Top entries from 10/09/2005!

[P-Bot]

Hello NG-fans! P-Bot here, with today's hottest games and movies submitted to the Portal:

1. -Little Room-, by Weaksauce (also known for Onslaught)
   
2. CNN: The Special Report 2, by Wario2k3
   
3. Insanity + 1, by Freemont
   
4. Oil Emperor of Dune, by idleworms
   
5. Heatstroke Island ep1prt1, by BigArmyBug

We also have new submissions by the following popular artists:
athing, BigDave86, blacksabbath_freak, Carbo_the_Hedgehog, DanPaladin, Fat_Badger, flashmanbutnotgood, koit, LeekClock, LimeClock, michalgawad, MilanoCrew, NuclearImplosion, OilofMonkeys, PhAsEz, raiki-kun, SherClockHolmes, Stronghand and _darx_

What does everyone think of these new submissions?

[TITROTU]

Wow! We sure did have a lot of excellent movies yesterday!

First post. :P

[Bug]

EH anyone think its strange how my movie stayed at like 3.90 all day then at 9:00 it suddenly dropped down to 3.73 and stopped dropping right after the awards were given?

If the score kept dropping I expected it was because of a few people who hated my movie and gave me some bad reviews. But when I went to check my reviews I didnt have anything under a 5 (and that was by 1 person, who didnt hate the movie, but liked it and gave a review as if it were a real cartoon on TV)

I have a feeling someone was up to something...

[MajinPiccolo]

Honestly I believe BigArmyBug deserved Daily 3rd or sumthin, at least better than 5th, it was a greatly animated movie.

[Ianad]

i loved -little room- but the other movies were also great!

[rtil]

At 10/10/05 01:04 AM, BigArmyBug wrote: EH anyone think its strange how my movie stayed at like 3.90 all day then at 9:00 it suddenly dropped down to 3.73 and stopped dropping right after the awards were given?

If the score kept dropping I expected it was because of a few people who hated my movie and gave me some bad reviews. But when I went to check my reviews I didnt have anything under a 5 (and that was by 1 person, who didnt hate the movie, but liked it and gave a review as if it were a real cartoon on TV)

I have a feeling someone was up to something...

Most likely the author and friends of any of the four movies above you. Movies never drop more than .05 to .1 in that short of time unless some serious downvoting is going on.
My bet goes towards knox and his fanboys. Originally they didn't have a shot at your movie when it was at the score it originally deserved (about a 4.0), but I guess later today the clay fans took all measures to make sure a mediocre flash by a popular author got an award it didnt deserve.

[McBean]

That does seem awfully suspicious, and it's a shame too. I also think it's a joke that you were beat out by this wario2k3 clown for what is essentially using other people's art. And it's not even like there's really that much animation or substance to his movies anyways.

[<deleted>]

At 10/10/05 01:04 AM, BigArmyBug wrote: EH anyone think its strange how my movie stayed at like 3.90 all day then at 9:00 it suddenly dropped down to 3.73 and stopped dropping right after the awards were given?

If the score kept dropping I expected it was because of a few people who hated my movie and gave me some bad reviews. But when I went to check my reviews I didnt have anything under a 5 (and that was by 1 person, who didnt hate the movie, but liked it and gave a review as if it were a real cartoon on TV)

I have a feeling someone was up to something...

I aggree... my movie "Oil Emperor of Dune" was at a study 3.90-3.95 and then suddenly I check on my movie and it is at 3.74. I can see people hating my movie because it is a George Bush bashing movie. But I can't see that big of drop.

[rtil]

That's just the way the portal works sometimes. No one can stop it, so we have to deal with it. Too bad there are so many low lives that would do these things. Anyway, here's what the tally would have really looked liked about an hour before results were in:

1 . Little Room-, by Weaksauce (also known for Onslaught)

2. Heatstroke Island ep1prt1, by BigArmyBug

3. Oil Emperor of Dune, by idleworms

4. CNN: The Special Report 2, by Wario2k3

5. Insanity + 1, by Freemont

:(

[MajinPiccolo]

At 10/10/05 09:21 AM, McBean wrote: That does seem awfully suspicious, and it's a shame too. I also think it's a joke that you were beat out by this wario2k3 clown for what is essentially using other people's art. And it's not even like there's really that much animation or substance to his movies anyways.

Thanks for being supportive....

Jesus, what's you're problem. Sprite animation is an art style, plus I'm friends with BigArmyBug, why would I want to make him get a lower award.

