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Bobert-Rob
All I do all day is make cartoons in various programs. Comedic animations, parodies of movies and video games. EGO FI.
Robert Winchester @Bobert-Rob

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Rob's pessimistic update for the 10 fans he has

Posted by Bobert-Rob - October 10th, 2008

I'm not in the best of moods at the moment, as flash decided to delete the character cells for episode 6 I was working on for the past two weeks, so I gotta redraw em'. Thankfully I had started animating one of the scenes, so the angles I'd already used were saved in another file, but there were a good 10 or so angles I completely lost and need to redraw from scratch. Not that any of you care, of course.

In other news, I've been working slowly on the website. Yep, work on that is going at a snail's pace. Why? Because I said so, shut up. It's got enough there at the moment. The animation section, the music section... I even threw together a store that no one will buy from. Many improvements were made and it's all looking mighty nice. Again, though, only like 10 people will even care to notice. Being recognized for my work sure is nice... (sarcasm)

Which, I guess, brings me to the foremost point in my mind: I'm fucking pissed. Pissed because I put months of work into Heinous Anus Zone, an original script full of awesome jokes and the best animating I'd ever done, and it was all wasted because I was over-eager and released it on a day something more popular was released. And then I watch as many flash animations make the front page, hardly any of them deserving the spotlight, and due to their exposure they end up being seen by hundreds of thousands. It's fucking frustrating when I put all this god damn work into something only for the joke stealing idiots of the flash community to fucking best me.

But yeah, excuse me for being a pessimistic little bitch. I'm honestly sorry about that, but life's shitty at the moment. Frustration in more areas than just this, though this doesn't help matters at all.

In any case, I got news for you: If this shit continues to spiral downhill, I'm going to stop making it. As in, if episode 6 doesn't receive anything near what episode 5 did, I'm just going to fucking stop the series altogether. I'm not just going to waste half a year on something that only a few thousand people are going to see, you know? I'm not a fucking charity, and I'm certainly not making money at it, so yeah. Fair warning.

PS: Since I don't want to completely disappoint my 10 fans, I offer a preview of episode 6 in the form of a cell I drew. This one was saved, thankfully. It's both a taste of what's to come and a display of how I feel right now. Tired of life. Enjoy while you can!
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Rob's pessimistic update for the 10 fans he has

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Wurmy

but your stuff is great D:

Bobert-Rob

Just saying, man. There are a few more guaranteed releases from me (Siblings ep 6, The Heart and the Hand p2, the collab thing I mentioned vaguely before), but nothing's set in stone beyond that. I can't keep pouring my heart into something that most people will overlook, you know?

Theo-art

It's alright man, it happens. Life ain't as shitty as it is for you now, give it time.

I'm your #4 fan!

Erreip199

ya sure look pissed man but hey theres allways hope ep 6 will give u a few more fans than the 10 u think u got so far

Bobert-Rob

My fear is that due to it not being something you can put in a collection that it'll be overlooked. And seriously, Heinous Anus Zone was a good animation. Sure, it was short, but even Pop a Cap got more recognition than it did, and that only had like one joke in it, maybe two. It just boggles my mind, I guess. I wouldn't doubt it if this performs better on youtube than on here when I upload it, heh.

BiffTheTimid

Yeah, it always sucks when undeserving people steal the spotlight with their unoriginal and videogame jokes. ...wait.

Bobert-Rob

There is such thing as an original video game joke, y'know.

AdamJack

You've got a style that no body else has and that's why i like your work. this post makes me like you even more because it shows that your not afraid to express how your feeling. i hope you cheer up soon buddy and stay true to your work because it's brilliant.

Bobert-Rob

So do I, feeling like shit sucks. Then again, so does wearing my feelings on my sleeve and bitching when things don't go my way. Stupid as fuck. Then again, this is ME we're talking about.

Jerry-Springer

MMmmm.
There seems to be a lot of disillusioned artists here on NG. Only yesterday a young man had made a post about how rejected he felt within the community.
I gave him some advice but I'm not sure it was enough?

I just hope my words don't go unheeded this time!
Well, Here we go...

Springer's Final Thought:

We can all feel down from time to time, and that feeling is never more pronounced than when it seems our efforts have been overlooked by others.
It can't be a nice feeling when a talented Flash animator such as yourself is pushed to one side to make way for the Parody Rangers (although Steve seems to like them).

But that is never a reason to give up! If anything this can make you even more determined. After all, throughout history the greatest innovations have always been built on rejection.

Until next time, take care of yourself,

...and each other!

Bobert-Rob

I'm only quitting if this continues in the future. I'm alright with it happening for short ass episodes, but if it happens with a full blown episode, I'm just going to throw my arms up and quit while I'm ahead. Or behind. Something.

In any case, the future will tell its tale. I might just be venting due to frustration and perhaps these negative words will ring hollow. Time will tell.

Erreip199

oh i forgot to mention this but u know u gotta mainly animate/draw for urself and not others, if ur happy with ur stuff fuck the rest, yes i admit is nice to have ur work been reckognized but if u dont really like ur work in the end it wont be worth it D: do it for yer fugly self man

ps:hah biff's post lol

Infernalz

You can't quit we love you D: And you don't have just 10 fans, hell look at your comments, hundreds of people love you! :D You're just undiscovered talent, you make great movies, and only have the most quality of fans. I see why you might stop, but everyone has a bad spell, all those other undeserving flashes that take the spotlight only because they are meant for like 10 year olds, your stuff is just golden. You couldn't go off into making flash movies that are just about bigger things like everything else here, Halo, Metal Gear Solid etc. like everyone else does, because that would just bring in fake fans, people only wanting just that, you gotta keep to the Siblings series, as its probably one of the only original series here. When you get widely discovered, you'll get your own series and all will be well.
- Got too long...

