At 6/2/08 09:35 AM, Joshiwa wrote: I got an 08 Scion tC, its Flint Mica and amazing. I'm in love, I don't need no woman! Don't feel pressured with the new forum, take your time, all good things come with time.

While I can't say my car is my first love (I met my wife before I got it), I CAN say that it is my second. My third is my computer(s). :-) I got my car in 2002, it's a '99, it's old, it has 77,000 miles on it, but it runs great, looks great, and I'd have no other. :-) You'll note that my profile proudly displays the "Kompressor" badging from my car on the header.

At 6/2/08 10:42 PM, Andrea364 wrote: Also, work on your post quality! I know Eagle is lenient, but don't let the quality of the thread get shot to hell just cause you can make shorter posts without getting in shit over it.

Well, I couldn't call myself lenient...I have (and will) kick out people based on post quality. But let's remember that short posts can be just as mature, apropos, and valid as a stupidly long post (e.g. mine). As long as it's on topic, is a valid addition to the conversation at hand (not just "ZOMG GRATS," "WOW," or "ROFL I MADE 2000 B/P TODAY!!!111oneoneeleven"), it's ok. On the other hand, flaming, off-topic, uncontributive, or "Post +1" posts won't be tolerated. Let's remember even long posts can be below quality (if you want examples, take a look at pretty much all of Dream_of_Duke's posts in this thread). I tend to not yell at people for improper posting in the thread (untactful), so I'll try to PM someone or pull them aside otherwise. Just use your brain and let's keep our image up, and we'll be happy. :-)

At 6/3/08 03:12 AM, Joshiwa wrote: Barracks roster - Tuesday, June 3rd 2008

Nice work! The hustle is always appreciated!

Top 5 Gainers:

UGH! I'm not on it... Oh well, the "oldies" will inevitably need to abdicate to younger blood and more ambitious members (and with considerably less life responsibilities). I'm still hanging in there, though, so keep your wits up!

And grats on everyone's achievements this week!

At 6/3/08 04:23 PM, UnfathomableSin wrote:

EGB Total B/P: 869,479 B/P

Holy shit burritos, Batman!

Shit burritos? Really?

I'll try and get to Colonel soon. I don't know what it is about any rank with Colonel in the name, but it gets my pants rather heated.

TMI

Random word: Treasurership

Random response: Turtle

Random riposte: CUISINART

>>> 31 || [ 07498 ] || [ 000 ] || [ 00.0 ] || [ 00.1 - ] || RSQViper, Master Sergeant
>>> 32 || [ 07233 ] || [ 001 ] || [ 00.1 ] || [ 00.0+ ] || UnfathomableSin, Master Sergeant
>>> 33 || [ 07079 ] || [ 000 ] || [ 00.0 ] || [ 00.0+ ] || Grammer, Master Sergeant

Give me a few days to pass up, RSQViper here. =P

According to my extrapolation of the data here, I'm looking at... 266 days?

This is just a rough idea, but I in no way WHAT-SO-EVER want this idea to encourage blind mass-flagging.

(Although, Ventrilo would be a much simpler, effective method. The above just sounds kickass.)

While your idea is interesting and something to think about, I'd have to say no to it. The reason is that it simply fosters mass-flagging and otherwise a collaboration of users in a way that's suspicious. I think we can do well enough with AIM chat-rooms and Vent chatrooms for this purpose. Like I said, a Vent server WILL be coming back soon enough. I'm still working on the underpinnings of the server right now, but am moving forward nonetheless.

Speaking of the server, a little update:

I was having problems with the 750-gig hard drive I plopped into it, thanks to good ol' Dell. However, things finally decided to magically work again (I swear it's possessed), so all is well. Things will be moving forward nonetheless. Once the actual host server work is complete I've abandoned all other projects I ahve for it until I get the forums running. The server will be a bit less robust (no backups or other protections besides power protection) for a while, but at least we'll have SOMETHING. Either way, the project isn't keeping stagnant, as I keep working on it day by day. :-)

Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Hug me.

At 6/4/08 04:10 AM, NEVR wrote: Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Hug me.

Conratulations on getting into UNI (although I have no idea what university it is), man. I hope when I get older that I'll be as lucky of a motherfucker as you are.

Group hug?

Anyways, I just submitted a new song this morning, which I made in less than two hours. Check it out!

no link, I'm too beat to post one.

Nice monster posts, Eagle, I see you've taken post quality to a new level, lol.

At 6/4/08 05:41 AM, TheNossinator wrote: Hey, congrats man!

Thanks :)

Hug me.

K.

*hugs*

Salutes:::

Screw the salutes, it's a hugworthy occasion. We'll show all those other C&C's how much closer we all are ;P

At 6/4/08 06:03 AM, Andrea364 wrote: Conratulations on getting into UNI (although I have no idea what university it is), man. I hope when I get older that I'll be as lucky of a motherfucker as you are.

University is what you might call 'college' if you're from America. It's basically where you go to get a degree so that you can start your career.

Group hug?

The EGB is such an intimate group, aren't we?

Anyways, I just submitted a new song this morning, which I made in less than two hours. Check it out!

no link, I'm too beat to post one.

