Thanks for bringing us together.
Hi there! In case you didn't know, I created newgrounds. No, it wasn't made by some giant company - just some dumb kid who now has help. I also co-founded the Behemoth; we made Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. Icon by Pegosho, banner by OmenaKettu.
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I've said it before, but you're the first person who really saw any potential in my work and reached out to support it. I'm gonna be grateful for that forever.
You've also inspired me to up my game over and over again, beginning with DOMO KUN'S ANGRY SMASHFEST, Dad n' me, then That K-Fed game, then Castle Crashers, then your Madness games.
NG has put me in touch with amazing collab partners and provided a place to catalogue my professional efforts and gather much-needed support.
Much <3 for you and what you've accomplished so far.
P.S.
Tell @Luis to stop pretending that he's some kind of old man on a porch, his best most-productive and world-changing stuff is IN FRONT of him, not in the past :-D
I hold you and newgrounds responsible for the way I am today. Whether you influenced me for better or worse is irrelevant. I'll always remember my time here and as much as I miss the old days I know things will never be that way ever again. I'm trying to still see newgrounds the way I did 7 years ago but there are some things that have just gone to shit and I can't look past them. I'd like to still create content for newgrounds because this is still my home. I'd like to help it and see it flourish but realistically, I'm an old man now. I've got a career and an education I have to put first. Hopefully the new kids of NG will step up and work hard (although the new generation NGers I've seen so far just make me sick). Anyway happy birthday Tom. You've had a tremendous impact on my life and I appreciate it. Hopefully I'll be seeing you and maybe some other NG-old timers at PAX Prime this year.
No thank you Tom! You're the reason why all these awesome people come together and create amazing things. :)
I'm glad to hear you're being optimistic about the future! I am too. I hope only the best for you my friend! I'm glad I got the chance to meet you!
No, thank YOU Tom. You and the rest of the NG crew were the reason these awesome 2 days could happen. Keep on being in the internet entrepreneur you are!
Tom I just want to say that what you've done, this site and everything that spawned from it. It created the underground animation community that until newgrounds, only existed in Spike and Mike film festivals.
Also you have a nice ass. Like a GLORIOUS well toned ass and a little bounce you do when you walk.
I WILL animate your ass Tom.
A lot of people have commented on my ass but I don't know if anyone has ever tried animating it. Should be a good animation exercise I would think!
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I really can't say anything more than what everyone else said. Thank you for having a site for me to go to that I enjoy every day. And most of all, God bless you.
Happy birthday Tom! Thanks for everything.
happy birthday Tom, you've inspired so many people to pursue creative dreams, many who of which are successful and many who still dream to be! It feels like yesterday, that feeling of submitting a movie to the portal for the very first time, I still feel that when I upload here, you can't get that anywhere else. THANKS
I haven't missed a yearly NG meetup since I can remember and like I mentioned on twitter, I think this might have been the best. Not just for me personally, as I still have a lot of nostalgia tied to the older meetups. But like you said, for NG in general.
It's always nice to see new faces, but this year blew me away. I came in for pre-co day on friday night. I talked with a few people downstairs, made some introductions. I figured the upstairs was in a similar state. But I was not prepared for how jam-packed it was. I felt like I had snuck into a top-secret underground artists convention. It felt very special. And it made me a bit wistful for the days when I actually submitted more content. But these have been transformative years for me, and as always I would never be where I am without coming to Newgrounds in 2002. Friends, connections, life experiences, all from Newgrounds. I hope I have more to show for myself soon, but as long as there are Pico Days I will be showing up!
You're still an old fart, though. Just putting that out there.
Happy birthday.
OKAY FINE. I'll be nice.
Did you remember the first time I met you, Tom? Of course you didn't. The fuck is this shit, that was 5 years ago at PAX East, closing time on Friday. You were standing there. Alone. And I came up to you and was like "OMG it's Tom Fulp!" This was the first time I saw ANYTHING Newgrounds IRL, Castle Crashers figures, Tankmen, etc.
I find it funny that I got to know your brother before I got to know you, Tom. He's been FB friends with me for a full 4 years longer than you.
