Is it just me, or has the portal been reasonably slow today? I've gotten less than 30 B/P today so far. It better pick up later on.

Ok, so Tom just created another post asking us what are our goals for 2008.

But I ask your guys... What are your goals for 2008?

I don't have lots of goals, but here they are:

- Try working with Flash;
- Start playing the guitar better;
- Dedicate a little more to school (but I still think I don't need it);
- Get fit

There might (should) be more, but I can't think of anything else right now.

Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

At 1/16/08 01:18 PM, NEVR wrote: Is it just me, or has the portal been reasonably slow today? I've gotten less than 30 B/P today so far. It better pick up later on.

Yeah, it has been pretty crap- really killing my pace so far this week, I was going at a steady 70 per day.

Also belated welcome, good to see another English gentleman around these parts

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

1) Graduate, ideally with at least a 2:1
2) Find a job/something to do with my life once education has come to a shuddering halt- any ideas of what I should spend my life doing more than welcome (bearing in mind I am doing a biology degree), as I have precisely zero!
3) Go to Indonesia for 2 months (booked up already), don't die/get sick/kill anyone else. Save the world (or something...)
4) Keep girlfriend happy
5) Begin plans for world domination...

Thanks for the update Sterockicy! It seems that I-Love-Caitlyn is now in my sight lol.

Anyways, my goals for 2008 consist of:

- Graduating high school
- Going to College
- Finding a better job than the one I already have.

*Salutes*

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Ok, so Tom just created another post asking us what are our goals for 2008.

Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

- Get in shape
- Get good grades at school
- reach a total of at least 10000 songs on my iPod
- get some games for my PS3
- Learn Drum seriously
- Start a new band as a Vocalist or Drummer
- Make some music for the Audio Portal
- Get some Experience Levels and B/P Levels on Newgrounds
- Get my driver's license
- Participate in some Chess Tournament or something
- Win a game of Risk (I mean, actually winning a game by eliminating enemies troops and not just cause all your friends have left after a 6 hours game cause they are tired)

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Ok, so Tom just created another post asking us what are our goals for 2008.

Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

Get a girlfriend
get into shape
and other things that I can't think of.

At 1/15/08 09:26 AM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 1/15/08 01:23 AM, Sterockicy wrote: Top 5 Gainers:
Coop83 - 248

Congratulations, you machines!

I'd hardly call that pace machine like. AfroUnderscoreStud quantifies that space :P

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

I've got a few, including finishing chapter 4 of my story and maybe also a few other goals, such as preventing my best friend's death or at least enough embarrasment to make him wish he was dead from his stag night. He's getting married in November and I'd like to think that he would only be as nasty to me as I am to him :P

No more Winter time theme on Newgrounds, they have just changed it. :(

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

I have a few:

- Raise money to go travelling
- Go travelling
- Try and get back into Audio production towards the end of the year

At 1/16/08 01:38 PM, Sentio wrote: Yeah, it has been pretty crap- really killing my pace so far this week, I was going at a steady 70 per day.

I'm aiming for a 60/day pace, but it's being dragged down slowly by the Portal's sleepy ways.

Also belated welcome, good to see another English gentleman around these parts

Thanks man, I hope to be here for a long time to come :)

At 1/16/08 04:08 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: - Learn Drum seriously

I've been playing drums for 8, nearly 9 years now, so if you need any tips or want to chat about it generally, feel free to send me a PM or something.

At 1/16/08 04:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: No more Winter time theme on Newgrounds, they have just changed it. :(

Yeah, I miss the blue personally. I felt it was more soothing and generally nicer than the normal theme. I wish there was an option for each user to customise the top part of the page, so I could keep it blue, but that's obviously not going to happen.

***Salutes***

At 1/16/08 04:43 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 1/16/08 04:08 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: - Learn Drum seriously

I've been playing drums for 8, nearly 9 years now, so if you need any tips or want to chat about it generally, feel free to send me a PM or something.

Nice !!! What kind of music do you play ?

At 1/16/08 04:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: No more Winter time theme on Newgrounds, they have just changed it. :(

Yeah, I miss the blue personally. I felt it was more soothing and generally nicer than the normal theme. I wish there was an option for each user to customise the top part of the page, so I could keep it blue, but that's obviously not going to happen.

Well, why do you think that its obvious that it can't change ??
You should try to give the idea to some of the admins or users that could help make it change. That could be nice :)

Great Idea !!!

