Good change to the judgement system. It started to feel like just about anything could get through in the past few years. Be a lot better to not have that stuff clogging up the portal and burying the works people spent actual effort on.
HO HO HOPE you become a Newgrounds Supporter this year!
We're working hard to give you the best site possible, but we have bills to pay and community support is vital to keep things going and growing. Thank you for considering!
At 12/7/24 04:32 AM, UwUwizard wrote:Congrats Horizonauts! We love to see it.
Has anyone else had issues with getting media to load on Newgrounds using Opera GX lately? I've tried it on a couple of devices and its fine with other browsers. Idk if it's worth making a help thread or if I'm just doing something dumb in settings.
Seems to be working for me so far, are none of the videos loading for you or is it something else like images? What OS are you on?
At 12/7/24 08:02 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 12/7/24 04:32 AM, UwUwizard wrote:Congrats Horizonauts! We love to see it.
Has anyone else had issues with getting media to load on Newgrounds using Opera GX lately? I've tried it on a couple of devices and its fine with other browsers. Idk if it's worth making a help thread or if I'm just doing something dumb in settings.
Seems to be working for me so far, are none of the videos loading for you or is it something else like images? What OS are you on?
Tried it on laptop and desktop, both Mac OS Catalina. Runs on chrome on both but on Opera videos don't load up and while the video playback bar appears initially when it hides itself it can't be brought back. I've tried turning off adblocker but that's not it. Screencap here:
At 12/7/24 09:21 AM, UwUwizard wrote:At 12/7/24 08:02 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 12/7/24 04:32 AM, UwUwizard wrote:Congrats Horizonauts! We love to see it.
Has anyone else had issues with getting media to load on Newgrounds using Opera GX lately? I've tried it on a couple of devices and its fine with other browsers. Idk if it's worth making a help thread or if I'm just doing something dumb in settings.
Seems to be working for me so far, are none of the videos loading for you or is it something else like images? What OS are you on?
Tried it on laptop and desktop, both Mac OS Catalina. Runs on chrome on both but on Opera videos don't load up and while the video playback bar appears initially when it hides itself it can't be brought back. I've tried turning off adblocker but that's not it. Screencap here:
Strange... Anyone else here down to test Opera GX on a Mac and report your findings?
It's a bummer that NG can't even just exist without things getting broken by other companies.
At 12/7/24 09:22 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 12/7/24 09:21 AM, UwUwizard wrote:At 12/7/24 08:02 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 12/7/24 04:32 AM, UwUwizard wrote:Congrats Horizonauts! We love to see it.
Has anyone else had issues with getting media to load on Newgrounds using Opera GX lately? I've tried it on a couple of devices and its fine with other browsers. Idk if it's worth making a help thread or if I'm just doing something dumb in settings.
Seems to be working for me so far, are none of the videos loading for you or is it something else like images? What OS are you on?
Tried it on laptop and desktop, both Mac OS Catalina. Runs on chrome on both but on Opera videos don't load up and while the video playback bar appears initially when it hides itself it can't be brought back. I've tried turning off adblocker but that's not it. Screencap here:
Strange... Anyone else here down to test Opera GX on a Mac and report your findings?
It's a bummer that NG can't even just exist without things getting broken by other companies.
If it's jank from the browser and not something dumb in my settings I'll just switch back to firefox. May also be because Catalina is old now and I need to upgrade.
At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Spoilt sport, I love some of the < 2.00 entries!
At 12/7/24 12:46 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:Movie & Game Under Judgment Update
We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA YES LAWL
I feel like this is a feature that will only please me
youre so damn demanding brandy.
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Seeing Sonic in the wall art was a real flashbang lmfao
Oh My God I Love This Update! :D
Congrats to Horizonauts. Also I'm very surprised about the voting change, that is all.
Looks like the wall art updated as well. Good job @Casanova
At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
ohh hell yeah this is a good one - bump it up even more fuck it yolo
CRACKEGGS 2 COMING 2026
At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:Congrats to @DynamoToon and Horizonauts for a successful Kickstarter! There is still time to join in and help with the stretch goals.
NG had some updates this week!
Audio Update
@PsychoGoldfish updated our Takeover Tuesday listings to allow you to play audio back-to-back in-page, like other audio lists on the site. To play audio in-page, click the audio thumbnail instead of the text link. Listen to this week’s Takeover Tuesday audio for an example.
Soon audio lists will start entries from the beginning if loaded as the next item in a list. Our traditional functionality resumes audio where you left off and it will still do that if you do something like leave an audio page and come back. It made for awkward playlist listening experiences, though, where sometimes the next song in the list would start in the middle or near the end, because you had previously listened to some of it. This didn’t deploy yet but expect it next week.
Reminder: Newgrounds can’t host movies and games with unlicensed commercial music! Please use the Audio Portal as a resource for your projects, I really can’t stress this enough. Songs on NG will note if they have a Creative Commons license and if they don’t, you can try reaching out to the individual artists. A lot of people here would even love to make original music for projects!
