The Portal.

The thing that initially Made Newgrounds what it is today, Its engine in the car itself. But, for those of you who want some pointers from the new guy, On how to make your way around the Portal when it comes to the Blam/Protect system, You should have a quick read through of this. If you have any Questions, Comments, Suggestions, Inform me by leaving a comment. Simple :]

Don't Be Silly: There are some things, That idiotic people may do a lot of the time, When looking for easy points to add to there B/P area. Although, this 1 step simple system isn't always as efficient as you would like to think it is, A few examples are below.

- A lot of people think, That if A submission has a low File Size, its an easy Blam point... Wrong! Big things come in small packages, On occasion. Its not true that if a Movie or game is below 300KB's or so, It will be bad. A really good example of this would be:

- Byte Size.

- Sprites, Sticks are not always failures people. Although you wouldn't know it, A lot of people think this, And won't even watch a movie, The second it is related to either of the two types. Although it is true, A lot of Sprite, Stick movies become failures, Just as many do not. You can't always be so quick to jump to conclusions when It comes down to this. More examples of Good movies like this would be:

- Stick Arena.
- Castle Series.

- Lastly on this particular area, The least frequent one. People thinking that when a Movie doesn't have an 'Icon' Its just another stupid flash movie. Although this does make the Movie look better, Its not always the case.

Some Hints: Do not, at all, Think this is an easy way out, And every time you see something similar to any of these, Its an instant Blam. Because, Although it has been found almost always it is, Fact is, These guidelines may vary. Also, Its only fair to watch every movie Before voting, Except in rare cases.

- 'My First' submissions. No, I do not mean people's first submissions to Newgrounds, Everyone starts somewhere, Don't they? But, you will find 9/10 times that when in the title of the Game or Movie includes 'My First' The movie is going to be very stupid and pointless, And therefore will add to your Blam Tally.

- Also, along with the 'Name' Submission help, would be any spam kind of names. Once again, I cannot stress this enough, This isn't always the case, You should watch movies before voting, But this help when you click the link if looking for easy points. Submissions called 'I'm the bestest' or ones that contain pointless Characters\ etc. These are normally nothing more than stupid submissions.

- 'My First Flash' in the description is another pointer towards them points you want. If a creator of a Movie knew it was good, He wouldn't bother asking for sympathy from the ausience that is going to view the submission. So when people beg for Mercy, Normally, Don't show any.

Common Trick: A trick that is used quite a fair bit, Is the 'Intro' idea. This is when there's an awesome intro, Like Preloader, Starting Credits, etc Before a movie. This is sometimes a File people give to others, And then after this Intro, People just post stupid Flash, Which in logic, Shouldn't stay On here. So, Make sure you complete watching movies before you start voting.

Well, I hope some of these Guidelines have helped out anyone reading. If you would like to dispute anything, or have anything added, Any comments and suggestions should be left on the 'Contents' News post. Not here. Thankyou.

- Jack.