At 2/22/08 08:24 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I just finished watching the 7th episode of the 2nd volume of "Heroes" and I came to a conclusion: European English is way better than American English.

obviously

At 2/23/08 03:38 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 2/23/08 03:19 AM, smc316 wrote: So this is...what? Like the C&C regulars lounge only you have to have a high B/P rank to join?

Nope, although we do talk about a variety of stuff when things are slow. Our primary purpose is to protect Newgrounds, and is multi-pronged in practice.

I love that speech =D

At 2/23/08 01:32 AM, PossiblePancakes wrote: Fellow Barracks members, I've decided to start on a new Flash project that features the EGB as the primary character group that the Flash will be based around.

sounds awesome...
really awesome

well... NEVR is Captain now...
he is leveling up more often than me... dang...

i'm going to cry...
lol XD

nice job sir.

*salute*

Hey everyone! So yeah... *looks down and shuffles foot uncomfortably* ...I've been gone for a while. Thank God we have some great members here keeping things tidy...I think Slash deserves a great deal of thanks for that especially. My problem is I keep getting involved in things that take up time. I'm now an officer in the kinship in Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm try to learn guitar...go figure. Either way, I'll try to pop in occasionally.

People have asked me about the Barracks Under Fire story. I still have plans to finish it, but I don't quite feel right doing it with Phantom being absent. As it turns out when I wrote it, he was an important part of the story (duh). I WILL finish it, but the time to do so has not yet arose...

At 2/23/08 01:32 AM, PossiblePancakes wrote: Fellow Barracks members, I've decided to start on a new Flash project that features the EGB as the primary character group that the Flash will be based around. If you wish to be feature in the movie, please PM me the following information.

Nice to see. Here's my info:

B/P Rank (Must be your real one): Elite Guard Supreme Commander
Name (Newgrounds Alias): EagleRock
Short Name: Eagle
Combat Class: Melee
Primary Weapon: 2H Sword
Secondary Weapon: Throwing Knife
Any additional information (Character background, special physical features, powers): Um...I rule? Yeah, let's go with that.

That's all I got.

At 2/23/08 01:03 PM, EagleRock wrote: Hey everyone! So yeah... *looks down and shuffles foot uncomfortably* ...I've been gone for a while. Thank God we have some great members here keeping things tidy...I think Slash deserves a great deal of thanks for that especially. My problem is I keep getting involved in things that take up time. I'm now an officer in the kinship in Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm try to learn guitar...go figure. Either way, I'll try to pop in occasionally.

I completely understand, because I have the same problem. First it was WoW, and now it is hanging out on LOTRO with you. I need to shuffle my priorities soon.

People have asked me about the Barracks Under Fire story. I still have plans to finish it, but I don't quite feel right doing it with Phantom being absent. As it turns out when I wrote it, he was an important part of the story (duh). I WILL finish it, but the time to do so has not yet arose...

I have a feeling they will be worth the wait.

Nice to see. Here's my info:

Any additional information (Character background, special physical features, powers): Um...I rule? Yeah, let's go with that.

Haha, indeed you do. (Blatant sucking up.)

That's all I got.

*Salutes*

At 2/23/08 03:17 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: Guys, we have a FEST of "fuck radiator" spams in the portal right now. Guess that the spammer cannot wait to see his profile getting terminanted. How pathetic!

"Fuck radiator" you say? That wouldn't have anything to do with Techno (formerly LickitySplit and RadiatorKitty) ratting out the KK's plans for a raid on March 7th, would it?
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/8660 15 -the thread where Techno let the cat out of the bag.

I'm so tired, I've been driving around all day getting all my stuff out of storage, bringing it home, unloading it, and going back to the storage to get more. Been doing it since 10am and now, at 6:45pm (England time, remember) I've just finished for the day. Nightmare.

Still, the Rugby 6 nations England vs. France match kicks off in an hour, so I'm going to sit back with a curry and one of those HUGE bottles of Cobra beer and relax my ASS off.

At 2/23/08 09:58 AM, aldlv wrote: well... NEVR is Captain now...
he is leveling up more often than me... dang...

Heh, I've been a Captain for 13 days now, and I'm about 60% of the way to Major.

i'm going to cry...
lol XD

Told you I wouldn't let you pass me :P

Although, saying that, I'm going to be dropping pace fairly soon. I think I've established a good enough lead to stay ahead though.

