At 5/6/15 12:31 AM, TribesofHalo wrote: Update, he's (awegan2cffcka) at it again

We should blam all of his stuff? He has Madness Test 1 and 2 recently submitted. They both need zeros, yes?

Shovelware

• Unpublished Submission

At 5/5/15 05:39 PM, Cool-Points wrote: well, i read somewhere that the whistle system doesnt work or something amd that i have to post here. gotta get gold whistle somehow, ive had silver for almost 10 years now -_-

Flag reviews. Anything posted here gets removed manually, and so it doesn't count toward your whistle status. Best places are adult game submissions, as people occasionally get rude/inappropriate in their comments, and old spam flashes, since people like to tell the authors off, and get carried away sometimes. :)

Youtube material

• Unpublished Submission

At 5/6/15 12:54 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: Youtube material
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657286

Speedpaintings are fine.

At 5/6/15 01:19 PM, Jolly wrote:

At 5/6/15 12:54 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: Youtube material
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657286

Speedpaintings are fine.

they shouldn't be

don't worry deftones, i voted 0

At 5/6/15 01:34 PM, jonthomson wrote:

At 5/6/15 01:19 PM, Jolly wrote:

At 5/6/15 12:54 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: Youtube material
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657286

Speedpaintings are fine.

they shouldn't be

don't worry deftones, i voted 0

She's painting, and she's doing it speedily, hence, a "speed-paint." What's the problem; it's not digital? It's fine. Really, bro. She's got a talent for it.

Now, THIS guy, on the other hand...

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  Emptee Swing

  by ToonymanStudios

  How to Draw Show and Tells - S04E29 - Emptee Swing

  Movie

  1,195 Views

  (Everyone)

They're a still semi-tutorial-like, but they're barely sped up, and his art is basic at best. :\

At 5/6/15 05:55 PM, Exedor wrote:

She's painting, and she's doing it speedily, hence, a "speed-paint." What's the problem; it's not digital? It's fine. Really, bro. She's got a talent for it.

the problem is WE HAVE A FUCKING ART PORTAL

At 5/6/15 05:58 PM, jonthomson wrote: the problem is WE HAVE A FUCKING ART PORTAL

The Art Portal isn't for videos.

At 5/6/15 06:00 PM, Exedor wrote:

At 5/6/15 05:58 PM, jonthomson wrote: the problem is WE HAVE A FUCKING ART PORTAL

The Art Portal isn't for videos.

So if someone uploaded something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYLp5uX9Yw

for something that they uploaded to the audio portal into the flash portal, you'd be fine with it?

At 5/6/15 05:58 PM, jonthomson wrote:

At 5/6/15 05:55 PM, Exedor wrote:

She's painting, and she's doing it speedily, hence, a "speed-paint." What's the problem; it's not digital? It's fine. Really, bro. She's got a talent for it.

the problem is WE HAVE A FUCKING ART PORTAL

I think you're letting this get to you a bit too much. Newgrounds is no longer exclusively a flash website, its been moving away from that for years. These days it's more of an art site. Videos are usually disallowed from the portal, but in this case this video is art related and therefore it is allowed.

As long as the video is showcasing somebodies original art then I don't see any reason to have a problem with it.

At 5/6/15 06:50 PM, Jolly wrote: As long as the video is showcasing somebodies original art then I don't see any reason to have a problem with it.

@jonthomson Jolly and Exedor are right. Granted, a speed paint is not the same quality as an animation, so I usually vote a 2 -- unless it's particularly entertaining.

Crappy low effort game.

• Unpublished Submission

Also low effort. Has a game already blammed

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  Platform Adventurer(v1.1)

  by psking29

  Super Addictive game

  Game

  1,730 Views

  (Everyone)

Does flagging comments do anything also? What were the comment rules again?

At 5/6/15 08:29 PM, nyancat23 wrote: Crappy low effort game.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657274

Also epilepsy warning. Could be abusive if you read the summary "tap til you die".

At 5/6/15 10:05 PM, EDM364 wrote:

At 5/6/15 08:29 PM, nyancat23 wrote: Crappy low effort game.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657274

Also epilepsy warning. Could be abusive if you read the summary "tap til you die".

Most people wouldnt notice that though honestly. Seems like spam category

At 5/6/15 08:34 PM, nyancat23 wrote: Also low effort. Has a game already blammed
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657276

This isn't a blam club. If you feel it's blam worthy then vote 0 or 1, but it doesn't belong in this thread unless it breaks a rule.

At 5/6/15 10:51 PM, Jolly wrote:

At 5/6/15 08:34 PM, nyancat23 wrote: Also low effort. Has a game already blammed
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657276

This isn't a blam club. If you feel it's blam worthy then vote 0 or 1, but it doesn't belong in this thread unless it breaks a rule.

I think I've seen the level design in another platformer somewhere, but you're right. If it's outright a crappy submission, it will take care of itself. This club is for abusive or rule breaking submissions.

I don't know about you guys but all I'm getting is a screen that if you click anywhere it just redirects you to another site. Which is contrary to NG's rules of submission.

