At 11/10/09 03:21 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: 1B - Mark Teixeira

Worst kept secret in Baseball :P

2B - Placido Polanco

Good to see him back

3B - Evan Longoria

Nicely maturing fielder - not bad with the bat, either.

SS - Derek Jeter

Back to his best - he's a big reason that we're seeing the Yanks at the sharp end again, but thanks to Tex, less errors ;) Defence could be a big factor in the MVP discussions this year, for the AL.

C - Joe Mauer

Talking of MVP, all three (or four, if you count Ichiro, as well) candidates won gold gloves, which is pretty cool. He'd have some competition from Molina, if he had the starting job in NY, but other than that, it's a free run for him.

OF - Suzuki Ichiro

9 straight. Surely this is a future HoF career now.

OF - Adam Jones (No relation to you know who)

Chipper? Andruw? David (Colorado Avalanche forward)? Stop me if I guess it. A nice surprise here.

OF - Torii Hunter

Still giving up the body for these rough challenges. If Brett Gardner can nail the starting CF job for '10, he might have a chance of joining the parade here :)

P - Mark Buehrle

Mr. Perfect. Nice job, pretty good numbers as well. He'd have probably won more, if it weren't for the Moose.

At 11/10/09 05:00 PM, phileeguy wrote:

At 11/10/09 05:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'd have said second best - The Yanks have been pretty solid with Tex, Cano, Jeter and A-Rod manning the infield. I know that there's possibly slightly more power from Howard / Utley / Rollins than A-Rod / Tex / Jeter, but if A-Rod starts to hit well, that's not an issue ;)

You might be correct for this year, due to the addition of Teixeira, but I'm talking about 2003 onward as a whole infield for multiple seasons had they kept Polanco.

Oh yeah, I can agree with that. Howard, Utley, Rollins and Polanco would have a devastating effect on the league, though it's not been too bad with the current platoon there :P

Coop hates having to navigate around Wolverhampton. Congratulations to:
Faggard: Level 25
squadus2: 8,000 Experience
iateamexican: 10,000 Saves
LegolaSS: 21st Birthday
boloneyman: Brigadier General

Thank you to:
Zendra
Auz
Hacsev (x2)

At 11/10/09 10:30 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/10/09 04:00 AM, Coop83 wrote: Oh, don't worry - the chances I could pull something like that off are a million to one.

I'll keep an eye on you either way.

I'm a marked man - how unjust :(

At 11/8/09 06:47 PM, Sweeper128 wrote: I remember waiting 10 minutes for a .swf to load, the flash would load in a silly place and LegendaryFrog and Knox were popular.

Ask and ye shall receive - Knox is back in the Portal today!

Big Bad Uncle, by Knox Type: Movie Rating: Ages 13+

I never thought that a better tactic would emerge - when playing against Dwarves, stay away from the Death Roller and punt the runners into the crowd.

We just won 2-0 and killed 3 of them! Okay, so one dwarf got back up afterwards (darned apothecaries!), but we still had a great time.

At 11/9/09 10:07 AM, Luis wrote: I dont have anything useful to contribute other than this song seemed fitting.

Dammit! I was hoping for a link to my karaoke performance of Rock You Like A Hurricane >:(

At 11/9/09 03:21 PM, Luis wrote:

At 11/9/09 03:19 PM, citricsquid wrote:

At 11/9/09 12:38 PM, Luis wrote: most of this thread is people asking about the photos of the last whatever meet.

Where are the photos of the last whatever meet?

im banning both of you. yes you too liljim. Youre not above this.

So me asking for videos of the last whatever meet is still cool, right?

At 11/9/09 10:12 AM, michelinman wrote: Please. If they share the same IP at the same house, Coop would beat him to all the UJ flashes and the poor kid would never get any BP points. He'd be running NG through a proxy for the first 4 years. :P

If that were to happen, I think I'd at least pay for a second internet connection, even if it was only a mobile internet dongle thingy. You darned kids and your new found technowotsits!

I've actually considered handing Coop83 over to my first born - sort of a family legacy, if you will :P

At 11/9/09 08:50 PM, phileeguy wrote: I mean you could argue that if they kept Polanco the Phils would've had the best hitting infield in the bigs (and not too shabby defensive) with, from left to right, Polanco, Rollins, Utley and Thome/Howard. Instead they meandered for a few seasons then found a good glove with no bat.

I'd have said second best - The Yanks have been pretty solid with Tex, Cano, Jeter and A-Rod manning the infield. I know that there's possibly slightly more power from Howard / Utley / Rollins than A-Rod / Tex / Jeter, but if A-Rod starts to hit well, that's not an issue ;)

Then again, my opinion might be biased :P

Damon and Matsui filed for Free Agency, as expected. I want Mastui back, dammit!

