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N G A D M '14: Finals

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N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 14:48:07


Hello there! Welcome to the official thread for the fifth round of the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch 2014 (NGADM '14) - the Finals! Don't know what the NGADM is? Head on over to this thread to find out more. If you do know what it is and would like to know more, check out THIS newspost for the schedule, prizes and most importantly the rules!

We've made it! After four grueling rounds of music-making, we are finally at the finals! We started with 184 auditions and had to narrow it down to only 64 participants, and after a couple of rounds we're down to 2 finalists, the best of the best. This whole endeavour would not have been possible without the help of our truly awesome team of judges - Step, Samulis, Neon-Bard, headphoamz, MetalRenard, and midimachine. As always, do remember who's doing the actual work (me), and distribute bribes accordingly.

This particular thread holds the results of the Semi Finals stage, i.e. the third knockout round. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, johnfn had to drop out, so the semi-final ended up being a 3-way matchup with the two top competitors making it through. Once again, the quality of submissions was truly astounding, and if you don't believe me you can always hear this playlist and find out for yourselves.

Now that the scores are posted below and Round 4 is finished, the judges will spend the two weeks of Round 5 reviewing your submissions. Each track will be getting a review from every single judge, which means a total of 6 reviews from our beloved judging team. Have an issue with a score from a particular judge? Do NOT post it in the thread! Leave it to PMs and if the judge wishes, s/he can explain in detail the critique on your track. Remember that the judges put a lot of work into this round, so politeness and respect is a must.

Finally, I would like to thank a few people! Thanks goes to camoshark for keeping this excellent list of the submissions, and Artist-Lost for the excellent logo he made (for the third year running), which you can see at the bottom of this post.

Remember, if you've made it through and have suddenly realised that you can't take part, then let us know instantly! Walkovers suck, especially in the final, and we can easily replace you with someone who was next in-line to win.

And with that, after two weeks of furious composing, here is the breakdown of the results!

garlagan vs PirateCrab vs SoundChris + Hitokirito

- garlagan
--- Step: 9.8
--- Neon-Bard: 9.5
--- headphoamz: 9
--- MetalRenard: 9.7
--- midimachine: 9.2
--- samulis: 9.35
AVERAGE: 9.43

- PirateCrab
--- Step: 8.1
--- Neon-Bard: 8.5
--- headphoamz: 8.9
--- MetalRenard: 8.5
--- midimachine: 8.1
--- samulis: 8
AVERAGE: 8.35

- SoundChris + Hitokirito
--- Step: 9.3
--- Neon-Bard: 9.4
--- headphoamz: 9.8
--- MetalRenard: 9
--- midimachine: 8.7
--- samulis: 8.75
AVERAGE: 9.16

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WINNER 1: garlagan
WINNER 2: SoundChris + Hitokirito
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W1NN3RS:
garlagan
SoundChris + Hitokirito

If you made it through, a big congratulations and good luck in Round 5! You have 2 weeks (until 1st November at 11:59 PM EDT [NG Time]) to make an entirely new song and post it here, in this thread. If you didn't make it, then at least remember you made it all the way to the Semi-Finals, which is in itself a great achievement.

As a reminder, do not ask/complain about any of the scores in this thread! Use PMs and review responses where applicable.

That should be everything! Posting can now begin.

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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 15:19:16


Great work to all of you, and huge congrats to garlagan and SoundChris/Hitokirito for making it to the finals. Reviews from me will come shortly!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 15:25:08 (edited 2014-10-18 15:26:30)


Just spoke to SoundChris. Unfortunately they can't participate and has asked me to step in for him and Hitokirito again.

giggles evilly.

Final! Final! FINAL!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 15:52:43


Man this is so awesome! Cant tell you how happy i am :D Congrats also to garlagan and especially to PirateCrab who really gave his best even he had such heavy problems. Dont know if it would have been ended if he would have been able to submit heavymetal.

Hm now this will become interesting now ... stil not sure which genre to go.

@garlagan : Hello!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 16:01:04


At 10/18/14 03:52 PM, SoundChris wrote: @garlagan : Hello!

NO TIME TO SAY HI. GOTTA GO MAKE SOMETHING NOW


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 16:40:07


Told you I wouldn't get through! Gave it my best at least! Good luck to both participants, I'm hoping for the best for you both and I'm hoping that you both give it your all and you both have no problems! :)


Gawd dammit sheesh

Pirates WILL rule one day...

HIT ME UP BITCHES. Piratecrab's Soundcloud| Piratecrab's Youtube

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 19:39:27


This has been quite an amazing NGADM to listen to. So many stellar tracks, the scores have been so close almost the whole time! Can't wait to see what comes out of the final round. Good luck to garlagan and SoundChris!

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-18 20:40:57 (edited 2014-10-18 20:41:06)


Congrats to all you guys, you all did great. The finale is going to be epic!

grabs popcorn bowl he was eating back from Round 2...

Come join music competitions on Chips Compo and hang on our Discord!

Good artists copy. Great artists get banned from the Audio Portal.

