Yeah, thats pretty exciting. To have a celebrity pop their head around must be an honor. Hopefully, Newgrounds can grab a moment like that though.

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Ok Tom, here we go. You just pop over here to the UK, we discuss our ideas for an interesting new development involving Newgrounds. I go back over there and start working for you and BINGO! Somebody will be listening to us talk about it on the radio!

No need to thank me. :D

You need to buy a town for all the flahs artists if you want that to happen here on NG...

Yeah Tom, that'd be cool...

*looks at houses for sale in Glenside*

Buy Abington Township and remake it in your own image. This town needs less strip malls and more castles.

I think a more practical thing than buying a town would be to hold a Newgrounds Mashup, where we all bring laptops to a certain location for a weekend and have small meetup full of food, frivolity, and Flash (and possibly other words that start with F).

hi dude l am good at this

You realize that I (28 years old) would be sitting in a room full of 15 year kids.

No offense, but I would rather keep my distance from 99% of Newground's demographic. Especially since only a fraction actually contribute to the portal.

On that note, is there any way you could post some NG statisitcs? Like how many registered users have actually contributed anything to the portal? What's the average age of a newgrounds user? How many submissions actually get over 4.0, 3.0, blammed. How many submissions make the front page? etc...

That would be rather informative.

yea that would be cool, hey how about u come over and live in California? ill get u a good house here in the ghetto :)

This is completely irrelevant but I think you should add your beard to your display picture and your level icon.

whoa what a hack

If this ever happens, how are you gonna fit all those 13 year olds in a stadium?

You should buy an island JUST to call it Costa Del Fulp. Seriously though, none of us have enough in common other than makin funky games n whatnot.
And what the hell, you made Queers of War at a sleepover? Now that makes it even weirder =/

Also, while you're here, why not REPLY TO MY PMs?

There should totally be some kind of resort or hotel-like area (with a golf course, pool, food places) and it should have artists and they just group together when they feel like it. There would be offices, residential area, a gym, and a huge place to just sit with laptops or have desktops and have free internet and shit like that.
Oh, and it would have to be near Philly so I can sneak in at night and steal peoples computers. You know, it would be considerate to me.

Surely you have toyed with the idea of creating a collaboration system here on NG?

I know you already have the multi-author system in place, but I'm talking about some sort of system where content creators who are working on the same project can upload their files and resources to be visible by their peers. They could have a discussion board too. Oh, and the ability to create a list of prospective songs linking to the Audio Portal =).

I know there are many online services that do just that. I'm not sure how well they work, though, and I can imagine hundreds of projects being founded by people who never get it off the ground. Who knows, though. Maybe it would be a great tool for serious collaborators to have built-in to NG.

This is reminiscent of the idea you guys had for the Audio Portal where Flash authors could put out requests for certain types of music (providing a detailed description) and audio authors could suggest their music if they feel it fits. It's really tough to browse through thousands of songs in the AP when you are the only one who knows what you want.

You could create some sort of "master list" of music requests and have it sorted so the oldest ones are on top. Perhaps award-winning authors could have a distinguishing mark. Maybe Flash authors could have check boxes for what genre of music they need so specialized artists can scope out their territory. Just throwing some ideas out there.

The AP just seems like its own little island at the moment, even with the foolproof crediting system. You need to build a bridge that makes it a viable and accommodating resource somehow.

I know you have a massive to do list for this site, but we're on the topic of collaboration, right? ;)

Swain and I are sieging the chop shop

also to mongoid: there's plenty of 20+ flashers around here :)

I would feel more encouraged to run around flash collabing people in the night if my skills weren't 90% programming. Most collabs don't require programming skillz.

My Neighbor, MTBooner, love to make flash and this happens all the time between us.

It's a lot of fun!

Pretty cool indeed. Though I like living in desolated areas of the wilderness with little people around . . . now that we all have webcams though, and they're getting better and better, problem solved.

Music collabs are awesome. One time about a year ago, I wrote a song with no means to record it, so I put some info out to some musician friends I know online, and they recorded it for me. I don't know these people in real life, and some of them haven't met with eachother either, so there was quite a distance between us, but we still managed to deliver the goods. I think it turned out with about 5 of us, from America, England, the Netherlands and Australia, and that's the first time that I got to hear one of my proper songs (with lyrics) as an actual recording. If you want to listen, you can, here: http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review /4083.html

I don't really know of any people I could write songs with in my little Australian town, so I think that the internet is a great way to collaborate. There's been a lot going on with the "continue the song game", after the first and second songs, we've got 3 teams for the third one, and I feel that with that added competition, it makes us work closer as a group, whereas the first two were first come first serve, when you're online next, get your part done. It feels more like a collaboration now.

But definitely, one day, I'd like to make contacts with other musicians/composers like myself, so I can collaborate, like that. Maybe when I move out of home...

you rule!

