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At 5/15/07 05:34 PM, Itsa-Bouncing-Rock wrote: I finished Guards! Guards! and Hogfather, loved them both dearly, but I think Thud! is still my all time favorite in the series.

I'd still say that Hogfather is the best

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At 5/15/07 03:49 PM, Malachy wrote: they really hit on something, making the controller movement based, it opens up a whole lot of new things for gaming! and since the other two competitors just went for better graphics cards and more expensive hard drives, no wonder the wii is always out of stock.

The best thing about the controller movement is that you can really mess with your opponent by kicking, nudging or tickling them while they're playing.

I think I'd better ease off the banana wine though.

that sounds absolutely disgusting

Trust me, it's very nice and very moreish.

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At 5/16/07 12:49 AM, phileeguy wrote:

At 5/15/07 08:20 AM, Coop83 wrote: So Bud Selig wants to avoid a major incident? How about we have the major incident of removing Alan H. (Bud) Selig from office and replace him with a commissioner who isn't going to tolerate players breaking the rules?

I wouldn't be opposed. He's been so much of a (*warning* big words incoming) nonchalant, lackadaisical commissioner that has acted in much a laissez-faire kind of attitude. No worries, no more big words from me tonight.

Nice selection of words. Basically for those of you who don't fancy a trip to dictionary.com, phillee is saying that Bud Selig is the laziest commissioner we've ever had and he wouldn't object if he just fucked off.

Speaking of Bud Selig, what do you guys think of my idea that is based on Lord of the Rings and baseball? Bud Selig would be Gollum, and Derrick Turnbow would be Frodo (ignore his height). Selig always wanted a ring when he owned the Brewers, and Turnbow currently plays for him, which would kinda be the link between them, like how Gollum used to be a hobbit and Frodo is one. The "precious" would of course be a WS ring. I got a chuckle out fit when I first thought of it, I thought I'd share it.

Neat little metaphor there.

What does surprise me is the way the Phillies have been winning, specifically their last two games. They had a 6 run 8th inning 2 games ago to beat Turnbow and the Brewers, and Carlos Ruiz ha a walkoff HR to win it tonight to give Derrick his second straight loss. Both times they came up clutch late game to win it. Grant it I still don't like their pitching all that much and these games are vs. Milwaulkee, a team that I think is not as good as their record says they are.

I still think that if you can beat the Brewers at the moment you're doing something right, as lots of teams haven't managed to beat them this year.

To be honest, I think the weather is beating the Yankees so far this year. Could hurt us in the long run, but could speed up the return of Hughes and Clemens, by us not having played so many games by the time they return.

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At 5/15/07 11:36 AM, Snerd wrote:

At 5/15/07 08:29 AM, Coop83 wrote: I wouldn't go around telling the troops that you are a wanker, sargeant. Carry on.

Well... it's not like I got anyone to do it for me... not anymore, anyway. And it's "sergeant".

If you insist, sergeant. But I'd like to inform you that you can call me Lieutenant General, or Sir, as I expect to gain promotion momentarily.

At 5/15/07 10:13 PM, Sentio wrote: On an unrelated note, I passed DoD yesterday, a long time ambition of mine. That is one more person he will need to pass before becoming the number one B/Per on Newgrounds :D.

If ever he flies so high - he's already left Newgrounds once and returned.

At 5/15/07 11:29 PM, Snerd wrote: When it rains, it fucking pours:

Beautiful weather 1500 - 1700. 1705 - 1800 (cricket match time) torrential rain. The roads turned to rivers and the drains to fountains. No match and I've now not played for 8 conscutive games (best part of 3 weeks), which is most dissapointing, as we had great weather through April.

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I'll be back here in about 7 points time...

Yet another washed out cricket game for Coop yesterday. Congrats to:
Helloween: 2,500 Experience
different: 8,000 Experience
Bahamut: 20,000 Saves
RupeeClock: #500 Experienced
Molotov: 55,000 Blams
Kidiri: EG Corporal; 2,500 B/P
Azentiger: EG Master Sergeant; 6,000 B/P

Thanks to:
Azentiger
Casualty

At 5/15/07 06:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 5/15/07 04:09 AM, Coop83 wrote: Just review Bahamut's flash - he responds to every single review

Yay for advertising!

How can I not, Mr. "I've given you almost a quater of your responses" :P

At 5/15/07 10:05 AM, Shanus wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: Just review Bahamut's flash - he responds to every single review

That's good info, as the movie with my 50th response got deleted. Back to 49 for me :(

Well, we tend to review movies that stick around in the Review Request Club (Link in sig), so look there for some to review and get responses from.

At 5/15/07 06:28 PM, X-Naut wrote:

At 5/14/07 08:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, they aren't getting a game against me. I'm downloading Doom at the moment, but this bronze gauntlet only has a dial up connection, so it'll be ready in about 6 months...

Sounds like a blast.

