At 7/18/09 09:05 AM, Fro wrote: Well guys since we have been doing art related things here such as finding stolen/hateful art I thought it would be a good idea to do it in the official club now. I'm sure some of you will be up to it as I've seen you post multiply art pieces here that have been deserving of deletion.

At 7/18/09 02:50 PM, Captain-Ben wrote: Hey guys, I just wanted you to know that we recently created an Art Portal Patrol for users who want to help out and make sure the Art Portal is running smoothly. So any of you that might be interested should go poke your head in.

I'm still a new mod so I just wanted to extend my hand and say hello, and that if you see any shenanigans going down in the Art Portal feel free to contact me, or any of the other art portal mods, through PM or on AIM.

Yeah I just saw that thread, but thanks for the heads up anyway :)
We do somewhat similar things here, like voting fairly and reporting rule breaking submissions, so we can help each other. I love the art portal and I enjoy going there looking for good stuff, but I think that I'm not that active to join there. So right now I think I won't join, I may change my mind in the future but I'll keep an eye on that thread anyway.

At 7/18/09 07:33 PM, Porkchop wrote: So guys, who had any bets about when the Regs lounge in General would be locked?

I thought it was going to happen. I mean, the General forum itself is a big lounge to discuss about almost everything you want, so such a thing was not needed. Especially because there are a lot of people who visit the General forum regularly, so it would be pretty difficult to keep it organized.

At 7/17/09 05:01 AM, Techno wrote: My friend, that is called a 404 error lol :)

At 7/17/09 10:21 AM, Archon68 wrote: A broken link.

God, you're replying to a 10 days old post. There used to be an animation there, maybe it was just removed.

At 7/17/09 09:52 PM, TheMaster wrote:

At 7/17/09 08:29 PM, Ultor wrote:

At 7/17/09 05:11 PM, TheMaster wrote: Firefox 2.0.0.20 for life.

How can you use an obsolete version of firefox thats no longer supported? that must suck total ass

Because when I type a "g" into the address bar, it suggests websites that start with a fucking "g", not websites that happen to have a "g" in them. If I type a "g", I'm not looking for "newGrounds", chances are I'm looking for "Google". If I wanted newgrounds, I'd type an "n".

lol, you can change that to get the "classic" search bar. But I like the current URL bar, because sometimes I remember only part of a website's name, and I can find it by typing it. Also, I like that I can use keywords on my bookmarks. "NG" takes me to Newgrounds, "BBS" to the forums, etc. I don't even have to click on Firefox's suggestion or type the complete URL.

Hey, sorry for being late to the party! Happy 19th birthday, it looks like a lot of people are turning 19 this month.

I hope you had a good time :)

Actually, Tom usually replies to the PMs within a few days.

You should really try compressing your audio though. And you won't always lose quality. But anyway, if you want to submit a flash over 10mb you can send a PM to Tom asking nicely. Then wait for a response :)

At 7/16/09 06:34 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: I know I haven't been here for the last days, so, TLDR, could someone kindly summarize just what exactly has been going on? That would be a much appreciated help. Thanks.

This is when the BBB comes in handy :D

"2. Attacks on EGB accounts

There have been some attacks on members of the Barracks, ranging from simple userpage comment flooding to attempts at passwords. I, myself, got a notice in my e-mail that showed someone had tried the "forgot your password" option for my account."

There's more info on the BBB, but that sums up everything that happened recently.

Also, welcome back, KingExodus!

Also 2, about Idiot-Finder's post, I just watched the last Harry Potter movie yesterday. I have already read all the books anyway. BTW I didn't like the movie.

I got spammed too (only accepted comments are visible so you won't see them), 889 comments. Meh... "Delete all" makes the job easier. Every EGB member should have approved comments only on their blogs.

At 7/15/09 11:19 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Same here, yet the user got deleted and now I have a glitched userpage. If you look at my Index page, you see it says I have 1,092 comments......I only have like 20 +. xD

User who spammed you was deleted.

We have to contact Wade (I've seen people getting deleted because of this). We should take discussion about this to our forums (to keep it somewhat organized).

Abusive art submission

http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/nonon otanalt/jester

It's an inappropriate photograph (horse sex), and most likely it's stolen too, so yeah, it breaks all rules.

At 7/14/09 06:38 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 7/14/09 06:29 PM, Ismael92 wrote: And since it also helps Newgrounds, why not do it? :D

I completely agree. I sent one to him too! I mean, yeah it wasn't a whole essay about why he should pick me and such, but I just said that I would like to have a go at doing it and I would like to prove to yourself and myself that I can have the capabilities to do it.

And he hasn't replied! xD

Meh I didn't send a long PM either. I just wrote that I would like to participate etc (it was just two lines long). He hasn't replied to me either, probably a lot of people want to participate so it will take some time for him to read all the PMs and then start sending the replies. Hopefully he'll reply tomorrow, but anyway he said that at least he would PM us to let us know if we were not picked.

