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At 12/21/13 01:37 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 12/21/13 09:01 AM, Stevenscar wrote: A hat. All of the cool people wear hats.

Now I can be cool. Or I can put in on backwards and be EXTRA cool.

I think thats @VicariousE's hat.
Though I may be wrong >.>

Wrong, sry, I bought much stranger lids than that one.

At 12/21/13 12:54 PM, Stevenscar wrote: It's a Valentine's Day 2012 card from TarahLovesHentai. Complete with scantily-clad Pink Castle Crasher and a message telling me that she would let me crash anything.

Thanks, Tarah!

I'd crash her castle ._.

Mmm, so that's the card I never got for participating last year ._,

At 12/18/13 04:02 PM, CiviLies wrote:

At 12/18/13 12:30 AM, venturequestlord wrote: Their just a bunch of dudes
as a educated person

Seriously though, it seems like they're not hurting anyone, so if they want to make money, then so be it...but I feel like this whole YouTube-celebrity-revenue-system is just a bubble that'll pop sooner or later. Maybe it isn't....
But if it is, what are they going to do when shit hits the fan?

Google=Bread YouTube=Circuses In the early 90's, I read a short sci-fi story, about how people at home made money by telecommuting, entertaining, educating, over a computer/TV network. Still seems hinkey and disingenuous :|

At 12/17/13 09:55 PM, TomFulp wrote: Yeah the whole deal with Verizon and Cogent has been so disheartening, I'm really disappointed in both companies for not being able to sort this out. Would be nice if Cogent just kicked Netflix out but I know that won't happen, so we all get to suffer while Verizon wages war over their own video on demand service.

Works great off-peak hours, but sometime after 5PM on the East coast, slooow.

We should go back to loading smaller versions of the images in the Art Portal... It's just nice to have the big one already loaded when you want to view full size... We should at least consider compressing things to a really high quality JPG when someone uploads a 1+ meg image.

Yeah, I remember those days, be a shame to go back to them... wouldn't that double the number of Art Portal files on your end O_O? If nothing else, add a button (maybe full-screen) so the image fits in browser window. Some of the scouted artists upload these 5MB+ monsters, and when you click on it, you get about 2% of the image on screen.

Surprised at the excellent culinary venues listed so far! Enough to really dig down in my ancient past... Barth's Burgers. Yup, that was my favorite place, but not to vicariously eat of course. That Nickelodeon show was a true blessing growing up, and considering the content, not surprised those pussies at Viacom won't even acknowledge its existence >:(

At 12/10/13 01:09 PM, TomFulp wrote: Want to try a game jam? Ludum Dare 28 is this weekend! If you make a web game and upload it to NG, tag it with "ludumdare28" and I'll include it in our collection! I try to front page a lot of LD entries. You can publish swf, html5 and Unity games!

Nice update to the NG WIki, maybe you could expand on Unity and HTML a bit more here, because I'm an old fart, and have no clue about this witchcraft.

Hate to say, but I'm getting (really) tired of the low speeds Verizon/Cogent are using to get Newgrounds out. Seems worse than ever, especially when it comes to mp4/360p, and anything over 1MB in the Art Portal :| Might be time to write a few pointed letters, using official NG stationary... and maybe a severed critter head or two, in appropriate locations; after all, this IS business.

If I don't get the chance to say so, Merry Christmas Tom Fulp! May you and your beautiful family revel in the peace and joy of the holidays!

At 12/16/13 07:48 AM, Sword-of-Kings wrote:

At 12/13/13 07:21 PM, simon wrote: We don't live in a time of dial-up anymore (super expensive), the way I see it is if you can afford one of these new next-gen consoles.. you can afford some sort of internet connection.

What about the people that live in the middle of nowhere?

Let's hope they read the packaging before they got home.. otherwise, they'd have to spin right around, and head back to someplace with WiFi, and hope it's secure. I imagine a few public libraries (in the extreme stix) will have a very few kids booting up their game systems there, after Christmas.

