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NO. 018 - The Chill Issue

Posted by TheTankTribune - October 25th, 2020


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THIS SURE IS A THING!

@Urichov




LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Good Morning Newgrounds! This past week I took off from my writing only posting the updates needed and working on the Tribune. Newgrounds was a bit more quiet last week. Everybody is gearing up for Halloween. We have the return of TheSilleGuy, the winner of The Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch 2020 announced on @TheNewgroundsPodcast, and Halloween will soon be upon us. Sit back and relax with this morning's Tank Tribune!

-The-Great-One




QUOTE OF THE WEEK

I get the Quote from the bottom of the page where users can leave a message on the wall. I am not putting SHOOOOM here again @Jojo. I swear you know what time I get up in the morning to post this.




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THEME SONG BY @sorohanro


FEATURED COMPOSERS

@TheNoiseMachine @themaskedmonocle @daneforth @Cepukka @Yoshiii343 @shadow6nothing9 @GrizzlyCogs @Jedo15 @Ockeroid @Troisnyx @theartinme @InuNoshiri @DimensionLord @Miyolophone @BSlick @wickedwizard @CHGangBoy05 @Helblinde @sleepFacingWest @BenTibbetts




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THE LATEST FROM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF NEWGROUNDS @TomFulp


The Magician & The Mother

@ClockworkPixel and @FraserMcNiven submission for this year's Halloween is up. If you haven't watched The Magician & The Mother yet, add it to your Watch List later on today.


The time has come to fulfill a promise I made a long time ago.

I knew this day would come eventually... but knowing and accepting are completely different things.

It only has to be done once, however, I fear my heart won’t take it.

They deserve peace.


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Christmas Adventure 2020

If your entry in the Halloween Spooktacular is wrapping up. Now is the time to jump on the Christmas Adventure. It is an ADVENT calendar that gives the user something different each day. A little gift for Newgrounds. @GeoKureli organized last year's Adventure and is returning for this year's. If you're an animator, illustrator, or musician please jump in. He's also looking for game designers/developers, writers, anyone who can offer something to the project.


I'm back! New animation out on Friday!

@TheSilleGuy has made his return to Newgrounds. He has come back with a new movie entitled After The End. He's been dealing with mental health issues and schoolwork. Check out his movie and give me a nice welcome back to the site!





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Last Week's Daily Features from the Portal as posted through P-Bot's Postings are listed here. @Grffinflash starts off the week by picking up his fourth Daily Feature for his short Beep & Tweet. A Halloween Collaboration Dr. Good's Operating Theatre 2020 picked up the Daily Feature. @xWILKINx third entry in the Deadswtich series picks up his second Daily Feature, the other two entries winning Daily 5th and Daily 2nd respectively. @StuffedWombat snags his fourth Daily Feature with his new game wormb. @OllieAndScoops seventh episode Tutor Suitor grabs a fifth Daily Feature for the series. @k7vin and @MLeth pick up a Daily Feature for their 48 Hour Film Challenge with Hydra. To close off the week @Mosamabindrawin gets his second Daily Feature for KID PULLS A KNIFE OVER PIZZA – kirby version.





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The Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch 2020 has come to a close. The winners were announced on The Newgrounds Podcast! The judges, @Jacob@Troisnyx, and @VocalOutburst, were guests on the podcast to talk about this year's Deathmatch and reveal the winners! The scores came extremely close with less than a point difference between 1st and 2nd Places.


1st - @Phonometrologist

2nd - @AlbeGian

3rd - @Mackievellian

4th - @PredatorMusic




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


SUPPORTER OF THE WEEK

@deathink


deathink is one of Newgrounds hugest fans. He has his own Mood set you can use when posting to the Newgrounds Forums. He is the creator of Pico Radio, a way to listen to music from the Audio Portal as a radio. This would go on to birth the Newgrounds Radio. He also answered a demand that the interviews from The Interviewer be in a Flash format that could be read in one location. He gave us The Interview Codex. He loves Newgrounds so much and is always looking to give back to the community any way he can.




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?




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The Half-Life Collab

3RD DEADLINE: September 29

FINAL DEADLINE: November 8


Voice Acting Contest 13

DEADLINE: October 25


NG Worst Song Competition 2020

DEADLINE: October 29


Halloween Writing Contest 2020

DEADLINE: October 31


Spooktacular

DEADLINE: October 31


Bubsy Reanimated Bob-Collab (OPEN)

DEADLINE: November 24


Christmas Adventure 2020

DEADLINE: December 1




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LATEST INTERVIEW: Tom Fulp

Tom Fulp makes his return to The Interviewer to discuss the 25th Anniversary of Newgrounds, the death of Flash and preservation of content on the site, and where he wants to take Newgrounds towards the future.




ARTIST NEWS


X-RL7 Episode 7 - Devine Intervention is out - Cyberpunk Musician Comedy

@X-RL7 has a new episode in their series of the same name. They are looking for more subscribers to their YouTube channel where you can see the Making of X-RL7. They also have a Patreon up so you can support their works. You can also watch the first seven episodes through this playlist.



Newgrounds Arcade: 1.4 Update!

@larrynachos has added an update to the Newgrounds Arcade. Artwork was replaced for the main menu and the hub, with an addition of a day/night cycle. The game selection screen has been fixed. A new game has been added, Line Rider. He's also working on an older minigame and a newer minigame.