[McBean]

Jesus, what's you're problem. Sprite animation is an art style, plus I'm friends with :BigArmyBug, why would I want to make him get a lower award.

I never accused you of lowering scores, but I agree that sprite animation is a valid form of art. Unfortunately, you're not really exploiting or pushing that. It's clear that you've got a keen eye for design and your movies look clean, but they lack a sense of originality because you're using someone else's drawings. If you really ever want to stand out, I think you should try drawing your own sprites. You know, something that you can claim as your own.

[MajinPiccolo]

True, but all the reporters are edited versions of RCR sprites. So they have somewhat a bit of my touch involved.

[<deleted>]

MilanoCrew strikes again.

[Bug]

At 10/10/05 10:05 AM, idleworms wrote: I aggree... my movie "Oil Emperor of Dune" was at a study 3.90-3.95 and then suddenly I check on my movie and it is at 3.74. I can see people hating my movie because it is a George Bush bashing movie. But I can't see that big of drop.

Yeah there had to be some kind of "vote 0 attack" going on. I just dont understand how something would drop that quick.

But I'm glad you guys are backing me up on this.. It just doesnt make sense...

This website is very demoralizing.

[Starogre]

I wish only people who knew what flash was and have flashes in the portal can vote. Otherwise, people can just vote zero on anything and get away with it. BAB's movie should have a much higher score. Last time i saw it it had a 3.9 something...now it's almost below 3.7...What is this? A cry for help from noobs that don't know how to use flash? Or a tyranny where only popular people win but never let anyone step up and have their turn as #1?

[wegra2]

At 10/10/05 12:46 AM, TITROTU wrote: Wow! We sure did have a lot of excellent movies yesterday!

First post. :P

yeah i know!

[rtil]

Sprite animation may be a form of art, but only on electronic media. It's inhibited by that, and even then most sprite "animators" use pre-made trademarked sprites from gaming companies. I think anyone with a bit of brains in their head would realize that sprite animation isn't going to get them anywhere if they're serious about the field as a whole. Plus, like I said, it's limited. Art can only go so far in the sprite world.

[BreedCrasher]

At 10/10/05 12:51 PM, McBean wrote:

Jesus, what's you're problem. Sprite animation is an art style, plus I'm friends with :BigArmyBug, why would I want to make him get a lower award.

I never accused you of lowering scores, but I agree that sprite animation is a valid form of art. Unfortunately, you're not really exploiting or pushing that. It's clear that you've got a keen eye for design and your movies look clean, but they lack a sense of originality because you're using someone else's drawings. If you really ever want to stand out, I think you should try drawing your own sprites. You know, something that you can claim as your own.

Like sprites aint the easiest thing to do. But it is true that making movies like 8 times in a row with sprites can be kinda distracting. Or do you mean sprites like normal drawing?

[ShadowX100]

-LIttle room- Deserved first place!!!

[Starogre]

At 10/10/05 09:56 PM, rtil wrote: Sprite animation may be a form of art, but only on electronic media. It's inhibited by that, and even then most sprite "animators" use pre-made trademarked sprites from gaming companies. I think anyone with a bit of brains in their head would realize that sprite animation isn't going to get them anywhere if they're serious about the field as a whole. Plus, like I said, it's limited. Art can only go so far in the sprite world.

Agreed. However, not denying your opinion, but 3d animation is the same as sprites. 3d models are made from the artists work. Then the animators are the ones who actually make them move with what they have. I think character design does play a part in animation, but I'm sure doing sprites can give him practice for movie production. I am not sure if it's the best for camera angles considering all sprite animations are 2d and can't be in a 3d angle unless changed around, but plotwise, it could get him somewhere. Yes, it's not exactly the best thing to do, but i'm sure he thinks it's better than watching tv and doing nothing productive. I do agree that sprites can take less time because they get away with not as great fbf animation or movie production, but like I said, it's not all bad. Plus, it's not their faults if they're successful. It's the users on NG you must convince, which is almost impossible. Yes, you could tell the animators to stop, but it's not crap like free blam points coming into the portal. Sigh...I just wish votes were cast fairly and justly on a basis whether you know that the movie was tough to make and they did it correctly, not whether the person thinks its crap or thinks its awesome, and spams 10's/0's on your reviews.

All I think should change is fanboy groups that overrate movies like Foamy. I mean, that Hurrican Katrina flash was so terrible I almost had my eyes bleed at the sight of it on front page...