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At 2/24/08 06:20 PM, Afro-Ninja wrote:

At 2/24/08 06:11 PM, EKublai wrote:

Well, I think an important thing to note here is that netflix charges you money. If people are going to spend money on their next rental, they want it to be good. Everything on newgrounds though is free, so no big loss if you didn't find what you wanted

I'm not saying a better system wouldn't be beneficial, but I have no idea how exactly the current system works and what it would involve to improve it.

good point, but I think we need to look at it differently. Like, for instance, when were the times that people came flooding to Newgrounds? They were during the internet crazes (Numa Numa, Charlie the Unicorn) controversies (Target Practice, Virginia Tech Game) and pretty just when Newgrounds had something that caught the public eye before all the other websites had it. After that they left, dismissing Newgrounds as a place that got lucky, but didn't really have anything else to offer. I mean look at our Top 50, it's full of flashes relating to the site and then there's a bunch of artsy stuff.

People out of Newgrounds will come in, watch flashes like Tankmen and be like, ha that was pretty good, I wish there were more like. No one who doesn't use the site is familiar with or wants to take the time to use the search bar for related stuff. The things that keep people from leaving after they've been drawn in are these 'hidden treasures' we keep talking about on here. We need a system will say "Oh you liked NSFW's The Miracle? Why not try Schiendlin's Reign then? Or Lost Rhapsody?" I think it would basically help people see more of what they want to see without having to go through all the effort. Newgrounds will remain the same in principle, but to the audience will become more like youtube than addictinggames

At 2/24/08 06:14 PM, TITROTU wrote:

At 2/24/08 05:39 PM, FatRat66 wrote: I know that, but the avi option still doesn't recognise movieclips, and when exporting as Quicktime, it doesn't export every frame, so you end up with a 'laggy' video file.

Many of the SWF to Video converters never work. It would be best to get a screen capture program and record the SWF file. Try using the trail version of Camtasia Studio.

I might have to disagree there. Unless you're trying to convert something that's protected, it should be alright. I've talked wiht Adam Phillips about this concerning Waterlollies. What he's done is used
FlashAnts Swf to Video so he could get Waterlollies onto Youtube. The result is quite remarkable. He talks about it more on his Bitey of BrackenWood Blog.

On the other hand, I've found that it's sometimes difficult to get the settings matched up the way you want it. Also, they're are some sound issues. Overall it's great if you export the .swf as a sequence of .pngs and string the images and external audio back together in Adobe After Effects

My preferred software is Moyea .Swf to Video Converter. Adam tried this and told me he found some dropped frame issues. I don't know if he was being nitpicky (though of course he strives for the best quality so each dropped frame is like a dagger) but I found no problems when converting waterlollies.

So yes there is software, but it's very dependent on how you use and what kind of flash you have.

IN THE YEAR 2108: HEADLINES

10. Gary Brolsma releases "Supa Dupa Refreshingly New New New New New New New New Numa Numa"

9. StrawberryClock releases "C"

8. All Account Names Have Been Taken

7. Decrepit remains of "Two-Headed Monster Found in Basement of Newgrounds HQ" are revealed to have had a wallet in each pant pocket with identification cards, "Egoraptor" and "JohnnyUtah"

6. Status of 4chan attempt to raid Newgrounds #457633459: Overwhelmed by Madness Day 2108

5. Tim reaches 100th Post

4. District Court Case In Re Bedn is appealed and taken under consideration by the Supreme Court

3. Gang-related violence reaches all-time highs in Los Angeles as territory of Star Syndicate and Clock Crew is threatened by rising youth gangs.

2. Centennial Remembrance of the Newgrounds Massacre:
Daniel-Day Lewis drinks Tom Fulp's milkshake before beating him to death with a wooden bowling pin.

1. Wade Fulp marries into rich Jewish family, settles down comfortably with 34th wife

Crazy days are ahead people!

Haha, yeah Tom, out of all the controversy you've put newgrounds through (virginia tech shootings, clubby the seal, target practice) you could have done nothing more extreme than get some revenue from the army.

Btw, does the army really expect me to get up from my perfectly comfortable bean bag chair to get some fresh air in Iraq?

I don't know the first thing about programming, but I'm always interested in what makes the internet such an efficient machine. In particular, I've always wondered about the algorithms of searching, the ones that have made Google, and Netflix the powerhouses they are.

I mention Netflix not really because of their great recommendation systems, but for their intense use of crowdsourcing for making a recommendation engine that is 10% better than their current system. Those of you familiar with the NetFlix Prize probably know where I'm going with this. This whole thing was brought to my attention by the article "The Netflix Challenge" in this month's issue of Wired.

Hopefully you are all open to the idea of a bigger newgrounds community. I'm not talking massively large, Newgrounds wouldn't be Newgrounds if we opened it up like that. I'm talking about people who are seriously into quality animation, but don't have the resources or time to mindlessly wade through the flash file system.

