Hello.
There was a bloodbath this last weekend. The judges and I swung it out and deliberated at length on everything submitted for this last Madness Day. We got a little tilted about it this year around, the quality this year being such that trying to parse out which are 'better' than others is an absolutely absurd task, but one we took on. The sheer volume of kick ass entries this year made it excruciating at every step. There's blood on these hands.
Total Prize Pool; $2520 - I have 18 messages to send out, which I will be doing tomorrow. If you're on this list I will be reaching out to you via Newgrounds DM. HUGE THANKS to our judging panel; absoluteDETH, Isolave, Cheshyre, Vix, Zep, Funkle, and Miss Ebola. Could not have done this alone.
-1st Place: Madness Revolt 1: The Maelstrom
-2nd Place: Madness VS Takis
-3rd Place: Hank Kills
-4th Place: Soul Madness 3.5: AFTERMATH ACT II
-5th Place: Madness Rogue Collab
-6th Place: Madness Nightmare
We had a lot to fight over this year. Approx 116 animations and every one of them brought black, white and red all over in high energy, creative and passionate ways. The fact that we could only pick six winners left us fighting tooth and nail for entries that didn't make the list. That said each of the judges had an entry we wanted to single out as an honorable mention.
-1st Place: Yipieee Madness Day!
-2nd Place: Madness Day 2023
-3rd Place: ROMP.FLA Poster
-4th Place: Madness Day 2023 - S-3lf Eater
-5th Place: Lightning Strike
-6th Place: MADNESS DAY
Total art submissions this year with the tag #MadnessDay2023; Approx 717
-1st Place: Mayhem
-2nd Place: The Whole Circus
-3rd Place: S4NFORD
-4th Place: Men in Shades [SIN3.5]
-5th Place: MT1-07. Refraction (Maximal Ninjutsu Edit)
-6th Place: Damaged Artificial Nervous System
Total music submissions this year with the tag #MadnessDay2023; Approx 90
Something worth mentioning; GAMES. WE GOT GAMES THIS YEAR. EXAMINE THEM.
Madness Combat - The Sheriff Clones
That was brutal. That was Madness. Thank you all for supporting the series for more than two decades, and the continued mayhem and violence you guys put fourth year after year. Could not even BE without you.
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