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At 8/12/09 05:09 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 8/11/09 09:12 PM, Soapbubble wrote: Soapbubble is about to hit the sack, but is handing out a few congrats first, to:

Once a day is plenty - we're trying to keep the place tidy.

Allrighty, you're the boss.

Also, Reel Big Fish and Iron Maiden? Broad taste in music? Great taste in music.

9,000 exp. At midnight it will be over 9,000!

Achievement of the Day
YoinK: 5,000 Reviews. Finally! I remember you´ve been somewhere between 4,900 and 5,000 even back when I was still updating the reviewers list. Congrats on this nice achievement!

Congrats to:
LadyX: Level 27
dx5231: 6.00 Voting Power
Rutz: Level 15
Haggard: 900 Audio Reviews
idiot-buster: 7.00 Base VP, 6,000 Blams
LegolaSS: Top 700 BP, 1,000 Posts
juansolous: 2 Years on NG
Midian: 9,000 Experience

At 8/12/09 07:58 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 8/7/09 01:51 PM, Auz wrote: Anything interesting happened while I was away?

Yes TehSlapHappy came in here starting to make congrats list, Plus we got to see Blind Guardian live backstage and got the band equipment autographed it was unbelievable.

To be honest, I don´t know neither =|

Thanks for voting, Hacsev! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 4,900 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 22.

5000 Saves! Whoooo

Go me ^_^

At 8/12/09 03:32 PM, Hacsev wrote: Thanks for voting, Hacsev! Your experience has been automatically deposited!

With that vote, you now have 4,900 experience points. You need 0 more to get to Level 22.

High five!

I know it's slightly premature, but it's 1.30am and I've got about 4 or 5 flash waiting for protection, so I should be clear with saying this before tomorrow morning.

39,000 Saves

Now to see if I can hit the big 4-0 on Clock Day. That would be something major for me ;)

7.00 Base Voting Power!

Hey there! How's everyone?

I'm not going to catch-up now, nor anytime soon, I think. I started a studying course for university during the afternoons, thrice a week and on Saturdays every fifteen days! I counted a bit, and I think I study about 10 hours everyday, not counting when I'm at home or the class break-times. It's pretty tiring, but I'll get used to it. Good bye, free time. =(

Anyway, I hope I don't have classes this Saturday, because of Clock Day, of course. I'm planning on getting at least 100 saves on the 15th, and re-balance my B/P ratio (unintended this time). And, maybe, make a quick catch-up, who knows... =P

Also, I usually don't make ''achievement-only'' posts, but I'd probably forget this one, since I don't look at my VP that often, heh. Good ol' NG Log. =)

See ya!

Welcome to Idiot-buster's 57th Level Up Lounge list!

Achievement of the day!
This special award that goes to the person with the highest rank/level/points of some kind in a cirtain field.
And it goes to....Coop83: 39,000 saves!

Congrats to:
LegolaSS: Top 700 BP, 1,000 Posts
juansolous: 2 Years on NG
Midian: 9,000 Experience
Hacsev: Level 22
squadus2: 5,000 saves
Sir-Nuts: 7.00 base voting power.

level 29

Congrats to:
LegolaSS: Rank 700 in B/P, 1,000 Posts
juansolous: 2 Years on NG
Midian: 9,000 Experience
Hacsev: Level 22
squadus2: 5,000 Saves
Coop83: 39,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts: 7.00 Base VP
Emlfuryoflion: Level 29

Good Morning.

Jeez, I almost forgot that clockday is just around the corner :o

I´m lucky that my parents are gonna go on a holiday at 2:00 in the morning, so I got the whole house for myself during the day. Which means I can save all I want without being disturbed =) Only thing is that my girlfriend might come over in the evening, but by that time I´ll probably be satisfied with my amount. I also gotta study a bit and do some shopping.

Looking at my current stats, there really isn´t much interesting I can achieve though. If all goes similar to last year, I´d probably reach 51,000 bp and 33,000 saves by the end of the day. Maybe 33,333 saves if I press on a bit. But the only interesting one, top 50 bp, is probably still a little too far away.

