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I come back after a period of inactivity...and I can barely navigate the website, the level icons are ridiculous, and somehow it feels like they've been demoted to a tiny and less meaningful spot.

What on earth happened?

On another note, good to see many of you familiar names. I have an exciting new Newgrounds-related project in mind...if it takes off, expect to see more of me again :)

I need time to get used to this layout, I'll probably have more thoughts this time next week.

Congrats to:
Nemo103: Level 12
DrHood: Deity Whistle

At 6 hours ago, Coop wrote:

At 1 hour ago, Auz wrote: I got a book. Yay!

Maybe it's a tome...

You call yourself a movie buff? For shame!

That, my good sir is the Necronomicon, from The Evil Dead films.

It did look familiar, but it mostly reminded me of the monster book in Harry Potter.

I'm not so into the horror genre, so that's mostly why I haven't seen that film.

Just for clarification on the auras, I'm staying as a "blank slate" until Writer becomes an option.

They should definitely add that aura. Especially if there is going to be a lit portal.

At 3 hours ago, Haggard wrote:

At 3 hours ago, Auz wrote: In any case, I will really have to get used to the new level icons. Some look good to me, but some really stupid in all honesty (a shark with a laser attached to its head? Seriously?). I guess they have a less central place on the forums and on our profiles now.

Yeah, that's a real bummer. Also, is there any page where I can see all the icons at once? The wiki doesn't have one. But I found out that the old levels page is still intact. :D
Oh yeah, the level 60 icon looks WAY cooler now.

Someone made a handy sheet.

I like most of the other stuff I've seen so far from the redesign though.

Yes, overall it's a pretty cool design. Even though the newgrounds thumbnailer won't work with Opera. Which is strange, because it did work with Opera before the redesign.

It does work in my Opera. Do you have the latest version?

Also: My stats yesterday after I deposited for the last time in the old design. :3

R.I.P. Huge level icons.

At 1 hour ago, Bahamut wrote:

At 6 hours ago, Auz wrote: I got a book. Yay!

Maybe it's a tome...

Now that suggests forbidden.

More than your cube at least :p

At 2 days ago, Bahamut wrote:

At 2/5/12 07:45 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 2/5/12 10:26 AM, Bahamut wrote: Meh, neither would I.

Where's Doc Brown when you need him?

Gotta love the guy. That reminds me, I still need to go through Telltale's Back to the Future. Sure, it's likely to be as good as the movie trilogy but knowing Telltale, I'm sure they have something up their sleeve.

Never heard of it. :(

Draconia? Now I know where to live once I'm done with this dump.

"Draconia" also sounds like a Power Metal album.

Actually, it sounds like a power metal band.

Right. And if they are lame enough to name their first album after the band, then we have both: A band name and an album with that name.

At 2 hours ago, Bahamut wrote:

Oh, I just noticed it now says "at 2 hours ago" in the quote text. Does this change as well when the quoted post gets older?

Whew, I am overwhelmed by the redesign as well as the mass discussion about the new features. Overall summary of my thoughts are over here.

Yes, there are so many things to discover. I also noticed that we can now see how many medals we earned on our userpage. This should make things a lot easier.

At 2 hours ago, Haggard wrote: Also: My stats yesterday after I deposited for the last time in the old design. :3

Now why didn't I do that before the site went down? Ah well, I at least took a screencap of the top of my userpage prior to downtime.

I'm glad that I thought about taking a screenshot. Too bad I don't have one from before the first redesign.

At 1 hour ago, Auz wrote:

At 3 hours ago, Haggard wrote:

At 3 hours ago, Auz wrote: In any case, I will really have to get used to the new level icons. Some look good to me, but some really stupid in all honesty (a shark with a laser attached to its head? Seriously?). I guess they have a less central place on the forums and on our profiles now.

Yeah, that's a real bummer. Also, is there any page where I can see all the icons at once? The wiki doesn't have one. But I found out that the old levels page is still intact. :D
Oh yeah, the level 60 icon looks WAY cooler now.

