event-general

[limber venture]

A sprite requests contest would go hard

[wind matrix]

do it

[limber venture]

So many of them are so hard though

[wind matrix]

that's what makes it a challange

[limber venture]

People whove never seen an art program in their lives be requesting shit like empoleon/kyurem like that isnt the hardest thing ive ever heard in my life

[lusty pewter]

that actually sounds really interesting. could even make it randomreq contest. make a sprite of a random request on sprite request (screen shot the request as proof)

[limber venture]

It would be a cool way for requests to actually get done

Since the requests channel is kinda just there so people dont request in spriter general

[lusty pewter]

I think a lot of them doesn't get done cuz they don't attract any interest. it just "this fusion request, please make it cool looking"

[limber venture]

And the ones that do have an idea attached are always kinda difficult to pull off

[lusty pewter]

if they make their request more interesting I think more people would do it, like giving a sketch of their idea or a pic of reference or smth

[lusty pewter]

hm ig that's true too

but imo it's better than just "this and this fused. feel free to do whatever"

or at least that's how I did my first request

[limber venture]

Everytime i think about the requests channel i think about that one request for genesect/gardevoir describing a "curvy yet beautiful robot girl"

[lusty pewter]

pfft

[thin dove]

just look at the movie Robots and give them a big round ass or something

[limber venture]

This request was so funny when i saw it the first time

[lusty pewter]

specifically a skate board

nice

[limber venture]

The man knows what he wants

[thin dove]

(suspicious eyes) so that's what prompted a jirachi feraligatr before i could get to it. i am glad he exists, so now there can eventually be...
...
two of them

[lusty pewter]

they want their waifu to have a very specific personality

the guy got culture lol

[limber venture]

I love "beautiful yet curvy" as if they're mutually exclusive

[thin dove]

i can see why the clarification is there. if they just said "beautiful" people would make anorexic barbie gardevoir

[lusty pewter]

or maybe they're afraid whoever accept the request has a different definition of "beautiful"

[thin dove]

what if i just make a whole bunch of sprites at once and then never release them to the gallery until i finish off almost all of them

new sprite pack.
added: fucking everything of 1 pokemon

[limber venture]

If you feel like having the most boring day of your life, posting sprites for hours on end, go for it

[thin dove]

lol

[rare swift]

You just send them in a zip to Kiwi surprise for all the spriters when there's suddenly a new completionist role

[wind matrix]

they'll be harvested before you finish

[thin dove]

:O

fair

[thick jolt]

thats reminded me ive got like two fusions ive just never posted anywhere

[midnight pumice]

Just make a romhack with the fusions of your sprites and once it’s done, send all the sprites to IF

[quartz locust]

I asked if they were a thing and Frogman said the game overrides most of them because it fuses the entries together algorithmically, even if you edit them. 😮

[deft kite]

I'm telling you guys, make "Request Completionist" a role with tiers, and people will go nuts

[limber venture]

I've thought about that too honestly

Before I like, knew anything about this server

I immediately assumed completing requests would give you some kind of points

Like Reddit karma or some shit

[deft kite]

I would definitely have done a ton more requests if that were a thing

something about a tiny pixel art icon

[limber venture]

There'd definitely be some kind of interest in having a fight over having the most points

It could be like the elite four role too

You get an ever increasing role

For amount of requests fulfilled

[misty acorn]

That makes sense, but I feel like making a txt folder like the custom battlers folder to overwrite the overwriting could technically work

Not that I have any idea about this stuff tho 🏃‍♂️

[limber venture]

It'd be a really cool extra role and I think the only real roadblock is counting requests completed per user, which doesn't sound terribly hard?

[thin dove]

that'd be such a cool role that would fill me with anxiety at seeing a giant influx of really cool sprites

i'd also want requests to be done because people want to do them though, not just out of a hunger for points/role

[hollow gull]

I mean, if you wanna motivate people, you give a reward 🤷

(sometimes)

[hollow gull]

I think it would bridge that gap where people are like "that's a cool idea" and "I should do that" which I've thought myself a lot

I'm worried about like request hoarders though

Someone who would just go through and claim everything

[quartz locust]

The reward is that if you do 151 requests, I will personally officiate your wedding. 🙂

[hollow gull]

Officiate these nuts?

[cloud pulsar]

thats a sick reward

[short dirge]

the more requests you do, the higher the multiplier on your vote total in contests

and the higher the submissions, the greater the chance of a critical vote coming in that raises your total even more

I have just fixed contests, you are welcome

[limber venture]

We should add damage mitigation to contests

Add crit rate

[short dirge]

the more pixels you use, the higher your attack power

stab bonus for similar colours and less colours in your palette

[limber venture]

The full black 288x288 square meta

[short dirge]

can't win if you get 0 votes

500 attack x 0 is useless

[grand tusk]

if you vote for yourself thats already 500

just make a few alts and rig the entire competition, easy peasy

[plucky arch]

why are we making contests into a tcg

[thick jolt]

make a normal sprite with a discord dark mode grey background, most people wont even notice

[teal grove]

Trading contest game

[plucky arch]

sprite with 1% opacity background

[wind matrix]

Kiwi did make a suggestion for special roles for doing requests. but it gained zero traction

[short dirge]

do it anyway

you don't people's support to make a simple role

[wind matrix]

I don't want extra work for Kiwi

[short dirge]

what extra work

step 1. make new role
step 2. no one cares so no one needs to get it

worst case, people do care and you have to click on them and check a role checkbox

[grand tusk]

you guys read requests?

[short dirge]

requests are broken so not anymore

which is to say, for all of 2 seconds when I joined and then I stopped caring

[pliant lion]

Crying rn

[inner pivot]

Surely Lyle will ensure the Pollos brand prospers in his stead

[tall moss]

[hollow gull]

Girafarig/Corsola moment

[hollow gull]

Kiwi what the fuck does this mean

[tall moss]

nothing

[rare swift]

"All submissions must be m, f, p..." unown confirmed

[hollow gull]

Gen 2 contest incoming

[radiant forge]

Don't forget they must also be c

[teal grove]

Dangit, almost made it to the semis

[tall moss]

skelly using old easypoll

pollpitoad de-evolved

[woven merlin]

My god all of these sprites look crazily fantastic

[silver merlin]

we gotta figure out the system husk send us LOL

or wait, that was for making the images themselves

im tired ok

(also pollmaster is better >:)

[limber venture]

It's a virus dont open it, it hijacks your computer and starts the klinklankontest

[hollow gull]

I made it to semis

[teal grove]

Nope

[misty acorn]

The good thing about taking 2 weeks between each round is that I forget about all the entries and get to rediscover them every time

[teal grove]

It was for making the number of brackets and rounds

[silver merlin]

right

[teal grove]

Though with more experience and more time, maybe during easter break, i might be able to also turn it into an image generator

Funnily enough, in the timeframe between when i made that code and now, ive learned how to deal with images for like 70% of all possible uses

And ill probably learn how to export python files as apps soon

[grand tusk]

the real shame is that with the contest starting up again, we can't make more "when contest" memes for a while 😔

[hollow gull]

Ikr?