Movie & Game Under Judgment Update
We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
December Events
There are a lot of events happening, please browse the Calendar and see if there’s something you’d like to participate in!
Tankmas ADVENTure is back this year and updating daily with new art gifts and medals to collect.
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/958486
@Casanova made wall art so nice, they made it twice! The site skin was updated today to include a bunch more characters from 2024.
This is the time of year for holiday cheer but it often ends up being a time of anxiety and existential dread. If you’re feeling sad, you aren’t alone! Try to keep up healthy habits and make time for exercise. If you aren’t getting much sunlight, consider a Vitamin D supplement and a Vitamin K supplement to help with D absorption.
Voting for the Best of November starts tomorrow! If you’re in the judging pool you’ll receive an invite from P-Bot.
Super cool epic updates. I been meaning to get back into weight training, I been super down and all that. I'm hoping to at least do something for the animation jam or tankmas. I miss doing tankmas
Fuck
I'm so happy for Horizonauts series! I tried DynamoToon's cool game "Run Like Hell" and it made me interested in the animated series. I already love the style, character design and colours, can't wait to see the first episode! Thank you for promoting indie series that deserve to be discovered!
As for the site update I love the change in the blam threshold by raising it. Ultimately I saw many works with low efforts getting through the portal too easily, so thanks for this nice change!
This is the time of year for holiday cheer but it often ends up being a time of anxiety and existential dread. If you’re feeling sad, you aren’t alone! Try to keep up healthy habits and make time for exercise. If you aren’t getting much sunlight, consider a Vitamin D supplement and a Vitamin K supplement to help with D absorption.
Even though I don't feel anxious or sad in this period I really like these advice especially the advice on exercise. We know that physical inactivity is one of the leading risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. And any amount of physical activity is better than none; all physical activity counts. This is a nice infographic on physical activity made by WHO which I suggest to take a look.
As healthy habits I may also recommend to surround with people who care for you and love you for who you are, cutting ties with negative people or limiting at least and pursuing what you like. If you feel you need further help from professionals don't hesitate to contact them. Like Tom said, you are not alone!
Thank you for these cool updates. I already voted for the best of November, I look forward to seeing winners^^
Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen- Heinrich Heine
La religione promette, la scienza mantiene- OsaSapere
Flaws are the best: they create anomalies, and anomalies bend into creativity-EmsDeLaRoZ
Can you add the ability to favorite playlists?
sometimes, i'll leave for like a month, then i'll come back and be all like "whooaaaa new shit"
I'm gonna be honest, I'm not a big fan of the blam threshold being increased. I fear that a lot of "meh, but otherwise harmless" submissions are going to get shafted because of it. YouTube has gotten very draconian in the past few years, and social media is just plain toxic. There really aren't a lot of good options out there. Chances are, Newgrounds could be the last bastion of creativity for a lot of artists. If Newgrounds pushes away new or inexperienced artists because their work isn't "good enough," then those artists will just be discouraged from making more art and thus improving.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
- Bernard Baruch
I'm just posting here to say that I would love to make music for just about any project here on Newgrounds <3
Thanks Tom n team for the updates, you guys continue to be the absolute best!!
returning from 8 years hiatus haha so maybe renovating a little :>
A huge congrats to Horizonauts! ^o^ Great news to cap off the year with!
Really been loving all the festive artworks showcased these last few weeks as well! The talent here continues to shine through!
At 12/7/24 09:59 PM, Snair2737 wrote:Can you add the ability to favorite playlists?
That one is on the wish-list for ongoing updates there.
At 12/7/24 11:59 PM, DaveyGamersLocker wrote:I'm gonna be honest, I'm not a big fan of the blam threshold being increased. I fear that a lot of "meh, but otherwise harmless" submissions are going to get shafted because of it. YouTube has gotten very draconian in the past few years, and social media is just plain toxic. There really aren't a lot of good options out there. Chances are, Newgrounds could be the last bastion of creativity for a lot of artists. If Newgrounds pushes away new or inexperienced artists because their work isn't "good enough," then those artists will just be discouraged from making more art and thus improving.
"Those artists will just be discouraged from making more art and thus improving."
I think while this might apply to the art scouting system, cause it's an on/off switch decided mostly by the mods (who are not always fair) and it's global for everything you upload. In terms of the movies, each submission is judged individually. So you're actually encouraged to keep pushing your boundaries, getting past the minimum judging threshold and then getting your overall scores higher.
