At 11/19/09 11:27 AM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Manager of the Year award announced:

NL: Tracy

AL: Scioscia

Holy shit, I got both right! I even got the 1-3 correct in the AL, which was a nice bonus :)

At 11/19/09 02:17 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Stoner won the NL Cy Young award.

Well, under the barrage of stats that they quoted Lincecum as having, I can't really argue.

But Lincecum clearly improved overall. The 25-year-old trimmed his ERA by 0.14. Opponents hit .206 off him this season, compared to .221 in 2008. After walking 84 in 227 innings a year ago, he improved to 68 walks in 225 1/3 innings this season.

The NL's starter in this year's All-Star Game, Lincecum led the league in strikeouts for the second year in a row, the first Giant to do so since Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson (1907-08). Lincecum also topped the NL with 26 quality starts while ranking second in ERA and opponents' batting average and third in innings. He tied teammate Matt Cain for the league lead with four complete games and joined four other pitchers atop the NL list with two shutouts.

Apparently two Cardinals team mates split the votes amongst themselves and you know what happens. Overall I'm kind of mixed but whatever.

Normal service resumed :P

At 11/19/09 02:10 PM, schneelocke wrote:

At 11/19/09 10:22 AM, Coop83 wrote: 2 of 3 now.

Congrats. 2 of 3 what? o.o

2 of 3 achievements. For summary, that was 800 Audio Reviews; 66,000 B/P and 9,000 Medal Points.

I didn't think I'd get this one today, but what the hell 500 Audio Review Responses

And five non-spam posts in the LUL in one day, which is a new record for me, I think :P

9,000 Medal Points GET!

I really don't think that I'll be able to get any more medals now today, so I'll be back in the morning for more congratulations and conversations :)

66,000 B/P

2 of 3 now. The third one is going to be the hardest to reach, but I'm going to devote some time to getting it sorted now >:)

800 Audio Reviews

Right. One down, two to go. The second one should be easy, but it's the last one that's going to be tricky tonight. We'll see ;)

At 11/18/09 10:58 AM, EagleRock wrote:

At 11/18/09 07:34 AM, Coop83 wrote: Overall, the flash portal is pretty well moderated by Wade and it's kept controlled by the users who patrol it.

Wade Fulp is an Internet Badass, that's why. He handles the whole damn Portal by himself.

And that's why Wadolf is buff, while Adolf is skinny and pasty.

Is this a good time to post a link to "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard"

ANY TIME is a good time to link to that. Thanks for getting it stuck in my head btw... :-/

There are worse things that can get stuck in you head - javelins, for example.

Bahamut and Haggard both gave up with lists and now just lounge in there. So does gfoxcook, from time to time.

I'll have to consider it. It was a fun place to do bragging back in the day, and it might be good to just hand around the veterans once again.

Cool, maybe I'll get stuck at the character limit for a post soon :P

Here's my concern: you transform the plane back into the horse by tugging on its winky. However, where does the winky go, exactly? Does the airplane just happen to have a large penis flapping by as it flies through the air? Or is there a hidden compartment that you need to open to access said winky? I mean, the logistics just seem...weird.

So, don't ask yourself if you hate horse winky...ask yourself if you hate airplane winky... :-)

Wait a minute, that's not a joystick... Eew, I don't want to know why it's all sticky. *notices fresh breeze* WHERE DID THE PLANE GO?! *strokes mane furiously*

At 11/18/09 12:02 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Well, tis that time of year again, what's everyone's menu for next Thursday?

Tako's Deep Fried Turkey, by agro23 Type: Movie Rating: Everyone

Welcome to Coop's tenuous links.

Coop sets the bar at three achievements today, while congratulating:
Hacsev: Level 24
Kaytee: Level 27
FurryFox: 20,000 Medal Points; 6.00 Base Voting Power
SCTE3: 5,000 Medal Points
LynchedJohNNY: 5,000 Saves; 2,000 Blams; 7,000 B/P

At 11/18/09 09:04 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/18/09 01:10 AM, BlueHippo wrote: Long time no see :0

First we see NEVR posting and now you? This is awesome! How have you been?

They've either both been held hostage, or they've been sleeping together!

At 11/18/09 09:34 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/18/09 04:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, but aside from pornography, there are resources on the internet for things like this - if you're going to buy them at some point, I don't think you're wrong by watching 'dodgy copies'

There's more than just Futurama and Porn. :P

Really? Since when?

Besides, why buying porn when you have access to the internet? After all, the internet IS for porn.
So yeah, there are other things I have to buy before Futurama, and it's not porn. :P

I pray for your sake that it is not The Simpsons :P

At 11/17/09 03:27 AM, Coop83 wrote:

That's strange. Someone else has your 'recreational material'

If you get aroused by the Commercial code, you must be a very strange person. :P

Not me personally, but you know these internet types. Shady characters that get aroused by the mundane, ridiculous and unthinkable, who take pains to tell anyone willing to listen, even giving video evidence sometimes.

