At 4/15/07 01:10 PM, Andrea364 wrote: Anyone for teletubby soup? It's fresh!

TINKY WINKY
DIPSY
LA LA
PO

Heh, I decided to make my ramagi flash something other than a secret episode. It'll even feature the fine musical stylings of Firehouse's "Love of a Lifetime"! ^_^

Of course, this means more work and more time...but I'm still aiming for a today-release.

Anyhow, my favorite flash today so far has been that Air Hockey game. I know it's simple and all, but it's functional and fun and I need to stop playing it if I'm going to have any hope of finishing this damned flash today...

At 4/15/07 01:22 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:
TINKY WINKY
DIPSY
LA LA
PO

Here you go, just mke sure you put some salt on it to destroy the remaining teletuby brain cells if any. Would you like a side of carebear legs and house rat with that? If there are any other stupid little pests to eat then just ask, I have plenty more left from the hunt. Don't worry it's free too! The next shipment will be in in 30 minutes.

I prefer Teletubbies with weasel and shrimp.

At 4/15/07 05:04 AM, Phantom wrote:

At 4/14/07 10:02 PM, Snerd wrote: Christ, I hope you guys are Zappa fans...

What in fuck's name are you talking about?

I don't want to reveal too much about it, but my upcoming series centers around some of Frank Zappa's music. The reason I don't want to reveal much about it is because it's still in preproduction and sometimes projects tend to go unfinished.

At 4/15/07 02:16 PM, Snerd wrote:
I don't want to reveal too much about it, but my upcoming series centers around some of Frank Zappa's music. The reason I don't want to reveal much about it is because it's still in preproduction and sometimes projects tend to go unfinished.

The number one thing you don't want to do is get people anticipating something and then not even finishing it, it's a great big huge let down.

At 4/15/07 02:20 PM, Andrea364 wrote: The number one thing you don't want to do is get people anticipating something and then not even finishing it, it's a great big huge let down.

Long ago, in the First Era of Slash, I planned a flash called "Slash's Hentai Intervention", where the EGB confronts me on my hentai addiction. It was gonna rock (in a poor-graphics, Speakonia kind of way), but I just sort of...forgot.

Heh, maybe someday I'll get back to it. But for now, I got a full plate. Lots of things in the works, both well-advertised and secret...keke.

At 4/15/07 06:39 AM, Solidone wrote:

Now how dod you manage to get hit on the head with a door???

Head hitting door thread :D

OK, far too lazy to quote anyone else, especially that long post from PenguinLink (how the hell did you wriggle out of that wall so fast?). I'll pass on the teletubby soup as well- I'm all for killing/torturing them, but eating them just isn't for me. Unless you're having a barbecue that is- my flamethrower is getting rusty...

Sunny again, so I'm off to bathe in all it's cancer giving goodness.

*salutes*

At 4/15/07 02:20 PM, Andrea364 wrote:

At 4/15/07 02:16 PM, Snerd wrote:
I don't want to reveal too much about it, but my upcoming series centers around some of Frank Zappa's music. The reason I don't want to reveal much about it is because it's still in preproduction and sometimes projects tend to go unfinished.

The number one thing you don't want to do is get people anticipating something and then not even finishing it, it's a great big huge let down.

It's gonna have purdy ribbons and a fantasticalicious horn and a little basket in front...

At 4/15/07 12:36 PM, PenguinLink wrote:

You probably slipped by that splattered blood there, so get to it and clean all up. We don't want anyone slipping in here. Although if Sentio slips, I would laugh my head away in vengeance. >:)

Yes, yes...right away......I prefer fighting!!!

Oh well...time to clean all this up...

I can use magic...heh

PenguinLink also wrote:
Huh? Well, I did fly into a wall! Didn't you see my feet waving in the air while being stuck inside the crack of the wall my head made? And it wasn't nice of you leaving me there- I had to struggle to get out. If you know us penguins, we have to wobble out of stuff and wobbling out of a wall was quite difficult.

