Newgrounds Stick Showdown - Round 1

[TeamXHawk]

NewGrounds Stick Showdown - Round 1 - "Banished"
Sponsored by NewGrounds
Due date - 1st of January

For more information about NewGrounds Stick Showdown before you join, read the Sign-Up Thread http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1285 157
You can join the competition at anytime until the end. Just read that thread and sign up here with an example animation.

Staff
Judges
Pro category - SSJBryando , Pluto, Peter Satera
Intermediate category -SSJBryando , Pluto, Luccas Bode
Beginner category - SSJBryando, Pluto, -Hawk-

Collaboration Compiler: -Hawk- (TeamXHawk)

Please read rules and description carefully before you start animating. Breaking some of those rules may get you disqualified (because we simply can't use your entry).

DESCRIPTION AND PLOT
Introduction (you must not animate this in your entry)
Three escaped circus freaks are hiding in a lodge in a forest at night. They are being chased by armed villagers. Unwilling to harm anyone (this means the animation must not contain much gore) but desperate to survive, they leave the lodge and start making their way through the mob.
Your task:
Animate either one of the three characters fighting his way through the crowd, running and hiding from the crowd.You can make a crossover between the characters if you want to but the entry must begin and end with only one of the characters so the collab can have continuity. Also for continuity, do not gravely injure the main characters.
The 3 "freak" characters are:
1. A man who can control every kind of plant. Color: #215651
2. A man with one arm much larger than the rest of his body. So large, actually, that he also uses it as a third leg. Color: #542E48
3. A man with the ability to get into people's minds and take control of their actions (while his body is stuck). Color: #868686

TECHNICAL DETAILS AND RULES

First and probably most important rule of all : Do not show your animation on public forums or websites until the collaboration for the round in which the entry is is released else you will be disqualified. When you finish, you must Private Message me a view link for the .swf to show the judges and a download link for the .fla to use in the collab.
Frame Rate: 24 or 12 FPS
Resolution: 640x480
Minimum length: 10 seconds for beginner, 20 seconds for intermediate, 30 seconds for professional category
Due date: 1st of January 2012
Please use our custom V-Cam (AS2) : http://www.fileize.com/view/c95f6ba5-8c2 /
Please rename your symbols to "symbol_yourname" to make the compiling process easier.
Fullbody for human characters is not allowed. Stick and hybrids (semi-body) are allowed only.
You can add music in your entry, but it will only be shown with the music you added to the judges. For the collab, we will replace your music with the collab soundtrack.
You can have an intro to your animation (eg.: "-Hawk- presents : SPT Round 1 Entry). The entry with the intro on it will be shown to the judges, but the intro will be removed in the collab.
No advertising anywhere in your entry
No sexual themes

Good luck everyone ! The results of the current round as well as the current overall scoreboard will be announced a few days after the end of the round.

[TeamXHawk]

The round will be extended for another 5 days. The new due date is 6th of January 2012

Also, these are the awards that will be given:

2011 - NewGrounds Stick Showdown
Professional Category
1st - 500$ ; 2nd - 300$ ; 3rd - 200$ ; 4th - 100$
Intermediate Category
1st - 200$ ; 2nd - 150$ ; 3rd - 50$
Beginner Category
1st - 50$ - Store Credit
2nd - 30$ - Store credit
3rd - 20$ - Store credit

Note: I realise this thread looks very inactive, but behind it, there are actually 35 animators working on their entries! I hope everyone has enough time to finish their entries and to the 35, guys, feel free to chat here. I'm active here every day! :)

[Jomillex]

Hehe I remember these!
I remember joining one of these when I was a like 11 on stickpage.com

[AlfaAnims]

im almost done.. i will probably be done by New Years Eve :D.. Hope I get the $50... Anyways the v-cam doesnt work and when i use v-cam (normal v-cam) it makes my animation rly slow does anyone know why?

[AlfaAnims]

yes.. but the one he gave me doesn't even open...

[TeamXHawk]

We have two professional entries and one beginner entry in so far. The due date is getting close and lots of guys are getting close to finish.
It seems like participants have made a tradition out of making me nervous at the end of each round. :D I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.
Also, I'll try not to make this my first round to miss in 4 years, hehe! XD I've got something cooking.

[RawGreen]

At 12/26/11 05:46 PM, TeamXHawk wrote: It seems like participants have made a tradition out of making me nervous at the end of each round. :D I can't wait

I'm struggling hard with my part personally, gotta get the colors right.

[TeamXHawk]

Here is the official V-Cam for Flash 8 users.
http://www.fileize.com/view/90edac54-c62 /

[RawGreen]

At 12/28/11 04:08 AM, TeamXHawk wrote: Here is the official V-Cam for Flash 8 users.
http://www.fileize.com/view/90edac54-c62 /

for people swapping this with their current vCams should note that it's slightly smaller than the Macromedia extension vCam.

[AlfaAnims]

just 2 days left... So excited ^u^

[TeamXHawk]

The results are in! It was a really tough decision in professional category and we had a lot of debates. Congrats to all of you, you did an awesome job! I hope you all make entries for round 2 as well.

ROUND 1 Scoreboard
Professional:
1st LuccasBode - 8.13
2nd Eviltie - 7.5
3rd Armorstick - 6.73
4th Oxob3000 - 6.26

Intermediate:
1st Guz - 7.16
2nd Rawgreen - 6.63
3rd -Hawk- - 5.66
4th Petski - 4.9

Beginner:
1st AlfaAnims - 5.7
2nd Monkeyman12344 - 5.5