hello gents! Level 21 and Police Captain!

Congratulations to:
J-Rex - Lvl 15
Powerage - Lvl 42
Gagsy - Top 20 B/P
Martin - 8000 Exp
Metal-Therapy - Lvl 31 & 10,000 Exp
tally1989 - Lvl 33
SCTE3 - 16,000 posts
S-k-y - 18,000 Exp
Alex616 - Police captain
Sheizenhammer - 7 base voting power
alfraydo - Lvl 21 & Police captain

I have passed 10,000 total B/P, woo! Now to get 10,000 each...

At 10/4/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/4/11 01:21 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: I'm back today with 10,000 EXP, as promised. It's a toss-up between this and 10,000 blams for my second greatest NG statistical achievement to date. (The first being reaching Supreme Commander, of course).

Next stop: 10k posts!

lmao I've come to accept that that is one achievement I will NEVER reach. Or even come close to, for that matter. I'm setting my lifetime goal at 2K. ;_;

I just gotta reply to another 183 weeks worth of your b/p updates - I'll be there in no time!

Post count +1

:P

Coop breathes a sigh of relief for the Yanks, as he congratulates:
SCTE3: 16,000 Posts
S-k-y: 18,000 Experience
Bryan: 5,000 Posts
Sheizenhammer: 7.00 Total Voting Power
alfraydo: Level 21
philonius: 10,000 B/P

Listening to:
UFO - Doctor Doctor
Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away

At 10/4/11 03:44 AM, reverend wrote:

At 10/3/11 04:02 AM, Coop wrote: *snores* "Hey, Betty Fredan, send some of that lotion my way!"

"That's it. You're all going to jail. And don't expect me to grant a pardon like that sissy, Ford."

"You'll never pardon anybody because you'll never get elected president. The voters of Earth aren't the pea-brained idiots they were back in your time."

Yeah, because hitting small children with a ban stick makes them shut up :P

You might want to leave that part out. I'm sure they don't need to hear about moderator oppression. Just focus on the positives like,, well umh, well you can figure something out that's positive about being a mod.

Booze? Hookers? Gay porn?

At 10/4/11 08:37 AM, jonthomson wrote: dress up a jelly

passed by a clear point

seriously

tom needs to do something about this bullshit very soon (they're almost certainly multiaccounting to submit so much crap) or fuck this website

I totally agree. I'll keep wasting my blams on shit like that, until the trend reverses, then I'll be getting blams for them!

At 10/4/11 11:08 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/4/11 03:38 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/3/11 06:13 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/3/11 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/2/11 12:14 PM, SCTE3 wrote: And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said "boy let me tell you what"

I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.

And if you care to take to a dare I'll make a bet with you.

Now you play a pretty good fiddle boy, but give the Devil his due,

I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul cause I think I'm better than you!

The boy said "my name's Johnny and it might be a sin..."

On the other hand I have to take a Rush - 2112 album back to the store later today. Bought it last night and opened it looking forward to hear it only to see the case had no CD in it which was upsetting. :-(

Ah, the priests of the temples of Syrinx got there first :P

I see then. Took it back, ran everywhere as I was unable to get the same one and got the Icon album instead. Still having no luck getting a Weird Al CD and come to think of it he released a new one recently called Alpocalypse that I would not mind getting. :P

Yeah, I'll have to get it at some stage, but I've got other things on my want list ahead of it. Made some of my friends laugh, as driving them to another friend's house, I gave them about 6 minutes of "Trapped in the Drive-thru". Difficult to sing, but well worth it.

Indeed it is. His second longest one right up there with Albuquerque which is also a hilarious song.

I'm more of a fan of his shorter tracks, like "since you've been gone" and Canadian Idiot

I just leveled up today: Now I'm Level 28. 2 more levels and I'm halfway to level 60.

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

With that vote, you now have 15,000 experience points.

Listening to:

Billy Joel - Piano Man

At 9/30/11 12:25 AM, reverend wrote:

At 9/29/11 06:33 PM, Auz wrote: Something like this but more jewish looking? It's got a banhammer...

