At 3/2/09 04:36 PM, idiot-buster wrote:

At 3/2/09 04:09 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 3/2/09 12:02 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Barracks Roster 2nd March 2009
Sorry for the 1 day delay!

no problem...

What this is not acceptable, you will sit in the corner and cry for it @;-}>

Funny because when I read this I was going to reply and I found out that I had been banned for three days. So don't worry, I had enough time to cry!

At 3/5/09 10:16 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Remember, everyone...if you see a spam flash that you suspect is gunning for a weekly award through unrighteous means, link to it in the Barracks so we can review it and counteract the ten reviews of alts and other spammers.

OK, if I see spam from a known spammer passing judgment I'll keep an eye on it.

At 3/5/09 10:55 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Another game has made use of the medal system!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/39 9956
I suck at that game, but at least I got a couple medals out of it, heh.

Great! I beat that game once in the past... Now I'll do it again...

Also... It's March 6th! We all know what that means!
Yeah exactly, I start school in three days!
What, you thought this was about the tank awards?

Hey, have you watched the tank awards already? There's a video about it on the frontpage!

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  2nd Annual Tank Awards

  by MindChamber

  Find out who won what for the 2nd Annual Tank awards!

  Movie

  255,649 Views

  (Everyone)

I'm sure most of you have watched that... I'm writing this just in case!

Also there's a bad flash on the portal which was submitted today by the FF and has 10 reviews already. The average review score isn't high but we should keep an eye on it because some of the negative reviews may be deleted and it may get some positive ones... So I'm going to review it.

I think that's all...

At 3/6/09 10:01 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Also there's a bad flash on the portal which was submitted today by the FF and has 10 reviews already. The average review score isn't high but we should keep an eye on it because some of the negative reviews may be deleted and it may get some positive ones... So I'm going to review it.

I think that's all...

Heh, apparently that wasn't all, I forgot about the link to the submission:

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Cheers!

PS: I'm so stupid >.<

At 3/6/09 10:01 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Hey, have you watched the tank awards already? There's a video about it on the frontpage!

I need to go and watch the winners and nominees. Shocking secret---I have never watched the "There She Is!" series. Not a single episode. Just never got around to it. :'(

Also, haha, Tom's acting was terrible, but in an adorable sort of way. I hope next year's awards are presented this way, too. Also, PICO 2, JUST KIDDING. >:(

Also there's a bad flash on the portal which was submitted today by the FF and has 10 reviews already. The average review score isn't high but we should keep an eye on it because some of the negative reviews may be deleted and it may get some positive ones... So I'm going to review it.

Currently not a threat, but yeah, keeping an eye on it.

It looks like we have a new spammer group called the "PENGUIN POSSE". There just as bad as the food face force that no longer exists. Take a look at there newest flash, it's no more than a loop with dicks and some hypnotic background. Lets try and review this fairly, because right now it's review ave is 0.0....shocker.

I know idiot-buster that Chris Beer asshole has got another one which passed and another one. I have been checking the reviews and noticed that Chris Beer giving tens to other spam flashes, I flagged them. I think its disgusting how this happens. Just when I thought he has quit yes Penguin Posse is the new name. Well I saw that one to also Ismael92 I bookmarked it and I think its okay. But I noticed they give 10s to the other spam flashes. I found another one here by (DD,) I will try to write a few reviews for them hopefully they wont win any awards. I did see the winner of the 2 Tanks Awards Tom Fulp sounded cool and well done to the winners here is the link

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Also to Chris Beer one

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Shit it passed?!

At 3/7/09 09:12 PM, phantomlassuk wrote: I know idiot-buster that Chris Beer asshole has got another one which passed and another one. I have been checking the reviews and noticed that Chris Beer giving tens to other spam flashes, I flagged them. I think its disgusting how this happens. Just when I thought he has quit yes Penguin Posse is the new name. Well I saw that one to also Ismael92 I bookmarked it and I think its okay. But I noticed they give 10s to the other spam flashes. I found another one here by (DD,) I will try to write a few reviews for them hopefully they wont win any awards.