Ah, the 'mixed bag' choice. Much easier if you try the internet :P

Watching movies/series in front of the PC is lame. :P

I spent most of April - October watching Baseball on the internet. I have a 17" widescreen laptop that does the job. If I wanted to connect it to a TV, like Bahamut does, I could do that as well, thus reducing lameness by 56.2%

At 11/18/09 11:50 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 11/16/09 08:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: Torrential rain and gale force winds => not good weather for biking. This has been noted for future use. Sadly, by the time the rain started, I was almost halfway through the 10 mile-ish course. *sigh*

Ah, yeah... true. We've been having some severe weather here today, and I already got pretty wet, so I'm not keen on going out again,

Well, in about 2 days, the river level has jumped about 2-2.5m, so I'm expecting to have to take the long drive to work soon.

at least not until I get some more protective gear - I still need a pair of overshoes (can't believe I haven't got one yet, but most are simply too small), waterproof gloves, a new helmet cover, and a face mask. With all that, I should be set to bike even in heavy rain - not that I'd want to, but if I had to, I'd be able to. :)

I just got a new craze - went for a run this morning. A great way to wake up, but bloody knackering.

At 11/18/09 04:21 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/18/09 04:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'd say it's largely positive. Especially if he's going back to Milan with his eye on the World Cup in the summer. He's a hard working player, but a little materialistic off the pitch for my liking. Oh well, at least he didn't marry a stunning woman.

That's good to know. I would have assumed I would be negative since he is over here (at the moment) playing. I really don't keep up to date on English National soccer that much so I don't know who are your key guys are going to be for the World Cup.

I think that the 'key guys' are players like Wayne Rooney up front, John Terry at the back and possibly Becks in the midfield - he's not going to get much support from Lampard and Gerrard. Unfortunately, England coaches regard them as the two best midfielders in England, but since they play the same attacking game, it leave space in the centre, so we get beaten too easily.

Hopefully Mr. Capello can sort it out though.

At 11/18/09 12:28 PM, hdxmike wrote: Well on redit i saw tom was planning a new redesign around 2010, I was wondering what would you think if they added 40 more levels and rounded it up at 100 ?

Just a quick FYI - a redesign does not necessarily mean an additional few levels and some good looking stuff - I would assume, due to Pimp's lack of reaching Level 60, the fact that most of the Level Icons look good and that there are still quite a few bits and pieces that the admins are working on, I wouldn't say that it means more levels.

Sure, it might mean a slight facelift for the site, but don't be surprised if you don't get anything massive this time around.

*The opinions of Coop are just that - these do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TomFulp, WadeFulp, or Newgrounds.com incorporated.

At 11/18/09 09:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Wait a minute, I'm going to London a week on Friday to see my sister. I haven't heard of any meetups happening in November. Maybe I don't lurk enough in the General forum?

Could you guess that I'm not going to this one?

Hub Page and coupons

thread

That's pretty much what you need to know.

At 11/17/09 06:01 PM, EternitySpent wrote: And if he actually goes through with his plan to move a team to Las Vegas.... so help me fucking god.

Would you object if Phoenix moved to Vegas? Since you're moving from a desert to a desert, we might as well make it a like-for-like deal.

What would you call them? You can't use the Kings, since they're already in LA. What else is Vegas famous for, besides Elvis impersonators and Burlesque performers. I'm sure the Vegas Strippers would go down a treat.

At 11/17/09 02:24 PM, phileeguy wrote:

At 11/17/09 05:16 AM, Coop83 wrote: I thought that Happ was a shoe in, to be honest. Then again, I also think that you should have gone with him instead of Pedro for Game 6. Especially if Pedro was ill.

Hell, I would've went with Happ over Hamels in game 3.

I'd have probably put Hamels in for Game 2 - riding the momentum from Cliff Lee is how to get a misfiring starter going, I think.

The question is, how would I have done games 3 and 4? Happ, then a well rested Martinez against CC? Could be a very interesting matchup.

Of course I'm just a fan, what do I know!?

Exactly - neither of us know enough to even be considered for Manager of the Year - See below ;)

*waits patiently for Felix to win AL Cy*

Nope, you were right. It was pretty clear cut throughout the year. Grienke wins it.

Yeah, but look at what happened - Felix was second, ahead of my predictions for Verlander and CC. If CC had made his 20th win, it could have taken a few 1st places away from Zack, but he's earned it. Congratulations to him.

At 11/17/09 06:14 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Greinke wins his well deserved AL Cy Young despite his dreadful run-support

With run support, Greinke wins at least 20 games. Simple.

Wainwright should get his tomorrow...

No, he'll have to wait until Thursday for his chance.

Manager of the Year - NL
Jim Tracy, Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Charlie Manuel.

Personally, I think that Tracy is the class of this field, as he hasn't had the depth of playing stars to dig him out of the hole that the Rox were in, as LaRussa, Torre and Manuel have had. I think that Bobby Cox didn't have one of his best years and they're looking at a "lifetime achievement" award with his name being mentioned here.

With a name like that, surely he should be managing a team with the nickname "Thunderbirds", but Jim Tracy still gets my vote.

Manager of the Year - AL
Mike Scioscia, Ron Gardenhire, Ron Washington, Don Wakamatsu, Joe Girardi. Tough choice.

Yes, everyone's talking about how Scioscia led the Angels through the aftermath of the tragic collision that took Nick Adenhart. The players showed heart and no-one should really be surprised to get heart from a guy who is LA through and through. He only played for the Dodgers and has only managed the Angels.

