GIN-TAMA 2008-09-10 02:59:32

I agree not evrey sprite movie needs to be compared to SMBZ there are good ones theat deserve more attention than they get but pepole ignore them just because there not up to what they call ''Alvin Earthworm work'' now I don't hate him for this but fans that can't shut up if you say one thing about SMBZ -_-

Shadowralkin 2008-09-10 19:05:47

All i can say is this i understand how ya feel and i watched all of your flashes and i love them not because their sprites reminds some fighting style of Dbz but because of the story line it has for it. i'm inspired to do sprite flashes since i like writing story's and i have seen many flashes for the past years i have watched on newground of course its gonna be a pain for me since i know jack stuff about making sprites and such but we all have to learn the hard way. Dbz fighting is well a dieing breed in most cases and sadly people will do it still I'm sure me on the other hand i'm not baseing it all around fighting. i look at flashes who has kick ass story lines and i dont give a damn if its sprites or drawings or whatever they do, honestly what ever it is ill like it. i played alot of games and watched tons of anime that has interesting story lines. alvin does his own work and i'm sure you have too and i know for a fact i wouldn't try to compare anything thats sprites from his to others, ITS what we all do in our own way in useing sprites lol. sorry if i feel like a new person who's randomly writing a comment for ya but i do understand and hope you continue in what you do in your work and i rather see the series you made go all out into a great flash lol.

P.S. btw your drawings are good too aswell i checked them out and can say not bad lol i have no idea how to draw but your hell of alot better than i am and nice touch on the opening scene with Final fantasy sonic X :P and also sorry if i said things sorta off topic and have a good one till i see number 7 some year haha :P

AllWiseGuy 2008-09-10 23:27:30

There is honestly nothing I can disagree with you upon. I know Alvin is talented, but his fans, pft! They have to be the whiniest fans in existence! Alvin must be tiring of his own fans, but as far as I know, more flash movies are inspired by SMBZ than originally thought out in plot. Plus, those fans need to stop comparing other flash movies to Alvin's! There is more than one way to make a good flash; and that does not need violence, DBZ fights, or overused crap! And if this nonsense of the DBZ thing does not stop, sprite movies may die.

We need more originality, variety, fresh, not overused ideas and concepts as well as different styles in fight scenes, plot twists, and not dully straightforward same thing every flash episode that we have to keep seeing.

hlfnglndmn 2008-09-11 01:00:54

i agree i've seen sprite movies that have a dbz like fight scene and see people mention alvin in the comment. i mean yes he's good at it but gets old how when they keep saying his name. they should let the animators do their sprite movies the way they want without being comparing to someone else's work.

Juno31 2008-09-11 11:37:29

hey,man, i just wanna say this, mofunzone put it on their site though you probably denied them, and, i dont care what you say about alvin, hes not continuing SMBZ,so i dont care.

Juno31 2008-09-11 11:53:47

yeah!! show ashei what he deserves and show his friends about him crying after you whoop his ass!!! =D

onnes 2008-09-12 18:01:23

im just neutral... i like ur flashes and i like alvin's but you just can't compare them so for all the bloody geeks around here, just let it be!

Jesus was black indeed and 9/11 was set up ;)

Weapon2 2008-09-12 19:15:13

One last thing, Suppose i made a flash movie, (although i don't have flash yet) it had regular sounds and DBZ sounds, would you consider that a very bad move? please reply if you have time

Weapon2 2008-09-13 12:30:29

No i didn't know that, and i also don't care about that stupid one piece show anyway, oh and can you believe alvin-earthworm has some shitty videos of imaginary friends on youtube?

Also very last thing, hmmmm, ok suppose my movie was just mario and sonic fighting, movie had DBZ sounds, would you consider that a bad movie or what.

Weapon2 2008-09-13 12:33:22

Just asking

Weapon2 2008-09-14 12:46:09

I wonder where i can get flash at...

dro2 2008-09-15 19:58:57

I have to agree with you.

He has been using DBZ moves without the actual characters like you mentioned before. Why doesn't he just come up with his own moves for the series then.
Also, how can Sprite movies be dead if there is still people who are making them and enjoying them?

In the end, I think you are right with what you said and you back it up well.

