The declaration was later redacted following reports that several armies were wiped out by colossal women.

Further investigation revealed that the soldiers were actually soldier ants.

In sports, it's December and you know what that means. Baseball season!

An unusual start as the second inning was interrupted by interference from the crowd.

Mitch's manager was quoted as saying, "Hey, at least she kept her clothes on this time."

(let's not forget the minor leagues)

Support your local baseball

(and indeed ant)

team on Ko-fi

In other sports / politics, fight season continues. It literally never stops here, they won't let us, send hel...

Our racing league, on the other hand, is reaching its climax.

It'll probably turn into another fighting league at this rate. In other news, another fighting league has opened.

The costume department were quoted as saying, "This is 100% what Natalie looks like in her MMA gear that you can't see the concept art of to prove me wrong."

Apparently Betty's usual uniform was harder to find... but her bunny costume was right there (for some reason, can't imagine why).

Join the Rumbles and Races on Patreon!

In other news, I got a takeaway this week and the pizza place called me gay!

(this contained goujons but nobody's handwriting is that bad, pretty sure they're just pissed off I ordered so much)

It was also (literally) reported to me that "the man who voices Milwall is retiring" ...by someone who doesn't watch The Simpsons if that wasn't obvious.

A sad day indeed, but for as long as this newspaper has been running (feels like it only started yesterday... if not today), my favourite part has always been the reader art section so let's try and cheer ourselves up with that.

Betty T. Baseball Brat by @MKMaffo

Cute chicken that nothing bad will happen to, I'm sure.

by @Ostan5000

Jane Pain manga by @Cycle9 

Snowy sketch by @StevSteelEn

Additional thanks to @Peti for (retroactively in this case) designing the dialogue sprites for the baseball video.

And @L3ny who created Nat and showed me a load of the aforementioned concept art that inspired her AEW MMA design.

Finally, it's that time of year again and, as always, the good (and trustworthy) folks at the R&C department have provided another advent calendar!

Merry Chickenmas!

Previous shout-out posts (/newspaper editions, whatever):

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

Beach Slap - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1474722

COCtober - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1478132

This just in... - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1481264

Spooky, Sketchy Shout-outs - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1485077

53xy Scholarships - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1488393

More here-

Jane Pain by @TootsieBabeKatie

Crossed paths with @croxistudios recently when looking for an animator for something else.

Crunchy, crunchy sounds by @Aalasteir

Considered giving back to the good folks here by sponsoring more fight videos (hence the title). I consider a lot of stuff though, kind of moved onto twenty other projects of my own but pms me if you think you can do something cool with my fighter friends here and we can discuss details.

Beetles & Spiders designs by @croxistudios

Also did the following as an intro.

@Nebulate asked the question (guess he likes bunny girls, who'd have thought). AMOCsA here and maybe something similar will kick off.

You know what's funny to me? Taking the most prolific royalty free musician on Newgrounds and using him to draw a chessboard lolol

Actually used one of @Aalasteir's tunes four posts ago but forgot to mention it.

Same for @TheReaperPepper. Would've helped with the Halloween theme since there was already a reaper there (or something like that, one letter off maybe).

And before I forget AGAIN!

@Reinnbow

As detailed here, things are getting more competitive. If you're at all interested, now's the best time to

JOIN THE PATREON!!

Apart from that and this, I'm pretty much done for the year (in every sense of the word). Here are a couple of shout-outs to finish off.

Vigilante Mothy by @SanyaUmbra

"So this is what could happen if my one actually applied herself to something instead of bumbling around getting distracted by lightbulbs all day."

Jill Killian by @anaphiel

Ana's versions of these ladies look younger... but their lanky frames also make them look taller. What kind of genetic freaks am I working with!?

Jane (different one)'s Spooky Skeletons! by @BoiledMilkz which I helped out with.

People keep talking about Bluesky. Should I bother mentioning Bluesky? I'm on Bluesky (but I think it's also dogshit).

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

Beach Slap - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1474722

COCtober - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1478132

This just in... - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1481264

Spooky, Sketchy Shout-outs - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1485077

More here-

Borrowed one of Betty's scorecards, I'm sure she won't mind, not like she ever learned to fill it in properly anyway.

