event-announcements

[opal briar]

"Time has moved forward, the world in ruins, yet life finds a way"

What was once a prestige city capitol, is now fallen, yet is still just a lively as ever, thanks to nature's ever-lasting grasp. With buildings enveloped by various vines, mosses & lichen alike, pavement cracked & overruled by hefty roots, the city has not gone barren & without love, no. The city is now whole, overgrown with new love.

Heya, heya all you <@&734833821429661816>s, it's me! GamR! If you couldn't tell from the lil' bit of flavour text for the contest, the theme is "Overgrown" (and who better to host a plant comp than me, Mr. Tree man ),Now as for what the "Overgrown" theme means it quite simply that means........whatever you want interpret it to be, it's a themed contest y'know?

You have 5 submissions max

Submissions start today and end 8/2/22, and you can submit them in the drive right here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zSFV12xyz6thwlxQH49o6z-sW_BQ3qEb?usp=sharing

We look forward to seeing what you all have to bring to the table, and wish you luck in the contest. Just be sure to have fun, alright? 😄

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> There are less than 48 hours left to submit your sprites for the Overgrown themed contest! Given how many sprites there are, you still have a fair chance to win this one. Don't skip it! 👀
I'd also like to mention that collabs are allowed for this contest!

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> You have under 8 hours to complete your sprites (Unless I get held over for even longer )

Good luck!

[opal briar]

"Haha, surely I can make an annoucement from work and get home on time to fufill on it, surely my workplace wo-"

((In other news, there's a pretty big mistake that happened with the drive, pretty sure Skel's working on fixing it as we speak, take a look for yourselves if you want))

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Important announcement, please read entirely
Due to a huge mistake of my own (I accidentally wiped all entries from the contest drive instead of downloading them), I have to ask you to add your entries back in the drive if you don't see them in.
I recovered a fair amount of sprites already but many of them are still missing so please take a look.
The contest will be delayed to until all sprites have been recovered, hopefully tomorrow. In the meantime, you're allowed to submit extra entries if you desire.
I would like to give you my sincerest apologies for the trouble I created.

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> AHEM! Stuff has been fixed, everything went back to normal. Sorry for the countertime.
You know the drip, preliminaries are now open to votes for the Overgrown themed contest! Go make your votes in #contest-polls, you have until <t:1659646844:R> to do so.

[hushed walrus]

good job

you are no longer idiot

[opal briar]

I may know the deal, but I've never known the drip....

Gotta steal that line

[mental basalt]

Feel free to reuse without credit

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> We back, time for the semifinals! Go make your votes in #contest-polls, until <t:1659733213:R>
Also, just for you, here is a peek-in of our finalists 👀

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> There we are! Finals are now open to vote for the Overgrown contest! Go make your votes in #contest-polls, and shall the best sprite win! As usual, you have until <t:1659819637:R>, after what we will release the results. 👀

[mental basalt]

Ahem! Hello everybody, but most likely <@&734833821429661816>s, and welcome back! The three Overgrown contest finalists have been decided by you 👉
So without further ado, let us see which fusions made it to the podium!

🥇 Torterra / Venusaur (318.3) by @hushed walrus with 19 votes, for a total of 26.76% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Roselia / Giratina (401.345) by @glad burrow with 14 votes, for a total of 19.72% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Eevee / Kangaskhan (133.115) by @half kayak with 13 votes, for a total of 18.31% of the votes in the finals!
(Yeah, thought the theme was restricted to plants? 🚎)

Congratulations to these three folks, but also you 👉 who entered! Thanks for making this themed contest real!

[hushed walrus]

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay but here are the pokemon you can vote for, for the next contest ;)
we'll announce the winner and the contest tomorrow at the usual time, so uh go vote

[unkempt swift]

>> amogus

**Poll Question**

contesto

**Anonymous**

True

​

Final Results of the Poll (Single Choice):
:regional_indicator_a: A1 - 18 Votes
:regional_indicator_b: A2 - 24 Votes
:regional_indicator_c: A3 - 15 Votes
:regional_indicator_d: A4 - 16 Votes

React with ❔ to get info. It is not a vote option.

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> :)

[mental basalt]

In the coliseum amogi, creatures fought, "only one is worthy", the crowd thought. The asterisk gem, the living armor, the haunted blade and the flower master, all of them brawled restlessly for one day, but only one thrived. After such an accomplishment, we came to offer it its deserved spotlight.

Heye, heyer and heyem thy <@&734833821429661816>s, it is I, Skel'n, here to announce the new contest!
You made your choice, and as it received the most votes, this week's contest theme will be Lairon!

Rules are simple: You can only enter fusions using Lairon (391) as either head or body.
Submit your entries here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1N1ertcIRRpkqWDgHZhzxMyMWJoIWwKSQ
Submissions start today and end on 27/8/22. You can make up to 3 entries, and collabs are allowed.

With that said, have a happy contesting!

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> A reminder that you have until <t:1661616142:R> to enter to the Classic Lairon Competition!
Consider making this a by making this 15 submissions a 20!

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Preliminaries are now open to vote for the Classic Lairon Competition! You have until <t:1661702431:R> to make your votes in #contest-polls. Go make the best Lairon go to finals!
Also we went from an embarrassing 15 to a phenomenal 26, so thank you last minutes participants

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Semifinals are up! You should definitely go in #contest-polls, it's a cool place, really. It has a lot of cool Lairons and vote options, but keep in mind that it closes <t:1661788816:R> though.
(Here are the four current finalists by the way)

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Time for the finals! As usual, go make your votes in #contest-polls to make your favorite sprite win! The winners of the Classic Lairon Competition will then release <t:1661875209:R>.

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816>, it is time! I wanted to add some fancy text here but had no inspiration Either way, the Classic Lairon Competition just ended! The winners are as follow:

🥇 Lairon / Lapras (391.131) by @burnt stream with 25 votes, for a total of 28.73% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Magcargo / Lairon (219.391) by @half kayak with 20 votes, for a total of 22.99% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Charmeleon / Lairon (5.391) by @eternal hatch with 16 votes, for a total of 18.39% of the votes in the finals!

🎉 Well done every participants! Fusing Lairon can be a really tough challenge, and yet, a ton of great entries came out of it! You can be proud of yourselves.
Also I wanted to give a shoutout to Just_A_Husk, who ended on the podium, not only for the first time, but also for their very first contest! Congratulations!

[mental basalt]

Bashful Boys Birthday

17th of August. 3rd of September. 2nd of September. The day three gamers spawned.
14th of April. 2nd of June. 9th of July. The day they put their feet on the place we live in for the first time.
You may have known them for a long time, for their basedment, and all the epic sprites they've been making (), and today is the day we celebrate their spawn.

Ahem! Welcome to the new contest, <@&734833821429661816>s! The theme is about making fusions out of Scrapi, Katten and I's favorite Pokémon! There is a set of 5 different heads and bodies for each, for a total of 225 possible fusions! You can check them out in this following spreadsheet created by Kiwi
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Z66qXRQQDalC5S-fsDCdiY4wWJpKRnI2NqpmHDKqmw/edit#gid=799784180
(Remember that you can claim fusions through the Sprite Checker!)
You can make up to 5 entries, until <t:1662825640:R>. What happens afterwards is that we will judge all entries with a note between 0 and 10, and the one with the highest rank wins. No collaboration is allowed outside of receiving feedback in spritework.

Enter here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/15qQWTRx7dLvsktUDsoTV1uv0xvvTDXy5
And most importantly, have fun!

[mental basalt]

(Sprite checker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lNhSiS6B4tUf37Rw4joid0vK1DVH-j7tVdAegxPX7aI/edit#gid=914681000)

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Reminder that you have under 48 hours to enter to the Bashful Boys Birthday competition! Don't miss it out

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> the funny Bashful Boys Birthday contest is now not accepting anymore entries, our judges will soon find a winner

[opal briar]

"But what was it that led the world to ruin?"

Long before life had the reason to fight back, and before the tensions boiled, there was uncertainty. The uncertainties within trust, reason, and our minds was ever-growing. Our world was changing, but without us, it no longed wanted us. It had brought the seeds of pestilence & conquest to our lands, and the spells of disasters across our seas. Yet, one day, Fate struck true. The lands shook with fury, the seas flooded with rage, the storms brew heavier and heavier, as uncertainty of our greater lives claimed the world before us. As the attempts rised to the unfathomable, it all became pointless. Humanity could not grow past their quarrels, and fell to their ultimate fate to.....The Great Calamity.

Sorry for the double ping folks, but this is also the announcement for the next Themed Contest. Continuing off the Overgrown series in it's own way, we have: The Great Calamity.

This one is much more simple to understand, your entries must obey the theme of "Apocalypse/Calamity"

You have 5 submissions max, and you may not enter these sprites into the sponsored, nor vise versa. ((I normally don't limit, but considering this is obvi a low hanging fruit, I'm not letting you grasp it.)

Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r9r-O9YscIJsYcFhJ3lCtkmVVyWW_NZ0
<@&734833821429661816>

[rough falcon]

Question
Would it interest you more to host this after the sponsored, or before???

Choices
🇦 After
🇧 Before

Settings
:one: allowed choice

Poll ID: eWjYA692KC

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Sorry for the ping, but please vote on the poll above. Didn't really think this would be an issue since it was my own themed that was getting pushed out of the spotlight, but I've heard otherwise from you, the community, so just put your thoughts into numbers, and I'll know for certain what you want

[opal briar]

....well then...you certainly gave me an answer

Submissions are currently paused then, current sprites in the drive are fine

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> Hi guys its me Katten this time, not Skel'n for the 500th time, the funny b-day contest just ended, the winners are as following:

🥇 Reuniclus/Rayquaza (359.342) by @cyan meteor and Magcargo/Rayquaza by @spiral ivy Both with a final score of 27/30!

🥈 Eevee/Chandelure (133.367) by @junior hemlock with a final score of 26/30!

Really sick sprites this time around, i want to give a shoutout to @half kayaks Eevee/Rayquaza which was clearly my favourite sprite (as you can see by the judging)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W_PVcSPODBEY9wWbNuTgjWp-tmTwEymgCaW7cbaWgOk/edit?usp=sharing
you can check the scores here

[hushed walrus]

Aight hello spriters, we're back after a bit
go vote for the mon you wanna sprite with in the next classic comp wee

[rough falcon]

Question
Classic Comp momento

Choices
🇦 Crobat
🇧 Starmie
🇨 Aegislash
🇩 Roserade
🇪 Deoxys
🇫 Mantine

Final Result
🇦 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [20 • 22%]
🇧 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [20 • 22%]
🇨 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [16 • 18%]
🇩 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [14 • 15%]
🇪 ▓░░░░░░░░░ [13 • 14%]
🇫 ▓░░░░░░░░░ [8 • 9%]
91 users voted

Settings
:spy: Anonymous Poll
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: zzxGksgWYd

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816>

[hushed walrus]

Hello gamers and spriters

Welcome to the classic competition part 1093
This time around we had a tie that totally could have been fixed if we didnt close the poll 1 hour ahead of time but lets forget about that

Crobat & Starmie Classic Comp
uh yeah combine them ig??

Your entry must use either Crobat or Starmie as the head or body of the fusion, entries end <t:1667059200:R>
No collabs allowed
you can enter up to 3 entries dont listen to the funny skeln guy ok

Submit your entries here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1chjhN-GKemCcu6lreQCkIz4wmaXi1Zhe?usp=sharing

<@&734833821429661816>

[mental basalt]

You can enter up to 1093 entries btw

[hushed walrus]

shut up

[hushed walrus]

extending time period so you all have 2 days more

lmao

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> THE ONE POLL IS REAL!
Preliminaries of the Crobat & Starmie Classic Comp are open to vote, you have until <t:1667322038:R> to vote for your favourite sprites, in #contest-polls.

[hushed walrus]

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Sorry for the inconvenience, due to technical difficulties, the 4th bracket had to be remade, please vote on this one again if you did already.

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Back again! Time for the semis, as always you have until <t:1667408448:R> to make your votes in #contest-polls

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Finals time. #contest-polls. <t:1667494843:R>. You know what to do.

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Hello everyone, and welcome back! Results of the Crobat & Starmie Classic Comp are here! (though I don't see so many crobats here )
Winners are as follow:

🥇 Starmie / Rhyperior (121.265) by @cyan meteor with 29 votes, for a total of 31.18% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Starmie / Rapidash (121.78) by @hushed walrus with 16 votes, for a total of 17.20% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Glaceon / Starmie (272.121) by @azure widget and Starmie / Lucario (121.296) by @hardy bluff, both with 15 votes, for a total of 16.13% of the votes in the finals!

Thanks to every participants, and shoutout to PopcornKing who ended on the podium for the first time! 🎉

[opal briar]

"But what was it that led the world to ruin?"

Long before life had the reason to fight back, and before the tensions boiled, there was uncertainty. The uncertainties within trust, reason, and ou-
Oh, you heard this telling of The Great Calamity already? ? ?

Well then, what you need is some new information. Not of how The Great Calamity came to be, but moreso, what was the breaking point?

"Where had we fallen too far?"

Long before life had the reason to fight back, and before the tensions boiled, there was uncertainty. But within that uncertainty, lied one unyielding truth. A truth so potent, it single-handedly snapped our world's tensions for the worst. . . ..
For it had no matter on how it the denizens of the world could have prepared, that follied truth led straight, unlike the arrow that is Fate.

W͞hat̛ ̨w̷a͏s̨ ̨t͟h̶at͏ ́t̵rut̀h̸,́ you͠ ͜a͞sk?
If̛ y̴o̕u͢ mu͟s̡t͡ ̛kn̷ow͞,̴ t́h̶en I̢ sh̨a̶ll ̴te͟ll̀ you.̷
T҉h̸á̛t̵ ̡͝͞t̵̶r̨̕ut̸͏͏h͢
I̕͡͡s̶̲͝.̷̶͞ ͚́͢.̸̹͜ ͏̶̗.̷͜͜.̨̲̕

||To be Continued||

Welcome back to The Great Calamity, you <@&734833821429661816>s!

I'll re-iterate the rules stated within the replied message.

Your entries must obey the theme of "Apocalypse/Calamity"
You have 5 submissions max.
and
You have until <t:1668358814:R> to submit your entries.

Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r9r-O9YscIJsYcFhJ3lCtkmVVyWW_NZ0

[mental basalt]

Hello everybody, it is I, GamR, and as promised, I came to make an announcement about my very own contest that I imagined myself :trolley:
Preliminaries are now open to vote for The Great Calamity, in #contest-polls. You have until <t:1668445238:R> to make your votes on the brackets that I created myself, as proven by this embedded image of myself.

<@&734833821429661816>

[hushed walrus]

omg gamr youre my favourite contest manager

[mental basalt]

Thanksn you too

spelling mistake whoops

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Hello again, it's GamRing time!
Semifinals are open to vote for The Great Calamity competition, go make your votes in #contest-polls, until <t:1668531619:R>!
Also, here is a sneak peek of the current finalists

[hushed walrus]

omg gamr youre s o cool

[mental basalt]

:gamrdab:

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> I am GamR, and it is time again! Finals are open to vote for The Great Calamity competition! Who shall be the winner? Well I don't know, you decide! As always, please vote in #contest-polls, until <t:1668618036:R>

[hushed walrus]

ga

im tired of this

gamr omg ure so cool ahshc

[mental basalt]

Yo thanks Katten

[opal briar]

ur so cool :D

[mental basalt]

Skel'n is much cooler

[hushed walrus]

:)) wholesome

[opal briar]

:DDD

[mental basalt]

^v^

[opal briar]

gamr ur so cool posting the finals results rn omg

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> It is time! Time for me announce the results of The Great Calamity competition!
Winners are as follow:

🥇 **Klinklang / Garchomp ** (337.299) by @eternal hatch with 54 votes, for a total of 29% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Magnezone / Tentacruel (263.73) by @round anvil with 34 votes, for a total of 18% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Torterra / Magnezone (318.263) by @hushed walrus with 28 votes, for a total of 15% of the votes in the finals!

Congratulations to our winners, as well as every entrants! We had an absurdly huge amount of entries this time, with many of them being absolutely toptier, and it was great to witness them all!

But now, more importantly... takes mask off I was actually Skel'n the entire time.

[opal briar]

If he's Skel...then...who am-???

WTF I WAS GAMR THE WHOLE TIME!?!?

[hushed walrus]

wow skel'n youre so cool

[opal briar]

skel'n so cool

[mental basalt]

Nah, you homies are the best

[hushed walrus]

something something tomorrow 👁️

[opal briar]

So secretive with your words, Katten is a gift to us all

[hushed walrus]

someone may have forgotten to do smth 🚎

uh guys give me 2 sec

Secret Spriter 2022

its that time of year, and we're back with the third installment of secret spriter.

this is Phase 1 of the funny secret spriter, being the Collection Phase, we will collect requests through December 10th to December 15th, and from there we move on to the next phase.

if you want to enter, fill out the forms below, but keep in mind, by filling out the form you also sign up for the Secret Spriter.

https://forms.gle/GTBzjodzE2qSuq2c6

figured id say this too as we might have some new people here, this contest is a sprites-only contest ;)
let any of us <@&641801785618726956>s know if u have any questions

<@&734833821429661816>

also keep ur fusions thingies within IF pokemon if that wasnt clear!!

any requests who dont follow the rules here will be removed

[opal briar]

See, told you it's true

[hushed walrus]

i hope you like the comic sans text guys

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> ^^^
(In case your fusion wasn't IF-compatible, please submit a new one that follows the rules instead)

[hushed walrus]

(and in case that youre new here IF pokemon are just all the pokemon that are in this game

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> 70 secret spriter requests down, only a drive remains ;)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v2GnYyrMy36RGlqvdtPYlFaIrLZXhzmt?usp=sharing

you will have 7 days from now to make your entries and submit them!
thank you for joining us yet again this year ;))

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Not only is this your 3 day warning, but also a lil message.

If you feel like you are not going to be able to get your request done in time, please, please, DM me or another Contest Manager

Thank you, an happy spriting

[opal briar]

You people know me, I'm true to my word with what I say. If I cannot find a single piece of evidence that even shows that you were going to work on this.

At minimum, it's a ban from all further Secret Spriters' if the above is true

[mental basalt]

Yo <@&734833821429661816>s, just mean to say you have until <t:1671728399:R> to do your sprite. If you haven't started it yet you definitely should get on it asap, a lot is left out and someone still wishes to see your work 👀

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Preliminaries are now open for the Secret Spriter contest! Go make your votes in #contest-polls until <t:1671814805:R>

[opal briar]

Unfortunately, not every request was done in time....but luckily, our amazing community is banding together to tackle them

[opal briar]

Thank you to not only those extra helpers, but those who got their sprites in a timely manner

I meant to send this before I went to work

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Time for semifinals! Once again you have until <t:1671901217:R> to make your votes, in #contest-polls.

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> It is time! Finals are open for the Secret Spriter competition, once again go make your votes in #contest-polls, until <t:1672074039:R>.
I'll give two days for those who can vote neither today nor tomorrow (merry christmas, hohohoh)
The winner of this poll will be the winner of the contest, who shall be this year's secret santa? 👀

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Helllllo there! The Secret Spriter 2022 contest just ended, time for me to announce this year's Secret Santas!

🥇 Klinklang / Latios (337.379) by @lavish jacinth with 32 votes, for a total of 18% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Metagross / Salamence (293.336) by @noble dove with 30 votes, for a total of 17% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Politoed / Venusaur (186.3) by @modest anchor with 29 votes, for a total of 16% of the votes in the finals!

Congratulations to all our participants for this load of great entries, was electrifying to see so many sprites coming all at once! The Contest Manager team wishes you a merry Christmas (whatever Chris and his tmas are) 🎉

(open image in browser if it's not working lol)

[hushed walrus]

now thats cool n all, but havent we forgotten something?

ok for the now the real announcement you've been waiting for, the winners of the "dont look at this folder" stickman contest

is.. 🥁
@lilac oar
@lavish jacinth
@tardy pollen
thank u for ur stickmen they are now mine and i will keep them forever <3

[hushed walrus]

its that fucking time again aint it

[rough falcon]

Question
which mon for next classic comp

Choices
🇦 A1
🇧 A2
🇨 A3
🇩 A4
🇪 A5

Final Result
🇦 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [31 • 16%]
🇧 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [37 • 20%]
🇨 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [39 • 21%]
🇩 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [36 • 19%]
🇪 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [46 • 24%]
189 users voted

Settings
:spy: Anonymous Poll
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: LKv8NL664R

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> go vote gamers, which mon do you all wanna sprite with next 🚎

what klinklang?
dunno what ure talking about

[hushed walrus]

Welcome to the Aegislash Classic Comp, gamers

for this contest you will indeed be using **Aegislash **as the head or the body of the fusion, and infact not Klinklang ;)

You'll have about 5 days to make your entries, but i can give more time if ya need
No collabs allowed
3 entries max

heres the funny drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FgBvCyUHTyvFDND3Zvr5YJX9YmRK4Qu2?usp=sharing

<@&734833821429661816>

[hushed walrus]

i know the contest is at a bit of a tricky time for some of y'all so i have decided to extend the submission era thing by 2 days

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816>
heyo guys, me and the other gamers have decided that we need a little bit of an extra help with some contest stuff, or to say it like it is lol

we need a contest manager that will be able to help gamr host sponsored competitions and host some themselves.
https://forms.gle/wjp714pSrn1Kmiv77

good luck

[hushed walrus]

<t:1672938000:R>

exact date

be happy now pls

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> uh, a lot of entries this time around, so you'll notice way more brackets then usual, feels like not long ago where we only got like 12 sprites per contest lol, anyways, have fun do ur funny voting stuff in #contest-polls 🚫 ⚙️

cough cough

guys i blame tenedranox his program no work

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> the program was just a little angry cuz i havent uh, used it in a bit, but we best buds now and it finally fucking worked, so uh, once again a classic katten fuckup and go vote

oh and btw xoto, if u see a sprite missing

(pls dont tell anyone

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> semis now open go vote for ur fav sword

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Time for the Finals of the Aegislash Classic Comp (certified without Klinklang)! You have until tomorrow (hopefully) to make your votes, in #contest-polls

[hushed walrus]

hah imagine forgetting to do the contest finals couldnt be me

(i forgor

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> Tiny mistake, please re-vote

[mental basalt]

Hello every <@&734833821429661816>s and whoever didn't get pinged as well! Time for me to announce the winners of the Aegislash Classic Comp, which doesn't contain any Klinklang in it!
Winners are as follow:

🥇 Aegislash / Gardevoir (329.287) by @magic bloom with 37 votes, for a total of 21% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Magikarp / Aegislash (129.329) by @lavish jacinth with 23 votes, for a total of 13% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Mew / Aegislash (151.329) by @rugged ether with 20 votes, for a total of 11% of the votes in the finals!

Congratulations to all our winners! This was a, um, huge contest, but it was also fabulous to see all these amazing entries at once! Thank you, who you entered 🙏

[opal briar]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD Evening everyone! It's your host of the most, GamR! It's been a good long week, hasn't it?

I could go on and on about some cool fusions y'all have made this week, but that's not what you're interested in, is it?

Well then, let's get this show on the road, introducing a new premiere contest, something old in a new way, welcome to the first Redux contest ((I just made that up so let's roll with it ))

What's a redux contest? Glad you didn't ask, as you can't type here.

A redux contest is re-tackling a older contest theme, usually with some twist. These won't be the most common thing in the world, but they will happen a couple times this year.

So with all the jibbjabb out of the way, welcome to....

Fantasy: Rescaled

The Fantasy contest was announced on 4/14/2020, back when some older CMs were here, they didn't do a bad job with the contest, especially considering that's when they were done via Reddit, but...I think we can do a bit better, no?

[mental basalt]

Rules:

Entries must exhibit the "Fantasy" theme, Fables, Sci-Fi, Myths, whatever!

Only small sprites are allowed. They can be of any stage, but your sprite must fit within a 64x64 canvas (still keep them on a 96x96 image rescaled to 288x288). Sprites that don't follow that rule will be disqualified. (That's the Rescaled part)

Also you have 3 entries max, collabs aren't allowed beside receiving feedback in spritework

Put your entries here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1n6bQlE48VYig2kU579xPQs7Us18VllYa?usp=share_link

You have until <t:1674320425:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

Ty Skel

[hushed walrus]

ty skeln and gamr ;)

[mental basalt]

;)

Also, NO ANIMATIONS ALLOWED

[hushed walrus]

LIVE SKELN REACTION

[mental basalt]

RESCALED FANTASY POLLS ARE UP!
Hello <@&734833821429661816>s, it is I, Skel'n, your favorite Contest Managette, here to open the preliminaries of the Rescaled Fantasy contest!
Go make your votes in #contest-polls until tomorrow, <t:1674406857:R>.
Also we decided to experiment a new way to organise contests, made for those with much more entries than we used to.

The polls will be spread over 4 days, and include a new phase, the Quarters. Here's how it's gonna work:
Day 1: Preliminaries: 1st sprite of each bracket goes to Semis, 2nd and 3rd ones go to Quarters, a phase of four brackets.
Day 2: Quarters: 1st and 2nd go to Semis.
Day 3: Semis: 1st and 2nd go to Finals
Day 4: Finals: 1st, 2nd and 3rd sprites go to the Podium

[mental basalt]

RESCALED FANTASY - QUARTERS
Back again <@&734833821429661816>s, now time for the Quarters! Go make your votes in #contest-polls, until tomorrow <t:1674493205:R>.
(reminder, sprites that had the most votes in the preliminaries aren't there, because they went straight to semis 🚎)

I must say lads, I'm impressed ; looking thru all the sprites made me re-discover many very impressive ones, good job y'all for being super creative!! 👀

[mental basalt]

RESCALED FANTASY - SEMIFINALS
Once again here we are <@&734833821429661816>s, now we doing the Semis! Again, votes happen in #contest-polls, you have until <t:1674579604:R> to vote, you know the drip. 👟

Due to the sheer amount of entries that went to the semis since the preliminaries, the semis themselves will occasionally be split into two brackets. The finals will then be composed of 8 entries. I think I finally figured out the optimal formula

[mental basalt]

Letting you know that Discord has temporarily disabled custom commands due to some API error. Bots like Tympoll are completely unusable as of now, which means the finals will have to wait until it gets fixed. 👀

[mental basalt]

RESCALED FANTASY - FINALS
AHEM! Tympoll is finally working again, which means it's time! Hello every <@&734833821429661816>s, Finals are up for the Rescaled Fantasy contest! Go make your votes in #contest-polls, until <t:1674680459:R>. I'll give a bit more time to vote since today's polls were delayed.

The winners will be revealed tomorrow! Who shall get on the podium this time? You decide!

[hushed walrus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/777290921322086421/1066874592611807353/f5fa76a2-5fa2-4c66-bb94-ed527cef709e.gif

[mental basalt]

RESCALED FANTASY - RESULTS
AHEM! YOUR ATTENTION <@&734833821429661816>s!
Here it men and gentleladies, the results of the Rescaled Fantasy contest! Winners are as follow:

🥇 Milotic / Gardevoir (287.335) by @magic bloom with 54 votes, for a total of 22% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Marowak / Zoroark (105.338) by @lavish jacinth with 38 votes, for a total of 16% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Solosis / Cubone (406.104) by @regal lotus with 34 votes, for a total of 14% of the votes in the finals!

