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Wouldn't it be cool to have a flash which really pointed out everything wrong with music and the flash subculture. I know that goes from broad to very specific subjects, but the two have been bumping around in my mind lately. Do other people notice the trend in the type of humour used on this site? Excluding all the penis stuff, which seems drawn to this place, I swear everyones a closet gay. But anyway, everything everyone turns out seems to be aimed at violence and black humour(Generalization again.) I mean, don't get me wrong, chucks new tux made me laugh and laugh, But sometimes I think we should really get over it and actually make a message worth hearing. And not just repeating everything that your told. I'm sure everyones unique, with that said, we should all have a unique message. At the moment I'm seeing the same trash reworded and spat out into the portal every day.
Maybe its time to break the mold. Forget video games for a day or two, and really find something worth flashing about. We have got this awesome medium to distribute our messages with, and yet we squander it on cheap thrills.

Lets stop being destructive and instead bomb people with something worth hearing.

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MrKrysis 2008-11-27 22:11:41

the real problem is this... most people dont know/care about the music portal

i just recently found it myself, and was pretty damn amazed at the selection of music thats been right under my nose this whole time.

Newgrounds was made on flash, therefore I see the reason why flash takes precedence on their importance, whereas not to many people, other then those who know about the website, would even think to come here for music.

I will admit though, since discovering the audio portal, i've added quite a few new songs to my mp3 player.

ZekeySpaceyLizard 2008-11-27 22:15:23

Well done.

You said the same thing a million other people have said 100 times before you for the last 3-4 years on this website.

IzakFlashMan 2008-11-27 22:15:23

maybe I should act rather than speak huh?

MrKrysis 2008-11-27 22:15:56

Also, im sure people submit things with a message every day, its hard to find them though amongst the 100s of others who submitted 20 flashes including seizure inducing flashing screen with hentai on top.

Truth is, if you want to have a message and be heard... then get reaaaaaally freakin good at flash, because thats how a lot of people got their start, you notice the ones who stick out and people remember, are the ones who are actually doing something different.

Everyone makes stick films... but can you name 3 of them off the top of your head?

SpikeVallentine 2008-11-27 23:11:12

"maybe I should act rather than speak huh?"
Exactly

IzakFlashMan 2008-11-27 23:11:12

Tis what I'm planning on doing anyway, heh heh. Its what got me thinking really. But the project I have in mind is blowing me away, if I wanted to do it the way I imagined it im gonna have a lot of hard work in front of me. Ah well. It'l make for some sweet eye candy.

Dazmi 2008-11-27 23:18:58

I actually think violence is great sometimes.
Go Ahead! Speak your mind and voice your opinion through a flash if you feel about it :]

Some people have complained that the Audio Portal doesn't get enough credit.
I'm a victim of this, I never go to the Audio Portal.

Although, it's a great place to find music for your video's. Flash or not.

shaka-zulu 2008-11-28 02:15:26

hey! another nz animator! you're the third i've seen.

IzakFlashMan 2008-11-28 02:15:26

I know of another guy Who does stuff. Emphee chimera or something his name is. But he came over here from russia or something. Lol. But his stuff is kick ass. Uses like a million layers, so I dont mind claiming him as one of us.

skarai 2008-11-28 06:58:49

Pulp fiction.

eatmoreflesh 2008-11-28 11:08:02

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Mac88 2008-12-09 18:28:21

Good points. To me, it almost seems like one of those cases where, in the rush to create something that's "non-conforming", artists subconciously "conform" to the very standards that were created to repel it (Gothic, Noir stories, "Fight the Powah's", etc.). Then, we also have the mindset problem of the common NG userbase, which consists mostly of teens and high schoolers with short attention spans. In many cases, if you want to keep someone's attention, there always has to be something EXPLODING, cock jokes, or extreme amounts of gunfire and violence, stickfigure or sprite be damned.

And admittedly, that's stuff all the rage because the people behind their production put significant effort into making them, or they're just flat out funny. (The cock jokes got old a long time ago, though.) But I'm sure there will always be room fro the truly "indie" flashes, that go beyond the usual stereotypes and does something awesome. It's just a matter of exposure.

By the way,

"Thats a waste of an opportunity if you ask me. =P"

Yes, yes it is. XD

IzakFlashMan 2008-12-09 18:28:21

Oh my goodness! Someone who actually got the point of this post! Everyone else thought I was talking about the audio portal. Ha ha.
It is unfortunate that non comformists can now be catagorized and boxed, which completely undermines their (Hopefully) best intentions.
Good thing christians are at a total advantage when it comes to trying to be indy. No one likes us, so we don't need to try to make ourselves outcasts and out of the mainstream to be able to turn around and look at it.

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