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The Elite Guard Barracks

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 09:59:50


At 9/27/14 09:07 AM, torac wrote: Now I'm not sure if the following is actually a genuine concern, or if my witchhunting senses are too sensitive and I'm jumping at shadows. What I'm talking about is this game by Glitchless:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/646505

To add to what you noticed, I went on some of those accounts that left reviews and they all have that game added to their favorites. It's also the only game they have favorited. A mod really needs to check this out because I'm with you about this being a concern.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 10:58:13


At 9/27/14 09:59 AM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:
At 9/27/14 09:07 AM, torac wrote: Now I'm not sure if the following is actually a genuine concern, or if my witchhunting senses are too sensitive and I'm jumping at shadows. What I'm talking about is this game by Glitchless:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/646505
To add to what you noticed, I went on some of those accounts that left reviews and they all have that game added to their favorites. It's also the only game they have favorited. A mod really needs to check this out because I'm with you about this being a concern.

Seems indeed quite fishy. Not sure what should be done - it seems like there is no abuse on the voting side but the reviews give the impression of being rigged which will potentially result in this game getting the Review Crew Pick award possibly unrightfully. I think it is up to the review mods to decide on this one, I would especially like to see the imput from @SCTE3 on the matter since she is both a portal and review mod.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 15:01:50 (edited 2014-09-27 15:06:12)


At 9/27/14 11:11 AM, SCTE3 wrote: Looked at a few accounts, legit what is being said. However, before I remove start removing the reviews (to prevent mass review upvoting to steal an award), I at least want an input from @WadeFulp, @BrenTheMan, or @TomFulp in regards to this one. Accounts don't seem to related or alts of each other. Seems like possible shovelware voting accounts.

Is there any way to differentiate between them being fans of the game who made a Newgrounds account because they genuinely love the game and want to promote it, and them being fake accounts? I still think there is a good chance they talked about this on their own forum or wrote something akin to “We are now spreading to Newgrounds. Here's a link, if you like the game feel free to make an account and write a review so many more can enjoy the game with you!” in a blog post. Just exploring possibilities here, but I would hate to cause trouble for a content creator just because their fans love them so much that it looks suspicious.


There should be a way to edit <s>posts and</s> reviews. No strike-through?

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 15:25:15


Almost missed this one. game4joy doing a sneaky with a new account http://alongsss.newgrounds.com/

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 15:35:37


At 9/27/14 03:25 PM, gamejunkie wrote: Almost missed this one. game4joy doing a sneaky with a new account http://alongsss.newgrounds.com/
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/646536

Thanks, missed it. Getting smarter with the account name choices ^^


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-27 23:38:36


He stole Madness Project Nexus. Yeah.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-28 04:54:52


At 9/27/14 03:16 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Good place to start. Seems the mass upvoting is being unintentionally caused by the content creator so they have more motivation to add new content.

I'm glad it turned out to be nothing. The only question left is: Are people allowed to ‘bribe’ their followers into voting better than they would normally? Obviously they like the game, otherwise they wouldn't care, but “You will get extra items if the game gets enough good votes” seems like a recipe for people blindly voting five stars en masse, regardless of whether they think it only deserves 3 or 4, thereby subverting the voting system.

In any case, I hope this expansion goes well for them. They clearly provide fun for many.


There should be a way to edit <s>posts and</s> reviews. No strike-through?

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-28 23:59:09


firingtime shovelware

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-29 01:08:31


alongsss (game4joy)

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-29 02:47:22


Just like we had Stencyl tutorials/templates a while back, we now have Unity templates/tutorials to deal with:

Unity template/tutorial:

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-29 02:52:37


Basically just video game footage.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-09-30 00:21:08


Stencyl template, and also a duplicate post.

Original:

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-01 01:15:30


Non-interactive slideshow using someone else's art:

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-01 08:11:11


Non-working game


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-01 15:17:30


Barracks Roster as of October 1st, 2014:

October? Already? Guess I could tell - with all of the Christmas decorations up in Home Depot, Lowes and KMart. I saw some houses in my neighborhood decorated for Halloween the last week of September.

What really bugs me is the people who set up Christmas decorations early November, and then on December 26th take them all down...but I'll rant about that next month!

Anyway, congratulations are in order for DefTonesFan665, who has been promoted to "Praporshchik" (why couldn't we use 'Ensign' instead? I can't even pronounce this rank LOL). Keep up the great work!

As always, the usual gang of suspects are working hard on keeping the portal clear of crap - maybe one day we'll start getting more quality flash and less shovelware...one can hope, anyway.

