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NO. 011 - The-Great-One

Posted by TheTankTribune - September 6th, 2020


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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS

@EdeShye


LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Good Morning Newgrounds! I hope you're having an incredible Sunday! A lot has happened on Newgrounds last week, with multiple contests and winners galore! I recently celebrated 14 years on Newgrounds! We have a spiritual successor to the Karoshi games with a throwback to Portal as well! The Sunday Phonograph this week features music from veterans of the Newgrounds Audio Portal. All in all, it has been an amazing week for the site and with Madness Day on the horizon and big prizes coming for it there is always something going on when you come to Newgrounds! If you like the tagline at the top of each paper, you can submit your own in the Tagline Thread! With that out of the way, here's what's been going on Newgrounds!




QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“something new”

@derpydino17




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THEME SONG BY @sorohanro


FEATURED COMPOSERS

@gregjr @Irish-Soul @Metaljonus @SharkwithSideburns @Aakase @GrahamPatison @ADR3-N @HouseMasta @Sexual-Lobster @Neocosmic @SymbolCymbal @MilkMan-Dan @Deemo-R @KawaiSprite @mike @SuperSonicDash @theartinme @Gino360KillGD




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THE LATEST FROM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF NEWGROUNDS @TomFulp


pARTy Contest Winners

The winners of the pARTy Contest, hosted by @Xinxinix, were announced live during the @TheNewgroundsPodcast Block Party@papstuko took home 1st Place for his entry! If you missed the Block Party, don't despair. You can listen to it below!



Neo Geo Jam Winners!

The winners of the Neo Geo Jam were announced. It was an amazing Jam, with entries in the categories of movies, art, music, animated .gifs, and special awards! The first place winners were @stevenm1988 @tzeentch88@Jaime-R@Esmachmat@ScepterDPinoy, and @Trippple.You can see all of the winners here.


BEST MOVIE - @stevenm1988


BEST ART - @tzeentch88


BEST ANIMATED .GIF - @Jaime-R


BEST STATUE - @Esmachmat


BEST MUSIC - @Trippple


SCEPTERDPINOY AWARD - @ScepterDPinoy


Music Inspired Art Contest Winners

The winners of the Music Inspired Art Contest 2020 have been announced. The first place prize winner was @KarlestonChew with their entry entitled Quiet Crossing. It was inspired by the song Outside by @Andersson187. Congratulations to them!



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Last Week's Daily Features from the Portal as posted through P-Bot's Postings are listed here. @ChipsGoWOAH picked up his first Daily Feature with sum twinkle stars for the Neo Geo Jam. A collaborative effort with @coby, @DIGIMIN, and @mogy64 doing the voice work and the legendary @ninjamuffin99 supplying the music. The second episode of Chaotic Heart nabbed a Daily Feature for @9Hammer and @Irish-Soul.





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These are the people who make Newgrounds possible. Thank you!


SUPPORTER OF THE WEEK

@The-Great-One


The-Great-One has been with Newgrounds for 14 Years, signing up on September 2, 2006. Throughout the years he was a reviewer writing reviews for movies and games, mostly for the Audio Portal though. He was also a member of the Review Request Club. He decided to give back to Newgrounds through his contributions of an archive with The Interviewer in 2009. As of today he is still going strong with The Interviewer and is now the editor of The Tank Tribune.


"There is much in my life that I would go back in time and change if I could. The one thing I never would have changed, was the experiences I have had with this place. If I were a millionaire I would give as much money as I could to keep this place alive forever. This has been a wonderful place to grow up."

-The-Great-One




SUPPORTER PARTY

A super fun secret forum, exclusively for NG Supporters


Welcome to the supporter forum!

A lot of users become supporters, but don't drop by the Party. Stop in and introduce yourself!


Why Did You Support Newgrounds

A thread made early in the Supporter launch. What made you want to purchase a Supporter upgrade and give your hard earned money to Newgrounds?


The-Great-One AMA

@The-Great-One did a face reveal in the Supporter Party to celebrate his 14 Years on Newgrounds! You an also ask him a question there if you would like to know more about The Tank Tribune and his other works.