A smurf doesn't seem as menacing even with a banhammer. We need something to instill fear like moderator Morbo (except more Jewish):

Give him a big nose and bushy beard? :p

At 9/30/11 05:27 AM, Coop wrote:

At 9/29/11 06:33 PM, Auz wrote: Yes it is such a shame that the football world is going that way. Another bad thing about it is that the smaller clubs without as much budget just don't stand a chance in the Champions League anymore because of clubs like that. All their talent is bought away by them and their matches are basically David vs Goliath.

The success of the top clubs is actually killing off the competition.

Exactly!

I thought it was sad to see last Tuesday that my favorite club, Ajax, got wiped off the pitch by Real Madrid (3-0). Ajax used to be amongst the best clubs in Europe, but they just can't compete with clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid anymore.

Yeah, I feel the same about Aston Villa - we won lots of competitions in the early 80s, but now we're lucky if we can finish mid table.

Yes, isn't Aston Villa usually a bit of a middle-ranker in the English premier league?

Luckily Ajax is still doing well in the Dutch first division. Last year they finally got their 3rd star which fans have been waiting for for 7 years.

Though I guess the fact that our champion lost so badly to Real Madrid says a lot about the level of the Dutch football clubs.

I don't suppose your family would want any drama during the wedding either, so perhaps it'll be for the best to steer clear anyway.

Mum said she doesn't care what I do, but it's not hard to see she's lying. My brother's baby machine had her third kid yesterday (his second) and I'd just rather ignore the situation. They get praise and attention for being reckless. Well, I've still got a life and if they've ruined theirs, then that's fine by me. I'll meet the kid before he's 8 weeks old, when I met their second - it's not harmed relations with my nieces, so why should it harm relations with my Nephew?

Well they haven't done anything wrong to you, did they? So yeah, no reason to dislike them.

At 10/2/11 08:41 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 9/24/11 04:18 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah I wonder if fans of the series really enjoy those MMORPGs so much. It's not a bad idea, but there are so many MMORPGs out there already.

FFXIV was the biggest bomb of 2010. I think that says something for Square but no, they insist on an MMO not for Final Fantasy but for Dragon Quest. Maybe it will work better for that franchise but it's still too risky for them.

Yeah this might not be such a good idea. On the other hand though, perhaps it is good that they are at least trying something else with the series?

Why can't they just do a huge throwback to the classic games? Just go back to simple turn-based combat, simple ability learning systems and a classic FF story.

To be fair, I do like the fast pace action in FFXIII. The flexibility of the moves does make the engines feel free from dust. Not saying the previous battle systems were bad, though but this feels a lot faster.

Hmm... well I guess that's nice, but the battles looked a bit chaotic (from what I've seen from Gameplay videos).

Well... can't do this in a politically correct, democratic way then.

We won for one update.

YEAH!

Yeah that was just weird. From what I heard the normal monsters could all be one-hit KO'd with even the most simple attacks when you were able to hit for 99999 damage.

Yep, that's the strengths you can go to in FFX. FFXII had multiple hits within a single move but FFXIII does both. Well, the limit might exceed 99999 HP damage but the most I've seen taken off with a single attack is 50k HP.

Lol.

You know I'm playing FF9 again right now and I actually love how it is so hard to do high amounts of damage. I mean, if you hit for 3000 in this game, that's already a lot. And the guy with the most HP only has 80,000 HP which isn't even the final boss.

I guess they wanted a change from 1,000,000+ HP bosses they had in FFVII and FFVIII.

At 10/2/11 11:56 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/29/11 06:33 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah, but I mean if you have any midfielders with good scoring capabilities, or good "number 10's", it doesn't have to be a problem when you only have a guy like Muller up front.

Last game, no one scored. Pity. :(
But at least Bayern didn't concede a goal as well, so that's 8 games in a row (or maybe even 9?) where they didn't concede a goal! Amazing.
Manuel Neuer has to be the player with the least ball contacts in the whole Bundesliga.

Oh yeah I saw that on the news this week. Amazing that they won 10 matches in a row and still haven't lost a game. Also, it's apparently 11 matches without a goal against.

Indeed, Neuer doesn't have an awful lot to do then. Great goalie by the way, I thought he was the best goalie of the WC.

It's all the medias fault!

Of course!

And the coorporations!

Erm... some flame retardant goo-y stuff then.

How fitting. If the zombie nerds are goo-y than their "blood" should be made out of goo-y stuff as well.

Splendid!

So uh... how are they supposed to move again?

Well done.
Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.

Get the fuck out of here.

Put it anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin.
...

Which it is.

Listening to:

White Wizzard - Flying Tigers

At 10/4/11 11:08 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/4/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: I never cared about FFXII enough to beat Yiazmat. However, now I'm finding myself back to Rollercoaster Tycoon. Damn you Deus Ex effect.

Have never played Rollercoaster Tycoon, how good is it?

I've played it many times before. Excellent game, despite the lack of option to speed things up. One year takes 75 minutes and a lot of levels generally require you to spend 3 or 4 years game time-wise in order to beat them.

As for Yizamat I could probably beat the dragon thing if I had enough time on my hands, would have to have a perfect gambit setup and then walk away for a couple of hours.

Ugh, fuck the gambit system. It only makes me feel lazy when using it.

At 10/5/11 02:19 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: lmao I've come to accept that that is one achievement I will NEVER reach. Or even come close to, for that matter. I'm setting my lifetime goal at 2K. ;_;

OK then, what about 10k reviews? :P

I just gotta reply to another 183 weeks worth of your b/p updates - I'll be there in no time!

I could manage that.

At 10/5/11 08:53 AM, Auz wrote:

At 10/2/11 08:41 AM, Bahamut wrote: FFXIV was the biggest bomb of 2010. I think that says something for Square but no, they insist on an MMO not for Final Fantasy but for Dragon Quest. Maybe it will work better for that franchise but it's still too risky for them.

Yeah this might not be such a good idea. On the other hand though, perhaps it is good that they are at least trying something else with the series?

It may work for another series but this is something they should hold off for a while.

To be fair, I do like the fast pace action in FFXIII. The flexibility of the moves does make the engines feel free from dust. Not saying the previous battle systems were bad, though but this feels a lot faster.

Hmm... well I guess that's nice, but the battles looked a bit chaotic (from what I've seen from Gameplay videos).

Chaos is good. :P The only thing I wish I had was the ability to control the whole team.

Yep, that's the strengths you can go to in FFX. FFXII had multiple hits within a single move but FFXIII does both. Well, the limit might exceed 99999 HP damage but the most I've seen taken off with a single attack is 50k HP.

Lol.

You know I'm playing FF9 again right now and I actually love how it is so hard to do high amounts of damage. I mean, if you hit for 3000 in this game, that's already a lot. And the guy with the most HP only has 80,000 HP which isn't even the final boss.

At least Zidane's Ultima Weapon deals a lot of damage.

19000 saves

At 10/4/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: Nope, not even that.

I guess I should have said "le vin" since it's France in all.

At 10/5/11 03:41 AM, Coop wrote: Coop breathes a sigh of relief for the Yanks,

Granderson saved your ass.

"You'll never pardon anybody because you'll never get elected president. The voters of Earth aren't the pea-brained idiots they were back in your time."

"Well, listen here, missy. Computers may be twice as fast as they were in 1973, but your average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is me. I've become bitter and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!"

Yeah, because hitting small children with a ban stick makes them shut up :P

You might want to leave that part out. I'm sure they don't need to hear about moderator oppression. Just focus on the positives like,, well umh, well you can figure something out that's positive about being a mod.

Booze? Hookers? Gay porn?

Well those are understood as mandatory in order for proper moderation.

At 10/5/11 08:53 AM, Auz wrote: Give him a big nose and bushy beard? :p

And a dradle in the other hand and we might have something.

Just leveled up to level 59

Passed 9,000 Blams!

No I'm not going to reference that stupid overused meme.

Coop gets ready to try and get back in the dating game (again), while congratulating:
k6ka: Level 28
LadyX: 15,000 Experience
sandwich-eater: 19,000 Saves
Addict: 17,000 B/P
YoinK: Level 59
sushi13: 9,000 Blams

Listening to:
Metallica - Leper Messiah
Queen - Hammer To Fall
Alice Cooper - Between High School And Old School
Weird Al - Since You've Been Gone

At 10/5/11 08:53 AM, Auz wrote:

At 9/30/11 05:27 AM, Coop wrote: The success of the top clubs is actually killing off the competition.

