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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-08 23:22:00

At 5/8/12 11:08 PM, RainbowHorse wrote:
At 5/8/12 10:45 PM, ExtremeFudgeMaster wrote: Are there usually a lot of entries right near the deadline? Right now there aren't a whole lot of finished submissions and there are less that 2 days left
For me it's gonna be a very close call. Luckely, i hardly have anyy school tomorrow and thursday i have non at all.

But even if don't "Finish" every thing in my submission i will enter it in time.

Right now I see 10, so with yours it makes 11. I wonder what happens if there aren't enough entries to fill the open round. Does everybody move on the the next?

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-08 23:45:43

At 5/8/12 11:22 PM, ExtremeFudgeMaster wrote:
Right now I see 10, so with yours it makes 11. I wonder what happens if there aren't enough entries to fill the open round. Does everybody move on the the next?

That's what happend last year :)

Btw NATA, is this to graphic for the competiton?

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If i had a goat, i'd probably have one more goat then you. Unless you're a farmer or something...

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 00:32:20

At 5/8/12 05:14 PM, JerrodStorm wrote: The Quantum Freezer Theory has been released! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595153
At 5/8/12 06:12 PM, Lankie wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595156
Aaaaand here's my entry.

These are both awesomely hilarious!

At 5/8/12 06:28 PM, terabiter wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595157?updated=1

Heres my entry.

NICE animation. The music is super too.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 00:41:50

At 5/8/12 11:45 PM, RainbowHorse wrote: Btw NATA, is this to graphic for the competiton?

That should be fine. Also @ Dave - Yes, either replace your entry's music with something royalty free for now, or show that you have permission to use the song you have.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 00:55:25

At 5/8/12 10:45 PM, ExtremeFudgeMaster wrote: Are there usually a lot of entries right near the deadline? Right now there aren't a whole lot of finished submissions and there are less that 2 days left.

Yeah, usually people like to tease or wait until the last second to see what the competition has thrown out and then tweek theirs to better them if they can... thats what I did at least, I always turned mine in either day of or a day before, even if I finished earlier. That way I can make edits and fix things I dont like.

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 03:37:43

I should be able to finish my submission later today ;D

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 09:12:06

At 5/9/12 03:37 AM, DuDuL wrote: I should be able to finish my submission later today ;D

I'm looking forward to this one!
I still have to animate about 50% of the animation (mostly lips syncing now), though I'm positive I can get it done by the end of today, then, all that leaves is for me to do all the backgrounds in a few hours tomorrow. Either way, I will try and submit what I have done by the deadline.
NATA; Would it be against the rules to edit your movie once it's already submitted? say if I wanted to replace a background the next day or add a few more sound effects.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 09:18:15

At 5/9/12 09:12 AM, CatFat wrote:
At 5/9/12 03:37 AM, DuDuL wrote: I should be able to finish my submission later today ;D
I'm looking forward to this one!
I still have to animate about 50% of the animation (mostly lips syncing now), though I'm positive I can get it done by the end of today, then, all that leaves is for me to do all the backgrounds in a few hours tomorrow. Either way, I will try and submit what I have done by the deadline.

Good luck with that, and i'm looking forward to your piece.
I've been animating my part for last 5 days like crazy and thanks to that i failed one project at university :D (Oh the determination :D but it's nothing i can fix). At least for me backgrounds are REAL pain, i rather do more lip sync

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 11:13:48


Man this is fantastic! Hmmm.... Do you have the rights to use that song though? Its very important we don't use any copywritten material without consent from the owner due to legal issues. However, with yours, I believe you can just submit a version that doesn't have the music/has different royalty free music for the actual tournament. I want this in the Open Round, so what do you think NATA? Also, Lankie, I laughed my butt off to yours!

Thanks Dave! I could not find any coppyright notice regarding the music, but I emailed their contact just in case. I dont think I am getting through to them because they still havent replied. I would like to keep the music in but if I have to I am guessing I can make a no-sound version for munchy media?

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 12:04:24

  • The use of time travel
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yay im done! :D


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 12:16:51

i took 2 songs from audio portal, but musicians havent reply to me yet.

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 12:31:43

At 5/9/12 12:04 PM, Cenaf wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595202
yay im done! :D

Freakin' Epic, you should be an animater :P

Jokes aside, that was awesome :)


If i had a goat, i'd probably have one more goat then you. Unless you're a farmer or something...

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 12:33:50

At 5/9/12 12:04 PM, Cenaf wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595202
yay im done! :D

I loved it ;3 good job

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 12:35:50

At 5/9/12 12:16 PM, MihaP wrote: i took 2 songs from audio portal, but musicians havent reply to me yet.

Don't worry too much. Most people don't mind, or are even flattered if you want to use their music from the audio portal. As long as you've credited them, it's probably fine for the contest.

Don't quote me on that, though...

I'm a Mormon. :D

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 13:01:22

Don't worry too much. Most people don't mind, or are even flattered if you want to use their music from the audio portal. As long as you've credited them, it's probably fine for the contest.
Don't quote me on that, though...

I agree, but the rules say otherwise.

