At 10/5/09 04:00 AM, Blaze wrote: Bluegrass anyone?
Doubt anyone here even remembers that.

Or me, anyway.

Who could forget either? They were simpler times, they were better times.

Anyone seen Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe show?

At 10/5/09 11:11 AM, Paranoia wrote: Anyone seen Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe show?

I loved it, it wasn't too technical for newbies but it wasn't stupid and didn't exclude real gamers. And Charlie Brookers satire comedy always adds to that type of show. I hope they make more.

Today I programmed pong into my calculator. Life is good.

At 10/5/09 02:43 PM, citricsquid wrote: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/ado be-shows-off-flash-apps-for-iphone-yes-y ou-read-that-right/

oh hey there

G1 for Flash first ;)

Needed workaround right there, though.

MoFunZone stealing traffic from ArmorGames?

Now according to many dictionaries, "armor" is spelled as both "armor" and "armour" (the latter being more used by the british). And a number of people know it as armour.

MoFunZone has gotten the domain www.armourgames.com which redirects to their site. That way, they're stealing a lot of traffic from armor games. That is one sneaky underhanded trick.

Anyone saw this before?

At 10/5/09 04:45 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: Anyone saw this before?

Never noticed, but it's pretty clever. Someone buy, newsground and newground :)

At 10/5/09 04:45 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: Anyone saw this before?

Thats old news, see Cybersquatting

its frowned upon in most parts of the world

At 10/5/09 02:43 PM, citricsquid wrote: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/ado be-shows-off-flash-apps-for-iphone-yes-y ou-read-that-right/

oh hey there

I was just about to post a similar link. Good news, for me at least.

About the AG/MoFunZone thing. It's been that way for quite a while I think. Kind of unprofessional if you ask me.

At 10/5/09 04:45 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: MoFunZone stealing traffic from ArmorGames?

Now according to many dictionaries, "armor" is spelled as both "armor" and "armour" (the latter being more used by the british). And a number of people know it as armour.

MoFunZone has gotten the domain www.armourgames.com which redirects to their site. That way, they're stealing a lot of traffic from armor games. That is one sneaky underhanded trick.

Anyone saw this before?

Yeah, I knew about it. Apparently it's been a sore spot for Armor Games for a while and Mo refuses to give it up.

I think it's a bit shady to steal mis-directed traffic instead of building up your site legitimately.

I wonder why Armor Games didn't think of buying that name variation when they started.

There were similar instances like that here with a nationwide office supply chain. At one point Staples had bought every conceivable misspelling of Office Depot and redirected it straight to their primary domain.

Funny stuff. Kind of shocked Armour was powerless to do anything about that though. It happens. What's worse than squatters, is when someone with a nearly identical name, runs a horrible business. We field about 20 calls a month from angry customers, reading us the riot act about our shitty hosting. Our company does not offer hosting. They are in Florida, and we are in Oregon. I can't wait for the Better Business Bureau to shut them down. :)

At 10/5/09 05:02 PM, BoMToons wrote: Yeah, I knew about it. Apparently it's been a sore spot for Armor Games for a while and Mo refuses to give it up.

Legally armorgames could get that domain by force with the courts if they think it's worth it.

mo is a slime ball though.

I Hate South Dakota

Picture related.

At 10/5/09 06:28 PM, MichaelHurst wrote: I Hate South Dakota

Picture related.

UGHGHGHHHHHHH!!!!!

*twitch*

Proud Canadian!

So as you guys know, i've been showing my animation class several animations from newgrounds.

someone else in my class tried to steal the spotlight (anyone can actually put up a vid, im just the only one doing it) and tried to post another NG vid, hoping for people to ooo and ah.

he put up 4 of the salad fingers episodes

the class thought he was retarded.

Didn't know Weebl animated an intro to a show: Totally Viral :P

At 10/5/09 07:47 PM, fluffkomix wrote: So as you guys know, i've been showing my animation class several animations from newgrounds.

someone else in my class tried to steal the spotlight (anyone can actually put up a vid, im just the only one doing it) and tried to post another NG vid, hoping for people to ooo and ah.

he put up 4 of the salad fingers episodes

the class thought he was retarded.

Bahahah! Point 1 to fluffy!

At 10/5/09 08:42 PM, Saza wrote: Didn't know Weebl animated an intro to a show: Totally Viral :P

This show sounds familiar but after checking youtube i couldn't really find anything, cept maybe this

At 10/5/09 05:02 PM, BoMToons wrote: I think it's a bit shady to steal mis-directed traffic instead of building up your site legitimately.

