At 7/4/08 01:51 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Portal slows down as usual since many of us are on vacation every summer. How are you going to spend the fourth of July anyway?

I've got a Carton of Parliaments, a Johnny Walker Red label, and a glass. I'm good.

I watched a parade, and I am currently watching a documentary on the Revolutionary War. Later on I am going to a cookout.

Fun fun right?

right guys?

At 7/4/08 01:51 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: How are you going to spend the fourth of July anyway?

It's raining where I live, so I really have nothing better to do today than sit right here at my computer and post on NG. Going to the Scout Camp for some barbecued chicken a bit later, but otherwise nothing at all. Ah well, I became a bit inactive not too long ago and I'm still trying to fix that.

At 7/4/08 12:09 PM, Metal-Therapy wrote: Ah, okay, just finished making a topic there. :) Of course I forgot to sign in, so it says I'm a "guest". I DID sign up for the forums for the record. That may cause some confusion...

Yeah, I saw that you signed up. If you wanted, I could copypaste the text from the thread you made, send it to you via a PM (on NG) and you could sign in on our forums and just post it again. Might be too much hassle though, doesn't really matter either way I guess - I'm just a bit of a perfectionist sometimes.

At 7/4/08 04:33 PM, NEVR wrote:

Yeah, I saw that you signed up. If you wanted, I could copypaste the text from the thread you made, send it to you via a PM (on NG) and you could sign in on our forums and just post it again. Might be too much hassle though, doesn't really matter either way I guess - I'm just a bit of a perfectionist sometimes.

I could do that if you want. I'm just so used to always being logged in on message boards I frequent that I didn't even think of logging in... Would you, or someone with the proper authority be able to delete the first thread that I made so there's not two of them listed there?

At 7/4/08 05:22 PM, Metal-Therapy wrote: I could do that if you want. I'm just so used to always being logged in on message boards I frequent that I didn't even think of logging in... Would you, or someone with the proper authority be able to delete the first thread that I made so there's not two of them listed there?

OK, I'll send you the text from the first thread you made in a PM and then delete the thread, so you can log in and remake it. Cool?

Its funny you talk of spam here a new crew http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 7389 ,a rip of of clocks or locks?. I doubt it would pass there is not much to it. I feel its werid how there is no celebration, today as its the 4th of July. A major holiday in the us. I checked my rank i now rate 1000 ,on my badge impressive.

Maybe its bc I'm workin again, but this summer is just flyin by.

At 7/4/08 01:51 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Portal slows down as usual since many of us are on vacation every summer. How are you going to spend the fourth of July anyway?

I've actually been spending most of it relaxing at home. In fact right now I'm chillin in bed with the laptop and just wasting time. It's freaking nice to be able to sloth like this for awhile. We were invited to a couple of BBQ's but the wife already made a delicious chicken curry dish and now I'm stuffed. I might drag myself out for the fireworks display in a few hours but that's highly unlikely. I'd have to get bored with what I'm doing and I don't see that happening.

Private Puddinn64 reporting for duty! I just recieved the rank of private a few minutes ago and I've been waiting to join the baracks for quite a while now! I'm looking forward to the experiences I'll have with you guys. Thanks for reading my intro.

What's up guys?

*Army salutes*

At 7/5/08 01:02 PM, puddinN64 wrote: What's up guys?

Greetings, Private. Whilst you wait for our recruitment officer, SlashFirestorm, to come along and start the recruitment process, I'd suggest you give the following material a thorough read-through:

Barracks FAQ
Elite Guard Barracks Manifesto

Also, if you need to know who the people in charge are around here, have a look at our list of officers.

Once Slash comes along, he'll explain the recruitment process to you and get things started.

:::salutes:::

At 7/5/08 01:02 PM, puddinN64 wrote: Private Puddinn64 reporting for duty! I just recieved the rank of private a few minutes ago and I've been waiting to join the baracks for quite a while now! I'm looking forward to the experiences I'll have with you guys. Thanks for reading my intro.

Welcome to the Barracks! I'm the Barracks Recruitment Officer, Supreme Commander Slash Firestorm. It's my job to examine new prospective recruits and see if they've got what it takes to join the EGB. You meet the basic stat requirements of 2500+ B/P and an intact whistle, which is good, although considering your high save:blam ratio, I must make sure that you understand our voting policy---we vote based on our individual concepts of quality, not for points. While ranking up is a major goal of most of us, we do not vote based on whether or not we think something will be passed or blammed.