[balmy ibex]

wait what happened to the other voting system

[grand tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-avengers-endgame-gone-reduced-to-atoms-gif-26539274

[weary pagoda]

the new one didn't show up

[short dirge]

I see a new message in sprite contest

does this mean

[teal grove]

Yes

[short dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/fatbot-futurama-oh-boy-gif-22905414

[crystal hill]

god damn it I like all of these

that makes voting harder

[short dirge]

Yeah it’s getting tough to choose

[wind matrix]

Kiwi is planning something

[craggy remnant]

yooo girafarig is a fave of mine im excited

[wind matrix]

||don't get too excited then||

[craggy remnant]

DONT SAY THAT

[grand tusk]

[craggy remnant]

[hollow gull]

Oh maybe it's like, has to be something that can or has evolved?

Girafarig and Corsola are single-stage

That's the only thing I can think of they have in common besides regional ver

and it would be silly at this point in the franchise to restrict people to pokemon that have never had an evolution outside their generation as that cancels out a lot of them

[craggy remnant]

oh maybe its related to doing diff stages of the same line

[thick jolt]

regional evolutions?

[short dirge]

anything but girafarig

for a moment I liked the idea of fusions that had to be palindromes, but then I quickly realized how impossible it would be to find any

[hollow gull]

Easy way to incorporate regional forms without being yelled at

[zinc lion]

Going to make a metagross girafarig fusion be a racecar

[heavy garnet]

I'm no good at making sprites, so I'm going to just put a suggestion here in the hopes that someone likes it and can make it: Dialga/Magnezone is the TARDIS

And to pair with it, Dialga/Gallade is The Doctor

[crystal hill]

#sprite-requests

(chances are no one makes it tho, lot of requests and most of them don't get made)

actually I think there's already a TARDIS sprite

oh yeah dialga/rotom

[heavy garnet]

How'd I miss that? XD

[heavy lark]

im just surprised there isnt a tails doll banette

i'll make it myself one day

[thin dove]

wondering if making a smile dog houndoom would be too much. hmmm

[odd garnet]

Is that allowed? LOL

[lusty pewter]

Don't think that's a problem, iirc smile dog don't have blood on it, unless the gums have blood? idk but don't think creepypasta reference is against the rule

[teal grove]

Smile dog is one of the worst creepypastas

[quartz locust]

Could work better for Vulpix / Mimikyu. 😄

[thin dove]

i never said it was a good creepypasta, but I can't exactly make a good sprite out of Candle Cove now can I

i guess i could make a Photonegative Mickey though if it doesn't get IF spotted by Disney

[dusk schooner]

It's better than Sonic.exe or Jeff the Killer atleast

[heavy lark]

i disagree, i think it still holds up

[valid nacelle]

I just tried reading the story to see if I could come up with an idea for a fusion based on Candle Cove and... well, I can't think of much either.
Closest idea I have is Banette + Rotom as a T.V. with a Banette or multple puppets with Banette's face hidden in the static.

[valid nacelle]

Oh! Speaking of Creepypastas, maybe a Vigoroth fusion with a gas related Pokémon like Koffing and/or Weezing could work as a reference to "The Russian Sleep Experiment"? Just an idea I thought up.

[grand tusk]

At least sonic.exe is funny to read in how bad it is, and the author's rant when it got moved to some "bad creepypasta" category is amazing. smile dog is just boring.

[cloud pulsar]

shut up #contest-polls

[grand tusk]

nooo shenron 😔

[loud scaffold]

NOOOOO THE BABY PHOENIX LOST

I am going to be forever in despair as that was my favorite entry

[hollow gull]

Contest literally rigged I didn't make it to finals

[loud scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-quit-gif-24545516

[hollow gull]

Welp guess this means I just have to do even better next time

[zinc lion]

none of my entries made it to finals 😔

[hollow gull]

Relatable tbh

[zinc lion]

my steelix was one vote away from making it

[shy river]

None of the ones I voted for in the semi finals made it in

[hollow gull]

Same fr

I think the spriters have different taste from the nonspriters and the nonspriters are out voting us

[teal grove]

Yalls tastes are wack

I dont think ive ever disliked the results of a contest more than this

[grand tusk]

I think it's funny that after all the complaints about the visual effects meta, the ones that had the most aren't in anymore

[teal grove]

(They still got too many votes to my liking)

But that’s just me

[grand tusk]

meh, it's not like any of the sprites are bad, not a big deal

what'd you want to win then Husk thats voted out

[limber venture]

I don't think anything I voted for in the whole contest made it to the next round

[teal grove]

I didnt want anything to win necessarily

But i am disappointed the steelix and the groudon/skarmory didnt go through

Especially that last one i expected to get more votes

[ashen sapphire]

tbh the groudon/skarmory is the only one I'm disappointed didn't make it, I genuinely like all of these

all of the sprites are good

[grand tusk]

I just realized groudon skarmory was a phoenix as well

[ashen sapphire]

it sure was!!

[grand tusk]

I didn't even see the pile of dust, im blind

I'm suprised steelix didn't get to finals, it has a lot of detail and the references on it usually would make non-spriters vote for it, seeing how often I see people bring up anything thats a reference

[ashen sapphire]

I think it was too busy.

[grand tusk]

that was my personal reason for not voting it, despite still thinking its a fantastic sprite

[ashen sapphire]

It's a really good sprite on a technical level and I'm deeply impressed by it, but it's a little overwhelming

[grand tusk]

a lot of these sprites are fantastic but the visual effects give me the same feeling of being a bit cluttered

[ashen sapphire]

yeah, it's a tough balance of having enough visual interest without being cluttered or distracting, it seems

[grand tusk]

I like the ekans shedinja one

I wouldn't say its "simple" since its very well done, but the concept is easy but really nice

all these big ones with so much extra stuff, then it nails the concept and looks cute

same with baby torchic phoenix

[ashen sapphire]

the arceus and the two mega-ray ones, I can't tell what they're fusions of and I've been squinting at them internally going "you're well done but who are you"

[grand tusk]

I love the mega ray ones

I had assumed they were self fusions

they're clearly shenron from DBZ, which fits the theme very well

[ashen sapphire]

oh the one with the pokeballs is exeggcute. it makes sense with the context

[grand tusk]

isn't the arceus one celebi?

[ashen sapphire]

is it?

[grand tusk]

Seems pretty clear to me

yep just typed it up in spritework, it is celebi

sorry Soreile, i'm diagnosing you with skill issue on that one

[ashen sapphire]

huh ok

also: still impressed at all the awesome sprites people put together for this

[grand tusk]

the contest entries: amazing

the contest discussion: not amazing

[crystal hill]

my favourite entry is out! now I have to vote for my second favourite (also great)

(my favourite was the spiritomb/jumpluff)

[misty acorn]

Had a really hard time deciding what to vote for

So many great entries and so many spins on the theme... some more on the nose ands some less

[loud scaffold]

Tiny bird phoenix didn’t make it

I am upset

[quartz locust]

Rule 7. 😦

[quartz locust]

I'm deeply saddened, too. 😢

[quartz locust]

Same here, I always go for clean sprites over more detailed ones. Doesn't detract from the amazing work that goes into making those detailed sprites though, because they're incredible. 😄

[loud scaffold]

I will not rule 7, really amazing sprites, unfortunate Lil bird didn’t make it but that’s life

[quartz locust]

Fully agreed, I love how inventive people have been, even with their takes on more traditional approaches to the theme. 😃

[halcyon jacinth]

Which fusion was that one for? Ho-oh and moltres? It's so adorable

[quartz locust]

You can dial it down a smidge. 😅

[loud scaffold]

Torchic and Hooh

[quartz locust]

Torchic. 🙂

[halcyon jacinth]

Thank you, i must have it

[quartz locust]

Which means it'll likely be another of my sprites getting replaced.

