This is the place you should go to:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/

From there, you can buy it (for $699) or get a free 30-day trial.

The best program out there Adobe Flash, you can get it here though it's pretty expensive (it costs US$699, though you can get a discount if you're a student).

Then you need to learn how to use it. For this there are a lot of tutorials out there on the web, but you can start by watching the Newgrounds tutorials.

There are also some free alternatives, but they are not as good as flash. Liveswif is one of the most used free programs.

That upcoming stuff looks good! Is that part of the website new or I'm just stupid?

Also, those charity accounts are a good idea :) It's nice to know someone worries about other people.

At 8/18/09 03:08 PM, idiot-buster wrote:

At 8/18/09 08:50 AM, Zornkatzu wrote: Hey everyone. I have a quick question. At what time was it determined that a Bronze Whistle was a requirement? I recall that no one with a Garbage Whistle was allowed to be enrolled. Perhaps I was away during that decision? If not, I kinda-sorta-may-have got in with a Normal Whistle. :P

It was just a few months ago that this happened. SInce we wanted to have our members to be familar with the whistle system. We were getting some memebers who had no idea how to use it. So since we flag alot of garbage that comes in, it was not wroking out. It also is seen to be a better rounded user if he/she knows how to flag the right things.

To be more specific, it was on 3/13/09 that a poll showed that most Barracks members thought it was a good idea to have a Bronze whistle as a requirement. You can read more about it on page 1022, there were several interesting things going on in the EGB at that time (the rollcall, SlashFirestorm became the Chief Barracks Officer along with other changes in the Officer List, the reduced version of the code of conduct was introduced, requirements for joining were increased, etc).

At 8/16/09 06:13 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/50 7484
Now see, that's what Clock Day used to be way back when. Quality, hilarious submissions and not a whole shitload of mass saving.

I recommend y'all watch this if you haven't already done so, it's a riot.

There are several good submissions. If you think you may have missed something, go to the frontpage! You'll find something good there. I also liked this one:

Life in the Portal: Clock, by ebolaworld Type: Movie Rating: Ages 13+

Actually I like the whole series, I'm waiting for it to get it's own collection.

At 8/16/09 08:09 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: On an unrelated note, check out what is in the portal: lolwut?

Well actually that's pretty easy to do. Just go to your account settings and choose "your" as your first name and "mom" as your last name.

First of all, you need a program called Adobe Flash, you can get it here though it's pretty expensive (it costs US$699, though you can get a discount if you're a student).

Then you need to learn how to use it. For this there are a lot of tutorials out there on the web, but you can start by watching the Newgrounds tutorials.

Yeah, sometimes if the thread has a bunch of posts (or if it is several pages long), I won't post on it. Instead I'll just read it, sometimes just to find that someone else posted what I was going to say.

It all depends on the thread though, some threads are interesting enough to post regardless of the amount of replies it already has.

Mmm...

Message 2 EGB, by LeekUzi Type: Movie Rating: Adults Only

I don't know if anyone has watched this already:

Hot Gardevoir action! :-D, by LaserFish Type: Movie Rating: Everyone

Meh, it's not malicious or anything, but maybe we should keep an eye on it just in case. BTW so far there have been several rule-breaking submissions, and probably it will get worse later today.

At 8/14/09 11:02 PM, perfect-insanity wrote: also, can someone please explain to me these IRC channel thingies people will be chatting on, I may not be on for all that long today but you've piqued my interest. Happy Clock day everyone, the submissions have begun trickling in, and I don't know whether to be excited or terrified, or some strange combination of the two

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, and can be accessed from a mIRC client such as this (you can download it from there, there you will also find more information about how to install it). From there, you connect to a server, and then to a specific channel (all the information about how to do this should be on that website).

Oh, I love all this talk about the clock day, it's so exciting! As I said I won't be worrying too much about the points, I'll try to have some fun and watch some cool submissions. Because even if it's a day when many people will submit below-average stuff, some great flashes are submitted too.