Also, now we know what Rob's tests were about: the genres.

Funny you mention that because I was going through a thread from a year ago when they updated the genres (not to be confused with categories). That happened on 9/30, and yes, a Strategy genre was included (you can see the thread here).

It seems that they were removed later because of some problem, but don't worry, they are bringing them back! In fact, Tom made a thread today about it.

Some great games and movies sometimes remain "hidden" after they are released. Hopefully you can be able to find some of the best stuff by looking at the list of submissions (you can sort them by score, date, etc) and the front page archive (which contains everything that was once frontpaged).

At 7/14/09 05:39 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Speaking of older stuff, isn't that why we have the "Recommend this for a collection" button on the flashes after they pass?

That thread is about genres, not about categories or series. Go to this thread to find out more about genres: Rev-Split, Authors, Genres, oh my!, which was posted when the genres were released.

Now they are bringing genres back. I sent a PM to Tom because I have some free time and I like playing games and watching movies. And since it also helps Newgrounds, why not do it? :D

Yes, the password should have more characters, and support special ones. This would make the NG passwords impossible to guess, and almost impossible to brute-force (considering the 3-tries lock). I liked what you wrote about the "challenge question", and it even has a cool name.

Also, any person who wants to help Newgrounds and has some spare time might want to check this thread by Tom: Flash Genres & Tags - Wanna help?

Damn, another good mod loses his account. Poor Evark :(

They went after his account because of that thread, that's for sure. They wanted his account because I'm pretty sure a lot of people will feel insecure after this, since he was the one who told everyone to calm down etc etc.

I really didn't see that coming.

Yeah, it's a shame that there's no such category, but that doesn't mean the game can't be found. Since you know the game, you can easily find it, and if you ever want to look for a game which was frontpaged and you don't remember the name, you can look in the Front Page Archive. Via Sol 2 was frontpaged on September 2007).

Furthermore, you can type "strategy" in the search bar at the top of the site, you'll see that there are several strategy games listed there (including the game you were looking for).
By the way, the game is here, just in case:

Via Sol 2, by Flyborg Type: Game Rating: Ages 13+

Also, you may want to suggest the addition of a strategy category on this thread: Ideas for Newgrounds' Evolution MK3.

Cheers :D

At 7/13/09 04:38 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 7/13/09 04:21 PM, Ismael92 wrote: 2 mods lost their accounts in this way, so be sure your password is as hard as possible (lowercase, uppercase and numbers in a random order).

Fro also told me that when he went to log in, his account had been locked because they had tried to guess his password more than 3 or 5 times.

Luckily he had a strong password and they didn't get in.

The thing is than some e-mail services don't lock themselves automatically after several failed attempts, allowing programs to run thousands of possible passwords. The password may be easily guessed unless it's hard and contains no real words. Having "penis" as a password may be secure against people to an extent (most people wouldn't try something extremely easy as this), but programs which check for every word would do it.

If anyone has trouble creating a good password, here's a great guide which will probably help you. It may be good to read it and try to come up with a strong, hard-to-guess password.

At 7/13/09 04:00 PM, aldlv wrote:

At 7/13/09 03:38 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Regarding my password, the key is to pick something so simple, that NO ONE WOULD EVER THINK OF IT AT ALL EVER!!!!

of course is not... i don't think that would work
well, it would work if you are lucky...
but, as Ismael92 show us... the link http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1081 193 from Evark post is very helpful, if they are really using 'brute force' it's possible to get it, the more simple the easier... really

Exactly, with a simple password, you are very vulnerable to a brute force attack. There are programs which take all the words on the dictionary (and may even include numbers randomly) and then run them all trying to log in to your account. 2 mods lost their accounts in this way, so be sure your password is as hard as possible (lowercase, uppercase and numbers in a random order).

At 7/12/09 09:19 PM, SupraAddict wrote: Does anyone know if this is the work of phishing, or email hack?

Again, read this thread: --> Recent Account Security Issues. The whole story is explained there, and there's a lot of valuable information (in the whole thread, not only the opening post).

At 7/12/09 07:06 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: What's depressing to me is that the DD isn't HACKING, they're PHISHING. Phishing relies upon the target making a mistake, and it's disheartening to see FOUR mods fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book, especially with a time gap in between each incident to make a saving throw and change their password/inform Wade.

No, actually the last two accounts were stolen using brute force attacks. Everything you need to know is on this thread (everyone should check it out, it's pretty important).

In other news, Porkchop is accepted into the Barracks by unanimous decision.

Welcome to the EGB!

At 7/12/09 02:40 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:

At 7/12/09 02:37 PM, Ismael92 wrote: If it was for a better efficiency, then it can't be bad :)
Thanks for keeping us updated ;)

by "better efficiency" I really meant I dumped my coffee all over the medals system and had to take it apart for cleaning

Well, at least the medal system is now coffee free.

