At 7/17/08 10:33 AM, Toocool100 wrote: It sucks that protection points are easier to get now. One point of satisfaction of only saving submissions back in the day was that most people had a 2:1 Blam/Save ratio and having more saves than blams was rare. Now that the trend has reversed, my ratio although impressive, will not be as astounding or out of reach as it once was. It seems as though almost everyone has more saves than blams now.
I tooted that horn plenty back in 2007, man. But at a certain point you just have to throw your hands up and shrug.
It's sad that future NG generations will look upon your profile and think you gained all your saves in the current save-happy environment, rather than know what actually happened...
Oh well
Yar.
I've had a newb post in my profile and go "OMG, HOW DO YOU HAVE SO MANY BLAMS, THEY ARE LIKE SO HARD TO GET," and I had to explain that I had retired in 2005 with 36k blams and only 24k saves, and things have changed remarkably since then, not to mention that some users have like 2-3 times as many blams as saves, so my 1.0 to 1.5 ratio range isn't all that impressive. But I guess nowadays, it is.
Back in 2003-2005 when I was amassing those relatively-low blam totals to go with my pretty decent save numbers for the era... I never ever anticipated the wild change in both stats' perception by the masses. It's amazing. It's the mirrors. </little girl in HDTV ads whisper>
At 7/17/08 03:37 PM, Toohot100 wrote: Toocool100 posted here, so why not post with Toohot100? ;)
Uh... because you ruined the perfect alternating-gfox/Bahamut quote chain below. That's why:
At 7/11/08 06:50 PM, gfoxcook wrote:Reh.At 7/10/08 05:09 PM, Bahamut wrote:Leh.At 6/26/08 10:54 PM, gfoxcook wrote:Jeh.At 6/24/08 03:45 PM, Bahamut wrote:Keh.At 6/17/08 07:15 PM, gfoxcook wrote:Teh.At 6/17/08 12:31 PM, Bahamut wrote:Neh.At 6/9/08 01:30 AM, gfoxcook wrote:Geh.At 6/7/08 03:16 PM, Bahamut wrote:Peh.At 6/1/08 02:13 AM, gfoxcook wrote:Deh.At 5/30/08 07:09 PM, Bahamut wrote: At 5/26/08 03:06 PM, gfoxcook wrote: At 5/25/08 09:29 PM, Bahamut wrote:Meh.
Heh.
Beh.
Feh.
Seh.
Well, REmake is still worth getting, but BEWARE the cameras.
That doesn't make it sound like it's truly worth getting is what I'm getting at here. Especially when I never even finished RE4, so if the urge for RE strikes, I've got one of the best, if not the best, RE games ready and willing and able.
55,555 Blams - AfroUnderscoreStudCongrats pink lover.
Afro_Stud is teh commie pinko scum? ;_;
At 7/15/08 10:58 PM, Toocool100 wrote: Just reached 80 Thousand Blams :)If only this alt had that many blams. :P
That's the other thing I thought other than what I said to him when he said that. #;-}>
At 7/17/08 10:33 AM, Toocool100 wrote: It seems as though almost everyone has more saves than blams now.My main and this alt, however, have more blams than saves. :D
KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
At 7/17/08 04:56 PM, Coop83 wrote:At 7/17/08 01:28 AM, gfoxcook wrote: Well, have fun with that, but I'll repeat my opinion here that the only things that matter are exp/VP. #;-}>Since Experience and VP only tally relatively slowly, I thought I'd pass the time with other stats to keep me from going stir crazy ;)
Yeah, yeah. MEANINGLESS PURSUITS when compared to the ABSOLUTELY NOBEL-PRIZE-DESERIVING EXPERIENCE COLLECTION HOBBY we all know and love, my good man!
A) the same top 50 listed that NG may or may not list already, but tons of extra columns with more data + lots of analysis pre/post list itself...Yeah, B sounds good, plus it doesn't put me out of a job or three :P
B) a top 500 list updated at the same regularity, with ONLY the bare info needed for that stat, and very little analysis outside of the list.
I'd take B for most stats.
But of course, something in between A and B is what most people do, and there in the middle ground lies teh contentment.
Even if I'm personally in the top 50, so either way I'm listed. I felt I should make that clear. #;-}>10-4, I'm reading you loud and clear. Quantity of stats over diversity of them, I suppose. Keep people interested in them, possibly to encourage them to make some progress...
Well, diversity of stats can still be achieved with simple-but-long lists, my B up there. It just takes a lot of people making a lot of separate lists.
And that's exactly what we have. blams, saves, exp, b/p, reviews, responses, audio reviews, audio responses, etc.
When they declare wart on me, I shall point out it was only a birth mark and shall take all of their cities in compensation for their rudeness.
Taking all their cities... you reckon that's gonna be as simple as you makes it sound? #;-}>
Unless Wylo = Barry Bonds, that's not the answer all the blamlist fans wanted to hear. ;_;Yeah, Wylo's head is the size of his computer screen...
hahahah..... (sigh)
Oh, Wylo.
I feel that Afro_Stud is after the rare triple play of ranked 1, 1 and 1 for Saves; Blams and B/PA shame you're not #21 for Saves as well, because that would be a super cool tryptic.Such things are as rare as unassisted triple plays.
Well, strange thing about those 1s.... the most common form of the tryptic we're talking about would indeed be the one with someone at #1 in all of them. Keep in mind ramagi once had that.
Not to detract from it, or try to take any of the value out of it, just saying... 1/1/1 is the "easiest" blam/save/bp rank equivalency to obtain, which is funny.
Haven't you ever listened to Michael Jackson? Even when he was still popular / talented / sane?
He had a song about blaming it on boogie? Okay.
I know Beat It, Thriller, and like two Jackson Five songs, that's about it. #;-}> Never much of a fan.
It's the same joy for me as pulling out a crisp from a packet and thinking "Wow, that's almost as big as my mouth, can I manage to get it in my mouth without breaking it?"
Well, to me... that's QUITE a lot of joy. Small things such as that are what add up to make life so rich.
Your b/p life on NG is just like the game of Fishy, then.Quite so. The metaphor was created for just such a purpose.
Rock on, Mr. Fishy!
Is it just me, or did this thread just experience a huge whiplash-inducing motherfuckloadful of deja vu there for a second?Interesting beat down from teh gfox :)
SMC. YO. YEAH, YOU.
Wasn't supposed to BE a beat down, but okay. #;-}>
I wonder if I coined "motherfuckloadful" right then and there, or if I'm like the 10th person on the net to use it. I can't be arsed to google, and that doesn't prove anything anyway. ;_;
With the Blams, if something is obviously going to be Blammed, it will get hit by pretty much everyone, so you need to get in quick. PortalGuard really does allow you to get there before most of the remaining competition.
I've seen quite a lot of red shit in the UJ section the past few weeks. But only once or twice out of half a dozen or more times... has it not already been a graveyard page when I clicked it open with my alt. #;-}>
At 7/17/08 03:37 PM, Toohot100 wrote: Toocool100 posted here, so why not post with Toohot100? ;)Aside from the messing up of your and gfox's quote line, I can't really see the issue ;)
SEE!!! SEE, BAHAMUT! I'm not the only one who noticed. Bleh.
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