- Level 79 Bobert-Rob fan ;D

Bobert-Rob

Rob's a bitch, plain and simple. Vent vent vent. And it's not like I've never made fun of big topics like the others, I've had my share of the fake fans. Hell, a lot of fans on youtube keep up with the "DO MORE RUNESCAPE JOKES BLAH BLAH FUCK". And while it's fun to do video game humor from time to time, doing original humor is good too. I'm just afraid that this next episode, not parodizing anything in particular, will just be lost into obscurity. If that happens, then... you know, fuck the world and stuff. But I'm angry, so maybe I'm just being a bitch and my words are just lies. I don't know.

fede1920

Hey , you're not unpopular ! You're one of my favorite artists and lot of people admire your work .
I know that sometimes it can be frustrating because people , especially assholes , prefer to watch random flash movies like idk sprite movies or Egoraptor's stuff , but maybe it's because some of them they just don't understand you sence of humour ( because they're assholes as i said before ) .

Anyways, don't give up man ! Don't stop making flash animations because some day maybe you'll finally get the recognition that you deserve

(PD : sorry for my bad english , i'm from Argentina ... you see ! You got fans from all over the world :D )

Bobert-Rob

Perhaps, who knows. Time will tell what's in store for me, if anything. Probably nothing. But I'll try for the time being.

Wiiporter

I'll watch it, if that matters :(

Bobert-Rob

It does matter. I just don't want my work falling into obscurity. Obscurity sucks.

pikafu54

hey at least it didnt get blamed or compleatly get ignored (as did my podcast) or more than the 4/5 of the great stuff on newgrounds that ppl have a hard time understanding like every half-life 2 thing with the squeez ball.
anyway dont stop the serise and we all r ur fanz=l

RPGamer

man don't quit, I DO like your movies =( plz...

Bobert-Rob

Time will tell, man. Like I said, I'm doing episode 6, but anything after that is up in the air. I could easily waste my entire life doing nothing but trying to gain something I'll never have, but the question is whether I really want to.

jamboreen

Tiocfaigh ar la.

Our day will come.

just hang in there buddy.

Bobert-Rob

I'm tryin'.

yuki-animora

nuuu! you cant quit! i luuuurves your flashes, they're awesome, original, and very well done. people like you inspire me to want to do flash, and quitting just doesnt seem right. you are an amazing artist, it would be very traggic if someone as good as you gave up because they didnt get attention, thats like trying to be the popular kid in school, even though if you did that, youd have to ditch all your real friends and become a jerk. just have faith in yourself, everything will turn out for the better =D

Bobert-Rob

I'm doing episode 6, but I need a reason to keep going. To keep doing this. It's incredibly time consuming to do this stuff, and I need to validate it somehow. You make good points though, and if I ever do make anything out of myself I'm going to try my best to remember the fans. Of course, most creators try to remember their fans but fall short when they become to numerous.

In essence, time will tell what happens. If my words ring hallow and I continue, or I throw my arms up and try a different approach at this. Who knows.

Magical-Zorse

Making the frontpage isn't everything, you still have legendary submissions that people still remember.

Bobert-Rob

Yeah, but if only a few thousand see it, then how much of an impact can it make? You gotta remember the last Siblings thing I released was seen by like 50k, and that was cool. This one only being seen by, you know, barely 10 in the same timeframe isn't very comforting... especially when the next episode won't have anything going for it. It's a completely stand-alone episode, so... yeah. I don't know what'll happen and am kind of scared of it falling into obscurity.

wooosh

man you are awesome and so your flashes i love everyone of your submissions
(specially hlaf beard) your works are so hilarious i think that better than the egoraptor stuff.
PS: sry for my english i'm chilean (yep your flashes reach southamerica :D)

Bobert-Rob

Well thanks for the compliments. I'll do my best to keep going.

wooosh

o fuck you have 2 southamerican fans congrats!

Raulkill

Stop that D=
We love your stuff,dont get all dramatic and pessimist about it.
Take your time,but please dont stop doing your stuff D=

Bobert-Rob

I'm continuing up until episode 6. After that it's up in the air. If it survives the fall, then sure, I'll go on.
*bitches more cuz I'm a bitch*

Devilmay19

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I You can't quit cause if you do I'll jump! I'll freaking do it man. Halfbeard
I was out for a while before I found it but when I did I became a big fan of your
I work and you made a great inside joke for me and my friends. You feel bad having only a few fans but dood i wish I had 1/4 of your fans but I don't you got it better then you think man trust me.

Bobert-Rob

I think very highly of the work I do. Well, of SOME of the work I do. I've made some shitty animations, but the Siblings series isn't one of them. It'll either be big or it'll die young.
And besides that, I've given you guys 5 episodes plus extras, so what do you expect? Nothing lasts forever. If it does indeed die after episode 6, then so be it. It had a good run while it lasted, right? But who knows, maybe it'll stick around. I'm not promising anything.

Dekathos

You have way more then 10 fans and you seem to be able to generate interest whether Newgrounds showcases you or not. I don't think I've ever got 11,687 views for new work. Maybe I just have lower expectations. But I get where you are coming from. It happens. Sometimes it's hard to shake off those feelings. I do think your work is often genuinely funny and original and a much needed change. But whatever. What do I know? Hope you feel better.

Bobert-Rob

Yeah, I whined a bit right there. I don't like it myself, but it happens. Usually I bitch like this on my news blog on my website, but I don't have that set up at the moment. Working on getting that back up so I don't clutter NG with the shit. And yeah, I set my expectations a little too high. I figured HOTM failing would be enough of a reality check, but apparently not. Lets hope the future doesn't kill Rob's ambition.

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