Tank Awards

Tank Awards were the highest awards given on Newgrounds, honoring those who have made great contributions to Newgrounds. Winners get bronze tank trophies with their names on them. Each Tank costs approximately $500 to make.[1] They were first introduced in 2007 and have become a major fixture in the Newgrounds Calendar, with the nominations for Movies and Games building up through the year and a big video announcement from Tom when the day finally comes.

The last Tank Awards were hosted for 2012.

Method of selection for Awards[]

Flash submissions are nominated by winning monthly contests, official days, or are nominated by the Newgrounds Staff. A panel of judges then selects the best game and movie of the year using an instant-runoff voting system, in which the panel votes for a number of submissions and the submission with the least votes doesn't factor into the next round.Movies and games are chosen by a panel of judges. The Musician of the Year was chosen in 2007 by prominent members of the Newgrounds Audio Community[2], and Tom Fulp personally chooses the User of the Year and later Musicians of the Year.

Criteria for movies and games[]

Movies[]

Quality of animation
Style and originality
Quality of writing
Pace and sense of timing
Score and sound effects

Games[]

Overall concept and originality
Game mechanism and controls
Replay appeal
Level of difficulty/accessibility

2007[]

Movie Panel[]

Tom Fulp
Dan Paladin
MindChamber
Stamper
Luis
BlueHippo
Rucklo
Dustball
ZekeySpaceyLizard
nathanielmilburn
brycemilburn
Edmund McMillen

Nominated Movies[]

Since it won the September Monthly Contest, The Composer became a Tank Award nominee.

Aladdin 3150
Animator vs. Animation II
Blockhead Ghostmas
Bunnykill 3 Vol. 2
The Composer
Dad's at Work
FlashBack 00
Jerry
Madness Consternation
Madness: Deus Ex Machina
Project Freetown: Metropolis Circuit
My New Grounds
Rienland
Socklops
The Stranger Forest
Tomas et la Fraise
Waterlollies
What is Love?

Game Panel[]

Tom Fulp
Mike
liljim
PsychoGoldfish
The-Swain
Afro-Ninja
jmtb02
FrostedMuffins
Glaiel-Gamer
Toonimated
Krinkels
luka

Nominated Games[]

Portal Flash — Oddly enough, Portal: The Flash Game has nothing to do with the Flash Portal.

Age of War
Artillery Live
Boss Bash
Detective Grimoire
Hewitt
The Impossible Quiz
The Impossible Quiz 2
IndestructoTank!
Indestruc2Tank
The Last Stand
Newgrounds Rumble
Ongaku
PALADIN: the Game
Pandemic
Portal: The Flash Version
Sonny
Trick-or-Treat Adventure!
XENO TACTIC

Winners[]

Movie of the Year: Waterlollies
Game of the Year: Newgrounds Rumble
User of the Year: Luis Castañón (Luis)
Musician of the Year: Selcuk Bor (MaestroRage)

Adam Phillips on receiving the award[]

Thanks so much NG for this huge honour. I couldn’t keep doing these movies without the continued support from Newgrounds and the Brackenwood fans.

I’ve said it before and I’ll always say it: if it weren’t for Newgrounds, my site would still be a relative unknown on a shared server and I’d probably still be working in a studio as ‘talent-on-tap’ churning out terrible sequels, like so many extremely talented people who deserve better.

Now I’m working from home, and while the money isn’t as good as a full-time job, I make enough in AdSense to pay for a dedicated host, which makes my site almost self-sufficient. This gives me time to work on my personal projects including a Brackenwood feature film which I’m no co-writing with a close ex-Disney colleague in Los Angeles. Quite simply, none of this would be happening if it weren’t for Newgrounds. I’ve got NG to thank for it all.

I’m completely gob-smacked. Thank you, A. Phillips'