If it was for a better efficiency, then it can't be bad :)
Thanks for keeping us updated ;)

Happy birthday, RohanTheBarbarian! <3

At 7/12/09 02:23 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I got you a barbarian holding cake, does that count a little?

loln00b

Yes I'm sure that all mods are aware of the situation already. And I think that the DD is not stupid enough to tell Jade they are going to steal her account. Probably they'll try to attack someone else. Also, someone's signature on the DD forum says:

' As his penis sunk into her throat, her mouth taking him in completely, Slash nearly blacked out from the pleasure of it.

"Oh my...Gardevoir, yes! I don't believe how good this feels..." '

I don't know, I just find it funny. There are also pictures of the mod lounge on that forum (the account that is logged in is Dry-Ice).

At 7/12/09 01:56 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: It's ok, fortunately the mighty power of Wade's e-penis was enough to undo the mass bannage fairly rapidly. I don't mind too much, it's my birthday and it's only a website, but it was annoying that it took me much longer to make a topic for Bahamut's birthday as I first ad to ask a mod what was up and then clarify that I could use an alt despite being banned on my main.

Nice, Wade rocks :D
Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hey, it's everyone's favourite dragon's birthday! Happy birthday, Bahamut! :D

Have a nice day, though I see it's been nice so far :)

At 7/11/09 09:43 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 7/11/09 02:14 PM, Ismael92 wrote: lol, let me tell you that what you just said doesn't make sense, since aldlv's level is higher than byteslinger's.

I'm sorry for my lack of explaining. But I see the Gauntlet as being an old medieval/Roman piece of armour, and the nunchucks being a modern weapon used by ninjas.

Thats just how I think of it OK.....Don't rip it out of me just because I think of something in a weird way.

Hey don't worry, I wasn't being too serious anyway ;)

Health report!

Well within my stay in America, I have only been here one week and I am already burned! Fucking hell they hurt like hell! I don't know how, I had SPF 30 on and I kept re-applying it! I think I'm just born to burn! I suspect 1st degree burns, then again, I may just be exaggerating! Haha. I'm staying out of the sun for a few days, so i will have more time to chat to you guys.

Oh that's bad, I've got burned several times in the past. But there should be some kind of ointment for you to use, so the burns go away. And of course, stay out of the Sun as you said.

At 7/12/09 12:32 PM, Porkchop wrote: Well, 2 more mods got their accounts hijacked, and wreaked havoc on the BBS.

Yes, I saw the thread by BBM. I'm still reading through it, but which mods lost their accounts? I'm just curious.

RohanTheBarbarian got his account banned for 30 days for being in a spam thread, among the countless number of users who got banned or something.

Oh that sucks! I hope he gets his account back soon.

At 7/11/09 01:23 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: I know that there are more, but I forgot their locations. I'll try to find them again...

There's also Beep me, Jesus!

I don't remember any other right now :(

At 7/11/09 08:18 AM, Lizzardis wrote: Now, I don't see you as one because I haven't seen you post as much and the nunchucks don't seem as "old" as the bronze gauntlet of Bytes........

lol, let me tell you that what you just said doesn't make sense, since aldlv's level is higher than byteslinger's.
Now this is a bit more personal, but I love the nunchucks. And after level 25, there are only cool levels (I don't like any level from 18 to 24).

At 7/11/09 10:03 AM, byteslinger wrote: Seems to be working well so far. Thanks for the kind words, Liz and everyone else - glad I can be a positive influence here - and a friend, too.

No problem, keep up the good work :D

At 7/11/09 01:14 PM, TheThing wrote: I'm back! Well, have been since about noon yesterday. And I'm going to be leaving noon tomorrow.

I don't want to bore you or waste my time with making a massive post about my CR escapades, but, you should know that Costa Rica is fucking awesome. And the fact that I went with a lot of my friends made it even better.

Welcome back, even if you'll leave soon. It's good to know you had a good time at Costa Rica, and some of those events look quite fun :D

At 7/11/09 01:47 AM, warcraft4life wrote: yes bt it wont let me continue untill i give a rating it says "please give a rating" but it wont let me type where it says

rating: -/10

Click on the stars which are on the left of "Your rating: - / 10". If you click the first star in the far left, you're only giving it one star. Click on the last star to vote 10/10. Choose the amount of stars you want to give the submission, from one to ten. Or you can click on the "X No Stars" button in the far right to vote 0/10.

Just click on the "write a review" button, and then you'll see a new panel to vote and write your review ;)

Well, NGlogs said I had -2 posts, but I had already made one or two posts when I logged my stats. Anyway it's nothing too big.

At 7/11/09 01:29 AM, aldlv wrote: anyway.... guys i'm curious?... do I look like those 'old users', or I still not?

You don't look old to me, lol
But seriously you don't look like such a long time member to me. I don't know what the newer guys think though.