OK, gang. This has all been terribly entertaining for the few days it's gone on and all, but, really, now is the time when the moderator hat comes out.

Lantz, you need to step back and take the advice of many of your fellow Forumites. Calm down and *read the entire series.* More than that, read the NXE forum archives. You are not a unique snowflake, and you are not contributing anything novel, other than a basic failure to comprehend how numerical rating systems work.

The rest of you can stop chasing him now. Many of you have come forth to tell him why he's wrong, and he's not listening, so we'll take care of it:

1) I'm locking both these threads, as they're not doing anything but increasing the general noise level.

2) Lantz, take a week off. We'll see you again, if you choose, on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007. I suggest you finish up the series, then go back and read the NXE forum, including the archived threads, if you're determined to pursue this.

(The Forum's search form will give you 247 topics in the NXE forum if you search on *, then set the next dropdown to "Neon Exodus Evangelion," leave the second dropdown on "All," the third one on "Search Only Current Topics," and then tick the box next to "archived topics." I don't know how fast you read, but a week seems about fair.)

This is no longer an invitation, Lantz. This is the moderator telling you to take an enforced vacation and recalibrate both your math skills and your sense of entitlement.

Ard Sumhenner
that Janice chick
Usual Suspect and Forum moderator