THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISMAS!

T'was the night before christmas and all throught the 'pit,
not a user was stirring, even tracer_bullet;
The snarksnow was falling from the tops of our screens,
St. Leperous had updated the server machines!!!

The newbies were nestled all snug in thier beds
while visions of killboxes danced in thier heads
and ReNo in Scotland, and I in US,
Had just started up for VALVe's mapping contest,

When up on the forum there rose such a post,
It was from '99: it was back like a ghost!
a newbie resurrected it, being a dick.
and Gwil put an and that that thread pretty quick!

the posting on the forums had lately been slow
Cause users were out on vacation, you know,
I pushed the refresh and when I turned around,
t'was "General Banter", with Snarks falling down!

With a nice freindly Admin, full of knowledge and pep,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Lep.
More rapid than eagles the regulars came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, ReNo! now, Orpheus! now, Cassius and Mephs!
On, Andrei! on Ballblue! on, Crono and scary_jeff!
To the General Banter! to the forum of maps!"
and they all left editing tips, tutorials and crap.

And he gave us all profiles and SnarkMarks and things
And away Lep'rous flew like a snarkling with wings.
But I read his new thread, ere he logged out of site,
"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"

-Nickelplate

LOL, nice one.

Bravo! Bravo!

Merry Christmas all.

Unfortunatly this year, Snarkpit gets a lump of coal as I will be returning in full swing within the next few days as me and a friend are starting the Valve contest map. :razz:

Ah, yes: the VALVe mapping contest... I'm only 17, so i can't compete although I have a pretty cool map under production... oh well, I guess I'll post it here when it's ready...

Andrei, I am over 18 and if i am the group leader, perhaps you can join my "Group." you want to?

Hmm...no, thanks, i'm not a "team-player". :smile: But thanks anyway.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Andrei</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Hmm...no, thanks, i'm not a "team-player". :smile: But thanks anyway. </DIV></DIV>
Hey, no problem, I just thought I'd offer. I'm not really a team player either. lol.

You just earned a 5 rating for that one, Nickel :smile:

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting G.Ballblue</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>You just earned a 5 rating for that one, Nickel :smile: </DIV></DIV>
i bumped him up to 4 myself, but someone sure doesn't like you nikL

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Orpheus</DIV>
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting G.Ballblue</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>You just earned a 5 rating for that one, Nickel :smile: </DIV></DIV>
i bumped him up to 4 myself, but someone sure doesn't like you nikL

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Yeah, I know. I tihnk it's because I did a really bad thread resurrection once. Also, I openly told everyone I hated STEAM. And i told Vash his name was short for "VAginal raSH" I dont think that helped either. Sorry for saying that to you, Vash... (this was like last month)

LOL I love it, nice one mate :biggrin:

Good 'ol St Card came by and gave you a boost with a 4, up 2.9 to 3.

By the way, I hate Steam too, but I have to live with it.

Amazing... we should release a book of all great things on the SnarkPit- inclusive of this poem.

Actually I wrote a Snarkpit version of Imagine by John Lennon too it's posted Here.

yay, great one :biggrin:

I thank you!

/me bows to audeince

WD nickelplate :biggrin:

Yargh, gave you a 4, up to 3.3 now. :O Soon you'll be some kind of... hero.