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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-13 15:51:32


At 7/13/03 01:10 PM, biteme2514 wrote:
At 7/13/03 08:45 AM, D0GMA wrote: The Elite Guard are now at 221 people. I think if you get ONE BP you end up being ranked about 10k, so I presume that is what gfox was referring to ... the thousands of people who aren't ranked as Elite Guard. The Elite units in real military forces usually number well under 1% of the total forces, so I don't find our current ratio surprising.
So do the Elite units count as "officers" like you were talking about on the previous page or do only the people with gold badges count as "officers"?

Oh well, I'm pretty close to leaving that list, huh? See you all on the Top 50 list! Soon anyways...

I think it's going to vary depending upon the context. The majority of the time "gold badge" and "officer" will refer to praporshchik and higher. In conversations collectively referring to everyone with BPs, officer is more likely to mean the Elite Guard ranks entire. Technically, praporshchik is roughly the equivalent of a senior WO (Warrant Officer), which is a separate career grade between that of non-commissioned officers (sergeant and corporal ranks) and commissioned officers (second lieutenant and higher).

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-13 15:55:29


At 7/13/03 12:31 PM, jonthomson wrote:
Apologies if I somehow doublepost - if anyone's interested, when I levelled up to Police Lieutanant a few days ago, my b/p rank was less than 1000 - I'm on 507 b/p points now and ranked in the low 900's - therefore there's still less than 1000 people with 500 blam points. Only another 1000 to go...

Thanks much =) Usually I have to "get lucky" and happen to pull someone profile up who happens to have near-rank and happen to notice that as I fly through lol

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-13 15:56:50


At 7/13/03 03:51 PM, D0GMA wrote: I think it's going to vary depending upon the context. The majority of the time "gold badge" and "officer" will refer to praporshchik and higher. In conversations collectively referring to everyone with BPs, officer is more likely to mean the Elite Guard ranks entire. Technically, praporshchik is roughly the equivalent of a senior WO (Warrant Officer), which is a separate career grade between that of non-commissioned officers (sergeant and corporal ranks) and commissioned officers (second lieutenant and higher).

I see. Well, I hope to score a gold badge by the end of summer. I need 8000 blam/protect points, right? Hehehe... I can almost taste the Top 50 list... I need less than 100 blam/protect points to make it. You'll most likely see me on that list either tomorrow or the day after. Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend all day on Newgrounds...

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-13 19:49:51


At 7/13/03 08:45 AM, D0GMA wrote:
At 7/12/03 05:21 PM, Impetus wrote:
At 7/12/03 11:42 AM, gfoxcook wrote:
But right now, we have around 20 officers and 10,000s of enlisted men. That's insane. We need more and more officers to even come close to resembling a real army.
If the Elite Guard is to be considered as the "army", actually less than 250.

And then a Police force and a Security Agency of thousands.

I was including them along with the enlisted Elite Guard.

I'm slowly working on that officer business..

Good for you, we need more officers.

~Pfc. Impetus

Then again, it took me almost 4 months to go from Private First Class to Second Lieutenant, so I'll hold my breath. #;-}>

The Elite Guard are now at 221 people. I think if you get ONE BP you end up being ranked about 10k, so I presume that is what gfox was referring to ... the thousands of people who aren't ranked as Elite Guard. The Elite units in real military forces usually number well under 1% of the total forces, so I don't find our current ratio surprising.

One B/P point will get you ranked around #21,000, last I checked. Probably a bit more now, but less than 25,000. Somewhere in the 20-25k zone, let's just say. And so what I was referring to was them, yes, but also Elite Guardsmen of Praporshchik or less. The point is that in reality, you need more officers to administer and order and organise and etc. etc. all the grunts! Of course, there should still be way more grunts than officers, but it should be somewhat of a nice pyramid shape. Instead, we have a very very very narrow tip bulging obscenely towards the bottom.

And since you do get promoted from Police Captain to Elite Guard Private, BTW, I include the police in with the Elite Guard as part of the overall "army."


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-13 19:58:42


At 7/13/03 03:56 PM, biteme2514 wrote:
At 7/13/03 03:51 PM, D0GMA wrote: I think it's going to vary depending upon the context. The majority of the time "gold badge" and "officer" will refer to praporshchik and higher.

I was referring to only ABOVE praporshchik, actually, but if you want to include warrant officers along with the commissioned officers, then it only expands the tiny group we're talking about from 20 people (Heretik and above) to 29 people (RageVI and above). Still dwarfed by the 200+ EG and especially by the 20,000+ non-officer EG + police corps.