Anyways, so, all excitement aside, I come to your booth the next day during autograph time and... nobody is there. I still remember that sad Tom Fulp drawing a little alien hominid on the table. So the NEXT year I'm coming in, and Behemoth has this huge ass sign like they're some crazy big shit or something. Show offs. You're still walking around, nobody notices you outside some press guys, but come Autograph Time and you've got a huge ass line.
You know what was one of the most bitter-sweet moments of my life, Tom? I was crushing on a girl, got 100% rejected, and was feeling like legit garbage. That was also the day the NG Treasure hunt unearthed Super Adventure Game Land. That game getting that 100k views kickstarted my, uh, 'career.' I got a mention at 1Up. That was pretty cool.
For the next few years I got more and more aggressive with you, as Newgrounds deteriorated. That's... unrelated. Tough love.
Anyways, every damn year your Behemoth booth got LARGER and Newgrounds got SMALLER. Man, do you know how many damn times I told you to stick a Newgrounds sticker on that thing? Fucking pansy. Anyways, then you released this god awful redesign that tanked the portal. Luckily Second Wind wasn't touched, and bitch you got me 300k views. That was pretty chill. (500k plays because everyone stole it, but hey, with that snazzy NG API that was a GOOD thing - more money for me :D)
Anyways, by 2014 you were sinking so low that I could legit facebook message you and get a reply within the day. You know how low that is? Man I used to send you a PM and it would take a fucking week for a reply, if ANY.
I also had 0 faith in NG at that point. Like, this place was a shitter.
Remember There She Is? Metal Gear Awesome? Jerry? All that shit is GONE now. Heck, Tom, I actually feel NOSTALGIC. All these people went and did something awesome (except that girl from There She Is, dunno what she's doing.)
I mean, do we even have candidates for this year's awards? Are we even DOING them?
Buuuuuutttttt....
I still love this place. Some of my better/worse memories have been here. I learned to 'code' here. I learned to, uh, 'draw' here. I even tried to "get rid of the spammers" and had myself banned several times over by Wade/BigBadRon for making so many damn alts. You look up 'squidly' and you'll still get Socom Squad cartoons mocking me. I watched all the movies and wanted to be JUST LIKE THOSE GUYS and saw your handsome, custom profile pic (as opposed to us weapon-pic plebians.) I reviewed the cool shit people were making, I got up with the culture of the site, the memes, the dicks, those super-obscure cartoons. Every day the Front Page was there, like the ultimate prize, that thing you really, really, want but will work your ass off every day to get. The pros came here, the pros STAYED here. This place was the shit, hell, this place IS the shit. We're still here, we're still doing this.
It's why I have a Newgrounds sticker on my laptop. I always will.
Awe shucks.
Just out of curiosity, have there ever been people you didn't like or people who caused a scene at one of these meetups? Given that NG has a history of destructive people rearing their head into the public [Jeff Weise, sirtom93, ect]. Has anything bad ever happened at a meetup?
Nothing too bad. People occasionally get a little sloppy but there has never been a fight so that's cool!
Happy Birthday Tom! I personally like to thank you for the invite once again for me to pay a visit to Newgrounds office. And thank you for this website as well, if it wasn't for this site I would have not met some cool peoples here and I would not be making movies here. Thank you Tom Fulp!
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Community has been and always will be number one when I choose what sites I frequent and contribute to. No other site is like NG. You've created a wonderful place that has affected thousands of lives. I wouldn't be in VO if it wasn't for NG nor would I be running my own site! Think of how many game devs, VO's & animators have gotten a start here! You should be proud.
Also, thanks SO much for inviting me. being there was fun and more improtantly for me, very inspiring. Thank you.
I can't imagine a better community and look at my time here as the best years of my life as an artist. Lots of lessons, growth, and a variety of opportunities for everyone who choose to take them. That's the best part of life, and I can't get that from a corporate website. Happy Birthday, Tom!
I'm still riding high on the excitement of being "portal/view/4" It's all been a dream.
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Happy birthday Tom!