So popularity's coming back? Rightio then.

Also, Welcome back _lightning_! One thing you missed was my friend coming to the BBS and being an ass. That kid embarasses me sometimes... You can find his thread somewhere around, he had a pass at NGling, saying he was a spammer. I set him straight, along with most of the other members of the WI/HT. His name is Sir_Lord_Ass, he posted in this topic once as well.

*Gets back to the Portal*

Man, what in the hell is wrong with these voters? They're protecting absolute crap, and blamming decent submissions. I've seen a stick skateboarding movie which lasted about 8 seconds, and a paper cut-out of something where the author just made it talk. Both of those got protected. I also see good games with lots of enjoyment potential get blammed, probably just because it's a small file size. It's utter madness! Anyway, that's my rant.

Welcome back Lightning! I hope your vacation was fun.

At 5/3/03 10:05 PM, _redruM_ wrote: Man, what in the hell is wrong with these voters? They're protecting absolute crap, and blamming decent submissions. I've seen a stick skateboarding movie which lasted about 8 seconds, and a paper cut-out of something where the author just made it talk. Both of those got protected. I also see good games with lots of enjoyment potential get blammed, probably just because it's a small file size. It's utter madness! Anyway, that's my rant.

Agreed. I don't usually talk about my voting but I dropped a 1 on 'Another Beer Clock Movie', I should've given it a zero but after seeing the score it received that would've been pointless. I thought the movie (and alot of others) was crap and it makes me wonder about the voting preferences. Sometimes I don't get it (didn't I say that before?).

At 5/3/03 10:55 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Agreed. I don't usually talk about my voting but I dropped a 1 on 'Another Beer Clock Movie', I should've given it a zero but after seeing the score it received that would've been pointless. I thought the movie (and alot of others) was crap and it makes me wonder about the voting preferences. Sometimes I don't get it (didn't I say that before?).

Yeah, I think people need to re-evaluate their priorities before they vote. I saw a review that some user wrote about a movie saying that he hated the flash (the little that was there), but he loved the song, so he gave it a 4. Honestly, it's a flash portal. If the main attraction of your flash is the music, perhaps you should submit it to the audio portal. Even so, it's not like they created the song themselves, so the overall talent that went into the "flash" movie, was that deserving of a 1 at the most.

Btw, I can't believe I forgot to welcome back _Lightning_. Welcome back stranger, be sure to tell us all the highlights of your trip when you have the time.

Tons of submissions today. You had to be the fucking 'Amazing Kreskin' to figure out the general consensus.

At 5/4/03 01:51 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Tons of submissions today. You had to be the fucking 'Amazing Kreskin' to figure out the general consensus.

I noticed there were a lot, it's just a shame I wasn't able to take full advantage of it. NG was moving as slow as molasses for the better part of the day, so I couldn't vote on nearly as many as I wanted to.

At 5/3/03 11:58 PM, _redruM_ wrote: Btw, I can't believe I forgot to welcome back _Lightning_. Welcome back stranger, be sure to tell us all the highlights of your trip when you have the time.

well there weren't that much highlights =( but i see you became member #10 of our little crew/club/what ever =D

At 5/4/03 06:09 AM, _lightning_ wrote:

At 5/3/03 11:58 PM, _redruM_ wrote: Btw, I can't believe I forgot to welcome back _Lightning_. Welcome back stranger, be sure to tell us all the highlights of your trip when you have the time.

well there weren't that much highlights =( but i see you became member #10 of our little crew/club/what ever =D

where did u go lightning?

At 5/4/03 10:52 AM, lord_minotaur wrote: where did u go lightning?

He went to Belgium. Good morning people. Yesterday it was almost like summer here & now we're back to the cold rain. Amazing how the weather can change within 12 hours.

At 5/4/03 02:30 AM, _redruM_ wrote:

At 5/4/03 01:51 AM, Recon_Rebel wrote: Tons of submissions today. You had to be the fucking 'Amazing Kreskin' to figure out the general consensus.