Someone made a handy sheet.

Thank you, someone. Conclusion: The new level icons suck. But on the other hand, I see I get a Scythe again in two levels. Now that's cool.

I like most of the other stuff I've seen so far from the redesign though.

Yes, overall it's a pretty cool design. Even though the newgrounds thumbnailer won't work with Opera. Which is strange, because it did work with Opera before the redesign.

It does work in my Opera. Do you have the latest version?

Yes.

Also: My stats yesterday after I deposited for the last time in the old design. :3

R.I.P. Huge level icons.

Indeed. :(

Congratulations to

dx5231 - Level 34
DiMono - 2,222 posts
Nemo103 - Level 12
DrHood - Level 46 & Deity Whistle
Coop - 1,000 Movie Review Responses

After some initial concerns, I am really liking the redesign. Everything looks very slick and it's obvious what a huge amount of work has gone into it. I was a big fan of the previous layout and wasn't convinced about the need for the redesign, but I think it's proved to be a good decision.

I wasn't entirely sure about some of the level icons at first, but on reflection I think most of them look pretty awesome (I'm looking forward to getting a fire axe at my next level up!). It's a shame that they've lost some of their size and prominence now, particularly given how good they look, but that's a small quibble.

There are some things which appear to be missing at the moment (experience points deposit notification, overall voting power, total score for each game), but fingers crossed those are things which are being tweaked in the weeks to come. Overall, I think it's looking good.

At 4 days ago, Coop wrote:

At 2/4/12 05:28 AM, philonous wrote: Yesterday's display was just abject, (and today's hasn't been any better). I'm all for maintaining consistency in a side, but when the batting has been consistently bad, they've got to try something new. The question is who to drop...

120 behind, with Pakistan only 2 down. Mind you, we have plenty of time. Personally, I'd consider dropping Morgan and possibly Bell. The question is, whom do we drop them for?

Well it looks as though Bell has been dropped for the one-dayers though who knows if they'll stick with that decision for the next tests as well. Sacrilege as it is to say it, I'd be inclined to drop Pietersen for the next test, given his protracted run of bad form. But sadly I don't know enough about county cricket to know of any upcoming stars who could replace him.

At 3 days ago, Coop wrote: Coop starts considering options to add a PS3 to his new TV

Do it, do it, do it. The Uncharted games alone make it worthwhile.

At 4 days ago, Odyssic wrote:

At 2/4/12 05:28 AM, philonous wrote: Yeah, I was shocked at how much it was. I'd assumed it was going to be around the £25-30 mark but it was closer to £50. But as you say, there's really no other option because if yu end up getting a 3rd party controller, you'll just end up having to replace it after three months because it's shoddily made.

I think Wii controllers are the worse in terms of cost, you have to pay around £50 for Wiimote, Wii Motion and the nunchucks, the other week I saw a Wii for 80 pound brand new, does that mean the Wii is only worth 30 pound?

I'm really not a fan of the Wii so to be honest, I probably would say that it's only worth about £30... but yeah, the cost of their controllers in particular is daylight robbery. Particularly since they stand a higher chance of breaking than other controllers given the risk of them flying out of your hand and smashing into things!

Now reached Captain rank which also means 14,000 Total B/P

I can't find where it adds your voting power for protection points to your base power? Is it not used any more? I can't find much of anything now. Its pretty, but I find functionality a bit off.

What is this, I don't even...

At 11 days ago, Bahamut wrote:

At 1/28/12 10:44 AM, gfoxcook wrote: GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!

Oh hey, I thought you were done with the BBS for good. Maybe this is a reward for getting back to TF2?

Perhaps.

I'll be done with the BBS for good when the BBS is done with me.

To be fair, I have had a lot of bites from the budiges so maybe I've built some resistance. Well, that should only be for the fingers and not the arms.

My wife has 7 bruises from all her blood tests over the weekend. ;_;

Ah well... war wounds.

At 10 days ago, Coop wrote:

At 1/28/12 10:44 AM, gfoxcook wrote: GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!

