439 Forum Posts by "NATA"
At 9/17/12 03:23 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: NG is the only site I keep adblock turned off for.
Doing this now as well
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. This is the final round to decide who the ultimate Champion of Animation is for 2012.
* NATA Website
* Final Round Page
The top two entrants will now compete against each other to determine who is, indeed, the greatest animator of the year!
*** The Final Round ***
The Theme for the Final Round is...
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The Final Fork in the Road
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*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on October 11th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty. * Entries must fit the theme above to both level the playing field and ensure that entries were not previously created.
* The animation must be no shorter than 1 Minute and no longer than 10 Minutes.
* The animation must be submitted on NewGrounds, in flash format or other acceptable format viewable on NewGrounds.
* Excess nudity, profanity, and other things of profane nature are not allowed. (It cannot have a "Mature" rating.)
* Absolutely NO copyright material is allowed without permission. If you use copyrighted music or other material in your animation, you MUST get the permission of the original creator of that material.
* If you would like to parody, then use similar names instead of the real names - ie. "Smears" instead of "Sears". No copyrighted material whatsoever.
* The Audio portal is a great source for music, just be sure to get permission to use it for this contest!
* Any entry in violation of these rules will be disqualified.
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*** Matchups ***
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* Pahgawk vs. Emrox
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*** Judging ***
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Entries will be judged by the following judges:
* Tom Fulp
* Dave Bruno
* NitWitt
* SymphyBunny
Judging will be done by each judge across five categories with 5 possible points in each: Artwork/Style, Animation, Originality, Structure, and Entertainment. If you're interested in seeing more advice and examples on these categories, visit http://nataguide.munchymedia.com/
Each judge will therefore have a total possible 25 points for a single entry, adding up to 100 possible points from all four judges on a single entry. The entry will a higher number of points among a matchup will win and move on to the following round.
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the NewGrounds Flash Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2012finals" to distinguish them from other rounds and years.
* Entries must be submitted before the deadline. (See above)
* Be sure to post a link to your entry in this topic, to be sure your entry does not get lost.
* Entries will otherwise be found by searching "nata2012finals" on NewGrounds, showing all entries with that tag.
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*** Late Penalties ***
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Late penalties look like this for submissions after the deadline:
0 - 29 minutes: - 5 total points
30 - 59 minutes: - 10 total points
1 - 2 hours: - 15 total points
2 - 3 hours: - 20 total points
3 - 4 hours: - 30 total points
4 - 5 hours: - 40 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Current Prize ***
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In addition to their previous prizes, the entrant with superior scores will receive a $420 + Adobe Design Premium CS5.5 (Donated by Adobe®) + Interview by the NewGrounds Interviewer. All prizes will be awarded in October, AFTER the competition ends.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2012, you agree to allow NATA and its organizers to use your material to promote the contest and use it for possible calendars and other merchandise.
* All entrants must have a paypal or the ability to receive a check in the mail in order to claim their prizes.
* The final Champion of Flash Artists at the completion of the contest must create an illustrated image of themselves interacting with planet Earth, as is NATA tradition to document their victory with such an image on the NATA website.
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Good Luck!!
At 9/16/12 02:22 AM, sandwich-eater wrote: The quality this round! It's too much!
The results are in!
The winners of the Semi Finals are....
Pahgawk and Emrox!
See you in the Finals...
nata.munchymedia.com
At 9/14/12 12:31 AM, AppleJack wrote: good luck to ya'll
One judge in!
All In!!
You have another hour to make any changes.
Just under 12 hours remaining, and 3 contestants to go!
At 9/10/12 01:02 PM, Jay wrote: Can't wait to see your cartoon Bill. The drawing you posted makes me think of an animated Twilight Zone, haha.
3 Days, 10 Hours remaining...!
Under a week remaining! How is everyone's entry coming along?
We are now down to the final 4 contestants, who have fought long and hard to make it to this point!!
* NATA Website
* Semi-Finals Page
Entrants will now compete against fellow Master Animators head to head, who you must defeat by creating a superior animation in order to move on to the Final Round!
*** The Semi-Finals ***
The Theme for the Semi-Finals is...
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How to Break the Universe
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*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on September 13th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty. * Entries must fit the theme above to both level the playing field and ensure that entries were not previously created.
* The animation must be no shorter than 1 Minute and no longer than 10 Minutes.
* The animation must be submitted on NewGrounds, in flash format or other acceptable format viewable on NewGrounds.
* Excess nudity, profanity, and other things of profane nature are not allowed. (It cannot have a "Mature" rating.)
* Absolutely NO copyright material is allowed without permission. If you use copyrighted music or other material in your animation, you MUST get the permission of the original creator of that material.
* If you would like to parody, then use similar names instead of the real names - ie. "Smears" instead of "Sears". No copyrighted material whatsoever.
* The Audio portal is a great source for music, just be sure to get permission to use it for this contest!
* Any entry in violation of these rules will be disqualified.
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*** Matchups ***
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* Pahgawk vs. BPremo
* coughing-dog vs. Emrox
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*** Judging ***
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Entries will be judged by the following judges:
* Tom Fulp
* Dave Bruno
* NitWitt
* SymphyBunny
Judging will be done by each judge across five categories with 5 possible points in each: Artwork/Style, Animation, Originality, Structure, and Entertainment. If you're interested in seeing more advice and examples on these categories, visit http://nataguide.munchymedia.com/
Each judge will therefore have a total possible 25 points for a single entry, adding up to 100 possible points from all four judges on a single entry. The entry will a higher number of points among a matchup will win and move on to the following round.
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the NewGrounds Flash Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2012semifinals" to distinguish them from other rounds and years.
* Entries must be submitted before the deadline. (See above)
* Be sure to post a link to your entry in this topic, to be sure your entry does not get lost.
* Entries will otherwise be found by searching "nata2012semifinals" on NewGrounds, showing all entries with that tag.
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*** Late Penalties ***
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Late penalties look like this for submissions after the deadline:
0 - 29 minutes: - 5 total points
30 - 59 minutes: - 10 total points
1 - 2 hours: - 15 total points
2 - 3 hours: - 20 total points
3 - 4 hours: - 30 total points
4 - 5 hours: - 40 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Current Prize ***
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The entrants with superior scores in each matchup will move on to the Final Round and receive a $200 prize in addition to their previous prizes. All prizes will be awarded in October, AFTER the competition ends.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2012, you agree to allow NATA and its organizers to use your material to promote the contest and use it for possible calendars and other merchandise.
* All entrants must have a paypal or the ability to receive a check in the mail in order to claim their prizes.
* The final Champion of Flash Artists at the completion of the contest must create an illustrated image of themselves interacting with planet Earth, as is NATA tradition to document their victory with such an image on the NATA website.
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Good Luck!!
Whoops.
Congratulations to the winners of the Masters Round!!
* Pahgawk
* BPremo
* coughing-dog
* EmRox
The Semi-Finals will begin August 20th!
At 8/3/12 12:58 AM, Zachary wrote:At 8/3/12 12:51 AM, NATA wrote: Seeing as people are having trouble at the last minute, I am giving everyone until 2 AM Eastern time with no penalty.That's a bit silly. Doesn't that invalidate the point of having a time limit? Troubles and all.
Best of luck!
Actually the only person missing is Jagondudo, who said he is dropping out anyway, so I suppose there's no need for this at all.
Masters Round is closed! There will now be a two-week break, followed by the semi-finals.
Seeing as people are having trouble at the last minute, I am giving everyone until 2 AM Eastern time with no penalty.
Best of luck!
To clarify: There will in fact be a 2-week break following this round's conclusion! You've all worked hard.
The calendar has been revised: http://nata.munchymedia.com/calendar/
The Semi-Finals will pick up on August 20th. Best of luck to everyone in the remaining (just under) 2 days!
At 7/22/12 02:47 PM, sleeeeep wrote:
:All the people who would have shot back if they were there!?!? Your completely blinded due to the smoke your more likely to hit innocent bystanders then the actual guy.
