At 3/14/09 10:29 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 3/14/09 09:33 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7057
He did it, he finally did it and is using alts to vote it up on reviews

Don't watch this! For your sake don't!!!

It was fileswapped, obviously. Report it to Wade.

Now he's trying to cover it up

Whole thing's getting ridiculous.

At 3/15/09 05:12 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: The problem with the NGPD-bronze, EGB-silver idea is that most our new recruits don't come from the NGPD. If the majority of Barracks members wanted to raise our requirements to Silver, that'd be fine, but most votes were in favor of Bronze. So...I don't know.

One idea is that Guardsmen from the NGPD could be required to have Bronze whistles, and they'd have to move up to Silver before becoming official Barracks members; the general population would just need Bronze.

as i said in our forum.. i think bronze is nice
but the idea of having 2 different requirement for user, depend on where they come from is illogical...
is not fare for users that come from the NGPD, it would be easy for them to join here if they don't say they where on the NGPD
just because they liked to participate, and where on 'other' club fighting spam, before joining the EGB should give them an 'easier' acceptance here... not a more difficult one

i that case if anyone want to join the EGB as a final achievement
is going to be better for them to SKIP the NGPD...

Hm, this needs more discussion, I think.

i think another poll on our forum is need, now taking this idea in consideration
(and a link from here, even a Pm to all members asking them to vote, because this is kind important, so the more often and more opinions we have the better

Anyhow, onto other business. The discussion period on Corky52 is over, and the majority was substantial enough for me to re-allow him into the Barracks

congrats Corky... i'm pretty sure is going to be nice to have you back now that everything changed and is cleared up.

In other news, I had a PM conversation with a spammer tonight, and it was pretty interesting. Despite what their antics in the Portal might lead you to believe, most spammers are actually pretty intelligent and know what they're doing, so hopefully something productive will come out of the ongoing discussion. And if not, oh well, then nothing will have changed.

who said they weren't intelligent, i always thought they are intelligent enough, enough for make the happy savers vote 5 for them, passing on the portal with such flashes. if we though they weren't intelligent, well maybe that's why we could defeat them in the pass... we overestimated them

Personally, I would love for there to be a spam group on Newgrounds that shows a degree of effort and doesn't break any rules...such a group would be one I might join, if I had the time.

i didn't have the pleasure to meet them, i hope to see one of that kind...
and you joining a spam group... hahaha... you make me smile with that

because you already explain on our Forum that there are a kind of good spam group, is that i didn't freak out that someone should have hack your account XD

I miss the old days...

i definitely would love to know how those old days were
i would be great to see an old school NG

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  Fear Unlimited Issue2

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  Encons adventure continues in this prequel series to FU 1

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  (Ages 17+)

damn it that game is impossible...

also it has a lot of bugs... too bad, too bad

also Malachy, thanx for your wise words
is always nice to hear from you here

*salute*

At 3/13/09 11:46 PM, puddinN64 wrote:

Good. We need more members like you in the club.

But would you be willing to pledge or promise not to make the same mistakes again? Not to be an ass, but this is a pretty prestigous organization. We still have honor.

Before it was majorly a problem with authority. Obviously I wouldn't rejoin a club where I'm not going to have any authority unless I have solved that problem.

At 3/14/09 08:33 AM, sonofkirk wrote:

I'm so happy to have you back around here and to see you applied back just after me, like you said me on AIM. I'm pretty confident you will be accepted so I hope we both will enjoy our stay around here :).

Thanks for your support and it will be nice having a place like this around. Especially since one of the threads that I would post in all of the time (Abusive review thread) got locked up. I'll being using the one on our forums about once a week or so.

At 3/14/09 01:52 PM, puddinN64 wrote: Question:

How is one supposed to vote on a submission like this:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 6001
On one hand, this is an pretty big thing by the NG crew and I can see why it's so popular, but this to me personally is a terrible entry and not even a FLASh product. Not only this, but "It's A Tank" irritates me, because they're technically "good" videos, but they are not flash and I'm not sure if they belong on this site.

So, what's the official EGB stance on this?