At 12/7/24 06:23 AM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Please, this but with art
to be honest, i don't think we really need a blam system for art/audio, because they don't take as much space as games and movies/videos, and a lot of art (especially from unpopular ones) doesn't even reach 10 votes, let alone 60.
although, i think a feature similar to "under judgement" would be a very good idea for art and audio, because they can get their star ratings. it will be a tab that contains all art with less than 5 votes (or maybe 10), and you can either show scouted artists, unscouted artist, or both. it could also help some unscouted artists to be noticed and get scouted!
why did i think BBS was an abbreviation of "Big Board (of) Stuff"
At 12/8/24 12:32 PM, Czyszy wrote:At 12/7/24 11:59 PM, DaveyGamersLocker wrote:I'm gonna be honest, I'm not a big fan of the blam threshold being increased. I fear that a lot of "meh, but otherwise harmless" submissions are going to get shafted because of it. YouTube has gotten very draconian in the past few years, and social media is just plain toxic. There really aren't a lot of good options out there. Chances are, Newgrounds could be the last bastion of creativity for a lot of artists. If Newgrounds pushes away new or inexperienced artists because their work isn't "good enough," then those artists will just be discouraged from making more art and thus improving.
"Those artists will just be discouraged from making more art and thus improving."
I think while this might apply to the art scouting system, cause it's an on/off switch decided mostly by the mods (who are not always fair) and it's global for everything you upload. In terms of the movies, each submission is judged individually. So you're actually encouraged to keep pushing your boundaries, getting past the minimum judging threshold and then getting your overall scores higher.
I can definitely see the rationale, but I don't think it works like that in practice. At least, not all of the time. In my experience, telling an artist that their work is so trashy that it doesn't even deserve to be seen, won't encourage them to do better. If anything, it'll just make them less likely to listen to critics, and more likely to double down out of spite.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
- Bernard Baruch
At 12/7/24 06:23 AM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Please, this but with art
I really want to agree with you xD
but there's a ton of reasons jumbling in my head why that's probably a bad idea so we'll just have to stick to the scouting system. deleting art would be too harsh even if it's really bad cause they're new or very young or some other third thing.
At 12/8/24 02:35 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 12/7/24 06:23 AM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Please, this but with art
I really want to agree with you xD
but there's a ton of reasons jumbling in my head why that's probably a bad idea so we'll just have to stick to the scouting system. deleting art would be too harsh even if it's really bad cause they're new or very young or some other third thing.
It has worked well for the animators on the site. I don't see why the art portal has to be a low effort wall. I've posted dozens of drawings that because I don't think they deserve a spot on the portal, I leave them to be part of my profile only. People who put their time and effort into a piece don't deserve for it to be buried under 1000 poorly drawn misplaced sketches.
This is specially true for the undiscovered portal. Finding effort in there is really hard. This discourages new people coming in, knowing that their pieces are hidden below a wall of "ms paint circle face and triangle" drawings.
At 12/8/24 03:41 PM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/8/24 02:35 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 12/7/24 06:23 AM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Please, this but with art
I really want to agree with you xD
but there's a ton of reasons jumbling in my head why that's probably a bad idea so we'll just have to stick to the scouting system. deleting art would be too harsh even if it's really bad cause they're new or very young or some other third thing.
It has worked well for the animators on the site. I don't see why the art portal has to be a low effort wall. I've posted dozens of drawings that because I don't think they deserve a spot on the portal, I leave them to be part of my profile only. People who put their time and effort into a piece don't deserve for it to be buried under 1000 poorly drawn misplaced sketches.
This is specially true for the undiscovered portal. Finding effort in there is really hard. This discourages new people coming in, knowing that their pieces are hidden below a wall of "ms paint circle face and triangle" drawings.
totally understand and i want to agree with you, but devil's advocate nobody said you have to treat this like a portfolio site the way you and i do, putting up only our best work. i do think the "this is a sketch" checkbox could be used more, but i don't think deleting "bad art" is a good blanket solution
I know I'm late to the party, but I've been using the Takeover Tuesday as playlist feature basically as my radio for a few days now and I just have to salute @PsychoGoldfish . This is the best new feature in forever. It's what I always wanted NG Radio to be.
At 12/8/24 03:41 PM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/8/24 02:35 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:At 12/7/24 06:23 AM, cyangorilla wrote:At 12/6/24 08:08 PM, TomFulp wrote:We made some tweaks to the Judgment process this week, reducing the max vote threshold to 60 and raising the blam threshold from < 1.75 to < 2.00. This means entries will finish judgment more quickly and get blammed (removed) more frequently.
Please, this but with art
I really want to agree with you xD
but there's a ton of reasons jumbling in my head why that's probably a bad idea so we'll just have to stick to the scouting system. deleting art would be too harsh even if it's really bad cause they're new or very young or some other third thing.
It has worked well for the animators on the site. I don't see why the art portal has to be a low effort wall. I've posted dozens of drawings that because I don't think they deserve a spot on the portal, I leave them to be part of my profile only. People who put their time and effort into a piece don't deserve for it to be buried under 1000 poorly drawn misplaced sketches.
This is specially true for the undiscovered portal. Finding effort in there is really hard. This discourages new people coming in, knowing that their pieces are hidden below a wall of "ms paint circle face and triangle" drawings.
That's why you should always try to properly tag your art, whether you're scouted or not. That way, if someone wants to find their favorite subject, they'll search by the tags.
