Now even bugs sponsored by NordVPN.
At 6/10/24 07:30 PM, Dungeonation wrote:This site bug is sponsored by NordVPN!
Yes!
Where else am I? Cara ꟾ Sheezy.Art ꟾ Geometry Dash ꟾ Reddit ꟾ BlueSky
AKA fe3l1ngsk1lled, Skilled, SkilledFeller... :3
At 6/11/24 10:03 AM, Czyszy wrote:At 6/11/24 09:58 AM, DrSevenSeizeMD wrote:So I'm using NordVPN, not to avoid ads or whatever, because I'm already a supporter, but because I'm in Louisiana, where we don't have freedom of internet, so pages deemed "adult" or "mature" are instantly blocked for me and they want me to put in my drivers license number etc. to prove my age.
I use the VPN to make it look like I'm in Chicago. 🤦♀️
Anyway, I'm not loyal to Nord or whatever, so those of you who also have to use VPNs, who are you using and how much do they cost?
You have to be kidding! Wow! A region of the US has restrictions worthy of a third world country like Iran? What the actual fuck, Louisiana?
See also: Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. More are working on it. (See this Ars Technica article for an overview, but this info changes regularly as bills pass/fail/are introduced in each state: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/seven-states-push-to-require-id-for-watching-porn-online/ If you're in the U.S., there's a good chance your state will eventually have a similar bill proposed if it hasn't already, and there are a ton of advocates for a federal bill.)
I'm also a NordVPN user. I've recently started migrating off of Google-everything and Windows-everything, so I'm slow getting away from crap that causes problems. I'm a long-time Firefox user and it's now my primary browser, and I switched to ProtonMail from Gmail, so I might just switch to ProtonVPN. I've been on-again/off-again with NordVPN for years because of its various issues.
Today's video is sponsored by NordVPN.
NordVPN in question:
At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.
I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.
In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!
Other News & Events
Read the Jay's Day Postmortem if you haven't, it's a good reason for anyone who makes stuff!
June 14th - Writer's Jam 2024 begins - sign-ups are now closed.
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Pride Month Art Collab deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.
July 1st - Diokophobia Charity Art Contest deadline.
July 7th - Concert of Love deadline.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
July 30th - The Ocean Mean Audio Collab deadline.
August - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event.
August 3rd - Short Short Fest at Marty Magee's in Prospect Park, PA - Open for Submissions!
August 9th - Short Short Fest at Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, MI - Open for Submissions!
August 15th - Clock Day
August 23rd - Ninja Collab deadline.
August 26th - Robot Day
September 12th - Mexican Independence Day Collab deadline.
September 22nd - Madness Day
October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.
November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
November 1st - the Behemoth 20th Animation Collab deadline.
November 4th - Pokemon Gijinka Collab application deadline.
(no offense) but who would buy nordvpn instead of newgrounds support, let's be support, it gives you more benefits than a simple vpn
Same thing happened to me with ExpressVPN, though last week I noticed the issues stopped but it might be a problem with different VPN's in general.
At 6/11/24 04:30 PM, ElRinconDeRodri wrote:(no offense) but who would buy nordvpn instead of newgrounds support, let's be support, it gives you more benefits than a simple vpn
I have both! I use the VPN everywhere else I am online as well. No one, from sites with adult content to some random drivel blog, needs to know where my computer is located when I'm visiting there. Quite frankly, my ISP doesn't really need to know what I'm looking at, either, but I'll start with the most basic of privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/ is a good place to start for learning the whats and whys of your information online.
At 6/11/24 04:37 PM, EchoCrusader wrote:Same thing happened to me with ExpressVPN, though last week I noticed the issues stopped but it might be a problem with different VPN's in general.
I've used both ExpressVPN and NordVPN on and off in the past, and I've experienced issues with both at different times. I give a little leeway to developers, because I know it's hard to stay on top of every single change that happens online, but I start to get annoyed when it's a pattern of dropping the ball.