[halcyon jacinth]

Some sacrifices must be made for the greater good 💔

[honest tulip]

@weary pagoda wow 2 rounds back to back?

[cloud pulsar]

speedrun

[lusty pewter]

nuuuu, my sprite didn't make it :'(

[sterile pasture]

Which one was yours?

[lusty pewter]

rose/luca

it got the least amount of vote in its group

tis sad day

[sterile pasture]

That one is beautiful. I hope you're proud of the work you put into it, even tho it didn't win

It's still impressive as heck

[lusty pewter]

I'm proud but I'm still sad :'(

[sterile pasture]

I understand 🫂

[thick jolt]

i did love your roserade, just put against alot of bangers

all the sprites in the contest have been honestly really good

[lusty pewter]

yeah there's a lot of good sprite

it's unfortunate but oh well

ig better luck next time

wonder what's the next contest is

[sterile pasture]

So true. No one I voted for got through, but the ones that did are still great

Yeah better luck next time 🍀

[short dirge]

Ok I did not expect this to be the finalist set

How curious

[limber holly]

Honored that one of my sprites made it to finals, lil bummed that corsola/weezing didn't make it tho 😭 The water on that sprite is beautiful. Probably the cleanest I've seen out of any fusion so far

one of my other favs was the leafeon/delibird back in round one.... The spritework wasn't like outstanding compared to some of the others but it had a real cute design

there's definitely some beautiful quality sprites that i've been rooting for in this last round though and I'm glad to see them here

[plucky arch]

i completely forgot about the sprites i put in for this one

its been so long

both got booted in prelims, which wasnt unexpected but that was just so long ago

i think farthest ive ever made in a contest was with my Mothman, barely making it to quarters before being swiftly removed

[lusty pewter]

this is my 1st contest so technically this is the furthest I've been lol

[short dirge]

🙏

[autumn epoch]

Out in the semis, but super proud to make it there my first time around 😄 Good luck to everyone else, these sprites are fantastic. Gotta say @limber holly , I was pulling hard for your Spiritomb/Jumpluff, excellent work on that one 👍

[autumn epoch]

Oh thank you so much! I'm super proud of that one 🙂

[limber holly]

Thanks!!!! I had a lot of fun making it

[valid nacelle]

I really liked that sprite of Spiritomb/Jumpluff. It played into the pokedex entries of Jumpluff and the Spiritomb part looked a bit kind! Like the spirit of Jumpluff lived on as that cloud of pollen!
Overall one of my favorites.

[short dirge]

Thought for sure the jumpluff was going to make it to finals

[lusty pewter]

I know hoping to win on 1st contest is a bit too optimistic but when one of my sprite got top vote on 1st poll I was kinda hoping it would be possible

sad to see it wasn't XD

[thin dove]

while i'm sad my meganium/giratina didn't make it anywhere as soon as i saw that it was up against ten other sprites i knew it wasn't gonna make it. I had a lot of fun making them though

[lusty pewter]

oh yeah def, making the sprite was fun

[dense wren]

when is the contest results revealed

[rare swift]

I think the poll ends in about 8 hours, so not before then

[short dirge]

I thiiink it’s pretty clear which one will win

But who knows, maybe the results will surprise again

[plucky arch]

ive got 2 im really rooting for

[misty acorn]

same

[lusty pewter]

not sure if I agree with the "pretty clear which one will win" statement but yeah this is an interesting finals for a revival themed contest

[dense wren]

which do u think will win?

[stray condor]

Oh I think (redacted due to rule 7) will win, its rly well made and rly creative

[dense wren]

oh

lol

i didnt see that

im smort

[ashen sapphire]

man I'm just excited to see the final rankings

[zinc lion]

man all of these are great contenders

[dawn prairie]

Idk i think (redacted due to rule 7) has this in the bag personally

[ivory olive]

You sure? I guarantee (redacted due to rule 7) will win

[hollow gull]

Feel like (redacted due to rule 2) has a big chance

[short dirge]

Well one entry has consistently had a lot more votes than the others even in the same brackets

So that’s what I’m going by

[teal grove]

that's a controversial one, i dont think so

[hollow gull]

I've seen upsets in this business before, there's no reason they won't happen again

[hollow gull]

Oh yea that one is my favorite too

[dense wren]

quick question either way are all the sprites being added?

[teal grove]

yes

well

if the spriters so desire

[dense wren]

i hope lol

im trying to get a few of the pokemon ready

[misty acorn]

Shouldnt the finals poll be done by now?

Oh, or is the bot not automatic? That's probably what it is lul

[weary pagoda]

was gone

[balmy ibex]

@rough kindle AYY CONGRATS MAN

[median heron]

Congrats everyone!

[late sequoia]

Congrats!

[balmy ibex]

wait skeln u might've posted it in the wrong channel

[grand tusk]

good job contestants

[late sequoia]

Glad to see a Golurk in the top 3

[balmy ibex]

shouldn't it be in #contest-gallery

[hollow gull]

CONGRATS @rough kindle WOOOO

[weary pagoda]

both

[hollow gull]

CONGRATULATIONS @compact gate

[cloud pulsar]

@rough kindle YOU DID IT BUDDY YOU WON!!!

[ivory olive]

CONGRATS

[hollow gull]

CONGRATS @ashen sapphire LOVED THAT ART PHOENIX FROM THE BEGINNING

[cloud pulsar]

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE

[balmy ibex]

oh btw skeln

[hollow gull]

Time to find out where I placed

[crystal hill]

damn did not see that coming
it's super good but I wasn't expecting it to win

that being said, congrats

[balmy ibex]

when's the next c-

[crystal hill]

I don't think there was anything in finals that didn't deserve to win honestly

[crude cedar]

Okay, but does that mean that they need to remove Scarecrow from the spot of Newest Contest Champion?

[crystal hill]

sad about jumpluff not making it

[weary pagoda]

yep

poof

[cloud pulsar]

rip

so

[hollow gull]

Wait where are the placements besides the top 3

[weary pagoda]

#contest-polls

[hollow gull]

Ok thank

[cloud pulsar]

when is the next contest?

[crude cedar]

4th place was a Phoenix Thot

We can't let this stand!

[crystal hill]

was close as well, which is good these were all great

[weary pagoda]

you'll know soon enough

[crisp cargo]

it's a classic one next time right

[rough kindle]

oh my god. did I actually?

[crisp cargo]

yes congradulations 🍄

[ivory olive]

Congrats buddy

[balmy ibex]

AYY U'RE GREEN

[weary pagoda]

congrats!!!

[balmy ibex]

congrats man!

[crystal hill]

congratulations

[hollow gull]

WOOOOOOO

[rough kindle]

I just entered for fun 😂

[hollow gull]

Hell yea gasmask

[crude cedar]

Congrats!