Oh yeah, it will be, if I can figure out the controls

"I never go anywhere without my mutated anthrax... for duck huntin'!"

Now that's duck hunting taken to a whole new level.

Futurama FTW!

You never asked.

Dare I ask if you have any other pets? Anything like bears, or lions, or the like?

Funny you should mention that....

Hey, come on people, get out of my closet. I don't employ search and rescue teams, nor do I employ tour guides (though judging by the latest indications, perhaps I should)

Maybe some cleaners, too. From the looks of it, I don't think those stains will be coming off easily. Then again, in a strange kind of way, they do add to the ambiance. And we do want to give people a trip to remember.

*points at door* OUT!

I don't know why I said "we," when it's your idea. But it's definitely not because I can easily mooch off from this idea.

Definitely not that. >_>

I'm not that old that I'm just going to give you money for free, now go and mow my lawn!

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At 5/15/07 04:54 PM, Ross wrote: Not content to stop there, the author, PiGPEN, has set up a page on his personal webpage stating that, if enough people deposit money in his Paypal account, he'll take the game down. Some of the people weighing in on this feel that we should pre-emptively take it down, especially in light of PiGPEN's attempt to profit from it.

Personally, I don't think the game is that good. I think it should be removed from Newgrounds because it is in poor taste and now the author has crossed yet another line by trying to morally blackmail people and gain profit from the awful events of that day.

If the stupid fuck wants to keep it up on his own website, we can't stop him, but we can certainly deny him more exposure, as is generated by leaving this game on NG.

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So I had some free time at lunch and came up with this:

Throw away your television

Intro – rip off of Itchy & Scratchy from the Simpsons, Scratchy ascending to heaven, head through the base of Elvis’ TV, followed by Elvis shooting him. Trim for time to fit the beat.

Elvis gets up and boots the TV through the open window into a dumpster
Throw away your television
Time to make this clear decision
The dumpster pushes away from the wall a little and the camera pans around to the right, to reveal Anthony Kiedis, sitting in the passenger seat of a car with Flea driving, looking psychotic. AK looks scared while singing:
Master waits for it’s collision now
It’s a repeat
Car crashes into dumpster on guitar notes
of a story told
It’s a repeat
Car crashes again
and it’s getting old
AK and Flea get out and flee the scene.

Cut scene to a TV Studio, where John Frusciante is recording a commercial for something truly beneath him – peanut butter. He’s dressed up like a giant peanut butter jar and he’s dancing about like a prat, as per the advert script. Camera pan from the director’s TV screen to the real thing. JF’s eyes have $$ signs behind them.
Throw away your television
Make a big break intermission
Director yells CUT! [Big bold text, flash the background a different colour] JF’s eyes glow red. He slams down the peanut butter on the floor, which smashes.
Re-create your supervision now
It’s a repeat
JF storms off towards the door, removing parts of his costume [Mickey Mouse gloves?]
of a story told
It’s a repeat
Outside studio door, JF now in jeans & T-Shirt joins up with Flea and AK, similarly dressed. They walk off.
and it’s getting old

They walk past a garage, where the car they crashed is being pimped
Renegades with fancy gauges,
fancy gauges (speedometer, rev counter etc) being put on car, looking out of windscreen as the three walk by.
Slay the plague for it’s contagions
Walk towards the hospital and medical college, up to a security booth, where the guard is watching his TV.
Pull the plug and take the stages
AK trips over the cable for the TV, which for some reason runs across the road. Flea grabs the TV and slam dunks it into the bin next to the booth
Throw away your television now

Inside the hospital, Chad Smith is training to be a doctor, with some suitably hot nurses. The guys walk in
Throw away your television
Take the noose off your ambition
Flea winks at a nurse, while AK and JF talk to CS. The nurse blows Flea a kiss.
Reinvent your intuition now
AK, JF and CS walk off, only to return and drag off the drooling, love struck Flea.
It’s a repeat of a story told
It’s a repeat and it’s getting old

During the second chorus, they cross the street and enter the hotel, going to their room, where the band’s instruments are set up. They start to play. JF opens the window and AK dances about a bit while singing.

Throw away your television
Salivate to repetition
As AK and flea dance around, the dresser which has the TV on by the window vibrates and the TV creeps closer and closer to the window ledge.
Levitate this ill condition now
The TV edges further over the edge, shouldn’t be physically possible to balance like that (levitate joke)
It’s a repeat
CS pushes the TV off the edge, where it falls to the sidewalk below and smashes.

END

So, what do you think?

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At 5/12/07 02:21 AM, Malachy wrote: The back yard simply said to his wife, "Happy Birthday".

Damn, I thought he was digging her a swimming pool. It's just like Ground force, but more covert, since she was still in the house while he was doing it.

How touching.

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At 5/12/07 09:20 AM, Tech2211995 wrote:

At 5/9/07 12:04 PM, Coop83 wrote: Sadly, tonight's cricket game has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Shame, but we all carry on, tis the English way of things.

