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TomFulp

Age/Gender: 30, Male
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TomFulp

UK Meetup, JT Update

Posted by TomFulp Jan. 18, 2008 @ 6:44 AM EST

Last night around 9pm, my cell phone rang with a number from the UK. I was thinking maybe it was James and there was some sort of emergency, so I answered it. Low and behold, it was Luis calling from the UK Meetup!

He was there with the likes of NegativeOne, Luka, AlmightyHans and a bunch of UK regulars like The Super Flash Bros and Mogly. The fact that so many guys flew out to the UK really made me feel like crap that I wasn't there. Not to mention I'm missing Luis' birthday.

So of course they pass the phone around, and everyone asks me what I'm doing... As usual, I was at the office, and I just happened to be working on Castle Crashers. I felt like I couldn't even take myself seriously as I said it, though. Like HAS HE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON CASTLE CRASHERS FOR OVER THREE YEARS?

And the answer is yes, I have. And there's no good way to really express what that feels like, to work on one thing for over three years and not being able to prove it until you finish... Which is why I've been working EXTRA HARD this month to finish it. I had actually been programming for 12 hours straight before the call, with a break for lunch. I had spent the past six hours programming a BALL OF SLIME, as pathetic as that sounds. :(

So in unrelated news, it was brought to my attention that John Mayer posted a rave about Justin Timberlake, in particular, the exact same part of Lovestoned that I raved about in my infamous JT post. He even goes as far as to play it on his guitar.

To quote JM: "Not so much for the "Lovestoned" part, but for the 45 seconds of ultimate sonic bliss that is "I Think She Knows. It's JT's breakthrough moment as an artist; a novel mix of Coldplay guitar lines, hip hop beats and a vocal approach somewhere in between. When that track comes on I spend the first 3:30 preparing for the awesomeness to come."

I actually think the version on the radio doesn't hold a candle to what it sounded like live on the HBO special, so to get the true experience, listen to the live performance with good speakers. I feel justified in liking it because I compare it to a Depeche Mode backdrop with something Trent Reznor might play on the piano, with some cool beats. JT just happens to be there too.

That's enough rambling for today; I've got a thieving imp to finish.

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Jan. 18, 2008 | 6:53 AM DemitriousDoom says:

Holy cow, I didn't know you were working on it for that long. Well, keep up the good work on Castle Crashers!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:00 AM majorhazard says:

the fact that you have been working on the game for 3 years gives me the impression that the game will be super.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:16 AM OdHero says:

Castle Crashers look amazing, is it XBox360 exclusive? Perhaps you could get it out on Wii when they make that Wiiware thing.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:22 AM Sparkwattclock says:

tom can't wait to play castle crashers! Hey are you going to put a demo on NG? And by anychance can you make the game for the wii?


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:32 AM Shaun says:

I am sad that I missed my one chance to go to an NG meet up.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:55 AM Matt-Frozenfire says:

It sounds like tough work, but enjoyable work at the same time. Glad you keep showing updates to keep your eager players satisfied.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 8:34 AM Sir-Nuts says:

Any predictions of when will Castle Crashers be released?


Jan. 18, 2008 | 9:03 AM herblin says:

castle crashes must be going to be one insane game :S... Why don't you use your insane programming skills to take over a missle silo or something instead?


Jan. 18, 2008 | 9:38 AM Kottbullar says:

Ballz!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 9:58 AM DABridges says:

Tom <3's JT. :3


Jan. 18, 2008 | 10:36 AM s0dned says:

read my pm man


Jan. 18, 2008 | 10:39 AM Killerkb says:

Man I seriously can't wait for Castle Crashers to be finished.

By the way, do you know if there's pictures of the meeting?
That should be cool.

Good luck with programing Tom.
Keep up the great work.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 10:40 AM Frenchips says:

Everyone, say happy birthday to Luis!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 10:41 AM Gmagnum says:

That imp doesn't have eyes :[


Jan. 18, 2008 | 11:10 AM puddinN64 says:

If this game is anywhere near as good as Alien Hominid, you're all set Tom. Keep up the good work!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 11:27 AM BlueHippo says:

That JT.. always bringin' his sexyback to NG.