I think the Recommendation system at Newgrounds isn't being utilized to its potential, and I think the reason is because it has been engineered to its fullest potential. Yeah sure we can all see how Waterlollies can lead to the likes of The Composer, There She Is, and Metropolis, but it's kind of ridiculous that my most popular submission, a soundboard, get recommendations like Interactive Buddy and Dress My Babe.

I don't want to go into much more detail until I get a few responses because few people will read a whole speech. But I think the future of Newgrounds lies in the Recommendation System. Ideas?

At 2/24/08 05:04 AM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Hit f1.

That's not fair. I used it before and it wouldn't give me jack, now you say to just hit f1 and it gives me a entirely new help section? How do you do it Gust?

Thx Luis and Paranoia, that stuffs you guys are talkin about will be great for future reference.
Btw, wasn't there an official Sponsorship thread, cuz I searched for it and came up with nothing. :(

At 2/24/08 01:40 AM, arch-angel07 wrote:

At 2/24/08 01:27 AM, EKublai wrote:

At 2/24/08 01:24 AM, fahrenheit wrote:

At 2/24/08 01:22 AM, EKublai wrote: If it doesn't.. That means that I have the power to decide what they aren't gonna be

Not really, it just means your shitty opinions don't matter to anyone.

Don't hate just cuz Im great!

keep pushing through the insults with your fingers in your ears saying I can't hear you

Haha! Why archangel, I think I will just do that. I get so many insults in a day on this site its a wonder I don't come find each and everyone of you and shoot your mothers haha!

If "There Will Be Blood" this wins best picture tonight, it will be because of me

At 2/24/08 01:43 AM, EKublai wrote: Finally it worked out for me. Thanks Les, once I modify this a bit, it'll have a perfect place in my upcoming flash. You'll get due credit of course. Thanks a bunch!

sorry bout the triple post, but I was just wondering, since I don't get the parameters for GlowFilter();, How would I a) change the quality of the glow and b) change the intensity and blur? Or can u?

Finally it worked out for me. Thanks Les, once I modify this a bit, it'll have a perfect place in my upcoming flash. You'll get due credit of course. Thanks a bunch!

At 2/24/08 01:27 AM, Smokey651 wrote: you forgot the link again!

dude he's not forgetting, he knows he's just being an idiot.

At 2/24/08 01:24 AM, fahrenheit wrote:

At 2/24/08 01:22 AM, EKublai wrote: If it doesn't.. That means that I have the power to decide what they aren't gonna be

Not really, it just means your shitty opinions don't matter to anyone.

Don't hate just cuz Im great!

At 2/24/08 01:11 AM, EvilerBowser1001 wrote: You don't declare what memes are.
Fuck yourself.

here's the kicker... If it does take off then I've have created an meme.

If it doesn't.. That means that I have the power to decide what they aren't gonna be

Live or Die. The Choice is Yours

At 2/24/08 01:13 AM, Geohunter wrote: I was doing a search on "Fishy", when I found this god-awful piece of crap. Lord knows how long it's been sitting in the anals of NG, collecting dust. I read the reviews, it gave me a laugh. It really does suck.

Here it is

geohunter if you're just gonna spam you should leave the boards

At 2/24/08 01:02 AM, Geohunter wrote: I was searching for the "Fishy" game in the search bar, and came upon this piece of crap. I watched it, read the reviews, and LOL'd. What a friggin' load!

hmmm. no link. post a link!

and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"

"I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!"

This quote from "There Will Be Blood" is the new "This is Sparta!!!" Hurry and use it with reckless abandon before it gets old!!!!!!

Appropriate Uses:

1. You just completely owned someone, in effect drinking their milkshake/dignity

2. You just did something very sneaky in order to benefit yourself and cheat another person, so you were taking a straw and drinking their milkshake/trust/valuable possession

3. A pick-Up line for gay men, the milkshake representing the oral pleasure of a blowjob.

GO! GO! GO!

At 2/23/08 03:32 PM, jmtb02 wrote: http://www.flashrights.com/music.htm

You are earning money on someone else's copyrighted, non-licensed work. Music companies are more eager to tackle games that use their content, even moreso than animation due to the usual financial variable. I would advise you to choose a different song.

thanks for the info on that. yeah at least it's a game. I'll just email queen or whoever their rep is, im sure they're pretty easy going about this sort of thing.

haha this is most definitely my fault for not knowing AS, but the thing doesn't work for me when I put the

var s:Spark = new Spark(createEmptyMovieClip("s"+depth,dep th))
s.init(x:Number,y:Number,glow:Boolean)

it keeps saying the a ")" or "," is expected. haha. otherwise everything's in order

yeah this is question about sponsorships and copyrighted music. Anyone here experienced with sponsorships, I'd like to know if you can still get a flash sponsored if it has copyrighted music, specifically "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is in my flash, I just want to know if it's possible because I don't want to have any future issues. thx.

