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At 9/11/11 08:21 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/11/11 07:15 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/10/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: In that case, we need a detective.

Zoidberg is afoot!

You mean him?

Quite possibly

At 9/11/11 03:58 PM, Bahamut wrote: 012) 99228 0135 019.3 Ehwaz003
013) 96090 0000 000.0 ReconRebel
014) 95508 0217 031.0 Coop

Thanks for the update, Bahamut.

I'm still closing in on Recon Rebel - maybe 2 weeks away from him, now that I'll be getting a few more points on most Saturdays, all of a sudden!

I've got to knuckle down and gun for a 300 point week, because it's been so long since I managed one, but the best thing will come to those who wait.

Speaking of which, I'm 3,720 behind Ehwaz and that's going to take me a while to catch him. I'll still keep going until I do... then I'll carry on and build a lead.

Evening all.

Just thought that I'd stop by and mention that after we won our league yesterday and got promoted to Division 2 as Champions, we also got ourselves the win today for the other championship.

The guys have dug deep this season and as a result, we're sitting on top of the pile. Next season, things will change and I'd love to see the guys stay together and make it a hat trick next year.

I'm so proud of them, I'll have to get something of note for our grand end of season barbecue and piss up in 2 weeks time.

Right, off for the Grand Prix now.

Question for metalheads - is it poor taste to be playing "Coming Home" by Iron Maiden on 11/9?

"Coming home, far away
As I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn,
The night is fading fast!

Coming home, far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight,
You know I will not stay!"

Now a champion of division 3 on Saturdays, Coop tries for Sundays as well. Congratulations to:
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At 9/10/11 05:57 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/10/11 05:17 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/9/11 08:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: This stopped happening before I got modded, right? I don't recall it happening to me.

No, I still make posts these days and the next day, I can look at my stats, seeing that a post or two of mine have mysteriously disappeared overnight.

In that case, we need a detective.

Zoidberg is afoot!

At 9/10/11 07:16 AM, Odyssic wrote: With reverend year as review mod, I'm wondering, out of Auz, Bahamut, Coop and reverend, who was modded first, in terms of all mod ships? Its been really long to me, I've actually forgot who the first forum mod was.

IIRC, that was me on both counts. 8th April 2009 For Review Mod and about the 10th of January 2010 for BBS Mod...

At 9/10/11 01:27 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/9/11 03:23 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/8/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote: Ah. Yeah the '3rd half' is always the most fun one :p

Of course. We're hoping to spend 2 days in a row spraying champagne off the "player's balcony" this weekend. We could end up with 2 titles in 2 days, if we're really lucky, or just the title on Sunday and promotion tomorrow.

Well good luck with that. I thought shooting for the title and grabbing it were always the best times I had with my sports team. And if you can grab two then that just makes it extra awesome.

I'm uploading a video or two from yesterday and I should be putting youtube links here for you all to see.

I don't think I want to see the rule book 0.0

That's not the rules bible, that's just how to score (24 pages of it!)

Yeah, but I'm guessing the rules book is 10 times bigger 0.0

Though it can't be worse than the Bridge manual.

Want to bet?

You know I did actually play cricket once in high school, but I suppose it was a very simplified version of it. All we did was bat the ball and count the number of runs.

Yeah, that's non-stop cricket.

It was fun, but pretty difficult. The instructor had to 'bowl' because nobody else could.

Yeah, that's normal.

What's the cool thing about being the best man anyway? I guess it's an honor, but everybody always seems so psyched about it.

The fact that you can be the most embarrassing person at the wedding (unless the bride's father decides to dance) and make the groom uncomfortable.

It's also the responsibility of being the "go-to" guy, as you keep him in one piece (we had 2 or 3 breakdowns and most of them could be solved by me waving two rings in front of his eyes) "We still have the rings, you're here, Nat's just over the fence, get in the damned church!"

Ah it sounds fun then, but I suppose you have to help arrange a lot too don't you?

I loved the responsibility. I won't ever have to do it again though, which is a plus.

At 9/11/11 02:05 AM, reverend wrote:

At 9/10/11 05:17 AM, Coop wrote: It's a card combination in Munchkin - if you play the Fungus card, you can make it humongous, it's suddenly a real bitch to play against.

No wonder I didn't get the reference and you didn't get mine, heh. So it's their homage to Super Mario.

I wish I had - we could have used it for "Super Mario", our Mexican Overseas player. He's not Mexican, but he looks like a fat version of Mario.