[rough kindle]

thanks to everyone voting for my creepy critters

[valid wagon]

wow, lots of talented spriters! Congrats winners! Well deserved

[hollow gull]

Is winning not fun?

[weary pagoda]

you got your sprite next to your name now

[ashen sapphire]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

[cloud pulsar]

congrats gasmask!

[zinc lion]

woohoo! the one i was rooting for won!!

[balmy ibex]

unpopular opinion but I kinda feel like we have them too often, I joined early january n I've already seen 4 contests, 5 if u count the loading screen one

[weary pagoda]

Congrats for the second place! You also got a vanity role from this 👉

[rare swift]

Congrats everyone!

[hollow gull]

It's very creative

[weary pagoda]

(that's what I've been saying LMAO

[rough kindle]

eyyyy finally something to proof to people that I did something with my life

[weary pagoda]

something great, moreso 🫵

[ivory olive]

Alright Mask I'm with the news company "People of Pokemon IF News" and I'm here to ask, what will you do with this new found power

[hollow gull]

Not true, contests give me the motivation to get off my ass and make something big

They make me challenge myself

[ashen sapphire]

I'm so glad that tiny MS Paint went over well ;w;

[hollow gull]

Having that less than once a month is a crime

[balmy ibex]

join the big bois n make ur own spriter chart, that'll really challenge urself

[rough kindle]

tell people about the wonders and beauty of mushrooms

[hollow gull]

What does this mean

[balmy ibex]

yes please, mushrooms solo all

[crude cedar]

Joke idea of his Remark: "Get high, get high, and Parasites"

[ivory olive]

And will you be involving yourself in future contests?

[balmy ibex]

yknow, making a fusion for every mon

[hollow gull]

So gasmask when are you going to make a Corsola fusion

🎙️

[hollow gull]

Lame

[ivory olive]

WYAG BACKOFF THIS IS MY INTERVIEW

[rough kindle]

I am super tempted

[balmy ibex]

lame my ass, it forces u to use mons u'd never consider using

[balmy ibex]

join me

[rough kindle]

maybe soon if the demand is there

[cloud pulsar]

why blue

[hollow gull]

Gasmask come look at my bee I'm making

[balmy ibex]

bodies

[ashen sapphire]

I gotta say though I'm a little sad the Blissey/Magnezone didn't get more votes? I instantly was like "I wouldn't mind losing to that" when I saw it

[balmy ibex]

legit thought that was gonna win ngl

[loud scaffold]

This, I expected it to do much better

[glossy wagon]

next contest will be fun

[ashen sapphire]

same

[balmy ibex]

please space it out a bit

also fun?? circus contest confirmed

[rough kindle]

the blissey was so great seriously

[glossy wagon]

you will have more than last time for entries

don wanna steal kiwi's thunder lol so no other spoilers

[balmy ibex]

the mega contest

[cloud pulsar]

24 hours sprite contest

[glossy wagon]

2 second 5 entry sprite contest

[balmy ibex]

I don't wanna start guessing in case I get it right

[loud scaffold]

Ok but ho-oh/torchic being eliminated was a crime

[cloud pulsar]

damn

[glossy wagon]

this the whole contest

[weary pagoda]

5 entries at least

[misty acorn]

@rough kindle Congratz to the win! Love the sprite that won, but for me personally, your Banette/Parasect is one of the cleanest and most insanely well designed sprites I've ever seen! Good job, you deserve that dark blue name tag so much more than me 👑

[thick jolt]

ayy congrats everyone!!

[median heron]

Big contests are back??

[weary pagoda]

I'll say nothing for now

[balmy ibex]

here are my eeveelutions/joltik

[glossy wagon]

amaz

[balmy ibex]

ty

[median heron]

Accurate too

[balmy ibex]

now gimme the newest champion role

[rough kindle]

I'm not done enjoying the title yet, though

[balmy ibex]

different contests, different champions

[weary pagoda]

fine, you can have it

[rough kindle]

fight me teddy

[balmy ibex]

wait wa-

WHAT

I'M GREEN

[weary pagoda]

poof

[balmy ibex]

a

[weary pagoda]

no more

[balmy ibex]

shit

[rough kindle]

lol

[tawdry oak]

GG everyone in the contest

[balmy ibex]

didn't even let me take a screenshot

[weary pagoda]

gfdsfdsdfssdf

FINE DO IT

[crude cedar]

Team Fungi after Winning be like: "Get High, Get High, Parasites"

[balmy ibex]

magnificent

[rough kindle]

green for everybody today. oprah would be proud

[balmy ibex]

it matches my pfp

[weary pagoda]

now win the next contest to have it match for even longer

[tawdry oak]

I wish lmao

[cloud pulsar]

lmao

[tawdry oak]

the green matches the text in my pfp lmao

[plucky arch]

allow collabs

everyone works on 1 big sprite

boom

[tawdry oak]

no

[ashen sapphire]

allow collabs so I can collab with my fiancee and we can win by being gay

[balmy ibex]

force chardub to code in a 420/420 fusion

make it like that end of the year spreadsheet thingie where everyone gets a single pixel

the real challenge is not making an amongus

[plucky arch]

absolutely not we hate gay people here, and Romance

[misty acorn]

Team Parasect best team, I've been saying it for years

[median heron]

We hate being straight too

We hate

[limber holly]

hell yessss gosh that Parasect/Banette sprite is so good. Gorgeous pixel art, a really clean design thats cool and creepy and cute at the same time, and it captures the spirit of the theme so well. Absolutely deserved the win

not that the other finalists weren't also amazing, that said. The quality of the sprites and designs was so high

[median heron]

Big agree, so well made and so creative

[valid nacelle]

Oh, Blast.
I was looking forward to the other Banette/Parasect fusion winning. (The ragged creepy mushroom.) But this version is cool too! It definetly deserved the win along with Ho-Oh/Porygon and Cubone/Golurk.

[misty acorn]

Oh god, the stats of this thing suck ass... but I'll still use it in my next playthrough

[rough kindle]

they were both mine

the parasects I mean

[valid nacelle]

Well, just know you did an amazing job on both of them! I especially liked the detailing on the mushroom one.

[rare swift]

That explains my hunch that they were drawn in a similar style

[rough kindle]

yeah the stats are tragic

[rough kindle]

my third one was the Meganium/Marowak. I wanted something simple in there as well

[rare swift]

oh the small flowers on that one are absolutely lovely

[rough kindle]

ah nope the other way around haha

this one. the one you mentioned my bf made actually

[rare swift]

ooh hahaha both are great

[rough kindle]

we had fun wit them

[rare swift]

I really like all the different textures on the Banette Parasect

they look very believable

[rough kindle]

that is for sure the one that took me the longest and had the most versions made

I am glad I ended up making the doll part more ragged looking in the end. it gives it just the bit more texture it needed

[rare swift]

oh no, I just noticed the banette corpse underneath

[rough kindle]

lmao

well I am glad you are still a fan despite not seeing all of it 😂

[plucky arch]

this one was my root since the strt

this snd the blissey magnezone?)