{OFFICIAL}suggestions to Tom thread

@Neoslayre made a thread early in the Supporter Party's life about making suggestions to Tom to help improve the site. If you're a Supporter and have an idea, then drop by the thread and share your thoughts.




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Sketch Collab 2020

2ND DEADLINE: August 31


Dr. Good's Operating Theatre Part 2

DEADLINE: September 20


Madness Day

DEADLINE: September 22


The Half-Life Collab

3RD DEADLINE: September 29

FINAL DEADLINE: November 8




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LATEST INTERVIEW: A-lieN

An artist who highlights the beauty and mystique of their works. The winner of the Two Lungs Breathe ss One Competition.




ARTIST NEWS


Halloween 2020

@ClockworkPixel and @FraserMcNiven are currently working on a project for this year's Halloween. It looks like the title is going to be The Magician & The Mother. I reached out to ClockworkPixel for further comment on the project. I was also given some exclusive character design to show off.


"We were inspired by the posters of magicians and illusionists of the early 20th century, Taking ideas conjured up from those images and mixing it with an exaggerated style from 90's animation.


Whenever we start a short we throw everything at it to see what sticks. With Newgrounds being a place to share ideas and get instant feedback, I always want to experiment with animation to see what does and doesn't work.


We also work full time as animators so being able to animate our own projects instead of commercial work means we can really let loose and really get crazy!


Seeing the reaction to last years 'The Chaos Signals' we want to step up our game in terms of animation and story telling and hope we can leave people pleasantly surprised when it's released in October."

-ClockworkPixel


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ZAMRadio

@TeraVex has started a radio show on Twitch. He will be featuring music from the underground talent here on Newgrounds and abroad. There will also be interviews and showcases on Wednesdays. It is looking to run daily from 11AM-3PM, perfect for lunch time!


41 Fans

@Aakase has just celebrated 41 fans. His music is featured in this issue's Sunday Phonograph! Check out his other songs and follow him!


Good News!

@GrahamPatison had a song receive over five votes with Run and Gun. His song Relax and Sigh can be heard in the Sunday Phonograph! Check out his other works. Give him some votes and reviews and follow if you like it!


Rick and Morty Anime!!!

@VoicesByCorey has been cast as Rick and Morty in an upcoming Rick and Morty Anime being produced by @Fienamation. The teaser trailer and the intro are both out now!



Fuzzy Princess 5th anniversary in 2021!

@bakertoons is planning an animated short to celebrate the 5th Year of his Fuzzy Princess comic series! To help reach this goal quicker, you can contribute to his Patreon!


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Valentine's 2019: Kat and Prince

bakertoons




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From @JamesLee and @Hania comes Tarboy. A project that was in the works for a long time and made the creators household names on Newgrounds! The story of Tarboy, a boy made of tar, filled with the memories, anger, and pain, on the corporate robot overlords. He wants revenge.




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THE MEMBERS OF NEWGROUNDS


NEW USERS


@Pancaketophat has recently joined us. He is a new artist to the site. This is what he wanted Facebook to be like when he was younger. He's looking to share his art here on Newgrounds. Say hi in the Intro Thread!


@Ms-Scarletwings has recently joined us. She is a new artist to the site and is looking to make friends and share her works. Give her a friendly hello in the Intro Thread!


STORIES


Anti-Cheat Protection Ideas for Newgrounds Audio Competitions

@BasiatordeCoronatus has some ideas to help prevent cheating in contests. Such as rotating themes. It helps prevent musicians from using Works-In-Progress for their contest entry. @Troisnyx has brought up that metadata and other variables can be used to help prevent this or at least put it to a halt during the judging phase. @NekoMika has made notes that contests are handled on good faith for the competitors. Any sense of cheating will result in barring from future competitions is an idea tossed around as well.


So Inktober May Have Plagiarized

@EpithetSoup has brought up a theory that the creator of Inktober possibly copied his book from another author. The event as a whole is now being discussed on whether or not this taint will diminish its value in the art community going forward. If you're an artist, join in on the discussion.


24 Hours on Newgrounds

To celebrate his 14th Year on Newgrounds, @The-Great-One spent 24 Hours on the site! From 12AM EST on September 2nd all the way to 12AM EST on September 3rd. He started his journey by watching the first movies that brought him into Newgrounds. What were the first movies/games you saw or played on the site?