At 9/10/11 06:09 AM, Lunaful wrote:

At 9/10/11 04:27 AM, Coop wrote: COME ON ENGLAND!

England are really really lucky, Argentinians almost had you!

Coulda, woulda shoulda. We were shite and for Johnny Wilkinson to miss that many kicks in a match is unheard of. Kudos to Martin Johnson for sticking with his man.

Now to make some changes before the next test and get ourselves ready for the Scots!

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At 9/9/11 08:55 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/9/11 03:23 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/8/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, you may as well leave locked threads in the abyss of the General forum. It's not like it's going to hurt the site or anything.

Exactly my point, but for some reason, they keep disappearing and my post count drops.

This stopped happening before I got modded, right? I don't recall it happening to me.

No, I still make posts these days and the next day, I can look at my stats, seeing that a post or two of mine have mysteriously disappeared overnight.

At 9/9/11 07:25 PM, reverend wrote:

At 9/7/11 03:27 AM, Coop wrote: That is huge! No, it's beyond that, it's Humongous!

So you are a huge fungus like a giant mushroom or are you just widespread as one like Athlete's foot?

It's a card combination in Munchkin - if you play the Fungus card, you can make it humongous, it's suddenly a real bitch to play against.

Alright, it's game time. Yes, New Zealand did a number on Tonga (including Worcester Warriors hooker Aleki Lutui), but we're talking about the one colour of jersey that matters - we are all white, we wear a rose on our chest and we're going to leave a mark on this tournament!

COME ON ENGLAND!

I've seen enough - you're either trolling or it's illegal.

At 9/7/11 09:31 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

At 9/7/11 04:06 PM, Coop wrote: This is bigger, as the overall majority of the team has been involved and there are less survivors. I feel really sad about this and not just because we've lost 2 former Avs in Karlis Skrastins and Ruslan Salei, but because one of my favourite NHLers has passed in Pavol Demitra. This does not make the passing of any of the others any less tragic.

Well said, when it comes to what happened, it'll also be hard to know how the team will recover as well. This is a tragic day in hockey in general.

Cast your mind back to Wiki and the 6th of February 1958 Manchester Utd FC were flying back from Belgrade, Yugoslavia and crashed on takeoff, claiming the lives of 22 people, many of whom were players.

The team went cap in hand to other organisations to get new players and donations received from the fans were staggering. They set up a team of reserve and youth players for the rest of the season and struggled through, though made one or two signings, to bolster the ranks and still made it to the FA Cup final that year (though they lost 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers)

Lokomotiv will survive this and they will return to the ice. A lot of people involved with the team will want to do it for the memories of those that lost their lives.

At 9/9/11 03:32 PM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote:

At 9/8/11 05:03 PM, orangebomb wrote: It does seem like the NHL can't really catch a break during the summer, what with the death of Derek Boogard and the other 2 players who were current players,

Those two other players being Rick Rypien and Wade Belak... this off season succcckkkkksssss

Yes, there have been tragedies. No-one can deny that, nor would anyone try to.

But on the bright side, a franchise rose from the ashes this summer - Atlanta no longer the Thrashers and now north of the border in Winnipeg. (How poetic it would have been to make a Phoenix from the ashes reference, had the Coyotes moved as originally mooted)

There have been some exciting moves made in trades, free agent signings and drafts, so we're getting ourselves ready for a new season. I'm not trying to take away from the loss that we all feel here, but I;m trying to stop the mood from being so god-damned sombre. We're less than a month away from the puck dropping on the careers of a whole host of rookies (Landeskog and Siemens in particular will be worth watching from my point of view), the new homes of dozens of players (Philly will look completely different) and hope for franchises that always begin by saying "this is our year" (I'm looking in the direction of both New Yorks and Toronto here, in particular)

Let's remember the stars that have now left in tragic circumstances in the way that we should. Let's drop the puck, play hockey, play hard and raise a beer to them after the game!

Coop gets up 2 hours early for the Rugby World Cup - Thanks BBC! - before congratulating:
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Reel Big Fish - All I want Is More

At 9/8/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/8/11 06:48 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/7/11 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote: FOOTBALL IS FUCKING SHIT! There, I said it. :P Also, who cares about cricket here besides you, lol.

I'm sure there's at least one other Newgrounder that likes Cricket.

But not quite the fanatic as you are. ;)

Well, that's a given.

Oh... Sorry. :(

Well, I'm sure it wasn't you - as if someone kept going through the General posts that were locked over 24 hours ago and just deleting them. I think this was before you were modded, but I never saw the point, to be honest.

