event-general

[plucky arch]

honestly doesnt sound too bad

[stiff valley]

your sprite editor to put the sprite together
and creating the poll is a simple discord bot command

[stiff valley]

I say that but I don't actually know

[cloud pulsar]

im gonna still ask when is the next contest?

[stiff valley]

there might be more in the back we don't know about

[stiff valley]

banned

[grand tusk]

Only if you use the pinned Skel image to ask

[zinc lion]

why weren't the polls like how they were before

[grand tusk]

the sheer number of users and polls required causing the bot to break down i believe

[dull mortar]

oh

[slow gyro]

Yes

[dull mortar]

robot wasn't built for 150 entries

or the bazillion from the lc contest

[scarlet shoal]

Maybe we need a limit of entries for contests

[balmy ibex]

wait do contest managers have to manage the lc contest

[grand tusk]

we do have one

[balmy ibex]

what have I done

[grand tusk]

need to limit to 1 entry now lol

this contest was 2 entry limit

[scarlet shoal]

I mean in total

Like limit total amount of them

[balmy ibex]

watch ppl blast their entries w special effects n cameos

[stiff valley]

Y E S

[grand tusk]

methinks encouraging a first come first serve for entries would encourage faster and therefore more low quality sprites

[scarlet shoal]

True

[slow gyro]

It’s a me

[scarlet shoal]

But then they won't win

[stiff valley]

but i already offered to manage the lc contest polls before katten sent the contest manager applications so i'm ok with it

[grand tusk]

still end up with less quality, and some very annoyed contestants who took to long to work on their sprite for a now vague time limit

[balmy ibex]

honestly I'm happy w 1 entry, I've set myself to only one entry per contest anyway

[stiff valley]

Mmmmm
Sounds like Pokémon Completionist
Mmmmmm

Wonder why we stopped giving those

[grand tusk]

yeah it kinda was

and now we dont do it lol

though 42 sprites even low quality is not for the faint of heart

[scarlet shoal]

We do get some sprites that look almost un custom

[balmy ibex]

deoxys contest, whoever makes the first deoxys fusion wins cuz the rest can't use it

[stiff valley]

Speedrun contest
First person to post a sprite wins 1000$

[grand tusk]

🟫 "I win"

[slow gyro]

Ima win that

[grand tusk]

"its my diglett joltik fusion"

[slow gyro]

🟨

[scarlet shoal]

Some sprites i have seen look like the original fusion sprite

[slow gyro]

Joltik/Joltik

[balmy ibex]

give money now ples

[stiff valley]

gg teddy you won 1000$
poke dollars

[dull mortar]

luvdisc luvdisc

[scarlet shoal]

Joltik/muk

[slow gyro]

Im pretty sure my Joltik/Joltik was posted before his sprite

[balmy ibex]

fuck yea imma buy myself.. whatever 1k pokedollars gets me

[grand tusk]

10 pokeballs and a premier ball as a bonus

[balmy ibex]

I already have thE MONEY CAN'T CATCH ME

[scarlet shoal]

already has a custom

[stiff valley]

not even enough for an hyper potion lol

[balmy ibex]

game theory, inflation in the pokemon world

WAIT NO THAT MEANS SMTHING ELSE

[grand tusk]

search that on google images

no harm right

[dull mortar]

the dark reason why the pokedollar is the same after all these years....

hahaha

[grim ether]

applied for contest manager, lets see what happens lol

i. assume contest manager isnt a moderation role

its just managingthe contest

[stiff valley]

yes

[grand tusk]

contest managers should have moderation, but only to mute people who annoy them on this channel

[grim ether]

yeah thats good for me

[grand tusk]

or slow mode it

[limber venture]

i did it

[normal oyster]

Pls open channel

[limber venture]

it is open

restart discord if you cant see it

[vivid sonnet]

I already applied for contest manager and never heard back ;-;

[cloud pulsar]

we are so funny

[slow gyro]

No it’s not

[livid stratus]

We cant vote lmao

[slow gyro]

Rezza I don’t mean to sound rude

[limber venture]

i set view channel to yes

[slow gyro]

But I can’t find it

[cloud pulsar]

i dont see it

[livid stratus]

I just restarted dc

[normal oyster]

Rizza

[livid stratus]

No channel

[limber venture]

wait try again

[grand tusk]

I see it

[cloud pulsar]

its there

[slow gyro]

Yay

[iron obsidian]

heeey, there it is

[limber venture]

ok there we go

[slow gyro]

Thanks Rezza

[leaden jungle]

.It's here.

[molten vector]

how do you even look up server join date?

[limber venture]

rip to the three people who submitted their sprites incorrectly

[grand tusk]

thank you, lemon man

[cloud pulsar]

the things are yellow

thats funny

[limber venture]

yes

i did that on purpose

[grand tusk]

it represents a new age

yellow like the dawn of a new beginning

the beginning of M&M man's reign

[livid tulip]

I would bet I submitted it correctly

[limber venture]

I double checked the sheets and people whos sprites were missing (emisys, hero, meru) are there this time

Idk what went wrong with kattens polls, blame tene though

[stiff valley]

how do we refresh discord again

[limber venture]

Ctrl r

[grand tusk]

alt f4

[slow gyro]

Thank you

[livid tulip]

Oooh I get it now. Thanks!

[slow gyro]

Also, could you please say sorry to Katten for me? I don’t want to bother her more

[grand tusk]

whats the tiny bit of blue on that

[normal oyster]

Nice lemon man

[silver merlin]

dont worry about it

[limber venture]

sooooo... any errors with the polls........?

im preparing for the worst

[cloud pulsar]

Based Lemon Man

is all good for me

[late sequoia]

Looking good! Thanks Rezza and all other mods/managers for putting it together

[slow gyro]

Same

Yea and every staff member, please take a rest

[molten vector]

Dang some of these are so good, it's tough only voting for 1 in each poll. Thank you for putting it together lemon!

