Treasure Hunt 2009 Results Part 9

[TomFulp]

It's Day 9 of the never-ending Treasure Hunt results and we're moving on to GAMES!

But first, I'll announce the winner for MOVIES. The undiscovered gem of 2009 is....

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  Criminal!

  by Tugoro

  Criminals go to jail

  Movie

  78,980 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Criminal! It didn't win any awards and never made front page or got put in a collection... And it's just got GEM written all over it.

Tugoro isn't a well-known artist either, although surprisingly I had showcased one of his other movies in a things you missed post this past February.

The finder of the gem and winner of $200 is TURDO.

SO where were we?

Hidden Gems - Action Games

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  Medieval Mercenary

  by LongAnimals

  You are the last Mercenary. Depend the Kingdom, Fight to the Death and don't forget to buy

  Game

  25,503 Views

  (Ages 17+)

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  Bang! The Game

  by TomaMoto

  Craft asteroids from nothing and hurl them at planets and their inhabitants.

  Game

  57,514 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  -The Haunted House-

  by Wickamafiz

  Kill monsters in a haunted house.

  Game

  10,786 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  moss

  by PCpr0gramer

  Guide our hero, a green blob across his world quickly to get a highscore!

  Game

  35,332 Views

  (Everyone)

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

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  Time Time: Rewound

  by joe-kangaroo

  Join Joe as he travels through time in search of a magic crystal.

  Game

  14,507 Views

  (Ages 17+)

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  Dj Dash

  by TheWeebl

  Help Dj Pie Safety to collect all the tracks for his new tune

  Game

  31,508 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Captain Crash

  by Chaz

  Launch the Captain as far as you can through the forest and get on the leaderboards!

  Game

  27,288 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Jellyman

  by marmph

  Guide Jellyman, the Incredible Flying Glob of Red Jelly, through 25 action packed levels.

  Game

  13,085 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Ug!

  by BioEthanol

  Ug is angry at world for calling him ugly so Ug kill people.

  Game

  10,944 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Undead Hunter

  by arcadebomb

  post nuclear bomberman

  Game

  26,792 Views

  (Everyone)

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  MonkeyKing

  by frozz

  A side scrolling game that reminds me of 'axe gauntlets', an awesome retro classic game!

  Game

  9,075 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Nyrdl Madness

  by MightyDangLo

  a puzzle adventure

  Game

  27,933 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Spyke

  by Kenney

  Bounce your way to the end of the stage!

  Game

  15,764 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Knife Party!

  by SeethingSwarm

  A street-fighting game with cute characters and knives!

  Game

  50,299 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Please attempt to PLAY all these and REPLY with your favorite. EXPLAIN why you like it the most.

Still reading? Here's your chance for a reward!

Thanks to the ongoing success of Castle Crashers, we're once again giving away a bunch of Wacom Bamboo Fun tablets for the holidays.

Submitting your information will not guarantee you a tablet, and PLEASE don't apply unless you have a proven track record on Newgrounds; examples include high scoring submissions, submissions that have won awards, or featured artwork.

To apply, PM me with the following info in this specific order:

FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE RULES WILL RESULT IN YOUR REQUEST BEING IGNORED.

1. The subject "WACOM TABLET"
2. Line one: Your NG USERNAME.
3. Line two: Leave blank.
4. Line three: Your full name.
5. Line four: Your mailing address (may be multiple lines)
6. Next line: Leave blank.
7. A brief or long story about why you want a tablet and what you hope to accomplish with it.
8. Direct links to your best Flash or Art contributions.

Sorry for being so strict but hundreds of people come out of the woodwork each year and I need to keep my notes tidy!

And YES we're having our annual Winter Flash-Off. Make a Flash with a winter or holiday theme, use our Winter Pre-loader and optional Flash Ads, and you could win at least $1k if you're in the top three! I'll announce the official prize list sooooon. Check out the 2008 winners!

[iMini]

Ahh games, truly the best subject

[maxvm]

At 11/19/09 11:52 AM, TomFulp wrote: The undiscovered gem of 2009 is.... Criminal!

Yay, I voted for that gem! Congratulations to Tuguro as well! I'm too sick to be bothered with games right now, so I'll let the rest of you do that.

[SCUD14]

Yay Wacoms :D

I should probably deserve one before lusting after one though.

[ForNoReason]

Woohoo! Congrats to Criminal and hooray for Wacoms!