At 11/9/09 12:53 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

At 11/9/09 12:23 PM, Coop83 wrote: Tits aren't real porn. You see more grotesque imagery in some of Stamper's flash.

Hmm. The thing I was thinking about was the new line in the submission agreement which (on reading it again) says something like "due to new laws, you may not submit photographic images of nude people engaging in sexual activity".

Well, anything by GlamMaster would then be prohibited. I think common practice pretty much covers it, so it should be safe.

Thing is, I've no idea if a striptease counts as 'sexual activity' in the eyes of whoever wrote the law it's referring to (probably not, but you never know...). Anyone study law around here that can clarify what exactly counts as 'sexual activity' here? Where's the line between porn and garden-variety tits here?

I believe that since there's no vulgarity here - people could still get away with it as 'art' in most civilised countries, while certain Middle-Eastern states would view certain soap operas as pornographic.

Going by television rules, since there is no sign of an erect penis, or penetration, we cannot view that the protagonists are aroused, so therefore we cannot view it as "excessively pornographic"

In my view, let it ride.

At 11/9/09 09:57 AM, Fro wrote:

At 11/9/09 08:58 AM, Coop83 wrote: Not yours, his.

Haha, when I took a second look at it I can see where it could almost be directed towards either of us, but for some reason I thought that you were saying that I was misguiding him.

Yeah, perhaps I should have clarified it :P

Your saying it's going to be one of your bigger submissions? How exactly do you plan on tackling it? Saying a few lines at a time and then putting them together or saying the whole thing at once so you get the fluency?

I think it's about 5 or 6 different parts all intermingled. It's going to take me hours to make and with regards to what I'm doing, you'll have to wait and see ;)

At 11/9/09 09:03 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: I'm fully aware of that, I'm just wondering if this kid plans to abuse the voting system.

You're just paranoid. Take a chill pill.

In answer to the OP, I'm pretty high on most of the stat lists, but my standing will improve over time.

Coop prepares to take his girlfriend to a gig tonight, while congratulating:
Zendra: Level 41
l33tHaxxor: 2,000 Experience

Thank you to:
reverend
JKMonkey
ThePigeonmaster

At 11/9/09 10:52 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/8/09 02:40 PM, Coop83 wrote: *notes tactic for future use*

You best not take the 77,777th reply away from me when it comes!

Oh, don't worry - the chances I could pull something like that off are a million to one.

At 11/9/09 01:06 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/8/09 02:40 PM, Coop83 wrote: Not quite a Rockies or Marlins end of season sale, but we will be losing some talent to move players around.

I'm sure the Red Sox will be buying anything the Yanks willing to sell. :)

So... Johnny Damon then?

At 11/5/09 03:25 PM, Buddhist wrote: - Closer

Yeah, I don't see Lidge as being the go-to guy that you crave. It could be time to bring a talented youngster through, as it could make the difference for you guys, possibly having Lidge to fall back on.

- Power bat

What, another one? :P

- Starter?

Well, with Pedro gone, I think you could only move to promote JA Happ - he's due for a breakout season, so put some faith in him.

- 3rd baseman?

That's a definite now - Feliz is out, but not completely turned aside from the Phils. If they can't get someone like Reynolds from Arizona (Yay, more Ks :P) then Feliz' gold glove calibre defence could be fallen upon.

At 11/5/09 05:56 PM, phileeguy wrote:

At 11/5/09 04:33 AM, Coop83 wrote: 1) Lose Posada -

Interesting thoughts. I don't watch the Yankees on a day to day basis, but if you think that is the option, well I guess age is finally catching up to him at his postition. Still, any Molina behind the plate is a good replacement.

Molina will be a good backup, plus he's a great defensive mentor for someone like Cervelli, who can call a good game.

Behind the plate this year, we all know about the issues with Posada / AJ, but the numbers of passed balls that Posada coughed up were up on his usual. With age, the defence will only go downhill, as will the power numbers.

2) Re-sign Matsui - there's your DH right there, so there would be no room at the inn for Posada. Sorry, but that's business.

Ya, that guy was a thorn in the Phillies side this post-season. Him and Damon at the plate... might as well just walk them to limit them to something less than a HR or 2B.

A rather interesting tactic :P It might just work though, if you don't mind pitching to Tex / A-Rod and then Posada / Cano... ah.

At 11/9/09 12:04 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote: And even if it is his, there's still the issue of the real porn in it (read: unsuitable).