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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-19 05:05:46


Congrats to the wieners

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-19 05:56:14


Congrats to SoundChris + Hitokirito and garlagan!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-19 08:30:58


good luck guise and well done @piratecrab for joining team third place ;)


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-19 23:32:17


This is an Interesting match-up >:}

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-21 17:50:04 (edited 2014-10-21 17:50:56)


So where are the music links? I want to hear the best entries.

EDIT: Never mind I found the playlist, but only 3 entries? For Round 4?


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-21 18:06:20


At 10/21/14 05:50 PM, Grandvision wrote: So where are the music links? I want to hear the best entries.

EDIT: Never mind I found the playlist, but only 3 entries? For Round 4?

Yeah. It's supposed to be 4 but johnfn had to drop out, so we ended up making Round 4 a three-way battle (with the top two making it to this final round). The rest of the playlists are here if you want to check those out too!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-23 06:52:58


Finally diceded the genre. And again it will be a new genre - like in any rounds before. Also i wont be playing in my comfort zone - dont wanna be lame / boring :D Hope versatility and courage will be noticed / rewarded here. Stay tuned and prepare for a really rare genre! And plz wish me good nerves since all the editing will become pure horror ...


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-23 09:34:17


Pssssttt, you two better be fighting over me for a guest guitar solo <3

Or else I'll melt you with shredding

Gawd dammit sheesh

Pirates WILL rule one day...

HIT ME UP BITCHES. Piratecrab's Soundcloud| Piratecrab's Youtube

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-26 04:23:01


Nobody has said anything for a while now.
Allow me to be a bit of an instigator and ask, how are you lot doing?

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-27 08:47:02


At 10/26/14 04:23 AM, Troisnyx wrote: Nobody has said anything for a while now.
Allow me to be a bit of an instigator and ask, how are you lot doing?

Style / Genre Decision --> Done
Concept --> Done
Structure --> Done
Instrument Purchase --> Done

Composition / Editing --> In progress :3


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-27 08:55:26


At 10/27/14 08:47 AM, SoundChris wrote:
At 10/26/14 04:23 AM, Troisnyx wrote: Nobody has said anything for a while now.
Allow me to be a bit of an instigator and ask, how are you lot doing?
Style / Genre Decision --> Done
Concept --> Done
Structure --> Done
Instrument Purchase --> Done

Composition / Editing --> In progress :3

About time someone answered; I was beginning to fear that I would cause even more pindrop silence in the blooming thread.

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-29 22:17:30


At 10/27/14 08:55 AM, Troisnyx wrote: About time someone answered; I was beginning to fear that I would cause even more pindrop silence in the blooming thread.

i wanted to answer but i generally forget how to type


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-10-31 19:32:45



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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 13:50:26


Shots fired by Garlagan first!

The finals have really started to get underway with a solid track. Does SoundChris + Hitokirito have something to compete with? Or has Garlagan already shattered his competition and slammed the judges back into their seats with his DnB soundwaves? The suspense has filled the air like smoke as everyone now begins to lean over their computers (or someone's computer caught on fire). What will happen next on this years ear-shattering

N G A D M 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh


DM me if you want a review!

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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 14:14:57


At 11/1/14 01:50 PM, Spadezer wrote: N G A D M 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahaha

N G A D M '14: Finals


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 16:47:48


Just over 8 hours left!

@SoundChris
@Hitokirito


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 17:04:26


At 10/31/14 07:32 PM, garlagan wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/591319

The pressure is seriously on now for Soundchris and Hitokirito with this masterpiece o_O!!!.


Just a random idiot

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 17:13:15


At 11/1/14 04:47 PM, Step wrote: Just over 8 hours left!

@SoundChris
@Hitokirito

8 hours is great - i will need em. This piece is really becoming heavy and it almost kills my cpu - one of my harddiscs already died today- no joking. Thank god i had a free (slow ...) one to surrogate it. Even i have crashs every 10 minutes i have lots of fun here editing dozends of cc´s next to the usual ones i never knew before they existed ... 21, 23, 19, 100 and lots of other funny ones :p


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-01 21:18:56


Wow this is gonna be epic!
Good luck, time is dwindling!


I suck at grammer ^ can't you tell?

Yoooooouuuutuuubeeeee

Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-02 01:15:01


Finally ... stil unfinished but it wasnt possible to work on my station since i t crashed any 5-10 minutes and my faster harddrive died. Since here is a vacation day i could also not purchase a good one to surrogate... if you are thinking of purchasing logic ... think about it one more time :/


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-02 09:31:24


Expect the results on the 4th!


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Response to N G A D M '14: Finals 2014-11-02 14:24:44


At 11/2/14 01:15 AM, SoundChris wrote:
Finally ... stil unfinished but it wasnt possible to work on my station since i t crashed any 5-10 minutes and my faster harddrive died. Since here is a vacation day i could also not purchase a good one to surrogate... if you are thinking of purchasing logic ... think about it one more time :/

It's damn awesome anyways Chris :D!


Just a random idiot