Not to mention the guy was covered from head to toe in bullet-proof body armor.
At 7/21/12 03:28 AM, Bees wrote: how close were you to the guy? did you manage to help other people or was it like fuck outta here every man for themselves
He was in the front, near the screen to the right. We were sitting in the very back row in the middle, in the largest theater. So we were pretty far away, relatively. I only had time to worry about my wife, otherwise it was a "get the hell out" scenario. I had to push a guy that wasn't moving because he was in shock. I also heard a woman begging for people to help her daughter, but had no time to stop.
At 7/21/12 01:16 AM, Travis wrote: I heard it was shown on TV or something...
Not surprised. They wanted to interview me too. I've had calls from CNN, Nancy Grace, People Magazine, BBC, ABC Nightline, a Tennessee radio station, and someone in Toronto all wanting interviews. CNN has used two quotes from my iReport as their primary headline as well, including "The gunshots just kept coming" and now "The longest minute of my life"
Do you plan on going back to a movie theater anytime soon?
Certainly not that one, that is if it ever opens again. I do plan on going back to a theater, because I'm not going to let that fear consume me, and the odds of this kind of thing happening to me again are pretty ridiculously low.
Probably not in the immediate future though.
Will you ever see The Dark Knight Rises in it's entirety (In theater or at home?)?
Yes, I'm really sad that I couldn't finish watching it and I plan to as soon as I can.
Do you plan on seeing a therapist?
Incidentally, I'm already seeing one so I will bring it up with him next time I see him.
To clarify: There's a lot of reports saying that the gunman started shooting during an action gunfight scene in the movie, which is only true for the movie next door which started 5 minutes earlier. Our film was in a scene where Bruce and Alfred are talking in the Bat Cave, and it was rather calm. On a side note, nobody turned the lights on or stopped the movie during all this; it was still playing when I ran out.
Also: This photo can't be any more fake. Man, so fake. [/sarcasm] Turns out EVERYONE is using MY ticket stub as their news image, which is flattering I guess. I'm getting called out as a fake on my article because people don't think it's the original source when it is.
Haven't been able to check back on this thread until now, didn't feel like reading all 9 pages.
If anyone would like my story I posted it on CNN: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-817622
sorry for the quality, but it's the scratch I got either from shrapnel or a bullet
I was in the theater where this happened.
I'm lucky to have escaped with only a small braze on my left arm.
Join us Lankie.
Join us. We have cookies.
At 7/16/12 03:36 AM, BobyB64 wrote: check out this screenshot from my entry! look out you guys this is gonna be one hot round
Disqualified.
[8:23:49 PM] coughing-dog: elfmans got a lot riding on this
[8:23:54 PM] coughing-dog: theyre gunna break his legs
[8:24:32 PM] Elfman Rox: Two broken legs is all the more reason to spend 20 hours a day in front of my computer
[8:24:49 PM] coughing-dog: who needs legs
[8:24:58 PM] Elfman Rox: Didn't see that coming, did ya?
[8:24:59 PM] coughing-dog: useless really
[8:25:04 PM] Elfman Rox: I'm unstoppable now
[8:25:15 PM] Elfman Rox: And I can park in the handicapped space
With that, there are 19 Days remaining.
The current NATAville chat on Skype has:
BobyB64
CatFat
Coughing-Dog
DigsBot
DuDul
ExtremeFudgeMaster
Hikarian
JagonDudo
McBinkles
Pahgawk
Terabiter
Thor
If anyone else would like to join, add me on skype (nitwitt10) and I will add you to the group.
20 Days, 8 Hours remain.
At 7/9/12 05:13 PM, test-object wrote: Also, the more I think about this topic, the more I'd want to make the opposite. How something that sems really big at first actually has insignificant effects. Need to get that out of my head :/
Actually that would be really neat.
At 7/9/12 03:39 AM, DannX3anim8ion wrote:* Entries will otherwise be found by searching "nata2012intermediate" on NewGrounds, showing all entries with that tag.pssst, wrong round :P
I knew I'd miss SOMETHING.
