Thanks to the Newgrounds Admins for finally sorting out the problems with the View Reviews buttons. The only problem is that it suddenly created a load of work for me :P

As you might have noticed, I've taken over the Top 50 Protectors List, which is now on Page 58. If you should be on the list, let me know and I'll add you to the list for the next update.

The Top 100 Responses List is in my capable hands and is due its first major update since the redesign (not before time either) Since I'm down in London this weekend, watching the Ice Hockey, I can't guarantee that it will be updated before I go, but I might be able to sneak some stuff online from the hotel, so who knows. The latest update is here and I am taking into account of seven new peoples who I'd not spotted before. If you feel that you're due on there, comments please and I'll check you're on the list for the update.

It's a shame it's not the Avs playing tomorrow in London, but I can bask in the glory of the Stanley Cup, which will apparently also be in attendance.

I'll try to get some stats pulled tonight, the update could surface at any time, I will advise people in here and of course on the list itself :)

Coop

Ok, so this is getting me more than slightly narked. I've been here for a while (almost 3.5 years now) and I used to be into Blamming so much, because a lot of stuff that came through the portal was garbage. I know that the system changed well before the site was updated, as my saves started to close in on, and eventually pass, my Blams total.

Now I wouldn't say that anything unusual was going on until we reached Clock Day. The day of mass protection. Now usually, this fad stops quite soon after and normal service is resumed, with Blam levels per day returning to normal. I've noticed that there is a trend of my Blams per day dropping down towards 5 per day (I know, I'm a stat-whore) when it used to hover somewhere around 10-12.

Upon checking the portal, I'd notice that there is just another bunch of shit on the portal, most of which got the obligatory 0 from me. I probably won't get any points for this, but I would propose 2 solutions to this:

1) All users who see crap like this on the portal respond to it, by issuing the 0 or 1 vote. Don't be afraid, Blam points are your friends - they are also beneficial to the size of your e-penis as well.

2) Tom, please raise the threshold for Flash to pass judgement. I know that if you looked at this case, it shows an alarming trend of mass voting, by certain groups who wish to get crap through the portal. Even if you raised it to 1.8, it would make such a big difference - Flash which score that low should be treated as "learning experiences" for the users who are submitting proper flash.

I'd love to hear what people think of it, because as one of the top 100 B/Pers (Probably the top 50 active B/Pers) I think that it's people like me who really can make a difference, if only other people felt the same way and acted on it!

So yesterday, I finally took delivery of my new Seat Ibiza. Man is it the bollocks!

I would have posted about this yesterday, but with me driving about the place and then my girlfriend's computer went on the blink, not allowing me to log in to NG >:(

Still, I've got to sell the old car now, so if anyone wants to buy it (Seat Ibiza, 1996, 1.4l Unleaded Petrol, 66,000 Miles, Stereo System, ideal first car £900 o.n.o.) then let me know

I've got to sort out the stereo system in my new car, because I can't drive around listening to my one and only cassette - I need to get my old minidisc player put back in or get a CD multi changer installed.

Time to see if I can learn how to drive this thing off the traffic lights efficiently :)

TFI Friday? Maybe.

I've been back at work for almost a week now and it's gone really quickly - I had a butt load of paperwork to plough through on Monday, which went over into Tuesday and gradually the whole week has left me feeling that it's only Thursday, which is nice, considering it is a bank holiday weekend and I've got 3 days off from 1700 tonight :) Only 3 1/2 hours to go :)

Aside from using the new workout techniques I've learned over the past week tonight, I'll be making a renewed assault on Supreme Commander. There's 101 of them and here's me ranked at 102 -.- If I can manage to get myself into a position to be promoted by a week on Saturday, I'll be happy.

Soon after that, the 10k posts party will kick off and I'll get completely fucked out of my mind. w00t!

I went bowling last night with my girlfriend, my best friend and his fiancee. That was a blast, we really need to do that more often. I finished second, first and second in the three games we played, but the best part of the night was when I cleaned up on the pool table (Although it cost £7 for one hour on the table.)

Well, here we are again. I'm so glad that I took the day off work - I'd get absolutely nothing done today!

I've been online for just over an hour now and I'm raking in the points - I think it's around 30 now, but they're constantly rolling in, which is great news. 29,000 B/P and 15,000 Saves are both calling me today if I'm lucky. (75 Saves isn't going to be a problem and judging by the pace so far, neither is 300 B/P)

I'll be back tomorrow with a small showcase of the best movies I spotted during my watch today.

Also, rest in peace Phil 'Scooter' Rizzutto. The former New York Yankees Shortstop passed away yesterday aged 89. If you've never heard his amazing commentary manner, listen to "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", by Meat Loaf, he commentates on baseball / foreplay. Not bad for a guy who was in his 50s at the time.

