You should do something with the forum search, becouse it's chatastrophyc. I search for an exact text and get thousends of "matches" wich contain one word of the text, and the list is total random. If I need to find a thread I have to use the google, becouse the forum search is practically useless!

P.S.: Sorry if someone mentioned this before, but this thread is too large to search trough.

I had sooooo many ideas until now. fuck!

perhaps another forum for computer-related stuff. If a problem you have doesnt have to do with programming, flash, or audio, you have to go to the general forum. Everyone knows the immaturity there.

i know, my idea sucked balls.

I posted these back on page 41, but just to reiterate (I deleted some ideas, though)

Ideas:

* Topic of the Day, maybe? There is user of the day, so why not topic of the day?

* Some indicator when you have pending portal buddies! And once you've accepted someone, they can't send you another request.

* Reviews aren't lost when submissions are blammed/deleted. There should be some indicator that it was blammed, but the review shouldn't be lost, and should count towards your review count.

*

That's all I can think of right now... what do you guys think?

At 8/24/07 07:29 PM, Frenzy wrote: * Topic of the Day, maybe? There is user of the day, so why not topic of the day?

What would determine what the topic of the day would be?

* Some indicator when you have pending portal buddies! And once you've accepted someone, they can't send you another request.

You get an e-mail, if you're set to receive e-mail from Newgrounds. And if you reject the offer and don't want to get another, just block the user.

* Reviews aren't lost when submissions are blammed/deleted. There should be some indicator that it was blammed, but the review shouldn't be lost, and should count towards your review count.

No.

what do you guys think?

I think you should stop re-posting the same ideas (not that this is a thread for discussion, as is outlined in the first post ("Only post here if you have an unique idea for NG's improvement. In an attempt to keep the thread concise, discussion of ideas is no longer encouraged.")). This thread is difficult enough to keep on top of as it is.

I have two ideas, both related to awards.

Larger Variety
I think there should be a larger variety in awards, aswell as some "handpicked" awards. Some examples:

Front Page Award
Awarded for a flash being featured on the front page.

Top 50
Awarded for reaching the Top 50 list.
(also top 10 and number 1 awards. Must stay up there for one week.)

Review Award
Recieve over 5,000 reviews.

Wades Pick
Handpicked flash by Wade ;)

User Emblems
Users should get certain rewards to mark certain checkpoints (similar to Gamespots emblems/badges).

User of the Day Award
Being featured as a UotD.

Master Animater
Have a batting average over 4.00
(gotten once only, permanent)

Collab Organiser
Submit a collab that scores over 4.00

Admired
1,000 users have you on their faves list.

There can also be different levels of these. For example, once you get 10,000 people with you on their faves list the Admired emblem is replaced by a better one.

At 8/24/07 08:18 PM, liljim wrote:

* Reviews aren't lost when submissions are blammed/deleted. There should be some indicator that it was blammed, but the review shouldn't be lost, and should count towards your review count.

No.

why? then abusive reviewers on blammed submissions would get flagged.

At 8/25/07 08:12 AM, Darkside7000 wrote: Front Page Award
Awarded for a flash being featured on the front page.

there is a "history of flash portal" award, there is one problem, crappy stuff DOES get on the front page (eg incredible screamming cat lol)

Top 50
Awarded for reaching the Top 50 list.
(also top 10 and number 1 awards. Must stay up there for one week.)

all top 50 stuff gets on front page and most is in history of flash portal

Review Award
Recieve over 5,000 reviews.

hmm... the kk could do that easily and it would encourage the spamming of crappy reviews

Wades Pick
Handpicked flash by Wade ;)

not bad idea although front page stuff is picked by admins

User Emblems
Users should get certain rewards to mark certain checkpoints

we have things for that such as- whistles, levels, b/p icons etc

User of the Day Award
Being featured as a UotD.

yeh, but whats so special about being UOTD? it is random you know

Master Animater
Have a batting average over 4.00

another way is checking it on the flash search bar, what if they want stuff deleted?

