At 1/17/08 02:19 PM, NEVR wrote:

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!!!

Too true... unless you are me and typing this at 4:15AM... in fact I am doing very well at being nocturnal at the moment. Fortunately I don't have to get up in the mornings as it's exam period, and I don't have any until next week- then of course I am screwed, with two exams at 9:30AM. Though I am toying with becoming completely nocturnal and just staying up all night before them, sleeping all day. Less time to forget everything while I sleep...

At 1/17/08 03:55 PM, bifgis wrote: I'm doing really poorly right now.

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

It has picked up quite nicely now though- I'm still going solidly at around 60-70 points per day this week (not including Sunday as I missed all of that). Best I've done in a long long time. More amazingly, I'm getting almost equal blams and protects- its a very long time since I've been able to say that!

At 1/17/08 10:44 PM, Sterockicy wrote: 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.

Hopefully all the spamming will be sorted out now. I don't go in there much to be honest, I tend to just whistle what I see rather than actively hunt it down, but without it I suspect a huge number of people will stop whistling altogether, and that doesn't do much good for NG.

At 1/17/08 11:20 PM, Sentio wrote:

It has picked up quite nicely now though- I'm still going solidly at around 60-70 points per day this week

Nice to see your back in the game, I wanna see some awesome paces from now on, just like the old days.....not that old though.

Hopefully all the spamming will be sorted out now. I don't go in there much to be honest, I tend to just whistle what I see rather than actively hunt it down, but without it I suspect a huge number of people will stop whistling altogether, and that doesn't do much good for NG.

I never go in there anymore either, I guess I just lost the motivation and need to. Knowing for sure there wasn't going to be any more whistle levels introduced at the redesign sort of did it for me. Plus posting those 200+ links really took up time and I just lost the thrill of it.

At 1/17/08 11:26 PM, Sterockicy wrote:

Nice to see your back in the game, I wanna see some awesome paces from now on, just like the old days.....not that old though.

My advice... don't get your hopes up =P. One and a half weeks left of this revision/exam period, meaning lots of potential B/Ping time as I'm glued to this desk anyway, after that it is back to reality. I'll have over 20 hours of lectures a week in a couple of weeks, a small mountain of course work no doubt, training 5 times a week, matches here and there, and a girlfriend to spend time with the rest of it, or at least when she isn't 500 miles away, like she is right now ;(- frankly it is amazing I come here at all anymore! Damn being addicted to this place... (and being determined not to let ol' Dukey get back ahead of me).

Going to need to build that lead up I guess, I'll be gone a full 2 months in the Summer, doing conservation work in the jungles of Indonesia...

I never go in there anymore either, I guess I just lost the motivation and need to. Knowing for sure there wasn't going to be any more whistle levels introduced at the redesign sort of did it for me. Plus posting those 200+ links really took up time and I just lost the thrill of it.

I never really found that thrill I guess, once a B/Per always a B/Per :)

I'm glad the Rage's gift was opened back up by Wade. I need SOME kind of help because hoenstly this garbage whistle is getting on my nerves. I really got screwed over by that one spammer who I flagged and lost so many points. I'm praying that soon I'll have enough to get my normal back.

At 1/17/08 11:20 PM, Sentio wrote: Too true... unless you are me and typing this at 4:15AM... in fact I am doing very well at being nocturnal at the moment. Fortunately I don't have to get up in the mornings as it's exam period, and I don't have any until next week- then of course I am screwed, with two exams at 9:30AM. Though I am toying with becoming completely nocturnal and just staying up all night before them, sleeping all day. Less time to forget everything while I sleep...

Heh, I did that once. I was up until around 8-9am every morning, and then I'd sleep until about 4pm. It got quite depressing after a while, because all I'd ever see is darkness, and I rather like the daylight.

At 1/17/08 11:35 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: I'm glad the Rage's gift was opened back up by Wade. I need SOME kind of help because hoenstly this garbage whistle is getting on my nerves. I really got screwed over by that one spammer who I flagged and lost so many points. I'm praying that soon I'll have enough to get my normal back.

I got screwed over by a spam alt as well. It the review mods weren't supposed to give negative points though, but rather clear the flags without any points. I went from gold back down to normal. Most people that got caught up in that were just complaining and trying to get the admins to restore their whistles for them, which I thought was ridiculous. I just started flagging again and had my gold back in about a week.

You should be alright. Once you're out of garbage it's no problem.

I'm not sure what caused Wade to lock the Rage Thread. According to the mods it was spam?

Hope the new thread won't get spammed again.

At 1/18/08 09:56 AM, DarkSoldier wrote: I'm not sure what caused Wade to lock the Rage Thread. According to the mods it was spam?

