!

Oops, guess I made another mistake here (again). I don't know why it happens so often to me... I meant "gold whistle". Sorry if I confused someone...

At 5/20/07 08:28 PM, Andrea364 wrote:

At 5/20/07 08:06 PM, Azentiger wrote: Huh, you think your list is so big than that?

Oh God, yes, it is colossally huge man, like 60 names! ( guess )... It took me 20 minutes to read through!

I've got a copy of it and it does have some size to it! Some names on the list are familar while others seem to be either somewhat new or just not the usual people most would think to be spammers, but upon inspection of their flash, they are indeed spammers of the portal.

Nice work Andrea!

Now back to the portal.
*Salutes*

At 5/17/07 04:10 AM, arianna1 wrote:

I am still around, just not b/p'ing as much as before, not that I was ever really fast at it anyway.

It's a good thing you're still B/Ping. :) I shall be ready to congratulate you once you reach level 15, which is an awesome level. :D

At 5/17/07 07:19 PM, pwroftheseagoat wrote:

Well I may not have gotten all 100+ points from that attack but it was enough to make me an Elite Guard General!! :D :D

Congratulations. Keep up the great work, General. :)

At 5/17/07 08:00 PM, X-Naut wrote:

The pink elephants can play some good tunes, I will admit. Too bad I can't say much about their dancing either.

Yes, their dancing is horrible. Comes to say that Elephants weren't meant for dancing, now were they? :3

But give the cut down a try. And just make sure if you see those elephants again, don't get too close to them when they're in the middle of a musical number. Because I'm not sure if many of the members here are fond of squashed penguin. :o

Having endured many injuries before, being squashed by two pink elephants wouldn't be too surprising. But I'll try to avoid them nevertheless. :)

At 5/18/07 01:35 AM, Sentio wrote:

And a sad farewell to my baseball bat :(.

Congratulations, on your shiny, wait, I mean rusty pipe. :) I am also fairly close on acquiring Level 12.

At 5/18/07 07:58 PM, ArtDanVal wrote:

I am also happy to announce that I am an EGSC, at long last after a little over a year of B/Ping.

Congratulations, ArtDanVal. I'm assuming it must be an awesome feeling the second you acquire it. :)

At 5/19/07 03:23 PM, EagleRock wrote:

*PenguinLink stands up straight, tucks in his shirt, and takes the last bite of the taco he has been eating, and salutes Sir EagleRock heartily.*

Sir, PenguinLink reporting for duty, Sir! :D

At 5/20/07 03:01 AM, Sterockicy wrote:

Elite Guard First Lieutenant! (11,000 b/p points)

Congratulations. Keep up the great work, Lieutenant. :)

At 5/20/07 06:10 PM, Dela wrote:

Say hello to to Praporshchik Dela.

Congratulations. Keep it up. :)

At 5/20/07 07:56 PM, Sentio wrote:

I'll be making 33,000 B/P later tonight.

Congratulations! Keep it up and you'll be in the top 50 in no time. :)

At 5/20/07 08:38 PM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote:

hey thanks man I needed them

If you post in here once more with a one-lined post, then I will consider it as spam. Sentio and I have told you in the past that if you're going to post in here, post legitimate comments that are above one line. It has come to the point that giving you advice to not post such short comments in here is worthless, because 1) You're not carefully reading our posts, or 2) You don't care. Please improve your posting habits if you're going to post in here and this shall be the last time I will tell you this.

On an unrelated note, I became an Elite Guard Colonel today. One of my favorite badges. :)

At 5/21/07 01:16 AM, PenguinLink wrote: On an unrelated note, I became an Elite Guard Colonel today. One of my favorite badges. :)

It seems like a pretty related note to me, seeing as we are in the EGB. Congrats, and it is an very cool badge.

I got 80 B/P yesterday, which is an all time high for me. hopefully i can keep this up while I'm still on study leave, it will set me up nicely for summer when I wont get many points as I will be out all day most days.

Ive become a private first class!

At 5/21/07 08:39 AM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote: Ive become a private first class!

Great. Congratulations. And congrats to the new colonel.