🎉 Such mind blowing entries this time, again y'all were so creative with your design, so congratulations to you who entered! You did an amazing job

[hushed walrus]

cough you all didnt see anything not at all

[rough falcon]

Question
which mon should be the next classic comp thingy

Choices
🇦 A1
🇧 A2
🇨 A3
🇩 A4
🇪 A5

Final Result
🇦 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [42 • 16%]
🇧 ▓░░░░░░░░░ [26 • 10%]
🇨 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [49 • 19%]
🇩 ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ [70 • 27%]
🇪 ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ [69 • 27%]
256 users voted

Settings
:spy: Anonymous Poll
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: 744d399c

[hushed walrus]

WERE BACK

playing as germany in the funny war game does smth to your brain ok

<@&734833821429661816> haha i get to ping you all again

[hushed walrus]

SUCK IT

HAHAHA ROSERADE SWEEP

NOT EVEN CLOSE

[mental basalt]

(deoxys is kinda close

[hushed walrus]

NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!

[mental basalt]

(fair

[hushed walrus]

YEAH!!!

welcome to the 🥁

Roserade Classic Competition

heyo gamers, and new peeps, welcome to the roserade classic comp!!
for this comp, you'll need to use Roserade as either the head or the body of the fusion! and yet again, not klingklang (hi husk)

submit ya entries here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fJNpLhWmeTvJdjvAw2yTzc_8UKuv76iR?usp=sharing

you'll have about 7 days to make sprites for this funny contest, and the max amount of entries you can have is 3!!

have fun spriting some funny roses gamers 😎 ⚙️🔫🌹
<t:1675530000:R>
<@&734833821429661816>

[hushed walrus]

also yeah guys no animations sorry if you wanted the free win button

[mental basalt]

(says the one abusing of the Gardevoir meta )

[hushed walrus]

(says the one abusing of the kaiju rayquaza meta )

[hushed walrus]

sorry gamers will have to delay the poll to tomorrow at the same time!!

[opal briar]

Evening folks, it's me GamR

So many of you may be waiting for the polls of the Roserade contest, but I'll be upfront

There is 165 entries. Our current system does not work with anything close to this

So that's just what us CMs are gonna do, try and figure out a new system

((And probs limit the amount of entries per person more, I love y'all but 165 is too much.))

You had 3 per person, and are at 150+, do not expect to see contests with over 3 again anytime soon

Anyways, that's the current update

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> aight gamers, we are finally here with the polls for the Roserade Classic Competition,

so you may be wondering "oh i sure wonder what the new poll system is" uhhh, we just decided to bite the bullet and use the old system despite how many fucking brackets it gave us lol, atleast for this comp. next comp we will most likely have figured out a new system so ye

[mental basalt]

Bot is down atm, so the quarters will have to wait a little longer :trolley:

ROSERADE CLASSIC COMPETITION - QUARTERS
We're back lads! Time for the Quarters, go make your votes #contest-polls until tomorrow!
Reminder that most voted sprites in the Preliminaries went straight to the Semis, it is normal if you don't see them!

<@&734833821429661816>

[mental basalt]

ROSERADE CLASSIC COMPETITION - SEMIS
Back again <@&734833821429661816>s! Semifinals time, as always go make your votes in #contest-polls! You get one day.
Every two most voted sprites of each bracket will go to the finals!

[mental basalt]

ROSERADE CLASSIC COMPETITION - FINALS
Finally! (hehe) Hello every <@&734833821429661816>s, it is time for the finals!! Go make your votes in #contest-polls in favor of the best Roserade sprite in this contest! Who deserves to win? I don't know, only you do!!
Winners will be revealed tomorrow!

[mental basalt]

ROSERADE CLASSIC COMPETITION - RESULTS
AHEM! Gentle <@&734833821429661816> ladies and men, it is still I, , here to announce the winners of the Roserade contest! Get your fanciest suit, your most alcoholic champagne and your loudest party popper ready!
Winners are as follow:

🥇 Vileplume / Roserade (45.352) by @void cypress with 119 votes, for a total of 31% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Roserade / Typhlosion (352.157) by @sweet silo with 76 votes, for a total of 20% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Roserade / Rapidash (352.78) by @wise sun with 58 votes, for a total of 15% of the votes in the finals!

This contest was by far the biggest in the history of IF, and has definitely been such a blast! So so many amazing entries, only a few made it but it was thrilling to see such competition. Thank you everyone who entered ❤️

[opal briar]

Morning folks

We're gonna play a lil' game.

I already have the date for the next contest decided, but

For everytime I see someone ask "When the next Contest is", I push back the reveal one day

If I were you, I wouldn't ask. <@&734833821429661816>

• GamR

[hushed walrus]

@opal briar whens the next contest

[opal briar]

Morning folks

Thank you for concluding my lil' game

Honestly a bit surprised no one called my bluff here, when I literally said I had the date for the next contest decided

It did stop you from asking though, which is all we want. And besides...you don't need to ask anymore, I'll just tell you....today

Not rn, it literally just became the new day in my timezone, but

Today.

Be ready. . .

[hushed walrus]

BOO

👻

(i see u gamr

[opal briar]

. . .

"What was that truth, you ask?
If you must know, then I shall tell you.
That truth
Is. . .."

L̢͟͡on͢g͢ ̢b͏ef̨o̷re l͜ife̛ had̛ ͝t̴h͢e re̡ason ͘to fi͡g̛ht͏ ҉b̶a̴c͠k, a̧n̢d b̨efor̷e t͠h̕e͢ tens͢i͘o͜ns b̕o͜iled͠,͘ ͡t̀͘͡h̨̧̕e̶̵ŗ̷̶e̷͞҉̛ ҉҉̴̶w̶̕͡a̵̶̛s͏͟͟ ̶̕u̴̡҉̡̕n̷̷c̵͟e҉̧r̶̷̀t̨́͘a̧͝͞i̡͠͏n̨҉͜t̕͢͏ỳ҉̷́͠.̀͝҉҉̛ ̸

No, this telling won't cut it. You're far too familiar with the world's uncertainties. Instead, let me tell you the final truth of our world.

The truth you long had long seeked was the one declared from the start: ||Our world would be complete without us.||

Long after life had won, and tensions were dampened, the world grew silent. Artificial structures tarnished, quarrels broken, and humanity silenced. The light of humanity's hope to win against life was snuffed out by the Earth's rage, The Great Calamity, and now it was time. Time to for the world to heal. To redevelop. It was time for The World's Revival

---

HELLOOOOOOOOO you amazing <@&734833821429661816>s, it's me, GamR!

I've been waiting for this for a while, you've been waiting for this for a while. Oh yeah, it's the finale of the the Great Calamity contest series! ((If you're unfamiliar, just follow the replies up the chain))

Our first contest, The Overgrown contest had a focus on enormous sizes, and narratively the aftermath of our second contest

Our second contest, The Great Calamity had a focus on the destruction of a world.

Here, in the finale we bring it back full circle, with a focus on Revival. You can interpret the single-word theme however you'd like, but for those newer here, and need help with a bit of ideas, check the spoilered message: ||Some focuses could be new growth, renewal/reincarnation, the development of new life, and the passage of time that healing takes.||

You have 1 week to enter, and as a lil' experiment, since polls will be my job this time. . . You have ➡️ 3 ⬅️ entries. ANIMATIONS AND COLLABS ARE BANNED
((I wanna try some stuff out to see if there's a way I could possibly bring back the 3+ entries we used to be able to do.))

Here's your Drive. Good luck, have fun: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k2kYJqhyKseNPqLEv-TqGb4PrROnT81g?usp=share_link

[opal briar]

((To those new folk, the reply mentioned in the message above is here))

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> I think it's been long enough, here's Day 1.

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Error with polls has been fixed, including the C4

If you have already voted, please vote again

[opal briar]

Alright, we're goin' again. Quarters are up.

This'll probably break the bot...but... <@&734833821429661816>

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> After 2.000 years, we have returned!! Semis are up for the World's Renewal Contest, go make your votes in #contest-polls, until in around no less than 24 hours!

(Also if the bot doesn't work, wait 5 minutes and try to vote again)

[hushed walrus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/777290921322086421/1086263875541938176/nottranstinypat.gif

:>

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> This is it! Time for the Finals of the World's Renewal Contest, again go make your votes in #contest-polls until tomorrow, where the winners of the contest will be revealed!

[mental basalt]

WORLD'S RENEWAL CONTEST - RESULTS
HELLO EVERY!!! I'm sure you <@&734833821429661816> have all been waiting for it, today is the day we release the awaited results of the World's Renewal Contest!
Grab a renewed orange juice, we're getting started!
Winners are as follow:

🥇 Parasect / Banette (47.357) by @serene pagoda with 65 votes, for a total of 18% of the votes in the finals!

🥈 Ho-Oh / Porygon-Z (250.275) by @vocal nexus with 63 votes, for a total of 17% of the votes in the finals!

🥉 Cubone / Golurk (105.369) by @heavy bridge with 59 votes, for a total of 16% of the votes in the finals!

Congratulations to all participants! Yet another contest ends, as well as a whole new era. Don't go rest just yet though, something big will come even sooner than you'd think!

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> please give a warm welcome to our new contest manager @pure plaza!! you can expect (finally) some stuff from this chat soon >:)

(we will force rezza to make so many polls

[pure plaza]

[rough falcon]

Question
which mon should be the next classic comp thingy

Choices
🇦 Klinklang
🇧 Jirachi
🇨 Magikarp
🇩 Sneasel
🇪 Deoxys

Final Result
🇦 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [93 • 21%]
🇧 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [94 • 21%]
🇨 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [70 • 16%]
🇩 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [80 • 18%]
🇪 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [101 • 23%]
434 users voted

Settings
:spy: Anonymous Poll
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: 4d55db50

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> well well well what a mighty fine poll , go ahead and vote for next pokemon to be the next well uh, classic comp

[hushed walrus]

ok it is very clear nobody knows why klinklang is blurry smh guys i thought u studied ur if history

[hushed walrus]

Deoxys Classic Comp
hello pokemon fusion enjoyers and welcome to the!!!
deoxys classic comp u just read it above lmfao

for this contest, you will have to use Deoxys as either the head or the body of the fusion, you will have until <t:1683302400:R> to submit your entries
and you can submit max 2 entries
(also no animations, or collabs)

Drive to submit ya entries: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12cFzp3lm2Q38pAxjlx1kOAjed1sxGhdV?usp=sharing

also is it just me or does this not look like a gear pokemon idk guys you tell me
<@&734833821429661816>

[hushed walrus]

you guys literally voted for this dont give me those

https://tenor.com/view/please-give-more-context-gif-22337965

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> polls are up, do ||(not)|| let me know know if smth is wrong

my own visual here to save the day

[pure plaza]

katten how do i vote it just says poll no answer name can you help me please

[hushed walrus]

if i hear this question once more i am going to jump off the nearest bridge and not die cuz denmark is too flat

final analasys: this job sucks ass

anyways when the poll is up winner gets a lemon

🍋

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> you thought i had polls for you well no, not yet, me and skel'n seriously need a break from this, and as such any further contests will be delayed until we have found two more contest managers

as for the deoxys polls, rezza will soon update you on that

save me and skel'n by applying here :
https://forms.gle/GYzYve4zVi7od9PdA

[pure plaza]

deoxys,

[hushed walrus]

shut up lemon man

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> ok i think i did it right

go vote

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> i did it again go vote. remember if you came first in the polls during preliminaries you go straight to semis, so no "WHY ISNT MY SPRITE THERE"

[hushed walrus]

also remember winner gets a lemon (important)

🍋

[pure plaza]

true

that was grueling btw dont apply for contest manager

if the voting isn't working just keep trying and restarting, the bot isn't down but it is being finnicky

[hushed walrus]

REZZA SHH WE NEED PEOPLE

[hushed walrus]

forms is now closed, you all will soon see your new dictators- contest managers

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> get pinged for a new contest manager announcement again :P
this time, please give a warm welcome to @carmine path and @tame idol, we are now at a somewhat reasonable size for a staff team, so you can expect to see that uh, things will work better

[pure plaza]

what did i say about not applying

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> semis

if it doesn't let you vote just keep trying. if it doesn't work after that skill issue

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> my pc was updating sorry its late lol but finals 🫡

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> bot is no longer dead in the ground (for now)
go vote on the Deoxys Finals!!

[hushed walrus]

me when ping am i not relatable guys

[pure plaza]

Classic Deoxys Contest - Final Results
sup <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Deoxys/Onix (380.95) by @vocal nexus with a total of 24% of the votes, at 59 votes!
🥈 Golurk/Deoxys (369.380 by @unkempt swift with a total of 21% of the votes, at 53 votes!
🥉 Deoxys/Torterra (380.318by @soft osprey with a total of 18% of the votes, at 45 votes!

[hushed walrus]

@vocal nexus one lemon for u

🍋

[hushed walrus]

<@&734833821429661816> something is coming..... tomorrowwww..... ooooooo 👻 (prepare yourself :>

get baited :3

i win cuz u cant comment here :3

[carmine path]

you got double baited the bait was a bait

[hushed walrus]

hey @coral rivet

[tame idol]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-family-feud-show-me-someone-who-cares-red-x-gif-14255495

[hushed walrus]

ooo is that a subtle hint if ive seen one :3

[tame idol]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-gif-24496361

<@&734833821429661816>
Whats the next contest? Survey Says: Family Fuse!!!

Family Fuse

This contest is all about keeping it within the family, the theme of the contest is fusing a mon with another mon within its direct evolution line, Not Self-Fusion, or Split Evos. For example, Poliwag/Poliwrath or Poliwag/Politoed would count, but Poliwrath/Politoed would not.

Rules

• No Collabs
• No Special Effects
• No Animation
• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF
• 2 Entries Per Person, make em count

You have until <t:1686504313:R> to submit to the drive!

Let's play the feud!!

Drive for Submissions

Closed

(Logo made by our lovely @carmine path)

[hushed walrus]

this time you all didnt get baited, congratulations

[tame idol]

i lied self fusions arent allowed

[tame idol]

for those struggling with ideas for the contest, here is all of the pokemon for the contest, Green being "can be fused with any mon in the line" and the different colours being split evos, that cant be fused with eachother

[carmine path]

In general, anything in your fusion that's not part of any of the 2 fused Pokémon, counts as a special effect. Whether it's an item, another fused or unfused Pokémon, particles of any kind (if the particles exist on the base pokemon it's fine, but you can't put too much of it or add new ones)... The list could go on. If you have any doubt, ping a contest manager.

This rule of course only apply for the purpose of the contest. You're allowed to post your sprites with all the effects you want in #sprite-gallery, just not for this contest

[tame idol]

Also keep in mind: if you really like SFX on the sprite you made for the contest, feel free to submit that one to the gallery! just not to the voting drive

[carmine path]

To compensate for the inconvenience, we'll give you a 2 days extend, which means you have until <t:1686677100:F> to submit your sprites. Lesson has been learned, rules will be more clear in future contests

[tame idol]

about 10 minutes left to submit, if you havent done so get em in now

Submissions are now closed

[tame idol]

clears throat
<@&734833821429661816> Polls round 1 for Family Fuse are up! go vote

wdym there are numbers next to each reaction? no there arent we simply do not see

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> Day 2 of voting is up, only 4 polls this time round

1. Scrolling back up will tell you the results of Prelims
2. If any letters do not appear on any of the polls, refresh discord
3. The First of each poll in the first round went straight to Semifinals, if you do not see it thats why

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> due to some mistakes made in some of yesterday's polls, 2 of them are going to be reshuffled and revoted upon, those are in #contest-polls now, if you already voted yesterday go vote on those again

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> Time for the Semi Finals, weve got a batch of 3 polls here for you guys and the top 2 of each poll will go on to finals tomorrow
#contest-polls

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> the FINALS for Family Fuse are now UP, go vote in #contest-polls

oh btw i have a special secret surprise once the winners are revealed

[tame idol]

Good evening <@&734833821429661816>
Before I announce the podium for the Family Fuse contest, I believe promised you all a special secret surprise.
Since this kinda ended up becoming my contest a bit, I would like to, try and start something new for contests, we'll see if it catches on.

Contest Spotlights

These are chosen by the host of a contest, contains a sprite of their choosing. Because of how many entries contests have nowadays, many get left in the dust, and overshadowed, these spotlights are a way to shine a little light on entries that dont get as much attention. Other then that, theres nothing too special about them.
Anyway, without further rambling, the spotlight for the Family Fuse contest:

Family Fuse Spotlight

Hoppip/Jumpluff (187.189) by @deep tiger

Family Fuse Contest - Final Results
And now for the Podium, with over 600 people voting in the final round this one was INSANE, <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Eevee/Umbreon (133.197) by @austere estuary with a total of 22% of the votes, at 132 votes!
🥈 Vigoroth/Slaking (386.309) by @potent bough with a total of 21% of the votes, at 126 votes!
🥉 Gengar/Haunter (94.93) by @spice nacelle with a total of 19% of the votes, at 113 votes!

[rough falcon]

Question
Classic Contest Pokémon

Choices
🇦 Klinklang
🇧 Magikarp
🇨 Jirachi
🇩 Sneasel
🇪 Grovyle

Final Result
🇦 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [204 • 22%]
🇧 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [147 • 16%]
🇨 ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ [272 • 29%]
🇩 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [160 • 17%]
🇪 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [160 • 17%]
943 users voted

Settings
:alarm_clock: Poll already ended (<t:1688679474:R>)
:spy: Anonymous Poll
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: 6cfe39a0

[carmine path]

<@&734833821429661816> Hey guys it's classic contest vote moment

[hushed walrus]

you forgot to blur the gears mael

[carmine path]

Don't add new reactions to the poll you're just gonna break it

[pure plaza]

Jirachi Classic Contest

Hello everybody, I'll be your contest manager for the evening (Nobody else wanted to make the drive)

This contest is the Jirachi Classic Contest, meaning you have to use Jirachi as either the head or body for your fusion.
The deadline for submissions is <t:1689455209:R>

Rules:

You may submit 2 entries
No animations
No collabs
no sfx I'm kidding

Drive of entries: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s53p9VxjgbseLnr-pJCy-oczG48j-GCG?usp=sharing

Good luck, everybody
<@&734833821429661816>

🇨🇴

[hushed walrus]

^ proud colombian nationalist

[pure plaza]

Since this will be a fair few people's first contest, here are a few answers to some commonly asked questions

-Submit sprites by posting them to the linked google drive, and naming them ###.### by [Username].png. Your username is important, otherwise we won't know if you won or not

-Assume all spriting rules are as normal unless stated otherwise. SFX is allowed, making things a little bigger than usual is allowed, anything that would fly on a regular submission is fine here. (So you can make references, you can make alts for already existing sprites, etc)

-Rule 7 exists, so don't talk about entries being currently voted on. If an entry is confirmed voted out, you can talk about it

-All entries must be new, made after the announcement of the contest (I'll forgive you if you started working on the sprite after jirachi officially won the poll, since we were a bit slow on the announcement)

-In reference to the above rule, I've seen some people mention that there's a 1 week grace period, in that if you make the sprite a week before the contest started, you can still submit it. As far as my understanding goes, that's not a thing, at least not currently

-You do not need to be a spriter to participate

[pure plaza]

Aaaaand the drive is closed, thanks for the submissions everybody!

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> polls :)

the polls will show the results for a bit until the bot catches up and goes anonymous. I can't do anything about that, the beta version of the bot that lets you use the dropdown menu just doesn't work

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> Quarters polls are now up, go vote, once again, bot might not be anon for a bit, I can't do anything about that

if you can't see them press press Ctrl + R to refresh discord on pc, or just refresh it using your preferred method

IF A SPRITE GOT FIRST IN ITS POLL LAST ROUND IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE SEMIS

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> ok double ping yea yea yea i messed up the polls go vote again

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> Semis are up!

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> Finals, again, bot won't be anon for a bit, can't do much about that

Refresh discord if you can't see it

[pure plaza]

Good evening <@&734833821429661816>
The contest is over now, and you'll be getting your podium placements soon, but first, I'd like to follow up Tee's previous spotlight with one of my own:

Rezza's No SFX Spotlight

Now, SFX is a broad term, so I'm going to be applying it in the form of "no bits of extra floaty sparkly space stuff that the mons didn't already have" for this contest. Some stuff here might be considered sfx if you really really stretch the term, but we're not doing that. Remember, these are just my personal choices for what I liked the most, to shed a bit of light on those that chose not to go down the path of SFX.
Without further ado, here they are!

1️⃣ Jirachi/Probopass (381.326) by @manic reef
Amazing work as always, Meru. I love how clean your sprites always are, I love the little star mini-nose, and I love the ribbon mustache. Great work!
2️⃣ Jirachi/Fearow (381.22) by @silent siren
I love the odd body horror vibes here. The pattern on the wings is greatly done, very nice texture, though the fearow-ness might be a bit lacking.
3️⃣ Darkrai/Jirachi (347.381) by @hushed walrus
A very nice evil little guy. Another very refreshingly simple sprite that looks amazing for it.

And here's the podium! <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Volcarona/Jirachi (374.381) by @tranquil cliff with 171 • 27% votes!
🥈 Rotom/Jirachi (358.381) by @placid dew with 168 • 26% votes!
🥉 Giratina/Jirachi (345.381) by @soft osprey with 122 • 19% votes!

Congrats to everyone who entered, and everyone that placed!

[carmine path]

that's a weird Vigoroth/Slaking you got there

[pure plaza]

I don't even know how I did that, It's correct in my notepad file

[pure plaza]

<@&734833821429661816> Hey there, a nice little "Not a contest" ping for you all today:
I'd like all of you that are willing to fill out a survey for me, considering all the divide over contests as of late.

https://forms.gle/bxV2fmFbnHZ2a9N79

We aren't going to make any decisions based off sheer numbers alone, we'll consider it among ourselves as contest managers first, but we definitely need your input before we do anything. If you could take a few minutes to fill out this form, it'd help us greatly, to make contests better for all who participate.

[pure plaza]

Sableye Mini Classic Contest

That's right, we're doing contests for everything new that gets added to the game.

A mini classic contest is what I'm calling this. The rules for submission are the same as a classic contest, but with a much shorter window where it's active. There are 5 days to submit your sprite, and then 2 days of inactivity while the staff team will judge every sprite individually. After that, it's onto a new mini contest.

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-You must use SABLEYE as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already in Infinite Fusion.)

Google drive for submissions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ecrT48Q1IoqDexm6zBuxqveAaB-TxX-u?usp=drive_link

Submissions End: <t:1691854440:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[pure plaza]

Since this will be a fair few people's first contest, here are a few answers to some commonly asked questions

-Submit sprites by posting them to the linked google drive, and naming them ###.### by [Username].png. Your username is important, otherwise we won't know if you won or not. Use 421 as the number for sableye.
-Assume all spriting rules are as normal unless stated otherwise. SFX is allowed, making things a little bigger than usual is allowed, anything that would fly on a regular submission is fine here. (So you can make references, you can make alts for already existing sprites, etc)

-Rule 7 exists, so don't talk about entries being currently voted on. If an entry is confirmed voted out, you can talk about it

-All entries must be new, made after the announcement of the contest

-In reference to the above rule, I've seen some people mention that there's a 1 week grace period, in that if you make the sprite a week before the contest started, you can still submit it. As far as my understanding goes, that's not a thing, at least not currently

-You do not need to be a spriter to participate

yes, this means sableye is in the game, read #announcements

[carmine path]

Use 421 as the dex number for now

[pure plaza]

Submissions are now officially over, thanks for participating everyone. Judging will begin soon, and you should see the results in 2 days, if all goes to plan.

[pure plaza]

Btw anything you make for the next contest, BEFORE the contest, that uses the mon that is partially revealed will not be valid for the next contest so hold your horses

aka wait for the contest reveal before you start spritin lol

[tame idol]

Venipede Family Mini Classic Contest

This week's mini contest is for the Venipede line !!

This 2nd mini contest will run similar to the first, with 5 day submission period, and then staff judging! That's the gist! Not much to say, second verse same as the first. Staff voted these guys in tho, so make em proud !

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must use VENIPEDE (422), WHIRLIPEDE (423), or SCOLIPEDE (424) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already in Infinite Fusion.)

Submissions End: <t:1692301287:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[carmine path]

Good whatever it is for y'all, I hate timezones <@&734833821429661816>
The staff voted for their favorite sprite, but before revealing the podium we have the

Staff Spotlight

Sableye / Magnemite by @austere finch

As for the podium of the Sableye Mini Classic Contest, here it is ! <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Sableye/Mismagius by @reef yacht with 43 points !
🥈 Sableye/Steelix by @vocal nexus also with 43 points !
🥉 Cofagrigus/Sableye by @round orchid with 39 points !

First and second were tied so we had to do a second round for them. Congrats to everyone who participated !
You can check all results here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eQHKvGJoisoZC7KUmZ6ZNmBUXU27DAX0l-SN9asyLhk/edit?usp=sharing

[tame idol]

submissions are now officially Closed, please wait patiently for the results, and thank you all for participating

[carmine path]

blabla results of the Venipede Family Mini Classic Contest <@&734833821429661816>

Staff Spotlight

Flygon / Venipede by @ripe frigate

And now for the winner <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Scolipede/Mimikyu by @spare quest with 71 points !
🥈 Rayquaza/Scolipede by @wise osprey with 65 points !
🥉 Whirlipede/Dragonite by @boreal raven with 64 points !

No tie this time Congrats to everyone who participated !
You can check all results here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11PEUNHUXiVSpVCt7tPM6YRvZO9WYKMbaZJMSr5Sjh6A/edit?usp=sharing

[native ocean]

@spare quest yo! I need to speak to you about the contest. Can you open your DMs please?

[hushed walrus]

wins a contest
refuses to elaborate

so based

[tame idol]

Tyrunt Family Mini Classic Contest

This week's mini contest is for the Tyrunt line !!

I refuse to give another whole spiel, fossils and stuff make the trexi

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must use TYRUNT (425) or TYRANTRUM (426) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already in Infinite Fusion.)

Submissions End: <t:1692904799:R>

https://tenor.com/view/tyrantrum-pokemon-shinypokemon-shiny-peek-gif-22995338

<@&734833821429661816>

[tame idol]

6 hours remain

[tame idol]

1 hour get em in guys

[carmine path]

finished

[tame idol]

Snorunt Family Mini Classic Contest

number 4 when will it end

ice

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must use SNORUNT (427), GLALIE (428) or FROSLASS (429) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already in Infinite Fusion.)
<@&734833821429661816>

Submissions End: <t:1693444785:R>

https://tenor.com/view/snorunt-pokemon-dance-cute-gen3-gif-16296603

[mental basalt]

<@&734833821429661816> rambles about Tyrunt Family Mini Classic Contest and its results

Staff Spotlight

Tyrantrum / Lanturn by @reef yacht

And now for the winner <@&734833821429661816>
🥇 Charizard/Tyrunt by @modern dawn with 63 points !
🥈 Skarmory/Tyrantrum by @floral ferry with 62 points !
🥉 Tyrantrum/Probopass by @manic reef with 61 points !

Such tight results this time! Congrats to all participants!!
Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10SgoyHT-JF2ZcUqgv5LX-S8NZT242mlG7v9ABszglDM/edit#gid=130727305

[tame idol]

submissions are over now!

yall got an extra 30 minutes, cause were so nice

(and totally didnt forget)

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> crazy? i was crazy once, they locked me a room, a rubber room, a rubber room with contests, and contests make me crazy. Crazy? i was crazy once-

Spotlight

Snorunt / Ditto by: @quiet ibex

<@&734833821429661816>

WINNER TIME

🥇 Froslass/Lapras by @boreal raven with 52 points !!

🥈 Glalie/Probopass by @manic reef with 47 points !!

🥉 Froslass/Roserade by @jovial thunder with 46 points !!