Gardenhire should be given serious consideration, because he didn't let the Twins put their heads down, he just kept them primed and got them to the playoffs, when most people had written them off. With a small budget and gaping holes appearing after Morneau's injury, most would have said the Twins would fold. A ballsy all-in bet took them to October and surprised many, including most of Detroit.

Girardi may have had the benefit of the biggest payroll in the majors, but he was often criticised for over-managing his side. Hell, it got the job done, didn't it? I don't think he'll win, but he's a big reason that he'll be getting a new mission statement stitched to his shirt next season. Marshalling the troops after the A-Rod revelations / injury, the team struggled, but rebounded under Girardi's guidance and having the best record in baseball has got to say something, hasn't it?

Conclusions

Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia to win

Dark horses are Joe Torre and Charlie Manuel in the NL and Ron Gardenhire and Joe Girardi. I just can't write off a Yankee for any award at the moment :P

At 11/16/09 08:24 AM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

At 11/16/09 06:45 AM, Coop83 wrote: Not at all - lots of the stuff that passes judgement would not necessarily have passed a few years ago. I think the problem is down to people who think that it's going to pass, so they vote 2-5 on it. Dickheads that vote 5 on a flash that's barely worth 2 should have something nasty happen to them in my opinion.

^^This. I was thinking of the old portal mods idea a little while ago, and it came to me that if you could have a team of mods who could see who voted what on which flash (coupled with the ability to vote-ban people), it would make a lot of lazy statwhores think about their actions here.

I don't think you should be able to necessarily vote-ban people. If you had the ability to play a "reverse" card, where a flash gets deleted and if anyone earned a save from that, it is removed, while people who voted correctly 0 or 1 got a Blam for it, you'd see the voting trend even out.

Don't know why we have audio mods and art mods while not having flash mods, but the idea must've been brought up before, so there must be a reason why it's not a feature (yet).

Overall, the flash portal is pretty well moderated by Wade and it's kept controlled by the users who patrol it.

Well, there's got to be strings attached, when you have sex, while snowboarding. Too hazardous, otherwise. It's bad enough, with the potential for frostbite.

GAH STUPID MENTAL PICTURES!! FUCK OFF OUT OF MY BRAIN ALREADY!!

lol

At 11/16/09 11:14 AM, EagleRock wrote:

At 11/16/09 06:45 AM, Coop83 wrote: Not at all - lots of the stuff that passes judgement would not necessarily have passed a few years ago. I think the problem is down to people who think that it's going to pass, so they vote 2-5 on it. Dickheads that vote 5 on a flash that's barely worth 2 should have something nasty happen to them in my opinion.

Yeah, unfortunately, I've seen the trend shift due to certain regular Flash that get past the Portal that people will instinctively vote 2-5 on because they know the Flash series either has enough history to pass or has enough people behind it. As it were, this caused an eventual shift from a blam-happy NG like 2001-2003 was to a save-happy NG like 2007-present.

The search for a happy medium continues.

Should we check to see if Rohan hasn't been eaten by one?
Either that, or he got kicked to death by his own horse.

I was always more of a Gondor lad ;)

Ouch...I am a LotR whore...and that joke hurt my brain. :-P

Is this a good time to post a link to "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard"

At 11/16/09 12:46 PM, michelinman wrote: I remember when I first signed up, it was almost exactly how it is now. Everyone had about a 3 to 1 blam to save ratio.

I used to have a Blams : Saves ratio of getting close to 5 : 1. Now it's almost 1 : 2

Crazy how much things have turned around. Clock day '07 is to blame!!

It's hard to pinpoint one date for something like this.

And I agree Coop. The standard of what is saveworthy has dropped a mile since those days. Or maybe it's stayed the same, and it's become easier to reach that level as flash has gotten better and tutorials are easier to find. Who knows?

Some flash have improved loads. Others really haven't, but spam groups and their fanboys push them through, because it's easier to mass produce Saves than Blams - if you have 2 entries blammed in a month, you're banned for a short while, which is fair.

You don't get banned for making shitty movies that perhaps should be deleted, but get saved.

At 11/16/09 02:37 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote:

At 11/16/09 06:45 AM, Coop83 wrote: What has happened to him lately - I think he stopped posting in the LUL mostly and I haven't seen him around for a while.

Long time no see Coop :P When I stopped posting in the LUL I pretty much lost most of my motivation to post for the time being, unless it is something I really wish to say. As I've said before, I will be around more for Christmas, which will hopefully translate to more regular posting.

Hooray! So you are there and not kicked to death by said horse :) *puts away party hat*

And lastly, I will place myself as the Emergency Command Officer, in the event that balrogs kill all of the above.

Should we check to see if Rohan hasn't been eaten by one?

Either that, or he got kicked to death by his own horse.

I was always more of a Gondor lad ;)

My horse wouldn't kick me, look at my horse, my horse is amazing!

Does it indeed taste just like raisins?

Plus with you around, you might want to read my latest chapter of Blammer - it has a pretty nifty horse in it as well, so there's something for you there :)

At 11/17/09 11:50 AM, EagleRock wrote: I'd never dare go back to the LUL..there are just way too many congratulations to keep up with :-P I love the idea of the place, but time is ultimately lacking for me there. :-)

Well, just stop by and post your achievements - you don't need to post lists, we're happy to have the company.