Collab Organiser
Submit a collab that scores over 4.00

not bad idea

Admired
1,000 users have you on their faves list.

i think NG had a problem with that with the popularity thing

There can also be different levels of these. For example, once you get 10,000 people with you on their faves list the Admired emblem is replaced by a better one.

that stage is a big two lettered NO

too many awards would start bringing out problems though like one person getting 20 awards for one submission :(

Alright, I gotz an idea. It would be cool if the forum used some BB Code or some HTML.

[url=http://www.newgrounds.com][img]http ://lolpuppy.com/cute-puppy/hugztime.gif[
/img][/url]
BB Code

does HTML work on here? I shall test.

<a> href="http://www.newgrounds.com"><img src="http://lolpuppy.com/cute-puppy/hugz time.gif">

I have an idea for this website, and it should keep the number of "where is this Flash" threads down o a minimum. The thing I'm talking about is a "Flash viewing history" to keep track of what you've seen on Newgrounds in the Flash portal so you can go back and see them if you forget the title or whatever of the Flash you watched. I'm guessing that you can keep this list private so people can't see what you've seen or public so your friends can see what you have too. It would look a bit like this [see image]:

At 8/27/07 05:37 PM, ArtDanVal wrote: Stuff.

Great idea, but perhaps just a smaller section in a Account Options, that way we don't have another massive section of flash on our userpage that we don't need.

At 8/27/07 05:37 PM, ArtDanVal wrote: stuff

what so like in youtube? and then it gets cleared? you would (unless your pure retartedddd) REMEMBER THE NAME OF A FLASH THAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY and also, newgrounds could in no way remember ALL the flash you saw in 2 years... also, cant you just look in your history by pressing Ctrl+H?

also, i like those 'wheres this submission' question coz it makes you feel clever

My suggestion is that there be a way to point out that a flash is just inappropriately rated and brakes no other guidelines.
I'm tired of clicking on flashes rated Anyone and having a stick figure waving his dick in my face.

At 9/1/07 01:30 AM, SmokeyDuck wrote: My suggestion is that there be a way to point out that a flash is just inappropriately rated and brakes no other guidelines.
I'm tired of clicking on flashes rated Anyone and having a stick figure waving his dick in my face.

PM WadeFulp or another admin.

At 9/1/07 01:30 AM, SmokeyDuck wrote: My suggestion is that there be a way to point out that a flash is just inappropriately rated and brakes no other guidelines.
I'm tired of clicking on flashes rated Anyone and having a stick figure waving his dick in my face.

cant you get OVER it, it doesnt offend anyone, if you feel offended, GET OFF THIS SITE just because some 12 year old feels offended and we cant get our blam points

At 9/1/07 08:20 AM, Cheekyvincent wrote: cant you get OVER it, it doesnt offend anyone, if you feel offended, GET OFF THIS SITE just because some 12 year old feels offended and we cant get our blam points

Nevertheless, extreme cases of mis-rating are against the submission rules, and warrant being reported.

Make sure your submission has been properly rated. Entries with grossly inaccurate ratings may result in account termination or flagging.

At 9/1/07 08:36 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: stuff

still, if u feel offended GET OFF THIS SITE, or follow the kitty krew's advice (that cant be wrong)
" Excessive Nudity, Excessive Violence, Explicit Audio, Explicit Text, Explicit Adult Themes"

Move the 'helpful' thing below the review and have it on the flashes main page to (the two most recent reviews)

At 9/2/07 08:34 AM, Darkside7000 wrote: Move the 'helpful' thing below the review and have it on the flashes main page to (the two most recent reviews)

it wouldn't help that much, and it would just clutter up to have it on the flash page

also, moving it up would make it look weird (i think so anyway)

I didn't see these ideas in the original post, so...

Idea #1)
+ How about the ability to personally block viewing of submissions/queries from particular artists?

For example, let's say I don't want to see any more submissions from "Shpongled" because it seems all Shpongled is doing is spamming the same submission over and over. I could just hit "Block Artist," and I would no longer see submissions from that artist anywhere on the site -- particularly while doing a Search and in New Submissions.