In conversations collectively referring to everyone with BPs, officer is more likely to mean the Elite Guard ranks entire.

But why? It's easier and more precise to refer to the entire EG ranks as the EG.

Technically, praporshchik is roughly the equivalent of a senior WO (Warrant Officer), which is a separate career grade between that of non-commissioned officers (sergeant and corporal ranks) and commissioned officers (second lieutenant and higher).

Well said.

I see. Well, I hope to score a gold badge by the end of summer. I need 8000 blam/protect points, right?

To get the gold badge? Yes. To become an official officer? Well, you need 9500 for that. #;-}>

Hehehe... I can almost taste the Top 50 list... I need less than 100 blam/protect points to make it. You'll most likely see me on that list either tomorrow or the day after. Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend all day on Newgrounds...

Good luck! I wonder what's up with redrum. Has he moved at all, Dogma? I thought he'd make the top 50 list by my birthday (end of June).


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-14 08:28:47


Bah I replied to this yesterday lol

At 7/13/03 07:58 PM, gfoxcook wrote:
At 7/13/03 03:56 PM, biteme2514 wrote:
At 7/13/03 03:51 PM, D0GMA wrote: I think it's going to vary depending upon the context. The majority of the time "gold badge" and "officer" will refer to praporshchik and higher.
I was referring to only ABOVE praporshchik, actually, but if you want to include warrant officers along with the commissioned officers, then it only expands the tiny group we're talking about from 20 people (Heretik and above) to 29 people (RageVI and above). Still dwarfed by the 200+ EG and especially by the 20,000+ non-officer EG + police corps.

Thanks for clearing that up. The gold outline to the praporshchik has always led me to believe people were including that in their comments.


In conversations collectively referring to everyone with BPs, officer is more likely to mean the Elite Guard ranks entire.
But why? It's easier and more precise to refer to the entire EG ranks as the EG.

Sometimes people don't take the time to be specific. I was trying to give him a rule of thumb to use when reading posts.


Good luck! I wonder what's up with redrum. Has he moved at all, Dogma? I thought he'd make the top 50 list by my birthday (end of June).

Prior to this past week (6 total BPs in 4 days), he was averaging 13.86/day during the 3 weeks in which I have been actively tracking people's progress. Part of his problem is people like me and staff, who keep raising the bar for getting to 50. As an adjunct, it is also raising the average/day of the 50 rank, so that it's currently at 14.68. If he continues to operate at his previous pace, I believe he'll eventually make it, but it will be substantially after biteme2514, Denvish, and Syme do. By the time those latter two get up in range, I should have a good handle on anyone else working their way up who could cause him further issues. If he suddenly gets more spare time, he could easily make it in a matter of days.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-14 11:18:47


Hey Dogma, would you mind giving me wanker_'s user ID (he's 82 on you list)? I wanted to know how many points I needed to pass him, but he changed his name...


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-14 21:18:24


At 7/14/03 11:18 AM, wismty wrote: Hey Dogma, would you mind giving me wanker_'s user ID (he's 82 on you list)? I wanted to know how many points I needed to pass him, but he changed his name...

Never mind, I found his name (ahz) after some researching... I am beating him by 1 b/p =)


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 00:27:59


At 7/13/03 07:58 PM, gfoxcook wrote: I wonder what's up with redrum. Has he moved at all, Dogma? I thought he'd make the top 50 list by my birthday (end of June).

I probably should have mentioned this long ago in the 'level up' thread, but I haven't even really had the time for that. I gave up on the points, long ago. I'm actually surprised I was averaging 14 or so a day for a while. I haven't been doing anything the past month, I've even missed more than 2 weeks worth of depositing. Reasons? Priorities, mainly. I realized some time ago that I just really don't have the time for this anymore, and in fact, I never really did. I do plan to still hang around the BBS as much as I can, though. A lot of you guys are very cool to talk to, and I'd really regret losing contact. However, I fear that due to my scarce amount of free time on here my role as a WI/HT? member may be jeopardized. We'll have to see what the future brings, but at least now you all have an explanation for the no longer existent point gaining over the past couple months.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 00:30:11


At 7/14/03 08:28 AM, D0GMA wrote:
At 7/13/03 07:58 PM, gfoxcook wrote: I was referring to only ABOVE praporshchik, actually, but if you want to include warrant officers along with the commissioned officers, then it only expands the tiny group we're talking about from 20 people (Heretik and above) to 29 people (RageVI and above). Still dwarfed by the 200+ EG and especially by the 20,000+ non-officer EG + police corps.
Thanks for clearing that up. The gold outline to the praporshchik has always led me to believe people were including that in their comments.

