At 6/19/07 11:47 AM, Paranoia wrote: Also I hope PinkSkull hasn't caught on to my subtle attempts to have sex with her O.o

Don't worry, she'll never now :P.

Coypright Laws and Such.

Not that i have anything planned, but is it illegal to make a flash reincarnation of a Console game, and to get it sponsored? eg, would a flash Ratchet and Clank be okay, or is there a risk of being sued for millions by insomniac :P?

At 6/19/07 12:04 PM, Depredation wrote: Coypright Laws and Such.

Not that i have anything planned, but is it illegal to make a flash reincarnation of a Console game, and to get it sponsored? eg, would a flash Ratchet and Clank be okay, or is there a risk of being sued for millions by insomniac :P?

Not sure on that one. Alot of people make flash halos etc. but I mean I've never seen a REALLY popular one. It would be good to get the company's approval on it.
I'm not sure,check flash rights.

RE: Hot Fuzz
I liked that movie alot.

Hot Fuzz

Great movie, it was very similar directing to SOTD

Moneys

I'm getting a game sponsored for the first time.

So, I'm kinda interested to know if I'm real lucky or not...

Could someone say just as an estimate or from expriance the average they've gotten for games with scores like 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 4+

Just wondering :)

HOT FUZZ

I realy want to see that movie.Is it out on DVD or is it still in theaters?

At 6/19/07 12:59 PM, Pezboy440 wrote: HOT FUZZ

I realy want to see that movie.Is it out on DVD or is it still in theaters?

Its on DVD in Britain.

I realy want to see that movie.Is it out on DVD or is it still in theaters?

Its on DVD in Britain.

that makes me sad i live the US. :(

At 6/19/07 11:15 AM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: LMAO. You think you're kidding but that's exactly how people in General and Art react to females.

And every other place on the web. Most people think there is no woman on the internet, besides in porn sites.

This Thread
Feels a lot like General sometimes.

Newgrounds is one of the top 100m Sites

Link. Pretty nice to see it get some more recognition, even if its only small :).

At 6/19/07 02:16 PM, Depredation wrote: Newgrounds is one of the top 100m Sites

Link. Pretty nice to see it get some more recognition, even if its only small :).

I wonder how they take those long screenys...

At 6/19/07 12:04 PM, Depredation wrote: Not that i have anything planned, but is it illegal to make a flash reincarnation of a Console game, and to get it sponsored? eg, would a flash Ratchet and Clank be okay, or is there a risk of being sued for millions by insomniac :P?

Well, you couldclaim it as a tribute instead of a ripoff. But, I doubt their lawyers ever see Newgrounds, so I wouldn't think too much on it.

At 6/19/07 03:05 PM, ArthurGhostly wrote:

At 6/19/07 02:57 PM, Masterswordman wrote: Well, you couldclaim it as a tribute instead of a ripoff. But, I doubt their lawyers ever see Newgrounds, so I wouldn't think too much on it.

WORST LOGIC EVER.

Anyway, it really depends on what happens.
If your game posotivly affects sales of the game, I doubt it's creators are going to be too vexed that you're using their characters.

When selling art work, it's okay to make a profit from say... a painting of spider man. But you couldn't mass produce and sell it like that. As far as I know. (Although, that's from lurking in art forums, don't quote me on that.)

I'm guessing the same, if not similar rules would apply for a flash game?

Dangerous waters

I strongly discourage people to attempt to get games sponsored that are based on commercial property... trust me its becoming more and more difficult to stay under that radar. And regardless of how your parody/tribute is 'helping' their sales the lawyers for these companies get PAID to expose you kids, trust me lawyers are dickheads and they could care less if you are using your 200 dollar sponsorship to keep your family fed for the year they will take you down and your dad will beat your ass for getting your family into legal troubles.

I think sponsors are realizing this themselves and more and more wont touch your halo clones with a ten foot pole much less sponsor it.

Was talking to tom about something similar to this last week when he was in his emo phase, he was telling me how the riaa is becoming more and more powerful online and newgrounds is beginning to attract that 'wrong' attention as this hub of people using copyrighted material without a care in the world... myself included. So he really is going to push hard to get people to find the hidden potential and benefits of the audio portal. Obviously the riaa and game companies are two different beasts but the issue is very similar and very real.

