At 10/29/07 10:51 PM, Luis wrote: Speaking of which, any plans for 2008 Flashwise?

I am going to move away from animation and go heavily into game art next year.

If you stray away from the Animation Flash Scene, don't forget about Pico Day. Seriously. You better make something for it! If not, my heart will be saddened. Okay, more on a serious note, I really want to create something big this year of 2008. Something that will get me really noticed. Yes, I have 7 awards and 44 submissions in the portal, it's just not enough. I'm not noticed. I want to get to the point where people know my name and know what I've created. It's a good feeling, I'm sure of it. Soon after it probably will get annoying but still. I want to experience that feeling. Doesn't anyone else?

In 2008, I'll most likely create a few submissions. Something for Pico Day, Another for Clock Day and Madness Day. Of course, I can't forget Luis Day. It's just hard to catch up on everything, In the beginning of the year, a little after New Years, specifically on my birthday, I may release a top secret animation. I may also start working on more solo-projects rather than these spur of the moments collabs I've been falling backwards into.

I may hold some type of collab for everyone to join in, somewhere in the near future, but not now. I have to catch up on more of my solo-work. A collab you get noticed as a whole, usually not individually. Hopefully, I'll release something good in the year 2008. Before than, I'm hoping to finish up some quick things before the New Years takes place.

Especially a Christmas Animation, Maybe a small bit for Thanksgiving, finish up the Halloween Game I have a few bugs in... And that's probably it. I want to make something good, rather than loosing inspiration so it's time to find something fun to do, rather than lip-syncing dialogue in all my damn animations. Time to make a serious-silent short.

Anyone else have any projects that they want to finish before 2008 is at it's peak?

At 10/29/07 10:55 PM, Masterswordman wrote: I hope I can start some of the larger projects that I've been scheming about for the past 2 years. I think more than I do. It really sets me behind. :-(

Yeah, same here. My desktop is cluttered with text files full of great ideas for flash. I plan and think ahead but don't make much progress ever.

I'll try to get one of my music video ideas done over christmas break.

I've heard rumor that the best luis day movie of 08 will get the 6x10 tablet that i never used.
I'm intruiged at the idea.

-L

At 10/29/07 11:07 PM, Luis wrote: I've heard rumor that the best luis day movie of 08 will get the 6x10 tablet that i never used.
I'm intruiged at the idea.

-L

Awesome, what type is it though? graphire?

Ummm... Question here... Is there a way to know which days are coming up? Is there like a NG calendar that everyone is aware of but me?

At 10/29/07 11:07 PM, Luis wrote: I've heard rumor that the best luis day movie of 08 will get the 6x10 tablet that i never used.
I'm intruiged at the idea.

-L

Keep ur crappy tablet!! Mouse drawing FTW!

At 10/29/07 11:07 PM, Luis wrote: I've heard rumor that the best luis day movie of 08 will get the 6x10 tablet that i never used.
I'm intruiged at the idea.

Hm, didn't Raphie, one of Luis's acquaintances leek that one out to the public? Oh wait, nevermind it must of have been Jamrock...

Hm, where has that fellow been anyways these days? I miss good ol' Jamrock. I haven't checked his page in ages. Wonder if he's going to release any good animations soon..

Where's Jamrock?! Campaign...
Let's start one. He obviously has to come back and be saved.

At 10/29/07 11:16 PM, atomic-noodle wrote: Awesome, what type is it though? graphire?

I don't quite think that matters. A tablet is a tablet, I'd be greatful to even get something just for fun. Hah. He doesn't need to get into detail. It is a rumor, ya know.

At 10/29/07 11:18 PM, ikool wrote: Ummm... Question here... Is there a way to know which days are coming up? Is there like a NG calendar that everyone is aware of but me?

NG Search Bar -- So convenient.

At 10/30/07 12:21 AM, DarkMana wrote: 1-UP

Almost forgot, level 22. I've gone from Half-Life to Bioshock.

Are you implying that Bioshock is better then Half Life 2? You are sorely mistaken.

At 10/30/07 01:08 AM, 23450 wrote:

At 10/30/07 12:21 AM, DarkMana wrote: 1-UP

Almost forgot, level 22. I've gone from Half-Life to Bioshock.

Are you implying that Bioshock is better then Half Life 2? You are sorely mistaken.

and, ofcourse, congratz. : P

RE: How much is your site valued at

At 10/29/07 01:50 PM, Luis wrote: One of the fun little toys on the internet.. http://www.websitevaluecalculator.com/

thought id share it.

My site is worth 2 grand i can retire.

Hmm, I can't seem to get it to work. Any site I put in it says Alexa rank: 0 which makes every site worth like a 100 bucks. Probably a glitch right now. lol like for NG right now it says $127.

At 10/29/07 05:09 PM, Depredation wrote: Site Value

Sweet mother of god :O. Tom should sell, i would :S.

The scary part is it's worth so much more than that. I guess it shows how much Fulp really loves what he does because if he didn't love it he could easily trade it for a quick sum of riches.