I still remember when a friend of mine had a cable connection to his Sega (through a cartridge adapter). Took forever to upload games, or do anything, but for a short while, it was the baddest thing going. At the time, there were only 2 other regional cable companies doing it... guess the trial-run failed.

At 12/15/13 12:25 AM, Kel-chan wrote: There needs to be an edit button on forum posts so you don't clutter up the forum or start a flame war because you misspelled a word or said something wrong.

It sounded like a good idea to me too. Think about it though... suppose you do start a flame war, then go back and change your comments.. makes things tougher for the Mods to sort out, as well as any late comers to the thread. Tom's the only one with an edit button, better to leave it at that. Proofreading is key.

Advertising would help Newgrounds in the long run. Maybe even an ad-share thingy with other similar sites... It's up to our members to get the links out, and promote the site :\

At 12/11/13 10:57 AM, Basset-Hound wrote: Something that crossed my mind, whatever happened to chluaid (Adam Phillips) Did he just disappear from Newgrounds one day?

Not certain. but I think he had a heart condition over a year ago, that damn near took him out of the game. He's doing better and is honing his craft here. Really like all his work, especially his early stuff, that was more or less non-fiction. Basically, he got a real job doing this :)

I didn't realize you could also embed stuff from the Audio Portal on your blog (and elsewhere, perhaps), that's pretty solid! Be nice if you could do the same with Art.. when you click on an embedded NG picture, it takes you to the original submission page... get the artist some page hits. Could just cut n' paste, but I like my idea better.

At 12/10/13 12:04 PM, ForNoReason wrote: I removed both of them just to be safe

Almost lost my fudge reading that... you joker, you :)

teehee

At 12/9/13 01:11 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/6/13 07:03 PM, Viper50 wrote: I was wondering something about this. Is there a limit to how many images you can upload?

The limit is 20 at the moment but could change, waiting to see how compelling the 20+ requests are.

I imagine @poxpower might take issue with the 'pic cap'. Just counted how many pictures he had posted, eating a gonzo sized hamburger of the gods for a conteset: 19, very sparse.... He's been compelling, good reason to visit his site :)

Stolen and recoded from Krinkels Incident 1000a... he even says as much in the description.

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Here's the genuine article...

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At 12/9/13 11:01 AM, MSGhero wrote: I'll promote the sexy line breaks in the blog posts.

it's my new favorite part of the site now

Haven't even checked it out yet, but being able to post multiple images, is a downright sexy feature.

At 12/9/13 11:13 AM, mandog wrote: This site will never be as popular as it was previously, unless Adobe promotes flash itself.

It's funny, I just got sent an article about Silicon Valley... Adobe is surrounded by homeless camps. And you're right they should clean the crap from their Gucci glasses, and see how the market is turning against them. I'd feel better, if more movie submissions were interactive... that's something the big sites can't take away from us |: Flash is an old dog...

At 12/8/13 02:11 PM, mandog wrote: Tom, I am wondering why you don't take a cut out of flash ads.

IS there enough to take a cut, and out of what audience? Money and numbers always matters, that's why Egoraptor and Max Gillardi aren't bothering with us anymore.

Squeakytoad suggests our membership could do a better job, at promoting what we like about this site, elsewhere online... get our numbers up, with new fish to harass >:)

At 12/7/13 02:19 PM, Loki wrote:

At 12/7/13 02:13 PM, VicariousE wrote: Poor Jimmy Carter is almost 90 now. Best ex-prez ever... no one liked him in office though :(

He was the last competent president, too.

Seemed like no one rattled his cage, except himself (and the Federal Reserve). God, how old am I to remember when our 1st grade class got asked to vote between Bedtime for Bonzo and the peanut farmer. The whole class raised their hand for the actor, except one kid... then I changed my vote for Carter. Surely you're not that old as to remember him.. either you had very attentive parents who told you of 'what was', or are an astute purveyor of the recent past.

At 12/7/13 01:59 PM, MrSoxfan wrote: One of the former presidents.

Poor Jimmy Carter is almost 90 now. Best ex-prez ever... no one liked him in office though :(

At 12/6/13 09:04 AM, Viper50 wrote:

At 12/6/13 04:35 AM, VicariousE wrote: Maybe Fidel Castro maybe, finally.