But Tom, what about Thanksgiving? How could we not have a huge collection to celebrate turkey day? I think I would be a shoe in to win =p

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  A Thanksgiving Soundboard

  by ForNoReason

  Happy Thanksgiving!

  Game

  47,098 Views

  (Everyone)

[TURDO]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAY

[TURDO]

Tom, I just put in my paypal address.
The cash goes there I presume?

[EvilSeed]

I really have no time recently so i haven't been able to watch most of these, but Criminal was one of the few ones i watched.... weird.

And i want a Wacom but i'm a lazy ungrateful bastard who hasn't been doing anything worthy lately... so yah... i don't DESERVE it!!!11 but i'll try to do something for christmas....

[Rucklo]

darn, you should give away flash-licenses instead of tablets, i sure as hell would apply with my tounge covered in sweet and smooth goo for Your pleasure if that'd be the case... :3

if not, it could be a fun way to catch users who submit flashes without having a proper license. BWAHAHAHA.

i made my only submission at school, so IN YOUR FACE, PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO TURN MY WORDS AGAINST ME :P

[TURDO]

At 11/19/09 12:37 PM, cast wrote: Hello.

I am cast, I have a suggestion.

I think it would way more fair if you split the 200 dollar prize between artist and gem finder. (Thats 100 bucks per person, or store credit)

Maybe $200 each?
;)

[TURDO]

At 11/19/09 12:45 PM, cast wrote:

At 11/19/09 12:44 PM, TURDO wrote:

;)

You greedy little 14 year old!

Waves his tiny fist menacingly.

Thats me :D

[DrClay]

if you are still accepting nominations I nominate this
I loved this one

I would consider it experimental, but I'm not sure if you did something like that already

I dunno what I call it

[Wonchop]

I always find it surprising that one of those most well known brands for artwork and animation centres all it's promotional blurbs around hand writing and photos. Ffffff.

[TomFulp]

At 11/19/09 12:37 PM, cast wrote: I am cast, I have a suggestion.

This comes up every year and I do always consider doing a prize for the gem itself... But the reason why we emphasize a prize for the gem finder is because we want to motivate as many people as possible to dig into the site and find stuff. So the user gets rewarded for finding something we missed, and the thing we missed gets rewarded with the exposure it never got the first time around.

[MarcyVF]

TURDO MY DARLING! congrats on 200 bux d00d.

[spluck]

I liked that moss game and congratulations to the winner!

[TomFulp]

At 11/19/09 12:40 PM, Rucklo wrote: darn, you should give away flash-licenses instead of tablets, i sure as hell would apply with my tounge covered in sweet and smooth goo for Your pleasure if that'd be the case... :3

It would be awesome if Adobe would partner with us to give out copies... FLASH IS EXPENSIVE!

On that note, it would also be nice if Wacom partnered with us to give out tablets... I should try to accomplish both of those things in 2010.

[Tugoro]

At 11/19/09 12:38 PM, cast wrote: BTW

I feel the winning movie is 100% deserving, I just feel the finder is only 50% deserving.

WOW. I was thinking the exact same thing!

[Tugoro]

I would like to take a moment to thank Rigormort1s for his voice. This movie would be nothing without it. He also helped me out with the movie's storyline itself. But I'm sure he doesn't care if I recognize him or not. He's probably playing modern warfare 2 right now :p. Btw, Mr. Killer lives and the clerk dies. FUCKING LOL

[TURDO]

At 11/19/09 02:33 PM, MarcyVF wrote: TURDO MY DARLING! congrats on 200 bux d00d.

Looooove you <3

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At 11/19/09 03:02 PM, Tugoro wrote:

At 11/19/09 12:38 PM, cast wrote: BTW

I feel the winning movie is 100% deserving, I just feel the finder is only 50% deserving.

WOW. I was thinking the exact same thing!

Haha, get your own $200 ;)

[STEM]

At 11/19/09 02:35 PM, TomFulp wrote: On that note, it would also be nice if Wacom partnered with us to give out tablets... I should try to accomplish both of those things in 2010.

Keep in mind everyone wants Cintiqs, CINTIQS!

[averageroadkill]

Lol, wtf? The artist who made the winning movie Criminal! doesn't win anythin, but the person who suggested it gets $200? Uhhhh that makes no sense....

[Luxury-Yacht]

I'm actually really confused with the Gem Winner for movies. I thought that the pool of contestants was actually quite competitive in multiple categories, and I was pleased with that selection- but having "Criminal!" win the overall contest, well, that just absolutely came as a shock.

