Okay bitches. Get ready for some TLDR.

I stopped coming to Newgrounds for a couple of days, mostly because I've become so busy with working in an office eight hours a day (as well as playing Command & Conquer which I'll post about later). And when I finally come back, I find that my familiar Newgrounds is no more. The admins have launched the Godforsaken redesign, and haven't even included the black buttons that we saw on April Fool's Day.

Even with black buttons aside, there are a few issues that I'd like to address. First of all, the new Level 5 avatar is awful. I can't even recognize my own posts anymore. When I see my own posts, I think, "who the fuck is that newbie idiot? Oh, it's me." Now that my avatar is no longer the one I know and love, I can no longer ignore the fact that it's nothing more than a newbie avatar that makes me look like I just signed up, even though I have 12000+ posts. Most people with as many posts as I have are already among the higher-ranking members. However, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Fuck leveling up. And I think the new auras are lame, too. I'm sticking with the blue one that I've always had.

Also, it seems that all of the signatures (and sig pics) have been demolished, including mine. The epic first line of my signature (which said "I am not responsible for the content of the post above" or something like that) has disappeared from my posts for the first time since 2004. Seriously, what the hell, dude. The worst part is that I can't even remember if I have the exact wording right, because I never had to retype it before.

And it's not so easy to replace my signature picture, either. You know, the one with the wingding scissors. I admit, I haven't used it in a while, since I've been periodically replacing it with advertisements for my website and other bullshit. But since the required size for signature pics has changed, I'll have to resize the old picture if I ever want to use it again. I made that damn thing in MS Paint back in 2004. I don't want to change it now.

And even if I do find the time to remake my classic sig pic, the bottom line is this -- thanks to these unfamiliar avatars and the deletion of every signature on the site, everyone basically looks the same now. I actually have to read usernames to recognize people. Fuck.

Also, the smiley faces changed. And a whole bunch of new ones are fagging up the forum, too. We don't need sad faces, damn it. You all know it'll just be fodder for emo jokes, or perhaps even the punchline of a few, and we all know that everyone hates emo jokes.

Once again, I think it's time to call for the return of the old angry face. Of course, I can't even remember what the ORIGINAL angry face looked like -- it's gone through at least two or three changes since I got here. But damn it, this new one is definitely not angry enough.

ON THE OTHER HAND,

The redesign does look very very cool, even without black buttons. Seriously, it looks great. The classic Newgrounds layout is probably gone forever, but I'll forget what it looked like by the end of the year. Also, the new profile page is kind of fucking awesome. And this blog thingy? Totally sweet. It'll take me a while to figure it all out, but whatever

So anyway, here's my first news post thing. Enjoy! Oh wait, it's over.

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EDIT:

Although I have yet to create a new scissor sig-pic in the new size, I have put the scissors in my profile header and icon to make up for it. Some people probably thought I stopped using the scissors because I kept changing my signature over the past few months... other people probably never noticed at all. But they're back. If you're clueless and you really don't know what's up with the scissors, go here and here.

EDIT:

The classic subpar sig has been recreated in the new size. Unfortunately, it looks crappier than ever -- crappy even beyond the intentional crappyness that made it great -- but it's better than nothing, right? RIGHT?! Fuck it.