At 11/22/09 05:15 AM, Coop83 wrote: Damn, I wish I'd known about 2-3 weeks ago. My girlfriend's Grandma was in Houston, seeing her son and his family. I'd have got it mailed to them and solved a problem.

Ah, that's a pity. I don't suppose the folks in Houston there can still help you out?

At 11/21/09 03:04 AM, Coop83 wrote: Cool, I'll see what the budget has left when I'm back from the shops this morning.

OK. :) BTW, I recommend ordering from the USA - have them sent to a friend there and have him/her pass them on to you. They're much less expensive there (85 USD, compared to e.g. 105 EUR in Germany), so if yo can, it'll definitely pay to do this.

Am I supposed to feel this dejected when someone else quotes Futurama at me?

Nawww. :)

At 11/20/09 04:21 AM, Coop83 wrote: Not likely - it's the River Severn (Britain's Longest River) and it's about 70m wide where I cross it. If I jumped in and swam for it there, I might just come out of the river in Worcester itself (about 15 miles downstream)

Ah. :) Well, it was just a joke, anyway.

Now those look nice. I might just have to get me a pair myself... Even if it is just for lounging about the house in.

They look nice, yes (although you'd be surprised by how many people stare at them), and they feel nice, too. ^.^ I certainly recommend getting a pair; they're great.

Treasure indeed. Pornography! And biscuits!

And hookers, and blackjack! In fact, forget about the biscuits and the blackjack!

At 11/19/09 03:27 PM, Coop83 wrote: 2 of 3 achievements. For summary, that was 800 Audio Reviews; 66,000 B/P and 9,000 Medal Points.

Ah, OK. I was wondering if you might mean "two thirds of the way to 100k B/P points"...

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

In that case... congrats. ;)

At 11/19/09 10:22 AM, Coop83 wrote: 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 >:)

Congrats. 2 of 3 what? o.o

At 11/19/09 04:14 AM, Coop83 wrote: 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.

As long as it's not going to jump much more... if it does, you might end up having to take the long dive to work instead. :)

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

Jolly good, old bean. I've never gotten into running myself, but I've enjoyed walking to places on occasion again now that I got myself a pair of paw covers. ^^

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, 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. :)

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?

Oh, I've tried all that and more, but it didn't make a difference.

At 11/16/09 10:54 AM, Bahamut wrote: I've been having some server issues when posting. Although the post goes through, the first post tells me there's a server error when there's really not. gfox claimed the same thing happened to him last night as well.

Ah, hmm, yeah... could be related.

At 11/13/09 01:37 PM, reverend wrote: schneelocke - 7,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 11/13/09 08:13 PM, JKMonkey wrote: schneelocke- 7000 Medal Points

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At 11/13/09 08:36 PM, Hacsev wrote: schneelocke: 7,000 Medal Points

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At 11/13/09 09:18 PM, XIII13 wrote: schneelocke: 7000 Medal Points

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At 11/14/09 06:24 AM, Odyssic wrote: schneelocke: 7,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

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. :)

BTW, is it just me, or has Newgrounds been really slow in the past couple of days? Even comparatively small movies that are just a few MB in size take minutes to load. (And no, I've checked, my Internet connection is not congested.)

7000 medal points.

At 11/4/09 02:19 PM, Haggard wrote: Actually, she got it from an old song. At least that's what Wikipedia says.

Ah, OK. Interesting, I didn't know that!

Ah, dat Beugelbuddelbeer... wat mutt dat mutt, och in uns niemoodsche Tied! :) Am besten man gleich as Lütt un Lütt! ;)

Hm, I really want to learn Platt at some time in the future.* Right now my limited knowledge really shows. Never heard "niemoodsche" before, and I'm not sure what "as Lütt und Lütt" means, except for that Lütt means "klein". But that doesn't help me that much. ^^

"Lütt un Lütt" is a (small) beer and a small Schnaps. :)

*But I don't know, which kind of platt I should learn... as someone from Hamburg maybe it would be best to learn "Missingsch", as that was the most common dialect around here, I think. ^^

Ah, yeah, that'd be interesting, too. ^^ Might be worth checking if there's any courses for that; I know one university (can't recall which, though) had courses in Mooring at some point, so Missingsch might also be available if you're lucky. Or check your local VHS - they should have some sort of Plattdüütsch at least, one hopes.

