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The-Great-One

Age/Gender: 19, Male
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Hello. I am The-Great-One of Newgrounds. I am mainly a critic on here. If you have a flash or audio you want reviewed send me a PM.

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Flash Review Terms

Posted by The-Great-One Apr. 8, 2008 @ 5:27 AM EDT

This is a basic scale in which you will see in my flash reviewing. If you want me to review one of your flash submissions then kindly leave me a comment here with the URL to your flash or send me a PM. If you have a game for me to review then it may take longer for me to review your game. I do not review spam flashes.

I will always label flash submissions on the Good Points, Bad Points Scale. I'll basically tell you what was good about your flash and what was bad about it. Sometimes I'll give you a 50/50 Point Scale in which I tell you what was both good and bad. Within these scales I will grade on the following...

Perfect Score - If your flash is considered perfect within my eyes then I shall give you the recognition of a perfect score.

Artwork - This can vary depending on what your flash was supposed to be about. If you saw any sprite movies where I gave credit to artwork then you should be happy to know I will be giving credit to the rightful artist. If you use someone else's art then I will disable your Artwork Points.

Animation - This will not vary no matter what the flash is. If your animation looks lazy I will notify you on that. You can't slack on animation no matter what it is. However I try to slack on motion-tweening, so don't be alarmed, just don't constantly use motion-tweening.

Sound - This is an overall scoring of audio/song as well as sound effects.An added note is when the flash ends if your song keeps looping if you replay it then that's a problem, or if it is out of sync.

Voice - With so many prominent voice actors on Newgrounds now, I thought it only fair to separte Voice from Sound. So now you can be scored on Voice Acting. If there is no voice acting then you will not be graded on this. However if you have voice acting then please keep it in sync. I count voice acting as acting.

Emotions - This can be labeled under sorrow, funny, scary/creepy, fun, interactive, and etc. I will label this as part of your overall score if needed be.

Story - This is the most crucial part of all. Even if you have a flash game I would expect maybe just a small story to go along with it. If you have a terrible story then your whole entire flash just falls apart. If your flash is just a random flash or a collab then I will disable the story points.

Controls - This is only for Flash Games. I offer points for the controls in games. This can also be used for those interactive flash movies as well.

Gameplay - This is only for Flash Games. I offer points for the overall gameplay in games. This can also be used for those interactive flash movies as well.

Miscellanous - This is anything else I would want to add, you have no idea what could go here and neither will I until I review your flash.

Now then with all that above I will rank you on those above so you must be prepared for it. Now then for those who are confused about the way my ranking goes I'll give you numbers with it as well... However the numbers I give you for these rankings are only here for easier understanding, they have nothing to do with my overall score.

[ 10 ] Masterful - I hardly give out any of these. So if you like a challenge then try to make a flash that aquires at least one of these. If you do then you truly are worthy in my eyes.

[ 9 - 8 ] Superb - I have given out a small portion of these and I need to stop giving these out like I'm giving out a hand out so I've bumped up the level. These can be easy to get if you know your stuff.

[ 7 - 6 ] Great - I must admit that I am generous when saying something is great, I don't know why. Well these too are easy to come by mainly depending on your artwork and sound, more sound than anything else.

[ 5 ] Good - I use the word Good to make you feel better, the correct word would be average. I'm so sorry, but the truth does hurt. You don't want this, but it's not bad to get these either.

[ 4 - 3 ] Okay - Well it means I believe it is good enough to pass the portal at a low score so you'll know what is wrong with your flash and that way you can improve it.

[ 2 - 1 ] Bad - You do not want this. This is the worst thing you could ever get and it means your flash was just bad and could use a lot of work that I will kindly point out.

[ 0 ] Terrible - This is rarely used and for good reason, if I reviewed spam flashes you would see a lot of these, but I don't review spam flashes. However any other regular flash then yeah I will use this if I needed to.

[ ? ] Confused - Yes people this is a new one thanks to this flash. If I don't quite understand what you're saying then you will get this. It's not a bad thing... it's just I don't understand what you're doing.

[ ! ] Glitch - Here's another one for you all thanks to this flash. This is a bad thing and I will deduct quite a bit from your overall score because of this. You should always check through a game for any glitches. I can understand sometimes if you miss a glitch, hey it happens... but I will still deduct.

That's it. If you're ready for a true critique then just PM me or comment on this News Post with the URL or Link to your flash.

HAVE A NICE DAY!
:D

Updated: 08/29/09 5:42 PM Log in to comment! | Share this!

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24 Comments

Apr. 8, 2008 | 6:15 AM Cyberdevil says:

Nice guide! More people should follow this. :)

Apr. 8, 2008 | 6:24 AM The-Great-One responds:

I know, but hardly anybody ever will.

Updated: Apr. 8, 2008, 7:04 AM

Apr. 9, 2008 | 1:17 AM Jin says:

Yeah. This is very useful and can be used to compare to a flash that's in progress.

Apr. 9, 2008 | 3:46 AM The-Great-One responds:

I know, but yet again as I've already said, hardly anybody will.