You might not agree with my stance on it, but to be honest it's the right stance. Pointed out like Malachy clearly said. There isn't anything wrong with live action movies. I would know because I have several live action movies myself submitted on this website.

Also, movies like Numa Numa prove that this is obviously a website for movies as long as they are good quality. Hell the one you linked to even used animation so it's a step up from regular live action. I can say from experience that they take a hell of a lot of work to make. Hours of editing, special effects, etc...

As long as there is effort and quality I really enjoy them on this website.

At 3/14/09 03:02 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Anyway, FC-Thun-Fan brought up an interesting idea in the forums. We could have an agreement with the NGPD, where they require a Bronze Whistle or higher for entry, and we require Silver, so users have to keep improving as they go. Sound like a good idea? If it's well-received, I'll talk to Tails about it (along with the Guardsman stuff).

I'll comment on this in our forums, but I like the idea. Perhaps we should talk about a certain B/P ratio for new members too. Or at least some sort of guideline for B/P so people aren't just saving everything. Something around a ratio of at least 2.5 saves to every 1 blam or so.

At 3/14/09 03:27 PM, idiot-buster wrote:

At 3/13/09 11:20 PM, Corky52 wrote: I would like to rejoin this club. Not only did I remove every spam submission that I have I know for a fact that some of the members know that I'm now working on legitimate flash and really working hard on it.

Yes, it's good to remove all of that spam you had created. I'm happy to see you work on a legitimate submission that i will review and vote on.

Ha, well perhaps it's not going to be done in awhile because to be honest quality flash takes a long time. I'd probably have it done if I had just a week to sit down and work on it, but I really don't have the time to do it. So I get a few seconds worth of animation in every now and then when I can. At this pace it won't be done for quite awhile now, but when it is and it has passed judgment I wouldn't mind some honest reviews from you guys.

At 3/14/09 11:07 PM, phantomlassuk wrote:

I voted for Corky52 to come back on the forums.

Thank you for your support.

At 3/15/09 05:12 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Anyhow, onto other business. The discussion period on Corky52 is over, and the majority was substantial enough for me to re-allow him into the Barracks; 75% was needed, and 79% was received. Hopefully everyone can accept him back with open arms and forget past grudges. If there are any conflicts, PM me and we'll get it straightened out before it becomes a blow-up.

Thanks to everyone for the second chance. You won't have to worry about arguments or any conflicts from me at least because I won't be starting any or being involved or any. Men know how to walk away from things anyway.

Corky52, you can sign back up to the EGB forums and I'll validate you.

Done, I have some catching up to do there.

In other news, I had a PM conversation with a spammer tonight, and it was pretty interesting. Despite what their antics in the Portal might lead you to believe, most spammers are actually pretty intelligent and know what they're doing, so hopefully something productive will come out of the ongoing discussion. And if not, oh well, then nothing will have changed.

I talk to several or have talked to several of them and not only are they intelligent, but they are some of the nicest people you will ever talk to. They just find a lot of humor in how upset people get over submissions and to be honest I totally agree with how comical it can be. Now if a submission breaks a rule, steals an award, or gets mass voted I totally disagree with it. That's the point of this club anyway.

At 3/15/09 01:24 PM, aldlv wrote:

congrats Corky... i'm pretty sure is going to be nice to have you back now that everything changed and is cleared up.

Thank you for the support.

in other news...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 6905
damn it that game is impossible...
also it has a lot of bugs... too bad, too bad

I just tried it for the first time and I really don't like it. It's so buggy and glitchy that it's really not fun to play. I don't plan on getting a single point from that game.

Also, I post on a schedule so every Sunday I will post here for now on. Unless certain situations occur that is.

Yeah, y'all are right, the Guardsman thing wouldn't make much sense. It would also be difficult to keep track of, and there's enough badges and whistles flying around this place already, heh.

Since most Barracks members expressed interest in raising the whistle requirement to Bronze, that's what we'll do. I'll update the FAQ's and any relevant posts as I find them. It'd probably be easier to just require Bronze upon application than do any apprentice-y stuff, but we can still help them reach Bronze instead of just saying "no, get out here, underleveled fuck".