I told you English never gave up, dear boy.

Well, the weather is changeable at present and in 4 hours, I'm scheduled to play in a match less than half a mile from my office. If it stay dry, it should be a great game with lots of diving around the pitch after a wet cricket ball, so green, red and brown stains on the ball from grass, cricket ball and mud respectively.

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At 5/11/07 11:02 PM, Twone wrote: The other day, I saw "THIS IS HELL" carved lightly into a desk. So, over "HELL," I wrote "SPARTAAAAA!!!" That was the highlight of my week.

Almost as original as someone's grafitii on a "tardis toilet hire" portaloo. They changed the A to a U, making it the turdis.

At 5/12/07 12:03 PM, BareNakedMike wrote: Does anyone like the new sig I copied? This is the first sig bandwagon ive jumped on.

Not bad - I jumped on the Brotherhood of Mod bandwagon about aq year ago, that was quite fun.

At 5/14/07 02:49 AM, Malachy wrote: it looks like the wii will be the messiah of Nintendo.

Yeah, I was at my girlfriend's friend's house and they plugged in the Wii with a monster truck racing game. We'd had quite a bit to drink and the four of us playing some bastard game of football was absolutely insane.

I think I'd better ease off the banana wine though.

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At 5/14/07 10:00 PM, AtomicTerrorist wrote: OTTAWA IS UP 3 GAMES TO 0!!!!

To be honest, I'm pretty stunned that Buffalo are this far behind. Dare I write them off now?

No, in this day and age, you can only write a team off when it is impossible for them to come back. Unlikely, yes, but impossible, no.

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At 5/6/07 06:37 PM, Malachy wrote: well I finished Men At Arms and Heather is skipping through and is already almost finished with Lords and Ladies

Good to hear, how are you enjoying your experiences with the Gonne?

Myself, I am wading through Robert Rankin's (One of the few people able to make Terry Pratchett laugh.) Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls. Very funny, very off the wall - makes Discworld look even more real life.

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At 5/14/07 10:33 PM, Snerd wrote: The Truth About Whistles

Well, I didn't think that was the case. Apologies.

So I just made it to EG Sergeant. My first act as Sarge is to say "Fuck you. I order you to suck my dick," to everyone ranked below me. Nothing personal, just a direct order. HIT THE DIRT, GRUNTS! Yer gonna learn the meanin' of "spit shine."

Sarge? There are only two type of sarge in the army, sunshine. Those are the massarge and the sausarge Now tell me, Sargeant, what do you get if you massage the sausage?

I wouldn't go around telling the troops that you are a wanker, sargeant. Carry on.

At 5/15/07 03:33 AM, Sterockicy wrote: 14 // 26021 // 0041 // 02.9 // 02.7- // LittleWashu
15 // 25697 // 0668 // 47.7 // 05.2+ // MadCow
16 // 25438 // 0637 // 45.5 // 08.6+ // Coop83
17 // 25260 // 1152 // 82.3 // 23.7+ // pwroftheseagoat

Spectacularly, it looks as if I am due to pass LittleWashu and fall behind pwroftheseagoat all in one update, thuis maintaining my position as the 16th most prolific B/Per in the Barracks.

Thank you for the update, Sterockicy.

*Salutes*

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At 5/14/07 06:44 PM, Buddhist wrote: YES, EVERYONE THAT HITS HOME RUNS TAKES STEROIDS, I CAN'T BELIEVE OTHERWISE. MY WHOLE VISION OF THE GAME HAS BEEN CORRUPTED.

My slant on the story was that gfox was saying that if mlb polices the minor leagues now, only rookie players from next season onwards will be properly clean. Some players who started this year are going to be around for 20+ years, so we could have to wait a long time to get rid of them and any potential drug cheating they have done.

So Bud Selig wants to avoid a major incident? How about we have the major incident of removing Alan H. (Bud) Selig from office and replace him with a commissioner who isn't going to tolerate players breaking the rules?

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At 5/9/07 10:25 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yay, it's great to see me there. The list of members have made me think of something. I know I am one of the youngest members by real life age, but I wonder if I am THE youngest.

Physically or mentally?

At 5/14/07 05:56 PM, Kisuke wrote: Ah cool, congratulations you four.

Thank you muchly Kisuke. Long time no see.

I can't say much about Casualty because I don't know him or his endeavors[Not saying that he isn't deserving] all that well but absent, Bahamut and Coop83 becoming members is excellent news. Very deserving if I must say, they've been around for a long time.

Well thanks very much for that kind endorsement. Remember that you can buy my merchandise in all good shops ;)

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At 5/15/07 12:34 AM, Mavericker wrote: Thank you-it's disgusting. I'm a Christian-I don't want to see something pornographic.

That's the worst defence I've ever heard

At 5/15/07 01:16 AM, wizardman wrote: I have yet to see a non adult-rated flash with an adult icon anyway. Just live with it.

