Welcome to the Newgrounds Underdogs’ Audio Contest Knock-out Round Thread 2017! :D If you want some background on why the NGUAC is so awesome, click HERE.
Knock-out Round, you say?
Yes! About half of the competitors from each group were accepted into the Knock-out Round, rounded down according to group membership and then rounded up if there were ties. The new group membership totals may be unequal as a result of ties, rounding, and disqualifications.
Speaking of disqualifications, we’re officially dismissing @RealToxic from the competition, whose track was removed from the site for some reason, and @Smooth4lyfe, who was discovered to have used copyrighted samples. They were both warned of their impending dismissals reasonably far in advance.
So...what now?
The remaining competitors have until Tuesday, July 25th at 11:59 pm EDT to submit a completely original track (i.e., made from scratch for the competition) to this thread. You couldn't have started working on this piece until NOW, as per the rules. If we find evidence of you having done so, you will be automatically disqualified. Please read all of the rules if you haven’t already.
There will be NO remixes, re-makes, mash-ups, covers, arrangements, or anything like that for this round. Your piece really has to be COMPLETELY original. It’s a good idea to clearly state what you used to make your track - which sounds are from VSTs/plugins, which ones you recorded yourself, and which ones are from downloaded sample libraries. NO COPYRIGHTED SAMPLES ARE ALLOWED. If you don’t know where a sample originates from, please don’t use it. This copyright policy is also clarified in the NG Audio Portal guidelines.
The six strongest competitors from each group will be announced by Monday, August 1st. Then, those people will face each other in an epic finale!
Hmm...I didn’t get a very good score. I should probably make an ass of myself now.
NO! The judges (@Trunotfals, @FinnMK, @Frootza, @Samulis, @EvilRaccoon, @Bad-Man-Incorporated, @Johnfn, and myself) deserve an incredible volume of praise and gratitude. They each took a significant amount of time amidst their busy schedules this past week to score your submissions so that these results could get out on time.
If you didn't make it into this round, please don't complain. Simply PM your respective judges if you have any questions or concerns. The judges have worked hard to score this competition, though, so please keep your PMs friendly and not accusing.
Anything else I should know?
Huge thanks to @Decky for agreeing to craft some fancy forum signatures for the top 3 finishers! Please check out his art - he’s got some really cool content.
The results will be posted in a separate forum post in a couple of minutes. After that, the specific scores given by each judge will also be released publicly in the thread.
"Time's fun when you're having flies." ~Kermit the Frog