Bahamut and Haggard both gave up with lists and now just lounge in there. So does gfoxcook, from time to time.

My horse wouldn't kick me, look at my horse, my horse is amazing!

I'm not going to lick it. I don't care it if tastes like raisins.

It's not the flavour I'm worried about, it's the fact that people don't tend to like horses that have turned into planes. I wouldn't turn it back, because I'm not a fan of horse winky :P

At 11/17/09 10:54 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 11/17/09 10:09 PM, NEVR wrote: Hi, I'm new here. You guys seem cool... mind if I join?

doing much on the 28th, nevr?

there's another meetup for you to miss

Is that like when you missed the Friday night Karaoke at the August meet? What was it? Some sort of Beer festival?

You do know that they have beer on tap at that pub, don't you?

Coop recovers from a lengthy run, while congratulating:
AndrewGlisson13: 6.66 Total Voting Power
MegamanMegafan: 8.00 Total Voting Power
Wreckages: 11,000 Experience
SCTE3: Level 27
Hybrid-of-Souls: 20,000 Total Points
milinko959: Level 37
BlueHippo: Level 40; 17,000 Experience

At 11/17/09 12:44 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/16/09 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: You should watch them again. Coop would say the same thing.

The only problem is that I don't own the DVDs. And right now there's no money to buy them (plus, there are other things I have to buy first).

Yeah, but aside from pornography, there are resources on the internet for things like this - if you're going to buy them at some point, I don't think you're wrong by watching 'dodgy copies'

At 11/17/09 03:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop wonders what else the week can throw at him, as we're only up to Tuesday.

I was thinking the same. I bought something from amazon on Friday and the package tracking says: "delivered". Yeah, somewhere in south germany, really funny. But the funniest thing is that there are also two entries "Attempted delivery" with yesterdays date. Thing is, they never attempted to deliver it here, I was at home the whole day. And all of a suddendthe package is delivered in a city more than 500 kilometers south of where I live?

That's strange. Someone else has your 'recreational material'

At 11/16/09 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: You should watch them again. Coop would say the same thing.

"I ain't never seen you round before, neither."

Erm, I mean yes. Yes I would.

See above. There's only Comedy Central showing it right now, but of course they don't care about the order they show the episodes in.

Ah, the 'mixed bag' choice. Much easier if you try the internet :P

At 11/17/09 05:20 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/17/09 03:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, he's probably my favourite NL player for my favourite NL team. (Tony LaRussa was the inspiration this time), but walking around the streets of England, correcting people's pronunciation of Pujols and seeing their reaction - When people in England hear "poo-holes", they assume you mean arseholes - could get quite old, quite quickly.

Note to self: Leave Pujols' jersey at home if ever going to London.

Most people would probably ignore it, but it got a few laughs down at the pub when I was talking to another baseball fan (Braves fan, bless him). I think it was something along the lines of "The Braves got fucked in the Pujols last night!"

Yeah, but Houston letting LA win meant that Becks can't get the record until some time after the World Cup, even if England win it. We'll see.

Ah I see. What is the general opinion of Becks over there? Is it positive or negative?

I'd say it's largely positive. Especially if he's going back to Milan with his eye on the World Cup in the summer. He's a hard working player, but a little materialistic off the pitch for my liking. Oh well, at least he didn't marry a stunning woman.

At 11/17/09 10:46 PM, NEVR wrote: I think Wade interjected that if it's on news posts, users can do pretty much what they want... but if you're trying to help out review mods it's probably not the best way to go about it. But then I'm guessing it's more for helping people upgrade their whistle level than helping mods clean the site.

Pretty much that - Whistle Whores try to help Newgrounds, but for the wrong reasons. When they make mistakes, they whinge and bitch about the Review Mods in a none too subtle "I'd make a better Review Mod than any of those dickweeds" cry for help.

Basically, sure - if you see abusive reviews, that are definitely abusive, feel free to get friends to flag them as well, so they come to our attention. If you're unsure, it's your own risk of flagging, but don't blindly flag submissions, as we're not exactly fans of people who flag just to get their whistle up. Naturally, if your whistle does get downgraded for miss-flagging, we will be full of sympathy :P

At 11/17/09 04:07 PM, Canas wrote: better

ha

Nah, that's what would the NGBBS be like without the General forum :P

At 11/17/09 12:45 AM, Vidaria wrote: I'm curious as to why there is no "preview" function that will let us see how the post looks before we actually post it into the thread.

There are two "preview" functions available. The first one is the yellow box that you type your post in, like the one I am using now. This will take care of most of the issues that you come across in posts, before actually pressing the post it button.

I've messed up so many posts of mistakes made in coding the html. I would be nice to see that it all works before actually posting it - so I don't look like a moron.

If you're concerned about how html will look, try posting it as a News Post. Once you're happy it works, submit it as a BBS post and then delete the news post. That's what I did when I was getting the hang of the list updates.

At 11/17/09 03:28 AM, Hellraiser wrote: Happy birthday Wade! Here's 3 whores...

...don't tell the wife. It'll be our little secret.

What an awesome birthday present - more whores than he can shake his stick at ;)

Let's see what your horoscope says about it...

"Get ready for an unexpected trip, when you fall screaming from an open window. Work a little bit harder on improving your low self-esteem, you stupid freak."