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racist, a photo from the kkk

also... seizure

At 3/15/09 06:56 PM, aldlv wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7214
racist, a photo from the kkk
also... seizure

Successfully flagged.

Also, if you haven't seen it already, take a look at what's on the Portal!

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  Madness Aggregation

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  Madness Combat 9: Aggregation

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I was lucky enough to vote on it while it was still under judgment. :3

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Also, if you haven't seen it already, take a look at what's on the Portal!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7220
I was lucky enough to vote on it while it was still under judgment. :3

Not me, same with Portal Defenders...I have one of the worse timing!

At 3/15/09 06:56 PM, aldlv wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7214
racist, a photo from the kkk
also... seizure

He just submitted another one, this time it's nothing but all blank

Makes you wish there's a portal mod around, but there might be a sacrifice required for that to happen which is forbid the portal mod to vote to avoid bias.

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Also, if you haven't seen it already, take a look at what's on the Portal!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7220
I was lucky enough to vote on it while it was still under judgment. :3

I watched it while it was under judgment, but I don't think I was able to get the protect point from it; damn run time was over 5 minutes, and by then word was out that a new Madness was out. It was pretty good though.

At 3/15/09 08:33 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Makes you wish there's a portal mod around, but there might be a sacrifice required for that to happen which is forbid the portal mod to vote to avoid bias.

The problem, of course, is that if a Portal Mod had too much power, the B/P and whistle system would be pointless, as there would be no group decision. If they have too little power, they don't make a difference.

I'm hopeful that something will be done in the future, though. Tom's apparently just brimming with ambitious ideas for Newgrounds...the medal system, the NG chat, lit and video portals...Portal mods might be on the agenda, as well. Hopefully they'll be able to make a difference, but not so much of a difference that the people aren't actually deciding anymore.

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 3/15/09 06:56 PM, aldlv wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7214
racist, a photo from the kkk
also... seizure

Successfully flagged.

yep... is pretty cool

Also, if you haven't seen it already, take a look at what's on the Portal!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7220
I was lucky enough to vote on it while it was still under judgment. :3

I was lucky to vote too...
also... i have the review #100 of the movie... =D... i was about to take a print screen, but, nah that was too much... haha

I'm hopeful that something will be done in the future, though. Tom's apparently just brimming with ambitious ideas for Newgrounds...the medal system, the NG chat, lit and video portals...Portal mods might be on the agenda, as well. Hopefully they'll be able to make a difference, but not so much of a difference that the people aren't actually deciding anymore.

i am curious who will be the chosen ones for this job
imagine that Tom chose only EGSC... well there would be a minimum that's definitive... or maybe a percent of votes (who know if NG have your % of correct votes on UJ flash, maybe it doesn't but who knows)

At 3/15/09 08:52 PM, aldlv wrote: i am curious who will be the chosen ones for this job

I imagine the obvious first choice would be the existing mods who have B/P experience, though I think there's quite a few members of the Elite Guard Barracks who would make excellent choices, as well. Ah, well, here's hoping.

Apparently the NGPD is having a little crisis at the moment, so all Barracks members should keep an eye on the situation and lend our support if it's requested.

*salutes*

Gents, just thought I'd let you fellows know I think this is stolen

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  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

and all his other flashes also. If you read the description he says he's worked on these for X period of time, yet some of these games are located on other websites and have been there for much longer.

Smells stolen to me.

R/S

NGPD Fellow

Welcome back, Corky52!

At 3/15/09 02:29 PM, Corky52 wrote: I'll comment on this in our forums, but I like the idea. Perhaps we should talk about a certain B/P ratio for new members too. Or at least some sort of guideline for B/P so people aren't just saving everything. Something around a ratio of at least 2.5 saves to every 1 blam or so.

With all due respect, I disagree with this. I think we couldn't reject people just because of their ratio, specially when some of our members have a ratio higher than that. We will usually talk about the ratio in our forums discussions when someone is applying to join, but there are some great people out there whose ratio are higher than that. Besides remember that at our current times getting blam points is difficult, so people who signed in recently will usually have more saves than blams.