Sure. Well, it's just that getting to the "gold ranks" is a lot easier to grasp, I guess, than getting to the commissioned officer ranks... visually, at least. It's more of a tangible thing to be aiming for after you get past Police Captain and want to get back to the golden rank medal. It's certainly why I was always aiming for Praporshchik once I made it to the Elite Guard. Now I'm not sure what to aim for, but Captain will do for now. #;-}>

In conversations collectively referring to everyone with BPs, officer is more likely to mean the Elite Guard ranks entire.
But why? It's easier and more precise to refer to the entire EG ranks as the EG.
Sometimes people don't take the time to be specific. I was trying to give him a rule of thumb to use when reading posts.

Some people don't have time to type E and G?

And since when is "officer" easier and quicker to type (to refer to EG Private and above) than just plain "EG" is? #;-}>

Good luck! I wonder what's up with redrum. Has he moved at all, Dogma? I thought he'd make the top 50 list by my birthday (end of June).
Prior to this past week (6 total BPs in 4 days), he was averaging 13.86/day during the 3 weeks in which I have been actively tracking people's progress. Part of his problem is people like me and staff, who keep raising the bar for getting to 50. As an adjunct, it is also raising the average/day of the 50 rank, so that it's currently at 14.68. If he continues to operate at his previous pace, I believe he'll eventually make it, but it will be substantially after biteme2514, Denvish, and Syme do. By the time those latter two get up in range, I should have a good handle on anyone else working their way up who could cause him further issues. If he suddenly gets more spare time, he could easily make it in a matter of days.

Dayum.

'nuff said.


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 00:39:05


At 7/15/03 12:27 AM, _redruM_ wrote:
At 7/13/03 07:58 PM, gfoxcook wrote: I wonder what's up with redrum. Has he moved at all, Dogma? I thought he'd make the top 50 list by my birthday (end of June).
I probably should have mentioned this long ago in the 'level up' thread, but I haven't even really had the time for that. I gave up on the points, long ago.

(sob)

I'm actually surprised I was averaging 14 or so a day for a while. I haven't been doing anything the past month, I've even missed more than 2 weeks worth of depositing. Reasons? Priorities, mainly. I realized some time ago that I just really don't have the time for this anymore, and in fact, I never really did.

Since when did that stop any of us? #;-}>

I do plan to still hang around the BBS as much as I can, though. A lot of you guys are very cool to talk to, and I'd really regret losing contact. However, I fear that due to my scarce amount of free time on here my role as a WI/HT? member may be jeopardized. We'll have to see what the future brings, but at least now you all have an explanation for the no longer existent point gaining over the past couple months.

Just as long as you don't disappear completely, man. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that we'd rather have you around sporadically than not at all cause you burned out or something.

But still, you were SOOOO close to the list. SO close.

And still are! Just try to accidentally keep getting those 14 points a day for a BIT longer, okay? #;-}>


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 08:15:49


Congrats to:

MielipuoliMieli : Corporal
D0GMA : Sergeant Major

Wow, the last couple days must have sucked. There has not been a lot of movement in the ranks themselves either. I pasted Unch an awful lot lol.

