Happy New Year!

Posted 12 years ago2011-12-31 18:53:26 UTC
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
From all of us on the admin team, we wish you all the best in your future mapping endeavours of 2012! We have some very exciting stuff in store for you in the upcoming year, so stay tuned!

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125 Comments

Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 19:02:54 UTC Comment #99957
I have no idea what this is about, yet some enthusiastic bomb exploded inside of me. This must be something great. Can't wait to see what's all about!
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 19:09:39 UTC Comment #99958
Wow amazing! Really cool effects and high quality video.

TWHL is the S :D
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 19:45:49 UTC Comment #99959
Something about having 'friends' within TWHL, possibly a TWHL app?

Who cares. That was an awesome video.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 19:56:29 UTC Comment #99960
The exact moment the video finished, my phone went off - 1 new text message.

It was from my mother, but you still scared me shirtless for a moment.

Also, I'm 23 :P
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:03:49 UTC Comment #99961
There are several jokes in that list - yours was one of them because you keep so anonymous, Stu :D

Luke: Interesting thought.

Thanks for the comments, guys! I wonder what it's all about...
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:11:43 UTC Comment #99962
Thought so. Great work, looking forward to seeing the rest :D
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:37:38 UTC Comment #99963
That was really cool. I'm looking forward to the movie :D
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:45:20 UTC Comment #99964
:D
I think I know what's going on. I won't spoil it, though, partly for fear I'm wrong.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:46:38 UTC Comment #99965
Hey, feel free to guess. Who knows, maybe the decryption algorithm will be able to work faster if people work it out.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:51:08 UTC Comment #99966
Maybe I will. Tomorrow, when It's officially 2012 everywhere.
Also, I don't recognize the picture. Who quit like a sniveling wuss?
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 20:57:52 UTC Comment #99967
If you need to ask you won't get the joke.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 21:02:32 UTC Comment #99968
I'm going on Luke's idea of "Something about having 'friends' within TWHL, possibly a TWHL app?"

Also, just for the sake of speculating, I'm guessing you guys want to bring us closer together, in the sense of creating a more unique community? Not that it's not unique already among other communities( the really opposed pole would be facepunch, and even on Interlopers you easily get lost through all the members), but I'm just guessing.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 21:47:48 UTC Comment #99969
"7th Monkey - Watching Over Us", heh.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 22:11:21 UTC Comment #99970
Interesting...
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 22:24:26 UTC Comment #99971
The featured Aussie drinks too much stereotypical Fosters?

Nope, the featured people are coming together on a project - Probably 10 more Scotch N' Coffee videos related to TWHL.

Plus, TWHL4.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 22:46:56 UTC Comment #99972
I have never been so offended, Moaby!
There is nothing stereotypical about an Australian who wears a hat at a jaunty angle, enjoys cheap lager, has a mallet for crushing possums and uses the phrase "code kangaroo Sheila nineteen" while sitting in a room with only one ridiculously powerful spotlight.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 22:48:50 UTC Comment #99973
Oh the sarcasm was so sharp it stabbed me. :D
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:26:24 UTC Comment #99974
Also, is that an iPad?
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:29:41 UTC Comment #99975
Gives us the other videoooos!
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:37:15 UTC Comment #99976
iPads are not 22", Stu.

Skals:
What videos?
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:38:30 UTC Comment #99977
Hah, that was great :)
I think Huntey did a good job of capturing my rugged good looks and...ViewSonic brand "tablet PC" :P
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:45:09 UTC Comment #99978
Your kind words have unlocked some behind the scenes.

Bonus #1
Boner #2
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:54:19 UTC Comment #99979
Holy crap I totally thought that was near a window, and it was filmed in your room!

Y iz not all TWHL on ze list? :'(
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 23:59:26 UTC Comment #99980
Oh, I taught that there would be more videos, nvm then :(
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 00:11:30 UTC Comment #99981
Heh, not my room, striker - but yeah, no window. Gotta love dedo lights for those awesome attachments to add patterns to their beams.
Only people on the list are those of whom I could find a real-life photo of. Except discostu because his aforementioned anonymity is something I still find funny. I tried to track him down through one of his photos metadata and it lead me to the wrong bloody continent.