Gotta love Weird Al. Gotta love Wade as well - he makes us.

At 11/17/09 04:13 AM, OMGhaxedlol wrote: has anyone posted in a thread only to find later on, like an hour later. that there is no new posts or it has been deleted or locked?

my count is 34 :D

Some dude's pretty unlucky for that to keep happening to him. I met up with him in London in January.

What the hell did he say his username was?

ILuvPoosy or something like that, I don't know.

At 11/16/09 10:39 PM, phileeguy wrote:

At 11/16/09 08:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: National League
I don't know about you guys, but I've got it down to two forerunners: J.A. Happ of the Phils and Tommy Hanson of the Braves.

But the surprise was Chris Coghlan of the Marlins winning it. Granted he didn't get much publicity on a team that was young and didn't make the playoffs, but he did put up some good numbers batting .321 overall and leading most offensive categories for rookies.

Well, at least my picks here finished 2nd and 3rd :P I suck at this game.

Still, congratulations to both the winners.

I'm a little surprised that Happ didn't win, but I can't argue with the pick. Coghlan played really well, especially down the stretch batting like .388 after July or something. He finished overall with 105 points, with 17 first place votes, Happ a close second with 94 points and 11 first place votes. Hanson surprisingly finished a distant third with 37 points.

I thought that Happ was a shoe in, to be honest. Then again, I also think that you should have gone with him instead of Pedro for Game 6. Especially if Pedro was ill.

American League

Well lets see, Nieman finished 4th with 21 points and 0 first place votes, Anderson 6th with 4 total POINTS, and Porcello finished 3rd with 64 points and 7 first place votes. I actually thought Elvis Andrus would've won, but he finished 2nd with just 1 more point than Porcello. No, the award goes to Andrew Bailey, A's closer who posted 26 saves and a 1.84 ERA. Interesting pick I thought.

I think on reflection, I'm going to say that it'll be Happ in the NL and, by the smallest of margins, Beckham in the AL.

Not a single first place vote for Beckham. D'oh. Maybe the Yanks will have a candidate for ROY next season?

Not bad on the Happ prediction (well the smallest of margins part was right, just 2nd and not first), but kinda off on the Beckham pick there. He finished 5th with 10 points and 0 first place votes.

Well, maybe that one was just bad before I ace the Cy Youngs and MVP predictions?

AL Cy Young - I've got to go with Greinke - he's been the pace setter for the field all year, especially with his 6-0 start and perfect April. The most Earned Runs he allowed in one start was only 6 and on an under performing Kansas City team, he's probably been denied a chance at his first 20 win season.

Verlander and CC will both feature in the voting, but don't be surprised to see Felix Hernandez up there in the voting either, even though I don't personally think he'll win it.

*waits patiently for Felix to win AL Cy*

I've noticed the dice are incredibly biased on this game - I played a game with a 1,720 Team value against the Lightning Leaves (Wood Elves), with about 1,200. Surely, they should be pretty easy for me to roll over. Cue Jordell Freshbreeze, who promptly breaks the jaw of my Kroxigor and hospitalises a further 6 of my team.

I'm not happy about it, but quit without saving was the only option!

At 11/16/09 07:43 PM, Canas wrote: Olesz just hit the post and the crowd barely even reacted at all. What the fuck is wrong with Bettman what a stupid idea.

Florida should just move the franshise to Winnipeg, or somewhere where Hockey actually belongs and let the Rednecks have their NASCAR.

It's not like NASCAR is trying to invade Canada, is it?

Coop wonders what else the week can throw at him, as we're only up to Tuesday. Congratulations to:
chris-marks: 1,000 B/P
BluesirTheFox: Sergeant 1st Class
walterwagner: Level 13

At 11/16/09 09:39 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/15/09 08:26 PM, gfoxcook wrote: First of all, if either of those two accounts are alts of each other, it would be gfox being an alt of gfoxclock. gfox was made in 2004, gfoxclock was made in 2003. How gfoxclock could be gfox's alt, I have no idea. O_o

Yeah, I confused gfox with gfoxclock then. Or gfoxclock with gfox.

It's one hell of a situation, isn't it - kind of similar to remembering when each Bond actor took over.

At 11/16/09 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/15/09 11:39 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/14/09 04:30 PM, Bahamut wrote: Scruffy did have a few voice appearances in season 2.

Can't remember those. After all, it's a few years since I saw those episodes.

You should watch them again. Coop would say the same thing.

"I ain't never seen you round before, neither."

Erm, I mean yes. Yes I would.

At 11/16/09 04:18 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/16/09 08:27 AM, Coop83 wrote: Since the only Yanks shirt I own at the moment bears the name and number "Rodriguez 13", I should stand up for him... a little.

Sounds like you can use some a new wardrobe. May I interest you in a Pujols shirt. :)

Well, he's probably my favourite NL player for my favourite NL team. (Tony LaRussa was the inspiration this time), but walking around the streets of England, correcting people's pronunciation of Pujols and seeing their reaction - When people in England hear "poo-holes", they assume you mean arseholes - could get quite old, quite quickly.

Just think - now he might not go down in history as the guy with the most ever England caps ;) Thanks Houston :)

You mean LA. He's on that team.