Rank Total Name Change
51 5700 biteme2514 Unch
52 5589 format Unch
53 5456 _redrum_ Unch
54 5408 pingpong08 +1
55 5359 agent66 -1
56 5359 dl_monk Unch
57 5111 cadji Unch
58 5060 importracer666 Unch
59 4953 narcissus Unch
60 4897 fr0gt0e Unch
61 4876 evil-c Unch
62 4845 violet-aim Unch
63 4789 toocool100 Unch
65 4737 bigmanbrainy Unch
66 4727 liquidz2k Unch
67 4451 keyser_soze Unch
68 4339 tezzza Unch
69 4319 Rogermcallen Unch
70 4304 hernethehunter Unch
71 4284 denvish +2
72 4253 uncle_dave -1
73 4181 x-death619 -1
74 4146 syme +2
75 4134 pratt -1
76 4060 overtired -1
77 3947 bmxgamer Unch
78 3914 lordalmar Unch
79 3862 drwily Unch
80 3860 the_flash_punisher Unch
81 3845 wismty +2
82 3843 crow_clock -1
83 3833 ahz (wanker_) -1
84 3719 kwas71kck Unch
85 3707 fourdaddy Unch
86 3690 tayv Unch
87 3653 rezgwu Unch
88 3637 mi4_real_2001 Unch
89 3610 speedypac Unch
90 3560 dude666 Unch
91 3532 sizzler Unch
92 3525 und Unch
93 3478 kornfreaker Unch
94 3403 patipat +1
95 3352 manekineko -1
97 3317 _blackdragon_ +1
99 3283 randomfreak Unch
101 3256 billyschwaggles +4
103 3238 the_freq -1
104 3238 soccerdude2002 -1
105 3236 dafreak_b_ -1
106 3154 leoneski Unch
107 3113 symbiont2 Unch
108 3100 pimpmasterkdog Unch
111 2930 junon Unch
112 2886 tamaratr Unch
114 2783 merc_insanity +1
115 2773 dude4u -1
117 2676 mercy_killer Unch
118 2676 semyaza -2
119 2642 macavity +1
120 2640 jazz_mazter -2
121 2639 darkmatterclock -2
122 2630 taishospire -1
123 2570 gozzy Unch
124 2550 house_of_leaves Unch
125 2544 brgiad Unch
126 2539 eliempee Unch
127 2529 -pzy- Unch
128 2521 meilipuolimieli +4
129 2489 kanenite +1
130 2468 stevezarebski -2
132 2453 dustynickel +4
133 2442 danthi -2
134 2426 compdude -1

Rank Total Name Change
135 2373 matrixguy200 -1
137 2333 redplumclock Unch
138 2318 alhill +4
139 2290 z3n +4
140 2288 grencia -2
143 2265 djs3 -2
146 2225 impetus +9
147 2213 afterburner -1
148 2208 slothborn -1
149 2203 Admiraldugalle Unch
151 2174 red_faction -1
152 2166 bahamutreborn -1
154 2141 rabindarath +2
155 2141 goukix Unch
156 2132 jockstrapjake -3
157 2125 frimpzilla -3
158 2113 transformers Unch
159 2082 sixteen97 Unch
160 2079 joeiscooler Unch
161 2068 mercurius Unch
162 2051 red_faction2 (seandillon) Unch
163 2044 phuckyuu Unch
165 1988 anthony_john5 -1
167 1975 the_mutly_from_hell +2
168 1971 mr_y -1
170 1965 zodiac Unch
172 1874 lord_kobel Unch
173 1868 insomnia Unch
174 1859 aiwendil Unch
176 1843 theshadowoflenin +1
177 1825 bloodthorne -1
179 1808 mr_james +2
180 1798 wiseguy316 -1
182 1783 zicdeh Unch
183 1771 all_seeing_eye +2
184 1766 endymion -1
184 1751 avocadoclock -1
186 1735 the_raven Unch
188 1715 parasoul Unch
189 1701 postal_d Unch
190 1697 top_gun -1
191 1697 froggystomper -1
194 1672 spaceballs28 Unch
195 1663 rvyn Unch
196 1663 crack_smoker Unch
198 1646 telal Unch
199 1645 archwimil Unch
200 1633 misterx2000 Unch
201 1628 ryu12 Unch
202 1626 ian_the_archer Unch
205 1600 _duffman_ Unch
206 1600 bws +11
207 1599 praxis -1
208 1598 zio_shirai -1
209 1588 boodestroyer -1
210 1579 serval -1
213 1568 seikensamurai +1
214 1564 theredteam -2
215 1559 tritochfan2 -2
218 1525 jsonicc Unch

Big Gains:
BWS +11
Impetus +9

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 08:38:05


Wow, SeikenSamurai made it onto the list. I'll have to congratulate him on it and link him here.


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 09:39:45


At 7/15/03 08:15 AM, D0GMA wrote:

Wow, the last couple days must have sucked. There has not been a lot of movement in the ranks themselves either. I pasted Unch an awful lot lol.

Not sucky for me, but I've been spending an abnormal amount of time here at the computer working on my own flash, talking/arguing with my ex gf, playing with Fruity Loops, etc. and catching plenty of b/p's along the way.

I should be corporal by the weekend's end, the guy in my sig will look cool with two stripes.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 11:07:04


At 7/15/03 08:38 AM, Mr_James wrote: Wow, SeikenSamurai made it onto the list. I'll have to congratulate him on it and link him here.

