JL24FPS
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Post by JL24FPS on Oct 28, 2013 15:58:33 GMT -5
Hey everyone. Long time, no talk.
Jeeze, quite alot has changed since I left at Animania.
We got a new Mod. Stevo was dethroned. We lost some great animators. We retired championships. We brought in new championships. We crowned new champions.
I've still been paying attention ever since Animania, and things have been in rough shape, specifically the last PPV. Now I'm not blaming anyone specific... (Arrow, you jerk) but this board has lost the momentum and the energy that it once had.
I remember a time when the animation board was the first place I would go when I logged onto wFigs. I recall secretly coming on here back when I was in my high school computer lab to check to see the new animations people were putting up. Feds were going strong and new parts to episodes were released on a consistent basis, mine included. My TNA show was awesome. Many of the great animators would back me up on that. I know the animations weren't that great or on the same level as some people today, but dammit, they were entertaining as Hell. I think that's why everyone was so motivated. We all wanted to help each other out and keep putting out new stuff.
But now...
Now the only show I see going strong is JWF. Now I'll be the first one to say it... Captain McKay's videos still get me excited when I watch them. I see his sets and his animations and it gets me pumped up to be an animator. So I come onto the animation board to see what everyone is up to...
and do you want to know what I see...?
Nothing.
I don't see ANYONE with that fire, with that drive or desire to make this place better. To make this place amazing again.
You all say you want to help, but how many animations are posted on the first page and how many good, thoughtful responses are there to each? Do you break the animation down and tell the animator what you liked and what you didn't like? What could be improved? How YOU would improve it?
Or do you just say, "nice ani. looks a little stiff. 8/10"...?
Because THAT is NOT a REVIEW.
It really is disappointing. I've been here since 2006 and I am disappointed with what this board has become.
So with that said... It's been fun, WFigs...
But now I'm BACK to restore this board to where it once was. I'm bringing new life into your so called "New Generation". I've waited, I've watched, I've prepared for this moment. It's all I thought about as soon as I got shabbed with voting in my main event Animania match.
No More.
You have all FAILED this board. (yeah, I know. Just let it happen.)
I'm cashing in my WHC Feast or Fired case.
ShowOff... You have 48 hours to make an animation. Freestyle.
Balls in your court, everyone.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 16:04:22 GMT -5
AHHH MY JEBUS ALEX SHEPHERD IS DEAD BUT THEMEMANXX RISES FROM THE DEAD
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Post by Jack on Oct 28, 2013 16:12:33 GMT -5
OH BAA GAWD
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Post by The Dazzler on Oct 28, 2013 16:18:30 GMT -5
I usually don't post in here and I just watch animations once in a while but holy crap that was a cool post.
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Post by dakis on Oct 28, 2013 16:26:55 GMT -5
Never really checked out the animation threads but that post has me curios. Nice post broseph.
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Post by Scotty on Oct 28, 2013 16:32:21 GMT -5
LUFTY!
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Post by Andeh on Oct 28, 2013 16:36:41 GMT -5
Oooooh snap!
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Post by el torro on Oct 28, 2013 16:39:20 GMT -5
Yawnnn.
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JL24FPS
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Post by JL24FPS on Oct 28, 2013 16:42:26 GMT -5
Yawnnn. s'cute.
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Post by el torro on Oct 28, 2013 16:55:49 GMT -5
Yawnnn. s'cute. You a jokester, eh?
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JL24FPS
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Post by JL24FPS on Oct 28, 2013 17:03:29 GMT -5
s'cute. You a jokester, eh?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 20:28:41 GMT -5
never really knew Thememan but that sounds awesome
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Post by KKD on Oct 28, 2013 21:26:47 GMT -5
GIF WAR
THEMEMAN VS OZZY
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Post by wwextreme25 on Oct 28, 2013 22:20:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2013 23:58:53 GMT -5
Even if you do win, you're just setting yourself up to lose it a few weeks later...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 0:18:29 GMT -5
I've been on the boards since 09 and I've browsed em since 07/08 and to be honest I think what started this problem was when the first chat thread got closed while Audie was mod I believe. Everyone had so much fun then, you'd go into the chat thread just to read Arrows, Scotts and Mitchs banter they have between them. We even took the piss out of what other boards or people said about us for example. "The new animators chat thread for mature people" and we all talked like a bunch of uptight British people for a week. When that was closed the admins on here really layed down the law on us, they took everything we did for fun and were trying to make it serious and when the stick figure board was saying the exact same things we were and spamming our forum we got the punishment not them and when JS heard he said that he didn't take the stick figure board seriously but he loves our animations and that's why he wants us to strive, which basically meant us not being allowed to have any banter and fun on here. I mean we were rarely allowed to talk about things in the ppv thread other than the ppv and that was basically the chat thread in between ppvs before we got the official chat thread. So when we lost our chat thread and were barely allowed to talk in the stips thread about off topic things a lot of the fun diminished. I remember stopping animating completely shortly after that happened because all of the fun was gone.
Now this is what I think also led to the downfall of Audie because he lost a lot of fun on the board and with people not having any way to waste their time while waiting for the ppv to be posted if it was a day late or something they'd end up going in the stips thread and there'd literally by 10 - 15 posts within a day saying where's the ppv and this continued and continued and it appeared Audie was getting more and more frustrated with everyone and then Bubble Bath happened. It ended up being roughly a month late.
So that is what I think was the cause of the downfall of fun on here, we weren't allowed to have enough freedom and now that we have the chat thread back and regular ppvs people still seem to be boring. I mean the chat thread is there for a reason, chat! Talk about random things, how do you think half of the best jokes from this board started? Through the chat thread. For example "LMAOJew" was one of the funniest things at the time, not many people now will get it though because they weren't around but basically it was taking the piss out of someones tag team name. Almost everyone had friendly rivalries on here and just talked a whole heap of crap to each other in the chat thread, all in good fun.
If the board can find a way to make things like the chat thread fun again, then I feel people will end up more motivated to animate because they'll see a lot more people on the board having fun and then hopefully this board could come back to how it was in 09.
That's my 2 cents, take it or leave it but honestly just posting this won't change anything, we ALL need to start posting in the chat thread and being fun. I honestly believe a fun chat thread is what will make this board succeed!
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Post by Scotty on Oct 29, 2013 5:32:55 GMT -5
Even if you do win, you're just setting yourself up to lose it a few weeks later... Hes right, that belt will be around my waist.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 5:52:45 GMT -5
Even if you do win, you're just setting yourself up to lose it a few weeks later... Hes right, that belt will be around my waist.
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Post by KKD on Oct 29, 2013 5:58:46 GMT -5
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Post by el torro on Oct 29, 2013 7:18:07 GMT -5
Even if you do win, you're just setting yourself up to lose it a few weeks later... Hes right, that belt will be around my waist.
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