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At 9/29/06 04:53 PM, Luis wrote: I had to do something... i noticed our forum performance numbers for Sept. and we were losing pageviews. :(

You have a quota to fill? Do you lose Mod privileges if you don't meet it? :p

I think it's the lack of people on summer vacation coming back that explain a drop for September's viewings.

So. Did anyone get Defcon and is anyone still as annoyed as I am with thier servers not working properly? Poor guys weren't expecting so much traffic methinks...

At 9/29/06 04:53 PM, Luis wrote: I had to do something... i noticed our forum performance numbers for Sept. and we were losing pageviews. :(

-L

yea im sorry, i gave up posting here as well with only a post or two a night :(
But hey at least now im back again

lol like anyone cares im back XD

At 9/29/06 06:53 PM, ImpotentBoy2 wrote:

At 9/29/06 06:46 PM, different wrote: Is swearing commonplace in a reg lounge?

fuck no

Thank fuck for that.

Here's a thought: How many of the people in here know how to code up a basic HTML page and style it with CSS?

At 9/29/06 06:56 PM, different wrote: Here's a thought: How many of the people in here know how to code up a basic HTML page and style it with CSS?

Ohoh pickme! PICK ME!. I CAN!

Whyso?

At 9/29/06 06:57 PM, reelbigcheese wrote:

At 9/29/06 06:56 PM, different wrote: Here's a thought: How many of the people in here know how to code up a basic HTML page and style it with CSS?

Ohoh pickme! PICK ME!. I CAN!

Whyso?

I was just thinking back to when I started Flash - I had no CLUE of how HTML/CSS worked, I just knew that Flash outputted a code which I could copy and paste into a free web host and I would have a website... Now I know both of these + XHTML and find it a lot easier embedding content and styling the page around the Flash (or removing it completely)

Just wondered if there's people who don't understand the basics of static sites yet but are competent flash designers.

At 9/29/06 07:02 PM, different wrote: Just wondered if there's people who don't understand the basics of static sites yet but are competent flash designers.

I pretty much have no clue how to code anything. I picked up the very very basics of AS as I went along, so I know enough. if not I can just ask someone :).

I can piece together a website though through dreamweaver, so thank god for that. Otherwise i'd have to use flash which could be a pain, or use geocities page builder which KIKS ASS!

Hey Luis, can you clarify the rule for this thread "no polling"?

I wanted to post a discussion starter but I also didn't want to break that rule. Thanks.

At 9/29/06 07:08 PM, Mogly wrote: I pretty much have no clue how to code anything. I picked up the very very basics of AS as I went along, so I know enough. if not I can just ask someone :).

I can piece together a website though through dreamweaver, so thank god for that. Otherwise i'd have to use flash which could be a pain, or use geocities page builder which KIKS ASS!

That's interesting, your site does look very good. However on close inspection of the source the Dreamweaver link is evident (tables for layout)

At 9/29/06 07:11 PM, JoystickX wrote: I think HTML should be manditory programming, it's like second nature to me now. Friends call me crazy for not using Dream Weaver, ect, but it feels better using a text editor and hand coding, dunno.

Dreamweaver isn't really that great - the code editor in Dreamweaver is very good though - if they stripped out the unnecessary crap like wizards and put their features such as code block hiding, text colouring, tag completion, inbuilt colour picker when you type 'color:', etc, into a cutdown text editor (perhaps even with live preview - but not design view) then it would certainly be a very good alternative to Notepad...

I use Tag at the moment which is a Mac program that has code colouring and live preview, but it's nowhere near as good as Dreamweaver is in terms of shortcuts...

At 9/29/06 03:08 PM, jmtb02 wrote: Okay, I am just going to start compiling a list of birthdays, and then when we get a good number, I'll post it, and then I'll get another 10 people running after the list telling me they want on, then I'll post it again.

oooh. :D Septemer 15 please.

At 9/29/06 03:06 PM, TrueDarkness wrote: Heh, just because you live in NY doesn't mean you live in the city, there are tons of areas in NY that you could live in =p

Haha I live in NYC (upper west side w00t!)

My birthday is February 11, three days before VDay.

In here, I'm aware we are all Flash authors.