At 8/14/09 01:57 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Bad news is that fileswaps are very likely to pass unnoticed. Good news is that fileswaps are very likely to pass unnoticed. :-P

Haha, funny, but true :P

At 8/14/09 06:02 PM, TailsPrower wrote: Hey guys, Tails here wishing you all the best for the impending, biblical proportioned cataclysm we know and love as Clock Day! I'll see you guys at the portal. Good luck, gentlemen.

*salute*

you guys still do that right?

Thanks for coming here ;)
*salutes*

At 8/14/09 06:33 PM, Coop83 wrote: I will be striving to make sure that I get at least 1 Blam this year, even if it does cost me several hundred points which inevitably get saved. Points aren't everything and this is not an amnesty that allows all manner of shit through.

I'll try to get at least one blam point too. Good luck with your quest!

Congrats aldlv! Good job reaching Supreme Commander. Enjoy your extra voting power, 60% is a lot! Now I guess we all know who's next.

At 8/13/09 05:52 PM, perfect-insanity wrote:

At 8/13/09 04:28 PM, Ismael92 wrote:
Welcome back, perfect insanity! It's been such a long time :)

Yes it has, I remember back when you first applied to the NGPD, you still b/p-ing at that same rate from back then?

Oh, those were the good ol' times. Now I don't B/P that much, I watch some under judgment submissions every now and then but that's it (in the last -monthly- roster I only got 66 B/P). Also, I will be having some extra activities in the afternoon in a near future, and there won't be too much free time in my schedule after it).

lol, I remember that I was always the top B/P gainer while I was on the NGPD, now my pace is so slow...

At 8/12/09 09:43 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: *Appears out of the trenches*

Oh, we thought we had lost you out there.

Anyway, how's everyone getting prepared for Clock Day? I'll try to spend quite some time in the portal, but I won't five everything like some people do. Really, I still plan on watching the flashes before voting on them. AND YOU SHOULD AS WELL! >:(

I don't plan to B/P a lot. I'll watch some flashes, and I'll vote as usual. Hopefully we'll see some great submissions like last year.

Also, I think my right elbow is fractured. It hurts whenever I move it and it bothers me whenver I write/type/carry anything. Soldier down, guys. =/

Oh, you really should see a doctor. I hope everything is alright!

At 8/13/09 01:33 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote:

At 8/12/09 11:53 PM, perfect-insanity wrote: A former member, I have been back from a temporary internet hiatus for about a week and have caught up on the latest operations in the EGB. I await your reply

Since I remember you and there are no glaring problems in your history, I'll summarily re-admit you without the recruitment vote rigmarole. Welcome back!

Welcome back, perfect insanity! It's been such a long time :)

At 8/11/09 04:53 PM, A-Wahl wrote: I figured he probably wasn't serious seeing as he's and '01 user and all... and also the"lols" that he included in his post. I'll be nicer next time!

Sure, no problem ;)

It's the same as when people trying to sell a product will always be kind with their customers, whether they are serious or not about buying something. If you enter a store, and see the store clerk being rude with someone in the store: even if you don't completely know what's going on, you will prefer going to another place next time you need to buy something. Or at least I would.

It's the same as when someone comes in and sees a reply like that. They may not know whats going on or whether the person who asked to join was being serious or not, but they will probably feel intimidated.

But of course, we're not trying to sell something here. And yeah, it's a pretty stupid example but it just came to my mind, lol :P

At 8/11/09 06:12 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 8/11/09 06:04 PM, Ismael92 wrote: There's a link to that website in the Flash.

They both think to the same game either way. I was going to link to that one, but the game on that website didn't work for me, so I looked elsewhere.

It makes sense. Anyway, the evidence should be enough for that submission to get deleted.

At 8/11/09 05:45 PM, Lizzardis wrote: ***STOLEN FLASH***

Actually, it's stolen from here:
http://www.freeonlinegames.com/racing-ga mes/planet-racer.html

There's a link to that website in the Flash.

At 8/11/09 03:52 PM, A-Wahl wrote:

At 8/11/09 03:40 PM, dirtymonkey wrote: can i join lol's

Eh, probably not. Go get yerself some stats, and come back later.

