Newgrounds - Moderators and Administration

[MW 002]

I'm now having memories about how cancerous the forums were. Does anyone remember Cellardoor6- the spergy American who hates everything non American?

 

[IV 445]

I'm now having memories about how cancerous the forums were. Does anyone remember Cellardoor6- the spergy American who hates everything non American?

I think he got drama queen of the year once. He threatened to move to Canada in 2004 cuz Bush, and the forum was like “lol do it”

He made some “that’s all, folks” farewell address in 2008 and has since fucked off into the sunset

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/998042/1

Kind of extraordinary that you remember him though.

Also to the rest of you, saying “Newgrounds is still a thing?” gets old after 6 pages.

 

[HeirenPlaya]

If there's one thing I'll miss about Newgrounds, it has to be the numerous groups who tried fucking with the site and its userbase. The Barney Bunch was brilliant when they flooded the flash portal with spam, donning vulgar click-bait titles pertaining to Drew Pickles. Shit was actually funny compared to the milquetoast Barney Bunch videos on YouTube. I managed to save a few of their .SWF's from a random day in 2005, but they're on a laptop that's been MIA for a decade now.

Other groups like the SS and DD were pretty funny too. They actually managed to fuck with the site more than the BB, but they lack the personality. Still though, nabbing Weekly Awards through mass-upvoting (via VPN or Tor) and hijacking the BBS mod accounts are a big feat.

Yeah, I used to love Star Syndicate and Piconjo animations. Clock Day also had a few gems.

Do you remember that 4Chan Fandango virus that the Star Syndicate released?

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Newgrounds was where I first saw the star wars gangsta rap. (Linking to Wikipedia because trying to copy the youtube address on a phone is way more difficult than it needs to be.)

 

[weirdMcGee]

it does pain me to see where newgrounds is heading. when i was younger, i use to remember playing alot of games as a kid which may or may not be apporiate but i loved regradless. the pico shorts were one my favorites with sonic crossovers being something i liked. looking back now....i sort of regretted it and with flash not being viable as both an animation tool and a tool for making games, it pains me to see it go away.

but likes be honest, it's bound to happen. newgrounds is going to have to pull the plug if it means restoring tom's sanity.

 

[Thespy]

Yeah, I used to love Star Syndicate and Piconjo animations. Clock Day also had a few gems.

Do you remember that 4Chan Fandango virus that the Star Syndicate released?

I never heard of the 4chan Fandango virus, but I can only assume it has some connection to the virus that was being developed in 2006.

 

[IV 445]

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1431695

“I'm driving home and I get a call. It's my ex. I hear her girlfriends laughing in the background. Am I on speaker?
She calls me a f*ggot trap, and says she's suing me for child support.
I'm sterile. She must have gotten one of her girlfriends to impregnate her with stolen sperm, but how do I prove which one it was?”

 

[Snake of Diamond]

Well, he is related to Newgrounds. That kind of attitude was pretty much the norm there.

Ew isn't Newgrounds something you just grow out of? Legit was in Middle School when I stopped having anything to do with that website.

 

[Terran Wraith]

Yeah, like a decade ago when it was still relevant. Whereas other creators moved on to bigger pools, Shad got stuck in a horrific time capsule.

True. While it works for him. The early 2000s kind of edgyness got replaced with incredible irony as the cool kid thing to do.
I mean I doubt anybody would take Happy Tree Friends nowadays seriously...

Ew isn't Newgrounds something you just grow out of? Legit was in Middle School when I stopped having anything to do with that website.

Same here. I do respect what the place stands for and I am a bit amazed it still exists, of course.

 

[Snake of Diamond]

Same here. I do respect what the place stands for and I am a bit amazed it still exists, of course.

Same here and to be honest i treats animators way better than youtube.

 

[Terran Wraith]

Same here and to be honest i treats animators way better than youtube.

It sure does! While we are having some sort of mini Renaissance with the genre of storyboard animation there. It will never come close to the older stuff. That just takes too much work and effort while it gets bad returns thanks to the algorithm.

My biggest criticism of NG would be that it really had a monotone, especially with it's big comedy animators. The crude unappealing art style and general gross humor, is not my cup of tea. Ren and Stimpy: video game references basically. :powerlevel:

 

[Snake of Diamond]

It sure does! While we are having some sort of mini Renaissance with the genre of storyboard animation there. It will never come close to the older stuff. That just takes too much work and effort while it gets bad returns thanks to the algorithm.

My biggest criticism of NG would be that it really had a monotone, especially with it's big comedy animators. The crude unappealing art style and general gross humor, is not my cup of tea. Ren and Stimpy: video game references basically. :powerlevel:

I think part of that is because people like Oney and Egoraptor influenced a lot of the comedy driven animations on the website.

 

[Terran Wraith]

I think part of that is because people like Oney and Egoraptor influenced a lot of the comedy driven animations on the website.

That must be true. There are usually a few leading people in any community that the other start out by mimicking, at least until they find their own voice/style.

I think in many ways Newgrounds is a good model on how to run an user generated page. It feels like a place, a community. Everything is full of personality there. It's a good contrast with the cold inhumane minimalism of facebook and google.

 

[Snake of Diamond]

That must be true. There are usually a few leading people in any community that the other start out by mimicking, at least until they find their own voice/style.

I think in many ways Newgrounds is a good model on how to run an user generated page. It feels like a place, a community. Everything is full of personality there. It's a good contrast with the cold inhumane minimalism of facebook and google.

It's a place ran by its community instead of a place that is slave to those who can exploit the algorithm like Youtube. Getting popular on Youtube is about trend hopping more than actually being talented.

 

[Ilikeoreos]

Newgrounds had lots of stuff that was funny just because of how bad it was. I'm not sure how well stuff like Pube Muppet would hold up today, but I can at least say with a straight face that it would still be funnier than all the countless "Caillou gets grounded" videos. Arfenhouse was a riot too, but that one was supposed to be bad.

 

[Bully_Hunter_69]

Surprised nobody has mentioned SleepyCabin.

 

[Munchingonfish]

Surprised nobody has mentioned SleepyCabin.

Or that this site is now promoting itself as a home for Tumblr rejects.

 

[Adamska]

Or that this site is now promoting itself as a home for Tumblr rejects.

You forgot the funniest thing of all; that the tumblr rejects flooded so hard that it's servers kept crashing because Tom Fulp is a moron.

 

[Mapo Tofu]

Or that this site is now promoting itself as a home for Tumblr rejects.

Is that supposed to make me laugh or make me sad

 

[Optimus Prime]

Well, at least we still got Castle Crashers out of Newgrounds. I still pop that on once in a while for some mindless fun, still quality.