At 3/28/18 04:44 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Is this author on the list? This is some of the worst SpeedArt I have even seen.

"The List" sounds ominous. Is there one specifically you mean?

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  A Basic Platformer

  by sigfreid11

  Made on Scratch, A basic platformer is what the name says.

  Game

  1,485 Views

  (Everyone)

Uses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJi4jzJ6rXA

At 3/28/18 08:25 AM, Peregrinus wrote:

As for the 3 seconds of Queen's "We are the Champions"...I guess? The "X second copyright rule" is not a real thing.

The lesson learned by the submitter was that they used NG Audio Portal music, credited, on the second submission.

I've worked with companies that make / use / sell music, and they had to make sure that any copyrighted work they used that was more than 15 seconds had to (a) be identified as such and (b) pay royalties to the owner, producers, etc. However, under that time, it was considered a "demo"; and sound bites 5 seconds or less were samples that could be used freely for sound effects on a presentation or website - as long as it wasn't be sold for any profit.

For the few seconds of Queen in this submission, as long as somewhere in the credits the proper recognition is given (such as: Fair use sampling from Queen/We Are The Champions) you're okay from the MPAA. As long as it's not massed produced or sold or part of any other album, no rules are violated.

Just wanted to let you know.

Of course, one should vote fairly on the entire submission - as long as nothing else rule breaking is found.

At 3/30/18 03:38 PM, byteslinger wrote: Legal babble

Fair enough. I'd done some reading and all the sources I found were in reference to YouTube DMCA stuff.

For the few seconds of Queen in this submission, as long as somewhere in the credits the proper recognition is given (such as: Fair use sampling from Queen/We Are The Champions) you're okay from the MPAA.

Both songs used were properly sourced, I didn't see issue with it.

Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks :)

Of course, one should vote fairly on the entire submission - as long as nothing else rule breaking is found.

The people have spoken:

Have not been around in proper form the past couple weeks with all the birthday festivities, college stuff, and court prep, but did we seriously just have a random guy pop in and threaten suicide over a stolen submission that was removed? Speaking as someone formerly on the suicidal spectrum, that sounds oddly trivial.

At 3/31/18 05:31 PM, ADR3-N wrote: did we seriously just have a random guy pop in and threaten suicide over a stolen submission that was removed? Speaking as someone formerly on the suicidal spectrum, that sounds oddly trivial.

That was a surreal little moment and I'd opted to just not acknowledge it, but here we are. Though imo the guy describing the suicide w/ a boner pic was worse still, not the kinda post I expect to get a pass in the barracks even if it's not a member.

At 3/31/18 06:11 PM, ThomFulp wrote: That was a surreal little moment and I'd opted to just not acknowledge it, but here we are. Though imo the guy describing the suicide w/ a boner pic was worse still, not the kinda post I expect to get a pass in the barracks even if it's not a member.

Yep. Kinda like a unicorn, in this business. Speaking of, darn, I fed the troll. And it came back.

guessing the suicide bit is bogus since ^

I'm sure @Exedor or @NekoMika will take care of things if they get out of hand.

Happy Ostara/Easter to everyone in the EGB! I hope spring brings everyone good weather and good things in your life.

I'm getting confused as hell by all the TomFulps running around. Thanks for that Jackho.

Barracks Roster as of Apri1 1st, 2018:

Well, it looks like I might be retiring in luxury really soon - and you'll never believe what happened! We've all seen those emails from the "prince of Nigeria" claiming that they had access to funds, and had to hide them so they could escape persecution - and if you help, you'd get a piece of the action. Well, a few months ago, I got one of those emails, and I was feeling feisty that day, and decided to answer and play along. I created a dummy email account, and started what I figured would be a process of mutual bullshit.

Funny thing, though - the more we communicated, the more legit it sounded. I told this guy, who call himself Prince Faropolli
Togachi, that I didn't want to give him my personal bank account - he told me how to open up an off-shore one in Bermuda. Took a little doing, but for about $50 or so, opened up an anonymous account with a whopping $10 in it.

