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I'm English and I'm that guy who made that MARDEK thing. How interesting.

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How to get front pagely featured...?

Posted by Pseudolonewolf Nov. 6, 2007 @ 1:46 AM EST

How do Flash things actually get chosen to be featured on the front page of Newgrounds...? Because I'm really disappointed that MARDEK 2 didn't get featured even though it got great scores and things (better than other things that DID make it to the front page...), and MARDEK 1 got featured despite lower scores...
Do a certain amount of users have to suggest it for featured status or something? Or is it entirely just Tom Fulp's personal preference (since everyone seems to say 'thanks for the front page, Tom!')...?

Does anyone know?

It would be good if you could maybe suggest MARDEK 2 though if possible, or at least recommend it for the Adventure Games collection!

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Nov. 6, 2007 | 1:56 AM Sticky says:

Entirely just Tom Fulp's personal preference.


Nov. 6, 2007 | 2:05 AM squeakytoad says:

It's not a personal thing. Sometimes he misses things.
It's probably not best to ask him to front page it yourself. But it does have a high score, so, if you want (some people don't want front page due to it hurting your score), I can e-mail him about it. It's most likely he didn't have room for it at the time or overlooked it or something.

Nov. 6, 2007 | 2:16 AM Pseudolonewolf responds:

I don't really care so much about SCORE; I care more about getting more reviews, and getting the game more noticed so then more people can perhaps enjoy it or something like that!
So I'd appreciate it if people would indeed suggest MARDEK 2 for front page, but at the same time I don't want to seem like I'm BEGGING for it or anything like that... hm. AND he might have chosen NOT to feature it for various reasons ANYWAY...


Nov. 6, 2007 | 4:44 AM ZekeySpaceyLizard says:

We cant 'suggest' things to frontpage. And you are begging. ;)

However, if it helps, there are topics in the Clubs n Crews section of the craptastic forums here that are specifically for people to review things that have been looked over.

After awhile though, being on the frontpage loses its sparkle, though.
I actually dread getting on the frontpage cause it means so many reviews (usually dumb reviews) that one has to shift through and answer.

Nov. 6, 2007 | 5:34 AM Pseudolonewolf responds:

Well, MARDEK 1 got on the front page and got over 700 reviews for that, which was great because it allowed me to use peoples' suggestions to make the second chapter a lot better... And I was hoping that chapter 2 - being better than chapter 1 - would get front page also so then I could use the suggestions to make chapter 3 even better, but... oh well!
I was never sure about how things got on the front page though, so I suppose now I know! o_O


Nov. 6, 2007 | 6:18 AM squeakytoad says:

We can't? Hm. I was always under the impression that Tom was open to front page suggestions.
Well that was stupid of me to say then.


Nov. 6, 2007 | 8:09 AM JonBro says:

Getting a Daily 1st is usually your best bet for getting frontpaged. Basically every Daily 1st gets up there eventually.


Nov. 6, 2007 | 9:10 AM Matokingi says:

I'm 100 % sure it gets frontpaged soon. There is no sense to frontpage submission for few hours and then replace it with something. Just wait and see. :)


Nov. 6, 2007 | 5:27 PM kibas-cool says:

It isn't an instant thing to be front paged MOST OF THE TIME. Its true that the second chapter is better in every way, but it lost the silly aspect, which might have been what Tom Fulp liked about it.


Nov. 6, 2007 | 7:02 PM grlsmacker says:

Well I'll PM Tom about the Frontpage thing I mean you deserve it man.
Well hope you get front page soon and hope you make Part 3 even better and with more side-quests


Nov. 6, 2007 | 11:24 PM Kane369 says:

I just think that Tom and everybody else at the office go through everything thats released everyday and just filter everything, like say, this goes on Front Page and this doesn't. OR, it's all based on the score that we leave.

Otherwise, my comment on it was probably that there were too many bugs upon release that it just held it back from front page-dom. Who knows, really? I mean, I'm an idiot, and I don't really know how things work.


Nov. 7, 2007 | 7:53 AM Weapon2 says:

Well some people do get front page, but it all depends on what kind of movie you do and it depends on tom fulp and the people to decide. but i don't know, i played mardek 1 so, WHOA i did not see mardek 2 come out, i'm glad you had that out!


