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Dobio

Age/Gender: 22, Unspecified
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Job: Rockstar

At 10/17/06 12:06 AM, DFox wrote: : The only reason I would want to be a mod would be because when I see spam or people disrespecting each other on the BBS, it kills me inside.

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Sign-Up Date:
7/7/02

Level: 36
Aura: Light

Rank: Sergeant
Blams: 3,376
Saves: 1,770
Rank #: 889

Whistle Status: Bronze

Exp. Points: 14,000 / 14,390
Exp. Rank #: 341
Voting Pow.: 7.73 votes

BBS Posts: 20,878 (9.45 per day)
Flash Reviews: 74
Music Reviews: 25
Trophies: 0
Stickers: 0

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Dobio

First Post

Posted by Dobio Jul. 22, 2007 @ 1:47 AM EDT

This is my first, of hopefully many News posts on my userpage. As you can see, it's pretty drab with no pictures and nothing really exciting going on, but that is due to the fact that I just got home from vacation.

I haven't really had a chance to talk about the redesign in detail, so I figure a good starting point would be to go through the things I like and the things I wish were added.

First of all, the things I like :

1. The New Level System : I had originally stopped depositing for my NG account because frankly, I found it pointless to log on daily to deposit and basically tread water to maintain a spiked dildo. With the new schemata, it is awesome to see that for one, the scaling system is kaputs, which means constant progress towards your next level, instead of losing your progress if you decide not to log in, and secondly, I absolutely LOVE the new look levels. Although, some of the levels are better than others, thankfully, as I mentioned before, you progress THROUGH the levels quite quickly, so it's great. So big props for that, and big ups on the graphics that the new design entails.

2. New Look Portal : I love the new Voting Bar/Review System. I think it is way more effective to have the voting shit pop up instead of take you to a new page, so I'm a big fan of that. The embedded flash is kinda eh, I like having pop ups so I can check other things while I watch the movie, but I will admit the look is way better. The opening page definitely looks more slick though, so again, good shit.

3. Auras : Even though I'm stuck with my GOLD, I still like the new look of the auras. The addition of black and purple gives a bit more variety, which is always nice, and hopefully it opens up the path to more potential auras, I'll talk more about that later.

OK, now things I'd like to see in the future for the website.

1. MORE SECRETS! The secret system has been kinda pushed aside as being moot point, with only four secrets or whatever, basically none of them having any real point (Who really uses the opportunity to post on the front page anyway?), I feel as if not having more secrets is really missing a big opportunity.

What if once you got a certain amount of exp, you gained yourself a new aura? Like, something totally out there like Orange, or Brown, or whatever. Or you could have access to custom Newgrounds avatars...like, if you hit 20,000 exp, you could use a picture of Pico as your avatar, or any of the other NG characters....it just seems like if the secrets aren't going to be updated, why not just trash them, or give them a special overhaul? I dunno, it's just a thought.

2. My webcam was removed! NOOOOOOOO.

Actually, I don't really care about that, I never uploaded any pics ever since my program originally crashed.

Anyway, let me know what you think about the whole idea with the secrets. I love these news posts, especially since you get an awesome 30K+ characters to work with.

I'm hoping that I get some visitors to my page, even if it's just to bitch about how much they hate me. ;)

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16 Comments

Jul. 22, 2007 | 1:58 AM NeoSoviet says:

There should be more secrets...

And no, I don`t hate you =3

Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:04 AM Dobio responds:

Yes, yes there should be! More secrets would be even more incentive for those who don't give a shit about voting power.

If there were forum perks, I'm sure the bitter level 1/2 users would even start to deposit more frequently.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:03 AM AwfulAwful says:

I still love ya even though you banned meh ;)

Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:05 AM Dobio responds:

My bans are always out of love.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:06 AM Famas says:

I agree with your idea for secrets, really. I'd like to see something worthwhile in there other than the.......... oh, I guess I can't say, 'cuz it's a secret!

PS: Unless the tint/hue on my monitor is screwed, the Fab aura is totally pink :P

Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:12 AM Dobio responds:

OH, yeah, maybe it is. I just kept thinking of the "Petition for a Purple Aura" thread. Pink, purple, tomayto, tomato, I say.

I think you're allowed to talk about secrets on userpages, NO MODS, remember?


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:17 AM PureLionHeart says:

I like your ideas with the secrets. The avatar idea is kind of useless, since they can be cropped and found anyway, but the aura idea I like, and I imagine there are other possibles.

