1. Non-Experimental Methods Kurt Luther

2. Non-Experimental Methods Kurt Luther Experiment-Free

5. Characteristics of Experiment-Free Research

13. “ Pass-my-Flash 2” An example collaborative animation project (collab) http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/428554

21. Participant Demographics * Led at least one collab † Pseudonym Name Age Country Joseph Blanchette * 24 U.S. Eric Carlson 19 U.S. Luis Castanon * 27 U.S. Michael Frank * 19 U.S. Tom Fulp * 29 U.S. James Hole * 16 Australia Tyler Koch * 19 U.S. Massimo Maitan * 21 Australia Anders-Martin Meister 16 Estonia Ross O’Donovan * 19 Australia Kraig Phillips 27 U.S. Joseph Rooks * 21 U.S. Kester Smith 21 U.K. Anonymous 1 † 18 Netherlands Hans Van Harken * 17 Spain Robert Westgate 21 U.K. Anonymous 2 † 19 U.S.

23. > > Hello there, my name is Dan, I'm 14, and I just found a thread on a > > forum I go to on a regular basis, and the person who posted it > > claims to be a part of GVU, and it doing interviews on "Creative > > Collaborations in Online Communities", and he wants to do all the > > interviews over the phone. Naturally, I am a little skeptical on > > whether or not this is a scam or not. I checked through the names > > of the students currently in GVU, but he wasn't there. He claims to > > be a Mr. Kurt Luther, and if you want, here's the link to the thread: > > http://ngcollabs.galacti.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2586 > > > > there's a few reasons why I'm a bit worried about it: > > 1) As I said earlier, I couldn't find him in the enlisted students. > > 2) He won't do interviews over Instant Messanging sevices, and > > insists they be over the phone > > 3) almost none of the people at NG Collabs are over 18 > > 4) the field he is reasearching is so limited > > 5) we are a very small community, with only about 50 active members > > 6) www.newgrounds.com/bbs has a much bigger forum for flash > > collaborations, and would get much more response, not to mention > > one of the only ways to get to NG Collabs is through Newgrounds, > > seeing as we are trying to have our site hosted by them > > > > So I am very worried about this, and so I wanted some proof that > > Kurt Luther actually does exist. > > If you could get back to me sometime on this matter, I would > > appreciate it. > > > > Thank you for your time, > > Dan

46. “ Valentine ‘29” Linear Story Collab

47. “ Pass-my-Flash 2” Continuous Story Collab

48. “ When Farm Animals Attack” Nonlinear Story Collab

49. More Examples Concept Example Arrangement Theme Theme Title Yr. # Parts. # Auths. Participant(s) Linear Narrative chapter Events of St. Valentine’s Day Massacre “ Valentine ‘29”† 2007 6 6 Hans Van Harken* Music lyrics “ One O’Clock Jump” by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey “ One O’Clock Jump”† 2005 11 9 Luis Castanon* “ Stop Crying Your Heart Out” by Oasis “ Stop Cryin Your Heart Out”† 2005 24 4 Luis Castanon “ We Hate When Our Friends Become Successful” by Morrissey “ We Hate It When…”† 2005 16 5 Ross O’Donovan Genre selection Television series episode “ The Clockcrew TV Collab 2”† 2007 50+ 1 Joseph Rooks* Improvisational Continuous visual element Red line “ The Red Line”† 2007 50+ 1 Robert Westgate Mountain slope “ Mount Newgrounds” 2007 90+ 2 Robert Westgate Nonlinear Vignette prompt Farm animals attacking people “ The ‘W.F.A.A.’ Collab” 2006 10 5 Massimo Maitan* Pirates or ninjas “ NG TimeTrial IX”† 2004 4 4 Luis Castanon* Emoticons “‘ Emoticonisation’ Collab”† 2006 12 5 Massimo Maitan* Make fun of Mr_Artist “ The Mr. Artist Collab” 2005 5 4 Michael Frank* Cooking “ Cooking with Clockcrew”† 2006 7 7 Tyler Koch* Pop culture parody Transformers film parodies “ Blamformers!”† 2007 30+ 9 Tom Fulp* The Matrix film parodies “ The Matrix Still Has You”† 2004 5 5 Joe Blanchette* Halo 2 videogame parodies “ TSAH”† 2004 6 5 Ross O’Donovan* Halo 2 videogame parodies “ TSAH2”† 2006 5 5 Joe Blanchette Format/style constraint Pixilated graphics “ Retro Collab”† 2007 14 10 James Hole* Frame-by-frame animation style “ NG TT Series Finale”† 2005 7 7 Luis Castanon* Time constraint Complete animation within 3 days “ NG Time Trial Challenge”† 2004 10 4 Luis Castanon*