[grand tusk]

they all say question 1 but thats a complete non issue

[surreal yarrow]

every entry is so great

[slow gyro]

Im at work, so I’ll vote later

[limber venture]

i was also thinking that, these entries are so fucking goooood

i can't even vote myself

[slow gyro]

But I’m glad this all ended up well

[stiff valley]

I voted for one (1) sprite
that's it

I hope it wins

[limber venture]

contests are annoying for staff but god damn if they dont get you guys to pull out all the stops

[misty acorn]

holy shit I didnt realize how many amazing entries there are for this contest

[grand tusk]

annoying seems to be an understatement after today

[shy river]

some real crazy shit gets made when its for internet points

[grand tusk]

but some damn good sprites

[cloud pulsar]

our only motivation to do great sprites is to win something lmao

[grand tusk]

no points, but a neat role that makes your name slightly more blue then other spriters

[balmy ibex]

everytime
me: nah I don't think I'll participate in the contest, prob won't win anyway
also me: puts all my effort into a single sprite for the contest

[stiff valley]

I did my rotom/pz and won nothing

[shy river]

you would say that, mr blue bonz

[grand tusk]

I also do not have said bluer role nor did I submit for this contest

[shy river]

if you do ever win one in the future

[livid tulip]

All polls voted, good luck everyone 🗿

[shy river]

you gotta rename yourself to blueerbonz

[balmy ibex]

gg u too

[crystal hill]

yo the sprites people made are so cool!

[limber venture]

i have at least 2 or 3 i want to win

[balmy ibex]

also I was thinking "huh, surprised meru didn't make an entry" til I saw that big shnoz boi

[grand tusk]

I made half a deoxys sprite, but never finished it and probably wasn't gonna submit it anyway because its a joke rather then anything real

[cloud pulsar]

let's see if i make it past the first round this time

[floral vessel]

Gosh it's so hard to vote in these all of these are so good,,

[slow gyro]

Mines

[floral vessel]

Y'all hella popped off ffffffffff

[crystal hill]

I want my sprite to win but damn is it not going to with so many super cool sprites

[livid tulip]

I did it last minute. I went to bed at 5am to finish it

[limber venture]

ive been told the polls are ok and im still quadruple checking them

[stiff valley]

There's 1 and only 1 i want to see win, not necessarily because it's the best sprites of all of them (imma be honest i didn't check any) but because i feel like that spriter deserve some kind of reward

[thick jolt]

polls worked fine for me

[balmy ibex]

same but just the 5 am part

[shy river]

the polls are good

discord restart worked

[balmy ibex]

nah they're caca

[livid tulip]

And at 7am I got up to go to work

[stiff valley]

making probopasses should be your job

[balmy ibex]

I used to do that alot too, barely get any sleep before work, work entertained me enough to distract me from how tired I was

[limber venture]

i deserve a mcdonalds after making those polls

[balmy ibex]

then it was a constant battle during the 3-5 hour break between shifts

[stiff valley]

rezza

[grand tusk]

punishing your body 😔

[stiff valley]

do the LC polls

[cloud pulsar]

nah you get cookie

[livid tulip]

Me when GF hires me (Probopass becomes the new Charizard getting forms each gen)

[stiff valley]

why did i read girlfriend

and not game freak

[grand tusk]

lonely

[cloud pulsar]

lmao

[grand tusk]

im sorry, that was a bit too mean

[livid tulip]

Me when my girlfriend hires me (I'm not her boyfriend yet)

[dull mortar]

ignores this and gets you mcdonalds anyways

[grand tusk]

rent a girlfriend (its totally a good manga and everyone loves it so read it )

[stiff valley]

where's my Ancient Status at (past probo)

[silver merlin]

the more contests you do the less you care

LMAO

[balmy ibex]

I'll join u and MAKE POLIWHIRL GREAT AGAIN, MY BOY WILL SEE RETRIBUTION ONCE MORE

[limber venture]

i can imagine

[stiff valley]

I watched it
It made me have an existential crisis in the middle of the night (no joke)
Was good tho i recommend

[grand tusk]

the new solution, cycle new contest managers every 3 contests to keep them hopeful on the polls

[grand tusk]

sorry to hear that, I only see vivid hate about it

[livid tulip]

Honestly Poliwrath has a lot of potential to get something one day, I don't know why they didn't do something yet

[grand tusk]

perhaps it has not come yet for you

[stiff valley]

uh?

is there something wrong about it

[limber venture]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/970334865276956712/1104106126028574770/rapidsave.com_shine_bright_light_a_diamond-5joalx3ykxxa1-220.mp4

[grand tusk]

apparentely

[stiff valley]

(i mean... besides the whole idea of renting a girlfriend)

[silver merlin]

LMFAOOO

[grand tusk]

I never read it, but like I said, I see readers of it only speak hatred

so I guess it starts getting really bad

[tardy crystal]

A lot of these designs are really good both artistically and thematically. You can see where people took "alien virus" seriously, others sought to experiment, and very few just combining them to mixed results.

[stiff valley]

oof

the anime is fine at least

[balmy ibex]

sadly gamefreak only makes new forms for pokemon that were already popular

[shy river]

i think part of it is the ole "rei vs asuka" style of argument

[scarlet shoal]

Mega probopass

[stiff valley]

amoonguss :

[livid tulip]

Yeah, it's sad when you think about it 😔

[grand tusk]

I always see people DESPISE the main character

like super HATE him

[stiff valley]

oh

he's just dumb

[shy river]

the main character is kinda dumb

[scarlet shoal]

Make a mega probopass base alt

[stiff valley]

average anime protag

[grand tusk]

and gets worse over time in the manga

[shy river]

naaaah

below average

[stiff valley]

true

[livid tulip]

I already did it, but it wasn't voted yet

[stone rapids]

Damn, that's a lot of entries. Amazing work

[plush vale]

from a merchendising perpsective doesn't make a ton of sense to double down on stuff people didn't like much

[stiff valley]

he's very dumb

[balmy ibex]

gamefreak saw all the amogus amonguss memes n caved in, prove me wrong

[scarlet shoal]

Oh i now want to see it

[grand tusk]

I also only like... 2 anime? I read manga and dont subject myself to harem stuff

Nisekoi taught me harem actually sucks

[plush vale]

plenty of good anime without harem

[grand tusk]

everything im discussing is VERY important for contest stuff btw

[scarlet shoal]

Cool

[plush vale]

oh yeah this aint general lol

[stiff valley]

never eared of it

[limber venture]

dear god i am not looking forward to little cup polls

[balmy ibex]

oh if we're recommending animes I'm throwing mashle into the ring

[plush vale]

not even a little?