Yeah, but Houston letting LA win meant that Becks can't get the record until some time after the World Cup, even if England win it. We'll see.

Right, we've got Rookie of the year candidates taking the stage today, with a close race in the NL and a wide open field in the AL. Place bets now!

National League
I don't know about you guys, but I've got it down to two forerunners: J.A. Happ of the Phils and Tommy Hanson of the Braves. Both ahve pitched really well this year, for rookies, giving the voters something to think about. I'd say that Dexter Fowler coudl surprise a few this year, given his 5 steal performance against the Padres. He could have done more if he were playing the Red Sox, mind :P

American League
Hells bells, we've got a field this year... I think it's got a shot of being a pitcher from both leagues. Of the three pitchers making the most noise (Jeff Nieman, TB; Brett Anderson, OAK, Rick Porcello, DET), I think that Porcello's performance on October 6th is the tell here - he pitched pretty good for a guy just about still in his first year. It wasn't playoff baseball then, so it counts. Only the bullpen let him down there.

Then there's the other side of the coin. Gordon Beckham of the White Sox. He's got a pretty handy glove and also he can hit well for power. 27 doubles (42 XBH), 63 RBIs, .467 Slugging isn't bad at all for a 23 year old making his first starts in the Majors.

I think on reflection, I'm going to say that it'll be Happ in the NL and, by the smallest of margins, Beckham in the AL.

Coop feels in a loungely mood this morning, while congratulating:
dx5231: Deity Whistle; Praporshchik
Lizzardis: Level 21

At 11/15/09 07:31 AM, Auz wrote:

At 11/13/09 08:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: I don't have any right to say anything about what should and shouldn't have passed since I was supporting Afro_Stud's Hitler flashes up until the sudden end. Well, I've moved on from them. :)

Afro's Hitler series were pretty funny up to a certain point though. I just think he overdid it a bit with the Pokemon stuff.

Well, I thought that the "certain point" was just after the titles on episode 1, but there you go :P

After much nagging, it spawned me a fair few review responses, so now that I've got to 60%, I can't really complain :P

At 11/15/09 10:37 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 11/14/09 06:44 AM, Coop83 wrote: Still considering a bike ride this morning, Coop congratulates:
schneelocke: 7,000 Medal Points

Thanks! Don't just consider it, do it - biking's good for you. :)

Torrential rain and gale force winds => not good weather for biking. This has been noted for future use. Sadly, by the time the rain started, I was almost halfway through the 10 mile-ish course. *sigh*

BTW, is it just me, or has Newgrounds been really slow in the past couple of days?

Occasionally, I've had issues with flash loading slowly - restarting the browser worked well enough for me. What operating system and browser are you using?

At 11/15/09 10:44 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/15/09 04:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: The inevitability of someone passing me is enough to worry about!

Paranoia, much? :P

Yeah - Wylo updated the VP list and it came true! DrMSM passed me, reaching 14.00 Total VP, which is annoying >:(

Then again, I don't really like it when I see users with more EXP than me coming back to deposit. I mean, bila gained 10 EXP since the previous update!!

O.o That's a whole day more before I can pass him!

At 11/15/09 02:55 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/15/09 04:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: I always thought it was more of "But there is no joy in Phillieville - Mighty Howard has struck out" :P

Touché

Since the only Yanks shirt I own at the moment bears the name and number "Rodriguez 13", I should stand up for him... a little.

Plus it's not like he struck out that many times in the World Series... 8Ks in 6 games (20 at-bats), where as Howard was 13Ks in 23 at bats. So the HBPs may have reduced A-Rods stats in this category, but they may have also reduced his run production.

At 11/15/09 08:26 PM, gfoxcook wrote: I'm really here just to reply to VP and Pentalist,

You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir.

which I shall be doing in a matter of minutes/hours (depending on whether or not I play some L4D with Bahamut before I finish reading the threads/getting ready to post). Also, Crysis (which I finally got b/c it was on sale for $15 this weekend on Steam) is calling my name, as well.....

Get yourself a copy of Blood Bowl and I'll meet you on the field for a whoppin'!

Second of all, gfox is not gfoxclock's alt, it's gfoxcook's alt, same as gfoxclock.

They're both 1st generation alts. They're brothers. Older and younger, that's all... not twins.

Oh! So they're clones? *puts conversation in hibernation mode*

COOP COOP COOP:

gfox gfox gfox... why does it sound like we're at county fair here?

At 10/26/09 04:32 AM, Coop83 wrote: Thought for a moment you were going to be catching up with us poor schmoes, but no :(

;_;

I hope this counts as a semi-catch-up in here, at least!

And Andy Murray is proud to be able to announce his new sponsorship deal with Viagra - for people who can only manage a semi.

Yeah, but I still didn't watch a single pitch live. I'll get to see all of the World Series live though as Thursday is the first day of Holiday. I'll watch game 1 on Wednesday night on short rest, but I'll be there!

Congrats on your Yanks winning, BTW. Being happy for you and the 2 other people I consider friends-despite-them-being-Yankees-fans.

I feel privileged. Thanks :)

... was about the only good thing to come out of the 2009 MLB season for me.

Was it really that bad? Okay, I'll guess it was.

Well... that and the Cubs not winning the WS (let alone getting into the postseason). That made my year, as it always does. #;-}>

Easy to keep you going then :P I'm sure they'll win eventually.