***Salutes***

****Salutes****

At 1/16/08 04:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: No more Winter time theme on Newgrounds, they have just changed it. :(

Thank God! It was nice to see something besides orange, but all that blue was really depressing. Plus the part of school I'm in most of the day is blue.

But as for my goals, I really don't have too many;
Get stronger
Get some PS3 games
Get a girlfriend
Finish the school year strong by getting all A's

At 1/16/08 04:47 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Nice !!! What kind of music do you play ?

I started off playing general rock stuff, nothing too complicated, but there's only so many variations of a 4/4 beat that you play before you need to progress - so I started infusing some jazz and shuffle type beats into my normal stuff.

After a while, I wanted to take that further, too, so I saved up and bought myself a 2nd kick drum, and 2 Iron Cobra pedals (they're amazing), and started playing some metal/speed metal stuff using 16ths and 32nd beats on the kicks.

Now I just experiment with stuff. I like mixing some cool break-beat type stuff with double kick, variations on the hi-hat or ride, whatever sounds good. So basically I have a reasonably good experience with a few different styles of playing.

Well, why do you think that its obvious that it can't change ??
You should try to give the idea to some of the admins or users that could help make it change. That could be nice :)

Great Idea !!!

I think the idea has been mentioned before, but whilst in reality it would be a nice addition to the flexibility of the site, the reality of it is that it would be a huge amount of work for the staff. I don't know the ins and outs of it due to that fact that I'm not a website programmer, but word was that putting the idea into practice would be very difficult indeed. Shame, really.

At 1/16/08 04:58 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/16/08 04:47 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Nice !!! What kind of music do you play ?

I started off playing general rock stuff, nothing too complicated, but there's only so many variations of a 4/4 beat that you play before you need to progress - so I started infusing some jazz and shuffle type beats into my normal stuff.

Yah, I heard that jazz is really important in the basis of drums.

After a while, I wanted to take that further, too, so I saved up and bought myself a 2nd kick drum, and 2 Iron Cobra pedals (they're amazing), and started playing some metal/speed metal stuff using 16ths and 32nd beats on the kicks.

I just love Double-bass drums !!! I hope to be able to learn to play drum soon.

Now I just experiment with stuff. I like mixing some cool break-beat type stuff with double kick, variations on the hi-hat or ride, whatever sounds good. So basically I have a reasonably good experience with a few different styles of playing.

sweet :)

Do you play with other musicians, like jams and all that stuff or with a band?

Well, why do you think that its obvious that it can't change ??
You should try to give the idea to some of the admins or users that could help make it change. That could be nice :)

Great Idea !!!

I think the idea has been mentioned before, but whilst in reality it would be a nice addition to the flexibility of the site, the reality of it is that it would be a huge amount of work for the staff. I don't know the ins and outs of it due to that fact that I'm not a website programmer, but word was that putting the idea into practice would be very difficult indeed. Shame, really.

If they kept the actual orange as the basic theme that everybody would have and that it could be changed in the profile section.

My Newgrounds would be BLUE ALL THE TIME !!!
(just don't make a FAB theme) :P

Ugh, so glad that blue went away. It's nice for a little while, but it was up for way too long.

I don't have much for goals this year, really. I guess just don't die. That's a good goal I wish to achieve.

At 1/16/08 05:49 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Yah, I heard that jazz is really important in the basis of drums.

In some ways, yeah. Jazz is rooted deeply in the drumming rudiments, so learning jazz alongside the rudimental stuff would be a good way to start.

I just love Double-bass drums !!! I hope to be able to learn to play drum soon.

Double kicks are cool, yeah, but expensive, and very difficult to master. I'd advise buying a double pedal before investing in an extra bass drum, in order to get the hang of it. That's what I did.

Do you play with other musicians, like jams and all that stuff or with a band?

I've played solo, jammed, been in several bands, played gigs, and now I'm back to playing solo. Playing with other musicians is the best though.

If they kept the actual orange as the basic theme that everybody would have and that it could be changed in the profile section.

Would be cool. I can't remember the reason that it apparently would be difficult to do, but I believe it has something to do with the fundamental way the site operates. I dunno, maybe I'll ask someone who knows about that stuff.

