@byteslinger? Are you healthy and well?

We seem to be missing one of our favorite users monthly postings! Usually shows up mere moments into the new month, and yet, the 3rd is upon us, and not a peep.

At 7/3/18 02:00 AM, Exedor wrote: @byteslinger? Are you healthy and well?

We seem to be missing one of our favorite users monthly postings! Usually shows up mere moments into the new month, and yet, the 3rd is upon us, and not a peep.

Hopefully everything is okay!

• Unpublished Submission

Same uploader as always bringing things over from

G55.co

. See below for the Facebook info the game tries to access on "start":

At 7/3/18 02:00 AM, Exedor wrote: @byteslinger? Are you healthy and well?

We seem to be missing one of our favorite users monthly postings! Usually shows up mere moments into the new month, and yet, the 3rd is upon us, and not a peep.

Sorry about the delay - I was running a massive end of month conversion for a client, which took multiple days and evenings to complete. Ultimately, everything worked out. Got back to my home office last night to discover that my main air conditioner unit devolved into a noisy heat generator, and it was 90+ (Fahrenheit) in the house. I shut down a few servers and got some fans going, but when I was done, I was just too damn hot and sweaty. Took a cool shower and passed out.

And as I was going through my work today, I had a funny feeling I forgot something - and sure enough, @Exedor had sent a well-needed reminder. Thank you for that - my apologies for being late.

Anyways, here's the roster for July 1st.I know the current numbers look good, but I think the "deltas" may be off. I was working a lot with the mods to NGStats and the (eventual) merging of NGLogs, so I may have gummed up some intermediate data values.Still, it doesn't change the fact that @Perigrinus is still running like he's being chased by Zombies, and @Guthrie is right behind him, screaming. Overall, an interesting month. If I missed any milestones, it was unintentional, most likely caused by the processing hiccup.

Barracks Roster as of July 1st, 2018:

Milestones::
Jackho - 12K total B/P
Peregrinus - 7K saves

Promotions::
Peregrinus - Lieutenant

New Recruits::
No new recruits this month.

Leaving The Barracks::
No members retired this month.

The Roster:
No. B/P / Gain / Average / Level / Change / Username / Rank / Posts / Level
01) 147,682 | 0,532 | 77.33 | A | +003.30 | byteslinger Sup. Commander | 0 | F
02) 85,896 | 0,037 | 12.33 | C | -043.08 | @GameJunkie Sup. Commander | 0 | F
03) 67,508 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | @Jolly Sup. Commander | 0 | F
04) 63,333 | 0,062 | 20.67 | B | +000.00 | @Exedor Sup. Commander | 7 | A
05) 46,147 | 0,041 | 13.67 | C | -016.33 | @Asandir Sup. Commander | 0 | F
06) 38,911 | 0,296 | 98.67 | A | -021.69 | @Big-Boss Sup. Commander | 0 | F
07) 34,567 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @Fro Sup. Commander | 0 | F
08) 29,603 | 0,569 | 89.67 | A | +005.96 | @Guthrie Commander | 0 | F
09) 28,207 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @Decky Commander | 0 | F
10) 21,911 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | @Lizzardis Lt. General | 0 | F
11) 12,702 | 0,611 | 03.67 | A | +003.56 | @Peregrinus Lieutenant | 4 | A
12) 12,359 | 0,419 | 39.67 | A | +022.51 | @Jackho Praporshchik | 0 | F
13) 8,650 | 0,015 | 05.00 | D | -016.67 | @ZJ Sgt. First Class | 0 | F
14) 6,360 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @BenwaHakubi Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
15) 5,775 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | @ADR3-N Sergeant | 0 | F

Top 5 Gainers::
Peregrinus - 611 (23.66% of total)
Guthrie - 569 (22.04% of total)
byteslinger - 532 (20.60% of total)
Jackho - 419 (16.23% of total)
Big-Boss - 296 (11.46% of total)

Top 5 users accounted for 94.00% of B/P points (2,427 total)

Top gainers, repeat appearances::
byteslinger (66)
Big-Boss (56)
Guthrie (14)
Jackho (8)
Peregrinus (5)

Total gain for month: 2,582 (9 Active Members)

That's 860.67 per day, or 95.63 per day per active member.

At 7/3/18 11:34 AM, byteslinger wrote: Anyways, here's the roster for July 1st.I know the current numbers look good, but I think the "deltas" may be off.

