I'm not exactly a professional, but I think I'm sufficiently budding enough to post here.

Anyway, I am working on a flash game which I think could be pretty popular - maybe on par with Bullet Time Fighting with enough polishing. This will be the first flash game I release (and the second one I've started) so I'm not really looking to make money off this, I'm mostly trying to establish a reputation.

Do you have any advice for me about how to go about distributing the game? I know there are portals like Newgrounds and Addicting Games where I could submit it. What other portals are good, and is there anything else I should consider before releasing the game?

For example, I don't really feel like spending a lot of time on piracy-prevention, because I want the game to be spread around, but I do want to retain credit for my work. And are high scores that important? I don't know how to do that.

Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated. Thanks.