Sketch usually refers to quick, non-finished drawings.

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"A sketch (...) is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work."

You can submit sketches, but don't make them public (so they only show up in your userpage and not in the main Art Portal).

There is no legal way to download Flashes from NG. Either you download the flash you want from another website, or do it illegally.

At 6/27/09 09:58 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: What's this about an upcoming redesign? I remember the 06 redesign, but I've yet to see anything from Tom mentioning an 09 redesign.

You mean 07 redesign, right? Tom mentioned something about a redesign in the future... Let me find the post...

(After checking Tom's last posts).

There are several mentions of a new redesign in this thread. The following are all quoted from Tom's posts:

"Stamper is saving the pretty for the redesign"(after someone mentioned the current wide layout was ugly).

"The Art Portal will DEFINITELY be included in the redesign, as it is launching well before it. The Lit Portal is more in question at the moment, although it is definitely coming. We're only so many people. :("

"There will be lots of adjustments in the redesign."

"For those of you who don't like the results of the related content, this is not the final algorithm so hold-tight. We will also be re-examining the placement of this in the final redesign."

The best thing you can do is going to Tom's posting history, and ctrl+f "redesign", lol.

At 6/27/09 03:58 PM, gfoxcook wrote: It also makes one wonder if the only PC gamers in this day and age are all 25+, too, and when we die off, so will PC gaming.... (sigh)

But there are still good games which are only for PC! Starcraft 2, for example, is going to be one of the best games of our time, and it will be out for PC only. I use my pc for gaming, but only when it comes to old good gems.

At 6/27/09 08:53 PM, Lizzardis wrote: What I want to know is, you know how Pimp is going to be level 60, and if he does get Sup. Commander, that's all good and well, but before long and after a few years EVERYONE will have that....Then won't it get a bit....Boring?

Well, my guess is that there will be more levels in the oncoming redesign. Maybe they are going to add more B/P ranks too, who knows. Hopefully it will all happen this year :D

Don't worry, you're in the right forum. I think this is the flash you're looking for:

The Mind Bender, by luka Type: Game Rating: Everyone

If this isn't it, then please add some more information :)

At 6/27/09 01:13 PM, SCTE3 wrote: It doesn't matter now, The stolen version passed and the legit version got flagged. What the hell?

That's crazy >:( Apparently the spammers flagged it, but at least they are going to get garbages whistles, and possibly their accounts are going to be deleted.

At 6/26/09 06:45 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 6/26/09 06:35 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: THIS IS A MJOR BREACH IN SECURITY!! DO SOMETHING SLASH!

They have been able to do that for a while. We have a snitch in the EGB AND the NGPD. Its someone who is in both the NGPD AND the EGB private forums. There is only a select few, maybe around 8 of them including myself. Would you like me to write up a list?

There's no perfect forum, especially the free ones (where you pay nothing and they give you a domain which depends on they). So they being able to see the secure rooms is not something completely impossible, but if they were able to see a conversation between Puddin and Cobra then it makes me worry.

Right now the only thing I can think about is one of you being infected with a troyan, just because I can't think of any other thing. That conversation was on AIM, right?

I remember when I used to play this 24/7. It's a great game, and now I feel the urge to play it again. Not that I want to play against you...

Interesting news, I can't wait to see the next step in the power of three event.

Anyway, there are actually women on NG? Who would have thought it? I'm pretty sure they are all lieing.

At 6/26/09 03:21 PM, Zerok wrote:

At 6/26/09 02:57 PM, TomFulp wrote: Age
18-24: 38.7%

This stat is the most shocking of them all, I'd reckon.

Yeah, it seems that under 13-year-old kids are exaggerating with their age. But seriously, I expected less adult people. Though there are still too many under 16 people :P

Honestly, I agree with what Slash is doing. I think that he has already said enough, but I would like to show that he's not alone and I agree with all of this.

The BBB (Barracks Bulletin Board) will be a nice and easy way to keep track of the current NG situation. Yes, you can go to the portals and check the situation for yourself if you want to, but it's also good to check that thread now and then to have an idea of what's going on. And if you were inactive for a couple of days, for example, you can go there to catch up on what has happened during your absence.

The violations list will also come in handy, it's good to keep a record of things, especially because you'll be able to easily see if there's any reiterated offense done by the same person. And the preliminary investigations thread is not new at all, but it's also a way to talk about rule breaking users without taking it all to this thread.