Apr. 9, 2008 | 5:46 AM samsam72 says:

COME AND REVIEW ALL OF MY ADUIO PLZ SORRY NO LINK CAUSE IT SAYS NO HTML SO BUT GO TO USERPAGE AND CLICK AUDIO CLICK JUMP
sooo sorry its in caps

Apr. 9, 2008 | 1:16 PM The-Great-One responds:

Alright alright fine...


Apr. 15, 2008 | 10:34 AM Evi1-G says:

Your Blog Has Been Read, very thought provocing and ill review not according to these guidlines but ill include more points in comparrison to these guidlines =] cheers for the games aswell btw very useful

Apr. 15, 2008 | 11:17 AM The-Great-One responds:

Thank you very much.


Apr. 17, 2008 | 7:06 AM Trystlions says:

You should have called yourself the review king because of your awesome reviews!

Apr. 17, 2008 | 11:07 AM The-Great-One responds:

I am not worthy of such a title.


Apr. 19, 2008 | 11:28 PM Swordstick76 says:

I am, thanks to you... ;)

Apr. 20, 2008 | 10:52 AM The-Great-One responds:

I know... read your list.


Apr. 20, 2008 | 4:30 AM dooseyboy says:

lol you have garbage whistle!!;lplololololo

Apr. 20, 2008 | 10:49 AM The-Great-One responds:

Because marking reviews for a SPAM flash as useless or abusive will lower your whistle when it shouldn't.


Apr. 20, 2008 | 12:52 PM satanbrain says:

just wait till 30.4 :)

Apr. 20, 2008 | 1:04 PM The-Great-One responds:

???


Apr. 20, 2008 | 8:11 PM ZekeySpaceyLizard says:

"If you want me to review one of your flash submissions then kindly leave me a comment here with the URL to your flash or send me a PM."

Apr. 20, 2008 | 10:11 PM The-Great-One responds:

Remember this, I don't review spam, but I will gladly review some of your own work.

Updated: Apr. 20, 2008, 10:11 PM

Apr. 22, 2008 | 9:24 PM Dools says:

Hey check out my page you gotta see the hilarious video on there you'll love it!

Apr. 22, 2008 | 10:08 PM The-Great-One responds:

With the new embedded video feature I guess I could critique videos.


Apr. 27, 2008 | 2:05 AM Kokojo says:

Good job, il try to follow those They seems greatly buildt.

Apr. 27, 2008 | 6:54 PM The-Great-One responds:

Good for you.


Jul. 12, 2008 | 4:39 AM Resolution says:

So using your own rating scheme that would make you....
6-7/10

Jul. 12, 2008 | 5:31 PM The-Great-One responds:

Wow rating a person who has a rating scheme with your own rating scheme. That makes you a 7.2/10.



Aug. 14, 2008 | 10:05 PM Toastman7007 says:

You forgot 'Engine' I do believe (If my game terms are correct)


Sep. 17, 2008 | 1:53 PM Unkle-Krakerz says:

Actually you should edit this to where it claims to say "Flash reviewing key" so others can use this method. This is a great idea.

Sep. 17, 2008 | 10:22 PM The-Great-One responds:

Well it's not exactly a key to reviewing. These are just my terms of reviewing.


Sep. 18, 2008 | 6:01 PM PinballWizard976 says:

With you knowing so much about writing helpful reviews, I'm surprised that you have a garbage whistle...

Sep. 18, 2008 | 11:33 PM The-Great-One responds:

The reason I have a garbage whistle was for marking reviews abusive that weren't abusive. I need to stop by Rage's thread more often.


Sep. 20, 2008 | 10:05 AM PinballWizard976 says:

Nah, a lot of reviews in there aren't abusive at all.

Sep. 21, 2008 | 8:13 AM The-Great-One responds:

Not making reviews... marking other people's reviews as abusive when they weren't.


Jan. 27, 2009 | 11:38 PM Gustavos says:

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddd dddeeeeeeee

Can you reveiw my recent short movie?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /476608

I like it because of it being a simple comedy, what do you think?


Feb. 15, 2009 | 2:33 PM HolyKonni says:

I would like you to ask if you want to review my fighting movie. btw, good reviewing system! http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /483148


Mar. 1, 2009 | 1:47 PM LeafLock says:

i've always enjoyed your reviews. they are fair, precise, well layed out, and fun to read. would it be to much to ask for you to review one of my flash?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /460398
(this being the only non lock flash i have submitted)


Mar. 27, 2009 | 7:59 PM puddinN64 says:

Ha, you can try this one out for giggles. be warned though, it's bad...=l

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /454416


Mar. 31, 2009 | 6:32 PM tankbuster781 says:

All of my movies?
lol if you want


Aug. 28, 2009 | 3:37 AM HappyYeti says:

sounds like a good guide, would you kind taking a look at my art?


Nov. 13, 2009 | 12:04 AM creepyboy says:

Would you like to review a couple of my stuff?
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /397702
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /407885

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