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VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist!

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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 01:45:56


!Final day!


All entries need to be published and tagged in the next 22 hours! Good luck!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 15:50:57


Just posted mine :) Good luck everyone!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 20:06:06


At 4/14/22 01:45 AM, LuckyDee wrote: !Final day!

All entries need to be published and tagged in the next 22 hours! Good luck!


Who the hell writes Thursday at midnight as this?

 Friday April 15th 12:00am EDT -


Nice try at stealing the contest, but hears my entry to foil your plans


Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 20:43:24


Just submitted, barely made it in! This was really fun to make though, thanks for the oppurtunity!


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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 23:37:23


Idk how to embed the actual post like that cool guy, though I did try. Here's my take on the concept. Had fun, would like to do more!


Woah a link


Nff nff~

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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 23:43:51


Phew! Made it in by the skin of my teeth there!


Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-14 23:53:03


Well, here's my entry.



If I could redo it, I'd have made the crying guy's crying voice match his regular voice.


At 4/14/22 08:06 PM, grimview wrote:
Who the hell writes Thursday at midnight as this?

: Friday April 15th 12:00am EDT


Everyone who uses the 12-hour clock system, unfortunately. Stupid thing is: I don't live in the American time zones and don't use the 12-hour clock, so after picking a deadline that was meaningful to me, I actually had to research how to translate this to a notation that would be meaningful to most of the NG users. It was only yesterday a nagging feeling started creeping up on me that because of this oddity in the notation, the choice of deadline may not have been entirely fortunate.


So far it seems the effect of this has been limited, but to verify that assumption I'm declaring the 15th 'limbo' for now - users who have been misled by this information and have either failed to meet the deadline or needed to cut corners to make it, please send me a PM. I will confer with the other judges on how to deal with this depending on the response.

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-15 04:16:47


hi just checking my submission is submitted correctly

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-15 11:19:19


My team got done w/ our submission, a couple of days ago. It's tagged, but I realized I hadn't posted it here, yet, so here it is: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1124357


At 4/14/22 01:45 AM, LuckyDee wrote: !Final day!

All entries need to be published and tagged in the next 22 hours! Good luck!


Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-15 12:17:30


Thank you for adding the limbo period! Here's my submission!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-15 12:46:13


Ah damn, I ran out of time to work on it, life got too busy. Maybe next time!


A journey of a thousand miles begins with complaining

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-16 05:38:44


Quick update: conferring with the other judges on the way forward. More news to follow before the end of the day!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-17 02:48:54


I uploaded mine like 5 days early because I had to leave for a trip. Not sure if I was supposed to upload it so early, but I'll drop it here just in case it gets missed.


Okay NG, here's the what what:


In total we received 31 submissions for round 1, which is a very good turn-up! Unfortunately, 2 of those have been disqualified right off the bat: @WendigoVDB's submission has nothing to do with the theme of the competition, and the entry by team @makestuff exceeds the maximum time limit by so much that it's impossible to end up with a positive score - which is a real shame as it's an incredibly good piece and was given frontpage for its quality.


This means the judges will be going through submissions by the following users and teams:

@Alasteir @anymany @Bobunga @Cody12o @Coldstone07 @DetectiveTug @Dragonfighter44 @Durinde @Frostgale @GasGrass @grimview @HTHarpy @jackal452 @JCaluger @Josh-Kai @JyubWub @KOLANI @Lewis-NG @MIc285 @mrRedux @OctoBlitz @PlanetDrewpiter @Plasmarift @Retroriver @SailorSilverStar @SummerOlives @TheGaboefects @Tommytomtom619 @ZenaBox


The 15 entries with the highest scores will move on to round 2, with the scores being published next Friday April 22nd at the latest. For those working in teams, remember you will be required to compete with the same team in the next round(s) if you make it through.


Thank you all for and congratulations on your entries! Really looking forward to going through them and see what you've come up with, and I wish you all best of luck with the results. Hold tight, I'll be back with more news as soon as possible!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-17 05:23:06


Thanks for the recognition. Glad our piece got front-paged, at least.

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-19 15:24:29


I'm Stoked

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-21 05:22:08


Results are gonna come in pretty soon. Good luck to everyone who participated!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-22 20:22:53


Man the anticipation for the results is killing me! Good luck guys!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-22 22:31:30


At 4/17/22 03:02 AM, LuckyDee wrote: Okay NG, here's the what what:

In total we received 31 submissions for round 1, which is a very good turn-up! Unfortunately, 2 of those have been disqualified right off the bat: @WendigoVDB's submission has nothing to do with the theme of the competition, and the entry by team @makestuff exceeds the maximum time limit by so much that it's impossible to end up with a positive score - which is a real shame as it's an incredibly good piece and was given frontpage for its quality.

