Score: 5

"I like the irony of this one. :)"

submission: The Portal - A Message

date: January 22, 2001

Ok... First of all, I don't want this review to come across as insulting. I appreciate that you are being supportive of NG.

I just found it very ironic. :)

Our bandwidth problems aren't primarily the result of crappy Portal movies. Crappy Portal movies merely take up hard-drive space on the server - of which we have plenty.

What does cause bandwidth problems is movies that are much larger than they should be. All of my Flash movies are 100-600k. Pico, for example, is just over 300k. Your movie, which was mainly text with a music loop, was 705k. It made it into the top 5 of the day, which means it will probably get more visitors than Pico for the next day. So yes, your movie is adding to the bandwidth bill by 2x the amount of someone playing Pico. :)

Again, I don't want you to delete your movie or anything - I'm just pointing out the irony of the situation!

As for crappy Portal submissions - yes, they are annoying. However, I think there are people who enjoy being on the same level as us (the site opporators), and they enjoy seeing everything that we would see, and voting on it as we would. If we "privatized" the TOP 20 MOST RECENT list, it would still exist... except only an "elite" group of users would be voting on what stays and goes.

If someone wants to avoid crappy Flash, they can view the top 20 of the week, or top 50 of all time. No one is forced to view the TOP 20 MOST RECENT. There are people, however, who want to help run the site - and running the site means viewing a ton of crappy Flash movies every day. I salute everyone who helps us determine the daily top 5! Even if some of the movies use lots of bandwidth! :)

-Tom

Score: 9

"Best one yet!"

submission: Trapped 3

date: October 13, 2000

These games get better every time - keep it up! One glitch that almost stopped my from advancing was the collision detection with picking up the bomb - I had to cross over it several times before it registered. Other than that, the puzzles were great and the addition of bombs was a nice touch! Great work!!!

Score: 9

"One of the most inventive Flash games yet!"

submission: Trapped 2

date: October 10, 2000

This is definitely one of the most entertaining and satisfying Flash games I have played in a while - the puzzles and map are well thought out, and it was lots of fun to discover all the secrets. Great work!!!

Score: 7

"I never knew people saw all that!"

submission: NG's Greatest Hits

date: August 4, 2000

I've seen people post pics from the webcam before, but didn't think anyone had actually caught pics like the helmet and lost arm! Hilarious! I'm glad people are keeping archives of this stuff!!!

-Tom

Score: 9

"Just plain fun to watch."

submission: Souped-up Civic

date: July 23, 2000

I may never be able to put my finger on why, but Souped-up Civic has always been one of my favorite Flash movies. Something about the whole thing just makes me chuckle every time I watch it. The music is funny, especially when used again at the end right before the car explodes. I can't get enough of this one.

Score: 7

"Just plain funny."

submission: Tamagotchi Abuse

date: July 20, 2000

It's short, it's simple, but the imagery is perfect and it makes me crack up every time I play it. Anything that can still make me laugh is definitely worth seeing!

Score: 8

"Very original, funny and entertaining."

submission: Axe

date: July 20, 2000

This movie really cracks me up - the way the people die is very well animated. The Lone Ranger audio track goes really well with it - without that the audio score would be a lot lower.

I especially love the FDA and newgrounds plugs!

Score: 6

"Fun to play around with."

submission: Bunkles

date: July 20, 2000

I enjoyed feeding him and giving him a drink. I actually laughed out loud when I gave him a drink, which should warrant a higher score, but I'm trying to be tougher.

Score: 7

"Very slick - an intriguing series."

submission: Tana - Hell's Eve

date: July 20, 2000

An interesting start to what is turning out to be a very interesting series of Flash movies. I guess you can tell I like weird stuff. :)

Score: 9

"One of the sweetest shorts on the web!"

submission: Tupac: prequel

date: July 20, 2000

The art and animation are sweet, and the characters are hilarious. The bentframe audio rocks as usual! The storyline rocks!