Achievement of the Day
Coop83: 39,000 Saves. And another win for Coop =) Good luck with getting to 40,000 on clockday. Would be a sweet number.

Congrats to:
Hacsev: Level 22
squadus2: 5,000 Saves
TehSlapHappy: Level 22
Sir-Nuts: 7.00 Base VP
Emlfuryoflion: Level 29

15,000 Experience!

Rev was glad to catch the meteor shower last night; congrats to:
LegolaSS - 1,000 Posts and Top 700 in Exp
juansolus - Two years on NG
Midian - 9,000 Exp - *Badum tish!
Hacsev - Level 22
squadus2 - 5,000 Saves
Coop83 - 39k Saves!
Sir-Nuts - 7.00 Base VP
Emlfuryoflion - Level 29
Haggard - 15k Exp!

Listen to:
The Octopus Project - Tuxedo Hat

Coop prepares to start striping down the lounge for redecoration, while congratulating:
LegolaSS: Top 700 B/P; 1,000 Posts
juansolous: 2nd NG Berfday
Midian: 9,000 Experience
Hacsev: Level 22
squadus2: 5,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts: 7.00 Base Voting Power
Emlfuryoflion: Level 29
Haggard: 15,000 Experience

Thank you to:
iscrulz
idiot-buster
Odyssic

At 8/12/09 05:34 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 8/12/09 05:09 AM, Coop83 wrote: That was Sunday - we gathered up in the evening and congregated in Leicester Square, before heading to the Slug & Lettuce for Pimms and shots.

yeah i should at least stayed over the weekend... a thought for next time me thinks... :3

If you can afford it - hotels are expensive, which is a bummer. I spent over £350 with all of the fuel and accomodation thrown in, but it's worth it!

At 8/12/09 07:58 AM, iscrulz wrote:

At 8/6/09 07:16 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, it all depends on Cock Day, doesn't it?

We are all relying on the Clock Day, then, I am planning for it to be a wonderful turn out I might pass you.

We shall see - the time of smack is almost at an end. Then we shall see who fulfils their promises.

Meh, if it's damage limitation over Cock Day, then I'll just stay as close as I can to you, in order to make the pass permanent at some point later in the year.

Oh it won't be permanent you will give up way before I do. I know that for sure.

Pfft.

Council screwdrivers are the most versatile tool in the world!

I disagree Stanley is.

What, the knife? Nah, they've only got 1 use - cutting.

At 8/6/09 12:34 PM, Coop83 wrote: Top 30 B/Per

Absoulety No Congrats here. A big huge FUCK YOU (Greedy jew bastard.)

*doffs cap*

I've finally passed iscrulz. Now to make sure that I'm there long enough for Bahamut's update on Sunday, so it's 'official' :P

Well fail I got the 30th spot last sunday, Maybe I will get agian next sunday, hahahaha sup

You can't run forever - I've held 30th for a longer time this time around ;)

At 8/11/09 05:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: Well, I've got to keep going - I can't allow iscrulz back past me so lightly :P

Well too bad you many have a slight lead but I am going to chop it down, I am here to spam and B?P like a madman on PCP.

Clock Day is an anomaly. It doesn't happen all the time and if I average more than you for the rest of the week, I've got a good chance of reeling you back in afterwards quite quickly.

At 8/12/09 10:57 AM, Soapbubble wrote: Also, Reel Big Fish and Iron Maiden? Broad taste in music? Great taste in music.

What's on your iTunes? I really should update that at some point - I've got quite a bit more Iron Maiden and Metallica since then and I've added my Michael Jackson tunes - about 2 months before he died, sadly.

At 8/13/09 05:06 AM, Auz wrote: Achievement of the Day
Coop83: 39,000 Saves. And another win for Coop =) Good luck with getting to 40,000 on clockday. Would be a sweet number.

Well, there's a better chance the closer I get to the milestone before the day itself. Of course, while I'm busy saving shitloads and trying in vain for that elusive Blam point, I'll be performing an update for the top 150 Blammers list as well :)

Yesterday was Sonofkirk's birthday, wish him a good one!