About the "current NG situation", it's indeed pretty bad. People stealing awards is nothing new, but that doesn't mean it's not important. If a spammer steals any award, yeah, the flash will be deleted, but there's people who lost the chance to win an important award because of that.

And even about less important awards such as the Turd of the Week, it's really sad to see people trying to get it on purpose. Yeah, they are only getting an award saying that the flash is indeed shitty, but the turd wasn't meant for that. I remember that when I was a noob, a long time ago, I always used to watch the turd of the week. As the FAQ says, it was always funny (in a bad way), and I also laughed at it. But no, now that doesn't happen anymore, all because of some stupid people who think it's funny to get it. It really makes me angry.

And you just can't ignore that child pornography was uploaded. Thats one of the biggest offenses, not on Newgrounds, but in the Internet. Real people actually go to jail for that, you know? There are just no words to describe how fucked up someone must be to upload that to any place, and to consider it funny.

Yeah, you may say that no-one cares about all of this. But we do, and that's why we are a part of the EGB.

At 6/25/09 05:03 PM, dx5231 wrote:

At 6/25/09 05:00 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/25/09 04:56 PM, dx5231 wrote: Newgrounds is not like youtube, that you can submit anything you find.

You can't do that on youtube either. ;)

So why do people keep submitting stuff like music clips they didn't make and stuff like that?

Because YouTube is shit and it doesn't remove copyrighted material unless the author(s) claim(s) it. NG is different though, you'll always get your audio deleted if it's not your own. For more information, read the "audio information" at the bottom of the audio submitting page.

I have nothing against your nostalgia, but isn't 2^8 = 256?

At 6/24/09 01:51 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Need I say more?

That's MINE BITCHES!! WHOOHOO!!!

Way to go! Keep up the good work :D

At 6/25/09 10:45 AM, phantomlassuk wrote: Anyway on the forums I think the forum mod Transformers has been demoded which is odd but not totally surprising http://transformer.newgrounds.com/. Was he a alt of a mod?

At the beginning it seemed like a joke, and everyone thought he was a mod/admin's alt. But in my opinion he posted and locked threads too frequently to be an alt. Then he decided to step down so Wade pulled off another joke when posting on the "get transformer demodded" thread. That's just my guess though, who knows.

Anyway Egoraptor now a mod also http://egoraptor.newgrounds.com/ Love the gold aura looks so cool.

Yeah he's an Art mod, he has had the gold aura since the art portal came out. I think that he deserves it, and he has also submitted cool stuff so far.

At 6/23/09 05:26 PM, Ismael92 wrote: When you try to go to the submission it says "Submission not found. It may have been deleted." So I just suppose it was deleted, because I can see others submissions.

Sorry, I meant to say "When I try to go..."

At 6/23/09 04:52 PM, Lizzardis wrote:

At 6/23/09 04:03 PM, Ismael92 wrote: I didn't get to see it, but it was deleted. So yeah, apparently it was abusive, good catch :)

How do you know if it was deleted? Did you get a white screen? Cause a thats just the Art portal fucking up, if it was deleted thank you for saying so.

When you try to go to the submission it says "Submission not found. It may have been deleted." So I just suppose it was deleted, because I can see others submissions.

At 6/23/09 08:16 AM, Corky52 wrote:

At 6/23/09 12:03 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Eh, these things happen from time to time. We're only human after all. We do make mistakes. Do we know why Puddin was grounded?

For all I know it was for not eating his vegetables. He didn't share the details and I didn't ask. I just laughed and poked fun at him that he could still get grounded. :P

Some parents are just like that :(

At 6/23/09 01:15 PM, Lizzardis wrote: What do you guys think about this piece of "art"?

I didn't get to see it, but it was deleted. So yeah, apparently it was abusive, good catch :)

Be sure you "register" for the revenue sharing which can be done here. In the upper right panel there should be an option to register if you aren't registered already.

Then, submitting the flash normally would make you earn money for all the in-site views. But also you can use the Flash API, to put ads in the movie to boost your income. Also if your movie is submitted to other websites, you'll earn money for every time someone watches it regardless of where it is.

At 6/21/09 01:47 PM, JakJak478 wrote: GIMP. Its the same thing as photoshop. but its FREE!

Why would he want GIMP if he already has Photoshop? Besides, GIMP is not the same as Photoshop, it's much more limited. Photoshop, on the other hand, has much more options and is widely used by professionals all over the world.

