*** JW XMAS 2005 ***

[Jabba]

Once again Xmas is here and this year we have a very neat new feature (Thanks to AL for the idea and Dan for the amazing job of coding it in an ubelivable few short hours)

Every day we will be adding a Top Gear Power Lap by the Stigg right from the very first episode which have never been seen before in the new higher quality formats. This is of course based on a Xmas traditional advent calendar.

You can view the calendar here http://www.jabbasworld.net/calendar.php


May I remind everyone that this is the month to make your donations to JW and every donation no matter how big or small is most welcome and extremely appreciated.

These donations will be necessary to keep JW alive for the rest of the year...or until at least June anyway (The sites birthday)

BIG thanks to everyone that has donated so far btw.

Lastly :

MERRY XMAS

From all the Moderators and Admin team of JW

[Patricio]

just to say the advent calender thingymajig will be up shortly, first I have just a few lines of code left to add :)

[ARMAN]

:P Great work guys!!! :good:
Money are collecting already, will not be a killing summ but will help to lower the costs I hope :)

[blinkmeat]

wow - festive :D

[Erez]

^ very!

[Jabba]

Hope that is meant in a nice way.

[RC45]

Merry Happy Freaking Xmas you sorry bunch of louts and layabouts... :P ;)

:)

[Anonymous]

Ooooooh Stig action :D And Yet again dan goes above and beyond the call of duty to come up with this theme and code a whole new feature (despite feeling like shit)

Exciting times round JW lately always seems to be something different and some good new members into the fold too! Even if you don't celebrate it please join in with the spirit of good will, no bar humbug please!! :P

Now we really need to get our flat decked out too! :D :D

[chest3r]

WOW!!! This Christmas look is damn nice :o :o

Congratulations for the good work!!! 8)

[coombsie66]

Great work guys! I aint put up any decorations yet!! :oops:

[nthfinity]

Merry Christmas JW :-D

looks like its time to get my christmas avitar up... oh, damn... need to photoshop a new one :? all in good fun

i guess im a little confused by the new advent power lap times... is this going back to series 1 (new format) with perry mcarthy... through 30 lap times from now?

looks brilliant as usual dan 0X

[Jabba]

yep...prob 25 though.

[Anonymous]

yep...prob 25 though.

Well of course its traditional that there be only choccys for days 1-24 of december, but the choccy on christmas eve was always much bigger and the picture much more spectacular, so if you have some nice left over and you're feeling particularly Christmassy :P ;-) Looking forward to them anyway, catch the odd one on UKtvpeople but be cool to have a nice collection of them :D

[nthfinity]

yep...prob 25 though.
awsome!

Well of course its traditional that there be only choccys for days 1-24 of december, but the choccy on christmas eve was always much bigger and the picture much more spectacular, so if you have some nice left over and you're feeling particularly Christmassy :P ;-) Looking forward to them anyway, catch the odd one on UKtvpeople but be cool to have a nice collection of them :D
awsome!
on this side, the advent thing is once per week for four weeks... and no chocolates :lol: (i much prefer the uk tradition ;) )

[Anonymous]

yep...prob 25 though.
awsome!

Well of course its traditional that there be only choccys for days 1-24 of december, but the choccy on christmas eve was always much bigger and the picture much more spectacular, so if you have some nice left over and you're feeling particularly Christmassy :P ;-) Looking forward to them anyway, catch the odd one on UKtvpeople but be cool to have a nice collection of them :D
awsome!
on this side, the advent thing is once per week for four weeks... and no chocolates :lol: (i much prefer the uk tradition ;) )

hehe, well only if we were very good did we get bought ones with choccy in :P Didn't know it wasn't so in other countries! mmmmmm choccy :D

[styla21]

I've tried donating, using this link, but it's not working :(
http://www.jabbasworld.net/donate.php
When clicking donate, paypal tells me there is an error. Help? :fadein:

[db350ztrack]

When clicking donate, paypal tells me there is an error. Help? :fadein:

works fine here, or at least it seems to .. can you give more details ?

[micky21]

** BUMP **

advent calendar is now online http://www.jabbasworld.net/calendar.php

[blinkmeat]

I like I like 8)

[styla21]

When clicking donate, paypal tells me there is an error. Help? :fadein:

works fine here, or at least it seems to .. can you give more details ?