I saw Luis was in England again on Facebook... I'm sure they had quite a blast :0 I was pretty jealous :/


Jan. 18, 2008 | 11:42 AM Wiiporter says:

See, this is why I stall mindlessly while preparing a project: I don't like programming slimeballs.
Yeeaah, that's why.
I'll go pretend to work on something.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 11:58 AM Ragnarokia says:

Bad luck there I think he mentioned it a few days ago on a news post sent to the front page, I thought he would have told you.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 11:59 AM The-Dark-Reviewer says:

a thieving imp, OMG!!! Don't even think about it, ASSHOLE!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 12:11 PM souled says:

Do you think it will end up better than Alien Hominid?

Jan. 18, 2008 | 1:54 PM TomFulp responds:

Infinitely better.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 1:15 PM superstatguy says:

Tom, will we ever do a California meetup? I mean, it's the biggest West Coast state, and it would be awesome to have a party of some sort; hell, I would help set up and pay for the party if you would be willing to do it : >


Jan. 18, 2008 | 2:10 PM voidshatter says:

awsome screencap


Jan. 18, 2008 | 2:35 PM Shmossy says:

You don't need to give the whining Wii noobs what they want.
Xbox 360 all the way, baby!
And I will definitely buy Castle Crashers when it comes out.
Yeaaah!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 2:46 PM TerminathisMF says:

Whats castle crashers about???


Jan. 18, 2008 | 2:58 PM RupeeClock says:

Hmm, that picture brings out the Golden Axe in you. :)


Jan. 18, 2008 | 3:38 PM Afro-Ninja says:

Luis kept asking me to go but UK seemed a bit far off for me. Hopefully when I get territory war out it can provide me the extra play money I need for stuff like that. Speaking of which, I've been working on that since ohh... late '06, so I feel ya.. kinda :)


Jan. 18, 2008 | 3:49 PM NG-Unit says:

A ball of slime eh Tom? Well I think you could of been doing something more productive than that! JKJK tom, I can't wait till CC comes out because I am really looking forward to it.

From that picture, castle crashers looks like it has great graphics and it sounds really fun. Can't wait, so hurry up and finish that up! Plus the 3 years you've been working on it should be it omega-awesome :p.

I wish I could of been at Luis' party, but since I am only 13 I couldn't go there alone, and my parents defiantly didn't want to go to UK just to hear a bunch of newgrounds-styled jokes. Plus, I would probably feel out of place, since I would be 13 and everyone would be 20+, they'd treat me like a little kid.

Anyway, can't wait till CC, so hurry it the hell up, Tom!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 3:50 PM Imacow says:

"had actually been programming for 12 hours straight before the call, with a break for lunch. I had spent the past six hours programming a BALL OF SLIME"

The programming video games sound delightful.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 5:26 PM steph2568 says:

ZOMG! 3 YEARS!?!?!

well if it takes that long to make it, then it has to be great!
or maybe ur just lazy!
XP JK tom!


Jan. 18, 2008 | 6:34 PM Yinyangpenguin says:

We're all happy for you working hard, Castle Crashers will be a blast. Still no final date set eh? That's alright, just keep working.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:40 PM dogykrew says:

OMG OMG TOMFULP TOMFULP I AM YOUR BIGIST FAN OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG


Jan. 18, 2008 | 7:42 PM RubberNinja says:

Has it really been 3 years? Crazy! Will there be a demo at Comic Con this year? Or will it already be finished by then? I really can't wait to play it :O

Aw, I wish I was at the UK meet. Dim and Tom were swell chaps to hang around with, when I was in London late 05.

Jan. 19, 2008 | 1:45 PM TomFulp responds:

It will be at Comic-Con... Hopefully more than a demo. :) :)


Jan. 18, 2008 | 8:02 PM liljim says:

"The fact that so many guys flew out to the UK really made me feel like crap that I wasn't there.".........

Made YOU feel like crap? I feel even worse. Luis asked me along to this (though for some reason, I thought it was mid week at some point). I'm not a fan of big cities, so I wasn't really up for travelling down to London for a night or two, even though I have plenty of people I could stay with down there.