Heh. Blame Wade's topic from last week in which 80% of the posters were confused about when to vote 0 and 1 and when not to, I suppose.

BTW, that rifle expert pic of yours looks way better when highlighted than when left alone. Methinks it needs a white background, not a black one.

I noticed there were a lot, it's just a shame I wasn't able to take full advantage of it. NG was moving as slow as molasses for the better part of the day, so I couldn't vote on nearly as many as I wanted to.

It was a Saturday. Hell, Saturday's gonna slow down NG even once the bandwidth is up to its full potential with more computers over there.

Looks like I stepped away from NG for 48 hours at a perfect time. While I've only gained 100 points in the time Ramagi's gained about 200 (and I'm usually just about on pace with her, or a bit under), sounds like yesterday was hard as hell to predict movie scores prior to voting, PLUS I had a good 250 point lead on the next person in the rank list, so I'm still in no danger of losing my #27 rank.

And by Monday, I'll be closing in on 26, 25, 24, 23, 22.... ah yes, there's a TON of good users to pass coming up, and I doubt any of them will move very fast, except perhaps Mr_Chuckles and Captain_Bob.

At 5/4/03 01:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: And by Monday, I'll be closing in on 26, 25, 24, 23, 22.... ah yes, there's a TON of good users to pass coming up, and I doubt any of them will move very fast, except perhaps Mr_Chuckles and Captain_Bob.

You'll have no problem passing anyone until you reach that Recon dude. Just be consistent as you always have. Good to hear from you bud. Hey, where do I stand on your list for protection points? Yeah, that rifle expert badge looked great with a white background but a little screwed up on black. Why exactly did that happen gfoxcook? Haha! Newgrounds was a little sluggish yesterday but I invented a few new profanities!

At 5/4/03 02:04 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote:

At 5/4/03 01:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: And by Monday, I'll be closing in on 26, 25, 24, 23, 22.... ah yes, there's a TON of good users to pass coming up, and I doubt any of them will move very fast, except perhaps Mr_Chuckles and Captain_Bob.

You'll have no problem passing anyone until you reach that Recon dude. Just be consistent as you always have. Good to hear from you bud. Hey, where do I stand on your list for protection points?

Well, always have since January. Before that, I was only consistent at not even voting on under judgement movies. But I suppose that was consistency as well, heh.

As for "that Recon dude," I dunno, he used to be kinda neck-and-neck with "that Spancker dude" and I passed HIM pretty easily, so I expect he'll be no problem either, really. #;-}>

As for the protection list, you'll have to wait a bit, I haven't updated since 5/1 as I've been out of town, so I'll do so after a bit of posting and get back to ya.

Yeah, that rifle expert badge looked great with a white background but a little screwed up on black. Why exactly did that happen gfoxcook? Haha! Newgrounds was a little sluggish yesterday but I invented a few new profanities!

It was a transparent image. There are two types of transparent images. Good ones and bad ones. Good ones are designed where ANY background color a website might have will look good with the image. Might clash with the colors or something, but at least the image will look "right." Like say a transparent brown pretzel with "holes" where the holes should be so if the page is green, blue, or whatever, it'll show through and make the pretzel look more real or 3D I suppose.

And then there are BAD transparent images, like that one. They were designed with one color or range of color in mind, and somehow the creator of the image forgot what would happen or was stupid and didn't mean to change it, and made a transparency that would look like shit on a white background when it's supposed to be on black, or as in your case, look like shit on a black background when it's supposed to be on white. Or what have you.

At 5/4/03 01:49 PM, gfoxcook wrote: And by Monday, I'll be closing in on 26, 25, 24, 23, 22.... ah yes, there's a TON of good users to pass coming up, and I doubt any of them will move very fast, except perhaps Mr_Chuckles and Captain_Bob.

i'll be happy if i'll get back to my old #47 spot =)

At 5/4/03 02:22 PM, gfoxcook wrote: As for the protection list, you'll have to wait a bit, I haven't updated since 5/1 as I've been out of town, so I'll do so after a bit of posting and get back to ya.