Too bad for you, I'm a fox! And I'm the fastest one here! If ya need my help, just call me!

...Right, now to get to work...

*Starts cleaning*

Also, the portal seems OK...only 6 UJ submissions...slow today, huh?

At 4/15/07 02:16 PM, Snerd wrote: I don't want to reveal too much about it, but my upcoming series centers around some of Frank Zappa's music. The reason I don't want to reveal much about it is because it's still in preproduction and sometimes projects tend to go unfinished.

Right... That explains everything. Personally I'd suggest you take your pills and get back to drawing pretty pictures. But if you like making flash...

Anyway, does any one have anything interesting to talk about?

Sorry i haven't posted in a while.
I'm just busy with other stuff and yes i know I'm posting in other clubs but no i did not abandoned this club.

I am actually working on my script for an upcoming flash that i am making alone.

For now it is called Super Mario Bros. 07 and yes it involves sprites.

At 4/15/07 02:46 PM, Snerd wrote:
It's gonna have purdy ribbons and a fantasticalicious horn and a little basket in front...

Now you're just scaring the hell out of me... Penguin link, can I borrow a sledge hammer to smash a nice hole in the wall for my new bunk room since I only have about 25-30 b/p ₧ to go?

At 4/15/07 03:22 PM, Phantom wrote: Right... That explains everything. Personally I'd suggest you take your pills and get back to drawing pretty pictures. But if you like making flash...

What do you find fault with in that statement? Maybe you meant to quote my reply describing a bicycle to be light-hearted about the post that basically told me not to promote something that isn't completed yet.

At 4/15/07 04:58 PM, Snerd wrote:
What do you find fault with in that statement? Maybe you meant to quote my reply describing a bicycle to be light-hearted about the post that basically told me not to promote something that isn't completed yet.

Okay, I just hate most happy sounding things, they just weird me out, espescially after Easter weekend.

At 4/15/07 05:07 PM, Andrea364 wrote:

At 4/15/07 04:58 PM, Snerd wrote:
What do you find fault with in that statement? Maybe you meant to quote my reply describing a bicycle to be light-hearted about the post that basically told me not to promote something that isn't completed yet.

Okay, I just hate most happy sounding things, they just weird me out, espescially after Easter weekend.

I hate those Mary Sunshine types, too. It's out of character for me, so that's why I posted what I did. I was being funny. It was very David Cross. I've been listening to a lot of his material lately.

At 4/15/07 05:35 PM, Snerd wrote:
I hate those Mary Sunshine types, too. It's out of character for me, so that's why I posted what I did. I was being funny. It was very David Cross. I've been listening to a lot of his material lately.

Phew, you just saved my life there... But I still want that slede hammer to make my room for when I move in my bunk.

Random, but you know what ticks me off?

All the political infighting done by the major flash groups over Turd of the Week and Underdog. Not just because it's wrong, but because I kinda liked seeing what would legitimately earn TOTW...to see what just barely managed to scrape by.

Bah.

:goes back to ramagi-flash:

At 4/15/07 06:16 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Random, but you know what ticks me off?

All the political infighting done by the major flash groups over Turd of the Week and Underdog. Not just because it's wrong, but because I kinda liked seeing what would legitimately earn TOTW...to see what just barely managed to scrape by.

yeah, it would be nice to see for once, what actually deserves the award, even though it is the worst award.

Bah.

goes back to ramagi-flash:

will this ramagi flash be ready tomorrow then?

At 4/15/07 06:23 PM, Solidone wrote: will this ramagi flash be ready tomorrow then?

I'm HOPING it'll be done today...I'm trying to B/P, watch the forums, PM a bundle, and work on it all at the same time...but worst case scenario, yeah, tomorrow.

I hope it's today, because SlashClassic12 has just been submitted, and I'm in charge of 13 (ramagi). So the longer I take, the longer Slash Classics will be delayed.