(also bE sure to check out the oNe tieD for 4th, it'll be a good use of tiME)
Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kwnHOpiKMQRA64737G7FfolTdaI3sSaMuYQAc2vDd34/edit#gid=130727305

AHH

[tame idol]

Oricorio Mini Classic Contest

number 5 moment,,, 4 new pokemon, thats, a lot to fill out boys

i like to move it move it

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must use BAILE (430), POM-POM (431), PA'U (432), SENSU (433) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.)
<@&734833821429661816>

Submissions End: <t:1694122752:R>

[carmine path]

No you can't use Trubbish or Garbodor for the contest

[tame idol]

https://i.imgflip.com/7xtzhw.gif

[carmine path]

Even if it just got announced, no you're still not allowed to use it
It will get its own contest
Maybe
I don't actually know
But don't use it this time

No garbodor contest ever
will be allowed to be used in the next contest tho

[opal briar]

I return.

[tame idol]

🎈🎈🎈

[tame idol]

🎈🎈💥

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello my contest enjoyers, this is unrelated to the mysterious balloons that have been appearing in this chat recently
However, due to the recent influx of contests lately, with all these new reveals, we on the team have decided to do a sort of wellness check, and have decided to ask you how to make contests better and more interesting

We'd love for you to fill out this form!!

https://forms.gle/Z4WUdiatBmu59m7d9

[tame idol]

🎈💥💥

[tame idol]

💥💥💥

[tame idol]

6 hours remain to submit for the Oricorio Contest, get em in now!!!

[tame idol]

Oricorio entries are now closed!! thanks for participating

🎈

wonder where that balloon is going

[tame idol]

🎈Welcome to the Birthday Party!! 🎈

This is a contest, in fact, a birthday contest for @pseudo cobalt , @hushed walrus , and @mental basalt , and for skeln also a retirement party!!
now some bad news before we get into the festivities, due to the size of the staff team now, this will likely be the last birthday contest, as well, the next new mon will not be revealed until next week

But now onto the fun rules!!!!

Entries

This is actually going to be 3 contests in one, however, you will only get 1 entry! choose your entry wisely! The entries will be split into 3, depending on the pokemon used.
Blaziken, Rayquaza, Glaceon, Donphan, and Latios for Blaquaza
Porygon-Z, Reuniclus, Wooper, Froslass, and Breloom for Katten
and Lileep, Jirachi, Flygon, Sceptile, and Cofagrigus for Skel'n
and Yes, this will result in 3 podiums!!

Voting

This contest will be judged by us <@&641801785618726956>, as well as Katten and Blaq for their respective contests, with slightly weighted scores to them. As well, the winner of all 3 will be voted by you all on who becomes the server picture!! yay yall get to vote again

Rules

-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must make fusions that include at least 1 pokemon listed, as well as another pokemon in Infinite Fusion

<@&734833821429661816>
if i made a mistake, no i didnt

The contest will end in <t:1694730538:R>, get spriting!!

🎈If you have a sprite that includes 2, include which contest you would prefer to be included in, in the name of your file 🎈

[tribal sandal]

Team Rush 4: Trevenant for Halloween!

Welcome back <@&392803830900850688>'s to yet another Team Rush: An event where we focus on completing an entire fusion line by a specific date! This one's gonna be a bit special.

First, a little bit of backstory~
October of last year saw our very first Team Rush event, where we defied the odds and cranked out over 250 Duskull fusions in just over a month! Since then, our community has expanded greatly, welcoming thousands of new members- and spriters! During this time, we've completed Buneary bodies for Easter, and Sylveon heads + nearly all the bodies for Pride Month!

This time around, we'll be pushing our limits even further. Some of you may have noticed an interesting story following a trainer in search of their lost PokeKid.. and the discovery of a brand-new pokemon spotted in the region!

That's right! This time around we'll be doing Trevenant for Halloween!

We'll be mainly focusing on completing Trevenant Head Fusions by <t:1698821940:F>, which is <t:1698821940:R>! That's over 400 new sprites, the most ambitious Team Rush we've ever attempted. Think we can get em all done?

As an added bonus: one participating spriter will be randomly selected to enter a Pokemon of their choice into a drawing, for a chance to add it to the game itself! It's important to note that everyone will have an equal chance, so long as they've contributed at least one sprite to the cause! So don't fret if someone's already sprited a fusion you had planned; any and all Trevenant head fusions submitted to the gallery before the end date will be counted!

So let's all have a good time and sprite some ghostly tree monsters! Come on over to #1150240345372766211 to join in on the madness. There you'll find a sheet pinned with details and a fancy looking sheet to throw down some claims.

Happy Spriting!

[carmine path]

<@&734833821429661816> I don't like small talk, let's get straight to the point. Oricorio Mini Classic Contest results !

Spotlight

Oricorio Baile/Pau by @soft osprey

Ok now the real results <@&734833821429661816>
There was a tie for first and a quad tie for 3rd lol

🥇 Oricorio Baile/Probopass by @manic reef with 57 points !
🥈 Oricorio Pom Pom/Machamp by @woeful inlet also with 57 points !
🥉 Sylveon/Oricorio Pa'u by @woeful imp, Oricorio Baile/Hitmonlee by @topaz oak, Oricorio Baile/Roserade by @jovial thunder and Oricorio Pom Pom/Hitmonchan by @severe night all with 56 points !

No tie breaker for 3rd, as only 1st matters
Results are here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r7Lcdanw1XQHhXrSYBLo9OhVOS9Oqwn3bARdMnwJfuc/edit?usp=sharing

[tame idol]

with uh, all these new trees poppin up, looks like yall have more submission material for the Triple Birthday Contest if you havent already submitted

[opal briar]

those trees are totally me

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> 1 day remains for the Birthday Contest Submissions

[tame idol]

half an hour boys

[tame idol]

submissions are over!!

[opal briar]

B'yo whaddup. It's LC Day!

Today is alllll the remaining polls of Winner's Round 2, good luck & happy voting <@&734833821429661816>

And per usual, here's the full bracket

https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> There was an error with one of the polls, please re-vote...Sorry 😅

[tame idol]

Sharpedo Family Mini Classic Contest

number 6, the pain never ends

sharp,, shark,, what if it was sharkedo, just a thought

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-Must be made After the contest announcement
-You must use CARVAHNA (436) or SHARPEDO (437) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another pokemon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.)
<@&734833821429661816>

Submissions End: <t:1695320892:R>

https://imgur.com/PvFAdPz

[tame idol]

reminder that this is a Sharpedo and Sharpedo only contest

oh and carvanha ig

[tribal sandal]

Trevenant Rush Update!

All you <@&392803830900850688>'s have been hard at work spriting some very spooky tree fusions! You have officially reached 70% completion- and it's not even October yet! Everything got claimed quite quickly, so as promised at this milestone, Trevenant Bodies have been unlocked!

A fresh new chart focusing on Trevenant Bodies will be pinned in #1150240345372766211, so feel free to go lay some quick claims! A friendly reminder to only claim 3 per person at any given time. Bodies are only 6.33% done so there's plenty available!

Don't fret if something you had ideas for gets made ahead of you, though; Spriters that post ANY Trevenant fusion in the Gallery, whether it be head or body, will now be entered into the drawing! This is for a chance of a Pokemon of your choice making it into the game!

100% Trevenant completion before Halloween sounds pretty ambitious, but I seem to have a habit of underestimating you all
Give it your best shot!

[tame idol]

just a few hours left for the Sharpedo contest!

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> Sharpedo Entries are now closed, thank you all for submitting

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> be prepared for So Many Pings chat Birthday Triple Contest - Blaquaza results !

Spotlight

Blaziken/Fraxure by @slate obsidian

Chosen by Blaq!

<@&734833821429661816> I'll be announcing all the spotlights first, if yall dont like pings id recommend muting this channel for a hot second , Birthday Triple Contest - Katten results !

Spotlight

Froslass/Deoxys by @wary wigeon

<@&734833821429661816> Final spotlight!! Birthday Triple Contest - Skel'N results !

Spotlight

Sneasel/Lileep by @woeful imp

sorry for all the pings, but its important ✌️

Ok now the real results <@&734833821429661816>

Blaquaza Results

🥇 Latios/Meowth by @lunar sand with 26.5 points !
🥈 Regigias/Donphan by @quasi cargo with 24 points !
🥉 Donphan/Kecleon by @eager shore with 22.5 points !

this is so stressful making sure everything is right
Results are here, now with Staff Commentary :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnvK4Q3mYmNa2Mn9pE0eA6zsthpCGzdB-vC_XIRNMFw/edit?usp=sharing

Ok now the real results, again <@&734833821429661816>

Katten Results

🥇 Trevenant/Froslass by @craggy apex with 26 points !
🥈 Meowth/Reuniclus by @uneven chasm with 24 points again !
🥉 Reuniclus/Lanturn by @lapis tundra with 20.5 points !

Results are here, now with Staff Commentary :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WsiBUd3b4XzDgk8TRfmhhcp1s2XirxFkjiI_IpYaeFU/edit?usp=sharing

3rd actually goes to @lapis tundra ! my bad!!

Ok now the real results, again again <@&734833821429661816>

Skel'N Results

🥇 Volcarona/Flygon by @merry cape with 17 points !
🥈 Jirachi/Dragonair by @fallen raft and Trevenant/Flygon by @jolly belfry with 16 points !

Super close this time around!!
Results are here, now with Staff Commentary :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ca_kiX1ajwZG4xLChHPYNRVrDtG41kGmhshJyS_7GXY/edit?usp=sharing

now

for the moment youve all been waiting for

[opal briar]

indeed I was waiting

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816>

YOU GET TO VOTE NOW GOGOGOGO

#contest-polls

[opal briar]

That's my line SMH????

That's meant to be for the LC polls in....2 hours

Be back here in 2 hours for LC polls~

[carmine path]

we may or may not have another announcement for tomorrow 👀 stay tuned

[opal briar]

I know, I know. I said 2 hours, it's only been an hour fifty. Just didn't feel like waiting, <@&734833821429661816>s.

Go ahead, this is the entirety of Winner's Round 3. 64 Polls today, get to it!

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> With a runaway victory, the winner for the choice of Server and Contest Champ Picture is...

Volcarona/Flygon by @merry cape

Thank you all for voting !

[carmine path]

Hey @Event Ping wait that's not a role
Y'all liked Mergemay, what if we did it again ?

Here's a google form for y'all to suggest us prompts for the upcomming Spritober

https://forms.gle/S81LRkRoAS5ytY928 <<

You can also talk about the event in #1155204112258973746 !

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> yall might like this ^^

[opal briar]

Evening <@&392803830900850688>s, figured now would be a great time to let you know about something coming up in the next couple weeks.

@visual skiff is hosting another Seminar, this time on Horses!!!

It will be on OCT 14th, 2pm EST

If you can't make it, no worries!! It'll be recorded like the last one!

[carmine path]

nvm you can submit as many as you want but don't submit like 50 it's too much

[tame idol]

Triple Dragon (+ Swablu) Mini Classic Contest

best contest of the year

please,, at least a pangoro contest one day

Rules:
-You may submit 1 entry
-No collabs
-No animations
-No Triple Fusions

-Must be made After the contest announcement

-You must use NOIBAT (440), NOIVERN (441), SWABLU (442), ALTARIA (443), GOOMY (444), SLIGGOO (445), or GOODRA (446) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another Pokémon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.)
<@&734833821429661816>

Submissions End: <t:1696000813:R>

[carmine path]

We'll stop taking prompts at around <t:1695664800:f>, make sure to suggest us some

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> due to the frog's request, you can now submit 3 sprites for the Triple Dragon Contest, one for each line!! there may also be a special surprise in store
(because of this, expect results to take longer, and dont harass us, itll be a lot of work)

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> After quite the long wait, its finally time for: Sharpedo Line Mini Classic Contest results !

Spotlight

Sharpedo/Lickitung by @lilac willow !!

Ok now the REAL results <@&734833821429661816>
There was a tie for 1st this time around!! trust these numbers not the sheet's

🥇 Tyrantrum/Sharpedo by @maiden laurel with 70 points !
🥈 Klinklang/Sharpedo by @next socket also with 70 points ! our little problem child!!
🥉 Sharpedo/Lugia by @austere estuary with 69 points ! nice !!

DaTorre, the frog will see you soon
Results are here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ev8NsFfr1YSRpCKlhnqqRf1JknpI8hqxnl2OjFdCQj0/edit

[tame idol]

4 hours left btw!

[tame idol]

closed

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> Hello Contest Enjoyers!!
I'm going to ping you this once first to explain what is about to happen.
Due to this contest being that of 3 lines, we thought it would be fitting to give 3 spotlights!!
(im not gonna ping for all 3, just this once and once for results)

First is the spotlight for the Noivern Line Portion!!
(also im gonna try comments) - A beautifully done sprite that combines the Speakers of Noivern, and the Swirl of Poliwrath to create a Punk Rock'n Sprite

Spotlight

Noivern/Poliwrath by @vagrant folio !!

Second is the spotlight for the Goodra Line Portion!!
A very well done, and cute fusion, combining both reference and recognizability!

Spotlight

Empoleon/Goomy by @vocal nexus !!

Finally is the spotlight for the Altaria Line Portion!!
Last but not least is a beautiful fusion, which would absolutely be in the crowd of the Noivern/Poliwrath, as a both Breakdancer AND Cloud Machine!!

Spotlight

Altaria/Hitmontop by @sullen dawn !!

final results will be out shortly, please wait as we prepare the sheet

Its dragon time <@&734833821429661816>
There was a tie for 1st this time around!! AGAIN!!! trust these numbers not the sheet's

🥇 Noivern/Arcanine by @lapis tundra with 89 points !
🥈 Volcarona/Noivern by @soft osprey also with 89 points !
🥉 Ho-oh/Altaria also by @lapis tundra with 86 points !

idk if im allowed to reveal the surprise, but those whom it effects, you already know
Results are here :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sXJEkdVtafA68swkBxU3i1mWA2gghAJGsCbLul5T83k/edit?usp=sharing

I CAN REVEAL THE SURPRISE

[opal briar]

imma do it first

[tame idol]

dont you dare

lemme type up my cute message

[opal briar]

IDK man

so

basically

[tame idol]

yknow how each winner of the contest gets to add to a secret raffle, well, since we were tripling everything this contest, we decided to triple that too
The person who won the top of each line got to add to the raffle! (except altaria was #2, because Ghostneko is a madman)
so congrats to @lapis tundra @soft osprey and @distant otter !!

but even with that said dont forget

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/745868243104956529/1147177965323563018/image0.gif

[tame idol]

the #2 altaria (by @distant otter and #1 goodra (by @soft osprey mentioned above!

[opal briar]

While I won't ping yet as it's in another 13 n' a 1/2 hours from now, be sure to join us for Xenellia's second seminar tomorrow...technically today in my timezone!

Easy viewing for your timezone: <t:1697306400:t> | <t:1697306400:D>

We'll see you there!!

[opal briar]

<@&392803830900850688>s, it's 10 minutes till @visual skiff's Horse Seminar!!!

The Stage is open, and y'all should join & learn some stuff

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1148785825178460241

It will be recorded if you can't make it, but you should be there so you can ask questions live!!!

[opal briar]

For those of you that missed it, the video is now up!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGES-HV4pwI

[tame idol]

hm, forgot about this place

this isnt a teaser or anything i genuinely forgot this was a chat

[opal briar]

He’s so cool

I want to be just like Tee and forget about this chat

[tribal sandal]

Trevenant Rush Update: 10 Day Reminder!

<@&392803830900850688> Yall have been hard at work with the spooky trees the past couple months, and have made some amazing fusions! The current tally is officially at 394 Heads and 153 Bodies; that's over 500 custom Trevenant sprites, and it hasn't even been added to the game yet!

This is just a quick reminder that the deadline for entry to the raffle chance is on <t:1698821940:F> (which is in <t:1698821940:R>!) Only spriters who've posted their trevenants to the gallery (or been posted for you, if you haven't gotten your role yet!) will count!

We've got roughly 60 sprites left to finish off Trevenant heads still, and tons of available Trevenant bodies! If you've got a claim, please do your best to finish before Halloween! If you don't think you'll be able to do it in time, please unclaim it and let people know in #1150240345372766211 so someone else might be able to pick it up!

Happy Spriting!

[opal briar]

*10/21/2023 - 11:00am EST *

The huge boom in discoveries within the Kanto Archeology Administration have led our team of brave explorers to further map our recent discoveries by the Sevii Islands. After all, with all the recent discoveries of new species native to Kanto, funding has been quite high from our investors. I doubt there will be anything out here, but it's best to not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Our lead researcher, Mel, has decided to look out towards the Water Labyrinth nearby. Great, I hate that place. Always humid within the labyrinth and it's always a pain to suit up to get there.

11:13am EST

Of course this couldn't have been an easy in-n'-out, of course we gotta find something here to keep us in this humidity
And it's the worst thing of all: Puzzles
Secret Pathways, Keys, Doors, all set up by our civilizations passed by! ...but at the very least, we're probably going to get a great bonus out of this

12:03pm EST

It's been what feels like hours and we're all just arguing on which way to go!!!
We've been stuck on this ""react"" for like, 40 minutes I know Junior Researched Yoshino got fed up with the bickering and stormed off to the right, I'll probably do the same

12:17pm EST

It's Yoshino, they're saying they found something, a fake wall. I bet those sourpusses in the main group are still arguing, and after walking all this way too, guess I better go lead them to...whatever this place is

12:29 EST

I've went and got Mel, if anyone is going to know about these weird doors with dots, it'd have to be them.

They're looking quite ecstatic right now, rambling on about how these ruins must have been constructed roughly the same time as their sister locations in Hoenn & Galar, no maybe even before. To tell ya the truth, it's all over my head. I'll just wait 'till they get the doors open

1:30am EST
We gotta go, wegottago, wegottago

It's a disaster, the doors sealed back immensely powerful Pokemon!!! And we were the fools to release this trio out again. Stupid humidity, stupid ruins, a paycheck ain't worth risking an encounter with the Regis!

After all this is....

THE TRIO'S TRIUMPH

Hey what's up <@&734833821429661816>s, sorry to make y'all wait so long. It's closing in on the holiday season, you know how it is...probably .

Anyways, we're here today with the contest Regi Trio

As we're closing in on the end of the contests though....there's gonna be a slight change. For this one and the one after, we will allow
2 entries maximum. After all, you worked hard to find your new toys, better play with 'em

Rules:
-You may submit 2 entries
-No collabs
-No animations
-No Triple Fusions

- Must be made after Contest Announcement

You must use REGIROCK (447), REGICE (448), or REGISTEEL (449) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another Pokémon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.)

[opal briar]

Last call, if you forgot to submit an entry

Do it NOW!!

[opal briar]

I coulda sworn I had the Contest Announcement around here, but I can't see that well in this dark channel

Can you help me <@&734833821429661816>s?

Brighten up this channel with 450 💡

wtf where was this speed with the normal reveal announcemets guys

Well uhhh

If you want the honest truth...I didn't expect y'all to have this done for another 10 mins...

So anyways....

With the channel gone bright, it is time

The Necrozma Contest

Rules:
-You may submit 2 entries
-No collabs
-No animations
-No Triple Fusions
-Must use mons in IF

You must use NECROZMA (450), or ULTRA NECROZMA (450_1) as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another Pokémon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.)

Here's your drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kw3PG7XVK7r2GjDdP-l9dlrSqn2Tsjnc?usp=sharing
Submissions End: <t:1698875414:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

Im serious tho, where was THAT speed with the reacts during the Noivern Reveal, huuuuuh!?

[tame idol]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/737765817474744350/1167603044733689876/Square.png?ex=654eba12&is=653c4512&hm=5d191f8289a939f293fb61bbe014b5e96903d7e2fb903c428275dbfd616df129&

ultra necrozma

[tribal sandal]

~24 Hours left to submit your sprite for the Trevenant Rush event!

<@&392803830900850688> If you haven't posted a Trevenant fusion sprite to Gallery yet, make sure to do so by <t:1698821940:f> (in <t:1698821940:R>) to get to participate in the drawing, where one user will get to join our Contest Winners for a chance to get a Pokemon of your choice into the game!

Any Trevenant fusion counts, even if someone else has made a sprite for it already! If you want to see what hasn't been finished yet though, you can check the Bodies chart HERE! as all the Trevenant Heads have been or are nearly completed!

If you aren't yet a spriter: You may still participate! I will be harvesting any Gallery-ready Trevenant sprites from #1050404143807873157 tomorrow for those who are still applying! Just make sure to read through #spriting-guidelines and listen to feedback to ensure your sprite is ready!

[tribal sandal]

Hello <@&734833821429661816> it is I, your totally normal and totally not first-time-doing-this Event Manager, here to give you the results of the Regi Contest!

Similar to the Triple Dragon Contest, we're first going to bring you three Spotlights, one for each Regi! Yall did amazing work spriting with these titans, and I'm excited to showcase some favorites that didn't quite make the podium!

Our first spotlight will be for Registeel!
A little paradox friend straight out of the future, I found the shading to be quite well done and the entire concept quite creative and well executed!

Spotlight

Registeel/Whimsicott by @cunning drum !!

Our next spotlight is for Regirock!
From cute to nightmare fuel, we bring a rocky tree monster out of the deepest caves. The moss and petrified wood look for the arms look stellar, and the shading really makes it pop!

Spotlight

Regirock/Trevenant by @austere estuary

And finally, the sptlight for Regice
The legends of the crystal onix were true, but not quite how we expected it! Some gorgeous shading and texture work truly brings this icy beast to life.

Spotlight

Regice/Onix by @vocal nexus!

ÜN ÜN ÜN <@&734833821429661816>

Onto the Regisults!

🥇 Regice/Rapidash by @modern dawn with 68 points!
🥈 Registeel/Crobat by @slate path with 65 points!
🥉 Starmie/Regice by @vagrant folio with 64 points!

You can view the the entirety of the results, including some feedback and comments, over HERE!

[opal briar]

Heya folks don’t forget submission for Necrozma Contest ends today, be sure to add your 2 entries to the drive

It’s 2, not 3. I hate mobile

[opal briar]

Submissions are closed!

[opal briar]

Heya <@&734833821429661816>s. Y'all ready for the final results?

Of course you are, but not without your regularly scheduled Spotlights first.

Spotlight

Our first one is for Ultra Necrozma
A very sleek fusion in context of Ultra Necrozma's silhouette, and does a great job of fufilling it's concept while not being cluttered

Ampharos/Ultra Necrozma by @tacit knoll

For base Necrozma...
Just loved the way this was inspired by Dusk Mane, but still very clear as a fusion.

Necrozma/Luxray by @lucid tusk

And now for the results....

🥇 Ultra Necrozma/Roserade by @jovial thunder with 48 points!
🥈s ((In order)) Ultra Necrozma/Starmie by @craggy apex | Mimikyu/Necrozma by @sleek tundra | Necrozma/Dusknoir by @prime lily | and Ultra Necrozma/Steelix by @maiden laurel all with with 46 points!

You can view the the entirety of the results, including some feedback and comments, over [HERE]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/199K6GgNC5voSkCtWUzbHxI-biD6mOBkkLmrKBNb6V4U/edit#gid=130727305

[opal briar]

Evening everyone!

Bet you weren't expecting a second announcement today, we're ya <@&734833821429661816>s.

Well, despite the ping roles name...this isn't about a contest ((We'll probably rename that to Event Participants sometime soon))

No, rather it's about the Trevenant Rush, it's time to pick a name

To give people a few more secs to get here, let's play a small little game for fun

How many names do you think we got?

[rough falcon]

Question
How Many Names

Choices
🇦 1-100
🇧 101-200
🇨 201-300
🇩 301-400
🇪 401-500

Final Result
🇦 ░░░░░░░░░░ [5 • 5%]
🇧 ░░░░░░░░░░ [5 • 5%]
🇨 ▓▓░░░░░░░░ [16 • 15%]
🇩 ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ [52 • 49%]
🇪 ▓▓▓░░░░░░░ [28 • 26%]
106 users voted

Settings
:one: allowed choice

:lock: No other votes allowed

Poll ID: b2f20d27

[opal briar]

Hmmm, it's been about 3-ish minutes, and there's a good chunk of ya here

So y'all think it's in the 301-400 range? Well, well...mighty interesting

Well, you'd be correct

In THIS text file is a list of every single partcipant for the Trev rush

For a total of 397 of ya

And well, I'll have to repost this file again for the roll...I think

So hey, go ahead

I need you to do 2 things for me

1

Answer one more question:

Are YOU ready!?

((Apologies for the delay, some technical issues, this always happens doesn't it ))

Anyways, the second thing I need from you...

is

A

Countdown

GIVE IT TO ME!!!!!

....KIWIIIII DID YOU NOT TEST THIS!!!!

BACKUP PLAN

Wheel :)

Join me here, it'll be one sec while I set things up again

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1148785825178460241

Well, the wheel is spun...

We got our name

Congrats to ya, @robust siren

[tribal sandal]

With the raffle winner now picked, that's the end of the Trevenant Rush!

Thanks to all of the nearly 400 spriters who partook in the challenge and helped complete 100% of the heads and nearly 50% of the bodies! Yall were insane!

With the event now over, we'll be closing the event-discussion thread; but fret not! We have a sparkly new pif thread for anyone who wishes to continue spriting trees! There's still lots of Trevenant bodies to do, as well as Phantump fusions, and of course potential Trevenant heads for future mons that may get added. So feel free to join us over at #1170771181280952390!

[opal briar]

Heya folks and <@&734833821429661816>ies , it's been a nice little break from us at the Event Team but today is the day that we start back up!
And what better to start things up than with our Raffle Winner, Meloetta
....or atleast that's what you would be expecting, I mean yes this is a Meloetta contest, but what if we brought on a certain guest who just loves to Roc n' Roll?

Yep, we're starting off strong with a double-focus mon contest! And to get ourselves back in the groove (metaphorical *and * literal ) we're giving you 3 entries this time! Good luck, have fun, and rock on!!!!

You must use** MELOETTA ARIA** / PIROUETTE , ROCKRUFF, or LYCANROC DAY / MIDNIGHT as the Head or Body for your fusion (fused with another Pokémon already officially announced to be in Infinite Fusion.) [[Fetch the numbers yourself ]]

Sticking on the theme of 3s, for this contest and only this contest you may submit sprites made up to 3 days prior to this announcement
((if you really want to, but cmon make new stuff, have fun n' shit ))

Rules:

• You may submit up to 3 entries
• No collabs
• No animations
• No Triple Fusions
• Must use mons in IF

~ And if you feel like challenging yourself: Try and make your sprites play into a Rock/Metal Band theme, get creative! (Crowd Diving, Headbanging, whatever ya want!)

Don't forget to add your usernames to the files!!!!

Drive Link: Poof
Submissions End: <t:1701471613:R>

oh right, here's ur easy grab sprites

[tame idol]

its so joever (in 30 hours)

[tame idol]

were so back (for another 7 hours)

[tame idol]

its so joever (submissions are closed)

[opal briar]

Howdy folks, it's officially December!!

Simply put: It's time for Secret Spriter!!! This first week of December will be us collecting your requests, which will be done in a separate channel: #secret-spriter-2026

This channel can only be seen by Spriters & Spriter Applicants.
In more blunt words: This is a Spriter exclusive event, since these are requests that are being done by well, Spriters.

<@&734833821429661816>

[tame idol]

were so back (secret spriter started)

[opal briar]

For those unfamiliar with Secret Spriter, it's an event consisting of 3 phases

Submission Phase ((We are here))

Spriting Phase
and
Contest Phase

Submission Phase is typically the first week of December, which is why I did the contest when I did: For it to end on the 1st.

We collect submissions using a Google Form collecting username, and their Secret Spriter request.

