At 2/22/16 05:10 PM, moawling wrote: I’ve been a longtime lurker and i finally decided to make an account! I’ve mostly made pixel art. I don’t have a lot of experience in professional practice, but I’m interested in branching out and collaborating with other creators.
Newgrounds has such an immersive community, I’m really excited to be here!

Hello, moawling, Welcome to NewGrounds. You can learn much from our artists, and many enjoy collaborating. Enjoy your time here.

Well uh, as you can see from my username I'm RobC3... yeah. What brought me to Newgrounds? I've been going on this site for a long time and I've always enjoyed the flash content here. Now I thought "Hey, I've been going on here for I while, why not make an account?" So I did... I might make games or animations, but I'm very amateur, guess I'll wait to boost up my skills at these. Mostly my animation skills because I'm practicing in the Pivot Stick figure Animator... yeah, when's the last time you heard of that? I guess Pivot animations are still worth something here? But anyway, I'll see where this account takes me into the future.

At 2/22/16 11:33 PM, RobC3 wrote: Well uh, as you can see from my username I'm RobC3... I've been going on this site for a long time and I've always enjoyed the flash content here. Now I thought "Hey, I've been going on here for I while, why not make an account?" So I did... I might make games or animations.

Hello, RobC3, Welcome to NewGrounds. There is plenty of information about making games and animation. You can also find users that share advice and help you. Enjoy your stay here.

At 2/19/16 08:12 PM, Tacticat wrote:

At 2/19/16 12:55 PM, darksense wrote: Hey.

Welcome 2 NG, enjoy your stay. Watch out for the trolls.

Like DoctorStrongbad.

At 2/23/16 06:04 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: Like DoctorStrongbad.

Attention all new users, avoid DeftonesFan665. He is a bitter, sad and jealous troll.

At 2/23/16 10:45 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 2/23/16 06:04 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: Like DoctorStrongbad.

Attention all new users, avoid DeftonesFan665. He is a bitter, sad and jealous troll.

Not a good first impression on the new users insulting another user like that.

P.S. I'm not a guy.

At 2/23/15 06:41 PM, LunarHawk69 wrote: Newgrounds has always, and will always be an open home for creativity, nonsense, and community. Whatever you make or think, someone will probably think its funny.

Welcome to NewGrounds. This is a great place for creativity, nonsense, and community. Enjoy your stay.

I've only been here ~15 years. Honestly I miss the old days when flash was a first class citizen on the web.

At 2/23/16 02:19 PM, Inglor wrote: I've only been here ~15 years. Honestly I miss the old days when flash was a first class citizen on the web.

Welcome to NewGrounds, Inglor. The old days were great, and I miss them as well. Enjoy your time here.

At 2/23/16 02:19 PM, Inglor wrote: I've only been here ~15 years. Honestly I miss the old days when flash was a first class citizen on the web.

It was great because web games were, in our minds at least, a sort of bleeding edge of gaming - not technology-wise but accessibility-wise. You were doing something that felt modern and cool and it felt like the public loved it. I want web gaming to feel like that again, I think it has a chance to once HTML5 gaming is more stable and once people accept that there's a wide expanse between NO GAMES and GAMES PEOPLE PAY MONEY FOR... A great area to grow, learn, get feedback and meet lots of cool people. So many people are making downloadable games right now that no one is playing, because they think they have to be making downloadable games now.

At 2/23/16 03:12 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 2/23/16 02:19 PM, Inglor wrote: I've only been here ~15 years. Honestly I miss the old days when flash was a first class citizen on the web.

It was great because web games were, in our minds at least, a sort of bleeding edge of gaming - not technology-wise but accessibility-wise. You were doing something that felt modern and cool and it felt like the public loved it. I want web gaming to feel like that again, I think it has a chance to once HTML5 gaming is more stable and once people accept that there's a wide expanse between NO GAMES and GAMES PEOPLE PAY MONEY FOR... A great area to grow, learn, get feedback and meet lots of cool people. So many people are making downloadable games right now that no one is playing, because they think they have to be making downloadable games now.

Saturation of the market is a large factor.

Hundreds of thousands of sweatshop-made flash games give casual players the idea that all flash games are awful and unworthy of their time. If you don't know where to look for good games, that is all you see. This is a trend that actually mirrors the North American video game crash of 1983 when shovelware games were created by the hundreds and sold in stores for basically nothing while the good games were priced higher and, therefore, less likely to be purchased. The gamers brought home their $5 bargain bin game, realized it was sh*t, and exclaimed "video games sure have gone downhill".

There's actually an entire documentary about it called World 1-1.