To the OP: If you have Photoshop CS3, then you should be fine. There's a newer version (CS4), but it's almost the same as CS3. You can look for tutorials on the web about how to use it ;)

At 6/21/09 12:53 PM, varrin7 wrote: It didn't seem to work. I made sure to have a line without text on either side of it, and I left the second link input blank, but it still came up with just a regular link. What am I doing wrong?

Second link imput? What link imput? You mustn't use the "link" button. See the pic I just posted, put just the link, and nothing else, no regular text, no code, no nothing.

At 6/21/09 12:46 PM, varrin7 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 48634

okay so this is just a test hope it works.

Don't use any HTML, don't click the "link" button. Just put the link in a standalone line. Like this:

At 6/21/09 12:40 PM, Tooby wrote: But how to people find your work if its not in the Art portal.

People can see uncouted art in people's userpages and in the uncouted section of the art portal (only visible to scouted people). People who aren't scouted can recommend art for the art portal so other scouted members and mods will scout them.

Don't worry, if you submit quality art, you WILL be scouted ;)

At 6/20/09 11:15 PM, SupraAddict wrote: Thank you for the responses, Slnt Cobra, Ismael, and Rohan, I appreciate it.

No problem ;)

By the way Ismael, do you know if the Digg team is still being used, or is it another dead club? Why I want to know is the art portal recently came out, and there are bound to be great artwork which should be dugg ;)

Now it's rarely used. Day by day it got more inactive to the point where no-one digged any of those things. I think that when it just started, many people was excited because it was made by Wade, but later they didn't find it funny anymore.

However, if you want to go and try to revive it, you can count on me ;)
Maybe a completely new thread to bring people's attention?

At 6/21/09 12:09 AM, Corky52 wrote: Hey guys. Check the list that I updated on my blog of all the spam flashes and low scoring flashes of the week that could be or might be able to steal underdog or RCP. I know I included a lot of stuff that probably wouldn't be able to steal an award, but I didn't want to take any chances.

The review mods are already alert before the awards are chosen as they have their own thread like my blog, but form about 11:30 on Tuesday night I would like every Barracks member that can spare their time to just keep refreshing and checking the submissions on my blog.

Good work with that. I'll do my best to visit those submissions every now and then (especially on Tuesdays). As you said the review mods are already doing things like this, but if we can help them to find the things they overlook, then we should do it :)

Also, there's a flash from the [FF] under judgment, which apparently responds to the recent... events :/

Not that it's abusive or anything, but I just felt like letting you guys know.

At 6/20/09 07:38 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Guys, I was combing through the latest signups looking for more potential DD accounts, when I found this account. Slash already knows about it, but I noticed it has an Art tab with nothing in it...yet. So be aware, this might be used for posting up CPat some point.

CP has just been submitted using that account.

At 6/20/09 07:12 PM, Bahamut wrote: Well, July's almost here and what that means mostly to me is my birthday. I'll admit, being 19 doesn't feel anything special and as a matter of fact, it's the first birthday that I'm not too excited about. Entering the third decade is where it's at. ;)

At first I didn't get it whether it's your birthday today or it's in July. I had to do a google search to find an older thread just in case.

However, before that I'll be having to go to hospital a week on Monday to have my right eye examined after being told at the local opticians that it possibly has keratoconus. Hopefully things will be fine when I go.

Oh fuck. I literally cried a little bit when I saw the picture in that article :(
I hope everything turns out alright :( Let us know what happens to your eye.

At 6/20/09 06:59 PM, RohantheBarbarian wrote: Another one

This one had the balls to post a thread asking for it to be scouted as well.

Fuck I can't believe it. Either it's the same person, or they have planned a raid. I don't like to say this but we'll probably see more soon >:(

It was just deleted. Good work guys, good to see this shit being deleted quickly.

At 6/20/09 06:43 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: I flagged it, Slash. Is there anything else we can do besides report it? I imagine taking any other course of action is out of our jurisdiction.

That's all we can do for now. We could possibly PM an active art mod so he can delete it ASAP. But anyway it shouldn't take long until an art mod sees it, especially if several people have flagged it already.

At 6/20/09 02:59 PM, SupraAddict wrote: When a spammer come into the crew, how do you deal with him (other than ignoring him)?

Who moderates this club (i.e. deletes malicious posts, bans the users etc.)?

We just ignore him, sooner or later any forum moderator will delete the rule breaking post(s). Of course, if we see this thread is being abused, we can PM forum mods to let them know.

Are there ranks, or are we all treated equal?

There are some special ranks which can be seen at the Officer List in our forums. But yeah, we're all treated equal :)