Congratulations to: -

juansolous - 2 Years on NG
Midian - 9,000 Experience
Hacsev - Level 22
squadus2 - 5,000 Saves
Coop83 - 39,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts - 7.00 Base Voting Power
Emlfuryoflion - Level 29
Haggard - 15,000 Experience

Listening to:

Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy

At 8/12/09 10:57 AM, Soapbubble wrote: Also, Reel Big Fish and Iron Maiden? Broad taste in music? Great taste in music.

Hey, his taste in music is awesome, even though he doesn't really like Manowar or Slayer. :P

At 8/12/09 09:25 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I'm not going to catch-up now, nor anytime soon, I think. I started a studying course for university during the afternoons, thrice a week and on Saturdays every fifteen days! I counted a bit, and I think I study about 10 hours everyday, not counting when I'm at home or the class break-times. It's pretty tiring, but I'll get used to it. Good bye, free time. =(

Damn, that's a lot of work to do and it's sad to hear this'll take most of your free time. However, I wish you the best of luck in your future. :)

At 8/13/09 05:06 AM, Auz wrote: Jeez, I almost forgot that clockday is just around the corner :o

Haha, I know Clock Day is very soon but I'm not that bothered this year. With having enough saves already and having a good time with my friends this Saturday, I'm not bothered about missing out on Clock Day this year. After all, I did have a lot of fun in the previous few years so that's good enough for me.

At 8/13/09 07:16 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/12/09 10:57 AM, Soapbubble wrote: Also, Reel Big Fish and Iron Maiden? Broad taste in music? Great taste in music.

Hey, his taste in music is awesome, even though he doesn't really like Manowar or Slayer. :P

Yeah, I was being serious. I never use irony on first dates!

Sorry about the double post:

Just reached 500 flash reviews!

At 8/10/09 09:00 AM, Bahamut wrote: Sometimes the age ratings make no sense and if the original game was re-rated, it would only be 12+. 15 was probably too much, most especially since that was the age rating for Doom. The violence in the original Tomb Raider doesn't look like much now but Doom still looks gory even if it's 16 years old.

Really I don't think any of the TR games deserve more than a 12 rating. Maybe back in 1996 people freaked out over the fact that you could stare at a woman's butt for hours on end. Also Lara has a little cleavage that looks like it was drawn with the pencil on MS Paint. Shock horror!

His brother has tried so hard to get him to skip Angel of Darkness but no matter what happens, he's going to play through Angel of Darkness. ;_;

Poor deluded bastard...

I'll need to get the PC copies of the first two games but I'm willing to get them whenever I have the urge to play them again which should be soon considering all this Tomb Raider talk I've had here. Also, hearing that I need the physical copy of the two games gives me an idea. If any release of the games are accepted, I could get the Double Pack and be able to play the bonus levels as soon as I get them. However, for nostalgia sake, I'd like to play through the games themselves before the bonus levels.

I imagine any version of the games is fine, you should just need to have them installed on your PC to make use of the downloads. You should be able to get both TR and TR2 on play.com for around 3-4 quid each.

As for Tombraiders.net, I recognise that site before from when I was looking into the Tomb Raider Level Editor. I was wanting to design just a small level but the program was complicated and I wasn't sure if it did work in the end. Maybe my old computer couldn't handle it due to its resolutions but I did follow the instructions carefully and I still couldn't make my desired level. :( I guess I could give it a try sometime soon to see if it works better the second time round.

Ah the level editor. One day I will get round to making the level I always envisioned, which is basically a long corridor with lots of locked rooms leading off it. You start with a key that unlocks the first room, where you have to get past a trap or undergo a trial of some kind to get another key which opens another room and the sequence repeats until you get to the last room with the level end. One of those things I know I'll probably never get round to doing, and if I do I'll probably fail miserably, but at least I can always dream. You should have another go at it as well, maybe you'll have more luck this time.

Yeah, I put the effort into getting all secrets myself, even making many attempts to get the timing perfect for the slope secret in St. Francis' Folly and there was no special reward for all of this. Although Unfinished Business was released two years after TR1, it would have been nice if for getting all secrets, you were rewarded with additional levels to play through. That's why when I got Anniversary, I was hoping they put in the Unfinished Business levels for those who missed out on it back then.