Skals:
I never said there wouldn't be.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 00:31:19 UTC Comment #99982
ffing great! i never knew pb smoked!? What was urby's ringer do want! :P

Please tell me there will be some bourne identity kung fu inbound! And ya, those portraits are priceless, rim's is the best LOL.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 01:36:17 UTC Comment #99983
Lmfao. Santa.
That video is incredibly well shot.
Props.
I know what's going on.. at least i THINK i do.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 02:29:22 UTC Comment #99984
"What was urby's ringer do want!"

Adventure Sphere. Available with any copy of Portal 2. :D
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 02:46:49 UTC Comment #99985
Okay, I can't wait until next year officially sets in over here.
I think we have MOTM reviews inbound. And I've thought so since Archie shared with us just how expensive pre-picked blueberries are.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 03:19:30 UTC Comment #99986
"Only people on the list are those of whom I could find a real-life photo of. Except discostu because his aforementioned anonymity is something I still find funny"

Archie, you got me on facebook man...
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 03:26:45 UTC Comment #99987
To follow on from a comment above, I've actually never seen anybody drinking Fosters here in Australia. Ever.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 05:24:10 UTC Comment #99988
When I lived there it seemed all anybody ever drank was XXXX.

And I wasn't on the list. D:
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 06:11:13 UTC Comment #99989
Archie, I strongly believe you were once again fooled by one of Penguinboy's many decoy doppelgangers. That's definitely not him. He has a... well, I shouldn't be telling this.

Also, metadata in my photos has been carefully manipulated to point you in the wrong direction. You will never know who or where I really am. And by the time you get to where I am, I'll have had plenty of warning and should be long gone already anyway.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 06:23:09 UTC Comment #99990
Your address is 12 Oakcrest Ave, Casper, Wyoming.

It would seriously be weird if that was anywhere near correct.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 06:42:40 UTC Comment #99991
HA! It's 12 South Oakcrest Ave.! But that's just one of my dummy addresses, so any efforts to locate me there will be futile.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 09:12:04 UTC Comment #99992
oh shit, striker! many apologies! It's hard to keep track.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 09:29:03 UTC Comment #99993
Australians don't drink fosters? So what are all those adverts about it being a proper Australian beer then?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 10:12:44 UTC Comment #99994
Did anyone notice that Urby drops his phone and there's a HL3 map on the screen?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 11:38:54 UTC Comment #99995
Wat?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 11:48:33 UTC Comment #99996
There isn't.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 12:25:38 UTC Comment #99997
Why only 720p? Can't watch it fullscreen.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 12:39:46 UTC Comment #99998
I shot it in 1080i, but I can't really be arsed uploading that big a file.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 16:15:35 UTC Comment #99999
It says its been decrypting for hours, I think its broken :(
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 17:20:54 UTC Comment #100000
I bet those 10 videos are not even finished yet :P.

[EDIT] Perhaps...
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 18:53:59 UTC Comment #100001
Rimrook it's a .gif :P
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 19:28:31 UTC Comment #100002
Happy new year!

I have to work today, and it's quite busy in the hospital.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 19:46:08 UTC Comment #100003
skals: No, it's a decryption algorithm. Look - it says so.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 20:15:44 UTC Comment #100004
I'm surprised almost nobody knows what this is about :)
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 21:38:47 UTC Comment #100005
So yeah... you know.. if you ever need an actor... for anything related... to this at all , I'm here. Christ I'm only down the road arch!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 21:40:18 UTC Comment #100006
I have lots of guesses but i'm sure they are all wrong :P

TWHL 4?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 21:45:57 UTC Comment #100007
Well the Urby shot seems like a new TWHL to me too...

[EDIT] What is this?