This means the judges will be going through submissions by the following users and teams:
@Alasteir @anymany @Bobunga @Cody12o @Coldstone07 @DetectiveTug @Dragonfighter44 @Durinde @Frostgale @GasGrass @grimview @HTHarpy @jackal452 @JCaluger @Josh-Kai @JyubWub @KOLANI @Lewis-NG @MIc285 @mrRedux @OctoBlitz @PlanetDrewpiter @Plasmarift @Retroriver @SailorSilverStar @SummerOlives @TheGaboefects @Tommytomtom619 @ZenaBox

The 15 entries with the highest scores will move on to round 2, with the scores being published next Friday April 22nd at the latest. For those working in teams, remember you will be required to compete with the same team in the next round(s) if you make it through.


Just out of curiosity, "Friday April 22nd " of which year?


Thank you all for and congratulations on your entries! Really looking forward to going through them and see what you've come up with, and I wish you all best of luck with the results. Hold tight, I'll be back with more news as soon as possible!



Ok, some minor delays due to time zone issues, but here it is - the round 1 results!


# Creator/Team Score

1 @mrRedux 173.25

2 @Tommytomtom619 170

3 @KOLANI          169.25

4 @JCaluger 167.75

@JyubWub 167.75

6 @HTHarpy       163.25

@SummerOlives     163.25

8 @OctoBlitz       162

9 @Josh-Kai        150

10 @Plasmarift       148.5

11 @PlanetDrewpiter  146

12 @GasGrass       145.25

13 @TheGaboefects   144.75

14 @Frostgale 142.25

15 @Retroriver 141.5


16 @DetectiveTug 134.75

17 @Lewis-NG 131.5

18 @Alasteir 116.75

19 @Durinde 111.5

20 @Cody12o 108.5

21 @ZenaBox 107

22 @SailorSilverStar 105.5

23 @Coldstone07 101.25

24 @Bobunga 92.25

25 @grimview 91.25

26 @Dragonfighter44 88.75

27 @anymany 70.5

28 @MIc285 66

29 @jackal452 65.25


[EDIT: this table looked a lot better in my vision of it]


Thank you all for competing, it was a blast going through all of your entries, and to those who didn't make it past this round: don't let this discourage you! You've done well to step up to the plate, and with the right mindset, the only way to go is forward. Feel free to reach out for a more in-depth review of your score.


To the top 15 contenders: get ready for your Round 2 briefing, it'll be up before the weekend is through!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-23 05:02:15


At 4/23/22 03:40 AM, LuckyDee wrote: Ok, some minor delays due to time zone issues, but here it is - the round 1 results!

# Creator/Team Score
1 @mrRedux 173.25
2 @Tommytomtom619 170
3 @KOLANI         169.25
4 @JCaluger 167.75
@JyubWub 167.75
6 @HTHarpy      163.25
@SummerOlives    163.25
8 @OctoBlitz      162
9 @Josh-Kai      150
10 @Plasmarift     148.5
11 @PlanetDrewpiter 146
12 @GasGrass      145.25
13 @TheGaboefects  144.75
14 @Frostgale 142.25
15 @Retroriver 141.5

16 @DetectiveTug 134.75
17 @Lewis-NG 131.5
18 @Alasteir 116.75
19 @Durinde 111.5
20 @Cody12o 108.5
21 @ZenaBox 107
22 @SailorSilverStar 105.5
23 @Coldstone07 101.25
24 @Bobunga 92.25
25 @grimview 91.25
26 @Dragonfighter44 88.75
27 @anymany 70.5
28 @MIc285 66
29 @jackal452 65.25

[EDIT: this table looked a lot better in my vision of it]

Thank you all for competing, it was a blast going through all of your entries, and to those who didn't make it past this round: don't let this discourage you! You've done well to step up to the plate, and with the right mindset, the only way to go is forward. Feel free to reach out for a more in-depth review of your score.

To the top 15 contenders: get ready for your Round 2 briefing, it'll be up before the weekend is through!


Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-23 08:12:11


At 4/23/22 03:40 AM, LuckyDee wrote: Ok, some minor delays due to time zone issues, but here it is - the round 1 results!

# Creator/Team Score
1 @mrRedux 173.25
2 @Tommytomtom619 170
3 @KOLANI         169.25
4 @JCaluger 167.75
@JyubWub 167.75
6 @HTHarpy      163.25
@SummerOlives    163.25
8 @OctoBlitz      162
9 @Josh-Kai      150
10 @Plasmarift     148.5
11 @PlanetDrewpiter 146
12 @GasGrass      145.25
13 @TheGaboefects  144.75
14 @Frostgale 142.25
15 @Retroriver 141.5

16 @DetectiveTug 134.75
17 @Lewis-NG 131.5
18 @Alasteir 116.75
19 @Durinde 111.5
20 @Cody12o 108.5
21 @ZenaBox 107
22 @SailorSilverStar 105.5
23 @Coldstone07 101.25
24 @Bobunga 92.25
25 @grimview 91.25
26 @Dragonfighter44 88.75
27 @anymany 70.5
28 @MIc285 66
29 @jackal452 65.25

[EDIT: this table looked a lot better in my vision of it]

Thank you all for competing, it was a blast going through all of your entries, and to those who didn't make it past this round: don't let this discourage you! You've done well to step up to the plate, and with the right mindset, the only way to go is forward. Feel free to reach out for a more in-depth review of your score.