Dont say i didnt warn you all.

Me
SO I go to sleep, wake up, and you've been talking about me....

last night pinkskull wanted to see me on webcam, i did go on but her 'net was so slow the webcam barly moved when i did go on i was acually topless ( i was getting changed at the time) and she was too busy doign women stuff to notice... ah well.. her loss lol!

Night? It was midday (stupid time zones). You were topless = 0, damn, unless you have a big and hairy belly, then yes!..

Lesson: Dont stop looking if sonx has his webcam on, he may focus it on him and feel used.

...also, is she the only female reg :O?

I am special

She's a she? lol i drew her as a he in the drawing thread.. hopefully she didnt notice im sorry

NEver mind. I really didn't notice....

I think she is a real chick. did you see her last sig. " I love pink skull, no shes mine , no i love her"
= 0, you noticed that sig! I'll change it back :3

Audio Portal

At 6/19/07 03:12 PM, Luis wrote: ...So he really is going to push hard to get people to find the hidden potential and benefits of the audio portal.

Hidden potential is right. I've used the AP for all of my games since something like this time last year - there's a lot of awesome stuff there. The only problem is effectively crediting it outside Newgrounds, since plenty of the artists are only really identifiable via their NG profiles.

Seriously; short of cutting someone in to make an exclusive soundtrack for you, the audio portal is about the best way to find good, free sound for your stuff, and with the huge range of tracks it's pretty inevitable that there's something there which fits the thing you're going for. Audio artists are a seriously underrated bunch of guys.

Pinkish

At 6/19/07 03:36 PM, PinkSkull wrote:

...also, is she the only female reg :O?

I am special

Sorry to dissapoint you, but Skaijo still hangs around (I think), even if she doesn't take part in our reggish geek fests.

Where the heck is Chilli, anyway?

..:: copyright shit

At 6/19/07 03:12 PM, Luis wrote:
Dont say i didnt warn you all.

Yeah, that sucks. I'm sure that most artists wouldn't mind a little extra exposure for their music, but the major labels and the RIAA, I suppose, would see it differently.

I had problems on dA from using copyrighted music in one of my animations I uploaded there, it won Daily Deviation and I had to delete it from their site. That sucked.

It pisses me off because I can't find jack shit that I like in the Audio Portal, I dig and dig, go through the different categories listen to tons of music but none of it has inspired me in any way, and I don't just have random audio portal CD's to listen to like I do my own music to get inspired. I guess I could start putting AP stuff on my MP3 player, but... ehh, I still can't find much that I like. I think the AP works great for games, but not for the kind of animation that I do/want to do.

copyright shit

I totally agree with you BMK. I find the AP so difficult for an animator.. most of the shit is loops and akward ending songs. Or maybe we just cant find those gems... i think one of the biggest things about the AP is how difficult it is to find things.

Anyway I thought for the sake of the copyright id share toms comment i was refering to.

===========================
I want to post about the RIAA and rally support like the old days, but that scares the shit out of me, because until people really embrace the Audio Portal 100%, NG is a huge target for cease and desists and legal action from an RIAA with a bruised ego. That's also why I think Weird Al is like the greatest guy on the planet right now. :)

-Tom
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At 6/19/07 01:41 PM, jmtb02 wrote: This Thread
Feels a lot like General sometimes.

Pics or it didn't happen!

pinkskull

she is a she, a very yummy she aswell.

pinky and the brain era

no idea what esle to clal it lol. back when this was out cartoons were actully good, animation, story and everything...

then we all decsended into the nedt big fad whcih was probs childish anime ( 4kids versions)

whcih brings me to the next topic

Censorship

Recently been lookign through thigns cut form childrens cartoons like dexters lab and such..

things that have been cut.:

the word 'Crap'
two words mutterd that sounded like 'damnit' to the untrained ear.
smoking
cigarettes
inuendo
phallciy objects
porno groove music
blood
knifes
nunchucks
black people...

