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At 3/29/02 05:12 PM, imacoolboy wrote: TOM,IM NOT ASKING,IM TELLING,MAKE PICO 2 NO!!!!!
I must come out and apologize,..I'm the reason Pico2 is taking so long to make..When things went from bad to worse in my financial situation, I was forced to take up a shitty retail job to make ends meet...But since then, that job has drained me considerably..I'm trying to juggle it but it's been hard...Tom has been incredibly understanding of the situation, and has since worked on multible projects so as to keep NG happy...I'm trying my damnest to get out of this rut of a life and get back to what I love, animating...
But in the meantime please have patience with me...
On a lighter note, I have played a beta of the game Tom is working on now, and its incredible, you guys will not be dissapointed..
Damn it!
I really wish I could go!!!
Retail Sucks!!
At 3/15/02 04:27 PM, TomFulp wrote:
:We are on the verge of hiring Jose Ortiz to do art on a full-time basis. He would be doing artwork for both Newgrounds (Pico 2) and Newdgrounds (making original content for the subscribers, who would be paying most his salary).
Hehe, It would definitely be awesome..Finally being able to Finish up Pico2,and even some of my stuff..Also I have Tons of New Ideas for the Samuri Asshole remake!!...
Ahh We can dream:)...BTW did anyone notice that "Sleeping Booty" game on NewDgrounds?....
I wonder who could have drawn that??:)
At 3/7/02 03:32 PM, Waterdog17 wrote: Flash 6 is scheduled for a release soon. Go to macromedia.com for more information on this new update. It will be renamed to Flash MX.
I'm Looking forward to MX, myself!!..
It has features that will enhance my flash like 50%!!!
But I think its more of an upgrade, as I see no where on the site that this was indeed Flash 6..
Congrats!!!
The Site looks amazing!!
You're done alot in your lifetime!!
Some people don't even know what to do with their lives at your age!!
Much respect to you Tom..
A true entrepreneur
At 3/1/02 10:44 AM, TomFulp wrote: kneel before me!!
We listen and obey almighty Führer!
At 2/26/02 09:04 AM, Losperman wrote: Yeah, I was a little disappointed in SOE too. While it is fun for awhile, it can get pretty boring pretty fast. It's still a pretty good game, but I'm not so sure I'd spend $50 on it. Maybe $30 used.
maybe 15, if I'm drunk:)
Besides, what beat'em up game do you know, that has such a slow "360 desperation" move, that you end up getting smacked out of it, everytime you try to perform one?..
It defeats the whole purpose of having one, doesn't it.
And SOE defeats the whole point of being a beat'em up action game....
corrections: gamespot didn't make the game. rockstar creataed the idea, vis entertainment made it.
Acually I never said Gamespot did anything, except give SOE a generous rating... As for the head decap crap...It's nothing more than a gimmicky cheat code...
There is alot worse in disney if you look hard enough...
If you like the game thats fine..
its still a shity beat'em up
Well, I went into this game with an open mind...................................
And came out a 90 year old converative.The one factor that players of this game seem to forget is that "Rockstar" is just a publisher..They 'didn't' make GTA3...The produced it at most. So when people complain that State of Emergency is a poor mans' Grand theft Auto 3, they are only hurting their case...
But I can't place the blame entirely on the players..One needn't look any farther that Gamespots' obscenely generous 8.5 rating, to know that even 'they' can't help but give browny points to the publishers of such a rare gem as GTA3.
Still, SOE must stand on its own merits,so With that Said...
Lets take a look at "State Of Embarassment"..
I'll make this short, and skip over the rediculously cheesy storyline,and head straight for the nitty gritty..
State of Emergency is a beat'em up platform game..Such as Fighting Force, or Final Fight..
And it is here where SOE fails miserably..
Main reason?.. no multi-player option..
Who in there right mind would make a beat'em up platform game, single player?..for me this is what destroyed the game alltogether...But unfortunatly, I ventured forward to find things I even hated more..
Like horrible collision detection. Not with the characters you hit per say, but with the enviroment in which you interact with...Nothing's more fun than being slammed by a group of police officers,who knock you flat on your back,and then have your character get up...turn around... and RUN up the escalator stairs!!.. (you see, if you get too close to the base of the escalator, it'll trigger the animation,regardless of what your doing prior!!)....
It's also nice to know that your character can blow up buildings, decapitate innocent bystanders..But refuses to go down an escalator the wrong way!!!..How Un Cuth!!.