To the top 15 contenders: get ready for your Round 2 briefing, it'll be up before the weekend is through!


Sucks to hear that, but this was still fun to take part in. I’ll be looking forward to seeing the winners nonetheless


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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-23 12:45:26


At 4/23/22 03:40 AM, LuckyDee wrote: Ok, some minor delays due to time zone issues, but here it is - the round 1 results!

# Creator/Team Score
1 @mrRedux 173.25
2 @Tommytomtom619 170
3 @KOLANI         169.25
4 @JCaluger 167.75
@JyubWub 167.75
6 @HTHarpy      163.25
@SummerOlives    163.25
8 @OctoBlitz      162
9 @Josh-Kai      150
10 @Plasmarift     148.5
11 @PlanetDrewpiter 146
12 @GasGrass      145.25
13 @TheGaboefects  144.75
14 @Frostgale 142.25
15 @Retroriver 141.5

16 @DetectiveTug 134.75
17 @Lewis-NG 131.5
18 @Alasteir 116.75
19 @Durinde 111.5
20 @Cody12o 108.5
21 @ZenaBox 107
22 @SailorSilverStar 105.5
23 @Coldstone07 101.25
24 @Bobunga 92.25
25 @grimview 91.25
26 @Dragonfighter44 88.75
27 @anymany 70.5
28 @MIc285 66
29 @jackal452 65.25

[EDIT: this table looked a lot better in my vision of it]

Thank you all for competing, it was a blast going through all of your entries, and to those who didn't make it past this round: don't let this discourage you! You've done well to step up to the plate, and with the right mindset, the only way to go is forward. Feel free to reach out for a more in-depth review of your score.

To the top 15 contenders: get ready for your Round 2 briefing, it'll be up before the weekend is through!


Congratulations to those who made it to Round 2! There were a lot of great submissions in the first round!


You need a voice? I got plenty for ya! :D

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Congrats to everyone!! These were awesome to listen to and I can't wait to see how round 2 goes.

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-23 14:20:56


At 4/23/22 03:40 AM, LuckyDee wrote: Ok, some minor delays due to time zone issues, but here it is - the round 1 results!

# Creator/Team Score
1 @mrRedux 173.25
2 @Tommytomtom619 170
3 @KOLANI         169.25
4 @JCaluger 167.75
@JyubWub 167.75
6 @HTHarpy      163.25
@SummerOlives    163.25
8 @OctoBlitz      162
9 @Josh-Kai      150
10 @Plasmarift     148.5
11 @PlanetDrewpiter 146
12 @GasGrass      145.25
13 @TheGaboefects  144.75
14 @Frostgale 142.25
15 @Retroriver 141.5

16 @DetectiveTug 134.75
17 @Lewis-NG 131.5
18 @Alasteir 116.75
19 @Durinde 111.5
20 @Cody12o 108.5
21 @ZenaBox 107
22 @SailorSilverStar 105.5
23 @Coldstone07 101.25
24 @Bobunga 92.25
25 @grimview 91.25
26 @Dragonfighter44 88.75
27 @anymany 70.5
28 @MIc285 66
29 @jackal452 65.25

[EDIT: this table looked a lot better in my vision of it]

Thank you all for competing, it was a blast going through all of your entries, and to those who didn't make it past this round: don't let this discourage you! You've done well to step up to the plate, and with the right mindset, the only way to go is forward. Feel free to reach out for a more in-depth review of your score.

To the top 15 contenders: get ready for your Round 2 briefing, it'll be up before the weekend is through!


Wooo! Congrats to everyone! Can’t wait to listen to everyone going further. 🫠

Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-23 15:34:40


Looks like I just barely wasn't up to snuff! Regardless I had fun and learned a bit, congrats to the other participants who also gave their all!


Just curious, but will there be a more detailed stat breakdown spreadsheet? It'd be nice to know where to improve.


Nff nff~

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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-24 01:39:36


At 4/23/22 03:34 PM, DetectiveTug wrote: Looks like I just barely wasn't up to snuff! Regardless I had fun and learned a bit, congrats to the other participants who also gave their all!

Just curious, but will there be a more detailed stat breakdown spreadsheet? It'd be nice to know where to improve.


Same, actually! It’d be nice to hear or read what the judges had to say about our entries.


Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-24 07:08:30


At 4/24/22 01:39 AM, mrRedux wrote:
At 4/23/22 03:34 PM, DetectiveTug wrote: Looks like I just barely wasn't up to snuff! Regardless I had fun and learned a bit, congrats to the other participants who also gave their all!

Just curious, but will there be a more detailed stat breakdown spreadsheet? It'd be nice to know where to improve.
Same, actually! It’d be nice to hear or read what the judges had to say about our entries.


Same here!


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Response to VAC14 Round 1 - The Heist! 2022-04-24 14:01:53


Round 2 info is up!


Also, for those looking for more information, I will share my personal take on your entries with you in private. Feel free to ask the other judges (@VoicesByCorey, @JoshDytonVO and @Bro-son) for their opinions.