I wish i could get oooouuuuuuuut of my hooouuuuussssseee. Living in a full house drives me crazy, i can barely bust a move when everybody is in my way. After a while, i lose my spirit :(

I actually have Joe Outterside/Xenon coming from UK to stay with me for a few weeks (The guy that made that "OMG" series and arranged "We Hate it When" and did a ton of other stuff).. We were thinking about making a flash together. He's doing a trip around the world.. So he decided to visit me for a while.

But yeah, I'll move into a town of Flash Artists... If there's someone to do my washing and cook me meals. :(

You could do that at the office. (You have before Amirite?)

Also Kartune Hustla lives Probably an hour drive away and we are collabing, probably not going to meet up because of a few reasons. (Maybe later)

Still I guess it still doesn't count XD

Hey Mr.Fulp, why are you only a level 11 and only a Civilian? And your Whistle status is normal? why aren't you like a level/rank/whistle stat. of a supreme-king of Newgrounds(or something to that efect.)?

A place called The Flash Kingdom ! ;)

Hey RageVI, www.ng-collabs.com is sort of along the lines of what you're talking about.

Speaking of which Tom, we're trying to improve the site back to where it used to be, and then eventually better.
Don't make any news posts or anything though (yet) because we are still brainstorming ideas.

I like the whole idea of a get together of Flash artists. Just feeding off the ideas of one or two people in real time usually ahs outstanding results. Imagine a room of them!
I'd personally be a few years away from any such thing, but it sounds promissing.
Was Queers of War done all that one night? I figured your "sleep over" was a few nights.

You know, something like this could actually be possible... provided you have a little funding.

What about hosting a Newgrounds Expo? Sorta like how Penny Arcade has PAX, but on a smaller scale. Rent out a small public building, like hotel ballroom, or a convention center. Schedule a bunch of Flash developers, game programmers, indutry professionals, Adobe spokesmen, animation studios, independent game developers, online stores and more to set up shop or offer keynotes. Debut some new flash animations/games (**cough** Pico 2). Hold some panels to interview some big name artists or developers. Sell some booths, host a party after hours, run a marathon in a newgrounds t-shirt and raffle it off... I dunno. I think you have a strong enough online community that the turnout may be worth it.

If it were in the LA/San Diego area, I would definitely attend. Maybe schedule it around Comicon so that no one has to make two trips to the West Coast. With a name like NGX, you can't loose.

i might just be a noob but it would be thoughtful if u listen im not asking to send back or anything but i love yourwork and wish you could create a new series of a story about you and if its not a bother and you have anoth time would you be able to make me a signiture its ok if your to busy but if you are plz tell me plz thanks for your time

A better chat, a ICQ (I don't know if you guys in the US are using ICQ :P) system just for Newgrounders or something like that could solfe this problem.

You should turn the downstairs part of the office into like a Flash Hostel... and like visiting artists can stay there on the condition they make flash movies/games to pay for room and board... sounds more like a slave workshop the more i think about it.. but you can give it a nice name to make it sound appealing!

Can you please respond to this review?

Wyclef fuckin' rules,man...

Yea,i agree, i hope I have that chance someday

luis had a good idea you know

holy crap you online!!!! :O

I dont have idea whos is Wyclef Jean the musicians

I think about that a lot. collaborating online is fun, but if you're working together in person it's far, far better. I love spontaneous projects, too, so it'd be a total win-win if I could just skip across the street and start shredding or whatever with someone.

Oh, also an NG Expo thing would be incredible. I'd go in a second. It would be complicated though. Would you keep it small, with a certain guest list like the NG meetups that happen sporadically, or would you just let anyone show up? Would you provide food, lodging? What would happen there?

On second thought, small gatherings of more talented artists are probably better. Organizing something like that, where 5/10 people would show up and make flash and hang out, would be far simpler and probably much more fun :3

Whats wrong with crackhead flash artists.... it would be more economical than sponsoring movies.. just throw a big ol' crack rock in there and let us fight over it.

At any rate, a mini expo would be cool. Me and mindchamber were attempting to be event coodinators by heading up to that NY comic con and seeing what the scene there is like.. dunno if that'll happen being that its in april and everyones mad busy that month.

I dont mind coordinating stuff... i enjoy it.. but id like need a clear vision of what you have in mind.. your ideas are always haphazard and impulsive.

Speaking of the train.. where does that train line actually run? why hasnt anyone ever taken advantage like to attend a mod meet or something...

The greatness of living in Australia: an excuse to not contribute to these things.

I actually like the idea. When I'm old enough and have some skill in Flash, I might be able to participate in one of these...

You listening to stern on sirius?

how can i get a banner???

It sounds like Wycleff is taking on a different genre entirely. Paul Simon? This should be interesting.

I think If you tried to make a NG Flash sleepover tihng, you would have some serious liabilities to try to cover.

This is a post by me, encouraging you to continue with this line of thought. It is my hopes that something will come of it.

ANd if that something is a slumber party, I'll be bringing motherfucking BloodSport on DVD.

i don't wanna be a Town Watch! >:(

Truth was here

So do you want to have NG become Hollywood?

hey tom can you plz kickbetty off NG he keeps spamming to our blogs and saying FUCK YOU to every thing so if possible PLZ BAN HIM AND NEVER LET HIM BACK ty

W.O.W.

