It's a start. A good one at that.
Well, this is about 9812396283x better than all the other "first stick animations" we have flooding the portal. What i mean to say is, you have lots of potential. Unlike some of those other guys, who will never animate anything worth watching in their lives (probably, at least), i can see that you will be a pretty good animator. And if you work for it, it can happen very soon.
There's a few problems with it, here they are:
you filterFagged this flash. The shitty computer i'm using right now couldn't view it. To watch the flash, i had to download it, watch it several times (lol), then delete it. Unlike me, many people will not know how to download flash from newgrounds, so many people won't see your work, and end up voting 0.
Preloaders are important. I'm on a 7mbits down connection, so i rarely have to worry about this. But all those low broadband and dial-up users are gonna get pissy. Another thing that might get you an undeserved zero.
Your use of vcam wasn't too bad, although it was going a little crazy at the end for no reason, haha. I'm gonna guess that you put it in a movie clip?
The biggest problem is right here: WAYYYY TOO FAST. Lower the fps by, say... 5 numbers? This was ridiculous, i could barely see what was going on. And especially with the vcam moving around. It was impossible. Like i said, though, i downloaded the flash, so i simply zoomed out a bit, and i could see the battle. But seriously, you have to slow down your next flash. If you feel too lazy to do more frames, just lower the fps. Obviously your animation will be more choppy, but hey, that's how it works.
Now, you have the foundation of a good stick animator. You need some good tutoring. With the help of others, you can work on:
-Easing*
-Fluidity
-Properly Choreographed battles
-Physics*
-Proper use of sound
-Great Backgrounds
-Proper Animating Procedure
Now, i'm not saying that you don't already have any of these. I'm just saying, that's what people can help you achieve. The stars indicate the most important (in my opinion, anyway) skills out of them all.
Newgrounds isn't a very good place for an aspiring stick animator. You won't quite get proper criticism like this very often. I suggest you migrate to a stick-site. It will be much more enjoyable for you.
Some good ones being:
-SFDT (stick figure death theatre)
-Shiftlimits (i got banned from there, pfft. The people there are a little rough on newcomers, and they are basically the embodiments of sarcasm. First impressions are everything. once you get in, these guys will help you out LOTS. My stay there nearly tripled my animation skill)
-Stickpage
These among others will help you achieve a higher level of animating.
PM me if you want to talk some time.
-Cheers, Zedd56