ONWARD TO THE REDESIGN!!!

Like other newgrounders, I am impatiently counting the hours until the new design hits. We've all been staring at this version of newgrounds for the last 4/5 years, so I'm sure it will be a slight change for some people.. I'm hoping that the layout is good enough that people will be comfortable pretty fast.

I've been a member of this site since 1999(I have a strong feeling some of you were born after that date o_O), so I've been around for most of newgrounds different iterations, it's funny to think what newgrounds and the portal USED to be; hand selected flashes picked by Tom and usually made by Tom, there was no submission system, user names, grounds gold, daily top 5... old old oldgrounds was a shadow of it's current self... and alot has been accomplished.

I still remember waiting patiently for flash to install on my Windows 95 (or maybe 3.1?) computer so I could punch Barney in the face on Newgrounds... it's probably one of my earliest moments of excitement on the internet... and has paved the way for what I'm doing now.

I couldn't believe "flash" could exist when I installed it, I was used to the only motion online being gif animations or really super-blurry videos. After being on newgrounds so much, I started to become curious about the program flash.. I downloaded the 30 day trial.. and I've been using it ever since. It's kind of nostalgic to think about.

Anyway, Newgrounds has completely changed the internet, it was the 4chan before 4chan... and was creating memes before the public decided it was cool. Newgrounds is where a shit-ton of internet pop culture comes from and I think anyone that has had the privelage of being a member on the site for a while, will tell you Newgrounds is one of the best creative communities on the internet/planet.

ONWARD TO THE REDESIGN!

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Dunso 2012-02-05 10:48:14

Fuck yeah man! First time I set my foot here was '05, joinded in '08 after rediscovering it and started making shitty flash. It's a patheticly short time compared to guys like you but it's my 5th year now so it pretty much feels like forever. I'm damn sure this will be a great new design from what I've seen on screenies!

JMartin97 2012-02-05 10:48:14

I haven't seen any screens yet... but 5 years is nothing to scoff at, I'm sure you will be around for much longer :P

bocodamondo 2012-02-05 16:34:20

the first time i came to NG was on 2009 and i instantly felt in love with this website ^^

i hope it dont change TO MUCH on the redisign though :C

Steinberg 2012-02-05 16:56:45

Ahhhh, my first memory from newgrounds is badgers badgers badgers... But I only accessed the site a few times, yet, it was always here for me when I was wanting entertainment.
I did a few flash animations but it was only in 2009 that I decided to improve in flash and actually get into it, and into watching more animations, when I started to be frequent and made an account, since then I improved a lot just by watching animations, seeing how authors do movements and angles and other stuff that was hard for me.
Basically, newgrounds turned me into a flashaholic, and I can't be more thankful to that.

JMartin97 2012-02-05 16:56:45

I can't imagine how many people have been influenced to create stuff by NG, best website of my life :O

FightingSeraph 2012-02-05 17:01:36

I first came here in 2000 from a friend of mine and was hooked! I signed up in 2001, got flash in 2004, a tablet in 2005, and have yet to release a single Flash cartoon/game.

JMartin97 2012-02-05 17:01:36

lol u should get on that

Kajenx 2012-02-05 17:39:09

No way flash was ever on windows 3.1! I refuse to believe it.

blackduckie 2012-02-05 18:22:31

Pretty sure I've been here since "The problems of the future, today!" was plastered as the site slogan.
I actually remember taking a while to warm up to the 2007 design; especially the Audio Portal, what with the download rankings being removed and replaced with crappy-looking CD icons.

But DAMN, I'm ready for more change!

JMartin97 2012-02-05 18:22:31 (Updated 2012-02-05 21:10:44)

"DAMN, I'm ready for more change!"

Me too.

LazarheaD 2012-02-06 05:07:50

Well said