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Also, if you haven't seen it already, take a look at what's on the Portal!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/48 7220
I was lucky enough to vote on it while it was still under judgment. :3

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Thanks! I'll check it out :D

At 3/15/09 08:56 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Apparently the NGPD is having a little crisis at the moment, so all Barracks members should keep an eye on the situation and lend our support if it's requested.

I didn't know what's happening so thanks for the heads up!

At 3/15/09 10:22 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote: *salutes*

Smells stolen to me.
R/S
NGPD Fellow

wonderful, you already posted it here. hope we caught it in time:)

Well done to Corky52 welcome back EGB. I did try to watch Madness Aggregation but I could not sit through all of it. Don't get me wrong its cool for a while but then I got bored I think it was dull the graphics seemed average, and I'm not a big fan of Madness. But its great you see it under judgment SlashFirestorm. Krinkles is a legend on here. I'm a huge fan of TheSwain I love Blockhead and I also like the new series Prostitute Mickey maybe not laugh out loud humor, but the two I have seen make me chuckle.

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  Prostitute Mickey 2

  by Jonnyethco

  Mickey comes home to bad news.

  Movie

  249,217 Views

  (Ages 17+)

On stolen flashes this I think may be stolen it is

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

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On the flash its says its from

http://www.flashkicks.com/

dated 2001

At 3/15/09 08:52 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: I'm hopeful that something will be done in the future, though. Tom's apparently just brimming with ambitious ideas for Newgrounds...the medal system, the NG chat, lit and video portals...

They're all great ideas, but those are just to get people signed up to the site and keep them here. None of those ideas are actually for the betterment of the site. Those might end up only being places that will get spammed up like the Flash Portal.

Also, I think how many medals you have, along with your score, should go in the "Account type thingy" near the bottom of the page.

Portal mods might be on the agenda, as well. Hopefully they'll be able to make a difference, but not so much of a difference that the people aren't actually deciding anymore.

Agreed; they're needed, but could possibly end up hurting the Portal if not properly groomed and regulated.

i am curious who will be the chosen ones for this job

Really, it could be anyone who's enthusiastic about protecting the Portal. Putting a requirement to it would be like putting a post count requirement for a BBS mod. High B/P counts mean nothing; it helps, but it's not the only thing Tom is looking for.

Take colleges, for example. You may have high SAT scores, but colleges are also looking at your GPA, overall grades, and extracuriculars. It doesn't hurt to have high SAT's, but they don't garuentee adminitance, especially if the other things are low.

At 3/16/09 10:30 AM, TheThing wrote:

At 3/15/09 08:52 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: I'm hopeful that something will be done in the future, though. Tom's apparently just brimming with ambitious ideas for Newgrounds...the medal system, the NG chat, lit and video portals...

They're all great ideas, but those are just to get people signed up to the site and keep them here. None of those ideas are actually for the betterment of the site. Those might end up only being places that will get spammed up like the Flash Portal.

But those ideas will certainly improve NG. The Art portal will be great since now the only way to submit your stuff is through the art forum when it doesn't get enough exposure, but the art forum will change this. The literature portal will be cool especially with all the ongoing monthly writing contests, and the NG Chat will bring the NG community even more together. Maybe the medal system wasn't needed at all, but it's a fancy feature and it's good to have it.

Also, I think how many medals you have, along with your score, should go in the "Account type thingy" near the bottom of the page.

I think that could work, it's a good idea :) Maybe the NG staff have planned something for that space already.

Portal mods might be on the agenda, as well. Hopefully they'll be able to make a difference, but not so much of a difference that the people aren't actually deciding anymore.

Agreed; they're needed, but could possibly end up hurting the Portal if not properly groomed and regulated.

As forum mod can hurt the forum and audio mods can hurt the audio portal. But yes, it's a risk since the flash portal is the most important place of NG. But if they are planning to choose portal mods, I know they are going to make a good decision.

i am curious who will be the chosen ones for this job

Really, it could be anyone who's enthusiastic about protecting the Portal. Putting a requirement to it would be like putting a post count requirement for a BBS mod. High B/P counts mean nothing; it helps, but it's not the only thing Tom is looking for.

Completely true :)
But I also think they would start off by offering some of the current mods the chance to moderate the portal too.

