Who will reach 3000 first??
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Topic: Who will reach 3000 first??
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: Who will reach 3000 first??
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 07:09
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Once a runaway, it seems that the race for the #1 reviewer is now become an interesting issue, as both John and Daniel have almost caught me up. (roughly 2900 to 2700 to 2800 respectively). When the 2000 reviews landmark was crossed, I had over 900 reviews spread over Gatot and Erik and Easy Living were not too far behind)
Hugues (that's moi
 ) seems relatively constant posting between one and seven reviews a week, depending on his time, but he's been posting less of them because often listening to jazz albums in the last year or so. I've been posting reviews since early 04... So of the three, I'm the less prolific in terms of reviews/week, so I'll need the advantage I haveDaniel observes lengthy silence periods and then publishes a flurry of reviews like a madman... in the last twenty days since he's back, he's posted well over 60 reviews.... Daniel has been reviewing since March 05, but I believe that his rate of reviewing seriously increased in late 06
John is probably the most constant of the three reviewers, his review total never staying three days in a row the same.... John is reviewing since August 06, so he's quite a contender, as well, because he's by far the newest of the three
So the question is: while that it's clear that both challengers will overtake me in the near-future (and it's about friggin' time too
 , coz this #1 label has lost its charm a long time ago and is almost a burden ), but will it happen before the 3000 review mark or past it???? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The weird part is that the French-speaking Belgians are often portrayed as under-achievers (our Flemish-speaking compatriots are less polite and diplomatic), yet the top two reviewer spots are are squatted by two of them. Is prog that much an exception in life?...  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 07:12
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I think it will be ziggy
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:09
| I thought that this was going to be about baseball. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:44
| I think Daniel is more and more close to exhausting all his collection, and I think that might happen before reaching #3000. |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 14:16
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There is a lot of free download albums out there...... Dw Dunphy, Misantropeel and Senmuth. Enough to drag all three of them over 3000 with a good margin. |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 14:18
Agreed, but I don't know if Daniel does that. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 14:20
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No one can stop a Sean Trane.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 17:06
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I'm going to post 2,939 reviews tonight and beat all 3 of you.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 20:27
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Sean by 2 reviews over Ziggy. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 20:38
It depends... if Sean Trane goes on a rampage in the next week, he has a pretty good head start, and can easily win.  I'll vote for Ziggy, seeing the amazing number of reviews he posts on some days.
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 10:37
Epic post  ------------- 
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:05
What if somebody came in from the blue and post 3000+ reviews in a short time? I mean,it's possible someone's writing reviews and storing them on a hard-disk...until (s)he decides to copy/paste them in PA. ... I foresee both Daniel and John will overtake Hugues soon (and about at the same time!), but I'm pretty sure they won't reach the 3000 mark before Hugues. ------------- |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:31
| I vote John, because I almost never see the front page without one of his reviews being on it. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:34
| BTW, it's been a long time since I've last read you on the homepage Moris (except for that Queen single thing). |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:55
Thanks for noticing. (that Queen single was just a test for Quick Rating facility) I would like to start reviewing again, but I'm without inspiration. I start, write two sentences, delete them and give up. ------------- |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 13:48
the inspiration is ... who will reach 5000 first??  on topic ... spirit brother John is my first choice  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 13:57
You are obviously listening to the wrong music |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 14:25
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Must be Hugh. If I remember the trend of the last months well enough, I don't think that ZZ and MS will catch up in due time. Moreover, Conor Fynes needs more time to digest those remaining 2565 Senmuth albums and be the winning outsider . ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 20:13
I've found the sheer amount of thoughtful reviews to be so impressive that I am not convinced he is a single real person. But actually most of our top reviewers are impressively eloquent and whatever rhymes with eloquent. So some clappies for all y'all.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 03:08
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A 1000 x ........... and |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 02:53
^  although I think torodd will reach 3000 interviews first!
I reckon that Hugues would have won this race long ago if he wasn't spending so much time in the library and supermarket.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 18 2010 at 06:29
 >> Torodd is indeed a threat to be reconned with
 (No Torodd, I'm still not selling you back that very-rare SOft Machine Legacy album, so stop buttering me up
)Well apparently I spend so much time in supermarkets that i must buy food tor three people...; and I am a few kilos overweight... so maybe there is more than me writing these thoughts down... maybe I'm copying them from the library shelves
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 09:17
Hughes just directed me to his poll here. I am definitely the long shot.Maybe if Hughes and Daniel were to suddenly disappear then i might have a shot.
