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It was on yesterday, unfortunately. It's the best movie that involves Michael Caine and puppets ever.

Following on from one of the best threads from last year (link here for those who don't remember/forgot), Post Your Tree is back. Post a picture of your Christmas tree here for the world to see, and rate other people's trees if you feel like doing that sort of thing. Mine this year is nice and twinkly:

1. Play the shit out of Zelda when I get it tomorrow 2. ??? 3. Profit!

Alternatively, for anyone who wishes to watch good movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas is on BBC2 at 4:45. A better alternative to this puppety tripe.

Well, if it's anything like last season, Sky won't show the first 4 episodes on consecutive days like Fox are, they'll show 2 on the Sunday and then the next 2 the week after. So we'll still be 2 weeks behind. Plus 24 + advert breaks make me want to die. And i'm sure if I wait for Sky, some bastard will spoil it for me anyway.

Dan, get Tiger Woods, it's also £25. You know you want to.

GIVE IT TO ME I just realised there are 24 days left until this new season starts. It's a sign.

Hello, typing this from my Wii. We're a band of vicious pirates A-sailin' out to sea. When you hear our gentle singing... You'll be sure to turn and flee! (Oh, this is just ridiculous.) Come on, men! We've got to recover that map! That pirate will be done for, when he falls into our trap! We're a club of tuneful rovers! We can sing in every clef! We can even hit the high notes! It's just too bad we're tone deaf! A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! Let's go defeat that evil pirate! We know he's sure to lose, 'cause we know just where to fire at! We're thieving balladeers. A gang of cutthroat mugs. To fight us off ye don't need guns! Just jolly good ear-plugs. A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! All right, crew, let's get to work! Our vocation's a thing we love A thing we'd never shirk! We'll fight you in the harbor. We'll battle you on land. But when you meet singing pirates... They'll be more than you can stand. Oh! That was a good one! No, it wasn't. No time for song! We've got to move! The battle will be long, But our courage we will prove! We're a pack of scurvy seadogs Have we pity? Not a dram We all eat roasted garlic Then sing from the diaphragm. A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! Less singing, more sailing. When we defeat our wicked foe, His ship he will be bailing! If ye try ta fight us You will get a nasty whackin'! If ya disrespect our singin' We will feed ya to a kraken! A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! I'm getting so sick of you guys and your rhyming. We're ready to set sail, though the cannons need a-priming. We're troublesome corsairs! And we've come to steal your treasures! We would shoot you on the downbeat But we have to rest five measures. A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! Stop! Stop! Stop! The brass is what we'll polish And the deck is what we'll mop. You say you're nasty pirates... Scheming, thieving, bad bushwhackers? From what I've seen I tell you You're not pirates! You're just slackers! A pirate I was meant to be! Trim the sails and roam the sea! We'll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange. And...! ...um... Well... ...err... Door hinge? No, no... Guess the song's over, then. Guess so. Hokay, back to work. Well gee. I feel a little guilty, now... Man, that took a while.

Harry Potter and the what?

Novadrome is pants.

I'm also going to copy Guy and Aimless, because colours are cool. I have also spent way too long on this, christ. Will do the rest when I can think of a decent candidate. The 2006 N-Europe Member Of The Year Thread Starter Of The Year Flaight - The Meaningless thread is a thing of beauty. Best Mod Of The Year Blackfox - Because he's gr8, even if he is a turretting shit. Best Admin Of The Year Ashley - If only because he lives in the same town as me. Most Helpful Member Of The Year Jordan - For years of tech support that would have normally amassed a very hefty bill. Most Respected Member Best Newcomer Of 2006 Letty - For the obvious Jordan/Letty entertainment, also I enjoy her random "My eye just exploded :(" posts. Most Knowledgeable Member Of The Year Dante - He's a walking videogame news site. Funniest Member Of 2006 Gaggle64 - Because he's, uh, funny. Best/Worst Negative Member of 2006 Nintendork - For shitting on Viva Pinata which is a brilliant game. Spammer Of The Year Dabookerman - It's all funny though. Most Missed User Of The Year Athriller - Was a great poster, he should post more. User With The Best Sigs Of The Year Katie - I like that Feel the Magic one everytime I see it. User With The Best Avatars Of The Year EEVILMURRAY - Venom rules. If You Were Stuck In A Lift With An N-Eer ........ Who Would You Most Like It To Be The Taciturn Award Bowser57 - Don't know of anyone else, this might as well have been named the "Bowser57" award. The User Who Spends Most Of His/Her Entire Life On Here Best Forum moment of 2006 The Coloured Text/User Titles Uprising - Very funny. The N-Europe 2006 Award For Personality Of The Year Best User Ever WHONG - He was great. The N-Europe 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award Jordan - How long has he been here, like 46 years or something stupid? General Election 2006 Labour

Sounds fine, I can't really think of any more awards. Uh, best double act? I'm sure that was a category in one of the previous ones.

I approve this category, god knows there are dozens that are serious contenders.

Best romantic relationship which developed over N-Europe

No, he's a fag. My person of the year is this guy: http://www.n-europe.com/forum/member.php?u=989

Just got done watching Armageddon, agree it was the best PPV i've seen in ages, the ladder match is just insane. Definitely gonna get the DVD when it comes out.

The second is an awful, awful film. I gave it a rental a few years ago and I seem to remember some (hot) woman being infested by a new type of "controlling" bug, who kills the soldiers in some random outpost one by one. The film seemed to have been done on a budget of a bag of chocolate coins, so there are no epic battles against the bugs.

I don't care what anyone says, I still think the resemblance is uncanny.

Happy birthday. One more year until we stop making fun. Edit - just noticed that Jordan posted this 1 minute after midnight, IS SHE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR A MIDNIGHT THREAD?

Yet to play Zelda, so: 1. Gears of War 2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 3. Viva Pinata

Casino Royale, only movie this year I actually wanted to watch again.

I have had the exact same problem, except mine came from Gameplay and it was apparently stolen by some Parcelforce employee - it didn't even make it onto the van on Thursday night. A call to Gameplay revealed that they actually had 5 others stolen, too.. out of thousands of preorders. What are the odds, eh? Gameplay are apparently sending me a Wii from their latest batch which are supposed to be coming in sometime this week, so it may be worth having a go at Amazon for something similar. If this next one is stolen i'm actually going to drive to the Parcelforce depot and crack some skulls.

Still waiting on my Gameplay order to arrive from Parcelfarce. You know, the one that should've arrived on Friday. Gonna give them hell on the phone on Monday morning.

Fair enough, keep me posted on what they say.

I haven't got mine either. I say wait until 6pm, and then give them a ring.