Alvin-Earthworm 2008-10-06 18:57:05

I just read this column and a few of the comments and believe it or not, even I agree with you.
Back when I had first joined Newgrounds a few years ago, I was a big fan of sprite animations. Namely ROTMK, SQFP and even your early FFSX flashes.
I hadn't been using Flash for long at the time and I thought it would be a fun thing to do as a hobby. Not as a serious profession. Something to work on during my free time in between a full time job.
Surely enough, I started work on SMBZ episode 1 which was not only my first sprite flash but a culmination of other things I liked. Mario, Sonic and DBZ.
After releasing it onto the portal, I was expecting an average score at best. To my surprise, I got 4.10 and a Daily Feature.
Needless to say this motivated me to work more on the series since I thought many others shared my same interests, but over the years, the fanbase has become a little too enthusiastic.
Now, I can't log on to my Newgrounds, MSN or Deviantart without being greeted by a fan asking when the next episode is out or "lul H0w d1d u g3t s0 gUd 4t 5Preite5???!!!11one"
Not only that, I am even getting sick of the number of spin offs and copycats that are flooding the portal. Nintegaball GT. Mario Ball Z. Shadowball Z to name a few.
The fans have now turned a harmless hobby into a full blown commitment. It also saddens me how they don't understand that I have other more important commitments away from the internet that take a much higher priority.
I severed myself from the internet and quit working with flash for over a year so I could escape from the nausiating fanboys constantly pestering me and hopefully re-ignite my interest in spriting again. I later come back to see that nothing has changed in my absence.
Many of you ask why I don't just quit. Well, I would, but I have grown attached to the series since I am hoping to see it through to the end, Much like you who wishes to finish your FFSX series.
I never would have foreseen the popularity of SMBZ and it was entirely unintentional. One thing for sure, it makes me sick to my gut to watch hopeless clones of my series and my so called fans comparing other sprite animations to mine. It's no wonder I have such a legion of haters when I have my fanboys spreading shit in my name.

zammywine 2008-11-11 15:05:16

hii

zammywine 2008-11-11 15:05:28

hi.

Nintedosega 2008-11-11 16:12:08

so wehn smbz ep 8 com out? Lol, but seriously, I really don't think Alvin is to blame, he didn't even know SMBZ was gonna be popular, but the fact is that to many people look at his fight and say "Omg like I'm gonna make one of dese!!!" Which is partly why sprites are dieing in popularity, Lack of originality. It's okay to be inspired by a series but many people rip off to much story line and give it there own little twist.

HeroSuperFlash 2008-11-17 20:13:48

I have to agree People Do Compare Smbz with Other Animations a little too much...
but still there isn't a need to blame alvin for this.... Some people can't help it and if the wan to make Falure, Smbz related stuff let them Its there problem iff it don't turn out good.... any by the way I think your series Is a lot beter than alvins
Well Good luck with Your series.

GM94089 2008-12-07 23:43:47

I'm an animator myself and I just started animating since March, but the 1st animation I did wasn't bad. It's not as animated and such as everyone's flashes here on NG because I use pivot beta 3 which anyone can download for free. So I make the best out of pivot and I learned some things to make certain parts of the animation look like it was made in flash. I upload my series on youtube because I WAS going to upload my series here too, but I decided not to because I KNOW a lot of people will start comparing it to SMBZ even though the story and characters all different. It gets so fucking annoying hearing his fans saying this and that about non-smbz related animations. Even though I have no haters and people love my series so far but if I start uploading my series here, people will start pissing me off and start comparing and will start saying it's a ripoff out of smbz.
My series is called "Mario & Luigi: Plan X" and it is currently on episode 4 but I still haven't decided what my fighting style should be. I want to either make it as dbz styled or rpg styled. I made fights of both but I wasn't sure which to follow....
Although there are many strubborn fans of smbz, I still think they should re-think about the plot since it IS based on dbz's plot. I see a lot of comments around youtube telling people to check out smbz because it's better and more action packed but I comment them right back telling those people to check your animations out because I think your like 10 times better then alvin. I really want to show people around youtube that alvin IS NO GOD! >_<

gigabite 2009-04-11 21:04:45

i think you are just as good a animator as alvin-earthworm and ff sonic x is just as good as super mario bors z and anyone that ff sonic sucks compared to smbz is an a hole

Xcyper33 2009-04-18 19:42:39

Black Devil X, Stop hating on Alvin. You will 'NEVER equal the guy's skills in sprite animation if any of your previous films are an indication.