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Yeah, so, I haven't really given much news in a while (not that anyone really reads these anyway), so I thought I'd give a bit of a random update in case anyone actually IS wondering. Hey, you never know. :P

Now the first question you're probably asking in this regard: "Where the HELL is the god damn voice demo?! You promised it'd be out after your paper thing was done! NYEEEEEEEEH!!" Well, here's the short and sweet answer: shit hit the fan... then the fan got hit by a truck. My personal life has become a shit-storm compared to what it was before, time and motivation have become EXTREMELY lacking, and I need to replace some of the scripts for the demo seeing as they didn't particularly fit the purpose I wanted them to nor were they relevant at all. As a result, the voice demo is taking a while. Sadly, I cannot guarantee a release date for the voice demo.

Best case scenario: It'll be out tomorrow if I can muster the motivation and my life goes at least slighly back on track. Worst case scenario: It could be a long one. If my life takes a left turn down a cliff and into a ring of fire, then it could be months and months and MONTHS before this project finally takes off.
Most likely scenario: Probably a month or so from now when I'm out of school. US History 1 Honors can be a bitch. :P

However, I can guarantee a "mini" voice demo to be out later tonight. I recently saw a post by bocodamondo and I considered joining. I decided it'd be best to take advantage of this small burst of motivation, and try to move up on a somewhat major project. Consider this my attempt at getting back up after I got knocked down. Hopefully, all goes well and that I can expect good things to happen as a result. Will I pull through? Possibly. Can I keep this stride? Probably not. Will I give this the best shot I am able? Bet your sweet ass I will~

Oh, and if anybody would like to give me voice-acting advice in any event, or try to help me through my personal crisis, then by all means! I'd love for some more help around this unknown hellhole I call a life. However, if you don't wanna help, that's fine, too. It's your life. You do with it whatever you damn well please. I certainly can't stop you. :P

Well, that's all for now. If you want to give me advice, feel free to leave a comment, but if you want to help with my personal issues, please PM me. I probably won't take it seriously otherwise. Well, have a nice night, everybody!

~The Skull Smasher~

So I'm sure pretty much anyone and everyone on NG has forgotten this account in every way, shape, and form, but I'm finally back on a semi-professional basis. I've finally decided to aspire in voice acting (not like there are enough of those around here, HURHUR), which is something I've wanted to do for a while now. I intend to grow in popularity at least slightly during my journey and I hope to give it my best shot, so if anyone wants to commission me or anything, feel free to.

Sadly, I have not posted a voice demo yet. Rest assured, it will be coming soon. Hopefully soon enough that something can be done with it, but if that is not the case, then just keep a look out. I have a lot of work to do before any of this can really begin, so bear with me as I try to push everything through and try to get myself out there. If you're interested in helping me out, giving me a spot in something, or just giving me some friendly advice, I'd be happy to hear you out. The latest you should expect my voice demo is April 30, which is a couple days after a rough draft paper for my history class is due. Zero pages down, 11 to go... Lovely, huh? :P

Thanks for your time, and I'll be sure to get to work on this sooner or later, so be sure to expect me!

~The Skull Smasher

EDIT: Hey, guys! Thought I'd give a random update for anyone who's interested: my voice demo is in the works. Currently, there are some kinks with the voice demo script, and I'm also considering the possibility of multiple demos. This hopefully will be accomplished within a few days. However, considering the issues I've had in recent times, I hope you don't mind if the deadline is missed. At the very worst, I'm not sure what to tell you. Just don't lose hope! It'll be here eventually.

After this time, I decided to ditch the flash-making world completely. I'll watch and review, but likely never make. Till that day come (which may be never), check my YouTube profiles for other stuff that you may or may not care about. AND SORRY FOR BEIN LAZY, I'M NOT GIVING THE LINKS. I don't like unneeded publicity. :(

Anyways, I may make flash 1 day. But that day is yet to come...

Please tell me this is an April Fool's Joke (kinda). Newgrounds can't be Newgrounds WITHOUT Newgrounds. But what was taken away? NEWGROUNDS! So, sorry to be a tightwad, but I got to rant.

First off, the new word censors. The Newgrounds user G-A-M-E-Max will like have his name changed to "physical"-Max. And the other stuff? Not cool. Personally, Newgrounds was liked for the freedom. Where di it all go?

Second, I'm not Chinese. The face choices are <sarcasm> EXCELLENT! I absolutely love ALL of them!</sarcasm> Last I checked, Newgrounds had something called the "Agnry Faic."

Finally, if this ISN'T an April Fool's Joke, or Conficker bug, Newgrounds shouldn't stay like this. Do you know what will happen if the entire site is under Chinese influence!? Insanity will be amok. And when it comes because you didn't stop the joke, don't (and I mean DON'T) come crying to me to fix things. EVERYBODY HAPPY? Have a nice day. AND THIS BETTER BE A JOKE!

EDIT: Figures. The entire message is CENSORED! Thanks a lot, China. HERE I COME, YOUTUBE!!