Exactly!

I thought it was sad to see last Tuesday that my favorite club, Ajax, got wiped off the pitch by Real Madrid (3-0). Ajax used to be amongst the best clubs in Europe, but they just can't compete with clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid anymore.

Yeah, I feel the same about Aston Villa - we won lots of competitions in the early 80s, but now we're lucky if we can finish mid table.

Yes, isn't Aston Villa usually a bit of a middle-ranker in the English premier league?

Well, back in the day, we won seven FA Cups, seven league titles, finished runner up 10 times and we won the Eurpoean Cup in 1982. I know that Ajax have won 4 titles, but I'm just expressing our rich history.

I don't suppose your family would want any drama during the wedding either, so perhaps it'll be for the best to steer clear anyway.

Mum said she doesn't care what I do, but it's not hard to see she's lying. My brother's baby machine had her third kid yesterday (his second) and I'd just rather ignore the situation. They get praise and attention for being reckless. Well, I've still got a life and if they've ruined theirs, then that's fine by me. I'll meet the kid before he's 8 weeks old, when I met their second - it's not harmed relations with my nieces, so why should it harm relations with my Nephew?

Well they haven't done anything wrong to you, did they? So yeah, no reason to dislike them.

There's two versions of events on this - most of the details I'm still not comfortable with, so I keep them off the internet, plus I might write a book about them someday. I'm just sick on mum leaping to the defence of my brother's girlfriend. I hope she does the same for mine, if Phil ever bad mouths her. If I catch him doing that, I'm likely to go nuts.

At 10/5/11 10:47 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/5/11 03:41 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/4/11 11:08 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/4/11 03:38 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/3/11 06:13 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/3/11 04:02 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/2/11 12:14 PM, SCTE3 wrote: And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said "boy let me tell you what"

I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.

And if you care to take to a dare I'll make a bet with you.

Now you play a pretty good fiddle boy, but give the Devil his due,

I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul cause I think I'm better than you!

The boy said "my name's Johnny and it might be a sin..."

But I'll take your bet you're gonna regret because I'm the best there's ever been!

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play that fiddle hard.

On the other hand I have to take a Rush - 2112 album back to the store later today. Bought it last night and opened it looking forward to hear it only to see the case had no CD in it which was upsetting. :-(

Ah, the priests of the temples of Syrinx got there first :P

I see then. Took it back, ran everywhere as I was unable to get the same one and got the Icon album instead. Still having no luck getting a Weird Al CD and come to think of it he released a new one recently called Alpocalypse that I would not mind getting. :P

Yeah, I'll have to get it at some stage, but I've got other things on my want list ahead of it. Made some of my friends laugh, as driving them to another friend's house, I gave them about 6 minutes of "Trapped in the Drive-thru". Difficult to sing, but well worth it.

Indeed it is. His second longest one right up there with Albuquerque which is also a hilarious song.

I'm more of a fan of his shorter tracks, like "since you've been gone" and Canadian Idiot

Ah yes! Canadian Idiot is hilarious anyways. Not sure if he did the Dirty Deeds Done dirt cheap parody where he talks about Mary Had a Little Lamb instead...

That's Bob Rivers, not Weird Al. He's funny, but the others are coarse. Well, the song Bloke,by Chris Franklin is pretty clever

At 10/5/11 03:15 PM, reverend wrote:

At 10/5/11 03:41 AM, Coop wrote: Coop breathes a sigh of relief for the Yanks,

Granderson saved your ass.

Thrice he did. Now for us to beat the Tigers in Game 5. Ivan Nova on the hill tonight. What a prospect he's been

"You'll never pardon anybody because you'll never get elected president. The voters of Earth aren't the pea-brained idiots they were back in your time."

"Well, listen here, missy. Computers may be twice as fast as they were in 1973, but your average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is me. I've become bitter and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!"

"Not so fast, Nixon! Are you familiar with 'Audio Tape'?"

Yeah, because hitting small children with a ban stick makes them shut up :P

You might want to leave that part out. I'm sure they don't need to hear about moderator oppression. Just focus on the positives like,, well umh, well you can figure something out that's positive about being a mod.