The reason why you can't join is because currently you do not meet the requirements. These are the minimum requirements for membership:

1. A Blam/Protect rank of "Private" or above (2,500 B/P minimum).
2. Advanced Whistle status (Bronze or better).
3. Sufficient posting quality (minimal one-liners, intelligent posts that contribute to threads, etc).
4. Sufficient review quality (helpful and civil, with constructive criticism, regardless of the flash or author).
5. No outstanding bans or recent disreputable behavior.
6. No zero-effort flashes (static images, single frames, tiny loops, etc) after 1 January 2009.

You can find more information about the EGB recruitment guidelines here. You may also want to read the Barracks FAQ.

Feel free to apply in the future once you meet the requirements. Meanwhile, you may want to consider joining the NGPD when you reach the Security Guard badge (400-499 B/P).
-

We should always give somewhat of an in-depth explanation when someone applies to join. Giving a short response may give others a bad impression about us, and it may also scare newer people who were considering joining. As always, it's better to elaborate, being specific, and of course, it's good being kind too :)

Meh this has happened in the past, the ads will be gone after some time. Besides, it benefits NG so they can't be that bad, and they don't look that bad either.

At 8/7/09 04:42 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 8/6/09 07:39 PM, Ismael92 wrote: Good work, but actually right now you are #31 in B/P. The guy who is at #30 must have passed you after you took his place.

No, the site hadn't updated when I passed him ;) Now it has and it's official!

Oh I didn't notice that, but I see it right now, you're #30 :D Good work!

At 8/7/09 06:19 AM, phantomlassuk wrote: Update I'm not getting a XBox 360 now I played on my sisters one and found that the control pad was not as good and the graphics the same. I love the Sony pad anything wish it still had more games for it though.

Yeah, the Xbox360 and the PS3 are pretty much the same. The biggest difference when it comes to the games catalog is that some games are exclusive to one console. I never got my hands on a Xbox, but I feel pretty comfortable with the PS controller.

At 8/5/09 10:54 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Is it just me or have we been a bit off topic as of late...

Yes I have noticed some unrelated talk, but that's normal, I suppose. And as long as those posts don't take over this thread, it's OK. And a friendly reminder, we should try not to post one liners so often ;)

About old members not posting as frequently, yeah that's possible. Though I'm not really sure of who are you talking about, but eventually everyone become less active. Real life is just like that :(

At 8/5/09 11:37 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Partially my fault, as I haven't been as active in the past month or so. With Clock Day less than two weeks away, and the next housekeeping session (including the bi-annual EGB rollcall) next month, that'll be changing soon.

The next rollcall is next month already? Time goes by too fast :/

At 8/6/09 01:44 PM, Coop83 wrote: Hi Guys, thought that you'd like to know that we now have two members in the Barracks within the top 30 B/Pers. Phantom of course and now myself :)

End transmission.

Good work, but actually right now you are #31 in B/P. The guy who is at #30 must have passed you after you took his place.

If the submission is under judgment, scroll down, click on why you think it should be flagged and provide a short description (if it's stolen try to provide a link the original). You can use the attached picture at the end of this post as a reference.

If the flash has already passed judgment, then you'll have to PM Wade about it (again, try to provide a link to the original).

I've been noticing this a lot recently, I don't know why. I wonder how some people find the threads in the first place.

Congrats to all the winners!

At 8/3/09 03:16 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: First off, I'd like to say a few words of thanks. Thank you to the mods who kept the threads from becoming a disorganised mess, thanks to Coop83 for helping to write up a lot of what you're about to read, thanks to Ismael92, Lizzardis and Bahamut who helped these awards run fairly smoothly, and most of all I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the awards by voting.

You're welcome, and good job Coop / Lizzardis / Bahamut ;)
Also thanks to you, Rohan for running this ;)

Clearly users pride the usability over the laughs supplied in The beast awakens despite the best and truly commendable intentions of DrForeman, who'll no doubt be insanely jellyous after seeing his efforts fail to procure the award.

lol

At 8/3/09 03:42 PM, Gagsy wrote: I didn't deserve second for Best Poster, I didn't even deserve to be in there with the others. This is just proof that the awards are just generally a popularity contest between General regulars. I'm a shit poster who just happens to be nice to people, which they then remember me for. Nothing I post is ever impressive though.