Today's goal is 3400, but I made up to 3383 last night, so that goal seems rather pissy. I'm going to shoot for as close to 3450 as I can. I'll crack the top 1,000 b/p soon. I'm currently 1,139. And the next update is NEXT Tuesday, right? I just need a few hundred more points to move up a notch in the EGB ranks. I can make that.

I'm going to post some "new" stuff at HEBREW MUSTARD. It's new to you guys, anyway. And I'll post another part to "Dave the Angel". Don't miss it! Only of the EGB Forums (link located in my sig and pic).

At 5/21/07 08:39 AM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote: Ive become a private first class!

Congrats on the new rank, soldier!

At 5/21/07 10:17 AM, Snerd wrote: Today's goal is 3400, but I made up to 3383 last night, so that goal seems rather pissy. I'm going to shoot for as close to 3450 as I can. I'll crack the top 1,000 b/p soon. I'm currently 1,139. And the next update is NEXT Tuesday, right? I just need a few hundred more points to move up a notch in the EGB ranks. I can make that.

If you want to be in the Top 1000 b/p, you must get near the EG Staff Sergeant rank.

I'm going to post some "new" stuff at HEBREW MUSTARD. It's new to you guys, anyway. And I'll post another part to "Dave the Angel". Don't miss it! Only of the EGB Forums (link located in my sig and pic).

Great. I like your stories, man, especially "Dave the Angel".

So yeah...

My friend and I released a new flash; and it was well fun to make :D

I'm not telling you to vote the five, but just saying the opportunity is open ;)

WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE.

<3

At 5/21/07 12:13 AM, DarkLotusJuggalo wrote:

At 5/20/07 08:28 PM, Andrea364 wrote:

I've got a copy of it and it does have some size to it! Some names on the list are familar while others seem to be either somewhat new or just not the usual people most would think to be spammers, but upon inspection of their flash, they are indeed spammers of the portal.

Nice work Andrea!

To repeat what I said before, if you can post it in the relevant part of the other forums it would be a great reference to have. Thanks.

At 5/21/07 01:16 AM, PenguinLink wrote:

Congratulations! Keep it up and you'll be in the top 50 in no time. :)

Thanks, though it really has lost any meaning now that I have no ranks to aim for. It is all about aiming for and passing individual users now :D. Slash and DoD are eating my dust, Seamonky is next...

If you post in here once more with a one-lined post, then I will consider it as spam. Sentio and I have told you in the past that if you're going to post in here, post legitimate comments that are above one line. It has come to the point that giving you advice to not post such short comments in here is worthless, because 1) You're not carefully reading our posts, or 2) You don't care. Please improve your posting habits if you're going to post in here and this shall be the last time I will tell you this.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

On an unrelated note, I became an Elite Guard Colonel today. One of my favorite badges. :)

Congrats! That is my favourite badge as well :D

At 5/21/07 08:39 AM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote: Ive become a private first class!

Congrats on the rank up, but did you even read PenguinLink's previous post? This is your very last warning- we do not want one line posting in this club. It looks like spam, and doesn't represent this club well. If all you want to say is that you ranked up then go to the level up lounge- that is not what the Barracks is for, though obviously we don't mind people mentioning it along with anything else they want to say. If you have nothing more to say then wait until you do. There are plenty of conversations going on in here that you can respond to, so there is no excuse.

*salutes*

excuse me Im sorry if that was a one liner but I just attained the new rank and I was almost late for school Because Ive got end of the year FINALS, and so I had to make it simple if I didnt want to miss my ride.

At 5/19/07 08:38 PM, EagleRock wrote: How did I know you'd be the first to say that??? :-)

You know me far too well.

Reminds me of King Leonidas.

Reminds me of him, too. Except for the fact that he doesn't lead an army of 300 half-naked, well-built men.

At 5/21/07 01:16 AM, PenguinLink wrote: Yes, their dancing is horrible. Comes to say that Elephants weren't meant for dancing, now were they? :3

I think dancing was originally left to the hippos, back when Hungry Hungry Hippos was first introduced to the market. I guess the elephants decided to give the dancing a try during that time.

Having endured many injuries before, being squashed by two pink elephants wouldn't be too surprising. But I'll try to avoid them nevertheless. :)

I don't think I want to know what kind of injuries you endured, if two elephants squishing you is nothing new.