Guess what's in 5 Hours

Chances are I'll forget tomorrow so happy birthday for tomorrow Vengeance. You're one of my favourite NGers ;).

Also on a lesser note Halloween, happy Halloween to people who give a crap.

Re: Affordable Cintiqs

At 10/26/07 10:05 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: Best announcement for everyone in the entire animating world (except for Luis)

Slightly old news. Ish...

12 Inch Cintiqs. £800. November

At 10/29/07 12:10 PM, sirtom93 wrote: thats affordable?

Compared to the $2000 extra you need to pay for the extra nine inches, yes.

Re: Duder's account...

At 10/29/07 10:38 PM, Demenius wrote: Anyway after wrestling with the computer for a few days I discover I've been hacked...

How did it happen? Inquiring minds want to know...

Re: We've still got two months left of 2007 remember...

At 10/29/07 10:51 PM, Luis wrote: any plans for 2008 Flashwise?

Only the stuff I didn't do in 2006-7.

I am going to move away from animation and go heavily into game art next year...

Interesting. Working with anyone we know?

RE: Working out

I'm really out of shape since I've got too little balance or skill do do any real sports. That said, I make a point of walking to places as much as possible, doing a few dumbbells every now and again and playing badminton (badly) every month or so.

At 10/29/07 01:41 PM, trig1 wrote: ZOMG!111!!1111!111!13!!453 The tank logo at the top (the .ico file thing) has changed from the tank logo to tankman! Just a little change. That is all.

tank_sm for the win!

Conferences and Flash IRL
Does anyone go to Flash conferences or anything? Colin Moock's AS3 from the Ground Up tour's underway at the moment (the subject content is OOP and moving from knowing what a Variable and a Function is to building a decent application if anyone's interested) and all the American dates are filled, and hopefully as soon as the London one's announced I'll latch onto that.

But other than the meetups, does anyone take part in the community as a whole in real life?

2008

Here's how it will go:
By the start of 2008 i have released my masterpiece Shaped of clay, which a few weeks later has gotten me worldwide internet fame and festival succes. Production on Jinas 2 starts and as it is released somewhere near the end of the year, it will be a few giant leaps forward compared to Jinas 1. Pixar starts to notice the series and contacts me about bringing it to the big screen. Meanwhile i obtained my bachelor degree in architecture and marry a hot latin woman (beast in bed) i met during the oscars where my shorts are played...

Eh yeah... or something like that -____-'

But seriously, I'd like to make a website and use 3d more in my animation. I already work with 3d for my study, but i'd like to try it out for animating.

At 10/29/07 10:51 PM, Luis wrote: I also plan to sprinkle the usual dose of NG related meets. im a social bug.

Come back to Blighty in April. Srsly. Try and convice me to go the mod meat.

Tank_sm

Are they chaning it daily? On some rotation? Anyway, looks nice, very crisp.

Vengeance

Happy birthday old chap, if you happen to lurk around and see this :).

Cintiqs

Thats still not cheap, but it's good to hear that they are going down in price. I've worked out that by 2010, cintiqs (current ones) will sell for £100-150, and dual core proccesors will be obsolete.

It's weird how technology moves so fast, as soo as you buy new pc, its not new anymore.

At 10/30/07 04:43 AM, BritishMoose wrote: I've got loads. I think priority for me at the moment are Nuclear Freddy 3 (it's going to be my longest animation yet - already drafted 90 seconds!) and Rocketstar (I've done half of the backgrounds!). I also found a good turn-based fighting tutorial, so I want to dabble a bit with AS. Other than that, I want to get the rest of Nuclear Freddy done and maybe a platformer. We'll see :D

*Achem* you missed a project out of the list ;). I'm looking forward to Nf3, the other 2 were awesome :). Also, go on msn.

Holy Shit, this fell below first page?

Blasphemy!

At 10/30/07 07:44 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: But other than the meetups, does anyone take part in the community as a whole in real life?

I've recently started going to the London Flash Platform User Group meetings held each month. Its free, there are two talks on various flash related topics and lots of socialising. I'd recommend it for anyone in the area, or anyone who can get there. Last time I went, there were quite a few people from agencies on the look out for talent, so if you're after a job, its a great place to network.

Tom-

Sponsor Tycoon

I was talkin to Kayn this morning and I was inspired to try my hand at a sim game called Sponsor Tycoon.. the premise is you are the creator of toilet bowl games, a startup company looking to get in the cut of the flash gaming scene. its your job to rise the ranks and go from rags to riches, spotting virgin talent, underpaying your staff, outbidding other sponsors, creating alluring contests and pretty much becoming the baddest, most powerful flash sponsor in the business..

I think it has potential. what do you all think?

At 10/30/07 05:25 PM, DarkMana wrote: Video Game Plots

Depends what game. Like on Tony Hawk games, the levels are in seemingly random places, with no real storyline, but it works perfectly anyway. The same with Timesplitters 2.

I don't think storyline matters that much. Unless its it gets like 'what the fuck is going on?' and you're genuinely confused, I think no real storyline is fine.

