Being a Helpful NG'er by RohantheBarbarian



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Submitted: 08/26/2008 | 02:10PM EST

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ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT A GAME, IT IS AN INTERACTIVE MOVIE. I am aware it is not a game, however it has interactivity so it fits into this category.

From the makers of the Abusive Review Guides comes our longest, biggest and most difficult to make work yet.

This is a a guide on how to be a more helpful user and making Newgrounds a better place, as well as learn about clubs who share similar ambitions to you. It also contains tips to help make you the best reviewers and posters around!

With more graphical and interface improvements, this is our best work yet!

This is a little text heavy, but nevertheless, sit back, enjoy, and leave a constructive review (I will respond to all well-written reviews).

*note: if the music acts weird, please press the Mute button then the Play Sound button*
**I have become aware that some of the images have become messed up. They were fine earlier, so I will see if I can fix it, try to enjoy the rest of the guide.**

Please recommend for Newgrounds collection!

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Average Score: 8.5 / 10

Score: 9
Aznime

"Pretty nice"

by: Aznime
date: April 16, 2009

This was a nice helpful guide, good for a few pointers.
The graphics are great, as well as nice music choice.
The interface was easy to use.
However, I didn't like the bad quality of the examples, of the copied images, although it didn't really affect what was the image proving.
I felt like it described about clubs too much O_o. I mean, just because you are not in one of those clubs doesn't mean you are helping NG. Same goes vice versa.
BTW, you should also give some advice on submitting flashes, like what proper place to submit a demo, and also if you're submitting a flash to NG that's not spam, you're already helping NG by supporting its purpose.

April 19, 2009

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Score: 9
Sheizenhammer

"Extremely useful."

date: March 27, 2009

While this is a great way to encourage people to take part in NG more, there are a couple things it could do with:

Firstly, it could've done with mentioning the Google advanced trick when the search bar doesn't work. For those that don't know what I'm on about: go to Google, and hit the 'advanced search' option. At the bottom there's a 'search within site or domain' box. Type/paste "http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/" into that box (minus the " " symbols), and then enter your keywords into the top search box.
This is good for finding things that can't be found by the search bar, or things that are buried in hundreds of pages of results.

Also: you're right, it is a bit text heavy. Considering most of the text-walls are copied from their relevant places on NG, a simple summary would've sufficed here (and if people would want to know more, the links to the full explanations are right there).

All that said, it remains a very good flash. I wouldn't have found half of the stuff it pointed me to on my own.

March 27, 2009

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Thanks for the great review!

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Score: 10
Lizzardis

"Very very helpful!"

date: March 26, 2009

This is very helpful, even for me! Well done on making it it will help users a lot!

~~~Good points~~~
- The whole tutorial idea was great!
- The music went along great!
- The layout of the tutorial was very good (Easy to navigate etc.)
- I learned a lot from it

~~~Bad points~~~
- It was a bit too much writing so some users may not like that.

~~~Improvements~~~
- Although I did like all of the writing because it was written very very well, some users may not want to read the writing so therefore will miss bits. Maybe condense it a little?

~~~Other comments~~~
- I did like this, I think it's great. If I see anywhere I can, I will promote this. Well done again for making it!

~~~Overall~~~
- I am giving you 10/10 and voting 4.

Well done!

Lizzardis

March 27, 2009

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Thanks for reviewing.

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Score: 10
youngold

"Great! It helped me..."

date: March 15, 2009

...and it's demonstrated here. My first proper review:

Quality of visuals: 8/10
Nothing really needed to be said, pretty simple graphics, nice and easy to read the information. My suggestion is that you make, say, a more colourful background. Also, a few of the images are a bit crummy, but otherwise very good.

Quality of audio/music: 9/10
Who doesn't like a bit of ParagonX9? Nothing else to really say here. You could make a button sound, but that's being pretty picky.

Quality of content: 10/10
Self-explanatory. Information goes into great detail, and it's easy to follow. Tells you basically everything you need to know when you join here. It was, surprisingly, not boring and persuades the reader to do good things. That's how I came about to write a review like this.

Every person should come here and have a look. There may be some things that they didn't know about Newgrounds.
Impressive work overall!

March 15, 2009

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Thank you for the review.

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Score: 10
Luigi77777

"MHM!"

date: March 12, 2009

A very helpful flash for new users and regulars alike!

Graphics 6/10- Nothing to rave about here. Very basic, but at the same time, full of simplicity.

Music 7/10- A classic tune, if nothing else. Maybe next time have a music bar! You know have a bunch of songs? It'll offer alot more selection. ;)

Content 10/10- Ah, the main meat of the flash was very well explained and detailed. Going into alot of groups that help Newgrounds. Very informative here. Perhaps explain other concepts such as whistle points, B/Ping, depositing. But then again, that could all be seen in the FAQ.

Anyways, nice flash work guys! :D

-Luigi77777

March 15, 2009

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Thanks for reviewing.

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