Score: 10

"Lovely."

submission: Pico Takes A Shit

date: April 30, 2008

Clearly what Pico Day is all about. I wish more people actually made something creative for Pico Day.

Connor, my pal, high five!

Score: 8

"hilarious."

submission: Pico's Random Battle

date: April 30, 2008

At first I was lost. I thought this was terrible. Just lame tweens. Then it just kept going, and going, and going, and soon I began to shake with laughter.

The ending was pretty nice too.

Score: 10

"I think it's clear that I wasted my time..."

submission: PICODAY

date: April 30, 2008

... making my OWN Pico Day cartoon! Tom, just give this man the prize and be done with it!

Score: 10

"A masterpiece?"

submission: pigeon

date: April 29, 2008

Yes, most certainly a masterpiece. I really, just can't see how anyone could possibly be so dense as the give this anything but a perfect score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See all those exclamation points? THAT MEANS I'M BEING SUPER SERIOUS!

Score: 10

"This was Godly, mate."

submission: Curiousity in a Box

date: April 28, 2008

You get a clear cut 10. There were a few issues. Some really stiff tweens and awkward poses, but man, this was such a great little foray beyond the mind-numbing trash we generally get.

When you delved into the frame-by-frame, it looks pretty fantastic. The concept was brilliant, the music choice suited perfectly.

So the only thing I have to say negative, is next time, pay really close attention to those tweens. Work in some easing, and really just only use them is absolutely necessary.

Score: 10

"A contemporary masterpiece!"

submission: Down At McDonalds

date: April 27, 2008

An unrivaled achievement in cinema. Certainly something that has redefined the way we, as a human species of entertainment craving

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Score: 8

"Allright, so I thought it was pretty good."

submission: Ng Voicemail #973

date: April 27, 2008

I enjoyed it well enough. You really nailed the expressions. It was a pretty neat idea too. Solid stuff.

I don't get why people are whining about the ending. You'd have to be a pretty big dope not to get it. Some guy calls him a faggot and shit, so what does Tom do? Fucks his wife, the least faggoty behavior possible. It's pretty darn clear there folks.

Anyway, I docked a couple points because I would have prefered, well, not stick figures I guess.

Score: 10

"Brilliant."

submission: CoCkSpLoSiOn

date: April 18, 2008

An absolute masterpiece. Straight to the Top 50 and beyond.

Score: 10

"This is a masterpiece."

submission: Shot Gun Wedding

date: April 16, 2008

I don't know wht I forgot to review this when it came out.

Sure it was unclean and the animation was minimal, but it heightened the story. You know I've always loved your work, but this was the icing on the cake.

I wish you'd submit more flashes, I'd probably have you on my favourite author's list.

I guess if there was something to work on, It'd be slightly cleaner linework. Not too much though, because the messyness adds to the atmosphere.

Score: 3

"I can't say I enjoyed this."

submission: Super Smash bros ST 5

date: April 14, 2008

I forced myself to sit through it all, though it pained me, and I came out scratching my head. I understand why lots of people like this, it's filled with easily recognizable images, and you don't have to think at all you're just bombarded with the images. Still, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's actually good.

First off, sprites are never, ever, going to be good. You can time your hits well with them, and the full extent of animating well with a sprite. Also, it's stolen artwork. I realize we're on the internet and it's the viral machine and you can get sprites easily and it'll be tolerated, but don't just settle for acceptance, strive to excel past all boundaries. Not to mention the rip-job was terribly unclean with messy outlines all over the place.

Second, the things you did draw were terribly down and horrifying to look at. As an artist myself, I was almost offended they even existed. The GigaBowser looks like a sculpture made from diarrhea, no joke.

Third, the animation was really just sloppy. Your characters were tweened all over, barely even touching the ground at all so it looked like they were weightlessly floating around. Seriously dude, I really think you need to sit down and study weight and proportion and balance. Even when characters defy the laws of gravity and such things, there needs to be a visual logic, and there wasn't. Some of your hits had passable timing, all the impacts were pretty stiff and lame, and some weren't, so it's OK there.

Fourth is the story. It's, well, ridiculous. It's like something I would hand in for English class when I was in grade 5. There was simply no creativity to it at all. The most mind numbingly generic plot I've seen since Super Smash Bros. Z, which was just taken right out of a different work anyway.

Fifth is the text. I know blah blah you lost your file and couldn't fix it. I don't care. It doesn't matter. If it isn't right, don't submit it. Simple. I don't care that you didn't make the text this review isn't about you, it's about the submission. Along with the text come the dialogue which was tiring at best. The characters would continually shout out and repeat to the audience exactly what they just saw. I don't need Mario to tell me that I saw Master Hand do some crazy move; I just witnessed it with my own eyes. I'd prefer voice acting as well, but properly executed text can be almost as interesting as voices, so it's not a huge deal when done right.

Sixth is the sound. This was fine. Not good or anything but not bad enough to detract from the flash in any significant way.

So there you have it. A pretty sub-par piece of work by my standards. I give you a 3 for the obvious time and effort that went into it, because that's really the only astonishing quality to it all.

Oh, and please, no more excuses. Sure it's sad that you lost you're file and couldn't fix it and you don't have alot of spare time and this and that, but the fact is, there is no excuse. It's either good or it wasn't regardless of conditions, and I didn't think it was good. So what if your flash crashes every 10 minutes? My whole computer suddenly reboots for no apparent reason nearly every half hour. You know what I do though? I don't just submit my file because I can't be arsed to get back in there; I go right back to square one if I have to and I restart and make it better.

Now, I'm not going to be one of those guys who goes "AJKHJKHF THUIS SUCKKZZZ!! ZERO ZERO" because that sort of attitude is just pointless. I've gone and I've outlined the big shortcomings and I hope you'll give some serious thought to what I've said and work at learning and improving yourself. Seriously, don't go and right me off as some guy who is just following a trend because someone else voted low. That's just ridiculous to even consider, and not just for me but for anyone. I gave you this score because I think your deserve this score.