Booze? Hookers? Gay porn?

Well those are understood as mandatory in order for proper moderation.

Though they must be used like everything else - in moderation.

At 10/5/11 09:40 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/5/11 02:19 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote: lmao I've come to accept that that is one achievement I will NEVER reach. Or even come close to, for that matter. I'm setting my lifetime goal at 2K. ;_;

OK then, what about 10k reviews? :P

LOL I've written 1 review in the last 2+ years. I'm not saying that's my limit, but you know... Lets face it, I'm never going beyond triple-listed. :(
And I suppose I could ask you the same question... Then again I could ask that of any user who's not X or KWAS. lol

I just gotta reply to another 183 weeks worth of your b/p updates - I'll be there in no time!

I could manage that.

I don't doubt you could. Hopefully I can hold up my end of the deal. :P

Listening to:

Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol

At 10/5/11 10:47 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/5/11 09:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: I've played it many times before. Excellent game, despite the lack of option to speed things up. One year takes 75 minutes and a lot of levels generally require you to spend 3 or 4 years game time-wise in order to beat them.

Ahh I see then. You ever make roller coasters that go off track just for the fun of watching the people fly off the rails and down to their deaths? Also found a Rollercoaster Tycoon CD out in my dad's room yesterday, cool.

Yep, you can be evil like that. However, it doesn't help the park ratings at all and most levels rely on having a good park rating.

Ugh, fuck the gambit system. It only makes me feel lazy when using it.

I don't mind the gambit system.

The gambit system feels like the game is doing all the work for you. I feel FFXIII is at least an improvement since auto-battle could do the unwanted commands. However, you still lack control from the other two party members.

I suppose, still want to buy the game at some point and play. Also what's up with Excalibur II? It's not much better than Excalibur and you have to beat the game in an insane time. D:

Don't even remind me. That only kills the experience of FFIX.

At 10/6/11 12:28 AM, YoinK wrote: Just leveled up to level 59

Excellent work! Will you be the first 16.00 VP'er or will NeMeSiSM finally get off his ass and get that last point?

At 10/6/11 06:58 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 10/5/11 09:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: OK then, what about 10k reviews? :P

LOL I've written 1 review in the last 2+ years. I'm not saying that's my limit, but you know... Lets face it, I'm never going beyond triple-listed. :(
And I suppose I could ask you the same question... Then again I could ask that of any user who's not X or KWAS. lol

illuminate also has 10k reviews. It'll be a while before we get another 10k reviewer. Cyberdevil was meant to be there but then he stopped.

At 10/6/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent work! Will you be the first 16.00 VP'er or will NeMeSiSM finally get off his ass and get that last point?

sadly I'm going to miss a ton of deposits in the not too distant future.... I'm moving and i will not have internet for at least 2 months.

Listening to:
Fireball Ministry - Two Tears
Deep Purple - Stormbringer

At 10/4/11 03:38 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/4/11 02:36 AM, Haggard wrote: I only wish I would've taken french classes more serious, then I would be able to speak three languages instead of only two. :(

I wish I'd ditched French altogether and put more effort into German lessons. Then I could have done Geography instead.

I had to learn a second foreign language (either French or Latin) in lower grades in order to get my A levels. Or else I would've been forced to learn spanich in the upper grades. I was just planning ahead: Learn a second language now and get some more free time in the upper levels.

I also wish I'd spent more time with my selections for A-Levels. I think I'd have ditched Maths and taken English at the very least, possibly something else, other than Physics as well. Still, this is all in the past. I've got the future to think of now and that could be a lot brighter than it was.

Yeah, picking maths as one of my major fields hasn't been a smart move. I ended up with english class and german class as my major fields. But on the other hand, there wasn't anything else I was interested in enough to pick it as my major.

At 10/4/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 10/4/11 02:36 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 10/3/11 04:18 AM, Bahamut wrote: Monday Metal Treasures - Week 40: Angra - Unholy Wars

Oh man, I still have to post that next letter in the Metal-ABC. :(

LOL! To make you feel even slower, I've finished everything for the Manilla Road spinoff so they're all ready to be posted whenever. As for Monday Metal Treasures, only five left and then I'm all sorted for 2011.

