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I just noticed the bonus Contest. Sorry if this is a tad late but you did say Monday and it IS still Monday. If I was too late tell me so I can keep it in mind for next time though. Once again my list taking comes to the foreground. I did a spot check and I don't think anyone submitted this so... Here goes.
My single entry (to be described in 4 long *cough* sentences) is,
I'll be the first to admit that it's not as good as many of the other Halloween submissions (the animation quality is somewhat poor and static, for starters) but I feel it qualifies as an overlooked gem because of it views (less then 500 as I write this) and the fact is NOT in the Halloween 2008 collection despite a decent score (3.21 as I write this) and also despite it being properly listed as a Halloween submission with a correct preloader (it WAS submitted rather early though).
Aside from that, it's kind of creepy (n a standard way) with eerie music and the environment change where things go all spooky until the ending that gives us a big old Halloween appropriate "BOO!". Seriously man, I bet you cannot find a single other entry with someone saying "boo" in it. :)
In short, while there are probably better animations and this one would never have won a prize in your list, it still got the shaft and it should have AT LEAST been in contention for a prize by being in the Halloween 2008 collection so it could have been viewed while considering who the winners were.
At 10/24/08 04:17 PM, TomFulp wrote:
I think someone else actually plugged Vlad before you did. That one almost made my list but for some reason I didn't... I gotta watch it again now. But when I saw it on your list I know I was like "Oh I already watched that one."
I'm not planning at the moment to have prizes for SERIES and ARTIST...
The games category was a continued eye-opener...
I would like to see the general NG forums take more interest in lifting up the smaller submissions
Someone plugged Vlad before me? Curses. Well when you get over a thousand submissions I suppose there is always the risk that one that I picked could be chosen first. Not that I have high expectations of winning in the movies anyway (anymore) but DO I enjoy trying to post all this stuff I collect and hopefully raise the profile of the artists that did them a bit.
You don't have to ask me to imagine how many games are lost in a year Tom. Every month that I listed had at least 1 game in them. I think in the start I didn't really collect them but I do now. I'm pretty sure I got a good 10%+ in games consistently now. I prefer movies over games but there is great stuff hidden that I found very enjoyable time wasters for awhile.
I also know about losing animations. I recall one that was about a bunch if beings who's purpose in life was to set themselves in fire to be a birthday message for someone. Another was a being trapped in a box and had to use his heart to get out. A third was a monologue of a bounty hunter. All left deep impressions on me when I was just starting out on NG and I never forgot them but I can't find them anymore. Another one was a sprite movie that seemed to use custom sprites only. It was singing some Asian song. "Si-mo-rie. La mooooooorrruummm" was the refrain (as near as I can recall/pronounce it). That one was just around when I started my list. The song always stayed in my head along with another animation that I saved. I was positive I had saved it but I can't find it for the life of me. That makes me sad cause it was a great song and great animation. I can't believe I didn't save it/notice it was gone until now. It was going to be an example of me saving stuff.
One thing I WAS able to retrieve was "Die in Style", the best stick death game ever created (the type where you pick the death and he dies). Totally random, it just turned up on the flash of the day list. IT was deleted but with the title I was able to google it and found it on another website. Such a great game.
I didn't realize the latter 2 categories were non-prizes but were mainly for discussion. That's a great potential idea, actually. I hope that generates discussion. You know. I never looked at the blogging feature before. Perhaps I'll put up my lists there. They are kind of musty in my email drawer.
Oh, I also have another idea. Why not have a collection of the monthly winners? That's what got me to start on collecting every month. I save the 5 winners. I save the link to the page of the 5 winners so that I can also have access to all the runners up and then make my own list of about 30 entries that I enjoyed. You should make all these pages into a collection because that is a great way for a new reader to look back and see what was considered the best of any given month.
Game: Here is another hidden gem of a game. It was on the first list I ever made. It's weird and spooky. Easy to play though. Despite the bad controls and no sound effects. It could have been better but I liked it's creepy atmosphere and spooky visuals enough to give it a pass. The music doesn't have a loop though. A shame because when it stops the game is less interesting.
Crud, I messed one of the links up. Probably happened after I found out I had to divide everything up into 3 posts. Okay, since I can't edit, I'll redo the mistake with the correct link. If a moderator can fix things. Please replace my bad link with the one below and erase this post. Thanks.
Humor: Narrator tells story about Vlad and his decision to keep in practice and try empaling the man in the business suit. Rather bloody but amusing.
Concluding with...
MARCH 07
Humor: Short funny. Batman and the Riddler. Is that villain even trying anymore?
Humor: everyone knows link is a badass but is he a big enough badass to hit someone so hard that they are knocked out of their clothes WHILE, at the same time, Link can steal them and dress himself in them simultaneously? This flash gets to the bottom of that burning question. Part of a series of link movies that I find rather enjoyable.
Humor: From the same guy that did National Jeopardy, New GOP Mascot Auditions and Recountdown (he's done some good political cartoons that are also worth looks in a short time frame). It's an actual speech Bush said but the author added his own "voice in the earpiece" that directs Bush into what he is saying. The result is hilarious.
Music: The author wrote his own song and then made an animation around it. It's pretty basic. Just some circles, lines and squares but it engages the eye while listening to that funky beat.
