Before I jump into this, let me just say:

Newgrounds: A B.B.S. Story is my top priority and it will be released, regardless of whether anyone still cares or not. Haha...

Now that that's out of the way, I'll tell you why I was gone. I'll try not to dwell too much on it though. I mean, everyone got issues right? The internet, and NG of all places, probably isn't the best place to discuss said problems.

Why I was gone:

It all started with my HD failure It was an external hard drive but I wasn't using it for backup. 500 gigs gone, or so I thought (but we'll get to that later). I would have tried to see if anything could be salvaged, but shortly afterwards something else happened. I lost someone who was very close to me. At the time I was really depressed and I regressed into a state of "fuck it," as I've come to call it.

Go to work? Fuck it. Study for this test? Fuck it. Hell, should I even go to class? Fuck it. Work on these animations? Fuck it. Tell my voice actors I'm not working on the flash anymore? Fuck it!!!

You get the idea. I lost my job and I came really close to being on academic probation, but thanks to my support system I'm back on track.

The Beagle has landed... AGAIN

So, I eventually took a look at my busted HD, turns out I was able to salvage about 60% of the lost data. I recovered a lot of the source files for my animations, but not everything and it set back a lot. I even had to decompile my own flash here on NG to get some stuff back.

That's when the other half Flash-Beagle Studios stepped in, The-Real-Joe-Cool. You see, NG: A B.B.S. Story wasn't really an official F-BS project, so I was the only one working on it, but after hearing about my situation, Joe reached out, put his own projects on hold, and gave me a hand.

Current situation:

With Joe and I working together things are progressing nicely and we've made a lot of improvements, we've set a release date for Q1 2008. Newgrounds: A B.B.S. Story is our number one priority, but we've also got some other flashes in the works. We just released Peanuts - Groovies 01 and you can check my Deviant Art profile for some trailers for our other projects. I don't want to clutter NG with promo so go there for future previews.

In Closing:

I just wanted to say I'm sorry to all those affected by my leaving so abruptly. Especially the voice actors, Joe and I we'll make sure you witness the fruit of your labors, and maybe you'll even feel that it was worth the wait.