.. sad.. i remeber watching a good few 'banned' cartoons back in the day and it never effected me...

Tex Avery's 'Magical Maestro' (1952) is a banned acartoon due to racist thigns in it but i have fond memories of that cartoon ( dispite being like, 6 mintues).. not cuz it was racist, but cuz it was just funny!

PinkSkull sorry we have been talking bou you. :D and can you give me your cam adress.

At 6/19/07 04:22 PM, Luis wrote: I totally agree with you BMK. I find the AP so difficult for an animator.. most of the shit is loops and akward ending songs. Or maybe we just cant find those gems... i think one of the biggest things about the AP is how difficult it is to find things.

AP

Finding songs in th AP is easy if you know a good author(NOT Paragonx9). Also, a good way to find a song is looking at the NG AP Radio. I know 90% of the time you won't find what you want, but i've found some found some pretty cool stuff through there.

But really, if the AP was organized a lot better, it would be easier to find more of what you want, and less crap.

RE: Copyright shit

At 6/19/07 04:22 PM, Luis wrote: I totally agree with you BMK. I find the AP so difficult for an animator.. most of the shit is loops and akward ending songs. Or maybe we just cant find those gems... i think one of the biggest things about the AP is how difficult it is to find things.

You've got the wrong outlook :) It's not about gems - it's about appropriateness. One track could be totally awesome for one animation and terrible for another - one could appear to be just annoying and crap when you're listening to it, and end up fitting really well to whatever you're making.

That said, with the categories and everything only go so far in narrowing down your searches. And I agree that when you have a specific idea of what you want it can make it incredibly difficult to find it. It'd be cool if they added tags or things for suggested themes from the audio artists.

Touch typing

How many of you guys are good with this? I'm trying to learn but I probably don't have the patience for keeping my eyes off of the screen. This paragraph is taking ages to get out :)

Me (again)

OMG U DONT HAV A PENIS?

OMG NO I DONT

LMAO. You think you're kidding but that's exactly how people in General and Art react to females.

That's why i became a flash reg, general scares me, i only go there when i'm hell bored.

Also I hope PinkSkull hasn't caught on to my subtle attempts to have sex with her O.o

NO, I haven't, don't worry.

Sorry to dissapoint you, but Skaijo still hangs around (I think), even if she doesn't take part in our reggish geek fests.

haha, i'm not dissapointed, cause this way my female world domination plan is slowly taking place...
but i'm not special anymore, DAMN!

BowlOfChilly

hey! i remember that name, didnt know it was a she.

Audio Portal

So he really is going to push hard to get people to find the hidden potential and benefits of the audio portal.

really hidden, well, i dont go there much cuz i'm lazy, and ussually i already have hte music ill like touse in mind, so until i make something awesomly great, i'll stick to my comercial music.
Alos, as sonx knows, my internet is relatively slow, so waiting for the song to sound just to notice i didnt like it.... aww well..

Censorship
Sometimes I find it exagerated, like once i was reading about invader zim, there was a lot of cool stuff they couldnt because of stuff such 'a character cannot die'....

Pinky And the brain
I loved that cartoon.
"But brain, What are we going to do tomorrow night?"
"Same we do all nights Pinky, TRY TO CONQUER TEH WORLD!!"
It rocks!

Censorship
Sometimes I find it exagerated, like once i was reading about invader zim, there was a lot of cool stuff they couldnt because of stuff such 'a character cannot die'....

I love that show i have the box set. :D

Pinky And the brain
I loved that cartoon.
"But brain, What are we going to do tomorrow night?"
"Same we do all nights Pinky, TRY TO CONQUER TEH WORLD!!"
It rocks!

I loved thet cartoon too!!!!!!!!! awsome hours......, days...... months......... years.....

Animanics

I have 2 of the animanics box sets (5 DVDs each)

AAAAANNNNNNNDDD

Guess what...

Today... Yes, today.... they're releasing the third box set and the Pinky and the brain box set. I'll be at best buy by the end of the week.

