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I just want to take the time to write a post about the response to my most recent flash. It's been, needless to say, overwhelming! You all left so many kind reviews, and I was so happy to read them all. I'm really sorry I couldn't reply to each on of you individually, there were just so many! I also received alot of very nice PMs from alot of you both complimenting the flash and asking for advice. I've replied to all those who left compliments, as for those asking advice, you should be getting a reply tomorrow. (My first day off since submitting last)

I was also very excited to see many of you expressing a desire to learn flash after watching my short. I am extremely happy to hear that. Flash is by far, in my opinion, one of the funnest programs to animate with. Though, seeing as how I don't work in the field, I haven't experienced much else, say Maya and 3DS Max. Either way, I encourage all of you to pick it up, get some books, read some tutorials, and work your asses off! It's worth it when you finally see your own, finished, animation.

I also had a lot of people ask questions about making it so here it goes.

-It took somwhere between 15-18 hours to complete. I Did it all in one day. I started at 5 AM and, with a few breaks, finished around 11 PM.

-The video actually has no audio. I recorded all of that separate in Acid Music Studio.

-I DID get the idea from the HP commercials. I also have an HP. Coincidence? Yes!

-Yes, that's a Ben 10 statue on the TV!

-No, I wouldn't mind seeing others try doing similar things, maybe for a collection.

-And no, I am not a cyborg created specifically for the purpose of posting on NG!

-Yes, I have many more exciting project currently in the works and on the way! Here's a hint... HandJobs! ( Not what you think it is. )

Again, my thanks go out to all of the NG users who made this such a big success. Like I've said before, if it wasn't for NG, my flash's would just get lost in the infinity that is the interwebs!

-Late

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Dec. 12, 2007 | 11:50 AM JimmyDallas says:

not a robot?
damn... i was going to call you SUO-Bot.

Dec. 12, 2007 | 12:26 PM Paper-Shadow says:

Collection, hmm...

Anyway, what WAS your insperation?

Anyway, look forward to seeing more things from you...

Pork, it's the meat of kings!

Dec. 12, 2007 | 12:29 PM BoMToons says:

Nice work, I thought it was a nice tribute and quite well done. I think you have created a fad, but I doubt any will be as good as your original. :)

Dec. 12, 2007 | 12:35 PM TheSoulMan says:

yes, the whole concept is taken from that commercial. good to see that you recognise it, anyway, congrats!

Dec. 12, 2007 | 12:56 PM Wetry says:

That flash/movie/commercial is so fucking awesome!!! i am waiting for more from you KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Dec. 12, 2007 | 1:29 PM KwikToon says:

Well, it was a neat idea.

Dec. 12, 2007 | 1:40 PM Splurda says:

i enjoyed it, its really good, but i feel bad for adam phillips :(

Dec. 12, 2007 | 1:46 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

I feel a little bad too. He was only up there for a month. I would have been just as excited being anywhere on the top 50. I'm sure he'll comeback with something just as phenomenal as his last submission though!

Updated: Dec. 12, 2007, 1:46 PM

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:07 PM SaltshakerClock says:

i saw it the day it came out, and i LOVED it. great work. :)

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:08 PM Splurda says:

but yours might get downvoted aswell, everything at #1 does eventually unfortunately.

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:25 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

Ain't that the truth!

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:30 PM jmtb02 says:

You have a day cropping up :).

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/8 25726

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:43 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

Jawsome! (street sharks)

Dec. 12, 2007 | 2:33 PM Arkuni says:

I only read "Handjob" :(

Dec. 12, 2007 | 6:32 PM 10JD says:

Hey I LOVED that, I may do something like this see if I can help you start the next animation fad like tankmen was

Dec. 12, 2007 | 6:51 PM supertoria12 says:

Sweet FourArms figurine. Awesome Flash movie BTW!

Dec. 12, 2007 | 9:09 PM fmafan1 says:

loved it

Dec. 12, 2007 | 9:23 PM 3swat says:

dude ur asome like this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4m1Xg 0_m78&feature=related

Dec. 12, 2007 | 10:25 PM Bigfoot3290 says:

It takes a lot of balls to have "awesome" in your name, but you pull it off quite nicely. I've enjoyed everything you've posted so far, and look forward to anything you have to dish out in the future. Good luck, man.

