Cool to see you on the team @MalwareShop!

This is how I do it. I open up this:

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal (This one includes movies and games)

It is awesome that we have to opportunity to see amazing creativity! There are going to be good experiences and there's gonna be bad experiences with browsing the portal.

1. I open all of the highlighted links with (Middle Mouse Button) now you have a lot of tabs.

2. Primarily, I have my left hand hovering over (Ctrl + Tab). I see the movie, and I vote accordingly. Issues are rare. I press (Ctrl + Tab) to go to the next entry.

-- 3. If there is an issue; flag it with the relevant problem. Then the issues are posted on this topic.

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For example:

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link

Speedpaint.

(WARNING. Adult material in this link: .link)

RL porn.

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List of issues I focus on:

Speedpaint.

Sound visualizer set to music.

Let's Play Gameplay Footage. -- This one counts if the individual who's playing the game did not make it.

Scams.

Viruses.

RL porn. (WARNING. Adult material in this link: .link)

Incorrectly rated materials. (WARNING. Adult material in this link: .link)

Stolen materials. Stolen from: link

Hate speech. (Debatable must be discussed before flagged)

I have never in my life met a virus on Newgrounds, or scam. How do you even spot viruses? How do you keep yourself safe from them? Also, what do you mean welcome to the team? What team? The EGB? What is sound visualizer set to music?

Also, why is it bannable to talk about blamming, zero-bombing? What's wrong with it?

This is because this disrupts the voting system AND a violation of the EGB's code. The board was in deep shit before because some mods believed this board was a blamming club, which are clubs meant to target certain submissions and is a form of gatekeeping people out of a certain portal. The EGB makes it VERY CLEAR that this is a club about protecting the portal from submissions that violate the portal's guidelines and takes no part in activity related to a blam club. If people wanted to take out problematic people, let's say Don from SuperMega, then they should contact the site owner about it, not destroy every submission they make regardless of quality and make reviews that are either considered spam or abusive, in which ANYONE can report.

I've experienced this while playing a game, you click in a random spot and it sends you to a link. Set your browser protection to MAX. (Strict) This will not make you invincible, but it might help.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/learning-center/how-to-tweak-browser-settings-maximum-security?form=MA13I2

Alternatively, you can run a browser on a virtual machine.

Most frequently people spam viruses through links. They could be in the description.

Yes, welcome to EGB.

This is a music visualizer:

2020 Trap Nation Audio Visualizer Template (Avee Player)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoq0xSRCTE

Because if you organize parties to vote zero on someone's entry then it will be removed. 

Even though the entry itself is not bad. All movies and games are in the judgment phase, in the beginning.

Movies are deleted if they fall below the listed score at the listed number of votes:

50 votes: 1.0

70 votes: 1.5

90 votes: 1.75

Just checking in - I'm glad to see so much support and positive activity here. Reading through a few posts from @Aalasteir , @BickerySebastian and @MalwareShop , I thought I might add some clarification to a few things:

1) The manifesto of the Elite Guard Barracks explains who we are and how we got here. We work with the moderators to help remove clearly rule-violating submissions on a case-by-case basis. We DO NOT engage in any mass down-voting or coordinated efforts against any user, for any reason. It is up to the Moderators to decide to ban a user based on what we report.

2) We do have a structured set of officers and an official member roster page. While anyone is welcome to join the forum, ask questions or assist in any way, to officially join the barracks, there's a few things you'll need to do first. We do have a set of standards and practices we adhere to that will ensure that all members operate within the manifesto and operational guidelines.

3) We've been around since 2005. I personally have been a member since 2006, and there is a flow of those who join and those who leave. Some stay a long while, and others, just a few months. We're always looking for new recruits who are willing to step up to the challenge of maintaining the high ideals of the Elite Guard Barracks - and maybe one day lead it.

4) As for flagging reviews, I personally stick to submissions under 3-4 months old. Sure, there are older ones that are crap, but if the moderators have let it go that long, it probably means they'll let it pass. Be careful - if you are not sure about a review flag, then let it go.

5) Finally, when it comes to blamming or protecting a submission, unless that submission is clearly in violation of Newgrounds rules (where a moderator will handle it), we vote as individuals. I may see a game submission that, although well made, is just a knock-off of a prior submission from the same user, and choose to blam it because it's nothing new. But someone else here might see it as a halfway decent game, and give it a 3, since it was an effort. Voting is subjective and private - and should remain that way.

Hope this clears things up a bit - and thank you for being active users in our forum. We welcome all the help we can get! If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to post them here, or PM me if you wish.

Regards,

EGSC byteslinger

Chief Barracks Officer

Violation: Stolen, this is a modified version of a Scratch game titled "Super Mario Kart" by Finlay_Cool.

Source: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/36711178/

Speedpaint

Concert footage - no animation

Whenever I read a message like this, I always feel kind of guilty and scolded. Probably because I'm new here and stuff, and you guys know things around here way better than me.

Alright, well, this only makes me more anxious. I have never encountered a single malicious link, only games that ask you permission to something through a passport? Are they safe? Also, if it's in the description, I'm sure it will look sketchy. Also, my browser blocks all tracers and ads. But Newgrounds has links that can be just a single yellow word, and anyone could hide links under those. Please correct me, if I'm wrong about anything.