At 2/21/08 09:57 AM, kidray76 wrote: Cmon Tim, post one more time.

After 7 and a half years, you'll finally have 100 posts.

Cmon man. Do it.

Let's take a quick moment to look back on the life, shall we?

It was the bare bones year of 2004. The Newgrounds Community was just waiting for something big and exciting to happen to put them on the map. But no, this was months before the Numa Numa craze, back in the days when the simpler pleasures of being a problem of the future in the present day could be enjoyed without the worry of such trifles. The day finally came (mark it) on April the 17th when the Wizard of Newgrounds stepped out from behind the curtain in order to restore calm to a situation which well could have turned into internet rioting.

What Just Happened?

We salute you on this day Tim, may you're journey to the land of 100 posts be blessed with the sounds of chirping birds, the laughter of children, the whir of unstrained processors, and the splashes of freely flowing servers in the babbling brook that is the internet. Cheers!

At 2/20/08 06:25 PM, AMP-d wrote:

Also, is there any reason we're limiting this to scantily-clad hot women? I'd have thought that on Newgrounds at least one ugly fat girl or scantily clad man would have been posted...

your opinion on all counts, but you should know that scantily clad women are the only option since this is based off the heavy metal magazine cover which features solely scantily clad sexy women.
Yeah so anyway don't be afraid to critique. The appeal to the general public in my mind is just as important as the appeal to the contest judge.

At 2/20/08 04:39 PM, darx wrote: done?

comments

the girl is great, matches well with the magazine style. The dragon in the background could use some work. I'd think to have it so close to the girl, it'd be better to make the head have a little bit more detail and depth with the scales. Right now it just kind of looks like the dragon got hit in the face with a tennis racket.

Hey, not to sound like I know anything or anything, but since most likely people are using reference images, is it legal under fair use to compete for a prize without crediting the images' creators?

A devastating event has been brought to my attention about a woman who tried to rescue a dead chicken from a well.

http://www.thelocal.se/10010/20080217/

"Woman dies trying to rescue a dead chicken"

Published: 17 Feb 08 09:44 CET

A 63-year-old woman died on Saturday night after falling down a well while trying to fish out a dead chicken. The accident occurred near Ed in Dalsland in western Sweden.

According to local police officer Patrik Ahlbom the woman was trying to fish out a dead hen from the well when she fell in herself. The woman fell 2-3 metres and probably died immediately, Ahlbom said. The 63-year-old was found by her husband.

The woman was taken to Dalsland's hospital in Bäckefors where she was confirmed dead.

Ahlbom reports that the woman's husband suffered from shock following the accident.

At 2/19/08 12:01 PM, buttonboy wrote: im pretty sure he's dead by now but if he isnt he's a pussy

It was meant to be interpreted as a complex allegory for the incompetence that ensues in our everyday lives. By simulating, to best of my ability, the situation where one sets up NG the bomb, as I am sure will occur someday soon, I have in effect drained your souls of incompetence, and therefore all the deficiencies that make the human mind so very weak.

At 2/19/08 06:13 AM, McPaper wrote: Shutup, I don't care if you are new. You don't get special treatment. You or your goons of 13 year old bitches.

Just because you'r sign-up date is literally 15 days earlier than mine, it still does not give you the noble title of older brother. Get pasted ingrate.

Alas, I searched and searched for soul from which to nourish my own, yet within McPaper, I found only arrogance and insecurity.

At 2/19/08 12:15 AM, LCurtis wrote:

At 2/18/08 11:14 PM, EKublai wrote:

I've had two rode podcasters, and both of them have burned out the motherboard on my pc. Be warned when using them. Seriously though, my comp is tight and Rode goes an tells me they don't know what I'm talking about.

What are you talking about?

How does a microphone 'burn' out a motherboard? What do you mean by burned out anyway?

i don't know that what the comp guy said. WHat happens is that when it's plugged in too long all the usb that I had on the front stopped working. That's what I mean by burnout. The back usbs ( I have 6 in total) Two days after that, the entire thing is buggin'. I replaced teh motherboard. The replacement podcaster did the same thing. piece of crap.

Anyway, what about TheSwain? I saw him using a recording room at the NG office. Let me get in on some of that, theSwain's sound quality is incredible in his mastermind movies.

Scenario

Me: Yo Jesus! What the hell man that's my stash!

Jesus: Sorry man, but this is some good shit.

Me: GTFO! *pushes jesus away from stash*

Jesus: Get off me man. whoa. Ya know turning water into wine is only one of the things I can do....

Me: ......... What's that funny taste in my mouth?

At 2/19/08 03:26 AM, MartyFedchak wrote: You should make a song about economics

so is marty like your professor or somethin?

At 2/19/08 03:20 AM, ApocalypseAlien wrote: this song is gay, you're gay, fuck off.

gtfong.

hahahhahaha. Face me like a man, not behind some alt you stupid c*nt