[balmy ibex]

basically one punch man meets harry potter

[stiff valley]

meanwhile me, applying to contest manager just to make polls

[scarlet shoal]

Why is #event-general now #anime-general

[grand tusk]

the generic romcom harem manga that shredded every forum the entire time it was written

[plush vale]

because it's animay

[balmy ibex]

long story short, everyone can do magic, mc can't but he's so fucking strong he can "cast spells" through sheer strenght
like instead of flying on a broom he just sits on it and kicks his feet super fast to keep himself afloat

[shy river]

mashle is super great

[plush vale]

I like nichijou

[balmy ibex]

new episode is out today btw

[shy river]

im up to date with the manga already

[ruby valve]

how long is the voting up for?

[shy river]

didnt even know there was an anime

[plush vale]

25 minutes

[livid tulip]

More Moai looking, moustache representing the rapanui facial paint, the hands that Moai have in the bottom of their bodies, the mini-noses and him making an actual Ahu... I studied a lot of things to make the best and most accurate MegaProbo🗿

[balmy ibex]

fairly new, only 5 episodes are out by now

[shy river]

thaaaaaat checks out

[stiff valley]

time

yup, that's very precise

[grand tusk]

Im sorry I brought anime into this chat everyone

my bad

[plush vale]

to the dungeon

[stiff valley]

@limber venture how long the polls staying

[teal grove]

me

[limber venture]

til tomorrow

same time tomorrow (if i remember to) i will close them and do round 2

my alexa alarm has been set

[stiff valley]

alexa alarm

what

[limber venture]

i asked alexa to remind me at 7:30 tomorrow

[livid tulip]

Alexa, play Megalovania

[balmy ibex]

alexa, explode the king

[livid tulip]

Alexa, do the daily sacrifice

[stiff valley]

alexa, make the LC contest polls

[pulsar kite]

alexa play despacito

[stiff valley]

"sorry, i'm not paid enough for that"

[cloud pulsar]

alexa order mac donalds

[balmy ibex]

alexa commit tax fraud

[cloud pulsar]

alexa, sprite for me

[balmy ibex]

alexa finish zero's game

[cloud pulsar]

"sorry, i cant do that"

[main hare]

where do we vote for contest

[stiff valley]

#contest-polls

[limber venture]

#contest-polls

[balmy ibex]

ok first, pay me 10 dollars

ah goddamn it guys

[stiff valley]

ctrl r if you don't see them

[livid tulip]

Alexa, repeat with me "Alexa, repeat with me" (proceeds to repeat "Alexa, repeat with me", ordering herself to repeat "Alexa, repeat with me" indefinitely)

[balmy ibex]

alexa, divide by 0
followed by alexa opening a black hole

[main hare]

yeah, reading is a good skill, thanks rezza

[limber venture]

contest manager update: we are going to make everyone play a pokemon chess tournament for who gets the role

[grand tusk]

nononono

[stiff valley]

i lose

[grand tusk]

wait wait wait

WAIT WAIT

[balmy ibex]

what if I told u I know how to play chess
but I just don't know how to uh..

think

[grand tusk]

pokemon chess is a different beast

[livid tulip]

I like chess, the pieces are cute

[cloud pulsar]

so true

[grand tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQbxJK6TUnU

[stiff valley]

wait what

[slow gyro]

I love little Z

[livid tulip]

My favourite chess piece is the rook

[slow gyro]

Might be one of my favorite letters

[limber venture]

The existing managers also play to keep their role

[stiff valley]

oh it's just regular chess

[balmy ibex]

I prefer medium f tbh

[stiff valley]

but op

[balmy ibex]

whoever loses uh dies

[limber venture]

That's too far

[balmy ibex]

aight whoever loses gets banished to #general

[grand tusk]

there's no check or checkmate either, and other nonsense

[balmy ibex]

which is worse than death

[limber venture]

We're doing this for all staff positions now btw

[balmy ibex]

even spriters?

[limber venture]

Teddy, is "spriter" a staff position?

[balmy ibex]

am I wrong if I say that all staff members are spriters?

I prob am but shush

[grand tusk]

I dont think Frogman is a spriter

[balmy ibex]

oh wait yea, whoever wins the staff chess tournament has to fight frogman to the death

[stiff valley]

They're SO FUCKING BAD LMAOOO

[grand tusk]

I know lol

[livid tulip]

[silver merlin]

this is what happens when u let a smash player make chess rules

[dire panther]

What does being a contest manager involve specifically?

Doubt I’d actually get the position though

[cloud pulsar]

very useful information

[dire panther]

Wow I am enlightened

[stiff valley]

WHY CAN MOVES CRIT AND MISS
IT'S FUCKING CHESS

[grim ether]

bruh what

[slow gyro]

Katten why aren’t you asleep?

Just take a rest

[limber venture]

Contest manager means you get to decide the themes of future contests and make polls and that's about it

[grim ether]

yeah katten take care of yourself

[dire panther]

May as well

I wanna help out where I can

[leaden jungle]

.Should have make the application like a job application; ask for years of experience and make a requirement to know how to use EXEL.

[grim ether]

aka make everyone lie about knowing how to use excell

[leaden jungle]

¨*made.

[slow gyro]

Man I’m getting sensory overdrive and can’t concentrate at my job

[pulsar kite]

you should do the polls as tumblr polls that would surely be a great idea

[stiff valley]

1% of the job : decide the theme
99% : make the polls

[grand tusk]

chess pieces should be allowed to wavedash

[slow gyro]

Lol yea

[grim ether]

WHAT THE FUCK

[balmy ibex]

wait yea do we have to be proficient w exel to be a contest manager cuz fuck excel

[slow gyro]

What would happen if you’re attacking another chess pice and it parries?

[balmy ibex]

inb4 the pieces start clipping through the board

[grim ether]

we have to know what

[grand tusk]

it's allowed to take your piece if its over a certain %

[slow gyro]

And please ban Steve, it’s broken

[balmy ibex]

skill issue, should've read that parry, now u get punished
so in chess terms u.. get shot?

