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Holy shit, a preloader compatible with Flash 5.

Now I'm gonna have to make a submission.

Hey Tom, You know what would be even better than preloaders?
AN ACTUAL PICO FLASH!
THE ONE PEOPLE HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR!

Maybe then you can get to work on adressing things that newgrounds needs, like defense against the spammy arts and animated sigs.

At 4/18/08 04:42 PM, FBIpolux wrote: Aw, nothing about the Montreal Meet-Up shirt Tom!

/sad

I'm still impatient to see what incredible Flash movies and games are going to be released on Pico day though :D

What's this shirt you people are talking about? Can I get a link?

AWESOMENESS. I really think there should be days for other popular NG characters! TANKMEN day, anyone?

At 4/19/08 09:53 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:

At 4/19/08 09:29 AM, K111 wrote: so do you have to sign up for pico day or just submit a flash

Just gotta show your love for pico, tankmen, the bots and/or dad n' me.... that's all the day is about.. just having fun with NG characters

Do you HAVE to use the preloader. He said "should," so it's still vague to me.

HaHA I hope I can get mine done in time.

wow, that's a pretty intense preloader

Good update.

At 4/18/08 04:30 PM, TomFulp wrote: If you are participating in Pico Day 2008, the new Pico Day pre-loader is now available! All entries should include this pre-loader!

We have the basic pre-loader available in three formats, depending on if you are exporting with Actionscript...

What an artist!

People who are just starting to make pico day flashes, don't forget to check by the official Pillars of Pico audio contest for some tracks designed with these characters in mind ;D!

At 4/18/08 07:29 PM, TheStarSyndicate wrote: let that be a lesson to ya pigpen. never agree to an interview with a news station

pft, paypal banned me long before i did any interviews. THEYRE BITCHES! BITCHES AND WHOOOOOOORES!

The NG Flash ads are way better than Mochiads and this is why:

Newgrounds Pass: Mochiads | Impressions: 91,995 | Earnings: $54.75
Newgrounds Pass 2: NG ads | Impressions: 75,244 | Earnings: $103.84

That API idea is fantastic.

At 4/19/08 08:34 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote: The NG Flash ads are way better than Mochiads and this is why:

Newgrounds Pass: Mochiads | Impressions: 91,995 | Earnings: $54.75
Newgrounds Pass 2: NG ads | Impressions: 75,244 | Earnings: $103.84

Awesome.........but.....why not use both!?

because nobody wants to sit through a slideshow of ads?

At 4/19/08 09:35 PM, PiGPEN wrote: Awesome.........but.....why not use both!?

how do you mean? Like put both of the preloaders on the same screen? Or get it sponsored
by Mochiads and NG as well? Either way, I'm pretty sure you can only get it sponsored by one thing at a time.

At 4/19/08 09:37 PM, MaestroRage wrote: because nobody wants to sit through a slideshow of ads?

Even ONE ad is kind of a pain.

I understand they are nice for the Author, even though you need like 10,000,000 views a Month to actually make good cash out of it... but they are really annoying when they're on small games / movies. It's kind of annoying having to wait for their fake loading bar to load when you know it's a 500 KB - 3MB game that already loaded in a few seconds...

At 4/19/08 09:57 PM, FBIpolux wrote:
I understand they are nice for the Author, even though you need like 10,000,000 views a Month to actually make good cash out of it... but they are really annoying when they're on small games / movies. It's kind of annoying having to wait for their fake loading bar to load when you know it's a 500 KB - 3MB game that already loaded in a few seconds...

But think of all the fun things you can do while you wait for the fake preloader to load

You can:

- water your garden
- walk your dog
- take a bathroom break
- take a snack break
- water your dog
- water your bathroom
- stare at a wall
- masturbate
- walk your garden
- break your snack
- garden your bathroom
- masturbate your dog
- die
- fart
- die and fart
- make a cartoon
- get sponsored
- submit the cartoon
- take some pills
- stare at a dog
- stare at a bathroom
- stare at a snack

the possibilities are limitless

lmao

That's a sweet preloader! Although I got CS3, I think I'd be more comfortable sticking with AS2 since it's "familiar territory."

At 4/18/08 05:17 PM, I-ILG wrote: im going to make an ad-ridden flash right now! thanks tom!

OH SHIT THAT HAD ME CRACKING UP, THANKS JERRY SEINFELD

I can't wait for pico day! One of the interesting parts is seeing the new preloader!

At 4/20/08 12:19 AM, Stamper wrote:

At 4/18/08 05:17 PM, I-ILG wrote: im going to make an ad-ridden flash right now! thanks tom!

OH SHIT THAT HAD ME CRACKING UP, THANKS JERRY SEINFELD

i didnt say it to be funny, i really did make a flash with ads and it got blammed

im surprised, i even put a preloader on it (this is unusual, i usually submit crap without a preloader and it still passes!!)

Too bad Pico is a generic character, that is not in shit.

At 4/19/08 11:56 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: - die and fart

This guy has the right idea.

Thanks Tom now how about you do something useful?

Man, I need to be able to code, that's where the money is. My game is the only thing that still gets buttloads of clicks daily :/ Well lets see if we can find some money layin' around these parts.. hmm.

Very nice idea. PsychoGoldFish is pretty darn cool.

Fuck, I totally forgot about Pico Day, I will now hate my self for the rest of the week. D:

Well I just looked over the script needed to make this API work

.........yeah.

my tentative glee is replaced by frustration
oh well

back to shovelin' coal