Unfortunately the zombies found the deltas. Sorry to hear about the meltyness of your house :( It hit 118F here the day before yesterday with humidity, so I know the feel since we have no AC.

Barracks Roster as of July 1st, 2018:
Top 5 Gainers::
Peregrinus - 611 (23.66% of total)
Guthrie - 569 (22.04% of total)
byteslinger - 532 (20.60% of total)
Jackho - 419 (16.23% of total)
Big-Boss - 296 (11.46% of total)

I had myself at 1123 BP at month's end, and @GUTHRIE at 1014 a few days before that. I started the month off at 11501 so that number draw above would have been around the 18th of June. Reference book-keeping:

• Unpublished Submission

No animation just music.

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  Shot Talk #1 - Adam Paloian - Nickelodeon Studios

  by Shot-Talk

  El Cid sits down with Adam Paloian from Nickelodean Studios and talks shop.

  Movie

  1,742 Views

  (Ages 13+)

No animation just people talking.

At 7/3/18 10:29 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713599
No animation just people talking.

*** Ah yes, so everyone knows, no need to report this one. Tom gave this one a special pass, for now. ***

Vote whatever you'd like, tho.

• Unpublished Submission

No animation. Looks like a commercial?

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Both are stolen.

OppaiGames

(NG link) has those up as advanced release for

Patreon

.

At 7/3/18 10:29 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713599
No animation just people talking.

That was really damn interesting

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

It is a flashing computer screen. The author has Warcraft 3 picture on his header, so this might be an alt of Techgames.

At 7/4/18 12:45 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713618
It is a flashing computer screen. The author has Warcraft 3 picture on his header, so this might be an alt of Techgames.

I can confirm that. Techgames was from Belgrade (if I remember corectly) This guy has a reference to a relatively well-known Serbian/Balkan TV channel. If we combine that with the similarities with the computer screens i'd say there's a pretty good chance it's him. Another alt could be rickardjackson1 as he also says he's from Serbia and has news posts in Serbian. It's either alts or we're witnessing the first Serbian NG spam crew.

At 7/4/18 12:53 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote:

At 7/4/18 12:45 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713618
It is a flashing computer screen. The author has Warcraft 3 picture on his header, so this might be an alt of Techgames.

I can confirm that. Techgames was from Belgrade. This guy has a reference to a relatively well-known Serbian/Balkan TV channel. If we combine that with the similarities with the computer screens i'd say there's a pretty good chance it's h.

Thanks for confirming, and offering extra information.

I will keep an eye out for anymore alts that he makes.

At 7/4/18 12:57 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 7/4/18 12:53 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote:

At 7/4/18 12:45 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713618
It is a flashing computer screen. The author has Warcraft 3 picture on his header, so this might be an alt of Techgames.

I can confirm that. Techgames was from Belgrade. This guy has a reference to a relatively well-known Serbian/Balkan TV channel. If we combine that with the similarities with the computer screens i'd say there's a pretty good chance it's h.

Thanks for confirming, and offering extra information.

I will keep an eye out for anymore alts that he makes.

Yeah, and I updated my reply because I found some more information and I'm not sure if techgames was from Belgrade, although I do think I have a memory of one of these guys being specifically from Belgrade, though I could be mixing them up. And yet another thread connecting them: they've all got older ages on their accounts. Oh, and what do you know, this new guy "reviewed" rickardjackson's submission.

At 7/4/18 01:04 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote:

At 7/4/18 12:57 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 7/4/18 12:53 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote: I can confirm that. Techgames was from Belgrade. This guy has a reference to a relatively well-known Serbian/Balkan TV channel. If we combine that with the similarities with the computer screens i'd say there's a pretty good chance it's h.

Thanks for confirming, and offering extra information.

I will keep an eye out for anymore alts that he makes.

Yeah, and I updated my reply because I found some more information and I'm not sure if techgames was from Belgrade, although I do think I have a memory of one of these guys being specifically from Belgrade, though I could be mixing them up. :

It is good that we can combine to figure out what is going on with them. Something is very fishy.

And yet another thread connecting them they've all got older ages on their accounts. Oh, and what do you know, this new guy "reviewed" rickardjackson's submission.

Do you think they hijacked older accounts somehow?

It's either alts or we're witnessing the first Serbian NG spam crew.