At least I can come up with some excuses other than being lazy or just slow. Had two projects going in uni that required a lot of my time and one of them is still going. Hopefully I can post the next letter this week end.

Here's an idea: Remind me once you have the money to get it.

Among the living. How's that? :P
I told you I would remember it when I see it. ;)

You said you might forget.

Yes, I might have forgotten, but you helped me remembering it by shouting the name at me. ^^

At 10/5/11 08:53 AM, Auz wrote:

At 10/2/11 11:56 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 9/29/11 06:33 PM, Auz wrote: Yeah, but I mean if you have any midfielders with good scoring capabilities, or good "number 10's", it doesn't have to be a problem when you only have a guy like Muller up front.

Last game, no one scored. Pity. :(
But at least Bayern didn't concede a goal as well, so that's 8 games in a row (or maybe even 9?) where they didn't concede a goal! Amazing.
Manuel Neuer has to be the player with the least ball contacts in the whole Bundesliga.

Oh yeah I saw that on the news this week. Amazing that they won 10 matches in a row and still haven't lost a game. Also, it's apparently 11 matches without a goal against.

Even better.

Indeed, Neuer doesn't have an awful lot to do then. Great goalie by the way, I thought he was the best goalie of the WC.

He made some easy mistakes in the near past (or at least, he didn't look too good), but I think he will be there when he's needed most.

It's all the medias fault!

Of course!

And the coorporations!

Goes without saying.

Erm... some flame retardant goo-y stuff then.

How fitting. If the zombie nerds are goo-y than their "blood" should be made out of goo-y stuff as well.

Splendid!

So uh... how are they supposed to move again?

We could give them scooters so they can drive around.

Well done.
Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.

Get the fuck out of here.

Put it anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin.
...

Which it is.

*puts on cool face again*

At 10/4/11 11:20 AM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 18,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 18,000 experience points.

I am now ranked Town Watch.

666 Blams

well, its final...
am at 32 this very hour, also am at 447 and climbing up the long b/p ladder.

I am level 10 now.

At 10/6/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote: Coop gets ready to try and get back in the dating game (again), while congratulating:

Just remember "Go ugly early." It'll save you from wasting your time.

Thrice he did. Now for us to beat the Tigers in Game 5. Ivan Nova on the hill tonight. What a prospect he's been

Way to jinx Nova. Two innings before getting pulled. Ouch. I'm sure he is going to be the scapegoat for why the Yanks were bounced out of the playoffs.

"Not so fast, Nixon! Are you familiar with 'Audio Tape'?"

"My God? I really sound like that? I thought my voice had more of a Clark Gable quality."

Though they must be used like everything else - in moderation.

Especially gay porn; don't want to get addicted to that and go to rehab.

Having failed to acquire a girlfriend, Coop takes a step back to congratulate:
Fagamut: 18,000 Experience
J-Rex: 666 Blams
Illegal-Product: Level 32
MisterTig: Level 10

Listening to:
AC/DC - Big Jack
Foo Fighters - The Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
Kiss - Hotter Than Hell
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own

At 10/6/11 06:58 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 10/5/11 09:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: OK then, what about 10k reviews? :P

LOL I've written 1 review in the last 2+ years. I'm not saying that's my limit, but you know... Lets face it, I'm never going beyond triple-listed. :(
And I suppose I could ask you the same question... Then again I could ask that of any user who's not X or KWAS. lol

illuminate has 10k+ Reviews total and SCTE3 looks like a threat with his copious amount of reviewing at the moment... oh, and Ericho *spits*

Of course, I'd like to some day, but I've slowed down over the past few years.

At 10/6/11 10:32 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 10/4/11 03:38 AM, Coop wrote:

At 10/4/11 02:36 AM, Haggard wrote: I only wish I would've taken french classes more serious, then I would be able to speak three languages instead of only two. :(

I wish I'd ditched French altogether and put more effort into German lessons. Then I could have done Geography instead.

I had to learn a second foreign language (either French or Latin) in lower grades in order to get my A levels. Or else I would've been forced to learn spanich in the upper grades. I was just planning ahead: Learn a second language now and get some more free time in the upper levels.

