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Posted by ElDavid - November 7th, 2008


In ancient history, as in Athens and Rome, the knight was a noble of the second class who in military service had to furnish his own mount and equipment. In Roman society, the knights (Latin equites) ranked below the senatorial class and above ordinary citizens. A knight forfeited his status if the assessed value of his fortune sank below 400,000 sesterces.

In medieval history, the knight was an armed and mounted warrior belonging to the nobility. The incessant private warfare that characterized medieval times brought about a permanent military class, and by the 10th century the institution of knighthood was well established. The knight was essentially a military officer.

After c.1100 military tenure was generally subject to the law of primogeniture, which resulted in a class of landless knights; at the time of the Crusades those landless knights formed the great military orders of knighthood, which were religious as well as military bodies. Important among these were the Knights Templars, Knights Hospitalers, Teutonic Knights, Livonian Brothers of the Sword, Knights of Calatrava, and Knights of Aviz.

The title knight (Ger. Ritter, Fr. chevalier) was later used as a noble title in Germany and France. In the French hierarchy of nobles the title chevalier was borne by a younger son of a duke, marquis, or count. In modern Britain, knighthood is not a title of nobility, but is conferred by the royal sovereign (upon recommendation of the government) on commoners and nobles alike for civil or military achievements. A knight is addressed with the title Sir (e.g., Sir John); a woman, if knighted in her own right, is addressed as Dame.

Duby, The Chivalrous Society (1978)

The Dark Knight is he who does what no one else dares to do for the sake of good. For what is right. He is a figure of last resorts. When the balance of good and evil must be leveled even at dire costs. He is a dealer and a judge who bares the heavy cross of deciding over the lesser of two horrifying evils. Sometimes more.

This obscure figure suffers the burden of choices never taken lightly. He is guilty of doing the right thing; of bringing to light that ugly truth which must be known by all, but is shun by everyone. With tensity and no consideration for his own soul he breaks the laws of man in the name of what's right, and what is fair.

-The Dark Knight-

The Dark Knight


Posted by ElDavid - November 4th, 2008


Only you can save Newgrounds from really crappy flash submissions. Cast your vote and Blam those pieces of crap!

Keep an eye out for them.

Practice your right to vote


Posted by ElDavid - October 23rd, 2008


with the sound of music.

The Audio Portal has been getting really, really good. Screw commercial artists. Get some quality tunes from Newground's very own.

It's alive!


Posted by ElDavid - October 16th, 2008


The show, which recently aired a new, longer episode, is going on 10 installments now, and it has been G-oood. My 5 go to its two authors: PThouse and ARaskin500.

This new installment, which follows episode 10, is called Bowser's Kingdom: The Movie. This is a great series, with great ratings, and I'm sure in time will become part of NG's portal history. I only hope that the authors will keep up the hard work and keep up the inspiration. If they do run out, they can always turn to Lucky Candy. They certainly are the number one duo. Number one!

Bowser's Kingdom. So good I almost feel I have to pay.


Posted by ElDavid - July 17th, 2008


Both blam buttons used in Newgrounds (for flash submissions and for audio submissions) are pretty harsh. I quote: 'BLAM THIS PIECE OF CRAP' and 'I HOPE YOU DIE IN A FIRE'.

But, oh! Try saying something remotely close to that on a review and you'll very likely get called on it. But I'm not gonna talk about that now. I wanna talk about the messege displayed when your blam vote is the decisive one for a new flash submission. That messege reads:

'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU JUST DESTROYED SOMEONE ELSE'S HARD WORK! THIS FLASH HAS BEEN BLAMMED'.

Now, let's get real. A good portion of the flashes submitted to this portal daily are indeed carp, as described by the blam button, and could not be honestly depicted as 'hard work'. There seems to be a love/hate opinion towards crappy flashes here.

I certainly do not appreciate it when this messege is displayed, as if I were to feel bad for blamming crap.

This hardly seems to correspond with the reality of things.


Posted by ElDavid - June 15th, 2008


For sale. Used time machine. Only one owner. New tires. I think Plutonium and gas prices are pretty much even, so now is the time to buy.

Great Scott!


Posted by ElDavid - December 27th, 2007


Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Don't you find it a bit odd that so many people get their flash reviews banned, eliminated, shut down, but, the zero button says "BLAM THIS PIECE OF CRAP" with a nice little Pico angry face?

Newgrounds. It ain't what it used to be.

It ain't what it used to be.