If we want to we can run a contest through this week as well, but things kinda get messy. We probably won't

Next is the spriting phase lasting 2 weeks, typically close to Christmas. This is where requests are passed out randomly, making sure a person doesn't get their own request.

You as the Spriter simply complete the request, and will complete this phase

[tame idol]

congrats! you lunatics have already surpassed last year's total submissions

[opal briar]

So I’ve heard a lot of questions about how to post your sprites/received requests upon getting them.

Lemme clear things up now.
Once you receive your request it is best to:

• put your sprite into spritework like any other sprite.
• In the title put (Secret Spriter)
• You may mark it as spoiler if you wish.

If you see your request being made in spritework, you may give feedback/praise on it, but…
Do NOT say that it is your request.

At the same time you receive your request, a Google Drive will be released where you will put your finished requests

If complications arise with your request, DM us ASAP so we can switch things around

[opal briar]

I knew I forgot something.

You will receive your request via DM so be ready, we will passing out requests sometime between the 9th and 11th

[opal briar]

Request Submissions for #secret-spriter-2026 are now closed!!

[opal briar]

Requests are starting to be passed out.

smhsmh Discord for making it harder though

[opal briar]

As requests are slowly gettign passed out. I want to remind you of 2 things

1: Look upon the reply for more info on how to put your request into #1050404143807873157

2: Do NOT freeload: If any issue comes up, (IRL stuff, you feel like the sprite is too difficult and need help, you can't do it for religious reasons, etc.)

Please PLEASE DM me. I can get it situated lickity-split, and you won't be in any trouble as long as you let me know.

[opal briar]

So we're officially in Spriting Phase!!!

All but 3 requests are passed out, and those 3 have complications ongoing.

So here is your google drive

Please put completed requests in their with the #s and your discord name on the file (example: 1.1 by gordogamr.png)

For the few of you that there was a weird thing with your request, instead just upload the file with your name on it (you know if yours is """weird""")
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u1yvd53a8IjiPae9qnEcLYWGLK0lpAXQ?usp=sharing

It's not required, but there is a little contest at the end. Entirely up to you.

You have until <t:1703728837:D> to post your requests, in #1050404143807873157. I'll be reminding you to add them to the drive & sprite gallery, but as long as I see them in spritework, you will not be punished

[opal briar]

I will once again remind you of this here.

Have fun folks!

If anyone feels like they cannot fufill their request, do not be afraid to DM us. We can try and set you up with a different request possibly

[opal briar]

If you believe you are still waiting for a request, and I have not DM'd you about it. Please DM me, it's likely your form did not go through

[opal briar]

No Spotlight this time, focused on Secret Spriter.

Anyways

<@&734833821429661816> It's results time!!!

🥇 Meloetta/Milotic by @manic granite with 59 points!!!
🥈 Jynx/Meloetta by @cunning drum with 58 points!!
🥉s ((In order)) Meloetta/Whimsicott by @wise osprey | Meloetta-P/Gardevoir by @frigid meadow | Parasect/Meloetta by @serene pagoda

You can view the the entirety of the results, including some feedback and comments, over [HERE]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14DGUIMRBJgWlae8eczw8Oy0xxcG14t8atLfWZWA4JEo/edit?usp=sharing

[opal briar]

A bit more for the don'ts of our Secret Spriter

Please don't:

• Mark your post as a Spoiler when posting to #sprite-gallery

• Upload more than 1 variant of your sprite to the Google Drive if you wish to participate in the icon contest.

[opal briar]

I’m gonna regret this later, but if possible, please ping me in your Secret Spriter #1050404143807873157 posts so I can find them easier. Discord forum search sucks

[opal briar]

We're closing in on the deadline, and so far we have only seen 151/280 requests.

If something is going on, as I said, please PLEASE DM us. I promise that you don't wanna be unaccounted for.

This is a list of people I have currently seen / vs not

If your name is on this list and green, you are good.

If you have already DM'd me, you'll see a "NEED REPLACEMENT" in your place with your username removed. I have already talked to those that have, and you will already know you are also good.

If your name is red....fix it. Either DM me your thread, WIPs or something letting me know what's going on.

Regardless, it's worth checking this list to make sure that I haven't missed you or made a mistake.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B3DiQXRCe5f5UBIYoOlEyWIHwadQRuJdfi-o5--2L-0/edit?usp=sharing

((Do not use this info in a negative way on others, I am just trying to be transparent))

[opal briar]

So as promised, it's the 5 6 ((oops )) day 'till deadline date...

Let me fill you in on what's gonna happen if your name is a not-so-great shade of 🔴 RED 🔴

I'll start with the small part of this punishment:
Straight up, if your name is red, and you did NOT care in the slightest to let us EMs know.

It is a ban from ALL future contests, events. EVERYTHING

Yeah, I don't play around with this type-a stuff

But now the BIG gun:

So, once again if your name is 🔴 RED 🔴, you end up on the Naughty List

This is a list where in laten terms: I will make you feel guilt for just not caring. I'm going to call you out for you bullshit (rightfully so). If a single one of you has ever seen one of my GamR's Honest Thoughts n' shit, you know I can dish this out

So in the simplest way I can say this

Do NOT be RED

To not be RED, remember: All you gotta do is atleast START your SS request, or let one of us ||active|| EMs, know about any complications.

You're not being punished now, you still have until: <t:1703728837:D> to do either of the above and become.... 🟢 GREEN :D 🟢

[opal briar]

I'll be transparent with ya folks: There's not a lot of Reds left, and a good chunk have contacted me saying they could get it done if they had a bit more time...so that's exactly what I'm going to provide. A bit more time.

You now have until: <t:1704074417:D>. One week from me posting this rn.

[tame idol]

a christmas miracle

[opal briar]

So I’ve had quite the few questions about volunteers and helping with the undone requests

((smh mobile just deleted my whole draft))

So instead of being fully professional….sum up

Keep doing what you’ve been doing for #1050404143807873157 posting

There is no deadline for the extra requests, nor can you be punished for them being “”””””late”””””

Please do not upload these extra requests into the google drive though

[opal briar]

Less than 24 hours till the deadline.

[opal briar]

THE DRIVE IS CLOSED!!!!

IDK when voting will begin, but for now here's the master spreadsheet of allll requests

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gyLZyFtgm4Kt3R_nMyUQa-fM8sLpNgWoOKSKY5w_zeY/edit?usp=sharing

It'll show what you requested & who got your requested.

Feel free to talk about the requests freely now

[tribal sandal]

Team Rush 5: Cresselia for New Year!

Welcome back <@&392803830900850688>s to another Team Rush, an event where we focus on completing an entire fusion line by a specific date!

To kick off 2024, and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, we'll be focusing on Cresselia Fusions! Our goal is to get as many done as possible by <t:1707638340:f>, which is <t:1707638340:R>!

Can we get the entire line done in just over a month? probably not but we sure as hell can try Let's find out!

Head on over to #1191504881471733872 to join in on the fun! There you'll find a pin with details and a couple fancy sheets where you can throw down some claims and check out what's been done already.

Happy New Year, and happy spriting!

[opal briar]

So this is just kinda something I wanted to do, and kinda give a recap of what we learned from our events this year, what we liked/didn't like, and what our goal is to change better for this year.

Where do I even start? I guess something brief on the general types of contests we've had this year.

There's of course been our Classic comps, which were our basic level contests focusing around just a Pokémon. We had a couple of these towards the start of the year, but the meat of 'em came with the new reveals and additions into the game.
Simply put: I reeeeaaaaally don't like doing these types of contests, since they're so....bland compared to the other types (See Below). You can also see that we kinda just...phased out the pick & replace part of these, as it kinda forced us to chain these together leaving less room for different events. (See the laST 4 MONTHS!?!?!? hOLY-)
We're def taking a break from Classics and adding that much needed spice back into our contests.

Next would be our Challenge Based & Redux contests (See Fantasy Rescaled / Family Fuse) requiring some extra condition ontop of your fusion.
You may not think much of 'em, but the nice thing about these contests is that we can also use them kinda to """"teach"""" certain things, and encourage good growth in skill. The most on-the-nose example we have would be Rescaled Fantasty, where we tried to do a rehasing of an older contest while trying to show off the fundamental of "You don't need to use ALL of the canvas"
I do wanna do a couple Redux's this year, since....we announced them and then only proceeded to do 1 in 2023..... moment.

Lastly is my personal fav, our Themed & Story-Driven Contests / Series.
These are contests focusing on themes & creative interpretation of themes with a lil' bit of that added flavour text.

Once again....only 1 series this year, being the Great Calamity series....oops .
I def also want to get a good series or 2 going this year as well, just don't know where, or more importantly, what I want to do yet.

Overall I wouldn't say any of our contests this year were a real flop, so that's always good. But things can & will be a bit more interesting to say the least.

More interesting though is the changes in voting moving from mostly community to judged voting. There is definitely a major pro in judging being how much time it saves for me in the long run, but at the huge cost of direct community interaction. I don't wanna completely get rid of community voting because I don't wanna lose that direct line of community interaction, the engagement is too valuable . And on the topic of voting....LC3

I want to apologize for just how long LC3 has taken, like yeah it's the biggest contest in IF history, but 10 months of work big???? Once I get things flowing with the Secret Spriter voting, that is the very next thing to be finished. I refuse to let it reach that 1 year mark. Luckily most of it is done, so in truth it's a couple days worth of voting, if anything the hard part is prepping the sheets.

While it's fresh on the brain and relative in time, I'm recapping some of the stuff I went about Secret Spriter in general. So, hopefully we no longer gotta worry about tons & tons of incomplete requests due to being better equipped with better ways to track what requests are started and a very ""efficient"" punishment to those who go radio silent on us, meaning for this year we can focus a bit more on QoL changes.
For previous years, without a good way to keep track of requests we needed a requester to be specific with only 1 exact fusion request, however thanks to some of you who didn't do that at all we learned that: "Hey, turns out multiple options solves a lot of our problems." cont.

Seems even with Nitro I gotta multi-part this message . I'll give y'all this part to read while I type up the next part

[opal briar]

Anyways to elaborate on that, allowing for vaguer prompts (I.E: Any Pokemon/Qwilfish or Cacnea & Magneton in any order or giving straight up multiple options and making the receiver of the request pick which one they'd like to do) fixes a big issue of the requests being the extremely varied difficulty within the requests, some requests are just 2 1st stage baby mons, and others are UN/Ho-Oh - pls shade it like NTM. That possible little bit of wiggle room existing within a prompt allows newer spriters to have an easier time with making their request, and more experienced spriters to go as complex as they want. Like that phrase alone "as they want". That possibility for allowing a Secret Spriter to play to their strengths in a request does great things for Secret Spriter.

I've been sitting here tryna think of anything I wanna add, but...can't really come up with anything rn. Guess I'll add it if I think of it

But over-all tl;dr: Thank you for being awesome, expect good things, have a good

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Ho-Ho-Hey-o, everone! We finally got some polls goin', being our Secret Spriter Preliminaries! Go vote on 'em! :D

Fair warning: @rough falcon....is pretty laggy nowadays, especially in high-load servers like this one. Please be patient with the bot.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask

And since it's been a while from pollls, I shall remind y'all

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> There was a mistake with the final poll, please revote on the final poll. Thank you :)

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> It's time for Quarters! Just 4 polls today

Remember sprites that got 1st on the Prelims move straight to semis, the 2nds & 3rds of those are here in Quarters.

[opal briar]

Making polls sucks

[opal briar]

I lied

no voting today

taking break

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> We're back. Quarters are live!

[tame idol]

Man, im so glad every single new pokemon got an event or contest of some kind <3, i mean there was the Mini Contests, and the Rushes, and the whole thing with the Spriter's Choice! thats great, i really hope, we didnt,, miss anyone

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Semis

Lemme know if I made any mistakes, I don't think I did.

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> after 7 long months! A THEMED CONTEST ONCE AGAIN

Junkyard Jumble

To honor our forgotten friend, Trubbish, we at the contest team have put together a contest in order to shine some love on the forgotten treasure of the scrapyard. We came up with this idea right after Trubbish was announced, so its been in the pile for a while. A return to normalcy for contests! Hurray!! This contest is not just for Trubbish, but Mimikyu, Klinklang, Dhelmise, or any other fusion made for the dump! Get creative with it!
Bonus Message:
A special secret surprise announcement will be given at the end of the contest, and it may involve an entry in this contest 👀

Rules

• No Collabs
• No Excessive Special Effects
• No Animation
• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF
• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)
• Should play into the theme of "Junkyard"
• 2 Entries Per Person, make em count

SPECIAL CHALLENGE (not required)

• Palette (or pallet, haha junk) of 12 or lower

You have until <t:1706065209:R> to submit to the drive!

Let the dump diving! begin!

Drive for Submissions

Closed

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> It is time.

Time for finals! Yippee :)

[burnt stream]

<@&734833821429661816> With Classic comps being phased out, Event Managers can now focus their energy on awesome themed contests and events! But fear not, singular Pokémon will still get their spot in the limelight:

Introducing: the POKÉMON OF THE WEEK sprite raffle!

This even will be fully automated through the power of our robot overlord, Yanmega. Every week, it will pick a random Pokémon for us to make sprites of! Then, a week later, one of the people who posted a fusion sprite of that mon to the #sprite-gallery will be randomly picked as the raffle winner and earn the <@&1197061780896223323> role! Hopefully, this will work as a low pressure, low stakes way to motivate us spriters to fill out the fusions for these random mons when we don't have other inspiration.

Let's see who the first Pokémon it picks is, shall we?

[opal briar]

Tl;Dr

We're leaving the soulless classics to a soulless machine

[tame idol]

ai comes for all jobs eventually, even our shitty ones

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Vileplume!

Its dex number is 45!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Vileplume as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week!

[tame idol]

this now means in approximately 8 years the klinklontest might happen

[opal briar]

SMH Tee it's already real

[burnt stream]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197974573644255343 discuss your POTW sprites here!

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> It's results time!!!

🥇 Ferrothorn/Tyrantrum by @maiden laurel with 70 votes!!!
🥈 s A tie between Meloetta/Probopass by @burnt stream & Ultra Necrozma/Gallade by @modern dawn with 59 votes !!
🥉Sunflora/Cradily by @compact tendon with 56 votes!!

[tame idol]

<@&734833821429661816> a little over 24 hours away from the deadline! get those submissions in !!!!

[tame idol]

bout an hour, lets go

[tame idol]

woo thanks for submissions

[tribal sandal]

<@&392803830900850688> The lunar new year approaches. Darkrai's shadow looms over Cresselia as she looks to spriters for help...

Yall have been working hard on the most recent rush, with over 300 Cresselia having been sprited thus far! The deadline is approaching quite quickly, however, and time is running out.

We're going to narrow our focus a little. Cresselia heads has just passed 40%! There's around 270 head sprites left to be sprited for our favorite lunar legendary and we've got 16 days left.. Let's raise the stakes.

If Cresselia Heads reach 60% completion, we'll unlock a custom Cresselia flag!

We'll have a flag emote to flaunt, similar to other team such as

If Cresselia heads reach 80% completion, we'll celebrate with its very own Contest!

You'll be able to submit your favorite Cresselia sprite (head OR body) that you created throughout the Rush in this contest. Standard contest rules apply of course!

If Cresselia heads reach 100% completion, all participants will earn the Cresselia Completionist badge!

That's right, Completionist Roles are back! Show off your Cresselia pride with a custom role and flag icon for a month! When the month is up, it'll be rolled over into a general "Completion Contributor" role that'll be here to stay long term.

We've got a lot of Cresses that need sprites still, so get on spriting! Join us down in #1191504881471733872, where checklists are pinned with what still needs to be done!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> The winner of last week's Pokémon of the Week raffle is...

@rain summit!

The latest Vileplume sprite super_willy posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1198396734045433977/79.45.png?ex=65bec0ee&is=65ac4bee&hm=0c187ec04702d78e5193c3a2da1b415a4df6898f26061ece3437deb826a6bbd0&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Mantine!

Its dex number is 226!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Mantine as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> heya heya, got some Junkyard polls up for ya today. It's prelims today so good luck!

Voting is done in #contest-polls to those who don't have it in ur channel list, you should add that

[tribal sandal]

Cresselia has just reached 60%!

Yall are absolutely hustlin! Congrats on reaching the first milestone :D As promised, we now have a flag! Big warm thanks to Katten for putting it together!

We've still got two milestones left to reach, keep up the good work everyone!

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> While these polls may not of been made of my B-Day, they are indeed polls for you to vote on.

he he he yep, it's Junkyard Quarters. Go dig through the trash

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> heya people I need a lil' bit of data & feedback rq

Would you rather vote on 128 polls all in one day (Option 1️⃣ ), or 2 sets of 64 each a day apart (Option 2️⃣ ) ?

1️⃣ Gimme 'em all at once

2️⃣ Spread 'em out pls ty

well jeez, that was fast. I can see a pattern

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> It's been a little over 4 months, but it's the return of Little Cup Voting!!!

This is the first half of Loser's Round 2 with 64 total polls today. Voting is done in #special-contest-polls.

||Tomorrow we will have the other half of LR2||

And per usual, full bracket is available at: https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Junkyard Semis!!
:D
:)

:D
#contest-polls

[tribal sandal]

<@&734833821429661816> Cresselia Heads have reached 80%! Yall know what that means...

Cresselia Contest!

Congrats to everyone who's stuck with it this far! You've reached another milestone. The rules for this contest are as follows:

• No Collabs
• No Excessive Special Effects
• No Animation
• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF
• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)
• Must include Cresselia in the fusion (heads or bodies allowed!)
• 1 Entry Per Person

Yall will have until <t:1707638340:f>, which is <t:1707638340:R>, to submit your sprite to the drive! This sprite can be one made over the course of the rush, but also feel free to make a new one to submit instead; the choice is yours!

This contest will be a public vote! However, there will also be some bonus staff-picked spotlights, so don't lose hope if your sprite doesn't make it to the finals!

Drive Link

Additionally, I have a bit of other news...

Cresselia Body Milestones!

If Cresselia Bodies reach 50% Completion, we'll unlock a second contest entry! Double the entries, heads or bodies!

If Cresselia Bodies reach 70% Completion, the heads and bodies will each get their own podiums! Twice the winners, twice the fun!

I don't expect Cress bodies to reach 100% completion, but if by some miracle yall do hit that milestone, the Cresselia Completionist role will be also be granted to those who made Cress bodies!

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> There was an issue with both the poll sheet and bot, apologies but please revote on the finals if you already have 😅

If not.....Junkyard finals!!! Wooo!!!!

Regardless, sorry for the second ping especially this early / late.

#contest-polls

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 52 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@valid sequoia!

The latest Mantine sprite atomek5350 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1202871478887120946/226.300.png?ex=65cf085c&is=65bc935c&hm=80c94b82af864077b278f8b384568b5c3d3353d6bbad996aea200aea1e1aaac0&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Roselia!

Its dex number is 401!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Roselia as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

"Today is the day. You've reached your breaking point. You're tired of the late night fights. Tired of being told what you do isn't enough. Tired of your basic requests needed fought by tooth and nail. You're done with it all. You pack your supplies, some Pokeballs, Full Restores, DNA splicers, spare clothes...anything else? Yeah! Some Revives in case of emergency, but what about some....nah, you don't have time. This will have to do."

Upon the grey-ridden skies, you take your chance. You leave. To where? Doesn't matter, you're gone and you are going SOMEWHERE.

Good afternoon folks. As you may be able to tell from the flavour text above, this is the beginning of our first contest series for 2024!

Disclaimer: This 1st one will be Community Voted while the 2 after are Staff Voted.

Our first contest in the series is simply titled: "Going Somewhere."

Here are the rules:

• 2 Entries Max

• No Collabs

• No Animation

• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF

• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)

• Your entries must represent a location in a **official **Pokemon Game (said location does NOT have to be within Infinite Fusion [can be a location Gen 1-9]) (said Pokemon do not necessarily have to be found at the location. [Ex: Using Meowth's Coin Motifs to represent the Game Corner] )

{{I'll also allow anime locations }}

|| I promise the 2 after this are not this complex. ||

Here is your Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmY8HJydAZXIwPPHO0qdUZAIVKjBIkx8?usp=sharing

You have until <t:1707602409:R> to submit. Good luck, you <@&734833821429661816> people.

A couple of ya are asking for a good example n' such, which I am more than happy to provide.

Say for example you wanted to represent Gen 3's Eon/Southern Island, where you encounter Latias or Latios? What would you do?

You could of course use the Lati's, or you could make a Torterra out of the location like this:

But, there's more that you could do: What about representing the boat you ride on to get there (The S.S Tidal) via some Wailord or Mimikyu or what have you?

Trust me when I say this: We are not going to be the full on location police saying "Erm, we feel that a Heracross/Tediursa does NOT represent the Ilex Forest 🤓"

Hell, even in the example above with the S.S Tidal, you could say that represent Lilycove since that's where you get on the boat! A lot of this is self-interpretation and expressing cool ideas and love for in-game locations.

I know this one is a bit harder, but I like to challenge ya with this type of stuff. Participate if you want, or pass until the next one if this ain't your cup of tea.

[opal briar]

One more thing I'd like to clear up: Some may notice my example here uses Mystery Dungeon's rendition...that's official is it not?

Pokemon Spin-offs do count, get creative~ (Just note it still has to be a Pokemon location, can't pull from Smash Bros' Delfino Plaza, but Prism Tower, Saffron City, and all other Pokemon Stages there are valid)

||Fair warning, while the challenges are less complex, the themes for the next 2 get a bit darker. ||

[opal briar]

Anyways, one last announcement in this lil' string of things. Podium for Junkyard Finals!!! :D

🥇 Ninetales/Garbodor by @warm kelp with 82 votes!!
🥈 Reshiram/Mimikyu by @tawdry turtle with 72 votes!!
🥉 Garbodor/Wailord by @soft osprey with 67 votes!!

<@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

Oh btw, there's gonna be some big changes moving forward (I'm excited for them ) and I'll be right here to make sure that events will be better and more inclusive than just sprite contests (I'm really excited for it ))

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Yippee time for more LC Polls, 2nd half of Loser's Round 2 today, but I fixed up the bot for the sponsored voting ||Sorry Non-Spriters :(||

[opal briar]

3 day reminder folks

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 42 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@muted stone!

The latest Roselia sprite lumiosa posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1204907477783679066/423.401.png?ex=65d67088&is=65c3fb88&hm=04ff540e9c6162fc2c8fa596d7d4add752ffc3f4a77d15ee059f838c92026338&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Dhelmise!

Its dex number is 453!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Dhelmise as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Heya heya, Winner's Round 4 of LC. 32 polls, we're about....60% of the way there I think idk

[tribal sandal]

Cresselia Heads have reached 100%!

Congrats <@&392803830900850688>'s! Everyone worked hard to bring it to the end, and as promised, the Cresselia Completionist Role is yours! The role, with the accompanying flag, will be handed out to everyone who made a Cresselia head sprite over the course of the Rush. Please be patient as it's handed out, as there are a lot of participants to get to!

Additionally...

Cresselia Bodies has hit 50%!

<@&734833821429661816> The Cresselia Contest has been increased to Two Entries! Additionally, the** deadline for submissions has been extended,** to give anyone who needs it some time to decide on and finish up your second entry.

The deadline for submission is now <t:1707983999:f> (which is <t:1707983999:R>)

The rules and such can be found [Over Here](#event-announcements message) in case you've forgotten!

Drive Link

[opal briar]

7 hours till the drive closes for this one

[opal briar]

Submissions are closed for "Going Somewhere"

See ya for voting

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> We got 16 polls in #special-contest-polls for Winner's Round 5 of KWLC3.

Probably not the voting you expected today

[opal briar]

Since the details of LC3 (podium & awards) are in a archived channel, I'm moving them over. This is NOT a new LC.

They are below this message:

Kiwi's Little Cup 3

Google Drive w/ all entries: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l896AL4pxvhTjiPirB67OI8Bq1gKwPVF?usp=sharing

Full Bracket: https://challonge.com/KwLC3

Please remember Submissions are closed, this is just the details of the contest.

The Rules of the Sponsored

Rules:
―All submissions must be composed of two first stage pokémon. No single stage mons are allowed (no Smeargle, Mew, etc), no evolved mons are allowed (no Pikachu, Charizard, etc). Girafarig, Corsola, etc don't have evolutions in IF and thus cannot be used in this comp.
―All submissions must be made of IF pokémon.
―All submissions must be fusions that did not have custom sprites prior to this contest opening. In the same vein, you cannot submit a sprite that you already began to work with before the announcement.
―All submissions must be posted to the gallery if youre a spriter already, no waiting til the end of the comp and then forgetting. for non-spriters, post em to spritework!
―Collabs are not allowed, but using custom bases is allowed, as is normal help from spritework people and such.
―No animated sprites.
―No kaiju meta Meaning, when drawing custom sprites, the size of the fusion's main body must be roughly the same as it's body's default sprite's. Limbs and accessories and such can make the overall sprite larger, however, such as a long tail being added.
―Max number of entries: INFINITY

Deadline:
The deadline is <t:1682526600:R> (12:30 PM EST)

Prizes:
― 1st place: $100 USD
― 2nd place: $80 USD
― 3rd place: $60 USD
― Choice awards: 5 x $15 USD
― Choicen't awards: 3 x $15 USD

Voting process:
― The community will vote for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Choice awards are picked by the sponsor.
― only spriters may vote
― Round 1 of voting will be self-eliminations. All sprites made by one person will be voted against each other. the sprite with the most votes will go on to the winners bracket, the one with the 2nd most will go to the losers bracket.
―All subsequent will be 1v1 polls, seeded brackets, and be double elims as sponsored comps usually go.
―People who made only 1 sprite will automatically move on to winners bracket.
―Ties will be broken by me. 🥝. I, 🥝 nnot win a tie if I end up in one.

Rule 7n't: Just dont be like "vote for my sprite its the best" or trash talk other peoples entries, other discussions are ok!

Prizes:
― 1st place: $100 USD
― 2nd place: $80 USD
― 3rd place: $60 USD
― Choice awards: 5 x $15 USD
― Choicen't awards: 3 x $15 USD

Choice awards:
DERP AWARD: My favourite fusion that is both cute and silly looking!
BEST CHINCHOU: My favourite Chinchou body fusion, because of course All Chinchou head are finished so dont do those lmao. There's 70+ chinchou body fusions available to do so you should have plenty of options! (you can make alts of each other's contest entry Chinchous also if y'all somehow make em all lmao) #1088590970720894976 :SatanCoolThumb:
LITTLEST CUP: My favourite fusion that is comprised of 2 baby Pokémon! The elligible pokémon for this are Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby, Azurill, Wynaut, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax, Mantyke, Riolu, and Budew! Which incidentally have a chart https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f29WimQ0sMsNc8ezPVumWoNh-rbak4fxJJtghkIfBEk/edit#gid=2001423129
VISUAL STORYTELLING: Which sprite tells the best story in its design? I'll pick my favourite!
CUTIE CUP: What's a little cup comp for, if not to celebrate the cutest mon?
ANCIENT/FUTURE: Is it old? Is it new? Both?!

Ignus' choice award:
MOST FLAMMABLE: Ignus will chose this one!

Choicen't awards:
LEAST USED MONS: The fusion that contains the Pokémon that were used in the least amount of entries! Check what people are making, and do something different! ... Or purposefully sabotage their chances by using the same mons they did
MOST ENTRIES: The person who submits the most unique fusion sprites (not counting alts of their own fusions) will get this!
CHANCE TIME: Randomly picked! Every person who enters the contest and didn't win any other prize will have an equal chance at this award. :kirbo:

[opal briar]

Speaking of..... <@&734833821429661816> Loser's Round 3 is live.