Yeah, you may as well leave locked threads in the abyss of the General forum. It's not like it's going to hurt the site or anything.

Exactly my point, but for some reason, they keep disappearing and my post count drops.

At 9/8/11 04:39 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/8/11 06:48 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/7/11 03:53 PM, Auz wrote: From what I find in the glossary of cricket terms it's called "Run Chase", but I still don't see what the tactical disadvantage is. Other than that it's perhaps easier to strive for beating the opponents score than to strive for a score as high as possible.

Chasing a score successfully means that you could have scored more and the game will end earlier, so will be less entertaining. I disagree, because if the game ends earlier, we get to go to the bar sooner.

Ah. Yeah the '3rd half' is always the most fun one :p

Of course. We're hoping to spend 2 days in a row spraying champagne off the "player's balcony" this weekend. We could end up with 2 titles in 2 days, if we're really lucky, or just the title on Sunday and promotion tomorrow.

They even have courses for that? Lol!

Here is a manual. If you find this complex, search for a cricket scoresheet ;)

I don't think I want to see the rule book 0.0

That's not the rules bible, that's just how to score (24 pages of it!)

You know I did actually play cricket once in high school, but I suppose it was a very simplified version of it. All we did was bat the ball and count the number of runs.

Yeah, that's non-stop cricket.

Oh boy. When it comes to ties I think I'd rather stick to either a plain dark blue one or none at all.

My best friend's wedding - I had no choice and I wouldn't have it any other way, as I was Best Man.

What's the cool thing about being the best man anyway? I guess it's an honor, but everybody always seems so psyched about it.

The fact that you can be the most embarrassing person at the wedding (unless the bride's father decides to dance) and make the groom uncomfortable.

It's also the responsibility of being the "go-to" guy, as you keep him in one piece (we had 2 or 3 breakdowns and most of them could be solved by me waving two rings in front of his eyes) "We still have the rings, you're here, Nat's just over the fence, get in the damned church!"

At 9/8/11 05:15 AM, Legnus wrote:

At 9/6/11 02:14 PM, byteslinger wrote: any member who admits to doing so will be removed from the organization.

Question: Wouldn't that just mean that members who do it won't admit it at that rate?

We're a group that tries to do the right thing. We don't go around going "hey, you've got a lot of points this month, you were just points whoring", we would actually brooch the subject in a mature fashion, as I did with byte and Jolly a few updates ago, since their paces were both pretty fast and they gained most of the available points.

If you wish to draw our attention to someone in the organisation who you think warrants an investigation, PM an officer, we'll deal with it.

At 9/4/11 11:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: Pentalist Update #41

Thanks for the update, Bahamut - I would have responded sooner, but the computer at work was on the fritz and wouldn't open the lists :(

You have no commas in your reviews column... how strange.

I'm slowly catching ramagi, but if I'm to do that, I'll have to up my review quotas, to make some ground up on 4,000, which is starting to look like half a target.

Hexalist Beta Update #8

Of course, I could focus on medals as well. That could give me the impetus I need to pass her a few months sooner.

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Queen - Flash
Iron Maiden - Charlotte The Harlot
Monty Python - Finland
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Thank you to:
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At 9/7/11 08:05 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/7/11 03:27 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/6/11 07:13 AM, Bahamut wrote: Then I hope no-one brings up any football bullshit at all.

Wow, you're so anti-football, it almost hurts. At least we won the cricket yesterday :P

FOOTBALL IS FUCKING SHIT! There, I said it. :P Also, who cares about cricket here besides you, lol.

I'm sure there's at least one other Newgrounder that likes Cricket.

It always does. Infact, modding was what boosted my posting pace from 12 months back and is still doing that.

Mine was, but it seems as if someone is deleting threads that I've locked and my post count has never seemed all that padded by it.

Oh... Sorry. :(

Well, I'm sure it wasn't you - as if someone kept going through the General posts that were locked over 24 hours ago and just deleting them. I think this was before you were modded, but I never saw the point, to be honest.

At 9/7/11 03:53 PM, Auz wrote:

At 9/7/11 03:27 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/6/11 08:25 AM, Auz wrote: What the hell? Does batting first give you a disadvantage then?

Yeah, if you bat first and set a daunting total of 300+, the opposition isn't as likely to chase that down, as if the batting team only gets 100-150 runs, which can be chased down.

Personally, I hate this rule, it it supposed to stop "negative cricket", but I disagree.

