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At 4/13/12 04:12 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 4/13/12 04:10 PM, langhauz wrote: I think that what most people are saying is that if you feel enough control is left to you to try and keep Newgrounds in the general path it was headed that we believe in you. If you're worried about NG dying the day you get the money, then run away of course... but if you're worried NG won't last forever?

I would rather see NG burn out in a huge explosion than fade away with a whimper.

With money I think I could turn NG into a billion dollar company. I just don't have good evidence for what would happen to it after that.

I can see that being frightening, for sure.
Over the years I've watched a lot of great artists distance themselves from NG because the relationship wasn't profitable enough for them. I think that with more exposure NG would lose a lot of the crass, harsh, trolling bastards we've all come to love... but the artists we come back to watch again and again would have more room to excel and dazzle us.

I think that's a good trade off.

At 4/13/12 04:07 PM, TomFulp wrote:

I just gotta be clear, once NG takes money it is on a near-guaranteed path to being sold to a larger company at which point it could be scuttled or transformed into something no one wants. Without money NG could exist forever, it's just that no one may care that it exists.

I think that what most people are saying is that if you feel enough control is left to you to try and keep Newgrounds in the general path it was headed that we believe in you. If you're worried about NG dying the day you get the money, then run away of course... but if you're worried NG won't last forever?

I would rather see NG burn out in a huge explosion than fade away with a whimper.

I've been here a long time and watched this site go from an amusing diversion to one of the best communuties on the internet. My voice might not have been heard, well ever, but I for one vote that you take the money and see what you can do.

Newgrounds: A pioneer in flash entertainment then, now and hopefully tomorrow.