My Newgrounds would be BLUE ALL THE TIME !!!
(just don't make a FAB theme) :P

I'd keep the winter layout if I had the choice.
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Portal is still slow, and it's irritating me. I've managed to get nearly 50 B/P today, but it's been an effort. A few days ago I got 102 B/P in a day without breaking a sweat. Stupid fluctuating portal >:(

At 1/16/08 06:37 PM, NEVR wrote: Portal is still slow, and it's irritating me. I've managed to get nearly 50 B/P today, but it's been an effort. A few days ago I got 102 B/P in a day without breaking a sweat. Stupid fluctuating portal >:(

I just got 25 b/p for me the portal has been real slow.

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

get good score at the University..
and...
maybe... try to go out with the new I like... XD

At 1/17/08 12:17 AM, aldlv wrote:

At 1/16/08 01:22 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Your turn: What are your goals for 2008

get good score at the University..
and...
maybe... try to go out with the new I like... XD

new what you like?

new GIRL you like!

AWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

At 1/16/08 04:33 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: No more Winter time theme on Newgrounds, they have just changed it. :(

Feels quite warm in here now, don't you think?

At 1/17/08 01:25 AM, RSQViper wrote:

At 1/17/08 12:17 AM, aldlv wrote: maybe... try to go out with the new I like... XD

new what you like?

new GIRL you like!

No, the new car he likes, obviously :P

At 1/16/08 06:48 PM, lilhunter03 wrote:

At 1/16/08 06:37 PM, NEVR wrote: Portal is still slow, and it's irritating me. I've managed to get nearly 50 B/P today, but it's been an effort. A few days ago I got 102 B/P in a day without breaking a sweat. Stupid fluctuating portal >:(

I just got 25 b/p for me the portal has been real slow.

Same story today. I've been on the portal for a few hours and gotten 12 B/P. It's probably because school has started again so most NGers are at school rather than submitting flash to Newgrounds.

At 1/17/08 11:57 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/16/08 06:48 PM, lilhunter03 wrote:

At 1/16/08 06:37 PM, NEVR wrote: Portal is still slow, and it's irritating me. I've managed to get nearly 50 B/P today, but it's been an effort. A few days ago I got 102 B/P in a day without breaking a sweat. Stupid fluctuating portal >:(

I just got 25 b/p for me the portal has been real slow.

Same story today. I've been on the portal for a few hours and gotten 12 B/P. It's probably because school has started again so most NGers are at school rather than submitting flash to Newgrounds.

It's funny for my day is usually the same, get up bout 11, around 15 things on the portal, they go away in like 15 minutes. Then very little till around 7 at night, then it keeps a steady 20, if I stay up till like 2 i can make around 100 but way too much effort :P

Also hello NEVR!!!!!!

At 1/17/08 01:10 PM, Shanus wrote: It's funny for my day is usually the same, get up bout 11, around 15 things on the portal, they go away in like 15 minutes. Then very little till around 7 at night, then it keeps a steady 20, if I stay up till like 2 i can make around 100 but way too much effort :P

Yeah, it's the 5 hour time difference that kills me. If I stay up late I can get more B/P, but I'll feel dead when I have to wake up the next morning. I CAN'T HANDLE THE COMPROMISE!!!

Also hello NEVR!!!!!!

Hello Elite Guard Barracks Record Officer Shanus! It's good to see a friendly face/user here. <3

Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked :'( Hopefully they will make a new one but I doubt it though. But on another note how was everyone else day today? other then this I been ok B/P as you guys already know has been real slow. it is so slow now that my EXP ranks is moving far faster then my B/P rank. Well everyone have a nice day

Smooches ^_^

At 1/17/08 03:36 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked :'( Hopefully they will make a new one but I doubt it though.

Nothing more fair. Since The Lucky 7 Crew decided to completely spam the topic, people only complaining about getting garbage whistles, loads of agreement posts etc... started to appear. I thought it would reach 1000 pages, but people only spammed the topic and even the review moderatos wanted it locked.

So, no more +1 count posts thereLook at Cheekyvincent's news post. He express his opinion about it.

As for my day, it hasn't been one of the best ones. My brothers are annoying me like never before, I can't wait untill they grow a little more and move from here. Seriously, they're a pain in the ass when they team up to bully me.

I'm doing really poorly right now.

3 reasons: Portal is really slow, exams are coming up, and I'm back on WoW!

At 1/17/08 03:36 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked :'( Hopefully they will make a new one but I doubt it though.

To be honest, I know CaptainBob said in his lock message that there may be a new one, but what would the point be? It would essentially be the same thread, which would eventually lead to it being locked for the same reasons.

