At 11/18/10 12:01 AM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: Let's see if I can quote this properly....

At 11/17/10 11:17 PM, 34Deadman wrote:

Where's BigBadRon when we need him?

I don't know who he is....Care to explain?

You got it right.

BigBadRon is one of the old-time BBS mods, the Poozy of his day, so to say. Never capitalized anything unless it was all-caps. Pretty funny guy actually, I miss him. I have no idea when he was demodded.

Shame. Maybe life got in the way of his mod duties.

Sadly I can't be arsed to play that game. I should get to it at the weekend.

You play it for ten seconds and you've got five medals. That's how fast it is. I've never seen anything like it.

Funny I fgured I had time now and started playing the game more(right at this moment). To say the least you right I can put no effort in it I get one achievement. It's crazy.

At one point, I counted 21 "User is Online" threads.

Wow

At 11/17/10 11:17 PM, 34Deadman wrote:

In the end Poozy is still a mod using his ban hammer.

Is he? I glanced through a page or so of the thread, but I couldn't be bothered to read much of it because I just can't bring myself to care. I did post /thread for the lulz though. Haha.

At 11/17/10 04:49 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

At 11/17/10 06:43 AM, michelinman wrote:

The polar bears are what crack me up. No significance to Christmas whatsoever, but it wouldn't be right if there wasn't Coca-Cola commercials with the damn polar bears in them.

True, those bears have become a cultural icon. It's quite a marketing achievement on the part of Coca-Cola.

That, and adding cocaine to soft drinks. Marketing genius up until the government got wise. "And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling congressmen."

Sounds like a handful. I don't know how much being in a relationship for 4 years means you can make a relationship work since they ended up breaking up. I was in a relationship for 3 years, engaged, and I have no idea how to make relationships work IMHO.

Well this dude cheated on her and sounds like an asshole (haven't exactly heard his side of the story though), and I think if she was willing to do what it took to make a relationship work with a guy that pissed her off, then she'll probably try and make this work, regardless of how shit goes. That could be a bad thing, or a really amazing thing. Guess time will tell.

I agree though, stay away from the psycho crazy girls.

But they party naked!

I on the other hand have just met this gorgeous girl who makes me very happy, something I haven't felt in at least 6 months.

Good deal man. What's her story?

I actually met her at the Marine Corps Ball, she was someone else's date, but not really date just a friend thing, so we talked, flirted and clicked got her number and started talking and hanging out. She's got great personality, super quirky and positive, and can be a total dork, which is something I love. Plus it doesn't hurt that she's pretty hot lol.

The hotness always gives them the little extra edge doesn't it? Haha. That's cool man. Those dorky girls are always fun to be around, provided that they look cute when they're doing it. I dated this girl in high school who always used to baby talk her dog in this annoying ass voice, and every time she did it, I wanted to tackle her and darce choke her into submission.

General sure has become a mess recently. Nonetheless, it is still quite entertaining.

Decent Top 5 this week in the Audio Portal. It's good to see a variety of music genres instead of the usual five trance / techno submissions. Good music, good music.

Sorry about my absence as of recent everyone. I'm finishing up my last couple of weeks of college and the final grind is generally the worst. I took a look at the garbage going on with Poozy and general and everything and that's just a solid reminder to me as to why I spend no time there anymore hahaha.

I'll have time to post a bit more later, however, for right now I need to continue writing a paper. Hope all is well with everyone.

It's that time of the year! It's Christmas! You can already find the ads on TV and hear the music on the radio. While I always find them enjoyable, I believe they should wait until the actual month to start.

Good stuff in this year's Treasure Hunt. It will take a lot of time and effort to go through each of the finalists, but I will!

At 11/21/10 12:52 PM, Alfraydo wrote: It's that time of the year! It's Christmas! You can already find the ads on TV and hear the music on the radio. While I always find them enjoyable, I believe they should wait until the actual month to start.

There's no reason they should start this early, other than to bug the shit out of consumers. I think the appropriate time to start advertising Christmas is after Thanksgiving.

Good stuff in this year's Treasure Hunt. It will take a lot of time and effort to go through each of the finalists, but I will!

I don't know how the admins do it. There were hundreds of flashes in this year's Treasure Hunt. It was insane.

At 11/18/10 07:03 AM, michelinman wrote:

I agree though, stay away from the psycho crazy girls.

But they party naked!

Those are the best, no doubt.

The hotness always gives them the little extra edge doesn't it? Haha. That's cool man. Those dorky girls are always fun to be around, provided that they look cute when they're doing it. I dated this girl in high school who always used to baby talk her dog in this annoying ass voice, and every time she did it, I wanted to tackle her and darce choke her into submission.