Also expect another ping about Going Somewhere voting soon. probably tomorrow

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Evening everyone, as said voting for the Prelims of "Going Somewhere" are up and....going....heh.

Also you can see we wanted to try something a lil' different with this set of polls, being some half-transparency BGs for better(?) viewing.

So after you finish voting if you could back and give me a or on whether you like the BGs, that'd be much appreciated.

Also please just don't mindlessly click this time like you normally do with the emotes, I need data

Polls are in #contest-polls

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> howdy ho, Going Somewhere Quarters are live. yippee

[tribal sandal]

Little bit late but submissions for the Cresselia Contest are Closed Stay tuned for polls

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Going Somewhere Semis! :D

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 30 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@eager umbra!

The latest Dhelmise sprite djoing posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1207496744275804180/453.328.png?ex=65dfdbfa&is=65cd66fa&hm=8250406e47660a8499d3985e526e5e7b064c4031f38370007e243f85bf1bb746&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Carvanha!

Its dex number is 436!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Carvanha as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> First ping o' the night: Loser's Round 4 of KWLC3 is up! It's in #special-contest-polls and as always the full bracket is available here: https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> And here is the second ping of the night: Going Somewhere Finals!!!

8 Sprites, 1 Bracket. Good luck to our finalists~

[opal briar]

Before our podium, we got a lil' somethin here....

Staff Spotlight

hehe yep it's back, what did you think just because we didn't do it for Junkyard that these were.....going somewhere

We are, however doing the Spotlights a little bit differently. Rather than just showcasing a sprite we liked, we came up with a few categories to spotlight something into

Most Creative Representation

A Sprite that Showcased it's location a clear, unique way, without using obvious mons like Torterra, Lapras, Palossand.

That goes to Chansey/Necrozma by @spice mist

MECHA CHANSEY SUPREMACY!!!! Very clear that it's representing a Pokemon Center, and we liked the healing machines as arms. Plus it has a clear silhouette that doesn't sacrifice identity to keep that silhouette.

Most Interesting Location

Pretty straight-forward, what we thought was the most interesting location showcased in the contest.

That goes to Spiritomb/Turtwig by @steady hound

A lot of sprites represented towns, only 2 sprites represented Routes and only this one showcased a lesser-known route. Specifically showcasing Route 209 from the Sinnoh Region (AKA where you place the Odd Keystone to catch Spiritomb). We thought this one was super interesting, hence being our spotlight.

And now for our podium, <@&734833821429661816> :

🥇: Paras/Venusaur by @vocal nexus representing Laverre City Gym (70 pts)

🥈: Giratina/Spiritomb by @misty swan representiong the Distortion World (60 pts)

🥉: Regigigas/Torterra by @floral ferry representing Pokemon Stadium 2 (SSB) [44 pts]]

Also scroll up, the Staff Spotlight is up there

Y'all are so lazy, fine here's your link

<#event-announcements message>

[opal briar]

It's been a couple of hours now, and you're at least a couple of miles away from that place. A positive attitude will surely carry you far, alongside your supplies. And you think you know just the spot you'll head out to Kalos, make a new life in Laverre City.

But you just can't stop your mind from wandering, it just keeps running wild now that you are out of that place with the world around you feeling too large to challenge, so you do what you can. You walk. You walk mindlessly, just imagine what'll it be like in Laverre City, and where you will end up along the way.
The road is long and you clearly going somewhere just by moving forward. It'll take a while to get there, but surely you can make it befo-

🌩️ KRAC-KOM 🌩️

Nevermind. The skies break open, pouring down the waters expected of these grey-ridden clouds. There is no time to make it to Laverre today, storm will surely shutdown airports for some time. You need shelter from this storm NOW! Luckily there's a nearby natural tunnel to hopefully wait out these heavy rains. While it will definitely keep you dry, you hope that inside will be able to keep your warm as well, seeing as your clothes are now soaked.

As you stand within the tunnel, you reminiscence on your journey so far. After all you clearly have the time, this storm will continue for a couple of hours so why not take the time to think, to remember, to go deeper.

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Howdy-hey everyone, we're back with the second contest in this series, simply titled "Going Deeper"

The rules this time, are much simpler:

• Here are the rules:

• 2 Entries Max

• No Collabs

• No Animation

• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF

• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)

• Your entries must play around the theme of "Memories", whether it be some representation of in-game Pokemon events (I.E the story), or your own strong experiences with the franchise (We beg of you, do not lie). Just represent the theme of "Memories"

Here is your drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gf90YBBZ8XnMxJ4Cjmk70BGhex3RUWuZ?usp=sharing

You have until <t:1709067624:R> to submit your entries.

Good luck, <@&734833821429661816>

Also quick reminder: This one, and the one after in this series are Staff Voted.

You have been warned

[tribal sandal]

<@&734833821429661816> Cresselia Prelims are live!

[opal briar]

I'm taking over the polls

Cress Quarters are up, <@&734833821429661816>. Have fun~!

Per usual, available in #contest-polls

[opal briar]

I won't ping for this, but new user-made events dropped.

Check 'em out in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1210021946105004052

You'll probably see this when I ping for LC polls anyways

<@&734833821429661816> I lied, the ping was actually for Cress Semis #contest-polls

Boom gotcha again, it's both.
Loser's Round 5 in #special-contest-polls
Full bracket at https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[opal briar]

Cresselia Finals are up: #contest-polls
Good luck and happy voting!

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 48 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@rare raptor!

The latest Carvanha sprite etacarbomba posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1209236649863680110/436.213.png?ex=65e63063&is=65d3bb63&hm=7a62438810e1954e11e5164730a9ee4c77cd80565444511b9289018b82e334bf&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Blissey!

Its dex number is 242!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Blissey as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

Evening everyone. Voting has wrapped up for the Cres Finals, but before the podium reveal....it's time for a li; bit of a Staff Moonli- I mean Spotlight 😅

Staff Spotlight

This isn't a themed contest, and since the Rush was all about Cres...what better categories than Favorite Head & Body?

Favorite Cresselia Head

Self-explanatory category, the Cresselia head we liked the most

That goes to Cresselia/Tauros by @glossy charm

The ribbon shading + the Sun, Moon & Star tails were something we thought was cool.

Favorite Cresslia Body

The Cresselia body we liked the most, this category is too self-explanatory.

That goes to Persian/Cresselia by @floral onyx

It's all cleanly shaded, the face looks suprisingly natural and the gems make paw pattterns. It's really nice

And now for our podium, <@&734833821429661816> :

🥇: Cresselia/Regigigas by @tired sail with 85 pts

🥈: Cresselia/Regice by @woeful imp with 80 pts

🥉: Volcarona/Cresselia by @south rune with 76 pts

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> We got more LC polls, up in #special-contest-polls.

Full bracket is available at: https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816>

I'll level with ya. I messed up. I had messed up my data entry for a poll of LC during Loser's Round 4, eliminating the wrong sprite, and making a incorrect Sheet in LR5.

I am re-doing that vote with the correct sprite. Apologies for the inconvience this may cause

We're NEVER doing Infinite Entries ever again, it's so not worth it

[opal briar]

Reminder, you got until <t:1709067624:R> to submit entries for Going Deeper

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Today is more of a catch-up day for LC, so we're doing Winner's Round 6 and the missing poll from Loser's Round 6 today, only 9 polls, there will be more tomorrow :D

[opal briar]

The drive for Going Deeper is officially closed

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 30 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@lilac phoenix!

The latest Blissey sprite whoiscthulhu posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1212862912981372988/242.457.png?ex=65f3619c&is=65e0ec9c&hm=0d10d635efab6fb7f7e8495c26d70dfa97cb1f6fd7077d17e459bd901f324e21&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Spiritomb!

Its dex number is 295!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Spiritomb as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> While waiting for the next & final contest in the series, I highly encourage you to check out some of the events that some of our users host in #1149373303669145751s!!! They're all quite cool and deserve the proper attention.

[opal briar]

((Per request, I'll put the bingo & doku borards here, but just this once.))

((SMH the deadlines too? I gotta do work in the position I volunteered for ? ? ? ????? ???????)

Spritedoku #2! Ends in: <t:1709866800:R>

Sprite Bingo #1 Ends in: <t:1711972800:R>

Please discuss the stuff in: https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1210021946105004052

[opal briar]

No Spotlight this time, I've got the flu, Howls is away and I haven't thought of any cool categories

Anyways

And now for our podium, <@&734833821429661816> :

🥇: Rotom/Kingdra by @vocal nexus with 48 pts

🥈: Shedinja/Ultra Necrozma by @austere estuary with 47 pts

🥉: Dragonair/Bulbasaur by @lethal siren with 45 pts

You can view the the entirety of the results, including some feedback and comments, over [HERE]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19ebu3uHbZ3QicBqmYr_v7NDNO-ls0R2QaRb4mlqh9n0/edit?usp=sharing

[opal briar]

Rain. That's all you've seen & heard for the past hour. Stuck within this tunnel, you sit in a silent remembrance: reminiscing about watching your friends catch their Pokémon, soon to become their friends & partners. You always wished you’d had your own. Oh! And what about that time you met a Pokémon Ranger? They were so cool!! They used their capture styler to help calm a Kingdra nearby in Blackthorn. Your parents had taken you there for your birthday, that day was so–

🌩️ KRAC-KOM 🌩️

The sudden noise catches you off-guard—it's enough to make you jump. Unfortunately, the smooth stone floor combined with the pounding rain makes for a terrible slipping hazard. Your stomach lurches as you fall backwards… down, down, down into a deep crevice.

-Crknch-

Blinding hot pain shoots through your leg as you land on solid (and… dry?) stone, and a resounding crack echoes around the cave, followed by your pained shout. And then… silence. You lay dazed for what seems like an eternity before your mind clears enough to realize you're stuck—and your leg is broken.

Grimacing through the pain, you start patting your pockets in search of your phone... only to find it in pieces.

Fantastic.

Well, surely you've got something else in your supplies that can help, right? You've brought everything you could think of!

You "brought some Pokéballs, Full Restores, DNA splicers, spare clothes..."

"...revives in case of emergency..."

But there was one item you neglected, the one item that would help you in this real emergency, only forgotten because "you didn't have time."

An Escape Rope, you didn’t bring an Escape Rope.

Alongside the pain, panic now begins to set in. You're stuck, with no phone and no Pokémon. Certainly no Pokémon Ranger to come save you, and no Escape Rope to get out of this mess yourself. Plain n' simple: No. Way. Out.

Your journey seems to have been cut short—after all—you're In Too Deep.

This is it, the finale of this lil' series, of which names I will now reveal Going, Going, Gone.

The finale is simple. It's simply titled "In Too Deep"

The rules this time, are much simpler:

• Here are the rules:

• 2 Entries Max

• No Collabs

• No Animation

• All Pokemon Must Be Within IF

• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)

• Your entries must play around the theme of "Trapped", that's it, no other thematic gimmick....

• ....only a technical one: Your entries must fit within a 64x64 canvas, they can use as much of the canvas as you’d like, but cannot go over. Have fun with that one

Here is your drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1owNIi_oIlz-AH6ZlmvqNd5tUBneECa6h?usp=sharing

You have until <t:1710633659:R> to submit your entries. Good luck, <@&734833821429661816>

• Small bit of clarifcation on the canvas rule, please still submit your sprites on the 96x96 (288x288) canvas, but be sure they fit on the 64x64.

Here is a convenient asset for ya to help make sure you don't go over (Black Square = 64x64)

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 32 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@lyric linden!

The latest Spiritomb sprite iaobug posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1213866785175240724/182.295.png?ex=65f7088a&is=65e4938a&hm=bea11859e3adbad22c141dfd9afb795acf8cba2d2e2b876348f405b19e123cbb&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Lickilicky!

Its dex number is 264!

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Lickilicky as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites this week, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[red jungle]

Hey everybody.
Bet you didn't expect to see me here.

You may have noticed a new role called Mime Jr. (Event Organizer). Well, those of us who run mini-events now have a spiffy new role to let us announce our mini-events in this channel.
With that said...

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Hats! 👒 **

Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins.

This week, the Theme Blitz is starting on Monday, and you have until Friday morning to get your sprites into the gallery. However, we normally start on Sunday and finish on Thursday morning.
Good luck everybody, and happy spriting!

[opal briar]

Deadline is slowly closing in, be sure to keep an eye on it

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 39 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@keen anchor!

The latest Lickilicky sprite grafaiguy posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1218077364043644999/264.260.png?ex=660659f2&is=65f3e4f2&hm=607add630d7fb1d837e7edded5311bbafbebd523e21b147534c4e11e9e9d6c7e&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Cranidos!

Its dex number is 305!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/305.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Cranidos as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[summer pagoda]

MILIAN ROYALE HAS MADE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUES

As it was before just a fun little thing to do in between contests, it is now as official as it can get
To give a brief explanation for those who have not heard of it before :

• Milian Royale is in essence just a judged contest that happens every week.
• Each Week a new prompt is posted to follow with your entries
• Judging happens on <t:1711148400:t> each Saturday after which a new prompt is posted (this might be delayed from time to time as I am a forgetful person and searching for judges (usually done last minute ) and the judging itself might take some time.
• To enter you need to post your entry to #sprite-gallery with "Week x" in the message (X stands for the current week which is always mentioned in the prompts which you can always find pinned in #1197599880827392070)
• Sprites are judged by me + whoever I find atm in a "Tier list" fashion. Ever since we got the Event Winner Role, from the S tier sprites (there can be multiple) only one will be chosen as the winner indicated by it's placement in S tier as first in line (placement within tiers besides this specific one does not matter, if it's in a tier, it is equal to all the others)
• Only one entry per person (if you post multiple sprites in one post, specify which one you want judged!)
  umm what else what else
  I think that should do the trick of explaining, if you have questions, feel free to ask in #1197599880827392070.
  And as to make this official, this weeks prompt (week 37) is :

Super Metroid! (Aerodactyl, Tentacruel, Genesect, Ditto, Parasect, Pinsir, Tyranitar, Xatu, Golurk + any IF Pokémon) (you do not have to reference metroid specifically, as long as one of the mons is used, it's fine )

[opal briar]

Internet Outage happened for me, so therefore you all technically had an extra 2 hours to submit stuff

Anyways, drive for In Too Deep is officially closed. Judging will begin sometime soon-ish, so good luck!!!

[opal briar]

oh btw, read Mils thing <@&734833821429661816>, it's cool B)

:c

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Volcano! 🌋 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins.
You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday.

[woeful inlet]

Fur Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the very first Texture Awards!
🥇 Furret/Vaporeon by @south rune
🥈 Larvesta/Froslass by @muted stone
🥉 Arcanine/Swampert by @serene pagoda

Submit your own furry fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1YSGNdlhj0Pqa7c52SDguGGBJBx7VNHbf
Read the comments: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ubyrZx6Y0vvJE4nadsFLEr1zlQjPIIJHVFIIc5rdQPI/edit#gid=0

<@&734833821429661816> join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402 next week for another prompt ^^

[soft osprey]

<@&734833821429661816> a new awards is coming! ||I always wanted to ping y’all ||

Welcome to the second SFX Awards!!!

Each week I’ll be giving y’all a sfx prompt for you to make a sprite using the specified sfx!
Last time it as a blazing competition, with tons of sprites that were literal fire, so this week’s prompt will be something pretty different
The prompt for this week will be:

Bubbles

They don’t have to be water bubbles, they’re fine as long as they’re bubbles! So get creative!!!

You’ll need to post your sprites with the number of the fusion and your name, in this folder: Time’s Up

And remember that all fusions should be mons already on IF! You can find the rest of the rules on the pined messages in #1213267805282107402

You have until <t:1711263540:R>
||But don’t worry I’m a bit flexible with the deadline||
Have fun everyone! I’m exited to see what you make!

[red jungle]

🌋

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Volcano Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 4!

This time around, the bonus is Reptilian! If you are unsure if the fusion is reptilian, feel free to ping or DM me. Results for Week 3 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

EDIT: Diglett Family

Deadline: <t:1712282400:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[quartz tendon]

ty @tidal zodiac for this chart of the available reptile mons!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 39 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@warm kelp!

The latest Cranidos sprite ohok3441 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1218784139721834626/305.200.png?ex=6608ec2e&is=65f6772e&hm=f4ad4edef3b63ba79ae47478795ab8c1b5ee545d17246deedce6b9ff238fafb6&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Gabite!

Its dex number is 298!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/298.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Gabite as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[tribal sandal]

Casual interest check: What would you be interested most in spriting for Easter Rush?

🐰 Buneary Heads (+ maybe finishing off the last 30~ buneary bodies)
🐣 Torchic heads or bodies
🥚 Exeggcute bodies
Azumarill heads or bodies

[opal briar]

Hey everyone! The podium for In Too Deep has finished, but before we get to that, we have a few Spotlights we'd like to share :)

Our first Spotlight will be Most Creative! We had a lot of awesome entries encompassing the theme 'trapped', but what we looked for here was the most unique takes on the concept. This sprite is creative both in idea and pose, and executed very nicely. Congrats to @spice mist with their Tangrowth/Meloetta!

Our second spotlight brings is a bit bluer, being the Saddest Situation. Being trapped is never a good time, but this entry especially is going through it. Shoutout to @normal bronze and their Stufful/Hoppip. I hope they join their friends in the sky someday!

Our third spotlight is the Most Expressive! While there were plenty of other very expressive entries, the frantically flapping wings, squeezed shut eyes, and the clearly shown effort this entry is putting into its attempt at escape really stand out! @timber narwhal did a great job with their Diglett/Hoot-Hoot!

And as for our 4th spotlight??? Well I think this explains it pretty nicely. Congrats to @red jungle and their Bastiodon/Azurill!

And now for the podium, and conclusion to our story....

🌩️ KRAC-KOM 🌩️

Lighting strikes outside, the sound now muffled from your place inside the deep crevice.

Ignoring the pain of your injury, you scramble to find anything to help you out of here. Your fingers scan for a crack in the stone, a breeze leading out, maybe some sturdy vines you could make a rope out of—but all you find is solid walls and unwavering darkness pressing in on you from every side.

Hours pass like minutes and minutes pass like hours, all sense of time lost. Another memory comes to you, but not a happy one this time.

You remember a sad and struggling Mareep that had escaped a pasture near where you lived. It ran until it was lost and for months it’s wool grew. With no farmer to shear it, it became stuck in its own wool, unable to move until you and some friends happened across it.

*It was in a trap of its own making.

Just like you.*

But unlike that Mareep...

There’s no one coming to find you.

And with that the Going, Going, Gone event series has come to its end!

Now it’s time for the In Too Deep podiums, <@&734833821429661816>:

🥇: Mareep/Shelgon by @tawdry turtle with 43 pts.

🥈: Klinklang/Pikachu by @lethal siren with 41 pts.

🥉: Spiritomb/Toxapex by @prime lily,

Kecleon/Mr. Mime by @fair holly,

And Klefki/Bastiodon by @woeful imp all with 40 pts.

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You can view the full results here, including some feedback and notes!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 3 results!

in 1st place, @steel inlet with 6 (bonus)!

@oblique whale with 5.77 (bonus)
@drowsy surge with 5.55 (bonus)
zerocipher with 5.55 (bonus)
sontyp_ohnenamen with 5.44 (bonus)
Holzycookie with 4.77 (bonus)
Rayzard with 4.44
Magpie with 4.22
mr.person__prinplup_enjoyerwith 4.33
technicolorfez with 4.33
Lumiosa with 4.22
frizez with 3.88
The_Fireplace with 3.77
Kayky with 2.88

Favorite Sprite of the Round goes to @steel inlet's Altaria/Golurk, what an outstanding fusion!

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

Sprite Royale Week 37 : Super Metroid!

Winner!! @fair holly Kangaskhan/Genesect

S tier : @woeful inlet Staryu/Hitmonchan
A Tier : @steel inlet Galvantula/Tyranitar | @simple raft Zekrom/Deoxys | @muted stone Golurk/Reshiram | @frozen mist Parasect/Ralts
B Tier : @modest cloud Jolteon/Golurk | @pseudo patio Tentacruel/Slowking
C Tier : @shell onyx Tentacruel/Volcarona | @unkempt swift Aerodactyl/Snorunt

Thanks to @tardy pollen for judging with me this week and you all for entering!
to keep it one message

Week 38: Easter! (Togepi line, Shedinja, Chansey line, Exeggcute line + any IF Pokémon) if a mon isn't mentioned but matches the prompt, go for it

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

This week's theme is Fantasy Adventure! 🧙
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins.
You have until Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday.

[soft osprey]

Special Effects Awards

Time’s up! Let’s see the winners of the awards!
🥇 Milotic/Meloetta by @prisma sentinel
🥈 Roserade/Golduck by @serene pagoda
🥉 ** Kingdra/Goodra** also by @serene pagoda

Congrats to the winners!!!

There were a ton of super cool sprites submitted this awards, so this time you won’t be getting one spotlight, you’ll get two! I I really liked this two sprites and the way they used the bubbles! So congrats to the spotlights!

Azurill/Cresselia by @tawdry turtle
Dragonair/Mew by @zinc meadow

Stay tuned for next week’s texture awards!

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Second Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1711771200:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Stone!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11HTUyG1ZKTbIYIFhNVNMBUJK3vQh2CR9?usp=sharing

Suggested Heads

• Geodude/Graveler/Golem
• Onix/Steelix
• Rhyhorn/Rhydon/Rhyperior
• Magcargo
• Nosepass/Probopass
• Regirock
• Golett/Golurk
• Rockruff/Lycanroc

Suggested Bodies

• Forretress
• Glalie

Unorthodox Choices

• Diglet/Dugtrio
• Bastiodon
• Spiritomb

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Other Resources
Regirock Rendering Guide: #1051343819314053160 message
8 Ways to Improve a Rock Sprite: #1051343819314053160 message
Rock Formations: #1213267805282107402 message
Golem Stone Assets: #assets-gallery message

[tribal sandal]

Hello! Not pinging for this, but just letting everyone know that there's now a thread for the smaller user-hosted challenges, such as Spriter Duels, Pain Trades, etc. #1222376526805209201

These can be started by anyone, anytime! Feel free to coordinate with other spriters and discuss new ideas if you'd like :)

[red jungle]

🧙

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Fantasy Adventure Blitz! We reached 92% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 25 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@fervent arch!

The latest Gabite sprite mcbroccoli posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1223292822350860478/298.327.png?ex=66195338&is=6606de38&hm=9fb2669dd5d1f6fc42ebe63cf0e59a89a4be3367fff7444f242cbad487eb2795&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Marshtomp!

Its dex number is 283!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/283.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Marshtomp as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Sprite Royale Week 38: Easter!

Winner: @tawdry turtle with Chansey/Reshiram!!!

S tier : Caffeine Meloetta-Pirouette/Lopunny
A Tier : oh ok Lopunny/Dusknoir , GoldnSilver23 Smeargle/Garbodor , Busilisk Lopunny/Swampert
B Tier : mbo#1064 Smeargle/Chansey , breloomsporez Skiploom/Blissey , SueterreGorampa Happiny/Jirachi
C Tier : Togepi Fletchling/Togepi , Cataylor_01 Azumarill/Togepi , Mr. Person Togetic/Tangrowth

Thank you @modest cloud, @short mulch, @unkempt swift, @jade hatch, @lapis ivy , my good friend V0ltage007 who's not on the server and @hollow cedar for helping me judge this Pory Royale!

Also,

Week 39: Rideable Pokémon! (Tauros, Machamp, Rapidash, Kangaskhan, Snorlax, Starmie, Haunter, Any Dig, Surf, Fly, Waterfall, Rock Climb or Dive Pokémon +any IF Pokémon (bonus Pory points if you make it look rideable)) if a mon isn't mentioned but it fits, you can submit it at your own risk

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

This week's theme is Canines! 🐶
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins.
You have until Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday.
<@&734833821429661816>

[woeful inlet]

Stone Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the Stone Texture Awards!
🥇 Regirock/Toxapex by @serene pagoda
🥈 Bastiodon/Parasect by @prime lily
🥉 Graveller/Meowth by @signal arch

Submit your own stony fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/11HTUyG1ZKTbIYIFhNVNMBUJK3vQh2CR9
Read the comments: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EqnBgGVTqZj7pfWJxT4D5G5tGQy9EzEYJjYn6Tq6caM/edit

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402 next week for another prompt ^^

[tribal sandal]

Team Rush 6: Buneary Heads for Easter!!!

Welcome back <@&734833821429661816> to another Team Rush, an event where we focus on completing an entire fusion line by a specific date!

Our next rush for 2024 is to celebrate the Easter holiday, so we'll be focusing on Buneary Head Fusions! (and the few remaining Buneary Bodies!)
Our goal is to finish off the entire line by <t:1714546799:D> . So you've got: <t:1714546799:R>

Hop on over to #1224206065235656765 to join in on the fun! There you'll find a pin with details and a couple fancy sheets where you can throw down some claims and check out what's been done already.

Plus, similar to last Rush, if we hit 100% all participants will receive the Buneary Completionist role for a few months! :D

Happy Easter, and happy spriting!!!

[soft osprey]

SFX AWARDS!!!

<@&734833821429661816>
What a bubbling competition we had with the last prompt, all those entries really blew my mind, but it’s time for a new prompt to pop up, and the next prompt will be…

Sand SFX

This one’s pretty self explanatory as long as your sprite has sand on it would be allowed to participate! Just remember we’re talking about sfx and not texture, so even tho Palossand is a great pick, just a pokemon made out of sand won’t be enough, try having a sandstorm, sand flowing/falling or smt like that
I’d recommend using pokemon like Tyranitar, Hippowdon , Palossand, Maybe some torterra bodies, the Trapinch line, you have room to pick!
You’ll be uploading your sprites in this link, with the fusion number and your name, as usual:

Time’s up!

You have until <t:1712473140:R>

Wish y’all good luck this week! And don’t forget to check the #1213267805282107402 channel!!

[lyric linden]

BINGO TIME :)

say hello to april's bingo chart! you have until the end of the month to complete it, filling out the entire thing means you get a custom sprite, yadda yadda <3

[opal briar]

You were probably expecting a contest announcement today, but no.... . . ....
I have something awesome to show you, <@&734833821429661816>.

That's right the TOTALLY real IF 3DS Port, for the best Nintendo system of all time (The Nintendo 3DS) is now not being worked on!!!
Disclaimer: Port is not actually real.

And every good port gets 2 things:
1: Fans Always Saying the OG is better, ||despite actual port quality.||

2: New Content!!!!!!! ‼️

And since this port is so awesome with the TOTALLY real new content, we are removing ALL of the old content!!!! That's right, goodbye old, STINKY fusions with OLD mons, we are ABSOLUTELY adding every possible Pokemon within Essentials to this ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY real port!!!

Disclaimer: Port. Is. Not. Actually. Real.

And to get the fusions for this OMEGA, ABSOUTELY, TOTALLY, CONFIRMED real port, I must become what I hate....a Old, Bad, Boring, Basic....Classic Contest!!!!

Here are the rules:

• 3 Entries Max
• No Collabs
• No Animation
• No Pokemon Used Must Be Within IF (All Non-IF, we need the sprites for the totally real port™️) [AKA ** Use Non-IF Gens 3-7**]
• Must submit in drive in correct format (see pins)
• In case the above did not make that clear: Your entries must ONLY be comprised of Pokemon not in IF. ((Lycanroc-Dusk is allowed | Regional Forms are allowed))
  • Be sure if you go through #1050404143807873157 to use the Non-IF tag, please ty

You have until <t:1712966400:R>, and here if your drive: Closed
Good luck, have fun, and look forward to the OMEGA, ABSOUTELY, TOTALLY, TRUSTED-SOURCED, & CONFIRMED real port!