Had I known that Aaron was also flying over, together with the other guys who'd already come along from within the UK, I may have made more of an effort to get there. Crap.

Happy Birthday, Luis - didn't realise that was happening whilst you were here, either. :(


Jan. 18, 2008 | 8:04 PM CuteAndFuzzy says:

That better be the best god damn ball of slime I've ever seen.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 8:20 PM Goat-Man says:

I'm sure you've been asked this before, but why the xbox preference?
It might not be a personal preference, maybe it was just the best able to handle the coding and such. Possibly just because the other systems didn't come out till later.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 9:38 PM NeonFlame126 says:

I can't wait for CC. If it's taking YOU that long then it'll be fucking epic. Can't wait.


Jan. 18, 2008 | 9:43 PM The-Swain says:

Wait, what's Castle Crashers? And who's Luis???


Jan. 19, 2008 | 12:12 AM Kanadian-Keith says:

Just remember, the harder you work, the more it pays off. Once that game comes out, it will be a video game phenomenon. Just like Adam Phillip's movies, your game will raise the bar of what flash can do. Don't feel bad if it's taken you three years because the best things are worth waiting for. :)


Jan. 19, 2008 | 1:27 AM DillePickle says:

Funny "a ball of slime" oh and im looking forward to when castle crashers comes out.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 3:15 AM Chad-T says:

I can't wait to ejaculate fire when I play this


Jan. 19, 2008 | 3:17 AM Blordow says:

are you ever planning on visiting australia? why do we have to be so far apart from all the other popular countries :(


Jan. 19, 2008 | 3:49 AM supyohos123 says:

I figure it would be six hours on a ball of slime because they tend to be a pain in the ass.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 4:41 AM Cyberdevil says:

Woo! Exclusive content! Heh. I wish I'd been at that meetup too, but economy sets it's own boundries, maybe in a few years . . .


Jan. 19, 2008 | 4:57 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

apologies for my stupidity here
but who is Luis? Has he done something that is so noteable? Is he a relative of yours or something?

Jan. 19, 2008 | 1:46 PM TomFulp responds:

Luis is my friend.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 5:36 AM Jindo says:

3 years? that's a long time D:, I don't even remember any mention of this game in 2005 (or 2006) D;.

Meh, the screenshot looks good, and I finally got a 360 so I'll be waiting for the release of this, for sure.

Keep it up :D!


Jan. 19, 2008 | 11:06 AM simple-but-sandy says:

There was a UK meetup and I missed it?

Oh monkeytrumpets!


Jan. 19, 2008 | 2:00 PM knuxrouge says:

I understand how it'll seemingly take forever to finish a project. Take your time Tom, if you can make it better at the cost of some time, then knock yourself out.

I can't speak for the rest of NG users, but I'll wait patiently for it.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 4:24 PM peanutbutterclawk says:

Please front page all of my movies.

Thanks champ.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 5:38 PM PicoZX says:

O_o
Odd picture.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 5:56 PM borly says:

y is luis a friend of every1 lol, hes a friend of the one who made fancy pants, hes a friend of Krinkels, hes a friend of dan, hes a freind of that blockhead creator... hes a friend of every1 whose famous on Ng, n i havent seen his userpage on ng even once yet...
hmmm lol

btw i like ur picture...


Jan. 19, 2008 | 6:19 PM borly says:

wait.. ive seen his profile before... isnt him that guy who has a fatty as his profile picture? hmmm... interestin...


Jan. 19, 2008 | 7:54 PM LtMcMuffin says:

Nothing you say can justify your man-crush for Timberlake, Tom.
Also I can't wait for Castle Crashers. After (dissapointingly enough) discovering it is an XBox 360 exclusive, I actually gave in and went out to get one (the straw that broke the camel's back). So now I play the waiting game I suppose.
And Luis is everybody's friend.


Jan. 19, 2008 | 9:23 PM Kirk-Cocaine says:

The meat up was full of fags, LOL.

=)


Jan. 19, 2008 | 9:42 PM EpicFail says:

Hey, you probably won't respond, but I hope you do.
I was jsut wondering a few things if you don't mind.