If I'd have had the choice and been able to take a second foreign language of my choice, I'd have gone for Italian, alongside German. Both languages that I enjoy the sound of, as you can get really angry in both languages and it sounds like machine gun fire. You know, like Glaswegian.

I also wish I'd spent more time with my selections for A-Levels. I think I'd have ditched Maths and taken English at the very least, possibly something else, other than Physics as well. Still, this is all in the past. I've got the future to think of now and that could be a lot brighter than it was.

Yeah, picking maths as one of my major fields hasn't been a smart move. I ended up with english class and german class as my major fields. But on the other hand, there wasn't anything else I was interested in enough to pick it as my major.

I ended up with 2 A-Levels, after I failed Maths. I got such low grades, but still managed to get to University, though I only lasted 6 months there. Everything happens for a reason.

At 10/6/11 08:57 PM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/6/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote: Listening to:
Weird Al - Since You've Been Gone

If I can find it, I plan on getting his Hooked on Polkas album usually because they are fun, lighthearted, and cycle through a lot of songs quickly. Always good to hear them though.

The internet is your friend. Search and you shall find.

At 10/5/11 10:47 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/5/11 03:41 AM, Coop wrote:

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play that fiddle hard.

Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards...

And if you win, you get this shiny fiddle made of gold.

At 10/7/11 02:42 AM, reverend wrote:

At 10/6/11 06:49 AM, Coop wrote: Coop gets ready to try and get back in the dating game (again), while congratulating:

Just remember "Go ugly early." It'll save you from wasting your time.

Fuck off. Just because she's "sort of seeing someone" doesn't mean I'm dead in the water!

Thrice he did. Now for us to beat the Tigers in Game 5. Ivan Nova on the hill tonight. What a prospect he's been

Way to jinx Nova. Two innings before getting pulled. Ouch. I'm sure he is going to be the scapegoat for why the Yanks were bounced out of the playoffs.

Nah. I wasn't expecting us to win this year. Maybe reach the ALCS, but we were just over committed, in the end. It was good that we got to the playoffs on that sort of skeletal staff, but Nova is in a good place for next year. Now to see if Cashman is coming back and if he (or his replacement) can work on building the team up.

Coop's reccommendations:

1) Pitching - We have CC, AJ, Nova and Hughes. 5th Starter is worth looking into. Do we bring back Colon or Garcia, or do we let one of the kids have a go at it?
2) DH Now, with Jorge looking like retirement, from the look on his face in the locker room, he's heading for retirement. Do you use Montero / Jones in platoon and keep him as a third (or fourth) catcher?
3) Cather - Martin is secure as the Yanks #1. What about Francisco "concussion" Cervelli? Can he come back? What about Auston Romine, can he be the backup next year? Will Montero fill that position?
4) Bench players - Sure, Eduardo Nunez had a good season filling in for the likes of Jeter and A-Rod, but Ramiro Pena wasn't all that good. Do we trade or buy to see if we can get someone to fill that void, when needed?

"Not so fast, Nixon! Are you familiar with 'Audio Tape'?"

"My God? I really sound like that? I thought my voice had more of a Clark Gable quality."

"The Jig's up, Nixon. We'll trade you the tape for the body."

Though they must be used like everything else - in moderation.

Especially gay porn; don't want to get addicted to that and go to rehab.

Oh yeah. Can't go taking that any other way.

At 10/6/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:

Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol

Been listening to their "Live at Last" CD that a friend lent to me. It's not too bad. Black Sabbath and War Pigs are my favorite songs by them.

At 10/6/11 06:58 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 10/5/11 09:40 AM, Bahamut wrote: OK then, what about 10k reviews? :P

LOL I've written 1 review in the last 2+ years. I'm not saying that's my limit, but you know... Lets face it, I'm never going beyond triple-listed. :(
And I suppose I could ask you the same question... Then again I could ask that of any user who's not X or KWAS. lol

illuminate also has 10k reviews. It'll be a while before we get another 10k reviewer. Cyberdevil was meant to be there but then he stopped.

I was talking strictly flash reviews, not total. He hasn't ever made it to 10K, right? (review deletions..?)

Sorry, I've been gone for a while..

At 10/7/11 05:04 AM, Coop wrote: Of course, I'd like to some day, but I've slowed down over the past few years.