[EDIT2] Yep. It must be about TWHL4. Searching for content on TWHL with google returns many odd "TWHL 4" results :).
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 22:19:12 UTC Comment #100008
urby's shot isn't a new twhl , it's just a high brightness version of the MOTM page
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 22:43:37 UTC Comment #100009
Awe, why am I not on the big list of names D: Hell, you even got my Google+ picture.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 00:34:29 UTC Comment #100010
TWHL 4? Naw, we are clearly being hand-selected to test Half-life 3.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 00:59:21 UTC Comment #100011
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 05:04:07 UTC Comment #100012
Anyone else notice that the first of the 10 files is being decrypted?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 05:36:16 UTC Comment #100013
Nope. The second.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 14:47:31 UTC Comment #100014
It's already monday , where is my decrypted file?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 14:57:32 UTC Comment #100015
10% to go probably
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:39:58 UTC Comment #100016
Lol should I say what I'm thinking or keep it under wraps?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:42:32 UTC Comment #100017
You have about 30 seconds to spill the beans, otherwise the decryption algorithm will beat you to it.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:49:40 UTC Comment #100018
Holy shit I'm away for two days and suddenly TWHL blows up. What did I miss? D:
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:51:32 UTC Comment #100019
Click the big yellow play button, Moocow. You're in it.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:57:52 UTC Comment #100020
Wait, what? We were promised 10 videos. The decrypted message is a map from the map vault? :|
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 17:59:51 UTC Comment #100021
Concentrate and ask again.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:00:02 UTC Comment #100022
Look harder. xD
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:00:53 UTC Comment #100023
You ninja'd me, I was going to edit my post and say I discovered that it was a video review. So each day you will going to release video reviews... probably the next one is on sp_interception by Satchmo, which is already uploaded to youtube.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:02:32 UTC Comment #100024
Bzzt! Incorrect.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:14:19 UTC Comment #100025
February's MotM?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:15:10 UTC Comment #100026
You can leave your comments for the review on the MotM page if you like. :]
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 18:21:52 UTC Comment #100027
@Joebama, that would certainly make more sense wouldn't it. :P
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 20:04:57 UTC Comment #100028
Now I see why it was a partial secret.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 20:58:38 UTC Comment #100029
I'm guessing new mods as well.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-02 22:13:11 UTC Comment #100030
Yay, I was right.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 02:23:58 UTC Comment #100031
nice! :P

I'd still like to pick my own blueberries tho tyfm. =)
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 02:56:00 UTC Comment #100032
I bet the last video will be showing Rimrook, Urby and Archie as they track down and kill all members of TWHL, past and present, so there will be no opposition to TWHL being sold and becoming Totally Wholesome, Healthy, and Lean.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 03:20:31 UTC Comment #100033
It's interception with archie isn't it? I saw it was set private but oh well. On a side note why am I not on the badass tablet of awesomeness?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 13:48:02 UTC Comment #100034
TJB: And DiscoStu will be the last man standing. :P
I'm in Canada, boys. Think you can track me down in the vast expanses of the great white north?

Oh crap, walking in snow leaves footprints.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 17:44:46 UTC Comment #100035
Thanks for bringing back MotM!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 18:40:28 UTC Comment #100036
Yay! New video!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-03 21:07:44 UTC Comment #100037
This is great. Good job you guys!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 06:08:31 UTC Comment #100038
@Jeff: Not if you wear white boots.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 16:14:24 UTC Comment #100039
So does this mean you'll be doing more MOTM reviews in 2012? If so, I better start pumping some maps out!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 16:19:33 UTC Comment #100040
Wait. Why the fuck is 'apartment' in MOTM?
Why has no one voted for Uplink Extended? Look at the ratings. :(
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 16:27:24 UTC Comment #100041
Atom: Watch Urby's review of Apartment on the MotM page. He gets visibly flustered and angry at the fact that there were many far, far better maps/mods released in March and that he has no clue why Apartment won it.

Instant: Yes.

