14,574 Forum Posts by "Denvish"
At 3/16/05 11:47 AM, Kevindeed wrote: we all readdy have thred for this... the title was stupid tho... I under stand the confusion Here's a jump to the thred
Indeed, go there if you wish to discuss this further.
How to: Fish for compliments, by GAMECUBICLE
At 3/16/05 05:23 AM, Master_Inuyasha wrote:At 3/16/05 05:05 AM, D0GMA wrote: Pace:Heh, it's turning out to be machine VS machine.
173.25 - Denvish
152.88 - Vagrant2
I'm going to need oiling soon.
Actually, I would much rather be sleeping, but the sprogs aren't really giving me that option at the moment
At 3/16/05 08:12 AM, GeorgeTopouria wrote: DONT BE SO LOUD!!!
*sigh* read the rules, again, George
At 3/16/05 08:11 AM, phyconinja wrote: no I wont. but I made you look.
Idiot
At 3/16/05 08:00 AM, GeorgeTopouria wrote: And they say mods are not spamming?
Who said that? Everyone knows that RC is the king of spam
Hey! Who's been
feeding the tiny moist raccoon?!
wtf?
Will you stop soiling the monkey?!
I couldn't believe my luck as she startedpaddling the pudding.
I couldn't believe my best friend was actually baking the puppy.
wha?
At 3/16/05 06:28 AM, Thebeddens wrote:At 3/16/05 06:27 AM, what_is_my_name wrote: She is so hawt! no really!!!1!fuck you're stupid.
Moron alert!
At 3/16/05 06:23 AM, WaterLock wrote: hwo to create a webcam meeting thingy where you can see multiple connecting their webcams together like http://www.collab.nl/ ?
can someone please show me how to do it (the coding etc)?
I would recommend that you ask this question in the Programming forum
At 3/16/05 06:05 AM, jonthomson wrote: I don't know how the program works, but it would surely be using precisely the same amount of DB resources in terms of requests (possibly less if loading a profile through Firefox requires you to get every stat through a separate request and the program only gets what you want - I don't know how the DB works in that respect. It'd certainly use less bandwidth).
My program pulls the profile page html source, so in terms of bandwidth, it's actually using less than a manual profile pull, since it's not loading the images. In terms of the database, the effect would be identical to a manual pull of the profile.
As far as I know, SK's program operates in the same way. It may use a few extra page pulls for the review response rate stat, I'm not sure.
At 3/16/05 06:18 AM, Master_Inuyasha wrote: Step 5 : Don't give a shit about what a girl thinks you look like. If a girl won't go out with you because of the way you look, you shouldn't be interested in them. Find a girl who will date you for you.
Yup, I think that deserves quoting for emphasis.
There are many reasons to lie. The main 'justifiable' reason is to avoid hurting someone's feelings.
At 3/16/05 12:19 AM, lala0023 wrote: oh you know this freakin guy that i have been screw 4 times a day on a regular basis! we both don't want a relationship, but he tells me i'm the only one he is doing, but i know that a lie! he tells me everything a girl wants to gear, and the all seem like lies! he drives me insane! he is like the perfect boi in the world! freakin christ! whatever i hate bois and liars
You're an idiot to yourself if you continue the relationship, and you deserve all the shit you get. Want rid of the crap? Leave the relationship.
At 3/16/05 05:47 AM, Revrent wrote: If you submit audio or flash into newgrounds you should be the only ones reveiwing.
People who have experiance at flash or animation only need suggestions from fellow animators. People who have contributed nothing should not be telling us how to try to make cartoons. What do you guys think?
Ridiculous idea. You don't need a knowledge of Flash to spot a good or bad movie/game, or to offer suggestions on how to improve
At 3/16/05 03:40 AM, leviii wrote: i have some ideas to improve this flash and add some music and so on.
Then in 1-2 weeks, i will try to submit it again. Lets see what i can make ...
You also didn't do yourself any favours with your Author's comments. Saying 'First Flash' will automatically drop your score. You might have scraped it through if you'd filled out your notes.
Have a read of my submission tips before you submit again, and watch this movie: Xenosteel's guide (very informative Flash movie)
Of course it wouldn't do any harm to shine your actual Flash up, too...
At 3/16/05 05:32 AM, pants_man wrote: Note: I only used the title to get ur attention ;p
Don't do that, it's annoying
Congrats to -Mazza- on his first General star, and everyone else for their rank-ups/level-ups/achievements.
Nothing to report on my part
lol, I was asleep when that came through UJ. If I'd been awake it would have got an extra zero.
I do think that a system should be implemented that allows movies to be deleted/blammed or flagged after they've been through Judgement. Rather than have a TOTW award, there should be a link to a list of all Flashes that have dropped to 1.2 or less since getting on NG; those Flashes should then be deleted.
I've always thought that the Turd award was a bad idea anyway. Originally, it was funny, because it was given to submissions that were crap by accident, but now it's become a competition to see who can get an award for deliberately producing shite. I think that is a bad thing, and the award should be scrapped.
