event-general

[late sequoia]

Ssshhh, if we stop talking about them people with forget LC ever existed

[versed ridge]

LC my beloathed

[plucky arch]

easily the best pin in this channel

[limpid sphinx]

whats the odds about a new LC

[late sequoia]

Dex Expansion Cup, unlimited entries using the new Pokemon with choice awards every 100 entries and it lasts for a month

[opal wadi]

I don't think that's in IF. :thinking: Did you misspell something?

[steel vortex]

Ok but a contest royale of all the new mons would be fun, only worry is if it's repetative after we had contests for them already xD Maybe down the line? Or idk
Maybe not a month or unlimited entries though goodness

Definitely not staff voted xD

[uncut shadow]

I will never forget, i want money

[plucky arch]

do yall want a new contest this weekend, next week, or in 2 weeks

[mild crescent]

This

The artists CRAVE the mines

[steady pasture]

Next year

in the mean time, no new contests

[raven pulsar]

ill be disappointed if theres no lycanroc contest mostly because there was SO much buildup to the raffle winner choosing a pokemon

[plucky arch]

lycanroc was the spriter pick, raffle winner has not yet been chosen

[raven pulsar]

oh

still there was a lot of buildup to that

[thick harness]

I get what you're saying but I don't think a Lycanroc-line contest is really that necessary; plus having a new contest dedicated to each new pokémon line was a little exhausting for everyone really. People will make a lot of good sprites without the contest since it's a new mon anyhow

[steady pasture]

The whole point of having contests for the new mons is to give them a nice jumpstart in the number of sprites

[cedar quest]

Never has anyone been so right

I guess I’ll those soon, now that reveals are over

[dense jackal]

oh. So it was the last of the "twenty"? I thought it was from the raffle 😅

[plucky arch]

separate pick, the Blitz voting thing

[dense jackal]

oh! of course! (I forgot that happened 😄 )

would love to see the results of that...

definitely not with how each person voted like the contests do though, even if it is anonymous

[steel vortex]

Next week pls

[steel vortex]

[limpid sphinx]

i just think that is a bit funny staff pick mons like oricorio that like, almosst nobody likes having a cool contest and lycanroc dont since is a spriter choice pick

[limpid sphinx]

this weekend

[limpid sphinx]

but anyway its past now and i really miss the themed contests too ngl

[plucky arch]

[thick harness]

Yeah I get that; I do hope we get a Lycanroc contest or something eventually, but definitely a themed contest sounds like a really nice refresher

[limpid sphinx]

yea i mean, i really miss that but 3 more weeks of new mons contests dont looks like that much yknow, but anyways yea i just want to compete again xD

[steel vortex]

New contest theme, doggies! Canines :D

[torpid marlin]

[limpid sphinx]

new contest theme: wolf

[uncut shadow]

i would love a themed contest, everyone makes such unique sprites all the time

[steel vortex]

Too specific, there's only Lycanroc then lol

[upbeat wagon]

new contest: pupy

[steel vortex]

First stage dogs? That's like 5

Note for a canine contest type thing, I included Vulpix, Zorua and Eevee cause dog-enough lol

Maybe Absol

[gleaming sand]

contest theme: critter

[worthy turtle]

I started spriting this past summer

[steel vortex]

Critter lol, like what?

[gleaming sand]

animal, even

[steel vortex]

Just animal xD so like 80% of the dex

[gleaming sand]

exactly

[steel vortex]

Perfect

[gleaming sand]

i'm going to go insane

youtube is shit

[worthy turtle]

I HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED CLASSIC CONTESTS!

[upbeat wagon]

idea

contest thing: cryptid

[worthy turtle]

Oooo

[steel vortex]

Oooh indeed!

