At 7/5/09 03:51 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/28/09 04:58 PM, Coop83 wrote: I'll try and convince her to post more dragons - she's thrilled by the reception that she's received for her works so far :)

Please do, I love viewing dragon pictures in the Art Portal.

I'll tell you when she's posted some more - hopefully tonight, after she gets away from playing Overlord 2 :P

030) 59945 0375 053.6 iscrulz 3
031) 59923 0050 007.1 TheDepthsofHell -1
032) 59732 0000 000.0 LockClock -1
033) 59609 0017 002.4 Seamonky -1
034) 59320 0329 047.0 Coop83

Thanks for the update. Not too bad, considering that I suffered for pace on a few evenings last week. And iscrulz only made up 46 points on me overall, taking the gap to 625. Oh well, we start from 0 this week and I'll strive to get closer once more. Perhaps Seamonky will be a victim of mine this week, as I strive to catch the Anti-Semitic infant.

At 7/5/09 12:38 PM, Sonofkirk wrote: Flash Requests (5)
Audio Requests (6)
Art Requests (4)
Spotlighted submission (1)

Thanks for the update, Sonofkirk :)

Glad to see a nice list of requests again. Always good.

01 ) 323 | 50 / 50 | 100.00% || 136 | 21 / 21 | 100.00% Coop83
02 ) 321 | 50 / 51 | 098.04% || 136 | 21 / 21 | 100.00% SCTE3
03 ) 299 | 46 / 46 | 100.00% || 124 | 19 / 19 | 100.00% Frocky52
04 ) 299 | 46 / 51 | 090.20% || 136 | 21 / 21 | 100.00% Haggard

Good to see the usual suspects up at the top - Frocky52? WTF is he?

*All Requests Completed:
Coop83, SCTE3, Haggard, Fro, JKMonkey and Insanimation

And some normal people around here. Keep up the good work.

Coop prepares to become the Overlord once more, while congratulating:
SPLINTERCELL58: Level 17
Hacsev: 8.88 Total Voting Power
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 10,000 Medal Points
Viridis: Level 20
Shaun: 17,000 Experience
Makeshift: 3,000 Medal Points
JohnnyTheWinnar: Level 10; 3,000 Medal Points
iscrulz: 33,000 Saves
Soapbubble: Private 1st Class; 4,000 Medal Points
jmalouin: 3,000 Experience
MICHhimself: 5,000 Experience

At 7/4/09 04:57 PM, iscrulz wrote:

At 7/2/09 03:55 AM, Coop83 wrote: Not really much of an achievement, considering iscrulz just reached 5k, but never mind, I can live with not being ahead of him in this stat :P

Yes congrats but it looks like you have gained a lot more than I have from that day. Since medal points are not an original stat I don't care about them.

You know, considering that Saves aren't really an original stat, why are you so interested in them? :P

At 7/4/09 05:01 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 7/4/09 06:13 AM, Coop83 wrote: Lizzardis: Deity Whistle - Now what do we say to the nice review moderators? :P

Fuck all since i've just lost it, a whole bastarding day AFTER I got it.

GAH!

It wasn't me :P

At 7/4/09 07:13 PM, Haggard wrote: Wow. Half of Germany drowns because of heavy rainfall while the other half still suffers because of too high temperatures.

Quick! Activate the turntable! We must rotate Deutschland exactly 180 degrees! That will solve all of the problems!

At 7/4/09 10:11 AM, Aci6 wrote:

At 7/4/09 07:42 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: Who's Coop93? It's strange that this man is so popular around here in wi/ht, yet I've never heard of him... 0.0

I always seem to stuff up his name...

Well, you could just try messing with the combination. Perhaps if you dropped the numbers it would make more sense? I'm not awake enough to try to make sense out of all those strange letters.

At 7/4/09 07:47 PM, Soapbubble wrote: Insane amounts of reviews by some of these. I'm not getting on this list in a looong time. I write way long reviews, and only a few a week.

Your reviews are quite detailed - it's a nice layout for good reviews and you're over halfway there, so just stick to it. I used to think I couldn't get to the top 100 list for reviews, but I did and now I'm secure in the top 50 :P

At 7/3/09 09:48 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: God you guys suck, I've been out sunbathing all week.