With this year's Christmas project wrapped up (ba dum ts), I've been dicking around with Patreon. There are loads of fun new games OF DEATH lined up for January but I though we could make the remaining Rumbles and Frag Races of 2024 a bit more competitive (before everybody's too drunk and depressed to care).

The plan was to offer prizes but that's dangerously close to a raffle, which is against the terms of service for paid members, so let's just say something cool happens every time somebody's representative reaches a marked number of wins... Something cool happens anyway because these are fight simulations and not fucking tombolas but it's fine! I'm happy good old trustworthy Patreon is here to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Hopefully you'll consider joining anyway, who knows what other ideas I come up with! (some of them might even be legal)

patreon.com/53xy83457

(As always, musicians, artists and musicians get in for free!)

Banj-go fuck yourself by @Nakvi

Happy Halloween!!

<<<<< I'm a creepy scarecrow now! It's my new OC, Diklol. Don't fuck with him, shit's about to pop off as soon as he finishes this tune!

@SomeDoodles for no reason in particular.

Here's the (spooky) #short version of last week's rumble since it's also seasonally appropriate.

Reddit really liked this one for some reason. Maybe your average redditor has something in common with the Smash community, don't know. Anyway, here's a drag race.

It's also Halloween related because... it was really scary how Damey was about to start a riot. Who am I kidding, any excuse with that girl.

Don't click here to join The Patreon and take part in the next Rumble and Frag Race!

Not reverse psychology, just wrapping things up for this year and deciding how to proceed in 2025. Join if you want to be a pain in the ass, I guess.

Since we talked about him last time, for the first time in a while, here's Reverend Ashly from Quickdraw 2 as he appears in Across the demon realm 2 (steam link).

Details here- https://youtu.be/kJ5CjHwtNSU

Also thought I'd mention this from @radiovomit since I also have a Lady Dimi(ca)trescu.

Onto the main shout-outs and, appropriately enough, I've been getting a lot of "phantom" notifications these past few weeks so let me know if I missed anybody.

Gob by @Calamancyy

...because she's a goblin. That's kind of Halloween related, right?

Jane Pain by @rotchan

And Jane's gone as a martial artist of some sort this year.

Betty by @StevSteelEn

And Betty's dressed up as a baseball player. Betty T. Baseball Bitch has dressed up as a baseball player... Yeah, maybe these aren't as Halloween related as they look.

Jane Pain again by @TootsieBabeKatie

Of course, the sketchbook is sacred so it was very nice of Katie to let me show you these. The main event, as it were, is next time!

Jane Pain yet again by @ChutneyGlaze

And one more cute little sketch to end on.

As much as I'd love to sit here and talk to you all day, I'm up to something... but maybe I'll have time to corrupt the new Vatican mascot, in my own special way, before next time lolol

Fun (related) fact: I donated $66.6 for the Spooktacular prize fund but good old Christian (I guess) Google made it $66.59.

Anyway, here's what was my main October project.

Couldn't keep Mitch from "celebrating" Halloween after all. Pumpkin Head's just lucky she didn't drop the e on the last one this year.

Might as well mention this again since it's actually Halloween related and I've an extra image for once. Details here- https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1481264

Also tried to write something again.

https://www.deviantart.com/53xy83457/art/Mad-Nadia-TerrorTales-incomplete-1111636575

Failed.

And not forgetting, it was @JoshuaVazquez's birthday as well. Sucks that it falls this close to Halloween so I made sure to get him a present.

I'll leave you with a conundrum since it was (what you yanks call) daylight savings time here last week (speaking of things that are a pain in the ass earlier). I think they repeat 1 o'clock over here but whatever, say there are indeed two 1AMs. What if somebody dies of suspicious circumstances at 1.15? Do the put 1.15b on the report or something? (Google's new robot wasn't any help)

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

Beach Slap - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1474722

COCtober - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1478132

This just in... - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1481264

More here-

Monstrous makeover of the following by @DeadSM

Went on quite the rant in the description, didn't I? Maybe we can talk about that another time, I'd like to continue with people who are actually worth bothering with. Prime example, it looks like DSM is still doing (and receiving) spooky paintovers- https://deadsm.newgrounds.com/news/post/1480254

Equally eerie rumble this time with guest architect, @ScepterDPinoy. I was going to be pumpkin head for a while but she's right there so I'll be the other cute witch. Wonder who I'll be for Halloween...