Question

I think that is easier to get blams in the week (Monday-Friday)
than getting them on the weekend (ehm... you know weekend... sat & sun)

I'm not sure how to day it.. but

do you guys think the same way...?
have you notice that...?
or you consider it's the opposite?

At 2/23/08 01:53 PM, aldlv wrote: Question

I think that is easier to get blams in the week (Monday-Friday)
than getting them on the weekend (ehm... you know weekend... sat & sun)

I'm not sure how to day it.. but

do you guys think the same way...?
have you notice that...?
or you consider it's the opposite?

I've noticed it too. I think it's mostly because the 12 to 16-year-olds (and very much biased to the lower end of that scale, with the mean age around 13) that make up the majority of the protect-whore community, who would be willing to pass a 10MB blank screen for the save point, who have never heard of the 0 vote, have school and homework on the weekdays and are free to save-whore on the weekends.

At 2/23/08 02:04 PM, SoulMaster71 wrote: I've noticed it too. I think it's mostly because the 12 to 16-year-olds (and very much biased to the lower end of that scale, with the mean age around 13) that make up the majority of the protect-whore community, who would be willing to pass a 10MB blank screen for the save point, who have never heard of the 0 vote, have school and homework on the weekdays and are free to save-whore on the weekends.

Well, of course. In the middle of the week (Monday-Friday) the majority of Newgrounds has school. This decreases the members online population significantly, and some of the older, more experienced members from earlier are at work but may still be able to B/P. However, the people who vote just for points rather than fairness are made up of all ages, but most of them are kids.

Then comes the weekend where the kids run rampant and do the whole "no watching and voting 5" thing. I don't know what we can do to lessen the amount of crap passing other than just voting fairly, but something needs to be done. By the administration to say the least. I understand they are aware of the problem, but something has to be done to fix the broken system.

That's just my two cents.

*Salutes*

At 2/23/08 02:17 PM, PossiblePancakes wrote: I don't know what we can do to lessen the amount of crap passing other than just voting fairly, but something needs to be done. By the administration to say the least. I understand they are aware of the problem, but something has to be done to fix the broken system.

I remember seeing a post on the BBS by Wade about this here, 4th post from the bottom of the page, saying basically what we're saying, that people just need to start voting appropriately rather that protect-whoring.

I imagine if there was anything that the admins could do about it, they would, but I guess they just don't want to run this place like some sort of prison, where people are impositioned for voting wrongly on something. Remember that voting is all down to personal taste, so even if a submission IS total crap, there's nothing the admins can do to stop a user voting 2,3,4, or 5 on it. That would be like them dictating what taste you must have to be a member of Newgrounds, which is frankly ludicrous. I mean, if a user sees a submission that is crap, but gives them a cheap laugh, who's to tell them that they CAN'T vote for it to pass judgment?

Obviously it's the lesser of two evils, because yeah, it's annoying to see submissions pass judgement undeservedly and have the authors bragging about their 100+ submissions on Newgrounds, but at the same time, if the admins tighten up the voting rules in the portal, it would hardly be anything more than a dictatorship around here, which isn't what NG is about.

All we can do is keep voting how we feel is right, and try to set some sort of example. If it helps, then great, but if it doesn't help, then oh well, just keep doing what we do.

This is a re-submission of this.

Flag the first one as malicious!

At 2/23/08 03:16 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: This is a re-submission of this.

Flag the first one as malicious!

Blammed! Ah well. As long as it's off the site, it really doesn't matter if it's by Blam or by righteous whistling (not mass-flagging) I guess.

i think i would would make a good elite gaurd, sir!

At 2/23/08 05:16 PM, blog-man wrote: i think i would would make a good elite gaurd, sir!

Sorry, but 'Elite Guard' starts at the rank of Private. I know this is confusing for newer members who weren't here before the redesign (when the rank of Private and above were actually prefixed with 'Elite Guard'), but you're more than welcome to apply to the EGB when you attain the 2,500 B/P prerequisite.

In the meantime, you might be interested in joining the Newgrounds Police Headquarters when you reach the rank of Security Guard. The NGPD operates in much the same way as we do, and many of its members 'graduate' to the EGB when then acquire enough points.

At 2/23/08 05:16 PM, blog-man wrote: i think i would would make a good elite gaurd, sir!