Slacker :-P~~~ He made it on Thursday lol

~WHEW Just finished my writeup for the intro to the weekly update. Total time on it ~5 hours. I had a lot of links to follow through on. Come Thursday I'll tack another 2 hours on to it to get the list itself done lol.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 15:15:29


213 1568 seikensamurai +1

This is awesome!!

What's +1?

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-15 16:20:39


Up one rank. Congrats on making it to the list...


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-16 00:04:58


Oh, thanks! I never knew there was such a place...

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-16 06:39:24


At 7/16/03 12:04 AM, SeikenSamurai wrote: Oh, thanks! I never knew there was such a place...

a month ago there wasn't ;) If you look closely, you'll see that there's actually a lot of blanks. A few, I'm sure, are from people without profiles that I'll never find. The rest I haven't managed to stumble across in old posts, deposits, etc. Most of the additions to the list come from people I finally locate. You were the first I added by tracking from Captain up to EG.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 02:42:43


Just hit the Top 50. Time to celebrate. This picture is for all the people who thought I would never make it. You know who you are... =P

*cackles maniacally*

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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 03:13:32


At 7/17/03 02:42 AM, biteme2514 wrote: Just hit the Top 50. Time to celebrate. This picture is for all the people who thought I would never make it. You know who you are... =P

Congrats to making it to the top 50.

Hmm... i should Rank up sometime today :D

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 08:47:05


The weekly update is delayed. Since 7, all I've been getting are white screens claiming they are done, with the rare occasion like this one where I get a screen I'm trying to get to. I can't get profiles faster than 1 per 10 minutes or so. It'll have to ride until this mess clears itself up.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 11:31:33


well done, biteme - next stop, gold badge...

Yeah I got those white screens this morning too, I'm hoping it's cos they're changing over to the new db server - probably wishful thinking though...


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 11:37:34


Yeah, I had the same "white screen" problem all morning, but no longer. Now things are super-fast, so I assume that server upgrade has happened.

And I should be Corporal by Sunday as I thought.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-17 14:31:44


At 7/17/03 02:42 AM, biteme2514 wrote: Just hit the Top 50. Time to celebrate. This picture is for all the people who thought I would never make it. You know who you are... =P

*cackles maniacally*

Congratulations!

Noticed it myself last night when your unvisited-profile-link popped on to the top 50 list. #;-}>

Good job. Now start climbing!


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Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-18 00:23:09


I gave up on NG around 10. Providing I don't get stonewalled by that blank screen crap again, the weekly will be up as soon as I can after the maintenance this morning and just do the per day averages based on 8 days.

<vent>For reasons that escape me, NG suddenly comes to a screeching halt, insofar as connection speeds, at noon EDT, and suddenly goes back to normal at midnight EDT over the last few days. Notice the fact that by evening there still 20+ movies under judgement, some of which were from early afternoon? My average is going to go down the drain until that gets fixed up. I can't be bothered to spend 5 minutes trying to get 1 vote to register when there's no guarantee I'll even get the point for it. </vent> Thanks!! And yes, I'd like some cheese with that whine :-P~~

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-18 05:22:49


As you may have noticed, the weekly update was delayed a day. NG was being uncooperative during the time I had available in which to do the list. I will be out of town again this weekend, so this weekend's update will be posted Sunday evening.

There's a lot of links in this intro, which adds a ton of characters, so I hope it all fits in one post lol

A quick recap of our promotions this week among the Elite Guardsmen and women (those since last update are bold):

BWS : Private
Chromius : Private
Impetus : Private First Class
The_Mutley_From_Hell : Private First Class
Eliempee : Corporal
MielipuoliMieli : Corporal
TaiShoSpire : Corporal
bmxgamer : Staff Sergeant
Denvish : Staff Sergeant
overtired : Staff Sergeant
Syme : Staff Sergeant
ImportRacer666 : Sergeant First Class
Narcissus : Sergeant First Class
D0GMA : Sergeant Major
RageVI : Praporshchik
fixit : Brigadier General
TheJoe324 : Brigadier General

Grats also to biteme, who made it onto the top50 list on Thursday, and Crono. We ran out of movies on which to vote, so Chrono- didn't quite make it to Major. With 5 points to go, that should occur shortly.

For those of you who missed it (and gfox and mine's running debate), TheJoe324 popped in to let us know that he ranked up at 19,500. Essentially that all but precludes the chances of BP ranks scaling. Now all we have to do is wait for Ryo to hit 30k and we get to see what happens ...

The following losers will be ... oh, um ... USERS, yeah, I meant users. Anyway ...