I've never seen anyone put up reviews as fast as Daniel.I remember when he passed me a couple of years ago i just felt the wind. He told me recently he has lots of reviews done he just needs to add them,this was after i actually tied him a few weeks ago after his hiatus, then he rifled off about 8 in a row and i think i heard that sound the Roadrunner makes when he lets the coyote get close then takes off.------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 25 2010 at 07:39
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Well the hard disc of my laptop just died5at least I think that's it), soi have to bring it for repair, and I'll be computer-less at home for a while.... which means no reviews either ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 19:17
It was sort of a welcome break ... as if I was on holidays...------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 23 2010 at 19:31
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 03:29
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Wow, this was imbedded quickly and deeply...
I got my "new" laptop and started reviewing again... but I'm starying to run out of things to review (jk
)More interesting is that mellotron storm has almost caught up to Zowie Ziggy... it's a matter of days now
, but you never know with Daniel power outbursts
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 04:08
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It's simple. It's a matter of psychology.
Hugues will let it all pass: he knows when he's been beaten.
Zowie Ziggy wants to reach the nr. 1 spot: he aimed long for it. Seismologists expect another outburst of reviews soon.
In the end Mellotron Storm will beat everyone, because a steady pace will always be more effective than heavy explosions.
Your internet shrink has spoken
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 06:53
There is approx 500 legally free downloads albums listed here. As you are the folky proggy man here; start with the three albums from http://www.herbahameli.cat/discografia/" rel="nofollow - here and continue with Dw Dunphy before moving on to Senmuth. That should take you to 3050 reviews. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:29
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Money being bet on Hugues. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 20:12
Speak of the wolf and he will knock on your door... |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 20:16
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Hugues has always been in the lead since I've been here, so I doubt this will change. My question is where the hell do you get 3000 albums? I mean I've been collecting music for maybe 6 or 7 years and have about 600 albums, most of which I am in no position to "review" You guys' feat of 2500+ reviews boggles my mind  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 20:30
| 3000 is not much for a collector, there are quite some people here on PA who went beyond that figure. But Hugues has a very good public library at his disposal, apparently. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 20:48
A library with prog? I'll be damned if I could find a library with that genre! But i guess over years that isn't too ridiculous. It's still a damn lot though  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 28 2011 at 04:47
Whoooooo, Daniel just saves himself from John's attempt to overtake him
... for now....A quick 15 reviews released overnight ....
(He actually told me that he's got a few in reserve)
QUOTE=andyman1125]
A library with prog? I'll be damned if I could find a library with that genre! But i guess over years that isn't too ridiculous. It's still a damn lot though [/QUOTE]
Actually it's not a local library... It's a nationwide Mediatheque that was fiirst created in the 30's to allow easier and cheap access to culture for everyone, especially the blue-collar working class. It's not just movies
This public(Gv't)-owned system used to be heavily subsididized, but lately (last 10-years) they've become more financially independant (forced by budget cuts) and regularly comes under fire from the industry.... but I've bought hundreds of albums after discovering them through the system.
This system works from specialized "shops" in big and medium cities (8 places in Brussels, for ex) where they have very partial collections and computers to browse all of their catalogues and the whereabouts they're located.... then you can reserve them and they get it and it waits for you 10 days for you at the designated counters. Smaller cities have their local book libraries share space for this system (generally a small selection and a computer for reservations on the counter.
Small outback Ardennes villages receive weekly visits from walk-in discobusses, filled with a selection of discs and the reservations that have arrived... You'll bring them back at the bus' next week's passage or drop them in the system's closest mailboxes. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: January 28 2011 at 11:14
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Admit it Hugues, you're just toying with them. The 3K is yours whenever you chose to take it, isn' t?!
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: January 28 2011 at 11:37
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 28 2011 at 18:16
I lost the last race (1000/2000) to Gatot two years ago, if you remember well..... Eric had sworn he'd cross the line first, and I'd made sure I was ahead of him so he wouldn't get it (this was a Benelux thing) >> I had even rented and reviewed things I didn't really want to hear back then.... and Gatot sent in some 100 reviews overnight..
  . Unlike Daniel/ZZ or Gatot, I have no reserve reviews, and I have less time to devote to music (family problems, something also plaguing ZZ)
but I've got an order from Syn-phonic (20 discs) coming in (should be getting it next week)...
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: January 30 2011 at 10:38
Seconded. I have no idea how can one hear so many albums (and you need to hear them at least few times to write a fair review) and then have also the time to write about each one of them. Sounds "mision impossible" to me. May the best one win. I admire you all. ------------- omri |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 10:41
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I actually passed Zowie Ziggy i'm sure it's very temporary knowing Daniel. It's the first time he's let me pass though so i should print this off as proof.