This same collision detection problem also occurs during those ever-so important missions, for example, where your assigned guard duty. You fight to the better end, only to watch a cop stop fighting , and calmly walk through you and your punches into the doorway you were so feverishly protecting...Wha?..Wha! What Happened??.. Was it a moment of Zen?.. Or spotty Collision detection?.. You be the judge:)..
"But What about the People?"
Yeah?, well what about it?..Even if it was two hundred or so people runing by...there's maybe about 20 or so actual models, the rest are color swaps...
It really is more of an asthetic gimmic than anything else... The people run by, and "through" you, and really have no effect on the gameplay, (or lack of there of)..It is funny though, whenever you chose a mission , they all swarm around you like bees, making your character harder to see..I guess thats the challenge! If thats the case, then just let me play with my eyes closed! that way you can get rid of the crowds and the obnoxiouly annoying female screams that they use..(which they change at different pitches to sound like different females).. "Goo Goo Kia!!"
So In the end, the truth is State of Emergency, is nothing more than a gimmick to squeeze more money out of the GTA3 phenomenon..Just like those "Warning Check ID!" tags you see now on the Covers of SOE in rental stores....The real truth is there is more violence and suggestive themes in your average Disney Movie..
Shame on you, Gamespot, for sellin' out.
At 2/21/02 11:22 PM, lm_mario wrote: Hiya Jose,
Let me say I am a huge fan of your work. I think you missed the mark on your comment. I felt it was rediculously callus. If the dude didn't post that hampster movie it might not have been seen. Now it was a mistake to not put a disclaimer on it, but he appologized soo i think everyon shoudl back up off this dude and stop being assholes 8).
Sicnerely,
John-David
Actually, he only apologized AFTER someone blew his cover...and this goes beyond just stealing flashes..If One of these yahoos decided to steal a flash movie from the wrong person, and it could turn into a legal mess....
Bottom line, the rules on the portal are there for a reason,
It's not so hard, just fucking follow them
At 2/21/02 12:38 AM, Falcon1485 wrote: As in Dumbass, Im referring to NEWground2014 not you Tom
No, he meant you Tom!.. really..dont trust this one
Burn'em at the stake!!!
I actually compliment the guy on an excellent job.
Boy do I feel stupid now....All thieves should be deleted...Its an insult to the integrity of the Site..
And An insult to all the artist that strive to create unique, and creative Flashes for newgrounds...
thanks for letting me air out my shitty diapers guys...It felt good!:)
At 2/20/02 08:10 PM, Thorfalcon wrote: I can't argue too much.... I mean, afterall, he WAS being an asshole.... but look at it from his perspective.
They're out looking for someone who is Hispanic with three cruisers, so you must begin to think that the guy they were looking for was at least somewhat dangerous, or threatened to make a problematic situation at the least... when they saw a hispanic walking all alone at night, they're required to check, because it would be stupid to just let someone walk by without finding the truth... should they have been assholes about it? no, probably not... but approaching people who as far as they know could blow up at them is a stressful situation... and i know that I'M an asshole when i'm stressed... so, give them a little credit... yeah, they were jerks, though...
but please don't say that they were racially profiling! when the murrah building in Oklahoma City blew up, they drew guns on about 30 white males travelling alone on the highway just because they were white males.... were they racially profiling? well... YES! they knew they were looking for a white male, so it was the white males that they stopped! the cops were looking for a hispanic male, so it was a hispanic male that they stopped!
your rights were certainly not infringed on... and if someone being rude to you is too much for you to handle... well, i know that its not. the police have a rough job... they don't always handle it well, but they're not out to get you like everyone on this site suspects.
yeah, cops are jerks, i've always believed so too... they're cocky assholes who could use a little humbling.... but that's not our job...
just don't say that they racially profile people. some do, but those guys were just doing their job.
rudely, albeit. =)
An "Excuse me Sir, We are looking for an individual in the area that fits your discription, may we have your name and I.D. please." would have been sufficient..
New York State Suffolk Police Department are the highest paid officers in the country. And If I had to use etiquette when aproaching a suspect as a security guard, (and gettin paid peanuts) then so should they...
The truth to the matter is, they felt they didnt need to because I was some spic walking down a deserted street....Had I been a white man in a suit, it certainly would have been a different story...
Sorry Dude, they were treating me like a criminal before they even knew if I was the suspect or not..
and that,my friend, is racial profiling..
Color Does Matter…..
Here’s an interesting story, that just happened last night, and I need to get off my chest.