I'll go check it out. I really want to get back into Audio, but I don't have the time and/or resources right now, so I'm left with about 6 mediocre experimental Audio submissions to my name.

I'm thinking of investing in a £1,800 keyboard, namely this one, in order to start up making audio again. Need a job.

Nice monster posts, Eagle, I see you've taken post quality to a new level, lol.

He's trying to give gfox a run for his money. ;)

At 6/4/08 06:13 AM, NEVR wrote: Screw the salutes, it's a hugworthy occasion. We'll show all those other C&C's how much closer we all are ;P

*Hugs*

University is what you might call 'college' if you're from America. It's basically where you go to get a degree so that you can start your career.

Well I know that, I'm not retarded like most of my peers. I just didn't know which one...

The EGB is such an intimate group, aren't we?

If you call shooting innocent puppies intimate, then yes.

Phantom and I just LOVE shooting things behind the Barracks

I'll go check it out. I really want to get back into Audio, but I don't have the time and/or resources right now, so I'm left with about 6 mediocre experimental Audio submissions to my name.

Aww. That sucks : ( My trial is about to run out, so I'll be paying roughly £800 (or about $400) for a program to keep it up.

I'm thinking of investing in a £1,800 keyboard, namely this one, in order to start up making audio again. Need a job.

I already have one, but it's roughly ten years old, and is essentially a piece of shit. It only cost 200 dollars. I'm buying a new one soon.

He's trying to give gfox a run for his money. ;)

Ah, I see. I'm trying to get 1337 posts, lol

I honestly doubt we'll call them "Columbia College" and "Stanford College" for that matter, just hijacked a lorry and took it for a ride until I found out the fuel tank is empty and then it stopped.

I made up the last part.

At 6/4/08 04:10 AM, NEVR wrote: Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Congrats man!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't call your gap year a complete waste, if I could go back I probably would of taken one myself. Now you get to be a fancy pants lawyer in training. :P

Hug me.

*hugs*

no homo

jk. <3

At 6/4/08 06:24 AM, Andrea364 wrote: Well I know that, I'm not retarded like most of my peers. I just didn't know which one...

Misread your post - skipped over the 'it', so I read it as 'I have no idea what university is'. My bad.

But no, UNI was just a capitalised abbreviation for 'university'... The university I'm going to is Brunel, which is in London.

Aww. That sucks : ( My trial is about to run out, so I'll be paying roughly £800 (or about $400) for a program to keep it up.

Lame. Im confused, are you from England or the USA? All this talk of £s and $s is a bit FTW.

I already have one, but it's roughly ten years old, and is essentially a piece of shit. It only cost 200 dollars. I'm buying a new one soon.

When I was in school, they bought in a load of new keyboards and were selling the old ones on for about £10 each. I didn't get in on that in time though.

Going to sort out my garden now, I'll check in with you dawgs later.

:::Salutes:::

At 6/4/08 07:23 AM, NEVR wrote: Misread your post - skipped over the 'it', so I read it as 'I have no idea what university is'. My bad.

lol, Tired?

But no, UNI was just a capitalised abbreviation for 'university'... The university I'm going to is Brunel, which is in London.

Oh, lol *feels like an idiot* Good luck at Brunel University then.

Lame. Im confused, are you from England or the USA? All this talk of £s and $s is a bit FTW.

USA. I know what both currencies are though. I also know that $1 is about £2, if I estimated correctly.

When I was in school, they bought in a load of new keyboards and were selling the old ones on for about £10 each. I didn't get in on that in time though.

That sucks. Well, atleast I have my piece of crap one and you have your 6 audios...

Going to sort out my garden now, I'll check in with you dawgs later.

Salutes:::

Imma relax for a bit, see you guys later...

*Saludos*

At 6/4/08 04:10 AM, NEVR wrote: Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Hug me.

Congrats! amd muny hugs man! Naw a gap year is always good. I'm gonna try to take one when I graduate in the near future hopefully. You go to school for most of you life and its good to take a break. Well I don't know conversion but I do know that professional instruments (especially in america) are very... very expensive so good louck with that. You could always see if you can put it on a payement plan. So what are you going to study in school?

At 6/3/08 10:42 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: Man, exams week is next week and I haven't been studying...lol

Study leads nowhere. No need to do it. =P

Grab your books and go study right now!

I've been inactive cause of that but yeah....i should be studying but I'm hope the exams will be easy :)

Good luck with them!

At 6/4/08 04:10 AM, NEVR wrote: Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Congratulations! You must be damn happy right now... Party?

Hug me.

*hugs*

At 6/4/08 06:03 AM, Andrea364 wrote: Group hug?

6 people so far in this penguin hug. Come on, more can join! It isn't too late!

On an unrelated note, Red Wings 3 X 1 Penguins.

Not much to say today, only that I'm keeping a 50 B/P per day pace and that I hurt my hand badly today. Ouch.

*Salutes*

Well done Nevr for getting into universty you must have worked hard. So Sir Nuts you got 50/bp that alot ,i hardly get that in a week. Well according to my profile i will be in the top 2000 of experience points, not alot but nice anyway.