Michelle by @Nakvi

And here's the most recent race war. It has bugger all to do with Halloween.

JOIN THESE

& whatever death sports I start

ON PATREON!!

Speaking of stuff that has nothing to do with Halloween (and also rants), here're @jazzy666's test lines for Snowy the snow leopardess. Written by me (apart from the last bit). Maybe "written" is the wrong word, they're just my opinions on the matter that an anthropomorphic martial arts snow leopard, with a British accent, might happen to agree with.

Jill by @khicher

Punchy & Jane Pain about to kill/kiss each other by @TootsieBabeKatie

Punchy, of course, also took part in our recent baseball experiment.

Mad Nadia by @Calamancyy

JD by @EmperorBismark

La Tormenta by @Goljie

Remember how this was almost in danger of becoming a Halloween post?

Muay Thai Tank Woman Jane by @rosarjc

Since you like fighter girls so much, here's another Jane, one I've already talked about but rosarjc shared how he got his motivation back this time and it was interesting to read. Especially considering it happened on this bloody website!!

As always, let's finish with some stuff I did on this bloody website!!

Helped with Forever Sophie Chapter 3 Finale

by @Daysdove

I'm open to help with any of your projects too.

https://www.newgrounds.com/collab/view/23058

(for a while)

It was also FNF's birthday.

(Works better with sounds (I mean, obviously, if you think about it!))

Took part in precisely one day of Goretober.

Have you noticed the Inktober prompts suck this year?

CORRECTION!! They're the same prompts that also sucked last year!

But maybe (considering this year in isolation) that's the point and so many are similar because they're going for a hiking/camping theme THEN WHY THE FUCK IS THE PENULTIMATE ONE VIOLIN!?

Lucky for them, Mitch has remained in her dungeon this year... for the most part.

Anyway, did this.

(was for the following)

@TheShokBlok up to their usual tricks.

And I posted the Kart Kollab for Takeover Tuesday but it was before reactions were fixed so it got friggin' buried!

Speaking of which, and maybe it's just me (and my history of untreated head injuries) but this is the funniest fucking thing I've seen in a while!

by @ZaneLittle

Maybe I should suggest more stuff if only to keep track of it. Can't favourite anything anymore, being one or two or forty thousand over the limit they introduced!

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

Beach Slap - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1474722

COCtober - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1478132

More here-

Cluster OC by @SomeDoodles

Look what SomeDoodles did! I don't even buy commissions anymore, she just did it! Look at the amount of character that went into each interaction, as if drawing them all wasn't more than enough! Look at it!!

Currently in the process of paying Doodles back. Here the combatants are in motion, if you haven't met them yet.

That's weird, usually Damey says the things I'm thinking. Big fluffy adorable chicken also made her racing debut recently.

#short version (ironically enough) - https://youtube.com/shorts/A9KHDUSjiPQ

Look at her on her lawnmower. What a dumbass!

Join the next Race War / Rumble here!

Anyway, I bought a lot of commissions this week so we best move on.

Junior Jane by @anaphiel

Bee by @Goljie

Betty T. Baseball Brat by @LazyGoobster

(Reminder to unlock the drive link til I get the HD version... no, not you, I'm talking to Goobser!)

Moth Burger with extra thighs by @MethOd6

Won this (and a cookie) by solving the following conundrum.

Soulja Betty by @TheShokBlok

From his latest game of death. So many games of death, who does Blok think he is, ME!?

Mitch by @Nakvi

<<<<< Might as well be her for a while since it's approaching that time of year again (al-fucking-ready).

IN OTHER NEWS

Apart from Madness Day (the obvious), I was also in this-

Organised by @CaioAdriel2006

Here's mine-

I helped @Thetageist out by donating a t-shirt for her pet monster.

Mentioned a self-inflicted drawing (/gif in my case) challenge a while ago. Here's a more traditional list of prompts for that since the original concept confused people (and definitely not just because I barely have enough energy to make it through the day anymore and only ended up doing these ten or so).

@LucianoZ was the one giving me a shout-out for once.

Pretty good list. Obviously in no particular order or I'd be ahead of MindChamber at the very least but whatever.

