At 10/17/11 09:22 AM, Tokecat wrote: Hello, may I join the Elite Guard Barracks, yes or no?

You need to have a rank of Private (2,500 b/p) or higher to request admission. I recommend looking into the Newgrounds Police department first. Additionally, I would recommend that you lay off the 1-line and +1 posts, as they generally are frowned upon by the Elite Guard. We try to lead by example here, and we do have our sets of guidelines and rules.

Please read The Elite Guard Manifesto and The Elite Guard FAQ so you can understand who we are and what we stand for.

Thank you for your interest - and good luck with the NGPD!

At 10/17/11 10:25 AM, SCTE3 wrote: Almost anyone can be accepted into the Newgrounds Police Department and you don't need as much B/P points either.

I wouldn't say almost anyone can be accepted in the NGPD. The requirements as far as maturity and post quality are pretty much the same as here, the main difference really remains in the number of b/p points which has a much lower requirements.

I tend to take comments about the NGPD personally, since I was the Unit Ops there for over a year.

One of the ways I think of the NGPD is as a sort of training area for future EGB personnel. Not saying that's all it is, but it definitely helps.

At 10/17/11 10:18 AM, byteslinger wrote:

I would recommend that you lay off the 1-line and +1 posts, as they generally are frowned upon by the Elite Guard.

I'd like to address this, since it's already brought up, that my general immature posting is the main reason I was denied the first time I applied, and the reason that I'm deciding not to apply a second time. That being said, would it bother anyone if I post here from time to time as long as I'm contributing, and don't associate myself with the group?

At 10/17/11 03:56 PM, Scarface wrote: That being said, would it bother anyone if I post here from time to time as long as I'm contributing, and don't associate myself with the group?

Nah, you can post here. Anybody can report stolen flash submissions and stuff here, whether they're in the EGB or not... SCTE3 isn't and he post here fairly regularly. More than a majority of the members do, actually.

At 10/17/11 04:07 PM, Jolly wrote: Nah, you can post here. Anybody can report stolen flash submissions and stuff here, whether they're in the EGB or not... SCTE3 isn't and he post here fairly regularly. More than a majority of the members do, actually.

Thank you. I don't how frequently I'll post, but I'll try to be as helpful as I possibly can.

Think this is stolen.

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Preloader mentions

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site, and the uploader doesn't seem to be connected with them.

At 10/19/11 10:15 AM, SCTE3 wrote: Pretty sure this user is simply a thief uploading stolen content from various sites since all of the submitted ones so far give credit to a different website. Also Angry Girls seems to be a ripoff of Angry Birds too and incorrect in dimension size....

Good work it must have been has the account been deleted I clicked the link lots of checking you did. I have brought another official guide for Borderlands, because the first one did not show up may end up with two guides though LOL. On the game I love using the Siren Lilith far I have only played a few missions on the game so far though.

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Pretty obvious theft. Original link:

Here

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Stolen from here:

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  Reimagine :The Game:

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  Apple-ture Science? Super Meat Dress? Everything you love & hate in the world, as a game.

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Sad :'(

At 10/20/11 01:42 PM, SCTE3 wrote: If it passes I shall be disappointed. Also lol at the "account was made using a mail.com account"

You shall not be disappointed! The flash was succesfully flagged by the Newgrounds community. Justice has been served in this case, now the flash can get properly deleted by the adminstrators. It feels great when our work helps to get rid of this stuff.

At 10/20/11 03:21 PM, SCTE3 wrote:
I like it when stuff like that can be removed very quickly by the community.

Yea it's easy when the stolen content is a well known game on Newgrounds.

At 10/20/11 01:51 PM, Asandir wrote: now the flash can get properly deleted by the adminstrators.

No no no no, it's much better if it stays forever in the 'admin review' phase.

Why? Because if he uploads another one, and it's also flagged, P-Bot will automatically suspend the account's uploading priveliges until the matters are dealt with. As a result, never deleting them = portal permaban. Wade's done it to lots of people before, and while it is annoying that no-one who flagged it will ever get whistle points for it, the purpose of said whistle (ad this club) has been served regardless, and that's the important bit.

(Ohai EGB. :P)

Can someone here help me get my whistle back to normal and if so possibly to bronze or higher?

At 10/22/11 12:11 AM, SCTE3 wrote:

At 10/22/11 12:07 AM, J-Rex wrote: Can someone here help me get my whistle back to normal and if so possibly to bronze or higher?

Best thing I can suggest is looking for abusive reviews and simply flagging content while under judgment that should be removed. Beyond that not much else to do.

Just out of interest, where did everyone's (well... Byte's) favourite review redneck go? He was the one who liked to help out with this the most, so I'm curious now. If he's still around and still doing his review PM thing, it might be worth asking him.

If.

At 10/22/11 04:10 PM, SCTE3 wrote: He got a name change to SilentCobra.

Nutsacks!

Anyway, where is he? Apparently he's not posted anything at all for 2 months now. :(

At 10/22/11 04:13 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:

At 10/22/11 04:10 PM, SCTE3 wrote: He got a name change to SilentCobra.

Nutsacks!