Ok, so it's only Sunday morning, but already I've had a pretty good weekend of sport:

First off, my own sport, rather than stuff I've been watching. I played for my Saturday 2nd XI at cricket against Amblecote & Wolleston at a ground which was flooded some two weeks ago. We fielded first and restricted them to 154-8. Not too bad, considering that the pitch was small and they were attempting to use the home field to their advantage. Brian Davies owes us a jug, because he took five wickets. We went out to bat and knocked off the reqired 155 in about 35 overs. I'm now nursing a little sunburn and a smashed up left pinkie, after mis-fielding the ball yesterday. I've got another game today, that should be interesting, considering my bruised state.

Onto the stuff you people might have heard about. Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th Career Home Run yesterday. Did you see it? It wasn't the prettiest of his career, but it sure drew in the biggest cheer from the Yankees faithful (myself included, when I watched it about an hour later).

Lewis Hamilton claimed the Pole Position for today's Hungarian Grand Prix, after his teammate, Fernando Alonso was penalised 5 positions, due to his 'gamesmanship' of waiting for an extra 10 seconds, stopping Lewis from making his final flying lap, which possibly would have given him outright pole.

England thrashed Wales 62-5 today at Twickenham. That'll teach the Welsh for putting up a second string squad for the World Cup warm up match. I fully expect no responses from the Welsh Boys I work with :P

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Recorded the pole position time for the Pensylvania 500. Woot, I completely forgot there was a race this weekend.

Aston Villa won 3-0 against Inter Milan in a pre-season friendly. Neat, lets see the boys do that when it matters :P

Oh and something didn't go my way - my team, Lancashire Lightning lost in the Twenty20 cup semi final against Gloucester Gladiators. They even went on to lose the final as well -.-

Well, I've been going out with my girlfrined for almost nine months now. On a few occasions I've discussed the patch of facial hair which I have been maintaing for some 2 years now with her.

She has told me that under no accounts am I to shave my beard. Well, today I had a haircut and this is the result.

Your thoughts?

Well, here we are, 5pm on a Friday evening, just about to sign out from the office for the weekend and it just doesn't feel like summer.

I'm ready to play probaly my 10th game this year for Cookley, when usually by this time of year I've played about 20-25. The weather and other circumstances have conspired against me. Maybe I'll get to play two of them this weekend, if the weather holds, but lets just wait and see how it goes.

If there are injuries, pictures will follow, but if there are run scoring plays, much joy and reports will follow.

See you Tomorrow.

Well, I've reached another milestone in my pursuit of statwhore's nirvana. I have now reached 28,000 B/P points.

This means that there is only a few thousand B/P points between me and the last B/P milestone of Supreme Commander (or EGSC for all you diehards, who revere the old ranks :P)

The addition of this should hopefully coincide neatly with me reaching 10,000 Posts and readying myself for gfoxcook's final final update of the 2x10k pentalist. I believe I could be the 13th member of the 4 x 10k list, maybe eve the 12th if I get a shift on with my posting :)

Oh well, back to the grind, I suppose

If you've just stumbled in here by accident and don't want to know who I am, then why the hell did you come in here? The exit is that way *points to the BACK button on your browser*

If you did want to know who I am, here's your chance to get a closer look at the man behind Coop83. Firstly, you can call me Coop, I really don't mind about the 83 part, that's just the year I was born. I'm 24 and I work as a customer relations supervisor for a housing developer. My day-to-day job involves writing letters to customers, fielding phone calls from customers and harassing builders. In between doing all of this, I try to maintain my sanity while on the NG BBS and Flash Portal. I enjoy writing reviews for flash and getting responses (Though I'm not sure that feature works any more)

If you're a flash author and you're looking for inspiration, look no further. I have various works in progress at this very moment for potential flash movies, I just need someone who can animate, because lets face it, I'm never going to be much of an artist, I just don't have the patience for it.

I'm working on a story at the moment, which someday I'd love to see published, allowing me to retire and make my fortune for doing something I enjoy more than the vast majority of my life at present :)

Other than NG, I do enjoy cricket, as patrons of the English Gentleman's Club will note. I'm not the best cricketer in the worls, but I do enjoy playing and I think I am improving, slowly.

I've got myself a steady girlfriend (sorry ladies :P) who you lot might know as EchoRun on here, if ever she gets around to posting on here again.

I'd say that there are more things to life than computers, but considering that I counted each and every hour of the update, I'd say that it would have to be a lie.

As you can see from the picture below, one of my major hobbies is growing facial hair. This picture was taken after I'd gone from a full goatee to my current style a few years ago. Someone said to me "You missed a bit", hence the look on my face.