Morning.

Ohayo gozaimasu... in about 5 minutes it'll technically be true. FIVE... minutes... to miiiiiidnight.

Sorry, man, but... I've been a lot of places, done a lot of things, and tried a lot of techniques out and...

There is no better thing than procrastination. When used wisely, at least. ;)

I've not been using it wisely, that's the thing.

Well, no time like the present?

Oh wait... :)

You haven't read the right manga! Anime's better anyway (takes less time).

I've read Naruto - it just pisses me off, reading and missing all of the action. What's the other one? Akira? I'm just not a fan.

Never seen the Naruto manga. Seen like 1 ep of the anime. Didn't interest me. My wife has read maybe 10 or so manga, and I've read maybe some of 2 or 3 of them, can't recall any titles.

Akira? Didn't know it was a manga first, but many anime series and OAVs are. Anyway, Akira (the movie) and Ghost in the Shell (which is very Blade Runner-ish) were the big anime movies to see around the time I was off to college in 1995. I've seen dozens of series and dozens more since those two (and I'd seen some anime when I lived in Japan from 88 to 91, but mostly kiddy series that didn't interest me ;_;), and Akira is nowhere near the best. Ghost in the Shell, OTOH, is great. As is the TV series a few later.

Here's some recommended anime my wife and I have enjoyed over the past 15 years or so in case you ever change your mind and give some GOOD anime a try. :D

Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Trigun
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Escaflowne
.hack//Sign
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Claymore

And these my wife liked a bit more than me, but I still enjoyed 'em okay:

Fushigi Yûgi
Slayers
Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)
Kodocha

I've read three books in the past half year as well after years of maybe reading 1 or 2 books a year. My wife reads like 10 books a year (minimum) while still keeping up with TV and movies. She's a wizard, Harry!

I've done 2 books so far this year and I'm working my way through Snuff, by Terry Pratchett now. As for calling me Harry, some friends of mine think that I bear more than a passing resemblance to Harry Dresden...

Nice. I finally read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman after 5 years of my wife recommending me it. Not my first Gaiman, but my first Pratchett. Cherry be gone!

I'm not selling sperm.

Ba-dum-bum... ching!

At 10 days ago, Haggard wrote:

At 1/28/12 10:44 AM, gfoxcook wrote: GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!

Oh hey. I was wondering latetly what you where up to these days. Maybe you are a bit like Beetlejuice, I said your name too often. :P

Oh hi dere!

At 9 days ago, Coop wrote: gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook?

*hopes*

:::nopes:::

At 8 days ago, Haggard wrote: Didn't seem to work. Maybe we have to say it 36 times? Or 36 people have to say it 36 times.

Mwahaha.

At 8 days ago, Coop wrote: Damn. Oh well, I'd better get to copypasta time, then...

gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook gfoxcook.

There, doesn't 36 of them look impressive? I dare not say it again, because it would make 37 and that would land us in the shit.

Beautiful.

Eh, between yours and all the rest, there's way more than 36 OR 37 in the past few pages, anyway. ;D

At 1 day ago, bifgis wrote: God I realllly hate the new levels. it's almost enough to make me start thinking about not bothering coming back every day to do this exp depositing thing....

IMO, exp depositing is its own reward... not the level destinations along the way. With the exception of a few awesome levels in the 30 system and 60 system, most of the levels just weren't that hot anyway. But the exp numbers? The exp numbers always increase (if you dedicate yourself to 'em), and numbers are always nicer than silly ol' avvies, anyway. :)

That said, I am sad that gfox (who I retired on level 42 years ago) no longer has that super-awesome sword as his icon. ;_;

At 9 minutes ago, gfoxcook wrote: What is this, I don't even...

morning greg

i think i just hit level 55 but with the new design and level icons i'm not quite sure

13,000 Experience Points

59,000 Saves

First achievenment after the redesign.

What does everyone think of not being able to see if you deposited for the day? I liked the message when you deposited.