Back again with some big things!

@CryNN is back once again. He had his laptop repaired and has a new cute setup. He is working on a remix with @Demonicity. He's also entered the Worst Song Competition here on Newgrounds.


Senior Film - CASTING CALL

@BrandyBuizel is working on his senior film and is looking for voice actors. In the thread BrandyBuizel describes what he needs for voices and a short description of the film. If you're an aspiring voice actor wanting to help out for a school project then post in the thread or send BrandyBuizel a message.


It's a short mixed-media animated film about a millennial sock puppet trying to find his moment in the spotlight as a musician in Boston, MA.


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TEXT 'N' DRIVE + Halloween Sale!

@plufmot has a new game out called TEXT 'N' DRIVE. A game where you drive and text at the same time, simple really. The artwork was done by @Fanamel and the music by @ninjamuffin99Blue Boy: Bleeding Out is on sale for Halloween if you haven't picked it up yet.


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Princess Cherry

Fanamel




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With the return of TheSilleGuy I thought it would be nice to highlight his winning entry in the Final Round of The Newgrounds Annual Tournament of Animation, Little Snails. Two snails embark on a journey to get an herb to heal their sick mother.


""Against impossible odds" was the fourth and final theme for NATA. My video little snails went through A LOT of changes during the two days I wrote it. At first it was about humans and not snails at all, and it was going to end with the villain throwing the little girl of a cliff with her rising behind him as a giant glowing magic entity and destroying him. The "little-girl beats-the-bad-guy-to-protect-her-sister" theme was prevalent throughout the idea process but it was for a while only about humans.


It wasn't until later I sort of just spontaneously thought it could be about under water snails that it changed, and this was again changed to land snails in the final version. As for the shells as backpacks, it was just something i just thought about, it's not really any story to it, I just thought it was a cute design choice."

-TheSilleGuy

March 30th, 2016




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THE MEMBERS OF NEWGROUNDS


NEW USERS


@PositiveSpark has joined us. He's an artist here on Newgrounds. Be sure to say hello in the Intro Thread and check out his works!



@taffmosphere is a new artist here. They lurked the site for some time and has joined our ranks! Welcome them in the Intro Thread and check out their works.



STORIES


I got married!

@Saminat and @grumpyfart have recently tied the knot! Go and give them congratulations! It came at an amazing time with Saminat celebrating nine years on Newgrounds as well!




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A LOOK BACK AT THREADS OF THE PAST


Hey Luis are you a washing machine?

Over ten years ago @Luis was a hot commodity on the site. Everybody was using pick up lines to try and get with Luis.


need some help people

Newgrounds is willing to help you out on your school projects or homework. Key word being help. We're not going to do your work for you. @ActualOccurences procrastinated and was met with the wrath of @STEM.


Your weapon based on your birthday.

If you thought those calendar your name = blank things started out on Facebook, you would be incorrect. They were a staple of the Internet for a long time. @01asada made this one back in 2007. The thread is locked now, but you can still put your weapon in a comment on The Tank Tribune. You can use your real birthday or even your sign-up date.


The Tank Tribune's weapon would be a Rusted Staple Gun. Seems fitting.




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TODAY'S HAIKU

Your apologies

slowly mend my wounded heart,

but leave scars behind.

@byteslinger




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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!


@Solview

@AtroxChobatsu

@frikineitor143

@evandbrown

@Dipsheet

@Defibyoulater

@geovanap269


USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE

2005: @ryu12

2007: @Kearnsy

2010: @qu3muchach0

2019: @DarcSeven




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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.





This week's issue was a bit lax I will admit. The Special Halloween Edition is going to be big though. The Newgrounds Kitchen was cut out of this part to make way for the recipes for the Halloween edition. That edition will be going up at the stroke of midnight on October 31 so be ready for it! Thanks again for all of your support, it means a lot to me that you all enjoy this. Whether it be in the afternoon or those who camp out till 6AM. I enjoy reading all of your comments.




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Comments

Well it sure is a thing, as I said.

Oooh nice, thanks for the X-RL7 mention! \m/

Thank you for the mention!

It was worth reading

that throwback thread was awesome, thank you for unearthing it!

Why wouldn't you hit on @Luis?

The tank tribune is a great way to start my Sunday! The forum threads were particularly interesting this issue!

Thanks for the newgrounds arcade shoutout! I'm actually prepping a new build for release right now! 1.4.1 will be out shortly with a whole new minigame!

For the birthday weapon thread I got... wooden tire iron. Well that's a non-indicative name as it wouldn't be made of iron. Probably not the most useful weapon in this day and age of modern long-ranged weapons like guns, especially since it's probably less durable due to being made of wood. However it could work as a bludgeoning and piercing weapon with the nasty chance of splinters, assuming I'd be up against a close-ranging combatant.

Thank you for the shout out! <3<3 I do love Newgrounds :)

Awwwww omggg

thank you so much for the mention

Thank you for the mention!! This year's NGADM was so freaking impressive and full of talented people with their pretty enjoyable works of art! See you all next year, can't wait to listen to what the next generation of musicians have to offer!

hey! thanks for the mention! that was a good read!

user of the day B)

Okay