Anyway, until the average quality of flash games which people see goes up (not likely because a Chinese toddler can make one shovelware game per week and only requires 1$/year in wages), people won't want to play flash games. Heck, maybe this is just my experience, but even mobile games seem to be taking something of a hit. Their market has been flooded as well and many users are finding themselves scrolling through hundreds of shovelware apps just to get to something that wasn't programmed on a gateway computer in the boiler room of a tire factory.

tl;dr: Shovelware ruins everything.

At 2/23/16 04:16 PM, Zachary wrote: I think the voting system needs an overhaul still, not sure of a solution but there has to be something better than what is in place.

Maybe increase the score requirement for protected status and boost the voting bonus given by levels.

Then we will have higher standards for passing and an army of veterans (who usually know better than to 5 everything) making most of the votes.

At 2/23/16 03:12 PM, TomFulp wrote: I think it has a chance to once HTML5 gaming is more stable and once people accept that there's a wide expanse between NO GAMES and GAMES PEOPLE PAY MONEY FOR... A great area to grow, learn, get feedback So many people are making downloadable games right now that no one is playing, because they think they have to be making downloadable games now.

NewGrounds is a great place for users to grow, learn, and get feedback. It is also the best place of the web at Welcoming new users. Welcome to NewGrounds, Tom. Everybody gets one.

Whoops, should have posted here before posting in 2 other assorted threads, my fault for not actually looking at a sticky.

I had an old acc on here way back that I had when I was underage for using the site, so I abandoned it and started avoiding it like the plague after I came back on here every now and again. I thought it was due time for me to make an actually good acc that I can associate the better of myself with and not the 8-9 year old "I think I know what I'm doing on the internet" me.

tl;dr not-so-new retard actually posts on the bbs instead of shitpost 8 year old written reviews

At 2/23/16 10:46 PM, CynicalController wrote: I had an old acc on here way back that I had when I was underage for using the site, I thought it was due time for me to make an actually good acc that I can associate the better of myself with and not the 8-9 year old "I think I know what I'm doing on the internet" me.

tl;dr not-so-new retard actually posts on the bbs instead of shitpost 8 year old written reviews

Welcome to NewGrounds, CynicalController. Everybody needs a good account , so they look like a pro while you are here. Enjoy your stay.

At 2/24/16 11:29 AM, darksense wrote: I am not a troll, I am here for creative purposes.

Welcome to NewGrounds, darksense. Glad to hear that you are not a troll. Enjoy your time here.

At 2/25/16 11:20 AM, Tacticat wrote: Welcome to NG. You will soon be one. The darkness will consume you.

This is a thread where we are nice and Welcome new users. We are not trying to scare them away.

At 2/26/16 03:16 PM, darksense wrote: I have been here for almost 10 years, so you probably wont scare me away.

Some users just post random nonsense or insulting things here. This is a Welcome to new users thread.

Nobody is trying to scare you , or anybody else away.

I'm brand new to newgrounds and i have no idea what I'm doing

At 2/27/16 07:12 AM, ijustmakegames wrote: I'm brand new to newgrounds and i have no idea what I'm doing

Welcome to NewGrounds where everything by everyone.

At 2/27/16 07:12 AM, ijustmakegames wrote: I'm brand new to newgrounds and i have no idea what I'm doing

Neither does anyone else around here.
Welcome.

At 2/27/16 01:11 PM, BuffBill wrote: I am new.

Welcome to NewGrounds BuffBill enjoy your stay on number #1 site in the world.

At 2/27/16 01:11 PM, BuffBill wrote: I am new.

Hm....seems legit. I think.

At 2/27/16 07:12 AM, ijustmakegames wrote: I'm brand new to newgrounds and i have no idea what I'm doing

Welcome to NewGrounds. This is the best place to be on the web.

Well, I exist so...hi.

At 2/27/16 04:24 PM, BananaPhone1911 wrote: Well, I exist so...hi.

Welcome to NewGrounds enjoy all submission created by everyone here.

At 2/27/16 04:24 PM, BananaPhone1911 wrote: Well, I exist so...hi.

Welcome to NewGrounds, the best website around. Enjoy your stay here.

At 2/27/16 03:41 PM, darksense wrote: Thanks, I apreciate how welcome you have made me here.

You are welcome, darksense. I have a Welcome for everybody.

At 2/27/16 04:24 PM, BananaPhone1911 wrote: Well, I exist so...hi.

Welcome aboard enjoy the content.

~X~

Hey guys! Im new on NG! I make cool music and I might make a game or artwork (if i can figure out how lol) and can I please be scouted? Also, can my friend sthakker be scouted too. He makes really good music, much better than mine. Also, I designed my new logo. I dunno what else to say in this comment, so... Peace out, I guess? I dunno