Is this an ad?

Sorry, did I go through the wrong door? Tech Crunch is flogging flash contests now?

how much did you guys get paid for making this post?

Let’s just say that I can now retire.

Lord have mercy! Why dont you flog my freakin contests? There is over $100,000 up for grabs courtesy of Wells Fargo among other great sponsors/contests and the barriers to entry are way lower.

memelabs FTW!

dm

Nothing like a good troll or two to elicit some sarcasm from the author.

Really?

You are promoters now?

What next?

This is wrong………

People from EA interviewed me for a new flash games site mmorpg for kids in LA.

Flash game developers make TONS of money here. You just can’t be a flash developer in bingblong Utah.

Or worse yet Europe. Or worse even than that asia.

If there are any Flash developers who are insulted by the idea of working on spec - if you’re any good please get in touch with me! I’m always looking for freelancers who have experience with doing game programming and/or or traditional character animation in Flash (and unlike “Meez Inside” I’ll actually pay for your time).

Meez just got housed. @8 has a 2 letter domain. His offer is real.

Meez is freeware bait.

Seriously. What a joke. 20k is 1 month work for a good Flash developer, guaranteed money.

No one should waste their time doing this. Shame TechCrunch is pitching this as a valid way to spend time.

@10: completely agree and all the previous posts - if you’re any good at all $20K prize money is pretty lame.

Is there a way to unsubscribe from spam articles like this in my TechCrunch RSS??

> It’s hard making money in your field these days, right?

Huh? I know Flash/Flex guys in New York and San Fran making $1,500 day rates. What are you talking about?

@14: you’re correct, there is lots of work for flash people. I’m a developer and designer and do much better than if I were doing straight design or ajax stuff. For all the bashing of Flash that goes on around the web there is TONS of work and money going toward it. And it will continue. Maybe some people think flash = banner ads. lol.

It isn’t necessarily a waste of time. $10k isn’t bad for a side project and all you have to do is incorporate their avatars into your game.

$2 to anyone who makes my game - ‘Porn King’:

You are a lowly junkie living on the streets of LA. In order to support your opiate habit you must enter the world of pornography. The game follows you while you navigate the industry on your quest to become the world’s next Porn King. As you move from fluffer to Porn King, you will be faced with a series of challenges that test your place in the seedy LA underworld. VHS, DVD, or WWW? B on G, G on G, C with D, or Bestiality? The choice is yours. Hire the hottest girls, buy the best drugs, avoid right wing assassination attempts, and cum [sic] out on top to claim your place as Porn King.

Take-Two, call me.

Shhhhh….!!!!

Uh…There’s no money in Flash! Nothing to see here. They’re all lying!

Actionscript is the poor man’s uh… COBOL. Total dead-end work. Go back to your luxurious AJAX and CSS. It’s so much better. Really. Real programmers stay away from Flash! You’re too smart for doing trivial things like video and widgets. Leave us poor worthless Flashers to our dark basements and gruel…

Flash bad. Keep out.

It’s hard making money in your field these days, right?

is that true?

@18: No. Peter Ha either doesn’t know what he’s talking about, or he’s just intentionally spamming TC… I imagine it’s the latter

I like this post. Oh wait, no I don’t.

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