Sorry Dan, i wasn't implicite enough with my details. The JW donation page does work, but then when clicking the "Make a donation" button i end up at PayPal's site with this error message:

"We are sorry, we are experiencing difficulties. Please try again later. If this error occurred while making a payment, avoid duplicate payments by checking your Account Overview before resending a payment."

This happened about a fortnight ago when i last tried, i thought it may have just been a temporary glitch :idea: :oops:

[Anonymous]

** BUMP **

advent calendar is now online http://www.jabbasworld.net/calendar.php

perfeck :D

[jonas240z]

Sorry Dan, i wasn't implicite enough with my details. The JW donation page does work, but then when clicking the "Make a donation" button i end up at PayPal's site with this error message:

"We are sorry, we are experiencing difficulties. Please try again later. If this error occurred while making a payment, avoid duplicate payments by checking your Account Overview before resending a payment."

This happened about a fortnight ago when i last tried, i thought it may have just been a temporary glitch :idea: :oops:

well thats a problem at their end, and not something I can control or do anything about.. the best I can suggest is you report the problem to them and see if they can help :?

[styla21]

Done :fadein:
I'll let you know what happens.
Regardless, one way or another, there is a donation coming your way.
:fadein: ---To any of the Aussies, have you been able to donate or encountered the same problem?

[Picknick]

:D

[nthfinity]

hehe, well only if we were very good did we get bought ones with choccy in :P Didn't know it wasn't so in other countries! mmmmmm choccy :D

mabey im just an odd one out, but i seem to remember now on the movie Bad Santa the kid with the 'advent callender' with 24 or 25 holes for chocolates... before that, i never heard it associated with chocolates.

[stracing]

Merry X'mas
Now where are the falling snow flakes :?: :!: :P

[Ziploc]

Wow front page looks awesome!

[stmoritzer]

:good:

just logged in, what a surprise :D

Well done! Nice idea with the calendar!
Thanks Dan and the Mods

[pzgren]

wow, the calendar is absolutely great, brilliant idea. a very nice gift for the jw community, donation should be on the way!

[LotusGT1]

Sweet theme, nice and bright....

New avatar for this month set today :)

[Jabba]

And a very nice avatar it is too :D

[LotusGT1]

Well thank you very much. Isn't it about time you get a nice one yourself?

[Jabba]

Yep...as soon as I get a minute...

[nthfinity]

I just watched advent video 1, and all i can say is wow... those times that Perry got with the first two cars are soooo different from white stiggy... who doesnt have a good line on turn 1 himself :lol:

does this mean that TG officially timed the Mercialago 3 times? the Zonda C12 S twice? the Lambo hitting a 1:29, then later something like a 1:25, then a 1:23 Either the Mercialago is easy to get, and takes time to get better results (those laps were very dirty) or Lamboroghini changed the setup from the first visit.

thanks Jabba :) very high quality that nobody has on those early eps !

[Erez]

8) nice avatar jabba

...and some great work on those banners!!

[LotusGT1]

Yep...as soon as I get a minute...

Sweet avatar, nice work...

[Overmind]

The calendar idea is sweat :), implementation is perfect, good work!

[corvette97]

hope all you guys have a great december, full of good things, and thanxs jabba, you are tha man

[No.1]

Happy Xmas

Looks fantastic on my screen, still easy to use, but festive with it :)

The advent calendar is great, but reminds me i need to go and buy me one this evening... :oops:

Currently d/loading the 1st vid, and i can't wait to see it in higer resoultion, thanks for the effort everybody 8)

Only prob is that, like Dani, i'm going to have to miss a few days as i'm going away for a few nights without internet access (lame - i know - especially in this day and age)

But anyway - looking forward to Xmas here, and in general!

Thanks for such a nice place to hang out at, Jabba, Dan, TT and other mods
8)

[Anonymous]

I just watched advent video 1, and all i can say is wow... those times that Perry got with the first two cars are soooo different from white stiggy... who doesnt have a good line on turn 1 himself :lol:

does this mean that TG officially timed the Mercialago 3 times? the Zonda C12 S twice? the Lambo hitting a 1:29, then later something like a 1:25, then a 1:23 Either the Mercialago is easy to get, and takes time to get better results (those laps were very dirty) or Lamboroghini changed the setup from the first visit.

thanks Jabba :) very high quality that nobody has on those early eps !