Hey Tom, how have you been?

By the way, when you responded to Krinkels, you spelled 'Militia' wrong.

You just got told by someone wayyyy younger than you.

<3 ya, man.

Why don't you go to AX2008? A bunch of NGers should be going, and we'll all be playing Strip Smash Bros (if all goes according to plan)

Tom you say of what a great place NG can be. What it CAN be.
Tom, here's why it isn't, you're not giving us little authors any credit!
You try and try to encourage authors to submit, but after we get off the 50 newest submissions in the Flash portal, those flashes get lost forever!
And you try to encourage lost gems to be found when you do NG treasure hunts, but those only happen once a year or so. You can't imagine how many times a flash has been made by just having a guy/girl go to anther guy/girl's house to make a flash.
It HAS happened before!
But what happens after they pass judgment?
Well you know what really happens?
You really want to know?
If it's got no color it's going to be forgotten completely with about 8 reviews.
If it's got green the it will get 30 reviews.
If it's got blue it just MIGHT get a front page and live happily ever after or if it doesn't it will snatch 60 reviews.
Most flashes get a green or no color score.
And what's really bad is that those flashes are GOOD!
Somebody tirelessly worked on that flash until he/she felt it was perfect, then all they get is a 3.00 score and 200 views, then the next person that checks out that flash is somebody who checked the authors profile and found a link to the flash and said "hey that's pretty good" and he/she voted 5 and left that flash and it was left there until another user comes by, nobody knows when that will happen, but until then that flash will collect dust in the darkest part of the NG archive...

Is that what you want Tom?
Is that really what you want?
1000's of flashes left behind.
Never to be seen again.
Ever...

Statistics show that 0.0000000005% of Newgrounds contributors live in Indiana. Only 50% of those contributors have steady employment.

....can we move in next door to you guys? ;___; I'll bring chocolate cake with homemade frosting...

i soiled my skirt

On an unrelated note, make a function that allows the removal of user page headers.

Oh and add opportunities, like one-time offers. People are opportunists.
I know I would by a t-shirt that can only be bought within a closed period over one that is in the store all the time, not necessarily for it's witty caption or motive, though.

check ur emails dood

I sent a PM :(

sup, nice site im new btw.

Nick and I just did something along those lines actually, I asked him if he wanted to do something for feb 29th on the 28th, because it only happens once every four years, and then we finished it the next day and submitted it off. Of course, we dont live near eachother at all, he's in the UK and Im in Canada, but it was a similar dynamic. go check it out, its Rarity.

Also Tom y the ads to the other sites u have has viruses,man i got screwed 4 clicking those things man, peace dog.

You pay for my flight, I'll see what I can do. Ball's in your court, hot stuff.

Tom, please remove the "TownWatch" of mine :(

I don't know what organization you're trying to generate from, but i don't get the point of your blog. What are you trying to do exactly with the song and that guy who wrote it? Is this blog some sort of report? Are you trying to persuade me to collaborate with you and with others? I won't do it!!!!!! I don't have the time to join your organization! I work alone!!!!!!!

LOL=P
Yo Tom, here's a qestion for ya:
Do u think we all have stupid qestions?

You're not gonna port Castle Crashers to the Wii, are you Tom?

Dear god I hope not. The last thing anyone needs is to play an arcade brawler with shitty, gimmicky waggle controls.

Nah, you're a sensible person.

http://thegimpsta.newgrounds.com/news /post/89734

I AM GAY!!!

Recruiting?

Your little piccys should have beards!

well.....I don't know who any of the people you mentioned are,but the collaboration DOES sound interesting.....

scarred?

N***a, you is hiiigh.

Guess so...

this dosent have anything to do with this but can you come to my page and see that i may have an idea

heh funny stuff happens sometimes. I've always wondered; who does the pics for you, johnny Utah, and other people?

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''banging out a song''
secks with songs hawt

nice work on the site man... i actually thought it was created by a large organization until i read that you created it. i look forward to what you do in the futre.

The way I see it, you should do absolutly NOTHING until I'm 18, therefore I can go.

only Three years my man.

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well tom my advice is ass.

CHECk OUt My PAgE NOW

dude yo rock!!!

so hey when that chat room going to be open?

Pretty sick idea! I'd be in heaven if I could just ring my neighbours doorbell, and start talking about Flash techniques, and problems...Though our town here would have serious power issues...lol...Take simple-but-sandy's advice! Buy a town for all of us here! Let's start a fundraiser!...just an idea...

Yeah I agree with whoever said we need a town. Or at least a couple of timeshares on some very large summer homes, so we could all get together for a month or so each year and put stuff together.
The possibilities would be endless. Undoubtedly, it would be awesome.

Shouldn't you be working on Castle Crashers?

I'd bet my teeth are whiter than yours. I brush like a dentist.

U RULEZ TOM1 =]

A Newgrounds EXPO?! Why would you want that Tom Fulpeth. Who would drive the kids there?