A sign? Perhaps...
But I doubt that it is. As far as first flashes go, this is by far better than most of the stick violence crap first time NG submitters churn out. Oh, and shadowrunner4hire, hate to disappoint you, but it's pretty hard for him to keep up the good work if he's dead isn't it...
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some of the people reviewing this don't really get the fact that THE GUY SHOT HIMSELF. HE ISN'T GOING TO BE TAKING IDEAS
your probably next.....
what the hell is your problem? What inspired you to draw something like this? Im a person who rarely reviews any flash movie unless i feel obligatd to do so, and after seeing this monstrosity i was forced to do this. you have problems that you need to take care of man. Sincerely, i wouldnt be surprised if i saw your face on the news for invading some public place and killing everyone then killing yourself for the reason of you being a sad perso with mental problems. Ive lived in the US for 12 years then moved to my birth place that is Brazil and everyone here says americans are crazy and hate them and shit like that. I know that thats not true, but people like you are the people who give the US such a bad image thru out the world. If you feel obligated to take a life away, go ahead and take yours and not of innocent people. Your a sad person and a horrible example of a human being. I feel no pity on your miserable soul and hope that someday something like this happens to someone close to you for you to reflect on these sick thoughts and ideas you have.
a sign?...naw
I went to the reviews that were made before Jeff Weise committed his horrible act, because I felt it was more insightful and he gave a lot of responses to the comments made. But one stood out.
Here it is in quotations and parenthesis. Just to separate it from the rest of this review.
“(Reviewed by: FoxyJ9
Umm... ok. Was that like a warning message? Hmm dude you need help badly.
Regret's response:
Lol, you obviously can't tell the difference between Fantasy and reality. This cartoon was made for nothing more than Random violence, and believe it or not theres an audience out there that this appeals to. So don't try judging my Mental health based upon a simple animation, capisce?”)
So this flash was no warning sign. Stuff like this is submitted on Newgrounds and other places all the time. But so few of these authors and audiences go out and actually kill people that any connection made between this type of entertainment and a murder, is a fluke.
And like Jeff said there is an audience for this kind of entertainment. From what I read it was impossible to know this was going to happen from his work.
Wowowowowo I enjoy what a lot of you are saying
Like that one guy who said it was art and that it shouldn't be taken off NG, but then gave it all zeros as if he didn't even bother; Did you just whip something up and then click submit? You're no better than they.
As an unbiased individual, a horrible one to maybe to some, I would say this is an okay first flash. It has some good foundations. It was a relatively well constructed animation taking into consideration the lack of plot etc. The sound was loud and felt real.
No "replay" button, so you only get a 1 for interactivity.
Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see more.