i like the new slogan. it short but sweet. but i think the header needs some touch up.
To balance one's oneness. Everyone is you but to be immersed we must lie to ourselves and think we are separate, just enough to put on a show for us, by us, with us, forever.
At 2/15/06 06:33 PM, mofomojo wrote: The only complaint that I have is the mainstreamization of the site.
shit happens, It's improved the over all quality of work around here
First, porn is banned from the bbs,
Then, the influx of commercial flash animations from Sony and the like,
Then, Numa numa,
then the page re-directions on the site (you know, those ones where it says "view this page while the next page is loading")
I'ts a business and Tom has alot of people to support.
My opinion on what to do?
Please do tell
Paid accounts. You can be a grounds gold member for free, and view ads. But! If you want to go around this, you can possibly be a premium or something member and get a bunch of added features like no ads and you can submit larger movies and a lot of other benefits on the portal and what-not.
I'm sure plenty of people spend a good amount of time on this site, I personally wouldn't mind paying a small fee every month to get added features on this site that I spend perhaps 3 hours every day lurking around and I'll probably reciprocate more back to the site by doing this than closing annoying pop-up windows.
I do however, think that subscriptions shouldn't be forced and that regular grounds gold members should still get all the things that they currently get, but the premium members get bonuses on top of this .. like more points for depositing, submit more/larger movies to the portal, possibly more secrets in their profile, and whatever.
I've seen other sites try this and it doesn't work. even if you don't remove anything from the free accounts it will still go over poorly with other members. I've been around here a bit longer than most of you, since the days of telebubbies and assasins, back before newgrounds existed. Would it be fair that because I don't own a credit card and cannot financialy commit to the site that I should recieve lesser service? Newgrounds is an idea. It has evolved but it hasn't changed. It's not about whos the best or what you can get. I'ts about people make and sharing thier passions for internet media, music pictures movies and games.
I have to say... something I never thought I would.
I love the change.
The banner... it's incredible! The Search Ng - so conviently placed!
But, 'Everything, by Everyone'...
I'm not sure what to think on it. It's sort of true - the posts, the flashes, the audio... but what about the site itself? The domain? The portal?
Shouldn't it be, Newgrounds, by Tom Fulp or some utterly boring slogan such as that?
All I have to say is "Good work, dude". This site has become part of my everyday life and I'm a proud member. It has been a lifesaver many times as I have used this page as reference in Fine Arts for "new tendencies" and "social and political activism through art".
Everyone has to move on and evolve. This is a perfect example to show this. Let's do what we like and have a great time with it forever.
;)
[quote]everything BY everyone[/quote]
That isnt just a fantasic slogan for newgrounds, thats a fantasic slogan for what the future should be, and probably will be,
The internet is createing a world where anybody in it has the power to make a creative impact on the others. Theres few, if any middle men, the only thing that stands in the way is talent.
Newgrounds does a fantasic job of makeing the talent shine though.
It will be interesting to see if Google Video, and simerla sites can pull of the same trick with live action.
Maybe in the future the viewers and the content creators will be one and the same?
No publishers, No TV Networks....games, flash, film, tv, music....straight from creator to consumer.
With no middle men, when we do pay to watch something, it will cost us far less.
Dunno about the rest of you guys, but if Dustball & Gell ever made a series of Peoplemation, Id pay 50cents or so to watch one :)
Everything BY Everyone.....its not just a solgan, its a phosoify.
Rateoholic- my "review anything you can think of and it tries to correlate your tastes to other peoples" site. (-sigh- I need a better slogan....)
Or watch our reviewshow
We need a new slogan besides what Tom put up. It just doesn't fit what Newgrounds is and what it has become. A new slogan needs to put Tom's vision of a community together with the identity of Newgrounds. "Everything, By Everyone." Just doesn't say Newgrounds in my mind or in the minds of a lot of us.
"Newgrounds- The thoughts of the world, Collected!"
"Newgrounds- The chaos of the world, Realized!"
Here are two of my ideas. You people can think of something.
Talk around and e-mail around. See what you can come up with. Let's make sure we get Tom in on this one as well.
Your ideas or hatemail can be directed to: LEDunk2007@aol.com
--AMDAthlon
At 2/15/06 07:43 PM, Stamper wrote:At 2/15/06 07:17 PM, mofongo9 wrote: can someone tell me what font that is that tom is using in all his ads and shit lately?LOL It's a custom font that we made.
Noooo. :'(
"In this world // We walk on the roof of hell, // Gazing at flowers." -- Issa
At 2/15/06 12:35 PM, arab_freak wrote: Newgrounds has a negative image in Kuwait, the country has blocked the entire site.
The country hasn't blocked the site. The ISP that you're using (supposedly) has... And that really sucks, given that you should be in charge of what content you block, not the ISP that you're using. Presumably, Kuwait is served by more than one ISP, unless they have a monopoly on the services there.
woah... and it all started with a new NG tank logo...
awesome, really good slogan, maybe some people dont like it, but to be honest, nowadays in NG there are not many "problems of the future", and its mostly creative ideas by many many many people around the world...
as someone else said a page ago (by the way i would end his speech with Amen) the new slogan is most likely a philosophy, someday in the future, things will be like that, and therefore stuff will be cheaper, and more accesible for most of the people...
by the way, i liked this other guys's idea of a header, with the names of the sections and when you pass the mouse over the names, a picture shows up and stuff... really good idea... umm... NGuser guy.
by the way i hope the background doesnt go completely black like the old desing... that wouldnt be realy nice and it would look a bit monotonic...
what else was i gonna say? i dont remember... but what i know is that ...
newgrounds - "it's everything by everyone"
Being a fan of newgrounds since it was really just Pico, and a member for the past 2+ years, I have always loved Newgrounds and what it has evolved into. I am happy about the easier interface that has been recently becoming ng, and I am happy that you didn't become numagrounds. Just make signing in something that I don't have to constantly do everytime I close and then open my browser (make it like it was before). I will be happy with any decision you make, as long as it isn't shutting down the site.
Keep up the amazing work, and good luck with your future endevours.
holy hell!! i cant believe all this controversy has been started over a damn SLOGAN!! do i need to mention that the old slogan hasnt gone anywhere?! read your title bar on the front page of NG, it still contains the old slogan!
the new slogan IS better of course.. :)
At 2/15/06 08:48 PM, -API- wrote:At 2/15/06 08:25 PM, DurtyB wrote: I like this one betterPlease stop thinking people are ignoring you.
well at least someone responded, i needed atleast one
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