When is Pico 2 coming out if it even is, I saw your news post seeing you were working on Castle Crashers for three years, and I was just wondering, if you were working on Pico 2.

Also, how do you draw so great in flash. Maybe I just suck lots haha. But when I saw the Castle Crashers
Picture in your News Post, it looked like you used another program for drawing them or something maybe, but it is just me being a noob probably.
So do you draw that good on flash or what?


Jan. 19, 2008 | 11:16 PM brueggy740 says:

ur so sexi u sexi beast. meet me in in the club and well have sex. o yea ur so cute luv u


Jan. 19, 2008 | 11:28 PM WolfBlitz2 says:

is there a story of how you two met?


Jan. 19, 2008 | 11:53 PM jays705 says:

dude you rock cause you made this awesome web and dude BLAMEFORMERS! rocks! and please fix pico roulette i can get in but multiplayer is disabled ok so fix it dude or delete it! make more awesome games! and also when i comment a game how come it says your with the FBI? and if its true how did you get them to help?


Jan. 20, 2008 | 12:45 AM Maxaroni5 says:

hey tom, for some reason, i cannot post news on the front page anymore. it doesn't give me the option, and i haven't posted up there in a long time. can you fix it please?


Jan. 20, 2008 | 2:31 AM ripoffhitman says:

Got any date that you might know of that the chat might be installed? Just asking, I already know about the news post in which you said goldfish was working on it, psychogoldfish to be exact.


Jan. 20, 2008 | 7:40 AM GOTHCLAWZ says:

LMAO thats funny!
~ 61st comment ~


Jan. 20, 2008 | 10:58 AM cool-bot says:

i know you be pissed of tom but i just cant resist TOMS AN ASSHOLE heh heh sorry for pissin you off TOM


Jan. 20, 2008 | 1:44 PM dELtaluca says:

Don't fret tom ;) You can come to the next one. I suggested that had you been there we would have had to get a picture of you standing proud with all of us circled around you bowing :P


Jan. 20, 2008 | 6:03 PM Scarab says:

You know, a fellow NGer told me about this meetup a while back, and mentioned we could perhaps go. I decided against it, as it's more for Flash people and I'd feel out of place. I think I made the right choice there.


Jan. 20, 2008 | 7:40 PM Eggys says:

You ARE a busy man. Damn.


Jan. 20, 2008 | 10:55 PM Sterance says:

I love you Tom. keep making games


Jan. 21, 2008 | 1:52 AM willobeen says:

rounded, how many hours of gameplay will CC have?


Jan. 21, 2008 | 8:04 PM AlmightyHans says:

London was quite the trip. Hi Tom. Again.


Jan. 22, 2008 | 3:38 AM RubberNinja says:

"It will be at Comic-Con... Hopefully more than a demo. :) :)"

Niiiiice. I'll take it for a test drive when I'm there B)


Jan. 22, 2008 | 9:59 AM smps says:

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD


Jan. 22, 2008 | 10:38 AM TropicalParadise says:

When it's done, it will be brilliant.


Jan. 22, 2008 | 4:24 PM SimCorder says:

WoW 3 years?? THAT JUST MAKES ME WANNA PLAY THIS GAME EVEN MORE!!!!


Jan. 22, 2008 | 8:37 PM jays705 says:

just to tell if your in my account your not at the to of my favourite artist list cause you made newgrounds its cause your a really good animator!


Jan. 23, 2008 | 1:54 AM DrBeach says:

This game looks sooooooooooo good... so is it going to be flash game on NG or is it going to be on xbox or something cause i dont have one =(.. but yer it would also be good as a full on computer game


Jan. 23, 2008 | 11:18 AM Senti says:

: Programming a ball a slime for the last 6 hours...

hahahahahahha, that's the funniest thing I've heard all day!


Feb. 13, 2008 | 7:54 PM LtMcMuffin says:

Awesome! First comment!


Feb. 17, 2008 | 3:52 PM akel says:

shit


Apr. 4, 2008 | 1:40 PM Hoeloe says:

Every year I feel so pissed that I can't go to the UK meetups...

Well, I suppose I am only 15..

Just 3 years left...

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