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 13:44:14

At 5/8/12 11:45 PM, RainbowHorse wrote:
At 5/8/12 11:22 PM, ExtremeFudgeMaster wrote:
Right now I see 10, so with yours it makes 11. I wonder what happens if there aren't enough entries to fill the open round. Does everybody move on the the next?
That's what happend last year :)

not quite. everybody but me :P
i'm hoping to make the grade this time though

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 14:00:06

At 5/9/12 01:01 PM, MihaP wrote:
Don't worry too much. Most people don't mind, or are even flattered if you want to use their music from the audio portal. As long as you've credited them, it's probably fine for the contest.
Don't quote me on that, though...
I agree, but the rules say otherwise.

I'm just gonna go ahed and quote NATA from page 1:

"The great majority of audio files on NG state that you can use them freely so long as you credit them in your animation, and also for "non-commercial" purposes. While a contest like this isn't necessarily commercial in the sense that you're actively selling and making profit from it, you do in fact have the potential to be making money while using someone else's music. It is courteous to include the music author in the loop because if they are aiding your entry's quality, then they may feel entitled to a cut of the prize you earn while using it.

If they do not reply to you, you can still technically use their music. However, if they decide to come back some day and aren't happy with not receiving a cut of the prize, then it is your responsibility to settle things with them.

I hope this clears up the "audio rights usage" discussion in advance that we have every year :)"

... Hopefully this helps ;)


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 14:26:26

At 5/9/12 02:00 PM, Hikarian wrote:
At 5/9/12 01:01 PM, MihaP wrote:
Don't worry too much. Most people don't mind, or are even flattered if you want to use their music from the audio portal. As long as you've credited them, it's probably fine for the contest.
Don't quote me on that, though...
I agree, but the rules say otherwise.
I'm just gonna go ahed and quote NATA from page 1:

"The great majority of audio files on NG state that you can use them freely so long as you credit them in your animation, and also for "non-commercial" purposes. While a contest like this isn't necessarily commercial in the sense that you're actively selling and making profit from it, you do in fact have the potential to be making money while using someone else's music. It is courteous to include the music author in the loop because if they are aiding your entry's quality, then they may feel entitled to a cut of the prize you earn while using it.

If they do not reply to you, you can still technically use their music. However, if they decide to come back some day and aren't happy with not receiving a cut of the prize, then it is your responsibility to settle things with them.

I hope this clears up the "audio rights usage" discussion in advance that we have every year :)"

... Hopefully this helps ;)

Thanks it helped:DD
ANYWAYS here is my flash:

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Hope you men like it<33333456

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 15:22:03

At last!! - Here's my piece - Enjoy - criticism welcome

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 15:28:36

At 5/9/12 03:22 PM, DuDuL wrote: At last!! - Here's my piece - Enjoy - criticism welcome
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595217

ahaha loved it.

I like a bit more faster paced comedy but thats personal taste mostly, still freaking loved the overall idea.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 15:43:18

just finished these running cycles so I thought I'd post them as a progress update. I still got a long way to go to finish though
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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 16:15:34

Here's my submission

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595224?updated=1

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 21:16:21

Finished the animation. All that's left is the sfx/credits/menu. hope I can do all that in a day.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 21:19:07

At 5/9/12 09:16 PM, Emrox wrote: Finished the animation. All that's left is the sfx/credits/menu. hope I can do all that in a day.

I'm pumped to see it finished.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 21:33:19

Anybody else pulling an "all-nighter" in order to finish? :)


If i had a goat, i'd probably have one more goat then you. Unless you're a farmer or something...

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 21:46:57

At 5/9/12 09:33 PM, RainbowHorse wrote: Anybody else pulling an "all-nighter" in order to finish? :)

Yeah I'm hoping to polish mine up until I burn out.

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 23:41:48

I just finished the animation part of mine! I started at 5:30 PM... a little on the late side. Sound tomorrow!

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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-09 23:48:13

At 5/9/12 09:33 PM, RainbowHorse wrote: Anybody else pulling an "all-nighter" in order to finish? :)

It's due at 3:59pm tomorrow my time. I have school tomorrow, so I guess I'll have to finish it tonight. The current time being 3:45pm.

Yeah I'll pull an all nighter if that's what it takes. But I'll probably just super simplify it when it's getting late.


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-10 00:01:20

At 5/9/12 09:33 PM, RainbowHorse wrote: Anybody else pulling an "all-nighter" in order to finish? :)

haha yeah this is my second all nighter in a row!


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Response to - N A T A - Open Round! 2012-05-10 00:30:17

Hi! This is my first time posting but long time visitor.

This is going to be my first animation that is longer than 3 seconds. Is not as good as compared to most of the already posted ones, although I'm proud of it as being my second animation.

Anyways, here is an almost finished preview:
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/272508134227dc890ca330e2 db9bd0f2

I left the animatic just for fun, haha. It still needs an intro, outro, fixing the timing, the backgrounds, the final scene and overall polish.

This is kind of a dream from me. I always wanted to create something for myself. So thanks NATA and NG for that. Even if I don't pass, I still like that I tried hard.