[gleaming sand]

my adblocker works except the fucking "ADblockers aren't allowed" message always pops up AND it has a timer

[gleaming sand]

ohhhh hell yeah

[steel vortex]

Use uBlock origin

[gleaming sand]

i am

[steel vortex]

They have a system made just for Youtube, use this clock button if YT pops up that window again

Then update

[gleaming sand]

what is this screen even

[thick harness]

Yeah my adblock stopped working on Youtube; I deactivated it for a day but the ads were absolutely awful. I reactivated it and the pop-ups just haven't come back yet

[steel vortex]

uBlock settings lmao

[gleaming sand]

uhhhhh

isn't it just an extensions

[gleaming sand]

how do you go to the settings

[upbeat wagon]

I don’t use adblock so im used to it lmao

[steel vortex]

It is, but it has settings
Click the extension and this cog

[upbeat wagon]

but I do use it for sketchier vid sites

[steel vortex]

I wouldn't use adblock if ads weren't fucking vile excuse my language, but SO many phone app games use gross ads to attract 'kids' and it's uncomfortable lol
Also Tinder won't stop bothering me despite being in a relationship and never using a dating app

Mostly I like having a way to block trackers too, and stop targeted adverising

[gleaming sand]

they're so fucking annoying

and they fucking triplicated the amount

i genuinely don't know why it took me so long to get an adblocker

[steel vortex]

Yeah 2 ads before a video is dumb, and I get some at the end too, and they'll be 30 seconds for a short video like c'mon

[gleaming sand]

Watching videos longer than 3 minutes is hellish

Are they promoting short attention spans bruh

[steel vortex]

But yeah that is the way to update for uBlock and deal with YT sending out new anti-adblock code every like week

[gleaming sand]

Bastards

Anyways, back on track

A cryptid event would be cool as fuck

[steel vortex]

xD

I'm sad I missed the bird contest :(

Day and Night could be fun themes, I might have said that before
Or Aquatic/Ocean, doesnt have to just be water-types but any sea related mon
Hmmm maybe a colour contest! Like can only use red or purple mons etc (unless ya'll did that I don't recall)

Haven't looked through the gallery in a while, long af xD

Have not done a colour theme!

Or a type theme :O Fire only etc

[gleaming sand]

light and dark 👀

[steel vortex]

Yeah!

Oop Ocean has been done, looks awesome!

[limpid sphinx]

thats the joke...

[steel vortex]

You didn't use a or
Smh

[limpid sphinx]

so cuz i didnt used joke emojis you thinked that i was dumb

https://tenor.com/view/munsonated-gif-26549705

[steel vortex]

Yes

In all honesty, I don't think you're dumb, I just can't read tone well so I either take things too literally or too liberally xD

[mild crescent]

It's mind boggling how much YouTube apparently has to appease their mighty glorious corpo owners to afford the site

I remember when YouTube had ads in one single spot on the site, on the sides. No mid-video ads, no before or after, not even politics showing up

All this glitter and confetti nonsense all over the site is worth nothing to me as a viewer. It's visual barf

[steel vortex]

Lol yeah, don't get me wrong I wanna support creators and YT does need money, but I feel they're being a bit greedy or just doing too much

[thick harness]

Definitely, if the ads were limited to just one/two short or skippable ads i'd 100% be down for removing my adblock, but it's just so incessant it's almost impossible to watch things now

[steel vortex]

Yeah

[misty acorn]

my adblock is still working 🙏

[mild crescent]

Hell twitch now has 7 ads in a ROW

#whycompaniesdeserveless

[regal minnow]

just update your ublock origin filters and you're good

[uncut shadow]

my adblocker on youtube works fine

[crude cedar]

Simon, I would like to make a Deal with you, may we talk about it in DMs for now?

[mild crescent]

I use mobile so ehh

PC kinda beyond repair and expensive

[plucky arch]

what

[limpid sphinx]

i wonder how cool could be a new LC with that new mons possibilities

but limited entries this time lmao

[quartz locust]

Did we even get the results for the last one? 😮

[limpid sphinx]

probably not in 10 years lol

[limpid sphinx]

i use the Brave browser and its working yet

[steel vortex]

Oh lmao

[sly shuttle]

Venipede, Tyrunt, noibat, Snorunt, Swablu, Mareanie, Amaura, Trubbish, Carvanha, Phantump, Goomy, Stufful, Mareanie, Sangygast, Cacnea, Rockruff. A lot of new options

[limpid sphinx]

so cooool

[cursive brook]

When will the next contest be?