Try working for a living in a loft space, ventilated only by Velux windows and a couple of standing fans. It's murder, except for the days when the boss is out and I work in just a pair of sorts. Sadly, that was only 1 day this week.

At 7/3/09 10:39 PM, Malachy wrote: I went to sandals for a week. all my alcoholic drinks were included for the entire week. I could walk up and ask for anything and didn't even have to tip the bartender...plus, swim-up bars in the pools.

Now that's the type of holiday I can enjoy. 10 lengths, beer. 10 more lengths, more beer.

Blind drunk, but nicely buff.

At 7/4/09 07:46 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: 040.) 1329 ||+004|| Coop83 (+1)
041.) 1328 ||--001|| Zouk (-1)

Thanks for the update, Metal-Therapy. Great stuff.

Looks like I've passed Zouk. Perhaps I can stay ahead of the game now, after getting ever so slightly screwed, by a number of flash deletions over the week.

I hope the Reveiew Request Club can help me climb back up there this week.

I don't think I'll be making it to 39th for a long while though :P

Coop honours Andy Murray for being truly English, while congratulating:
WilhelmTheVampire: 10,000 Total Points
Lizzardis: Deity Whistle - Now what do we say to the nice review moderators? :P
Viridis: 4,000 Experience
SCTE3: 555 Reviews (Audio) - I'd have claimed that too, but it's a re-achievement for me :P
idiot-buster: 5,000 Posts
dx5231: 10,000 Medal Points
PenisFromHell: 1,000 Experience

Thank you to:
idiot-buster
Hacsev

Listening to:
The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

At 7/3/09 09:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: ALMOST lost my GTA Vice City saves today. Wouldn't be nice at all if I had to go back to square one. The problem was having my whole Documents moved elsewhere by accident.

That's a lucky escape, to be honest.

Me, I'll just be glad if I can start my new Saved Game files for Overlord II today :P

At 7/3/09 05:09 AM, Tri-Nitro-Toluene wrote: Well Ive moved into my dads old house, and now need to find myself a job to keep me going over the holidays until my loan comes through... joy of joys.

Congratulations on the move, unlucky about having to seek employment. Have you had any luck?

Also, its too bloody hot!

I concur!

At 7/3/09 08:26 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: I've just experienced the joy of rent coming out for a flat i'm not going to be living in for the next 3 months

At least when you're there, you've got the joy of independence :P

At 7/3/09 03:42 PM, NEVR wrote: Sleeping at night is incredibly uncomfortable in these temparatures... not nice at all.

Quite. I was hoping to get a better night's sleep tonight, safe in the knowledge that I'd made the local paper for my bowling figures of 2 overs for 4 runs and three wickets last Sunday, but alas! Barstewards even put down three batsmen who had good shows, but not one single bowler >:(

Also, Andy Murray is hereby awarded the EGC Medal of Englishness. For his valiant effort in attempting to become the first British Male to reach the final of Wimbledon for over 70 years, we applaud you Andy, for your efforts being well supported, planned out and ambitious, but ultimately, doomed to failure.

Still, we've got two men's finals to watch - Williams Vs Williams tomorrow, then Federer Vs Roddick on Sunday. Marvellous.

Only Jenson Button can save me now!

At 6/28/09 02:09 PM, Sonofkirk wrote: 036) 569 || -- 001 || Oddler
037) 553 || + 011 || Coop83 1

Thanks for the update, sonofkirk. Nice work.

Slow is the climb up these rankings. However, with the RRC back, I'm making gains again, so upward is good.

Passing 555 was the easy target for the week. Catching Oddler is going to be more of an achievement :P

Acquisition of the off-season so far - New York Rangers picking up Marion Gaborik. His career appears to have stalled and they got him relatively cheaply as well.

I wonder if we'll see any monster trades voer the next few days, before the real feeding frenzy kicks off.

At 7/2/09 03:24 PM, therealanimator wrote: does the coupon work in northern ireland pubs?

