I have a question, trying to rule out a bug:

I know Blams are super slow, and I usually get 2-8 a day...but I haven't gotten a single Blam point since the site revamp. I checked the obits and things are being blammed, including things I voted in that range for, but no point credit.

11 got blammed today, and I voted on 9 of them. I'm quite sure at least half of those would have been a 0-1 range vote, but still no points. Saves are working as intended.

I keep my stats daily for personal interest/narcissism, I'm hoping others may have noticed as well. Stats for reference below. I've kept stats since 21 Mar 18, and with the exception of taking breaks I haven't until now had more than one day spots of no-blams here and there. Three days in a row is an anomaly.

(I didn't think this merited it's own topic in Wi/Ht? and folks here may be more likely to have kept track. Tagging @liljim as I'm like 99% sure its a bug)

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: I have a question, trying to rule out a bug:

I'll admit that I don't keep track of my stats like you do (impressive, btw), but I did log my stats on NG Log this morning and haven't gotten any blam points since. I definitely voted 0 on at least two submissions that were blammed since then.

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: I have a question, trying to rule out a bug:

If it is a bug, it needs to corrected. Blams are hard enough without computer errors not rewarding them properly.
Nice work keeping an eye on this.

At 9/23/18 10:20 PM, GUTHRIE wrote: I'll admit that I don't keep track of my stats like you do (impressive, btw), but I did log my stats on NG Log this morning and haven't gotten any blam points since. I definitely voted 0 on at least two submissions that were blammed since then.

I keep forgetting about NG Logs so my stats there get recorded only sporadically (sorry byteslinger). Now that the excel is done up I can just plug numbers in daily, and it pops up with line graphs for extra feel good.

At 9/23/18 10:30 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: If it is a bug, it needs to corrected. Blams are hard enough without computer errors not rewarding them properly.

I like my blam points as much as the next guy, but I wouldn’t rate this as highest concern on what is likely a massive list of things to iron out after the update. It’s a fun stat, but really it matters only to a small number of active users who enjoy seeing numbers and shiny badges. The important part of the function is still working: the blam system is still sending low quality submissions to the graveyard.

Nice work keeping an eye on this.

“Wasn’t that the same number yesterday....uh oh”

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: I have a question, trying to rule out a bug:

I know Blams are super slow, and I usually get 2-8 a day...but I haven't gotten a single Blam point since the site revamp. I checked the obits and things are being blammed, including things I voted in that range for, but no point credit.

11 got blammed today, and I voted on 9 of them. I'm quite sure at least half of those would have been a 0-1 range vote, but still no points. Saves are working as intended.

I keep my stats daily for personal interest/narcissism, I'm hoping others may have noticed as well. Stats for reference below. I've kept stats since 21 Mar 18, and with the exception of taking breaks I haven't until now had more than one day spots of no-blams here and there. Three days in a row is an anomaly.

(I didn't think this merited it's own topic in Wi/Ht? and folks here may be more likely to have kept track. Tagging @liljim as I'm like 99% sure its a bug)

Yup. Me too. I don't keep a log like you, but I have noticed that I haven't been getting any blams, despite voting in the 0-1 range on at least two Madness Day submissions that got blammed. I specifically remember voting on this submission in the 0-1 range, yet my blams have not gone up. I was just about to make a thread about this today, thinking it was just a sporadic problem that happens to certain users, but seeing these responses, it seems like it might be happening to everyone.

Also, I don't get 2-8 blams every day like you, but then again, I don't get, like, 40 B/P a day. Usually not more than 10. If I've done more than five the days before I can allow myself to do a little fewer than 5.

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: half of those would have been a 0-1 range vote

At 9/24/18 01:54 AM, Thereviewtrickster wrote: despite voting in the 0-1 range

If you vote 1, you just might give it that extra lil bit it needs to pass. If you want to have the best chance of blam, always vote 0, not 1.

At 9/24/18 02:52 AM, Exedor wrote:

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: half of those would have been a 0-1 range vote

At 9/24/18 01:54 AM, Thereviewtrickster wrote: despite voting in the 0-1 range

If you vote 1, you just might give it that extra lil bit it needs to pass. If you want to have the best chance of blam, always vote 0, not 1.

Well yeah, but I try to always be fair. I shouldn't be rating for personal gain, I should be rating fairly based on the submission's quality. Therefore, if I vote 1, its quality has given it that extra lil bit.

At 9/23/18 10:12 PM, Peregrinus wrote: (I didn't think this merited it's own topic in Wi/Ht? and folks here may be more likely to have kept track. Tagging @liljim as I'm like 99% sure its a bug)

Apologies, I think you're right. I've band-aided this as a temporary fix for things going forward, working on a more permanent solution now.

At 9/24/18 02:52 AM, Exedor wrote: If you vote 1, you just might give it that extra lil bit it needs to pass.

I agree with the below statement:

At 9/24/18 03:15 AM, Thereviewtrickster wrote: Well yeah, but I try to always be fair. I shouldn't be rating for personal gain, I should be rating fairly based on the submission's quality. Therefore, if I vote 1, its quality has given it that extra lil bit.

