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OMG mine went from 3.05 to 3.6 OMG I was scared about submitting risky entries that could be a thread to me. I have a tendency to submit silly flash from time-to-time this is good.

This sounds fishy. Let me guess...the real reason for this is so Tom doesn't have all those mediocre programming experiments he made over the years counting against his score? Can't fool me.

On another note, I've always thought it was far too easy to get an A+ rating and this will only make it easier. Perhaps the thresholds should be changed someday.

good change really

Thats a good change!

Awesome changes, nice work.

Wow. 2.95 to 3.39.

O_O

At 6/24/06 04:41 AM, F00D wrote: the retarded BA limits in the flash forum

last year, before the rule, if you went to the flash forum, 75% of the topics were OMG MUSIZK CALLOB!!!!!1!! from people who had no idea what they were doing and something had to be done, so we limited collab usage to people who actually know how to use flash and were trusted enough to finish a project. It really helped revive the flash forum.

At 6/24/06 09:50 AM, Rodents wrote: That's a sweet update.

You should update levels and add like another 10+ levels.

I think that's what he has in store next ...!

At 6/24/06 09:12 AM, Glaiel_Gamer wrote:

At 6/24/06 04:41 AM, F00D wrote: the retarded BA limits in the flash forum

last year, before the rule, if you went to the flash forum, 75% of the topics were OMG MUSIZK CALLOB!!!!!1!! from people who had no idea what they were doing and something had to be done, so we limited collab usage to people who actually know how to use flash and were trusted enough to finish a project. It really helped revive the flash forum.

The Batting Average limits are retarded indeed ... they prevented artists who had alot of submissions and a not so perfect BA like ZekeySpaceyLizard ( for example) from starting any collabs in Newgrounds and are you honestly gonna tell me that Zekey doesn't know what he's doing?! Ha!

This new change revealed the Batting Averages for what they are ... ! Meaningless!
The flash forum will florish and blossom with this new change!

At 6/24/06 10:10 AM, _Jack_Sparrow_ wrote: The Batting Average limits are retarded indeed ... they prevented artists who had alot of submissions and a not so perfect BA like ZekeySpaceyLizard ( for example) from starting any collabs in Newgrounds and are you honestly gonna tell me that Zekey doesn't know what he's doing?! Ha!

This new change revealed the Batting Averages for what they are ... ! Meaningless!
The flash forum will florish and blossom with this new change!

Oh just shut up if you have no clue what you're talking about. Zekey never tried to start a collab, and if he would have, it would've been allowed. There are exceptions to the rule. Keep in mind that most of the time the BA rule is a good thing, sure there are times when it doesn't work, but at those times exceptions are made. So yes, the rule is perfect atm.

brilliant so now i can submit my crap stuff while still working on my realy good stuff and get them on the prtal with the benifit of the good one wooooo!!!!!

Ok solid! I was a little bit worried with the about the last piece of news you sent. But it all really makes sense now. Maybe the grades themselves should be changed now? Because a lot of people just have A+ right off the bat, even if most of their submissions arent all that good.

Awesome! 3.21 B+! Thanks liljim!

I don't think i care...i never create flash stuff.

This is a much needed change, and people who don't agree with that are dumbasses :P

It means that people like me who have low scoring entries, especially ones in collections or with nostalgic value, don't have to delete them to boost their BAs. Artists are no longer under pressure to delete their first works. Not only does it mean that they can feel safer posting silly submissions, or ones which may only appeal to a smaller audience, with their main accounts; it also means that they are under greater pressure to make each serious submission better than the one before it, rather than just above their BA. All thumbs up for it!

At 6/24/06 12:45 PM, _Paranoia_ wrote: Not only does it mean that they can feel safer posting silly submissions, or ones which may only appeal to a smaller audience, with their main accounts; it also means that they are under greater pressure to make each serious submission better than the one before it, rather than just above their BA. All thumbs up for it!

Very, very well said Para.

And wut about the audio guys HUH?

Thanks. Good to know that I won't be disappointed once I get flash.

That's cool.

*sigh*

Maybe I should start making flash movies, too... *buys Flash8*

Thank you James, Liljim and you (Tom) :) This feature is great :)

Awesome stuff.

At 6/24/06 02:38 PM, McMakkara wrote: That's cool.

*sigh*

Maybe I should start making flash movies, too... *buys Flash8*

it's a dick

Wow! that is such a good idea!!

I know that that's an issue I've had before, but I never thought there was a way to fix it, I never would that hought of that.

Way to go Tom! You never stop working for us!! ;)

That is pretty kick ass. Thank you James. :-D

Well, Thats kickass! I have an A+

this would be a great improvement for me if not for my flashes being eaten alive.

Well tom where is james then?

I love you Tom! You are my hero!

At 6/24/06 09:12 AM, Glaiel_Gamer wrote:

At 6/24/06 04:41 AM, F00D wrote: the retarded BA limits in the flash forum

last year, before the rule, if you went to the flash forum, 75% of the topics were OMG MUSIZK CALLOB!!!!!1!! from people who had no idea what they were doing and something had to be done, so we limited collab usage to people who actually know how to use flash and were trusted enough to finish a project. It really helped revive the flash forum.

I see it this way. A good collab starts out as a good idea. If you don't have a good idea, its only natural that people will not want to make parts for the collab. It doesn't matter if 75% of the threads were crappy, because they most likely never got off the ground. If you DO have a good idea, people will be motivated to help you out. It just works out that way. So I don't understand why batting average would factor into that equation and bring in unecesary limits to the forum. Your batting average (supposedly) reflects the quality of your past work. Does the quality of your past work in any way hinder your ability to come up with a new, better idea for something else?

Honestly, at this point, the last thing the flash forum needs is LESS collabs. I've only seen several succesful collabs in the past few months from the flash forum, and most of them took 8 months or so to create. I've seen numerous collabs get many parts and have lots of work put into them, then die a slow, painful death (All Fads Die 4?). Hey, don't think I don't know about these things. I used to be a flash forum reg too. I stopped going there once I realized that no one, including myself, ever got anything done.
I also heard someone mention how ZekeySpaceyLizard has never made a collab in the flash forum. Well, thats true, but he used to be a flash forum reg and a contributor to several collabs. Not anymore though, now he usually participates in SS or GG collabs. Hmm I wonder why? Could it be because these flash crews are almost always far more productive in making flash then the flash forum regs?

Anyways, back to the topic. This particular rule won't be causing a flood of crappy collab threads on the flash forum, if thats what the flash forum regs are worried about. The people whose BAs were affected enough to bring them into collab-making territory are the people who deserved to be able to make collabs anyway.

F00D, I don't know if you already know this but don't get to exited :D