At 3/15/09 08:56 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 3/15/09 08:52 PM, aldlv wrote: i am curious who will be the chosen ones for this job

I imagine the obvious first choice would be the existing mods who have B/P experience, though I think there's quite a few members of the Elite Guard Barracks who would make excellent choices, as well. Ah, well, here's hoping.

Frankly I don't think that there'd be a better place to find potential Portal mods than right here, any of the active EGSC's here would be more than qualified for the job IMHO.

Apparently the NGPD is having a little crisis at the moment, so all Barracks members should keep an eye on the situation and lend our support if it's requested.

Damn time zones >.<

Were I online last night when that crap went down I would have gotten involved, as the NGPD Liaison Officer it'd have been my responsibility to have done so. Thankfully it seems to have settled out for the time being, but just in case I've contacted TailsPrower to discuss the matter and to assure him of support should the need arise. Hopefully that won't be necessary, as really it's a silly little debacle.

Gah, sorry for the double post, but I meant to include this as part of my other post.

In regard to portal mods, I think that giving the job to existing forum mods would in fact be a bad idea. It's nothing personal, it's just that I feel both jobs would necessitate 100% attention and vigilance, as they are the two most active parts of the site. In my view, having to simultaneously watch over both the portal and the forums would simply detract from the efficiency of both tasks. Now, giving the job to an existing non-forum mod would be fine, as while they do have a job to do their workload isn;t as exacting as the average BBS moderator. I just feel that the jobs of portal and forum mods should not be shared by the same people.

That's my two cents at least, for what it's worth.

At 3/16/09 10:30 AM, TheThing wrote:

At 3/15/09 08:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

Portal mods might be on the agenda, as well. Hopefully they'll be able to make a difference, but not so much of a difference that the people aren't actually deciding anymore.

Agreed; they're needed, but could possibly end up hurting the Portal if not properly groomed and regulated.

I think the best way to integrate portal mods would be having a whistle option for spam. With strict guidelines like: Still frames and non moving penises are spam. The problem with such strict guidelines would be that the spammers, knowing the guidelines, could easily get around them. So probably the best call would be, to have relatively loosely defined guidelines and pick the right people to become portal mods. Not an easy task.

mis-rated flash here. contains gay porn, but is rated 'everyone'... yeah.

I love how we started to discuss about something that we don't even know if it's going to happen... lol...

Rohan, your point is valid, but I think that a mod should know how to administrate his/her time so he/she can moderate both areas. And if he/she can't, no-one's forcing the current mods to moderate the portal or any other part of the site :)

But even if it wasn't the best for NG, I'm sure that if portal/literature/art/chat/whatever mods were needed the staff would first look at the current mods and see who qualify for the job. Then they would start looking at other people, of course, and I'd love to see people from here becoming portal mods. And honestly I think that everyone here would do a good work :)

At 3/16/09 05:19 PM, TheSongSalad wrote: mis-rated flash here. contains gay porn, but is rated 'everyone'... yeah.

Thanks for the heads up, I flagged it as unsuitable.

Hey EGB,

I'm coming from the NGPD saying that we are seriously making a Flash movie right now. I've got about 4 months of free time personally to make this happen, and it's going to happen. I've come here to ask if you fine fellows in the EGB would like to help us make this movie.

The purpose of the movie will be primarily entertainment, but we'd like to make it very informative, and somewhere along the line, before we start serious animation, I'm gonna see if I can contact a mod or admin to ask what they would like us to incorporate, knowing that this is a private NGPD flash, and helping us out with aspects of NG that aren't really known, or to tell us of t hings they might be updating, so we won't include them in the flash.

The reason I come to the EGB is that you are all very experienced and respected members of NG and we would greatly value your opinions on this project if you want to help us with it. Of course you'll get full credit, and if you decide that this is something that you, as the EGB, wants to get behind fully, we'll make it a joint NGPD and EGB production.

We are in desperate need of people with a lot of Flash experience. I've done a couple projects before, but nothing high quality and we'd love to have people like you guys to help us out.

--Fremen

P.S. If you want to help out, please PM me saying what you are willing to do and how much you are willing to do. I can send you links to our forum and site if you are really interested in making NG a better place in the way that we at the NGPD are.

THANKS!

At 3/16/09 05:37 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Rohan, your point is valid, but I think that a mod should know how to administrate his/her time so he/she can moderate both areas. And if he/she can't, no-one's forcing the current mods to moderate the portal or any other part of the site :)

But allowing other current mods to moderate the portal would be a waste of time. Even if they could budget their time, they might miss a spam flash because they were modding the forums, or miss a porn thread because they had to watch over the Flash Portal. Pulling double the work only lessens the quality of both jobs.

I think if Tom were to make some Portal Mods, he would start picking from here, choosing some one like Slash or some else who's a high rank. Here would be a good place to start, since we're the most vocal about the Portal. But that's not to say that non-members will be looked over; I just think that this is the place to start, and build from there.

Wade Fulp had a thread about Portal Mods but it seemed to go quiet. I agree that in theory it is a good idea but would it really work? I don't get why the thread went quiet. On the portal talking of spam I have seen The Owl Orchid mentioned here having a fight with Duck Division. Actually OO flash it not bad one of there pieces was of good quality. But DD seem to having a fun time spamming. Some of Chris Beer stuff got blammed but he is still here. How long The OO will last is anyone's guess. Hello there Fremen I'm sure someone will get back to you. That game got deleted as well as the author I did not report it though as I was not sure 100% it was stolen but it was so good job. Quick too.

Blammed yesterday:

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original :

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/487250Thanks for any help on the flash gents.

Hope you guys don't mind me lettin you in on abuse like this.

Good morning, gentlemen. Now before you go about shoving the requirements in my face, I just want to make my presence noted and let you guys know that I'm looking forward to the day I can finally join your barracks. Thanks for your time.

At 3/16/09 10:09 PM, Fremen wrote: I'm coming from the NGPD saying that we are seriously making a Flash movie right now. I've got about 4 months of free time personally to make this happen, and it's going to happen. I've come here to ask if you fine fellows in the EGB would like to help us make this movie.

Ha, I'd love to help, but one look at my flash submissions shows how useful I'd be. ;-)

Good luck with it, though. The Barracks has had a few proposals for EGB-promoting flash, but nothing ever got off the ground.

At 3/17/09 03:04 AM, HandsomeDisaster wrote: Good morning, gentlemen. Now before you go about shoving the requirements in my face, I just want to make my presence noted and let you guys know that I'm looking forward to the day I can finally join your barracks. Thanks for your time.

Well, assuming you know the requirements (2500+ B/P and a Bronze Whistle) and intend to meet them someday, we'll be looking forward to that day, as well. Always good to have new members, and it's great to see someone find us so early in their NG career and make a dedication to join us.

Consider applying to the NGPD when you get to Security Guard, too. :-)

I've written a rough draft of the new welcome post for prospective recruits that meet the basic stat guidelines. All prospective recruits will have to read it and agree to the Barracks Code of Conduct before we begin the discussion and vote.

Feel free to suggest anything that needs to be added or edited; this is only the rough draft, after all. And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT QUOTE THIS WHOLE THING IN YOUR REPLIES, IT JUST BARELY FITS INTO A SINGLE POST ANYWAY.

Everything below this line is the Code of Conduct post. It can also be found at the resources section of our forums.

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Welcome! I'm Slash Firestorm, the Recruitment Officer and Commander of the Elite Guard Barracks, and I'll be guiding you through the recruitment process. Here's how it works.

First, I will present you with the shortened code of conduct for the Barracks, along with links to the relevant FAQ's on our forums. You must read them, understand them, and post here again confirming that you accept those principles. A simple "yes, I agree" will be sufficient. This process serves two purposes:

1) Ensuring that you're not a "drive-by applicant" who asks to join and then never comes back, and

2) Ensuring that you know how we operate so there won't be any complications in the future, such as "wait, we're not supposed to be mass voting?".

After you agree to the code of conduct, the Barracks community will discuss your qualifications and decide whether to allow you into the group. We don't require anything too strict; beyond the main qualifications of 2500+ B/P and a Bronze Whistle or better, we'll be looking for sufficient post quality (low number of one-liners, intelligent posts that contribute to the topic), helpful reviews, any potentially problematic flashes, stuff like that. After discussion and a vote, I'll make the final call and PM you with the results. Assuming that no objections are raised, the process usually takes a day or two.