I'm really liking the hew half points ability. There's always a few cases where everything is working as intended in a game, but it just doesn't have the oomph for me to give it a passing score. It used to be I'd vote low and leave a review. I'm figuring out the change to my personal criteria for the new system. I might give a 0.5 rather than a 1 now, and also likely wont use a 1.5 because that really just a bad 2.

At 9/24/18 04:37 AM, liljim wrote: Apologies, I think you're right. I've band-aided this as a temporary fix for things going forward, working on a more permanent solution now.

Thanks liljim, I know you're quite busy right now ironing things out.

Aside, I wonder if this new system will bring back the red "verge of death" border on UJ submissions. I've not seen one since starting to look for them in March. I remember years ago that used to be a bit of a game, to look for and win the hunt for them.

It has to be glitch in the back end - I haven't seen a blam either since the revamp, and I know that some games and movies that I blammed actually did not pass. I initially chalked it up as a lag in processing, but it's been a few days now and still holding at zero delta.

Maybe @LilJim should take a look at this? I'm sure it's something easy to fix, right?

And thank you all for still using NGLOGS and NGSTATS - I had mentioned there would be some good changes over the summer, and I did work on them, but real life slowed me down a bit. Also waiting on some new API interface calls that @BrenTheMan and I were working on that will speed up data collection. It'll be great once we get it all together!

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

No animation at all.

At 9/24/18 01:16 PM, byteslinger wrote: It has to be glitch in the back end

He hotpatched it this morning, and is working on a solid fix.

It'll be great once we get it all together!

I look forward to it!

At 9/24/18 01:55 PM, Peregrinus wrote: He hotpatched it this morning

Update: I've gone up 6 blams since this morning, so the patch works!

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

No animation at all.

At 9/24/18 05:45 PM, Peregrinus wrote:

At 9/24/18 01:55 PM, Peregrinus wrote: He hotpatched it this morning

Update: I've gone up 6 blams since this morning, so the patch works!

I've gone up 1 blam, so it's working for me too!

At 9/24/18 06:55 AM, Peregrinus wrote: Aside, I wonder if this new system will bring back the red "verge of death" border on UJ submissions. I've not seen one since starting to look for them in March. I remember years ago that used to be a bit of a game, to look for and win the hunt for them.

That was effectively disabled (although somewhat unintentionally) some time ago, I'm not sure whether it'll ever be back.

I got a fix proper in place for the blam/protect stuff yesterday an hour or so after the initial fix btw, and I can see that everyone's getting those points again. Please let me know if there are any further issues with that stuff from this point onward.

At 9/25/18 07:21 AM, liljim wrote: That was effectively disabled (although somewhat unintentionally) some time ago, I'm not sure whether it'll ever be back.

I'll keep that in mind though if others end up asking. A little sad that it's gone, but at the same time seeing the red bar was just a visible "please blam me" sign so I understand it being disabled.

Please let me know if there are any further issues with that stuff from this point onward.

Thanks liljim!

• Unpublished Submission

I've been digging cause I know this has been brought up before. I've now seen this submission three times, each time "reupload from my old account".

Hivemind, do you remember?

Also: "I do not own the music or flash animation!"
Also Also: on YouTube from 2005

At 9/25/18 06:02 PM, Peregrinus wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/717710
I've been digging cause I know this has been brought up before. I've now seen this submission three times, each time "reupload from my old account".

Hivemind, do you remember?

I have blamed it before. I predict that I will have to blam it again.

Also: "I do not own the music or flash animation!"
Also Also: on YouTube from 2005

If he is the author he should at least name, if not link his original account.

At 9/25/18 06:02 PM, Peregrinus wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/717710
I've been digging cause I know this has been brought up before. I've now seen this submission three times, each time "reupload from my old account".

Hivemind, do you remember?

Also: "I do not own the music or flash animation!"
Also Also: on YouTube from 2005

I went ahead and removed it, since the author clearly stated that they didn't own the animation.

Much as our occasional visitor talks about it, this submission has returned without improvement:

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

At 9/27/18 06:41 PM, Peregrinus wrote: Much as our occasional visitor talks about it, this submission has returned without improvement:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/717796

But it says he fixed the problems. Also, I'm friends with that guy.
I just realized what that sounds like. I'm not trying to get him off the hook by saying he's my friend.

At 9/27/18 06:41 PM, Peregrinus wrote: Much as our occasional visitor talks about it, this submission has returned without improvement:

Slight improvement. Feel free to vote 0propriately, tho. If it gets blammed and he submits again, Imma have a discussion with him. :\

At 9/28/18 01:44 AM, Thereviewtrickster wrote: Also, I'm friends with that guy.

If that's the case, please tell him to put more time and effort into his games, because people are getting annoyed by the frequent "games" that he's much too quickly pooping out.

This is just the full version of Freddy vs Jason.

• Unpublished Submission

Actors are the same it seems, same scenes I think and I don't think someone would redo the whole movie at this level of quality and put it on Newgrounds. The uploader seems way too legit for this, though.

And this is a clip from Dragon Ball (Z?) that seems identical to what I found on YouTube and the uploader says bothing about it being some sort of reanimation.