That would be a first. What strange times we live in. lol

At 7/4/18 01:32 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

It is good that we can combine to figure out what is going on with them. Something is very fishy.

Yeah, I'm glad I could help, even if it was just overthinking stuff.

Do you think they hijacked older accounts somehow?

No, the accounts are all rather young, I meant the personal ages. I think I remember techgames being over 50, now this new guy is 56. Rickard Jackson is 40 and in high school so I think they're adding age to themselves, it could be that the guy just doesn't know what highschool is, because there's one less level of school in Serbia. Maybe he thinks it's college. Then again, I feel like these guys are smart so I don't think they'd make a mistake like that. If you look through rickardjackson's fans, it says there's three, but I can only see one. A glitch involving deleted accounts perhaps? Or maybe my phone is just glitching. Maybe I'm overthinking this whole thing, but I just feel like I'm onto something. Also, can you check if the link on the new guy's page actually leads to just Twitter or his Twitter? Another peculiar thing is that new guy hasn't been active at all before may this year, even though his account is older than that.
Oh, and new guy has a fan called OscarTechGamesPlayer

At 7/4/18 12:45 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713618
It is a flashing computer screen. The author has Warcraft 3 picture on his header, so this might be an alt of Techgames.

I'll leave it for now so we'll get blam points, but can anyone get his music to work? Never stops loading for me, on 2 different computers and browsers. :\

Spammy, loud stolen youtube clip.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/ 713624

edit: if I put the link together, I get a Newgrounds message that says I've used a word that's not allowed in the BBS. Can't post NG links? Must be an error.

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  MUTT and CHOPPS

  by AlmightyHans

  The misadventures of two swindlers in Apocalyptia.

  Movie

  28,979 Views

  (Everyone)

So since the other el-cid live video was fine, is this becoming a new thing? Is this a Tom approved push to take some of YT marketshare?

I’m all for well made live action, just wondering how this figures into the “not rulebreaking but flag recommended apparently” live action submissions.

At 7/4/18 10:31 PM, Peregrinus wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/713647
So since the other el-cid live video was fine, is this becoming a new thing? Is this a Tom approved push to take some of YT marketshare?

This is another that Tom gave a special thumbs up to. I didn't post about them beforehand because we didn't know when they were going to show up. So yeah, this one is fine. As with any submission, vote what you wish.

At 7/5/18 03:46 AM, Exedor wrote: This is another that Tom gave a special thumbs up to. I didn't post about them beforehand because we didn't know when they were going to show up. So yeah, this one is fine. As with any submission, vote what you wish.

Yeah, I figured that permission was granted blanket to el-cid, voted by its merits. I'm more curious if since both of the live-actions were passed through with decent scores if we'll see a community push to submit more of them as a whole.

Edit to add:

• Unpublished Submission

From

G8 Games

(repeat offender).

At 7/5/18 08:22 AM, Peregrinus wrote: Yeah, I figured that permission was granted blanket to el-cid, voted by its merits.

Blanket? Not exactly.

These were granted approval since they are from long-time Newgrounds users, with great submission history. But the fiction submission is heavily enhanced with animated and CGI elements. The interview was with leading animators, and it is hoped that it will inspire existing and/or struggling animators, and also inspire more potential animators to learn.

I'm more curious if since both of the live-actions were passed through with decent scores if we'll see a community push to submit more of them as a whole.

Ugh, I hope not. It's a very grey area as it is. :\

At 7/5/18 11:48 AM, Exedor wrote: Blanket? Not exactly.

These were granted approval since they are from long-time Newgrounds users, with great submission history. But the fiction submission is heavily enhanced with animated and CGI elements. The interview was with leading animators, and it is hoped that it will inspire existing and/or struggling animators, and also inspire more potential animators to learn.

Fair enough. I see the value in the interview one, and I do think that enhanced videos have a place.

Ugh, I hope not. It's a very grey area as it is. :\

Yeah, I'm never really sure whether to toss a flag or not. DoctorStrongbad seems to bring them all up anyways :)

If anyone missed it, @Peregrinus is now an audio mod. Just another example of the top quality you can expect from the EGB's boss-ass members.

If you melted down all the auras in here you'd have enough gold to fund, like, two trips to disneyland. I mean GOD, how can one group of people be just so impossibly good at doing the internet?

pic related it's us

At 7/6/18 12:43 AM, Jackho wrote: If you melted down all the auras in here you'd have enough gold to fund, like, two trips to disneyland.