Well if you watch the clip you will notice strange massively wet patches then dry stretches which unsettled the lap. This was as a result of Top Gears scheme to make all times be done on a level playing field, it invovled a water tanker that wasn't big enough and a large bill :lol:! So they retested them in natural conditions later ;-) I saw the ep at home on sky a while back where Jeremy explained this ;-) Very nice to see these old clips :D :D

[dutchmasterflex]

It's a JW Christmas again! I'll be honest and say I kind of miss last year's MIDI Christmast music ;) that was definitely a nice touch... but this year's advent calander is such a great idea! I was just wondering about the first top gear episodes..

I look forward to each day on JW! I recently got offered a pretty nice(paying) internship for the next 6 months.. so be prepared for a end of year bonus jabba and dan!

keep up the great work!

[Wutputt]

Wow *opens his eyes* This Christmas theme looks a lot brighter than the theme we're used to. My eyes still have to get used to all the light(s) :lol:

The advent calendar is a great idea! It enhances the Xmas atmosphere here at JW even more. It's about time I get my Xmas avatar from under the dust again. Thanks and merry Xmas ;)

[a007apl]

Happy Xmas guys :P

[blinkmeat]

Nice Advent Calender IDEA!!!!! :mrgreen:

[ARMAN]

Great advent calendar idea! Great work guys :wink:

[ARMAN]

:shock: no... i missed the first one :( i havent read that it will be for a day only :cry:

[Mme Pompardour]

complain to LRon, for not teaching you read whats clearly written in several places :P

[Erez]

evil even at Christmas :lol:
the 1st vid was an old top gear where the old (black) stig drives the Murci and the Pagani..

[ARMAN]

complain to LRon, for not teaching you read whats clearly written in several places :P

Ok :silly:

@Erez - I have seen it there but havnet downloaded :roll:

[dickiedick]

who knows what we have planned for the 25th ;)

[ARMAN]

All episodes available alltogeather? :mrgreen:

[3than]

All episodes available alltogeather? :mrgreen:

ah damn... I better tell Jabba we don't need that xbox360 for the prize giveaway then

[ARMAN]

:oops: what did I f@ck up again?

[Erez]

ROTFLMAO! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[nthfinity]

LMAO!

i can hardly believe Dec 25 is sooo soon!

ooo, the new advent video... i never knew TG did telemetry runs :shock: i actually wish they still do :? thanks again :)

[sinueipn01]

I'd also like to say thanks to the people who submitted banners (Erez_Avital, insane, racer_f50, topgeartom), and to frodefe for the santa :D


one of these days I'm going to write a credits page listing all the people who ever made stuff we have used on the site..

[ZfrkS62]

Amazing job with the calendar dan.

This is the one place where the holidays don't annoy me :D

(at work they seem to think it's fun to play a station that has decided to play christmas music 24/7 from thanksgiving to 12:01 am 12/26 :? which means i've heard every version of Feliz Navidad about 700 times this week)

anyway, thanks everyone who pitched in and made banners :D

[gis]

Everything is looking good i love xmas on JW.all the banners look great and the xmas theme is also fantastic. :D

[Erez]

...and to frodefe for the santa :D

i was wondering where that santa came from! SWEET WORK :shock:
...the JW Xmas looks GREAT!

[stradale]

I love it! Great job. It's still a while before Christmas, but I'm in a festive mood now because of all this!

I'll be replacing my avatar shortly. :D

[komotar]

The calendar idea is great. Been so busy,I missed the first two videos....

what were they?

The whole christmass thing looks nice.

Go JW!!! 8)

[No.1]

1st = Zonda C12S vs. Murcielago

2nd = Civic Type-R vs. Impreza vs. Focus RS

[komotar]

F.U.C.K :wink:

[No.1]

F.U.C.K :wink:

Check this topic out... Jabba and Dan may have some plans

:arrow: http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=34083&highlight=