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2024 Year-End Recap!

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TomFulp
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:16:35

At 12/31/24 11:15 AM, RosieUV wrote:
At 12/31/24 10:59 AM, ShadenLines wrote:
At 12/30/24 07:26 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/30/24 06:33 AM, RosieUV wrote:Wait , Newgrounds has been running on the same code for 25 years? Damn that's impressive.

It's not the same code for 25 years but it's 25 years of accumulated code / changes / bandaids, vs the site starting over from zero.

With all the updating that needs to be done, will there be scheduled days when NG will be offline in '25?...kinda sounds like it will be necessary.

Good point. I like to check this site often so it'll be helpful.


For major projects I'll try to give a heads up. Sometimes it's a bit spur of the moment, for example the two downtimes this week were emergency hardware replacements, where the downtime was at the mercy of when the hardware could get installed and wasn't easy to plan in advance.

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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goofygamer12
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:17:28

Same It Has Been 25 Years...


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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:17:57

At 12/31/24 12:15 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/31/24 11:45 AM, JuneSSantos wrote:I've made a year recap too

Put it on the list, Flup. I'm going badass next year.
https://junessantos.newgrounds.com/news/post/1500032

Added!

And a note to everyone - I've reached the character limit on that post so unless I do more editing to add a few people, I might have to stop adding people. I might just link to the tag results more prominently, instead! Some people forgot to include the tag though.


Thank you Tom

God bless Newgrounds and America (im not american nor do i live there but i'm trying to blend in)

There's always a tomorrow, I guess.

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RosieUV
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:21:43

At 12/31/24 12:16 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/31/24 11:15 AM, RosieUV wrote:
At 12/31/24 10:59 AM, ShadenLines wrote:
At 12/30/24 07:26 AM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/30/24 06:33 AM, RosieUV wrote:Wait , Newgrounds has been running on the same code for 25 years? Damn that's impressive.

It's not the same code for 25 years but it's 25 years of accumulated code / changes / bandaids, vs the site starting over from zero.

With all the updating that needs to be done, will there be scheduled days when NG will be offline in '25?...kinda sounds like it will be necessary.

Good point. I like to check this site often so it'll be helpful.

For major projects I'll try to give a heads up. Sometimes it's a bit spur of the moment, for example the two downtimes this week were emergency hardware replacements, where the downtime was at the mercy of when the hardware could get installed and wasn't easy to plan in advance.


Fair enough. I imagine it's probably quite hard to manage servers when you don't have the big social media money.

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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:52:15

The link to my recap was in here but got removed, I think it's because I didn't do much and since you reached the character limit you're removing some links to leave space for others but I'd like to know the actual reason why

(I'm not telling you to put it back)

Note: I don't condone Augusto Pinochet's or Ion Antonescu's actions. I like naming my villainous (or flat out evil) OCs after evil historical figures.

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TomFulp
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 12:54:17

At 12/31/24 12:52 PM, Hoppio wrote:The link to my recap was in here but got removed, I think it's because I didn't do much and since you reached the character limit you're removing some links to leave space for others but I'd like to know the actual reason why
(I'm not telling you to put it back)


I did remove several after reaching the character count, I looked for ones that were on the shorter side and by not as well known accounts - sorry about that! It's why I might remove the entire list and just use the tag link.

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 13:53:05

HAPPY NEW YEAR, NG! And hopefully 2025 will be ok!


Yeah this yeah has had alot of stuff for me. Like i started to use my Steam account that and played a bunch of games i played in my 2024 recap.


And yeah i met a bunch of new friends online, was in a podcast, joined a bunch of collabs, participated in Artfight 2024 and won, and this year has just been a blast.


I even managed to make do my new years resolution with making an audio, movie and game upload here on NG and my NG resolution is to make a game fully on my own without any help.


HAPPY NEW YEARS AND MAY 2025 BE OK!!!!!!!!

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Phaox05
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 14:23:32

I love recaps as it tells the reality of the very good times the year had despite others saying that the world is burning, always cherish the good times guys and hope this community grows even larger as the time goes by!!!

I make art

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TomFulp
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 14:26:28

At 12/31/24 02:23 PM, Phaox05 wrote:I love recaps as it tells the reality of the very good times the year had despite others saying that the world is burning, always cherish the good times guys and hope this community grows even larger as the time goes by!!!


I like to think nothing on NG got worse (besides needing more Supporters) in 2024, with gradual progress in the direction of "better."

Working on Nightmare Cops!

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BlueMonday1984
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 15:22:02

At 12/31/24 02:26 PM, TomFulp wrote:
At 12/31/24 02:23 PM, Phaox05 wrote:I love recaps as it tells the reality of the very good times the year had despite others saying that the world is burning, always cherish the good times guys and hope this community grows even larger as the time goes by!!!

I like to think nothing on NG got worse (besides needing more Supporters) in 2024, with gradual progress in the direction of "better."

Which is a lot better than most other places on the 'Net. (Especially Twitter.)

he/they - pretty cool guy - yt channel here - Flash Controller Mapping Crew

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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 19:32:44

At 12/27/24 04:38 PM, TomFulp wrote:The time has come for our 2024 recap! There are a lot of links so please take some time to explore.

This was very much a “housekeeping” year but we managed to introduce some fun features along the way. While NG itself is turning 30, the backend codebase is coming up on 25 years. Much of that has changed and evolved over the years but there is an accumulation of old code, bandaids, bugs and general clutter that has been overdue for tidying and modernization.

That didn’t stop the rest of you from totally bringing it, though! The monthly “Best of” posts in particular are overflowing with goodies; I don’t think there is anywhere else on the Internet that can compare to what you’ll find below.

January

We kicked off the new year by overhauling the account sign-in process, introducing email 2FA as a default alternative for accounts that hadn't set up app-based 2FA. We then upgraded our password hashing, increasing the password limit to 512 characters in the process.

January 5th was the Anime Los Angeles Meetup.

Pixel Day was January 23rd, catch up on the Pixel Day winners!

Other highlights included the Sketch Collab, the live Slam Poetry Night, Art Gallery Collab, Office Depths Collab and the Break It Up Collab.

🏆 Best of January!

February

We updated PHP to the latest stable build, a lengthy project carried over from 2023, due to all the deprecated code.

Other highlights included the Valentine's Day Art Collab, Mall Music Collab, Summertime in Wintertime Collab, Corn Collab, The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Collab, Mean Girls Collab and the F Collab.

🏆 Best of February!

March

Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama passed on March 1st, resulting in a lot of Toriyama tribute art.

Our March updates included a flagging option for works that are majority generated by AI.

A bunch of us met up at PAX Boston, which might become a recurring meetup spot in the years ahead.

The Music Triathlon hosted by @AED4 wrapped up!

@The-Great-One and @SplatterDash kicked off another Treasure Hunt. Revisit the Treasure Hunt winners!

Other highlights included the OP Battles Collab, RIP General Collab, Pokemon Mystery Meat Collab, Storytime Collab, 200+ BPM Collab, Adult Swim Collab and the Sandwich Collab.

🏆 Best of March!

April

In April we rolled out Forum Thread Ratings, one of the last places where ratings felt needed, in particular with art threads.

Season 2 of Smiling Friends introduced Gwimbly and we saw a lot of Gwimbly fan art.

Other highlights included the Playstation Collab, The Space Collab and the Earth Day Collab,

🏆 Best of April!

May

Flash Forward wrapped up in May, check out the winning Flash games and interactive movies!

May 18th was Pico Day, check out the Pico Day winners!

@BrandyBuizel and @coby hosted a Pico Day Party in New Jersey and @Snackers hosted a Dublin, Ireland Meetup.

Other highlights included the Pico Day NJ Trading Cards, Sega Saturn Collab, Rock the Dragon Animation Jam, Matrix Collab, Ghost Collab, Nintendo 64 Collab Gallery, Kart Collab, World Goth Day Collab, Halloween in May Collab, A Sine of Relief Collab, Dragon Raid Collab and Pico Day Sticky Notes.

🏆 Best of May!

June

@CorTat-G and @DrewPBalls organized the Too Many Games Meetup!

@Graeme hosted a Gorgon Shield Art Contest, check out the Gorgon Shield Winners!

@Jamriot hosted another Writer’s Jam with 100 participants, check out the winners!

Other highlights included the NGTV Summer Bash, Sonic Shorts: Volume 9, Shorts: Volume 1000, The CD-i Collab, KinitoPET Collab, Homestuck FreshJamz Collab, Newgrounds Arcade Zone Collab, Sonic 33rd Anniversary Art Collab, NG Pride Month Collab, Bluey Sleepytime Reanimated, A Tale of Eternity and Newgrounds Trivia!

🏆 Best of June!

More below!


awesome :3

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goofygamer12
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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2024-12-31 19:35:44

YAY 2024 HAS PASSED!!!


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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2025-01-02 00:58:08

BRING ON NEWGROUNDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

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Response to 2024 Year-End Recap! 2025-01-02 06:28:04

Okay! :D


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