Indeed. Another example is Luis winning best artist. No offense to him, but even if he's a good artist, ornery and EchoRun are better than him IMHO.

At 8/2/09 05:21 PM, JackPhantasm wrote:

At 8/2/09 05:15 PM, SeaBoundRhino wrote: There are mouses you can buy that are supposed to prevent muscle problems in the wrist. I have no idea whether they work, I have just seen ads for them, but it might be worth looking into.

definitely

just so we are clear guys this is more in my fingers (from typing) than it is in my wrist

Then you should consider getting an ergonomic keyboard, that way you'll prevent having more problems in the future. I heard those keyboards are quite good.

It may take some time, maybe some weeks. Just keep being patient, he will eventually read your PM.

I thought someone would have posted it already. But anyway, Bahamut at 20,000 posts.

I completely forgot about Clock Day too! As a challenge, I propose that every EGB member must try to get at least one blam point :P What do you think?

All the people who thanked my are welcome ;)

At 8/1/09 12:55 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 8/1/09 11:10 AM, Ismael92 wrote: Milestones:

congrats to everyone
ehm... i think you forgot about me, i got 10,000 Blams too (like 5 hours before Sir-Nuts)

Again, this proves how much of a failure I am.

At 8/1/09 12:59 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Damn, I didn't make the top 5 gainers. Man, I did have a couple of bad weeks in July. Ah well, what can ya do about it? Not much I suppose.

Well, 838 B/P in a month is pretty good too ;)

At 8/1/09 04:52 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Anyway, I'm back for another day. I was supposed to be going home today, catching a plane to New York and getting a connection from there to my home town of Manchester, back in England. We got there, the attendant said "We don't have a seat for you....The flight has been overbooked."

Woah, I can't believe they did that! I can't imagine how many people had important things to do that had to be postponed because of that! At least the $300 in travellers certificates somewhat make up for that.

So anyway....How have you guys been?

Not too bad, there's nothing really interesting going on. So, same as usual :)

At 8/1/09 07:41 PM, byteslinger wrote:

At 8/1/09 11:10 AM, Ismael92 wrote: Barracks Roster 1st August 2009

Wow. August 1st already.

I also think that time goes by too fast.

07] 34,391 | 0,001 | 00.0 | --0.70 SlashFirestorm Sup. Com.
08] 33,844 | 2,052 | 68.4 | + 3.57 byteslinger Sup. Com.

Held my own at #8. Still a while to go to get to #7. Nothing personal, Slash, ok?

Well, if you keep up your current pace you will be there in less than a month.

At 8/1/09 04:52 PM, Lizzardis wrote: byteslinger - 2,052

May I ask....How the hell do you get around 500 B/P a week? how do you find the time?!?!

Despite my work schedule picking up, I have dropped off a bit on reviews - but I am quietly voting and blowing the whistles when I see a clearly obvious violation. I spend a lot of time online for my web development projects, and the Portal Guard program is very helpful in keeping me up-to-date with all the new flashes coming in.

Yeah, Portal Guard is great when it comes to that. You can be working on any other thing without having to refresh the portal constantly, because you know that the PG will notify you as soon as a new flash is submitted.

At 8/1/09 05:33 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: 3 -- DigDogy
4 -- dx5231
5 -- Doomsday-One
5 -- Fleshlight
6 -- Rhete
6 -- Sheizenhammer
16 -- STEM
20 -- SpiffyMasta
31 -- Lizzardis

Congrats, Lizzardis! STEM and SpiffyMasta got a nice amount of votes to, keep up the good work and you may enter the list soon! This goes to all the potentials who didn't make it this time ;)

At 8/1/09 05:34 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: EXP_ | _B/P | Posts | Revs_ | Change | Username
_9.35 | __2.13 | _3.35 | _0.00 | _14.84 | Ismael92

It has been a sloooow month.

Congrats to byteslinger and idiot-buster for reaching 40,000 total points.
Congrats to reverend for passing 20,000 total points.
Congrats to byteslinger and KrevZabijak for gaining over 2,000 total points since the previous update.

Congrats to you all. Over 2,000 total points in a month is quite impressive, good work!
Also, congrats to you, Bahamut, for reaching 20,000 posts.