From what I find in the glossary of cricket terms it's called "Run Chase", but I still don't see what the tactical disadvantage is. Other than that it's perhaps easier to strive for beating the opponents score than to strive for a score as high as possible.

Chasing a score successfully means that you could have scored more and the game will end earlier, so will be less entertaining. I disagree, because if the game ends earlier, we get to go to the bar sooner.

Lol. Well I suppose normally the coaches and referees should remember such things, but I guess it might be a bit difficult thinking up strategies, watching everything AND keeping track of the match details if it's such a complicated sport. Or at least, the scoring system sounds fairly complicated compared to football and basketball.

It's just a lot of paperwork. I'll be attending a course to make me a proper scorer soon, so that should be fun.

They even have courses for that? Lol!

Here is a manual. If you find this complex, search for a cricket scoresheet ;)

Well it's a wedding suit so that figures :p

The last wedding suit I wore had a pink tie.

Oh boy. When it comes to ties I think I'd rather stick to either a plain dark blue one or none at all.

My best friend's wedding - I had no choice and I wouldn't have it any other way, as I was Best Man.

You should not be asking for advice about stuff like this on Newgrounds. You should be seeking the advice of responsible people.

Leave now, before we give your brother a few more incentives.

Yeah, dream on Etienne. You'll lose it someday.

At 9/6/11 02:03 PM, Harlandgirl wrote: This is the most delightful thread!

I tip my hat sirs.........I tip my hat

Welcome aboard, Ma'am.

At 9/7/11 09:45 AM, Decky wrote:

At 9/6/11 02:03 PM, Harlandgirl wrote: I tip my hat sirs.........I tip my hat

I am pleased to see that somebody still has the common decency to tip ones hat :). Although it has to be said that if it is a thread were everybody talks in a posh tone then maybe this is the thread for you.

What? Blasphemy, I say! One almost dropped one's evening crumpet at such a ludicrous suggestion. Jeeves, fetch the brandy!

At 9/7/11 01:36 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: Very tragic day indeed.

It brings back memories of 1958, when Manchester United Football Club was returning from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Their plane made two or three abortive attempts to get airbourne, but then crashed on another attempt. That wiped out about 2/3 of the team and they had to go begging to teams across the league to get a squad back, in time for their next match.

This is bigger, as the overall majority of the team has been involved and there are less survivors. I feel really sad about this and not just because we've lost 2 former Avs in Karlis Skrastins and Ruslan Salei, but because one of my favourite NHLers has passed in Pavol Demitra. This does not make the passing of any of the others any less tragic.

At 9/7/11 11:12 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote:

At 9/6/11 11:46 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: And there goes the Indians. Tigers are taking care of business. Second place in the Central is the White Sox, EIGHT GAMES back. I'm starting to get excited for this postseason.

The entire Cleveland went down as soon as LBJ announced his decision. I am surprised that the Tribes actually managed to hold that long.

I guess that players like Asdrubal Cabrera didn't get that message until August then :P

Seriously, you're trying too hard.

598 - Mo waits on the call from the bullpen, when he'll go for 599 - otherwise he'll get the night off, which he could use as well.

I'll represent England then. The 2003 World Champions return to the southern hemisphere, intent on taking the William Webb Ellis trophy back with them.

World Cup winning skipper Martin Johnson coaches the team, with fellows from the 2003 squad Lewis Moody, Simon Shaw and Johnny Wilkinson also travel. While Captain Moody remains an injury doubt.

I'm not going to build up the chances too much, but our first game will be the toughest of the group stage, with Argentina on Saturday morning. I'll be getting up early for that one, which will mean I need a lie in on some other day.

This weekend's fixtures are as follows:

Friday:

(A) New Zealand Vs Tonga, Aukland

Saturday:

(B) Argentina Vs England, Dunedin
(D) Fiji Vs Namibia, Rotorua
(A) France Vs Japan, Aukland
(B) Scotland Vs Romania, Invercargill

Sunday:

(C) Australia Vs Italy, Aukland
(C) Ireland Vs USA, New Plymouth
(D) South Africa Vs Wales, Wellington

I'd be a bit worried about the pitch conditions in Auckland after 240 minutes of rugby being played on it over 3 days. That might favour the Italians. All Blacks should walk over Tonga and two tantalising prospects of matches are Argentina - England and South Africa - Wales. I think that the Welsh won't stand much of a chance against the boks, but it will still be entertaining. We're going to have a tough contest against the Pumas, but I think we're capable of winning.