You must be a private (2,500 b/p) or higher to join the Elite Guard Barracks. Consider joining the NG Police Headquarters once you have gained the rank of Portal Security

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

At 2/23/08 06:08 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

I always blow the whistle on the N-word. I advise others to do the same; few cases of hatefulness are so obvious.

At 2/23/08 06:08 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

I find it annoying when people use other flash artists icons for they're flashes. It pisses me off. >:(

At 2/23/08 06:14 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 2/23/08 06:08 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

I always blow the whistle on the N-word. I advise others to do the same; few cases of hatefulness are so obvious.

I agree. I flexed my whistle's shiny muscles on that submission, and gave it a 0 to top it off.

The worst thing is when these types of submissions pass judgment before they can be sent up for admin review.

At 2/23/08 03:43 AM, smc316 wrote: These days I almost never watch any flashes and am generally more focused on blogs, the audio portal and the BBS but if I ever get into a 'passing judgement' like mood i'll be sure to join.

That's fine, heh. We ain't going nowhere. :-D

At 2/23/08 09:58 AM, aldlv wrote: I love that speech =D

It was a bit long, but yeah, I think it accurately explains where the Barracks is at now. Voting fairly may be our foundation, but it's not something that impresses visitors...we have to explain about all the whistle work, mentoring, and Wade-contacting, too, heh.

At 2/23/08 01:03 PM, EagleRock wrote: Hey everyone! So yeah... *looks down and shuffles foot uncomfortably* ...I've been gone for a while.

Welcome to the Barracks, Supreme Commander! Let me explain how the recruitment process works. We examine your record, including posts, reviews, and---oh. lol

Thank God we have some great members here keeping things tidy...I think Slash deserves a great deal of thanks for that especially.

Also trying to revitalize the forums, too. Reminder to all EGB'ers---at the end of the month will be the test run for the "State of the Portal" project. If you want to participate, make up a list of some of your favorite flash/audio from February, any promising new authors, etc, and post them when I make the appropriate thread on the 29th (which I will, of course, link to here).

My problem is I keep getting involved in things that take up time. I'm now an officer in the kinship in Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm try to learn guitar...go figure. Either way, I'll try to pop in occasionally.

I've always wanted to learn to play guitar, but alas, I am a failure of memory and attention span.

Hope to see you around more often, heh. Some of the newer members don't know who you are, lol.

*salute*

At 2/23/08 06:27 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Hope to see you around more often, heh. Some of the newer members don't know who you are, lol.

Well they should have a rough idea because he was the creator of this thread and most people with a high B/P are sensible (not saying others arn't) enough to read the first post and then they are most likely to see the poster so, YAR!

*salute*

*salutes and pokes himself in the eye* Ouch.

Gah, I haven't been in here for quite some time but I am happy to say I am still watching over the portal and I am slowly, but surely, advancing through the ranks. :)

At 2/23/08 06:19 PM, NEVR wrote: I agree. I flexed my whistle's shiny muscles on that submission, and gave it a 0 to top it off.

The worst thing is when these types of submissions pass judgment before they can be sent up for admin review.

It did pass; I have PM'ed Wade about the issue.

At 2/23/08 07:09 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: It did pass; I have PM'ed Wade about the issue.

And so did I. If anything short of hardcore porn is unsuitable for this site, it's the N word.

At 2/23/08 06:27 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Welcome to the Barracks, Supreme Commander! Let me explain how the recruitment process works. We examine your record, including posts, reviews, and---oh. lol

Wow, I've been gone that long, huh...

Thank God we have some great members here keeping things tidy...I think Slash deserves a great deal of thanks for that especially.

Also trying to revitalize the forums, too. Reminder to all EGB'ers---at the end of the month will be the test run for the "State of the Portal" project. If you want to participate, make up a list of some of your favorite flash/audio from February, any promising new authors, etc, and post them when I make the appropriate thread on the 29th (which I will, of course, link to here).

I will definitely check this out. Unfortunately, I need to get some recent B/P first before I can contribute.

My problem is I keep getting involved in things that take up time. I'm now an officer in the kinship in Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm try to learn guitar...go figure. Either way, I'll try to pop in occasionally.

I've always wanted to learn to play guitar, but alas, I am a failure of memory and attention span.

I love playing guitar so far. I bought myself a cheapo Fender Starcaster, which is basically the Chinese sweatshop version of the Stratocaster. You can tell it's poor quality, but it's a Strat, and it plays well enough. I'm loving every minute of it.