If a low age rated submission had a pornographic icon for it, you could whistle it as unsuitable

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Listening to Fear of the Dark, by Iron Maiden, Coop Congratulates:
Molotov: 33,000 Saves; 88,000 B/P
Odyssic: EG Sergeant 1st Class
JohnCena423: 1st NG Berfday
BlackPlastic: EG Master Sergeant
All-American-Badass: 2,500 Experience
milinko959: 10,000 Blams; doublelisted
KIRBYLINK: 1,000 Posts
wesdood: 7,000 Experience
Crag: 4,000 Posts

And thanks also to:
Bahamut
Shanus
Haggard
Solidone
Odyssic

At 5/14/07 10:14 AM, Shanus wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: Good, I've not had a new entry to the list so far, but I am tracking the top 200 responses gained (or thereabouts)

Well I'm yet to get on a list, to my knowledge at least. Might as well start with your one :D

Just review Bahamut's flash - he responds to every single review

If I really cut down on my spending, it's 2 weeks of living for me. More like 1 week, if we take into account all of my rent and direct debits.

Damn hidden spending, I've been technically homeless for the last 3months, lucky enough I've got some really cool friends, Let me live at theirs for free till the end of the semester. Of course when we go out drinks are on me

Well, I'd certainly expect you to pay your way. Sort of the way that Peter Venkman does in Ghostbusters, but he keeps feeding Egon the occasional chocolate bar.

At 5/14/07 08:25 PM, DCorp wrote: WHO IN FUCKS NAME BUMPED THIS TOPIC UP!?

Everyone, it's been active since it started

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At 5/12/07 06:34 PM, Buddhist wrote: Then, if you take into consideration the post-Steroid Era stats (2005-current) and factor in steals (considering, of course, that steroids gives you no real improvement in base stealing), that gives him current grand totals of 1887 hits, 1350 runs, 56 triples, 416 HRs, 1204 RBIs, 1384 walks, and 509 SBs.

Yeah, Bonds was a future hall-of-famer before he started taking steroids seriously. He probably took them before, but not in quantities enough to make much of a difference to his physique or his stats. Because he took steroids, he makes a mockery of everything this sport stands for.

At 5/14/07 01:17 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 5/9/07 09:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Better, but still not enough. Second offence and he's only getting 2/3 of a season. They are improving this drug testing thing, but other pro-sport will suspend for a year at first offence, why should Baseball be more forgiving?

Because MLB is the pinnacle of all sport on the planet, depriving a player of an entire season for the first offense is considered cruel and unusual punishment?

(I'm only half joking... #;-}>)

Well, I've seen people banned for up to 3 years for a first drugs offense in european football leagues. 1 year should be the minimum.

At 5/8/07 10:42 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Houston will be just fine even without the Rocket. (wink)

And I'm sure we will benefit from having him on our staff.

You surely will. You need him more than we do this season, it seems.

We could use a hitter or two from you. Too bad it wasn't a trade...

I had no idea you were a Yankee fan until I came to this thread, BTW. Why can't you be like that other baseball-lovin' NG UK fan.... jonthomson. #;-}>

Well, I try not to let my alliegances show through too much.

On the trade talk, it evened out, since you got him from us for no players, we got him back in similar fashion. All square, I believe

I think MLB is content to crack down on all the minor leagues but "grandfather" in all the current cheaters in the bigs.

That way they can avoid a huge catastrophic PR nightmare by outing their current/recent gen stars while also providing a path to a much more drug-free future.

They think it's a win-win scenario. Will it be? Time shall tell.

Well, mlb only wins when they get someone who isn't a steroids cheat on top of the Home Run list. So unless Bud Selig gets a sniper out there to nail Bonds before he passes Aaron, we may have a very long wait. I'm not ruling out the possibility that people like A-Rod and Albert Pujols have taken Steroids in their careers.

I'd like to think they can both pass Barry Bpnds though.

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At 5/13/07 12:32 AM, TOEZ wrote: Who said I was pointing the finger at anyone? I'm a heavy Calgary Flames fan, that's just me. And I have an equal right to share my expressions, whether or not I was being sarcastic, which I was! I'm just a bit bummed that they were that close to bringing it home.

Just for the record, I wasn't picking on you for any particular reason, but I was just getting a bit tetchy about the general feeling of negativity

At 5/13/07 04:11 PM, DrxFeelgood wrote:

At 5/10/07 08:30 AM, Coop83 wrote: So come on, answer me two questions:
1) How old were you at the time of the 1996 playoffs?

Old enough to know what happened. Where were you at is the real question. Not in America or Canada at the time it seems. England? Stick to your foot-fairyball.

I'm willing to admit that I wasn't as big an Ice Hockey fan as I am now. foot-fairyball? I think you're talking to the wrong man about that, as I play cricket - I don't have the physique to play Ice Hockey

At 5/10/07 08:30 AM, Coop83 wrote: 2) Can you give us some links to the "cheating"?