• 

  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Noice.

At 9/29/18 03:54 AM, Thereviewtrickster wrote: This is just the full version of Freddy vs Jason.

Don't think I've seen that before. I mean somebody trying to get a full movie uploaded here, I've seen the movie before, 3/5 I'd say, a little too silly for a slasher.

Anyway, taken down along with the DBZ copy.

Remember the old days when you could get 100+ B/P in a single day, the strong majority of which were blams?

god i'm old

godspeed, you new generation of portal warriors

At 9/29/18 06:13 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Remember the old days when you could get 100+ B/P in a single day, the strong majority of which were blams?

I remember hitting refresh like crazy on Pico days to get in on a vote they moved so fast.

god i'm old

Same -_-

godspeed, you new generation of portal warriors

Miss you!

At 9/29/18 06:13 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Remember the old days when you could get 100+ B/P in a single day, the strong majority of which were blams?

Yes, my friend. We stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the portal. On any day, ratio was 3 saves for every 1 blam!

god i'm old

As am I!

godspeed, you new generation of portal warriors

Hopefully, one day they will become the venerable old guard as well!

It's so good to hear from you again. It's been too long...

Barracks Roster as of October 1st, 2018:

September was a very active month for the Barracks - many milestones reached, a few promotions - and a new member (who just changed their name again)!

Congrats to Captain @Jackho and Major @Peregrinus on their promotions. Well done and well deserved! *Salutes*

Welcome again to our newest ROTC member, P.O. @thegamingtrickster - in just a month, he has become a very active member of the EGB - well done, soldier! *Salutes*

And as always, recognition to EGSC @Exedor, EGSC @Guthrie, Major @Peregrinus and Captain @Jackho for their continual support of the Barracks forum - taking out the trash, answering questions and overall, being helpful and active the entire month. Much appreciated! *Salutes*

Let's keep up the great progress. Maybe we can recruit another ROTC member this month? Then @thegamingtrickster wouldn't be on KP duty all by himself anymore!

Milestones::
@Big-Boss - 40K total B/P
@byteslinger - 134K saves, 150K total B/P
@Decky - 5K blams
@GameJunkie - 86K total B/P
@Guthrie - 5K blams, 27K saves, 32K total B/P
@Jackho - 12K saves, 14K total B/P
@Peregrinus - 10K saves, 15K total B/P

Promotions::
@Jackho - Captain
@Peregrinus - Major

New Recruits::
@thegamingtrickster

The Roster:
No. B/P / Gain / Average / Level / Change / Username / Rank / Posts / Level
01) 150,450 | 0,864 | 28.80 | B | -020.00 | @byteslinger Sup. Commander | 4 | D
02) 86,013 | 0,028 | 00.93 | D | -003.45 | @GameJunkie Sup. Commander | 0 | F
03) 67,523 | 0,011 | 00.37 | D | +000.00 | @Jolly Sup. Commander | 0 | F
04) 63,622 | 0,099 | 03.30 | D | -001.98 | @Exedor Sup. Commander | 9 | C
05) 46,319 | 0,037 | 01.23 | D | -038.33 | @Asandir Sup. Commander | 2 | D
06) 40,493 | 0,632 | 21.07 | B | +001.61 | @Big-Boss Sup. Commander | 3 | D
07) 34,578 | 0,004 | 00.13 | D | -020.00 | @Fro Sup. Commander | 1 | D
08) 32,658 | 1,055 | 35.17 | B | -005.38 | @Guthrie Sup. Commander | 7 | C
09) 28,332 | 0,070 | 02.33 | D | +034.62 | @Decky Commander | 2 | D
10) 21,919 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @Lizzardis Lt. General | 0 | F
11) 15,944 | 1,105 | 36.83 | B | -009.50 | @Peregrinus Major | 21 | B
12) 14,116 | 0,376 | 12.53 | C | -047.27 | @Jackho Captain | 4 | D
13) 8,718 | 0,011 | 00.37 | D | -065.63 | @ZJ Sgt. First Class | 0 | F
14) 6,360 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | @BenwaHakubi Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
15) 5,779 | 0,002 | 00.07 | D | +000.00 | @ADR3-N Sergeant | 1 | D
16) 970 | 0,002 | 00.07 | --- | +000.00 | @thegamingtrickster Police Officer NEW | --- | ---

Top 5 Gainers::
@Peregrinus - 1,105 (25.73% of total)
@Guthrie - 1,055 (24.57% of total)
@byteslinger - 864 (20.12% of total)
@Big-Boss - 632 (14.72% of total)
@Jackho - 376 (8.76% of total)

Top 5 users accounted for 93.90% of B/P points (4,032 total)

Top gainers, repeat appearances::
@byteslinger (68)
@Big-Boss (58)
@Guthrie (16)
@Jackho (10)
@Peregrinus (7)

Total gain for month: 4,294 (13 Active Members)

That's 143.13 per day, or 11.01 per day per active member.

• Unpublished Submission

• Unpublished Submission

Stolen with low quality.

Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ_SY-lKZgI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjSdFmVZQbM