At 6/2/10 10:16 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/2/10 07:36 PM, jedi-master wrote: Could someone PLEASE answer my question? If any of you remember in my earlier post, the flash "Coign Vantage", got flagged for admin review. Now it's as if the flash never existed! I know that the admins didn't get to it in time! Is it possible to delete a flash of yours that has been flagged? I'd really like to know guys.

It probably was deleted. I am not entirely sure, but I believe that the flash flagging process is being handled by moderators as well, but I'm not 100% on that. Coop might be able to address that better than me. As far as deleting your own flash after it was flagged, I don't think that is possible.

I think that Wade must have removed the submission -Run-, judging by the score at death. I am guessing that the rest of the removals was due to a mass deletion. Strange that the flash never existed...

At 6/2/10 09:46 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 8045
Barney Bunch's Drew Pickles crap.

What is wrong with the submission? Is it breaking any rules? I watched the flash and don't think it is stolen, malicious, or unsuitable, so there is really no reason to flag it. Remember that this club does not discriminate against any group or user, so every Flash that is not rulebreaking is deserving of a fair vote.

I'm making it a personal footnote that I'm going to start deleting posts where people are trying (subconsciously or not) to subvert the EGB to a Blam club. That is against the rules, so stop right there.

At 6/3/10 08:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm making it a personal footnote that I'm going to start deleting posts where people are trying (subconsciously or not) to subvert the EGB to a Blam club. That is against the rules, so stop right there.

Alright, that is indeed fair enough. I know I never try to subvert our rules and try to turn the EGB into a blam club. But I will agree with IF on that. They do tend to take Rule 34 and Drew Pickles way to friggin' far. *shudders* God, they may be spammers, but they're much more annoying than the [DD] was last summer. The [DD] were merely malicious and nothing more. They are cyberterrorists. The [BB]....just.....UGH!

At 6/3/10 01:56 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 6/3/10 08:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm making it a personal footnote that I'm going to start deleting posts where people are trying (subconsciously or not) to subvert the EGB to a Blam club. That is against the rules, so stop right there.

Agreed, Coop!

They are cyberterrorists. The [BB]....just.....UGH!

Also, I agree, Barney Bunch is just annoying, but they aren't breaking the rules, since they aren't posting porn, pop-ups, or anything else... They just like to annoy...

This will be the last chapter I'm posting for a time being.

There will be few more updates after this chapter until the eventual hiatus somewhere around next month, but I'll start posting new chapters to this thread once I return.

At 6/3/10 01:56 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote:

At 6/3/10 08:28 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm making it a personal footnote that I'm going to start deleting posts where people are trying (subconsciously or not) to subvert the EGB to a Blam club. That is against the rules, so stop right there.

Alright, that is indeed fair enough. I know I never try to subvert our rules and try to turn the EGB into a blam club. But I will agree with IF on that. They do tend to take Rule 34 and Drew Pickles way to friggin' far. *shudders* God, they may be spammers, but they're much more annoying than the [DD] was last summer. The [DD] were merely malicious and nothing more. They are cyberterrorists. The [BB]....just.....UGH!

Cobra, for your efforts above and beyond the call of duty in your capacity as protector of Newgrounds, I hereby grant you the authority to use our new prototype blam rifle. You may now liquidate those abominations with extreme prejudice - and may God have mercy on our souls!

*Salutes*

Hmm, let's a credit assessment:

Standard weaponry: paid for by tax dollars
Totally tricked out tank with badass paintjob: $3000+
Byte's poster for me: fuckin' priceless!

ROFLMAO!!!

At 6/3/10 04:13 PM, byteslinger wrote: Cobra, for your efforts above and beyond the call of duty in your capacity as protector of Newgrounds, I hereby grant you the authority to use our new prototype blam rifle. You may now liquidate those abominations with extreme prejudice - and may God have mercy on our souls!

Is that the thing that I tested and broke three ribs with? Nah, I'm sure we scrapped it, didn't we?

Also, on a related note, I just got 25,000 Blams, so there will be a new chapter within minutes.

At 6/3/10 04:49 PM, Coop83 wrote:

Also, on a related note, I just got 25,000 Blams, so there will be a new chapter within minutes.

Congratulations, Sir. William Cooper, I'm pretty sure you'll blam more 75K of subs...

requesting permission to join the ranks sir!

