Hello Newgrounds family!
This past weekend has been absolutely crazy. If you haven't noticed by now, the Newgrounds Voice Acting Collaboration 2021, Part 1 is LIVE on this beautiful site! Check it out here, or click on the awesome banner that's showcased on the front page!
Major props need to be given to @DoctorGrambo for creating this awesome banner being displayed on the front page. He took a simple concept and morphed it into something AWESOME! If you don't support him, there's something wrong with you XD Here's a link to the banner art he created for the collab!
NGVAC '21 Banner Art by DoctorGrambo
A huge thank you is in order for @TomFulp as well. It means so much that he's willing to show his support for this amazing community in this manner. The front page feature shows he cares about our careers and the hard work we put into this. Your support means everything Tom, and we love you for that!
I'm blown away by the success of the collab so far. We've already surpassed the amount of favorites, downloads, votes and overall score from the inaugural NGVAC and we're about to surpass it in total listens. It took six months for the original NGVAC to hit 13,000 listens. It's taken literal days for Part 1 to reach 12,000. I swear, this wonderful community has shown us so much love and support and the feedback has been heartwarming. There's been a lot of praise and strong words of encouragement and we love to see it! There's also so many people showing interest in wanting to be in Part 2!
We really hope you guys enjoy Part 1 of the '21 edition and you're now looking forward to Part 2! We have another 15 skits lined up and are ready to be produced! You can expect that to drop on the anniversary of the original collab, November 30th :D
This collab wouldn't have been released six months from the original release if it wasn't for my good buddies @NickSenny and @JoshDytonVO. I brought them on as managers for this year and they've been a tremendous help. Nick was basically the front runner, taking on a shit ton of responsibilities that I can't even name off because there was so many. We stayed on track and organized because of his awesome leadership. I'm very lucky to have him on board and as my friend :) Josh mainly ate crumpets and drank tea the entire time, but we love him for that XD Josh was actually a huge help on the production side this year and I'm glad he decided to take up the mantle for it. He produced and engineered a few skits and helped us organize things with the collab. I love these two lads a great deal and I'm happy to call them my friends :)
Please go check out the collab if you haven't yet! Thank you so much for showing the awesome voice acting community the love and support it deserves!!!
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My final bit I wanted to talk about today is the latest milestone I've hit. I reached 800 fans on Newgrounds today and I'm flabbergasted by that. It's not because of the number either, but how quickly it happened. It's literally taken a week to hit 800 fans. A week ago from today, I made an announcement on Twitter saying thank you for helping me reach 700 fans. Now, I'm here saying thank you for helping me reach 800 fans.
To this day, I'm still shocked that so many people are interested in my voice acting career. I'm just a simple guy who does silly voices and all of you love that. It brings me so much joy and happiness and that keeps me going in my career. I love knowing that my career brings others joy too. I just hit 40k followers on TikTok the other day and I did a live stream with a fan of mine, and they went on to tell me I'm an idol of theirs and I bring them so much joy and happiness when they watch my live streams or videos. That made me so happy and emotional. Knowing I'm touching someone's life just through my voice acting is very special (Thank you Rando :D )
Newgrounds will always hold a special place in my heart. If you don't know this by now, you haven't heard me gush over this awesome site XD I wouldn't be where I am without Newgrounds and this amazing community. You guys are the fuel to my burning fire and you guys keep me going. Truly, from every inch of my heart, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT! This is the best community out there, and I'm very lucky to be a part of it. All of the events this past weekend were early birthday presents for me as well. Can't believe I'm turning 31, fuck me XD
I LOVE YOU NEWGROUNDS FAMILY!!!
NEWGROUNDS FOR LIFE!!!!!
SugarSimon
Forever NG.