Wade didn't lock it, CaptainBob originally locked it, then Wade unlocked it. It was originally locked though because there weren't enough guidelines in the thread itself, and it became something of a 'Post count +1' hangout.

Sorry for the double post (despite them being 5 hours apart!)

I just got my promotion to Lieutenant!

Awesome.

At 1/18/08 03:17 PM, NEVR wrote: I just got my promotion to Lieutenant!

Quite the coolio deal.

And as for me, I hope to get a decent amount of points in the coming 2 weeks. I've got a 3 day weekend because of the great Mr. King, and I got finals the week after that (the 29th and 30th), which means I only have to come to school that Monday, along with the time of my finals. So there will be lots of computer time. Or work time, but either is good.

Also, I'm so close to being in the top 1000 B/Pers.

At 1/18/08 03:17 PM, NEVR wrote: Sorry for the double post (despite them being 5 hours apart!)

I just got my promotion to Lieutenant!

Awesome.

Congrats, man! Hopefully I'll achieve the same some day.

And I was glad to see Rage's got unlocked. Locking it is stupid. That thread does FAR more good than bad.

At 1/18/08 07:25 PM, TheThing wrote: And as for me, I hope to get a decent amount of points in the coming 2 weeks. I've got a 3 day weekend because of the great Mr. King, and I got finals the week after that (the 29th and 30th), which means I only have to come to school that Monday, along with the time of my finals. So there will be lots of computer time. Or work time, but either is good.

Heh, that's cool. I have so much free time these days, but it will be drastically cut down soon when I stop working part-time and start working full time. I'm hoping I can get to Captain before that happens, but I'll have to B/P fast.

Also, I'm so close to being in the top 1000 B/Pers.

Nice one, I remember when I broke into the top 1,000 - you only needed just over 3,000 B/P to get into the top 1,000 back then.

At 1/18/08 07:54 PM, RSQViper wrote: Congrats, man! Hopefully I'll achieve the same some day.

I'm sure you will, you're doing pretty well for yourself at the moment. As long as you manage to persevere when you reach the 1,500 point gaps, you'll be alright.

And I was glad to see Rage's got unlocked. Locking it is stupid. That thread does FAR more good than bad.

In some instances, yeah, but I think some people who post regularly in that thread tend to get carried away with their whistle status, which is fine up until the point when people start abusing the system to get a better whistle. I got caught in the crossfire of flagging a spam alt's reviews, and my whistle went down from Gold to Normal. I've gotten it back up now, but it was irritating that myself and others had to suffer because someone tried to cheat the system, and also because the review moderators messed up.

C'est la vie.

At 1/18/08 03:17 PM, NEVR wrote: I just got my promotion to Lieutenant!

Congratulations! Hard work pays-off, most of the times.

Awesome.

Yeah, it's better than being a Prophash... Prorahopshn... oh wait.
*opens FAQ*
Praporshchik. Gosh, what a hard name to say! I'd never be able to spell it!
Oh, and congratulations in advance, because tomorrow you'll level up!

Speaking of B/P ranks, I'm close in becoming a Sergant, I'm about 150 From reaching 5000 B/P.

Congrats NEVR on your new rank! So, the portal has been starting to pick up, or so I have noticed ever so slightly. Although I haven't had as much time to protect the portal. Although school is out for a three day weekend so, to the portal I must go!

*Salutes*

Hello fellow guards!

I haven't posted in here for quite some time now, nor have I even been on to even deposit my experience but I am back and more than willing to look out for our beloved portal! :)

How's everyone doing this lovely 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 :'(

So the rumours were true. They unlocked it again and a nrew chapter of NG folklore was finished.

At 1/18/08 09:05 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Congratulations! Hard work pays-off, most of the times.

It will pay off when I reach Supreme Commander!

Yeah, it's better than being a Prophash... Prorahopshn... oh wait.
*opens FAQ*
Praporshchik. Gosh, what a hard name to say! I'd never be able to spell it!

Heh, a lot of people can't spell that one. Once you get the rank, though, you get used to seeing it in your profile and NG Log, and the spelling sinks in.

Oh, and congratulations in advance, because tomorrow you'll level up!

I did level up, and it was glorious. Thanks!

Speaking of B/P ranks, I'm close in becoming a Sergant, I'm about 150 From reaching 5000 B/P.

Keep going, the ranks get progressively better looking from Sergeant.

At 1/19/08 01:27 AM, SilentSoldier wrote: Congrats NEVR on your new rank! So, the portal has been starting to pick up, or so I have noticed ever so slightly. Although I haven't had as much time to protect the portal. Although school is out for a three day weekend so, to the portal I must go!

Thanks, the portal has indeed been better recently. I picked up a tasteful 103 B/P yesterday - although I couldn't record the last 4 on my NG Log as I fell asleep, so it only shows up as 99, and the other 4 carried over to todays stat loggage.