[misty acorn]

I absolutely love how thw Banette/Parasect is not on the nose when it comes to the theme at all, but still fits it perfectly somehow
And the colors and shape are so great, not to mention that I'm pretty sure that I think I know what actual mushroom the design is based on... it's just all soo good lmao

(I love how this chat has turned into a praising fest for the reverse of the fusion that actually won xD)

Just looked up the name of the mushroom I was thinking of: Inky Cap mushroom
Is that inded the one it is based on? 👀

[rough kindle]

It is influenced by a relative of the ink cap, so you are not wrong! Gotta see if I find a doog image again

okay, can't find the reference I used, but it ended up being a mix of an ink cap and a trumpet mushroom for the more frilly design

[valid nacelle]

I really liked the other design as well! Revealing a monster that was in the doll instead of the doll itself being a monster.

[rough kindle]

I dunno, the zipper and parasite theme was just right here and I'm glad I picked up on it. It was the fusion I did last tho, so I had enough time to think on what might look good

[ivory olive]

Is the chat currently on mushrooms? I like this chat rn

[rough kindle]

calm and mushrooms

🍄

[cloud pulsar]

🍄

[ivory olive]

What kind of mushroom is coolest

[rough kindle]

okay, this might be a boring choice, but I love parasol mushrooms. they are simple and classic and taste amazing breaded and fried

and they have this little ring on their stems that is just not connected because that is where the cap blossomed out from

[dull crater]

I know you do https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543958354377179176/1085206757535649822/272.47.png

Though I know those aren't real mushrooms

[thick jolt]

i love candlesnuff fungus

[rough kindle]

ye :>

[rough kindle]

so cute!!

[ivory olive]

Ooh these are all so cool

[misty acorn]

Not a mushroom expert at all, but I really like the ones that glow in the dark

(Ghost mushroom)

[ivory olive]

Bioluminescent mushies :O

[rough kindle]

Meet the mushroom called dead man's fingers. People regularly call police to report chopped off hands or worse in the woods every year, I heard.

[dull crater]

If only there was a ghost type eeveelution so Gas could use that.

[ivory olive]

This would make for a badass Parasect regional

[valid nacelle]

I'm just gonna say, some of these mushrooms could be their very own Pokémon with the right concepts.

[rough kindle]

there will be bioluminecent shroom fusions at some point don't you worry

[misty acorn]

How about Dusknoir/Parasect? Or Gengar or Golurk or smth 👀

[ivory olive]

Golurk is a bit of a stretch methinks, but the other two could work

Although given how Haunter looks, it would probably work best

[thick jolt]

gotta mention the tooth fungus thing, i forgot its name but the one with the red liquid

[valid nacelle]

You know about the False Parasol Mushroom as well then? Tricky little shrooms they are.

[misty acorn]

bleeding tooth or something I think

[rough kindle]

check out corn's Dusclops/Parasect btw. they did an amazing blood mushroom one

[rough kindle]

yeah it's really hard to tell them apart sometimes

[valid nacelle]

The Bleeding Tooth Fungus, right? It's also called the Devil's Tooth.

[ivory olive]

That's gonna give me nightmares

[plucky arch]

mushrooms are weird and scare me

[short dirge]

Figures the entry I put the least effort into was the one that went furthest

[ivory olive]

Lol

[rough kindle]

here is corn's dusclops

[ivory olive]

Oh boy! I'm pissing my pants in pure fear!

[crystal hill]

there is no bee pokemon in infinite fusion right?
because I want make Pokémon of this honestly

love this guy

[short dirge]

I love bee scarabs

I have only seen one

[rough kindle]

well, we got beedrill

[ivory olive]

Beedrill

beedrill

[short dirge]

beedrill and combee?

[crystal hill]

I saw a lot when I went to the Pyrenees with my uni

[short dirge]

Oh so you saw the European one

[crystal hill]

beedrill is a wasp and you know it

[grand tusk]

beedrill

[crystal hill]

yeah that's what the picture is from

[grand tusk]

no excuses

[rough kindle]

[short dirge]

in Japan bees and wasps have the same name iirc

[valid nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/combee-pokemon-happy-yay-cute-gif-21456701

Combee says hi! (Cute little thing.)

[crystal hill]

ok then the japanese are wrong

[rough kindle]

lmao

[crystal hill]

combee isn't in the game is it?

[rough kindle]

nope

[short dirge]

Which is why in games like Animal Crossing you have “bees” but they aren’t bees

[crystal hill]

I do love combee

I mean I love all bugs

[valid nacelle]

No, not that I've seen. Just wanted to bring up the precious honeycomb boi.

[rough kindle]

maybe you could fuse an electabuzz with a bug

[short dirge]

The Japanese name for giant hornet is also bee

[crystal hill]

yeah that's fair

electabuzz with heracross or something

this guy is the best pokemon in scarlet and violet by far

bugs good

[rough kindle]

just looked and thos exists already, but you can always make another and let people vote on the main

[short dirge]

He looks silly tbh

[crystal hill]

(ice is my favourite type honestly)

[grand tusk]

あなたはこの文を翻訳しました、あなたはばかです。

[short dirge]

Not how I’d have done a scarab beetle but it’s alright

[crystal hill]

yes, that's a good thing

[crystal hill]

I don't speak German sorry

[grand tusk]

then learn

[short dirge]

Chinese*

[rough kindle]

Ich kann übersetzen wenn du brauchst

[ivory olive]

Awwww, hello little dude!

[short dirge]

Oh wait you can see the amount of votes

Why did I not know this

Apparently I was 4th place, how about that

[crystal hill]

anyways, this one was so freaking good

I'm sad it died

[rough kindle]

that's nothing to sneeze at

[grand tusk]

rip bozo

[ivory olive]

Speak for yourself, I got allergies

[short dirge]

Yeah that one was super good

[crystal hill]

you aren't allergic to dandelion fruit

[short dirge]

Even if drawing the background on a pokemon sprite makes me squint

[crystal hill]

that isn't pollen

[crystal hill]

fair

[rough kindle]

sentient pollen

[short dirge]

I thought they were generally pokemon sprites not like scene pieces

[crystal hill]

no

[rough kindle]

sentient seeds?

[short dirge]

But people use so many effects anyway

[crystal hill]

yes

well fruit technically

[rough kindle]

sentient fruit

[short dirge]

I liked the arceus one

Not sure what it was paired with

Also the celebi/Ho-oh was very good

[rough kindle]

I did love the Probopass dad. just a dad of 3 trying his best

[short dirge]

Yeah that was neat too

A lot of good stuff

[rough kindle]

seriously. it was real hard to chose almost all the time

[crystal hill]

yeah there was a ton of good stuff

I'm gonna try to join next one

so I need to step up my fucking game

[short dirge]

Same lol

Though all 3 of mine got to semis somehow

Even though most of the entires were better imo

[crystal hill]

yeah my main goal is just to get through the first round

[rough kindle]

I'm so curious about the next contest. Hopefully collabs are gonna be allowed

[wind matrix]

I missed the finals!

That said, super glad that my sprite made it all the way to the semifinals

[ivory olive]

Don't you get to decide the next contests theme?

[crystal hill]

no

[granite anchor]

Is the Gardevoir one fused with Moltres?