Still hate ya, though. <3

Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:20 AM Dobio responds:

Oh yeah, I definitely haven't fully explored all potential with what could be used as a secret, but I'm sure a lot of the NG fans would be interested in at least some of them.

I just think that unless you are a hardcore flash viewer, there isn't a huge incentive for voting. The new levels help, but eventually that will wear out too. I really don't think anyone is really thrilled about waiting for 30K exp for naked pictures of Tom, which apparently are pretty meh to begin with. :(

Although they might be better now that he's buffed up, I dunno.

I hait yew too, Lionheart! </3


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:19 AM Mendou says:

Look at me, im someone you probably never heard of.

Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:27 AM Dobio responds:

*stares at you* Welcome to my humble abode.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:30 AM Hycran says:

Why the christ am i writing in here?

P.S: Roger that on the secrets <3

Jul. 22, 2007 | 3:22 AM Dobio responds:

Because you're a filthy stalker, that's why!


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:33 AM MetalDart says:

We can always trade auras for a day, lulz.
When you get a time, you should make a banner and picture. But then again, I am talking to someone who used to have no sig hahaha.

Also, I hope you had a fun time on your vacation, where ever it was! :D

Jul. 22, 2007 | 3:22 AM Dobio responds:

YEAH, I WOULD, but I have no artistic skillz0rs.

So I'm hoping that I can mooch something off of someone. :)


Jul. 22, 2007 | 4:08 AM Evark says:

Dobio: +1 comment.

Jul. 22, 2007 | 1:53 PM Dobio responds:

Evark +1 reply.


Jul. 22, 2007 | 2:27 PM Monocrom says:

I hate you! :P

Not really..... that's the secret.

Jul. 23, 2007 | 1:55 PM Dobio responds:

Hurray! Maybe I'll write a story on here in honour of you.


Jul. 23, 2007 | 3:38 AM Malachy says:

I don't hate you dobs, despite you blocking me on aim in April and never unblocking me... :( It hurts...On the inside.

No, I have more of a sick and disturbing obsession with you, making alternate instant message accounts <i>just</i> to see if you're online, to read and re-read your profile...Staying up until 3 in the morning my time to see you come online at midnight your time....Constantly hitting F5 to see <i>exactly</i> when you deposit your experience....

Reading through your forgotten livejournal account, searching for truth...Actually paying for an adgbc forums account just to read through what you have already posted...

I love you as much as anyone can love an addiction, Dave. I see myself near you, and it excites me. Every fiber of my being shudders with every emotion <i>but</i> hate for you...

btw, totally wear that blue shirt tomorrow.

That's right, <i>I</i> know. <i>I</i> <b><i>saw</i></b> exactly what your "shirt" dillema was today...Ohhh, I saw, Dave.

Jul. 23, 2007 | 1:54 PM Dobio responds:

You are sooooooo weird, d00d.


Jul. 23, 2007 | 6:20 AM VeryProudofYa says:

Ducks won the cup.

Also, Bertuzzi's going to break naslund's and robby's necks this year.

Jul. 23, 2007 | 1:54 PM Dobio responds:

He wouldn't break Markus' neck, they are friends. He'd probably break Krajicek's neck or something. :-/


Jul. 23, 2007 | 1:44 PM MrLuckDuck says:

You sir, are on a locking thread rage. RUN FOR THE HILLS!
Also, nice idea for the secrets.

Jul. 23, 2007 | 1:53 PM Dobio responds:

The BBS is shit, 75% of the time, it needs to be that way. :)


Jul. 23, 2007 | 2:37 PM Malachy says:

<3 u ^_^


Jul. 23, 2007 | 3:29 PM mariobro42 says:

To be honest, I agree with most of what you said, but I still hate that stupid pink aura - it should be more of a rich purple instead of making the level icon look pansyish.


Jul. 24, 2007 | 12:42 AM absent says:

I once left a message using the second secret with something along the lines of "wow a message no one will read". I ended up getting three PMs about it, including one from Tom.

People must secretly watch that message, so it's not THAT bad of a secret :p

But yeah, more secrets would be awesome even if it's one of those things which ends up being at the bottom of the to-do list for the ng guys...


Jul. 24, 2007 | 11:12 PM CuteAndFuzzy says:

If I were to get banned by any mod, it would have to be shrapnel, ramagi or dobio.

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