You seem like a resourceful fuck, go online and look it up. You spend enough time on here and god knows how long where else online so it shouldn't be a problem for you. It's safe to say you have the time.

Now you're doing this all wrong. If you were going to take this to a court, you're not going to call the defence lawyer a "resourceful fuck" and ask him to produce the evidence, because he'll produce evidence to shoot your claim down. Since you've failed to produce the evidence, I'll state in the defence of Patrick Roy and the Avs that the protocol should be innocent until proven guilty.

I use my time wisely - I'm too busy to keep entertaining your whims. If you can't accuse the Avs without proof STFU.

At 5/13/07 04:01 PM, DrxFeelgood wrote:

At 5/9/07 08:36 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: If you continue to attack users in this thread you'll be removed.

OOOOOH!

I'll see you when you get back from your ban then :P *bangs gavel* Court is adjourned

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At 5/14/07 04:24 PM, milinko959 wrote: well, happy one year anniversary a few days ago.

Indeed, happy 1 year of this fine club.

Points/Completion Rate/Weekly Completion/User
1. 1168 | 161/169 95.27% | 4/4 | milinko959
2. 668 | 104/167 62.28% | 0/4 | Bezman
3. 599 | 91/128 71.10% | 4/4 | Coop83

Wow, moved up to 3rd overall and 2nd on response rate. Things are looking up.

All Requests Completed
milinko959, Coop83

Of course, it's always good when you nail every request in a week. Come on people, we need more requests!

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At 5/14/07 12:43 PM, Snerd wrote: Some weird shit is going onto the portal. Something about bonusstage or something... Anyway, it's pics with loud-ass noises. Not to influence your vote, but I've been voting 0 and there isn't a redeeming quality about them. Get your points.

Yeah, it's 100k of Screamer flash. I'm like a kid in a candy store with them - might just push me closer to the 15k 15k that I'm striving for

At 5/14/07 01:30 PM, Sentio wrote: Yeah, about that- if the submissions you flagged were never removed for admin review (which in this case is all of them) then you don't get any whistle points. In fact I think I remember seeing Wade say that you lose points for whistled submissions that get blammed instead, though I'm not sure on that- that is something they are going to change if it is the case.

Correct, it counts as an incorrect whistling if it gets blammed while you're trying to mark it for administrative review.

In the case of blatant spam submissions like those it is always better to just blam them rather than whistling, as they are certain to get blammed anyway. Most of those lasted less than a couple of minutes on the portal.

Yeah, you're much better off just blamming them, since resubmissions don't count as stolen when they are a carbon copy of something that should have been blammed.

At 5/14/07 03:15 PM, Sentio wrote: Third- I missed that second rush of spam submissions as I went on my lunch break >:(. I though they had all dried up!

Potentially, I'm on course for a day where I get more blams than saves. This hasn't happened for almost a whole year now - wierd

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At 5/14/07 03:18 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 5/9/07 08:28 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 5/9/07 03:35 AM, gfoxcook wrote: You could be a... purple... half-midget. Maybe.

Chances are equally good that I'm not.

Okay... maybe just a... purple people eater?

Nah, I'm more of a pale pinky-fleshy colour - cricket can't give me a medditeranean complexion when I spend too much time in front of my computer :P

Especially when it rains

Face of Boe was kinda green at least, wasn't he? Or was he brown. Damn...

Well, the BBC reported that he was Brown. I tend to trust that news agency on this matter

THE BBC KNOWS NOTHING! NOTHING, I TELL YOU!

Well, they give me more reports than anyone else.

Not so, if you play the rules variations such a Jokers wild (54 or 56 card deck) and / or deuces wild, You can certainly have 5 of a kind with only 1 deck.

No wildcards, damnit. I thought that would go without saying, quite clearly. YOU ARE TRYING MY... (snore) :::falls over:::

*Puts gfox on the sofa to sleep it off* Did anyone else just see him turn into Grandpa Simpson?

And I see you're one tiny post away from 8888 right now. Saving up for a special 8888 post, are ye?

That was this morning's first post in the Levelup! Lounge. It had to be done.

HOORAY.

:D

Either way, (yet again), congrats in advance on 8888!

Thankee kindly.

You're welcome.... cruel...ly.

Aaw, that's almost pissed off with me

Eh, you'll do fine either way.

I know, but I need something to drive me, when the little alien in my head sleeps, don't I?

Little... alien... in your head. Whoa. UNLEASH THE BEAST.

Haven't you seen Men in Black. Man, at least I'd have had the strenght to say "The Galaxy is on Orion's Belt", rather than bottling it a few times

But what diff does that make, really? Either way, you're sitting pretty and we've both got teh quadlisted colour. Sweet sweet green, babycakes.

Green = teh bestest colour

Exactly. You can't go wrong. You just can't. With green.

It's not easy, being green. More like it's not easy getting to be green.