With that said, let me explain how the recruitment process works.

Currently you are in "Standby Status" while your case is considered. During this process, me and the other Barracks members will take a look at your record---posting quality, review history/quality, flash record, etc---and see if there are any problems.

Don't worry, we're not too strict about these things; we just want to make sure that you have a decent posting record (not too many one-liners and no flaming/spamming), don't make abusive reviews or rulebreaking flash, etc..

After a period of discussion amongst the Barracks members, I (or my superiors) will make the final call. Assuming that no objections are raised, this Standby Status should only last approximately 24 hours. I will PM you with the final verdict.

All Barracks members can go to the appropriate discussion thread (must be logged in to view/post) and give any questions, comments, or complaints about this prospective recruit. If there are no outstanding issues after 24 hours, the decision will be made---speak now or forever hold your peace.

Sir stolen game alert http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/44 7522 stolen from herehttp://www.sp-studio.de/. Also look at his profile its looks like another, game hes got there. Saltues

At 7/5/08 07:44 PM, TheNossinator wrote: Looks like I've been a little too hasty with the old whistle, I went from Bronze to Garbage overnight. I'm working to get it up to at least normal, hopefully back to bronze, but I'm wondering if negative points count more than positive ones. If this is the case, it sorta explains the drop.
Well, back to Rage's.

Salutes:::

And yea, I've been checking for abusivity, not just mindlessly flagging. Obviously I did it wrong.

I'm very sorry ,it really sucks getting a garbage whistle ,but my advice it to flag submissions from high quality flashes like on the front page or from this week list. Go the last page that what i do. Aviod spam flashes and alts made, for the purpose of abusive reviews. I love Rage thread you will get there ,dont loss faith. It took me about a week too get out of garbage whistle status.

At 7/5/08 08:01 PM, TheNossinator wrote: Anyway, I was asked by TailsPrower of the NGPD what happens if a member's whistle drops to a garbage? He wanted to know if you got kicked out. I wasn't sure if there was a policy here, so I said that as long as you're working to get your whistle back up, you should be fine.

Last I checked ,I don't think we kick people out for such a thing, it does however mean lack of good judgment, however, as Barry LePatner said: "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment."

I think if a user wanted to improve, and gave it effort, no harm will come from him by any one or thing in this group.

Hey there!

I haven't posted here in a while (yeah, again), but I've been busy... on Newgrounds! I discovered that now I can vote on the monthly awards, and I haven't watched many of the Flashes selected there, so I had to watch many Flashes in 3 days. I just cast my votes, so from now on I should be able to post more. =)

So... who here can vote for the monthly awards?

Before I forget, welcome, Metal-Therapy!

Also, I'm sorry for your broken whistle, TheNossinator. I feel kinda guilty for it, because I posted a massive list on the abusive stuff thread, and looks like most of them were "useless" and not abusive. I still can't see the difference.

As for my B/P pace... I don't know. Yesterday, I had no internet for a while (like 2 hours), and after it came back, I missed around 20 points, which sucks. However, my pace shall raise next week, because my winter break will start!

Well, back to the Portal!

*Salutes*

At 7/5/08 07:44 PM, TheNossinator wrote: Looks like I've been a little too hasty with the old whistle, I went from Bronze to Garbage overnight.

Looks like it's back up to normal now. ;P

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: So... who here can vote for the monthly awards?

I imagine everyone who is equal or higher than you in EXP.

I feel kinda guilty for it, because I posted a massive list on the abusive stuff thread, and looks like most of them were "useless" and not abusive. I still can't see the difference.

In which case, I'd advise you to talk to a review mod about that before you post links in Rage's thread again - you don't want a load of whistle whores giving you shit for destroying their whistles.
____________________

In other news - I've been watching the epic Wimbledon final (Nadal beat Federer, OHYEAH), and I'm now too tired to do the activity roster. To be honest, I'm probably going to discontinue it for the time being. It's not essential, and I have stuff going on IRL that is kinda sapping my energy to be doing an extra roster.

The B/P roster will be delivered as usual on Tuesday.

:::salutes:::

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Hey there!

I haven't posted here in a while (yeah, again), but I've been busy... on Newgrounds! I discovered that now I can vote on the monthly awards,

>: ( I remember back in the good 'ol days I was able to vote on the monthy submissions...I was ranked just inside the top 2,000 in 2005. Not anymore, though! lol I hope to get back to the top 2,000 at some point. Hopefully it wont take too long... :/
Congrats to you, Sir. :)

Before I forget, welcome, Metal-Therapy!