Oh, i did not realize that was his new spam crew. Would have never recognized it was him again. What a persistent bastered he is..... I can't seem to figure out how it passed. I mean are you kidding me 0.54 thats now the worst thing that has ever passed the judgement in 9 years of the portal. I hope every flash he has made is deleted and his awards are taked away from him. I will be making some well needed reviews latter tonight so they don't get such a high review ave and that is ridiculus too how high it can get sometimes.....

Well, the good news is that they don't appear to be gunning for Review Crew Pick or Underdog (though, like the other flash, vigilant observation is needed). One of them will probably get this week's TOTW, but that's all but unavoidable with those titles, and unless they break the rules, there ain't much we can do. The Newgrounds public is to blame for those passing.

There's a possibility that Wade will go on another deletion spree, but it might not happen until there's a few dozen of these things clogging the Portal and the awards.

Gah.

At 3/2/09 12:02 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Barracks Roster 2nd March 2009

I saw the roster when it was posted but i never made a reply to it.

20] 13,354 | 0,014 | 00.5 | --4.16 DarkSoldier Lt.

Bleh, i haven't really tried B/Ping lately...

February update.
Cheers :)

Thanks for the update!

I leveled up now only another two months till I hit level 30 amazing. I have been looking at some of the spam and Chris Beer submitted another one. DD are back yet another alt I have been looking tthe reviews as I said yesterday, and been checking to see that they don't attempt to steal any awards. Annoying though and he left an abusive comment on my user page. Anyway noticed that the user AdairTishler had all his comments removed I guess because it was a dodgy post he made, also Gooch is now a mod again. But on the spam I will keep an eye out.

Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

Blamming I love the feeling of blamming a spam flash for example Chris Beer from FFF, who has been deleted again and is now back. I love seeing a bad flash go to the obituaries I guess because its rarer to get blams then saves most things tend to pass.

At 3/8/09 01:58 PM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 3/2/09 12:02 PM, Ismael92 wrote: February update.
Cheers :)

Thanks for the update!

You're welcome ;)

At 3/9/09 06:22 AM, phantomlassuk wrote:

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

Blamming I love the feeling of blamming a spam flash for example Chris Beer from FFF, who has been deleted again and is now back. I love seeing a bad flash go to the obituaries I guess because its rarer to get blams then saves most things tend to pass.

Exactly. More stuff gets saved, so when I see a good flash, I feel like it's going to pass judgment regardless of what I do. However when I see some shit by a spammer, I feel like I'm making a difference when I vote 0, especially if it ends getting blammed.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

I agree with everyone here; blamming is more satisfying. Just because there are so few blam points out there, it feels so good to see that "your vote blammed some one else's hard work!" message, or even to see that a video you gave a 1 or 0 on disappear.

Although, from the Tank awards winner video, I remember Tom saying that out of the 57,000 submissions, about 24,000 or so were blammed. It was numbers close to that, although I'm not 100% certain. That means that there's about a 42% blam rate, higher than I would have expected.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

Well, reaching 20,000 Blams the other day was a lot more satisfying than getting 30,000 Saves was a few months before. When I used to look at it and think that even 10k Blams would be a struggle for me, now that I've gotten to 20k, I can dare to dream of how high I can climb.

At 3/9/09 07:53 AM, TheThing wrote: Although, from the Tank awards winner video, I remember Tom saying that out of the 57,000 submissions, about 24,000 or so were blammed. It was numbers close to that, although I'm not 100% certain. That means that there's about a 42% blam rate, higher than I would have expected.

That's probably to do with the spam submissions that were deleted at a later date and those of the submissions that were deleted by the author during the year, so it's probably skewed the statistics a bit

You can prove anything with statistics, after all.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

Blamming because these days you know that if it gets blammed it deserves it. however their are plenty of flashes that get through that clearly dont deserve the score they recieve. It looks like this is going to be a feeling that the majority of the barracks will agree with but with different reasons.

*Salutes* Permission to join sir?

Time for some Barracks business!