At 6/3/10 10:25 PM, capnkrunch wrote: requesting permission to join the ranks sir!

I'll take this one off your hands, fellas :)

It's great to see that you're eager to join the cause, capnkrunch! Sadly you do not meet the requirements necessary to join the Elite Guards. They must maintain strict, uncompromising standards to ensure that only the finest are admitted. The following must be achieved in order to be considered by the recruitment officer:

- Minimum badge of Private (2500 b/p point total)

- Minimum whistle level of Bronze

- Satisfactory post/review quality. They should be insightful and constructive, not like "cool" or "dis sux0r BLAM!"

- A clean history in the BBS and Portal; no record of you being involved in blatant misbehavior and/or submitting spam type flashes.

(yes I referred to the forum >:P)

However, you're not out of options! The NGPD is the perfect place for people who are just starting to serve the portal. Unfortunately you're not ready to join the NGPD just yet, but with some effort we can get you right on your feet! Being honorably discharged from the the PD is a huge plus for EGB recruitment officers, lemme tell ya ;)

PM me if you're interested and I'll send you the rest of the details.

While we do enjoy the enthusiasm, you need to have 2500 B/P, the rank of Private and a bronze whistle or better to join. Once you reach 400 B/P, the rank of Portal Security, and have 50 well thought out, non-spammy one-liner posts, you can apply at the NGPD.

At 6/3/10 08:29 PM, RogerBK wrote:

At 6/3/10 04:49 PM, Coop83 wrote: Also, on a related note, I just got 25,000 Blams, so there will be a new chapter within minutes.

Congratulations, Sir. William Cooper, I'm pretty sure you'll blam more 75K of subs...

There's a reason that only a certain handful of characters would even know Coop's name in that piece. Personally, I don't even like the name William, but I'm stuck with it. Don't call me that. Stick to Coop for the time being.

Anybody else notice how slow the portal and the forums have been today?

At 6/4/10 09:20 AM, Coop83 wrote:

There's a reason that only a certain handful of characters would even know Coop's name in that piece. Personally, I don't even like the name William, but I'm stuck with it. Don't call me that. Stick to Coop for the time being.

I like that name, is pretty cool, I think it's a formal and very English name... But, if you don't want, I call you Coop.

Also, I noticed it Silent... I was out 3 hours from the portal today, and I noticed that no submission passed judgement w/out I voting it... Strange, huh... I miss KK and their portal spam... :'(

At 6/4/10 05:28 PM, RogerBK wrote: I miss KK and their portal spam... :'(

Are you nuts!? No matter how many times I try to blam their submissions(no I'm not surcumventing the rules, I just know that because of their track record, all they do is submit crap) they always make it through, which in turn makes it difficult to get a decent blam point nowadays. >_>

Hell, even the submission by the [DD]'s old right hand man, GH got through. >_<

No I have not noticed the portal activity but then I have been having a absolute nightmare time with the fucking sound on my MAC. It began on Wednesday I was on YouTube when the sound suddenly cut off this is on flashes. My sound works fine my volume is okay but on flashes it cuts out. I don't understand it I have tried many things, don't know if I may have to get a new laptop. It is so frustrating this is awful.

Stolen flash:

• 

  Ninja Or Nun 2

  by ian-uk-2005

  Ninjas, hiding out amongst the Nuns! Can you defeat these deadly dudes

  Game

  74,885 Views

  (Everyone)

Original.

As well as all over Google too.

I also noticed his theft of the previous one was never picked up either. And that every damn one of his submissions appears to come from a different website and be of a different art, build and play style.

Stolen:

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

As he said in the description:

"I'm still waring you that i did not create this."

Stolen:

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Not sure where from, but it definitely isn't his.

I was on AIM with Cobra Friday evening, and he told me that he was chatting with EagleRock about the subject of sigs. Long story short, I figured I'd help with some sig redesigns for Eagle.

So, oh great and glorious commander, please give me your opinion on some of the first drafts. I know they'd be subject to revision, and I await your feedback - or anyone elses!

*Salutes*

At 6/5/10 01:05 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Stolen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 8299
As he said in the description:
"I'm still waring you that i did not create this."

That doesn't necessarily mean that it's stolen. It's not completely ridiculous to think that maybe he said that just to troll some people and make them lose whistle points when it turns out it's not stolen. The author doesn't even mention where it's stolen from. As the meme goes, "IT'S A TRAP!"

