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The Elite Guard Barracks

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 10:37:08


At 8/17/14 09:20 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: More YouTube material than anything.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644556

same situation here I think

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 16:15:56


At 8/17/14 09:20 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: More YouTube material than anything.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644556

I'm sorry to ask, guys... but how do you blow the whistle on flash animations nowadays? I haven't done it since the redesign... and can't find a way to do it. I know how to do it on reviews, but otherwise... it's not working...

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 16:19:55


At 8/17/14 04:15 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:
At 8/17/14 09:20 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: More YouTube material than anything.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644556
I'm sorry to ask, guys... but how do you blow the whistle on flash animations nowadays? I haven't done it since the redesign... and can't find a way to do it. I know how to do it on reviews, but otherwise... it's not working...

You can no longer flag flash submissions. If you find a submission that is rule breaking you can report it here. You can't get whistle points from flagging flash submissions anymore, sadly.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 16:27:35


At 8/17/14 12:51 AM, Exedor wrote:
This is a meme. There are/were different versions around; only the faces and music are changed between them. I know these have been removed on occasion, and I know gamejunkie can back this up.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644457

This was submitted again.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 16:42:46


At 8/17/14 04:40 PM, SCTE3 wrote:
At 8/17/14 04:27 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: This was submitted again.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644569
Leaving it, it's a Clock Day piece, loosen up a bit peeps. :(
Clock Day is meant to be a fun day to spam silly things like this.

Clock Day was two days ago though...


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 17:28:06


At 8/17/14 04:19 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: You can no longer flag flash submissions. If you find a submission that is rule breaking you can report it here. You can't get whistle points from flagging flash submissions anymore, sadly.

And what is the effect of reporting them in here if we can no longer flag them?

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 17:44:39


At 8/17/14 05:34 PM, SCTE3 wrote: We remove them. Can still up your whistle though by flagging reviews though.

So we do the dirty job for flash moderators to get all the glory? Haha :P

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 18:01:10


At 8/17/14 05:44 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:
At 8/17/14 05:34 PM, SCTE3 wrote: We remove them. Can still up your whistle though by flagging reviews though.
So we do the dirty job for flash moderators to get all the glory? Haha :P

That is pretty much how it is <3


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 22:04:12


Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-17 23:46:57


enjoyflashgame shovelware


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-18 01:23:23


At 8/17/14 04:40 PM, SCTE3 wrote:
At 8/17/14 04:27 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: This was submitted again.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644569
Leaving it, it's a Clock Day piece, loosen up a bit peeps. :(
Clock Day is meant to be a fun day to spam silly things like this.

Author Comments: "The Video Game version of this was uploaded on Clock Day, and passed but some jerk deleted it..."

...some jerk? I prefer to refer to that person as 'a mod with the guts to do the right thing.'

Who was that masked mod, anyway?

Anyway, it's a piece that's been submitted over and over, and all that changes is the heads and maybe the music. The majority of the piece is animation from some cartoon, not created by any author here. A softening of attitdes toward spam submissions is the real cause of the 'decline' of Newgrounds. As the focus shifted from quality submissions to spam submissions, so goes the site... :\

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-18 05:21:53


Stolen:

Originally submitted here:

http://games144.com/game/12079-3d-cube-assembler-game.php


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-18 08:51:35


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-18 11:30:44


At 8/18/14 11:13 AM, SCTE3 wrote:
At 8/18/14 01:23 AM, Exedor wrote: The majority of the piece is animation from some cartoon, not created by any author here. A softening of attitdes toward spam submissions is the real cause of the 'decline' of Newgrounds. As the focus shifted from quality submissions to spam submissions, so goes the site... :\
Feel free to have an opinion all you wish. However, in my opinion, being more and more strict on spam submissions seems to be what really kills the portal I think (I didn't mind the occasional FatBadger or KK submission back in the day since they tended to make me laugh more than anything which I really needed in those days). We have some gifs set to sound that come through every now and then (EyeLovePoozy and Rig stand with a couple of funny examples).) Did it kill the portal for that stuff to go through? No, we all need a silly spam submission or two every once in awhile to relax and unwind. Nothing wrong with piece of spam such as that every now and then.

With all due respect, you have an opinion just like Exedor does. Neither of your opinions really matter, it's what the main people in charge think is allowable. I do have to agree with Exedor, though, because letting more shitty, spam submissions into the portal is bringing worse ratings to Newgrounds. If it's Clock Day, go crazy with the spam, but if it's a couple days afterwards, nobody cares and those submissions are in fact bringing worse ratings in most of the time. You do have more power than us, since you're a mod, but that's no reason to let a spam submission pass through that has been removed a couple times already.