Or pester your grandparents, if they're still alive and from the region. ;)

At 11/5/09 08:15 AM, Bahamut wrote: But with Rhapsody of Epicness (What? Epicness isn't a word?), it would be perfect.

If it wasn't a word before, it is now. :) And hey, it beats "epicicity", which is what I would've come up with myself. ;)

At 11/3/09 12:33 PM, reverend wrote: schneelocke - 6,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 11/3/09 07:39 PM, JKMonkey wrote: schneelocke - 6000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 11/4/09 08:01 AM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
schneelocke: 13.00 VP. I'm about to get that one as well pretty soon =) Congrats!

Yay, thanks a lot! ^_^

Wow, the topic's grown to 2500 pages...

At 11/3/09 10:22 AM, Haggard wrote: We have a proverb in Germany... "Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör" which basically means, someone who is an Ingenieur is an expert in (almost) all fields. So, I'd prefer "Ingenieur". :P

That's an Erika Fuchs quote, actually - a line she came up with for Daniel Düsentrieb, probably better known to the Anglophones around here as Gyro Gearlose.

*FUMP* <- that's a "Flensbuddle" being opened. ^^

Ah, dat Beugelbuddelbeer... wat mutt dat mutt, och in uns niemoodsche Tied! :) Am besten man gleich as Lütt un Lütt! ;)

Luke, Ik mutt di watt vertellen! XD

*snerk* ^^

At 11/3/09 11:09 AM, Odyssic wrote: schneelocke: 6,000 Medal points

Thanks!

6000 medal points, and I also think I didn't mention that I've got 13+ VP nowadays yet...

At 11/2/09 05:57 AM, Haggard wrote: Wat schallst moken, schietst ops Bett, schietst ops Loken, schietst vorbie, is och ne grode Swinerie.

Nich lang snacken, Kopp in Nacken! ;) Na denn - Prösterchen. ;)

Jo, das wär ja mol bannig fein. But I can just give you the link, much easier that way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOLcQsZ2 Ck

D

Dien Modder snackt veel, wenn de Tach lang is. XD Ahaha...

At 11/2/09 12:25 PM, Coop83 wrote: I'd hardly call a map a cheat. It's something that still required skill, in order to get things like the last mushroom, you still need orienteering skills.

Well, OK, a map would be acceptable, yes. But how would it help you get the game done very fast?

At 11/1/09 07:13 AM, Coop83 wrote: Great game - good fun and if you've got the right tools, you can get through the game in under the time limit quite easily.

It is a great game, yes. I just need to find that one last mushroom now...

Hmm, and "the right tools"? I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but it sounds like it'd take the fun out of the game.

At 11/1/09 07:21 AM, Haggard wrote: Wat de Buer nich kennt, dat freet he nich!

Freeten un suupen, datt is all watt ji künnt... :)

Say, have you seen "Star Wars opp platt" on youtube? If not, you should check it out. ;)

Heb ick nich, aber ick kann ja mol kieken. ;)

At 10/31/09 06:45 AM, Coop83 wrote: Fair enough. I think that it's one of my favourites, but that's the thing - one man's junk is another's treasure and vice versa.

True... watt dem een sien Uhl, is dem annern sien Nachtigall. :)

You can get a medal for just throwing the weapons at them until they die as well. That was quite a funny medal.

Hmm, I may have to try that.

Maybe I should work on getting more medals from William and Sly, too. I don't think I'll manage the "get 35000 points" one (and I think having to stay under a certain amount of time, much less one you don't even know, is absolutely counter to the approach and atmosphere of this game), but the other two that remain should be doable...