Music copywrite

if i need music that is free formt he law, i'll ask DJ Runaway to mix up somehting for me.. bhe's an awesome dj :P

pinkskull

love you :D

tripple posting

so far i've trippled posted int hat reg drawing thread 3 times.. lol..

and i'mt he only oen active ther anymore :'(

... i dont feel well todya :(

At 6/19/07 04:15 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote:

It pisses me off because I can't find jack shit that I like in the Audio Portal, I dig and dig, go through the different categories listen to tons of music but none of it has inspired me in any way, and I don't just have random audio portal CD's to listen to like I do my own music to get inspired. I guess I could start putting AP stuff on my MP3 player, but... ehh, I still can't find much that I like. I think the AP works great for games, but not for the kind of animation that I do/want to do.

Audio problems

The problem with the audio portal is that there just arnt enough people who vote on tracks to give them the recognition they deserve. More than half of the submissions on the Audio portal get maybe one good vote before they are zero'd. This usualy leaves them at roughly 2.50 to 2.00, where nobody checks. There are some that escape this dreadful feight, usualy those by more well known artists such as ParagonX9 and MastereoRage, who have already got a fan following. While they deserve there recognition there are so many more artists that are as good if not better than them.

There really is no way i can see the audio portal improving. Yopu cant put in a system similar to the flash portal(200 votes and its in) because there simply isn't the amount of people to handel it. Even if you only had to get 5 votes your track would hang in limbo for a very long time.

It is a wonderful place but great work just doesnt get recognised.

pinkskull

love you :D

No shes mine! :D

RE: PinkSkull

Alright, this topic ends here. If anyone wants to continue with their terribly-ironic-but-not-really flirting and fascination then they can take it up via PMs, or else I'll fully exercise Luis' position as my bitch and get you all banned.

I could use this post as an opportunity to get the last word in, but fuck it; I'm already hypocritical enough.

Flash CS3

Keeping this vaguely Flash related still; who's taking up AS3? Making any games with it? How does it feel moving between the two languages? And how's the GUI of CS3 for you in comparison to earlier versions?

Touch Typing

I'm alright at it, but if i'm doing something long (an essay) then i'll probably look at the keyboard, since i can type quicker that way.

Cs3

I have it, but i'm not using AS3 yet, to much work and i'm to busy. However, over the summer holidays i'll try converting some old engines into AS3 and try a few platfromers etc with it. Its pretty easy really, the only major difference is when you call event handlers.

Instead of 'onEnterFrame' it's something like 'addEventHandler(Function, Handler)'. I'd also like to try some £d stuff over the holidays, its something new :P.

inkskull no more

At 6/19/07 05:01 PM, Paranoia wrote: I could use this post as an opportunity to get the last word in

you an gett he lst word in but i'll be the one who gets the first one in her and i'm gonna stay there! lol

Flash CS3/AS3

Keeping this vaguely Flash related still; who's taking up AS3? Making any games with it? How does it feel moving between the two languages? And how's the GUI of CS3 for you in comparison to earlier versions?

i've seen waht as3 can do, very impressive.. butuntill someone can use it correctly in a mvoie or game , useless..

unless soeone does some fagg curser colletion using filters...

pinky and the brain Era

At 6/19/07 05:00 PM, ArthurGhostly wrote: I'm adoring you for no good reason.

Repugnant!

soundboards

whenever i see one i vote 0 just cuz i hate them so much.. so utterly cheap and crap

At 6/19/07 05:11 PM, BritishMoose wrote: Why doesn't anyone ever use a picture of themself?

Pic

Because they probably they are self-concious(:P) of their looks and don't want others tosee how they look. I personally prefer to draw myself for my profile pic.

At 6/19/07 05:11 PM, BritishMoose wrote: Profile Pictures

Why doesn't anyone ever use a picture of themself?

Why dont you?

I guess i just dont want people stareing at me.

SHAPE TWEEN FUCKING ROCKS

I've recently started using the shape tween for the first time and i love it. Sure it usualy fucks up complicated a shut but it has its charms. Like i love how you can envelope tweens so they distort crazy like. Much better than crappy motions simple distortion settings.

That reminds me i heard(lol read) some of you talking about shape hint for shape tweens. What the hell are they and where can i get them?