I gave him the account info, which I created under my late uncle's name and address. I did out myself as executor of the account, but not the owner. After I sent him everything he asked for, I waited and waited...

And last night, I checked the alternate account email, and there was a message, short and sweet:

"I am now out of danger; your reward awaits". I then used a proxy server (or two) and checked the off-shore account - and nearly fell out of my chair: $5,600,000 US deposited! I called the bank this morning (yes, it was Sunday, but they have customer service 24/7) and confirmed the account. Once I gave them the security password and account codes, the woman told me that $20,000,000 had been deposited, and the $14,400,000 was transferred to a numbered Swiss account. There was also a notation on the account that the remaining balance could only be accessed by the executor!

I'm still numb from all of this. That's a lot of money! Besides retiring, I'm seriously considering making an offer to the Fulps to become their primary investor, and really skyrocket this site to new levels. Maybe even rent a luxury yacht and invite you all for an off-shore meetup, all expenses paid.

How do you think I should spend the money?

As for the roster, it was a good month. A lot of milestones, Guthrie is now a Commander, and we've all been busy as hell . It looks like our newest member, SFC Peregrinus, is giving Guthrie and yours truly a run on BP points. Go get'em, soldier!

Milestones::
Asandir - 35K saves
Big-Boss - 37K total B/P
byteslinger - 128K saves, 144K total B/P
Exedor - 63K total B/P
Guthrie - 22K saves, 26K total B/P
Jackho - 9K saves
Peregrinus - 4K saves, 9K total B/P

Promotions::
Guthrie - Commander
*SALUTES*

The Roster:
No. B/P / Gain / Average / Level / Change / Username / Rank / Posts / Level
01) 144,584 | 0,844 | 27.23 | B | -006.74 | @byteslinger Sup. Commander | 4 | D
02) 85,568 | 0,081 | 02.61 | D | +088.37 | @GameJunkie Sup. Commander | 0 | F
03) 67,495 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | @Jolly Sup. Commander | 0 | F
04) 63,013 | 0,129 | 04.16 | D | -032.81 | @Exedor Sup. Commander | 9 | C
05) 45,746 | 0,295 | 09.52 | C | -015.23 | @Asandir Sup. Commander | 1 | D
06) 37,086 | 0,320 | 10.32 | C | -045.39 | @Big-Boss Sup. Commander | 4 | D
07) 34,567 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @Fro Sup. Commander | 0 | F
08) 28,202 | 0,075 | 02.42 | D | -039.02 | @Decky Commander | 1 | D
09) 26,287 | 1,106 | 35.68 | B | +012.28 | @Guthrie Commander | 11 | C
10) 21,873 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @Lizzardis Lt. General | 0 | F
11) 10,774 | 0,550 | 17.74 | C | +004.17 | @Jackho Sgt. Major | 10 | C
12) 9,059 | 0,770 | 24.84 | B | +000.00 | @Peregrinus Sgt. First Class +1 | 16 | B
13) 8,532 | 0,058 | 01.87 | D | +031.82 | @ZJ Sgt. First Class -1 | 0 | F
14) 6,360 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | @BenwaHakubi Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
15) 5,733 | 0,001 | 00.03 | D | +000.00 | @ADR3-N Sergeant | 1 | D

Top 5 Gainers::
Guthrie - 1,106 (26.15% of total)
byteslinger - 844 (19.96% of total)
Peregrinus - 770 (18.21% of total)
Jackho - 550 (13.01% of total)
Big-Boss - 320 (7.57% of total)

Top 5 users accounted for 84.89% of B/P points (3,590 total)

Top gainers, repeat appearances::
byteslinger (62)
Big-Boss (52)
Guthrie (10)
Jackho (4)

Total gain for month: 4,229 (11 Active Members)

That's 136.42 per day, or 12.40 per day per active member.

(btw...A_P_R_I_L__ F_O_O_L_S!)