Sadly I've found that video game developers usually don't live up to what is expected of them. Sure it would be nice if they did a little extra but they can get away with doing the minimum and they generally do.

Yeah, I felt sorry for him too but at least he's beaten the game and now it's seeing how he does with The Last Revelation. If he's able to beat it thoroughly, I will be amazed as I always stop playing half-way through.

Kinda drags on doesn't it? I remember thinking it was about damn time it finished about half way through as well. But I pressed on because I probably didn't have anything better to do at the time.

Although it's only been two years since I played through the trilogy, I feel it's time to give them another spin, most especially when I want to play the additional levels right now.

Count me in. I'm gonna start playing them over again as soon as I get round to it. I really need more free time...

I'm not much of an achievement whore. Sure, I have a lot of medals on Newgrounds and have a fair amount of achievements on Steam, most especially Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead and a few other games but I don't put an extreme amount of effort into getting all of them. I mostly play these games for enjoyment sake. The achievements I come across are a nice bonus. :)

I'm kinda in the middle. I only play the games I want to play (no renting easy games for the achievements) and I consider myself a casual gamer. I have a high gamerscore but I'm not competitive at all about it. My issue is that I'm quite obsessive/compulsive and I hate leaving things unfinished. Therefore I try my hardest to unlock all achievements in the games I play. I see it as a challenge, and I can't pass up a challenge.

That's a fair opinion on both consoles. I'm glad to hear you've given both consoles a fair chance as that's what the majority fail at doing. I'm not a fanboy myself since the only console from the latest generation I have is the Wii and there are several things I hate about it.

Like I said, I'm willing to look into the other consoles, although I'm more likely to get a PS3 as not only have I been a Playstation supporter for over a decade now but there are several games I want for the console and getting it would save my family from getting a blu-ray player. They've considered getting a HDTV for a LOOOOONG time now and the most they've done is getting a small one for their room. I actually have the money to get both a HDTV and a PS3 but I want to check which is the best HDTV for my room as I know it'll still be ages before my parents even consider replacing the ancient TV in the living room.

I'll still keep the 360 in mind but I won't consider getting one until I find more than enough games for the console.

I think it's important to be fair. I originally had an Xbox 360, a PS3 and a Wii but I only have the 360 now because the never got round to using the other two and they're far too expensive to just have lying around collecting dust. At the end of the day each console has it's good and bad points and it's just a matter of weighing up the differences and deciding which good points you're most interested in and which bad points will piss you off the least. I guess the same goes for the HDTVs. I chose mine by going to a store that had about 50 different ones all lined up and picking the one that looked like the best quality while still fitting into my size requirements and budget. I ended up with an LG 32" LCD and I haven't regretted it one bit.

Just got level 15 a few days ago, and I am an official Police Officer now :D

Level 28! >:(
In real life that is. :P

Listening to:
Kataklysm - The Resurrected
Atrocity - Shout

Thanks to:
michelinman
Hacsev
Soapbubble
ninjakoopa-33
idiot-buster - Thanks for the achievement of the day.
reverend (2x)
Odyssic
Coop83 (2x)
RohantheBarbarian (2x)
Auz

Congrats to:
dx5231: 6.00 Base Voting Power
Rutz: Level 15
idiot-buster: 7.00 Base Voting Power, 6,000 Blams
YoinK: 5,000 Reviews
LegolaSS: Top 700 in B/P, 1,000 Posts
juansolous: 2 Years on NG
Midian: 9,000 Experience
Hacsev: Level 22
squadus2: 5,000 Saves
Coop83: 39,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts: 7.00 Base Voting Power
Emlfuryoflion: Level 29
Soapbubble: 500 Reviews
BillysProgrammer: Level 15, Police Officer

At 8/12/09 09:35 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 8/11/09 03:07 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 8/11/09 02:48 PM, Bahamut wrote: I still think you like seeing them half-naked. :P

Think what you want, I don't care as I know it's not the truth. :P

Well I believe it is the truth. :P

What you believe is wrong.

