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Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:22:03 Reply

We've noticed there are users who vote 0 on EVERY SINGLE movie that comes in to the Portal, so we are now tracking your voting habits. Don't be surprised if your experience points become a big fat 0, just like your votes. :)

If you vote fairly, there is nothing to worry about. It is very obvious when a user votes 0 on everything.


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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:25:44 Reply

oh no big brother!! someone hold me!! seriously though, its so agonizing when someone puts their movie up and its blammed in like 3 minutes. vote fairly

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:26:44 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:22 PM, TomFulp wrote:
If you vote fairly, there is nothing to worry about. It is very obvious when a user votes 0 on everything.

YES! That is the perfact way to do it. Stick it to the slobs! Great job.


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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:29:07 Reply

FUCKK YOU THIS IS HELLA GAY YOU KNOW THAT BULLSHTI BULLSHTI BULLSHTU!

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:30:21 Reply

but the portal gets uploaded with crap every day!

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:32:36 Reply

I think that I'm a very fair voter and my record shows that, just because I don't like some of the crap that goes up and vote zero does not warrant me being threatened by Wade. If the majority of movies suck and I am on Newgrounds all day and all night then the majority of my votes are zero. So now I'm going to be banned for spending all my free time at Newgrounds? And what exactly is a "quality movie" when many movies with high scores are crap that have a campaign getting it to stay on the site? Fuck you all, I waste too much of my life here anyways, go ahead and ban me you assholes.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:33:56 Reply

If you vote fairly, there is nothing to worry about. It is very obvious when a user votes 0 on everything.

Heh, you know what Tom? Maybe a "0" vote IS a fair vote for all the garbage that comes down the pipe. You can track my ass all you like, but if I think something deserves a "0" vote, I'm voting a "0"!

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:35:29 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:30 PM, MortalMaxx wrote: but the portal gets uploaded with crap every day!

Good point. Go read my other post about voting.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:36:46 Reply

It's about time that the bastard blammers are stopped... And you won't have anything to worry about if you vote fairly... Even the CRAP doesn't deserve a straight-up ZERO...often it's good for at least a 1...

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:38:32 Reply

No matter HOW much shit there is on the portal, there is NO EXCUSE for voting 0 on EVERYTHING.

AND THE SAME GOES FOR PEOPLE THAT VOTE 5 CONSTANTLY.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:42:16 Reply

I think NG should be proud about all the quality that is in the portal, but they must know the blammers help ALOT (aswell as the saviors)
and btw there is another way to view the scores of a flashmovie if its still under judgement...

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:43:52 Reply

It's alright, Tom. I always vote fair. You can check my records!

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:43:55 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:35 PM, UND wrote: Good point. Go read my other post about voting.

I did :-)

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:46:11 Reply

It was bound to happen. I wouldn't worry about it unless your account reads:

BLAMS: 1354 PROTECTION: 0

Two non-related suggestions.

1) Having a section of the portal for the guys who make those "Help" movies to show people who have trouble doing more difficult stuff in flash.

2) Having a place for people who are strict newbies. A lot of newbies are piling in stick movies that are way below par. It really shows now that some people are posting some serious quality work.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:46:14 Reply

im sorry tom and wade..but i see a crappy movie..im voting 0 im trying to be a dickhead..but it's how I feel about the game or movie.


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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:47:06 Reply

Alright, I guess some people may do that, but im someone who hits the 0 button alot only because I think alot of stuff that comes onto this website is garbage. I think they DESERVE that 0 I give them, not every entry to this website is gold. Alot of it is crap, and total garbage. My opinion of course...

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:47:32 Reply

I'm going to assume that the reason for the large amount of 0's is because of the blam/protect system. People basically make the decision whether this movie will die or live, and vote 5 or 0 so they can get a point. I still think that people should not be penalized for their choice of vote, not that my opinion matters. I dont know the facts, but how many people exactly are voting 0 on everything? I find myself constantly hitting the angry pico, but that's only because of certain submissions.... such as.. "Free blam point!", or... " I know this will get blammed but I just wanted to submit it.". I think the number of people that vote 0 on everything would have to be pretty substantial to affect the system because of the large amount of traffic this site recieves. I can't say for sure though, because I don't know how many people are doing this, and I could be wrong.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:50:18 Reply

