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At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote:
When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

It was around 5th grade.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

I enjoy the clubs and crews section. Many a XBL friend has been made there, and the intellectual prowess is slightly higher than general.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I'd set deadlines for goals and work rigorously to complete them on time! (Chat, Writer's portal, etc.)

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

Story threads on the forums where the Users were the main characters. (A Call to Arms: A BBS Story.)

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

I don't really know, but I was accidentally redirected to the Mature section while looking for Flash games on Google when I was about 8. I didn't come back until last year.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The forums are the best part for me, since I can post my opinion about crap and people can complain about my opinion about crap.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

Hmm... correct typos throughout the site, give users the option to delete posts, and the option to use the level icons they've already achieved. There are others, but these are all that I could think of right now.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I've never seen any of the old stuff people talk about, so I can't say much.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE TOO HARD!

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

Long ago. I probably found NG in a search engine. Although my brother knew about it and didn't tell me. (I found out he knew later)

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The fact that it gives life some content. (Social talk, Humor, emotions, shit) Besides, It makes the Web worthwhile.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

If I were given the reins of the site, I would fix any problem whatsoever. I'd also try to take the time to help every person who needed it.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

"The problems of the future, Today!", Animated sigs, that video about NG stickers,
This Icon.

Also, there are some things gone that I don't miss and some things I'd like to see gone.

I think I answered what I could, and I hope I also hope I made sense of it. Whatever. It's not like I'm trying to win anyway, those questions were interesting.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
Way back in '02...I randomly clicked on some link and found this site. The flash animations were a lot uglier back then.
What do you most enjoy about the site?
The general view this site has on animators and creative people - Everyone actually gives a shit here...even if it's negative. Flash artists of all types get some kind of recognition here.
Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)
I would fail at attempting to make a 'sent' option in the PMs mail box because it PISSES me OFF how I never know if I've replied to an e-mail if by chance the web browser fails. It happened a lot when our router sucked dicks and the internet kept dropping out.
SOMEONE SHOULD REALLY GET ON THAT THOUGH. 8D *wink wink nudge nudge*

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

OVAR 9000 YEARS AGO.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

IT FEELS GOOD MAN.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I LIKE TURTLES

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

MOAR MCNUGGETS.

I'm gonna play commentator on that!

At 10/20/09 06:29 PM, jaxxy wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
Way back in '02...I randomly clicked on some link and found this site. The flash animations were a lot uglier back then.

You mean you don't like Bumble Bee?

What do you most enjoy about the site?
Flash artists of all types get some kind of recognition here.

I know, It's a great community.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I would fail at attempting to make a 'sent' option in the PMs mail box

Yeah, a preview before post button would be nice too.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

I first learned of Newgrounds In late of 2001. It was via search engine for "online games" I believe.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

At first I came here because I enjoyed the flash films and games. I now mostly come here for the BBS and interactive with our most glorious community.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I'd give a means of drawing more attention to the audio portal, and I'd bring back the old disc awards.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

One thing I'd like to see returned is images for UOTD. That was a fun time.

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

Back when I was a young, strapping lad of around 15.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

I suppose I mostly interact with the BBS nowadays. But I do really like how NG doesn't censor its content to fit a third-person perspective viewpoint of what is and isn't appropriate.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I'd probably be like "alright, we're getting the chat up, folks... I mean, we link to it in the header on every page of the site and everything. Anything with that sorta traffic diversion deserves to be completed."

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I've been nostalgic for quite a while now about how I'll never see the days of 10 months free wings again. If only I could enjoy what once was...

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: All you have to do is comment in this topic and answer these questions.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
What do you most enjoy about the site?
Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I learned about Newgrounds when I was in Afro-Ninja's website.
I enjoy being a member most of all.
I would create a shockwave portal, and allow users to see their own private messages.
I don't have anything that I want back.

But please, don't pick me. My mom will probably kill me. So when you pick the user, DON'T pick me.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
Around 1999 or 2000.

What do you most enjoy about the site?
What I love most about this site is how everything is created by everyone it gives a chance to let people get in touch with there creative side.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
I would get rid of all these ads. I know that it brings in money but they are just taking up space because all the people (except me) just use ad blocker!

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back?
There is nothing I miss about the old new grounds. Change is sometimes a good thing in this case it was a good thing.

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

I first learned about it well back in '04 from various friends, and web browsin'

What do you most enjoy about the site?

