Welcome aboard! This is the 200th voyage of the Gulf Watchers Liveblog ROV at Daily Kos.
The new ROV #201, by peraspera as Gulf Watchers Overnight, is here.
The previous ROV #199, by Yasuragi, was here.
This is a party, and a celebration and recognition of Daily Kos community.
The original BP liveblog, piloted by Tomtech, sailed at 1:22 P.M. central time, back on Wednesday May 26. It is included in the statistics here, as ROV #0. The first Mothership was launched at 7:24 that evening, and was captained by myself. ROV #1 set sail twelve minutes later, and was piloted by khowell.
A Mothership has been on the Daily Kos rec list, all the time, ever since. This is a celebration and a recognition of Daily Kos history.
Safety Gear
We will be descending to a depth of 5000 feet beneath the sea. Safety gear is required. Please don the provided flippers, snorkel mask, orange life preserver, and pool floatie.
Recreational Gear
You have also been provided with a party hat, a noise maker, and a Champagne flute. Champagne, or a very nice sparkling grape juice, are available in the galley.
Confetti and party favors are also available, kindly provided by gulfgal98.
Attending to the Mothership
If you have not yet, please rec the Mothership. Do not remove your safety gear while doing so.
Congratulations
Thanks and congratulations! You are one of 2783 unique and individual Kossacks to have recommended the Mothership. Your rec is one of 24285 total Mothership recs. As in twenty-four thousand.
Sign In Sheet
You may use this diary, by Phil S 33, in lieu of a sign in sheet. A reminder: do not remove your safety gear before proceeding there.
First Toast, and Most Loyal Recommenders Award
I'd like to propose a toast to the most loyal and unflagging of the Kossack Mothership recommenders. Please raise your champagne flute, spin your noise maker, and give a cheer.
47 Motherships recommended:
BlueJessamine, congenitalefty, Dragon5616, greengemini, JML9999, Pam from Calif, wader
46 Motherships recommended:
JekyllnHyde, Jimdotz, martyc35, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, Quilldriver, side pocket
45 Motherships recommended:
bluicebank, cassidy3, Fishgrease, godislove, Gorette, maggiejean, owlbear1
44 Motherships recommended:
cfk, dotsright, edwardssl, Got a Grip, heart of a quince, joyful, reflectionsv37, rubyr, texasmom
These Kossacks are phenomenal. They are amazing.
The Mothership recognizes them, and loves them back. Extra special pool floatie awards are being handed out to them.
Watch Duty
The Liveblog ROV is a working boat.
You are assigned to keep a watch out the portholes. Report all significant activity back here. A more complete list of portholes is posted in the previous ROV.
Saltiest Sailors Award
Sailors on watch will sometimes use strong language. ROV sailors often direct the language towards the ownership and management of the BP Deepwater Horizon craft.
As a second toast, I'd like to salute our saltiest sailors. At least 5687 swear words have been used.
ArthurPoet: 724
Yasuragi: 436
Fishgrease: 375
AnotherAmericanLie: 365
khowell: 347
gchaucer2: 137
rubyr: 131
Kimberley: 118
Phil S 33: 117
Onomastic: 108
Tomtech: 100
Claudius Bombarnac: 93
Remembering Jello: 84
mrsgoo: 80
Pam LaPier: 76
Lorinda Pike: 75
And here is some of the language used:
fucking: 753; hell: 701; fuck: 661; shit: 590; damn: 575; crap: 325; damned: 293; ass: 281; bullshit: 194; fuckyouyoufuckingfucks: 181; pissed: 162; pimping: 138; bastards: 74; asses: 60; fuckin: 51; fuckup: 47; pimps: 44; piss: 42; asshole: 41; assholes: 40; fuckers: 38; bloody: 34; fucks: 34; bastard: 32; goddamn: 23; shitty: 22; dumbass: 21; pisses: 16; whore: 13; dicks: 12; goddamned: 12; asshat: 10; fucker: 10; pimpin: 9; bugger: 8; motherfucker: 8; prick: 8; motherfuckers: 7; shitting: 7; turd: 7; buggers: 6; bullshitting: 6; fuckups: 6; motherfucking: 6; shits: 6; arseholes: 5; pissy: 5; whoring: 5; asshats: 4; arse: 3; bitchy: 3; pricks: 3; turds: 3; arsehole: 2; asshattery: 2; bullcrap: 2; craps: 2; dickheads: 2; douche: 2; douches: 2; pisser: 2; slut: 2; sons of bitches: 2; wanker: 2; whores: 2; bitches: 1; cocksucker: 1; cunt: 1; dickhead: 1; dickwad: 1; dumbasses: 1; dumbfucks: 1; fucktard: 1; jerkoffs: 1; penis: 1; pussy: 1; shitfit: 1; shittin: 1; sodding: 1; son of a bitches: 1; tits: 1; wankers: 1; wanking: 1
As a reminder, most of this language has been directed at BP.
Most Generous Comment Recommenders Award
On board the BP Liveblog ROVs, 430916 comment recommendations have been given. As in four hundred thirty-one thousand.
