I think Kirbopher mentioned that he wasn't uploading TOME episodes here because there wasn't enough funding from this website or something. Anyway, he also mentioned that he wished YouTube would have a collaboration system, where numerous people would be credited for something like here. It's a better way of distributing money and it's more fair, which is one advantage we do have.

At 12/30/15 06:48 PM, Hikari wrote: I some times ask my self this question, and my answer is because it's my home and it's a nice place to dump my crap, but your answer might not be the same. I started coming here around 2004 and it took me 5 years to make an account. So much good has come from here, and even more bad has came. Love it or hate it, Newgrounds.

Same here, took me five years to join, hey we even joined the same year ! Awesome ! and I don't know..I spend more time on here then Newgrounds..Iv'e been asking myself this question a lot lately too..And idk, I mean I have a lot of friends and go out a lot and I still get on here..I truly don't know lol

Because. Despite all the shit that comes out of here I just love this place.
I've been coming here as often as possible for nearly 6 years on this account and have been on here in one form or another for nearly a decade. This place has been like a home away from home for me on the internet. I've made friends on here who I considered some of the best I've ever had. And have spent more time on here than I can even begin to describe.
I can't begin to fully describe my love for this place.

for all the dankest cartoon parodies. Thats all.

Probably because it's the only place other than Youtube where I can share my animations.

At 1/10/16 09:12 AM, MetaMike wrote:

Yeah, the community is pretty cool, I can't imagine life with out newgrounds jammed right in there.

At 1/10/16 03:50 PM, Viper wrote:

ONE OF US... ONE OF US...

At 1/10/16 03:51 PM, SillyBeans wrote:

They are like dank memes but better imo.

At 1/10/16 04:30 PM, SF-Productions wrote:

You know, there's like......................... good point.

I just wouldn't have been the muffin I am today if it wasn't for this website. Holds a special place in my heart, and I will never let you go, baegrounds!

At 1/10/16 11:18 PM, Muffin wrote: I just wouldn't have been the muffin I am today if it wasn't for this website. Holds a special place in my heart, and I will never let you go, baegrounds!

Muffins have hearts!?
Now I'm having second thoughts about eating any...

gotta visit this place to open up my chakra now and then

As time goes on, I go to fewer and fewer websites since YouTube was created. I stopped with Flashplayer (although that was mostly because the website just shut down). Then I got rid of Milkandcookies and finally Ebaumsworld. This website has managed to stay relevant to me.

It's always been there and asked for nothing. NG has one of the best online communities I've yet experienced, attracts talented people from around the world, and encourages expression and collaboration. It's admirable, and that's why they get my traffic (and a few of my dollars each month).

I watch some flash daily. I visit the BBS with a slight glimmer of hope that it will one day rise out of the constant shit-fest posted by the same moronic and "edgy" users day after day.

There's a lot of really fucking cool artists here. I like seeing them and the stuff they make.

At 1/10/16 11:18 PM, Muffin wrote: I just wouldn't have been the muffin I am today if it wasn't for this website. Holds a special place in my heart, and I will never let you go, baegrounds!

lol not even a real muffin

Because me & stupid people get along very well.

My reason is because its one of the only sites that has art, animation, games, and music all in one site, and a lot of the stuff here is really good if you follow the right users.
I mean, think about that for a second:
-You want animation? Go to Youtube.
-You want art? Go to Deviantart.
-You want music? Go to Soundcloud.
-You want games? Go to Armorgames.
-You want all of the above in one site? Go to motherfucking Newgrounds!

At 1/14/16 03:18 AM, Lionelion wrote: -You want games? Go to Armorgames.

Kongregate has more games than ArmorGames (and us for that matter). I'm not sure if it's more popular, though.

-You want all of the above in one site? Go to motherfucking Newgrounds!

Great point.

At 1/17/16 08:49 AM, Ericho wrote:

At 1/14/16 03:18 AM, Lionelion wrote:

I personally went through a Kongregate phase growing up.. but it really just never compared to the atmosphere of Newgrounds.