There's a reason (well, more than one... but one main one) I made my fave colour the colour for the stat I'm going to end up on eventually and stay on forevermore.

Wow *wipes away a tear* that's amazing.

Yeah. They can put four green stars on my fucking tombstone, man. I'm tellin' ya. That's what I want.

"He strove for pentalistedness... but died with his quadlistedness held firmly in his stiffening craw..."

Touching

FOUR GREEN STARS, MOFOS. Four green ones. Big. Big pretty ones.

Yeah.

Calm down, think of your blood pressure or you won't get as far as 4.

LOVE YOU GUYS. Have a great week, all. It's great keeping active on here again. This weekend marks one full month of me posting at least once a week (and usually 2-3 times a week, really).

Well, the weekend was full fo rain and not much else. I did get to watch a game of cricket, but it's not as good as playing myself.

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Because I feel worthy of a second post here today, I decided to check the NG log and by wierd coincidence, I noticed the milestone of 1,111 days on NG

The stats are watching out for me! *prays that screenshot works*

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With the weather threatening his third straight week of cricket, Coop congratulates:
different: Level 15
Azentiger: 5,000 Saves; Top 600 B/Per
Zephyrlot: Level 13
milinko959: 12,000 Saves
Emlfuryoflion: Silver Whistle
MARINE: 8.00 VP
Simonluvs69: Level 10
ReconRebel: 83,000 B/P

A number close to my own heart, congratulations

At 5/13/07 07:36 AM, Shanus wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I can wait - hopefully I'm updating the list again this week, but I'm not going to give guarantees, due to cricket commitments etc.

I'll be reviewing more over the summer, so I may make the list soon enough.

Good, I've not had a new entry to the list so far, but I am tracking the top 200 responses gained (or thereabouts)

Well, £130 for the tyres and exhaust; £200 for the electrical sensor (parts & labour) to pass the MOT, £30 for the MOT, so £400 give or take a few squid.

Ah, like 2 weeks worth of living for me. Well student living anyway.

If I really cut down on my spending, it's 2 weeks of living for me. More like 1 week, if we take into account all of my rent and direct debits.

At 5/13/07 11:04 AM, KIRBYLINK wrote: W00T! LVL 12 FOREVER! (untill i become lvl 13.....)

You really don't get the message, do you?

At 5/13/07 11:46 AM, Azentiger wrote:

At 5/13/07 05:29 AM, Coop83 wrote: There's the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, they've won the Stanley Cup a few times, plus they're on the up at the moment, with Sidney Crosby, who scored the most points of any player this season.

Now I understand why he moved out from his old city...

Well, aside from only playing in the Quebec Montreal Junior Hockey League, he became the star player in the Penguins team after Mario Lemieux retired.

At 5/13/07 02:47 PM, PenguinLink wrote:

At 5/13/07 05:29 AM, Coop83 wrote:

There's the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, they've won the Stanley Cup a few times, plus they're on the up at the moment, with Sidney Crosby, who scored the most points of any player this season.

They're not doing so bad after all. Maybe the spirit of the penguin has been in them all this time. :P

Didn't reach the playoffs though - that's where the big teams play (most of the time :P)

Nah, it takes far too long to set up :P

I'm sure they can wait. Look at their poor faces, twitching from the excitement of a Tetris match. :(

Well, they aren't getting a game against me. I'm downloading Doom at the moment, but this bronze gauntlet only has a dial up connection, so it'll be ready in about 6 months...

Sure, you go ahead. If you steal anything from my fridge, I'll set the dogs on you!

Mind if I go along as well? I will try not to steal anything. I don't like the thought of having dogs chasing me, especially if they're after penguin meat. :3

Well, I could set a separate pack after you

At 5/13/07 09:25 AM, ramagi wrote: make sure all you boy's say happy Mother's day to your mum.

I did when it was the UK Mother's day.

At 5/13/07 07:51 PM, absent wrote: Also, updated post whore list here.

Will I be able to get into the top 100 posters before reaching 10k? It's possible

At 5/14/07 12:29 AM, X-Naut wrote:

At 5/13/07 05:29 AM, Coop83 wrote: See above - I don't have time to wait for the game to be set up.

Excuses, excuses. You just don't feel like getting whupped by a bunch of ducks.

See above about my download.

"I never go anywhere without my mutated anthrax... for duck huntin'!"

Sure, you go ahead. If you steal anything from my fridge, I'll set the dogs on you!

You never told me you had dogs. Dogs that moved from Kibbles 'n Bits up to human flesh, no less.

You never asked.

At 5/14/07 02:54 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 5/9/07 04:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: 8,888 Posts

YEAH!

You're only 4 places above me now, according to the lsit (Thanks absent)

Indeed. And a cheap way to make yourself more visible for election, in fact. Just as bad as +1ing all over the place in this thread specifically, IMO.

Well, the people who do it in this thread tend to get rebuked by our regular members who do it properly.