Dec. 13, 2007 | 6:23 AM Shintoku says:

I know you get a lot of this, but I love your work. I watched your Mario short recently and laughed my ass off. I'm glad you have more shows in the work. Are you going to include your two characters fromyour comics in anymore submissions? You have a lot of ideas as far as I can tell, so don't ever quit!

P.S. We're the same level. I guess I'm awesome as well.

Dec. 13, 2007 | 9:50 AM StickemUpOnline responds:

Yeah, eventually I'm going to start basing 2-5 min shorts off some of my comic strips! I just don't have the time now, but eventually. I'm glad you like the work!

Dec. 13, 2007 | 10:27 AM SpeedyPac says:

Wow, you are a fairly new user to Newgrounds and you are really rocking the portal! Keep up the great work!

Dec. 13, 2007 | 10:44 AM Splurda says:

noo! your level 7 now xD

Dec. 13, 2007 | 2:40 PM MysticShinHanKu says:

Congrats on your awards, that was quite the flash you made. Very creative, mostly original, for here anyway :p Awesome job.

HandJobs? that's a let down if it is what it is. I don't like the Penis fetish on this site.

Dec. 13, 2007 | 9:19 PM Zailotech says:

holy crap your flash made it up to one!...Awsome! im board... MAKE ME A SANDWHICH!

Dec. 13, 2007 | 10:09 PM KarpaL-TunnaL says:

Now that you're level 7, your flash is now null and void.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 4:57 AM Nondo says:

You know what really brings my piss to a boil? (If you get that reference, I'll lawl)

Some of the people who negatively reviewed your flash movie, "My Newgrounds", leave some of the stupidest reviews I've ever seen.

Like for one, some guy mistakened your video with Guitar Hero?! SERIOUSLY?! Not only was there not an ounce of Guitar Hero material in there, but the only person who put up a seemingly Guitar Hero related video was Afro-Ninja. I just don't understand how people mess up like that, or how they misplace their reviews like that.

Another reviewer mistakened your flash movie with an eSurance commercial, when clearly, it was about a HP commercial. Wow, I just don't know how people make such unsightly mistakes like that.

One thing I really hate about these negative-reviewers is that they're more hell-bent on comparing, instead of looking at the quality of the work. Like, they'll compare your work with waterlollies, instead of looking at what your flash animation displays and delivers. Like "OMG! It's a video of yourself, voting 0 becuz u r teh GAYZ!" and "Waterlollies beats this lol!11!". *Sigh* Some people just don't understand what it means to leave a review. If someone's gonna leave a negative-review, at least make it helpful in someway, instead of just insulting and downgrading someone's work, sheesh.

What I loved most about "My Newgrounds" was the fact that it was new and original.... well semi-original (I've seen a couple previous flashes with the same idea, but it's been awhile since I've seen another one with this mix of real video and flash animation). I guess people just don't like change anymore. It's all about what they're always used to seeing, and if they see something new, they just cast it down because they believe that it "isn't a part" of Newgrounds.

I'll admit, I do like other flash movies more than this one, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna downgrade it solely on the fact I think that I see other flash movies better than this one. The voting system and the review system was to be based on one's opinion of the ACTUAL flash movie, not the current rank it has, or compared to other flash movies around it. >_>

Well, I guess Newgrounds will always have ignorant morons such as these, and nothing can be done about it. :/ Oh wells...

Dec. 14, 2007 | 5:17 AM StickemUpOnline responds:

I'm glad someone noticed this trend. I'm getting alot of haters blasting my cartoon solely on it's rank. I've gotten alot of review saying that they would have given it a 5/5 if it wasn't ranked above waterlollies, so they gave it a 0/5. As a result it's now number 2. I think this has something to do with people being pissed that I came up out of nowhere. You know, getting placed number 1 after my 6th submission. Well, not much I can do. I don't think they understand, I don't rank my own cartoons, the masses do. Meh, no worries though. I got alot more toons make'n front page well on the way!

Updated: Dec. 14, 2007, 5:19 AM

Dec. 14, 2007 | 6:19 AM superbswine says:

i love your work but i have one question...Whats your inspiration? xD

Dec. 14, 2007 | 10:25 AM Creepy-games says:

its amazing how one good flash makes a user famus on NG!