At 1/17/16 08:49 AM, Ericho wrote:

At 1/14/16 03:18 AM, Lionelion wrote: -You want games? Go to Armorgames.

Kongregate has more games than ArmorGames (and us for that matter). I'm not sure if it's more popular, though.

I'd say it was til Gamestop got their hands on it.

At 1/17/16 11:11 AM, Viper wrote: I'd say it was til Gamestop got their hands on it.

I'd say that sounds like about the right timeline. To their credit they are still a good place to sell your flash to if you can swing it. Hell, if you have fremium why not expand your userbass.

warning: if you're not a fan of TL;DR stuff then feel free to skip this one :p

I always heard about Newgrounds from since I was still a high school freshman. If I had only realized that NG has a big art community in it then I would have probably joined the fray. Back in 2010 (my junior high school year), I picked up drawing for the first time but I had no idea where to post my stuff. I went through many places ranging from GFX websites to random art sites. Eventually, I found DeviantArt, and made an account there. It was quite a short amount of time until I gave up on drawing and continued doing small graphics in the GFX forums I've stayed in.

On 2013, I gave up doing GFX after realizing that it wasn't what I truly wanted in life (it was totes fun though). I decided to get back into drawing. However, it was really TOUGH starting out, like what any other beginner sketcher experiences. Over the years, I got better at it. I posted a few of my works on DeviantArt in the process.

Unfortunately, I decided to slip into hiatus that lasted well throughout 2015, due to family problems and full-time work as a student. With 2016 running, I decided that I will make my return into the field of illustration once again. This time, things will be different for me as I do my hardest to improve my skills a heck of a lot more. My dream is to become a professional illustrator for a video game company. Sounds cheesy, right? Fuck it, it's what I wanted all along in my life. I believe it isn't too late for me to establish myself as such.

To start the year off, I began searching for an art community where I can post my stuff and get help/comments from other fellow artists. Not like DeviantArt (it's more a Social Networking site for what it is), but more like CGSociety, DrawCrowd or ConceptArt.org. The latter sites are cool, but they're a bit too overwhelming (lol I'm not a professional artist.....yet). I tried revisiting old GFX sites...only to find out they've all shut down a long time ago.

For the first time in 6 years I finally visited Newgrounds once again. Man, it looks cool and lively as always, and most importantly.......it's still ACTIVE. Like I mentioned earlier, a lot of the forums I used to stay in are already dead by now, but NG is still alive and kickin' ass.

I'm definitely going to invest more time in this community. I'm planning on my return to illustration this March. By then I will revive my inactive DeviantArt account and I'll be filling my Newgrounds profile with lots of my stuff.

P.S.: I'm a big fan of Jazza from YouTube, but I didn't know he was a member in Newgrounds (for a long time too), so that was quite the surprise for me. I follow a lot of artists on DeviantArt, maybe some of them probably have accounts in here.

At 1/17/16 08:49 PM, dem0lecule wrote: I like to live among the cunts. According to the @stalkerguy. Here reminds me of the home I once had.

did u not see your first reply to this thread

stockholm nostalgia

I keep coming back here like it's an old pair of well-worn slippers. Sometimes I'll happily remember them and remind myself to put them on, and some days, I do slip them on, see how they feel.

Other days, it's a distant memory of what I was walking in, what I was doing.

It's a comfort to see this site is still here, whether it's changed for the better, the worst, or stayed the same.

At 1/18/16 03:08 AM, Cordyceps wrote:

At 1/18/16 03:07 AM, JadeTheAssassin wrote: It's a comfort to see this site is still here, whether it's changed for the better, the worst, or stayed the same.

if only you knew how bad things really were

Some things are better left unsaid...

:(

Sweet nostalgia.

Memories of times past.

At 12/30/15 06:56 PM, D-Nightmare wrote: Nosatlgia, mostly.

I agree with this, in my youth I browsed and made very shitty posts ;P

Gay porn forum.

Excuse me, 10k+ forum.

Newgrounds was my first real home on the internet