Only if:
a) Luis is going to Northern Ireland. He isn't :P
b) He declares that the coupons are active at that point. He hasn't :P

I must remember to get an application out for my Girlfriend's Driving licence, so that she can get some proper drinking ID for when we stop by :P

At 7/1/09 07:35 AM, NEVR wrote: Barcelona was pretty cool, nice to be back in England though.

Yeah, you've brought the fucking hot weather with you!

I;m being typically British and complaining about said weather - it's far too freaking hot now!

At 7/2/09 08:28 PM, KidneyThief wrote: Blam whoring would be way worse. Then even the decent submissions would have trouble.

There have been Blam Whores before - back in the day, you could only get the Blam point if you were the actual person that voted 0 on that flash, causing it to get deleted. This was before such a thing as Saves even existed.

I may have a lot of Blams, but I've been here for 5 years. Besides, I'm not even in the top 50 Blammers yet, though I do plan on getting there at some point :)

The start of a shower of rain gets Coop all excited, before he congratulates:
SevasTra: 14,000 B/P; Captain
FroNickProdictions: 2,000 Experience
AfroBahamut: Level 29
milinko959: 13,000 Experience
Spoopy: Level 14

Thank you to:
RohantehBarbarian
Odyssic
Haggard

At 7/2/09 05:10 AM, Auz wrote: This´ll be the last congrats list for me in a while. As most of you probably already know, I´ll be going on a holiday to the atlantic shores of South-France from tomorrow until the 14th of July or so.

So uh... bye everyone :)

Havbe a good time, I hope the weather is kind to you (Sunny, but not too hot, as it's been absolutely baking these past few days in Britain and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.)

Oh and by the way, I´ll turn 20 on the 6th of July (next monday).

Well, Happy Birthday for then - I'll probably forget to list it :P

At 7/2/09 11:32 AM, bahamalama wrote:

At 7/2/09 05:51 AM, Coop83 wrote: Why did you try to do something different like that, Coop?!

You didn't really try, you pulled off the present tense quite well, which is something I personally always struggle to do.

I'm glad you think so, it's difficult and I wish that I'd tried to do something a little less complicated for the first try at the writing contest.

I really like how your story shows the ups and downs of day-to-day life, before the story suddenly takes a turn and deviates to the main theme, and you can really feel the dread at his discovery.

I'm glad you did - I'll try to get to the stories over the next few days, so I can see just how boned I am :P

Although Chris seems to be a rather common name for the protagonist of these stories.

Meh, I just picked a name at random. Perhaps I'll try something less common for a main protagonist name, like Marmaduke, or something similar.

At 7/1/09 06:10 PM, Luis wrote: Dont get thirsty, or dont forget this handy coupon. A few people used it in Montreal, including myself.

I think I'll have to bring my swankiest tie down with me.

If the weather is as hot as it's been for the past few days, you are going to need all of the free booze you can get your hands on!

At 7/2/09 07:34 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 7/2/09 05:55 AM, Coop83 wrote: dive onto the bean bags.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
This.

Can't believe you're the first person to suggest it.

I = WINNAR!

Also, I'd go to the conference room and get my cock out on stickam.

No, you're doing it all wrong - get someone else's out on stickam :P

Also, does anyone else think liljim looks really wierd with his new facial hair homage to Tom?

At 7/1/09 11:03 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Barracks Roster 1st July 2009

Thanks for the update, Ismael. Very nice.

No. B/P / Gain / Average / Change / Username
01] 74,553 | 0,167 | 05.6 | --12.23 Phantom Sup. Com.
02] 59,125 | 1,331 | 44.4 | --0.37 Coop83 Sup. Com.

Okay, so a little moderation is restful for the mind. I've been deleting a lot of reviews over the past week, so perhaps I'll be able to get back into the swing of things :)

I should be able to pass 60k within 2-3 weeks, which will certainly help matters :D

Top 5 Gainers
byteslinger - 1,945
KrevZabijak - 1,706
Coop83 - 1,331
DumbassDude - 1,309
SlntCobra1 - 1,158

Mind you, with an 'off week' or two thrown in there, I can still manage third place. Maybe I'm just showing you kids how to do it ;)

Top gainers, repeat offenders: byteslinger (6), Coop83 (5), KrevZabijak (3), DumbassDude (2)

Congratulations to the repeat offenders, who like keeping it up here with me. 5 months straight being near the top of the list.