You need to have at least a basic storyline for shooters and adventure games, but other than that, its not necassary but nice (unless you're forced to watch hours of cutscenes).

Playstation 2 fixed

I fixed my PS2! My brother was going to spend about £50 on getting it fixed proffessionally, but I conviced him all we needed to do was unscrew it and clean the lens. And now it works! Now I can play the most orgasm-inducing game ever - Timesplitters 3 (better than Halo 3 IMO).

At 10/30/07 06:20 PM, Luis wrote: Sponsor Tycoon

Sounds like a great idea, you should definitely make it. Make sure you get it sponsored though.

Video Game Plots

As Trig1 said, it depends on the game..

Even though the battle system was much better in FFXII I still didn't like the game overall as much as the previous ones, and this is due to the lack of a good story.. I felt no urge whatsoever to go on with the story to find out what happens next, and although it definitely is a good game it could have been so much better.

For pure action games and such it doesn't really matter if they have story or not imo, except for MGS, but I wouldn't really call that action anyhow :P

My Account.
Some kid has been hacking NG account tryin' to prove that their vulnerable. Mine sadly was one of these. I contacted Tom and I got a reply from him and Ross. They deleted his fake news post and changed my PW. Which I've already changed to a better PW then the original.
The kid PMed Stamper too... Not sure why.
Anyway my account is safely under my control agian and now I begin the recovering process... Never realized how much this ol' thing ment to me. Also by how fast Tom and Ross fixed the problem is really shows how much these guys care about the users. I find that very touching. :*)

Plans for 2008.
-Make moar and better toons/games.
-Move into a new house with friends.
-Graduate.
-Continue the battle to get Neg to get a *CENSORED*
-Maybe join a collab for once.
-Get a job to help pay the bills and buy new things for computer and etc.
-Experiment with 3D art and programming.
-Quit smoking pot... (agian)
-Drink a lil`less.
-Work out more.
-Launch my site finally.

So who missed me? :3

At 10/30/07 06:20 PM, Luis wrote: Sponsor Tycoon

Very interesting concept. The backend of those games always seems to become a MASSIVE maze of links and connections which I don't think I could ever wrap my head around but if you pull it if I think it could be fantastic. I genuinely love the idea. That would have HUGE appeal with the Flashers of Newgrounds as well...seeing as sponsorship and the idea of "creating your own Flash Game site monopoly" seems to be the cool thing to do now.

Go for it.

Also, I noticed your name in the credits at the end of Waterlollies. Congratulations.

At 10/30/07 06:48 PM, TheCriminalDuder wrote: So who missed me? :3

Not much you but your mullet king and pickle nonsense.

Yes I missed you GAYGAYGAYGAY

RE: Sponsor Tycoon

At 10/30/07 06:20 PM, Luis wrote: I was talkin to Kayn this morning...

I DENY EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING!

and I was inspired to try my hand at a sim game called Sponsor Tycoon..

Oh. Carry on...

the premise is you are the creator of toilet bowl games...
I think it has potential. what do you all think?

I DENY EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING!
(Have all the sponsors gone now? They still believe I have faith in them? k...)

Yeah. I think it'd work. Some random name generators for the Flash talent you'll be exploi-- employing, , a mission mode, some stats to show what kind of Sponsor you are (like a Karma-meter - if you're pushing out great games and genuinely supporting people then its Blue, if you're sending out loads of crap games and screwing the talent pool over it's red...).

And of course, the genius stroke of this project will be finding a sponsor who'll sponsor it... thus creating a sponsorship Droste Effect...

RE: London Flash Platform User Group

At 10/30/07 04:35 PM, The-Super-Flash-Bros wrote: I've recently started going to the London Flash Platform User Group meetings held each month... I'd recommend it for anyone in the area, or anyone who can get there.

Tempting. Impractical seeing as I'm in the Midlands, but tempting. Once a month, trip into London would be good, especially when I get my bike license. Depends totally on what night it is though. Commute time's a pain like that.

Soon as I actually get that bike I'll be happy. I can see the world. Or something. And actually go to more of these style things, rather than rely on the train service.

An aside
Oh fuck. NaNoWriMo begins in twenty-four hours...
You all know the rules right? If you see me posting on this forum in November, tell me to get back to writing my damn novel!

At 10/31/07 07:23 AM, Hipoy wrote: ps - tom must be doing nicely for himself - if he had only 8 adds, he'd make nearly 50k a month!

and we all know he displays more than 8...

Don't forget the overheads though. Wade, Stamper, liljim etc all get paid. And paid well I imagine.

I'm just waiting for the day when mods start getting paid =P

Luis' biggest fans

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

Luka M. says:
hohoho have you heard the news
Thom - Hang the DJ says:
no what
Thom - Hang the DJ says:
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Luka M. says:
wait
Luka M. says:
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Thom - Hang the DJ says:
haha
Thom - Hang the DJ says:
you looked like a proper mentalist at the start there
Luka M. says:
proper mentalist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Yf8xhUa u8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Yf8xhUa u8
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