Thanks :) Glad to be here.

Also, I'm sorry for your broken whistle, TheNossinator. I feel kinda guilty for it, because I posted a massive list on the abusive stuff thread, and looks like most of them were "useless" and not abusive. I still can't see the difference.

Yeah, I looked through your list and I thought most were useless, though I did find a few good ones mixed in. As far as for those in Garbage my best advice would be to be selective and don't just flag everything posted in the abuse thread. Never a good idea. Also review mods are always happy to answer questions.

As for my B/P pace... I don't know. Yesterday, I had no internet for a while (like 2 hours), and after it came back, I missed around 20 points, which sucks. However, my pace shall raise next week, because my winter break will start!

My pace fell last week by almost 20 b/p. :'( I should be getting Elite Guard Major today, so I'm happy. ^^

Well, back to the Portal!

Me too. :P

*Salutes*

At 7/6/08 04:41 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 7/5/08 07:44 PM, TheNossinator wrote:

In other news - I've been watching the epic Wimbledon final (Nadal beat Federer, OHYEAH), and I'm now too tired to do the activity roster.

Looks as though Federer has been going down hill as of late, or maybe Nadel improved that much.

To be honest, I'm probably going to discontinue it for the time being. It's not essential, and I have stuff going on IRL that is kinda sapping my energy to be doing an extra roster.

It happens, I could make the activity roster if you really want it to still be around, but meh every one has a life sometimes.

The B/P roster will be delivered as usual on Tuesday.

I am saddened that I won't make Commander this update if things work as I expect them too, have to wait till next one :(

salutes:::

*salutes*

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Hey there!

I haven't posted here in a while (yeah, again), but I've been busy... on Newgrounds! I discovered that now I can vote on the monthly awards, and I haven't watched many of the Flashes selected there, so I had to watch many Flashes in 3 days. I just cast my votes, so from now on I should be able to post more. =)

you are so lucky
but... thanx man... that means the minimum to be on the top 2,000 is lvl 21... maybe 22 when I get there...

I was curious of how much I still need... you just answered my question
=D

btw...
welcome Captain Metal-Therapy

At 7/6/08 05:05 PM, Joshiwa wrote: I am saddened that I won't make Commander this update if things work as I expect them too, have to wait till next one :(

Could you email me the text file for the last update you did, in .RTF format, if possible? Would be a big help :)

At 7/6/08 05:34 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 7/6/08 05:05 PM, Joshiwa wrote: I am saddened that I won't make Commander this update if things work as I expect them too, have to wait till next one :(

Could you email me the text file for the last update you did, in .RTF format, if possible? Would be a big help :)

I just sent it, if you have any problems email me back.

In regards to puddinN64:

After discussion, it has been decided that you will be allowed into the Barracks, but only under the condition that you improve posting length/quality. We expect a high level of post quality in the Barracks, higher than the average posts in the BBS; while our primary concern in the EGB is the Portal, our overall goal is to improve the site as a whole, and thus, as the higher ranking members of Newgrounds, it's our duty to set a good example for other users.

If you promise to avoid one-liners and such in the Barracks (including stat-only posts), and try to improve post quality elsewhere, I will allow you in.

At 7/6/08 04:41 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 7/5/08 07:44 PM, TheNossinator wrote: Looks like I've been a little too hasty with the old whistle, I went from Bronze to Garbage overnight.

Looks like it's back up to normal now. ;P

Ah *phew*. I feel less guilty now. I hope you get your Bronze whistle back soon.

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: So... who here can vote for the monthly awards?

I imagine everyone who is equal or higher than you in EXP.

I feel like an idiot for asking that question... I had something in my mind when I asked that, I just can't remember now.

I feel kinda guilty for it, because I posted a massive list on the abusive stuff thread, and looks like most of them were "useless" and not abusive. I still can't see the difference.

In which case, I'd advise you to talk to a review mod about that before you post links in Rage's thread again - you don't want a load of whistle whores giving you shit for destroying their whistles.

Good idea, I'll PM kidray in a few minutes. As for the whistle whores... I'm already used with them bashing and flaming everyone when their whistles go down. =P

In other news - I've been watching the epic Wimbledon final (Nadal beat Federer, OHYEAH)

Meh, I'd rather Federer than Nadal. I watched part of it, and what a game!