At 6/5/10 03:25 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Stolen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 8306
Not sure where from, but it definitely isn't his.

I cannot emphasize this enough: you must, ABSOLUTELY MUST, provide a link to the original or to some other form of conclusive evidence that proves that the submission is stolen. If you just post subjective, half-assed reports all willy-nilly then that's no better than what happened at Rage's thread. No matter how obvious it is, please try to uphold these standards. Otherwise you may risk doing more harm than good.

At 6/6/10 01:47 AM, byteslinger wrote: I was on AIM with Cobra Friday evening, and he told me that he was chatting with EagleRock about the subject of sigs. Long story short, I figured I'd help with some sig redesigns for Eagle.

*sighs* You completely missed the joke Byte. I thought you figured it out, apparently not. >_> I was in hopes you would've taken his name literally! Like making a sig that looks like a Bald Eagle is photoshopped INTO a rock. Not carved out of one, nothing like that, but a boulder that is "morphing", for lack of a better word, into a Bald Eagle.

*hangs head in dismay* Not to say that the sigs are extremely well done, it's just I was hoping for a gag sig.

Stolen:

• 

  Mustache Warrior

  by Goyoya

  Funny game...

  Game

  5,358 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Original:

http://www.ultimatearcade.com/game/musta che-warrior

Is it just me or is there alot of low quality/stolen submissons on portal lately?

At 6/6/10 01:47 AM, byteslinger wrote: I was on AIM with Cobra Friday evening, and he told me that he was chatting with EagleRock about the subject of sigs. Long story short, I figured I'd help with some sig redesigns for Eagle.

So, oh great and glorious commander, please give me your opinion on some of the first drafts. I know they'd be subject to revision, and I await your feedback - or anyone elses!

*Salutes*

Well, I have to say, I'm impressed! I like the first one better than the second, but I think that it is missing something. Something under the "EagleRock" might be in order...I'm thinking old-school green console text displaying something geeky, yet related to the Barracks... ">: /dev/egb" might not be a bad one. I'll leave the good ideas to you, though. You're the residential sigmaster... :-)

At 6/6/10 12:23 PM, TailsPrower wrote:

At 6/5/10 01:05 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Stolen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 8299
As he said in the description:
"I'm still waring you that i did not create this."

That doesn't necessarily mean that it's stolen. It's not completely ridiculous to think that maybe he said that just to troll some people and make them lose whistle points when it turns out it's not stolen. The author doesn't even mention where it's stolen from. As the meme goes, "IT'S A TRAP!"

Tails has a point. Now, in Sir-Nuts' defense, I'm a bit leery about people who publicly claim they are not the owner, only because it could be a trap, or it could be legit. Usually, if they are smart enough, people that are posting something might say, "I did not make this, but I am posting this with the owner's permission. You can find his homepage/profile/site at XXX."

However, with flagging, without hard evidence, I don't act. So, Tails makes the point here.

At 6/5/10 03:25 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Stolen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/53 8306
Not sure where from, but it definitely isn't his.

I cannot emphasize this enough: you must, ABSOLUTELY MUST, provide a link to the original or to some other form of conclusive evidence that proves that the submission is stolen. If you just post subjective, half-assed reports all willy-nilly then that's no better than what happened at Rage's thread. No matter how obvious it is, please try to uphold these standards. Otherwise you may risk doing more harm than good.

Tails has a point that we do have a lack of evidence, but if someone suspects a stolen Flash, I don't want to deter people from deliberating on it. If you think something might be stolen, post it anyway, but entitle it "Possibly Stolen" and say you are pretty sure this was posted earlier or stolen, and see if anyone else has a legitimate link to prove it. Without hard proof, we CANNOT call it stolen, but I don't see a problem with checking with others and making sure.

I like the effort people are putting into reporting though...I'd hate to deter people from it. However, we just need to make sure we abide by the rules of the BBS and not turn this place into a whistle point factory just like Tails mentioned. :-)

At 6/6/10 03:07 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: *sighs* You completely missed the joke Byte.

*thumbs nose at Cobra* Haha...no rock-with-a-beak for you! :-P

*hangs head in dismay* Not to say that the sigs are extremely well done, it's just I was hoping for a gag sig.

