tmots12 2011-01-26 11:42:07

Mass blam all da way!!!

Coolboyman 2011-01-26 12:26:48

It's about time! I'm getting sick of people submitting the same games over and over again with mochiads splattered around everywhere. Just spells greed out for me.

As long as people aren't using the same engine over and over again, and they actually PROGRAM instead of taking it from some open source sample website, then the games are alright with me. Otherwise, get rid of them all.

Is this kind of thing really necessary? Could the author just have made a "dress up collection" instead of basically submitting the same game over and over again with only graphical changes?
<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/560420">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /560420</a>
<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/559661">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /559661</a>
<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/559236">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /559236</a>
<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/559142">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /559142</a>

arden18 2011-01-26 12:30:52

Apocalypse. Some day they're gonna have too get blammed, because there will be a time when you go to search something and you will have too scroll through a ton of pages. I have too go with apocalypse

and1dodger 2011-01-26 12:50:30

COOKIE CUTTER GAME APOCALYPSE seems to be best action for the future of newgrounds.

EcstaticEd 2011-01-26 18:43:59

I think i know what you're talking about.

Like really basic games, with some new graphics, made by a faceless, overseas company?

Then, yes. BLAMFEST 2011!

Frakenbourrough 2011-01-26 19:52:29

Apocalypse Now

raitendo 2011-01-26 22:20:12

I think Kongregate has a rule saying "you can only submit this game if you're the author", however they don't really adhere to it that strictly. I think adding a disclaimer on the portal submissions page that says "IF YOU ARE THE SPONSOR OF THIS GAME, BUT NOT THE AUTHOR, BE WARNED: WE WON'T FEATURE THIS GAME UNLESS YOU AT LEAST CO-AUTHOR THE ACTUAL AUTHOR", might work. Nobody submits their sponsored games here just to have them buried in the portal.

CrazyGuineaPig 2011-01-26 23:18:55

HellOoOooo Tom Fulp!

CrazyGuineaPig 2011-01-26 23:19:21

apocalypse meow

SHIFTtheHEDGEHOG 2011-01-26 23:36:23

I would vote for mass blam-icide.

Gagsy 2011-01-27 00:25:16

I think a mass-blamming would be just ideal and not just for shoddy games but for some of the more spam hard flash submissions that always somehow seem to make it through.

Ice-Crane 2011-01-27 02:33:42

I vote for the apocalypse. For now, maybe it'll just be a temporary solution.
However, would this apocalypse really solve the problem? Even after the mass blamming, I think those cookie cutter games would still come through.
Are we, as regular users, too lenient on allowing such games to pass through the portal?

I do recognize the work put into these games but there is a line between honest, hard work and tweaking one aspect of a game and calling it something new. For example, I've seen two "different" dress up games where the only difference between the two was the background. I mean...I'm sure the backgrounds could be merged into a single game. Just my thought, I think we should be able to blow whistles on those kinds of games.

Anyways, yes I vote for the mass blam of cookie cutter games.
Cheers :)

Luke 2011-01-27 09:32:39

Like all the 'games2dress' submissions and stuff? Drives me crazy seeing 2 of those a day... Blam em.

i9incher 2011-01-27 12:36:06

the worst ones are those glam dress up games and the "find the ______" games. it's all made by the same developer and these games are complete crap. i blam them everytime but they just keep making more.

hogy 2011-01-27 13:42:41

Is it posible to make a uploadlimit for solo projects only.
I mean, how many good stuff could be done by one person within one year anyway.
10 maybe?

Rocksbury 2011-01-27 18:31:58

Who is David Fulp Tom, is he your long lost brother searching for love?

DarkAlmighty 2011-01-27 19:34:57

BLAM those cookies!

DarthStewie 2011-01-28 07:34:27

There needs to be C. C. S. P.
Cookie Cutter Secret Police
patrolling for those bottom-of-the-page-lowest-rated files.

SkeletonGimp 2011-01-28 10:02:05

My two cents:

Games that aren't obv stolen should be left to the natural blam/protect trial by fire. If they're remotely enjoyable to some people then they should stick around. Their low scores will keep them pushed down the ranking lists.

Why should they be deleted offhand just because someone else may have made a similar game? Ok, they could just be cookie cutter rip-offs, but what if the programmer built it from scratch and simply came up with a similar finished product? It sets a dangerous precedent that can down the line be interpreted as any game sort of similar to another one can be deleted.

Blam/Protect does a perfectly good job of sorting out absolute shite from barely tolerable and should be left as such.

If the other issue is memory space, then who will be the judge of what is and isn't too similar? Again, it may be neccissary, but will the NewGrounds community be involved? What if Mr Bloggs unknowingly put a lot of effort to make a game that just passes with a 2.X score and his flash gets deleted? Just because out of genuine coincidence it seems a bit too similar to a few other guys movies in the eyes of the axe man.

A mass appocalypse blam should never be taken lightly, especially considering Newgrounds is seen as a bit of a mecca for even the less talented flash artists to try and show case their work. I think this issue is a contentious one which you need to think about, especially the possible precedent and rammifications, but I trust your judgement Tom, as I always have done.

therealanimator 2011-01-28 13:30:24

tom recruit more mods. You need to get more mods. LISTEN TO ME WE NEED MORE MODS.