...and I'm now too tired to do the activity roster. To be honest, I'm probably going to discontinue it for the time being. It's not essential, and I have stuff going on IRL that is kinda sapping my energy to be doing an extra roster.

That's kinda bad. I liked the activity roster, specially when we were in full activity. Well, I guess it's fair, since you created it, then you can discontinue it.

At 7/6/08 04:50 PM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Hey there!

I haven't posted here in a while (yeah, again), but I've been busy... on Newgrounds! I discovered that now I can vote on the monthly awards,

>: ( I remember back in the good 'ol days I was able to vote on the monthy submissions...I was ranked just inside the top 2,000 in 2005. Not anymore, though! lol I hope to get back to the top 2,000 at some point. Hopefully it wont take too long... :/

Well, you're close to it. I'm the point of reference for that now, I guess. ;)

But... why did you leave Newgrounds at that time? Just curious...

Congrats to you, Sir. :)

Thanks! =)

Before I forget, welcome, Metal-Therapy!

Thanks :) Glad to be here.

I'm sure you will steal a place in the top 5 B/P gainers every week. =P

As for my B/P pace... I don't know. Yesterday, I had no internet for a while (like 2 hours), and after it came back, I missed around 20 points, which sucks. However, my pace shall raise next week, because my winter break will start!

My pace fell last week by almost 20 b/p. :'( I should be getting Elite Guard Major today, so I'm happy. ^^

Congratulations in advance. I'm very close to Praporshchik now, only 100 B/P or so. I should get it in three days or so if I keep this pace.

Well, back to the Portal!

Me too. :P

Speaking of which, what's up with K0RKS and Fleek? I mean, they began spamming again... weren't they permanently banned from the Portal or am I just making thigs out of my mind?

At 7/6/08 05:05 PM, Joshiwa wrote:

At 7/6/08 04:41 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 7/5/08 07:44 PM, TheNossinator wrote:

In other news - I've been watching the epic Wimbledon final (Nadal beat Federer, OHYEAH), and I'm now too tired to do the activity roster.

Looks as though Federer has been going down hill as of late, or maybe Nadel improved that much.

Yeah. Did Federer win anything this year, other than a bunch of 2nd places?

To be honest, I'm probably going to discontinue it for the time being. It's not essential, and I have stuff going on IRL that is kinda sapping my energy to be doing an extra roster.

It happens, I could make the activity roster if you really want it to still be around, but meh every one has a life sometimes.

I have a question for both NEVR and you, Josh: how long does it take to make the roster?

And NEVR, how long did it take you to make the activity roster?

The B/P roster will be delivered as usual on Tuesday.

I am saddened that I won't make Commander this update if things work as I expect them too, have to wait till next one :(

Excited about it? I mean... next badge (if we can call it a badge, right?) is EGSC!

At 7/6/08 05:08 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 7/6/08 04:33 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Hey there!

you are so lucky

It's funny, though. I got surprised when I discovered that. I didn't take a screen-shot though, I wish I had. My first vote on the monthly awards... But I still remember the first Flash I voted for!

but... thanx man... that means the minimum to be on the top 2,000 is lvl 21... maybe 22 when I get there...

Yeah, it's more likely that it will be level 22 when you get there. Or at least very close to it.

I was curious of how much I still need... you just answered my question
=D

You're welcome. ;)

At 7/6/08 06:30 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: In regards to puddinN64:

After discussion, it has been decided that you will be allowed into the Barracks, but only under the condition that you improve posting length/quality. We expect a high level of post quality in the Barracks, higher than the average posts in the BBS; while our primary concern in the EGB is the Portal, our overall goal is to improve the site as a whole, and thus, as the higher ranking members of Newgrounds, it's our duty to set a good example for other users.

Fair enough. I voted positively for you, puddin, as long as your posting improved after you joined us here. I hope you improve it and, after that, join us.

Nuts, over and out.

*Salutes*

Hi there well i just checked and i can vote for the monthly ones too Sir-nuts. Last month strangely i did not have ,the option. Loads of quality submissons best watch them ,all if i have time. Well annoying thing happening i lost one of my reviews ,called RIP father 2008 because Kortz had his account deleted. Anyone know why i not looked at the bbs yet.

At 7/6/08 06:55 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Meh, I'd rather Federer than Nadal. I watched part of it, and what a game!

Nah, Federer has won it 5 times in a row -- it's time for him to move aside now. Nadal definitely deserved it, and I think it meant more to him to finally win.

I have a question for both NEVR and you, Josh: how long does it take to make the roster?