Alright, it's been some time since our last major restructuring, and while things have been functioning relatively smoothly, I plan on doing another membership rollcall in the near-ish future (April at the latest), along with another re-evaluation of officer positions and those who hold them. For those who have only been lurking lately, now is the time to get more active. And if anyone has suggestions for positions that may be needed in the future, feel free to mention them.

I've also cleared the posts in the Abusive Review Investigations thread of our forums, as most of the abuse had been taken care of and the posts were starting to add up. If you've got a good source of review abuse that you want flagged, feel free to post it there, but make sure that you read the rules for posting links before you do.

I'm also feeling like modifying the recruitment procedure a little, to make it a bit more strict. My idea is this: when someone posts and asks to join, I'll give them a shorter version of the Barracks manifesto to read and agree to before approval discussions begin. This way any potential recruits will know our position on voting, reviewing, etc. well before becoming a member. I'll make a copy/paste thing in my Resources thread when I get the chance.

Speaking of recruitment...

At 3/9/09 02:57 PM, FurryFox wrote: *Salutes* Permission to join sir?

Welcome to the Barracks! I'm the Barracks Recruitment Officer, Supreme Commander Slash Firestorm. It's my job to examine new prospective recruits and see if they've got what it takes to join the EGB.

Let me explain how the recruitment process works.

Currently you are in "Standby Status" while your case is considered. During this process, me and the other Barracks members will take a look at your record---posting quality, review history/quality, flash record, etc---and see if there are any problems.

Don't worry, we're not too strict about these things; we just want to make sure that you have a decent posting record (not too many one-liners and no flaming/spamming), don't make abusive reviews or rulebreaking flash, etc..

After a period of discussion amongst the Barracks members, I will make the final call. Assuming that no objections are raised, this Standby Status should only last approximately 24 hours. I will PM you with the final verdict.

Barracks members can go to the appropriate thread for discussion and voting. Remember that you must be logged in to view and post, and speak now or forever hold your peace.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

I know the jury is pretty much unanimous on this one, but nevertheless I'm also gonna go with blams. I don't know what it is that makes is so satisfying. Is it as simple as the fact that they are hard to come by at times? Or is is more sinister, that it appeals to man's appetite to destroy? Who knows? All that I know is that there's nothing quite like blamming a piece of crappy spam that wholly deserves it.

At 3/9/09 03:18 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Alright, it's been some time since our last major restructuring, and while things have been functioning relatively smoothly, I plan on doing another membership rollcall in the near-ish future (April at the latest), along with another re-evaluation of officer positions and those who hold them. For those who have only been lurking lately, now is the time to get more active.

Sadly I've fallen into this category as of late, it's not an issue of time for me as much as a lack of anything relevant to say. Here's hoping I'll be more inspired to post in times to come.

I'm also feeling like modifying the recruitment procedure a little, to make it a bit more strict. My idea is this: when someone posts and asks to join, I'll give them a shorter version of the Barracks manifesto to read and agree to before approval discussions begin. This way any potential recruits will know our position on voting, reviewing, etc. well before becoming a member. I'll make a copy/paste thing in my Resources thread when I get the chance.

Sounds good. Whenever you do get round to drawing up the new recruitment manifesto I'll be sure to post about in the NGPD to let them know procedure has been somewhat modified. Not that there's be a huge need to, after all their policies would be relatively similar to our own, but as a matter of interest it's probably wise to inform them of any changes to Barracks procedure.

May I join the ranks sirs? Im interested in aiding this club and helping it end spam flashes.

At 3/9/09 05:50 PM, Akkere wrote: May I join the ranks sirs? Im interested in aiding this club and helping it end spam flashes.

Hello there! I'm the Barracks Recruitment Officer, Supreme Commander Slash Firestorm. While I'm glad to see your interest in the Elite Guard Barracks, I must regretfully inform you that you do not meet the admissions requirements.

To be considered for the Elite Guard Barracks, you must be of Private rank or higher (2500+ B/P), and have an intact whistle (Normal or higher).

Anyone over the rank of Security Guard (400+ B/P) can apply to the Newgrounds Police Headquarters, where they can work on their B/P'ing, whistling, and other skills until they reach Private.