At 10/30/09 07:52 AM, Coop83 wrote: Coop readies himself for an assault on another milestone, while congratulating:
Cool - I see that you've gained a medal off that already.

Yeah, but just one, and it's only worth five points - and it'll likely be the last one, too, as I didn't really enjoy the game. It mostly seems to consist of killing enemies, running out of ammo, switching to your lead pipe, picking up ammo again.. and then running out again, and so on. Picking up other weapons the enemies packed didn't seem to work; I'm not sure it's supposed to, but... well, I just didn't enjoy it that much.

At 10/24/09 11:58 AM, Bahamut wrote: I was just making fun of a Garry's Mod meme where Wallace Breen from Half-Life 2 shouts out "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAX!" in this video at 2:59. That's what I imagine those who accuse people of cheating in medals. :P

Ah, OK. :)

At 10/24/09 05:58 PM, reverend wrote: schneelocke - 5,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 10/24/09 06:30 PM, Hacsev wrote: schneelocke: 5,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 10/25/09 04:21 AM, Coop83 wrote: schneelocke: 5,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 5863

Ah, right, that was it. Hmm, I have some time to kill right now - I think I'll check it out once my pizza's done.

Your appetite for medals appears to be voracious and tenacious at the same time.

Bodacious!

At 10/25/09 07:13 AM, Odyssic wrote: schneelocke: 5,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 10/26/09 12:02 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Hello, level 49!

That's neat, congrats. :) But that aura leaves something to be desired...

At 10/24/09 07:12 AM, schneelocke wrote:

At 10/24/09 05:50 AM, Coop83 wrote: Fair enough - I've only got one medal to collect to complete Gretel & Hansel - that's a pretty good game, especially with the drawing techniques used.

Oh, I'll have to check that out, too. (Hmm, and there was another game I wanted to look into, too, wasn't there?)

5000 medal points. :) There's still some medals left in that game to get, though - in particular, I'm pretty sure I managed all ten deaths (in the same game, too!), but didn't get the "10 deaths" medal. Hmm...

At 10/24/09 05:50 AM, Coop83 wrote: Fair enough - I've only got one medal to collect to complete Gretel & Hansel - that's a pretty good game, especially with the drawing techniques used.

Oh, I'll have to check that out, too. (Hmm, and there was another game I wanted to look into, too, wasn't there?)

At 10/23/09 07:30 AM, Bahamut wrote: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX!

Not really - just a failure of the NG medal system to fail gracefully under certain conditions (combined with certain traits of the game in question). I didn't do this on purpose, though, so it can't be considered hacking of any kind.

At 10/23/09 10:41 AM, Coop83 wrote: Looks like you'll be passing me for Medal Points soon - I've just gotten myself to 8,000 Medal Points, but I think with a certain new computer game at my behest, I think the weekend will take it's toll on this marker :P

Hmm, it's hard to say whether this'll happen or not. Much of the "games with medals" collection appears to be action games that I'm not good at and don't enjoy, so chances are I won't ever get medals from those (at least beyond the "low-hanging fruit" ones I already may have gotten, usually for things such as "kill your first enemy" or so). Also, congrats!

At 10/23/09 04:20 AM, Coop83 wrote: Find what you're good at and run with it, that's what I say :P Though I was always more of a Thing Thing Arena player, to be honest.

I'll give that a try.

Heh, and you know what's funny? I continued playing Dynamic Systems again, and got the "reach level 30" medal BEFORE I got the "reach level 25" medal. Heh. :)

At 10/22/09 05:55 AM, Odyssic wrote: schneelocke: 4,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 10/22/09 03:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: schneelocke: 4,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

It was mostly due to Bunny Invasion Easter that I was able to get that - it's an addictive game, even for someone who doesn't usually like (and sucks at) action games. :)

At 10/21/09 03:59 AM, Coop83 wrote: It's all to do with how you see things. It's nothing major.