Yea if she was annoying, I wouldn't want to be around her all the time, trust me.

At 11/18/10 08:41 PM, Alfraydo wrote: General sure has become a mess recently. Nonetheless, it is still quite entertaining.

General has always been a heaping pile of dog poo if you ask me. Bunch of dummies who think themselves higher than everyone, talking about ridiculous crap.

At 11/21/10 02:01 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote:

At 11/21/10 12:52 PM, Alfraydo wrote: It's that time of the year! It's Christmas! You can already find the ads on TV and hear the music on the radio. While I always find them enjoyable, I believe they should wait until the actual month to start.

There's no reason they should start this early, other than to bug the shit out of consumers. I think the appropriate time to start advertising Christmas is after Thanksgiving.

I very much agree with this, the christmas ads are always pushing to be earlier every year it seems like. Such a ridiculously material world we live in. Gotta love hyperreality...

I don't know how the admins do it. There were hundreds of flashes in this year's Treasure Hunt. It was insane.

Yea well, since it is their full time job to run this website, they can't really complain. It's not that bad of a life to run a website that's about flash movies and games lol.

Stopping in to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and wishing everyone a happy weekend of Black Friday. Hopefully you all get the things you need!

At 11/25/10 12:26 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: Stopping in to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and wishing everyone a happy weekend of Black Friday. Hopefully you all get the things you need!

Well at least to those of us who live in the U.S. lol. Canada has their thanksgiving in October and it's not as celebrated as it is here, and other countries, well, I don't think they have a thanksgiving holiday. Mine was filled with Turkey, potatoes, desserts, and plenty of family (17 of us this year).

I hate Black Friday, I hate the concept, I hate the fact that the deals are actually not that good compared to how crazy people get about it. Seriously, people die for this shit every year.... Ridiculous.

At 11/26/10 03:47 AM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

At 11/25/10 12:26 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: Stopping in to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and wishing everyone a happy weekend of Black Friday. Hopefully you all get the things you need!

Well at least to those of us who live in the U.S. lol. Canada has their thanksgiving in October and it's not as celebrated as it is here, and other countries, well, I don't think they have a thanksgiving holiday. Mine was filled with Turkey, potatoes, desserts, and plenty of family (17 of us this year).

I had less people over. Maybe 9 people were over here. But then again my family isn't that big.

I hate Black Friday, I hate the concept, I hate the fact that the deals are actually not that good compared to how crazy people get about it. Seriously, people die for this shit every year.... Ridiculous.

People die? How? Like they get beaten outside the shop or something?

At 11/26/10 10:26 AM, 34Deadman wrote:

At 11/26/10 03:47 AM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

I hate Black Friday, I hate the concept, I hate the fact that the deals are actually not that good compared to how crazy people get about it. Seriously, people die for this shit every year.... Ridiculous.

People die? How? Like they get beaten outside the shop or something?

Trampling. Honestly, I remember a time when "Black Friday" was not thrown around, when people were not COMPLETELY INSANE. It is getting more and more commercialized every year, in fact, I actually heard Christmas music right after Halloween.

This so-called "Black Friday" is going to be black not because of shopping, but because I have two final reports I have completely slacked off on. I absolutely must bet them done.

How about that portal? I have seen that fucking Chocolate Brickbreak game so many times. It comes with Games Factory 2, so people add the slightest adjustment and then submit it. The ones I've seen are unplayable; it moves too fast. Besides, it comes with GF2, so it's not their work.

There's been a lot of stolen flashes lately. Keep an eye out.

Hope you folks have had a good Thanksgiving.

I never understood this Black Friday craze. Although the deals can be quite good, I honestly don't get the insanity it creates among people. I have heard accounts of people dying during this event, in particular a Wal-Mart door greeter in Long Island, NY. As soon as he had opened the door the crazed horde trampled the man to death.

At 11/26/10 10:37 AM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote: There's been a lot of stolen flashes lately. Keep an eye out.

Will do, sir!

Not much to report in the forums besides the NGBBS Awards going on in General.

In other news, even more stuff in the Treasure Hunt! Definitely worth checking out if you haven't done so already.

At 11/29/10 06:02 PM, Alfraydo wrote: Not much to report in the forums besides the NGBBS Awards going on in General.

Oh yeah! Speaking of which I think I'll stop by there and leave my votes

In other news, even more stuff in the Treasure Hunt! Definitely worth checking out if you haven't done so already.

Treasure Hunt is awesome. I spent several hours just playing flashes because of it. Definite worth seeing the list if you want something fun to do with your spare time.