At 6/4/08 07:23 AM, Joshiwa wrote: Congrats man!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't call your gap year a complete waste, if I could go back I probably would of taken one myself. Now you get to be a fancy pants lawyer in training. :P

Have to do a year of English first - they encourage Law students to do a year of a different degree, then convert to the Law course after the first year. Dunno why, that's just what I was told.

Hug me.

*hugs*

no homo

jk. <3

IF YOU SAY NO HOMO IT CANCELS OUT THE GAYNESS OF ANYTHING YOU DO

At 6/4/08 08:14 AM, Andrea364 wrote:

At 6/4/08 07:23 AM, NEVR wrote: Misread your post - skipped over the 'it', so I read it as 'I have no idea what university is'. My bad.

lol, Tired?

I was a bit, but also I tend to skim read a lot, which I should probably stop doing before I go to university.

Oh, lol *feels like an idiot* Good luck at Brunel University then.

We both messed up on that one, so it's all good.

USA. I know what both currencies are though. I also know that $1 is about £2, if I estimated correctly.

Yeah, it's not that hard right now with the exchange rate being £1-$1.95

At 6/4/08 06:43 PM, Pinoyguy75 wrote: Congrats! amd muny hugs man! Naw a gap year is always good. I'm gonna try to take one when I graduate in the near future hopefully. You go to school for most of you life and its good to take a break.

Totally. My sister has just finished university, so I think she's planning to take a year out, seeing as she didn't take a gap year before she went.

I guess my gap year hasn't been a TOTAL waste, because I figured out what I want to do with myself, and also gained back my motivation to succeed in my education, which was totally squandered in my last few years of school.

Well I don't know conversion but I do know that professional instruments (especially in america) are very... very expensive so good louck with that. You could always see if you can put it on a payement plan.

I could do, we'll have to see. You're right, though, professional instruments do cost a bomb. I've played the drums for 9 years, and I've had to pay for all of my equipment out of my own pocket, which gets expensive.

Just recently I went to the drum specialist store because I needed a 'foot' for one of my bass drums. The 'foot' is basically a rubber or plastic stopper that goes on the end of the spokes, which keep the bass drum firmly in place on the floor, so it doesn't move or rock about when you're playing. It's a tiny little part that will only normally cost you around £1.50 or so... but turns out that the company who made my kit don't supply these parts on their own, so if I wanted a new one, I'd have to buy a complete new pair of spokes, which would cost more like £20. Crazy.

Good thing they know me well at the drum store - they give me discount on all of the more expensive items that I buy from them, which is cool.

So what are you going to study in school?

Well, I'm on the English Literature course right now, and I'm hoping to convert to Law after the first year. I think it will depend on my marks from my first year exams, but that shouldn't be a problem - English as a subject has always come fairly naturally to me. *Cross fingers*

At 6/4/08 10:25 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Congratulations! You must be damn happy right now... Party?

I am indeed. I went over to my best friend's house last night to celebrate with a few beers and a few games of Resistance: Fall of Man on his PS3. Good times.

6 people so far in this penguin hug. Come on, more can join! It isn't too late!

It's getting warm in here...

At 6/4/08 10:36 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: Well done Nevr for getting into universty you must have worked hard.

Thanks! Well, I suppose I could have worked harder in my last years of school... but meh. The application process has been a bit irritating at times, but I got there in the end. :)
____________________

On a slightly more EGB related note: my B/P pace has taken a massive hit lately due to RL stuff and a slight lack of motivation when I do get onto NG. I'm really enjoying the BBS right now, and finding a bit less time for the portal... but I'm sure I'll be back to normal at some point.

Also, the final voting for the Midyear BBS awards 2008 is underway, so go cast your votes if you haven't already! I've reached the final nominees for one category, but don't feel obliged to vote for me just because you know me from here - vote for who you feel should win.

I think that's all for now. /longpost

:::Salutes:::

Congrats NEVR on getting into UNI, and it's great that all of your hard work finally paid off in the end and you can go somewhere knowing that you'll actually succeed through education. It'll be a great feeling your first day in college - hell I know mine was.

::hugs::

At 6/4/08 04:10 AM, NEVR wrote: Just got accepted into university. I love you all. My gap year has been a total waste of time, but it doesn't matter now because I'm going to UNI. That's right.

Hug me.

Grats! I wish you the best of luck in your college career! There's nothing like the college experience, trust me...While I don't know if British Universities have the same calamity that American Universities have, you will most definitely learn more than just what you went there for. :-)

At 6/4/08 06:03 AM, Andrea364 wrote: Group hug?

Yes, feel the E-Luff. By the way, I've cracked open one of my personal kegs of Yuengling and tapped into the Barracks Mess reserves for an e-feast in NEVR's honor. :-)

Nice monster posts, Eagle, I see you've taken post quality to a new level, lol.

Pfft. I was always way too effusive in my posts. That's why I don't post in General, because I usually get a bunch of TLDR's. My wife, whenever I post on here, invariably says, "Oh boy, it's time for another one of your 'orange novels.'"

At 6/4/08 06:13 AM, NEVR wrote:

Nice monster posts, Eagle, I see you've taken post quality to a new level, lol.

