# \[rant\] What happened to the FWA? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 26, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440 "2008-06-26T05:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/1 "2008-06-26T05:34:40Z")
Really? I mean… it used to be such a collection of truly inspirational interactive works. Now? Whoever jams in most After Effect videos and streaming content wins. The awards seem to go out on a strictly ‘these guys have won in the past, so lets give them more awards since they pay us’ basis. The fact that FWA theater won an FWA is also a bit. Uhhh. I’m not saying these sites are bad in any way, but theFWA does function a lot different now than it used to… We used to get sites that didn’t necessarily have a budget of 25.000$ but featured innovation and unique ideas. Now? More = better. A site like [http://incrediblehulk.marvel.com/index\_flash.html](http://incrediblehulk.marvel.com/index_flash.html) _why_ does it win an FWA? Massive loading time, and the site is just basically a collection of .flvs cropped together with pngs. Ⓜ Used to be such a cool site ;/ ---
**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/2 "2008-06-26T07:04:54Z")
Yeah I used to go there quite a bit too - not so much any more just for this reason. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/3 "2008-06-26T11:36:00Z")
So much tosh on FWA in recent times. Not a resource for inspiration anymore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/4 "2008-06-26T11:39:07Z")
its alright, not perfect, bits are down right tacky ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/5 "2008-06-26T13:17:47Z")
> The fact that FWA theater won an FWA is also a bit. Uhhh. Hahahahaaaha… oh man I think i just farted a little I’ve been to that site like, twice, and not since 2006 ---
**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/6 "2008-06-26T13:37:53Z")
Completely agree. The FWA sucks. Maybe we should start posting more stuff in Kool Sites. Maybe even start tagging them in the title like “[Flash] [Somesite.com](http://Somesite.com)”, “[CSS] [Site2.net](http://Site2.net)”, etc. I usually look at CSS sites, but I remember when I was coding with Flash, I used FWA a lot. Eh. If anyone else knows any **good** gallery sites, please post. ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/7 "2008-06-26T13:48:53Z")
Re: CSS sites. I like this list: [http://www.noupe.com/css/css-gallery-attacks.html](http://www.noupe.com/css/css-gallery-attacks.html) ---
**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/8 "2008-06-26T15:35:20Z")
[quote=fasterthanlight™;2349558]Re: CSS sites. I like this list: [http://www.noupe.com/css/css-gallery-attacks.html[/quote]](http://www.noupe.com/css/css-gallery-attacks.html%5B/quote%5D) Holy holy crap. That’s a lot of listings. Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/9 "2008-06-26T17:09:23Z")
Yeah, the quality seems to have gone down a bit, which is a pity. :-/ That Hulk site gives me like 4FPS on my current computer, which is a few years old, but still. It’s always interesting to see how things perform on the many computers I end up using. ---
**Author:** ![ramie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@ramie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ramie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/10 "2008-06-26T17:32:19Z")
I actually like the hulk site, it runs super quick here, no load time issues, lots of hulk action - does that make me a bad person? I would argue that the FWA far from sucks, there is a lot of really nice flash work that still appears there, granted things are a little different these days. And they didn’t award themselves an FWA, they just use **their** site to showcase another site of **theirs**. ---
**Author:** ![Loyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Loyx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Loyx)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/11 "2008-06-27T12:11:13Z")
I like the Hulk site too. Here loads quick. The web is going multimedia and this is unstoppable. Renew or dead dude… ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/12 "2008-06-27T12:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Loyx;2350127]I like the Hulk site too. Here loads quick. The web is going multimedia and this is unstoppable. Renew or dead dude…[/QUOTE] rofl talk about missing the point 👼 ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rant-what-happened-to-the-fwa/264440/13 "2008-06-28T13:04:57Z")
[QUOTE=swapnet;2350594](f-i reinventing its CSS website came by as a shock to me. if they don’t need flash, nobody else does!)[/QUOTE] Obsess much?