I completely forgot he was still alive. Had to double check to be sure he wasn't dead already.

Same here, though I wonder if Lorne Michaels (creator and producer of SNL) will even bother to check to see who won (or got the closest time-of-death) the "Guess When Fidel Castro Dies" contest from last century... probably not, the man seems quite the penis |:

Maybe Fidel Castro maybe, finally. Not long after Saturday Night Live (SNL) started, they had a weird (probably fake) mail-in contest, betting on when Castro would go next... they had a previous contest with Augusto Pinochet, if memory serves.

In the Northern hemisphere, Winter begins December 21st :|

Besides, talking about the weather is sure to be a boring conversation... unless sniping the OP counts.

At 12/3/13 06:04 PM, Whirlguy wrote: I feel the same way. The flash portal slowly lost its magic. It used to be all about Portal-bot, who'd exterminate the lives of shockwave files that weren't up to par. Members could only fantasize about what happened to their flashes during judgment, and their imaginations ran wild with ways in which they would be killed. Every voter was on a mission, and the growth of their voting power made them feel important. Watching a flash get blammed or saved in an animation that showed up right after placing a vote, made one's voting efforts into an even more rewarding endeavor.

Well said! The blam and save flashes I miss a lot, but I also miss (wait for it) your voting stats, right after you voted! When I first started here, I tried to get an even 1:1 ratio, but times do change... I wish the pod under the voting buttons, would say more than the upload date (how did that get screwed up?) :| This is a guy site, and guys love stats!

At 11/30/13 03:04 AM, Cyberdevil wrote: Congrats to the winners!

Yup, what he said!

At 11/28/13 09:25 AM, thatkidkenji wrote: What movies do you plan on seeing in 2014?

None of them, actually. Haven't been in a movie theater since I worked at one, around 2000. I guess its a good thing to do when you're with a friend, just don't have the inclination to pay that much, to not have a pause button (or regret not bringing ear plugs).

If any of you do go to a movie, and happen to not want to throw something out, leave some change behind for the minimum wage folks, who clean up those sticky, spunky, slippery floors :| The stadium seating in modern movie theaters, are made to be cleaned by leaf blower. Below the seat, are plastic, curved pieces, designed to funnel the air forward and down, so everything can be blown into a big pile in front of the screen. Soda cups and larger containers have to be picked up... try doing that all night lol.

At 11/24/13 05:30 PM, Asandir wrote: It's gone now. Haven't seen you posting here before, so hello/welcome back ^^

Why thank you! Still not an official member in the EGB, but I'm still slowly working on my silver whistle :)

Tom's still talking on the Censorship post, btw, he was mentioning something about making a new site for the stuff that prevents better ad-rev (and brand image) here... and about making a 'club' of sorts for members who've been active here for a set amount of time.

At 11/24/13 09:14 AM, TomFulp wrote: Reviews for obituaries were an accident with the redesign launch, would still like to have those be visible so it's on the long list of fixes still.

Bluh, hope the staff can nail a fair amount of these glitches/fixes before the end of the year.

For example this week I registered a domain name that could become a pure adult site. We could start by mirroring the adult content there

So, Newdgrounds wouldn't work, or is this a new name?

That's the sort of thing that would be necessary to get off the blacklists that block us from even getting on the radars of large ad buyers. It could be a real win-win because it could make a lot more money for ALL artists on NG and NG itself could prosper. Artists could wear their tank logo shirts in public without people thinking they're promoting a hentai site (although those people were usually the ones searching Google for hentai when they stumbled across NG). It brings a level of compartmentalization to everything that ultimately gives us more flexibility.

It just sucks that the age filter isn't dependent on the sign-up birth-date listed... searches and what can be displayed can be linked by rating, yes? Wouldn't that be enough to get the big advertisers back? I'd hate to think you'd have to go through so much work shuffling files around, and basically making a new site.