At 1/19/08 03:35 AM, DarkLotusJuggalo wrote: How's everyone doing this lovely day?

Well it's rather cold here, but I'm doing alright. Relaxing today as I have work tomorrow, which will kill my B/P pace a bit.

At 1/19/08 08:50 AM, Coop83 wrote: So the rumours were true. They unlocked it again and a nrew chapter of NG folklore was finished.

I found it highly amusing, as I saw it locked that evening, and thought to myself that it was heading that way for a while. Then I logged on the next morning, and saw new posts in the thread, and sat there for a few seconds wondering what on earth was going on.

***Salutes***

At 1/19/08 09:13 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/19/08 08:50 AM, Coop83 wrote: So the rumours were true. They unlocked it again and a new chapter of NG folklore was finished.

I found it highly amusing, as I saw it locked that evening, and thought to myself that it was heading that way for a while. Then I logged on the next morning, and saw new posts in the thread, and sat there for a few seconds wondering what on earth was going on.

I heard about it in one thread and checked, thinking "I'm sure that it wasn't when I scrolled down earlier." Quickly dived back into the Wi/Ht and called it up, just to prove myself right. A strange occurrence, but I'm used to it, being a Newgrounds Veteran and all :P

At 1/19/08 09:13 AM, NEVR wrote: At 1/19/08 03:35 AM, DarkLotusJuggalo wrote: How's everyone doing this lovely day?

Well it's rather cold here, but I'm doing alright. Relaxing today as I have work tomorrow, which will kill my B/P pace a bit.

That sucks, theres supposed to be a snowstorm here in a few hours, as its already raining and the temperatures dropping at rapid speeds. I've been a bit sick recently and going through lots of shit so I was unable to doing any b/ping for quite some time now. :/

***Salutes***

*Salutes*

At 1/18/08 08:44 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/18/08 07:25 PM, TheThing wrote: And as for me, I hope to get a decent amount of points in the coming 2 weeks.

Well, today sucked for getting points for me. I had to go to work from 11-3PM, so I couldn't get in any before or during that time. Then I wanted to play PS3, so I did that until I remember that I was going with my friends to see Cloverfield at 6:50. So then I ended up here.

I still got 2 days, though.

So holidays are over & Stero kept me at bay, well done man. Had a bad week this week B/P wise had people to do, stuff to do. But I'm planning on B/Ping over the college term, but as I haven't got my results yet, I don't know. So everyone congrat Stero, he wins :P

*SALUTES*

This is sort of Ironic, but last night at around 3:00 PST, the portal picked up quite a bit and had around 10-13 flashes going through at a constant rate, but right now in the dead of day there are only two flashes under judgment. This is so annoying! I have to go to work in about an hour so hopefully this will pick up soon *Sigh* Oh well : )

*Salutes*

So after an hour of sleep last night and a full day of work today (plus the 2 hour drive each way to and from work), I am absolutely shattered.

I got a bit of B/P done late last night/early this morning - was probably about 1:00am EST, but I'm annoyed as it looks like today was a good day for B/Ping, and I missed it. Ah well.

Hope all you guys feel better than I do right now - driving back just now I was worried I was going to fall asleep at the wheel. Bad day.

At 1/19/08 09:13 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 1/18/08 09:05 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Congratulations! Hard work pays-off, most of the times.

It will pay off when I reach Supreme Commander!

It will, definately! But, for that, you'll have to work a lot and the Flash Portal will have to contribute a little too.

Praporshchik. Gosh, what a hard name to say! I'd never be able to spell it!

Heh, a lot of people can't spell that one. Once you get the rank, though, you get used to seeing it in your profile and NG Log, and the spelling sinks in.

And your IQ points raise a little too.

Speaking of B/P ranks, I'm close in becoming a Sergant, I'm about 150 From reaching 5000 B/P.

Keep going, the ranks get progressively better looking from Sergeant.

I know, they look the same from Private untill Sergeant. They start looking better (and different) from Staff Sergeant and on.

At 1/20/08 02:47 PM, SilentSoldier wrote: This is sort of Ironic, but last night at around 3:00 PST, the portal picked up quite a bit and had around 10-13 flashes going through at a constant rate, but right now in the dead of day there are only two flashes under judgment. This is so annoying! I have to go to work in about an hour so hopefully this will pick up soon *Sigh* Oh well : )

The Flash Portal starts picking up at midnight (local time), when in USA is 9:00 PM. That isn't very good, because I go to sleep about 11:00 PM! Well, most of the times, in these vacations I'm sleeping about 1:00 AM. But I have to wake up early during school days, school starts at 7:10 and I live a bit away from it.