Tits aren't real porn. You see more grotesque imagery in some of Stamper's flash.

I think that you need to take an objective view here, making absolutely sure that the piece would be deleted if you're going to commit.

At 11/9/09 11:07 AM, TomFulp wrote: Top Five Games

Nice selections there. Thanks for the presentation, Tom :)

Almost got a clean sweep of medal games for the monthly top 5. Can't be long until we get them all there.

At 11/9/09 05:49 AM, deckheadtottie wrote:

At 11/9/09 01:23 AM, Gagsy wrote: I'm not working that full weekend so we'll see, or not, or not.

If you go, I'll buy you a drink.

You won't even need to wear a tie.

Or, she could wear a tie and get two free drinks.

Three, if Dave is going ;)

Where is the SkeletonGimp, anyway?

At 11/8/09 06:01 PM, Fro wrote:

At 11/6/09 09:50 AM, Coop83 wrote: A totally misguided point of view on the whole thing. Check your PM inbox, Josh, I'll speak to you about it.

What exactly was misguiding about what I said? Looks like what I said was actually factual and not really a point of view or an opinion in anyway. Especially the part that you quoted where I said voice acting and singing was perfectly fine on the audio portal as he said it was only for instruments.

Not yours, his. Basically, I was putting a stop to the kangaroo court that had appeared here. Since I can, I deleted the review and gave Josh a fair crack at writing a decent review for the piece, though the sarcastic U-Turn has been noted.

I'm considering a similar sort of piece for when I get my new microphone at Xmas. It's going to take me a while to get it just right and it will be the biggest piece of voice acting that I've undertaken so far. Since I share that opinion with you, it wouldn't be too good if I didn't defend it :P

Again, the 8th person ever to achieve this, but here we go:

900 Flash Review Responses

At this pace, I'll have 1,000 pretty soon. I've got a response rate of 59.88%, so 60% would be a nice milestone as well, considering when I really started to focus on responses (and Bahamut's flash), I had a response rate of < 30%

I've just got to keep going though :)

At 10/17/09 06:31 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/17/09 06:43 AM, Coop83 wrote: Retirement? I think my retirement will be when I get put in a box. I shall be buried with my laptop, with a power connection and internet access, in case I'm not really dead, or I come back as a zombie, so that I may continue to whore my stats!

And this is why I feel you're a bigger statwhore than I am.

Stop! Stop flattering me!

We'll see. Maybe I'll even agree with you when I pass you for B/P in about a year's time :P

At 11/8/09 12:54 AM, reverend wrote:

At 10/17/09 06:43 AM, Coop83 wrote: Retirement? I think my retirement will be when I get put in a box. I shall be buried with my laptop, with a power connection and internet access, in case I'm not really dead, or I come back as a zombie, so that I may continue to whore my stats!

What, you aren't going to let Coop84 carry on the legacy?

I get the feeling that my offspring would be something along the lines of Coop11, Coop12 or Coop13 ;)

At 11/8/09 02:25 AM, SapphireLight wrote: That make-up...

...you like turtles, don't you? Admit it.

Me, or Life-Stream?

I'll assume Life-Stream, since mine is just a cotton mask, but it's reminiscent of the real Rorschach, since his was pretty much the same.

At 11/9/09 12:02 AM, Bumblecock wrote: but I'm more concerned about here whether I'll be allowed to post that link in general without it getting deleted.

Basically, if you set your signature to it, you should be fine - just click my account, then forum signature and put the HTML link in there.

At 11/8/09 03:48 PM, Bahamut wrote: 025) 66073 0000 000.0 Rabindarath
026) 65575 0304 043.4 Coop83

Thanks for the update, Bahamut. Good stuff.

Not too shabby a pace from myself either, considering the amount of B/P time that was lost to catching up with lost sleep. Now to capitalise and set myself up for entering the top 25.

Wow, have I really come this far? It's amazing to think so. No time to rest, just keep on plugging away.

Coop returns to the office, wondering what surprises he has been left with, while congratulating:
BOZARTH187: 4,000 Posts
Makeshift: Level 18
BrianEtrius: Level 20

Seriously, this is 14 hours worth of achievements? Wow.

At 11/8/09 02:05 PM, Sonofkirk wrote: I'm not sure if I'll update the list tonight, I haven't started pulling the stats and I still have maths to finish... Well we'll see. Thanks to Josh and Supersteph for the lists anyway :)

There's a little ray of sunshine from the ether, as I had a massive internet crash this morning, so lost my chance to maintain a 100% record. Let's knuckle down to get these finished then and move onto next week's list :)

At 11/7/09 07:29 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: 029.) 1528 ||+000|| Chris-the-stick2
030.) 1502 ||+004|| Coop83
031.) 1487 ||+035|| Ericho (+3)

Thanks for the update, Metal-Therapy. Nice work, as always.