First let me start from the Beginning. I’m working a full time retail job now, to make ends meet. The Flash Life just isn’t cutting it anymore. Unfortunately, having a retail job means you have to have transportation, especially out here on long Island, where its 5 miles to the nearest convience store. This wasn’t a problem before when I worked in the city, where even the Mayor takes the subway to a baseball game. But Out here in the “Sticks” it’s a whole other mentality altogether. Here you are looked down upon if you have to resort to the scarce and incredibility unpredictable public transportation system. People Laugh, jeer, and honk their horn at you when you’re walking down a long sidewalk less street…Evidently the Public Buss System display the same sentiment. You needn’t to look any further than the printed advertisements posted throughout the interior of the Buss…Ads like, “DO YOU NEED A JOB?”…”Do You Need to learn how to read?”ß(gotta love that one, considering the pun involved)…and “Are you Lost, pregnant, or Scared?”.
Its more than apparent only the misfortunate or downtrodden ever bless the sanctity of the Suffolk Buss System.
So I guess it shouldn’t come to a surprise when I was harassed by a couple of police officers at 2:30 in the morning…
You See, I had to work until 12:30 at my job, and the busses dare not venture out past 8PM..So I was stranded at work with my only recourse was to walk the distance home..(All 23miles of it)…. And about a third way into my venture(at the Intersection of route25, and route112,for anyone living in CoramJ) , I noticed a cruiser slow down beside me, then the officer proceeded flash a spotlight in my face. Disorienting to say the least, but even as skeptical as I am, I figured then the officer was merely doing his job, so I pressed on. That is, until a completely different cruiser came up and did the same thing, shine this big ol’ spotlight in my face. At this Point I was annoyed as well as confused..Was I jaywalking? Did I look dangerous?
It wasn’t until the third cruiser that shined a spotlight in my face, that I decided to stop walking. The Officer proceeded to yell out, in this tough voice that he probably practiced hours in a mirror.. “What’s Your Name!?!?”….Now I know I should have just answered him directly, but being the smartass that I am I could resist….”What seems to be the problem officer?J” …. “I said!!!! WHAT IS YOUR NAME?!?!” ß(Obviously, this monkey has seen Full metal jacket once to many times.)..So I reply with a simple, “why?”
So Then the officer becomes enraged..”Y-YOU WANNA BUST MY BALLS? HUH?!!? YOU WANNA--!!” He then proceeds to hit the gas and screech his cruiser in front of me, kicks the door open, and comes stomping towards…And Since cops hunt in packs, I hadn’t noticed that the two other cruisers had came back, one behind me, and the third on the other side. So there I was boxed in the middle of cop cars and on a street in the middle of nowhere.. No one to be seen for miles. So The main cop orders me to present some ID, through the grit of his teeth, with his veins poppin out, lookin’ like the cover of ‘Scanners’…
So I sighed, and head for my backpack. At that moment all three officers shine a flash light on my hands and unclip their guns from their holsters…It was then that I realized that I could be in deep shit…Here I was, in the middle of nowhere, with three cops out to prove a point…(I immediately thought about the Diallo Case, and decided I wasn’t going to be a notch on some cops holster, so I took it nice and slow)….. I showed the Pig my papers, he apparently was put off that they weren’t immigration papers. He then proceeds to explain to me “They were looking for someone.” Yeah, and I’m sure a heavyset Hispanic, with a green nautical jacket, blue skateboard ß (don’t ask), and black horn rimmed glasses, fit the description to a “T”.
He shoved the Id back in my hand, and murmured something to the effect of “Watch It”
He was obviously turned off by the fact that I spoke my ‘enggglweesh’ rather well, and hurried off into his car when he caught me scanning his his badge for his name….
Its funny, you forget about things like race on the Internet…Here, online line,. I’m known as “OrtizanimationZ”.. Some wiseass that knows how to make nice flash movies…. Nothing more Nothing less……. But Out here in the real world its reassuring to know that Society and the Law are here to remind you…….
Despite to contrary belief, the real gangsters, are the ones in uniform….
OrtizanimationZ…………..
Thats an awesome collection Tom!!
You know what would be interesting?
If you had all the Big Name Artist Submist thier own Cool Stick animation!!..
Picture it!!:)
Damn great Job Tom!! that kicks Ass!:)..
I love the whole layout, and the time and sound fits just perfect! (like the sparkles on the grenade, and the way the swf squashes and stretches!)
