Competitions
In the Newgrounds Audio Portal there are also occasional contests in which money and shirts can be won. Some user-created music from the Audio Portal was used in The Behemoth's console video games Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers.
More recently, The Monthly Audio Contest (MAC) was attempted to be reinstated - however, the originator of this contest (Rucklo) objected and thus the name of the new monthly contest has been changed to NAC (newgrounds audio contest) - with secondary NACs being referred to as SNACs. In addition the NACs are now a newgrounds supported monthly official contest on newgrounds. The monthly contests have historically been run by notable members of the audio portal community and are considered to play an important role in fostering and strengthening the collective spirit of the audio portal community. The NACs are Run collectively through Chronamut and Brokendeck.
Another competition worth mentioning on the Newgrounds Audio Portal, is the Newgrounds Audio Death Match (or NGADM). In the form of a knockout based competition, an unlimited number of people can join for the auditions, which last for approximately a month, after which 32 finalists are chosen from these auditioneers. These finalists then have to pass through a series of 5 rounds, where they get paired up with random opponents, and compete with a completely new song per round to see who can do better in the eye of the six judges. With this system, the 32 finalists get narrowed down to 2 for the final round. Winners get a forum signature custom-made for the competition, Newgrounds store credit as well as a frontpage (See Achievements). The NGADM is annual, supported by Tom Fulp and has occurred four times now. It is currently administrated by Step and Echo.
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