Nov. 7, 2007 | 10:46 AM GreatMagicalHat says:

It's on the front page now, and personally I think it is because the one's resposible for it didn't read this question, because it's a bit on the begging side...

Anyway, the game does deserve it, so I am glad it's on the frontpage.


Nov. 7, 2007 | 11:25 AM grlsmacker says:

GreatMagicHat I just checked Front Page and it's not there.
Well I hope it will be put there soon it deserves it.
I also sent you a PM with suggestions for part 3 Pseudolonewolf you should check it out


Nov. 7, 2007 | 12:50 PM GreatMagicalHat says:

I'm sorry, not front-frontpage, but games-front-page :P

I screwed the two up...


Nov. 7, 2007 | 1:49 PM Doomsday-One says:

Well, it got in the top 10 of the week, so it may get more publicity now...
But in the end, that's life...


Nov. 7, 2007 | 2:47 PM MaidenHead says:

I have no idea why the hell it wasn't featured - it was amazing. I just finished it after about ten hours gameplay, and I thought after the Reaper bit it would be the end. I was waiting for "Congratulations!" all the way through that ending hour or two. I've recommended it for the adventure game page at the very least.


Nov. 7, 2007 | 6:29 PM Septenary says:

I can see why you would want Mardek 2 to get front page, and don't think your question should be considered "begging" at all. You must have put a ton of work into it, and it doesn't even have 20,000 views yet. It definitely deserves front page, and if Tom Fulp took suggestions, I would suggest it at once.

Awesome game, keep up the good work!

(P.S.... How were you able to make multiple files load the same shared object? :P I, in my noobishness, never knew that could be done.)


Nov. 7, 2007 | 9:57 PM ppowerman says:

Yea u really cant suggest urself cuz they pick, but since mardek 1 was a front pager, then yea they'll most likely look at it cuz 1) its a high scorer 2) i think they always put something thats like a sequal or related to something they posted on the front page.
With the people who said they might have missed it, I dont think so because pretty much they know everything thats submitted and ive seen other works with super high score that recently came out, but no front page, then after a few days its on. Most likely its because other works are to be put on the front page first, so ur mardek rpg 2 will probably be on in a few days i dont but most likely it'll be on


Nov. 10, 2007 | 10:37 AM Istentelen says:

I know I should tell this in a review, but I aéredy reviewed the Madrek 2, so I write it here: I found another annoying bug: the game often doesn't let me using skills like healing or water lungs, without any reason! This happens everywhere, not are-specific.


Nov. 11, 2007 | 12:07 PM Jindo says:

I know exactly how you feel :P.

My Agnry Faic game didn't get front page, and Tom even PM'd me saying he liked it xP.

Atleast its in the Adventure Games collection :).

---

You may or may not remember me reviewing the first chapter, but either way, I don't care if there's someone else making a kickass RPG xP, I really like this and I really can't wait for Chapter 3 :3.


Nov. 11, 2007 | 12:08 PM Jindo says:

By the way, today (11th), I'd only just noticed that you'd made Chapter 2, so yeah, maybe alot of people missed it, that might have something to do with it not being as popular as Chapter 1.


Nov. 12, 2007 | 1:06 AM Kanti says:

that surprises me too

i was very disturbed not to see Mardek 2 on there.

im currently working on my file ;]

but with the mardek 2 issue about it not working on slower computers,

when you get your new computer [if you do[[i hope ya do i needa upgrade too XD]]] maybe post your comp specs in the description so that player know the minimum for the game to run smoothly.

but even with it running slowly i still reccomend playing it i gave you 10 stars and 5 outta 5


Nov. 13, 2007 | 1:27 AM Lameo says:

Since i can't post another review on Mardek 2 i was thinking of commenting on it here.

1)The difficulty was weird, the random battle monsters were "stronger" than the boss, i suggest lowering the dificulty of the random monsters or... increasing the dificulty of the bosses 0.o

2)The locksmith was the hardest of all boss battles, which is kinda werid because i grew up with the thought that the final boss should be the most difficult.

3)GREAT sense of humor

4)NO HEALING CRYSTALS B4 BOSS BATTLES, sad

5)You should put some merchants in the dungeons so we could by things instead of looking at our cash rising like nobodies' business, (which divided by zero = infinity)

Thats 'bout it but there is 1 last point i'd like to add...

