Score: 4

"Horrible sounds...but promising graphics"

submission: just another fight

date: January 22, 2004

The graphics in this didn't seem too bad for just getting a tablet (I've had the same problem switching from mouse to tablet as well) and were pretty nice in the style you chose. You do need to figure out how to draw blood more accurately. Also, never, ever misspell if you decide to use text in an animation. That just ruins your credibility almost instantly. Quite simply though, the sound was horrible. While I'm not going to judge anyone's taste in music, I'll just say that out of all of Blink 182's music you definitely could have picked a better song and made it shorter to reduce the size. The voice acting might have been good, but the quality of it was complete crap i.e. bad bit-rate and you didn't place the microphone correctly to pick up your voice without crackling it all to hell. Lastly, don't submit something to the portal if you think it's going to get a bad rating. Just take some time to expand on it and show it to some of your friends to get an opinion on its quality.

Score: 1

"Way to use a flash decompiler!"

submission: Strong Bad Switch Ad

date: January 22, 2004

Of course the graphics on this are great, especially since it's obvious you ripped them straight from the Chapman Brother's work. Basically, do your own work, don't resort to SnagIt or any type of Flash decompiler. Your Strong Bad "voice" was horrible. Seriously. That in no way sounds like him in any of the cartoons the Chapmans have voiced. While I think you were trying to ramble on about something to do with switching from the old computer to the Compy 386, you really could have added some more graphics to make the point. Such as both of the computers in their full glory since you seem to not have a problem with ripping people's graphics. This really wasn't that funny and the Apple Switch commercials were bad enough when they were made by Apple. Please, just stop the pain. Also, try and be original (as in your OWN graphics and ideas). Other than that, please don't submit animations ripping off homestarrunner.com.

Score: 10

"Wow, really addictive; Woo for mass carnage!"

submission: cantankerousTANK

date: January 15, 2004

The gritty graphics in this are awesome for the setup of this game, you know, the mass death and carnage you repeatedly create in minutes. The war-ish song was a good complement to the massive destruction you were creating and all of the other sounds fit just right. The humor of this is not really in the traditional haha, I just made a joke. It's more a "Holy crap, why is it so fun to laugh maniacally while I'm destroying everything in sight?" kind of humor. The violence in this is not graphic in a sense, it's just more a type of mass destruction that just wakes up the inner "I like causing Armegeddon" kind of feeling. The only thing I can say that is wrong with this is the control scheme is kind of...blah. While it is possible to get a hold of it, options to change the control scheme would be very much welcomed (also I couldn't seem to get the 2nd Player's fire button to work - 0/insert correct?). While the kill the reds and don't kill the blues was a sort of balancing act for the game (I would assume at least), you probably would have been much better off with just total annihilation of..well, everything as well as a few more units or buildings. This game is incredibly addictive and just shows an incredible prowess at making great, yet simple games.