[leaden jungle]

.It's not that bad.

[slow gyro]

Rule 7 i believe

[grand tusk]

the king is obviously a heavyweight, can't move at all but if it hits you, you're just gone

[slow gyro]

Idr the rules lol

[dire panther]

What

[balmy ibex]

isn't it?
I used to take a computing class in middle school n I did learn how to use excel but I forgot everything

[slow gyro]

You can’t talk about the current contest lol

[dire panther]

Ooh crap

I’ll just delete that

[balmy ibex]

banned

[grand tusk]

screenshotted and sent to Frogman himself

you're done for Nexus

[livid stratus]

Bonk

You been hit with the banammer

[dire panther]

[grand tusk]

goodbye

[dire panther]

Welp, nice knowing you all

[short dirge]

what the heck happened this contest, I would like to speak to the manager

[grand tusk]

💥

[slow gyro]

Dont

Just leave the managers rest for a while

[leaden jungle]

.Happens, Every time I have to search at least 1 function I forgot but I have made like 20 times.

[slow gyro]

They deserve it

[grand tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-manager-karen-randy-randy-marsh-gif-26369224

[grim ether]

cut the managers some slack or i will smite thee with my blade

[dire panther]

The managers are human too

[balmy ibex]

there's fucking courses on learning to work w excel, that's about as complicated as it gets

[teal grove]

Dudes

[dire panther]

Apart from rezza, they’re an m&m

[teal grove]

Chill

[grand tusk]

I think rezza is an M&M actually

[balmy ibex]

insert ice joke here

[grand tusk]

shit

[teal grove]

Im p sure they’re just talking about the color and shape of the brackets

[grand tusk]

you said that as I typed it

[stoic peak]

So how long does every round take approximately?

[dire panther]

Yup

Time

It takes time

[teal grove]

1 day

[stoic peak]

Hype

[grand tusk]

me on my way to make a joke about sprite managers (the users of contest-general are wound up atm and will rip me to shreds when I say it)

[leaden jungle]

.Yeah. And sometimes its a true lifesaver. And the amount of things you can do with it, or google sheets never ceases to amaze me.

[balmy ibex]

oh no yea, if u speak fluent excel per se the thing's basically a computer in on itself

[leaden jungle]

[Proceeds to make a exel edit]

[True exel stan]

[pulsar kite]

i saw someone make excel render a 3d model with ray tracing

[leaden jungle]

.Yeah. And that knowledge transfer to google sheet, that can be use with all the other google tools to take it even further beyond.

[silver solar]

Voting done, was totally not bias except ofc it was

[plucky arch]

what on earth is happening

[silver merlin]

no

[grim ether]

https://pokemonchess.com/ anyways

who wants to play with me

[thick jolt]

idk how you play it

but i can try if you like

[grim ether]

server name is pokemon IF

[thick jolt]

says the room doesnt exist lmao

[grim ether]

fucked

who the fuck is masonmonster

[hollow gull]

@warped isle my sister likes it your arcanine

[warped isle]

AAWHHH TELL THEM I SAID THANK UUU

so sweet !!@#

[balmy ibex]

oh thank fuck

[knotty sphinx]

When do little cup polls start?

[cloud pulsar]

never

[knotty sphinx]

Ok

[limber venture]

Never

[stoic peak]

Never

[plucky arch]

whenever the contest managers get around to it, so i highly doubt before the new ones get chosen

[stiff valley]

Just played my first game
There was 1 crit and 1 miss in the whole game
Both mattered
Both were against me

[grand tusk]

If you did each user's drive as a poll for LC, how many polls is that already?

[stiff valley]

too many

well each user except the ones that only have 1 and 2 sprites

[grand tusk]

2 sprites is still a vote

only 1 gets through per person right?

[stiff valley]

no but there's a winner and a loser bracket so you're still right

[grand tusk]

im already lost

[thick jolt]

got my first game of pokechess and won

[balmy ibex]

we call those skill issues in the industry

[misty acorn]

Pokemon chess???

[plucky arch]

h,, i saw, Alex Bird for 1 second and then, poof, vanished

[stiff valley]

don't play that

for your own good

[tawdry oak]

Polls I love making those

[thick jolt]

bishops are so strong in pokemon chess

[versed ridge]

I hope i dont lose on round 1

🥹

[cloud pulsar]

same

[ruby valve]

eh, losing early is a good motivator to improve

if i'm losing early i'll go down copying my best references directly until i can match

i got quite a few from this contest!

lose early this contest, then win the next! Imagine the satisfaction

[cloud pulsar]

i already lost round 1 two times i at least want to pass round one this time

i got really close in the past contest tho

[fading lodge]

Isn't round 1 of little cup against yourself? How would you lose a poll of just your sprites?

[hollow gull]

@limber venture semis when

[cloud pulsar]

not little cup! normal contests

[plucky arch]

rezza became a contest manager and immediately everyone assumed they know everything

whos ready for 2 more people to face that pain

[wind matrix]

how tf am I supposed to vote? there's too many good sprites

[hollow gull]

I know right?

Like rule 7

Love that one

[pastel hollow]

fr fr

[wind matrix]

Like for the first one, there's at least six sprites I can't decided between

[ruby valve]

yeah a lot of really good entries, when undecided i just pick the one i'd prefer having in my team

[normal oyster]

Yea same

The quality of the sprites in the contests skyrocketed

[teal grove]

Not entirely certain about that

There are 5-6 times more entries than there used to be, so the amount of sprites of high quality also increases

[odd garnet]

I didn't notice the deadline was up so uh

1 entry... WELP Glad I don't have to worry about going against myself : )

[cedar hatch]

Is there something special I had to do other than write contest entry when I posted mine to gallery, It’s not in the polls

[silver merlin]

you need to add it to the drive

[molten vector]

Did you upload to the contest google drive? Instructions were here #event-announcements message

[main hare]

goooood morning, I take it everyone's excited for the contest

Gotta say, some entries look like winners already, everyone did a fantastic job

[thick harness]

Yeah, there's so many great entries it's a shame that only three will go through for each group

[main hare]

i mean, everything will get added to the game either way (I presume, or have dicsussion about being main sprite/alt)

[thick harness]

Oh yeah everything gets into the game so we still get to enjoy these amazing sprites, I was more referring to the sheer quality of all the sprites in this competition

[viral venture]

Were all the options on the voting?