Since you don't have any blam or protect points yet, I'll give you the "how to B/P" speech. :3

You get B/P points by going to the Flash Portal (big button in the header) and voting on Under Judgment flashes (highlighted in purple).

A flash must pass several checkpoints to pass judgment. If it's below the required score at a checkpoint, it is deleted, and anyone who voted 0 or 1 on it will gain a Blam Point.

50 votes - 0.60
100 votes - 0.75
150 votes - 1.25
200 votes - 1.60
*Note---flashes with multiple co-authors must meet higher requirements, although the exact scores needed have not yet been specified.

After a flash passes 200 votes and has a score of 1.60 or higher, it is saved, and everyone who gave it a 2, 3, 4, or 5 gets a Protect Point. Also, once a flash has passed, it can never be deleted, regardless of how low its score gets. Only an admin or the author could remove it post-judgment.

Add up your Blam and Protect points to get your B/P total. The higher your total, the higher your rank---ranging from Civilian to Supreme Commander. Higher ranks give more prestige and a boost to your vote power. Click here to see a list of all the ranks, including B/P requirements, badges, and the experience boost.

For example, my base voting power (determined by experience) is 7.35. I have over 30000 B/P points, making me a Supreme Commander, which means that I get a 60% boost---making my true voting power an impressive 11.75. This means that my votes are nearly twelve times stronger than an unregistered voter's.

If you have any questions, and would like to learn other ways to fight abuse on Newgrounds, check out my news post or PM me.

I need the EGB's advice on this; Was I right to whistle this?
Original: http://katsuke-saito.deviantart.com/art/
3D-Anim-Poly-Box-Animation-114723891

Flash:

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

At 3/9/09 07:14 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: I need the EGB's advice on this; Was I right to whistle this?

Honestly, it's unclear if it's stolen, and in the Barracks we err on the side of caution. The author of the in-question flash has submitted numerous flash, but the sloppy comments make it a bit suspect, yes.

The best solution in this case is to ask the author on DA if they submitted it here. I'll do that right now, in fact.

At 3/9/09 05:09 AM, BenwaHakubi wrote: Just for fun, What is more satisfying, blamming or saving? I wanna know what people here at the EGB think.

is very satisfying to blam what deserves to be blamed... i really big fat cero is great =D

but also helping your favorite artists by saving his/her movies... is really great, you feel like a fan that helped, that was part of the flash

Like when Waterlollies was out... i voted on it when it was under judgment... (it was about 26 views when i open it)
when i say that on the Brackenwood forum that i helped on the under judgment, a lot of user was like... wow, you did? that's cool

At 3/9/09 07:14 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: I need the EGB's advice on this; Was I right to whistle this?

ohh... a prospect
have you seen this lady B/P per day? check NgLog

At 3/9/09 03:18 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Time for some Barracks business!

yay!

Alright, it's been some time since our last major restructuring, and while things have been functioning relatively smoothly, I plan on doing another membership rollcall in the near-ish future (April at the latest), along with another re-evaluation of officer positions and those who hold them. For those who have only been lurking lately, now is the time to get more active. And if anyone has suggestions for positions that may be needed in the future, feel free to mention them.

I don't know when the last "major restructuring" was, because I just wasn't a member, but anything that benefits us is OK! Even if I'm not sure at all of what you're planning to do.

I'm also feeling like modifying the recruitment procedure a little, to make it a bit more strict. My idea is this: when someone posts and asks to join, I'll give them a shorter version of the Barracks manifesto to read and agree to before approval discussions begin. This way any potential recruits will know our position on voting, reviewing, etc. well before becoming a member. I'll make a copy/paste thing in my Resources thread when I get the chance.

Sounds like a good idea! That way people will be sure of who we are and what we do.

I'm looking forward to this updates in the barracks :)

--

Also, notice that I'm angry (I even took the time to select an emoticon for this post, and I never do that). Why? It's a long story actually, and I'll post it tomorrow in my profile (just for the sake of it), but this is the last day in my holidays. That's right, tomorrow school starts again! It's usually a happy day: meeting old friends, new people, and of course, getting back to playing ping pong.