I is listening. U suck lolwtfbbqroflmao ;)
At 3/16/05 05:13 AM, XayberOptix wrote: Man I just about had a heart attack after loading the AUDIO PORTAL page!!!! That damn flash movie banner is JUST TO DAMN LOUD!!! :P Worse yet, it just loops OVER and OVER and OVER.... Is there a way to disable that?!?! Wish someone would at least TURN IT DOWN if not get rid of it!!!! GRRRRR!!!!
Click on it to turn the sound off
At 3/16/05 04:44 AM, PaniX wrote: Get lost of the Jamba advertising, they make freaking sounds and ruin movie's and they pretty much annoy many people..
I hardly think that Tom is likely to take your request seriously, considering your contribution to NG so far. If you don't want to see the ads, then use Firefox or a popup killer, as has already been mentioned.
Well, I wasn't going to get involved in this thread, but there are things being said that I can't help but comment on
When I first saw pieoncar's post, my immediate reaction was 'I wonder if that's what's causing the BBS errors'. Having done some bot coding myself (and since BPHelper, which was discontinued for this reason), I'm always wary of how many database hits a 'script' will cause. Obviously I don't know how the backend of NG operates, but I would imagine that a BBS spider such as pieoncar's would put quite some strain on the db servers. Whether it was actually the cause of the Code 3 errors is yet to be seen, but I certainly think that discontinuing it until James can investigate is a wise move.
As to the other data-grabbing programs, there are basically two that could cause an impact on the site: ShittyKitty's NG Lister, and my version of the same principle, NG Grabber. Only four users have my program, and since this furore, I've activated the remote disable function, so no-one will be using it until James has tested it and given the OK (if he does). When he gets back from Japan, I will email him a copy of the program, so he can test out its effect on the site/db if he wishes.
I don't know how many people have a copy of SK's program, I would imagine around 10 or so - but the majority of them are using it for small pulls like ramagi's once-monthly top 500 VP users, and Myst's 50 profiles every Saturday. I could be wrong, but I don't think these kind of grabs would have a major detrimental effect on the site. The potential problems lie in the bigger pulls, particularly the ones for the NGTL.
The way that my program works (and I imagine SK's also) is this: it basically pulls the html source for the user profile pages, and then parses the info out, producing textfile lists of the stats that are available in profiles. Now I don't know if profile pages are static, or require a hit to the database when they're viewed. If they're static, then the only concern really is bandwidth; neither NGLister or NGGrabber would be having an effect on the database server (unlike pieoncar's spider).
The other thing that I would like to say is that I think you are underestimating the percentage of NG users that are interested in stats. One of the main reasons that NG is so addictive, besides the Flash Portal, is the exp/BP/etc rank system. Not everyone on NG is as obsessed with stats as the Wi/Hters, but many of them keep coming back because they suffer from human competitiveness, and want to work their way up the ranks of whichever list.
You should also be aware that the majority of people who hang out in Wi/Ht are sensible, responsible, mature users. There was never really any doubt that we would stop using the programs if requested by the admin, as gfox has pointed out.
At 3/15/05 09:04 PM, DrLavaGoddess wrote: You know, it's possible that at times, you're not completely informed. I mean, you're not working for NG are you?At 3/16/05 02:46 AM, gfoxclock wrote: Well, I am. As a volunteer. Modding the BBS. Modding NG's review system. For thousands of hours. Over the past 1.5 years. I've never asked for anything. I love this site, I don't want it slowed down by the things that I and a few other people enjoy about it, but those things were provided TO US by longrunning systems here. Do you think that every person who uses NG and loves the flash on this site... would have 0 problem whatsoever if the exp system was suddenly completely eliminated? Do you think that the site would retain the exact same amount of users or even gain them?
Stats are not the enemy of NG. Stats are the CHILD of NG, in fact. Wade is painting stats as if they are a completely separate, divorced entity... from NG itself. And that anyone who enjoys them, tracking them, listing them, etc. etc... is a leech on the bloated belly of NG's servers.
That's just not cool.
As usual, Greg hits
the nail on the head. Stats are an integral part of the whole NG experience. At some point, anyone with a profile is going to be interested in their rank, if only on the exp list.
Anyway, there's not much else to say. Possibly the best thing is for James to have copies of the programs, and test them out while observing their effect on the site; that seems the obvious way to check how much 'damage' the are causing to NG.
You guys do realise this thread is a week old, don't you?
http://www.newgrounds.com/lit/portal_faq.html#blams_protects
Newgrundling's Blam/Protect FAQ
Newgrundling's Voting Power FAQ
At 3/15/05 07:07 PM, PacoW wrote: I just got my New Who CD in the mail, and I want to be able to use a song in a flash movie. The problem is that I... er... kinda forgot how to import music from a CD onto my computer and into My Documents. Can someone tell me how to put the WAV file from the CD to my documents? Thanks in advance everyone.
I'm not sure, but isn't there a CD ripping tool that comes with Winamp?
I generally use Easy CD-DA extractor, though
At 3/15/05 07:00 PM, Holy_Saber wrote: in the faq, it says that if you vote a zero or one it gets blamed, 2-5 and it gets protected. what about the other numbers, 6-10? if you vote a 9, and it gets protected, do you get the protection points? is the scale diffrent, where a 4 would be bad normally, is it now good? im so confused...
You can't vote 10
If you're scoring a 10, you're reviewing. You don't get blam or protect points, or experience, from reviewing - you get them from voting