The following USERS will be unavailable for NG next week:

fixit 110.38/day
TheJoe324 101.63/day
Crono- 101.13/day

They are currently undergoing isolation therapy after having watched too many "seizure" flash movies.

Featured User of the Update:

I've been keeping my eye on several "battles" between blammers jockeying for position, and this week's FU is a participant in one of those. He also seems to have gotten the better of his particular "fight," at least for the moment. People who are consistently getting a lot tend to catch my eye ;) Not only is he a flash artist, but is a prolific musician (and not just in the Audio portal), and a proud papa. I'm not entirely sure about the statement that his 2 year old daughter is, "also a better Flash author than 73% of the people that submit to NG." I think it's closer to 69.4%, but I'll let it slide =)

This week's FU:

........................... Denvish

FREELENS is one of his favorites, and after having watched his flash I can see why. Uusually, I'll try to give some general comments and focus on one or two flash. Freelens uses a wide variety of artistic styles, so I'm not going to be able to get away with that here. The artwork, in general, gives the impression that Freelens was simply aiming for "good enough," but don't let that take away from his product. It's not "crisp" animation in the same sense that Picasso and Monet arent "crisp."

Black Eye Boy is one of the few of his I "get" and I'm placing no bets that what I understand is what was meant lol. Even his "comedies", StupidFckn'Rbts:1, 2 & 3, Wonderlick: Episode 1, Wonderlick: Episode 2, and Wonderlick: Episode 3 are, well let's just say, out there. Wonderlick is the result of a tryst between Snoopy and an anteater. That should give you an idea. Wonderlick: Episode 1 and The Future of Pornography are the only flash of his with more than 200 votes, so I think he's one of those "hidden gems" I was hoping to find by doing this section.

My Arbitur/Final Exams, by STTWebs is a student's revenge. Well, more like a bitch-fest, but still quite good. I'd recommend turning up the volume, as the artist is German and usually soft-spoken in the flash. It's quite easy to miss comments.

Now back to Denvish =) Rather than try and go over his flash and audio submissions, I'll just send you tp Only You Know (MV) and you can do both at one go =). I'm not a big acoustic fan, but that's just me. It's defitinely worth checking out. What a Dalek is doing in a jungle escapes me though ~shrug~

Planet Bob is his homepage. Although he has a ton of his own music available there, as well as a few of his tracks at MP3.com, I'd venture to guess that THIS is the real pride and joy of his "work." You can also find some real, actual pictures of Denvish there. Grace obviously got her looks from Katy :-P~~~ I tell my brother-in-law something similar about his Grace too, so hush. I also managed to unearth Denvish Designs and some great Boot Screens for XP. This guy just oozes creativity ... dunno why he wastes time voting =)

For those keeping track, or merely curious:
There are 223 Elite Guards. 185 of them are listed here.
There are 71 Police Captains currently being tracked out of approximately 150.
The current per day average of the #50 is 14.74 since 27 January.
This is week 4 of this list.
I make spreadsheets far too often.
Popularity is recalculated at ~12:35am EDT.
The Last 50 Deposits page is reset at ~1:35am EDT server time.
Experience and BP ranks are recalculated at ~3:35am EDT.

On to the stats ...

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-18 05:30:31


Rank Total Gain Avg Name Change
1 30685 245 30.63 ramagi Unch
2 25821 190 23.75 ryohahn Unch
3 20176 813 101.63 thejoe324 Unch
4 20115 883 110.38 fixit Unch
5 18244 364 45.50 thisisasingin Unch
6 17427 168 21.00 nemesism66 Unch
7 15761 35 4.38 stormwarden Unch
8 13995 809 101.13 crono- +1
9 13382 121 15.13 drmsm -1
10 13098 8 1.00 poxpower Unch
11 13052 394 49.25 recon_rebel Unch
12 12471 213 26.63 bila Unch
13 12084 556 69.50 gfoxcook Unch
14 11399 59 7.38 helldoll81 Unch
15 10720 405 50.63 alexsmolik +1
16 10509 15 1.88 haqnspitt -1
17 10362 290 36.25 newgrundling Unch
18 10045 81 10.13 chaotic1 Unch
19 9837 36 4.50 mr_chuckles Unch
20 9637 31 3.88 heretik Unch
21 9476 320 40.00 steel_carbine (arrows_eleven) +1
22 9341 10 1.25 vuorimies -1
23 9281 303 37.88 xkwizitone Unch
24 8951 178 22.25 captain_bob +1
25 8880 43 5.38 nimmer -1
26 8370 0 0.00 b33r53x Unch
27 8296 0 0.00 lordfril Unch
28 8216 107 13.38 staphita Unch
29 8118 213 26.63 ragevi Unch
30 7970 92 11.50 leeboy105 Unch
31 7765 0 0.00 kevr1 Unch
32 7712 39 4.88 dark00stir-fry Unch
33 7447 0 0.00 drimarki Unch
34 7368 4 0.50 hice Unch
35 7319 574 71.75 d0gma +4
36 7169 85 10.63 greenveinvince(yoink_the_destroyer) -1
37 7103 35 4.38 darkjaymz -1
38 7063 0 0.00 xwaynecoltx -1
39 6949 33 4.13 _lightning_ -1
40 6715 21 2.63 innphernoe Unch
41 6687 0 0.00 the_phantom_spancker Unch
42 6469 472 59.00 stafffighter +5
43 6413 0 0.00 cttcrew_l2edfox -1
44 6282 0 0.00 skum001 -1
45 6200 0 0.00 nostrant -1
46 6078 0 0.00 ppk3000 -1
47 6031 0 0.00 guinevir -1
48 5925 5 0.63 mystboy Unch
49 5852 0 0.00 mike277 Unch
50 5783 336 42.00 biteme2514 +3

