At 11/17/23 03:35 PM, Xinxinix wrote: 'Tis the season, yet again, to welcome one, welcome all to the...

~ NEWGROUNDS SECRET SANTA 2023 OFFICIAL THREAD ~

art by @WizardoFrank

Register Today!

Join the Discord Server!

Take a seat by the campfire as I regale you with tales of caring, sharing, and original character Christmas sleighing...

Originally started by myself and @D3writo and with heavy assistance from @Template88, Newgrounds has been hosting a yearly art trade-a-thon where the good people of NG can get together to celebrate the community's artistry's latent talent.
- - -

What's different this year ?

We're not even sure... JUST KIDDING !!! THE RULES !!! THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR !!!!!

You can read all the rules for the Secret Santa via the registration page, but I'd like to share a few cliff notes of what we changed for this year.

BIG CHANGES:

Other than these minor changes (and the whole automated system implemented by @PsychoGoldfish last year) we are on a fast track to having this as optimized as possible.

- - -

What is expected of me and how can I help ?

If you would like to participate:
- Be patient after signing up
- Be respectful to whomever you're drawing for by not ruining the surprise or letting them know you're drawing for them
- Relay all questions to event helpers, NOT the person you are assigned to
- Read the rules over twice if you have any questions
- End of day, Nov. 26th (11:59pm EST) is when everyone must have their registration/profile completed
- If all goes according to plan, Secret Santas will be assigned on Dec. 1st
- You have until the end of Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th (11:59pm EST) to submit your completed drawing

If you would like to help run the event:
By joining the Newgrounds Secret Santa Discord server, you can choose between a variety of roles:

- - -

Our main goal...

...is to have a good time and spread some Christmas cheer this year. Majority of the internet is separated by invisible barriers and conversation hurdles--this is your chance to meet another artist via their character and to have some fun with the creative personalities that make up our artistic ecosystem here on Newgrounds.

Have fun, you whacky individuals, and burn another yule log on the fire for us while you're at it ^^

REGISTER TODAY!

At 11/17/23 06:49 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:26 PM, khicher wrote:
Bro, I was literally excited as hell about the event and you ruin it with that scout shit. It even made me want to leave Newgrounds, damn you

Legitimately surprised you're not scouted yet ? You have a great sense of style with your colors and pen strokes.

At 11/17/23 06:33 PM, Morpherence wrote: I don't have scouted on art portal so i guest worst year for me.

How're you not scouted yet ? Your art is definitely up to par.

At 11/17/23 06:26 PM, khicher wrote:

At 11/17/23 03:35 PM, Xinxinix wrote: 'Tis the season, yet again, to welcome one, welcome all to the...

~ NEWGROUNDS SECRET SANTA 2023 OFFICIAL THREAD ~

art by @WizardoFrank

Register Today!

Join the Discord Server!

Take a seat by the campfire as I regale you with tales of caring, sharing, and original character Christmas sleighing...

Originally started by myself and @D3writo and with heavy assistance from @Template88, Newgrounds has been hosting a yearly art trade-a-thon where the good people of NG can get together to celebrate the community's artistry's latent talent.
- - -

What's different this year ?

We're not even sure... JUST KIDDING !!! THE RULES !!! THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR !!!!!

You can read all the rules for the Secret Santa via the registration page, but I'd like to share a few cliff notes of what we changed for this year.

BIG CHANGES:

Other than these minor changes (and the whole automated system implemented by @PsychoGoldfish last year) we are on a fast track to having this as optimized as possible.

- - -

What is expected of me and how can I help ?

If you would like to participate:
- Be patient after signing up
- Be respectful to whomever you're drawing for by not ruining the surprise or letting them know you're drawing for them
- Relay all questions to event helpers, NOT the person you are assigned to
- Read the rules over twice if you have any questions
- End of day, Nov. 26th (11:59pm EST) is when everyone must have their registration/profile completed
- If all goes according to plan, Secret Santas will be assigned on Dec. 1st
- You have until the end of Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th (11:59pm EST) to submit your completed drawing

If you would like to help run the event:
By joining the Newgrounds Secret Santa Discord server, you can choose between a variety of roles:

- - -

Our main goal...

...is to have a good time and spread some Christmas cheer this year. Majority of the internet is separated by invisible barriers and conversation hurdles--this is your chance to meet another artist via their character and to have some fun with the creative personalities that make up our artistic ecosystem here on Newgrounds.