Here is our abbreviated Code of Conduct. Read it, learn it, and post again with confirmation of your understanding. If you can't abide by these principles, say so.

*****

1. Voting fairly.

This is the foundation of the Elite Guard Barracks. All members are expected to give every flash a fair vote, regardless of who made it or what their group affiliations are. We do not target any flash group, not favorably or in opposition; our only enemies are those who break the rules of the site, not those who merely bend them.

Everyone has a different definition of quality, and all members are expected to vote based on what they honestly feel a flash deserves, not on whether they think the flash will pass or be blammed. While Barracks members are proud of their high ranks, and are eager to compete with others, a high B/P score means nothing if achieved through petty point-whore voting, and any member who admits to doing so will be removed from the organization.

2. Stopping Portal abuse.

Numerous stolen, malicious, and unsuitable flash are submitted to the Flash Portal every day, and it is our job to ensure that as many of them are removed as possible. Members are expected to report any suspicious flash to the Barracks, including any evidence or doubts that they might have, and only whistle something if they are sure, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it is whistle-worthy.

Just as with B/P, points mean nothing if achieved through inappropriate means. There should be no blind rush to whistle a flash that is merely suspected of wrongdoing; it's better to let an uncertain case go by rather than wrongly whistle an innocent submission. If evidence of wrongdoing is discovered after a flash passes judgment, we can always (and will always) inform Wade of our findings.

In the case of a beyond-reasonable-doubt rulebreaking flash, members are encouraged to share their results with the Newgrounds Police Department and the Newgrounds Department of Defense.

3. Cleaning up the review system.

Members are expected to be familiar with the review guidelines and whistle abusive reviews when they come across them, and report severe cases of abuse to a review mod. Additionally, members are expected to write helpful reviews, offering constructive criticism and remaining civil even when the author refuses to do so. We must set a good example for other Newgrounders, in hopes that they will improve their only reviews as well.

4. Setting an example for others to follow.

Barracks members are expected to post intelligently, contributing to threads rather than merely dropping a one-liner opinion on it. Flaming, spamming, and other ban-worthy behavior is strictly prohibited, and extreme misbehavior will lead to removal from the EGB.

Members are also expected to act civilly towards all Newgrounders. You are expected to be helpful and patient when dealing with newer members, whether simply showing them the FAQ or explaining more complex concepts that they do not understand. Concepts such as fair voting, intelligent posting/reviewing, and keeping an open mind are essential for newer members to learn, and we are just the ones to teach them.

For those with more experience, you are expected to show respect and understand that they may, in fact, know more about Newgrounds than you do, even if you're a seasoned veteran. This applies both to fellow Barracks members and Newgrounders in the general population.

Members are expected to put reasonable effort into any flash or audio submissions, and be careful with who they become Portal Buddies with. We are quite generous with our definition of reasonable effort; examples of unacceptable submissions would be static images, single frames, ridiculously small loops, or purposefully bad music. Anyone submitting rulebreaking content would, obviously, be removed from the Barracks and reported to Wade.

5. Not starting shit.

As mentioned above, the Barracks has no enemies beyond those who break the rules of the site. Our roster has included current and former members of various flash groups, including the Clock Crew, Barney Bunch, and Kitty Krew, and we are open to anyone willing to follow our principles. Barracks members are expected to be civil to others and not start fights, and anyone found to be starting shit with anyone, even if they deserve it, will be removed. You are representing the Barracks with your actions, and if your actions do not reflect our principles, you will not be a part of the organization.

6. Remaining active with the group.

Barracks members are expected to remain reasonably active in the thread, as well as with their duties. Those who are inactive for long periods (months) may be removed from the roster at any time, and rollcalls are occasionally sent out to all members to determine who is active. Members who expect to be inactive for some time due to IRL reasons (such as school, employment, vacation, etc) should inform the Barracks in advance.

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In addition to the above, please examine the following materials.

The Barracks Manifesto
The Barracks FAQ

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