At 4/1/18 10:43 PM, byteslinger wrote: Barracks Roster as of Apri1 1st, 2018:

How do you think I should spend the money?

Buy the Nigerian prince.

As for the roster, it was a good month. A lot of milestones, Guthrie is now a Commander, and we've all been busy as hell . It looks like our newest member, SFC Peregrinus, is giving Guthrie and yours truly a run on BP points. Go get'em, soldier!

*salutes* You're lucky I took a short break. Congrats to Guthrie.

Hope you all had a happy jokey funday, barracks!

At 4/1/18 04:16 AM, ADR3-N wrote:

At 3/31/18 06:11 PM, ThomFulp wrote:

I'm sure @Exedor or @NekoMika will take care of things if they get out of hand.

I had to wait for the text enhancer to wear off so I could decipher the true message here. x)

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  ZombieGaffel - Slav bass donks (Offical Music Video)

  by PandaThePanda

  Slav Bass Donks Music Vid

  Under Judgment

  Movie

  (Everyone)

This is a music video with no animation at all.

At 4/2/18 03:17 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709036
This is a music video with no animation at all.

I've seen a few of those, but from what I can tell they aren't against the Portal rules so long as they own the content. I know it's kind of against the grain of what NG is for (because YouTube and Vimeo exist), but that alone I don't think is grounds for a flag.

The "creator" and editor both have established NG accounts, where the creator adds his music to the Audio Portal. Though I'm not a fan of straight up video here, it seems to round out their contributions to NG.

At 4/1/18 10:43 PM, byteslinger wrote: As for the roster, it was a good month. A lot of milestones, Guthrie is now a Commander, and we've all been busy as hell . It looks like our newest member, SFC Peregrinus, is giving Guthrie and yours truly a run on BP points. Go get'em, soldier!

Thanks for the update, @byteslinger! I'm excited to have @Peregrinus on board!

(btw...A_P_R_I_L__ F_O_O_L_S!)

April Fool's Day was a little much for me this year, I'm still not quite sure if The Room is actually going to be released on Switch or not :s

At 4/2/18 06:00 AM, Exedor wrote: I had to wait for the text enhancer to wear off so I could decipher the true message here. x)

Yeah, I feel ya. It was almost impossible to read mentions for a while there with any real clarity.

Also, "how's your sex life?"

Man, I cannot wait until it stops raining. We've got HughesNet at the house, and it's almost impossible to do anything but answer email and browse the BBS. Would be worse were I not a Supporter.

At 4/1/18 10:43 PM, byteslinger wrote: Barracks Roster as of Apri1 1st, 2018:
How do you think I should spend the money?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNS8jYniLY

As for the roster, it was a good month. A lot of milestones, Guthrie is now a Commander, and we've all been busy as hell.

You're not even kidding -- my mom just moved back in, so we've all been in a flurry getting things situated.

It looks like our newest member, SFC Peregrinus, is giving Guthrie and yours truly a run on BP points. Go get'em, soldier!

Wewt! Welcome back indeed, @Peregrinus!

Promotions::
Guthrie - Commander
*SALUTES*

Congratulations, soldier!

(btw...A_P_R_I_L__ F_O_O_L_S!)

I was lucky enough to catch the roster coming in hot and heavy. No pun intended

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  MLK's Beyond Vietnam

  by edumoto

  A reminder of the struggle, 50 years after.

  Movie

  499 Views

  (Everyone)

This has no real animation and is mostly a slideshow. The author comments are ambiguous and there are no credits and comes from an account that was set up today. It seems like a youtube rip that someone posted here, but I can't verify one way or the other. Can anyone confirm this as stolen?

At 4/4/18 05:25 PM, cobra1 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709132
This has no real animation and is mostly a slideshow. The author comments are ambiguous and there are no credits and comes from an account that was set up today. It seems like a youtube rip that someone posted here, but I can't verify one way or the other. Can anyone confirm this as stolen?