He's trying to give gfox a run for his money. ;)

HAH. Come to think of it, if I didn't combo my responses to everyone, I'd probably have like 10,000 posts right now. Not that I really care, it's just an amusing fact.

Actually, maybe I should start posting in other places than just the Barracks. If you want a laugh, look at my post history...

At 6/5/08 06:49 AM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: Congrats NEVR on getting into UNI, and it's great that all of your hard work finally paid off in the end and you can go somewhere knowing that you'll actually succeed through education. It'll be a great feeling your first day in college - hell I know mine was.

Thanks man, I'm sure you're right. I'm definitely looking forward to it :)

hugs::

SO MUCH LOVE

At 6/5/08 12:40 PM, EagleRock wrote: Grats! I wish you the best of luck in your college career! There's nothing like the college experience, trust me...While I don't know if British Universities have the same calamity that American Universities have, you will most definitely learn more than just what you went there for. :-)

Well... we don't have stuff like frats/sororities over here, but I'd say that there's definitely a lot of good times to be had.

At 6/4/08 06:03 AM, Andrea364 wrote: Group hug?

Yes, feel the E-Luff. By the way, I've cracked open one of my personal kegs of Yuengling and tapped into the Barracks Mess reserves for an e-feast in NEVR's honor. :-)

I feel so honored :P

I really want to try Yuengling, but we don't get it over here unfortunately. I've heard good things about it though, so some day I'll venture over the pond and try some whilst I'm there.

Pfft. I was always way too effusive in my posts. That's why I don't post in General, because I usually get a bunch of TLDR's. My wife, whenever I post on here, invariably says, "Oh boy, it's time for another one of your 'orange novels.'"

Behind every great man is a woman shaking her head in exasperation.

HAH. Come to think of it, if I didn't combo my responses to everyone, I'd probably have like 10,000 posts right now. Not that I really care, it's just an amusing fact.

Compound quoting is really the only efficient way to post in threads that consist largely of discussion. I sometimes see people using a separate post to quote each person they want to reply to, and it gets really annoying and spammy IMO.

Long posts are better anyway.

Actually, maybe I should start posting in other places than just the Barracks. If you want a laugh, look at my post history...

Heh, I might have to delve into it now that you've said that.

At 6/5/08 12:40 PM, EagleRock wrote: Yes, feel the E-Luff. By the way, I've cracked open one of my personal kegs of Yuengling and tapped into the Barracks Mess reserves for an e-feast in NEVR's honor. :-)

Ja, we luff j00 NEVR, watch as we constrict you in our penguin group hug, effectively crushing your e-lungs.

Pfft. I was always way too effusive in my posts. That's why I don't post in General, because I usually get a bunch of TLDR's. My wife, whenever I post on here, invariably says, "Oh boy, it's time for another one of your 'orange novels.'"

I remember when someone in the NGPD said, "Woah guys, I'm not gonna even take the time to read those gigantic monster posts of yours" or something similar. I laughed my ass off. Your posts are huge though. I didn't usually post in general until I found agustana, and I'm still bored with it. There's nothing but nonsense there, which drives me further to complete and total insanity.

HAH. Come to think of it, if I didn't combo my responses to everyone, I'd probably have like 10,000 posts right now. Not that I really care, it's just an amusing fact.

LOL Well, atleast you know that you have quality posts and that none of them shall ever be deleted, right?

Actually, maybe I should start posting in other places than just the Barracks. If you want a laugh, look at my post history...

I did. I swear, the EGB monopolizes most of it. LOL EGB everywhere you look

At 6/5/08 01:39 PM, Mendou wrote:

Top gainers, repeat offenders: Joshiwa (12), Shanus (2), Mendou (2)

Repeat offender? Mind explaining that?

On the last update you were a top gainer also so when you are on there multiple times in a row you are a repeat offender.

At 6/4/08 10:36 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: Well done Nevr for getting into universty you must have worked hard.

Yeah, he should. My brother is trying to enter university this year, but he's doing exactly the opposite of hard working. But he's pretty smart, I think he'll get there.

So Sir Nuts you got 50/bp that alot ,i hardly get that in a week.

Yeah, believe me, it's hard getting 50 B/P a day. But to machines, like Joshiwa, that's casual. =)

Well according to my profile i will be in the top 2000 of experience points, not alot but nice anyway.

Congratulations in advance. You can already vote for the monthly top Flashes, right?

At 6/5/08 04:55 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 6/4/08 07:23 AM, Joshiwa wrote: Congrats man!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't call your gap year a complete waste, if I could go back I probably would of taken one myself. Now you get to be a fancy pants lawyer in training. :P

Have to do a year of English first - they encourage Law students to do a year of a different degree, then convert to the Law course after the first year. Dunno why, that's just what I was told.

So your speeches can sound better. If you use confusing words, the judge should get confused and you'll win the case. Simple!

At 6/4/08 10:25 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Congratulations! You must be damn happy right now... Party?

I am indeed. I went over to my best friend's house last night to celebrate with a few beers and a few games of Resistance: Fall of Man on his PS3. Good times.

Beer + video games + happiness = NEVR last night.

6 people so far in this penguin hug. Come on, more can join! It isn't too late!

It's getting warm in here...