Mine is Canadian gold though, so the exchange rate is like 1 CANMod = 0.726 USAMod. Then you factor in the tarrifs and I still end up trading in pocket lint for a Disneyland ticket.

You brought up an interesting point though: does the large number of mod members scare away new folks? I know there are a few people not at EG ranks who pop in with reports, but not much in the way of people interested in joining.

At 7/6/18 02:28 PM, Peregrinus wrote: You brought up an interesting point though: does the large number of mod members scare away new folks? I know there are a few people not at EG ranks who pop in with reports, but not much in the way of people interested in joining.

I actually have wanted to join for a while. I think I heard some time ago that you guys have some sort of training program?

At 7/6/18 03:09 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote: I actually have wanted to join for a while. I think I heard some time ago that you guys have some sort of training program?

I baited you in ;)

@ADR3-N generally handles the new recruit/ROTC process, but their computer I think was on the fritz and may not be around for a bit. Maybe start by giving this a read. You meet (most) of the recommended criteria: You have good, constructive reviews, posts are legible and contribute to the conversation.

I personally wouldn't mind seeing a bronze+ whistle. Maybe take a look through the audio portal for stolen music (unscouted section can have 10+ a day). I plan on being around this weekend to clear flags and whatnot in a timely manner.

At 7/6/18 03:09 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote:

At 7/6/18 02:28 PM, Peregrinus wrote: You brought up an interesting point though: does the large number of mod members scare away new folks? I know there are a few people not at EG ranks who pop in with reports, but not much in the way of people interested in joining.

I actually have wanted to join for a while. I think I heard some time ago that you guys have some sort of training program?

You more than qualify to join the ROTC program, and we would be happy to have a new recruit. Usually, our Recruitment Officer @ADR3-N handles this, but it is my understanding that due to technical difficulties with laptop and internet, communication with Newgrounds is intermittent. Hopefully, that will be resolved soon, and if you don't hear from our R/O in a few days, I will gladly work with you.

So, are you ready to take the first step in becoming one of the few, the proud and the elite? The pay sucks, we work 24/7/365 and it's never easy - but the reward of knowing that we have done our best to keep Newgrounds in balance and safe for the user community is more than enough.

We're ready if you are!

EGSC byteslinger,
Chief Barracks Officer.

At 7/6/18 08:19 PM, byteslinger wrote:

At 7/6/18 03:09 PM, Thegamingtrickster wrote:

At 7/6/18 02:28 PM, Peregrinus wrote: You brought up an interesting point though: does the large number of mod members scare away new folks? I know there are a few people not at EG ranks who pop in with reports, but not much in the way of people interested in joining.

I actually have wanted to join for a while. I think I heard some time ago that you guys have some sort of training program?

You more than qualify to join the ROTC program, and we would be happy to have a new recruit. Usually, our Recruitment Officer @ADR3-N handles this, but it is my understanding that due to technical difficulties with laptop and internet, communication with Newgrounds is intermittent. Hopefully, that will be resolved soon, and if you don't hear from our R/O in a few days, I will gladly work with you.

So, are you ready to take the first step in becoming one of the few, the proud and the elite? The pay sucks, we work 24/7/365 and it's never easy - but the reward of knowing that we have done our best to keep Newgrounds in balance and safe for the user community is more than enough.

We're ready if you are!

EGSC byteslinger,
Chief Barracks Officer.

Actually, I replied to @Peregrinus's post because it felt like I had to, but I would like to wait a bit longer. Like officer Peregrinus said, I'm going to try and get a bronze whistle via Audio Portal. Also, I have something nice that's happening soon, so I want to time it nicely so it's a double whammy.

Everyone, the Serbs are back. This is probably the new alt, since the last one got deleted.

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

And i've got confirmation they're/he's definitely Serbian. At one point in the video, the description for Youtube is in Cyrillic Serbian. Same MO, same country of origin. These are our guy(s)

I checked again because I wasn't sure, but, yeah, this guy made a news post that was partially in Serbian, but seemed like gibberish and without meaning, I think asking people if they wanted him to upload audio. Also, we can probably get him on his art, since he's got a piece of art, and it seems to be a screen taken from Diablo 2.