Game: Platformer game, Hillery Clinton has gone mad and will eat you if you don't RUN FOR YOUR DAMN LIFE! The constant screaming is a bit annoying but a well executed game overall.
APRIL 07
Game: Old fashioned dogfights prevail as you travel on your way though the levels. Every enemy plane that you shoot gives a random power up. A bit repetitious but fun.
Action: Nicely animated fight that introduces a new superhero team. Was supposed tobecome a series but... Watch them get their asses kicked all over the place. lol
Humor: Warning, this flash is a pun joke (and a Clock Crew animation) but I laughed so here it is.
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/post/reply /977129
Humor: Narrator tells story about Vlad and his decision to keep in practice and try empaling the man in the business suit. Rather bloody but amusing.
Action: Just some tests getting the combination of live action with animation. Such as swinging a car around or being attacked by monsters. Pretty well done.
Okay, that is 6 months of me searching for appropriate animations from my saved list. I REALLY wanted to do a full year but too much good stuff and I was told not to overdo it. I got almost 30 as it is. I worked hard on this list though. Every animation was a process of consideration for me. Unlike most here. I did not just start when the contest was announced but have been looking though this stuff every week all year long.
So please treat is as such.
Thank you.
I am rather annoyed. How many characters does this new hyperlink take up? I had exactly enough for one post but it said I exceeded so I split it in half and it was STILL too much. So now I have to break it into 3 parts. Very sorry about that. Continuing...
JANUARY 07
Game: Extremely professionally done. It was even vetted by NG staff due to theft concerns. It's kind of a fast paced version of Monopoly but with some little power ups you can collect. An extremely fun time waster and a sadly neglected one.
Humor: Based on the artist's own webcomic, we come across a philosophical discussion of money and it's existential properties. It ends with small twist.
Humor: A very well animated flash about a squirrel going gangbusters in order to get himself an acorn. Will he succeed? (try not to ask why he doesn't just clime the tree and pluck grab it from there)
Humor: good 60 second, flash parody of those "Rhapsody in blue" commercials. If you fly a lot you should appreciate how frikken often you have flight delays and whatnot.
FEBRUARY 07
Game: It's Space Invaders but now you can move up and down as well as being able to move from side to side. It's an interesting variation on the game.
Action: Cupid had gone on a rampage and only the Holiday Rangers can stop him. It's a decently animated fight between them and Cupid. Will Valentines' Day be saved?
Action: A claymation fight between Knox and his girlfriend Meagan. Woot! I thought it was pretty funny too.
Humor: Quick funny, I had a good chuckle over it. Oh noes Mr. Old Man, look out for that banana peel you're oh so slowly walking towards. ! You're gonna die if you are not careful!
Game: traditional Chinese board game. Reminds me of X&O. Only you need to get 5 in a row and the board is much bigger. Got some additional features like an undo button and you get 3 hints a game. Nicely done.
Hi, I am back and I still still am perusing my collections. What I usually do is go over everything that has a 3.00+ rating. Usually by going through the "Best of the Week" listing. Sometimes, things happen and I don't read them all but generally I do. Or at least glance at the description.
I like this new rich, content linking, feature thing. That means I won't have to put in the title in. Cool. I have so many of these things. Going though them all will be difficult. I will stick to ones that don't have an award, focus on famous copyrighted material, have famous artists or are above 20k views.
So last year I ended at... October 2006. So I shall continue from November 2006. Although I could start from the beginning since I can look for more then just funny now. I will list the link, genera and give a brief overview as to what it's about. If the description is interesting don't bother checking the link. It'll save time.
NOVEMBER 06
Surrealist: Very short flash. Man that finds a box within a box. He experiments, not understanding that the box he is in is also the same box he is looking at. If he is not careful, he might end up killing himself.
Action: It says it's a teaser but what it ACTUALLY is a very cool animated fight. Not a sprite or stick animation either. He put a fir bit of work into it. In it, one man goes into a house full of gunmen in order to find and kill the boss. Will he succeed?
Humor: Crudely animated short. Picachu comes across MissingNo, the glitch pokemon. Things get bloody.
Game: It's a story with above par voice acting and animation. You're an investigator on a case. Starts as a conversation game where you pick the right things to say, has some click exploring and ends with a reaction test. It's a good story that ends at the halfway mark. . Wish there was a chapter 2.
Game: This is a fantastic game. You send a contraption underground and try to eat all the gold without letting the monsters destroy your machine. It's like a vacuum, so they just have to get the extended pipe to destroy it. Lots of fun. Also see the sequel Diamond Well, which is an unknown gem as well.
DECEMBER 07
Humor: Wouldn't you like it if it was summer all year round? This animation's resident talking panda gives a tongue in cheek telling about "greatness" of global warming.
Drama: A decent looking animation, told in an old film style with no dialogue. Starts with the German officer captured , handcuffs, then it goes back to the past with the German recalling someone he killed. It ends coming back to the present for the Nazi's own execution.
Game: You got a sword and you swing it around your body (that you move around) to kill the things that attack you. The longer you take the less room you get to maneuver. I found it fun.
Humor: Everyone does DBZ fight ripoffs. One guy decided to lay it all out how a proper DBZ fight works. The animation is poor but I found his observations really funny. Especially the last one.
Game: Author said it's more like an interactive Christmas card then an animation. I like it. Hit the bullsye to dunk Santa. There is, of course, a trick to doing this.
