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At 2/15/05 08:57 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: oh well, we didn't get fp. the blue one better be even better! Let's work our hardest!

Boo. What can you do though? (Except like you said, work harder on the blue one.) So how does one get FP? Was it because it was submitted so late at night? Just curious, since I'm still kinda new to NG...

At 2/15/05 03:54 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: Anyways, Here are my feelings on gradients/alphas. If you are gonna let people in when they do them, then LET THEM DO THAT AND SAY IT. If not, fine. But I've been doing my best in 3d to make it ONLY those shades, and it's much harder to make it only certain shades in 3d than it is in 2d, and people are just ignoring it. I'm fine with allowing it, but I want to know so I can not have to fucking cel shade everything. If you don't want to allow them then you have to be more strict. I'm tired to working hard to keep it in the 5 shades and realizing seeing others' animations that were left in that I could have used gradients. Let me know please.

I agree. The only reason I used gradients this time is because Myname did on the Shades of Green so I figured it was okay. That's why I think the rules need some things added to them; just to clarify.

Oh and Benny_Creations, I know it won't be for a while, but I wanted to get my suggestions in there before everyone started ignoring this thread and started looking for the "Shades of Blue" thread! =)

I'm not sure I'm for both water AND future. I mean, that severely limits us in what we can do. I think one of the best things about the Green one was how many ways "Fly" could be thought as. The insect, the act of flying, birds, planes, etc. I think if we say "Water and Future" it will put most of the submissions down the same old road. So I think one or the other.
Either way, I'll enter.

Hey Myname, I have some suggestions for the next one. Could you put more into the rules so they're official? Everyone wanted to know:
1) How long they should be (on average)
2) If gradients could be used
3) If alphas could be used
4) How to put everything into a movie clip

I just think if you stated all that from the start it would cut down on confusion. (Not that everyone will follow the rules anyway =P
Just a suggestion, take it or leave it.

At 2/15/05 11:49 AM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 2/15/05 10:34 AM, Space_Chicken wrote: I think I'll say "either is fine with me" and take the wuss way out. =)

damn ...first I'm lazy, now I'm a wuss... what'd I ever do to you!? ;) LOL!

Yeah I think thanks to us lazy wusses, Water is going to win out.

Water or Future? Water or Future?
That's a tough one. As someone with a bit of an animation background I can tell you all that Disney's Animation Studios looks specifically for people's portfolios to include things with water. Why? Because it's the HARDEST thing to animate out there. That and human forms.
I personally like the idea of a future theme, but I agree it could become too cheesy too fast.

Sigh, what to choose?
I think I'll say "either is fine with me" and take the wuss way out. =)

At 2/14/05 08:42 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: It's all done! Just waiting on Twinsen Now.

The suspense is killing me!! I can't wait to see how it does!

Nice artwork. Good luck animating him. Hopefully it will turn out really well.

At 2/14/05 04:44 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: Mynamewontfitin can hand out roses to the person he thinks deserves in. Like on those shitty dating reality shows.

Great idea Zekey but why stop there? Let's strand both on an island for a few months and see who's the survivor! Or we can make them eat mashed up bugs... or maybe sing pop songs... Then we'll video tape it and sell it to Fox! Yay! =)
Really though, do you both want it that bad? I mean, I think getting such high votes is an honor in itself. There's always next time if you don't get coauthor this time around!

At 2/14/05 03:28 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Twinsen and Kortex are tied in 4th but there is only room for one of you to be Co-Authored. Both Flashes will be included however. You guys can decide on that. Also, there is room for entries with 4 and 3 votes so if everyone thinks it is fair to include them as well without co-authoring, reply here.

I think it's fair!
I think it's fair!!! =)

Seriously, if there's room I'd still love to be in it- coauthor or not. I had so much fun doing this and want to follow all the way to the end with you guys!

I think people are not only improving on what they do in Flash but the whole NG bunch is getting more leanient on what gets protected. The crap still gets shoved off, but stuff that might not be great but is still cute/funny/interesting gets to stay.

I'm still singing that blasted My name is Kyle song... Hey, can I get it in MP3 format somewhere?

At 2/14/05 02:34 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: it's not if u get it. It's if u get COAUTHOR (big difference). What you'll do is constantly (and I mean constantly or we'll yell at you) check your portal buddies, or just send an invite for portal buddies to myname right now so he can accept if you are a coauthor.

Oh so you can get into the collab but not get Coauthorshipness? I see. Well I'll send an invite over to myname now anyway just in case I guess! Never hurts to have cool portal buddies right? =)
Thanks TwinsenDude.

After submitting something for my first Collab on NG (5 Shades of Red; still waiting to see if I got in) I can say that participating in them are a lot of fun in my opinion. Yes, I suppose it's being pretty loose with the word, since we're not all collaborating, but I still like doing them. It's cool to see what everyone comes up with. On the other hand, you have absolute control over solo projects, so if it sucks and gets bad scores, that's all on you. And vice versa. =)

At 2/14/05 10:35 AM, Humbumpoop wrote: who won?

DId he submit the thing yet?!

Myname said he'd be submitting it "after school" so it should be up whenever that is. I guess by later this evening, which is fine I suppose because that's when the most people are on NG; at night.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

Don't worry, Myname said there would be a nice break before shades of Blue started. It's too bad we don't know the theme or actual blue color #'s or we could start early, hee hee.
But I guess it's better if there's not a huge amount of time to complete it so everyone has an equal shot at making something good.