I was originally going to reply to just Ismael92 about the matter but I feel this friendly reminder should be addressed to all reading this. If you know anyone who's been inactive in the forum for a while now, please don't hesitate to outvote them.

:)

At 8/1/09 05:36 AM, Bahamut7 wrote:

At 7/26/09 02:20 PM, Ismael92 wrote:

At 7/21/09 07:47 PM, Bahamut wrote: I can't really agree or disagree with Xboxes being crap as I've never looked hard enough into the consoles. The RROD issues for the 360 is worrying, though. Also, yes there's so much you can do with computers but I like to play games on actual consoles as well. For the current generation, just the Wii isn't really enough and there's now a fair amount of PS3 games.

Allow me to jump in the discussion with a somewhat unrelated thing. I have a friend who got a PS3 when it just came out. Now he sold it for about half the price to get an Xbox 360. I really can't stop thinking how stupid he was to do that.

Ehh, considering he stopped liking the PS3 in the end and wanted a 360 with games he wanted, I don't really blame him. That's pretty much nothing compared to what one of my former friends did a few years back. He sold his PS2 and all his games for a second hand iPod nano. .__. Now THAT'S stupid!

A second iPod? So he already had one? Well, I agree, that's indeed stupid o.o

Haha, that User Page Mod idea cracked me up, most especially the reactions.

Ha, Rig must be getting a lot of PM's like that because Poozy says he's a Userpage mod.

Oh boy, he must be getting so much attention by now. XD

Sometimes I feel sorry for him.

At 7/21/09 07:49 PM, Bahamut wrote: Shouldn't my username be God then? *checks*

No, because you would get a lot of PMs with people's prayers. Didn't you watch that movie starring Jim Carrey?

Aren't we being vague here? :P Anyway, wouldn't the amount of PMs I'd get if my name was God give me the recognition I deserve?

But that's what the underrated BBS award is there for. Besides, it would be really annoying to have to read thousands of PMs each day.

At 7/26/09 01:12 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 7/25/09 05:12 PM, iscrulz wrote: Yes go shower by yourself and keep the door shut I don't want to see it.

God dammit Iscrulz. Now you have ruined it for everyone. Now nobody can see what is happening behind (their) closed door. -.-

eww, what's wrong with you?! Are you heterosexual?

Psst, Ismael, I'm also hetero. ;)

Eeeww, you people disgust me :P

Barracks Roster 1st August 2009

Milestones:
Coop83 - 60,000 B/P
Fro - 20,000 Saves
Sir-Nuts - 20,000 B/P, 10,000 Blams, 10,000 Saves
RohantheBarbarian - 16,000 B/P
SCTE3 - 16,000 B/P
DumbassDude - 12,000 B/P
KrevZabijak - 10,000 B/P
SupraAddict - 5,000 Saves
SoulMaster71 - 5,000 B/P
KidneyThie - 3,000

Promotions:
SCTE3 - Major
DumbassDude - Lieutenant
KrevZabijak - Sgt. Major
SoulMaster71 - Sergeant
KidneyThie - Pvt. First Class