Well...look at the bright side...I'm probably getting a new BBS sig out of it!

At 6/6/10 04:19 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Is it just me or is there alot of low quality/stolen submissons on portal lately?

Well, without getting into opinions on under-judgment Flash, there have been a lot more amateurs posting as of late. However, is that necessarily a bad thing? Disregarding any spammy or malicious Flash, aspiring Flash artists are not bad for Newgrounds. In fact, they are the best thing Newgrounds can have right now. Without its own core of Flash artists that improve their work here, what is Newgrounds other than a glorified aggregate Flash site? There are already dozens of Flash sites where people pump-out professional-grade Flash by the day. Newgrounds gets a piece of those all the time. Instead of seeing all of the sponsored Flash day-by-day, I'd rather see someone that's genuinely trying to get better at Flash and improve over time.

So, don't think of it as a bad thing...give some constructive reviews to these artists and let them keep working...in time, they'll be the future members that keep Newgrounds unique in the world of cookie-cutter Flash sites.

At 6/6/10 05:06 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/6/10 01:47 AM, byteslinger wrote: I was on AIM with Cobra Friday evening, and he told me that he was chatting with EagleRock about the subject of sigs. Long story short, I figured I'd help with some sig redesigns for Eagle.

So, oh great and glorious commander, please give me your opinion on some of the first drafts. I know they'd be subject to revision, and I await your feedback - or anyone elses!

*Salutes*

Well, I have to say, I'm impressed! I like the first one better than the second, but I think that it is missing something. Something under the "EagleRock" might be in order...I'm thinking old-school green console text displaying something geeky, yet related to the Barracks... ">: /dev/egb" might not be a bad one. I'll leave the good ideas to you, though. You're the residential sigmaster... :-)

Okay, How about this? I'm sure you're familiar with ssh, right? hehehehe...
(Nothing like using a non-standard port to sneak in past a firewall, huh?)

At 6/6/10 03:07 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: *sighs* You completely missed the joke Byte.

*thumbs nose at Cobra* Haha...no rock-with-a-beak for you! :-P

Well, actually, I did find an "Eagle Rock" - a large boulde worn down to the shape of an eagle with outstretched wings. I superimposed a real eagle over it, and did the morph fade. Didn't look too bad in the edit size, but when I shrunk it down to 50 pixels high, it looked like crap.

Besides, an eagle morphing out of a rock is, IMHO, not that funny. I thought it was a little odd, but then again, look who I'm dealing with! :P - JK, JK!

*hangs head in dismay* Not to say that the sigs are extremely well done, it's just I was hoping for a gag sig.

Well...look at the bright side...I'm probably getting a new BBS sig out of it!

Yes, you will. What do you think of this one now?

At 6/6/10 04:19 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Is it just me or is there alot of low quality/stolen submissons on portal lately?

Well, without getting into opinions on under-judgment Flash, there have been a lot more amateurs posting as of late. However, is that necessarily a bad thing? Disregarding any spammy or malicious Flash, aspiring Flash artists are not bad for Newgrounds. In fact, they are the best thing Newgrounds can have right now. Without its own core of Flash artists that improve their work here, what is Newgrounds other than a glorified aggregate Flash site? There are already dozens of Flash sites where people pump-out professional-grade Flash by the day. Newgrounds gets a piece of those all the time. Instead of seeing all of the sponsored Flash day-by-day, I'd rather see someone that's genuinely trying to get better at Flash and improve over time.

So, don't think of it as a bad thing...give some constructive reviews to these artists and let them keep working...in time, they'll be the future members that keep Newgrounds unique in the world of cookie-cutter Flash sites.

Yeah, we have a lot of noobs cutting their teeth right now, but that's not a bad thing - everyone has to start somewhere. Do you think every great flash artist started out great? Nope - it took time and practice. So, for those that are poor quality but sincere, vote your 1 or 2 or 3, and leave constructive criticism. Then maybe, in a year from now, some of these noobs may just be pumping out true quality work. Just be cool and be fair in your voting and comments- it'll all iron itself out!

*Salutes*

At 6/6/10 07:04 PM, byteslinger wrote: Okay, How about this? I'm sure you're familiar with ssh, right? hehehehe...
(Nothing like using a non-standard port to sneak in past a firewall, huh?)