But on another note how was everyone else day today? other then this I been ok B/P as you guys already know has been real slow. it is so slow now that my EXP ranks is moving far faster then my B/P rank. Well everyone have a nice day

Yeah, B/P has been terrible today, and yesterday.

At 1/17/08 03:46 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Nothing more fair. Since The Lucky 7 Crew decided to completely spam the topic, people only complaining about getting garbage whistles, loads of agreement posts etc... started to appear. I thought it would reach 1000 pages, but people only spammed the topic and even the review moderatos wanted it locked.

It also ended up that people just went too far out of their way to find abusive reviews. It got ridiculous, and the point of the thread wasn't to spend hours finding abusive reviews, but more to post anything abusive that you stumbled upon.

The thread was basically overrun by noobs who wanted good whistles, who didn't care about that the whistle system was originally implemented to help remove abuse, with a whistle level as a bonus - not the other way around.

Anyway, It's a good thing it's been locked.

At 1/17/08 04:04 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/17/08 03:36 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked :'( Hopefully they will make a new one but I doubt it though.

To be honest, I know CaptainBob said in his lock message that there may be a new one, but what would the point be? It would essentially be the same thread, which would eventually lead to it being locked for the same reasons.

The thread would have the same point, but it would be diferent. I don't think the moderators would let the forum drown like the old one did. In my opinion, the should have been a rule like this:
"You can only post here if you have at least one link with at least one abusive review. No agreement only posts."
If they create that rule and ban, or at least warn, who doesn't follow that rule, the thread would be a sucess. There should also be a no spam rule.

But on another note how was everyone else day today? other then this I been ok B/P as you guys already know has been real slow. it is so slow now that my EXP ranks is moving far faster then my B/P rank. Well everyone have a nice day

Yeah, B/P has been terrible today, and yesterday.

I agree, it has been really bad, although it's starting to get better now. The problem is that I see lots of high-sized Flashes coming, and when I vote them, they have already passed judjement. Also, I've reached 1600 Blams. I know it isn't really an achievement, but it looks good!

At 1/17/08 03:46 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Nothing more fair. Since The Lucky 7 Crew decided to completely spam the topic, people only complaining about getting garbage whistles, loads of agreement posts etc... started to appear. I thought it would reach 1000 pages, but people only spammed the topic and even the review moderatos wanted it locked.

It also ended up that people just went too far out of their way to find abusive reviews. It got ridiculous, and the point of the thread wasn't to spend hours finding abusive reviews, but more to post anything abusive that you stumbled upon.

I also remember that, before, the thread used to grow about 3/4 of page per day. In it's final moments, it could grow about 2 pages a day, one page of pure discussion and not even one link. At least, the +1 post count people won't have where to run now. =)

The thread was basically overrun by noobs who wanted good whistles, who didn't care about that the whistle system was originally implemented to help remove abuse, with a whistle level as a bonus - not the other way around.
Yeah, today most users only care about status, not the original reason it has. Seriously, I have a Deity whistle, and it's very usefull. Everytime I see an unsuitable movie here, I blow the whistle on it and, like a magic trick, it dissapears. It's very usefull against crap, it's like a powerfull toilet flush.
Anyway, It's a good thing it's been locked.

I know, the problem will be start from square-one. Will the new thread be better than the last one? Will there be a new thread?

*Salutes*

At 1/17/08 03:36 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked :'( Hopefully they will make a new one but I doubt it though.

Well, the giant "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMAKE THIS THREAD OR YOU WILL BE BANNED" banner has been strung up, so I doubt anyone will. And the mods don't really give a shit; like Bob said, it causes more harm than good, although that is more recently.

But on another note how was everyone else day today?

Meh, alright. I had the written portion of my history final to do today, and albeit easy, it still was 2 essays to write in ~70 minutes of class. Plus, rather than just snowing, it was a "wintry mix" (an orgy of rain and snow falling form the sky) today. But other than that, it was a decent day.

At 1/17/08 03:36 PM, LittleWashu wrote: Today is a real sad day for me now My favorite hangout has been locked

Wow I can't believe they locked it. I know you really loved that thread and have so for a very long time. I also had a small part in that thread at one stage, remember the good old days when you and I used to make huge posts contains hundreds of links. It's a real shame to see it gone, just before 1,000 pages too. I am very to here that it's gone.

*Salutes*

Just after I make my post Wade unlocks the thread!! Happy news everyone, lets hope the mods can sort out the problems and the spammers stop wrecking the thread giving any mod a reason to lock it.