If they don’t know yet then

[plush vale]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-its-been3000years-floette-gif-24947706

[little cypress]

For Eternal Flower 3000 years makes sense.

[weary seal]

New little cup contest when

[sturdy mulch]

Main sprite polls when

[plush vale]

never, thats not how ti works anymore and wer eon hold before that

[cedar quest]

Never again for a new LC

[sly shuttle]

How about a Middle Cup?

[cedar quest]

[signal reef]

Just limit 1 entrie per person and it's all good

Praying for Middle cup to spam wartortle

[limpid sphinx]

you can always limit the entries x)

[cedar quest]

Never

Again.

[steel vortex]

Ok but we actually need a MC

[quartz locust]

Middle stage fusions are actually the ones that often get sidelined, so that'd be a fun idea. 🙂

Even if it's not a sponsored contest, and just a spur of the moment thing. 😄

[errant yarrow]

That's what I've been saying!

[steel vortex]

Yeah!

[ashen sapphire]

middle evos only contest would be rad af

[misty acorn]

Make a non-IF contest and the mons with the highes amount of entries get added to IF

[mild crescent]

Not too many pokemon lines with middle evos too so it's not like there's 900 choices to make

And it's very true that middle Evo pokemon have sprites overlooked

[sly shuttle]

62 total middle-evos in IF not counting things with gen 8-9 evos

[supple epoch]

I just did one Middle Stage fusion yesterday

[errant yarrow]

Toad the GOAT

[hollow grove]

I cant imagine not doing the entire line when making a fusion

[broken robin]

Yeah I always finish up the lines

[mild crescent]

If I ever have to sprite one of the line I need to sprite then all

[plucky arch]

imagine finishing an entire line

i make what i have ideas for and thats it

[gleaming sand]

[dense jackal]

I know right? That's me all the way

[plucky crest]

I never do that lmfao, I once did 2 mid stages together and didnt add any others from the lines

[trail berry]

I did the opposite, someone did the fusion and I finished the line based on the initial idea

[plush vale]

wouldnt the opposite be deleting an entire line

[plucky crest]

Commiting mass extinction

[plucky arch]

ending the bloodline

[sly shuttle]

I did the same with the Swinburne/Honedge line, but the final 3 stages have been a WIP for 3 months

[trail berry]

When I become a manager, I’ll do it

[trail berry]

I have a WIP of may

[dense jackal]

anyone able to see the oricorio results? Or is it like this for everyone?

[limpid sphinx]

is it

[limpid sphinx]

new contest when

[quartz locust]

Nice, I didn't realise you were still making sprites. 😄

[supple epoch]

Ever since Sableye, I've been spriting more ^^

[subtle moss]

Ever since Necrozma, I've been spriting less.

Not Necrozma's fault though, it's a tech issue.

[graceful plank]

skill issue

[hushed shoal]

where update

where new pokemon

where new sprites

i impatient

[misty acorn]

quite the funky questions you're asking

[limpid sphinx]

where contest

[hushed shoal]

where classic contest

(too lazy to make two sprites in five days)

[limpid sphinx]

where themed contest

btw some while ago when i was taking a look on all the old contests, a theme that could be funny for a 2.0 is the plants theme

could be cool

[dense jackal]

@plucky arch if you, with your mighty powers, can see this document correctly I'd appreciate knowing what the info for my sensu/voltorb was

[gleaming sand]

The necrozma Doc still doesn't work on my end

[signal reef]

Before the plant theme, let's add in Tsareena, Tropius, Liligant and Lurantis

[bright crow]

ah yes. all those mons are known for having similar reputations

[cloud solstice]

tropius?