And That shadow at the end was an awesome surpize!:)
At 2/10/02 01:46 PM, Bezman wrote:
OrtizAnimationZ: Is it just my imagination, or did I see you use that animation with shorter hair one time?
It might have been a couple of nights ago, when I was pissed that I saw it, so my eyesight and memory weren't exactly reliable...
Its been the same gif for about a year now:)..
But Maybe it IS time for some change!
Great Job Thistler!!!
Nice exposure!!
Even though, all my stuff is old you can you MY HOC, or WheelMan, better yet.. Follow the link in my comments page and download the 6mb of Robocop PD:)...
And Newgrounds IS my site, so state that should you chose to use any of the work..besides Tom never turns down any free publicity:)
I just got this article from Gamestop.com:
Nike files lawsuit against Sega
The company claims that Sega's NBA 2K2 commercial resembles its "Frozen Moment" ad.
Nike has filed a lawsuit against Sega of America for its NBA 2K2 commercial, which, Nike claims, is a scene-by-scene re-creation of its 1996 "Frozen Moment" advertisement. The Nike commercial featured Michael Jordan driving to the basket in dramatic fashion as people in different parts of the world watched via their televisions. The Sega ad campaign features in-game footage of the 76ers' Allen Iverson also driving to the basket in similar fanfare.
"We believe the Sega ad has almost no original creative elements that weren't taken in whole or in part from Nike," said Scott Reames, senior communications manager for Nike. "It's rather shocking and disappointing to see another advertiser so blatantly shoplift our intellectual property."
"Sega has seen Nike's press release; however, to our knowledge, we have not yet received an official complaint from the company," said a Sega representative. "Therefore, we cannot discuss this legal issue at this time."
Nike hopes to win a preliminary and permanent injunction against Sega, preventing Sega from running the ad. Nike also hopes to receive compensation for costs and damages. We'll have more on the lawsuit as it develops.
Personally I feel that is is utter bullshit. Nike Is Sueing for a commerical that hasn't aired for almost 6 years!!.. It's disgusting..
I can't believe that they can't tell the difference between an "homage", and a direct rippout..You would think the fact the Sega is Selling a "game" and not "footwear" would be the dead giveaway...
Sega Does not deserve this, especially at a time when they are trying to reclaim a name for themselves....
If you guys have the time, drop Nike a line and tell them what you think!!
Let them know that they lost a Customer!!
http://nike-store.custhelp.com/cgibin/nike_store.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
OrtizanimationZ
Great Animation My Man!!
And A promising Storyline!! Cant Wait!^_^
Great Job on the Site Dom!
And That Fighting Game Looks Way impressive!!!
Tom and I were discussing making a 2d fighter late last year!!!...Your Game has inspired me to get that art back on track!!!
It should be fun...
Can't wait to see the finished product!!!
OrtizanimationZ
At 1/6/02 07:01 PM, fourchinnigan wrote: Oh yeah, you should email the pic plus your name, age, website address, and any commentary to chinny@fourchinnigan.com
-Note: Please don't be a better artist than me ;)
OOP :-X
I guess that counts me out :)
P.S. j/k
At 1/7/02 10:39 AM, fourchinnigan wrote: I've offered to pay if that means anything.
I donated a 100bucks when Ng had their Amazon donation site up,
So You should know How I feel....
(My Girl almost kicked my ass, though:)
Dont Laugh People,
Without Toms' Asthetic Cues, I wouldn't have a foot to base my work on!!
At 1/4/02 09:36 PM, OrtizAnimationZ wrote:At 1/2/02 09:18 PM, Bezman wrote: Sorry, I just wanted to say that I'm quite impressed with your character designs.Mindchamber Test!
(Even though, if I was to make a criticism, it would be that I would have rather the legs were about 3/4 of thir current length. Byt that's just me being a picky pedantic bastard.)
Hey It worked!!
Thanks for the help, and thanks for the Pico Compliments..
At 1/2/02 09:18 PM, Bezman wrote: Sorry, I just wanted to say that I'm quite impressed with your character designs.
(Even though, if I was to make a criticism, it would be that I would have rather the legs were about 3/4 of thir current length. Byt that's just me being a picky pedantic bastard.)
At 1/1/02 03:15 AM, OrtizAnimationZ wrote: When make a post, how do you post a link...Like you'll see a name..(example) "Jose" in yellow...but when you click it you get an email like "Jose@utgames.com"
how do you do this?
can someone step by step it for me please?
thanks
I'm figuring no one is replying becuase it's so simple:)