Rank Total Gain Avg Name Change
51 5730 33 4.13 gsx_boy -1
52 5600 16 2.00 format -1
53 5510 323 40.38 dl_monk +3
54 5467 210 26.25 pingpong08 +1
55 5459 9 1.13 _redrum_ -3
56 5359 0 0.00 agent66 -2
57 5138 166 20.75 importracer666 +1
58 5111 0 0.00 cadji -1
59 5002 128 16.00 narcissus +1
60 4897 1 0.13 fr0gt0e -1
61 4881 23 2.88 evil-c Unch
62 4854 403 50.38 toocool100 +4
63 4845 0 0.00 violet-aim -1
64 4747 17 2.13 bigmanbrainy Unch
65 4744 44 5.50 liquidz2k Unch
67 4516 604 75.50 denvish +8
68 4451 0 0.00 keyser_soze -1
69 4381 145 18.13 hernethehunter +2
70 4372 543 67.88 syme +11
71 4352 241 30.13 x-death619 +2
72 4339 20 2.50 tezzza -4
73 4319 66 8.25 Rogermcallen -4
74 4253 0 0.00 uncle_dave -4
75 4134 0 0.00 pratt -3
76 4126 164 20.50 overtired -2
77 4010 175 21.88 bmxgamer +2
78 3951 61 7.63 lordalmar -2
79 3870 31 3.88 drwily -1
80 3860 0 0.00 the_flash_punisher -3
81 3847 210 26.25 wismty +6
82 3846 13 1.63 crow_clock -2
83 3842 25 3.13 ahz/wanker_ -1
84 3719 3 0.38 kwas71kck -1
85 3708 11 1.38 fourdaddy -1
86 3696 14 1.75 tayv -1
87 3653 0 0.00 rezgwu -1
88 3646 38 4.75 mi4_real_2001 Unch
89 3639 39 4.88 speedypac Unch
90 3560 34 4.25 dude666 +1
91 3545 41 5.13 und +1
92 3536 4 0.50 sizzler -2
93 3478 3 0.38 kornfreaker Unch
94 3441 166 20.75 patipat +5
95 3352 1 0.13 manekineko -1
97 3318 32 4.00 _blackdragon_ Unch
98 3312 246 30.75 billyschwaggles +10
100 3283 0 0.00 randomfreak -2

Users in italics have earned zero BPs for at least 30 consecutive days that I have been tracking. To give you an idea: Tamarat69r and BooDestroyer got a protection point, respectively, on Tuesday and Wednesday, otherwise they would have been in italics and their inactive count was reset to 0.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-18 05:31:58