-remix

Dec. 14, 2007 | 5:41 PM DarkLeviathan says:

It is not the fact the people are mad you beat waterlollies, its the initial high score of the submissions and the that never really matters, Waterlollies had a 4.76 when it first came and now with 50,000 votes t has a stable enough score. Your submission doesn't even have close to that amount, and if Waterlollies can got down .2 in rating what makes you think that yours will stay at the top? It was a creative idea and a good flash, but I think you sounds a tad arrogant when you say the reason you went down in score is because of Waterlollies fanboys. I think this will stay in the top 10 for a good amount of time, but everything goes down. Anyway, if yu can top this flash with something as original and more intense flash skills, it will be a true rival to Waterlollies, but bask in the glory for now, its always the best part.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 8:14 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

It's not arrogance that makes me think what I do. It's the PMs and reviews constantly telling me that it's the very reason. Sorry if that came off as arrogant.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 5:43 PM DarkLeviathan says:

Ugh ignore themy random words, keyboard is acting weird and so is my mouse.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 5:59 PM mastrchief117 says:

u like ben 10?

Dec. 14, 2007 | 7:11 PM Nondo says:

This is to DarkLeviathan:

Actually, it IS because of the fact he beat waterlollies that he's being downgraded. No...wait... let me clarify and specify that. It's that fact that he beat ALL THE OTHER TOP 50 FLASH PROJECTS that his work is being downgraded. This all goes back to what I was saying. It beat waterlollies, it beat Tankmen 2, it beat madness consternation, it beat animator vs animation, it beat metal gear awesome, so now all the fan boys of these various top 50 submissions are going all pissy like a "girl on her period" because they see something better than their favorites. Because Newgrounders are so bent on making sure their favorite stays up top, if they see something that is above their favorites that doesn't deserve to be there because they think their favorite is better than it, they'll downgrade it.

By the way DarkLeviathan, I thought I'd quote a little specific something I saw in your post:

"Your submission doesn't even have close to that amount, and if Waterlollies can got down .2 in rating what makes you think that yours will stay at the top?"

I'm not sure if you realized it, but that was an absolutely biased statement you just said there. You've basically just told everyone here that you liked Waterlollies better than "My Newgrounds", so you're just further proving my point about fanboys like yourself who want their favorite submissions up top.

This is to StickemUpOnline:

Just because you "came up out of nowhere", doesn't mean you can't have a place of score rank wherever you want. I mean, I've never created flash movies or games before, but what if I were to take 5 whole years into making a flash project, and after fine-tuning to its very core, I sent it to Newgrounds? Wouldn't I get a high score? Well... who knows in the end. :P

Dec. 14, 2007 | 8:18 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

Yeah, I'm not really too worried about it. I just think it's rather sad to see people blasting someones work for superficial reasons. But what ever. Adam Phillips is very talented and he earned top. It's just funny how people reacted when I topped him for a day. I seriously got maybe 12 reviews scoring less than 10, but once I hit #1 every 4th review was written to express how much I didn't deserve it. Meh. I'm more than happy to be #2.

Updated: Dec. 14, 2007, 8:33 PM

Dec. 14, 2007 | 11:00 PM DarkLeviathan says:

I think its amusing that a biased opinion is calling mine biased, but yes I think Waterlollies is better. He has years of professional work that he uses as his source of a living. So it should be better or he needs to find a very cheap place to live. And how is saying waterlollies has more votes than MN biased....this has 10k, waterlollies as 50k, meaning it is a less volatile movement in score. And would you no think that fanboys of other authors didn't vote down waterlollies, among others who are just jealous of him?I really am using as much logic as you think you are and am saying that this isn't some grave injustice that happened. There are always people who hate something, so I still stand by what I said and also, I'm loving the out of context quote. Do you work in the media? Go and reply, I'm curious to see what you can quote to make me seem like a fanboy.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 11:06 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

Ok, seriously, my profile isn't a forum. If you want to slug it out with another user you both need to take it elsewhere. I'm not kidding.

Dec. 14, 2007 | 11:11 PM DarkLeviathan says:

I'll try my hand a this quote debate and using your own words against you:
"Because Newgrounders are so bent on making sure their favorite stays up top, if they see something that is above their favorites that doesn't deserve to be there because they think their favorite is better than it, they'll downgrade it."

