The Philosophy of Blam
"Kill urself NooB!" "Stop makin flash you fuckin moron!" "Quit drawing with your left hand faggot ass!" These are many of the stereotypical quotes as told by the impatient viewers involved in the blamnation of several artist's work. Somewhere along the line, people have lost the sensitivity of other people and their creations.
Tom Fulp created the review section for flash cartoons to advise authors on how to improve their work. "Go kill yourself," doesn't qualify as a good solution, for suicide is morally wrong and goes against the principles of some one improving their work. Please check out http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=151015, the latest turd of the week, for TONS of examples of poor reviews. People don't realize that hurling insults at the author in reviews might actually hurt their feelings.
This flash beautifully portrays the emotion an author can feel when his flash gets blammed, as a steel spike gets thrust through his heart. As memories of his flash go through his mind he lands on the ground and slowly bleeds to death. While the symbolism of the epic brings out the pain involved with a blam, it ends with a simple warning, "Please... Submit Wiseley." It's sad, yet still firm in the belief of blamming bad flashes. As a user, try to keep the author's emotions in mind when viewing a flash (particularly in reviews).