you make a good point...
well what most of what you say is valid...however, i refuse to leave constructive criticism for people who purposely flood the portal with fecal quality flash (star syndicate). its because of thier idioticness that people leave bad reviews for beginners
p.s. please try harder next time ;)
The Star Syndicate is the best organization to ever exist on this website, they are the pinnacle of quality, how dare you speak negatively of them
Your point makes no sense.
Just because someone hasn't made a flash doesn't mean they can't tell how good it is. All you need to do that is a brain, eyes and ears. If someone points out a problem with your movie, the problem is still there whether the speaker has made Flash or not. Here's an analogy: Is Bush a perfect president? Your answer is probably "no", which suggests you think you have a right to criticize him despite having never been President yourself. And you're right. You probably have the intelligence necessary to recognize the flaws in his behavior, and those flaws still exist despite your never being President yourself.
I agree that reviewers often leave obnoxious and unhelpful reviews, but that doesn't mean you should ignore constructive criticism for illogical reasons. Please don't take this as a personal insult; it's just that people saying "You've never made flash so everything you say about it is wrong!" is one of my pet peeves.
you presume too much
All right, I have never used a flash program and couldn't do a flash to save my life, but I am a literate individual. When I see spelling mistakes, I know they are wrong even though I don't really know how the animator got the words to appear in the flash. When the sound is difficult to follow, I know it's not done well because I have heard other flashes that were easy to understand. Again, I have no idea how to integrate sound into a flash, but obviously many animators do know and they do it well. If it's not done well, your viewers cannot understand what it is you're trying to say. If the viewers cannot understand a word of your flash, well, isn't that a kick in the pants? It's hardly surprising then if they score it low, is it?
Why do you assume that only animators should review something? Do only writers critique books? Do only filmmakers critique movies? The audience you seek to reach has every right to say whether you've done your job in creating a good enjoyable flash or not. Obviously, some animators spend a long time and submit a real work of art that brings a smile to or provokes a deep thought in the viewer. Others spend maybe 5-10 minutes (it has been admitted by some in the author comments) and it shows. The scores reflect that.
For what it's worth, my son is learning flash. He knows better than to submit his practice flashes, which he has has shown to me. Some animators submit something that is cute to show your mother, who will appreciate anything you do, but that is clearly NOT AT ALL up to the standards we expect of animations submitted for judgement at NG. If more people waited until their flash skills were ready to go public before submitting something, there wouldn't be so many negative reviews and low scores. Of course, there wouldn't be so many free blam points either. I take far greater joy in protecting a decent flash than in blamming even the worst ones because I do have some idea of how much work goes into creating a flash. I can't create flash myself, but I can appreciate when someone else does and does it well. To them I say "thank you! Well done!" To those who should have waited before submitting, I say "keep trying!" At least that's better than the profanity-laden garbage that some reviewers post.
Do not agree. . .
I understand where you are coming from, but sadly I do not agree entirely with your opinion, many people do not have the money for flash, should you stop someone from expressing there oppinion because of this, No. Most movie or game critics have never directed a movie or programmed a game, this doesn't stop there oppinion from being valued. As this movie was made FOR the public, It should be allowed to be reviewed BY the public.
Still as for the flash part, nice graphics and drawings, you could of still added more variety to you're flash, or removed the clocks (i, like most other Newgrounds users do not like Clock Flashes, there don't work and most people -Flash artists or not- can see they are just a cheap way of getting around animating properly)
And no, I don't ow flash.
Don't need to do it right, to know when it's wrong
I'll admit, there are some lame people out there that have no clue what they're talking about, but you seem to think you need to use the program in order to pass judgement on how a flash looks...
A movie doens't get blammed because of someone's technical understanding of Flash, it gets judged based on how good the art, animation, sound, story and humor are conveyed. I've watched numerous flash, I've watched numerous cartoons and other animations. I've watched numerous movies... I know what I consider to be a good flash and I don't need to use the progam in order to decie what i do and don't want to see on newgrounds...
And honestly, if you can't ignore teh peanut gallery, you're never going to survive life... get over it...