Got another video removed from YouTube for bullying (/killing) celebrities again. It wasn't even my fault this time, it was a playthrough of Bieber Bottle Bash!

And, finishing on a limp one (but that's what happens when you finish), got a badge on DeviantArt when I posted one of those baseball gifs.

As I say, I'm sure you give a shit, it's just interesting to me that I got an apparently secret one when the ones they actually announce fail to unlock half the time!

Ran out of image space three things ago so, until next time.

PS: Working title for #Combatober was #COCtober after, rumble predecessor, the original Cluster OC.

Just thought it best I explain the title since it has a big COC in it!

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

Beach Slap - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1474722

More here-

#short version not out yet, trying something (it's not working)

Background by @Kolumbo

Music by @AndrewCr

#short version - https://youtube.com/shorts/QGbIARniJJg

alt. link - https://www.patreon.com/posts/111866666 (because I nearly got 2 in a row)

Didn't want to use Hot Summer again so instead I used Hot Summer.

(still by @AndrewCr)

Not completely unrelated is an experiment I carried out yesterday.

Unfortunately you'll have to visit the project page as it's far too advanced to run on a common news post (gifs too big!)

Maybe "baseball" will join the list of patreon death sports if I can find an animator.

https://www.newgrounds.com/collab/view/22963

Looking at you, @SomeDoodles. Imagined your special brand of goofball character running around the field when I was programming this. One goober in particular but I think you deleted him! Whatever the case, pm me if interested, and that goes for the rest of ye's too!

Alternatively

JOIN PATREON DEATH SPORTS HERE

if you like.

Kombabe by @Anaphiel

Speaking of, last person who went down the list like this, we ended up starting a whole racing league. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, haven't even discussed what Ana's favourite death sport is yet.

Michelle Jr. by @Calamancyy

Aw, she looks so sweet. She's not. I know the things she's done. Actually surprised Cal decided to draw her at all, all things considered.

Jane Pain by @L3ny

Just a cute Jane sketch by AH! IT BLINKED, KILL IT!!

Unrelated by @TheShokBlok

Who the fuck is that? Yes, Nat probably, thanks smartass! Well she has her own go-kart so she must be one of my OCs, no other explanation.

Mothy by @Goljie

And here's a big fluffy moth girl because I've also lost track of which of Goljie's sketches haven't shown up yet.

Betty T. Baseball Bitch by @Nakvi

<<<<< I'm already her for some baseball thing, not even the one mentioned on this post. She'll do anyhow.

Before collabs and whatever other bollocks, if we could return to the titular theme of this post for a moment, that being cute barefoot ladies beating the shit out of stuff.

I was recently reminded of this song's existence and, no offence intended to any of the grandparents who are fans of it, I like it too, it's catchy as hell and secondary vocals is having a friggin' ball (if not a stroke). Also it's an emo song called "cute without the e", 10/10 for the title alone. But if there's a behind the scenes / making of video out there somewhere with more footage of the girls at the end kicking the crap out of this dweeb, let me know.

Alright, here's one last visit to the Midsummer Dojo.

And one last 666 coincidence from when I went to get the link last time.

This was the first night in over a month I didn't have a gif to post. Didn't know what to do with myself, considered taking up cocaine or something. Was also in this beforehand.

Would've mentioned it last time but it appeared five seconds after I published the post. As did another cat vs cucumber incident, funny enough- https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1531175/13#bbspost27938164_post_text

AND THEN fucking @Creeperforce24 came out with a shout-out post that puts mine to shame! - https://creeperforce24.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471410

Although I think there was a mistake in his top 45 list considering I wasn't around top 1. Might have to send Nadia to pay him another visit soon.

As previously mentioned, like you in high school, I've been experimenting but in my case it was with a new art style.

Also did the Peach thing.

Also helped find some bugs with the new voting system which normally I wouldn't bother mentioning but having a serious conversation with our dumbass usernames amuses me.

Lol "TomFulp", ridiculous.

Not much else happened. 9/11's kind of a pain in the ass when your job involves filling in a lot of dates in a country that puts them the right way round. Let's close with an old fight between Ronald McDonald and Donald Trump because, for future context, this was also the "they're eating the pets" week.