I hadn't watched it when it was nominated, so I played it today expecting something really quirky and unusual, seeing as how there were so many good entries this year. So I'm watching it, and it's nothing special, but I think to myself, "just wait, it'll probably pick up unexpectedly and get good, be patient", but nothing ever came. Frankly, it was a let down.

How does "Criminal!" win when pitted against these entries:

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  WhatD'YouThinkOfMyDadNow?

  by BenjaminMarker

  A dip into the fucked-up imagination of Mr.benjaminMarker. Hold tight!

  Movie

  17,736 Views

  (Ages 17+)

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  Tea.

  by FortressRubbish

  Tea is a wonderful substance. Drink it or else.

  Movie

  20,821 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Adventure Prohor and Puzo

  by Kol-Belov

  piece of the first series of "Adventure Prohor and Puzo"

  Movie

  10,951 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Flute

  by JustinasM

  A short film about a kid's dream to become a musician.

  Movie

  27,104 Views

  (Everyone)

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  king pepe

  by auntyrae

  tell me where you live

  Movie

  7,885 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Hny (happy New Year!)

  by Kol-Belov

  New Year Postcard

  Movie

  27,633 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  The Travelling Sandwich

  by SpamClamberton

  A tale of a sandwich wrangler and his blood sacrifice. By blood I mean mayonnaise.

  Movie

  61,405 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  A Great Big Tree

  by idiot-monarch

  That's what I used to be.

  Movie

  17,051 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Ambition

  by EvilMufasa

  Metaphorically speaking, of course. This is the mad cycle of ambition, enjoy.

  Movie

  27,505 Views

  (Everyone)

• Unsuitable Submission

  This submission contains age-rated material and requires an account to view.

These are only a handful of good submissions, and there are many more I didn't mention. Just about all of the ones I mentioned are easily better than "Criminal!", and a lot of the ones I didn't mention are also better.

I'm looking at "Criminal!", and I am baffled. The animation wasn't very good. It could have been worse, yeah, but it could have been MUCH better as well. I understand that it may work well with stick figures, but even then, those stick figures could have been FAR more dynamic. The humor was virtually non-existent. I smirked once at the beginning, but the rest was just boring to watch. The jokes just seemed totally impotent and nothing of note. The voice acting wasn't good, either. Not just the sound quality, but also the actual voice acting.

I'm watching this, and I'm not seeing many redeeming qualities. I'd score it at about a 2.50 or so. I certainly wouldn't want to watch it more than once, considering the fact that I didn't want to even have to finish the whole thing the first time. It sort of fell into the whole "low-production, weird style, absurd situation" classification, but there were other entrants that were of similar nature to "Criminal!" that were much better.

The only reasoning I can imagine behind making this the winner of the undiscovered gem competition is that it won based on its sheer obscurity. It certainly qualifies as undiscovered and overlooked, certainly- but I would NOT call it a GEM.

I'm not mad about this, since I neither gain nor lose anything no matter what flash is named the winner. I'm just absolutely clueless as to why this won, and I'm feeling frustrated because I feel like other submissions are getting shafted and one submission is getting attention I just can't bring myself to believe it deserves.

[TURDO]

At 11/19/09 04:37 PM, Twilight wrote: "The finder of the gem and winner of $200 is TURDO."

Fuck Newgrounds.

D:

[TomFulp]

At 11/19/09 04:46 PM, Luxury-Yacht wrote: How does "Criminal!" win when pitted against these entries:

I really can't give a perfect answer about why one movie wins over others, but I'll say I'm happy to see people debating over movies that had previously gone unrecognized.

[JeremyFisher1000]

Nice :P

[Hulalaoo]

lol, the troll of TURDO win, I have a suggestion TOM
I wanna a wacom bamboo fun tablet in my ass because im an asshole

[Thematrix27]

At 11/19/09 04:51 PM, TURDO wrote:

At 11/19/09 04:37 PM, Twilight wrote: "The finder of the gem and winner of $200 is TURDO."

Fuck Newgrounds.

D:

Don't let Needledick get you down. You did awesome.

[omegared]

Ciminal won? Wow. I thought there were tons of gems that were way funnier and showed way more skill... Oh well, maybe that's the point ;)

[CantflyRyan]

Criminal! was a guilty pleasure for me in away, though there were a lot more deserving pieces. In a way though it seems way too hard to only narrow down thousands of movies submitted to one winner. These are just my thoughts, but I think it would be more beneficial if there were say a top 5 of the treasure hunt, and while the prize money would be smaller if split up, it would still be rewarding for those who found it.