Man, oh man, am I glad I checked the forums. I've been away for a little while and missed the Scout Reset for the art portal. Imagine my surprise when I came back and found out I'd lost my scouted status. But now that I've seen the news, I'm actually very relieved.

'Cause I'm sure it's only a matter of time until I get re-scouted.

But more importantly, I'm overjoyed at the changes the staff has made with this reset. First off, it was good to do the reset because there were way too many people in the portal that didn't belong and were abusing the system. They've battled this problem by instituting the 4 a day limit, which is just great. But I think that my favorite change to the art portal has been the new policy that an artist is allowed to choose who their scout is, which puts a lot more power in their hands. Before, when the first person to find you was your scout, it was very easy to be scouted by someone who wasn't taking the art portal serriously. Then, if your scout was removed from the art portal, you were too and you had to start the waiting game all over. But now, you can do a little background check and see which user has the best art, the shortest scout-family-tree, and lots of other things. I applaud the staff for coming up with this new system, because it will definitely help the art portal serve the artists of Newgrounds.

Now, if only there was a judgement system like there was in the flash portal. Then there would be even less chance for abuse by people who think pencil drawings on college ruled paper is OK.

But, anyway, now to just wait for someone to scout me. I think I'll wait until I'm scouted before posting anymore pictures. Pictures like this one: