Pentalist update #10 is up! (late again, I know)

Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #10!

Welcome to 1337, Cynic8387, David, Legionnaire-X, Metal-Therapy, NEVR and Odyssic. 1337, Cynic8387, David, NEVR and Odyssic all entered with a combination of 10k EXP and 10k saves; Metal-Therapy entered with 10k blams and 10k saves (not often we see a combination like this these days) and Legionnaire-X entered with 10k EXP and 10k posts.

Status changers for this update: Haggard, Little-Rena and STEM from 2x10k to 3x10k.

Enjoy my 10th 2x10k Pentalist update!

NEXT UPDATE: 11th April 2009

At 3/16/09 12:11 PM, Bahamut wrote: Pentalist update #10 is up! (late again, I know)

I surpassed two moderators on this update, poxpower and CaptainBob, and made my way up to the 65st spot with a decent pace. Major-punk, shunshuu, Minion777 and Crolpa seem to be easy targets for now so I might be very close to entering top 60 next time.

Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #10!
Welcome to 1337, Cynic8387, David, Legionnaire-X, Metal-Therapy, NEVR and Odyssic. 1337

Quite a few interesting additions here. Congrats and welcome to you all :)

Status changers for this update: Haggard, Little-Rena and STEM from 2x10k to 3x10k.

And congrats to you three as well :)

Enjoy my 10th 2x10k Pentalist update!

I certainly did. Thank you for another awesome update Bahamut. Hope you´ll keep this up for many years.

At 3/16/09 12:11 PM, Bahamut wrote: Pentalist update #10 is up! (late again, I know)

Thanks for the update!

Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #10!

Welcome to 1337, Cynic8387, David, Legionnaire-X, Metal-Therapy, NEVR and Odyssic.

Wow, 7 new people. An NEVR will soon be quadlisted!

Status changers for this update: Haggard, Little-Rena and STEM from 2x10k to 3x10k.

YAY for me and congrats to Little-Rena and STEM!

Last update:

At 2/17/09 05:29 AM, Haggard wrote: 136 | +28 | ** | Haggard | 2,958 | 1,487 | 48,128 | +1631

This update:
130 | +9 | *** | Haggard | 13,500 | 10,133 | 21,067 | 3,044 | 1,487 | 49,231 | +1103

Ok, now my overall pace dropped due to my lower B/P-pace
Exp: Not a single deposit missed. :)
B/P: Finally got the Blams to 10,000. I'm currently working on getting my P/B-Ratio below 2. But the next clock day will ruin it anyway. :(
Posts: The topic about the medal system gives a very good boost to my postcount right now. XD
Revs: Even thoug the number hasn't changed I wrote 4 reviews lately! But I just made up for the deleted reviews. :(
Total: Nearing the big 50k! I should be able to reach it before the next update.

Also: I went from #136 to #130, and yet it shows a +9 for me as a change? Strange.

iill show yu an easy target asshole

At 3/16/09 12:11 PM, Bahamut wrote:

Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #10!

W00T! I'm very happy to finally be a part of this list! Thanks for the update, man. :)

Metal-Therapy entered with 10k blams and 10k saves (not often we see a combination like this these days)

heh, I would attribute that to many, many ancient blams from '04 and '05. And the fact that I'm a b/p whore, of course. ^^

Congrats to those who entered with me and the status-changers, too. :)

At 3/16/09 12:11 PM, Bahamut wrote: Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #10!

Thanks for the 10th update, which is the first update that I'm actually on.

Welcome to 1337, Cynic8387, David, Legionnaire-X, Metal-Therapy, NEVR and Odyssic.

Thankee and congrats.

1337, Cynic8387, David, NEVR and Odyssic all entered with a combination of 10k EXP and 10k saves

Saves are like the easiest 10k stat to get these days apparently.

Status changers for this update: Haggard, Little-Rena and STEM from 2x10k to 3x10k.

Congrats you sexy 3x10k'ers.

NEXT UPDATE: 11th April 2009

I won't have 10k posts by then... unless I really whore myself on the BBS, which may or may not happen.

At 3/19/09 11:34 AM, NEVR wrote:

NEXT UPDATE: 11th April 2009

I won't have 10k posts by then... unless I really whore myself on the BBS, which may or may not happen.

Well, we'll take that as not happening :P

Thanks for the update, Bahamut. I'm moving up slightly, but could do with making good on a few days worth of decent portal activity, to get the old B/P scores back in line.

Glad to see the list update.

~X~

At 3/19/09 11:34 AM, NEVR wrote:

NEXT UPDATE: 11th April 2009

I won't have 10k posts by then... unless I really whore myself on the BBS, which may or may not happen.

You just have to lock topics in a higher rate, then. :P

At 3/20/09 05:24 PM, Bryan wrote: Please, don't let this die.

o_O
What makes you think this is going to die?

Please, don't let this die.

o_O
What makes you think this is going to die?

Well, I'm the first person to post on this thread in like a week.

At 3/18/09 03:17 AM, Minion777 wrote: iill show yu an easy target asshole

Lol, well so far you haven´t done that much to stop me from overtaking you :p

At 3/27/09 12:05 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote:

Please, don't let this die.

o_O
What makes you think this is going to die?

Well, I'm the first person to post on this thread in like a week.

This topic has always been quite a slow topic. But Bahamut is still updating the list and plenty of people are interested still, so this isn´t really about to die ;)

At 3/27/09 12:05 PM, WilhelmTheVampire wrote:

Please, don't let this die.

o_O
What makes you think this is going to die?

Well, I'm the first person to post on this thread in like a week.

So? This isn't the General forum where a topic falls off the first page when nobody posts in there for 2 hours. ;)
Wi/Ht? is much slower and much more relaxing. ;)

At 2/18/09 01:50 PM, Gagsy wrote: Oh wait, I'm being silly, I won't have 10,000 experience till April 1st. Grr.

It was actually April 2nd. Did level up on April Fools though - Some of you may have already noticed. I went from level Mao Zedong to Mao Zedong. THAT'S HOW CHINA WOULD HAVE WANTED IT.

So..

10,000+ Posts
10,000+ Saves
10,000+ Experience

The Blam points will come in time, just got to wait and wait. I really really need to do some reviewing now though. I'm working all day sunday I believe, so then would be a good time to start. NG is usually quiet board wise, and my usual Stickam haunt will be too, so I must must must get the reviewing fingers out!

Congrats to myself ='D

Alsooooo eventually, could this list include Medal points? I mean I think there are nearly 2500 medal points to collect already. So it looks likely I suppose that soon enough there will be over 10,000 points for that to collect. Thoughts?

At 4/3/09 06:40 AM, Gagsy wrote: Alsooooo eventually, could this list include Medal points? I mean I think there are nearly 2500 medal points to collect already. So it looks likely I suppose that soon enough there will be over 10,000 points for that to collect. Thoughts?

I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or later. The question to Bahamut is: When? When someone reaches 10,000 Medal Points? When at least three users reach it?

It´s probably going to be the easiest stat to get to 10k though. Especially over time when there will be a whole lot of easy medals worth 5-10 points.

At 4/3/09 11:48 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/3/09 06:40 AM, Gagsy wrote: Alsooooo eventually, could this list include Medal points? I mean I think there are nearly 2500 medal points to collect already. So it looks likely I suppose that soon enough there will be over 10,000 points for that to collect. Thoughts?

I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or later. The question to Bahamut is: When? When someone reaches 10,000 Medal Points? When at least three users reach it?

Bahamut said something about adding medal points once a user has 10k of them in the LUL IIRC.

It´s probably going to be the easiest stat to get to 10k though. Especially over time when there will be a whole lot of easy medals worth 5-10 points.

Yes, medal points are not that hard to get, but it's still quite some work to actually get them to 10k. No matter how many games are out there with medals.

Maybe the stats should be edited such as 20,000 per stat, i wouldnt have a problem with it O_o

~X~

At 4/3/09 04:45 PM, XwaynecoltX wrote: Maybe the stats should be edited such as 20,000 per stat, i wouldnt have a problem with it O_o

~X~

Really, you would no longer be the only person pentalisted. Right now you would be doublelisted and if you deposit you exp you could become triple listed in about a week. Then you would have to write 3,000+ reviews to get there. Well i guy your the type of guy who likes a challenge, but for now 10,000 is enough for me because i still have a long way to get on the list as it is @;-}>

Thanks for the update, somehow I missed seeing it.

178 +22 ** zimzap 10,578 9,821 18,690 2,753 156 41,998 +1795

Very solid month for me but the next (read: current) one will be much slower. I should be able to get to 10,000 blams before the next update in a week so I will be triplisted!

At 4/3/09 06:21 PM, Aci6 wrote: What? No. You want it to be a nice 'first milestone' number and 20,000 is just way out of reach for people.

Haha it would be nice.

At 4/4/09 12:39 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Really, you would no longer be the only person pentalisted. Right now you would be doublelisted and if you deposit you exp you could become triple listed in about a week. Then you would have to write 3,000+ reviews to get there. Well i guy your the type of guy who likes a challenge,

Yeah i like a good challange have not seen one in years though :( but yeah getting 3,000 reviews would be interesting, i need about the same in posts aswell so guess its the same.

~X~

At 4/3/09 11:55 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 4/3/09 11:48 AM, Auz wrote:

At 4/3/09 06:40 AM, Gagsy wrote: Alsooooo eventually, could this list include Medal points? I mean I think there are nearly 2500 medal points to collect already. So it looks likely I suppose that soon enough there will be over 10,000 points for that to collect. Thoughts?

I suppose it's gonna happen sooner or later. The question to Bahamut is: When? When someone reaches 10,000 Medal Points? When at least three users reach it?

Bahamut said something about adding medal points once a user has 10k of them in the LUL IIRC.

It´s probably going to be the easiest stat to get to 10k though. Especially over time when there will be a whole lot of easy medals worth 5-10 points.

Yes, medal points are not that hard to get, but it's still quite some work to actually get them to 10k. No matter how many games are out there with medals.

Ah, I must´ve missed that post. True that it is still a bit of work. But I think that after a while, if you are very determined, any noob could get there within a few days eventually. Perhaps we should also make this a 3x10k list then...?

A few things:

1. The Pentalist update will be postponed until later this week due to distractions from Easter holiday and real life events.

2. Medal Points will be introduced when the stat pulling program has been modified/remade to make it read Medal Points. Right now, it's not possible with the program I have at the moment.

3. When Medal Points will be part of the 10k lists, the list will then require three 10k stats rather than the two due to how easy it could be to acquire 10k MP. So yes, it'll be from 2x10k Pentalist to 3x10k Hexalist.

At 4/13/09 10:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: A few things:
1. The Pentalist update will be postponed until later this week due to distractions from Easter holiday and real life events.

That´s okay.

2. Medal Points will be introduced when the stat pulling program has been modified/remade to make it read Medal Points. Right now, it's not possible with the program I have at the moment.

Alright. Well seeing my current rank on the medal points list, this deffinatly works to my advantage :) I assume altering the program won´t take that long?

3. When Medal Points will be part of the 10k lists, the list will then require three 10k stats rather than the two due to how easy it could be to acquire 10k MP. So yes, it'll be from 2x10k Pentalist to 3x10k Hexalist.

Wow. This almost feels like a very historical step in the Wi/Ht?-history...

At 4/13/09 10:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: A few things:

3. When Medal Points will be part of the 10k lists, the list will then require three 10k stats rather than the two due to how easy it could be to acquire 10k MP. So yes, it'll be from 2x10k Pentalist to 3x10k Hexalist.

You can't make it a 3x10k Hexalist, i am almost on my way of getting 2 stats over 10,000. I only have 250 give or take days until i get 10k experience points. If this goes into effect soon i will need to get 5,000 more blams or 5,000 more posts, i do plan to get thoes in good time but your breaking my balls with this @;-}> Well it may take a good amount of time for several users to get 10k medal points so i may get on the list and then taken off when it is made into a 3x10k.

At 4/13/09 10:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: 2. Medal Points will be introduced when the stat pulling program has been modified/remade to make it read Medal Points. Right now, it's not possible with the program I have at the moment.

I think this is a very bad idea. They are way too easy to get and should not be regarded as Newgrounds "stats". Compare 50 blams, saves, reviews, posts or experience points to 50 medal points, the huge difference is that the latter may take as little as a couple of seconds for anyone to get.

I'd lose faith in this list if it included medal points, definitely.

At 4/13/09 12:59 PM, AllReligiousDrunk wrote:

At 4/13/09 10:55 AM, Bahamut wrote: 2. Medal Points will be introduced when the stat pulling program has been modified/remade to make it read Medal Points. Right now, it's not possible with the program I have at the moment.

I think this is a very bad idea. They are way too easy to get and should not be regarded as Newgrounds "stats". Compare 50 blams, saves, reviews, posts or experience points to 50 medal points, the huge difference is that the latter may take as little as a couple of seconds for anyone to get.

I'd lose faith in this list if it included medal points, definitely.

But it is a stat on our profile page, so what other reason other than "they are too easy to get! *cries*" is there?

Besides, it STILL takes some time to get to 10k medal points, even though there will be lots of easy medals out there in the near future. But a user still needs to play those games to get the medals.

And, to be honest... how hard is it to make a post on the BBS? Should we now exclude posts from the list as well, because getting posts is too easy?

At 4/13/09 12:59 PM, AllReligiousDrunk wrote: I think this is a very bad idea. They are way too easy to get and should not be regarded as Newgrounds "stats". Compare 50 blams, saves, reviews, posts or experience points to 50 medal points, the huge difference is that the latter may take as little as a couple of seconds for anyone to get.

Yes, for anyone. And therefore it´s not unfair against anyone either I would say. Plus I think any medal collector isn´t going to have that much of an edge statpointswise over anyone that doesn´t like to take the trouble to collect medals. Because:
a) There is a limit to the amount of medal points one can get
b) 90% of the current medals are fairly easy to obtain with a bit of effort. Especially the ones from the later medalgames.

Although I can imagine some of the current 2*10k´ers aren´t going to like the changes. Maybe Bahamut should wait until a few people have actually reached 10k MP? =/

At 4/13/09 12:59 PM, AllReligiousDrunk wrote: I'd lose faith in this list if it included medal points, definitely.

I think I would as well.

The thing about every other stat is that you can only get ONE at a time (except exp, but you can only get 10 EXP per day anyway, which is slower than a lot of people's B/P or posting rate). With medal points, you can get 10, 25, or 50 at a time. Hypothetically, with enough games that featured medal points available, it would probably be possible for a user to make it to 10,000 in about a day, which really, REALLY cheapens the validity of it as a countable 10k stat IMO; I thought the point of having this list was to honour the users who had toiled long and hard to gain their 10k stats.

I really don't think medal points are a worthy stat to be added onto the list, and as such I implore you all to reconsider adding them into the mix.

At 4/13/09 01:08 PM, Haggard wrote: And, to be honest... how hard is it to make a post on the BBS? Should we now exclude posts from the list as well, because getting posts is too easy?

I would not say this is a very easy stat to get up over 10,000 very fast. Just look at yourself for example :::no disrespect to you::: But you have been on the site posting for over 7 years and you have only gotten yourself 3,000 post's as of late. Most of those are very good quality post's that you have made. I have seen users who just post shit for the hell of it :::will not name anyone,but looks around::: Get there posts deleted. Such as myself if i had not made such short posts 2 years ago i would have 5,700+ posts. Thats the way it goes so someone may have well over 10k posts and a mod looks over them and see's that alot of them are worthless he could loose up to several hundred at a time.

At 4/13/09 02:15 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 4/13/09 12:59 PM, AllReligiousDrunk wrote: I'd lose faith in this list if it included medal points, definitely.

I think I would as well.

The thing about every other stat is that you can only get ONE at a time (except exp, but you can only get 10 EXP per day anyway, which is slower than a lot of people's B/P or posting rate). With medal points, you can get 10, 25, or 50 at a time.

Let's say a user wants to achieve 10k points by getting all medals that are worth 50 points. He would need 10.000/50 = 200 Medals. Still quite an achievement, right?

But yeah, I see the point that it takes a relatively short time to achieve this. Maybe the points needed to get onto the list should be higher then. (like 50k or 100k? But then it wouldn't be a "Top 10k Exp/Saves..."-list anymore)
Or we discard the medal POINTS and count MEDALS instead. 10k MEDALS should be really hard to get, no matter how many games with medals there are.

At 4/13/09 03:13 PM, idiot-buster wrote:

At 4/13/09 01:08 PM, Haggard wrote: And, to be honest... how hard is it to make a post on the BBS? Should we now exclude posts from the list as well, because getting posts is too easy?

I would not say this is a very easy stat to get up over 10,000 very fast. Just look at yourself for example :::no disrespect to you::: But you have been on the site posting for over 7 years and you have only gotten yourself 3,000 post's as of late.

Correction: I have signed up to this site 7 years ago. But I haven't been here for 7 years. I missed a few years, so that's why my postcount is relatively low in comparison to my sign up date. ;)

Pentalist update #11 is up!

Hello all and welcome to Bahamut's 2x10k Pentalist update #11!

Welcome to ElDavid, Lord-Darkaos, skatin-andy and WilliWowza. ElDavid and Lord-Darkaos entered with a combination of 10k EXP and 10k saves; skatin-andy entered with 10k blams and 10k saves and WilliWowza entered with 10k EXP and 10k posts.

Status changers for this update: AshtonNextGen, Gagsy, HandsomePete and zimzap from 2x10k to 3x10k.

Enjoy my 11th 2x10k Pentalist update!

NEXT UPDATE: 29th/30th May 2009