NekoMika Level 60

@NekoMika recently hit Level 60. A reminder to vote on submissions each and every day and gain that experience points to Level Up! Congratulations NekoMIka! You Beat Newgrounds!


Lets discuss illwillpress

@illwillpress has been the subject of a bit of controversy lately. Creators and members find it unfair for him to delete his older submissions and upload them as HD re-releases and garner Daily Awards for it. illwillpress has addressed this issue and has opted out of his resubmissions to garner any Daily Awards.




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Quack

I stop just in time

to make way for ducklings. Cars

honk, but I smile.

@TaintedLogic




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Everyday Newgrounds chooses a User of the Day at random! Here are the selected people of the two last weeks! Congratulations to all of you! Instead of listing Users of the Day on this date we have Clock Crew Members who were User of the Day!


@danuzonproo

@K-4998572

@eitanmdk1

@stevenm1988

@oshul

@M10donewgrounds

@maryclarke


USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE

2006: @B0gus

2007: @wizardman

2010: @grounds-master

2019: @XpressOfTheEast




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The week can get people down sometimes. With all of the hustle and bustle and action packed drama that entails our lives, sometimes it's nice to just kickback and relax. Here are a few games to play to unwind on this Sunday Morning.





I know I made myself the main feature of this issue, and believe me that was not on purpose, but I decided to roll wit it. I hated last week's issue. I felt I let a lot of you down by not having something more substantial for you. Yet to my surprise you all loved last week's issue. I even got a new Patron for my Patreon due to that issue. Which I didn't deserve any of that. I'm sorry that I've been neglectful to my projects. I have to do better not only for myself. I have to do better for all of you here as well because all of you deserve better. For once in my life it is time to actually live up to my username. It is time for once to actually be Great. I intend to. Because you all deserve greatness. Thanks for sticking with me and my works for so long, it truly means more to me than you could possibly imagine. A lot of thanks to @BenjaminTibbetts, @TheGhostOfSevenSeize, and @Xinxinix. I hope this issue surpassed last weeks. Each issue I intend to make better than the last. Together we can all be Great!




The Tank Tribune is a part of Dohn's Desk Productions

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Comments

legendary? aw shucks im blushin

i like these roundups keep up the good shit

Ayyy Aakase got a shoutout! He's always leaving me reviews on my stuff, great guy!

Really great content lineup this issue

@larrynachos Seconded on @Aakase getting a shoutout, he is so kind and enthusiastic. I hope more give him follows and meeps. ^_^

@The-Great-One Here, I think NekoMika and I have some added context for one of the stories you've put in there. ^_-

The Weekly Phonograph is seriously great~!

Let me recommend a way to navigate the weekly issues via a "PREVIOUS" button at the bottom of the page? And maybe a "NEXT" if it's not too much trouble.

This is made much easier through news posts, and that way users can view information prior and return back with the simple push of a button. Much like how webcomics use this navigation method for easy access to all produced content.

I'm off to check out the previous Phonographs because I want some delicious musical content to listen to~ And maybe I'll take second glances at past issues so i can get an idea of the site's progression throughout the months.

This "newspaper" makes for the perfect archive of users, content, and happenings, and I believe that makes it beautiful~

Thanks for yet another shout-out, guys! I need to re-read some of my old haikus and make some new ones. ^_^

HUEHUEH so THAT is a tagline (got me really confused for a while there)

I've enabled Ruffle emulation for Slacker, it should work on mobile too now!

Seeing notification that I was mentioned in a post had me excited, but alas it was just a mention in users of the day section. Oh well, back to my cave :|

Ayyyyy! Thank you for the shout out for the Rick and Morty Anime! I hope you guys love it when it releases! @Fienamation is working extremely hard to make this a great anime!

Thanks for the shoutout! And great job everyone! :)

I remember watching the Rei Puppet show on a dingy dialup way back. Still hilarious to this very day, and I don't even know why.

Thank you so much for the shoutout! This was a great read!

This is super cool and quality. Thanks for the shoutout!

It says I was mentioned in this but I can't see where. Thanks, if so. Good to be on again