[teal grove]

#contest-polls

[viral venture]

Already voted on them, one for each. I was just asking if all the options were there cos I saw quite alot of cool ones that I don't see there

[thick harness]

All the sprites that were submitted to the drive were on the polls

[teal grove]

All the options are there

[pulsar kite]

yes that should be all

they might just look different in the small size instead of individual images

i had to open the images in browser to get a good look at all the options before voting

[dull mortar]

same

how long does voting usually go for :?

[thick harness]

Rezza said this first round of voting will stay until 7:30 his time tomorrow, so it's lasting a full 24 hours

[dull mortar]

ah okay, thank you!

[crude cedar]

Where do i get the contest partecipant role?

[torn dawn]

#roles

[crude cedar]

Can't see that there

[torn dawn]

You need to react with the Katten emote

Lemme check ^^

[crude cedar]

Oooh Sorry i was looking for the giratina Sprite

But It was not lol

[crude cedar]

Thanks 👀

[torn dawn]

Sure

[cedar hatch]

My laziness and hatred of reading has bitten me in the ass again, at least I know for next time thanks

[ruby valve]

post your sprite here so we can appreciate it as part of the contest, at least in spirit?

[cedar hatch]

Nice idea

[thick harness]

Ah that's yours! I was thinking it was missing from the contest but I just assumed you chose not to submit it

Shame you never entered it

[torn dawn]

#spriter-general message Camiska pfp vote

[ruby valve]

oh it's great, love the concept and the vibe

[dull mortar]

ohhhhh thats really cool I love it

[crude cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/puppet-awkward-looking-what-side-eye-gif-15476992

The other torterra Deoxys in this Moment:

[hollow gull]

||See I told Bleon they shoulda rooted the feet||

[misty acorn]

||You did indeed do that||

[pastel hollow]

||somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me||

[wind topaz]

@silver merlin Magma Psychic did not make this sprite, it should be disqualified

@valid wolf

[silver merlin]

this fucking contest man

lets see if it goes anywhere after the polls, if it does it well, is gonna get removed

and not counted

[limber venture]

Let me check

It's nearly poll time anyway

You can ping me for that as well btw knuckles

[wind topaz]

@limber venture

[granite wren]

But he removed the claws so couldn't possibly be someone else's

Oh wait I didn't read it I thought it was outright plagiarised :B

[wind topaz]

I think he just didn't know he wasn't allowed to submit no QA edits, which seems like a weird thing to not understand but still

[silver solar]

I would think those would kinda fall under collab

[warped nest]

Yeah but collabs weren’t allowed either right?

[limber venture]

Yes

[wind topaz]

Yeah

[warped nest]

Also I believe this was even mentioned in the spritework post of this? Weird that it was still submitted

[limber venture]

I can't see which bot is which anymore for some reason and both poll bots have the exact same commands

[warped nest]

Nvm, I feel like it was mentioned but I guess not

[limber venture]

Literally just yesterday it was showing me the icons so I could tell the difference and now I can't

Ok nvm i got it

[granite wren]

On a side note, all these entries are amazing

[limber venture]

Literally just had to guess lol

PLEASE

[warped nest]

That bot is dumb

Also, I participated, when/how doI get the role?

[limber venture]

it's self assignable

#roles

[warped nest]

Ahh

Makes sense

[misty acorn]

skill issue

[limber venture]

yea ok i just can't check beforehand i guess we'll find out if that sprite got ahead or not when the polls are closed

if it did it's getting removed if it didn't no harm done

[granite wren]

Guess just cheeky redo on that one group if it wins

[silver merlin]

become a contest manager today

[limber venture]

make it stop

[silver merlin]

i wish i could

[misty acorn]

Yearly reminder that the old contests just used a google forum with pngs of the brackets and an option to put in your vote, which might be the best option to have things work smoothly again

[silver merlin]

the poll bot usually doesnt do this

also the old contests used strawpoll which 💀 no

and they were also hosted on reddit which

💀

no

[limber venture]

ur right its my fault for not askign the bot nicely

[silver merlin]

@crimson sleet kill yourself

[plucky arch]

welcome to IF, where weve decided to recreate the story of Icarus and fly too close to the sun in the form of a discord bot

[silver merlin]

try now

[teal grove]

my main question is

why did rezza fiddle with the bracket settings like that

[limber venture]

when i did it the way katten did it it duped the sprites and put them into multiple images for some reason

so i just

tried something else

[plucky arch]

new favourite screenshot

[silver merlin]

my pfp works nicely with that message :P

[teal grove]

please dont do that

[limber venture]

Why

[teal grove]

in the nicest way possible, it looks ass

[limber venture]

Too bad

[silver merlin]

LMFAO

BASED REZZA

[limber venture]

Do you want the polls to be accurate or look nice

[silver merlin]

🍋

[limber venture]

That's what I thought

[teal grove]

does inaccurate equate to rectangular to you

[limber venture]

?!?!?!?

Reading comprehension?!?!??!

[teal grove]

WHY ARE THEY RECTANGULAR

[misty acorn]

WHAT ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT NOW

[limber venture]

Husk is being dum

[silver merlin]

person who figures out what we are talking about gets a lemon

🍋

[teal grove]

THE ASS-NESS OF THE BRACKETS

so lemme get this straight rezza

did you or did you not use tene's program

[limber venture]

Yes I did

[silver merlin]

he did

the program is just

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-objection-phoenix-wright-gif-17060373

[silver merlin]

respectfully

made by tene

TENE IM SORRY DONT BULLY ME ITS A GOOD PROGRAM

[misty acorn]

should i ping him

[silver merlin]

i know he searches for his name here every so often

and i am scared

[teal grove]

then how the fuck does making shit yellow and rectangular solve your duping problem

[limber venture]

Because you don't know how the program works

[misty acorn]

This Tenedranox should really stop searching for his name RIGHT FUCKING NOW

[silver merlin]

[limber venture]

I edited the sheet rows setting to be less than what katten set it as because when i had it as what katten set it as there were dupes of sprites

So i just

Made it one less

[plucky arch]

i feel like Mergemay shouldve tolf us that nobody in this server can read

[limber venture]

I made it yellow because yellow m&m

[teal grove]

and how did katten solve this problem

[limber venture]

Mate

I don't know

[silver merlin]

i dont know either

[limber venture]

But I just fixed the problem the first way i saw because you guys wanted your polls

[silver merlin]

i didnt have that problem

for some reason ig when i downloaded the sprites from the drive it didnt have all of them in the zip

maybe

idk

[teal grove]

in that case, i will continue to blame rezza

[misty acorn]

back to this then

[teal grove]

based tomate

[silver merlin]

guys

nubert

[misty acorn]

Anyways who is your guys favorite for eurovision?