Funny thing about you and the other two people I mention (both of which being TF2 players on Steam).... is that NONE of ye is from the Bronx. Yet my fiancee, who most certainly is... hates the Yankees

Nature, or nurture? I got into baseball from playing the demo version of NHL '99 and from there to the late night watching of Ice Hockey on Five. When the baseball season rolled around, I recorded a baseball game, thinking that there was going to be Ice Hockey that Sunday and became hooked.

Who's to say who I would have supported if I were brought to baseball in the 1980s, when I was brought up? Jeter wasn't there then to inspire my Yankee fandom, so who would it have been?

Speaking of which... my Dynamo should have beaten the L.A. Galaxy 1-0 Friday night, but instead lost 2-0 in overtime. It's. A. Fucking. Crime. And why was the crime committed in this case, aside from Houston not getting any love compared to Los Angeles, as usual?

--> Beckham. <---

I'll go on record as stating that I've never particularly liked any team that David Beckham has been paid by. The only team that he's played for that I particularly like is England, because I was always more of an Aston Villa / Juventus / Barcelona / not particularly bothered about MLS guy.

Just think - now he might not go down in history as the guy with the most ever England caps ;) Thanks Houston :)

At 11/14/09 04:27 PM, Supersteph54 wrote:

At 11/14/09 04:08 PM, Coop83 wrote: Over my whole career, I've had 3 ;)

Heh, 0 so far XD, but I can't imagine someone delete any of MY reviews (aren't I modest ^^). Now I bet you're going to search through all of my old, page 1 reviews and see which ones you can delete, eh? :P.

If I wanted to delete any of your reviews, I would go for any of them that have that little shitty blurb about you reaching the character limit. It's not needed, so don't bother with it ;)

Also, I've been here for 5 years, you've only been here for 2, so it's not much of a comparison :P

Also, I now know how hard it is when you guys review after me.

It would be no more difficult for me to write a review before you than after you. I never read other people's reviews before I write my own, unless I spot a blatantly abusive one in the most recent 5, which gets run off by me :P

Repetition in this case is not something you get penalised for - it's just how you put it forward and articulate it. For all we know, you could tell the author something in such a way that the author spots something else.

At 8/24/09 10:25 AM, Outlaw88 wrote: NEW SONG! It's called "Ringtone" and is the final early release for this year. We will now have to keep an eye out for the offical name and release date of the actual album now. You can watch the video for the new song right here.

I'll check that out later :)

At 11/14/09 09:45 AM, Outlaw88 wrote: A full list of the songs can be found here!

Dammit, not available outside of the US at present :(

At 11/15/09 10:53 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: I'll Sue Ya! Has finally been uploaded to NG! This is a really awesome video and I highly suggest checking it out!

The video quality wasn't as good as on the Lynwood CD, but it's still an essential to the Weird Al Collection!

At 11/14/09 05:44 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote: Out of the 1.9 million accounts registered on NG, I'd guess that all of 1% are currently active with regards to ANY activity, let alone B/P (only about 250,000 accounts have any B/P values to their names at all).

Yet there's more people out there today than there used to be B/Ping. The problem is that there are less people making flash ;)

I get why the saves list would go faster than the blams list (it's just plain easier to find save-worthy stuff),

Not at all - lots of the stuff that passes judgement would not necessarily have passed a few years ago. I think the problem is down to people who think that it's going to pass, so they vote 2-5 on it. Dickheads that vote 5 on a flash that's barely worth 2 should have something nasty happen to them in my opinion.

The main problem there is that it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Perhaps if we could convince more people to think a flash was going to be blammed, they would change their minds and their votes. Not that I'm encouraging people to vote to Blam stuff, more to vote for what it deserves.

but there's bound to be a lot of redundancy in most, if not all, the lists you could make involving NG accounts while making no mention of sign-up dates or any signs of life from them.

Ah, but if I don't monitor them, then there is a chance that they might suddenly come back and bugger everything up :P

Look at Glamdrung - I've been tracking that account since I started my tenure on the list, but then he fell off... twice, only to come back into the swing of things.

Not a lost cause, certainly.

At 11/15/09 03:12 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote:

At 11/12/09 05:09 PM, TheThing wrote:

At 11/12/09 12:32 PM, michelinman wrote: snowboarding.

sex.

Yeah so many strings attached :(

Well, there's got to be strings attached, when you have sex, while snowboarding. Too hazardous, otherwise. It's bad enough, with the potential for frostbite.

At 11/15/09 03:51 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: I'm resigning as the Chief Barracks Officer of the Elite Guard Barracks.

Change happens. Sorry to see it happen, but thanks for all of your hard work.

RohantheBarbarian, should he choose to accept it, is moved from Emergency Command Officer to Second Lieutenant CBO.

What has happened to him lately - I think he stopped posting in the LUL mostly and I haven't seen him around for a while.

And lastly, I will place myself as the Emergency Command Officer, in the event that balrogs kill all of the above.

Should we check to see if Rohan hasn't been eaten by one?

Either that, or he got kicked to death by his own horse.

I was always more of a Gondor lad ;)

At 11/9/09 11:58 AM, milinko959 wrote: Huh, seems like I have a clear path up to number 27 until I get to coop! That's still a long way away though.

