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Thank you to everyone who participated, donated, and cheered from the sidelines in the Newgrounds Annual Tournament of Animation, 2014!
The final round was one of the most difficult challenges that has ever been thrown at the final two: Animate in the Style of Your Opponent. Both opponents did a fantastic job on their entries for the final, but only one will prevail as the Champion of Animation 2014. StejkRobot emulated the visual art and animation style of ButzboPrud almost perfectly - while ButzboPrud studied and re-created the storytelling and entertainment value of an animation by StejkRobot. The scores are very close, and this ended up being one of the most difficult rounds to pick.
The judges have spoken, and the winner is in.
The Champion of Animation 2014 is...
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StejkRobot!!
Results: ButzboPrud
Results: StejkRobot
Congratulations on your victory, and to ButzboPrud for being the Runner-Up for this year's contest - no easy task!
StejkRobot must now complete an image of himself with planet Earth in order to recieve his prize, as per the NATA tradition and rules. He also has the opportunity to choose between the +$780 cash prize, or opt for a trophy, plus any cash leftover from the trophy value. (Estimated trophy value: $500)
Again, thank you to everyone who continue to help make this competition successful and exciting! We'll be coming out with some cool stuff soon- DVDs are being planned and new T-Shirts are being produced right now:
The Final Round is closed!!
Judging will now commence... winners announced in the next week!
Down to the final 4 hours...!!
Just over 2 days remain... who will emerge victorious?!
It's time to decide once and for all the Champion of Animation 2014 - This is the Final Round. Scores and comments for the Pro Round can be viewed on each entry's page!
Congratulations to our two finalists - StejkRobot and ButzboPrud!
See the Official NATA Website for more information!
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*** Final Round ***
The Theme for the Final Round is...
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* Animate in the Style of Your Opponent *
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*** The Final Matchup ***
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Take a look at the NATA Website!
StejkRobot vs. ButzboPrud!
*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, August 20th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty.
* Be sure to include the NATA '14 Logo in your entry preloader or credit screen.
* Newgrounds and Jaltoid are both major sponsors of this year's tournament, and so all entries must include the Newgrounds logo and the Jaltoid logo listed as a sponsor in their loading screen, title sequence, or credit roll.
* 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 any video or flash format, so long as it can be considered animation. 3D, flash, traditional, and stop-motion are all acceptable formats.
* 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 and/or come to a winnings agreement 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 - Founder of Newgrounds
* Hikarian - Champion of Animation, 2013
* Emrox - Champion of Animation, 2012
* HappyHarry - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
* MindChamber - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
Entries will each be scored in 5 seperate categories for 4 possible points from each of 5 judges. Therefore, each entrant will have a maximum total score of 100 points. The categories are:
- Artwork
- Animation
- Originality
- Story
- Entertainment
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the Newgrounds Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2014final" 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.
* Incomplete entries can be submitted to the Dumping Grounds and linked in this thread to be submitted.
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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 - 3 hours: - 15 total points
3 - 5 hours: - 20 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Prizes ***
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Prizes for winning each round are as follows:
Open Round: $20
Novice Round: + $50 ($70 total)
Intermediate Round: + $100 ($170 total)
Pro Round: + $200 ($370 total)
Final Round: + $780 ($1150 total)
All prizes will be awarded in September after the completion of the tournament.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2014, 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 Animation 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 7/31/14 01:45 AM, NATA wrote: 4 Entries have been received! The final 2 have until 5 AM (3 hours from now) to get their entries in with a penalty.
Correction: 5 entries including StejkRobot! Only missing CartoonCoffee at this point...!
4 Entries have been received! The final 2 have until 5 AM (3 hours from now) to get their entries in with a penalty.
Just under 12 hours remain!
Congratulations to the 6 animators who made it through the Intermediate Round! Our top 6 are: dylan, StejkRobot, oryozema, Brewster, CartoonCoffee, and ButzboPrud! Scores and comments can be viewed on each entry's page!
Only 2 of you will proceed into the Final Round upon completion of this round. Entrants will be placed into groups of 3 to battle for the best animation and a spot in the next round!
See the Official NATA Website for more information!
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*** Pro Round ***
The Theme for the Pro Round is...
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* A Way Back Home *
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*** Brackets ***
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Take a look at the NATA Website!
dylan vs. StejkRobot vs. oryozema, Brewster vs. CartoonCoffee vs. ButzboPrud
*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, July 30th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty.
* Be sure to include the NATA '14 Logo in your entry preloader or credit screen.
* Newgrounds and Jaltoid are both major sponsors of this year's tournament, and so all entries must include the Newgrounds logo and the Jaltoid logo listed as a sponsor in their loading screen, title sequence, or credit roll.
* 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 any video or flash format, so long as it can be considered animation. 3D, flash, traditional, and stop-motion are all acceptable formats.
* 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 and/or come to a winnings agreement 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 - Founder of Newgrounds
* Hikarian - Champion of Animation, 2013
* Emrox - Champion of Animation, 2012
* HappyHarry - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
* MindChamber - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
Entries will each be scored in 5 seperate categories for 4 possible points from each of 5 judges. Therefore, each entrant will have a maximum total score of 100 points. The categories are:
- Artwork
- Animation
- Originality
- Story
- Entertainment
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the Newgrounds Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2014pro" 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.