Let's keep it going! There are still some open spots in NEVR's group hug, not late to join!

Also, the final voting for the Midyear BBS awards 2008 is underway, so go cast your votes if you haven't already! I've reached the final nominees for one category, but don't feel obliged to vote for me just because you know me from here - vote for who you feel should win.

Done and done. My votes are at the bottom of this page, in case anyone wants to read them. And yeah, I voted for you, because you NEVeR logs off.

Also, gfox is running for best poster!

GFOX! GFOX!

Salutes:::

*Salutes*

At 6/5/08 01:01 PM, NEVR wrote: SO MUCH LOVE

It's luff, not love. Make sure to misspell your stuff correctly. :-)

Well... we don't have stuff like frats/sororities over here, but I'd say that there's definitely a lot of good times to be had.

You don't need fraternities and sororities to have fun. In fact, I had no reason to bother with frats. However, you don't need frats to have fun. You need dorms... :-)

I feel so honored :P

I really want to try Yuengling, but we don't get it over here unfortunately. I've heard good things about it though, so some day I'll venture over the pond and try some whilst I'm there.

Yuengling is one of the few American beers worth trying. Most of the time, I will default to Yuengling (since it's available and, well, awesome), but if you want a comparable good beer to get the feel of a Yuengling, try a Paulaner Lager. Now THAT is a good beer. German, too, so you know you're getting a winner.

Behind every great man is a woman shaking her head in exasperation.

Oh yeah. You said it. :-)

Compound quoting is really the only efficient way to post in threads that consist largely of discussion. I sometimes see people using a separate post to quote each person they want to reply to, and it gets really annoying and spammy IMO.

Long posts are better anyway.

Agreed. Obviously I share the same feelings, as I multi-post like you said. The only problem with multi-posting is it gets difficult to find out who's talking to who. While you can get 4-5 coherent conversations rolling along in one quick post, it's kinda difficult when people need to catch up, or if you are not involved in one specific conversation.

Heh, I might have to delve into it now that you've said that.

I'm starting too today. I was always happy with posting in Wi/Ht to help people out, and there are quite a few good C&C groups I just never noticed (like the Boy Scout club). Either way, you might see me posting around a bit more...

At 6/5/08 01:14 PM, Andrea364 wrote: I remember when someone in the NGPD said, "Woah guys, I'm not gonna even take the time to read those gigantic monster posts of yours" or something similar. I laughed my ass off. Your posts are huge though. I didn't usually post in general until I found agustana, and I'm still bored with it. There's nothing but nonsense there, which drives me further to complete and total insanity.

Yeah. I'd be quite happy with General, if people weren't so annoying jocular whenever anyone says anything that's half-serious. Also, like you said, I post big, so the TLDR's just piss me off. I can't bother with it. C&C 4 ME. See?

LOL Well, atleast you know that you have quality posts and that none of them shall ever be deleted, right?

Agreed.

I did. I swear, the EGB monopolizes most of it. LOL EGB everywhere you look

Yeah. There's about 30-40 pages in my post history that are ALL EGB. It's insane.

But what can I say...I love it here. That is the one big advantage of starting your own club around here...it's the perfect place for you. :-)

Anyway, quick business. DEFCON's the same, no big fires on the Portal, and the server's still a-comin'. I actually specced out all the hard drive needs for each VM, so I think I can see exactly how this virtual network will turn out. If anyone cares to learn about the hardware that'll be behind our site/forums/vent server, you can PM me or IM me. I don't want to flood the page with statistics on the server... :-)

At 6/5/08 02:44 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

At 6/5/08 04:55 AM, NEVR wrote: Have to do a year of English first - they encourage Law students to do a year of a different degree, then convert to the Law course after the first year. Dunno why, that's just what I was told.

So your speeches can sound better. If you use confusing words, the judge should get confused and you'll win the case. Simple!

LOL, although I imagine the judges will be (for the most part) more intelligent than myself. Although, as I'm hoping to go into prosecution if I do become a fully-qualified lawyer, most, if not all of my trials would be in front of a jury.

Beer + video games + happiness = NEVR last night.

It'll be the same story this weekend. ;P

Also, gfox is running for best poster!

GFOX! GFOX!

gfox is without a doubt the best poster ever to grace the BBS. I'm glad he came back after he was demodded, because he sets a great example for the newbies, and he's also fun to talk to.

Done and done. My votes are at the bottom of this page, in case anyone wants to read them. And yeah, I voted for you, because you NEVeR logs off.

Picture below related (you remember this little joke I'm sure)

At 6/5/08 04:55 AM, NEVR wrote:

At 6/4/08 06:43 PM, Pinoyguy75 wrote: Congrats! amd muny hugs man! Naw a gap year is always good. I'm gonna try to take one when I graduate in the near future hopefully. You go to school for most of you life and its good to take a break.

Totally. My sister has just finished university, so I think she's planning to take a year out, seeing as she didn't take a gap year before she went.

I guess my gap year hasn't been a TOTAL waste, because I figured out what I want to do with myself, and also gained back my motivation to succeed in my education, which was totally squandered in my last few years of school.