On an unrelated note, I became an Elite Guard Colonel today. One of my favorite badges. :)

The classic golden eagle. Gotta love it. :D

At 5/21/07 07:31 AM, Solidone wrote:

Congrats, and it is an very cool badge.

Thanks. It indeed is a very nice looking badge. The last of the gold badges too.

At 5/21/07 10:17 AM, Snerd wrote:

And congrats to the new colonel.

Thanks. Although I feel a bit lonely being the only Colonel in the Barracks. But I'm sure arianna1 and Casualty will follow my trail. :)

At 5/21/07 03:26 PM, Sentio wrote:

Thanks, though it really has lost any meaning now that I have no ranks to aim for. It is all about aiming for and passing individual users now :D. Slash and DoD are eating my dust, Seamonky is next...

I see what you mean. And about Slash eating your dust, he currently is but I'm afraid that once he returns he is going to give it his all to catch you once again. :O It reminds of the time when Hemlok and yourself were competing with each other and you managed to pass him by one point. (You even made a screen shot for the event. :D) Ahh, good times. :) Speaking of Hemlok, he disappeared once again. :'(

Congrats! That is my favourite badge as well :D

Thanks. The one and only Golden Eagle badge. :)

At 5/21/07 06:19 PM, X-Naut wrote:

I think dancing was originally left to the hippos, back when Hungry Hungry Hippos was first introduced to the market. I guess the elephants decided to give the dancing a try during that time.

True, true. And here is a fun fact regarding elephants- Elephants are the only mammals in the world who can't jump. :)

I don't think I want to know what kind of injuries you endured, if two elephants squishing you is nothing new.

Here is a summary based on the injuries I've suffered in the past: I've been burned by Phantom's fireballs, I've been flung into a wall trying to kill a mating Carebear, I've been smacked in the head by LittleWashu's pans, and I've suffered many Wiimote attacks from members when the Barracks was in a Wii craze. >:(

The classic golden eagle. Gotta love it. :D

Yes, its greatness is making my profile shiny. :)

The Portal is incredibly slow today. It also amuses me how a flash with a small size gets blammed in a matter of minutes when the Portal is in this pace. >:( Goes to show that when the Portal is slow, more users tend to vote at a more rapid rate than went it is at an average pace or a faster pace.

*Salutes*

At 5/21/07 07:16 PM, PenguinLink wrote:

I see what you mean. And about Slash eating your dust, he currently is but I'm afraid that once he returns he is going to give it his all to catch you once again. :O It reminds of the time when Hemlok and yourself were competing with each other and you managed to pass him by one point. (You even made a screen shot for the event. :D) Ahh, good times. :) Speaking of Hemlok, he disappeared once again. :'(

I'm painfully aware that Slash is going to come back and chase me down eventually, but the bigger the lead I get the harder it will be for him. I don't miss too many points in a week, so even at top pace he isn't going to be gaining too much on me.

And I miss those days with Hemlok as well, that really was an epic battle :D. There was a whole day just before Christmas when we switched places 7 or 8 times, and were never more than 2 points apart. Insanity! Back then I was sure he would beat me to EGSC, as I went home for two and a half weeks after that, but it wasn't to be. It's sad that he isn't around here much at the moment :'(.

Thanks. The one and only Golden Eagle badge. :)

Indeed, the sexy golden eagle badge is hard to top, as all the others have bars/stars etc, making them dull after a while.

True, true. And here is a fun fact regarding elephants- Elephants are the only mammals in the world who can't jump. :)

LIES! I'd like to see a whale jump :P. You might want to rephrase that to only land mammal that can't jump :D, and even then I'm not convinced. I've never seen a hippo jump!

The Portal is incredibly slow today. It also amuses me how a flash with a small size gets blammed in a matter of minutes when the Portal is in this pace. >:( Goes to show that when the Portal is slow, more users tend to vote at a more rapid rate than went it is at an average pace or a faster pace.

Really slow, but as I've been busy screwing up experiments all day I'm not complaining too much.