* Incomplete entries can be submitted to the Dumping Grounds and linked in this thread to be submitted.
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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 - 3 hours: - 15 total points
3 - 5 hours: - 20 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Prizes ***
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Prizes for winning each round are as follows:
Open Round: $20
Novice Round: + $50 ($70 total)
Intermediate Round: + $100 ($170 total)
Pro Round: + $200 ($370 total)
Final Round: + $780 ($1150 total)
All prizes will be awarded in September after the completion of the tournament.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2014, 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 Animation 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!!
The results are in!! The winners of the Intermediate Round are...
dylan, StejkRobot, oryozema, Brewster, CartoonCoffee, and ButzboPrud!
Full results can be viewed on the entry pages. Congratulations to all of you, and I'll see you in 6 hours for the Pro Round...
At 7/10/14 01:57 AM, NATA wrote: We have 8 out of 12 entrants! Anyone who got their entry in after the deadline will receive a penalty, up until 3 hours from now.
Edit: 7 entries - counted Zanthar twice.
We have 8 out of 12 entrants! Anyone who got their entry in after the deadline will receive a penalty, up until 3 hours from now.
6.5 hours remain!
At 7/4/14 09:49 PM, oryozema wrote: I uploaded my video for this round earlier today!
Thirsty!
Looking good - 11 more entrants, 4 more days!
1 week, 5 days remain! How is everyone doing?
Results note 2: All scores are out of 80 instead of 100 this round, since all of the judges didn't get their scores in.
Results note: Fungasm and MihaP had a tied score, and the tie-breaker is to select the highest score in each category beginning with Artwork. Fungasm had a higher Artwork score, and therefore got through!
Congratulations to the 12 animators who made it through the Novice Round! Our top 12 are: dylan, CroMagg, StejkRobot, shadowtoon, Cenaf, oryozema, Brewster, MrChambers, CartoonCoffee, Fungasm, ButzboPrud, and MartinLarsson! Scores and comments (coming soon) can be viewed on each entry's page!
Only 6 of you will proceed into the Pro Round upon completion of this round. Entrants will be put into groups of 2 to battle for the best animation and a spot in the next round!
See the Official NATA Website for more information!
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*** Intermediate Round ***
The Theme for the Intermediate Round is...
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* Desperate Measures *
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*** Brackets ***
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Take a look at the NATA Website!
dylan vs. CroMagg, StejkRobot vs. shadowtoon, Cenaf vs. oryozema, Brewster vs. MrChambers, CartoonCoffee vs. Fungasm, ButzboPrud vs. MartinLarsson
*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, July 9th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty.
* Be sure to include the NATA '14 Logo in your entry preloader or credit screen.
* Newgrounds and Jaltoid are both major sponsors of this year's tournament, and so all entries must include the Newgrounds logo and the Jaltoid logo listed as a sponsor in their loading screen, title sequence, or credit roll.
* 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 any video or flash format, so long as it can be considered animation. 3D, flash, traditional, and stop-motion are all acceptable formats.
* 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 and/or come to a winnings agreement 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 - Founder of Newgrounds
* Hikarian - Champion of Animation, 2013
* Emrox - Champion of Animation, 2012
* HappyHarry - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
* MindChamber - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
Entries will each be scored in 5 seperate categories for 4 possible points from each of 5 judges. Therefore, each entrant will have a maximum total score of 100 points. The categories are:
- Artwork
- Animation
- Originality
- Story
- Entertainment
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the Newgrounds Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2014intermediate" 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.
* Incomplete entries can be submitted to the Dumping Grounds and linked in this thread to be submitted.
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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 - 3 hours: - 15 total points
3 - 5 hours: - 20 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Prizes ***
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Prizes for winning each round are as follows:
Open Round: $20
Novice Round: + $50 ($70 total)
Intermediate Round: + $100 ($170 total)
Pro Round: + $200 ($370 total)
Final Round: + $780 ($1150 total)
All prizes will be awarded in September after the completion of the tournament.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2014, 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 Animation 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!!
The Novice Round is now CLOSED!!
As of this post, all entries received will receive a late penalty. We currently have 26 of 36 entrants!
We've received 13 out of 36 entrants. Two hours to go!!
At 6/18/14 01:35 PM, SwedishPlumTrees wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/projects/view/776896
My entry. I tried a combo of 2D and 3D in Maya. Got ahead of myself, and it didn't really come out the way I wanted. Totally not finished, but it's what I got.
Looking good! Any way you can fix that video size?
At 6/16/14 07:32 AM, Tsukubane wrote: I waited last f*cking year for this shit. I couldn't find a date and now I'm too late to even join. Is it my fault for having a life or something.
You can follow us on social networks for announcements, we'll definitely be giving everyone plenty of head's up for next year's contest!
https://twitter.com/ngtournament
https://www.facebook.com/NGTournament
http://ngtournament.tumblr.com
2 Days remaining! How's everyone doing?
At 6/10/14 08:04 PM, RetroSleep wrote: So Their was a Crystal Trophy for the 2013 winner. Is their a Trophy for this year too?