• Unpublished Submission

At 5/7/15 11:30 PM, gamejunkie wrote: I don't know about you guys but all I'm getting is a screen that if you click anywhere it just redirects you to another site. Which is contrary to NG's rules of submission.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657331

Well, lets just find out about that, shall we? :)

Hmmm... it seems that now it takes you to a "Removed by the NG moderation team" screen. How odd...

At 5/7/15 11:34 PM, Exedor wrote:

At 5/7/15 11:30 PM, gamejunkie wrote: I don't know about you guys but all I'm getting is a screen that if you click anywhere it just redirects you to another site. Which is contrary to NG's rules of submission.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/657331

Well, lets just find out about that, shall we? :)

Hmmm... it seems that now it takes you to a "Removed by the NG moderation team" screen. How odd...

Very, very odd indeed. I'd even goes as far as to say 'quite a strange occurrence'. I wonder how that happened. *giggle*

Okay a user just PM'd me this. I just copy/pasted it here for your perusal.

At 5 hours ago, almost-eden wrote: hi - i coulldn't find where to report this and saw that you were in the group of moderators..

can you let a mod be aware of this? my children stumbled upon this today and it is extremely inappropriate. it is listed under simulation / pet/buddy games and should not even be under games, much less shown without an age checker.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/654497

I agree with A-E that it's not a game but it is rated M. With that said though it's just basically a .Gif. So do as you please with it.

At 5/9/15 12:53 AM, gamejunkie wrote: Okay a user just PM'd me this. I just copy/pasted it here for your perusal.

At 5 hours ago, almost-eden wrote: hi - i coulldn't find where to report this and saw that you were in the group of moderators..

can you let a mod be aware of this? my children stumbled upon this today and it is extremely inappropriate. it is listed under simulation / pet/buddy games and should not even be under games, much less shown without an age checker.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/654497

I agree with A-E that it's not a game but it is rated M. With that said though it's just basically a .Gif. So do as you please with it.

There's a small, quite overlookable arrow in the lower corner which does stuff, so it is interactive. I adjusted the rating; it should've been higher. That said, it doesn't break any of the rules, other than being rated correctly, which has now been done, so I've gotta leave it up. I may have to kick her review, since you can't tell authors what does and doesn't belong.

Though, in some ways, I agree with her. The submission was some kinda deviant sumthin. :\

...fancy new sword ya got there... :)

At 5/9/15 04:28 AM, Exedor wrote: ...fancy new sword ya got there... :)

It's a Blam Sceptre. It's so shiny.

Doctor-Gordon crap...if it doesn't get blammed.

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Is there a trick to getting this to work. I've tried clicking start and every button on my keyboard and I'm getting nothing.

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  Star Blazer

  by adrian0901

  Shoot and kill aliens from outer space in this retrogaming goodness!

  Game

  2,319 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Fallout: Psycho Killer

  by AxelNL

  Crazy dude shooting people.

  Movie

  1,762 Views

  (Ages 17+)

This seems to be a gameplay of sorts based on the model animations. Description makes me suspect it may also be stolen.

To kind of add on to recent conversation, I've submitted movie only submissions that I created to the flash portal YEARS ago. Not only were they pretty well received some of them even won awards. It has never been and never will be against the rules to upload "YouTube quality" submissions no matter what your opinion is on them. In fact, if you're voting zero on them for just that reason it's pretty silly. Just ignore styles that you don't like. Just because you don't like them doesn't make them bad.

Just think of how Numa Numa was first submitted to newgrounds way back when.

*Salute from an old member*

At 5/9/15 01:33 PM, Fro wrote: It has never been and never will be against the rules to upload "YouTube quality" submissions no matter what your opinion is on them. In fact, if you're voting zero on them for just that reason it's pretty silly.

You're right. The criteria for quality lately seems to be changing however, as are the opinions on what is acceptable and what isn't. I remember when the EGB used to be a big, friendly lounge rather than a place to report abusive submissions. While I think it's awesome that the portal is better defended from malicious flashes, I do miss some of the people. I wish I had stuck around a few years back.

Anyway, I don't think anyone is saying these types of submissions are rule breaking so much as that they aren't the type of entertainment NG should support with ad revenue; that is, if the content is not quality entertainment, funny, or thoughtfully made, NG's dollars shouldn't be flooding the submitter's pockets. Point blank, the majority of YouTube videos don't take as much work to create as your typical flash movie or game -- no scripting, no animation, no real skill involved, unless you're an actor or a comedian. Numa Numa was something new, as far as it was catchy and a little ludicrous. Most of the "YouTube material" I see on NG these days is about as imaginative or entertaining as your average garden brick, and it feels like spam.

I don't think YouTube-esque submissions should be auto blammed, but voting fairly and justly is important. YouTube doesn't have a filter on what content passes through, but it's our job, the user base's job, to ensure the content here is up to par, fresh, and worthy of the money NG doles out in ad revenue. That's what keeps NG going, our votes. So, when I see a video I enjoy in the portal, my vote reflects that. When I see one that's clearly a money grab, spam, offensive, poorly thought out, and slapped together, naturally, I'm going to vote like so. If I think it's intentional, I may comment about it, but it's ultimately up to the individual whether any submission is blam worthy or not.

Great food for thought, @Fro

*salutes*