Oh, please don't feel that way! I was not trying to scold anyone or make you feel bad. I know you're new around here and you're trying your best and still learning. My goal was to reiterate what the Barracks stands for, and to hopefully enlighten the newer folks here.

You've done nothing wrong, and your observations, questions and input are always welcome. My apologies if I came off too strong.

You never gave us an update on your kitchen and home renovations, how did it all turn out

happy with the result?

WARNING. Adult material in this link: .https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/894749

Gameplay Footage of:

Shelter 69

WARNING. Adult material in this link: .https://store.steampowered.com/app/1905950/Shelter_69/

Please don't worry, it's awesome you are helping Newgrounds. We are all a team and we help each other.

These are my assumptions:

Malicious links are extremely rare.

Permission: That is something that allows you to potentially get metals from playing the game. And other things such as seeing your name in the game. You don't have to accept if you don't trust the developer.

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I frequently search:

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/bbs?advanced=1&terms=&user=&match=tp&forum=&after=&before=

And used the Wiki:

https://www.newgrounds.com/wiki

When I find valuable information, I save it to a WordPad. Saving information you find useful is very helpful. Along with having it organized and easy to find is an excellent skill to cultivate.

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Thank you, I wish you a good day. @MalwareShop

Yes, It is finally done! Here's a sample before and after shot, it's quite a wonderful transformation!

Before (yes, we were inspired by Johnny Rockets when we did this 10+ years ago)

And today, it's all updated - new cabinets, appliances. tile, countertop, lighting - worth the aggravation!

And, yes, I know this is off topic to the forum, but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Thanks for asking!

Ayy

A nice kitchen you got here!

LOL don't worry, I was jokingly saying this.

Alright, thanks, I understand, but is it true that people can use yellow words and hide links behind them? Since you won't see the full link, you won't know what the link looks like, it could look sketchy, etc.

@tox, I am the same level now as Livecorpse. (Level 16).

This is a bit too off-topic. Keep this kind of post in a DM, or as a news post on your profile.

Also, it's your third post in a row. Try to minimize double posting unless it's absolutely necessary, and remember to use the edit function if you can.

That looks awesome! I love the outlet covers!

Yes, you're right they can hide things in hyperlinks.

How can we see what is inside of a hyperlink?

The way you could protect yourself is:

1 - Mouse; right click: On the potential link

2 - Copy and paste the link into:

https://www.urlvoid.com/

3 - It will only tell you; which site is potentially safe

New malicious techniques are always developed and countermeasures take time to construct.

Your submission must not be a modified version of someone else's work. No original animation.

Taken from:

Humiliated || Rememberance Doomsday Mix (+FLP and Mix Mod Link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2jUJ5nPSM

But added text.

Still image and the audio is AI generated

ignore me if I'm being a moron but

this is the most suspicious score I've ever seen. DotArtClips essentially posts the exact same thing every day except with a different skin. The exact same nsfw loop crap from his own game to keep the game popularity somewhat afloat. He averages 3.5 but his movies always come out with this absurdly high rating of 4.5 or more. You're telling me that out of the 43 people that rated, all of them voted 5/5 for THIS? Well I find that highly unlikely. I'm starting to think he uses alternate accounts to get his movies pass judgement. Has anyone else noticed this? Honestly I feel kind of bad, I've picked a bone against this guy for too long.

that is gorgeous!

there are certain things that are off topic, but totally allowed, this reno has been a center talking point for months in the monthly address, we have all been rooting for you, we/I just wanted the closure :P

I dont understand which item you are talking about

if you are talking about the most recent one 894839 then yes you are somewhat correct that there are a lot of low-level accounts voting on that content, with my 12.2 votes I can swing the score from 4.21 to 4.12 meaning that there are a lot of accounts that were voting with a score of 1 or 2 votes, buuuuuuut why does it matter, you need a mountain of accounts to actually do what you are talking about, (see clock or lock crews) because in just 2 hours the score has sunk from the 4.5 area to the 4.16 point which is certainly in line with a few of his other more recent creations

meaning that they are growing as a creator... all be it an adult content creator...

Hmm... seems suspicious indeed. However, I would want to talk about ZabuJard. He keeps posting provocative, troll submissions very regularly, I always see them in the portal. What do you guys think about him? And how is he not banned yet? He has made dozens of videos about making a parody of George Floyd, and all kinds of provocative content.

Personally, I simply blocked ZabuJard.

But are his submissions really not against the rules? It's not just simply provocative, but racist too.

...So exactly which submission contains the supposed racist material? I wouldn't just flag it on the basis of "I think it's racist" because it sounds like something more like a White Savior Complex, and I'm not going to dig through like the amount of submissions just so I can find it. It's a needle in the hay sack. The least you could do is just post the submission and then discuss with the mods whether or not the submission(s) in question IS indeed violating this clause that appears BOTH in the Movie and Games' guidelines:

Your submission must not be racist or downright hateful towards specific groups of people.

Though there's a similar clause to this in the Art guidelines...

Your art may not promote hate towards a race or sexuality, or celebrate / fetishize hate groups. If your portrait of a "sexy nazi" is removed, this is why.

Except there are no similar rules to it in the Audio guideline so don't expect smooth sailing if you're trying to flag an audio submission.

So let's give it a go.