Idea #2)
+ An account can only submit a movie three times a day.

For example, some spammer keeps submitting the same movie over and over, but with different names, author comments, or slightly variated. I'm sure there would be ways around this (like they could just use a different account) but it would at least delay or hamper spam submissions. It would also make an artist consider "Hmm, I can only submit 3 animations today, I better make sure the one I'm submitting is complete/cool/ready."

At 9/5/07 01:24 AM, Shpongled wrote: Idea #1)
+ How about the ability to personally block viewing of submissions/queries from particular artists?

For example, let's say I don't want to see any more submissions from "Shpongled" because it seems all Shpongled is doing is spamming the same submission over and over. I could just hit "Block Artist," and I would no longer see submissions from that artist anywhere on the site -- particularly while doing a Search and in New Submissions.

no just igonore it... is IT REALLY HARD TO IGNORE A SUBMISSION AND NOT CLICK ON... CAN'T YOU RESIST?...

+ An account can only submit a movie three times a day.

have you ATTEMPTED to read the FAQ?

"Q: Why can I only submit two movies per day?

A: There are people who will squeeze out new movies every 10 minutes and would upload every one of them if we let them - we don't want to expose our audience to that.

The daily allotment is two movies per day. If a user is caught using multiple accounts to upload additional movies, all of those movies will be removed and the IP used to submit them will be blocked from further use."

however, the kk can do it because a different person submits after 2 times...

time for my idea... since there are so many spammers... esp this thread- there are people just posting ONE link and then posting- making it the perfect place for a post count+1... my idea to prevent spamming was any of the following-

1) having a timer- ie you can only do 2 posts a minute
2) stopping two worded posts

so far thats the only ideas i have...

At 9/7/07 12:58 PM, Cheekyvincent wrote:

At 9/5/07 01:24 AM, Shpongled wrote: Idea #1)
+ How about the ability to personally block viewing of submissions/queries from particular artists?

For example, let's say I don't want to see any more submissions from "Shpongled" because it seems all Shpongled is doing is spamming the same submission over and over. I could just hit "Block Artist," and I would no longer see submissions from that artist anywhere on the site -- particularly while doing a Search and in New Submissions.

no just igonore it... is IT REALLY HARD TO IGNORE A SUBMISSION AND NOT CLICK ON... CAN'T YOU RESIST?...

:...

however, the kk can do it because a different person submits after 2 times...

OK, so nix my 2nd idea then, but I still think the idea of being able to ignore/block submissions from certain users is a valid idea. To answer your question: no, I can't avoid the spam submissions. When I wake up in the morning -- if I have the time -- I check the news and surf into NG to see if any cool animations have been made. I normally look at the portal, especially the newest submissions.

It seems like 1/2 or more of the submissions are from the same crew, they knock potentially good videos off the board -- they might as well just rename the "new submissions" board as the "crew spam" board.

I know, from a business point of view, all these people spamming over and over is great for profits because it causes more people to click -- and we all know on the internet that clicks = money. But, every time one of these lame crew spam videos pass judgment I lose respect for the website and more and more lately I don't feel like logging in as often as I'd like to. I guess I can liken it to walking down the street and seeing someone throw a plastic Twinkie wrapper on the ground. Sure, I can ignore them littering and polluting the environment that I hang out in, but when I care about an environment I like to see it clean. "Polluting" the site with sub-par animations does nothing for the image of the website, in my eyes, except make it look worse and amateur.

[rant off]

At 9/8/07 01:36 AM, Shpongled wrote: the idea of being able to ignore/block submissions from certain users is a valid idea.

and somehow, NG's slogan is "everything by everyone"

To answer your question: no, I can't avoid the spam submissions.