I enjoy the endless amount of creativity, artists, and altogether great submissions that Newgrounds attracts. I haven't gotten bored of it for one second. Also cocks.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I would make it so that art reviews also appeared on your userpage. Also, I would up the file limitation a bit, because as flash gets more advanced, the filesize will get bigger.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I'd like to see another flash by SamBakZa, the creators of the "There she is!!" series. They're excellent animators, and I'd be delighted to see more stuff from them.

Also, I fucking love Buffalo Wild Wings.

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

Fall of 2006

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The BBS is what I keep coming back for.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

Some account type thingy here, make it like a personal bookmark for threads you like or something.
Also search bar needs fixing.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

cellardoor6 :'(
I really never experienced any of the old stuff, so I'ma say nothing.

I'll randomly grab a user's reply, and post it on my user page, declaring them the winner.

I'll spread your buttocks if you don't pick me. >:(

At 10/20/09 07:15 PM, ThePortalGuru wrote:

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I'd like to see another flash by SamBakZa, the creators of the "There she is!!" series. They're excellent animators, and I'd be delighted to see more stuff from them.

Fuck, I didn't understand that you meant old Newgrounds stuff. I'd have to say that I really wish they'd continue with NG Mag. I really liked it for the day, and it sucks that it's discontinued :(

At 10/20/09 07:10 PM, speeddemon212 wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
Around 1999 or 2000.

Judging by your set age, you would have been six years old.

How the hell did you find out about it at that age?
(I knew some people who learned about NG when they were 5, But I told them)

A long time ago.
The forums.
Singalongs. Lots of singalongs.
No.

Now for a picture of something really great to hopefully persuade you to pick this post:

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

From my friend named Eric in about 3rd grade. We used to play flash games on the web all of the time, usually on flahplayer.com or whatever, it's ugoplayer.com now. That website is where I first heard about foamy and 8-bit theatre, but anyways, I remember the first flash I saw was this flash and some other resident evil/mario hellspawn sprite movie that I enjoyed very much at the time.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

Probably the underground feel, and the fact that it doesn't feel like there's some big company running it.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I am not too sure what I would do actually. I would probably find something to make a newspost about, and make the f in my username a capital F, and give myself frontpage posting powers so i could feel import someday or if I wanted to get publicity for a project or collab I attempted to create in the future.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I kind of miss how the site used to be more compact, it seemed to make it feel alot more like some cool underground site to hang around at and waste my time on for a good reason. I would definitely like some of the more of the gold/brown orange color added back onto the layout of the site somewhere.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

Whe I was about 11. About 3 years ago.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The people crack me up.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I would add a beta chatroom for all those impatient fans. I would do nothing to the layout. I like it and most people would be pissed anyway. Maby bring back the voting icons and E, T, and M icons too, back to 05' I think.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

Those icons I just mentioned.

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote:

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

When I was 12, I liked the assassin games where you killed the powerpuff girls.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

Back then? The Games. Now? The BBS

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

That's a tough one. Ng is running fine, but I'd have to say I'd add a drop down menu to the "Inbox" button, and have the option to compose a message. And add "Userpage" "Posts" "Secrets" and "Favorites" to the "My Account" button

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

Anything I miss? Not really anything off the top of my head.

:When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
I learned about newgrounds in 2005 from a friend of mine in school. The first thing I ever played on this site was madness interactive.. thank you Waldemar.
:What do you most enjoy about the site?
I love the BBS <3
:Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
I'd make the search bar useful, it only searches if you're 100% accurate. 1 letter, one word off, you won't find it.
:Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)
BRING BACK BREAST CANCER AWARENESS LAYOUT!!!

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

In the summer of 2006

What do you most enjoy about the site?

Audio Portal and the Forums.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

More options for the audio portal, and I'd start deleting old, inactive accounts.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

YES!!! Blam/Save Animations were awesome. As were the little games at the top of the flash portal.

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

man i been going here since 1987

What do you most enjoy about the site?

the content

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

everything this site has gotten so terrible man

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

NON CRAP

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote:

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
What do you most enjoy about the site?
Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

1) When I was looking for games to play at school and came across club a seal so this was in 99/00.
2) That anyone can send in things they made and be viewed by many. Also with the criticism they recieve, they can use it to become better.
3) If I was leader of the site for a day, I'd make a forum dedicated to collabs so all the collab posts can go there.
4) I miss the old simple games like the assassin games.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