[cold nacelle]

what fusion is that

[crystal hill]

jumpluff/spiritomb

[rough kindle]

I don't think so. at least I have not seen it written out anywhere

[wind matrix]

you get to choose one mon to be put in the poll for the next classic contest

[rough kindle]

ooh

[wind matrix]

can prolly just dm a contest manager (except GamR, he's retired)

[rough kindle]

Sounds good. I might just go with Breloom or Parasect I think.

[autumn epoch]

What a great contest, good job everyone. Loved the Banette/Parasect that finished outside of top 3, super well done on that one. @rough kindle

[tiny trellis]

mushroom meta is real?

[hollow gull]

Keeping this in mind for the next contest

[stoic oriole]

Is that a two vote difference? Damn.

Good job to all participants and gratz to the winners

[olive echo]

Congrats @rough kindle !!!

[wind matrix]

contest champion had zero special effects and zero waifu. Figuring out the meta is hard

[short dirge]

gardevoir was in the finals though

[lusty pewter]

good job on everyone, never expect the parasect one to win but well done to everyone who made it to finals. I'm gonna try harder next time and get to finals or even win the contest :3

[honest tulip]

Congrats to the new winners

[warm goblet]

Is main sprites voting over?

[lusty pewter]

if you can still vote then pretty sure it's not over yet

[plucky arch]

oh its not over for a long while

we have 55 more days worth iirc

[warm goblet]

It just keeps saying "this interaction failed"

[fair citrus]

@honest tulip I remember seeing ur submissions for the contest but I noticed they weren’t there for the voting. would u mind posting them in #sprite-gallery ?

||also sorry for ping||

[warm goblet]

Wait I get it, you need the role. How do you even go about getting that?

[wind matrix]

didn't make it tho

[wind matrix]

you don't need the role. it happens sometimes. did you try a few times, and when abouts?

[warm goblet]

I tried it around 10:30, then at 11:30, and just now.

[short dirge]

4th place ain't bad

of course it's the one I put the least effort into

figures

[wind matrix]

turns out bot is down lol

[warm goblet]

Oh, no problem haha :]

[dense wren]

what was the gardevoir fusion? hooh or maybe talon flame?

[teal grove]

Holy shit this was a close one

And none of the sprites i anticipated to be in the podium made it

[lusty pewter]

or moltres... it's not that clear which one the wings came from

or at least not clear to me

[teal grove]

It's moltres

[pastel hollow]

all the semifinalists were absolutely incredible

gotta say specifically though, the winner of this one works really well as a discord icon 👀

[limber venture]

It does

Perfect crop

[misty acorn]

The last batch didnt work for me all day and I had to give up on voting... lets hope it works this time 🥲

[wind matrix]

bot's down rn

[misty acorn]

And all day yesterday too?

[wind matrix]

seem so

[stray condor]

man this was one of the most stacked contests Ive ever seen, all the entries are great

honestly any one of em couldve won imo so yea great job to everyone

[sturdy lodge]

nevermind

i see the messages xD

[knotty sphinx]

Ngl I might try an enter a contest, not to win, but just so I can get the contest participant role

[lusty pewter]

that's a self assign role, you get them from #roles

[zinc lion]

same thing happened to me

[vale jolt]

Whens next contest

😭

[teal grove]

https://tenor.com/view/death-spongebob-smile-rainbow-gif-15431174

What

Oh, right, the electrostatic coronamotor

[warm goblet]

Is main sprite voting still broken for everyone?

[teal grove]

Yeah, the difference is that the rotor of the coronamotor isn’t actually connected to any electrodes

It's pure electric attraction and repulsion

In short, the electrons in the charged anodes (negative electrodes) jump the gap between the anodes and the rotor (which is lined with conductive aluminium on the inside, but somewhat insulating plastic on the outside) due to the high voltage. The electrons in the aluminium foil then move towards the charged kathodes (positive electrodes). Now moved, there’s again space for more electrons to jump the gap, which move to the kathodes as well. This process continues until the aluminium foil has enough moving charges to overcome friction and start moving as a whole, together with the rest of the rotor. It's called a coronamotor because of the corona that forms between the gaps, which is light created by the jumping electrons. It was captured clearly in the last video: https://youtu.be/UB75saPK97I

High voltage but extremely low current, pretty energy-efficient

This was at around 20 kV

At least it worked

The propellor at the front generated about 1.8 m/s wind speed max, just blowing air through your lips hard already reaches 3 m/s

We'd probably need a few 100 kV for it to actually put in decent worn but the voltage generator we had only went to 27

The propellor?

So the propellor

The central opening was a bit bigger in diameter than the rotor rod, so we had to tape paper to the rod to make it thicker. The propellor wasn’t placed perfectly perpendicular to the direction of the rod, so it’s a bit off in its placement. That’s why it looks like it’s gonna fall off, while it’s actually 100% stable

[midnight pumice]

FINALLY, MY BIDOOF SKILLS CAN BE PUT AT GOOD USE (i think, i only read the little cup word)

[short dirge]

Oh god a new contest

[loud scaffold]

UNLIMITWHAT

[wide knoll]

woah little babes

i might participate bc axew

[static heron]

2000 entries

[ivory olive]

You can use Bidoof

[midnight pumice]

all of the fusions need to be fused with another lc, right?

[weary pagoda]

yep! and yes, Bidoof will be allowed

[short dirge]

Make so many entries they regret making it unlimited

[mint lava]

i like how onix is in the little cup

[zinc lion]

Probably not going to participate in this contest but who knows

[limber venture]

This is the plan

[weary pagoda]

(THIS WAS NOT MY DECISION OK

[ivory olive]

So I can't do Swampert/Pinpup but Mudkip/Pinpup is cool?

I'm still a little confused on the rules

[median heron]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[limber venture]

It says fusing baby Pokémon with eachother

[weary pagoda]

don't worry, you will have the entire rules in an instant

[ivory olive]

:)

[median heron]

[plucky arch]

inf,,finite entries

[wide knoll]

once kiwi takes a moment to yell rules at us, we will know

[plucky arch]

thats so many

thats so intimidating

[median heron]

Little guys are my specialty so seeing a little cup brings a smile to my face

[wide knoll]

make 100000 alts of the same pokemon 🦖

[hollow gull]

Little guy time

[grand tusk]

the mic was dropped, they are scrambling to find it again

[buoyant bough]

babby contest

[mint lava]

can i fuse pokemon with themselves?

[weary pagoda]

yis

[mint lava]

[tawdry oak]

MAYBE I CAN WIN!