Seeing as it's the 50th anniversary of MLK's assassination, I wouldn't be surprised if this was an authentic source. I searched through the first six pages of youtube's results (less than four minutes long) for 'MLK's Beyond Vietnam' and didn't find a match.

At 4/5/18 06:27 PM, lalilulelo008 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709197
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709198
footage of powerpuff girls
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709201
opening to dragon ball

Removed them all. Thanks for the report.

@ADR3-N how does it feel getting treated to both a Roster AND a Litfam update each month? A rare honor I must say.

At 4/6/18 01:07 AM, Jackho wrote: @ADR3-N how does it feel getting treated to both a Roster AND a Litfam update each month? A rare honor I must say.

It's kinda weird actually -- but I like a little regularity in my life. I'm also on the top 100 reviewers list each month. Definitely an honor to peg down the last spot on the list here though. The EGB has always felt like home.

I don't know how you and @byteslinger keep up such regular lists, btw. I'm awful at them.

One thing that gets me is when I have busy months and just don't have time to get around to the Portal. Gonna try to take a kaizen approach to it for the next few weeks -- 60 seconds a day, and see how that works out. One thing I wanna know is, how @GUTHRIE manages to keep up such blazing paces!

At 4/6/18 01:51 AM, ADR3-N wrote: I'm also on the top 100 reviewers list each month.

Having a look at this for the first time now, and holy heck - has @Auz been operating that thread alone for 13 years straight!? That's incredible. I wonder if the reading thread will still be kicking that far down the line...

Definitely an honor to peg down the last spot on the list here though. The EGB has always felt like home

Homeboys represent

I don't know how you and @byteslinger keep up such regular lists, btw. I'm awful at them.

I think byteslinger has her stats automated but I have to count mine manually like a doof, and I make mistakes almost every single time. Thank the NG gods for that edit button, but it's too late when I notice some. Funny how you sometimes only notice a problem the hundredth time you proof read.

Redoing the progress bars manually is the biggest pain in the doingus but at this point I'm COMMITTED.

One thing I wanna know is, how @GUTHRIE manages to keep up such blazing paces!

I honestly don't get it either, I manage to hit a fairly large % of what comes through the portal and he regularly has double the gain.

That said, my portal time has been tanked since I became an audio mod. Unpublishing audio is so time consuming that I've even missed my EXP deposit several times, visiting the portal just slips my mind entirely .>]cc'v;'fv;d'f.v;'f;.';v'/fx#/vd'fd#v/fd';v'/df (<- that's my cat kneading on my keyboard, I don't want to destroy her work for fear of wrath). I need to focus and better organize my time.

At 4/6/18 04:29 AM, Jackho wrote: Having a look at this for the first time now, and holy heck - has @Auz been operating that thread alone for 13 years straight!? That's incredible.

It would seem so. Holy crap.

I wonder if the reading thread will still be kicking that far down the line...

Sometimes I wonder if I'll still be kicking 13 years down the line. If NG's still here and you think it's a worthwhile venture, it might. :)

Homeboys represent

#Salute

I think byteslinger has her stats automated

Yep. You can catch 'em on the barracks site.

but I have to count mine manually like a doof, and I make mistakes almost every single time.

Literally me. Thank God for @ChronoNomad -- although I'm still slowly learning my way around Google Sheets' conditional formatting.

Thank the NG gods for that edit button, but it's too late when I notice some. Funny how you sometimes only notice a problem the hundredth time you proof read.

Also, literally me.

Redoing the progress bars manually is the biggest pain in the doingus but at this point I'm COMMITTED.

Have you tried automating the process in any way, such as a template file?

I honestly don't get it either, I manage to hit a fairly large % of what comes through the portal and he regularly has double the gain.

He probably has Portal Guard -- or insomnia. Portal Guard should still be up on the old NGlogs site. Here. Assume it still works. If not I have a .zip somewhere.

Tbh, I wish we had something like PortalGuard for the Audio Portal, btw. @byteslinger, is this possible?