[silver merlin]

DENMARK

🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 🇩🇰

[misty acorn]

Can't vote for yourself

I gotta say:
Croatia kinda based for bringing Stalin
Georgia kinda based for beinging a song whose lyrics make 0 sense
But Finland is the most based

[limber venture]

Btw I'm making the quarters semis and finals all rectangular

[teal grove]

i dont follow eurovision until it's time for the actual show

[teal grove]

good

[limber venture]

I'm kidding

[silver merlin]

damn

[plucky arch]

Rezza makes all polls circular now

[silver merlin]

any nordic countries

(i dont watch eurovision

[misty acorn]

I always do that too, but for some reason I got caught up in it beforehand this year

gonna go back to going blind into the show next year tho, being suprised is just more fun

[limber venture]

I'm going to start making abstract pollygons

[silver merlin]

start making pixel out out of the polls

[torpid jolt]

Unmarked clock poll, vote by picking a number clockwise but the top option is always 12

[misty acorn]

Yeah sorry Katten but you cant vote for the literal tiktoker your country is bringing

[silver merlin]

we are????

man i have not cared for eurovision like ever

isnt fucking isreal in "euro"vision too

[misty acorn]

australia too lul

[silver merlin]

LMAO

[limber venture]

Ok quarters are finally sorted time to make the sheets

[silver merlin]

britain after dragging australia along with them

[misty acorn]

But I've always liked it, especially now that I carr about geography and actually know all these countries xD

[torpid jolt]

I'm ready to perceive my disappointment

[silver merlin]

whats next, kazakhstan plays in europes football tournaments

[silver merlin]

quick whats the capital in bosnia and herzegovina

[limber venture]

opens contest sheet creator

[misty acorn]

we need to break up some more former soviet states to get more countries ti participate

uhhh

[silver merlin]

always blame tene

literally rule 1

of contest management

[misty acorn]

I feel like it starts with an m

[teal grove]

you've got the humor of a bowl of soup

[limber venture]

Katten how many of these do i make is four good

[teal grove]

actually i take that back, even soup is less bland

[silver merlin]

2 is what we usually do

i think

[limber venture]

Ok I do that

[silver merlin]

i cant remember just do that and ill take the blame for anything that happens ever ok

[misty acorn]

Sarajevo fuck
I even watched a shiey series in that country a while ago

[silver merlin]

nope :3

[teal grove]

where ping

[silver merlin]

🏓

here

u get pong too

[teal grove]

rezza why isnt my sprite there

[hollow gull]

Yes I read the shit about "why isn't my sprite here"

[stiff valley]

Put a link to the first vote please

[teal grove]

uh oh

"interaction failed"

[hollow gull]

If it's not there do you have to wait for prelims to see if you made it along?

[limber venture]

I'm gonna blow you up

[thick harness]

I also got interaction failed, but I tried again just now and it worked so I think it's all good

[stiff valley]

[limber venture]

Just keep trying i think the bot has been a bitch to me all day

[limber venture]

You have to wait for semis yes

[hollow gull]

Yippee

Hope I made it along

[warped nest]

WHY ISN’T MY SPRITE HERE ;P

[stiff valley]

The only one I voted for won gonna vote for it again

[hollow gull]

Mope also isn't here so either mope died or I died

[limber venture]

Be honest with yourself wyag what do you think the answer is

[hollow gull]

I doubt mope died yes

[scarlet shoal]

I don't think mine got to semis

[hollow gull]

Giant upset if I did surpass mope though

[pulsar kite]

why is my sprite in there

[stiff valley]

[limber venture]

Because you made a nice sprite

[pulsar kite]

should be in the semis smh

[plush vale]

keep getting this on first poll

[wary canopy]

cant you just look at the vote results for the first polls? they show for me

[plush vale]

gonna try relaunching

[limber venture]

That too

I forgot about that

[stiff valley]

reading is hard

[plush vale]

ok worked now

[stiff valley]

omw to apply a 2nd time

[hollow gull]

Well fuck that's demoralizing

[limber venture]

Don't worry i got 8 votes

[stiff valley]

Don't worry i got 0 votes

[hollow gull]

One more than me

[silver merlin]

i got 9 and 24 votes for my two entries

[stiff valley]

wait, how do the votes work ? The winner of the 1st poll isn't appearing in both polls

[hollow gull]

How many people do you think voted mope cause it mope

[plush vale]

they skip a round

[stiff valley]

oh kk

[limber venture]

You're getting demoted

[silver merlin]

yeah

[hollow gull]

Yea these results are WAY more polarized than for the last two contests

[stiff valley]

yeah they skip a round or yeah i'm getting demoted ?

"both"

[near horizon]

my ||reshiram/deoxys|| got 39 votes !! HOW, just, how ???

[limber venture]

This shit is insane

[stiff valley]

damn

[hollow gull]

Genuinely.

[limber venture]

I should go check if the sprite i liked made it

[plush vale]

don't know if you are supposed to say which is yours while its still in

[limber venture]

It didn't

[hollow gull]

You're def not but that was vague enough that I won't call the cops

[plush vale]

I will say theres one where the bar shows 15% at same point at 6% and then a 16% one with 2 votes more up and it's like thats not really helpful bar graph

[surreal yarrow]

what does skip a round mean, like 2nd place from each poll is voted for now? and then those are added to the finals?