[wide knoll]

all the contest sprites are gonna be so itty bitty

[tiny trellis]

I see onyx is in there again

[tawdry oak]

THIS IS MY CHANCE

[thin dove]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[plucky arch]

watch theres gonna be like

700 entries

[thick jolt]

700 hundred entries, 3 rounds

[plucky arch]

finals are gonna contain 50 pokemon

[wide knoll]

i wonder how hard it is to set up the contest polls

[thin dove]

aaah. aaaaaaaaah.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[radiant forge]

I'm sure there will be some people who will do 700 by themself

[plucky arch]

anyway good time to advertise: Voltorb is a valid fusion, yall should make some voltorb ones

[thick jolt]

im already thinking of ideas tbf

[civic zinc]

saame

[thick jolt]

ive got like 3 ideas that could be great

(in my head atleast)

[plucky arch]

ive got, 2

both i had before the contest but now its an excuse to make em

[thick jolt]

this one would be so unfortunate for someone to like, do the exact same fusions as you

[radiant forge]

I'm tempted even though I've literally only made half a fusion before👀

[thin dove]

i need to make custom bases. i need to make custom bases oh god oh christ

[ivory olive]

Well two can play at that game; Eevee is also valid and Pungo is double valid

[radiant forge]

Or Wailmer, more round bois

[mint lava]

wailmer and voltorb

make a rounder boi

[radiant forge]

The ultimate bubble

a perfect sphere

[tawdry oak]

I'm already making my first one lmao

I'm gonna do so many

[thick jolt]

this gives me motivation to finish my abra/abra atleast

[radiant forge]

I think I have an idea for one, I'll be happy if it comes out anything like I want

[wide knoll]

i think i just fooled myself into success

[grand tusk]

wait onix counts as a little cup mon?

neat

[wide knoll]

yea bc steelix

[radiant forge]

Ye smol

[wide knoll]

its baby evo and i think thats the only requirement

[thin dove]

h-how long will this contest go for...?

[wide knoll]

when the rules get posted in half a year, we will know

[plucky arch]

were waiting for Kiwi to find the mic they dropped

[grand tusk]

it rolled under the couch

[wide knoll]

time to prepare

[thick jolt]

did that thing pencils do

[mint lava]

it no-clipped

[radiant forge]

Wow it might even last long enough for me to finish one then

[mint lava]

the rules no-clipped

[grand tusk]

there are no rules

anarchy begins

[mint lava]

no they just no-clipped into the backrooms

they'll come back dw

[radiant forge]

I do love a good spot of anarchy

[mint lava]

i wonder if this'll be the first sprite i finish

[radiant forge]

Okay but literally same

I have one half-finished one that I just made for fun and that's it

[mint lava]

same

[craggy remnant]

OH GOD NEW CONTEST. i gotta eat and then i’ll go ham

[mint lava]

i finished all the lineart i just needed to colour it

[craggy remnant]

the urge to submit a joltik fusion thats 3 pixels big for the bit

[tawdry oak]

My brain just read you were gonna go eat ham...

[radiant forge]

Gotta eat ham to go ham

Newton's 4th law of physics

[craggy remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/ghibli-ponyo-ham-bucket-eat-gif-5777474

[mint lava]

infinite ham glitch

[wide knoll]

tiny sprite people about to go crazy rn

make the smallest recognizable fusion you can with baby

[normal oyster]

So we can upload as many entries we want?

[craggy remnant]

I HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO MAKE WYNAUT FUSIONS.

[tawdry oak]

I claimed something in Team Chinchou body's for this contest

[wide knoll]

handsome lad

[craggy remnant]

why he green

[wide knoll]

Shhhh....

[craggy remnant]

seasick wailmer

[thick jolt]

from the name im guessing axew wailmer?

[radiant forge]

He lime

[craggy remnant]

i guess you could say hes looking a little green in the gills

ignore the fact that whales dont have gills

[wide knoll]

significantly worse

[mint lava]

OH HEAIL NAH

[craggy remnant]

OH GOD

[radiant forge]

OH NO

ANGERY LIME

[wide knoll]

im creating the devil himself

i have been inspired by staring at the tiny cup image until brainrot set in

[radiant forge]

He's like an evil pimento olive

[buoyant bough]

delicious

[craggy remnant]

he has jaundice and pinkeye

[lime belfry]

any tiny poke? even if they have customs already? @weary pagoda #special-contest message

[radiant forge]

I think it's just any one in the picture that was posted

[tawdry oak]

I am the first person to make a folder in the contest

[craggy remnant]

good on you

[civic zinc]

what are the rules tho?

[craggy remnant]

i need some brain food first but i do have some old sketches to use for this…

[tawdry oak]

In the message

[lime belfry]

i believe its just general rules except the pokemon restriction

just make it cute

[ivory olive]

Wait we have to make folders? Lame

That's dumb and stupid and lame and stinky and dumb

[radiant forge]

I look forward to the cute Pokemon competition and seeing what eldritch horrors people make

[buoyant bough]

he's beautiful

[wide knoll]

omg

[tawdry oak]

yes

check my folder if you want lmao

[wide knoll]

mime jr/dratini

[radiant forge]

It's gonna win, lovely Magnemite/Sentret fusion(?)

[wide knoll]

waiting for someone to just make a perfect among us thats 5 pixels tall

[craggy remnant]

get foldered idiot

[wide knoll]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/725204928263618581/940703157003096114/image0.gif

[craggy remnant]

i need the worlds tiniest joltik fusions

[radiant forge]

1x1

[buoyant bough]

joltik/oddish

[wide knoll]

joltik oddish

[radiant forge]

Omw to Joltik/Budew

He's lovely

[wide knoll]

ty

might submit later

[craggy remnant]

i just love these sm

[knotty sphinx]

You will love this then

[buoyant bough]

https://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/83633.htm

all of these are obv joltik fusions

[knotty sphinx]

Pikachu

[wide knoll]

its crazy how recognizable pokemon are even in itty bitty form

[thick jolt]

i must admit some i had to double take, like cubone and butterfree

[knotty sphinx]

Wacky

[thick jolt]

what pokemon is below ekans?

[wide knoll]

its basically how i recognize pokemon tbh, just look for the general shape

ninetales i think

[thick jolt]

ohh yeah

[wide knoll]

bc tan with tiny bit of orange

[buoyant bough]

https://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/86686.htm

same person did one that's slightly bigger, still impressive tho haha

[wide knoll]

ngl i think the tinier one is still somehow MORE recognizable for me than this one with lighting

not simple enough for a quick read

[thick jolt]

i love the evees and eveelutions on this pne

[buoyant bough]

"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."

[plucky arch]

ohmygoodness

[buoyant bough]

(nah it makes sense lol, but fighting yourself is p funny)

[plucky arch]

oh this is

this sounds like the Hunger Games

this is absolutely maniac behavior

[buoyant bough]

so thats why we're allowed infinite entries... 🤨

[plucky arch]

also question: what if its not a custom base but instead an asset, for example the Jars or Lightning, is that allowed @weary pagoda ?

just curious as to my limitations

[thin dove]

wait...i can't make submissions that weren't already made?

so...wait, does that technically mean that houndour/totodile can't be done at all since I submitted that a day ago?

all sprites made by one person will be voted against each other!?

[left heath]

I assume that at least 2 is good, so that 1 goes to Winners, and 1 goes to losers

[plucky arch]

its so one person cant make 50% of the entire contest

[thin dove]

but that technically means everyone's limited to 1 entry (their best)

[buoyant bough]

2, their best and second best, but essentially yeah

[plucky arch]

i mean hey it means no matter what youll win at least one round

shoot one of the ones i wanted to do already has a sprite

[thin dove]

which one?

[plucky arch]

eh ill make it for fun anywa

[plucky arch]

Sunkern/Diglett

[thin dove]

oooh

so if a sprite that would count is in spritework but not in the gallery, would it count for the contest?

[buoyant bough]

i'd assume it would go off gallery addition time?

