IS THIS REALLY OFFICIAL? WOW
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Morning Newgrounds! Welcome to The Tank Tribune! The Official Newspaper of Newgrounds! My name is The-Great-One. I've been the writer and editor of this newspaper for three years now. There have been a lot of ups and downs in my life, redesigns to the paper, new additions, cut sections, the closing of the General Forum, with new updates that have made this paper look neater and better! I just wanted to spend the opening of this paper discussing a small sample of history that this paper has gone through. Now, life is going amazingly well, and Newgrounds is going through another boon period that has been growing more and more due to the other platforms not understanding what made their sites great. While Newgrounds continues to evolve with feedback from its fans and contributors to the site. The month of August alone has a lot of events and contests going on. With the annual Clock Day, the Newgrounds Summer Fest, the Summer Animation Jam, this year being the Live Action Jam, and Robot Day. Even then, that's just a small amount of things going on in August on Newgrounds. We haven't even gotten to September with Madness Day and what events that may come then. The Newgrounds Audio Death Match started at the end of Spring and battle happens throughout the seasons. This and more you can only experience here! Here are the hip happenings of Newgrounds!
The-Great-One
INTRO AND OUTRO
FEATURED COMPOSERS
@TheMerelyHuman @BigBlueBazooka @DJSupaMonkey @CluppHead @Banana-head
@PaulyBFromDa303 @AndrewCr @blaceigh83 @Felocai @DPZ0
@Eisine @coolyy @ItsBurner @StaticLF @steampianist
@Biggyzoom @Witcherrage @DuttonsaysHi @Dylnmatrix @Vista-Sound13
Happy Clock Day 2023!
The 22nd Annual Clock Day was last week in celebration of when @StrawberryClock, the King of the Portal, got the movie B pass the Flash Portal. It would give us one of the first factions here on Newgrounds, The Clock Crew. For a longer in-depth history of The Clock Crew and B, check out the video below by @Graeme!
Live Action Jam
@BrandyBuizel is hosting this year's Summer Animation Jam, with the theme being Live Action. If you haven't finished your submission yet or haven't started, you have until September 3rd! That's just around the corner! It still needs to be an animation, but with some live action elements in it. Here are some examples below!
The annual Robot Day here on Newgrounds is coming up! Hosted by @MindChamber the festivities to celebrate robots, including our own @P-Bot, is this Saturday! Check out some of the past Robot Day submissions here on Newgrounds!
Twitter Exodus
With Elon Musk acquiring Twitter, he has been making a lot of changes to the platform that has upset creators and community members here on Newgrounds. Elon recently changed the name of the site to X. Elon is also looking to remove the block feature from the site.
@WhiteKitsu is leaving the site due to it not being a good platform for artists. @TheAerolithe is leaving due to the changes. @Lemon-Andy has shown his disdain. @wpzkx was suspended on Twitter for trying to talk someone out of killing themselves. @FunnelCakeClown recently left Twitter and is looking to make some friends here. This is just a handful of those who have recently left.
I imagine much like the Tumblr Exodus, this one will grow in size as Elon continues to make changes to the platform overall. We should be ready to embrace the influx of users that will soon come to Newgrounds!
Newgrounds Summer Fest 2023
The Newgrounds Summer Fest is this coming weekend! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! The panel schedule is below, with all times under Eastern Standard Time. You can watch the Summer Fest through the Newgrounds Festivals YouTube Channel!
This week's featured artist is @wonkypaws. They've been here for over a year and have already taken the Art Portal by storm! They have done a lot of character artwork, but they've taken a shot at landscape painting which you can see below. Check out their works below and check out their art thread!
dessert land(?)
wonkypaws
Art Navigation & News for 08/18/2023; "Birthday! (And stitches...)"
@eeMcCutcheon has been quite busy lately. With work on his comic The Amazing Alligator of Country A. Page 110 has just been released! He has also been working on character design based off the intro "Sanctuary" from Kingdom Hearts 2. He has also celebrated his birthday! At the hospital after cutting his knee with a hedge trimmer. He required eight stitches. He goes into detail about his pain tolerance. Follow his news post to learn more!
Newgrounds Rules!
@GeoKureli is showing their appreciation for Newgrounds! Where other platforms are based off ad companies using metrics to determine your experience or how you should use it, Newgrounds is open to how you want to experience it! Whether you want to share your creation! Determine what stays and goes. Just be a lurker. However you want to enjoy the site!
WHAT THE HELL? an UPDATE??
@xDoodlz has given an update on the game he's working on entitled WHAT THE HELL? with a sneak peek! You can also hear more about the game through the Off The Wall podcast!
Night's embrace alone,
Fireflies dance, stars above gleam,
Your presence I crave.
@Kirbopher would be browsing the Audio Portal and come across two different songs. One being the Geno's Forest || ROBOVoice. Which is such an iconic song that it has been heard in the Nico Nico Douga Final Mix Version. It would be remixed into SMRPG - Rawest Forest, which Kirbopher would animate.
"I had heard the original many times and thought it was cool, but then I had found the remix version from the site and got inspired to make a music video out of it. The original isn't very "musicy" in the sense that it's more of just a loop as opposed to the Rawest Forest remix is much more like a full-fledged piece of polished music."
-Kirbopher
I guess I'm on Newgrounds now.
@KaizenArt has recently joined Newgrounds, with Twitter not being a safe place to post their art anymore. They're going to keep their Twitter account alive as long as possible. We'll be seeing their art posted to the site. Welcome to Newgrounds KaizenArt.
Introduction
@Murder-House is a new electronic musician on Newgrounds. They used to be an animator on YouTube, then decided to do something different. They started making music on GarageBand, which wasn't so good, so they switched to FL Studio. You can hear their music on BandLab. You can also check out their works below here on Newgrounds!
back to where it all began
@snozzd used to be on the site making flash games, which gave him the inspiration to pursue college. He was reminiscing and decided to come back where he started out. He already has two works posted below!
NEW USERS
Here we have the latest people to come to Newgrounds! Whether they heard about us through a movie or game, a let's player or streamer, a friend or family member, or were a creator who has been shunned or mistreated on other platforms. Let's all welcome them to Newgrounds! Give them all a hello in the Greeting Club!
@knotstraight has been on the site for over ten years now. She's introduced herself on the forums and is hoping to get her name out there more.
@MARXVEEMOAM is a new artist on the site! He's still trying to get used to the layout and the rules on the site. If you ever need help AM you can check the site's Wiki! Any Newgrounder can also answer your questions in the Where is / How to / Help! Forum. Check out his works below!
@YSNartworks is a new artist on the site! He used to be a lurker and his now posting his art here! Check out his works below!
USERS OF THE WEEK
Here are the Users of the Week for the week of August 13th - August 19th. Congratulations to all of you!
@gene-goldstein
@Doggonnys
@DRAGONKITTYiPOD
@Leroysei
@King-Kiddoh
@MassiveMarioLuigi700
@Archcee5
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 we just have a selection of some fun games on the site! This morning, some relaxing puzzle games for you to enjoy with your Sunday coffee.
If a game is not loading properly for you, then install the Newgrounds Flash Player. There are instructions on how to do so. If it is still not working or you don't understand, create a thread in the Where is / How to / Help! Forum for assistance.
Hello all who make it to the bottom of the paper. I usually talk to you on a personal level here and I want to continue that. I am most interested in how people read The Tank Tribune. Do you read it on your computer? Your tablet? Your phone? Do you enjoy it on a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee? Perhaps on a Sunday night with a nice latte? Do you read it at work later on in the week? I know the paper is part of many's bowel movement routine, I just want to know how and when you read it. As for my personal life. I believe I have spoken about the guy I'm talking to named Rex. He says hi by the way. We went to a 90's Themed Party recently. My little brother is coming home from being enlisted in the army. Which, with the way things have been going in the world, is a heavy weight of worry off of my shoulders. I am glad I can find a way to involve community posts here with the closing of General. I have added and removed sections throughout the years, so getting back to the basics from Issue NO. 1 seems to have been the step in the right direction. Thank you to everyone who have been reading The Tank Tribune for these past three years, and I hope you have a fantastic Sunday morning!
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BrandyBuizel
Good to hear your brother is returning safely!