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5- second movies getting awards

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5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-08 17:21:14


I dunno, does it seem a little strange to see movies that are barely a minute long winning portal awards? I mean, I can commend the efforts backed into these loops but if it seems effortless to win 1st place, doesn't it defeat the purpose of actually working to earn those awards?

It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-08 23:21:59


Part of me wants to say that we should just let the system work, and that whatever people rate the highest wins. However the other part thinks that its just a simple animation that only got views and good scores because of tiddy (it was some good tiddy though), rather than overall quality.

The "Maxine" submission looks really good, but definitely fits the art portal better. Hopefully this doesn't continue. It didn't need to be a movie submission (unless the music was really critical to the experience). Although people can do whatever they want if its not against the rules I guess. This might just be a rare exception of a super short submission winning daily first.


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Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-08 23:33:25


At 12/8/18 11:21 PM, ninjamuffin99 wrote: Part of me wants to say that we should just let the system work, and that whatever people rate the highest wins. However the other part thinks that its just a simple animation that only got views and good scores because of tiddy (it was some good tiddy though), rather than overall quality.

I spoke out to Tom about it, it's best to wait this out and let the community run it's course.

If it persists, even to an extent that it really becomes nearly impossible for actual animators to showcase their work without selling out to porn, we've got a crisis.

But can you really say no to these folks... even after NG being like the last bastion of free speech?

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-09 14:23:50


Well.. it happened again, but it's reasonable content now.

But daily feature two times in a row..? I guess I'm just salty about it now.

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-12 16:08:23


At 12/8/18 05:21 PM, solitonmedic wrote:
It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?

Apparently, I am missing something. I have been making 15-30 second videos all this time and I could have been doing 5 and winning awards!

But seriously, that kind of sucks.

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-12 17:54:28


At 12/12/18 04:08 PM, ZebraHumor wrote:
At 12/8/18 05:21 PM, solitonmedic wrote:
It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?
Apparently, I am missing something. I have been making 15-30 second videos all this time and I could have been doing 5 and winning awards!

i will shank you with my level icon if you make 5 second vids

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-12 21:24:55


At 12/12/18 05:54 PM, solitonmedic wrote:
At 12/12/18 04:08 PM, ZebraHumor wrote:
At 12/8/18 05:21 PM, solitonmedic wrote:
It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?
Apparently, I am missing something. I have been making 15-30 second videos all this time and I could have been doing 5 and winning awards!
i will shank you with my level icon if you make 5 second vids

But... but... but...

you're giving us such a great idea on how to get awards, and everyone will follow it.


"If you don't stand up for yourself... everyone will walk all over you." -Donald Trump

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Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-12 21:51:56


The mass uploads will end soon and the portal will be back to its regular equilibrium. Just remember we have an influx of people posting their lifes work for the first time on this site with an upload limit. It'll be temporary, but it'll take a bit.

Theres always been a voting issue. People vote pretty blindly. Its easy to just take a look at blak to save ratios to figure out who does it.


At 12/8/18 05:21 PM, solitonmedic wrote: I dunno, does it seem a little strange to see movies that are barely a minute long winning portal awards? I mean, I can commend the efforts backed into these loops but if it seems effortless to win 1st place, doesn't it defeat the purpose of actually working to earn those awards?

It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?


If what's allowed on NG becomes too narrow it will eventually kill off the site.

If it got that high it probably done something right, and I'm a man who appreciated quality over quantity.

Occasionally trash hits front page because it's artsie/relatable/pseudodeep or just because the creator is popular, even if they are completely devoid of talent. As long as they aren't exploitative it's crucial to keep them on to allow variety on the site to flourish and to keep the competition fair.

Either way if somebody were to flood the site with those than people would stop letting em through judgement.

In the end people don't care about the format as long as it's entertaining. That's why pretty much all storytime animators get shut down from being on the site while david razi is getting 4.5s on every video.


In the end calling it effortless is cheap, because while it ain't long it's still of very high quality, If something was short but of bad quality it wouldn't pass through or get that far.


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Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-27 02:20:44


At 12/25/18 11:46 PM, EiGiBeast wrote: Either way if somebody were to flood the site with those than people would stop letting em through judgement.
In the end people don't care about the format as long as it's entertaining. That's why pretty much all storytime animators get shut down from being on the site while david razi is getting 4.5s on every video.


As far I can see, it's gotten toned down a bit. Everyone seems to have a better grasp at voting and submitting, for now.


Now what to do about that spam that keeps getting passed...

Response to 5- second movies getting awards 2018-12-31 14:39:15


At 12/8/18 05:21 PM, solitonmedic wrote: I dunno, does it seem a little strange to see movies that are barely a minute long winning portal awards? I mean, I can commend the efforts backed into these loops but if it seems effortless to win 1st place, doesn't it defeat the purpose of actually working to earn those awards?

It just seems a bit unprecedented in all my time in NG, or am I missing something?


i feel like super short animations should be uploaded to the art portal as gifs. i make animations, but they are not long enough for the portal, so i upload them as a gif image instead.