Yea well that gap year and two years in school must be equal because thats how long it to get my motivation back LoL

Well I don't know conversion but I do know that professional instruments (especially in america) are very... very expensive so good louck with that. You could always see if you can put it on a payement plan.

I could do, we'll have to see. You're right, though, professional instruments do cost a bomb. I've played the drums for 9 years, and I've had to pay for all of my equipment out of my own pocket, which gets expensive.

Just recently I went to the drum specialist store because I needed a 'foot' for one of my bass drums. The 'foot' is basically a rubber or plastic stopper that goes on the end of the spokes, which keep the bass drum firmly in place on the floor, so it doesn't move or rock about when you're playing. It's a tiny little part that will only normally cost you around £1.50 or so... but turns out that the company who made my kit don't supply these parts on their own, so if I wanted a new one, I'd have to buy a complete new pair of spokes, which would cost more like £20. Crazy.

Good thing they know me well at the drum store - they give me discount on all of the more expensive items that I buy from them, which is cool.

that sucks, you thats the problem when you have an instrument so long it gets phased out with newer and better instruments. LoL you can always cut into a tennis ball and use that. Thats cool, I buy sax stuff from online catalogs like Woodwind Brasswind, so I can only get the discounts they set LoL.

So what are you going to study in school?

Well, I'm on the English Literature course right now, and I'm hoping to convert to Law after the first year. I think it will depend on my marks from my first year exams, but that shouldn't be a problem - English as a subject has always come fairly naturally to me. *Cross fingers*

If you become a lawyer, guess what... Tom might hire to be their lawyer for NG and stuff LoL Defend NG's right to publish flash and stuff

At 6/5/08 03:14 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/5/08 01:01 PM, NEVR wrote: SO MUCH LOVE

It's luff, not love. Make sure to misspell your stuff correctly. :-)

I agree with Eagle on this. j00 must now spell teh luff out wit chicken wings due to your mistake!

You don't need fraternities and sororities to have fun. In fact, I had no reason to bother with frats. However, you don't need frats to have fun. You need dorms... :-)

Yeah, they make good party rooms, from my experience. I've been on campus with a few friends before and we had a party, but we had to keep it down cause of the security. It was fun though.

I feel so honored :P

Yeah, you damn well better be honored.

I really want to try Yuengling, but we don't get it over here unfortunately. I've heard good things about it though, so some day I'll venture over the pond and try some whilst I'm there.

I'm too young for beer, lol.

Behind every great man is a woman shaking her head in exasperation.

Same thing behind every great woman. What a paralell universe women and men live in.

Compound quoting is really the only efficient way to post in threads that consist largely of discussion. I sometimes see people using a separate post to quote each person they want to reply to, and it gets really annoying and spammy IMO.

I suck at compound quoting, but I do agree, lots of very short posts are annoying, even if they are easy to make. Thankfully, I'm gifted with the ability to rant like a motherfucker. I just don't often use my talent, lol.

Long posts are better anyway.

Agreed. Obviously I share the same feelings, as I multi-post like you said. The only problem with multi-posting is it gets difficult to find out who's talking to who. While you can get 4-5 coherent conversations rolling along in one quick post, it's kinda difficult when people need to catch up, or if you are not involved in one specific conversation.

Yeah, I agree with you both. My mom is probably wondering what I'm doing, taking so long to make only one post. I think that short posts back to back are stupid, even if I am slightly guilty of them, myself. We should probably run for the Best Poster contest, what with all our long posting and such.

I'm starting too today. I was always happy with posting in Wi/Ht to help people out, and there are quite a few good C&C groups I just never noticed (like the Boy Scout club). Either way, you might see me posting around a bit more...

I'm trying to get to my 1337 post already. With all the pressure to do it though, I may just give up and start taking my time again. I noticed a lot of new clubs lately.

Some are interesting, but I don't have time to join them. I have too much going on in my life and I can't just plug myself into the computer for the rest of my life.... Or can I?

Yeah. I'd be quite happy with General, if people weren't so annoying jocular whenever anyone says anything that's half-serious. Also, like you said, I post big, so the TLDR's just piss me off. I can't bother with it. C&C 4 ME. See?

Yup, General users usually piss me off and get on my nerves. Any serious discussion quickly succumbs to cock-jokes and spam, not that I don't like cock-jokes, but it gets annoying when you feel like you're surrounded by immature seven year olds.

Yeah. There's about 30-40 pages in my post history that are ALL EGB. It's insane.

It used to be that way with me and my obsession with the NGPD. It used to be the only thread I'd go to. Ever.

But what can I say...I love it here. That is the one big advantage of starting your own club around here...it's the perfect place for you. :-)

Yeah, but too bad none of my clubs survived the halfway mark... : /

Anyway, quick business. DEFCON's the same, no big fires on the Portal, and the server's still a-comin'.

Sounds good. That means smooth sailing for me, and smooth sailing means lots of points!

In ur NewGrounds, Protectin' ur Portal

lulz

*Salutes*

Just remembered something: where's the State of the Portal?

At 6/5/08 03:16 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 6/5/08 02:44 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote:

LOL, although I imagine the judges will be (for the most part) more intelligent than myself. Although, as I'm hoping to go into prosecution if I do become a fully-qualified lawyer, most, if not all of my trials would be in front of a jury.