At 7/2/09 01:42 AM, TehSlapHappy wrote: ...what would you do there exactly?

Grab a free soda from the vending machine, get Stamper to show me exactly where the Dare Video was shot and then dive onto the bean bags.

At 7/2/09 02:02 AM, WritersBlock wrote: Number of submissions eligible to win: 34/35 (depending on whether RapeMuffin is chopped out or not)

Right, so that's 34 submissions to read through to have my own thoughts about how bad my own piece was. If anything, I think I have been really handcuffed by my own (bizarre) decision to write it all in the present tense.

Why did you try to do something different like that, Coop?!

Coop thinks about going on a reviewing spree today, while congratulating:
WilhelmTheVampire: Top 1,000 B/Per
BobbaQ: 6,000 Experience
SCTE3: 7,000 Experience
dx5231: 3,000 Experience
Auz: 70,000 Total Stats
wegra2007: Level 29
iscrulz: 22,000 Expereince; 5,000 Medal Points; 13,000 Posts
TECh2o: Private

Thanks to:
RohantheBarbarian
Bahamut
Odyssic
Auz
Hacsev (x2)

At 7/1/09 09:55 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 7/1/09 02:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: Now I'm into the real meat of the rankings, where the gaps become more than a few hundred (Bahamut excepted here)

Hahaha, so true. I'm only around 100 saves away from you now.

Less than that now - these past two days have been kind to me with the Saves count ;)

At 7/1/09 08:00 PM, schneelocke wrote:

At 6/30/09 03:43 PM, Auz wrote: 10,000 Medal Points

OK, I've got to ask. What are medal points? I'm pretty sure those didn't exist in my day.

Basically bragging rights for how well (or not) you can do in certain games. Click on the medals in people's profiles to go to certain games and have a look.

4,000 Medal Points

Not really much of an achievement, considering iscrulz just reached 5k, but never mind, I can live with not being ahead of him in this stat :P

At 7/1/09 12:19 PM, TomFulp wrote: Please take a moment to fill out this store survey!

We were happy to see that people actually LIKED filling out the last survey, so we figured collecting some feedback / suggestions / data on the store would be really helpful.

Well, I've suggested NG Baked Beans tins. Not sure if that idea will actually take off...

At 7/1/09 10:13 AM, BobbaQ wrote: Chaps, is it just me or is it too warm for one to venture outside for too long right now? I was watching the butler hanging out the washing for a mere 2 minutes and I felt like I been inside a furnace when I went back inside. Some jolly scorching weather we're having, global warming and all that.

It's not bloody well cricket, that's what it is.

Sunny weather at Wimbledon? What next, a British champion there too? Surely not!

Coop almost forgets to do a list today, before congratulating:
Fro: 777 Reviews (Audio)
Haggard: 34,000 B/P
dx5231: 2,000 Blams
jmalouin: Private; 2,500 B/P
Auz: 10,000 Medal Points
Phil: 6,000 Experience
gfoxcook: 32nd Birthday :)
Greenfrost26: 2,000 Posts

Thanks to:
Haggard
idiot-buster

Listening to:
Foo Fighters - The Pretender

At 6/30/09 05:12 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 6/29/09 08:49 AM, Coop83 wrote:

Two opinions on that one mate. Yours and the correct one :P

My opinion is fact, mate. You shallnt pass me.

It might not be this week, but I can catch you up.

Talk to the stats, because the mouse ain't listening :P

I have talken to the stats and they have listened to me. Your mouse and keyboard better listen up of they are going into the volcano of misery.

What? Did I just wander into a geology lecture here?

At 6/30/09 05:27 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 6/29/09 08:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Glad to hear it - she loves getting the attention of the masses :)

Who doesn't. :) But yeah, she's quite good; I can't say I care for the fractal images much, but "First Flight" is very nice, for example.

Well, she's moved on a little from the days of First Flight - photoshop and a wacom tablet are the tools of choice these days.

