My critiquing of flash movies.

Lately, i have gotten emails from people wanting me to critique their flash movies (usually sprite which isn't bad.)

Many people would wonder why i would give a super popular flash a 7 versus giving a crappy flash an 8.

It is simple really. I review on their level of expertise, and improvement ratio to their old ones. If you are a relatively new flash author and make pretty blah things, im not going to judge you in the sense of how i would judge someone like Short-Factor.

However, if you have been around since 2004 or something, you would know that flash standards have gone up meaning to compete with some of the big dogs, you have to step up your skills.

With that being said, I take that into consideration when reviewing something REALLY OLD. I've been a NG member since 03 but been on this site since 01. If i review a flash from 2002 i take into consideration how flash was back then. A good reference is looking through the Flash Portal History Collections.

Remember, when you review a flash, that what you do. Review. It is not for bitching about how much you hate sprite movies and that the author should go die in a fire. If you don't like the type of flash, don't review it.

Also, if you don't like a review i have given, please remember, it is MY opinion and i am entitled to it.
Ill be glad to discuss what you though of my review and you are welcome to debate if it was fair.

P.S. Obama wins. Did you think i would post about it? No. I am not happy. I am glad he won, but i am convinced that most people voted for him because he was black. Especially the minorities.

P.P.S My girlfriend is sick, and in the hospital. Please pray her surgery goes well =(.

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WiiChaoHero 2008-11-16 21:47:54

I hope she gets better and the surgery goes 100% perfect!

BlackDevilX 2008-11-16 21:47:54

Thank you.

lazydoctor 2008-11-16 21:48:22

Go fifen all my movies please, black person.

BlackDevilX 2008-11-16 21:48:22

Done.

WilliWowza 2008-11-16 23:05:19

It's great to see someone giving serious reviews for flash, something that is seriously overlooked most of the time with people just posting 'that was kwl lol' and giving it a 10 regardless. Your idea of scaling scores for flash is really impressive and I especially hate it when talented artists who could do so much better churn out the same old stuff with little effort. Just look at egoraptor and his 'compilations'.

Keep up the good work, we need reviewers like you.

BlackDevilX 2008-11-16 23:05:19

=) That is another type of scaling i use. I dont want to get used to a flash. I want to be shocked. I want to see something that i havent seen before.

Thanks man.

Sodaku 2008-11-16 23:44:35

I'll pray for ur girlfriend since u rock

BlackDevilX 2008-11-16 23:44:35

How about because you care?

ZekeySpaceyLizard 2008-11-17 00:07:04

fascinating

BlackDevilX 2008-11-17 00:07:04

Brilliant.

TheSovereign 2008-11-17 00:14:19

Lemme tell ya, I'm not that great at giving reviews. Hell, I've given quite a few one-liners. But anyway, I think you hit it spot on. Everything you've mentioned is something I... might take into consideration. It's certainly a lot better than "lol, awesome!".

DuDuL 2008-11-17 01:56:42

Review my flashes LOL :D

oh and...

I hope teh surgery will go fast and well

MAYORMCHEESE 2008-11-17 03:21:34

i voted for obama cause im a sexist and i hate palin!!!

MAYORMCHEESE 2008-11-17 03:22:01

also i wanted to see republicans cry

Blackan 2008-11-17 04:47:12

Hey man, I hope your girlfriend will be ok ): I have one too and I would understand how it feels like to be concern of her safety, I wish you and her both the best

luka 2008-11-17 07:29:03

I dig that you review based on the standard of the time. That's the way it should be.

kingsman13 2008-11-17 07:55:10

It's interesting to see that you're taking grading flashes in a new light, but don't you think that the majority of people who haven't read this post/blog/comment/whatever will just think your being obnoxious, considering that they'll see you marking down their score as lower than something which was just made by a newbie and is probably lower-grade?

I suppose you could comment on how you're grading in the review, and avoid that snag altogether.... gah, just strikes me as over-complicating matters.

Also, pity about your girlfriend... what disease is it? Hope she gets through alright.

BlackDevilX 2008-11-17 07:55:10 (Updated 2008-11-17 09:45:26)

I hope not. It's isnt about me trying to be obnoxious to popular artists. For instance. I like There she is!!! If he kept doing the same type of story in all his future flashes, i will comment on it, and his 9 or 10 would drop down to an 8 or 7. Take SMBZ for instance. I gave it a 6 because it looked like the other ones, in terms of fighting and animation.

Ill use another reference. I used to like the 'Awesome' stuff. Now that everyone and there grandma jumped on that bandwagon, it lowers the standard of his work. There are many different things i take into consideration when i review a flash.

However, there are some flashes that i dont review, because i know that they wont change a thing. They will still keep the same style, the same sort of dialogue, same jokes....

Also, she has an infection in her gallbladder. =/

shadow532 2008-11-17 10:59:19

good luck wiht you girlvriend i hope she gets better soon^^

Amun-Ra1 2008-11-17 11:42:23

Haha, remember when 50% of the front page flashes were sprite movies? And when the first Pico was actually something worth playing?

Whoawhoawhoa 2008-11-17 16:34:19

So...How's Final Fantasy Sonic X going?

BlackDevilX 2008-11-17 16:34:19

So...this post has nothing to do with that.

pfcc15 2008-11-19 21:15:34

dat thing about obama
im wit u people only voted for him cause hes black
my whole skool is like 90 pecent black was overly hype about

Whoawhoawhoa 2008-11-19 21:25:51

ok then. Just wondering. Also, I hope your girlfriends ok. Yay Obama.......ok later.

Shadic93 2008-11-20 00:00:11

Don't worry, if she fights the sickness then she will get over in no time. Right now she needs all the support she can get. She needs you, man. I hope that she gets better.

P.S. : Look at my account.

zammywine 2008-11-20 19:23:37

"I am glad he won, but i am convinced that most people voted for him because he was black. Especially the minorities."
Probably.

By the way, this post needs to be more like SMBZ :D.

RubySparkle14 2008-11-20 21:05:49

oh, don't worry I'm sure she'll be better in no time.

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