It highlights the dissonance between moral business practices and effective business practices. Maybe it stops a few quality developers from going to him, but I guess the misdirected traffic pushes the balance for him. Plus he likely only cares about money, not image. A site run by one person can only go so far these days with kongregate destroying the quality flash game market, and I guess on the other side of the spectrum addictinggames destroying the cheap game market. It seems less and less profitable to be an independently owned game site with big names taking over.

At 10/5/09 11:29 PM, Coaly wrote:

At 10/5/09 05:02 PM, BoMToons wrote: I think it's a bit shady to steal mis-directed traffic instead of building up your site legitimately.

It highlights the dissonance between moral business practices and effective business practices. Maybe it stops a few quality developers from going to him, but I guess the misdirected traffic pushes the balance for him. Plus he likely only cares about money, not image. A site run by one person can only go so far these days with kongregate destroying the quality flash game market, and I guess on the other side of the spectrum addictinggames destroying the cheap game market. It seems less and less profitable to be an independently owned game site with big names taking over.

Time tends to clear out people like him. Unfortunately, or fortunately, it's tough to go through life being a total douche and still find success.

Believe me because I'm old.

At 10/5/09 04:00 AM, Blaze wrote: Bluegrass anyone?

Doubt anyone here even remembers that.

Or me, anyway.

I remember that, shit was so cash.
I think I used to have a bluegrass sig.

At 10/5/09 02:43 PM, citricsquid wrote: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/ado be-shows-off-flash-apps-for-iphone-yes-y ou-read-that-right/

oh hey there

Well its a step in the right direction i suppose.... Apple did kick and scream to not have to bend to Adobe

At 10/6/09 12:17 AM, BoMToons wrote: Believe me because I'm old.

Aged like a fine wine.

At 10/5/09 04:45 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: Anyone saw this before?

Old and evil news. It's been there for years, but he still hasn't taken it down.

At 10/5/09 11:11 PM, Duchednier wrote: This show sounds familiar but after checking youtube i couldn't really find anything, cept maybe this

I'm very dissapointed in you.

Derren Brown

What'd everyone think of the hour long program at how to loose £5,000 on a roulette wheel? I just laughed for like 5 minutes straight :D Quite a few conspiracy theories going round, but I don't believe them.

At 10/6/09 12:15 PM, jmtb02 wrote:

At 10/6/09 12:17 AM, BoMToons wrote: Believe me because I'm old.

Aged like a fine wine.

Or a very experienced hooker

At 10/6/09 03:10 PM, trig1 wrote: Derren Brown

What'd everyone think of the hour long program at how to loose £5,000 on a roulette wheel? I just laughed for like 5 minutes straight :D Quite a few conspiracy theories going round, but I don't believe them.

If he was right people would just say it was faked in some way, anyway. It wouldn't be a massive surprise if it was on purpose to make it more believable, although it didn't really have that effect.

At 10/6/09 03:20 PM, UnknownFury wrote:

At 10/6/09 03:10 PM, trig1 wrote: Derren Brown

What'd everyone think of the hour long program at how to loose £5,000 on a roulette wheel? I just laughed for like 5 minutes straight :D Quite a few conspiracy theories going round, but I don't believe them.

If he was right people would just say it was faked in some way, anyway. It wouldn't be a massive surprise if it was on purpose to make it more believable, although it didn't really have that effect.

I caught the last 10 minutes of it, where he's set up in the van. What happened before?

I was laughing at the poor bloke who lost 5k (granted, he was going to get it back).

At 10/6/09 12:17 AM, BoMToons wrote: Time tends to clear out people like him. Unfortunately, or fortunately, it's tough to go through life being a total douche and still find success.

Yea immoral people never get ahead in business.

At 10/6/09 05:44 PM, Coaly wrote:

At 10/6/09 12:17 AM, BoMToons wrote: Time tends to clear out people like him. Unfortunately, or fortunately, it's tough to go through life being a total douche and still find success.

Yea immoral people never get ahead in business.

I'll treat that like sarcasm...

Plenty of examples recently of immoral people getting their come-uppance: Bernie Madolf, Enron, Balloon mortgages, John Edwards, Blagojevich, Mark Sanford, to name a few.

Not to say that cheaters NEVER prosper, but from my experience and observations, any successes they achieve are fleeting in the LONG run.

At 10/6/09 06:37 PM, BoMToons wrote:

At 10/6/09 05:44 PM, Coaly wrote:

Oh, and don't forget Roman Polanski :-P

At 10/6/09 06:45 PM, BoMToons wrote: Oh, and don't forget Roman Polanski :-P

I still don't get why the French are so outraged by him being arrested. He's a wanted man because he raped some 13 year old girl. What's your problem France?