At 11/29/10 06:02 PM, Alfraydo wrote: Not much to report in the forums besides the NGBBS Awards going on in General.

It is that time of year already?

Time goes by fast!

I don't even know who to vote for in the BBS Awards. I will figure it out.

Sorry for my absence everyone. I recently had surgery on my abdomen that has left me completely crippled. The only positive is that I can now lay around and use the computer all day without doing homework. I'm excused from class for about 2 weeks in my last semester of college (SWEET!).

In other news I'm hoping to see the NGDD get off the ground soon and up and running officially. Mr. Dark, do we need to have an MSN conversation soon?

General chat isn't what it used to be back in the day. I feel like I've hit a wall in trying to have a discussion with people on the BBS. People are almost just posting for the statistic of post count rather than conversation. Today I've tried endlessly to start a decent conversation or even some arguments on the BBS and it's like I've hit a wall. No one responds.

I purposely would disagree with a topic and someone would post in the topic a one-line dumb comment and never look in the thread again. In my opinion this is an issue. Granted on Newgrounds we have the ability to make dumb comments, but occasionally I'd like to have a semi-intelligent conversation (outside of the politics section or even the C&C section). I don't know what it is anymore. I remember the General section being a lot different in the past.

Has anyone been encountering the same issues? Maybe had similar issues? Or maybe I'm just imagining everything? Hahah I don't even know.

At 12/1/10 11:13 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: General chat isn't what it used to be back in the day. I feel like I've hit a wall in trying to have a discussion with people on the BBS. People are almost just posting for the statistic of post count rather than conversation. Today I've tried endlessly to start a decent conversation or even some arguments on the BBS and it's like I've hit a wall. No one responds.

Most people in the general are stat-whores that are looking for post counts, so they don't waste their time with actual meaningful discussions, it's kind of like a dump and run game. I had a good discussion going today in a thread I commented in about personal choice, go check it out.

I purposely would disagree with a topic and someone would post in the topic a one-line dumb comment and never look in the thread again. In my opinion this is an issue. Granted on Newgrounds we have the ability to make dumb comments, but occasionally I'd like to have a semi-intelligent conversation (outside of the politics section or even the C&C section). I don't know what it is anymore. I remember the General section being a lot different in the past.

Yea, it just really is a sort of culture in that section. People are too lazy to be semi-intelligent. You have to remember this forum is populated with young people. Maturity and intelligence is generally lacking.

Has anyone been encountering the same issues? Maybe had similar issues? Or maybe I'm just imagining everything? Hahah I don't even know.

I have, that's why I usually stay clear of that forum completely. Wi/Ht feels more rewarding, and C&C more fun. Politics I've gotten into once or twice, but sometimes I feel like the regs there feel like there some sort of elitist society, it kind of irks me.

General is better now than it was at some times in the past, so I can tolerate it. Then again, my memory is kind of fuzzy from my large inactivity period in 2009. General does provide a lot of entertainment sometimes, though.

I really enjoy Clubs & Crews, even though the threads move slowly. The discussion is just much better. I regularly visit Wi/Ht? but I lurk there more than I post.

Politics was the first forum I ever posted in (although it was a one-liner) but the place is so dead. I'd love to see more discussion there. I rarely post there, it's more of a lurker's forum.

At 12/1/10 11:18 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

Most people in the general are stat-whores that are looking for post counts, so they don't waste their time with actual meaningful discussions, it's kind of like a dump and run game

Isn't that really common these days? I swear, there must be more statwhores now than any other time I can remember. They're everywhere on the site.

And as for the portal... Oh, it's been a fun day. Had my browser crashed from a couple malware flashes, but other than that, a normal day. Although those "safe meatspin" flashes are damn annoying. So you took a picture of a steak and made it spin to "You Spin Me Right Round," Haha that is so funny. I could make a better animation in Basic.

In other news....
With that vote, you now have 9,980 experience points. You need 10 more to get to Level 31.

ANY DAY NOW.

At 12/2/10 12:25 AM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote:

At 12/1/10 11:18 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote:

Most people in the general are stat-whores that are looking for post counts, so they don't waste their time with actual meaningful discussions, it's kind of like a dump and run game

Isn't that really common these days? I swear, there must be more statwhores now than any other time I can remember. They're everywhere on the site.

No lie, they are everywhere. Post count, medals, blam and save points, reviews, whatever; it's nothing more than stats for them. It's a contest between them all in who has the bigger e-penis.