Yes it is, but in the UK, it's pronounced May-t, rather than the Aussie equivalent of 'might' :P

Matey? That sounds rather... piratey.

Arr! *waves cutlas*

At 6/30/09 08:45 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 6/30/09 03:51 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 6/29/09 11:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: I've explained about my hospital appointment here but in a few words, there's nothing to worry about for now.

I hope everything goes well for you.

Everything IS fine now. :)

Yeah, I noticed, after I'd woken up - posting lists pre-caffeine is never good :P

I need my own, dammit!

Well, I'll let you run through the toy box and see if you can find some of your own then.

Ack, I never said I lost them. I still have them, it's just I can't let anyone touch them.

Oh, it's like that...

At 7/1/09 04:28 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 7/1/09 02:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: Top 15 Saviour!

I am coming for you.

Catch me if you can, see what I care.

I wonder how high I'll rise?

9th if you can pass Wylo

I think higher than that.

Today is a good day to be an Orioles fan. Thanks guys, you've done more than we could against the Sox :P

Congratulations to Sandman. Mo Rivera became the second person in history to pitch his 500th Major League save and not content with that, he pitched #501 last night. Will he ever catch Hoffman?

Albert Pujols hit another Home Run. Massive news :P Still, 30 before the all-star break is pretty big and he's on a tear at the moment. 9 straight seasons with 30+ Homers to start his career. Pretty damned good, especially considering he's now 79th all time, with 349 Homers.

Yankees acquire Hinske Discuss - is it a good move, or a knee-jerk, considering Nady is likely to undergo his second Tommy John Surgery?

At 6/30/09 10:40 AM, Fro wrote: Let's not make a habit of it. :( I rather see the light aura combo over any other aura. Light aura ftw!

I'll see your light aura and raise you one Moderator's Gold Aura.

All power to the Brotherhood of Mod!

At 6/30/09 08:21 AM, Coop83 wrote:

I tried my hand at pool again last night and remembered why I hate the game. Also, played some ping pong and remembered why I loved the game.

Which type of pool? I like them both, but I think you're on about the one with the table :P

I had no clue that there was a different type of pool. I'm talking about the one on the table. What's the other type that you are talking about? Pocket pool? xD

Yeah, but it's a little more enjoyable in the summer - swimming pool?

At 6/30/09 10:56 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote:

At 6/30/09 10:41 PM, Life-Stream wrote:

At 6/30/09 08:45 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: #18 is my favourite, after all, that is rather an inappropriate time for ham.

I actually think #19 is funnier.

I found 2 and 24 to be pretty funny.

So that's why it took Dale Earnhardt so long to win the Daytona 500?

At 7/1/09 12:00 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote: I swear, that Narwhals song can become almost annoying as Rick Astley. I swear that if the morons down at 4chan ever get their mits on that song, it'd be the next rick roll thing. I can just see that happening the near future. There's no doubt about it.

You may note that most of Weebl's loops can get like that - the 118 24/7 adverts got that way, after he altered Magical Trevor to fit the needs of his new employers.

Also, is that the Weebl singing or what?

Yes it is.

Top 15 Saviour!

Now I'm into the real meat of the rankings, where the gaps become more than a few hundred (Bahamut excepted here)

I wonder how high I'll rise?

At 6/30/09 09:01 AM, Slightly-Crazy-Dude wrote: Any advice for a concert virgin? First concert stories? Feel free to share.

Well, be ready for an excited press of angry and emotional rockers. Watch your head for crowd surfers, as steel toe caps can leave a nasty mark or two on your head.

It's been a while since I went to a gig - 6 years, when I caught Alice Cooper in Birmingham. Still, I'm going to right that, by seeing him in Wolverhampton in December :)

Unless you call Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds a gig, then I've only been to one ;) I think it counts though, as it's still and amazing spectacle, even if someone did try to throw a toilet roll at the end - bloody Birmingham City fans, anyone would think they were in the Premier League!

Getting away from the gig could be a problem - car parks do tend to clog up for a good half hour afterwards. Also, be sure to use the facilities before going in, you won't get a good place back if you chicken out mid-gig. If you're with friends at that time, you will lose them.