I'll teach you how- move your mouse 1 cm away from the link and whatever you do, dont click it

When I wake up in the morning -- if I have the time -- I check the news and surf into NG to see if any cool animations have been made. I normally look at the portal, especially the newest submissions.

and, so what, we ALL put up with EVERYONES WORK

It seems like 1/2 or more of the submissions are from the same crew

wrong- that would make 50,000 submissions by the crews

they knock potentially good videos off the board

how do they knock off good stuff? what? so all the surrounding links WILL DEFINITELY GET BLAMMED? from the kk fallout

they might as well just rename the "new submissions" board as the "crew spam" board.

that'd be quite comical

I know, from a business point of view, all these people spamming over and over is great for profits because it causes more people to click -- and we all know on the internet that clicks = money.

and NG keeps running from advertising YAY

But, every time one of these lame crew spam videos pass judgment I lose respect for the website

then go to another site then if you cant resist clicking

i really cant see how its hard to steer your mouse 1 cm away from a link thats called [KK] HOT POKEMON HENTAI etc

At 9/7/07 01:05 PM, Cheekyvincent wrote:

:1) having a timer- ie you can only do 2 posts a minute

Since you seem so content to shoot my ideas down...

Have you even ATTEMPTED to read the FAQ?

:Posting
:Q: Are there any limitations?
:A: To limit abuse of our forums, we have imposed the following posting restrictions:

* one post every 60 seconds
* four posts in a thread every 30 minutes
* four new threads every 24 hours

i really cant see how its hard to just ignore the spam posters

Wow, it can go both ways can't it?

At 9/8/07 08:50 AM, Shpongled wrote: Have you even ATTEMPTED to read the FAQ?

Posting
Q: Are there any limitations?
A: To limit abuse of our forums, we have imposed the following posting restrictions:
* one post every 60 seconds
* four posts in a thread every 30 minutes
* four new threads every 24 hours

dont smartass cheekyvincent- im talking about THE WHOLE BBS not one thread- i know you can only do 4 posts on ONE THREAD every 30 mins- im talking 2 posts a minute on the WHOLE BBS-that way, people do better and longer posts

a pretty simple idea: how about a Writing portal.

if you think about it, Newgrounds has both a Flash and an Audio Portal, so a Writing portal would not be that much of a step for the site.

it could let authors submit things, and have it rated by their peers, with a few filters in place so the worse joke stories would be vaped before they even got in site of the members(say anything below 200 words, anything with the same word repeated over 400 times Ect. Ect.) , and it could let NG authors have a place where they could show the Entire community their stuff.

it could have a week or so time period where people could look at the work and read it, then it would be taken off of the portal page, but still kept (assuming it has a high enough score) in the database, with a link to it from the author's account page.

just a random idea that popped into my head.

At 9/9/07 05:12 AM, Lord-Macer wrote: a pretty simple idea: how about a Writing portal.

also able to be performed on the BBS and your news post

SUBCATEGORY FOR HOLIDAYS:

I suggest to make a subcategory in HOLIDAYS collection called NEW YEAR

There is CHRISTMAS, but why isnt there NEW YEAR yet?
Afterall there are quite many New Years Animations now.

Here are also a few suggestions for this category:

Tibetan New Year 2132
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/21 5682

SG New Year with Emilio!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/14 3078

IMP new year
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/35 7210

New Years Eve for a Clock
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/35 7134

Happy New Year 2007
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/35 7740

I wonder how come these artists are still unrecognised, even though they made beautiful flash.
Could you please suggest this to Tom or Wade if you know them? I think they would listend to mads if you send them an email. Please contact them!

Thank you!

At 9/9/07 02:36 and at 02:37 PM, Kenzu wrote: SUBCATEGORY FOR HOLIDAYS:*2

well done for double posting (yes twice)

as I said, theres not many good ones there (only 4) and the admins would have done it a while ago had there been really good flashes

I'm sorry for the double post.

Nevertheless I still think there should be a collection even if there only were 2 good flashes. Now there are about 6 good flashes out of which 2 are awesome!

And here are more resons why it should be added: It takes no space on the server but it will feature new years cartoons. And the new year is already approaching. Furthemore, when people see there is such a collection, they will draw more cartoons related to this subject.

Let us improve newgrounds, day by day, step by step.