And as for the portal... Oh, it's been a fun day. Had my browser crashed from a couple malware flashes, but other than that, a normal day. Although those "safe meatspin" flashes are damn annoying. So you took a picture of a steak and made it spin to "You Spin Me Right Round," Haha that is so funny.

The fact that people would vote 5 on such flashes simply for the save point saddens me. Apparently the save point is worth more than keeping the Portal free of spam.

I could make a better animation in Basic.

Do it and I will vote 5 haha.

At 11/30/10 09:24 AM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: In other news I'm hoping to see the NGDD get off the ground soon and up and running officially. Mr. Dark, do we need to have an MSN conversation soon?

Hey! Sorry for the late reply APF, it has been another busy week for me.

I may have you on MSN already, if not, it is TheDark360@hotmail.com.

At 12/4/10 11:30 AM, DarkSoldier wrote:

At 11/30/10 09:24 AM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: In other news I'm hoping to see the NGDD get off the ground soon and up and running officially. Mr. Dark, do we need to have an MSN conversation soon?

Hey! Sorry for the late reply APF, it has been another busy week for me.

I may have you on MSN already, if not, it is TheDark360@hotmail.com.

Alright no problem. I may or may not be on later tonight. I'll add you and we'll discuss important things. Mainly because for some dumb reason I can't manage to get myself on the forums. I forgot my password and the new one the site sent me won't work. It's just a shitty mess.

Also guys, milestones for APF this week:
Level 35
3k posts

At 12/4/10 11:45 AM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote:
Alright no problem. I may or may not be on later tonight. I'll add you and we'll discuss important things. Mainly because for some dumb reason I can't manage to get myself on the forums. I forgot my password and the new one the site sent me won't work. It's just a shitty mess.

Also guys, milestones for APF this week:
Level 35
3k posts

It's strange that the forums sent you a password that isn't working.

Anyway, congratulations on your milestones. :)

To generate some discussion around here, what would be some ways we could improve the application system?

Currently, what we do is when an applicant submits an application, the NGDD Leaders review it and make sure they meet the department requirements. We then decide whether or not to accept the application.

However, I've thought about improving upon that system:

Step 1) Application posted on NGDD thread.
Step 2) Application moved to NGDD Forums.
Step 3) 3-Day Poll (Voting Period for NGDD Members).
Step 4) NGDD Department Leader makes a decision on the application.

At 12/7/10 01:10 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: However, I've thought about improving upon that system:

I think that although there's nothing wrong with putting more power in the group as a whole, rather than a few individuals, the systems that are currently in place are more than adequate, and adding extra steps is unlikely to achieve much other than overcomplicating the procedure. That is, if I'm reading you right.

I think the recruitment process is fine the way it is. Until we start getting many more applications, there's no need to change the system.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

At 12/7/10 06:53 PM, MwMike wrote:

I think that although there's nothing wrong with putting more power in the group as a whole, rather than a few individuals, the systems that are currently in place are more than adequate, and adding extra steps is unlikely to achieve much other than overcomplicating the procedure. That is, if I'm reading you right.

I definitely don't know who you are, but thanks for the useful input on your first post as an alt?

Anyway, onto further business.

:Step 1) Application posted on NGDD thread.

Agreed. We need this so all can see and it will let the non-leadership members know exactly who is trying to join so they could maybe do their own background check.

:Step 2) Application moved to NGDD Forums.

Another Agree from me because this allows us some privacy.

:Step 3) 3-Day Poll (Voting Period for NGDD Members).

Pretty long for a poll, but we could give it a shot. Realistically if 3 or 4 members are fine with the member joining then we should let it go. If there's a problem we can always have them removed.

:Step 4) NGDD Department Leader makes a decision on the application

Or the department leaders could try and decide where their best fit is, or none at all for the first week or two. Just an idea so we have an idea where we might need their help the most. Although I don't mind the choice being entirely up to the user either.

Step 5 - PM the user to let them know they are in.

The biggest issue from the past was people would apply and then never return. We want them to return as soon as possible so it is up to the department head to get on that as soon as the decision is made for a smooth acceptance process.

At 12/7/10 09:08 PM, AnalPenguinFarming wrote: I definitely don't know who you are, but thanks for the useful input on your first post as an alt

Ah, sorry for that. I've been a member since 2008, before the group went inactive, and I've been here since the reboot started, but after I got a name change earlier in the week I made a placeholder for my old username and forgot to log out when I went to post in this thread.

The 3-day poll allows for our members to review the applicants joining the NGDD and to see whether or not those applicants would be a good addition. And some members may even have prior experiences with these applicants which they might want to share.

So that's why I think having a poll is good.