Rank Total Gain Avg Name Change
103 3238 0 0.00 the_freq -1
104 3238 0 0.00 soccerdude2002 -1
105 3236 0 0.00 dafreak_b_ -1
106 3154 0 0.00 leoneski -1
107 3113 0 0.00 symbiont2 -1
108 3100 0 0.00 pimpmasterkdog -1
111 2930 0 0.00 junon Unch
113 2886 1 0.13 tamaratr Unch
115 2838 149 18.63 merc_insanity Unch
116 2773 3 0.38 dude4u -2
117 2728 227 28.38 macavity +8
118 2685 17 2.13 semyaza -2
119 2678 17 2.13 mercy_killer -2
120 2657 205 25.63 taishospire +9
121 2643 11 1.38 jazz_mazter -3
122 2642 11 1.38 darkmatterclock -3
123 2638 126 15.75 -pzy- +1
124 2629 444 55.50 dustynickel +25
125 2570 0 0.00 gozzy -5
126 2554 61 7.63 eliempee Unch
127 2550 4 0.50 house_of_leaves -6
128 2544 0 0.00 brgiad -6
129 2523 181 22.63 kanenite +6
130 2522 141 17.63 meilipuolimieli +2
131 2474 6 0.75 stevezarebski -4
133 2457 53 6.63 compdude -2
134 2442 7 0.88 danthi -4
135 2394 459 57.38 impetus +34
136 2379 29 3.63 matrixguy200 -2
137 2370 138 17.25 alhill +6
139 2336 14 1.75 redplumclock -3
140 2298 54 6.75 z3n +1
141 2288 0 0.00 grencia -4
144 2265 0 0.00 djs3 -4
147 2216 28 3.50 Admiraldugalle +1
148 2216 94 11.75 bahamutreborn +6
149 2213 4 0.50 afterburner -4
150 2209 1 0.13 slothborn -4

Rank Total Gain Avg Name Change
154 2178 30 3.75 red_faction -4
151 2204 120 15.00 rabindarath +6
153 2179 89 11.13 goukix +3
156 2132 0 0.00 jockstrapjake -4
157 2125 0 0.00 frimpzilla -4
158 2115 13 1.63 transformers -3
159 2097 34 4.25 mercurius +1
160 2082 1 0.13 sixteen97 -2
161 2079 9 1.13 joeiscooler -2
162 2052 7 0.88 red_faction2 (seandillon) -1
163 2051 15 1.88 -silentshadow-(phuckyuu) -1
164 2021 77 9.63 the_mutly_from_hell +4
166 1988 0 0.00 anthony_john5 -3
168 1976 143 17.88 zodiac +7
169 1973 4 0.50 mr_y -2
172 1906 42 5.25 lord_kobel -1
173 1885 101 12.63 mr_james +6
174 1880 112 14.00 theshadowoflenin +7
175 1868 0 0.00 insomnia -6
176 1859 0 0.00 aiwendil -3
178 1825 0 0.00 bloodthorne -2
180 1813 46 5.75 zicdeh +2
181 1808 28 3.50 wiseguy316 -1
183 1786 49 6.13 all_seeing_eye +2
184 1766 1 0.13 endymion -1
185 1764 15 1.88 avocadoclock -1
186 1736 19 2.38 the_raven +1
188 1715 0 0.00 parasoul Unch
190 1701 0 0.00 postal_d -1
191 1699 26 3.25 top_gun Unch
192 1697 25 3.13 froggystomper +2
bws 194 244 1674 NEW NEW bws NEW
195 1672 0 0.00 spaceballs28 -2
196 1670 28 3.50 rvyn +1
197 1671 25 3.13 crack_smoker -1
198 1656 15 1.88 telal Unch
200 1647 15 1.88 archwimil -1

Rank Total Gain Avg Name Change
201 1647 30 3.75 misterx2000 +1
202 1628 0 0.00 ryu12 -2
203 1626 0 0.00 ian_the_archer -2
204 1621 22 2.75 praxis +2
207 1601 1 0.13 _duffman_ -2
208 1598 0 0.00 zio_shirai -1
209 1589 1 0.13 boodestroyer -1
210 1584 50 6.25 seikensamurai +5
211 1579 0 0.00 serval -2
215 1564 0 0.00 theredteam -3
216 1559 0 0.00 tritochfan2 -3
219 1525 0 0.00 jsonicc -3
223 1512 NEW NEW Chromius NEW

Users in italics have earned zero BPs for at least 30 consecutive days that I have been tracking. To give you an idea: Tamarat69r and BooDestroyer got a protection point, respectively, on Tuesday and Wednesday, otherwise they would have been in italics and their inactive count was reset to 0.

Response to B/P ranks 51+ 2003-07-18 05:47:45


At 7/18/03 05:22 AM, D0GMA wrote:

:...at MP3.com ... and some great Boot Screens for XP.

Fudged up the links a bit :-P~~ MP3.com requires you to be logged in to get to that address. For the Boot Screens try that link. I originally used "x=37&submit.y=9", which is the address you get after you look at one and route back to the list of his entries.