Yeah, they should be more intelligent than you and with a better vocabulary (since they're older than you). But if you talk a lot, they'll get tired, sleep, and the victory is yours! =P

Beer + video games + happiness = NEVR last night.

It'll be the same story this weekend. ;P

Woohoo, more party! More organised this time.

Also, gfox is running for best poster!

GFOX! GFOX!

gfox is without a doubt the best poster ever to grace the BBS. I'm glad he came back after he was demodded, because he sets a great example for the newbies, and he's also fun to talk to.

Yeah, his posts are great. He knows when to bump a thread with his mega-long posts. He and his #;-}>

Done and done. My votes are at the bottom of this page, in case anyone wants to read them. And yeah, I voted for you, because you NEVeR logs off.

Picture below related (you remember this little joke I'm sure)

Haha, of course I remember it. They still haven't fixed your Log Out button... Well, I hope they never fix it.
___________
New layout... Hmm, not bad, but I'm starting to miss the classic layout. Also, I keep clicking the links! It's pretty annoying.

At 6/5/08 08:27 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Just remembered something: where's the State of the Portal?

There's plenty of ideas that I've got for our forums, but I'm waiting for the transition to the new forums. No reason to pimp out an idea when it might not be around for much longer in its current location.

Once the new forums are up and operation, I plan to re-start the newbie-helping idea---watching the blog page for people needing help with understanding Newgrounds and telling them about the way the site works...and, possibly, getting some future NGPD'ers or EGB'ers.

At 6/5/08 08:27 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Just remembered something: where's the State of the Portal?

Hrm? If you mean State of the Barracks, that's on page
914. If you mean the DEFCON Level, we're at DEFCON 3.

If you don't mean any of those two, I can't help you. :-)

At 6/5/08 09:30 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: There's plenty of ideas that I've got for our forums, but I'm waiting for the transition to the new forums. No reason to pimp out an idea when it might not be around for much longer in its current location.

Very true. Like I said, I plan on merging the ideas of the forums I made with the forums you made. We'll have a secure system where we have secure forums for officers, forum mods, and members, as well as require authorization for all members of the forums.

For fun, I will be introducing a nice NG-like theme. I will also make up my own blend of forum ranks which will keep you hopping at every step... I've done it before with great success, and I can certainly do it again. :-)

Once the new forums are up and operation, I plan to re-start the newbie-helping idea---watching the blog page for people needing help with understanding Newgrounds and telling them about the way the site works...and, possibly, getting some future NGPD'ers or EGB'ers.

That's great. I plan on lurking Wi/Ht myself once I'm done with my Linux server(s) and directing people in the C&C direction (more specifically, towards the Barracks :-).

I did not review yesterday as i was to busy i, wondering whever or not i should have done this competion. I wrote a couple of good reviews apart from the 4/10 which maybe was confusing. I got them rated as useless how was the 9/10 one a bad review .I dont usually moan but im losing point.s and feel its unfair to rate my reviews as useless. when they are clearly not. sorry to sound bitter i just feel cheated.

At 6/5/08 03:14 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/5/08 01:01 PM, NEVR wrote: SO MUCH LOVE

It's luff, not love. Make sure to misspell your stuff correctly. :-)

I find it physically hard to misspell...

You don't need fraternities and sororities to have fun. In fact, I had no reason to bother with frats. However, you don't need frats to have fun. You need dorms... :-)

Well all first years are in university accommodation, so everyone has their own room, and each hall will share a big communal kitchen and dining area, which is pretty cool.

Yuengling is one of the few American beers worth trying. Most of the time, I will default to Yuengling (since it's available and, well, awesome), but if you want a comparable good beer to get the feel of a Yuengling, try a Paulaner Lager. Now THAT is a good beer. German, too, so you know you're getting a winner.

Nice. Over here the good beers to go for are Kronenbourg, and my personal favourite right now - Cobra. The latter goes exceptionally well with almost everything, but is amazing with curry, being that it's indian beer.

Long posts are better anyway.

Agreed. Obviously I share the same feelings, as I multi-post like you said. The only problem with multi-posting is it gets difficult to find out who's talking to who. While you can get 4-5 coherent conversations rolling along in one quick post, it's kinda difficult when people need to catch up, or if you are not involved in one specific conversation.

Sometimes, yeah. For me it's slightly easier to pick out quotes directed at me, as my username is all caps, so it's slightly easier to see amidst the rest of the text. I've never really had a problem navigating through long posts... I got used to them when I started posting in the Wi/Ht forums... there was a time in the Level up! Lounge where myself and some other users were making such long posts that we'd need to divide them in half and post them in two parts in order to meet the character limits.

I'm starting too today. I was always happy with posting in Wi/Ht to help people out, and there are quite a few good C&C groups I just never noticed (like the Boy Scout club). Either way, you might see me posting around a bit more...

Wi/Ht is a great forum... of course I have to say that being that I'm on the memberlist. ;P

It's nice to help people out, though, and there's some good stat threads and conversation to take part in. The only downside is that it can be slightly slower than most of the other forums, but TBH, I think that's a relatively small price to pay for having a lot of nicer, more intelligent regulars.