On the topic of OFFENSIVE games, one thing I have been thinking about this week is the tone of how they are presented. I've been picturing a site where you need to have an account for X months before you can browse the content, at which point the content is served without ads and in the context of a historical archive. Basically an outsider wouldn't be able to read a sensationalist article and instantly go get offended, they would have to have an account with a waiting period and would be approaching the content in a different context than when it is viewed on a popular / ad-supported site like NG. It would allow the serious discussions to take place without being something the press can rub everyone's faces in.

Yeah, that sounds like a club, which could grant some 'plausible deniability'.... is there anything else like this on other major sites? Seems an odd concept these days. Just sucks being a registered member here isn't enough... although, you could filter content by whether or not the visitor is logged in/member.

And just to be a dick, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/24/secrecy-shrouds-sandy-hook-massacre-probe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29
Myself, I think some major mental abuse was going on... or, more likely, prescription drugs. You'd be surprised how many kids lose their shit http://www.ssristories.com/

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New account, think I've seen this game before here, and before Tom had to pull all the Mario games, due to Nintendo exercising their trademark and copyrights....

At 11/24/13 03:35 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: **MALCIOUS FLASH ALERT**

DO NOT CLICK ON A MOVIE TITLED KAVINEL BIRTHDAY BOY!

Yeah, what he said... it's got a nasty printer prompt spam.

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At 11/23/13 07:37 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 11/23/13 07:31 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: they're only good people until they submit something that hurts someone's feelings and Tom pulls it.

Tony. Shut the fuck up.

I was gonna tell ya to chill the hell out, but you are right. Tom's friends wouldn't upload something that would darken this site with bad press. Good people wouldn't piss down Tom's back, and tell him it's raining, that's for sure. Besides, all this is past history, last post, and I sure as hell don't want to say more on the subject :|

Any idea when the info pods (under movie and games) are going to get fixed, OP? I really like to know how big some of these files are, just to get an idea of optimization... been here for a while, and am still amazed on how much can get crammed into a swf! I miss oodles of details, especially after I've voted... like my blam/save ratio.

At 11/22/13 05:53 AM, Greggor88 wrote: I appreciate that this was a tough call, Tom. My first reaction was outrage, because I am staunchly opposed to censorship. But after thinking about it for a long time, I came to the realization that Newgrounds should not be obliged to host the content, despite its importance. I agree with the author's intentions, but I think that he should take the heat for hosting his game. It's not Newgrounds' responsibility.

Tom's stuck his neck out in the past for authors/content providers since the very beginning. Earlier this year, Nintendo sent him a list of a few hundred games to take down, lest he be sued. He didn't fold on all of them, especially since it seemed to be a blanket list of everything that had 'Mario' in the title :|

YouTube and Facebook (and the 'blame laying' press) are just too big to feel... humane, or accountable for that matter. At least here, members of the site can take out the trash (spam, crap submissions), contact the owner of the site directly, and foster an atmosphere of community, without cheap gimmicks (well, some cheap gimmicks, but no worse than dA).

Ah, things have gone downhill since 9/11... I saw all kinds of submissions on the event, hours after it happened, good, bad and indifferent. What's different now, is the stigma we are fed by governments, mass-media, and the corporations that feed them. Freedom means we can get a bloody nose from time to time, and not a nanny state or a constantly revised rulebook of 'acceptable behavior'.

At 11/22/13 04:12 AM, trueamerican wrote: I never saw the game myself so I can't say anything about it. I can say that as someone who lives in America and I disagree with gun control I am a advocate of free speach and people having the right to say what they want and feel. I also understand that in a sense NewGrounds is your place of business and as it being your business you have final say on what can and cannot be shown on your site. You made the call and that should be the end of it. He has the freedom to post it on his own site if he wants to badly enough.

Thanks for voicing your point of view, on a subject which has caused Tom much consternation. It's good that our members can come together, and speak out about what brought us here in the first place: freedom. Our site is peer-reviewed, the content producers and staff of the site, are approachable, helpful, and actively engaged in maintaining structure and dialog.

I've heard super-idealistic people say that Newgrounds is on a sliding slope, and this is just another drop downwards, from where it used to be.... I think it's the world which has lowered itself, asking for more protection and giving up their liberty to do so.