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Any chance you'll come to Denver Comic Con?

As a quick pro-tip:
Some SWFs have entire scenes embedded within a single frame movie clip. Normal conversion will not work for these structures -- use the manual recording feature instead for these.

I would put in all I could if I wasn't in such a bad spot right now. Maybe if you try again later this year or next year I'll be able to put in a good amount.

You win the entire contest.

Yes, good.

I will definately be attending

Thanks for the collection, Tom! :)

So for those who haven't seen it yet, Round 2 is up!

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1253 356

For the record, we are currently awaiting entries from Zeedox and TurtleCo. They have 4.5 hours to get their entries in with penalty.

7 Entries Received, and just over 6 Hours to go!!

Good luck everyone, the entries are looking great!

2 Entries received, and 29.5 hours remain!

At 6/7/11 07:20 PM, MC-Booga wrote: Wait, what?

Yeah, long story. Basically it "split" because they wanted to continue it after I moved it to NewGrounds, so now there's 2 of them. I'm trying to negotiate a name change to avoid confusion, but they are not replying :P

2 Days, 4 Hours Remaining!

At 6/6/11 04:23 AM, Fungasm wrote: Would it be acceptable if I were to upload my submission to the NG dump and post it here, rather than upload it to the portal?

Yes, that's totally fine. Good luck!

4 Days, 7 Hours remaining!

9 Days, 5 Hours remaining!

Everyone's entries are looking amazing so far, good luck in the final stretch!
Remember, if you'd like help or a critique of your entry so far, send a PM to ThorClodofBlunders and he will gladly help you.

Good luck!

so the rules changed in the middle of the competition...

Post #1 of this topic:

No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without severe penalty.

Rules never changed. I decided to be less severe on penalties but nothing changed. Please read the posts and don't criticize when I decide to be nice.

Welcome to the Tournament!

Over the next 25 days, the top 16 entrants from the Open Round will face off in 1-on-1 showdowns to decide who will move on, and who will fall.

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*** Round 1 ***
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The Theme for the Round 1 is...

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*Lost and Found*
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*** Matchups ***
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Matchups and current brackets can be viewed at http://tofa.munchymedia.com/

* Dave Bruno vs. Jagondudo
* Fungasm vs. Zeedox
* sandwicheater vs. The Nooch
* Turtleco vs. PinkSkull
* zRtC vs. someplaceelse
* Glarryg vs. Elfman Rox
* LazyModeComics vs. coughing-dog
* MC-Booga vs. Mark-er
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*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on June 9th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without severe 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 30 seconds and no longer than 10 minutes.
* The animation must be in flash format. Other mediums are allowed (but not beneficial to the animator's time constraints),

but the final product must be produced in flash and published on NewGrounds.
* Excess nudity, profanity, and other things of profane nature are not allowed. (It should not 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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*** Judging ***
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Entries will be judged by the following judges:
* Tom Fulp
* NitWitt
* Symphybunny
* Zeurel
* Salty Peach

Entries will be scored out of 4 points in 5 categories from each judge, totalling 20 possible points from each judge. The scorecard being used looks like this: http://tofa.munchymedia.com/scorecard.pn g
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the NewGrounds Flash Portal.
* Entries must be linked in this topic to be submitted.
* Entries must be submitted before the deadline. (See above)
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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 current prize pool is set at $1,710 Cash, as well as a Windows copy of Adobe Premiere CS5 and After

Effects CS5 (Est. $1800 value). Additional donations can be made using the Donate button on the TOFA Website, and will be accepted up until the final round.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to TOFA 2011, you are agreeing to let us show it off in the future as a testament of awesomeness.
* Final sorting of prize money among winner and runner-ups will be determined once donations are no longer being accepted.
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Good Luck!!

The results will be announced very soon! Stand by...

At 5/15/11 09:40 AM, someplaceelse wrote: I thought everyone was guaranteed entry?

Are you referring to this post?
It says that at the time it was posted, only a few people had entered, far less than 16 even. So basically anyone who entered at the time would have a really good chance on getting in considering nobody else had entered.
21 People entered in all, and so only 5 people will be lost in this round.

Inviting veterans would be a great idea, but one day is not enough to let them respond.
Tom and I have been coming up with some interesting ideas to encourage tournament participation next year, it should be exciting :)

We are only waiting on one more judge to submit! After that, I will announce the winners in this thread, as well as the first post of the Round 1 thread on Monday.

The calendar will also be altered to give more time in the remaining rounds, and to compensate for removing a round.

At 5/13/11 12:48 AM, MC-Booga wrote: Crap, it was 10PM MST, not 11?

Yeah, 10 PM MST is 12 Eastern Time

Ah yes, there is no way to change the actual onion skin color. I prefer to use the Onion Skin Outline, which is the button right next to onion skin. This will show an outline of your shape in the color you chose before.

What version of flash are you using? In every version I've had, it comes up with this box when you double click the green box.

Select the green box within this new window to change the color.

Double click on the color box next to the layer on your timeline. It will bring up a new window where near the bottom you can select the color of your onion skins.

Yep.

Make sure to link your entries in this thread!

At 4/27/11 08:22 AM, sandwich-eater wrote: Are we allowed bleeped swearing?
And violence? (comedic, yet bloody, but not too graphic)

Thank you, The-Great-One, that's a cool contribution to make :)

List of Current Prizes:
- $1,710
- Adobe Premiere CS5
- Adobe After Effects CS5
- Nomination for the Tank Awards
- Interview with The Interviewer

I was tossing around the idea of making TOFA T-Shirts and shipping them to the 32 people who make it in. Thoughts? T-Shirt design suggestions? (Some samples here.

Also in the event that Eddsworld cannot judge (which isn't looking likely), I will step in to judge.

On that note, we've received $25 from Michael J.! $290 to go!

The theme for the Open Round will be revealed on April 25th, when it begins.

I've PMed the judges and the responses I've received are all positive!
So it's set, the judges shall decide the top 32 by selecting their favorite (TBA # of) entries.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

I think it depends on the person, the song, and the animation too. For instance, if it is a music video or fast-paced animation, rhythmic music can help a person stay on track and have a consistent rhythm in their animation. If the music has lyrics though, it can be distracting.
But yeah, different for every situation.