Okay, enough rambling - here's all the good stuff:

Milestones::
byteslinger - 98K saves
Coop - 129K total B/P (You go, boss!)
DefTonesFan665 - 11K total B/P
Exedor - 51K total B/P
GameJunkie - 46K saves

Promotions::
DefTonesFan665 - Praporshchik

The Roster:
No. B/P / Gain / Average / Level / Change / Username / Rank / Posts / Level

01) 129,214 | 0,535 | 17.83 | C | -006.14 | Coop Sup. Commander | 0 | F
02) 112,927 | 0,595 | 19.83 | C | +017.13 | byteslinger Sup. Commander | 6 | C
03) 80,294 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | Phantom Sup. Commander | 0 | F
04) 69,440 | 0,358 | 11.93 | C | -014.15 | GameJunkie Sup. Commander | 43 | A
05) 56,190 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | Little-Rena Sup. Commander | 0 | F
06) 52,134 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | EagleRock Sup. Commander | 0 | F
07) 51,216 | 0,273 | 09.10 | C | +025.81 | Exedor Sup. Commander | 44 | A
08) 36,641 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | Cootie Sup. Commander | 0 | F
09) 33,506 | 0,461 | 15.37 | C | -016.49 | Asandir Sup. Commander | 6 | C
10) 31,349 | 0,018 | 00.60 | D | -005.26 | RohantheBarbarian Sup. Commander | 0 | F
11) 25,181 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | Gimmick General | 0 | F
12) 20,257 | 0,015 | 00.50 | D | -055.88 | Decky Brig. General | 2 | D
13) 15,766 | 0,102 | 03.40 | D | +015.91 | BrokenDeck Major | 0 | F
14) 14,328 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | Chrausner Captain | 0 | F
15) 11,457 | 0,750 | 25.00 | B | -025.37 | DefTonesFan665 Praporshchik | 120 | A
16) 10,374 | 0,020 | 00.67 | D | +900.00 | Archonic Sgt. Major | 0 | F
17) 10,063 | 0,002 | 00.07 | D | +000.00 | SeeD419 Sgt. Major | 0 | F
18) 7,508 | 0,018 | 00.60 | D | -040.00 | ZJ Master Sergeant | 0 | F
19) 7,374 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | phantomlassuk Master Sergeant | 0 | F
20) 6,616 | 0,014 | 00.47 | D | -085.42 | HeavenDuff Staff Sergeant | 5 | C
21) 6,479 | 0,008 | 00.27 | D | +100.00 | Ronald-McDonald-Lol Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
22) 6,415 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | SpiffyMasta Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
23) 6,197 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | BenwaHakubi Staff Sergeant | 0 | F
24) 5,091 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | Jackho Sergeant | 0 | F
25) 3,726 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | +000.00 | Sectus Pvt. First Class | 0 | F
26) 2,710 | 0,000 | 00.00 | F | -100.00 | ForNoReason Private | 0 | F

Top 5 Gainers::
DefTonesFan665 - 750 (23.67% of total)
byteslinger - 595 (18.78% of total)
Coop - 535 (16.88% of total)
Asandir - 461 (14.55% of total)
GameJunkie - 358 (11.30% of total)

Top 5 users accounted for 85.17% of B/P points (2,699 total)

Top gainers, repeat appearances::
Coop (28)
byteslinger (20)
Asandir (18)
DefTonesFan665 (10)
GameJunkie (7)

Total gain for month: 3,169 (14 Active Members)

That's 105.63 per day, or 7.55 per day per active member.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-03 03:20:41


Stolen copyrighted characters:
Zombies:

Angry Birds:

Dunno about his only other one:

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-03 14:40:25


evitapal

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-03 23:04:10


This is just edited video game footage. No user made content.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-04 01:18:09


Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-04 06:02:22 (edited 2014-10-04 06:03:17)


At 9/29/14 02:47 AM, Exedor wrote: Just like we had Stencyl tutorials/templates a while back, we now have Unity templates/tutorials to deal with:

Unity template/tutorial:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/646598

More of the same from DiginalByteStudios:

(source)

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-04 12:24:25


Anime opening

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-04 19:06:28 (edited 2014-10-04 19:10:37)


Music stolen from Shadow The Hedgehog (I assume audio and art are valid here)

Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYugbpYaco

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-06 21:03:17


We've got...

and

Both of which the author credits to someone on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkS7cIrAveA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zan7KOvf44Q)

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-07 02:02:37


Everything I click spawns a popup, Mario on the main menu page:

...and Angry Birds:

...and most of this guys stuff is shovelware.
http://onlyhotgames.newgrounds.com/games/

@gamejunkie ...and onlyhotgames is awful close to onlyfungames, which is on the list. Related?

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-07 02:47:03


Every time you click something in that game it opens up links to external tracking websites.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-07 23:16:06


firingtime

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-09 17:38:39


Seems to be comprised entirely of stolen footage from the Smash Bros. trailers and King of the Hill.

Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-09 18:12:57


At 10/9/14 05:38 PM, artistunknown wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/647060
Seems to be comprised entirely of stolen footage from the Smash Bros. trailers and King of the Hill.

Yup, it's gone, thanks for the report.


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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-10 04:58:04


Zoe123456


It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.

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Response to The Elite Guard Barracks 2014-10-11 09:43:48


At 10/11/14 09:24 AM, DarkBowser007 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/647114
It's just a black screen.

It works for me. Try loading it again.


It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.

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