Also, we should still see New Zealand choke - they aren't capable of raising their game for the finals and haven't been since they won the cup in 1987

Alright, I've had enough, time to prune this thread of dipshits.

Jailbreaking is legal - Apple may not want you to do it, because it breaks down their monopoly on apps, but that's beside the point.

As for Sevkat and LuigiBot, you two are just pathetic. Stop trying to slap one another with your cocks and go outside.

At 9/6/11 09:09 PM, remixV4 wrote: Hey everyone. I'm curious as to how everyone directs their fellow voice actors with scripts. Do most people send individual lines relating to that actors specific characters, or is the full script typically sent to everyone?

I'd send the full script to everyone, as context is important. If the actor can see what they are supposed to be reacting to and what is going on around them, they have more of a chance of saying it the way it was meant to be said:

"You shot him?"
"It just kind of went off."

"So you got food poisoning? I told you to throw that ham away."
"It just kind of went off."

Two lines that are the same, but the emotions of the situations would be vastly different.

Coop tries to get into a new routine, while congratulating:
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Listening to:
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Thank you to:
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At 9/6/11 07:13 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/6/11 04:16 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/5/11 08:01 AM, Bahamut wrote: Go right ahead but Manchester meet isn't for any stupid football debates.

Unless someone is making a flash about it.

Then I hope no-one brings up any football bullshit at all.

Wow, you're so anti-football, it almost hurts. At least we won the cricket yesterday :P

You should get there just fine. I better make sure I keep my posting pace steady.

Should do - modding helps with that.

It always does. Infact, modding was what boosted my posting pace from 12 months back and is still doing that.

Mine was, but it seems as if someone is deleting threads that I've locked and my post count has never seemed all that padded by it.

I'll give it until four weeks prior to the meet to see if you or Odyssic can be at the same hotel anywhere.

I'll be consolidating, having invested heavily over the past few weeks and now needing to let the bank balance recover.

Good idea.

Well, with a few things that involve spending copious amounts of money in the offing, I'm going to need to trim my bills

At 9/6/11 08:25 AM, Auz wrote:

At 9/6/11 04:16 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/5/11 03:45 PM, Auz wrote: So 20 or 24 points depending on what?

Who bats first. It's a shitty device to encourage you to bat first - if you don't you can only get 20 points for chasing down the opposition's total.

What the hell? Does batting first give you a disadvantage then?

Yeah, if you bat first and set a daunting total of 300+, the opposition isn't as likely to chase that down, as if the batting team only gets 100-150 runs, which can be chased down.

Personally, I hate this rule, it it supposed to stop "negative cricket", but I disagree.

And official scorer? Is that like the top scorer of your team?

No, I sit there with the score book and note every ball and detail of the game. I get paid for it (not just in alcohol!) and join in with the fun.

Lol. Well I suppose normally the coaches and referees should remember such things, but I guess it might be a bit difficult thinking up strategies, watching everything AND keeping track of the match details if it's such a complicated sport. Or at least, the scoring system sounds fairly complicated compared to football and basketball.

It's just a lot of paperwork. I'll be attending a course to make me a proper scorer soon, so that should be fun.

On a side note:

I went to see the film Melancholia today. I could've sworn Coop is in it :p

That's weird. I don't remember ever wearing an outfit so bland...

Well it's a wedding suit so that figures :p

The last wedding suit I wore had a pink tie.

At 9/6/11 07:09 PM, Odyssic wrote:

At 9/6/11 04:16 AM, Coop wrote: I'm not sure, never having been to Manchester, but according to my friends at Google, it was across the city centre. It all depends on the local transport and how much that would cost as to how much of a saving it really was...

I need a part time job, my timetable is like finish at 12PM everyday, so I think afternoon, going to night job is the way forward.

Whatever gets the money in.

At 9/7/11 12:18 AM, reverend wrote:

At 9/5/11 04:24 AM, Coop wrote: What am I, a fungus?

Fungus amongus?

That is huge! No, it's beyond that, it's Humongous!

Memo to all Newgrounds BBS users

Think very carefully, before making a parody thread along the lines of these "... in your food" threads. The ice is getting thin.

67,000 Saves

Now to make some inroads on ReconRebel!

At 9/5/11 12:15 PM, Dream-of-Duke wrote:

At 9/4/11 10:30 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: Looks like the White Sox kind of got swept. Their season basically ended this weekend.

Justin Verlander deserves to pitch in the playoffs for the amazing season that he is having, enough said.