[left heath]

well by the way it's structured, I assume you can still get help in #1050404143807873157

then post it in #sprite-gallery once it's good

[thin dove]

i mean more like "there are sprites in here that I know were made by me and put in spritework a few days ago but I hadn't finalized them, what is their status"

does that mean nobody can do them? are they off-limits and they aren't contest material?

[plucky arch]

ooo this one is gonna be fun, theres a lot of lil things to take into consideration

[left heath]

I mean look at Example#1234's sprite

[tawdry oak]

@tall moss why do you want the contest managers to go though pain by doing unlimited entries over a course of almost a month

or A month

[thin dove]

are there ways to easily check which bases are acceptable and which aren't?

like which sprites don't have customs yet? I know some people don't mark them in the checker

[grand tusk]

wtf why even make a sprite when the winner is already there

[left heath]

Exactly

[tawdry oak]

Personally I check the Calculator then I search in disckrd

[wide knoll]

im feeling immensely powerful

[weary pagoda]

you can use any resource as long as you ask permission to the artist who made it

[grand tusk]

If I make one sprite ill make it further then any other competition ive done 🥹

[thin dove]

that will take me forever

I need every specific legal fusion of a specific pokemon

[tawdry oak]

Can I use your hands?

and your house

[weary pagoda]

please do

[tawdry oak]

I can do the polls for you ( If I can figure them out )

[grand tusk]

I like that its now a rule to not wait to submit sprites to the end of the competition

[thin dove]

....i submitted totodile/swinub literally maybe an hour or two before this started

to the spritework. I can't tell if that makes it legal or not

[grand tusk]

genuine question, more for curiosity's sake then actual wanting to, what if someone made a sprite purely for the competition and had 0 desire to have it posted to the gallery?

[wide knoll]

delete the post in gallery or request it to be taken out of the pack if its put in by the end of the contest, maybe?

or you arent allowed

who knows

[thin dove]

oh god DAMNIT

people didn't mark their FUCKING SPRITES OFF

[knotty sphinx]

I have an idea

[short dirge]

Mfw they say no collaboration yet allow collaboration

[olive echo]

gonna make exclusively Onix fusions to loophole kaiju clause

[wide knoll]

guys im taking axew/wailmer dont do it

[grand tusk]

assets totally count as custom bases

[knotty sphinx]

I got Litwick/Nincada

[grand tusk]

I see no issue

[thin dove]

I'm taking Totodiles. 🙂

[wide knoll]

im feeling so powerful doing this axew/wailmer

[iron obsidian]

TINY LEAFY FRIENDOS!

[plucky arch]

Entry 1 Complete (by that i mean Put In Spritework)

[tawdry oak]

I have 2 in gallery cas I'm just good

[grand tusk]

you guys move quick

[tawdry oak]

I'm speedy for money and well cas small babis is my jam

[plucky arch]

mine ive been wanting to do for a really long time now

so i already had the idea

like down to what parts of the sprite i was gonna put where

[grand tusk]

I want to keep doing my theme and have my sprite reference Bowser's inside Story

I have to actually find a fusion that can work for that though

[thin dove]

what I want...is ambitious

maybe a bit self-destructive

but i am driven by compulsion

[odd garnet]

So we're not allowed to sprite mons who already have fusions?

[thin dove]

i believe that is the case

[wide knoll]

yes

[odd garnet]

Welp that's tricky

[thin dove]

I can't tell if this extends to fusions that were in spritework before the contest was announced

so I can't tell if some of my totos are legal

[wide knoll]

probably does

just make new sprites

or delete the spritework post and reopen one

[thin dove]

i don't think that's legal

[odd garnet]

Dang
Wanted to make a Baby Goku Chimchar riding on a Cottonee cloud but both combos are already done

[thin dove]

from what I can tell (until the mod gets back to me with more info) is that if a fusion was in spritework at all before the contest was announced that pokemon fusion combo is illegal

[wide knoll]

i just created this fat fuck who definitely didnt have a fusion before

so just do a lot of that

go with stuff you havent seen

[thin dove]

I have to do some trawling

I need a list

[wide knoll]

yep

[glossy wagon]

the goal of the contest is to finish all the mons that normally don't give love so it makes sense to do it that way

we won't ever finish that many but its the thought that counts lol

[odd garnet]

Question

I wanna make a Voltorb/Seel sprite
But after some research I've learned someone submitted one this month

Am I not allowed to make another one now even though its not in the game yet?

[thin dove]

i believe if it's in the gallery it's off-limits

[odd garnet]

DARN IT

[glossy wagon]

the cutoff is the time that skeln posted the message

[thin dove]

I think that also extends to if it was in spritework before the message it's off limits

because we have people that can't submit to gallery participating but don't quote me on that I don't know

[glossy wagon]

we don't really have a good way to track that, so we'll be using "stuff already in the gallery" afaik

[odd garnet]

There goes my Circus Seel entry

[loud scaffold]

No, it can still be submitted

There’s been winners who just made alts of an already existing fusion

[plucky arch]

nah this contest has special rules against it

[knotty sphinx]

I have a question

[plucky arch]

seel/egg??

[knotty sphinx]

For sprites I made specifically for the contest

[loud scaffold]

Wait really

[plucky arch]

yea

[knotty sphinx]

Can I also put them in #1050404143807873157 ?

[loud scaffold]

Oh

[plucky arch]

yep, this one youve gotta actually

[knotty sphinx]

Ok

I added it

[knotty sphinx]

#1089394756083253389 like this?

[radiant forge]

So do we submit them to spritework or the Google Drive?

[knotty sphinx]

Both

[thin dove]

yeah, the specified rules against anything already done before the contest started is why i was questioning anything in spritework

[pastel hollow]

yesss babbies

[livid plinth]

Babies!

Trapinch here I come out of my way

[thin dove]

....what

what the fuck?
guys is Totodile/Abra in the game or not?

I see it in gallery but not on the checker

there's the other one but it's No QA

do No QA's count as done or not done for this contest?

[tawdry oak]

Ignus do you think this is Bribery?

[glossy wagon]

Only stuff that is in the gallery counts - the sprite you referenced here isn’t in the checker because this months sprites aren’t in a pack yet

[glossy wagon]

? Dunno what you mean

[tawdry oak]

Its Yanma and Chinchou

and the contest is sponsored by kiwi

[glossy wagon]

Bribes are illegal unless that person doesn’t hold a govt position I think

So for this you are ok 👍

[tall moss]

man i picked the perfect time to go afk for several hours

[tawdry oak]

you do

[odd garnet]

So we are guaranteed a chance for the choice awards if we make at least one Chinchou fusion?

Ok

[tawdry oak]

[lofty ivy]

Little cup aka time to make Too Many Joltik

[thin dove]

same but with Totodiles

slowly compiling chart...

[lofty ivy]

You are so valid

[thin dove]

you too mate. if we both make a totodile/joltik (and/or inverse) then we shall stand in solidarity 🤝

[lofty ivy]

Oh hell yeah you know I will

🤝

[thin dove]

....totodile/mudkip is backwards

that's not totodile's head on mudkip's body

...wait. no. that might be right?
this is hard to tell

[pastel hollow]

'no kaiju meta'

lickitung and onix are allowed
¬‿¬

[grand tusk]

Lickitung isn't really that big though