True.

Oh, BTW 3000^W4000 medal points! :)

At 10/20/09 03:54 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, picking off trained monkeys running at the trebuchet is hardly strategy. But I see where you're coming from.

Yeah, it'd definitely be a different game.

Oh, and it might be better to say "may make me more biased against your idea"

*nods* Merriam-Webster actually has it as a verb, but I agree it sounds a little weird.

At 10/19/09 12:59 AM, Overtired wrote: schneelocke: 2000 metal points

Thanks!

At 10/19/09 04:02 AM, Coop83 wrote: schneelocke: 2,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

Excellent - I reviewed just after you did and put out a theory for Crush the Castle 2, so I hope they pay attention :)

I hope they do. *reads your review* Ah, hmm, I'm not sure I agree with all of your points, though. Having people actually turn into little more than bloodstains when smashed by heavy walls (or be gibbed when hit by bombs, perhaps? c.c) would be interesting, but chances are they're trying to maintain as much of a (P?)G rating as possible with the game. Still, I wouldn't mind this, myself. :)

I'm less sure about the whole "turn-based strategy" thing. Sure, you could do that, too, but let's face it, that wouldn't be a sequel, it'd be an entirely different game. (And personally, I don't like strategy games that much, either, although I'll also admit that that may bias me against your idea there. Hmm, can you use "bias" as a verb?)

That would be more than a little sick, but fun.

Aye - in a good way! :)

At 10/19/09 05:37 AM, Odyssic wrote: schneelocke: 2,000 Medal Points

Thanks!

At 10/19/09 06:46 AM, Bahamut wrote: 5,000 would be ideal.

Yup. I'm working on it!

At 10/18/09 10:33 AM, schneelocke wrote: Hey, I managed 1000 medal points - does that count as an accomplishment? (I imagine it would, but then, I'd also guess they're easier to guess once you still can reach for the low-hanging fruit...)

Mmm, make that 2000. :)

At 10/18/09 06:09 AM, Coop83 wrote: I guess I could have told you guys about this last week, but I'm officially a Top 30 Flash Reviewer

Congrats!

Hey, I managed 1000 medal points - does that count as an accomplishment? (I imagine it would, but then, I'd also guess they're easier to guess once you still can reach for the low-hanging fruit...)

At 10/18/09 04:56 AM, Coop83 wrote: Looks like I've found one that you can get hooked on :P

Oh, I did. It's just a pity there's nothing left to do for me in that game - I beat every castle, then I beat every castle with a gold medal, then I beat every castle with one shot (not that there were many left where I had used more than one!).

They really should've put all the 1400 levels they boast they received in the game. :)

Games With Medals - Plenty more where that came from.

\o/

Time delay - they're showing for me...

Ah, that's because I solved the problem in the meantime, as noted above.

At 10/16/09 04:11 AM, Coop83 wrote: Hmm... must be broken temorarily. Perhaps try one of the Crush the Castle PP medals - I only got them recently, so I know they work.

At 10/17/09 08:01 AM, schneelocke wrote: I'll try, but I dare predict it won't work.

At 10/17/09 04:42 PM, schneelocke wrote: Yes, indeed, it didn't. [...] Any ideas?

OK, nevermind, I got it to work. Turns out it was a Firefox add-on problem.

At 10/16/09 04:11 AM, Coop83 wrote: Hmm... must be broken temorarily. Perhaps try one of the Crush the Castle PP medals - I only got them recently, so I know they work.

At 10/17/09 08:01 AM, schneelocke wrote: I'll try, but I dare predict it won't work.

Yes, indeed, it didn't. I played all the levels and managed to get a gold medal on every last one of them (fun game, BTW ^^), so I *should* have gotten all the medals, but I didn't actually get any at all. And FWIW, I didn't even get any "medal unlocked" messages this time, either.

Any ideas?