But it turns out that someone stupid did something stupid, and I'm not in the group where I should be.
<brief explanation>
In 5th year students get to choose what they want to do in their future and they must choose between 4 "groups": Scientific, Artistic, Biologic and some other thing that has a lot of history and literature.
</brief explanation>
I should be in the scientific group, but for some reason, some incompetent person which I've always hated made a mistake and I'm in the biologic group. So tomorrow I gotta go to school early in the morning, talk to someone, and MAYBE he/she'll put me in the right group. And if he/she doesn't do that, it means the following 2 years will be a torture for me, because I don't like biology. And I may even miss a week or two of school. And no, that's not good.

And that's the random new of the day. Fuck >:(

At 3/9/09 03:47 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Sadly I've fallen into this category as of late, it's not an issue of time for me as much as a lack of anything relevant to say. Here's hoping I'll be more inspired to post in times to come.

I intend to lurk and post more in the NGPD again, something I promised to do before and didn't really follow up on. I was only "meh" active on Newgrounds during the last restructuring, but now I'm back at FULL POWER. :-D

Whenever you do get round to drawing up the new recruitment manifesto I'll be sure to post about in the NGPD to let them know procedure has been somewhat modified. Not that there's be a huge need to, after all their policies would be relatively similar to our own, but as a matter of interest it's probably wise to inform them of any changes to Barracks procedure.

Will do. It'll be a sort of contract---anyone who agrees to it has no excuse if, say, we catch them making abusive reviews or putting out completely shitty flash. It will also prevent us wasting time on any drive-by, never-come-back recruitment requests.

At 3/9/09 09:04 PM, Ismael92 wrote: I don't know when the last "major restructuring" was, because I just wasn't a member, but anything that benefits us is OK! Even if I'm not sure at all of what you're planning to do.

The rollcall is simple enough...I send PM's to everyone on the roster, asking them to reply back and let me know their level of activity in the EGB.

Active members, and no-shows who pledge to improve their activity, remain on the roster. Anyone who wishes to leave the EGB due to inactivity or changing interests are honorably discharged (meaning they can return at a later date without hassle). Those who don't reply at all are taken off of the main roster and put on the AWOL list at our forums...they're not kicked out, but neither are they active members.

The purpose of this process is to make a more accurate list of active members---those we can call upon if needed. Before the last purge, we had members on the roster who hadn't posted in YEARS, and that ain't gonna happen again, lol. Better to know we've got ten active members than to assume we've got fifty.

Cool I like the sound of that SlashFirestorm its a good idea to pm people to remind them if they want to still remain in the club. I think now having watched it a few times I can understand why Chuck's New Tux won The Tank awards. I first saw the flash last year, but the twist at the end is so fucking funny macabre and quite violent despite the rating. It has me in fits of giggles may write a review. I have been keeping an eye out for spammers quiet again though. The voice gets me.

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  Chuck's New Tux!

  by HappyHarry

  Chuck's got a brand new tux, but can he keep it clean until the big dance??

  Movie

  549,129 Views

  (Ages 13+)

At 3/10/09 12:41 AM, phantomlassuk wrote: The voice gets me.

How about this voice then?

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  Zapp Brannigan Montage

  by Coop

  Voice Acting Sample

  Song

  Voice Demo

  6,166 Views

  PLAY

At 3/9/09 03:18 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Time for some Barracks business!

Alright, it's been some time since our last major restructuring, and while things have been functioning relatively smoothly, I plan on doing another membership rollcall in the near-ish future (April at the latest), along with another re-evaluation of officer positions and those who hold them.

Fair enough, always good to keep the roster fresh and free of those who don't intend to return.

For those who have only been lurking lately, now is the time to get more active.

Aww, but I like lurking :(. Honestly the portal is a bit dull at the moment- pretty inactive, with considerably less spam than we've grown accustomed to. And that is wonderful, but it doesn't exactly lead to exciting conversation! I'm always lurking though. Watching.

Waiting...

I contacted the author of Poly-Box on DeviantArt, and he confirmed that it was stolen and contacted Tom. The flash has been deleted, along with the submitter, who had quite a bit of previously submitted flash that war very likely stolen.

Justice prevails.