Can't delete my jokes if I edit it into the contest message: 🦘

Oh right! I never finished this, but I do have a handy dandy list of mons that are available to use, these won’t be all of them, but as long as it’s within the Non-IF Gen 3-7 criteria, you’re good.

Just be sure to double check if it's in IF or not, I haven't updated this for a while

((If you find one that is in IF, lmk so I can fix the file)) You'll probably see the list keep changing around, as I delete and re-upload with fixes

One more thing: On Discord the full list doesn't expand all the way, so it may be best to open this .txt up ((or maybe I setup a pasteb.in, idk we'll see ))

[red jungle]

🐶

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Canines Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 5!

This time around, the bonus is Team Wild Sprites! You can go to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1110700109991264287 for the Team Wild Claim sheet, it'll tell you all the Pokémon that are available! Results for Week 4 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1713492000:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 31 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@outer beacon!

The latest Marshtomp sprite jalexation posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1225729422091616266/295.283.png?ex=6622307b&is=660fbb7b&hm=2fb65e93f27015f8dbbbab32dda140e91c797a7f8d53d0fe8437b185f0425669&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Drifloon!

Its dex number is 402!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/402.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Drifloon as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 4 results!

in 1st place, @vagrant hawk: 5.44

@fleet canyon: 5.22
@viral marsh: 5.22
@young condor: 4.88
@clever osprey: 4.55
@modest cloud: 4.44
@oblique whale: 4.44

Favorite Sprite of the Round goes to @vagrant hawk, loved the creativity in this one!

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

milian Sprite Royale Week 39 : Rideable Pokemon 🦘

THE WINNER @silver jolt Ultra Necrozma/Rapidash

It was love at first sight ngl that sprite is awesome, I love it
S Tier : @lapis mason Chandelure/Rapidash | @reef yacht Gengar/Machamp | @short mulch Kingler/Scolipede
A Tier : @silent path Meganium/Stantler | @warm kelp Porygon-Z/Pikachu | @lapis ivy Buneary/Lapras
B tier : @dim musk Ferrothorn/Rapidash | @drowsy surge Sandshrew/Mr. Mime | @signal arch Rapidash/Seadra
C tier : @crystal drift Latios/Kangaskhan | @modest cloud Snorlax/Prinplup

Thank you @oak temple for judging with me and you all for entering

Week 40: Zero to Hero! (Beldum, Feebas, Dratini, Larvitar, Bagon, Magikarp, Gible + any IF Pokémon)

it has already been 40 royales, insane
oh btw. as always with any prompts, if you see a mon that would fit but isn't mentioned, by all means go for it

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Pink! 🩷 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[soft osprey]

SFX Awards Winners!!!

What a jump it was going from a bubbling competition to this dry one, but I must say the entries warmed up this contest as if it was desert!
But the wind blew away all the sand, leaving just this 3 sandy sprites as the winners of the contest!!!

🥇 Cubone/Milotic by @visual skiff
🥈Sandshrew/Moltres by @subtle laurel
🥉Sandshrew/Golurk by @short mulch

Congrats to all the winners! Hope you’re able to shake all that sand off

One other sprite stood the winds! It’s time for the…

SFX Spotlight!!!

Flygon/Magcargo by @serene pagoda

Congrats! And <@&734833821429661816> feel free to come to #1213267805282107402 for the next awards!

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Fluff Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1713067140:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Fluff!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kuZG4AEJ8_d_zfS0g4ZXvGZVx5Hc5PIj?usp=sharing

Suggested Mons

• Mareep/Flaaffy
• Jumpluff
• Swablu/Altaria
• Drifloon/Drifblim
• Buneary/Lopunny
• Probopass
• Cottonee/Whimsicott
• Oricorio-PomPom
• Pyukumuku

Unorthodox Mons

• Banette
• Stufful/Bewear

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Other Resources
Pyukumuku Guts: #1051343819314053160 message

[red jungle]

🩷

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Pink Blitz! We reached 97% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 27 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@young condor!

The latest Drifloon sprite onix98 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1227561831082491945/402.333.png?ex=6628db0b&is=6616660b&hm=fcbb11959f8a29fb0f9511614045ae7c64f65b7a77aa49520bd6c91ea0891e08&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Pidgeotto!

Its dex number is 17!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/17.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Pidgeotto as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[opal briar]

Not gonna do a ping for this, but the drive for this is closed!!!

Judge time :D

[summer pagoda]

Milian Sprite Royale Week 40 : Zero to Hero!

Winner : @vernal epoch Golbat/Magikarp

S tier : @red jungle Feebas/Reshiram
A tier : @unkempt swift Axew/Mawile | @thorny nymph Larvitar/Ho-Oh | @frozen mist Alakazam/Magikarp
B tier : @signal arch Feebas/Weepinbell | @modest cloud Prinplup/Dratini | @unkempt swift Feebas/Lileep
C Tier : @warm kelp Gardevoir/Beldum | @crystal drift Feebas/Lileep | @drifting zealot Dratini/Drifloon

Thank you all very much for entering and @soft osprey for juding with me
~~it's a good thing that I don't ping Event Pings , It would've been a nice shadow ping ~~

For Week 41 we actually have something really cool

Week 41: Bottom of the barrel (the top 10 Pokémon with the least fusions at the time of this prompt + any Pokémon in IF)

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Tropical Retreat! 🏝️ **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[woeful inlet]

Fluff Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the Fluff Texture Awards!
🥇 Oricorio PomPom/Venusaur by @serene pagoda
🥈 Jumpluff/Doduo by @tidal zodiac
🥉 Buneary/Vileplume by @lapis mason

Submit your own fluffy fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1kuZG4AEJ8_d_zfS0g4ZXvGZVx5Hc5PIj
Read the comments: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hs1IHpg1vrBYooqsUPxbWb1at-lGBJM81jo3n86xG4o/edit#gid=0

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402 next week for another prompt ^^

[quartz tendon]

Pory's SFX & TXT AWARDS!!!

<@&734833821429661816>
As the coolest Event Manager, I bring you the long-awaited SFXture week! That's right, this week you'll be able to submit both TEX and SFX! and the theme for this week is... 🥁

Ice SFXture

Again, this time around you'll be able to submit both SFX & TEX for it! This is a cool theme, so make sure to have ice in your fusions! Some good Pokemon to use include Regice , Glalie, Froslass, Glaceon or any freezy friends!

You’ll be uploading your sprites to this link, with the fusion number and your name, as usual:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wzue9QzhpBz9gCqjU0ekhQljlDp6nEHh

You have until <t:1713765540:R>, good luck gamers!

Wish y’all good luck this week! And don’t forget to check #1213267805282107402!

[red jungle]

🏝️

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Tropical Retreat Blitz! We reached 94% completion!
edit: It was actually 97% Discord search was not showing me one of the sprites

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 6!

This time around, the bonus is Event entries (Spritedoku not included )! any active threads in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1149373303669145751 or anything announced in #event-announcements counts! Results for Week 5 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1714701600:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 24 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@summer basalt!

The latest Pidgeotto sprite desnik posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1229101760149323826/3.17.png?ex=662e7537&is=661c0037&hm=5cc7e7bb28a64abfc79fee9980842bf17a38e657e22f76ea7acda86d15db6fc3&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Pinsir!

Its dex number is 127!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/127.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Pinsir as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 5 results!

in 1st place, @brisk helm: 6

Busilisk: 5.88
Izik: 5.88
technicolorfez: 5.88
Fougurri: 5.77
LilacTypo: 5.77
4wingedowl: 5.66
pinkyoshi2350: 5.66
Mr. Person: 5.44
RoyalGameoholic: 5.44
Pokeys 5.11

Favorite Sprite of the Round goes to @somber forge , snek

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 41 : Bottom of the barrel (bottom 10 custom sprites)

S tier and Winner : @simple raft Regice/Meganium

A tier : @pliant folio Regirock/Charizard | @astral mural Regirock/Alakazam | @static cipher Regirock/Cloyster | @lapis mason Regice/Roserade | @warm kelp Glalie/Oricorio Sensu Style | @signal sandal Garbodor/Mantine | @thorny nymph Regice/Marowak | @young condor Regice/Steelix | @oblique whale Garbodor/Ferrothorn | @drifting zealot Regirock/Lycanrock Midday
B Tier : @red jungle Lycanroc Midday/Latias | @silent path | @signal arch Roserade/Oricorio Pa'u Style | @unkempt swift Oricorio Baile Style/Mawile | @swift trout Oricorio Pa'u Style/Luxray | @timid crown Garbodor/Eevee | @simple bridge Krabby/Carvanha | @reef compass Smeargle/Lycanroc Midday | @old saddle Tangrowth/Sliggoo | @cursive panther Carvanha/Crobat |
C tier : @wispy sundial Regirock/Ivysaur | @frozen mist Regirock/Geodude | @modest cloud Sliggoo/Victreebel | @unkempt swift Dodrio/Lycanroc Midday | @vernal epoch Ditto/Noibat | @next swallow Regirock/Gastly
D tier : @gleaming crest Mew/Monferno

This royale beat the last Royale entry record by 10, I was not expecting this hence the delay. I never even thought that this many entries will ever be possibly with my back then mini-event.
Judges this week : @weary shoal @covert mason @torn pilot @smoky ocean @crude prism @floral trench I hope I didnt miss anyone lmao, this entire royale was just hectic af

If you all keep this up, I might actually have to switch to what other contests are doing, aka via google drive (if you want that, make sure to tell me in #1197599880827392070)

Thank you everyone for entering

<@&734833821429661816> Prompt of the week :

Week 42: Earth Day! (Grimer line, Koffing line, Trubbish line, Grass type + any Pokémon in IF)

<t:1714251600:f>

[opal briar]

You've been waiting for this for a while, and it's finally ready!!!

The results for the TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMED 100% MONGO REAL 3DS port!!!

And what better to go with it than a TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMED SOURCED & PARKING VALIDATED podium!?

🥇: Dragalge/Delphox by @austere estuary with 45 pts.

🥈: Zangoose/Staraptor by @silver jolt with 44 pts.

🥉: Solgaleo/Diancie by @south rune with 43 pts.

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You can view the full results here, including some feedback and notes!

As for the Spotlights this time....we have our categories

• Littlest Guy:
• Most Elegant:
  and
• Sweetest:

but, maybe it's best to let someone else pick for once, y'know???

[opal briar]

So that's just what you're gonna do, <@&734833821429661816>:

You get to decide the Spotlights outta a lil' curated bunch in #contest-polls

Also this ping is a wakey-wakey to the results if you don't know

Anyways ur turn 3.

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Ancient Power! 🪨 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[quartz tendon]

Pory's Ice SFXture Awards!

Presenting the results of the Ice SFXture Awards!

Congrats to the winners for their cool sprites!
🥇 Regice/Reuniclus by @keen anchor
🥈 Regice/Dewgong by @serene pagoda
🥉 Regice/Tangrowth by @mossy meadow

Submit your own ice cold fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ua1o01vnpRRby1LjpjZVwyuOKbR-8Qe-
Read the comments: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GysGtaX-v_6dtQqxEa2BFm-5iUDWrY2Km4tS1YpPQr8/

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402 to stay up to date on upcoming prompts!

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Metal(Shiny) Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1714276740:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Metal(Shiny)!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19vZDBtjqnJmS29W80R1CaXy-tmUkBxyp?usp=sharing

Suggested Mons

• Steel Types

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Additional Resources
Shading Guide: #1051343819314053160 message

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

[opal briar]

Not doin' a Event ping for this, but here's your spotlights that y'all voted for:

Littlest Guy

Shaymin/Spheal by @ivory vapor

Most Elegant

Diancie/Primarina by @tranquil cliff

Sweetest

Slurpuff/Conkeldurr by @vagrant folio

And this concludes everything related to the 3DS totally real contest, hope y'all enjoyed this April Fools!

[red jungle]

🪨

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Ancient Power Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 31 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@azure gull!

The latest Pinsir sprite pokebio posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1232016971072274535/204.127.png?ex=66391037&is=66269b37&hm=dc5c7d937753ac625795b9a1220212249c9315cdc2284815b296054c725b5f72&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Scolipede!

Its dex number is 424!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/424.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Scolipede as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[tribal sandal]

<@&392803830900850688>

Buneary Rush needs your help!

We've had a lot of events going on this month, and as May draws nearer, the little buns need your help! As of writing this post, we've hit 79%~ completion on Buneary heads and 98%~ completion on bodies so far; people've been working hard making cute fluffy creatures, but we're running out of time.

We've still got 100 heads, and 5 bodies left! Many are claimed, but not everyone will finish on time, and we'll need a lot of help if we're to hit 100% by April 30th, which is only in four days!

If you'd like to help us reach 100%, join us over in #1224206065235656765. We've got a pinned claim sheet you can peek at for what's left, and any backup sprites for existing claims would be greatly appreciated! Plus, if we reach 100%, any contributors will receive the Buneary Completionist role!

Hope to see yall there!

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 42: Earth Day! (Grimer line, Koffing line, Trubbish line, Grass type + any Pokémon in IF)

Winner : @prime lily Shroomish/Garbodor

S tier : @short mulch Garbodor/Kabutops | @young condor Venusaur/Kyogre | @cursive panther Leafeon/Mewtwo
A Tier : @gilded kestrel Froslass/Weezing | @viral marsh Sunkern/Weavile
B Tier : @blissful geode Torterra/Azurill | @thorn rapids Buneary/Victreebel | @coral rivet Trubbish/Paras | @thorny nymph Weezing/Cofagrigus | @dim musk Cradily/Octillery | @signal arch Goodra/Breloom | @modest cloud Cacturne/Mimikyu
C Tier : @left sand Budew/Squirtle | @astral mural Bellsprout/Chimchar

This week there is no special judge as they are all unreliable smh very busy people with lives of their own (I didnt ask anyone) so. . .
THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING and hopefully I'll see your submissions next week as well!

Week 43: May the 4th be with you! (Any Psychic type IF Pokémon + Any Pokémon in IF)

<@&734833821429661816>
<t:1714856400:f>

[opal briar]

Howdy, <@&734833821429661816>:

It's almost May, and if you've been around for a while, you know what that means!!

Mergemay is right on the horizon, and today we're releasing our prompt collection form!

I'll put a link to it here right now: https://forms.gle/ydbv8YnXb2DydvT88
Instructions are within the form

For those newer and unfamiliar with Mergemay, it's a challenge pertaining to a Sprite a day pertaining to a daily prompt!
If you need an example of what that may look like, well look no further using last year's chart as said example

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Arthropods! 🦀 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[soft osprey]

HERO’S SFX AWARDS ARE BACK

<@&734833821429661816>
What a n🧊 rest I had this last weeks ||not really, school was hard||, but I’m finally defrosted, so I hope you had a cool week with my bestie @quartz tendon , but it’s time for me to light up this week.
This week’s prompt is…

Electric SFX

What a shocking reveal, I know, you’ll have until <t:1714891740:R> to upload your high voltage sprites to this drive

Ups, time’s up!

Im exited to how y’all light up this event!

[tribal sandal]

Buneary has reached 100%

Congrats <@&734833821429661816>! It got a little dicey, but yall came through in the end :D Both Buneary Heads and Bodies are now finished! As promised, the **Buneary Completionist ** role is in the process of being handed out to everyone who's participated! Please be patient, I'm doing it manually :')

Thanks to all the spriters who participated and finished off another successful Rush event! Hope to see yall next time!

[tribal sandal]

Gentle waves lap at the sandy shore as you lean back in the sand, soaking up the sun. The sharp tang of saltwater, the soft cries of Wingull flying high above the sea... What a perfect day. You hope it lasts all month.

<@&392803830900850688>
#1235291806191718503

Welcome to Mergemay 2024!

A prompt-based event originally started by Rezza and Coral Reef! In a similar vein to Inktober, each day this month will have a theme, and the goal is to create a sprite each day inspired by that theme, filling out your chart as you go!

Each week, we'll be dropping new prompts for yall to work on, submitted by you and chosen by our lovely mimes! Feel free to work on previous or future prompts, but please do not post them until their respective day! (or until after their day!)
We also have something a bit different in store for Day 31, so stay tuned! 👀

Participation is easy. Simply create your sprite inspired by that day's prompt, then post it to #1050404143807873157 and later, #sprite-gallery, with Mergemay + that day and prompt in the post!

You may also notice some extra prompt(s) at the bottom. Those are Alt Prompts! If you're struggling with inspiration for a particular prompt, simply swap it out for an alt prompt! You can only use each one once, so use them wisely! A new one will drop every week alongside that week's prompts!

You can find the beautiful chart below, created by the wonderful @maiden laurel @serene pagoda and @austere estuary, with week 1's prompts filled out already. Additionally, there's alternative color options Here! that will be updated every week!

Can't wait to see your sprites!

[red jungle]

🦀

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Arthropods Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[woeful inlet]

Metal(Shiny) Texture Awards

Finally presenting the results of the Metal(Shiny) Texture Awards!
🥇 Registeel/Kingler by @manic granite
🥈 Skarmory/Ralts by @cunning drum
🥉 Steelix/Kingler by @muted stone

Submit your own shiny metal fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19vZDBtjqnJmS29W80R1CaXy-tmUkBxyp?usp=sharing
Read the comments:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18gusJ_oiU7rVs2fhBpR1p_R3Tjm1qoj74xZ0KO6Qb78/edit#gid=0

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402 next Sunday for another prompt ^^

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 7!

This time around, the bonus is Quadrupeds! This sheet was made mostly by @coral rivet for a friend, congratulate them for an awesome sheet! Attached below is also a list of Pokemon in Unite! Results for Week 6 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1715911200:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 29 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@cerulean shell!

The latest Scolipede sprite catsoup02 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1233970101942751242/260.424.png?ex=662f07b6&is=662db636&hm=0a7f3ca5a9aafecd62453b85ef2edfe71137ef46ca17a8b0810548844ae5d931&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Mareanie!

Its dex number is 454!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/454.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Mareanie as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 6 results!

in 1st place, @frosty zinc : 5.1

Busilisk: 4.8
Izik: 4.9
8viktor: 4.1
Fougurri: 4
apurru: 4.6
deathenfield: 4.8
pinkyoshi2350: 4.4
Mr. Person: 4.2
Mbo1064: 4.2
Onix98: 5
Holzycookie: 4.7
ohok: 4.4

Favorite Sprite of the Round goes to @frosty zinc's dog, very cool

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

btw small addendum, but I am changing how I score it a bit, instead of (X1+X2+X3+X4+X5+X6+X7+X8+X9)/9+5(if bonus is true), it'll instead be: (X1+X2+X3+X4+X5+X6+X7+X8+X9+B)/10 to make grading faster and easier

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 43: May the 4th be with you!

Winner @reef yacht Gardevoir/Machoke

S tier : @lapis mason Jolteon/Gardevoir | @gilded kestrel Necrozma/Hydreigon | @young condor Infernape/Mewtwo
A Tier : @crystal drift Porgyon-Z/Mewtwo | @cunning karma Typhlosion/Girafarig | @warm kelp Sunflora/Mewtwo
B tier : @modest cloud Prinplup/Beldum | @dim musk Ferrothorn/Mewtwo | @mellow haven Cacturne/Exeggutor | @astral mural Alakazam/Chimchar | @signal arch Espeon/Lickylicky | @drifting zealot Mime Jr./Elekid | @desert flower Goomy/Exeggcute
C Tier : @gleaming crest Darkrai/Mewtwo

Thank you @quartz tendon, @kindred lion and @gritty estuary for help with judging and you all for entering!
Prompt for week 44 will release in a few minutes

Week 44: Revenge of the 5th (Any Dark type in IF + Any Pokémon in IF)

<@&734833821429661816>
<t:1715461200:f>

[quartz tendon]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

This week's theme is Easter! 🪺 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and ** read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[soft osprey]

Electricity SFX Awards Results!!!

<@&734833821429661816>

Ngl, all of the entries were really shocking, this was a super charged awards and I’m really glad y’all had the energy to participate, but sadly not everyone can be the current winner, so let me reveal the winners:

🥇 Magneton/Wooper by @warm kelp
🥈 Lanturn/Tauros by @serene pagoda
🥉 Reuniclus/Rotom by @prime lily

Congrats to the winners!!!

Elextricity SFX Spotlight

Due to the electrifying amount of sparkling entries, I couldn’t resist, so this time you’ll be getting double the charge! Congrats to the supercharged spotlights!!!

🏆 Dragonite/Rotom by @serene pagoda
🏆Gengar/Electrode by @eternal rivet

Watt a light up competition, ill be waiting next week for the next sfx! Keep up that energy!

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Sludge Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1715486340:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Sludge!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iFXqg33MGRSHqzYpscCcFhwSap52C_k4?usp=sharing

Suggested Mons

• Grimer/Muk
• Slugma/Magcargo
• Trubbish/Garbodor
• Litwick
• Sandygast/Palossand

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

[tribal sandal]

Mergemay Week 2!

<@&734833821429661816>

Crazy it's already been a week. Here's your second batch of Mergemay prompts, including a handy transparent copy paste you can throw onto your existing sheets so you don't need to make a new one!

Have fun!

[red jungle]

🪺

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Easter Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 25 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@slate wraith!

The latest Mareanie sprite yanlu posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1238173870540722297/286.454.png?ex=663e52c6&is=663d0146&hm=d1a14baead17d7ba4db2cc121c6d6c978620057447cbfb3c8b7854f087754795&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Mantine!

Its dex number is 226!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/226.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Mantine as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 44 : Revenge of the 5th (Any Dark type in IF + Any Pokémon in IF)

Winner @reef yacht Zoroark/Machoke

A tier : @young condor Electabuzz/Tyranitar | @signal arch Honchkrow/Victreebel | @cobalt goblet Electivire/Darkrai
B tier : @pliant folio Magmortar/Absol | @modest cloud Absol/Noibat | @wispy sundial Trubbish/Darkrai | @vernal epoch Umbreon/Wailmer
Thanks to @weary shoal and @warped silo for judging and all of you for entering!

Week 45: Mother's Day! (Kangaskhan, Cubone line, Miltank, Chansey, Blissey + any IF Pokémon)

<@&734833821429661816>
<t:1716066000:f>

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Song and Dance! 🎶 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[soft osprey]

Hero’s Weekly SFX Awards!!!

<@&734833821429661816>

I know I usually star this message with a galactic amount of jokes, but the moon is up right now, so I’ll fly up to the important parts, the new prompt:

Space SFX

With everything that’s happening rn with the solar storms and the northern lights, I imagined this would be fitting for the time!

You have until:
Time’s up!!!

Time’s up!!!

I wish y’all good luck! I’m exited to see y’all reaching infinity and beyond!

[tribal sandal]

Mergemay Week 3!

<@&734833821429661816>
Just nearing the half way point! Here's your third batch of Mergemay prompts, including the transparent copypaste you can throw onto your existing sheets. Hope yall like the prompts this week!

Enjoy!

[red jungle]

🎶

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Song and Dance Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[woeful inlet]

Sludge Texture Awards

Finally presenting the results of the Sludge Texture Awards!
🥇 Toxapex/Muk by @serene pagoda
🥈 Trubbish/Arceus by @lavish nest and @reef yacht
🥉 Magcargo/Sharpedo by @static cipher

Submit your own sludgy fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iFXqg33MGRSHqzYpscCcFhwSap52C_k4?usp=sharing
Read the comments:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16OtxMiW6hJ2OluDIge00ErPLLfjBX18vmiTcx_qkxcA/edit#gid=0

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in ⁠SFX & Texture Awards next Sunday for another prompt ^^

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 8!

This time around, the bonus is Collab! Results for Week 7 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Useful channels for collabs include: #spriting-discussion, #1118681755759693865 and #1110687947004583946

Deadline: <t:1717120800:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

Taking advatage of the pings, I'll use this time to announce that the Elusive Pokedex Event has become official and has it's own post now!!!

Please check it out! https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1240773622612889681

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 21 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@marsh jewel!

The latest Mantine sprite shadow.wo1f posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1239719861899231304/46.226.png?ex=6643f297&is=6642a117&hm=a20c1f6e9c12bb4eed7f4fbff95aa2abd06e9c61fe2b515e5cd92b60c2be8703&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Klinklang!

Its dex number is 337!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/337.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Klinklang as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 7 results!

in 1st place, @simple raft: 4.9

@oblique whale : 4.6
@oak temple: 4.5
@pliant folio: 3.9
@thorn rapids: 3.8
@severe mango : 3.8
@frosty zinc : 3.6
@modest cloud : 2.9

Favorite Sprite of the week goes to @frosty zinc, I'm in love with the handbag space kangaroo!

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 45 : Week 45: Mother's Day! (Kangaskhan, Cubone line, Miltank, Chansey, Blissey + any IF Pokémon)

Winner @static cipher Mr.Mime/Chansey

S Tier : @old saddle Sunflora/Blissey
A Tier : @young condor Toxapex/Blissey | @signal arch Furret/Kangaskhan | @muted shore Zweilous/Chansey
B Tier : @modest cloud Prinplup/Kangaskhan | @rigid radish Hawlucha/Miltank | @drifting zealot Miltank/Magikarp | @floral pier Vigoroth/Kangaskhan | @dusty fulcrum Kangaskhan/Wailord
Ty @oak temple judge, Ty all enter
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

Week 46: Minecraft! (Porygon, Torterra, Spiritomb, Sableye, Trevenant and Hydreigon + any Pokémon in IF)

<@&734833821429661816>(they dont have to be ref sprites ) <t:1716670800:R>

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is False Fairies! 🧝 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[soft osprey]

Space SFX Results!!!

<@&734833821429661816>
This was a really fun prompt, all of the entries blew my mind, y’all sky rocketed the ideas to another level.
Sadly we can’t have a world full of winners, so the stars of this prompt are:

🥇 Arceus/Altaria by @vagrant hawk
🥈 Totodile/Honedge by @thorn kiln
🥉 Clefairy/Meloetta Pirouette by @wheat sage

Congrats to the winners!

Space Awards Spotlight!

The infinity of space gave the opportunity to pick not one but two spotlights! Congratulations to:
⭐️ Necrozma/Klinklang by @muted crypt
⭐️ Clefairy/Altaria by @vernal epoch

Hope y’all had fun, stay tuned for another SFX next week!
Also don’t forget to participate on this week’s Texture Awards!

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Flower Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1717041540:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Flowers!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18Q-xbrOD-ZEA9YYtctFk1Ahd0baG499t?usp=sharing

Suggested Mons

• Ivysaur/Venusaur
• Vileplume/Bellosom
• Meganium
• Skiploom
• Sunflora
• Roselia/Roserade
• Cacnea
• Oricorio
• Bruxish

Bonus Tier List: #1213267805282107402 message

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

[tribal sandal]

Mergemay Week 4!

<@&734833821429661816>
We're in the final stretch yall! Here's your fourth week and final week (+3) of prompts. Hope you enjoy :)

You also might notice 31 is a bit different from the rest... info on that will be coming shortly 👀

Character Customization Contest!

<@&734833821429661816> get double pinged

Day 31 is going to be a bit different. Instead of a fusion, the prompt will be Character Customization! You can find the templates for this here

What's more, while valid entries will likely be added for players to obtain at some point, **the winner will exclusively be added to an NPC in the game as well for all to see! **

A couple small rules for this:

• One entry per person
• Anything goes! A full outfit, a hairstyle, or just a hat are all acceptable!
• No complete sprite replacements (such as overworld pokemon sprites)
• References are okay, but it should make some sort of sense contextually. Nothing completely out of place.
• No references/assets from other fangames
• You can find info about formatting in the #1198414970744995961 thread!