Which, depending on your sense of humor, might not be a bad thing. XD

At 4/15/07 06:16 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Random, but you know what ticks me off?

All the political infighting done by the major flash groups over Turd of the Week and Underdog. Not just because it's wrong, but because I kinda liked seeing what would legitimately earn TOTW...to see what just barely managed to scrape by.

Why do they act like such babies over UnderDag and Turd of the week, it's such an undesirable spot, why? Stupid politically crazy flash groups and their damn fighting...
I personally haven't paid any attention to TOTW or UDOTW lately, but I have noticed the political infighting...

sledgehammer please?

Forgot to post this like, yesterday.
I had a pretty good day.

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Not much to talk about, although it's cool that the thread is becoming more active (thanks to Slash, apparently).

At 4/15/07 06:28 PM, Andrea364 wrote: Why do they act like such babies over UnderDag and Turd of the week, it's such an undesirable spot, why? Stupid politically crazy flash groups and their damn fighting...
I personally haven't paid any attention to TOTW or UDOTW lately, but I have noticed the political infighting...

When you get involved with making lots of flash like me, you invariably get to know the behind-the-scenes politics better than the average NG'er. Never personally been involved in the infighting (although I've been asked to, and knew people who did)...

Anyhow, yeah, the fighting is intense. People down-vote their own flash, up-vote other flash that are a threat to winning the award...pfft. It's so silly.

Ironically, TOTW is harder to win than Weekly First now, with all the politics and mass-voting. Which is just fucked up.

At 4/15/07 06:32 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Anyhow, yeah, the fighting is intense. People down-vote their own flash, up-vote other flash that are a threat to winning the award...pfft. It's so silly.

It would ne nice just for one month to have no [KK] and no mass voting just to see what would win the awards.

Ironically, TOTW is harder to win than Weekly First now, with all the politics and mass-voting. Which is just fucked up.

I had never imagined it was that bad. I might just have to get back to flash and win a weekly first then.

I don't really like most of what the crew/union/legion all those types do, but it's almost like you have to vote for it to pass. I didn't for some time, but after a while, you just see there's nothing you can really do about it and you might as well get the points. There's no real way to police it. If it's not some damn dancing cat or some strawberry with an item on its face giving some long diatribe in Speakonia, it'll be something else. I think that whoever chooses Turd or Underdog should pick something besides those things. Maybe after a while, their membership will dwindle and we can start removing their bad submissions from the portal. But there is a reverse to that coin, groups like Kitty Krew, for instance, help give users protection points as well as opportunities for whistle upgrade. A lot of people review KK stuff with misspelled, ignorant, capslocked remarks. While we may not enjoy their flash (I actually find some of them to be a good. They leak out a good one every now and then), they do give us protection and whistle points. I'd much rather see the portal operated fairly, but obviously that can't happen, so we might as get some use out of it ourselves.

Indeed. Groups like that serve an important place in the Newgrounds circle of life. By attracting abusive reviews, they give many whistle points to the public...of course, at the cost of a lot of idiocy.

However, there are some important things to remember about 'spam-groups.'

1) This is the internet. A KK/UU/whatever flash passing is not the end of the world.

2) You're never going to have to see their flashes again once they pass.

3) This is important...never assume that just because it will likely pass that that means you need to vote 2-5 on it. If you don't like it, go ahead and zero it. Sure, you'll likely miss a lot of protects...but so what? You can get to EGSC without compromising your e-principles. I'd know, because I did it.

And 4, which I embrace...4) Do not assume that a flash needs to be super-graphically-good or serious to be good. Hell, there are KK flashes I vote 5 on in good conscience, because I find them funny. I embrace a larger, more open view of 'quality' than comparing every UJ flash to the top 50.

:back to work:

At 4/15/07 06:37 PM, Snerd wrote: I don't really like most of what the crew/union/legion all those types do, but it's almost like you have to vote for it to pass. I didn't for some time, but after a while, you just see there's nothing you can really do about it and you might as well get the points.