I got the impression that people would like extra cash rather than a custom trophy ($500). Some people in the skype chat suggested that the winner should have the choice of the extra cash or a trophy, so we'll probably do that. It takes a couple of months to get the trophy made and shipped, though.
ONE WEEK REMAINS!
At 6/2/14 12:47 AM, KameStudios wrote: Is there a way to forfeit and give your place to someone else? I don't believe I will be able to continue in the competition.. Some financial problems have come up in my personal life and I cannot ignore them. if there is anyway to give my spot to someone else I would love to since it would be a waste of a spot!
That should be fine. There was a 4-way tie for spot #37 in the contest, so I made an executive decision to choose SwedishPlumTrees. I sent them a PM, and they must reply / accept the spot if they want to be in! Otherwise I'll select the next person down on the list in a couple of days.
@ MartinLarsson - Done!
2 Weeks, 1 Day remaining!
At 5/31/14 12:24 AM, Exedor wrote: I notice that visedgrub is listed as a participant and as a donor. As much as I hate to bring this up, isn't that a conflict of interests? :\
Participants in NATA have donated many times in the past - it's a sort of selfless way of giving back to the competition to encourage others and grow it as a whole. Donating has literally no effect on a person's performance in the contest, except for the "choose a theme" donation perk, and that person isn't participating.
@ KaggyVA - Done!
Also, here's the final list of Open Round scores. If you're not on the list, it means that sadly your entry was not included in any judge's top 32 list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nsnRIcKlpgsYe7M0ZGnGDZMO7kN2nnXa1NPQvHQurlA/pubhtml
To those of you who have placed in the tournament, Welcome to the Novice Round!
Of the 36 selected, only 12 of you will proceed into the Intermediate Round upon completion of this round. Entrants will be put into groups of 3 to battle for the best animation and a spot in the next round!
You may have noticed that there have been some last minute changes: There are now 36 Novice Round contenders instead of 24, and an extra round has been added! We had such a fantastic turnout in the Open Round that we decided to let MORE people in!
See the Official NATA Website for more information!
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*** Novice Round ***
We had a generous donation for this year's contest from Miguel Castillo, who selected this rounds' theme.
The Theme for the Novice Round is...
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* Through the Eyes of a Stranger *
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*** Brackets ***
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There's a LOT of people, so please see your bracket pairings at the NATA Website! (Try refreshing if you're not seeing them yet)
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*** Rules ***
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* You have until 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Wednesday, June 18th to complete your submissions. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline without penalty.
* Be sure to include the NATA '14 Logo in your entry preloader or credit screen.
* Newgrounds and Jaltoid are both major sponsors of this year's tournament, and so all entries must include the Newgrounds logo and the Jaltoid logo listed as a sponsor in their loading screen, title sequence, or credit roll.
* 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 any video or flash format, so long as it can be considered animation. 3D, flash, traditional, and stop-motion are all acceptable formats.
* 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 and/or come to a winnings agreement 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 - Founder of Newgrounds
* Hikarian - Champion of Animation, 2013
* Emrox - Champion of Animation, 2012
* HappyHarry - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
* MindChamber - Newgrounds Animator Extraordinaire
Entries will each be scored in 5 seperate categories for 4 possible points from each of 5 judges. Therefore, each entrant will have a maximum total score of 100 points. The categories are:
- Artwork
- Animation
- Originality
- Story
- Entertainment
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*** Submissions ***
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* Entries must be uploaded via the Newgrounds Portal.
* Entries must be tagged with "nata2014novice" 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.
* Incomplete entries can be submitted to the Dumping Grounds and linked in this thread to be submitted.
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*** Late Penalties ***
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Novice Round late penalties look like this for submissions after the deadline:
0 - 29 minutes: - 5 total points
30 - 59 minutes: - 10 total points
1 - 3 hours: - 15 total points
3 - 5 hours: - 20 total points
5+ hours: Disqualified
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*** Prizes ***
**************
Prizes for winning each round are as follows:
Open Round: $20
Novice Round: + $50 ($70 total)
Intermediate Round: + $100 ($170 total)
Pro Round: + $200 ($370 total)
Final Round: + $780 ($1150 total)
All prizes will be awarded in September after the completion of the tournament.
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*** Fine Print ***
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* By submitting an entry to NATA 2014, 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 Animation 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 5/30/14 11:15 PM, NATA wrote:At 5/30/14 11:14 PM, MocaNico wrote: Wow! 36! Thats a BIG number of contestants! Congratulations to all who passed and good luck as well! This year is going to be totaly balin'!Just for the record MocaNico, your entry made me laugh the hardest
Wait sorry I saw HummyGares' entry on your page and got confused. Sorry about that.
At 5/30/14 11:14 PM, MocaNico wrote: Wow! 36! Thats a BIG number of contestants! Congratulations to all who passed and good luck as well! This year is going to be totaly balin'!
Just for the record MocaNico, your entry made me laugh the hardest