Congrats to:
Coop: 1,000 Flash Review Responses
SCTE3: 2,000 Audio Reviews
philonous: Captain, 14,000 B/P
jonthomson: Level 55
Pokemonpoeguygcn: 13,000 Experience
Auz: 59,000 Saves

At 23 hours ago, Coop wrote: Right, so this is statistical nerdiness, but here goes:

1,000 Movie Review Responses

The ball is in your court, Auz - Are you going to update the Reviewers list to two lists, or keep with "Flash" (Movies and Games)? Of course, you could pool everything together and make a total reviews list, I suppose.

I haven't really decided yet. Perhaps I should first wait until byteslinger comes up with a new program. If it can pull the stats seperately I could perhaps make two lists. Though in that case I'm leaning more towards keeping one total reviews list and adding two colums. One with movie reviews and one with game reviews.

At 23 hours ago, Haggard wrote:

At 1 hour ago, Auz wrote: Someone made a handy sheet.

Thank you, someone. Conclusion: The new level icons suck. But on the other hand, I see I get a Scythe again in two levels. Now that's cool.

I want to try and get used to them before I hand out my verdict, but I'm afraid I don't really like them either.

Though indeed, it's awesome that I'll be having the scythe again soon.

It does work in my Opera. Do you have the latest version?

Yes.

They ought to work then...

R.I.P. Huge level icons.

Indeed. :(

Fortunately I can upload the old level icons as my user pic if I really start missing them.

At 9 hours ago, gfoxcook wrote: Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion

I liked these anime series too. Especially Cowboy Bebop.

I'll keep the rest of your recommendations in mind. Have you watched Death Note as well? I'm watching it right now (I'm at the 4th episode or so). I figured I might as well give that series a watch as it got so popular.

At 6 hours ago, Coop wrote:

At 17 hours ago, Auz wrote: It did look familiar, but it mostly reminded me of the monster book in Harry Potter.

It's a classic of the cult genre.

I'm not so into the horror genre, so that's mostly why I haven't seen that film.

Evil Dead isn't horror. It's low budget shit. If you get scared, it wasn't intentional/

Lol :p

Let me guess; It's one of those "horror flicks" where you're actually rooting for the killer?

They should definitely add that aura. Especially if there is going to be a lit portal.

I'm waiting for Tom to wake up / log in and then I'll pester him again.

I'm sure he'll appreciate that after working on the redesign for two days straight.

At 3 hours ago, Bahamut wrote:

At 21 hours ago, Auz wrote: More than your cube at least :p

No way man, that's the Pandora's Box. Doesn't get more forbidden than that.

How is that a box? It doesn't even have a lid! I'm telling you, that's a cube with question marks painted on it.

At 1 hour ago, Auz wrote: 59,000 Saves

First achievement after the redesign.

excellent ! two thumbs up :D

I miss the better features of the old design; you could actually tell you deposited exp and you knew how much the protection points added to your vote power :-(

The one thing I REALLY hate about the redesign? The sound that the play button AND the "under judgement note" makes. Is there any way to turn that annoying sound off? If not, I might be forced to stop B/Ping...

Also, I keep getting logged out whenever I close my browser, even though I checked the "save info" box. Also happens on other browsers.

At 10 hours ago, gfoxcook wrote: What is this, I don't even...

Yeah. Where are the big level icons? I want them back!

At 10 days ago, Haggard wrote:

At 1/28/12 10:44 AM, gfoxcook wrote: GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!

Oh hey. I was wondering latetly what you where up to these days. Maybe you are a bit like Beetlejuice, I said your name too often. :P

Oh hi dere!

Why did you never call, my boy?!

At 8 hours ago, Coop wrote:

At 21 hours ago, Haggard wrote: Ailen Hominid Weapon? Ah well, it's better than the stupid golden glove I had before. One thing I really don't like is that the level icons are now so small and underneath our profile picture. That's two pictures for each user. While it may be easier to identify users now, it wasn't that hard in the first place. Just take a look at the username and you are good to go.