And I recall we once had a user who made 90% of his posts in that fashion. Constantly answering question topics' questions with answers that were redundant (at best) or incorrect/worse than the previous answers (At worst).

We're always going to get people like that. I wish they would just stop.

At 5/9/07 02:53 AM, gfoxcook wrote: I get 17 days of paid time off to use for sicktime/vacationtime/personaltime + 9 days everyone has off, for a total of 26 days off out of... 52 * 5 business days a week....

We get less public holidays than Mainland Europe, I am sure of it... 8 in total, plus I get another 18 days to take as I see fit. Damn, that means we're in the same boat.

Heh... just two slightly different ways to arrive at 26 weekdays off per year, eh? Yep.

Indeed it is - 26 isn't a really special number for me, shame.

A lovely number here for you gfox:

8,888 Posts

Mmmmmm yeah. Oh baby yes.

Don't look now, but your girlfriend is sneaking up behind you with a frying pan... DUCK!

At 5/14/07 03:01 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:04 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 5/8/07 04:09 AM, Coop83 wrote: Phew, for a moment there, I thought you were going to say you'd found my porno stash O.o

Well now that you mentioned it I may take a gander.

Well, as you walk in the closet, turn left and keep going. If you walk through something sticky, you've gone too far ;)

That's one big closet, man....

Hey, come on people, get out of my closet. I don't employ search and rescue teams, nor do I employ tour guides (though judging by the latest indications, perhaps I should)

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At 5/13/07 12:23 AM, Wylo wrote: 137) 10.38 +0.03 Coop83 +2

Thanks for the update again, Wylo. Much appreciated.

133) 10.39 -------- RyanAn -2
135) 10.39 -------- Seraphius -3
136) 10.39 -------- Dream-of-Duke -3

Looks like you three could all be up for being passed by me this week... In fact, I could be making my way inside the top 100. Sorry I didn't list you all now, but you'll get a mention when I pass you next time ;)

At 5/14/07 03:09 AM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 5/9/07 08:32 AM, Coop83 wrote: Nah, I can cope with the missing of a landmark overnight, but I'd rather have the total number of points climbing at every available opportunity.

Okay. Well, then we know where your priorities truly lie, when it really comes down to it. #;-}>

Yep, since we're not judged on quality, then it's certainly quantity I'm after.

Lets see if I can carry this one over. If I get a good couple of weeks, I'll have my foruth star really soon :)

Hoooorayeth!

Although I am still not worthy of comparing my stats to those of thou, I am making progress, mighty lord gfox.

Well I'm sure you can empathise with my feeling that it's better to be sitting on the inside looking out than vice versa.

Yeah, but sometimes you gotta choose... which inside. Which outside.

Hmm, good point

We can't all be on the inside of every top 50, for instance. There's just not enough time to spread around. Or attention.

It's a worthy goal. Top 50 Blammers is leagues away at present.

At 5/14/07 03:34 AM, homegun wrote: can i join the voting power????.... pls...

You'll need to sign up for a grounds gold account for that. You need to deposit experience daily adn vote on flash to raise your Blam and Protect points. The FAQ should help you out there.

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At 5/13/07 03:28 AM, Hellbored wrote: Ok.. so heres my problem... i made these pictures on Paint and im trying to attach them and it says i need GIF or the other one.... so im clueless..

Well, when you come to save the picture, hit save as. Give it a filename and use the dropdown bar below to select the filetype as "JPEG Interchange Format" (.jpg) if this doesn't work, try typing ".jpg" after the file name.

I think you might be having problems with the size of the image Maximum 50k, 400 pixels wide and 300 pixels tall. If you've got all of this right, you should be on the right line to posting the picture

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Wondering if the weather will cancel all of his cricket games this week, Coop Congratulates:
Kes: 1,337 Saves
MARINE: 7,000 Experience
Sterockicy: 7,000 Saves
Emlfuryoflion: EG Corporal
MadCow: 6.00 Base VP
ibehenowflee: Level 12

At 5/12/07 09:42 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: I would PM Tom about it, but he's gone off to get married and have a honeymoon. Congratulations to him.

Yes, congrats to him! And I don't think I will - it's ultimately not that important, and I think he probably has better things to do (and not just now, either).

Well, in conclusion, I think that I'll get a PM off to Tom or Wade (maybe both) if I get any aggro from the Brotherhood of Mod again. Other than that, I'm prepared to let it ride.

At 5/12/07 10:53 AM, Shanus wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: Shanus: 50 Review Responses

Let me know when you get 100, I'll start tracking you for the list

Will do, but it's taken me a year to get this far, I may be a while

Well, I can wait - hopefully I'm updating the list again this week, but I'm not going to give guarantees, due to cricket commitments etc.

Well, I got mine back yesterday and it's an amazing thing to have back. Now all I need is petrol in the tank and to go and pay that bill next week :(

How much is that setting you back?