It's far and away the hardest 10K stat to reach if you try to put forth any degree of quality in your reviews. You're still active in the RRC, right? I kind of miss it. Sadly I don't have the free time necessary to be a real part of things there anymore.

Listening to:

Opeth - Heritage. Can't say it's the best they've made but I'm willing to give it enough chances. I'm sure an album like this will be appreciated more as time goes by.

Thanks to:

Coop
Odyssic

At 10/6/11 09:41 AM, YoinK wrote:

At 10/6/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Excellent work! Will you be the first 16.00 VP'er or will NeMeSiSM finally get off his ass and get that last point?

sadly I'm going to miss a ton of deposits in the not too distant future.... I'm moving and i will not have internet for at least 2 months.

I do recall you saying that when you reached level 58 but whether that does actually happen or not, we'll see.

At 10/6/11 10:32 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 10/4/11 07:39 AM, Bahamut wrote: LOL! To make you feel even slower, I've finished everything for the Manilla Road spinoff so they're all ready to be posted whenever. As for Monday Metal Treasures, only five left and then I'm all sorted for 2011.

At least I can come up with some excuses other than being lazy or just slow. Had two projects going in uni that required a lot of my time and one of them is still going. Hopefully I can post the next letter this week end.

Hooray, it's not laziness for once. I still have the last five posts to take care of but they should be easy to do. After that, it'll be writing up genuine reviews.

You said you might forget.

Yes, I might have forgotten, but you helped me remembering it by shouting the name at me. ^^

Oh, all is good then.

At 10/6/11 08:57 PM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/6/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yep, you can be evil like that. However, it doesn't help the park ratings at all and most levels rely on having a good park rating.

Ah, well that's good then. Do you do things other than roller coasters on it? I would probably try to make confusing roller coaster rides that loop and go all over the place, lol.

Well, I build plenty of gentle and thrill rides to keep the small rides going.

The gambit system feels like the game is doing all the work for you. I feel FFXIII is at least an improvement since auto-battle could do the unwanted commands. However, you still lack control from the other two party members.

Ah, yea I agree but it helps keeps things a bit easier rather than having to open up the command menu and keep setting them up new commands every time.

JRPGs shouldn't make you feel lazy. That's my point. :P

Don't even remind me. That only kills the experience of FFIX.

Yes and when you win this shiny sword, remember the time you wasted and that shares the same stats as Excalibur but looks a bit shinier. Also I think that's the only FF game that challenges you to a speed run to get something to I think.

I think that's the only speed run task they've ever done and I hope they never do it again. I'm not going to rush through 12 hours of FFIX just so I can get one particular weapon.

At 10/7/11 06:36 AM, Metal-Therapy wrote:

At 10/6/11 07:49 AM, Bahamut wrote: Listening to:

Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol

Been listening to their "Live at Last" CD that a friend lent to me. It's not too bad. Black Sabbath and War Pigs are my favorite songs by them.

They do have a lot of live albums. I don't have any but I am curious about Live Evil. It's from the Dio era and he sings Ozzy-era Black Sabbath songs. As far as studio albums go, all I need now are Born Again, Seventh Star, Headless Cross and Cross Purposes. Headless Cross is hell to get right now but I check on eBay for fairly good prices every now and again. I should probably push myself to pick one up for £20 since it's going to take forever for them to re-issue the IRS Black Sabbath albums.

illuminate also has 10k reviews. It'll be a while before we get another 10k reviewer. Cyberdevil was meant to be there but then he stopped.

I was talking strictly flash reviews, not total. He hasn't ever made it to 10K, right? (review deletions..?)

Well, he didn't get 10k flash reviews but apart from X and KWAS, it's the best we have.

wow thats a lot of post... O.o

At 10/6/11 12:39 PM, Fagamut wrote:

At 10/4/11 11:20 AM, S-k-y wrote: With that vote, you now have 18,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 18,000 experience points.

With that vote, you now have 13,000 experience points.

Oh, only 5,000 XP seperates us. :(

It has been quite some time since my last achievement.

But firstly congrats to:
Alex616 - Level 11
Faggard - 13,000 experience points

And congrats to me for passing 12000 B/P points.

Exp rank 1337