*Salutes*

*salutes*

I'm working on a story now. I started it a while back, but I've recently started working on it again. I think I've grown up a little more in those few months. I've been almost forced to. A lot of things have changed. It definitely gives me more focus. It's not a comedy. It's not an action story. It's a story that has a lot of me in it. I've fictionalized a lot. The main character is a female. That's a fairly significant difference. And I'm not going to make it a stereotypical female character. It's just that it seems that my stories revolve more around men and I don't want to get stuck in a rut. Anyone can write some macho, tough guy bullshit. I could make you six scripts of that shit by sun down tomorrow. This is a more serious tale. Not serious as in you don't wanna read it, but serious as in "no angels" or "Raiden and the Tick fighting a televangelist". I'm gonna have humor in it. All the best stories have a little humor. Fuck... I might not even share it. I typically abandon my writing projects. So few of them are ever displayed... I just figured fans of my stories would want to know. I'm going to have more time on my hands this summer and I hope to get a lot of writing done.

I made my b/p goal for today. The portal's been slow. I've barely made 30 points today. Of course, I've been gone a lot today. Graduation practice, playing Call of Duty 3 with my friends, running errands... I should have a lot of time to get some points tomorrow. Hopefully, the portal will be more active.

Oh, if you missed today's HEBREW MUSTARD, you missed out on a special trailer for a comic this weekend. Check it out on the EGB Forums.

At 5/21/07 07:16 PM, PenguinLink wrote: The Portal is incredibly slow today. It also amuses me how a flash with a small size gets blammed in a matter of minutes when the Portal is in this pace. >:( Goes to show that when the Portal is slow, more users tend to vote at a more rapid rate than went it is at an average pace or a faster pace.

It is pretty damn slow. I was hoping to keep up the 70 b/p pd rate for a week or two now that I;m on study leave but i only got 45 points yesterday. Hopefully i can just make up for it today and tomorrow and I should rank up at some point tomorrow.

At 5/22/07 09:45 AM, Solidone wrote: It is pretty damn slow. I was hoping to keep up the 70 b/p pd rate for a week or two now that I;m on study leave but i only got 45 points yesterday. Hopefully i can just make up for it today and tomorrow and I should rank up at some point tomorrow.

Yea, you're right. The Portal was pretty slow yesterday. Even the morning was faster.
For today, I'm aiming for at least 6525 b/p. I have plenty of time to get these points: I don't study at all because I don't need it. I hope the Portal will be faster this time. At this rate, I should get EG Sergeant Major next week.

And, good luck for your ranking up, Solidone!

A slightly random post from me, but I found this interesting. I was browsing through the NG log, and found that my very first deposit on there was almost exactly a year ago. And here it is, in all it's glory!

Log date: 05/25/06
Experience: 3865/4781
Blams: 7551
Saves: 3546
Total B/P points: 13113
B/P points acquired on 05/25/06: Not available.
Reviews: 59
Audio Reviews: 0
Voting power: 7.71
Experience rank: #2187
B/P rank: #227
Posts: 296

Compared to now:

Log date: 05/22/07
Experience: 6765/8002
Blams: 17378
Saves: 15751
Total B/P points: 33129
B/P points acquired on 05/22/07: 421
Reviews: 82
Audio Reviews: 0
Voting power: 9.91
Experience rank: #1170
B/P rank: #72
Posts: 1322

Talk about a meteoric rise over the last year! I've gone from being a complete forum noob, with just 296 posts, and just over 10,000 B/P points (that I don't get as the total blams and saves add up to around 11k, yet it says my total was 13k :S), to an EGSC and someone with over 1000 posts :D. Considering I had been a member on NG for almost a year and a half at the time of that first deposit, that is quite some increase in stat gains!

And just so this isn't a total stat post, the portal is crap again today. Bring on the Summer!

*salutes*

I think we could all use a portal attack right about now. The portal is so goddamn slow today. I know that we don't WANT the portal to be spammed up, but we could use the fucking points. It's been nothing but a goddamn drought for the past few days. I've barely been able to make my piddling-ass goals. I've never wanted to see red stick vs. blue stick flashes or duck.fla's so much in my life. Goal for today is 3450. I should be able to get it, but who knows?

So I'm sharing some of my weird photo edits and collages in HEBREW MUSTARD. I posted the final part to the first "season" of "Dave the Angel". Remember, you can only see how the story ends, if you vote for it at the end of the month. I know it's a cheap trick, but you gotta have a gimmick.