Well, £130 for the tyres and exhaust; £200 for the electrical sensor (parts & labour) to pass the MOT, £30 for the MOT, so £400 give or take a few squid.

At 5/12/07 02:51 PM, PenguinLink wrote:

At 5/11/07 04:16 AM, Coop83 wrote:

I'm not saying I have a problem with all Ice Hockey playing birds. Penguins aren't bad, because they can kick arse, but ducks? Give me a fucking break.

Yes, Penguins kick ass when it comes to hockey. Their ability to slide in the ice freely comes to life when they play. By the way, are there any Hockey teams that have a Penguin as their mascot?

There's the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, they've won the Stanley Cup a few times, plus they're on the up at the moment, with Sidney Crosby, who scored the most points of any player this season.

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote:

*brandishes gauntlet* I'll take 'em on

Instead of knocking their heads off, why not challenge them to a game of Tetris on your Gauntlet instead? :3

Nah, it takes far too long to set up :P

At 5/12/07 08:49 PM, X-Naut wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: *brandishes gauntlet* I'll take 'em on

I don't know, those ducks are pretty good at Tetris, last time I checked.

See above - I don't have time to wait for the game to be set up.

Tieing in nicely with the duck theme, their Ducktales the Movie was quite good, although I was about 10 when it was released

I haven't seen that movie in nearly a decade. And I've only seen that movie once. It makes me sad.

Why? It's a good movie. Are you sad that you've only seen the movie once? It's available from HMV for £5, which in your money would be about $2.50.

Well, as you walk in the closet, turn left and keep going. If you walk through something sticky, you've gone too far ;)

Hey, you don't mind if I accompany her, so she doesn't get lost, do you?

Yeah.....lost. >_>

Sure, you go ahead. If you steal anything from my fridge, I'll set the dogs on you!

At 5/13/07 03:01 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 5/12/07 04:37 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, as you walk in the closet, turn left and keep going. If you walk through something sticky, you've gone too far ;)

Well dont mind if I do. *loots* haha sucker ::hauls arse::

You could ahve asked *brandishes flash drive which has been plugged into his gauntlet* I've got 64Gb of the stuff right here - it prevents spoilage over time ;)

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At 5/12/07 08:12 PM, AfroUnderscoreStud wrote: UPDATE 12th May 2007

Great update, thanks again, Craig

128) 25347 0309 044.1 Coop83

Another good week for me. If I can keep this pace up, I might be able to pass these few people below:

123) 25681 0012 001.7 RupeeClock
124) 25637 0008 001.1 RageVI
125) 25622 0005 000.7 stafffighter
127) 25447 0162 023.1 HaroFreak -1

With the exception of HaroFreak, who I should pass this week with ease.

129) 25211 0291 041.6 Heinrich
130) 25060 0542 077.4 pwroftheseagoat 1

Heinrich is still losing ground to me, but only 18 points this week. I've got a spot of breathing room. pwroftheseagoat, I expect to pass me in 2 weeks time, so I'd like to be a top 125 B/Per by then.

At 5/13/07 03:01 AM, MadCow wrote:

At 5/13/07 02:41 AM, Hycran wrote: dont have any patience for b/s ing, its all about the xp list form now on.

You fuckin Quitter >:o

That just leaves the door open for more committed people to pass him. Anyway, the slackers we are passing at the moment are in the WTF region, as they got to 25k, then walked away on the final stretch, which is bizzare

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At 5/12/07 01:07 PM, Snerd wrote: I set goals for myself because it adds a little fun to getting points. I want to level up as quickly as possible. I only have a few hundred more points to get to sergeant. From there, I'll need 1000 points to get to the next rank. If I don't set goals, it'll take forever for me to get where I want to be.

Well, do what I do - I set myself up a spreadsheet and update it every day, to see if I'm on pace. Sort of a poor man's NG Log - it's easier to fob the folks at work off with "this is a spreadsheet correlating how productive our sales will be over the next five years", than them looking over my shoulder at the traditional Black and yellow screen.

The benefit of this is that you can spot at a glance how you're doing compared to each of the last few days. If I'm not performing as well as I'd like, I can think about how much time I've been spending B/Ping of if it was due to a slow portal day.

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At 5/12/07 02:07 AM, nemesis646 wrote:

At 5/10/07 08:18 AM, Coop83 wrote: No, what he said is "The Daleks won't come back? That's bollocks!"

Wrong. He said as the Daleks had suffered such a devastating defeat they would not return. I don't know if he was including the Void though!

I think what he interpreted as the Daleks not coming back wasn't seen the same way by the writers.

Popular demand, that sort of thing.

One more point on your quoting, maybe consider putting a space between each quote and your reply, reading one block of solid text hurts the eyes when you try to read it.

Still, well done on the rest of it though :)

At 5/12/07 05:03 AM, Sidorio wrote: I'm not. As much as I love Doctor Who I also like seeing Terry Wogan get drunk.

Well, I've always got other things to be getting on with, even if the cricket is rained off.