Anyway, where is he? Apparently he's not posted anything at all for 2 months now. :(

You can usually find him on AIM or on PSN.

Or a simple pm might work. Just sayin

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These two submissions are certainly spam, but do they count as theft?

Good work Scarface I flagged them both as spam both just link to a websites, looks like the account was made just to spam pointless. Not the usual spam I come across though. I hope it does not pass ,I blammed them. Anyway what is the point of spamming? I got back Red Dead Redemption which I had in december looking forward to playing it again got my guide for Borderlands two of them!

Stolen flash:

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Original.

Basically an older version of exactly the same game. Obviously not his, wherever he got it from.

Stolen:

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video

Also stolen: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2344

Original

Same group as the last one I posted.

At 10/25/11 08:18 PM, Afro-mann wrote: Also stolen: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2344

Original

Same group as the last one I posted.

Nice catches. Hopefully they get flagged before they pass. I have a feeling this is gonna be a file swap

Stolen:

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This exact same video was stolen earlier by ScaryMovieGangsta (shown in my first post of this page). From looking at both profiles it seems like this might be the same user on an alt account, attempting to resubmit his flagged movies.

At 10/26/11 05:59 AM, Afro-mann wrote: Stolen:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2368

Whistle blown!

This exact same video was stolen earlier by ScaryMovieGangsta (shown in my first post of this page). From looking at both profiles it seems like this might be the same user on an alt account, attempting to resubmit his flagged movies.

Good catch, some people just don't learn. Strangly I believe I'm on his list of favorite users :/.

At 10/26/11 03:40 PM, SCTE3 wrote: No real changes between the two and both are just meant to give seizures.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2394
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2395

Oh come on, it was just a weebl song with a crappy, seizure inducing animation... and they BOTH passed. Even got some 10/10 reviews, I think I've finally lost faith in this website.

At 10/26/11 04:54 PM, Jackho wrote:

Oh come on, it was just a weebl song with a crappy, seizure inducing animation... and they BOTH passed. Even got some 10/10 reviews, I think I've finally lost faith in this website.

I've been posting topics for ages about how crappy NG reviews have become, but there's really nothing I can do about it. That's pretty terrible, just goes to show you just how many people consider making serious reviews these days. The Review Crew Pick is hardly an award anymore.

Apologies for not requesting permission to join before making my 3 posts here. I was in a hurry to have those movies flagged before they could pass.

With that said, I'd like to request permission to join the barracks.

At 10/26/11 08:19 PM, Afro-mann wrote: Apologies for not requesting permission to join before making my 3 posts here. I was in a hurry to have those movies flagged before they could pass.

With that said, I'd like to request permission to join the barracks.

Greetings, Corporal. I am EGSC byteslinger, the Recruitment Officer for the Elite Guard Barracks. I have just reviewed your profile, posts and reviews, and you ALMOST qualify for consideration. The one little thing holding you back is your whistle. You need to have bronze or better to be admitted, as it shows us you have some grasp of how to properly whistle and manage inappropriate flashes and reviews.

There are many members of the Guard that can give you pointers on how to improve your whistle. Captain SilentCobra helped me all the way to Deity, and he's a friend of mine - send him a PM and I am sure he'll be able to help you as well.

I will tell you this - the key to building up your whistle is (1) know what an inappropriate flash or review really look like and (2) only whistle when you are 100% certain something is in violation of the rules of Newgrounds. The admins don't appreciate digging through unwarranted whistling, and it's much easier to lose a whistle level than it is to gain it. Be wise, and when in doubt, don't do it.

You can ask around here - many members have built their own whistling guides and FAQs on this subject, and would love to share them with you.

So get that whistle up to par, soldier - and report back when you're ready.

Meanwhile, keep fighting the good fight - we'll see you at the front lines!

*Salutes*

At 10/26/11 04:54 PM, Jackho wrote:

At 10/26/11 03:40 PM, SCTE3 wrote: No real changes between the two and both are just meant to give seizures.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2394
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 2395

Oh come on, it was just a weebl song with a crappy, seizure inducing animation... and they BOTH passed. Even got some 10/10 reviews, I think I've finally lost faith in this website.

There was a holiday today, so I decided to go out for some serious blamming, because hey, if I had school then I'd be missing either ways, right? So it won't matter if they pass.

But I just found some movies that didn't deserve to pass. One sprite movie, one terrible flash that looked as if it was made by a phony CC member, TWO flash that had 10 minutes' worth of effort put in, all 0 voted.

Yet they passed. I'm beginning to notice how horrible this system is. I hope Tom brings out the redesign soon, as he said there was going to be a "total voting system overhaul".
Or correct me, it's the members. They want saves, and indiscriminately vote 5 on everything that is the slightest interactive (thus the reason why dressup games still exist)

I blammed them twice. One before the NG day passed (before 9:30 AM here, and the flash were submitted before 9:30) and one after the NG day passed. Yet they passed. Had I not intervened, they'd have gone slightly higher as well.

The worst part is, that when I checked the DBZ sprite animation (author comments: "I made this when I was bored") the score was previously 1.84; just because it was colored pink (under judgement), it skipped up to 1.96. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that had around 200 votes and those people wanted to get saves when it was near death?

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