I picked up my cap and gown today. I've worn the cap all day, even in public. I went to a pizza place with my uncle today at lunch. Everyone stared at me when I walked in so I said "I know I look ridiculous, I'm doing it on purpose." They went about their business.

At 5/22/07 02:03 PM, Snerd wrote: I think we could all use a portal attack right about now.

I feel the same way right about now. It seems as if all the times when I am on and looking forward to deal with some submissions, their numbers are fewer each time and there aren't many coming in after I check all the ones I can.

I am looking forward to your next installment of the series as well, and about wearing that in public.. you're graduating this year?

Back to the portal now.
*Salutes*

Yerp. I graduate on the 24th. Valedictorian. I think it's funny because I'm a very lazy student. I don't really do homework, and when I do, it's always a rush job at the last minute. I never study. I crack jokes all the time in class. School has typically been easy for me.

As for the portal, it's actually starting to pick up now. It was just abyssmal earlier today. I think since a lot more people are starting to get off now, they have more time to submit. I've made past my goal for today, so at least I'm on track. It'd be nice if there were something like a portal forecast. "Today there will be light portal traffic, with a slight chance of duck.fla..." Something like that, but since no one can read minds or predict the future... If any of you know anything about upcoming spam attacks, it'd be nice to know. And when is the next special day? Clock Day is all the way in August, right? It's a long way to August... Maybe this fabled redesign that's supposed to fix everything and give us all erections will be here soon.

PRivate Tomba Reporting for duty, sir waiting your reply!!

At 5/22/07 05:30 PM, Snerd wrote: Yerp. I graduate on the 24th. Valedictorian. I think it's funny because I'm a very lazy student. I don't really do homework, and when I do, it's always a rush job at the last minute. I never study. I crack jokes all the time in class. School has typically been easy for me.

Sounds good though that you still got that title! :)

As for the portal, it's actually starting to pick up now.

In that case, thats where I will be. :)

portal forecast. "Today there will be light portal traffic, with a slight chance of duck.fla..."

That would be rather funny to hear actually.

anything about upcoming spam attacks, it'd be nice to know.

Rumor has it that the SS will be launching a spam attack using their "new proxy system" but thats only a mere rumor.

Maybe this fabled redesign that's supposed to fix everything and give us all erections will be here soon.

I hope so.

At 5/22/07 05:41 PM, TombasTheMan wrote: PRivate Tomba Reporting for duty, sir waiting your reply!!

Fun game, but you need to get some B/P points, kid. Go to the portal and watch/play the gray submissions. Then vote on them. If you vote a 0 or 1, you'll get a blam point, but if you think the flash deserves a 2-5 and give it that, you'll get a protection point. But here, to get in, you need to get 1,500 B/P points before we can consider you. Sorry.

STAR SYNDICATE STARTING A PORTAL ATTACK

Star Syndicate... looks like they're up to no good again. This is the full text of the message posted on the Star Syndicate:

The final blow to NG we've all been waiting for has finally arrived. Tommorow night, at 12:00 EST, we will launch our ultimate assault on Newgrounds.com and completely destroy the pathetic excuse for a website.

After 12:00 midnight tommorow, no single submission shall pass through the portal. With our new proxy voting engines (which I can't exactly delve into) the portal will be fucked forever as every single submission gets blammed. It won't even take more than one person to accomplish this. So don't sweat it if you miss out on our epic glory tommorow night, you'll get to see the fun for the rest of the time Wade and Tom strugge before shutting the site down.

And of course we have the backup plan, but I'm not going to spoil it in case you don't know (you'll find out in case we get foiled somehow) (which is unlikely to happen after all the planning we've done).

Now all we can do is wait..

SOURCE

At 5/22/07 08:10 PM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote: STAR SYNDICATE STARTING A PORTAL ATTACK

I know I'm not supposed to say that, but are you fucking serious?!? (Sorry for the word)
A massive attack on NG? Wtf SS have against NG?!?
I swear, me, Azentiger, member of the EGB, Elite Guard Master Sergeant, to deliver all the power I have to make fail this attack!
If that happens, this could be a massive problem, and we need a lot of users to help us.
I know maybe I shouldn't say that, but I don't want NG to die today.

Message delivered, I have nothing to say more.