A bit off on a tangent, but now I think the "Dumping Grounds" is the best NG supporter perk for me! Some time ago, Dropbox just refused to display direct links to images hosted there, on web forums. The thing I liked about Dropbox was the fact that those images didn't expire after a relatively short time. And now I can safely say, that the "Dumping Grounds" is a worthy alternative. Granted it's not free but considering other supporter perks and the sheer honor of supporting what may currently be the last truly great place for creative people on the web, it's worth it. In spades. B)
Tom thank you for diagnosing my partner's computer issue so I didn't have to! They don't even use Newgrounds. Just another reason to grab a sub <3
See my news post with medal hunting links and tools. I made a program NGMedals that finds your statistics and unearned medals.
There is also a browser script.
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At 6/11/24 03:33 PM, MatthewMcChanIsBack wrote:I Love How Porn Ads Are Getting Removed From The A-Rated Game And Movie View Pages Tom!
There's still porn ads on the porn? I didn't know because when I try to look at the porn in incognito mode, it's blocked and I need to sign up.
I mean, I kind of like ads, but not the porn kind.
I like Pizza!
Looks like another reason not to use a VPN.
BUT NOT NORDVPN! IT'S THE BEST!
I never used it, but if they ever sponsored me, I'll make sure not to ruin my chance. But yeah, why dose NordVPN hate NG?
I like Pizza!
At 6/11/24 09:58 AM, DrSevenSeizeMD wrote:So I'm using NordVPN, not to avoid ads or whatever, because I'm already a supporter, but because I'm in Louisiana, where we don't have freedom of internet, so pages deemed "adult" or "mature" are instantly blocked for me and they want me to put in my drivers license number etc. to prove my age.
I use the VPN to make it look like I'm in Chicago. 🤦♀️
Anyway, I'm not loyal to Nord or whatever, so those of you who also have to use VPNs, who are you using and how much do they cost?
Not sponsored or shilling, I personally use ProtonVPN! They appear to be one of the only free VPNs that are actually trustworthy (though blablabla "if it's FREE then they must be getting SOMETHING ELSE from you", unfortunately I'm not too knowledgeable on that aspect of theirs). And they get the job done: for their free plan, you can do "Quick Connect", where it chooses a random (or nearest?) country, and connects you there; you can only select the country you want when you're in their paid plan.
Other than the time they had to cooperate with French police to out a French activist back in 2021, they don't seem to have any other controversies/criticisms that I'm aware of! <3
can't become a supporter due to the fact that uhh...
broke + my country has... problems...
but i don't use a vpn/adblocker when i am on NG and it works smoothly :D
Using ProtonVPN and thankfully no issues to report.
This is what you get for clicking on Youtube advertisements
Newgrounds belongs to the Nords
No pods, no casters
At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.
I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.
In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!
Other News & Events
Read the Jay's Day Postmortem if you haven't, it's a good reason for anyone who makes stuff!
June 14th - Writer's Jam 2024 begins - sign-ups are now closed.
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Pride Month Art Collab deadline.
June 28th - Corporate Art Style Collab deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.
July 1st - Diokophobia Charity Art Contest deadline.
July 7th - Concert of Love deadline.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
July 30th - The Ocean Mean Audio Collab deadline.
August - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event.
August 3rd - Short Short Fest at Marty Magee's in Prospect Park, PA - Open for Submissions!
August 9th - Short Short Fest at Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, MI - Open for Submissions!
August 15th - Clock Day
August 23rd - Ninja Collab deadline.
August 26th - Robot Day
September 12th - Mexican Independence Day Collab deadline.
September 22nd - Madness Day
October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.
November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
November 1st - the Behemoth 20th Animation Collab deadline.
November 4th - Pokemon Gijinka Collab application deadline.
Sorry to hear that, hopefully it gets fixed soon!
I like making music because making music is something I like
That's sad to hear, I really hope this gets fixed soon.
Oh no! WHAD AM I GONNA DO WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO STREAM AIRBUD GOLDEN RECIEVER ON JORDANIAN NETFLIX???
Your an amphibious one, aren’t you?
Respect for saying "The ads can be disabled by being a Supporter... or having an adblocker that doesn't break the site," pretty sure anyone else would have left the adblocker part out
I use VPNs and Brave all the time, but never had an issue. I would love to support the site soon. Truly the best flash/browser game site left; appreciate that you guys picked up the pieces that Kongregate left behind.
Have you guys maybe consider, NOT USING JAVASCRIPT for everything.