One question, though.
If you only vote at the "low-class" movies(by that I mean movies like when a badly drawn Stick figure slides from one end to another and then a big hand drawn The End comes out of nowhere)and always gives them a zero, do you change that persons exp. points to zero? I´m talking now of movies that only lasts five minutes or less in the portal.
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At 1/9/03 04:22 PM, TomFulp wrote: We've noticed there are users who vote 0 on EVERY SINGLE movie that comes in to the Portal, so we are now tracking your voting habits. Don't be surprised if your experience points become a big fat 0, just like your votes. :)

If you vote fairly, there is nothing to worry about. It is very obvious when a user votes 0 on everything.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:55:04 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:22 PM, TomFulp wrote: We've noticed there are users who vote 0 on EVERY SINGLE movie that comes in to the Portal, so we are now tracking your voting habits. Don't be surprised if your experience points become a big fat 0, just like your votes. :)

If you vote fairly, there is nothing to worry about. It is very obvious when a user votes 0 on everything.

I always vote well in the portal on new movies I try to be as fair as I can no need to worry about me Tom

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:56:59 Reply

Thank you,

I think there is a big difference between voting 0 on ALL movies and voting moderataly that is using the full scale like 1, 2, 3, and 4.
There is also a big difference between a total obvious crap, and movies that are deserving to stay in the portal, even though they're not the highest quality.
ridiculous blamming must stop.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 16:57:59 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:32 PM, Nostrant wrote: I think that I'm a very fair voter and my record shows that, just because I don't like some of the crap that goes up and vote zero does not warrant me being threatened by Wade. If the majority of movies suck and I am on Newgrounds all day and all night then the majority of my votes are zero. So now I'm going to be banned for spending all my free time at Newgrounds? And what exactly is a "quality movie" when many movies with high scores are crap that have a campaign getting it to stay on the site? Fuck you all, I waste too much of my life here anyways, go ahead and ban me you assholes.

I totally agree. I find that the majority of my votes are "0" too. I just want to know that my legitimate votes will not get me banned. It would be a great injustice for that to happen

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:02:47 Reply

Its a good idea i guess... i mean, there are a lot of people who just randomly blam stuff...

BUT....

What about people with "Dark" auras, who are more strict and vote low a lot... I mean... I',m not going to vote 5, or even 1 on some of those damn stick movies where a stick slidea accross the screen and loops back on itself...

Some stuff needs to be blammed...

There has to be a better way to cut down on the random blamming... Because this way punishes people who vote a lot...

Since most of the stuff that gets submitted is crap, why would you punish people who mostly vote low on crap?

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:06:59 Reply

It's not possible for EVERYTHING or even MOST movies to deserve 0 vote. You can at least see that movies are different and deserve scores like 0, 1, and 2 ocassionally.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:09:25 Reply


Since most of the stuff that gets submitted is crap, why would you punish people who mostly vote low on crap?

Yes, that's the point I was trying to make. The majority of my votes are "0" because the majority of the things I see here deserve it.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:14:47 Reply

all i know is that there are a lot of movies that dont warrant a 0 just cause they suck....they still have had effort put into them or are people learning how do use flash. people are jerks and vote 0 for something that they view is less than perfect when maybe they should vote at least a 1 cause effort is still effort. be fair...and be objective. thats what it is about.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:14:53 Reply

At 1/9/03 04:22 PM, TomFulp wrote: We've noticed there are users who vote 0 on EVERY SINGLE movie that comes in to the Portal,

I think that it's a good idea to have to stop the blamming but shouldnt there be the same thing for people that vote 10 on everything becuase the kepp crap on here that maybe shouldnt be here.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:16:32 Reply

How's this....

Movies that you vote 0 on that get blammed do nothing. Movies that you voted 0 on that survived with a score, say above 2.00 or so are added to a tally. When the tally gets a bit large, you are warned to vote fairly. If you do not heed the warning, some kind of punishment ensues. Anybody think that might work?

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:18:17 Reply

Praise Darwin! Finally some cracking down on these 0 voting bastards. Thanx man!

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:19:53 Reply

I am at least going to vote 1 on bad movies from now on.

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Response to Big Brother is Watching 2003-01-09 17:26:02 Reply

Yeah