At this stage of the season, he's a no-doubter for the AL Cy Young Award. He'd have to melt down and CC go on an incredible tear for the roles to be reversed and I don't see that happening. I quite like Verlander, so kudos to him.

At 9/5/11 12:31 PM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: Theo needs to do the right thing by terminating John Lackey's contract. He is a failure. >:(

You gambled, it didn't work out. You've still got 3 years left on that deal, but there will be questions asked about AJ Burnett in the off season as well, in New York.

I suspect that the Sox and Yanks will be looking at the Starters market over the winter, with cheque books primed.

Who's going to be the bigger free agents this season? Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Edwin Jackson, CJ Wilson? Not that deep, to be honest. Buehrle as well, but he'll stay with Chicago, methinks...

At 9/5/11 09:55 PM, tyler2513 wrote: David Price and the Rays have been having an amazing season even without Crawford this year, hopefully they'll make the playoffs along with the Red Sox.

Yep, you guys have been amazingly average. You hope for too much, though. Why not hope for a Pirates World Championship, while you're at it?

At 9/5/11 05:09 PM, Gagsy wrote: Love Grumpy Bear forever.

Wow, that's just kind of given me a weird flashback.

Still, I liked the Ware Bears - like Care Bears, but you could turn them inside out and make some kind of monstrous thing that was supposed to look like a really pissed off bear.

So yeah, my answer would be Care Bears. Grumpy bear was the best of them, no contest.

At 9/6/11 06:23 AM, DrakeAndJosh wrote: jk, i once lasted 3 moths without jerkin, cant really rememver how it felt when i did it again,

Yeah, I can't help but whack off over a moth whenever I see one :3

At 9/5/11 02:33 PM, protoAuthor wrote: Well, format issues is one reason, character limit is another, but, I'll give it a shot.

Format issues I can relate to and understand totally. Character limit isn't really an issue here - we're pretty relaxed on double, triple and even quadruple posting to present a work. Trust me, I'm a mod and you won't get banned, unless you're posting single paragraph updates, that is.

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At 9/5/11 06:29 AM, Odyssic wrote:

At 9/5/11 04:24 AM, Coop wrote: Depends on your definition of cheap. £91 per night, but there's a Premier Inn across town that charges £55 per night.

£55 per night is cheap. Where is that?

I'm not sure, never having been to Manchester, but according to my friends at Google, it was across the city centre. It all depends on the local transport and how much that would cost as to how much of a saving it really was...

At 9/5/11 08:01 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/5/11 04:24 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/3/11 05:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: This isn't about football, dammit.

I know, but they can still fuck off.

Go right ahead but Manchester meet isn't for any stupid football debates.

Unless someone is making a flash about it.

Of course. Maybe I can get there by the end of the year.

On my pace over the weekend, I'll be lucky to hit 22,000 by the end of the year :P

You should get there just fine. I better make sure I keep my posting pace steady.

Should do - modding helps with that.

I never confirmed the booking but that is the most likely case.

Well, you knew what I meant.

I'll give it until four weeks prior to the meet to see if you or Odyssic can be at the same hotel anywhere.

I'll be consolidating, having invested heavily over the past few weeks and now needing to let the bank balance recover.

At 9/5/11 03:45 PM, Auz wrote:

At 8/31/11 04:20 AM, Coop wrote:

At 8/30/11 04:07 PM, Auz wrote: Sorry, but I have no idea how the cricket score tallying works. Is 15 points few?

My apologies - 20 or 24 points for a win, none for a loss and bonus points awarded for wickets (1 point each for 3, 5, 7 and 9 wickets) and runs (1 point each for 125, 150, 175 and 200 runs scored) Don't get into draws, I'm not sure how that works, myself. I've been the club's official scorer for 1 season and I don't know the rules! YAY!

So 20 or 24 points depending on what?

Who bats first. It's a shitty device to encourage you to bat first - if you don't you can only get 20 points for chasing down the opposition's total.

And official scorer? Is that like the top scorer of your team?

No, I sit there with the score book and note every ball and detail of the game. I get paid for it (not just in alcohol!) and join in with the fun.

On a side note:

I went to see the film Melancholia today. I could've sworn Coop is in it :p

That's weird. I don't remember ever wearing an outfit so bland...

I've been toying with the idea of purchasing a signed first edition of Sir Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld Novel, Snuff.

It's got some of my favourite characters in it and as a result, owning one of these signed first editions would really give my collection a nice shot in the arm.

Anyone else got a signed book?