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The Elite Guard Barracks

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 11:22:18


At 6/12/09 09:31 AM, Corky52 wrote: Then I suggest that you watch Knox's movies.

Back when I joined, I remember being into the Matrix when I was 13, and his Matrix dubs were the funniest things I'd seen on the site. I also very much like Egoraptor's dub of Naruto, that's pretty funny.

Portal is thriving today, lovely.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 16:46:45


Man, I hate having a lack of ideas for backgrounds for our flash. It just sucks. Maybe some sort of stage or something? I need some people around so I can bounce ideas back and forth. I know I'm kinda like House in that respect.

Airfield?
Flight deck of an Aircraft carrier?
APCs? (Armored Personnel Carriers)
Aircraft hangers?

Any other ideas guys?


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 17:02:46


At 6/12/09 04:46 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Man, I hate having a lack of ideas for backgrounds for our flash. It just sucks. Maybe some sort of stage or something? I need some people around so I can bounce ideas back and forth. I know I'm kinda like House in that respect.

If anyone is like House in this club, it would be me. With a side of Dexter. (Okay, I have to say equal parts, but moving on.)

Airfield?
Flight deck of an Aircraft carrier?
APCs? (Armored Personnel Carriers)
Aircraft hangers?

Any other ideas guys?

Well, what was the EGB founded on? Elite Guard Barracks? Was Barracks meant literally, or was it just a spiffy phrase slapped on to discern from the NGPD?
What purpose would the background serve, with regards to what meaning/anything you're trying to telegraph to this flash's intended audience?
Is this background prevalent throughout the entire flash, or is it just one scene? If so, apply above questions to that scene itself. Or something.

I know my typing is scattershot by nature right now, it's exacerbated by the fact that I just had to try that 5-hour Energy Shot I saw on TV. And migraine+panic meds. Hilarious combination, like a poor (wo)man's speedball. Except without the illegal street drugs.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 18:27:49


****STOLEN FLASH ALERT****

Using non-edited Family Guy footage and audio. I think that speaks for itself.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 18:45:02


Eh, at least I voted zero on it, so blam point for me, right?

WHOOHOO!! More shit submissions + my B/P rank + me blamming = FUN!

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 19:06:52


Woah, that was fast!

At 6/12/09 06:45 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Eh, at least I voted zero on it, so blam point for me, right?

Yes, if you vote 0 on a submission while it's under judgment and it gets deleted later, you get a blam point. It happens when Wade deletes a bunch of spam flashes in a short time, busting everyone's blam points. This also encourages us to keep voting 0 on shit flashes, even if they will be saved.

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 20:23:04


Yea, I whistled it. The other two sites seemed like they have been around for a while.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 20:31:07


At 6/12/09 04:46 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Man, I hate having a lack of ideas for backgrounds for our flash. It just sucks. Maybe some sort of stage or something? I need some people around so I can bounce ideas back and forth. I know I'm kinda like House in that respect.

Airfield?
Flight deck of an Aircraft carrier?
APCs? (Armored Personnel Carriers)
Aircraft hangers?

Any other ideas guys?

I think that there would be different backgrounds based on the settings at the time. For our home base, I'm thinking something like a Military installation in the desert - lots of flat land, nothing else around. We would have both above and below ground hangers and complexes, so that what was visible would only be a small part of what we are and what we have.

Now, imagine near by off the main road, a large series of rock formations that create a rounded frame, and within that frame, an obvious man-made electronic gateway - the Portal. (think something like Star Gate). We have guardhouses at the portal, with direct communications to the rest of the barracks. The portal is monitored 24/7/365 - it never sleeps, and neither do we.

Flashes come in through the portal on a regular (or so) basis. When they arrive, they are purple, and stand for judgment. Besides our team, there are representatives from the NGPD and other groups, and all of us review and weigh each flash on it's own.

Those that are merely poor or beginner fodder, we'll usually let pass down the road to find a home in NewGrounds city. But those that are malicious or spam or inappropriate, we fire at without prejudice - and those that die are tossed unceremoniously into the Obituary graveyard.