That said, my portal time has been tanked since I became an audio mod. Unpublishing audio is so time consuming that I've even missed my EXP deposit several times, visiting the portal just slips my mind entirely .>]cc'v;'fv;d'f.v;'f;.';v'/fx#/vd'fd#v/fd';v'/df (<- that's my cat kneading on my keyboard, I don't want to destroy her work for fear of wrath). I need to focus and better organize my time.

Oh, so that's why there's almost nothing left to do when I pop on! I'll have to catch you sleeping so I can get some real work in. :P Although I suppose I can always go digging through the old unscouted for an hour or so.

It's a bit like B/Ping though, so you have to watch it; if you find yourself strolling the servers day in and day out, soon enough, it starts looking like some shitty day job, and you don't want that. Trust me, personal experience. Hashtag obsessive manic phases. Definitely an exercise in patience and time-management.

At 4/6/18 04:29 AM, Jackho wrote: but I have to count mine manually like a doof, and I make mistakes almost every single time.

Same, but with an excel spreadsheet. That makes it Adulting.

At 4/6/18 06:19 AM, ADR3-N wrote: He probably has Portal Guard -- or insomnia.

Both likely. I'll keep the portal open and refresh it now and again as I do other things. I can't do it at work due to filters, but I can get it on my phone during breaks. I can view some submissions and vote but since it's an iPhone HTML5 coded/any games don't load properly.

I've found the pace of the portal slow enough that I can get up at 6:30 am, vote on what's there, check again before work, then around lunch, and throughout the evening. If I go to bed around 10 pm I sometimes miss 3-5 due to insomniac voting, but if I go to bed around 11 pm that miss rate drops.

Also, thanks for the PortalGuard link. Now I can increase my efficiency. And my current (small) lead over GUTHRIE and byteslinger >:)

Now how do you fix the error I get and get this puppy barking?

At 4/6/18 07:44 AM, Peregrinus wrote: Now how do you fix the error I get and get this puppy barking?

You have to register that OCX with your O/S. This can be done as follows:
1) Open up a CMD window as administrator

2) In the command window, change to the folder where the OCX file is stored (the portal guard folder), ie:

CD \PG3 <- or wherever you copied it

3) Now register the ocx:

Regsvr32 MSFLXGRD.OCX

4) Now try Portal Guard again. If other messages pop up about unregistered components, repeat these steps for them

If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll help any way I can.

As for my stat management (@jackho, @adr3-n) - I've been automating stat collection for a while, and I will be introducing a completely new replacement for NGLOGS in the next few months. I'll be retaining all of the old history, but adding a lot more functionality as well as automated list maintenance, download capabilities, and of course, making it mobile friendly.

Portal Guard 4.0 is under design. It's going to be web based, not PC, and hosted on my development site. It will be html/javascript/php and run in a browser window, meaning that I won't have to worry about the client O/S anymore. I can add some logic to check for ALL portals and ALL new submissions, and leave it up to the user to pick and choose what to vote on.

And that's how I spend my evenings and weekends.

At 4/6/18 06:19 AM, ADR3-N wrote: He probably has Portal Guard -- or insomnia.

I've never used Portal Guard... and my insomnious nights aren't spent online. Lately I've been able to get by on checking the Portal at four times: right before I leave for work in the morning, during lunch, when I get home, and before bed.

I am interested to see how my B/P rate has changed lately. I've spent most of my waking hours in the last two months or so writing my thesis, and sent it to my committee last week. I've had a very skewed perception of time as a result.

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Stolen from

Homestar Runner

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At 4/7/18 08:00 AM, Peregrinus wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/709279
Stolen from Homestar Runner.

At least they were smart enough to "credit" Homestar Runner

At 4/7/18 09:57 AM, ragnkinson wrote: At least they were smart enough to "credit" Homestar Runner

Makes it so much easier on the flag process. On that:

• Unpublished Submission

Stolen from

Scirra Arcade

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