So, everyones a fanboy? I'll give you the credit of hardcore fan boys spamming 0's on anything above there favorites, but every person has favorite flashes and think their favorite should be #1, hence the reason its the flash they like most on the site. The reason people think there are so many fan boys is because they are the only people who get attention. If there were as many as you think, MN would be in the 3's. So if your going to get defensive, make sure the other persons goal in the post was offensive.

Dec. 15, 2007 | 7:25 AM StickemUpOnline responds:

Yeah, I'm done listening to you two arguing over this. You both kinda blew this way out of proportion.

Updated: Dec. 15, 2007, 7:55 AM

Dec. 15, 2007 | 10:27 AM mastrchief117 says:

oh no ur not number 1 anymore! damn waterlollies!

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Dec. 15, 2007 | 12:58 PM aquaticmole says:

Pretty nifty flash you got there. Love how it was all synched in. 12/22/07 I'll be there with a flash of my own :P

Dec. 15, 2007 | 1:00 PM Ss2-teen-gohan-Ss2 says:

Very VERY good work.

Dec. 16, 2007 | 2:10 AM kingkillah says:

You're a truly amazing flash artist alien, yo're probably the best there is. That flash wasn't your best but certainly the most popular, I just wish people would recognize your other cool flashes. This one kinda reminded me of those new Dell commercials or whatever, the point is; Alien awesome, will you have my baby? :p

Dec. 16, 2007 | 7:56 AM jakobhummelen says:

Lol, well your movie was good but I'm not about to worship you just yet. Judging on your other work I should say that you can still brush up on your artwork and I think that is also a big deal when dealing with movies.

Your story skills however are unparalleled, original and actually really good fun. It's what I like about Newgrounds, just picture there is no crap in the portal.. What you've got left is a real big pile of great movies and games, and I think yours would be in there somewhere to.

I hope your next movie will be original and I hope you will continue to improve your flash skills. I saw a flash for newbies book downtown the other day and I already was playing with the idea that I might had to get it but I guess cause you said I had to get off my ass I really should.. :P

Anyway, keep it up! :)

P.S. Handjobs.. sounds pretty good to me :P

Dec. 16, 2007 | 1:30 PM mario77777 says:

youre lvl 7!

Dec. 16, 2007 | 3:42 PM Deleted-Account says:

your last name is awsome?

Dec. 17, 2007 | 11:37 AM MarcyVF says:

May not have much to do with your news post, but your personal pic: Is it a picture of you?

Bytheway, I'm making a My Newgrounds movie for 22th of December! Hope you like it.

(You rock.)

.M.

Dec. 17, 2007 | 1:29 PM StickemUpOnline responds:

Yeah, that's a picture of me! And I'm looking forward to seeing everyones renditions on the 22nd. Should be fun! XD

Dec. 17, 2007 | 12:31 PM Kaytee says:

It's just something recorded and the photoshoped.. Dosen't seem like too much effort but it's an awesome flash.

Dec. 17, 2007 | 3:51 PM ragnaroksbringer says:

Good flash. I really hope it becomes a collection...

Anyway, I loved it!

Dec. 19, 2007 | 7:36 PM cheesecamp says:

your ng is like a perfect advertisement for TV, if you get rid of the swears.
Your voice is a lot less obnoxious than those other people who have commercials
=)

Dec. 22, 2007 | 6:04 PM TECh2o says:

Wow, it really turn into a collection! Congrats!

Dec. 23, 2007 | 4:02 AM ripoffhitman says:

That should be a public commercial on comedy central late at night, with no censorship. Great flashes by the way, your beowolf submission was really underated.

Dec. 29, 2007 | 6:50 PM Onaz says:

your welcome for making this such a big success or...well, i contributed Allen!

nominate mine for the collection. its almost there!!!! Onaz's Newgrounds

-onazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dec. 30, 2007 | 9:45 PM borly says:

awesome, i love ur idea about "my NG" n now there are a bounch of guys trying to make the same kind of flashes lol
n i see u lvled up :P

Jan. 2, 2008 | 7:59 AM ConcorX says:

Yay good job on getting king of the portal!

Feb. 2, 2008 | 4:25 PM Tolu910 says:

teach me how to add flash into videos to make a my newgrounds. plzzzzzzzzz

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