Hope to see you around more often, heh. Some of the newer members don't know who you are, lol.

Wow. I never thought that day would happen. I remember when I came back one of those times and people were saying "hey, nice to see you here and actually get to post with you!" Now it's just like, "Oh hey, a new guy!" I'll do my best to stick around. I can plop on the forums at least once a day at lunchtime during the week. I'll do my best to remember to do so.

*salute*

*salutes*

16 days left until I lvl up...

Also, happy birthday to me starting at midnight! WOO HOO!

Im gonna be 24!

At 2/24/08 12:02 AM, PantyWipe wrote: 16 days left until I lvl up...

Also, happy birthday to me starting at midnight! WOO HOO!

Im gonna be 24!

I'm about... 10 minutes from level 12 as we speak.
Oh, and happy birthday!

At 2/23/08 08:29 PM, EagleRock wrote: Wow, I've been gone that long, huh...

I'm surprise you even remember who I am. =P

I will definitely check this out. Unfortunately, I need to get some recent B/P first before I can contribute.

I'm also starting to get a little more active. I can easily B/P while playing LOTRO/WoW or anything else.

I love playing guitar so far. I bought myself a cheapo Fender Starcaster, which is basically the Chinese sweatshop version of the Stratocaster. You can tell it's poor quality, but it's a Strat, and it plays well enough. I'm loving every minute of it.

You'll never be as good as me though. =P

Wow. I never thought that day would happen. I remember when I came back one of those times and people were saying "hey, nice to see you here and actually get to post with you!" Now it's just like, "Oh hey, a new guy!" I'll do my best to stick around. I can plop on the forums at least once a day at lunchtime during the week. I'll do my best to remember to do so.

Yeah, I think that you and I better start posting more regularly so we don't look like new guys. You've been here since page 1 and I page 187; I look like a new guy every time I post here though. I think it is time I work towards an officer position; that way I'm restrained to stay active. Hitting EGSC is also a must in the future. I've been here long enough to have hit it; in fact I could be in the top 40. I'm so fucking lazy.

*salutes*

*Salutes*

On another note, I think I earned a decent amount of B/P today. One thing that angers me is that I vote fairly and get little B/P in return. I guess that's just the life of an honest B/Per. I honestly think we need to do inspections on members though, as I don't think some members of the EGB are always voting fairly. I'm not pointing anybody out, but I don't think if you've been voting fairly you should ever have something around the likes of 1,000 Blams and 10,000 Saves.

Just call me old school, though. =(

Goodnight, fellow Barracks members; I'm going to hit the dusty trail.

*Salutes*

At 2/23/08 06:14 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 2/23/08 06:08 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

I always blow the whistle on the N-word. I advise others to do the same; few cases of hatefulness are so obvious.

why?

how are the N-words hateful? if they are not used in a discriminative way... than whats the big problem with those words?

At 2/24/08 02:09 AM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 2/23/08 06:14 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 2/23/08 06:08 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/42 6794 This user has submitted another hateful meassage i blew the whistle ,but not sure if that was right.

I always blow the whistle on the N-word. I advise others to do the same; few cases of hatefulness are so obvious.

why?

how are the N-words hateful? if they are not used in a discriminative way... than whats the big problem with those words?

It's... the N word. It has historical connotations to slavery, to the forcible removal of blacks from their homes in Africa, the transportation to America in stinking middens of ships where the Africans were chained up below deck and forced to go to the bathroom on each other, the centuries of slavery, and the years afterwards of discrimination, of crosses burned in front of the homes of blacks, of lynchings, of separate lunch counters and separate fountains and separate bathrooms. All of those were accompanied by that one word, beginning with N and ending in R... It's just the most historically hateful word in the United States dialects of the English language.

At 2/24/08 02:09 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: how are the N-words hateful? if they are not used in a discriminative way... than whats the big problem with those words?

Because they are.

Tom himself refused to allow it on the BBS for any reason, and the same applies to the Portal. There's no way to "tastefully" spout it off---let alone be used for pointless idiocy in a shitty flash.

Outside of Newgrounds, I'm all about free speech (even the free speech that makes people assholes); but this is a privately owned website, and I fully support the NG position on the issue and will try to flag any flash or review containing the N-word or any other racial slurs.