By the way i have enough in reserves to hit 3,000 but i'm just going to plod along as usual.Hughes will always be "The Man" on this site as far as i'm concerned. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 02:02
I have enough reserves to pass the 3000th review mark if we let Chris S go nuts and include the full batch of unprog artistes that he wants to include in ProgArchives in the XOver category ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: February 16 2011 at 04:12
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I've seen plenty of reviews from Mellotron Storm lately, although some days I'll see 6-7 reviews posted in a row by ZowieZiggy... Sean Trane has the lead.... Anyone down for bets? Oh, and I'll be the first to 4000.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 16 2011 at 09:04
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Ziggy will play guitar at 3000 first
but I would have thought for some time Trane would be the 3000 Man. ------------- 
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: February 16 2011 at 09:10
See http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75490" rel="nofollow - here |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 17 2011 at 07:20
I'm working my way there
 Only 41 to go....
 But Both ZZ and MS are within 100 from me
.... I can feel their breath down my back  (Daniel's beer & french fries breath & John's pancakes & maple syrup breath that is...)   ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 17 2011 at 07:45
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 07:52
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^^^^
Well, Î definitely smell that maple syrup coming from behind me >>> I must be standing downwind from John
It's a matter of weeks before John catches up.... I wonder how long I'll manage to jump and stay on that speeding bandwagon
C'm on, Daniel... make this interesting and unleash some 70 reviews in 24h.... we know you can do it!!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 13:43
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Me too have been a happy owner of a cat. Hence, I know the difference between a cat chasing a mouse & a cat playing with a mouse. My guess is that our Belgian moggy is doing the latter. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 10:07
I could indeed do this by making half-baked reviews, or even making reviews of albums I only heartd twice or so (but I (almost) never do that), then post them just as late as I can, but what would be the point??? .... ... to screw with my friends John or Daniel???
and look like an arsehole in doing so??? Naaaaaahh!!!....and right now, I'm out of albums that I can readily review....I've got something like 50 albums ahead of me (like Frogg Cafe or French TV), but i simply haven't integrated them enough to actually start rambling on about them. I just reviewed Island's Pyrrho posthumous release after owning it over two years.
Soooo unless I happen to find something I could review without having to listen to it a few dozen of times (The Beatles or Robert Plant come to mind for ex), I'm going about as fast as I can.
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 10:37
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You don't have to defend yourself against me or anyone else, Sean.
We all chase mouse in our own tempo. A cat sitting on a garden fence post surveying it's kingdom is not bad cat, Sean. In fact; it is a smart cat. It is also a rather good life.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 14:24
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Sean Trane: 2980
Mellotron Storm: 2955
MS is, virtually spoken, on the lead: he wrote 45 reviews during the last 23 days. ST wrote 20 reviews in 57 days. Continuing at the same rate, MS will reach 3000 on May 8, ST on June 11.
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 15:48
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 16 2011 at 13:29
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Hugues, you have 20 reviews left. Get on with it! If you need albums, you could always get 20 of Senmuth's 98243759823 albums, although they are completely not your style. http://www.senmuth.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.senmuth.com/ Or you could get Eclectic Prog's Senmuth, Sebastien Gramond! http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Sebastien_GRAMOND_%282%29" rel="nofollow - http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Sebastien_GRAMOND_(2) ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 15:24
And our new N°1 reviewer is Mellotron storm ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 15:35
Awww thanks Hughes but you'll always be numer one around here. I really do think my time at the top will be short because by the summer(or before) i'll be done.Almost 5 years of pretty consistant reviews will be over then you'll eventually pass me again. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 29 2011 at 16:22
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Congratz!
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 10:15
Only 9 left. 
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 18:12
Looks like MS will reach 3000 quite soon  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: May 09 2011 at 10:28
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Congratulations, Mellotron Storm !!
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 09 2011 at 10:38
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Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: May 09 2011 at 10:58
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Congratz, John!
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: May 09 2011 at 11:03
| Congrats John! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 13 2011 at 10:11
Congratts John...  
but I must say that my reviews streak has been interrupted by the existence of the JMA site ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 10:05
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Took a bloody while, but I finally made it!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 14:16
Cognratulations !!!!!!!!  
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 14:45
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Holy hell, I don't even have that many posts on this site and I've been here for a while. ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 22:50
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Trane Reigns! -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 23:38
Think about how I feel  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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