Have fun, you whacky individuals, and burn another yule log on the fire for us while you're at it ^^

REGISTER TODAY!

Bro, I was literally excited as hell about the event and you ruin it with that scout shit. It even made me want to leave Newgrounds, damn you

At 11/17/23 06:50 PM, Thetageist wrote:

At 11/17/23 03:41 PM, Nebulate wrote: I need to be scouted? damn. i was hype for this. If i may ask: why?

Seeing how many responses to this thread are about this, why not make an offshoot event for unscouted artists specifically? Knowing you for a while, Nebulate, I think you've got it in you to try to host an event.

At 11/17/23 06:55 PM, Nebulate wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:50 PM, Thetageist wrote:

At 11/17/23 03:41 PM, Nebulate wrote: I need to be scouted? damn. i was hype for this. If i may ask: why?

Seeing how many responses to this thread are about this, why not make an offshoot event for unscouted artists specifically? Knowing you for a while, Nebulate, I think you've got it in you to try to host an event.

Good suggestion of you but i dont think im mentaly capeble of making an event this grandios. I am not good at keeping a prosject and i dont reely know if i can handle having this type of responcibilety.

At 11/17/23 06:46 PM, Noahboi10123 wrote:

At 11/17/23 03:35 PM, Xinxinix wrote: 'Tis the season, yet again, to welcome one, welcome all to the...

~ NEWGROUNDS SECRET SANTA 2023 OFFICIAL THREAD ~

art by @WizardoFrank

Register Today!

Join the Discord Server!

Take a seat by the campfire as I regale you with tales of caring, sharing, and original character Christmas sleighing...

Originally started by myself and @D3writo and with heavy assistance from @Template88, Newgrounds has been hosting a yearly art trade-a-thon where the good people of NG can get together to celebrate the community's artistry's latent talent.
- - -

What's different this year ?

We're not even sure... JUST KIDDING !!! THE RULES !!! THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR !!!!!

You can read all the rules for the Secret Santa via the registration page, but I'd like to share a few cliff notes of what we changed for this year.

BIG CHANGES:

Other than these minor changes (and the whole automated system implemented by @PsychoGoldfish last year) we are on a fast track to having this as optimized as possible.

- - -

What is expected of me and how can I help ?

If you would like to participate:
- Be patient after signing up
- Be respectful to whomever you're drawing for by not ruining the surprise or letting them know you're drawing for them
- Relay all questions to event helpers, NOT the person you are assigned to
- Read the rules over twice if you have any questions
- End of day, Nov. 26th (11:59pm EST) is when everyone must have their registration/profile completed
- If all goes according to plan, Secret Santas will be assigned on Dec. 1st
- You have until the end of Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th (11:59pm EST) to submit your completed drawing

If you would like to help run the event:
By joining the Newgrounds Secret Santa Discord server, you can choose between a variety of roles:

- - -

Our main goal...

...is to have a good time and spread some Christmas cheer this year. Majority of the internet is separated by invisible barriers and conversation hurdles--this is your chance to meet another artist via their character and to have some fun with the creative personalities that make up our artistic ecosystem here on Newgrounds.

Have fun, you whacky individuals, and burn another yule log on the fire for us while you're at it ^^

REGISTER TODAY!

Bet

At 11/17/23 07:00 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:55 PM, Nebulate wrote: Good suggestion of you but i dont think im mentaly capeble of making an event this grandios. I am not good at keeping a prosject and i dont reely know if i can handle having this type of responcibilety.

I was just looking at your art, and not seeing the 'scout user' button at all... you sure you're not scouted?

At 11/17/23 07:08 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:06 PM, Noahboi10123 wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:46 PM, Noahboi10123 wrote:
Bet

Oh yeah I forgot to mention,I got scouted like 5 months ago but now it said I'm not.How does that happen?

My lack of knowledge on how scouting is supposed to work is blatantly obvious rn

I didn't think it was such an arduous and dodgy process. It's seeming like if you get scouted, and lose it somehow, you're pretty much off the table for a while ? If not forever ? We need some answers :-/

At 11/17/23 06:54 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: For all you unscouted users who have been uploading art to the Art Portal for a while now, feel free to drop some links in this thread. If your work falls within the NG Scouting guidelines, there's a good chance someone will find you and get you scouted!

Normally we frown on asking to be scouted, but I think we can stretch that rule just a bit in the spirit of the season. But let's just limit it to a single post of art links and not be obnoxious or we will have to enforce that rule.