Until next time, keep... spinning. (I don't know, I have space for this last gif)

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in Al, not AI - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

Big cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1471372

More here-

Jane Pains by @keik-keik

This is more costume changes than every other picture she's appeared in put together! I imagine Ms. Pain wandering around in her combat gear, like Ryu and pals, in case she gets in a fight on the way to the shop or whatever. Case in point, she's about to kick the shit out of that ice cream cone!

Of course Jane loves to fight more than anything else so this post's title obviously isn't about her (no matter what way you look at it).

#short version - https://youtube.com/shorts/1DHIpjmR9kw

Like our extra-terrestrial friend last time, people kept drawing Lady Catrescu (similarities to any existing character purely coincidence) so I stuck her in a rumble. Means the beach episode has been delayed til it's not even summer anymore but what else is new!

JOIN THE RUMBLES

(and frag races that I didn't do this time)

HERE!

Catrescu by @SomeDoodles

Hopefully she's aware of that green fella in the background, you know what cats are like with that sort of thing.

Alright here's the last one. I'm aware two doesn't really equate to "people kept drawing her" but it's weird that it happened twice. And that it happening twice happened twice.

@Goljie

Of course Goljie is going down the whole list so it was a matter of timing more than anything. Maybe I should just shut up about it before I start blathering on about coincidences again- https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410465

Catrescu was introduced in that post! Coincidences out the ass over here! I should change her name to Lady Catoincidence!

Catrescu Family (/dialogue) Portrait by @Nakvi

<<<<< I might as well be her for a while and, whatever the case, let us never speak of the coincidence again.

Blaze The Cat about to burn her house down by @Skeletard

Coincidentally, before all this, Skeletard was taking Sonic sketch suggestions and I picked Blaze because she's cute. Couldn't think of anything better than "setting fire to stuff, I suppose" but the result is more adorable (less murdery) for it.

Snowy by @SomeDoodles

SomeDoodles again! And it's another cat!! As you'll see, linked above, Doodles has been going on a cat combo of her own lately and my two barely scratch (ba dum ts) the surface.

Spiders Bunny by @WACKYPOMKO

I've talked about bloody cats too long now. Maybe if I post a different kind of little fluffy monster, we can get back on track.

Betty T. Baseball Brat by @anaphiel

Well she's not fluffy but also no less of a little gremlin so I guess this is the best we can do.

Jain Pain again by @rosarjc

If memory serves (and it does because I looked it up) if I didn't specify her default outfit, she'd be drawn in Tankman armour. I thought the idea of a Muay Thai tank woman sounded bad ass so I chose both!

(Actually means my first statement of the post is now false, but whatever.)

I've hit the image limit AGAIN! Guess we'll try to talk about that other thing next time... AGAIN!! Here're some collabs and similar stuff I did this week-

The Subspace Emissary Collab by @DALAP (and a few others)

My entry- https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/53xy83457/goomba

The Ninja Collab 2024 by @SkilledFella (and a few others)

My entry- https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/53xy83457/tmnc-2

Something else similar to the previous post, here I am helping someone out with their dead ass forum thread-

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1534308

(I'm nice like that.)

The NG Midsummer Dojo 2 by @53xy83457 (a sort of collab with myself (not even the only one before the end of this year))

Well, first of all, holy fuck I just embedded a Ruffle project and it actually worked! But if Chrome is going to be a cunt about it, there are fixes, and a video version if all else fails, on the project page.

Closing thoughts: I'd just like to say that I love Brazilian Hatsune Miku! Not to mention everybody's local Mikus that they've been sharing, including one that was just the regular one but getting arrested at the airport for having twenty passports lolol

Is that seriously why Twitter got blocked in Brazil? The people who are supposed to be running the show, quick to tackle the most pressing issues as usual, I see.

Thanks to all the artists who appeared in this, and the preceding posts, for drawing my characters, making everybody who sees them's day just a little bit better, and in turn providing more to humanity than every so-called world leader in the history of civilisation!

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

Al... as in AL, not artificial intelligence - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1467831

More here-

Mothy, Curby & Al by @TheSpaceHatter

I don't remember anybody drawing our extra-terrestrial friend here, but she's been getting a lot of attention this week.

Al by @Calamancyy

...just in time for her sponsor to drop out of the rumbles!