Ha, I haven't even actually downloaded them myself.

What? You tell other people to download them for you? :P

Cache files?

So your cached files folder is your porn folder?

Soap's still in awe after watching Goodfellas for the first time.

Congratulations to:

YoinK - 5k reviews
LegolaSS - Top 700 B/P, 1k posts
Juansolous - Two years on NG
Midian - 9k exp
Hacsev - Level 22
squadus2 - 5k saves
Coop83 - 39k saves
Sir-Nuts - 7.00 Base VP
Emlfuryoflion - Level 29
Haggard - 15k exp
BillysProgrammer - Level 15, Police Officer
Davidzx - 4k posts

Thanks to:
Haggard

At 8/13/09 06:07 AM, Coop83 wrote: What's on your iTunes? I really should update that at some point - I've got quite a bit more Iron Maiden and Metallica since then and I've added my Michael Jackson tunes - about 2 months before he died, sadly.

Too lazy to post my iTunes, but I can post what I listen to regularly.

Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Metallica
Dimmu Borgir
Raga Rockers
Phoenix
Neutral Milk Hotel
Reel Big Fish
The Wombats
The Kooks
Noah & the Whale
Bon Iver
Audioslave
In Flames

And so much more. I do have last.fm, but I usually listen to music on CD. The stuff on last.fm is mostly my summer playlist and other stuff I can't find in CD format.

Welcome to Idiot-buster's 58th Level Up Lounge list!

Achievement of the day!
This special award that goes to the person with the highest rank/level/points of some kind in a cirtain field.
And it goes to....Haggard: 15,000 Experience!

Congrats to:
Emlfuryoflion: Level 29
Soapbubble: 500 Reviews
BillysProgrammer: Level 15, Police Officer
Davidzx: 4k posts
TehSlapHappy: Level 22

At 8/13/09 06:07 AM, Coop83 wrote: What's on your iTunes? I really should update that at some point - I've got quite a bit more Iron Maiden and Metallica since then and I've added my Michael Jackson tunes - about 2 months before he died, sadly.

I know what you mean. I Really never payed to much attention to Michael Jackson. Well when he died i decided to go and buy some.....little did i know i would be spending over 20$ on a few of his alumbs ans some songs of choice.

Ninja prepares for Clock Day while congratulating:
YoinK - 5,000 Flash Reviews
LegolaSS - 1,000 BBS Posts
juansolous - 2 Years on NG
Midian - 9,000 Experience Points
Hacsev - Level 22
squadus2 - 5,000 Saves
Coop83 - 39,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts - Base Voting Power of 7.00
Emlfuryoflion - Level 29
Haggard - 15,000 Experience Points
Soapbubble - 500 Flash Reviews
BillysProgrammer - Level 15, Police Officer
Haggard - Happy 28th Birthday!
Davidzx - 4,000 BBS Posts

CONGRATULATIONS!

Seven thousand experience points.

Supreme Commander aldlv
finally

30K B/P, it's just awesome
After 2 years, 1 month and 7 days of work

and, i got it 1 Day before Clock Day (yes, exactly 24 hours before...)

now Sispri isn't the only '07 with the rank of EGSC
XD

Level 32... cool? I liked level 31.

I don't mind going medieval, but level 33~35 are just ninja weapons, and level 36 is just god awful looking.

Level 15 GET!
Age 17 GET!

Congrats to:
Soapbubble - 500 Flash Reviews
BillysProgrammer - Level 15
Haggard - Happy Birthday again!
Davidzx - 4,000 Posts
Sispri - 7,000 Exp
aldlv - Elite Guard Supreme Commander!
Frank-The-Hedgehog - Level 32
titchman12 - Level 15 and 17 Years Old!

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At 8/13/09 06:07 AM, Coop83 wrote: We shall see - the time of smack is almost at an end. Then we shall see who fulfils their promises.

*gets his popcorn ready. :)

At 8/13/09 09:03 PM, Soapbubble wrote: Soap's still in awe after watching Goodfellas for the first time.

I love that movie. I really need to buy it someday.