Like I've said to others before, loosen up a bit, no need to be super strict like that. While a good majority of pointless spam is removed, it's alright to let a silly thing or two such as this come through every now and then.

Just like I said before, the submission that both Exedor and I reported had been removed and re-submitted without any real improvements and you are letting it remain in the Portal. Letting more 'silly' stuff into the Portal will encourage more of it eventually.

That one submission has been removed already and now you're encouraging it to stay for no good reason? Can you just remove it so we can get back to our normal routines, please?


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-18 11:33:23


At 8/18/14 11:20 AM, SentForMe wrote: Police Officer SentforMe reporting in.

Hello, officer, SentForMe. Are you thinking about joining the EGB? If so, you must get your whistle rank up to silver and your blam/save points must add up to 2,500 total in order to reach Private rank.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-19 05:52:58


Shit is shit even if it's sugar coated. And this contains no sugar.

PS: Clock Day is well and truly over.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-19 06:10:44


enjoydressup

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-19 07:30:07


Cats. Actual, real-life cats. It's straight video with very little in the way of editing.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-19 07:37:58


Not so sure about this one. The National Geographic logo pops up in the top right at 1:43, and stays there for the duration of the video, so the background of the last almost-three-minutes is TV/video footage from them. It is mostly covered up at times, but you can still see that it's there from the logo.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-19 10:17:25


At 8/18/14 06:26 PM, HandsomeTyler wrote:
At 8/18/14 11:33 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:
Hello, officer, SentForMe. Are you thinking about joining the EGB? If so, you must get your whistle rank up to silver and your blam/save points must add up to 2,500 total in order to reach Private rank.
As of Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:32 am from EagleRock @ http://egb.eagleworld.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8
"You must have a Bronze Whistle or higher; NO Garbage Whistles."

I shall say no more.

It is true it says "bronze" here - that's because EagleRock has not updated that page.

Refer back to page 1356 in the EGB forum, in my post dated Aug 30, 2012, responding to SpretzNaz:
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At 8/30/12 06:32 PM, Spretznaz wrote: Wait, silver? Since when did it change from bronze?

A while ago. Since the B/P ratios have gone completely to Hell we deemed it necessary to find a different way to check for a member with the proper credentials. That's why it's called the "Elite Guard" - you have to be more than above-average in your commitment to doing the right thing in the portal.

At 8/30/12 06:05 PM, VicariousE wrote: Hmm, the Silver Whistle is a pretty steep requirement, especially since the main contributor to that stat, has been removed. For the most part, the Audio and Art portals have been really quiet lately. I know that review flagging does help the Whistle stat, but fractionally.

Eventually the whistle system will be reactivated for flash - but remember, you can still whistle reviews and build up your status. If you find the right string of abusive users and their reviews, and mark them accordingly, you'll get a silver whistle in no time. They're out there - you just have to look for them.

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So, actually, the requirement changed in August 2012, about 2 years ago.

Hope this clears things up!


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-20 00:05:54


At 8/19/14 11:40 AM, SCTE3 wrote: Dimensions account has been cleaned out of all but trophy winning entries. If all their newer content is stolen, no reason to doubt the rest is as well.

Good work, SCTE3! But even if it's an award winner, if it's stolen or shovelware, shouldn't it be reviewed for deletion also? Even stolen stuff can get good scores and get in the top 5. Just a question.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 03:58:36


Shovelware dressup girlsgames01


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 04:35:25



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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 04:47:16


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 06:26:13


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 08:17:07


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 08:25:34


At 8/20/14 12:07 AM, SCTE3 wrote:
At 8/20/14 12:05 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:
At 8/19/14 11:40 AM, SCTE3 wrote: Dimensions account has been cleaned out of all but trophy winning entries. If all their newer content is stolen, no reason to doubt the rest is as well.
Good work, SCTE3! But even if it's an award winner, if it's stolen or shovelware, shouldn't it be reviewed for deletion also? Even stolen stuff can get good scores and get in the top 5. Just a question.
My rule of them is if it has an award, I'll let it stick unless it is proven stolen then it gets removed. I tend to leave it since it looks a bit funky to see things missing from trophy archives.

Gotta agree with SCTE3 on that one. We also have a fair share of accounts who started out as decent contributors and deservingly won awards but then full on started to just submit shovelware and thus got their content aside from the award winning ones removed, so those are kept around to avoid those unneeded gaps in the trophy history.

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/post/quote/25203148

Good example of an account which went to the bad side. Thanks for the report, removed it.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-21 14:06:22


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-22 02:33:07



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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-08-22 03:55:23


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