Don't worry, by the time you get that high, I'll have cleared more of a path for you :P

At 11/16/09 02:56 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Hmmm, 196 and climbing, slowly but surely. Love all the new ideas.

It's one of those things that gets harder, the higher you climb. Not as difficult as the Experience climb, but certainly quite fulfilling.

At 11/15/09 10:40 PM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 10/7/09 07:08 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 10/4/09 08:00 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Namechanging is for people who don't want old friends to recognise them.

Dear Tom, please change my username to BorisJohnson :P That might not mean much to non-English types.

I didn't recall who that was off-hand, but after wiki-googling him, yes... London's mayor, I know of him and his reputation. Didn't realise the full extent of it, nor the namechangery aspect, till just now when I read up on it.

And now you sound a little like him. Fancy a game of "wiff-waff"?

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, eh?

His name sounds too goof to be true :P

How can people fail to pronounce gfoxcook? "Gee-Focks-Cuhk" So simple. I'm still suffereing from people calling me Co-op, instead of Coop! See my ode to Shalashaska-1 for more info.

You'd be surprised.

Oh, and on a semi-related TF2-+-my-username-angle... I've had at least 3 people assume I was a furry, which is hilarious.

Now that's pretty damned hilarious

*checks to see Greg hasn't accidentally grown a tail in recent absences*

At 11/15/09 10:41 PM, gfoxcook wrote:

At 10/7/09 09:59 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 10/7/09 07:08 AM, Coop83 wrote: So, Haggard in Lederhosen, drinking vast quantities of beer and eating sausage?

Hm, sounds good, but where do I get Lederhosen quickly enough so I won't be late for the riot?
Also, I'm all out of beer and sausage. :(

It is acceptable that you are a German without lederhosen, but... I find it highly unacceptable that you do not have 24/7/365 access to beer and/or sausage.

Well, that would be like suggesting that Slightly-Crazy-Dude doesn't have 24/7 access to deep fried mars bars, but can a stereotypical German really buy enough Beer and Sausage for the eventualities of:

a) Festive periods, when the shops are closed for 24+ hours and some shoppers get withdrawal symptoms.

b) Full blown apocalypse, where the shops are shut indefinitely, as the only member of staff that still shows up is Malcolm the trolley boy, because the radiation didn't affect him too badly, though he has still got a gammy leg.

At 11/16/09 01:37 AM, Wylo wrote: Thanks to gfox for posting in the thread, thereby reminding me to do the update.

W00t, score for gfox!

041) 13.55 -------- 8.47 IM-KOOL-R-U EGSC -2
043) 13.52 +0.02 8.45 XwaynecoltX EGSC -1
044) 13.50 +0.03 8.71 alhill Commander -1
045) 13.49 +0.03 8.43 Coop83 EGSC -1

Ah, some potentials waiting to be passed in the not-too-distant future! I'm slowly catching alhill, X seems to be back from his depositing vacation - I can still wait a while - and IM-KOOL-R-U has stopped... for now.

What the?! Is that a -1?!

022) 14.00 +0.65 9.03 DrMSM Commander +26

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Damn you, person who has more experience than me and an inferior B/P rank!

At 11/14/09 08:30 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Sweet. A jump of 2 spots and 8th best gainer by the look of it.

One of the lucky few :P

At 11/15/09 05:01 AM, Auz wrote: Hmm my pace wasn't too good, but I crawled much closer to DuMa-RyoHahn. I should pass him by the next update. Then there will be a gap which should take me about 2 months to overcome. So I guess I will still be 104th by New Year.

A nice goal for 2010 - After all, I only cracked the top 100 Blammers this year!

At 11/15/09 11:13 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/18/09 04:58 PM, EagleRock wrote: Speaking of that, I like the number you chose to B/P retire on, too...very satisfying stats IMO. Sad to see a veteran B/P-er hang it up, but we all have lives, ultimately...

It's nothing to do with having a life, I just wanted to give it a rest and what could be better than having 77,777 B/P?

Having 777,777 B/P?

At 11/14/09 10:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Update #19 - 14th November 2009

Although I've retired, I appreciate your work into getting this update done. The update says there's no-one who'll pass me anytime soon.

Well, courtday is still on pace to pass you in about 3 years :P And then you can start warrying about me, as well ;)

At 11/15/09 01:37 PM, EagleRock wrote: Wow, I'm back up there again...feels good, too. I still remember when harryjarry was below me in B/P, now that was a hell of a distant memory... :-P

Yeah, like when I remember you passed me for B/P at one point, then I clawed my way back past you :P

I can see a clear path ahead with relatively little resistance, except for big bad Coop up there. Somehow I don't think I can keep up the pace to pass him, so we'll probably just end up running in tandem up the list. :-)

Always nice to have a running mate - you'll help to push my pace, I'm sure :D

Unfortunately, that's a good point. This ain't 2005 no more, folks. I'm sure a nice top 10 list or something would be appreciated. It'll probably give others more face-time, too...not everyone can be a star-pacer anymore :-P

It's just the way that Newgrounds has gone, as people have been encouraged to make better flash and unfortunately, this has developed a culture of save-whores, which is crippling the Blam numbers at present.

Perhaps we'll get it sorted someday, who knows?