One of the reasons I like making games is because I love seeing my work on famous websites.

So, here's my question to you. Of all time, what is your biggest accomplishment of getting your Flash on a website? Let me show you what I mean.

In about 6th grade, a friend showed me addictinggames.com. It was a childhood favorite of mine. I always thought how awesome it would be to see my work there one day. So in my opinion, when my first game made addictinggames, that in my eyes was my biggest Flash accomplishment.

This is different for everyone. I know some people who think getting a game on addictinggames is meaningless, and that's fine. For some people the answer to this might be Newgrounds front page, newgrounds portal, ebaumsworld (that's my second), stuff like that.

So, what is your biggest accomplishment of getting your Flash on a website?

At 9/29/06 07:25 PM, Luis wrote: no 'boxers or briefs?' polls or shit like that

OK... My post above isn't really like that, but if you don't like it just delete it because I'm not sure if it's a poll.

well, my biggest flash accomplishment has been... well, getting my game sponsored. Ive never even reached frontpage, so that is mostly my aim for now.

At 9/29/06 07:40 PM, JoystickX wrote: I was excited when my film made 5th place for the daily heh...and even then, that's probably not a big deal for most.

it'd be for me - my daily prizes have been stolen everytime. D:

When I got Daily Fourth I was pretty excited, and dissapointed.

Couple Hours Work+Tweens+Clock/Lock+Violence+Funny Song=Daily Fourth?

At 9/29/06 07:40 PM, JoystickX wrote: I was excited when my film made 5th place for the daily heh...and even then, that's probably not a big deal for most.

Yea some small collab part I co-authored reached daily 5th. I was pretty excited at the time, but I do not like the collab as a whole, and I kinda regret having it be my first submission.

In the future, my aims and hopes would be to reach some other daily awards, as well as possibly making front page, although as was mentioned earlier, the front page standards have been progressing as artists' potentials have been.

DFox, I too admired Addicting Games as a 6th grader and still do.

At 9/29/06 04:09 PM, Johnny wrote: You want an art director job? My girlfriend is Senior art director of multimedia and print for Gillespie advertising. Want a job? Move to Jersey. =) You can do ads for all the mcNeil products like motrin and Imodium.

What? Don't offer Luis a job! offer me one! I'm actually studing multimedia and university and my 3rd year (08/09) is in industry i.e. working.

Srsly, johhny hook me up with a job mate!

At 9/29/06 08:34 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: What? Don't offer Luis a job! offer me one! I'm actually studing multimedia and university and my 3rd year (08/09) is in industry i.e. working.

Srsly, johhny hook me up with a job mate!

I only hope your university didn't suck ass at it's placement system like mine did. I didn't get a third year in industry for my degree...

At 9/29/06 08:53 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: I only hope your university didn't suck ass at it's placement system like mine did. I didn't get a third year in industry for my degree...

Ouch. What Uni did you go to and what did you study?

At 9/29/06 08:52 PM, ImpotentBoy2 wrote: out of all the people you left, you sure post the most

I never said I was leaving, I just said I'd be around less. Which is true. Over the summer I was never offline!

At 9/29/06 07:35 PM, Blaze wrote: well, my biggest flash accomplishment has been... well, getting my game sponsored. Ive never even reached frontpage, so that is mostly my aim for now.

That's a very good accomplishment. I was excited when I got my first game sponsored also.

At 9/29/06 07:40 PM, JoystickX wrote: I was excited when my film made 5th place for the daily heh...and even then, that's probably not a big deal for most.

Another good one... And that IS a big deal. Most people dream of one day getting a daily prize.

At 9/29/06 07:59 PM, Siggy wrote: DFox, I too admired Addicting Games as a 6th grader and still do.

Cool. It's the biggest Flash game site on the web so it's pretty popular.

At 9/29/06 09:03 PM, jmtb02 wrote: I've never really had a goal to get my games on any websites...

I don't know if you heard, but Dark Cut was featured on Maxim's webiste and weekly news letter, last week.

At 9/29/06 09:23 PM, jmtb02 wrote: Thanks for finding that :).

haha, it wasn't really hard to find it, I get the maxim news letter every week anyway! :D