Being a videogame addict, I was talking to my friend one day at school and he told me of this Flash movie he saw on the web. We tried searching for it on the web, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. He really wanted to show me this "flash movie", even though I didn't know what Flash was at the time, I was eager to find out. Eventually we typed in the right words to find it on some search engine and FINALLY found it after an hour. It linked us to Newgrounds. After watching it, I couldn't believe regular people made cartoons on the internet and about stuff I enjoyed. People made joke cartoons about all my favorite games. I was so interested and hooked on these movies, I even made some of my own.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The community. There's tons of interesting people on Newgrounds. I know what you're thinking though. The BBS is full of immaturity and stupidity. It's not really the BBS. It's the fact that complete strangers can come together and create Art. Seeing the musicians of Newgrounds, come together with the Artists of Newgrounds, to make one fantastic movie, is what it's all about. And when you get a Programmer from Newgrounds in the mix, you get one splendid Flash game you can enjoy. The amount of contests and competitions is overwhelming on this site. It really shows how great Tom and his co-workers are out to please the members. It really shows a great attitude that Tom will pay people for doing what they love to do. The encouragement to do better is absolutely amazing on this site. The prizes get's people motivated, and front pages, plug-ins, and all the revenue you can generate for free, proves how much that Tom and CO, will do for each individual member,

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I would fix reviews up a bit. I think Artists would get less reviews from the way i'm about to explain, but it would force people to leave real helpful, reviews. I think there should be a 250 word minimum to leave reviews. Reviews such as "Very Good" and "I liked it", isn't saying much. I would much rather see positive reviews, that actually tell me what is great about my movie. Like, which parts they enjoyed the most, or what part of the game was fun, and challenging. With this 250 word minimum, it would force those who leave 20 word reviews, such as "This game is too hard and it sucks".

It would FORCE the abusive reviewer to leave and actual review, so that the artists can assess what he needs to work on to do better, and what he needs to focus on, when he's working. Like, maybe the artists has great ANimation, but needs some work on his writing? A review from someone may be "0/10, This movie was boring and it sucked." What exactly was terrible? A longer review would either have left that guy out. Or that reviewer would have to (due to a higher word minimum) leave a more constructive review

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

Honestly, there is nothing I want to come back. Everything previously available is still here for us. Except that, it's gotten better. Newgrounds isn't a site where the material can dissapear forever. Everything on here, is just room for improvement. Such as, Artists, getting more skillful and learning new Techniques for Animating. Or Programmers finding out and creating more Actionscript codes for a more Utilized and Unique game. Musicians, get better tools for better recording quality, and different instruments to expierement with.

The users can all communicate and learn from each other and become better as a whole. They improve off one another and learn how to advance and excell at the talents, and dreams they have. Nothing, need to come back. Everything is fine, and it's only getting better on this site. As more people, join, everyone learns new things and develops more skills. Newgrounds never has anything missing. It only waits patiently for the new exciting adventures that have yet to arrive, to improve it.

Sorry for all of this. But I really want some buffalo wings. FREE!

Check out the mods handing out some essays.

First learned about it in '03 from a freind.
I like that it has everything.
Animated sigs.
Again Animated sigs.

I learned about NG some time in 04, and I come here primarily for the flash and the forums. I wish I could get rid of those ads for other sites, and I miss the old review system.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?
I think I found out about this site around 2002, when I was searching for a new free gaming site. Funny story, I kept visiting for about two years until I stopped using the internet altogether until I returned in 2008.

What do you most enjoy about the site?
The animator in me wants to say the flash animations, the internet traveler in me wants to say the community (but we know thats a load of bull), but I think the real reason I enjoy this site so much is the familiarity it offers, and the freaken' sweet Madness Flashes/games/artwork. Seriously, that is some good stuff right there.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?
Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)
I think I would keep everything status quo, maybe do some sneaking into the interweaving of what makes Newgrounds tick, just to quench my curiosity. However, I might add 3D rendering capabilities to the site, as that happens to be my medium, and not flash....

As a post script, I'd like to say that I really don't want to win the chicken, as I eat enough chicken as it is, but I felt that I really needed to put this out there-good luck contestants.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

The summer after 5th grade.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

I enjoy the flash the most.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

Put all the flashes into their rightful collections, and ban a load of portal spammers.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I miss the little sound that played whenever you voted on something. That and the Old Blam/Save animations.

When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

March of 2008.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The Flash portal, audio portal, and art portal.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I'd add the art reviews section to userpages.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

More activity in each forum.

Jonas has a sassy attitude

At 10/20/09 02:06 PM, Jonas wrote: When did you first learn about Newgrounds?

7th grade.

What do you most enjoy about the site?

The flash portal and the BBS.

Given one day at the reins of the site, what would you change, what would you fix?

I wouldn't want to control this place for a day I would probably screw everything up.

Is there anything you miss, that you'd like to see back? (I.E. Old Blam/Save Animations)

I would like the ability to change your name whenever you wanted brought back.