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[Just an Ordinary DayZ]

While I have never played DayZ in my entire life of gaming, I bet this is pretty darn close to what the game is like.

The animation was gorgeous, clean, and all-around lovely to look at. Hey....I just realized something while writing this...Aussies animators on the internet, I have found, are really good animators. Like, damn good. For example: Rubber Ross, Sam Green, and Michael Cusack are all really fantastic at animating, moreso than most American animators out there.

Oh, and the music was typical NewGrounds music, but Sam & RionHunter managed to make this NewGrounds music work here.

And there are barely any memes here! In Sam's Minecraft and other cartoons, he used internet memes to compensate with his lack of humorous punch, which is NOT how you make a cartoons funny. But here, this was, I believe written by RionHunter, who seems to have a much better grasp of humor than Sam, and the jokes went really well here. I also found the orange joke to be pretty damn funny. Good work on that front, RionHunter.

And all I have to say about the voice-acting is: 'Dat Austrailian accent.

I really enjoyed this 'toon, and I did not expect to actually enjoy this. Thanks, guys for making a damn good cartoon that was worth my time!

Oh, and you guys should totally team up to make cartoons together. RionHunter could be the ideasman and writer, while Sam Green could be the animator. Together, these two would be practically unstoppable!! Good day ~ Retro

SamGreen responds:

Actually I wrote and animated everything within a week or so. I had Rion draw up the backgrounds at late notice. Though I do appreciate the honesty more than you think and I believe there's a compliment in there because of it. :)

The problem with Animation is the trial error period especially in writing can be quite difficult. Break away from memes like you said is tricky and it's hard to 'BE FUNNY' as sometimes I feela joke is too risky or my timing and idea of the joke is probably off or too basic/lame. rofl

I'd like to say I'm a funny person, though I like to joke from situation in real life and it's hard to convert to animation, but with this review it does appear I'm getting better. I wouldn't say this is my best though I'm happy to say it's a step up for bigger and better things.

Also being able to do this within a week when most animations take around a month and the art style still isn't lacking too much I thoroughly appreciate. :)

Cheers for the review mate,
Sam

[Bear And Bunny Boo ❤]

Speedo's back, with a mild vengeance.

This made me feel happy, as Bear got his testicles ripped off in the end :D

And yeh, it really isn't the most original idea in the world for a flashy toon, but the way it was animated, voiced, directed, erected, it made the concept almost new.

Keep up the erections, you magnificant bastard!

Speedo responds:

thnx bby

[Gordon Freeman in The XXX]

This was quite amazing as it was hilarious!

Love the butt shots and I'm not even gay! Great work with the lip-syncing, mate!

Man, I still need to finish that first Half-Life game...

RyanStorm responds:

dude, go for it, Half-Life 1s fun as hell.

[DayZ: "Elektro Disco"]

This movie/toon was pretty good. Not great, but good.

The voice acting was pretty bad, except, of course, for Joshua Tomar's introduction here. But coupled with the bad mic quality with some of the voice actors, it makes for some really awkward moments with some of the characters. I mean- you COULD make the excuse that the mic quality is bad because they're playing an online game, but I call bullshit on that one.

The animation is pretty alright! I like it. It's got style! And I don't know why, but I think it fits the world of DayZ very well for some weird reason...it's just...simple. I like it, even though I prefer more detailed animation.

And the last thing I feel like placing neatly in this review is this: I want a shot-gun frying pan in the full version of DayZ. That is all. Good day, sir.

WooleyWorld responds:

"It wasn't quite shit, Grant" Haha.

"Because they're playing an online game" Haha. Can you imagine that excuse...
What makes you say the voice acting was bad? I'm curious. PM me. Was it the delivery, the quality? Which ones were specifically bad? You've got me alll curious since only a few people have brought it up.

I knew I'd have to do a more real, but detailed, background style than the usual. But I wouldn't have time to get too real. I feel I met a nice middle-ground.

Everybody loves the frying pan... :]

[The Man Who Won't Rhyme]

After a week of thinking on what to say to this heart-warming and somewhat funny tale, I have finally found it.

I loved every second I dedicated myself into watching this perfect heart-warming piece of shit, it was so saaaad, but so fuuny!! And soo sweeet! But that shit's for over-emotional fools...I focus on the quality of voice acting, animation, and finesse of the story-telling. This is obviously made by the mind of FrozenFire, a man with a great gift of both story-telling, and animation all at once.
This is the guy who made Relive Your Life, which has made me fall in love with his work. And it has recently came to me that I haven't fanned him yet. Now I have.

Tomar's brilliant impersonation of the elder man has immediately gripped me, in what slightly reminds me of Forrest Gump, don't ask why. With MichaelJ doing an impersonation of a young gay person known as the main character, what's not to love here? The voice acting? No. The story-telling? Hell no! That shit's deep! The music? It's great! What're you talking about!?!?!

Man, you don't stop doin' what you love, you hear!?! Or...read...

FrozenFire responds:

Reviews like these make it all worth it ;)

[Antigravity Cat 2]

This happens with my two cats all the time! Except for the pissing. This really didn't strike me as funny, it just struck me as a little slice of reality in a cartoon that is set in a universe where anti-gravity cats are a natural occurance, and where people don't give a shit where their cat pisses.

Just bland, simple humor that never did seem to phase me in the least. Work on that shit, CarbonWater, and fast!

Carbonwater responds:

Okay.