I'll be giving you guys plenty of time for this and the rest of Mergemay as well. You'll have until <t:1717774260:D>(in <t:1717774260:R>) to wrap up the contest entry and your mergemayy prompts as well!

Entry Drive

Good luck and happy spriting!

[woeful inlet]

<@&734833821429661816> The deadline for this week’s texture contest has been extended to <t:1717041540:F> so that folks can use the same entry for both the Flower Texture Awards and Mergemay’s Floral Prompt!

[tawdry turtle]

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX EVENT WEEK 3 WINNER

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello everyone!
A big thanks to all the participants who managed to make good use of the prompt despite the limited body choices
Thanks to you, we might be able to get enough funds to replace the stolen computer.
As a reminder the prompts where a yellow color for the head pokemon and an ice type body. 🍦

But let's not wait any longer for here are the results!

The winner of the week who will be featured in the next Occulture publishing is...

Kakuna/Amaura by @summer basalt !

and here is the final ranking!

Again, a big thanks to all participants!

All the entries from this week and the previous ones are visible here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[gaunt fulcrum]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hi folks! @tawdry turtle and I are those two Pokémon Researchers that keep asking for help—and we continue to have terrible luck

We were studying some Ice type Pokémon Fusions to help us after our AC got stolen along with our computer. After the Pokémon Fusion got here, it accidentally hit an electronic device which short circuited and the whole building was set on fire! Our workplace is now burnt and we're planning to move to a new one, but on our way to find somewhere else to work, our stupid and unresponsive boss told us to make a report for a new Pokémon Fusion. Since we don't have a workplace, can y'all help us to finish it with a picture and a description?
We're going to reward the winner with something special in our budget this time! (aka Chroma's wallet)

Our boss gave us some information about the Pokémon Fusion: its head was somewhat Pink and the body was rather hard to catch. We hope that info is useful for you!
We will tier rank the submitted entries based off of both the image and the description. The highest ranked will be featured and credited on our Pokédex report about the discovery!

For that reason, we are happy to introduce:

The ELUSIVE POKÉDEX event!

The Fusion we are searching for this week is of the Color Pink 🩷 and it has a Catch Rate of 45.
⚠️ REMINDER: The Catch Rate is calculated and determined by the Body!!
We have until <t:1717011000:F>!

Come to #1240773622612889681 for more information about the event! (Check the pins for eligible Pokémon)

You can submit your entries through this form:
https://forms.gle/Npd9k7S3AAbLzymdA
Or view the submitted entries here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[red jungle]

🧝

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's False Fairies Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!
As a prize for five consecutive wins, the scope of the Theme Blitz will be expanded to 7x7 charts with a minimum of 18 sprites to create each week!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 19 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@eager umbra!

The latest Klinklang sprite djoing posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1242818377215643729/437.337.png?ex=664f384f&is=664de6cf&hm=d963cc91fcbf686a8f13eedc179dd5545d547c44bfb004f12440986bc2c8e8fd&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Bruxish!

Its dex number is 469!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/469.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Bruxish as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 46: Minecraft! (Porygon, Torterra, Spiritomb, Sableye, Trevenant and Hydreigon + any Pokémon in IF)

Winner @scarlet tundra Palossand/Porygon

S Tier : @signal arch Omastar/Hydreigon
A Tier : @fervent raft Porygon/Torterra | @keen flume Golett/Sableye | @harsh dagger Grotle/Piloswine | @drowsy surge Porygon/Zubat | @amber sphinx Cofagrigus/Porygon
B Tier : @quiet ibex Poliwrath/Porygon | @marsh jewel Porygon/Sableye | | @vernal epoch Porygon-Z/Cacnea | @drifting zealot Regice/Hydreigon
C Tier : @mr.personprinplup_enjoyer Prinplup/Trevenant
D Tier : @icy path Porygon/Doublade
Thank you to everyone who participated this week and a big thanks to @lapis ivy for hosting the event this week.

You all know how there was a prompt suggestion thingy for mergemay right? There was one particular prompt that sounded so incredibly stupid and yet so compelling that I just had to choose it, so the prompt for Week 47 is :

Week 47: Can I just get some more riolu sprites cause I ain’t talented enough to make my own Ty (Just make some Riolu sprites)

<t:1717275600:f>

<@&734833821429661816>

[quartz tendon]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

This week's theme is Under-Appreciated Rainbow! 🌈 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and ** read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[gaunt fulcrum]

ELUSIVE POKEDEX EVENT WEEK 4 WINNER

<@&734833821429661816>
Thank you all!!
We managed to get a lot good entries, you are amazing helpers!

So now me and Chroma can get to the new workplace, but we don't have time to relax!

After we arrived, we immediately went to local scientists to publish our new discovery, and it happened to be the one that got caught by the Cyber Security!

The Elusive Pokémon of this week is Porygon/Mawile by @forest arrow!

And here you have the ranking of all the entries!
You can checks the last weeks entries in the spreadsheet, stay tuned for the next one and thank you!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[tawdry turtle]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello! @gaunt fulcrum and I are back! Annnnd you guessed it, we need help

We managed to get a new workplace but are still waiting for the computers to arriveit's been in delivery hell for a while now and the boss is still on vacations .
Nevertheless we need to produce a report for this week with, like usual a picture and a description!

While we don't have the computers ready, we still have one phone working with some data saved on it that should help to give you some basis on the pokemon!
We will tier rank the submitted entries based off of both the image and the description. The highest ranked will be featured and credited on our Pokédex report about the discovery!

We are presenting you this week's

The ELUSIVE POKÉDEX event!

**The fusion we are searching for this week is of the color green 🟢 and has a body with a single pair of wings **
Our deadline is the <t:1717615800:F>!

There are more details in #1240773622612889681 so come check it out

Entries can be submitted here:
https://forms.gle/ofjwTRKTzNy49czU9
Or view the submitted entries here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

don't mind the previous attached pic

[tribal sandal]

Hello friends, not pinging today but just gonna leave a quick poll here to help me decide on Pride Rush next month 👀

Do feel free to let me know if you have any added thoughts about it over in #event-general as well.

[red jungle]

🌈

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Under-Appreciated Rainbow Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 9!

This time around, the bonus is Cross-Gen! Results for Week 8 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1718330400:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 20 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@lethal siren!

The latest Bruxish sprite screeeee. posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1244364436987183265/469.153.png?ex=6654d830&is=665386b0&hm=4fb9485b3d487c6a8197090fad1d5a35ec215e62c7a0e11f0b5052a2b19fd4f5&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Gible!

Its dex number is 297!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/297.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Gible as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 8 results!

in 1st place, @frosty zinc: 5

@young condor: 4.8
@oblique whale: 4.8
@reef compass: 4.8
@severe mango: 4.8
@real adder: 4.5
@thorn rapids: 4.5

Favorite Sprite of the week goes to @oblique whale, cosmic gem rat goes hard

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

That being said,
ATTENTION GAMERS, it's time for

Pory's Spriter Bingo! ⁽ᵖᵃᵗᵉⁿᵗ ᵖᵉⁿᵈᶦⁿᵍ⁾

If you are unsure of how it works or if you'd like to discuss options and whatnot (words are hard), come over to #1210021946105004052! The reward for completing a fresh sheet within the month is to request me a sprite ( @frosty zinc plans to have me participate in my own events, can't let them get dubs please), so have fun packing my schedule ig, have fun and happy spriting!

You'll have until <t:1719813540:R> to complete the sheet, so see you then!

<@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

We have multiple announcements today that we hope you look forward to, stay tuned!

[soft osprey]

Hero’s Weekly SFX Awards!!!

<@&734833821429661816>

Long time no see, I’ve been out of orbit for a bit ||Animation School’s hard ||, but I landed back just in time for the next SFX awards’ prompt, which will be…

Rainbow SXF

What a way to start the month, ain’t it? This will be fun for y’all, cause this time the rules are changing a bit:
You don’t have to have an actual rainbow, you can use any SFX you want, as long as it is colorful!
Only rainbows? Nah, let’s represent our flags’ colors on the sprites!
But most importantly, you’ll have extra time!
You have until:

<t:1718521140:R>

Remember to post all of your sprites to:

Time’s up

I wish y’all good luck! And happy pride!

||Extra points to whoever guesses my flag on a sprite ||

[woeful inlet]

Flower Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the Flower Texture Awards!
🥇 Sunflora/Gardevoir by @lapis mason
🥈 Roserade/Bruxish by @prime lily
🥉 Meganium/Mamoswine by @soft osprey

Submit your own floral fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18Q-xbrOD-ZEA9YYtctFk1Ahd0baG499t?usp=sharing
Read the comments:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P_iL304MD8O08kNpz3gc5GIIZlZiGbvfVdtIAdW1CH8/edit?usp=sharing

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402⁠ next Sunday for another prompt ^^

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 47 : Can I just get some more riolu sprites cause I ain’t talented enough to make my own Ty (Just make some Riolu sprites)

Winner : @old saddle Reshiram/Riolu

S tier : @reef compass Jumpluff/Riolu | @next socket Klinklang/Riolu
A tier : @oblique whale Machoke/Riolu | @signal arch Riolu/Venonat | @lyric linden Riolu/Mew | @thorn rapids Meowth/Riolu | @harsh dagger Lycanroc Midnight/Riolu | @icy path Registeel/Riolu
B tier : @normal axle Riolu/Nosepass | @modest cloud Prinplup/Riolu
Forgive me for the delay I completely forgor, no extra judge this time (not rushed at all )
Thank you all for entering

And for Week 48, something INCREDIBLY UNEXPECTED

Week 48: Pride Month! (Any Pokemon with the pride colour scheme + any IF)

<@&734833821429661816>
<t:1717880400:f>

[tribal sandal]

It's time for...

Pride Rush 2024: Ho-Oh Edition!

Welcome back <@&734833821429661816> to another Team Rush, an event where we focus on completing an entire fusion line by a specific date!

Our next rush for 2024 is to celebrate Pride Month, and what better way to celebrate than with our very own rainbow bird, Ho-Oh! As voted by you all, we'll be focusing on Ho-Oh for this month, our goal being to complete All Ho-Ohs by <t:1719817199:f> (Which is <t:1719817199:R>!) That's right, both heads and bodies are open this time around! There are a lot still open, so we may pivot to focus on only heads or bodies later this month if it comes down to it... but I believe in yall

Soar on over to #1246658159422996680 to join in on the fun! There you'll find a pin with details and a couple sheets to throw down your claims, and check out what's already been sprited.

As always, if we reach 100%, all participants will receive the Ho-Oh Completionist role for a few months! And keep an eye out, there may be some extra milestones dropping soon that you can unlock along the way 👀

Happy Pride Month, and happy spriting! 🌈

[opal briar]

Howdy, <@&734833821429661816>!
We got something special today courtesy of the Pokéathlon Showdown team (where IF Showdown is, check it out if you haven't, it's awesome ). Similar to our Loading Screen contest a while back for Frog, we need some backgrounds for the Showdown page!

And let's give it a half decent name this time around, let's go with the:

Pokéathlon's Background Breakdown!

Here's the rules:

• Keep Background related to IF
• Aspect ratio must be 8:5 (AKA 800x500 or 1600x1000)
• The medium doesn't matter {Digital, Sprite Art, Some Blender stuff, go all out just remember the aspect ratios}

As a lil' bonus challenge is it'd be cool if the fusions of your banner used a Pokémon from the OU tier, but this is not a hard requirement. [See Image Below or Client's IF OU tier]

You have until <t:1721069866:R> AKA <t:1721069996:D>.
This time around there's some specialty prizes going around!

For rewards, the winner(s) gets a custom avatar or nameplate, and the prize rank on Pokéathlon's client! ((plus a credited background on the client ofc))

Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JpwBgeE0zi3oSqlL4tMafA8A2BV5dxYf?usp=sharing

Oh I didn't mention entry limit, uhhhh let's just say there isn't one, after all way bigger canvas sizes here.

||Not every event this month could be rainbows ||

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Staff Helpers! **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[red jungle]

Some other responsibilities have come up, so I am afraid the Staff Helpers Blitz results will be postponed to this afternoon.
As a bright side, though, this gives you extra time to get your sprites done.
Thank you for your understanding.

[red jungle]

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Staff Helpers Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[tawdry turtle]

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX EVENT WEEK 5 WINNER

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello everyone again! And sorry for the delay!
Thank you so much for participating this week!
As a reminder of the prompt, the head was of color green 🟢 and the body body was with a single pair of wings

But without further ado, let's see the results!

The winner, or rather winners of this week are:

@tawny torrent and @oblique whale with their Roselia/Flygon!

Congratulation to all the participants!
You can see the entries and the comments we had here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

and here are all the participants of this week
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/653669174970941466/1248397063050367136/safari_w5.png?ex=666383dd&is=6662325d&hm=bf6b8ca490b0017e00a69cbaa24c51a9842d28c2f997cf25617c5fc00c042105&

[tawdry turtle]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello everyone! @gaunt fulcrum and I have a special favor to ask of you this time!

So our boss heard that next week, the 12th of June is going to be Valentine's day for Brazil and decided it would be funny to ask us to find a special pokemon for that occasion. Maybe she want to use the report as a gift for a date?
In any case, this time, not only do we need a picture and a description as usual, we also need the pokemon to fit the theme of love and romance!
Meanwhile we still have no news about the computers

We will give feedback to the submitted entries and pick a winner amongst them!

So this time we are hosting:

The ELUSIVE POKÉDEX event: Valentine's Day edition

**The fusion we are looking this time has the Psychic primary Type🔮 and belong to the Fairy Egg Group 🥚 ! It also fit the theme of Love and Romance 💗 **

Reminder: the egg group of a fusion is determined by the body
Come take a look in #1240773622612889681 for more details!

The deadline is the <t:1718220600:F> on Valentine's day!
You can submit entries here:
https://forms.gle/RgmucJhJVbVYndHx6
Or view the submitted entries here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 20 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@deep cape!

The latest Gible sprite toad900 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1246710803718209556/250.297.png?ex=665d616a&is=665c0fea&hm=411c929b15d89daabf6612f20a52950c16dc4da62db7d3891e584791a6394e01&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Hypno!

Its dex number is 97!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/97.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Hypno as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[tribal sandal]

<@&734833821429661816> At the request of several spriters (and because I forgot to post reminders ) I will be granting a one week extension to the Character Customization Contest!

The deadline for entries is now <t:1718434799:F> (<t:1718434799:R>)

You can find the information for it on this post up here #event-announcements message

Good luck!

This also applies to Mergemay if anyone wants the extra time to finish up their sprites for that!

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 48 : Pride!

Winner : @ripe frigate Raticate/Drifloon

S Tier : @signal arch Umbreon/Lileep
A Tier : @cunning karma Mewtwo/Dragonair | @torn sierra Raikou/Mr. Mime
B Tier : @modest cloud Chansey/Prinplup | @thorn rapids Ho-Oh/Omastar | @young condor Ho-Oh/Metagross | @vernal epoch Ho-Oh/Persian
Thank you @gritty estuary for judging with me and you all for entering

Week 49: Spiky Madness! (Ferroseed line, Mareanie line, Cacnea line, any Pokémon with access to Spiky Shield (or anything that you can add spikes to ) + any Pokémon in IF)

<@&734833821429661816>

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Feather Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1719115140:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Feathers!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hv72gTw0VazubuUkRGKvHQRlW2-LMEGu?usp=sharing

Recommended Mons

• Pidgey/Pidgeotto/Pidgeot
• Spearow/Fearow
• Articuno
• Noctowl
• Murkrow/Honchkrow
• Delibird
• Ho-Oh
• Torchic/Combusken/Blaziken
• Fletchling/Fletchinder/Talonflame
• Hawlucha
• Oricorio

Potential Mons

• Farfetch'd
• Doduo/Dodrio
• Zapdos
• Moltres
• Hoothoot
• Togetic/Togekiss
• Natu/Xatu
• Skarmory
• Lugia
• Swablu/Altaria
• Piplup/Prinplup/Empoleon

Unorthodox Mons

• Wartortle
• Dragonair
• Dunsparce
• Sneasel/Weavile
• Blissey
• Anorith/Armaldo

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

Other Resources
Feather Guide: #1051343819314053160 message
Wing Tutorial: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7guD_RFDlMA&feature=youtu.be

Additional Notes:

• Unlimited Entries are allowed
• Collabs (including concept art) are allowed
• Non-IF (including later gens) are allowed

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Safari! 🛤️ **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[red jungle]

🛤️

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Safari Blitz! We reached 88% completion!

[gaunt fulcrum]

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX EVENT WEEK 6 WINNER!

<@&734833821429661816>

Hello everybody! I'm terribly sorry for the delay, been dealing with some problems, but here I am with the results that y'all deserve!

This week was rough, but lovely, and within some precious and amazing fusions and descriptions!

and the Winner of the week 6 is...

Duosion/Chansey by @deft sonnet!

Thank you very much, Whoz, I loved it! and I'm stunned by all those entries woah!
Y'all can check the week entries and comments here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

And here we have all of our lovely participants of this week!! ❤️

[opal briar]

Howdy, <@&734833821429661816>

Decided to make a post within #1149373303669145751 for this, join if you are interested: https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1250931751816003745

||This is also a ping to remind people of it, as we're coming up halfway through the month ||

[tawdry turtle]

<@&734833821429661816>
Heya! It's @gaunt fulcrum and I again!

The Valentine report was a success! Our boss was very happy! We still don't know what it was for
The computers have arrived, but at the wrong site , so we still can't make more research...
It's back to post-its then, but we still need a picture and a description !

We will give feedback to the submitted entries and pick a winner amongst them!

So for this week:

The ELUSIVE POKÉDEX event

**The fusion we are looking this time is of the color blue 🔵 and has a catch rate of 90 9️⃣0️⃣ **

As a reminder: the color is determined by the head and the catch rate by the body! The head's color is the one given by the official pokedex classification
Come take a look in the https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1240773622612889681 thread for more details!

The deadline is the <t:1718825400:F>!
New deadline for the <t:1719430200:F>!
You can submit entries here:
https://forms.gle/KPGn8xuASvYMEgjs5
Or view the submitted entries here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1250534804227756053/1250942585464291409/elusive_pkdex_2024-06-12.png?ex=666cc691&is=666b7511&hm=e86625441cdc97ac9af84b9cd76547c7e00ed5b6ee1b0c366c16294ac7988775&

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 10!

This time around, the bonus is Winged! Results for Week 9 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1719540000:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 17 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@frozen mist!

The latest Hypno sprite atlas3339098 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1249836332633555100/97.347.png?ex=6668c04a&is=66676eca&hm=4a573bcf114e9a687bc76d478c6f5f1d54a2e6d5ed297fde271214249555d29c&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Nosepass!

Its dex number is 325!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/325.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Nosepass as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 9 results!

in 1st place, @frosty zinc: 4.8

@clear scarab: 4.2
@oblique whale: 4.4
@dim musk: 4.4
@modest cloud: 4.0
@thorn rapids: 4.3

Favorite Sprite of the week goes to @thorn rapids, the council was losing its mind over it 🐧 👃

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 49 : Spikes!

Winner @steel inlet Magnezone/Toxapex

S tier : @prime lily Flygon/Jumpluff
A tier : @cursive panther Toxapex/Wynaut | @next socket Klinklang/Grovyle | @reef compass Pinsir/Sandygast | @signal arch Toxapex/Victreebel
B tier : @frozen mist Sableye/Sandlash | @vernal epoch Nidorino/Raichu | @modest cloud Prinplup/Sandslash
Tyvm @tardy pollen for judging with me and everyone for entering

For Week 50 we have something quite special. We went and asked Staff Members for their favourite pokemons and that's exactly what you will be spriting. The catch is, if we get enough entries, I will forcefully kindly ask the entire staff team to vote! (Like with big contests) So I hope to see you all do your best

Week 50: Staff Faves! (Hoppip, Ivysaur, Shuckle, Mew, Spiritomb, Torterra, Blaziken, Rayquaza, Arcanine, Skarmory, Sableye, Scizor, Gastly, Cleffa, Mimikyu, Ledyba, Reuniclus, Happiny, Heracross, Lanturn, Cacturne, Noivern, Poliwhirl, Giratina, Lugia, Swampert, Jolteon, Trevenant, Misdreavus, Tyranitar, Latios, Latias and Cresselia + Any IF Pokémon)

<@&734833821429661816>
<t:1719090000:f>

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Calamity at Sea! 🏴‍☠️ **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[red jungle]

🏴‍☠️

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Calamity at Sea Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 11 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@thorn rapids!

The latest Nosepass sprite pinkyoshi2350 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1252118469240164465/325.123.png?ex=66710db2&is=666fbc32&hm=2590f2a5b6181ef7d363bc7e58a7c3eebcb483b4f7bfd093688a2f7fef3b9509&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Pinsir!

Its dex number is 127!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/127.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Pinsir as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[woeful inlet]

There’s just 24 hours before the Feather Texture Award drive closes, remember to submit your entries if you haven’t yet

[soft osprey]

Rainbow SFX Winners

<@&734833821429661816>
How’s everyone doing? This time I have some things to announce
First of all, as the people asked, this awards were judged not just by me, two of my besties helped me judge, thanks to @maiden laurel and @quartz tendon , alongside @woeful inlet who helped being the tie breaker!
Without further ado, let’s see the winners!!!
🥇 Aurorus/Articuno by @visual skiff
🥈 Ho-Oh/Frosslas by @lapis mason
🥉 Necrozma/Ho-Oh by @shut pier
Congrats to the winners!

[summer pagoda]

Milian Royale Week 50 : Staff Favourites

Winner : @forest bane Pinsir/Reuniclus

S tier : @lapis mason | @old saddle | @reef compass | @simple bridge
A tier : @young condor | @oblique whale | @cerulean nimbus | @signal arch | @drowsy surge | @keen flume
B Tier : @thorn rapids | @frozen mist | @pliant folio | @modest cloud | @rotund jay | @hardy cairn
For the sake of being a lazy fxxk saving time, this week doesn't have the fusion names ( #sprite-gallery search "week 50" you will find them all ). Thank you @lapis ivy for judging with me (I will make sure that the entire staff team sees it ) and thank you all for entering, all of them are stunning!

[soft osprey]

Next, is time for…

Rainbow SFX Spotlight

We have two spotlights this time! Let’s see them!
🏆 Aurorus/Moltres by @visual skiff
🏆 Ho-Oh/ Rayquaza by @clear scarab

Milian you clod I was gonna post the spotlights!

[summer pagoda]

Week 51: Father's Day! (Mr. Mime, Probopass, Slaking line + Any IF Pokémon)

<t:1719694800:f>
<@&734833821429661816>
at least we don't have to ping events twice

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Neglected Pokémon! 📉 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[tribal sandal]

Pride Rush 2024: Ho-Oh Edition will be ending soon!

<@&392803830900850688> You have until <t:1719817199:f> to finish your sprites: that's <t:1719817199:R>.

The goal is to complete as many Ho-Oh fusion sprites (either the head OR body counts!) as possible by the end of the month.

If you want to make a sprite for the event:

Head over to #1246658159422996680 and check the pins: there you'll find details on the event as well as charts where you can mark down your claimed sprites!

If you already have an unfinished WIP or claim:

Try your best to finish it before then, OR remove your claim so someone else can claim it instead.

Currently, there are 56 unclaimed Ho-Oh body fusions

& some of the head fusions might be un-claimed in the future as well.

If we reach 100%, all participants will receive the Ho-Oh Completionist role for a few months (after which it will be replaced with a less specific "completionist" role).

Happy spriting everyone!

[quartz tendon]

Pory's Hero’s Weekly SFX Awards!!!

<@&734833821429661816>

Long time no see, I'm fashionably late but here I am to tell that this week's SFX prompt will be…

Feather SFX!

Birds have feathers, Ho-Oh is bird, Ho-Oh returns for a guest appearance at every event
You have until:

<t:1720331940:R>

Remember to post all of your sprites to:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wzue9QzhpBz9gCqjU0ekhQljlDp6nEHh

I wish y’all good luck and happy spriting!

[woeful inlet]

Feather Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the Feather Texture Awards!
🥇 Articuno/Kyogre by @visual skiff
🥈 Marshadow/Talonflame by @austere estuary
🥉 Dunsparce/Ho-Oh by @fossil aurora

Submit your own feathery fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hv72gTw0VazubuUkRGKvHQRlW2-LMEGu?usp=sharing
Read the comments:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18n9gOV4E-PcA45VBYsjqqtfXL7kpRN26urGsToOX16M/edit?usp=sharing

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402⁠ next Sunday for another prompt ^^

[red jungle]

📉

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Neglected Pokémon Blitz! We reached 98% completion!

[tribal sandal]

Ho-Oh Pride Rush: 3 day warning!

<@&392803830900850688> Just a heads up that there's only three days left for the Rush!

Everything is claimed as of now, so those who have claims please try to get them done by the 30th! If you don't think you'll be able to finish on time, feel free to unclaim and let us know over in #1246658159422996680

We're also very much open for backup spriters for those who might not be able to finish on time! There's still 36 Ho-Oh Bodies that have been claimed, but not started yet!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 11!

This time around, the bonus is Bonus! You make your own bonus and share what it is in the thread/your spritedoku card! Please try your hardest to make them interesting or unique so that I can harvest them for later profit!!!!!! Results for Week 10 come out tomorrow at the same time, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1720749600:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 13 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@pliant folio!

The latest Pinsir sprite .nicoshis posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1256238873458249868/127.240.png?ex=66800b1f&is=667eb99f&hm=0996c898889f6be84269160f73dfcc2bd4854446f12fb0e7b1736d2e7c963574&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Magnezone!

Its dex number is 263!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/263.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Magnezone as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[tawdry turtle]

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX EVENT WEEK 7 WINNER

<@&734833821429661816>
It has been a while since the last announcement
but we finally made it!
a big thanks to this week participants, as well as @quartz tendon for the help with judging
To refresh the memories, the criterias where a head of the color blue 🔵 and a body with a catch rate of 90.

So let's see, this week's winner is:

@lyric linden with their beepo: Azurill/Quagsire !

A big congrats to all participant once again!
You can see the entries and the comments we had here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

and all the entries are showcased here!

[tawdry turtle]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hello everybody! It's us again!

The good news is: we got the computer!
The bad news is: they are catching fire from time to time. Guess it's the season.
So as to not repeat the incident at the previous site, we are still sticking to paper, and asking for your help .
We need as usual, a picture and a description!
We will give feedback to the submitted entries and pick a winner amongst them!

for this week's

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX

**The fusion we are looking this week is of the color brown 🟤 and has for secondary type the Poison type **

As a reminder: the color is determined by the head and the secondary type by the body (as well as indirectly the head)! The head's color is the one given by the official pokedex classification
Check out the https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1240773622612889681 thread for more details! (we have a chart )

The deadline is <t:1720636200:F>! (We are temporarily switching to two weeks)
You can submit entries here: https://forms.gle/wFgbYFPhZ6Ye526f9
And view submitted entries, including past events, here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 10 results!

in 1st place, @frosty zinc: 4.9

@trim thicket: 4.6
@thorn rapids: 3.2
@clear scarab: 4.2
@severe mango: 4.6
@pine gate: 4.1
@modest cloud: 3.2
@subtle laurel : 3.7
@warped silo: 4.3

Favorite Sprite of the week goes to @pine gate's Amaura/Farfetch'd, lil' dude's ready to set sail!

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[lapis ivy]

Hey everyone, small announcement from me. Milian is taking a break from their event, so I am hosting it in their place, which means....