THIS/THAT FLASH IS FREAKING AWESOME.


Nov. 13, 2007 | 3:54 PM MrEdwardNigma says:

I personally have no idea how you get something featured on the front page, but let me be the first (or the twenty third, whatever) to tell you mardek 2 did deserve a place on the front page!
Most people that played Mardek 1 and like it will probably be able to find Mardek 2 though, especially considering those people are probably the ones browsing the adventure/rpg games.


Nov. 13, 2007 | 7:18 PM Gustavos says:

I simply have no idea how anything gets to the front page. Most likely it's one of these things though:
1. after something passes judgement, the person who admits the flash to the portal (some guy who works for Tom) decides to show it to Tom and see what he thinks. If this were true, then Tom doesn't like RPGs.
2. Perhaps the flash must be a winner of a contest and Tom shows the best of the contest to front page.
3. Maybe the person who makes the flash must be well known especially to Tom. Meaning it's some guy who's made countless flashes that have incredible scores.
4. Personal Preferances. Actually I think this is the most likely. There were some great flashes about certain topics that Tom didn't like even though they had great flashes. ex. a flash called Bowser's Kingdom ep. 666 was entered for the Halloween contest. Tom said it was as good as the other winners, but wasn't one because it was Mario. Come on! Who doesn't love Mario


Nov. 13, 2007 | 10:24 PM n00berer says:

This needs to be frontpaged on google, yahoo, and msn.


Nov. 17, 2007 | 8:57 AM MysticKith says:

I absolutely am addicted to the mardek series even though I haven't finished the 2nd one keep up the good work! ^^


Nov. 21, 2007 | 9:36 AM Havayosunu says:

Don't worry dude, we love your RPG game! But yeah, not all people who visit NG click to games section, I bet many of them only visit frontpage. But again, don't worry, it ll be showed in front page in no time since it s a great game. And you ve got supporters.

: I wish I would earn my own mun, then I d donate you too.


Nov. 29, 2007 | 5:17 PM Allam says:

I'm not sure why this wasn't on front page either, it's certainly a few notches above the usual collection of worth flashes. Maybe it's just random, sometimes I see stuff more fitting of "turd of the week" on the front page, so it's not clear to me either.


Nov. 30, 2007 | 9:40 PM Kazic5000 says:

oh well.....you did a really good job and you have alot of skill.....i really do hope you get front page soon :D theres lots of things i really dont believe that deserve to be on front page but thats just MY personal preferance....you gotta score big with tom or who ever els makes it so you get on front page


Dec. 4, 2007 | 1:53 PM APOPHIS57 says:

When will mardek 3 be out


Dec. 7, 2007 | 10:39 PM jirachiwisha says:

dun worry, yer game's too good for the front page XDXDXD

i see that yer making mardek 333333333333333333~~

awesome dood

also, as long as it's in the top 50, ppl will play it like hell

so far everybody i recommended this game to liked it


Dec. 18, 2007 | 11:00 PM Lerroy says:

yo man when r u planning to make MARDEK 3 im looking foward to it?


Dec. 19, 2007 | 6:17 AM megabad says:

i think you have to let him know it is coming, like some guys submit stuff with data over the limit and have to ask tom, go onto the ng.mag thing and ask him


Jan. 14, 2008 | 5:30 PM Bob1234567890X says:

for mardek 3 deugan must live or else who else will give tutorial hints?


Feb. 2, 2008 | 2:40 PM assassinajni says:

i love mardek 2! i,m telling friends about it:D hey dude make an acc on kongregate.com and upload it there it would be so cool:D


Feb. 8, 2008 | 11:20 PM bryan1231 says:

you know it would be great if you continued cyber ortek it was one of my favorite games when i was like 5 years old i understand controls really well even as a kid


Feb. 13, 2008 | 12:00 PM Bob1234567890X says:

Make a VERY Noticable announcement when u finish mardek 3


Feb. 23, 2008 | 9:32 AM rafico says:

Dude ur the best at RPGs, please do one more Mardek chapter.


Mar. 4, 2008 | 9:36 PM corruptedtodeath says:

hey dude whats taking so long with mardek 3 its been almost 4 months since release


Mar. 16, 2008 | 7:00 AM Bob1234567890X says:

IF YOU REALEASE MARDEK 3 AND STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FRONT PAGE PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPIER.

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