At 6/5/08 03:42 PM, Pinoyguy75 wrote: Yea well that gap year and two years in school must be equal because thats how long it to get my motivation back LoL

Well, a year of doing very little other than trying to hold the family together is something of an eye-opener. I suddenly thought "Oh crap, I don't want my whole life to be like this... off to higher education!"

If you become a lawyer, guess what... Tom might hire to be their lawyer for NG and stuff LoL Defend NG's right to publish flash and stuff

Haha! I'm sure they already have a lawyer, but that would be hilarious. I'm probably going to spend a few years as an army lawyer though, so the army will pay for any further bar exams I need to take, etc. Plus I get to make people call me 'Captain' ;P

At 6/5/08 03:47 PM, Andrea364 wrote:

At 6/5/08 03:14 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/5/08 01:01 PM, NEVR wrote: SO MUCH LOVE

It's luff, not love. Make sure to misspell your stuff correctly. :-)

I agree with Eagle on this. j00 must now spell teh luff out wit chicken wings due to your mistake!

I WILL NEVER BOW TO TEH PURPOSEFUL INTERNET SPELLING ERRORS

EXCEPT FOR 'TEH'

I'm too young for beer, lol.

So am I in the US, but the legal age is 18 over here, thank god.

Behind every great man is a woman shaking her head in exasperation.

Same thing behind every great woman. What a paralell universe women and men live in.

Every time I shook my head in exasperation at my ex girlfriend, all I got in return was the evil stare...

I suck at compound quoting, but I do agree, lots of very short posts are annoying, even if they are easy to make. Thankfully, I'm gifted with the ability to rant like a motherfucker. I just don't often use my talent, lol.

It's not that hard. I've been doing it for ages now, and it's just something I'm used to. I'd never even think of using separate posts to quote separate people now.

Yeah, I agree with you both. My mom is probably wondering what I'm doing, taking so long to make only one post. I think that short posts back to back are stupid, even if I am slightly guilty of them, myself. We should probably run for the Best Poster contest, what with all our long posting and such.

We could have an EGB best poster award every few months or something... that would be cool.

At 6/5/08 08:27 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Yeah, they should be more intelligent than you and with a better vocabulary (since they're older than you). But if you talk a lot, they'll get tired, sleep, and the victory is yours! =P

As long as they don't lapse into a coma before I finish my closing speech...

gfox is without a doubt the best poster ever to grace the BBS. I'm glad he came back after he was demodded, because he sets a great example for the newbies, and he's also fun to talk to.

Yeah, his posts are great. He knows when to bump a thread with his mega-long posts. He and his #;-}>

The best thing was when he finally hit 10,000 posts after his hiatus. It was a big deal for a lot of Wi/Hters, because gfox is practically the heart and soul of the Wi/Ht, along with other people like Coop83 and Bahamut.

Picture below related (you remember this little joke I'm sure)

Haha, of course I remember it. They still haven't fixed your Log Out button... Well, I hope they never fix it.

To be honest, I never really use it... unless I'm logging out to deposit on my alt. When I'm finished for the day on NG, though, I just stay logged in overnight.

At 6/5/08 09:30 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Your new level is beautiful. I'm getting that level shortly after my birthday this year...

At 6/5/08 09:54 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/5/08 08:27 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Just remembered something: where's the State of the Portal?

Hrm? If you mean State of the Barracks, that's on page
914. If you mean the DEFCON Level, we're at DEFCON 3.

He means the monthly state of the portal thread that Slash makes in our forums, where people talk about what's been going on in the portal over the past month, etc.

Very true. Like I said, I plan on merging the ideas of the forums I made with the forums you made. We'll have a secure system where we have secure forums for officers, forum mods, and members, as well as require authorization for all members of the forums.

For fun, I will be introducing a nice NG-like theme. I will also make up my own blend of forum ranks which will keep you hopping at every step... I've done it before with great success, and I can certainly do it again. :-)

Can't wait for these forums, man. Take your time, though, I have patience.

At 6/6/08 01:55 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 6/5/08 03:42 PM, Pinoyguy75 wrote: Yea well that gap year and two years in school must be equal because thats how long it to get my motivation back LoL

Well, a year of doing very little other than trying to hold the family together is something of an eye-opener. I suddenly thought "Oh crap, I don't want my whole life to be like this... off to higher education!"

LoL yea for me it was like "oh crap I need to raise my gpa!"

If you become a lawyer, guess what... Tom might hire to be their lawyer for NG and stuff LoL Defend NG's right to publish flash and stuff

Haha! I'm sure they already have a lawyer, but that would be hilarious. I'm probably going to spend a few years as an army lawyer though, so the army will pay for any further bar exams I need to take, etc. Plus I get to make people call me 'Captain' ;P

Yea, but you never know LoL. Ha! that's awesome. You know you might end up with a case like the movie tom cruise was in and get a movie made about you... coincidentally the guy tom cruise played lives in my area, unless the commercial lied.

I really have nothing to say about the Portal and B/P conditions, all seems exactly the same.

I will however comment that my name was only mentioned once on this page, This will not suffice, you people need me, you just don't know it yet.