#short version - https://youtube.com/shorts/oFyrz4oz7dQ

(we don't need two characters wearing fishbowls anyway)

Guest DJ: @HomkaMagnat

Guest architect: @youtherthyf

<<<<< Might as well be her for a while. Obviously the big chicken and moth are my absolute favourites (along with twenty others) but there'll be plenty of time for them later, I'm sure.

Here's a race war in the meantime.

#short version - https://youtube.com/shorts/31aWVbAU4Zc

On the radio: @Synami

I'll not spend all day listing the regulars but one in particular deserves a mention.

Almost everybody in these videos was voiced by @Jazzy666.

Among other pain in the ass requests, that includes...

• Curby having a conversation with a certain squirrel with the same accent.
• Damianne talking while spinning!
• Yet unreleased, Damianne doing an impression of Nadia.

That's an Australian doing an American doing a Russian! Actually the spinning one is still most impressive. DONUTS!! lol

Whatever the case, thank you @Jazzy666!

Join in on this bollocks here!

Onto however many shout-outs I can fit in this time.

Jane Pain (& some others, whatever) by @HeartisttheArtist

To quote my own review, "They're nice! Even the ones that aren't Jane!! Thanks a million (again) for the inclusion!"

Betty T. Baseball Bitch (& others, whatever) by @SomeDoodles

This is a kind of remake of Doodles' Betty from last year. I joked that she couldn't get enough of the Betster, having just gone a few rounds with her...

...but I didn't even consider the bunny Betty (Butty) also in the list. Guess Doodles really can't get enough of the Betster! She is a classic beloved Newgrounds character after all.

Betty (& whoever) by @TheShokBlok

...case in point.

[unrelated] by @Nakvi

It's my new OCs! ElekKube and Merine Biologist!

Scribbles by @Daysdove

Need a distraction! Here's Jane doing a tiger knee off a skateboard (your argument is invalid).

Damey by @anaphiel

All hilarious plagiarisy jokes aside, as I said to and about Anaphiel, everybody I talked to these past two weeks has been really nice! I mean, they usually are but MORE SO, I suppose.

Mitch by @L3ny

Just a nice wholesome Michelle emoji, nothing untoward, in fact I can assure you she kept her clothes on this time. Wait, I forgot to link to it.

Well I wasn't lying, she kept her clothes on! You think that's inappropriate, you should see Leny's take on Mitch's Clock Day gif!

Betty vs @BlakeyTakeyTheCakey by @WASP02

Long story. Start from the start here- https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1537330

Really proud to be the one who reignited that thread definitely on purpose and I wasn't just making a shitpost at all.

I've been getting in lots of fights lately! @Creeperforce24 did the following.

So obviously I got Nadia to beat the fuck out of him.

Twice.

Other collabs-

Not really a collab (I just proof read it (but I meant to mention it earlier)) you should read Forever Sophie.

Apart from that, the summergrounds showdown continues-

Perfect. the exact number of images to show everything... except there's something else I've been meaning to take the piss out of for months now! When was Father's Day? Since then!

Maybe next time.

Previous shout-out posts:

Basically Betty - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1272506

Jane brings the Pain - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344161

Jane Pain again - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1350335

Jane Pain train - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1353732

Meet Michelle - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1358123

Mitched bag - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1361125

Jill Spill - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1364463

Super Starving Sisters - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1368226

Fights, collabs, fights & fights - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1372788

Literally one friggin' picture - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1376239

Forget me, twat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1379910

Too many artists (please eliminate 3) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1383393

One that made you uncomfortable - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1386595

Marsha Law & Violent Lin (Violin) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1390819

One more thing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1394947

Premature celebration - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1398010

Pumpkin Batch - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1401231

Spanks & Killing - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1404444

References - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1407272

Boxing Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1410706

Janeuary - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1414691

3 Fictional Fighting Things - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1417977

Cat - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1421243

Late St. Valentine's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1424426

Early St. Paddy's Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1428013

834573R - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1433203

Bussy - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1436690

Birth/Earth Day - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1439822

Deviants - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1443358

Go Kart Yourself - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1447025

Comb(unny)o Breaker - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1450775

Race Wars - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1454340

Mitch, Please! - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1457939

Fighter Girls (for a change) - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1461182

Ruining Nadia's moment - https://53xy83457.newgrounds.com/news/post/1464601

More here-