Rudy 2008-05-31 23:49:49

To be perfectly honest, It's not wrong to feel this way. As a flash animator, I get those same feelings. I stick around the site or come back in an hour or two after submitting to view the feedback and the score. It's such a nervous process since you can't see your score anymore in the flash submissions editing panel anymore since the change a few years ago.

Atleast you don't vote zero on the other submissions and get your friends too, to knock out your competition. That's not right. And thats just stealing the awards :) Hah. I feel the same way though. I enjoy other flash animations during the day I submit, even though I don't watch too much content on Newgrounds unless its from someone I know -- which is absurd of me -- but whatever.

Kajenx 2008-06-01 00:54:45

I haven't felt that way for my last few flashes. There's still excitement, yes, because I love getting feedback, but on a website like Newgrounds, where the most worthless wastes of time can make their way onto the top 50, I've realized the trophies are a lot more about catering to the target audience than making anything of real worth.

Luckily, real talent is also appreciated, but in the scheme of things you shouldn't base the success of your creations on the whims of the masses, who would vote a farting videogame parody someone made in 10 minutes above months of hard work.

The-Swain 2008-06-01 02:30:23

Yea I often times find myself wishing Luis would get hit by a bus and solve all our problems, but that has nothing to do with submitting to the portal.

Shadowii2 2008-06-01 04:12:50

I do it the same way, but I sometimes tend to think "this should make me popular!".

It's all about havin' fun and making at least one people like it.

ZekeySpaceyLizard 2008-06-01 04:22:10

usually I think about how many bad reviews I'll get which I enjoy responding to

KupaMan 2008-06-01 04:35:05

I'd like to add that Squeakytoad speaks the truth. I enjoyed the days when Top 50 Of All Time stood for something, and not just the list that last week's top weekly winners get to be on before next Wednesday rolls around.

Jochio 2008-06-01 07:32:41

i know what you meen.
theres alot of competition on newgrounds...
everyday a few people submit a very high scoring movie!
i know what it feels like :(
but theres nothing you can do about it

DariusR 2008-06-01 11:21:07

Constant F5 on the portal page to see which movies are in blue and i calculate the scores and ask all my friends to vote 5. That was in the old days. Nowadays i sumbit random shit and I just hope it passes judgement lol

squidly 2008-06-01 11:37:10

But would it be a good idea to rush the game so I MIGHT be able to get half the score?

TomFulp 2008-06-01 12:14:19

I'm in a unique position because I'm happy for anything awesome that appears on NG. There's this sort of chain of relationships...

NG contributors are all in competition with eachother, but that competition makes them better. However, when an artist sees a Flash that does something better than theirs, it makes them sad.

I like anything that is good for NG, therefor I am happy for anything good that gets submitted to NG.

NG itself is in competition for viewers amongst other websites, but that competition makes us all better. However, when a webmaster sees another site that does something better than theirs, it makes them sad.

Ad companies like anything that is good for a website that runs their ads, therefor ad companies are happy whenever any website does something good.

Ad companies are in competitions with other ad companies. When they see someone do something cool but they are running someone elses ads, it makes them sad.

So the only way to be happy is to just brush everything off and stay focused on making the stuff you personally want to see in the world, reguardless of what everyone else is doing.

But yeah submitting Flash is awesome, it's like heroin. My happiest days are days that I submit something new to NG.

MentosClock 2008-06-01 13:08:30

I don't need to worry about competing with others for awards, because I don't make flash good enough to win awards. As long as there are a few people who like it, I consider my flash a success.

Hellbuster 2008-06-01 13:48:44

most of the stuff ppl try to submit is just plain BS, im with you on that.
and fede1920 how r the big eyes annoying? I find them pretty funny.

S-K 2008-06-01 15:02:02

I submitted my best flash (in terms of technical skills) in the the same week Steve Irwin died which kinda dominated the portal, so yeah needless to say I felt on top of the world that week...

Nonetheless I need to make more flashs, get back on the horse or something as they say =/

The-Real-Emjai 2008-06-01 15:59:17

Wow. I thought you had left, and stopped making flash movies.
I mean making those tshirts with all the video game characters. I thought you'd been sued or something.

JonBro 2008-06-01 16:52:49

Even if I don't fail, I will still be failing at failing!

Anyways... I agree that when you finish a Flash movie most of the time, it's a wonderful feeling. Sometimes, though, when I finish a Flash, I don't feel satisfied. Sometimes I simply feel that it could use more flair, but I can't put my finger on how I would make it any better.

Submitting a movie is definitely a nerveracking experience. It doesn't matter if it's your best work or a piece of crap. It's still a heck of a lot of suspense.

You never know what kinds of movies will get the best response on Newgrounds. My friend and I made a movie in less than two hours with nearly no effort and it got a Daily First and a Weekly 2nd.

I don't like to think of myself simply making movies for awards. All I want is the fun of making movies. Right now I'm not as motivated to make movies, and I'm trying to figure out why. It's not a very good feeling...

Oh well. It's nice to see that you're coming back strong with your Flash works, and I hope to soon regain a movie-making stamina like yours. =)

ProjectSJ 2008-06-01 17:11:00

Nothing, I usally piss people off with my reviews witch do pretty well I might add.

The only thing I got was nerve shaking was a argument, but most people get nervous about the after-words.

Yeah I totally see what your getting at, thats why I don't bother submitting content on this website.
Nor do I reveal it because I don't feel like dealing with emails saying something random.

cacodayum 2008-06-20 23:52:53

Lol, I dunno, sounds to me like you're just thinking about it too much.
If my flash gets a low score I say, meh it was worth a shot...& go on.
Never once hoped anybody'd get a low score...or high for that matter.
I've seen lots of great flashes come out the same day as I upload &
unless it's kitty krew shit, then I wouldn't rate 0 unless it was worthy.

FrozenFire 2008-06-26 20:11:50

I do feel that way as well, it's very disappointing to me to know that I will be threatened by others.

I usually Check up on my Submitted flash about 50 times before it actually passes, I have fixed this problem recently though. :D I go outside or hang out with friends, I have a good time so even if I don't do as good as I thought I am still happy. I also don't have a chance to hate others and throw a fit.