[hollow gull]

Time to check if the 4 Gardevoirs made it

[plush vale]

it wasn't vague at all

[teal grove]

didnt the roserade contest rack up to over 300 votes per poll

[limber venture]

This shit scared me every time

I was like what if i fucked it up

I read the numbers so carefully and i'm still scared i messed it up

[stiff valley]

btw katten, when are the application results

[plush vale]

my man it's not spoiler so people can not see if they don't want it's you can't tell people

[limber venture]

Now

[acoustic rampart]

How will I ever have a chance after looking at semis

[stiff valley]

damn

drop the results then

[limber venture]

No

[surreal yarrow]

oh wait yeah the bar graph is rounded to segments
so it looks like zeroes for a lot of great entries that got votes lol

[plush vale]

ah shame bout this one, first bracket first section was packed

[hollow gull]

Its head looks off

[surreal yarrow]

i KNOW i loved that, so glad someone made a raikou with zigzag arms

i also loved the tentacruel so much

[hollow gull]

I wonder if I did something explicitly wrong or my sprite just wasn't that well liked

[limber venture]

I'm sad blissey/deo didn't make it, I liked it a lot

[hollow gull]

Blissey Deo was adorable

Love that one

[surreal yarrow]

probably just that they were all good tbh

[molten vector]

that blissey one was my favorite 😦 tough competition

[plush vale]

which was yours?

[balmy ibex]

yep my fusion got sniped

[hollow gull]

Death by mope

[dull mortar]

rest in pepperoni, ones taht didn't make it

[plush vale]

also isn't one of current ones breaking the kaiju rule or am I wrong and it's not max'd?

[hollow gull]

No Kaiju rule

[pulsar kite]

really strong sprites all around :]

[hollow gull]

That's just for little cup

[plush vale]

no.. this is something from way before then

[floral vessel]

Man there are so many that didn't make it that I wish had made it fhhfhfhffhhhh

[hollow gull]

To avoid little cup sprites looking like these do with 1000 sparkles and gigantic

[stiff valley]

Stil trying to understand tf is this

[plush vale]

its a meteor

[hollow gull]

Yu-Gi-Oh reference

[stiff valley]

meteor isn't a pokemon afaik

[hollow gull]

Nibiru or something

Oh it's golem

[stiff valley]

That's golem ???

[hollow gull]

Yeah Ig

[stiff valley]

https://tenor.com/view/iguess-gif-6228980

[hollow gull]

I can kinda see it

Mael I'm p sure that one's still in the running stop rule 7ing

[leaden jungle]

.Lt's gooo, 5 votes!

[balmy ibex]

wait if ur sprite is the 4th most voted is it just dead

[limber venture]

There is no kaiju rule for this

[balmy ibex]

or am I blind

[limber venture]

Yes

[plush vale]

ah k

[balmy ibex]

fuck

[hollow gull]

I want your attitude

I'm going to be like this now

7 votes

[dull mortar]

yeah!!

[wary canopy]

every vote you got was at least one person looking at all the options and deciding yours was their very favorite! thats always a good thing no matter the number

[plush vale]

one thing to rememebr is that this aint even raked choice voting people can have multiple they really like and only pick one, and every vote ya get is somebody who liked it more than everything else in the secitony eah

[hollow gull]

Honestly whatever 7 people genuinely liked my Jynx more than the mope and the big Aggron thank you that's awesome

My big fans out there

[silver merlin]

only 24 votes? smh do better next time guys

[hollow gull]

I won't let you down

[silver merlin]

i will

[limber venture]

8 votes let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[silver merlin]

LMAO

[hollow gull]

Woo rezza!

[silver merlin]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

[hollow gull]

I like your art style rezza

[leaden jungle]

.Tbh, I was like: "Damn", when I dodn't see mine in the next round, but then again, I did not vote for myself, so, in a sense, there re 5 people out there that went: "based" when saw my design. I think thats rad in its own way-

[balmy ibex]

welp considering this might be the last contest going forward, might prob be my last contest entry too

[hollow gull]

Oh also moop put your Slaking

[balmy ibex]

since I don't do sponsored contests

[limber venture]

I hope it's not the last contest

[hollow gull]

I voted for myself

[silver merlin]

it isnt

[limber venture]

I would rather we figure something out

[silver merlin]

unless you all really make me angy

[hollow gull]

So

I was looking into websites

[silver merlin]

next themed will have a twist (omg)

[slow gyro]

Hello there

[limber venture]

I'm going to pick the theme the theme is poop

[stiff valley]

katten when application results

[hollow gull]

One of the websites attached to if functions p much exactly like thay

[leaden jungle]

.We call that "a pro gamer move".

[plush vale]

tried to find appropriate osahwott pic, found this instead

[silver merlin]

looking mighty bannable bro

(for legal reasons, this is a joke dont ban me frogman

[plush vale]

we lack rellor

thankfully

[limber venture]

https://tenor.com/view/running-ahh-aa-spongebob-meme-gif-19928154

[silver merlin]

so true

[hollow gull]

Frog and I were talking about setting up a website to automate main sprite voting, and it could also maybe be used for contests. But that makes rule 7 basically nonexistent so it would have to be something that automated making contest polls but not receiving votes

[silver merlin]

ehh

our current system is fine imo

[hollow gull]

I'm not a programmer though so it's all depending on how much free time aegide and our other lovely website coders want to spenf

[silver merlin]

my take is dont bother

[slow gyro]

Just yesterday you were having a crisis

[silver merlin]

normal stuff here

[hollow gull]

I have word from very reliable sources that it is "grueling"

[limber venture]

It's pretty fine as is we just need more contest managers so the older ones can take a break

[plush vale]

rip groudons jaw

[near horizon]

btw, how much time do each round last ?

[hollow gull]

Automation good

[plush vale]

1 day

[limber venture]

A day

[hollow gull]

6 years

[limber venture]

I just set my alarm on alexa

[slow gyro]

Yes

[near horizon]

no, this will be for the LC x)

[hollow gull]

Guys did you know the James Corden Show is dead?