Please raise a toast to the following top and most generous recommenders of other Kossack's comments:
Yasuragi: 29205
peraspera: 20765
petulans: 15898
Onomastic: 13922
khowell: 13425
Tomtech: 12967
rubyr: 12561
politik: 12548
Lorinda Pike: 11183
DawnN: 11174
yawnimawke: 10284
AnotherAmericanLie: 10198
godislove: 10032
dangangry: 9424
David PA: 9074
gulfgal98: 7663
Darryl House: 7582
JanL: 7330
cotterperson: 7259
Wee Mama: 7114
ArthurPoet: 7113
And another to the most recommended commenters:
AnotherAmericanLie: 27107
Yasuragi: 26977
Tomtech: 23548
Fishgrease: 15451
rubyr: 13841
khowell: 12725
gchaucer2: 12115
Pam LaPier: 11471
Kimberley: 9312
politik: 9265
ArthurPoet: 8577
Phil S 33: 7715
gulfgal98: 7688
yawnimawke: 7248
peraspera: 6920
Lorinda Pike: 6451
Claudius Bombarnac: 6003
CindyMax: 5614
Darryl House: 5363
Remembering Jello: 5085
temptxan: 4812
Most Dependable Commenters Award
A toast to the crew most dependably found commenting in an ROV diary.
These Kossacks are awarded their choice of a nice soft pillow, or a good strong cup of coffee.
ArthurPoet: 176
Tomtech: 174
AnotherAmericanLie: 168
Yasuragi: 163
rubyr: 162
Phil S 33: 155
khowell: 151
gulfgal98: 148
Fishgrease: 134
politik: 133
whitis: 132
Claudius Bombarnac: 130
Kimberley: 125
Wee Mama: 125
i m bobo: 122
yawnimawke: 122
greenbird: 120
Darryl House: 118
hester: 111
Lusty: 110
Lorinda Pike: 109
Most Verbose Award
In the BP Liveblog ROVs, 2455161 words have been said in comments. Yes, two and a half million of them.
Please raise another toast to the following commenters, for generating their fair share of words:
AnotherAmericanLie: 173818
Yasuragi: 118337
Tomtech: 107605
whitis: 90094
khowell: 80114
ArthurPoet: 77869
Claudius Bombarnac: 76890
rubyr: 60173
Fishgrease: 54428
sullivanst: 47209
politik: 45012
Kimberley: 43232
gchaucer2: 38003
peraspera: 37154
Darryl House: 36552
Pam LaPier: 36005
greenbird: 33327
yawnimawke: 31830
Onomastic: 30815
gulfgal98: 30695
papicek: 30015
Essential and Tireless Crew Award
A toast to Lusty, for creating the ever-so-helpful google doc, a template for creating diaries. Also to the other google doc maintainers. It made the process of launching a Mothership or ROV much easier.
And to Tomtech, Kimberley, and occasionally others, for maintaining the status update.
ROV Pilots
A second to last toast, to all the many ROV pilots. A Liveblog is based on the generosity and time of the diarists. Please use those noisemakers.
alkalinesky (4)
bubbanomics (1)
CindyMax (3)
conchita (7)
cosmic debris (2)
Darryl House (7)
David Kroning II (2)
David PA (4)
Detroit Mark (1)
digitalmuse (1)
ekyprogressive (2)
Garrett (6)
gchaucer2 (7)
Groucho Marxist (1)
Gulf Watchers Overnight (13)
gulfgal98 (2)
heart of a quince (1)
hester (4)
JasperJohns (2)
joanneleon (2)
johnsonwax (1)
khowell (19)
Kimberley (1)
Liveblog (1)
Lorinda Pike (3)
Lusty (2)
middleagedhousewife (2)
Miep (1)
nika7k (4)
OpMama (2)
Overseas (1)
Pakalolo (1)
Pam LaPier (10)
papicek (5)
peraspera (9)
politik (7)
quinn (1)
RhymesWithUrple (2)
rubyr (4)
sc kitty (1)
splashy (2)
Tomtech (15)
We Want Change (1)
weatherdude (2)
Wee Mama (2)
whitis (1)
Yasuragi (19)
yawnimawke (6)
zaka1 (1)
I'd like to especially cite the following ROV pilots, for their number of diaries: Yasuragi, khowell, Tomtech, peraspera, and Pam LaPier.
Also conchita, Darryl House, gchaucer2, politik, Garrett, yawnimawake, papicek, alkalinesky, David PA, hester, nika7k, rubyr, CindyMax, and Lorinda Pike.
Mothership Captains
A final toast goes to the Mothership crew. Their dedication, time, effort, and sailing ability have kept this boat afloat.
Daily Kos has never seen anything like it.
Conclusion
This concludes the presentation and award portion of the 200th ROV Party and Community Celebration.
You may now mingle. Don't forget your watch duties.
Return the pool floatie when you are done. The other safety and recreational equipment may be kept as a souvenir. This has been Daily Kos history.