Sure I do, so let's evaluate the EGB's favorite hacker's preferred ssh method, shall we?

ssh eaglerock@egbserver-A -c3des -f -g -n -p8181

-A: Agent forwarding, eh? Someone likes to hop through another *nix server before they do what they're doing...

-c3des: Nice encryption choice. Of course, OpenSSH has 3des as the default encryption choice, so that means 1 of two thigns:

1) You're showboating. Not unlike you, might I add. :-)
2) You're not using OpenSSH, which means you're on the proprietary SSH platform. That tells me you're used to running on the IBM version of UNIX. Am I close? :-)

-f -g and -n: Someone likes to browse the Internets at work, don't they? Also, -n (at least in OpenSSH) is implied by -f. While I don't know enough about Tectia's SSH client to be sure, I think you're showboating again. :-)

So, in summation, I can see both love to use ssh for browsing the Internets at work... :-P

Besides, an eagle morphing out of a rock is, IMHO, not that funny. I thought it was a little odd, but then again, look who I'm dealing with! :P - JK, JK!

OH SNAP!!!
*drops ball in Cobra's court for this little tete-a-tete of Internet hilarity*

Yes, you will. What do you think of this one now?

I think I'm usin' it. :-)

I'm keeping my old one on the EGB forums, however, because that one can work on light or dark backgrounds. Also, I really like that sig, and it can live to see another day. :-)

*Salutes*

*salutes*

At 6/6/10 08:01 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 6/6/10 07:04 PM, byteslinger wrote: Okay, How about this? I'm sure you're familiar with ssh, right? hehehehe...
(Nothing like using a non-standard port to sneak in past a firewall, huh?)

Sure I do, so let's evaluate the EGB's favorite hacker's preferred ssh method, shall we?

ssh eaglerock@egbserver-A -c3des -f -g -n -p8181

-A: Agent forwarding, eh? Someone likes to hop through another *nix server before they do what they're doing...

What's a proxy or two between friends, right?

-c3des: Nice encryption choice. Of course, OpenSSH has 3des as the default encryption choice, so that means 1 of two thigns:

1) You're showboating. Not unlike you, might I add. :-)
2) You're not using OpenSSH, which means you're on the proprietary SSH platform. That tells me you're used to running on the IBM version of UNIX. Am I close? :-)

It's #2, FTW. Many of my clients still run Big Steel (IBM mainframes) and thus, some variant of an IBM O/S. But, they do use UNIX for smaller servers and for some (God help us all) virtual machines. So, yes, what may be "assumed" in true *nix needs to be spelled out for the retarded IBM O/S.

-f -g and -n: Someone likes to browse the Internets at work, don't they? Also, -n (at least in OpenSSH) is implied by -f. While I don't know enough about Tectia's SSH client to be sure, I think you're showboating again. :-)

How else can I get to Newgrounds and snag all my B/P points?

So, in summation, I can see both love to use ssh for browsing the Internets at work... :-P

But neither one of us will EVER admit to it! hehehe...

Besides, an eagle morphing out of a rock is, IMHO, not that funny. I thought it was a little odd, but then again, look who I'm dealing with! :P - JK, JK!

OH SNAP!!!
*drops ball in Cobra's court for this little tete-a-tete of Internet hilarity*

Better give him a couple more - he has lousy aim!

Yes, you will. What do you think of this one now?

I think I'm usin' it. :-)

I am honored.

I'm keeping my old one on the EGB forums, however, because that one can work on light or dark backgrounds. Also, I really like that sig, and it can live to see another day. :-)

*Salutes*

*salutes*

*Salutes* *and then runs off to find more unsuspecting proxy servers...*

PS: Thanks for the recognition in your sig! XD

At 6/6/10 08:01 PM, EagleRock wrote: Geek-computer stuff no normal person can comprehend.

At 6/6/10 07:04 PM, byteslinger wrote: More geek-computer stuff no normal person can comprehend.

OH SNAP!!!
*drops ball in Cobra's court for this little tete-a-tete of Internet hilarity*

Umm, did I miss something here? Don't you mean "Tell-tale" battle, so to speak, of internet hilarity? o_0

*Strolls in door*

Hey what's up guys? Have you seen the portal these days? It's slower than the Numa Numa guy on a treadmill...

Also, Byte can I has a special sig. Please? I'll stop pissing in Cobra's drinks if you do this for me.