So with the shades of blue, you think there will be an official time restraint of how long the movie can be? Otherwise I'm making mine longer next time =)

At 2/14/05 12:43 AM, -Geoff- wrote: This thread reminds me of that guy linking to his hard drive.

That was the funniest thread ever.

Anyway, you should check through the Actionscript codes thread. I think there was one about a shooting game there...

Ummm... like animations? You go get Flash... then you buy a nice big book on Flash and learn. To have someone teach you costs money and is called "school."

I think the merchant is just one guy isn't it? Anyone know what happens when you shoot him- meaning do all the others die too? We've shot him plenty of times but don't usually save afterwards...

We're playing it right now! I'm posting while a friend of mine is dying over and over and over at a boss. Proffesional mode is haaaaaaaaaard... But fun. This is one of the best games I've ever played. Such a departure from the other RE games, but better in a lot of ways. So so great. If anyone out there hasn't played it yet, go buy it today. It's incredible. (We've beaten it twice and are now most of the way through on time #3)

At 2/13/05 11:08 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: Check your Personal and Public Profile spots. It's possible you don't have one though, for some reason it was missing in Renaenae's account (the option to do it). Trust me there, I logged on personally to his account and saw it wasn't there.

Boo, it's not there on mine either =(
So I guess... now what should I do if I manage to get into the colab?
(Does anyone know WHY it's not there on mine and Renaenae's?)

on (release) {
getURL ("http://yoursite.com/")
}

At 2/13/05 10:28 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Yeah sometime tomorrow. When i get home from school im tallying all of the votes and putting the top ones in the Flash. Everyone set your Portal Buddy preferences to Accept All in case you get co-authored.

Ok so I guess despite any skill with Flash I have I'm still a NG n00b: How do you set the Prefs to Accept All? I can't seem to find that option. Thanks in advance for the info. =)

THE COLAB IS ABOUT LOVE PEOPLE!!

Let's just all join hands and sing some KoombyeYa... Or however you spell it. How come every thread always ends up with people screeching at each other? Oh well. When does the voting close anyway? I would guess sometime tomorrow but who knows?*

*The answer is Mynamewontfitin...

At 2/13/05 07:03 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: Wow, everyone must hate mine compared to my last one. My last one got almost everyone's votes, and this one I only got 3. Or, did everyone miss mine? MINE IS IN A SEPARATE LINK POSTED BY MYNAME

Myname, you sorta screwed me over in that way... if you had included it (the one I sent to u) I might've got more votes. I don't think people saw mine :'(

I saw yours, and it was with the others too, not just a seperate link. I liked it, but it seemed average compared to your amazing Fly animation. I mean, that was freakin' crazy good, but this one, eh, just not your best work. Sorry! I just thought you'd want to know why the others got my vote over it, so when you do something super-cool 3D for the blue one it'll rock more than the Fly =)
Don't get me wrong, this one was still good though.

Votin' time!

1) Zekeyspaceylizard! Nice job, the characters really made this one for me.
2) Valtrix! So tragic, which made me sad, but I still couldn't help but like the style and all the work you put into it.
3) Kortex! I think I know that game engine but your art was really cool and it was fun to play.
And finally
4) Greendom! I really had a hard time voting for this one because it was so long. You have no idea how hard it was for me to cram mine into 30-40 seconds like I thought we were supposed to! Seems like kinda cheatin' if you ask me =) but it was too good not to say ok to! VERY nice art style!

Everyone did an awesome job at this, so kudos to you all. I only wish they could all get jammed in somehow...

At 2/13/05 01:40 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote:
I am posting them all on the Internet soon so Voting will take place then.

Sweet. Well I'm being forced off to see a movie so I hope the voting will last until later tonight and I can participate. What time will the final colab be posted tomorrow do you think? I'd like to be there to vote high from the start! =)

At 2/13/05 06:14 AM, Mister_b wrote: I know im to late to send my .FLA...

But just for interest sake... How do you put everything of your movie into one movieclip after your done.. like requested at the start of this collab??!!

I'll by posting my movie on Newgrounds maybe later today or on Monday....

Check page two of this thread for details on putting everything in a movie clip, but basically you select all the frames of your timeline and copy them and then create a new symbol and paste the frames into that new timeline. Bingo.

Even if you missed the deadline and dont get in the colab, I think it's great that you're still going to complete it and show everyone. I was worried that I wouldn't finish in time and I thought to myself that if I missed the deadline I'd probably just quit animating this cartoon and move on. So good job not giving up.

Goodnight everybody! I hope everyone got their stuff in on time and everything is A-OK! Catch you all in the morning when hopefully details will arise about voting and whatnot, yes? I am assuming since, you know, Valentine's Day is Monday and all that jazz...

This was really fun. I'm glad there's a break in between but I'm looking forward to Shades of Blue as well!!

I'm betting he needs the .fla to put in the final menu buttons and such, right? It's not a huge deal though... I doubt he'll steal your symbols or anything =)

Gettin better! I think it still needs a few dance moves. Maybe while Mario is walking past you can have Kyle moving his legs as well as his arms. But it's improving!

At 2/12/05 11:15 AM, TwinsenDude wrote: don't have AIM? nooooo lol.

Yeah, it stems from a deep hatred of AOL. I imagine that my file got through fine, but if anyone has any extra time while talking to myname, could you ask him for me? I'd appriciate it. Unless he pops in on the board today or e-mails me back and then I guess he could tell me directly, eh?

Wow, it seems like a lot more people starting from the very begining than I thought! I guess most people aren't as lazy...