Now I've passed 1,500 for the career, it looks like I'm going to have to up my game, in order to stay ahead of Ericho. 15 behind me and on pace, he'll be past me within the week. Time to make my move and steps to catch Chris-the-stick2

We'll see.

At 9/29/09 08:13 PM, ToasTyy wrote: Where or how does he get those voices? I would really like to know. Thanks

Speakonia is what you're after.

Pissed off about his internet connection, Coop finally congratulates:
Auz: 35,000 Saves
Stretchysumo: Gold Whislte
IvanTuroc: Level 42
Raizen-Pyro: Level 18
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 17,000 Saves
Hacsev: General
Hybrid-of-Souls: 4,000 Posts
GoryBlizard: Level 39
Lizzardis: Top 500 B/Per
Aci6: 9,000 Experience
Rucklo: Level 30
Bahamut7: 666th Most Experienced

Thank you to:
JKMonkey
Auz
Odyssic

At 11/7/09 01:43 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/7/09 07:58 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I wouldn't suggest that entirely. Enter Sandman and then New York, New York will probably be fixtures, since Mo will still be there for us :P

I'm eager to see how much of the team is going to be sold off. Matsui and Damon I hear are most likely to be leaving.

I don't want to see Matsui go - he's too good a DH for us and that's an integral part of an AL team, no matter how much I dislike the DH rule.

Buy two and get one free. Everything must go!

Not quite a Rockies or Marlins end of season sale, but we will be losing some talent to move players around. I'd like to see Cervelli and Molina share catching duties and our new prospect in the outfield come through. If this means we will be losing outfielders like Damon and Cabrera, then that's what we've got to do. I'm unsure as to how we're going to play the situation with Nady - he can hit pretty well and I'd like to see how he can cope.

Then again, I'm not Biran Cashman or Joe Girardi.

At 11/8/09 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/7/09 07:58 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 11/7/09 05:36 AM, Bahamut wrote: Indeed and this time you better not take it away from me. I still remember what you did to get the true 70,000th reply. YOU MADE ME ANGRY!

Was that just me getting it by pure chance? :P

No, you got a spam post deleted so you could have the 70,000th reply! RAAAAAAAAR!

I'm not that conniving, am I?

*notes tactic for future use*

At 10/3/09 11:33 PM, Grubby wrote: What are some games you spent literally years playing, games that never got old and kept you hooked? Games that were actually worth the money?

Legacy of Kain - Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, any of the 5 games in that series. Sometimes I still fire up the PS2 and battle my way through those games as Raziel or Kain.

777 Audio Reviews

Not a bad day's work, overall.

At 11/7/09 02:10 PM, CaptainChip wrote: Also: How exactly does the gameplay work? Is it dice based or like a madden game?

You can do turn based, on the dice rolls, where you have to play percentages and get as many people around the intended victim in order to increase your chances of kicking his teeth out, or you can play real time, which is something I've not been brave / stupid enough to attempt yet.

Oh and look on eBay - you can get it for $30 from a seller, who exports through Thailand. Electronics are so cheap over there ;) The box may be in Thai, but the game can be installed in English.

At 11/7/09 02:18 PM, Parlux wrote: Wait a sec I got this game for the PSP

Who do you play as? I've never experienced it on that format, just on the PC.

At 11/7/09 12:01 AM, TheReno wrote: Your story dear coop is very well written. Sadly that is all it is. It invokes no fear, shows no scary imagry. Had this been a contest to just create a punk world, youd ace it. Sadly, for you, the punk needed a horror companion.

Since I've never really been into the horror genre, I'm not particularly surprised by your feelings, but I would say that I was more in the mind set that you can write a piece of suspenseful thriller style, without having to go into details on blood, guts and actually breaking the suspense, by delivering closure.

The words in the letter didnt justify the break in and what the doctor did to break in didnt foreshadow anything. In essance, useless.

I wouldn't have said that - I was writing that to prove that there were two sides to the coin of the 'monster' (Smith), by pointing out that he largely holds the laws in contempt, distancing himself a little from humanity.

To sum it up, your story was long, used good grammer, and the world was perfectly set up. And thats it Im sorry to say. 3.8 out of ten

Your review didn't specifically use good grammar ;) You can download a spell checker for your browser, quite easily :P

But aside from my counter attack, I feel that I can see where you're coming from. If you didn't like it, that's up to you. If anyone else decides that they fancy reviewing it, please feel free.