THE MILIAN ROYALE WILL BE TEMPORARILY TAKEN OVER AS THE SAY ROYALE

(The way to enter is still the same, make sure your #sprite-gallery post has "Week #" in it for the corresponding week of the prompt.)

There may or may not be a surprise next week for the results

Anyways away from that small announcement, it's time for.....

Milian Say Royale Week 51: Father's Day!

Winner: @drowsy surge Meowth/Probopass

S Tier: @simple bridge
A Tier: @frozen mist | @dusty fulcrum | @forest bane
B Tier: @marsh jewel | @rotund jay | @signal arch | @modest cloud er
| @unborn cape
Thank you all for participating, and thank you @realthree for voting with me this week. I hope you all had/have a happy Father's Day, whenever it is for you!

Week 52: Summertime! (Palossand line, Electrode line, Krabby line, Exeggutor, or anything that’s “Summer” + any IF Pokémon)

<t:1720299600:f>

<@&734833821429661816>

[quartz tendon]

Someone is fashionably late

[opal briar]

Howdy folks and <@&734833821429661816>!

We are extending the dead line for the Pokéathlon's Background Breakdown by 2 weeks!

The new deadline is <t:1721069866:R> AKA <t:1721069996:D>. This should give you plenty of time to finish up your entries or make another if you so choose!~

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1250931751816003745

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Bug-Like! 🐌 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[quartz tendon]

ATTENTION GAMERS, it's time for

Pory's Spriter Bingo™️!

First of all, I'd like to thank @unkempt swift for sending in a sheet, a few of the prompts are their doing and it was a really good start off point! If you are unsure of how it works or if you'd like to discuss options and whatnot (words are hard), come over to #1210021946105004052, there's a version of this announcement there with all the prompts in text form! The reward for completing a fresh sheet within the month is to request me a sprite, so have fun packing my schedule ig, have fun and happy spriting!

You'll have until <t:1722491940:R> to complete the sheet, so see you then!

<@&734833821429661816>

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Shell Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1721015940:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Shells!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfzKmAymqYbtwDWDvFGhYNOVX1WNVD-j?usp=sharing

Recommended Mons

• Slowbro/Slowking
• Shellder/Cloyster
• Omanyte/Omastar

Potential Bodies

• Lapras
• Magcargo

Potential Heads

• Sliggoo
• Sandygast/Palossand

Non-IF

• Clamperl/Gorebyss
• Oshawott/Dewott/Samurott
• Dwebble/Crustle (Body)
• Escavalier
• Shelmet
• Primarina
• Wo-Chien (Body)
• Galarian Slowking/Slowbro
• Hisuian Sliggoo/Goodra

And of course feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

Additional Notes:

• Unlimited Entries are allowed
• Collabs (including concept art) are allowed
• Non-IF (including later gens) are allowed

[tribal sandal]

Ho-Oh Pride Rush is over!

<@&392803830900850688>

Thank you all for a very colorful month of spriting! We hit 100% in both heads AND bodies! With over 800 Ho-Oh Sprites in 30 days, yall averaged over 24 Ho-Ohs a day (that's 1-2 sprites every hour!)

Whether you only contributed one (literally me), or were out here completing Ho-Oh Pokefan (looking at you, Pokebio ), you all did a fantastic job!

As promised, I will be rolling out the Ho-Oh Pride role to all participants over the next few hours (be patient, I am but one person )

Happy spriting, and happy pride month!

[tribal sandal]

Everyone who participated should now have the role, hopefully I didn't miss anyone! (feel free to just ping me if you contributed but didn't get the role!)

[opal briar]

Ahh, Summer… The perfect time to go to the beach! Grab a drink, apply plenty of sunscreen, and get your pens at the ready for—

🏖️ The Seaside Trial 🏖️

There’s been a lot of events going on recently—from the Background Breakdown to the Ho-Oh Pride Rush or all of the mini-events held on the server.
But there hasn’t been a major fusion contest since April: it’s about time that changes!

Rules:

• Animation is not allowed.
• All Pokémon must be available in IF.
• No collabs.
• Maximum of 2 entries per person.
• All entries must be submitted to the drive in the correct format (see pins).

Your entry must be connected to/inspired by the beach in some way.

All entries must be submitted by <t:1721015940:F>. That’s <t:1721015940:R>.

Submit your entries here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fQj_B1tHdudfpGWcoh9ai807g4FVgscA?usp=sharing

Say now, there's also the Say Royale with similar themeing. Go check it out!
#event-announcements message

🐚 And while you're at it, surf on over to the latest Texture Awards which is focused on seashells, mollusks, and other such things!
#event-announcements message

Good luck and have some fun in the sun, <@&734833821429661816>!

[red jungle]

🐌

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Bug-Like Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 15 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@old saddle!

The latest Magnezone sprite onyxsylvian posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1257055562642751529/263.185.png?ex=668303b9&is=6681b239&hm=4578ff059998c48cc2401922b8a2eb9a05da2eb2d1dc49e13f736997cdc2aab6&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Grotle!

Its dex number is 317!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/317.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Grotle as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[lapis ivy]

Hello everyone, unfortunately the Say Royale results will not be ready for a while (it will be posted in the next 24 hours) so I will just post the next prompt now

Week 53: ‘MURICA! (Magmortar line, Elekid line, Electrode line, Snorlax, Genesect (or any Pokemon that learns Explosion, Seed Bomb, or Bullet Seed) + Any IF Pokemon)

Blame Pory for the prompt not me
<@&734833821429661816> <t:1720908000:f>

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Winter! ☃️ **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>
||Oops, wrong chart the first time ||

[lapis ivy]

Say Royale Week 52: Summertime!

Winner: @zealous ravine Sandygast/Meloetta Aria

S Tier: @subtle laurel | @deep cape | @icy path | @young condor | @old saddle
A Tier: @deep rose | @lilac path | @tepid sierra | @vernal epoch | @forest bane | @signal arch
B Tier: @modest cloud | @unkempt swift | @drowsy surge & @gleaming crest | @cursive panther | @unborn cape | @clear scarab | @reef compass
C Tier: @thorn rapids | @summer river | @frozen mist | @ocean basin | @delicate ridge
Thank you all for participating (we got 24 entries I am better than Milian), thank you @summer pagoda and @red jungle for voting, and a small thank you @opal briar for the contest and small advertisement, I got more entries because of you

For Week 53's prompt, check out the announcement here: #event-announcements message
Make sure to check out The Seaside Trial (hosted by GamR) and other events too

[red jungle]

You’ve been wandering the wilds for days, and your team is exhausted. You turn the bend, and standing there is an amazing fusion! Knowing it would be the perfect addition to your team, you fling a Poké Ball at it and cross your fingers. The ball holds, and you caught the fusion! Eager to learn about your new teammate, you slide open your Pokédex and…
Huh? No data?
Sounds like it’s time to do some research…

That’s right, <@&734833821429661816>, it’s time for the first-ever

Pokédex Entry Contest!

We’re asking you to write the best Pokédex entry that you can! Your entry will be graded on creativity, readability, and correctness. Entries will be sorted into one of four tiers, but only one entry can claim the top tier!
The winner of the contest will claim the snazzy Event Winner role, and their entry will be pinned in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1201260356182483134 as an example for aspiring Pokédex authors.

The theme for this first contest is a collaboration with Team Wild. All submitted entries must be written for a fusion that can be encountered in the wild in the Normal mode or Remix mode (a.k.a. Modern Mode) of Pokémon Infinite Fusion! You can find a list of eligible fusions in the Pokémon Catchable in the Wild (high priority) tab of https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOqitOP72D-s_es1-F7OzVPUkKJ3tytjfvhptx1KAK8/edit?resourcekey=&gid=114427759#gid=114427759.

Rules:
• Limit one entry per person. If you are discovered to have multiple entries, they all will be disqualified.
• The content of the entries must follow the server rules and the rulings set forth in the FAQ section of https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOqitOP72D-s_es1-F7OzVPUkKJ3tytjfvhptx1KAK8/edit?resourcekey=&gid=114427759#gid=114427759.
• Entries are graded partially on correctness. This includes following grammatical rules, using words according to their definition, spelling words correctly, and ordering sentences with the proper syntax.
• Entries are also graded partially on readability. This includes how easy it is to understand the entry and how fitting the tone of the passage is.
• Entries should use regular text and punctuation. This means no emojis, and no obscure characters like (🙺).
• Your entry cannot and will not be edited once you have submitted it.
• Both US and UK versions of spellings are accepted, but both should not be used in the same entry. Similarly, both the Imperial system and the Metric system are accepted for measurements.

You have <t:1721001600:R> to submit your entries.

Submit your entries here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7gLTKrSjeVeaaNKfc6q9V3FxZjZfUqFMhbOjF7OBx_RYO-Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
(This is not a submission form for entering your Pokédex entry into the Pokémon Infinite Fusion game! If you want to see your entry in-game, make sure you also submit it via the form linked in Custom Pokedex Entries!)

Good luck, authors! 🫡

Since this is the very first Pokédex Entry Contest, allow me to give you some helpful tips: #1201260356182483134 message

[quartz tendon]

Feather SFX Winners

<@&734833821429661816>
How’s everyone doing? these are the winners for the Feather SFX Event!

🥇 @silk laurel with the Talonflame/Sceptile,

🥈 @subtle laurel with the Ho-oh/Articuno, and

🥉 @silk laurel again with the Raichu/Talonflame!

Congrats to the winners!

and to piggyback on the ping,

Pory's Hero’s Weekly SFX Awards!!!

As per usual, I'm fashionably late but here I am to tell that this week's SFX prompt will be…

Water SFX!

it's summer in some places, summer means beaches, beaches mean water (if it's winter, try melted ice )
You have until:

<t:1721627940:R>
Remember to post all of your sprites to:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wzue9QzhpBz9gCqjU0ekhQljlDp6nEHh

I wish y’all good luck and happy spriting!

[austere estuary]

🎉 Finish the Line is now official! 🎉

If you're unfamiliar with it, here's the basics...

Finish the Line is a weekly mini-event hosted aiming to complete the many (natural) evolution lines in the game.
Sprites are ranked based on both sprite quality & how well the sprite fits with the rest of the evolution line.

If you want to learn more or chat about the event, head on over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1260003758256160828!

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...And as an official mini-event host, I now get to post the results and announcements here

<@&734833821429661816>

🏆 Finish the Line: Week Six 🏆

🥇 WINNER: Sunkern/Absol by @tawdry turtle

Oh my gosh, it’s so cute.

Reasoning for placement:

• Manages to make a really good, unique design while also maintaining enough aspects with it's inspiration for their connection to be obvious.
• Overall really well-made! There are some potential issues, but they're a bit subjective.

[(The full rankings are listed in the FtL thread for easier readability!)](#1260003758256160828 message)

📂 All entries & detailed feedback can be viewed here.
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📢 Head over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1260003758256160828 to learn more about the event or join in!

🔲🔳🔲🔳7️⃣🔳🔲🔳🔲

Finish the Line: Week Seven - CRITERIA VOTE

And for FtL's first official week, you all get to decide the criteria/theme!

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aaaand the poll bot doesn't want to work
In that case...

This week's choices are:

🦄 Legendaries & Mythicals
🐣 Starters
🐲 Pseudo Legendaries
All evolution stages are included for these criteria. (Ex. Piplup & Empoleon are both starters, not just Piplup.)
If a winner is undetermined by <t:1720573255:f>, the tiebreaker will be random.

Vote by reacting to this message with the corresponding emoji! Only vote for one criteria.

[austere estuary]

<@&734833821429661816>

🔲🔳🔲🔳7️⃣🔳🔲🔳🔲

Finish the Line: Week Seven

The criteria votes have all been tallied up and...

🐲 Participants can use any fusions which include a pseudo-legendary Pokémon. 🐲

A list of all Pokémon matching the criteria will be linked below.

Remember to check the fused evolution lines here!

(This is especially important for pseudo-legendaries since so many of them evolve at very late levels!)

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Rules :

• Read through the event information before participating:
  #1260003758256160828 message
• If either your sprite or the sprite it was inspired by is a blatant reference and/or joke alt, your entry won’t be accepted.
  Alts aren’t intended to be used by most players, hence their exclusion.
• Any fusion that has a custom sprite at the start of the event is NOT allowed.
  ...unless that sprite is a blatant reference and/or joke alt.
• Collabs are allowed.
  (Make sure to credit all artists involved!)
• All entries have to match the criteria specified above.
• Unlimited entries!

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Submit your entries using this form!
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Submissions close on <t:1721008800:f>. That's <t:1721008800:R>.

[tawdry turtle]

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX WEEK 8 RESULTS

<@&734833821429661816>

We got so much entries this time! prob bc of the 2 weeks deadline
It was a blast to see all your sprites! Huge thanks to the participants
As a reminder, the criterias where a head of the color brown 🟤 and poison as a secondary type.

So let's see, this week's winner is:

@simple raft with their Sentret/Ivysaur!

A big congrats to all participant!
You can see the entries and the comments we had here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

and here are all the entries!

[tawdry turtle]

<@&734833821429661816>
Hi everyone! @gaunt fulcrum and I are back at it again!

Somebody keep making the communal fridge explode and because of that we are all working from home now, but neither of us have a working computer to work at the moment.
We do need to write the report . A big thank you for helping us so many times .

We need as usual, a picture and a description! 📸
We will give feedback to the submitted entries and pick a winner amongst them!

for this week(s)'s

ELUSIVE POKÉDEX

**The fusion we are looking this time has a name starting with the letter G 🇬 and a body shape of a head and legs **
The first letter is the same as the head's and the body shape is determined by the body
Check out https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1240773622612889681 for more infos!

The deadline is <t:1721849400:F>!
You can submit entries here: https://forms.gle/FaKToWKUkZXZeqUW8
And view submitted entries, including past events, here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFoavfF11A9VxekXjYH8nTComXmENa6HvVQkjQLnKso/edit?usp=sharing

[red jungle]

☃️

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Winter Blitz! We reached 92% completion!

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

# Spritedoku Week 12!

This time around, the bonus is Eeveelutions! I've added a sheet with suggestions for the bonus, so that you don't have to rack your brain for it (the eeveelutions can move around, this is just to give you an easier time) !

In addition to this bonus, I'd like to test out a fun "extra credit" if you will! Attached to this announcement is an extra sheet with no time limit, worth a bonus on any given week you redeem it on, should you complete it! The goal for this extra sheet is to make 9 sprites centered around 1 pokemon (pick if you'd rather do head or body for all 9), so that whatever given pokemon you pick will always have sprites no matter what! If you have any questions, feel free to ping me or DM me! It'll have its own drive folder, and if this is something that you guys enjoy, let me know and I can make more for the future (it doesn't have to be exactly like this, let me know)!

Results for Week 11 come out today in roughly 15 hours from this post, so see you then! To stay tuned, find out how it works and share your sheets with other players, go to #1210021946105004052! As always, have fun and happy spriting!

Deadline: <t:1721959200:R>

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 18 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@sharp ridge!

The latest Grotle sprite tinyboo53 posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1260780499480219688/317.210.png?ex=669090d7&is=668f3f57&hm=7badf5ef39dc93d2633f70985b865af66832c3ab5761feafb175dd70dca937f4&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Pidgey!

Its dex number is 16!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/16.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Pidgey as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[quartz tendon]

Attention gamers, it's time for

Spritedoku week 11 results!

in 1st place, @reef compass: 4.9

@pliant folio: 4.8
@clear scarab: 4.5
@thorn rapids: 3.8
@drowsy surge: 3

Favorite Sprite of the week goes to @pliant folio, crab cactus mushroom gunslinger epic

Also, as a small incentive for Spritedokus, winner gets to request a sprite (surely I won't regret this )

Head to #1210021946105004052 to participate on the next ones!

link to all sheets: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R32FpETzeI4mqhVcPr7Eqc0q5b5HlO1Z?usp=sharing

[opal briar]

Heads up! Submissions for Seaside Trial close in a ~30-ish hours

[lapis ivy]

Say Royale Week 53: AMERICA!!! 🇺🇸

Winner: @vernal epoch Electrode/Gloom

S Tier: @fervent arch Magmar/Honedge
A Tier: @deep rose Honchkrow/Krokorok | @pliant folio Parasect/Cacnea | @deep cape Electivire/Latios
B Tier: @modest cloud Electrode/Grotle | @frozen mist Electrode/Oricorio Pom-Pom | @sharp ridge Cloyster/Snorlax | @signal arch Rampardos/Snorlax | @tepid sierra Kyogre/Shroomish
C Tier: @summer river Ferrothorn/Golduck
D Tier: @delicate ridge Wailmer/Voltorb

Thank you all for participating, and thank you @jade hatch for judging with me. smh you fell asleep Thorns

Week 54: Monotype Mayhem! (Any Pokémon fusion in IF that gives a Monotype fusion)

<t:1721512800:f>

<@&734833821429661816>

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Underworld! 🔥 **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[red jungle]

Hey, <@&734833821429661816>, just a reminder that you only have about two hours left until submissions for the Pokédex Entry Contest are closed

[woeful inlet]

Welcome to the Wood Texture Awards!

Every other Sunday I’ll be giving <@&734833821429661816> a texture category, and you’ll have until <t:1722225540:F> to add your sprite to the drive.

This week’s theme is Wood!

Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gkeZZdwllQEVDFSt4GJ2ZfsJKnzm9Jow?usp=sharing

Recommended Mons

• Venusaur
• Exeggutor
• Turtwig/Grotle/Torterra
• Phantump/Trevenant
• Dhelmise
• Mimikyu

Potential Bodies

• Bonsly/Sudowoodo

Unorthodox Mons

• Bidoof/Bibarel

Non-IF

• Nuzleaf/Shiftry
• Tropius
• Snover/Abomasnow
• Timburr
• Braixen/Delphox
• Komala
• Tapu Koko
• Tapu Lele
• Tapu Bulu
• Tapu Fini
• Grookey/Thwackey/Rillaboom
• Spidops
• Arboliva
• Wo-Chien
• Poltchageist/Sinistcha

And of course, feel free to use ones that aren’t on this list ^^

Also check out #1213267805282107402 if you have any questions, want to share your WIPs, or just to hang out ^^

Additional Notes:

• Unlimited Entries are allowed
• Collabs (including concept art) are allowed
• Non-IF (including later gens) are allowed

[red jungle]

The entry period for the Pokédex Entry Contest is now closed!
I'd like to give a huge thank you to everyone who has entered!
Please be patient as the entries are graded...

[opal briar]

Entries for both Seaside Trial and the Pokeathlon Backgroud Breakdown are closed!

[red jungle]

🏆 Custom Pokédex Contest Results! 📇

<@&734833821429661816>
First of all, all of us Unown would like to give you a big thanks for participating in this first-ever writing-focused contest!
Thank you.
And now, the results! Entries were placed into tiers based on their quality and correctness. The rubric for grading was as follows:
C-Tier: The entry contained one or more grammar or spelling error, and/or it did not follow the guidelines required for PIF Pokédex submissions.
B-Tier: The entry was free from spelling errors, grammar errors, and rule breaches, but the way it was phrased resulted in one or more elements of the content being unclear.
A-Tier: The entry was free from spelling errors, grammar errors, and rule breaches, and it was clear and easy to read. All A-Tier submissions are looked at as candidates for the winning position.

Only one person can claim the top rank, though. Our winner this time crafted an entry that creatively incorporated aspects of both Pokémon while expanding the fusion's lore with beautiful phrasing that maintained an academic tone.

At night, the meadows of Johto glow faintly with the lights of POKENAME drifting overhead. These flickers let them communicate over great distances.

Congratulations, @tropic slate, you are the winner!

Your entry will be pinned in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1201260356182483134 as an example to aspiring Pokédex authors.
If you entered the contest and would like to see how you placed, page over to the Contest Results tab in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOqitOP72D-s_es1-F7OzVPUkKJ3tytjfvhptx1KAK8/edit?gid=436149667#gid=436149667 to view the entries!
Once more, a huge thanks to all of our entrants! Good luck and happy writing to everyone as you continue to expand PIF lore!

[austere estuary]

<@&734833821429661816>
https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1260003758256160828

🔲🔳🔲🔳8️⃣🔳🔲🔳🔲

Finish the Line: Week Eight

Participants can use any fusions which include a starter Pokémon.

Remember to check the natural, fused evolution lines here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5odSUYcGQKZG19BF_m-uqtCOtat7Sm-CHzhGtNffh8/edit

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Rules :

• Read through the event information before participating:
  #1260003758256160828 message
• If either your sprite or the sprite it was inspired by is a blatant reference and/or joke alt, your entry won’t be accepted.
  Alts aren’t intended to be used by most players, hence their exclusion.
• Any fusion that has a custom sprite at the start of the event is NOT allowed.
  ...unless that sprite is a blatant reference and/or joke alt.
• Collabs are allowed.
  (Make sure to credit all artists involved!)
• All entries have to match the criteria specified above.
• Unlimited entries!

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Submit your entries using this form: https://forms.gle/PgH6uU3rC9XpmL9s8
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Submissions close on <t:1721700000:D>. That's <t:1721700000:R>.
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If you’re familiar with FtL you may have noticed that I’m a day late, check this message for information:
#1260003758256160828 message

[austere estuary]

<@&734833821429661816>
#1260003758256160828 message

📥🥇 Finish the Line: Week Seven - Winner Voting 🥇📥

If you’re familiar with FtL you may have noticed that I’m actually a day late—that’s because Week Six had 9 entries and Week Seven had 30.

Over triple the amount of entries unfortunately means that ranking them all takes quite a bit longer.
That’s where you all come in!

Rather than picking the winner myself, I’ve chosen six contenders for everyone to vote on 👀

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Going forward, I'm also going to be trying a slightly different schedule to hopefully account for the increase in participants:

Each new week will still begin on Tuesdays and participants will still have until <t:1721268059:t> on Sunday to submit their entries.
However, the previous week's results won't be announced on the same day anymore. Instead, each Thursday the winner will be voted on. The voting will end on Friday at the same time it began. A few hours or so later, that week's full results will be posted!
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‼️ Voting Rules:

1. Please vote based primarily on how well the sprite fits with the rest of the evolution line.

The technical execution of the sprite and the design's inherent appeal should also be considered but neither should be treated as the main criteria.

2. If one of your sprites is being voted on as a potential winner, you cannot vote.

[red jungle]

🔥

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in this week's Underworld Blitz! 🎉 We reached 100% completion!

[opal briar]

Howdy Event folks, and those with the <@&734833821429661816> role!!

I have 2 announcements for today that I hope you'll enjoy.

[opal briar]

The Pokeathelon Showdown team has decided the winning backgrounds!

These are your winners:

Luterra by @prime lily

Seasons Symphony by @reef yacht

The full drive containing all entries and backgrounds is available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JpwBgeE0zi3oSqlL4tMafA8A2BV5dxYf

-# you would not believe the formatting hell that I just went through lmao

Anyways

The other note-worthy announcement of today is polls for Seaside Trial are up! @rough falcon is both back up and had a fancy new paint of coat applied to it!
-# The prevo being better than the evo, who would've guessed

Head on over to: #contest-polls to vote!

[austere estuary]

🏆 Finish the Line: Week Seven - Pseudo Legendaries 🏆

All sprites have been sorted into tiers which can be viewed below.
These tiers include Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper.

(The winning sprite is part of the Platinum Tier sprites but is displayed separately)

🥇 WINNER:

Garchomp/Rhydon by @soft osprey

Okay, this just looks awesome. And very intimidating.

Reasoning for platinum placement:

• The fusion reads very well
• Great pose!
• Fits nicely with the inspiration
• Very well made

📂 All entries, rankings, and complete feedback can be viewed here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/186q5jwSOzdIjHDbFNTKUsAB-HAhnSfR5n4fLahMbJfoDZh6JpmMzdkzYOPWqTTWJBBciBL9o?usp=drive_link
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📢 Head over to https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1260003758256160828 to learn more about the event or join in! The latest week has already begun and submissions for it will be open until <t:1721700000:D>.

<@&734833821429661816>

[craggy prism]

POKÉMON OF THE WEEK RAFFLE

<@&734833821429661816> 16 people participated in the Pokémon of the Week raffle last week! The one lucky winner is...

@brisk prawn!

The latest Pidgey sprite justaguyluke_ posted to the gallery was this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/1262056259193143427/16.85.png?ex=669534fc&is=6693e37c&hm=74d735a8cc0a70872948a249df6a79498b4a8603b4a156649085eb4ac1ec377a&

The next Pokémon of the week is...

Croconaw!

Its dex number is 159!

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/Other/BaseSprites/159.png

To participate in the weekly raffle, simply post a sprite using Croconaw as either the head or the body of the fusion to the #sprite-gallery. In exactly 1 week from now, a winner will be picked randomly and given the POTW Raffle Winner role, and another Pokémon will become the new Pokémon of the Week! If you'd like to discuss and brainstorm your POTW sprites, use this thread: #1197974573644255343

[woeful inlet]

Shell Texture Awards

Presenting the results of the Shell Texture Awards!
🥇 Omastar/Necrozma by @lucid cipher
🥈 Espeon/Cloyster by @prime lily
🥉 Palossand/Suicune by @tawdry turtle

Submit your own shelly fusions to the Texture Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfzKmAymqYbtwDWDvFGhYNOVX1WNVD-j?usp=sharing
Read the Comments:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vbHye9hqVRoENjtDp59j81zjXW891Q5q6WC6G0ZgPDQ/edit?usp=sharing

<@&734833821429661816> Join us in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1213267805282107402⁠⁠ the Sunday after next for another prompt ^^

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> Howdy!! We're back today with Quarters....or well, not really ""Quarters"" this time.

Things worked well enough to where I could split things into 3 even brackets due to a 3rd place tie in one of the brackets yesterday, so I did!

So enjoy these weird tertiaries and vote on over in #contest-polls!!!~

-# and also totally ignore the typo in how I called them "tetr"

[lapis ivy]

Say Royale Week 54: Monotype Mayhem!

Winner: Duskull/Mismagius by @deft sonnet and @reef yacht

S Tier: @fervent arch
A Tier: @old saddle | @signal arch | @floral trench | @unkempt swift | @cursive panther
B Tier: @gleaming crest | @rotund jay | @vernal epoch | @delicate ridge
C Tier: @frozen mist | @modest cloud | @sharp ridge | @summer river | @ocean basin | @deep cape
D Tier: @unborn cape

Thank you all for participating, and thank you @oak temple for judging this week!

Week 55: Summer Heat! (Any Fire type in IF + any IF Pokémon)

<t:1722117600:f>

-# <@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816> A bit late tonight, but Semifinal votes are live!!! Go vote! #contest-polls

[red jungle]

It's time for the Theme Blitz!

**This week's theme is Round! ⚪ **
Not sure what the Theme Blitz is? Here's the short of it: Spriters work together to complete all fusions between a selected set of Pokémon before the end of a relatively brief period of time. If you're interested, make sure you come over to ⁠https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518 and read the pins. You have until the end of Wednesday to get your sprites in the gallery. The results will be posted on Thursday. <@&734833821429661816>

[opal briar]

<@&734833821429661816>
It's finals day for Seaside Trial!! We have 7 finalists as opposed to the normal 8 due to the weird Tertiaries and a 3rd place tie in one of the Semifinal brackets.

Regardless, go vote and good luck to our finalists!

[quartz tendon]

Water SFX Winners

<@&734833821429661816>
How’s everyone doing? these are the winners for the Water SFX Event!

🥇 Wartortle/Gallade by @forest bane,

🥈 Vaporeon/Kingler by @unkempt swift, and

🥉 Suicune/Froslass by @lapis mason!

Congrats to the winners! (BTW this week's SFX was all good, y'all are too good, stop making this hard to judge )