[uncut shadow]

yoo that looks amazing

(from the announcment)

[bright crow]

I said what i said

[limpid sphinx]

oh my god

[limpid sphinx]

and frr that is looking cool

i want to play a randomize nuzlocke when all the mons are added

i never touched the game again since i started to sprite lol

[near horizon]

Good night, day or wathever depending on your time zone <3

[limpid sphinx]

good night!

[little cypress]

I've never been able to play

[subtle moss]

I've never tried to play

[little cypress]

Do you want to play though?

[subtle moss]

No

[nimble robin]

When is the Skuntank contest?

[dense jackal]

Soon

[dawn prairie]

After klinklang contest

[lone anchor]

delibird contest when 👀 if twenty people did ten the heads would be complete hehe

well more like 24 or something : p

[plush vale]

never hopefully

[crude agate]

show spritw

show sprite

hello where can i check sprites?

[limpid sphinx]

#ask-a-bot or #sprite-gallery or https://if.daena.me/

[little cypress]

Also https://infinitefusiondex.com/

For main sprites

[crude agate]

thank you!

[crude agate]

thank you, as well!

[thorn dune]

It doesn't have my Providence Molrona
Rood

[cursive brook]

Waiting patiently for the event

I am excited

[balmy mango]

wat event

[cedar quest]

Something event

Where we do something

[plucky arch]

touch grass event

we all go touch grass

[cursive brook]

[woven kettle]

Next event when?

[plucky arch]

if 1000 react to this message with 🌿 after touching grass we will reveal the event

[open folio]

What if we react before touching grass?

[plucky arch]

the elon musk brain chip will shock you

[near horizon]

Easy, i have a garden

[tacit hatch]

Grass tiep conformed

[little cypress]

I touch grass every day picking up my dogs' piles of shit

[dense jackal]

Sounds like there'd ||hopefully|| be a barrier between your hand and the grass during that time

[little cypress]

Yes on good days

Actually it's always there, double bag. 👍

[bright crow]

touching grass is actually a hint for the next mon

[solid kiln]

Gogoat?

Flabebe?

Lilligant?

[gleaming sand]

Lurantis.

[void sluice]

Oddish

[cursive brook]

No lycanroc event

[hexed mica]

I'm pretty sure Lycanroc has touched grass

[slow gyro]

And died because of it

[mild crescent]

Skarmory event....

[cursive brook]

https://tenor.com/view/3000years-its-been-a-long-time-gif-13250168

[near horizon]

[cedar quest]

It will be another 3000

[jolly oasis]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/888649302375792661.gif

[velvet fossil]

Sorry. Wrong channel

[cedar quest]

I’m lying btw

It’s actually only

years

[void sluice]

not again

i hate waiting

years

[uncut shadow]

Question, did anyone win a contest with a cute sprite rather then a cool looking sprite?

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-introduce-myself-flirty-gif-14587078

~~To be fair, the whole contest was designed to only allow cute entries ~~

[hazy chasm]

lol

[rich girder]

Can you create your own contest?

[plucky arch]

no

[cursive brook]

I can tell you’re new

[limpid sphinx]

yes ofc why not

[placid briar]

I mean, you can say, For my "personal" contest here is the guide lines

and hope people follow it, but it won't be in #event-announcements or voted on, or anything

[plush vale]

I mean theres sponsored contests

[placid briar]

you'd also have to find all the entries yourself

[bright crow]

unofficial events can be fun though

[sinful pendant]

I will be holding my own contest. Rules are as follows:

• Contest closes in 5 minutes
• max entries: 1
• must not follow spriting guidelines

[sinful pendant]

outstanding 👏

[plush vale]

win by default woo

[haughty haven]

new server icon lookin 🔥

[little cypress]

I wasn't here or I could have submitted

[cedar quest]

I’ll be a bit secretive for a bit more

But

we got a lot of stuff this weekend

and in fact, I believe something later today as well

[bright crow]

oh just in time for me to be out of college classes

[steady pasture]

I'm gonna regret procrastinating working on concepts behind the scene...