*Salutes*
***Salutes***

*Salutes

Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the portal today. I was playing God of War 2, then I had to watch the Giants game.

But I don't care what you think of me; the fucking Giants are going to the fucking Super Bowl!!!!!!1

At 1/20/08 10:24 PM, TheThing wrote: Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the portal today. I was playing God of War 2, then I had to watch the Giants game.

But I don't care what you think of me; the fucking Giants are going to the fucking Super Bowl!!!!!!1

Damn, I would love to have been able to see that game. At least the super bowl is being shown in the UK. Just please, please, don't let the Patriots win- the Giants are on a roll of upsets, just one more... even as a Broncos fan I was willing the Chargers to beat them today, damn LT being injured, they might have stood a chance if those field goals had been TDs instead.

I'll be cheering the Giants on in two weeks.

Another good day in the portal, despite missing quite a lot through actually doing revision!! Two exams this week will really dent my pace, but the last week I have been on FIRE! =D

At 1/20/08 10:24 PM, TheThing wrote: Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the portal today. I was playing God of War 2, then I had to watch the Giants game.

But I don't care what you think of me; the fucking Giants are going to the fucking Super Bowl!!!!!!1

Yep, they made it. Green Bay played like ass.

Now they get to face the Pats so they can lose to them the second time this season. Which is great since 1.) I live in New England and am a huge Pats fan; and 2.) I want to witness history and the undefeated 19-0 season.

As for B/P, I've gotten very little done today.

At 1/20/08 10:34 PM, RSQViper wrote:
Yep, they made it. Green Bay played like ass.

Now they get to face the Pats so they can lose to them the second time this season. Which is great since 1.) I live in New England and am a huge Pats fan; and 2.) I want to witness history and the undefeated 19-0 season.

As for B/P, I've gotten very little done today.

I just want to see the pats make history.
For B/P I had a great day.

I hate both teams equally. But as a NY Jets fan I'd like to see the Patriots lose, because they're a bunch of cheats. But today was an absolutely superb day for b/ping for me. According to the NG log I hit 67 b/ps. But that's only because I was shooting for my new badge today...and I got it...SERGEANT NOW BABY!!!!

So exciting!!!

At 1/20/08 10:51 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: I hate both teams equally. But as a NY Jets fan I'd like to see the Patriots lose, because they're a bunch of cheats.

Oh, puh-leeease! Cheats... HA! You htink the Jets had a chance week 1 when they "caught" the Pats doing every team does? Nope. 16-0 in the regular season was happening regardless of what happened in week 1, man. The Jets are... excuse me... WERE terrible this year.

But today was an absolutely superb day for b/ping for me. According to the NG log I hit 67 b/ps. But that's only because I was shooting for my new badge today...and I got it...SERGEANT NOW BABY!!!!

So exciting!!!

Cool. Good to see you are ranking up a bit over here.

At 1/20/08 10:32 PM, Sentio wrote:

At 1/20/08 10:24 PM, TheThing wrote: Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the portal today. I was playing God of War 2, then I had to watch the Giants game.

But I don't care what you think of me; the fucking Giants are going to the fucking Super Bowl!!!!!!1

Damn, I would love to have been able to see that game.

Trust me, it was a beautiful game. By the Giants. Aside from a single 90 yard TD play from the Packers (Favre to Driver), Green Bay struggled on offense; during the 3rd quarter, the network showed a stat - "1 play - 90 yards; 26 other plays - 91 yards". But with the Giants missing 2 game winning field goals, the game went into overtime. There, the Giants intercepted Bret on the first play (outside of kickoff) of the OT, then drove down to the 20 yard line, giving Tynes a 36 yard chance at redemption. And he found redemption, and a ticket to Arizona for the Super Bowl.

At least the super bowl is being shown in the UK.

That is a good thing.

Just please, please, don't let the Patriots win- the Giants are on a roll of upsets, just one more...

Hey, 10 straight road wins. I think the Giants can win 1 more.

even as a Broncos fan I was willing the Chargers to beat them today, damn LT being injured, they might have stood a chance if those field goals had been TDs instead.

Yeah, but no one was really thinking they had a chance, with 3 of the top players injured on the team.

I'll be cheering the Giants on in two weeks.

I'll be doing the same. Hopefully our international cries for a Giants win will be heard by the football gods, and answered.

Another good day in the portal, despite missing quite a lot through actually doing revision!! Two exams this week will really dent my pace, but the last week I have been on FIRE! =D

Surprisingly, I've gotten a couple points in this shorten day.

At 1/20/08 10:51 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: ...and I got it...SERGEANT NOW BABY!!!!

So exciting!!!

Congrats on the badge,

And Viper, don't be so hard on APF and his Jets; I mean, they did have one of their best years in recent history....