Remember to vote sensibly each month!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 17:04:20 UTC Comment #100042
Yes, seen it now. Good points, Urby.
What the f.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-04 22:39:04 UTC Comment #100043
Apartment made me angry. Reviews mean having to play maps like Apartment. Spare a thought for the review teams people, and vote for MOTM :D
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-05 01:29:01 UTC Comment #100045
Will do!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-05 13:38:49 UTC Comment #100046
maybe, we could give the motm moderators a weighted vote and/or veto power, so things like this can't happen in the future. =(

or

put some sort of reminder to vote for motm by your login screen or user profile, so more paeple will vote? (i know i was guilty of forgettin to vote on many motm by simply forgetting)
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-05 15:36:06 UTC Comment #100047
As Archie mentioned, there has been little reason to vote for the last 3 years. But now we're back. So yeah, shut up talking and get voting!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-05 15:39:31 UTC Comment #100048
ROFL I had no idea i ever won MOTM?! Even as my ass still burns a bit from Archie's review, I can't help but be happy to have another prize :P
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-05 20:57:36 UTC Comment #100049
Technically the MOTM mods DO have veto power, but I guess they don't want to abuse it or something like that. It's mostly for when there's ties, or when you know that someone spammed the votes and so on.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-06 15:01:01 UTC Comment #100050
Haha, you scary fucking mapper!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-06 17:35:43 UTC Comment #100051
Why was Rimrook also activated if none of the reviews are by him?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-06 17:48:16 UTC Comment #100052
None of the reviews yet.
You may notice that today's review was May 2011. There's a big gap of months between then and now!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-06 17:53:37 UTC Comment #100053
Good point.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 00:44:29 UTC Comment #100054
I recall seeing there were 10 files to decrypt. There are currently only 7, therefore there are three more videos left.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 06:47:34 UTC Comment #100055
where are you getting 7 from? i count 5
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 07:43:47 UTC Comment #100056
Uh... 7 is right next to 5 in my keyboard. Yeah.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 07:56:35 UTC Comment #100057
100th
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 09:19:09 UTC Comment #100058
MotM on fire!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 09:21:32 UTC Comment #100059
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! THIS NEWS IS ON FIIIIIIIRE!

</Kings of Leon>
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 11:01:26 UTC Comment #100060
One-hundred-third.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 13:14:37 UTC Comment #100061
100 comments? Admin team is doin it right.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 13:57:16 UTC Comment #100062
We're not helping. Soooo...

This was a triumph.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 14:08:53 UTC Comment #100063
I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 15:24:45 UTC Comment #100064
<light guitar picking>
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 15:27:05 UTC Comment #100065
its a ukelele ;)
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 19:41:27 UTC Comment #100066
Most commented news post on TWHL?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 20:13:58 UTC Comment #100067
Except for the great news post comment boom of '83
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 21:21:13 UTC Comment #100068
I wasn't a member at the time.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 21:23:18 UTC Comment #100069
IT'S HARD TO OVERSTATE MY SATISFACTION.

Meh.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-07 22:59:39 UTC Comment #100070
Ah '83 twhl, good times good times.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 03:47:47 UTC Comment #100071
Yes, Good Times by Chic was still on the radio.

Anyway, where's "Saturday"?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 06:20:39 UTC Comment #100072
'83 TWHL sucked. We had to meet in person, and I hate your stupid faces.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 08:42:20 UTC Comment #100073
@DiscoStu: because there are 10 reviews we decided to release on weekdays over 2 weeks TF2 style.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 12:07:04 UTC Comment #100074
Why should we believe you Urby? It's not as if you have any place in the Map of the Month team, how would you know?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 17:58:01 UTC Comment #100075
D:
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-08 19:43:47 UTC Comment #100076
User posted image
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-09 00:31:36 UTC Comment #100077
Yep.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-09 07:31:50 UTC Comment #100078
Time to get a Monday then.
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-09 10:27:12 UTC Comment #100079
User posted image
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-09 11:32:38 UTC Comment #100080
Win ^
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-09 17:47:54 UTC Comment #100082
Am I in a cult now?
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-14 02:26:00 UTC Comment #100091
Yes. But not this one.

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