You're trespassing into dangerous territory here- in the Barracks we support voting fairly, not being stat whores who will pass something just because they know it will get through, whether it deserves it or not. The reason bad flash passes is because a lot of people think like that- they may as well give it a 2 and get the points, as there is nothing else they can do to stop it. Wade made a similar statement in General a few months back in fact.

You should always vote as the flash deserves. If it then goes on to pass and you voted to blam, so be it. The more people who vote fairly the less often that will happen. Losing a few points here and there really shouldn't be a problem.

There's no real way to police it. If it's not some damn dancing cat or some strawberry with an item on its face giving some long diatribe in Speakonia, it'll be something else. I think that whoever chooses Turd or Underdog should pick something besides those things.

It isn't a case of choosing- the flash that get the awards are automated based on score/reviews. I miss the days when non spam submissions got those awards though- some of the funniest movies on NG used to win Turd of the week.

Maybe after a while, their membership will dwindle and we can start removing their bad submissions from the portal. But there is a reverse to that coin, groups like Kitty Krew, for instance, help give users protection points as well as opportunities for whistle upgrade. A lot of people review KK stuff with misspelled, ignorant, capslocked remarks. While we may not enjoy their flash (I actually find some of them to be a good. They leak out a good one every now and then), they do give us protection and whistle points. I'd much rather see the portal operated fairly, but obviously that can't happen, so we might as get some use out of it ourselves.

I'm not sure I see how increasing the number of abusive reviews on the site is a good thing- again it isn't about getting points, it is about clearing up offensive comments that have no place on a site designed to encourage new animators and flash artists. You are right that a few KK flashes are good though- that is why you should watch every submission and vote fairly. Just as many people see a KK logo at the start and hit 0 as KK members see the logo and hit 5.

The Portal can operate fairly if everyone tries to vote fairly as they are supposed to. Obviously that will never happen with all the groups around, but that is no excuse to add to the problem for the sake of a few extra points.

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At 4/15/07 06:32 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:
When you get involved with making lots of flash like me, you invariably get to know the behind-the-scenes politics better than the average NG'er. Never personally been involved in the infighting (although I've been asked to, and knew people who did)...

I think I'll just keep my ass out of the infighting before I do something wrong and spawn a flame war about flash.

Anyhow, yeah, the fighting is intense. People down-vote their own flash, up-vote other flash that are a threat to winning the award...pfft. It's so silly.

Don't they know that might be the one vote that helps blam it? That's just fucking crazy, that's it I'm not gonna do that... ever.

Ironically, TOTW is harder to win than Weekly First now, with all the politics and mass-voting. Which is just fucked up.

I'd be happy if mine just passed, that's a fucked up system dude. I hate to see people trying to kill each other over flash like that.

FLASH INSANITY!

I realize that what I've said is tantamount to heresy here, but I wanted to express my stance as honestly as possible.

At 4/14/07 02:02 PM, PenguinLink wrote: Would you mind telling us a sample of one of them? :P

Unfortunately, since I'm too lazy to implement them, I am also too lazy to remember most of my ideas. Although, I do remember one idea that required chains, a flat surface, a stereo, and a tape with the song Barbie Girl by Aqua.

Other than that, I can't remember anything else.

At 4/14/07 04:09 PM, MadCow wrote: I might color it in flash later, if I'm not feelin lazy, lmao

Holy crap, man. I never knew that you could, like, draw.

At 4/15/07 11:26 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

yawn again: Good mornin', y'all.

Good morning. And stop yawning. Do you have any idea how contagious tha*yawns*.

Great, now you have me doing it. >:(

Slash's plans for today:

Looks like you have a busy day set ahead for you.

At 4/15/07 07:16 PM, Snerd wrote: I realize that what I've said is tantamount to heresy here, but I wanted to express my stance as honestly as possible.

Honestly, I think the KK has a weird yet funny sense of humor, hell, the KittyKrew is part of the reason I'm gonna have another go at flash.