Some days the portal is quiet, and on others, we could be flooded with spam and junk. In the sake of fairness, there are always groups of spammers and mass-voters present, doing what they can to preserve their trash. Sometimes they win, and the trash heads toward the city. During this flood, we take out our heavy equipment and call upon all the troops to fight the good fight.

But in the city, by the main gates, there are a group of citizens called "mods", who will get reports of flashes that are coming their way, but deserve another review and possible deletion. We contact them when flashes get past us that we think are violating the City of Newground rules. If they think so, they will run it up the flagpole to the leaders of the city - Tom and Wade - where they will have the last and final say on the matter.

Just from these ideas, we have many different views
- above ground military base - far view
- zoom-in views of our war-room, communications center and sleeping/rec area
- underground military base - where we keep our records, weapons and heavy gear
- pan-out view of the roads with our base between the portal and the city of New Grounds
- the image of the portal, and those around it
- the graveyard
- the road leading to the city
- the front gates of the city, with mods in the guard towers.

There's probably more. Remember, each flash is going to show part of this world, and all the parts eventually will show the entire picture. The initial story sounds like it would start in the military base, during a quiet time where a few members are in the rec room, taking it easy - when Slash comes in and starts handing out second assholes...

This is just my idea. Hopefully, it will fit in with other Barrack members ideas, and you'll get the "A-HA!" moment where you can picture the scene clearly - and then draw it.

Hope this helps - BTW, I'm doing some homework and test development on the sprite generation. Looks like I may go with an original design, as that gives me more flexibility in colors, movement and character development - and less chance of someone complaining that we plagurized a video game.

Hope this helps!

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-12 21:32:39


Well I'll be damned, this sounds a lot more like an anime than a sprite flash if you ask me. But man, you are just an extremely awesome help with this. All your idea are belong to me. (AYB REFERENCE!!!) Now if only I could get this with a pad. Sadly I don't have one but hopefully I can get one by my birthday, 7/17.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 08:17:56


I could draw the backgrounds for your flash if you like, the past 3 years since my last flash animation, all I really do is study art and draw stuff on Adobe CS3 including backgrounds.

So if your short of an artist, I'm available.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 08:46:43


At 6/12/09 05:02 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: Well, what was the EGB founded on? Elite Guard Barracks? Was Barracks meant literally, or was it just a spiffy phrase slapped on to discern from the NGPD?

Well, the Barracks was founded before the NGPD and I think that it was just a play on the fact that any rank of private or above at the time had the prefix "Elite Guard", so EagleRock played to that, as if we were really soldiers hell bent on protecting the portal.

It's gone from there over the past few years, but thinking about it, we haven't strayed too far from the original mission statement.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 11:53:02


So hey guys. I'm just posting here to say i am back and ready to protect the portal once again...While the portal is inundated with spam amd crap idiot-buster returns to the top of the list once again as the top b/per of the week.... ya i doubt that will ever happen again with someone destroying my pace even when i was trying.... not going to drop any name here.

So anything good happen while i was gone? And you guys better not have had to much fun because i am reading the forums as i type. Glad to be back and getting to post finally after my seven exams i had to study for. If you want to know how i did eveything was good except for Christology or something like that becase when i seen the essays i wanted to poop my pants for real because i only knew 1 out of 7...


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 14:09:16


Starting at 1PM central US, I'm proud to say as of right now, 8 minutes ago, I have started with the Icon Helpers section.

*Sets watch to see how many weeks it takes me to become tired of it. xD*

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 15:42:12


You mean for our flash or what?


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 16:00:56


****MALICIOUS FLASH ALERT****

SON OF A BITCH!

How many times will this be submitted?! You'd think he'd learn by now, DON'T SUBMIT THIS!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 16:16:33


Yea, I guess you're right, I'm just so sick and tired of seeing that same flash submitted over and over and over again and this guy not realizing that we don't want it here. I mean, is he really that dense or what? After all, it's been flagged how many times already? It's gotta be more than 5 I can tell ya that right now.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 17:40:19


Yes I hate it when the same author keeps submitting the same flash over and over again Chris Beer did that and it was annoying still he has now had his account deleted again. Well reading over about the flash it sound exciting. Of course I don't have a clue when it comes to making flash games or movies. Anyway notice about P-Bot being a day behind? I think it is because of when he missed last week's Sunday one. Anyway I love on the Xbox360 in games where you have Targets it like on Newgrounds where you have medals really good fun love it.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 19:07:19


I would honestly volunteer to sit and watch through all the new user accounts made 24/7, then sift through the permutations of Chris, Beer, z, b, k, (while vehemently denying mine resembles any of them), then monitor their flash submissions.
If, after 3 days, it's him, I'd delete it.
I'd be Newgrounds' first Beer Mod.