No problem bud. Thanks for the explanation on the badge. I know a bit about image backgrounds and what you said made sense. I was a little surprised when I saw what it looked like posted on the BBS.

hey Recon_Rebel since when were you RPG Club Member #1 weren't you like #3 last week?? =P

Hey Welcome back Lightning good to see you doing well and hope you enjoyed your trip.......

Yea I was on here yesterday - it was horrible to took forever to come up and there was about 30 - 40 new submissions and i could not get much - but its all good i am glad for one thiong though i moved into the 53 spot and thats good enough for now........

At 5/4/03 04:58 PM, XkwiziTOnE wrote: Hey Welcome back Lightning good to see you doing well and hope you enjoyed your trip.......

Yea I was on here yesterday - it was horrible to took forever to come up and there was about 30 - 40 new submissions and i could not get much - but its all good i am glad for one thiong though i moved into the 53 spot and thats good enough for now........

Same with me. I sent a barrage of profanity towards my computer screen because i could see 30+ movies and the portal was taking about 10 minutes to load so i just left it. So damn frustrating.

At 5/4/03 05:08 PM, leeboy105 wrote:
Same with me. I sent a barrage of profanity towards my computer screen because i could see 30+ movies and the portal was taking about 10 minutes to load so i just left it. So damn frustrating.

Yea I know, I did the same thing - was like what the hell - I think it might have cried so I apologized but still got upset cause all those points sitting there just sitting there waiting to be taken but, but so close but yets so far....

Hello Room Just stoppin by to say hello to the members........

At 5/4/03 09:04 PM, XkwiziTOnE wrote: Hello Room Just stoppin by to say hello to the members........

Hey X, how you doing? I think you're gonna like this gif unless you already have it. Every time I think I've seen all the cool gifs out there I run across another site.

At 5/4/03 05:21 PM, XkwiziTOnE wrote:

At 5/4/03 05:08 PM, leeboy105 wrote:
Same with me. I sent a barrage of profanity towards my computer screen because i could see 30+ movies and the portal was taking about 10 minutes to load so i just left it. So damn frustrating.

Yea I know, I did the same thing - was like what the hell - I think it might have cried so I apologized but still got upset cause all those points sitting there just sitting there waiting to be taken but, but so close but yets so far....

Next time you guys have a major problem with the portal, the best workaround is just to go to the last movie you watched, either with the forward/back button, or if you can't do it that way, via history or the dropdown list or whatever other method. Then change the id number to +1 from it, and keep doing that till you get to under judgement movies, you can vote on that, go back twice, change the id number again +1 to go to the next one, etc. Without having to go through the portal.

hey recon do u know where i can get a gif for my name. i dunno how to make a sig. i know its sad aint it. :P

At 5/4/03 09:50 PM, lord_minotaur wrote: hey recon do u know where i can get a gif for my name. i dunno how to make a sig. i know its sad aint it. :P

Yes. The place where I made my sig is www.flamingtext.com
If you decide to go there take your time trying to create one. The possibilities are almost infinite.

rgr that thx.

At 5/4/03 09:31 PM, Recon_Rebel wrote:
Hey X, how you doing? I think you're gonna like this gif unless you already have it. Every time I think I've seen all the cool gifs out there I run across another site.

Wow Recon Thanks kidd you da man - Good look I like that I wish I could be able to but my name like that - Well I am doing well tryin to take it day by day - getting the points and checkin these movies, and you are doing well I see and you are always checkin the gif's and they all are good............

At 5/4/03 09:48 PM, gfoxcook wrote:
Next time you guys have a major problem with the portal........

Aight Cool thanks GFOx I will be sure to do that next time fo' so......How are you doing?

hey guys hows this sig?

At 5/4/03 10:21 PM, lord_minotaur wrote: hey guys hows this sig?

Good job lord_minotaur. If you don't mind, could I try making one for you? I really like that site.