At 11/17/23 07:16 PM, Madmazel wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:03 PM, Frontlined-Backend wrote: im scouted but it states that I am not scouted
I was banned from scouting other users but I dont belive I was unscouted

That's possible, yes. According to this https://frontlined-backend.newgrounds.com/art/tree you're still a member of the art portal (if you're unscouted or have been pruned, it'll show an error message), so you should be able to sign up for the event.

At 11/17/23 06:54 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Normally we frown on asking to be scouted, but I think we can stretch that rule just a bit in the spirit of the season. But let's just limit it to a single post of art links and not be obnoxious or we will have to enforce that rule.

Can you help pruned artists whose art falls within the art portal's guidelines as well? Most people who are having issues with scouting were scouted in the past, and can't be re-scouted by regular users.

At 11/17/23 06:33 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:30 PM, you wrote:
I hope there's a Secret Santa for songs...

i really struggle making scout-worthy art

i think there was one in the past, actually.

idk if @spadezer or @jacob hosted it, or if it was someone completely different that was hosting it, but it was definitely a thing at some point ?

At 11/17/23 07:46 PM, UnculturedMutt wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:54 PM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Normally we frown on asking to be scouted, but I think we can stretch that rule just a bit in the spirit of the season. But let's just limit it to a single post of art links and not be obnoxious or we will have to enforce that rule.

Can you help pruned artists whose art falls within the art portal's guidelines as well? Most people who are having issues with scouting were scouted in the past, and can't be re-scouted by regular users.

What? Is that real? I just thought it was a temporary no scouting period.

At 11/17/23 07:47 PM, misterbright wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:46 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:45 PM, misterbright wrote:
Here I am.

The streak continues. This will be my hat trick year.

Am I still banned in the discord?

What discord ? It should be a new server, unrelated to NGP ^^

i dunno whatever one I got banned in

At 11/17/23 07:48 PM, X3LL3N wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:33 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:30 PM, you wrote:
I hope there's a Secret Santa for songs...

i really struggle making scout-worthy art

i think there was one in the past, actually.

idk if @spadezer or @jacob hosted it, or if it was someone completely different that was hosting it, but it was definitely a thing at some point ?

I'm not Spade or Jacob, but I can confirm it exists as I've participated in the audio secret santa (both in 2021 and 2022).
If I recall, the hosts were different each year.

I've talked to Lich (one of the audio portal moderators) and asked if he was aware of anyone hosting it this year, but he doesn't seem to know. I haven't seen anyone mention the event yet, so I'm unsure if there's anyone hosting it.

I don't know if it'd be a good idea to merge both events into one (or if it's even feasible), so if no one steps up to host the audio secret santa and there's enough people interested in it, I'll probably try to host it myself or see if we can turn it into a server event in the Audio Discord server.

At 11/17/23 07:49 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:47 PM, misterbright wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:46 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:45 PM, misterbright wrote:
Here I am.

The streak continues. This will be my hat trick year.

Am I still banned in the discord?

What discord ? It should be a new server, unrelated to NGP ^^

i dunno whatever one I got banned in

Definitely not that one. That one was lost after my old Discord go hacked :-/

At 11/17/23 07:51 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 07:48 PM, X3LL3N wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:33 PM, Xinxinix wrote:

At 11/17/23 06:30 PM, you wrote:
I hope there's a Secret Santa for songs...

i really struggle making scout-worthy art

i think there was one in the past, actually.

idk if @spadezer or @jacob hosted it, or if it was someone completely different that was hosting it, but it was definitely a thing at some point ?

I'm not Spade or Jacob, but I can confirm it exists as I've participated in the audio secret santa (both in 2021 and 2022).
If I recall, the hosts were different each year.

I've talked to Lich (one of the audio portal moderators) and asked if he was aware of anyone hosting it this year, but he doesn't seem to know. I haven't seen anyone mention the event yet, so I'm unsure if there's anyone hosting it.

I don't know if it'd be a good idea to merge both events into one (or if it's even feasible), so if no one steps up to host the audio secret santa and there's enough people interested in it, I'll probably try to host it myself or see if we can turn it into a server event in the Audio Discord server.

I remember Josh sayin somethin about trying to program an audio one in the future since the art one has the template and functionality already laid out ^^;

so it's definitely on the horizon, somewhere, just eventually :v