Entering the list:
Porkchop
Zornkatzu
silentisdeath16

The List:
No. B/P / Gain / Average / Change / Username
01] 74,633 | 0,080 | 02.7 | --2.90 Phantom Sup. Com.
02] 60,626 | 1,501 | 50.0 | + 5.67 Coop83 Sup. Com.
03] 57,261 | 0,620 | 20.7 | + 3.53 Sentio Sup. Com.
04] 48,677 | 0,553 | 18.4 | --4.63 Idiot-Finder Sup. Com.
05] 47,546 | 0,559 | 18.6 | + 4.77 Little-Rena Sup. Com.
06] 37,793 | 0,000 | 00.0 | + 0.00 EagleRock Sup. Com.
07] 34,391 | 0,001 | 00.0 | --0.70 SlashFirestorm Sup. Com.
08] 33,844 | 2,052 | 68.4 | + 3.57 byteslinger Sup. Com.
09] 31,572 | 0,113 | 03.8 | --0.53 Shanus Sup. Com.
10] 29,638 | 1,203 | 40.1 | + 16.23 aldlv Com. 1
11] 29,615 | 1,142 | 38.1 | + 14.03 Fro Com. -1
12] 25,914 | 0,146 | 04.9 | --5.97 idiot-buster Com.
13] 22,561 | 0,013 | 00.4 | --3.27 lilhunter03 Lt. Gen.
14] 20,428 | 0,803 | 26.8 | + 17.77 Sir-Nuts Brg. Gen.
15] 16,625 | 0,133 | 04.4 | + 0.87 ever-vigilant Mjr.
16] 16,608 | 0,980 | 32.7 | --0.27 RohantheBarbarian Mjr.
17] 16,252 | 1,049 | 35.0 | ???? SCTE3 Mjr.
18] 13,385 | 0,015 | 00.5 | + 0.27 DarkSoldier Lt.
19] 12,832 | 1,535 | 51.2 | + 7.53 DumbassDude Lt.
20] 10,782 | 1,696 | 56.5 | --0.33 KrevZabijak Sgt. Mjr. 2
21] 10,679 | 0,002 | 00.1 | + 0.07 PantyWipe Sgt. Mjr. -1
22] 09,575 | 0,000 | 00.0 | --0.03 Lotus Sgt. Mjr. -1
24] 08,522 | 0,368 | 12.3 | ???? Calipe 1st Sgt.
24] 07,420 | 0,051 | 01.7 | + 1.63 PossiblePancakes Mas. Sgt.
25] 07,352 | 0,089 | 03.0 | + 0.43 TheNossinator Mas. Sgt.
26] 07,346 | 0,277 | 09.2 | + 9.23 Marsupial Mas. Sgt.
27] 06,977 | 0,835 | 27.8 | ???? SupraAddict Stf. Sgt. 3
28] 06,678 | 0,066 | 02.2 | + 1.13 ismael92 Stf. Sgt. -1
29] 06,626 | 0,084 | 02.8 | + 0.10 sonofkirk Stf. Sgt. -1
30] 06,227 | 0,000 | 00.0 | --0.03 Shoopufzilla Stf. Sgt. -1
31] 05,965 | 0,828 | 27.6 | --1.47 Lizzardis Sgt. 4
32] 05,868 | 0,012 | 00.4 | + 0.17 TheThing Sgt. -1
33] 05,815 | 0,000 | 00.0 | --0.10 HeavenDuff Sgt. -1
34] 05,718 | 0,052 | 01.7 | --0.77 phantomlassuk Sgt. -1
35] 05,555 | 0,084 | 02.8 | + 1.77 fc-thun-fan Sgt. -1
36] 05,013 | 0,154 | 05.1 | --0.60 SoulMaster71 Sgt.
37] 04,839 | 0,838 | 27.9 | --10.67 SlntCobra1 Cpl. 1
38] 04,209 | 0,004 | 00.1 | --4.70 BenwaHakubi Cpl. -1
39] 03,903 | 0,000 | 00.0 | + 0.00 I-Love-Caitlyn 1st Pte.
40] 03,801 | ???? | ???? | ???? Zornkatzu 1st Pte. NEW
41] 03,505 | 0,056 | 01.9 | ???? KingExodus 1st Pte.
42] 03,345 | 0,000 | 00.0 | --1.87 captain-dickhead 1st Pte.
43] 03,284 | 0,583 | 19.4 | ???? KidneyThief 1st Pte. 2
44] 02,922 | 0,125 | 04.2 | + 0.03 Insanimation Pte.
45] 02,808 | ???? | ???? | ???? silentisdeath16 Pte. NEW
46] 02,802 | 0,000 | 00.0 | --0.80 puddinN64 Pte. -2
47] 02,596 | ???? | ???? | ???? Porkchop Pte. NEW

Top 5 Gainers
byteslinger - 2,052
KrevZabijak - 1,696
DumbassDude - 1,535
Coop83 - 1,501
aldlv - 1,203

Top gainers, repeat offenders: byteslinger (7), Coop83 (6), KrevZabijak (4), DumbassDude (3)

Total Gain for the month = 18,702
That's 603.3 points per day, or 13.7 per day per member.

July update.