But you may be wondering: Why am I happy that I'm an NG washout? That's cuz I'm happy that way XP
But no, serously, I have other things I could do! But this will likely be used if I ever wanna post music, or get the word out about stuff. Also, I'll add some life lessons now and then =D
By the way, go to my YouTube account (link in post before this one) if you want to see what I've been up to! But for now, I'm happy. So I'll end it off with my life lesson segment!
By the way, almost forgot: My flash stuff may be seen for all someday. I'm just not ready yet is all. Once I become smatrer, more skillful, and am bored outta my damn mind, I'll make some flash. But for now, it's all over as it is. Sorry bout that! Here's youre life lesson(s)!

Life Lesson #1: If you win the lottery, don't quit just yet!
Just annoy the hell outta your boss for a little while until you're fired XP
That is, unless you like your job, or just like working XD But who EVER does!?

Life Lesson #2: Learn the art of the haggle!
If you learn to haggle, you'll be rich soon enough! But if you don't know, you may get some down time... for a while. Oh yeah: BONUS LIFE LESSON!!!

BONUS LIFE LESSON: If you find a pack of what looks like sugar on the ground, pick it up ASAP!
It's called crack! You can either:
A)Pick it up, smoke it, get jailed, and end up being raped for a few years, or
B)SELL IT! It's worth a lot! Or better yet,
C)Make your own! Just put some sugar in a bag, and add a few spices! Nobody will ever know...

Bye byez =D

Sad to say, I thought long and hard. This is what I've come to: I might quit flash before I even start. Several good reasons for me to do so:

1)To a 13-year old puke like myself, flash is the equivalent of rocket science. You just can't understand ever bit of it all.

2)Sprite movies are declining. I have no good drawing skill, and Alvin-Earthworm may have milked the sprites dry on this one.

3)You can only get the best results by spending $600, or $700 on it. I could use that cash to buy a Halo 3 Xbox 360, Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Rockband!

4)School's coming! My time to waste will be lost substancially! My time will be wasted with my actual life!!!

If anybody has any regards worth mentioning that aren't for complete dumbasses, please notify me. I likely will not reply for a while, though. A month at most. Sadly, I will stay a shadow of NG, but I'm fine with that XD

I'm taking a break from Flash (even though I never made any flash =P)
I'm just working on finding tutorials that are simple enough to understand. I'm also trying machinima, but so far I don't have the materials D=
Not doing this to sound like a noob, but I'll be making flash animation with PAINT until I can find a simple tutorial for flash. This flash will NOT GO ON MY NEWGROUNDS ACCOUNT!! That would disgrace all hardworking NG flash makers. I'll be uploading my work onto YouTube for the meantime. If you wish to view my upcoming work, then click the link at the bottom of the page. I won't make another post until it's time for me to use Adobe Flash CS3 Professional 30-Day Trial Edition. So unless you REALLY DO want to find out what goes on, PM me on NG, or YouTube. I'll give you the DL just in case you want it. This is SkullSmasher signing out for the last time... as a noob that is =P (unless you send me a message. I'd obviously respond =P). Alright, here's the link I told you about!!

EDIT: I'll still make review, posts, and stuff like that, but I won't make another post of news on my page for an unknown amount of time.

EDIT 2: I'd really appreciate it if you could find anything to help with my flash!! Also, I can make my own sprites (kinda). I can only recolor right now. If you could find a sprite editing tutorial, too, that would be the best =3

This is my YouTube account. Check out the latest news here on my work!!

Okay, I'll only explain once: I'm on a bit of a meltdown. People who have no sense, title infringement, etc. No offense, but do the people of NG have something that isn't just mentally retarded? I mean, yeah, lots of the things people make are good, but there are a select few that just don't understand how far is far enough. These things make me sick. Also, if you don't mind, please help me. I got the hang of using sprite sheets, but NOT the actual sprites themselves... If you could, please tell me of tuts that tell you about sound files, tweening, bitmaps, etc. Just some of the details. Especially backgrounds!! What good is a flash animation WITHOUT a background? Well, I might get the hang of things. Just don't expect anything too good. I only have the 30-day trial version of flash (not made of money =P).

EDIT: Even though most of my reviews are terrible, I actually like some of the things on NG. I'm not heartless. I'm just short-tempered to those I find inappropriate. I'm really a nice guy =D

Well, good news and bad news. Good news is that I'm finally getting into the awing of things. Bad news? Still don't know how to do half of the crap you're supposed to. Text, tweening, frames, the works. Don't know how to do a lot of the things that make flash animations great. Maybe not today, but 1 day, my flash will be great. I don't know if I could do much with a free 30-day trial flash animator (I'm not rich, y'know) but I could do something... Just don't know what yet =P

I've always wanted to make great flash creation with sprites, but only 1 question stands in my way: How? I found my answer... only to be crushed. I have to download... A lot. My overall space left is terrible as it is, and I can't POSSIBLY find all of the sprites needed for my project. Plus, what retard would consider watching a 13-year-old's sprite crap!? Nobody!! That's who. I don't even know if I'll continue onward, or stay a dumbass critic. I guess the choice is mine, perhaps? If ANYBODY wants me to move on with my aspect, then go ahead and PM me... If NOT, then good luck finding me on NG. I'd have other things to do. So it's up to you, the people of NG to determine my fate here...