[limber venture]

@silver merlin Can we cancel little cup

[hollow gull]

I'm so happy

[limber venture]

I don't want to do it

[silver merlin]

LMFAO dude i wish

[normal oyster]

TURDwirg contest

[hollow gull]

No more carpool karaoke

[silver merlin]

i mean im pretty sure you do the first rounds?

too bad

[limber venture]

No skeln is doing the self elimination

[hollow gull]

Kiwi and Ignus when they suddenly have 350+ more bucks to spend

[limber venture]

Then its whatever the order was after that

Me next i think

[plush vale]

pokemon battle to decide who has to do it

[limber venture]

Pokemon chess for it

[silver merlin]

(uhhh

[pulsar kite]

im going to make a contest but theres actually no sprite contest you just have to beat me in pokemon showdown (not that difficult)

[silver merlin]

@weary pagoda psst

is dis correct

[pulsar kite]

winner gets a lemon

[hollow gull]

How does that work? What if the sprite of yours that the skeln likes the most isn't the one that the people will like the most?

[silver merlin]

BASED

[plush vale]

is it a combustible lemon

[limber venture]

Skeln is making the self elimination polls

Iirc

[hollow gull]

OHHH

[silver merlin]

i think it was you

i think it was uhhh

[limber venture]

WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS

[silver merlin]

formulated bad

im sorry

I KNOW

IM SORRY

😭

[stiff valley]

LMAO

[silver merlin]

(im not die

[stiff valley]

COORDINATION GUYS

[plush vale]

?

[plush vale]

pokemon coordinators

[silver merlin]

NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION MCDONALDSMC

[silver merlin]

alright

settled

:3

[stiff valley]

mcdonaldsmc kek

[silver merlin]

wait hold on cant i

[limber venture]

and then its all the 1v1s after that or whatever

[silver merlin]

LOL

i could

[stiff valley]

nobody ever called me like that

[plush vale]

it you

[stiff valley]

eat me

[plush vale]

😐

[silver merlin]

no more

too far

[hollow gull]

Cold cold take

Pikachu ain't the best

[plush vale]

so.... how many little cup entries again

[stiff valley]

2k+

[hollow gull]

Almost 2000

[stiff valley]

more than*

[slow gyro]

I did like a 6% of those alone lol

[plush vale]

how many rounds'll that take

[stiff valley]

1% team

[limber venture]

All three contest managers should just make threats so we don't have to do little cup

We're going to take hostages

[teal grove]

every themed one

[molten vector]

do alts count to be voted on 🤔

I know a lot were submitted

[teal grove]

could we know what the next one will be

[limber venture]

In LC?

erm yea i think so

i dont think we're sorting out all the alts

also no point submitting them if theyre not being voted on

[molten vector]

oof

[slow gyro]

If so, I should have had like, 6 more entries

[hollow gull]

Do a backflip

[slow gyro]

[hollow gull]

Hero's self elimination polls will be a contest in themself

[slow gyro]

Hell yea

[hollow gull]

I'm curious to see my self-elims

[thick jolt]

interactions failed on the poll for me

[slow gyro]

Try again

And again

And again

Till it works

[thick jolt]

yeah it worked now

[hollow gull]

Which would you vote for?

[balmy ibex]

the kingambit cosplayer

[hollow gull]

Between these 3

[slow gyro]

1

[hollow gull]

I don't know how far the goober would make it in the contest

I'm between 1 and 3

I love my seal psychopomp

But I also love that gimmighoul got wet

Truly going to be an interesting contest to watch

[wary canopy]

1 is my fave too but im pink biased

[hollow gull]

It's got a REALLY appealing palette

All those colors together just make me happy idrk qhy

Why*

Good composition too

I'm quite happy with it

[hollow gull]

You think I'll get visual storytelling?

There's gonna be 3-5 recipients for that award iirc

[wary canopy]

i havent kept up with little cup at all i have no idea what the entries are😔 all 2000 or smth of them

[hollow gull]

Yea but like did I tell a story?

[thick harness]

Their just 2000 small little guys. 2000 little fellas

[wary canopy]

oh yeah i think it conveys a scene nicely!

i know one entry cus it’s my fav sprite in the game but that’s it www
n that one apparently already had a custom so it didn’t count

[thick harness]

I'm curious what that sprite is 👀 but I think it would break the rules to share it now so

[wary canopy]

i mean it’s not in the contest for reasons mentioned above so i dont think so?

[thick harness]

Oh I misread; I thought you meant you knew one entry that was in the contest and a different one that was not in it

[thick river]

where are the contest polls that just went up like an hour ago?

[thick harness]

in #contest-polls ; refresh if you're not getting them

[hollow gull]

After going up through E

This is my favorite I've seen

What a silly guy

No he didn't

[limber venture]

Smartest contest general moment

[hollow gull]

Read his message

The ones that got first go through to selis

Semis

Read

Once

No yea I was being a dick sorry

[latent geode]

i'm srry if this is a dumb question, but is there a place to see the active contests and rules specifically? i posted a lil guy in spritework and someone said mergemay sweet theme, i assumed it had something to do with this?

[dawn ivy]

nope, mergemay is a may creation/crafting/art theme for the month may

its like "inktober"

[dull crater]

Wow, I managed to vote for the winner in all but 1 round. Does that make me keen eyed or basic?

[hollow gull]

Basic

[shy river]

Interaction failed

Oof

[hollow gull]

Or at least your opinions seem to line up with the opinions of the majority of pokemon fans

[shy river]

Nvm it works now :D

[hollow gull]

Pokemon fans in this server*

[thick jolt]

?tag mergemay

[urban knot]

What is Mergemay? Mergemay is an Inktober-styled spriting event being held by Coral-Reef and Rezza. Each day will have a theme. The aim is to create one sprite a day, for each theme in may. The end result will be a filled chart with 31 sprites. Come drop by the thread to find out more, and participate! #1100198479772532847

[vale jolt]

I MISSDED THE POLLS 😠

[silver merlin]

skill issue

[vale jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/urge-gif-24610801

[zinc lion]

Haha both of my sprites in poll 1

[vale jolt]

can someone explain the results

[slow gyro]

Sure, I won

[vale jolt]

LOL

im guesing the first one is the amount of votes

[latent geode]

ty v much

[vale jolt]

and the second one is the percentage?

[slow gyro]

Yep

[vale jolt]

Torterra and Cameos

[plush vale]

again ya arent supposed to say what is yours if still in I believe