I don't normally time myself, but usually the best part of an hour.

And NEVR, how long did it take you to make the activity roster?

Not quite as long... probably about half an hour.

At 7/6/08 06:55 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

I have a question for both NEVR and you, Josh: how long does it take to make the roster?

It really depends on what I have to do, if I have last weeks roster it can take up to an hour or so but if I have to do it from scratch then it might take up to two hours.

I am saddened that I won't make Commander this update if things work as I expect them too, have to wait till next one :(

Excited about it? I mean... next badge (if we can call it a badge, right?) is EGSC!

Yeah its gratifying that I am so close to my goal but to think that I still have 4,000 to go is a bit depressing. Its the final countdown.

*Salutes*

*salutes*

At 7/6/08 06:30 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: In regards to puddinN64:

After discussion, it has been decided that you will be allowed into the Barracks, but only under the condition that you improve posting length/quality. We expect a high level of post quality in the Barracks, higher than the average posts in the BBS; while our primary concern in the EGB is the Portal, our overall goal is to improve the site as a whole, and thus, as the higher ranking members of Newgrounds, it's our duty to set a good example for other users.

If you promise to avoid one-liners and such in the Barracks (including stat-only posts), and try to improve post quality elsewhere, I will allow you in.

I promise I will improve my posts. Thank you very much for allowing to become a member of one of Newground's most prestigous clubs. So am I in or do you want me to go through a trial period like Sir-Nuts has described. Thank you very much for everything.

*Salutes*

At 7/6/08 06:56 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: Hi there well i just checked and i can vote for the monthly ones too Sir-nuts. Last month strangely i did not have ,the option.

Then you'd better run, because today is the last day to vote. Tomorrow they will announce the winners, so you have untill midnight to vote on them.

And it's weird that you couldn't vote last month. Maybe lots of users got inactive, but that would be too hard to be a coincidence. Maybe... you didn't notice that you could vote last month?

Well annoying thing happening i lost one of my reviews ,called RIP father 2008 because Kortz had his account deleted. Anyone know why i not looked at the bbs yet.

He got deleted because he spammed the Portal a lot. Plain a simple.

That's what I believe in, I'm not sure if it's the official reason.

At 7/6/08 07:11 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 7/6/08 06:55 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Meh, I'd rather Federer than Nadal. I watched part of it, and what a game!

Nah, Federer has won it 5 times in a row -- it's time for him to move aside now. Nadal definitely deserved it, and I think it meant more to him to finally win.

Yeah, but I still wanted Roger to win. Rafael deserved it, though. I think Roger will lose the 1st place in the world's ranking soon if he keeps like this.

I have a question for both NEVR and you, Josh: how long does it take to make the roster?

I don't normally time myself, but usually the best part of an hour.

Thanks. But do you use a program to pull the stats, like in the top 300 B/P list? Or do you pull them manually?

And NEVR, how long did it take you to make the activity roster?

Not quite as long... probably about half an hour.

Thanks again.

At 7/6/08 07:33 PM, Joshiwa wrote: It really depends on what I have to do, if I have last weeks roster it can take up to an hour or so but if I have to do it from scratch then it might take up to two hours.

Ugh, doing it from scratch must be pretty hard. I'd take like 3 hours to do it, since I get distracted easily.

Yeah its gratifying that I am so close to my goal but to think that I still have 4,000 to go is a bit depressing. Its the final countdown.

DE DO DEEE DO!

It's the final turn, go for it, Joshiwa!

At 7/6/08 08:44 PM, puddinN64 wrote: I promise I will improve my posts. Thank you very much for allowing to become a member of one of Newground's most prestigous clubs. So am I in or do you want me to go through a trial period like Sir-Nuts has described. Thank you very much for everything.

You promised it, and looks like you're getting the message. Your latest posts are much better than the posts before this. Nice job, keep it up!

But... I never mentioned a trial period. Although it would be nice if you went through one, to see if you really improve your posts. You're doing well so far!

Nuts, over and out (for real this time =P)!

*Salutes*

At 7/6/08 09:05 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Thanks. But do you use a program to pull the stats, like in the top 300 B/P list? Or do you pull them manually?

Everything is done manually - the stat pull, the calculations, and the data entry. Stero made a program to do the calculations when he did the roster, but both Josh and I prefer to do it manually. I'm not even sure how much time the program would take off the overall time it takes to do the roster, because I do the calculations and data entry at the same time for each user as I go down the list, so it's not a huge deal.