So I left a review for Tyrant-D's Pokemon:Fated Stool - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/624656
And I got a reply from him that was hilarious! So I thought I would share it with you here. And explain myself a bit more. Okay, Here was my review:
I really liked this... Three of four years ago. Now that I've gotten into flash, I can see that it actually kinda sucks. Okay it really sucks. I think the "fast-paced action" (which is really just shaky cam and constant tweening) actually just distracts people from how bad the animation is. If it slowed down long enough for us to focus on the actual look and movement of the characters, it would be pretty disappointing. Kudos for not using sprites (boo for the DBZ ripoff characters though) but on the basic level, It's no different from all those Sonic sprite battles with lots of forgettable action and no story!
Sorry, but putting a story in the description doesn't count. And your story just boils down to, can awesome guy and his powerful pokemon beat awesome villain and their powerful pokemon? That's not a story, that's an excuse for not writing a story. So in closing, cut the fights short so you don't wear yourself down, that way you can focus more on smoother movements and transitions. Limit the shaky cam and constant movement of the characters so it doesn't look like a clusterfuck. And maybe write a real story so I actually care about why these people are fighting and how it will turn out.
Okay, so yeah, pretty harsh. I'm ex-military so I usually don't pull punches when I criticize someone but I do try to keep it civilized. And here is his reply:
teejay13 you Sir are a very cold-hearted individual!
I put blood, sweat and tears into creating this! and yes! I know it was critical failure! but for once in your life, don't take things so seriously. As for those sonic flashes, I consider them one of the worst things to ever hit newgrounds (Not all but MOST), as you compared this failure to them, I feel incredibly heart broken. These Pokemon battles was never about stories, I say FUCK FAIRY TALE STORIES! LET THE POKEBALLS AND EXPLOSIONS FLY LOL!
Your not even going to take account into the effort one put in making such a flash? your review favored in the trails of a "rant" more than all out "criticism"
Also WTF do you mean "Kudo's for not using sprites??" Get the Fuck out of here with that shit TJ LOL! at least I have the ability to draw unlike the one trying to lecture me in how I should rectify my animation style.
Now Teejay! let me find a window and jump out of it, as you have now shattered my soul. Just to make you feel better now, I think your *cough* "sprite based" *cough*"Pokemon: World of Chaos" series is incredible!
I'm very very very disappointed in you Teejay, very disappointed :( *sniff* *sniff* (Tyrant-D unhooks window) Whooooosh!! Splat**
Let's reply to what he said and try out this new NG bullet list option:
- "teejay13 you Sir are a very cold-hearted individual!" -No I'm not. I'm a very nice guy, I just don't beleive in coddling or sugar coating.
- "I put blood, sweat and tears into creating this! and yes! I know it was critical failure! but for once in your life, don't take things so seriously" -I know you worked hard on it, but that doesn't mean it gets a free pass from criticism. And why are you admitting it's a critical failure? I never said that. For once in my life? I didn't know you knew me so well. And there's only two reasons I take a flash seriously enough to write a review, it's sucks so hard I can't not write a review or I think it has good potential and I want to see it improve. I'll let you decide which catergory yours fits in.
- "As for those sonic flashes, I consider them one of the worst things to ever hit newgrounds (Not all but MOST), as you compared this failure to them, I feel incredibly heart broken. These Pokemon battles was never about stories, I say FUCK FAIRY TALE STORIES! LET THE POKEBALLS AND EXPLOSIONS FLY LOL!" -Oh I dont know, I can think of worse things on Newgrounds... And these battles not being about stories and only explosions is exactly why they are just like the sonic sprite battle flashes.
- "Your not even going to take account into the effort one put in making such a flash? your review favored in the trails of a "rant" more than all out "criticism"." -I do appreciate the effort you put into it, I just think you need to reorganize it so your "effort" is being channeled appropriately so your flash ends up being something worth watching instead of a coma-inducing mess of shaky cams and cacophonies. And that was not a rant. Neither is this. Your reply was more of a rant.
- "Also WTF do you mean "Kudo's for not using sprites??" Get the Fuck out of here with that shit TJ LOL! at least I have the ability to draw unlike the one trying to lecture me in how I should rectify my animation style." -Kudos means "good job" you dope. I was praising you for not using sprites. And yes, you maybe better at drawing then me, but tracing doesn't count, so maybe not. And saying LOL doesn't automatically grant forgivness for cussing someone out.
- "Now Teejay! let me find a window and jump out of it, as you have now shattered my soul. Just to make you feel better now, I think your *cough* "sprite based" *cough*"Pokemon: World of Chaos" series is incredible!" -Really? I shattered your soul with an honest and mostly tame critical review of your flash? What a wimp. And am I supposed to feel bad because you like my series and I don't like yours? Well, I do, but that's not going to change my opinion about it until you improve it. And what about my series do you think is incredible? Certainly not the animation as you said, so it must be the story. To me, the story is far more important then the animation or the action, and you're flash has no story. And you wonder why I don't like it?
- "I'm very very very disappointed in you Teejay, very disappointed :( *sniff* *sniff* (Tyrant-D unhooks window) Whooooosh!! Splat**" - Not as disappointed as I am in your flash!I Dohoho! (you had to see that coming). And I drove you to suicide? I guess my review worked better then I thought. Didn't you say something about "not taking things too seriously"
Well that's all for this reply. Oh and just so my WoC fans don't feel like they read all this for nothing, I have decided to continue the series. I appreciate all the encouragment I got from the replies in my last post.
Yoshiii343
Looks like someone doesn't know how to handle actually useful constructive criticism.