HA.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 19:48:24


Well here's a quick mock-up of the portal. I know it's nothing fancy, but it's an idea in the works.

The Elite Guard Barracks


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 19:53:10


Wow i really feal lost here there are like 3 new guys i have no clue who they are and its just strange not seeing the normal guys like phantomlassuk and others but i still im a bit out of the game so you new guys better keep on your toes with me back and look forward to getting to know all of you and to the one guy who said "son of a bitch" good job on it.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 20:00:37


You mean on the pic or the flash I had an alert for a few hours ago? If it's about the pic, then thanks. Like i said, it's only a mock-up and is a work in progress. Oh, I was talking with Corky over AIM and he told me that he won't be able to get his microphone until the 15th of August so hopefully I'll have my tablet by then. Once I have procured a tablet for myself, getting the backgrounds done should be much easier than by a mouse pad. That is annoying beyond belief, I tell ya.

So yea, things are looking up for me. YAY!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 21:39:03


At 6/13/09 02:09 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: Starting at 1PM central US, I'm proud to say as of right now, 8 minutes ago, I have started with the Icon Helpers section.

*Sets watch to see how many weeks it takes me to become tired of it. xD*

Yeah, I also make some icons every now on then. Some people may think this does too little help, but at least you're improving NG and it's a good thing to do in your free time :)

Also, while making icons, I usually scroll to the bottom in the icon helpers page, because the flashes at the bottom are the most recent.

And by the way, there's also an icon making club, in case you're interested.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-13 22:22:22


That's exactly what I did, start at the bottom. Hee. :3


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 10:09:47


At 6/13/09 07:53 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Wow i really feal lost here there are like 3 new guys i have no clue who they are and its just strange not seeing the normal guys like phantomlassuk and others but i still im a bit out of the game so you new guys better keep on your toes with me back and look forward to getting to know all of you and to the one guy who said "son of a bitch" good job on it.

I hope I'm one of those "normal guys" :P
Otherwise we have a serious issue here >:D


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 10:59:40


Here's a challenge for ya, define "normal." lmao

=^_^= <-- kitty

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 12:06:13


At 6/13/09 10:22 PM, KrevZabijak wrote: That's exactly what I did, start at the bottom. Hee. :3

Great :D

At 6/14/09 10:59 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Here's a challenge for ya, define "normal." lmao

Here's a challenge for Google, define "normal".

Seriously though, idiot-buster was obviously talking about the people he knows, and the people he used to see in this thread regularly, in distinction to the new guys which he doesn't know who they are.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 15:09:48


I know that Ismael. I was simply making a joke, that's all. Also, it seems like the portal is rather calm for a Sunday afternoon. Though I haven't really been B/Ping as much as I normally would have. Oh well.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 16:31:22


At 6/14/09 03:09 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: I know that Ismael. I was simply making a joke, that's all. Also, it seems like the portal is rather calm for a Sunday afternoon.

To be honest, I think that it's picked up a bit since Bahamut got the update prepared and released. Given a little more time tonight and I might be able to set myself up for a good charge over the next seven days.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2009-06-14 17:42:49


At 6/13/09 07:53 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Wow i really feal lost here there are like 3 new guys i have no clue who they are and its just strange not seeing the normal guys like phantomlassuk and others but i still im a bit out of the game so you new guys better keep on your toes with me back and look forward to getting to know all of you and to the one guy who said "son of a bitch" good job on it.

Well, I don't consider myself "normal", and not a /'guy/' *checks down pants and confirms statement*. But that's okay - I've been more active here as well on the NG Logs pages and site.

You might get a break - I'm finally working again (part time) so my B/P and portal time took a little hit - only getting about 60+ a day now. It's okay if you get back to the top again - I can't stay on top forever. So, please, go for it!

Glad to see you back and active again!

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