It's wider as well, so we get more space to talk at one another :P

Yay! More lounging in the LUL!

Overall, I think it's good, though some of the auras could be better (there is no writer, for example) and identifying one user as a moderator seems more of a crap shoot.

Yes, whenever I see some user with a level icon and a golden background as an avatar, I instantly think it's a mod...

Oh and there's no whistle option on Under Judgement submissions, which I think is a massive omission.

There will be flash mods, I read. Now this would be great stuff.

At 4 hours ago, Bahamut wrote:

At 20 hours ago, Haggard wrote:

At 2 days ago, Bahamut wrote: Gotta love the guy. That reminds me, I still need to go through Telltale's Back to the Future. Sure, it's likely to be as good as the movie trilogy but knowing Telltale, I'm sure they have something up their sleeve.

Never heard of it. :(

I guess you follow gaming news even less than I do.

I guess so. I only read one gaming related magazine, and that only reports about PlayStation/PSP/Vita titles

Actually, it sounds like a power metal band.

Right. And if they are lame enough to name their first album after the band, then we have both: A band name and an album with that name.

Oh yeah, your disgust towards self-titled albums.

It's not so much "disgust". I just think it's lame. And yes, Graveyard are also lame for naming their first album "Graveyard".

At 2 hours ago, Bahamut wrote:

Oh, I just noticed it now says "at 2 hours ago" in the quote text. Does this change as well when the quoted post gets older?

Nah, it sticks like that.

That's lame.

At 59 minutes ago, Auz wrote:

At 23 hours ago, Haggard wrote:

At 1 hour ago, Auz wrote: It does work in my Opera. Do you have the latest version?

Yes.

They ought to work then...

I tried it again yesterday and it worked. Strange.

R.I.P. Huge level icons.

Indeed. :(

Fortunately I can upload the old level icons as my user pic if I really start missing them.

Maybe we should go all oldschool and upload the level icons from the previous redesign. Do you plan on updating the old list in your newspost?

At 6 hours ago, Coop wrote:

At 17 hours ago, Auz wrote: It did look familiar, but it mostly reminded me of the monster book in Harry Potter.

It's a classic of the cult genre.

I'm not so into the horror genre, so that's mostly why I haven't seen that film.

Evil Dead isn't horror. It's low budget shit. If you get scared, it wasn't intentional/

Lol :p

Wait, how can anybody say Evil Dead is "low budget shit"? "HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!" is all I can say to this atrocity...

I don't know if you can read the picture, but I already got a "hot thread" for the VG forum, I promise I won't make this a regular occurance.

20,000 Blams.

Dedication!

Also. 46,000 B/P, Over 9 years, 3,333 days, 24,000 Exp and 26,000 saves.

At 5 hours ago, Bobbybroccoli wrote: I don't know if you can read the picture, but I already got a "hot thread" for the VG forum, I promise I won't make this a regular occurance.

Dear god...is...is that.....XP?

At 1 day ago, iscrulz wrote: My thoughts exactly. I don't know what happend to the b/p voting power multiper if its gone then there will be a legion of pissed off statboys. I am very misinformed about the redesign, but it does look pretty like my old timey pistol. I might quit depositing to keep it.

Like I said, the site looks beautiful (especially on a 25" hdmi monitor in 1080p), I just don't know how I feel about the level icons :/ Nice pistol though...

At 21 hours ago, Coop wrote: Living under a rock?

Drat! Someone told you?

You are now a level 4 mage. Use your spell points wisely!

Congrats to:
Painbringer: 14,000 Posts
Reverend: Level 43 - Basket case
gamejunkie: 20,000 Blams, 46,000 B/P, 9 Years on NG, 3,333 Days on NG, 24,000 Experience, 26,000 Saves

At 19 hours ago, Haggard wrote: The one thing I REALLY hate about the redesign? The sound that the play button AND the "under judgement note" makes. Is there any way to turn that annoying sound off? If not, I might be forced to stop B/Ping...

Oh my god this.