[gleaming sand]

oh sweet wumpum

cryptid contest be upon thee

[cedar quest]

Not a bad idea

but it’s not what’s happening….yet

[magic sail]

i cast thy light upon thee

[cedar quest]

It’s been enough time with this nickname, I’m changing back

[cedar quest]

I was right

[gleaming sand]

later when

hurry up, it's 19:19

OH NEVERMIND

[cedar quest]

smh mans does not check announcements

[jolly oasis]

Still in shock here

[woven kettle]

Contest when?

Day 1 of asking for a new contest I won't even do

[near horizon]

showdown contest when ?

[sturdy mulch]

neva

[cedar quest]

You have

No clue

[opal wadi]

Zapdos's IF Pokédex number is 145!

[umbral badger]

Actually one will happen next weekend

Dunscy told me

[cedar quest]

Who do you think told him?

[hazy chasm]

how would that work

[cedar quest]

Well beside the battling, what else does the Showdown have? The ba

That's all the hint you get

[limber venture]

Nner

[crisp cargo]

nanas

tropius confirmed

[plucky crest]

h bah

koopa troopa for pif

[slender thunder]

good thing I made a sketch for a koopa troopa/sandshrew fusion (i actually did lol)

[subtle moss]

the Basculin

[slender thunder]

The battling!

Bad rng!

Banned pokemon!

[fickle shard]

bad sportsmanship

[plucky crest]

wait ngl I think ur onto smth

wasnt gliscor recently banned or smth

[slender thunder]

Gliscor event?

Gholdengo reveal

[plucky crest]

or it could be pokemon who are in the game that are banned

like scyther in little cup

[slender thunder]

Or it means
Binding Band

Baton Pass

Those don't start with ba

How can i be so blind

Baton pass does start with ba

[plucky crest]

I just finished playing p5r and I thought u meant the mechanic

😭

[sinful pendant]

ckgrounds?

[hexed mica]

Oooouu that'd be a fun contest

[hazy chasm]

background maybe

[steel vortex]

Baby Pokemon! little cup 2

[plucky crest]

I mean little cup is most well known on showdown

sooooo

little cup 2!!!!

[slow gyro]

Lil cup when?

[cedar quest]

Fiiiiiine

I'll do it tomorrow maybe

No promises

[steel vortex]

Wait no please, I need a break

[worthy turtle]

Where exactly do we get notifications about the little cup?

I haven't seen them

[dawn prairie]

thats the neat part, there arent any

[worthy turtle]

What

[dawn prairie]

itd just be in event announcements like the other contests, for a more serious answer

[worthy turtle]

Why do I never see the notifications for them then?

[dawn prairie]

Understaffed contest for how many sprites got allowed in
So not really a high priority anymore

Theres been bits of progress but at this point it happens when it happens

[worthy turtle]

Gotcha

[uncut shadow]

You cant make a new little cup, the previous one hasnt even concluded yet

[rich girder]

@cedar quest is it allowed to do a just for fun contest like the other ones and making a post on event announcements?

[dense jackal]

Milian royale is a for fun contest

[rich girder]

Oh didnt know

Where can i see the royale and make my own?

Nevermind just saw where you can see them

[sterile pasture]

little cup...

https://www.vexforum.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/16215b0d68534384c4f0ff7be0c2e3a91c2fe069.gif

[cedar quest]

See, no promises

[slow gyro]

LC when?

[cedar quest]

Torkoal when?

[bright crow]

Medium Cup when?

those middle evos are so neglected

[steady pasture]

Never, it will not win, it will never win, i won't allow it

[steady pasture]

I think if they want to have some fun with the events, they could create a LC for both spriting AND showdown at the same time

Might be interesting since people would be trying out LC fusions, and ppl can sprite their favourites if they realized it doesn't have a sprite

A middle evo cup would be nice, but probably after they're done promoting showdown

[molten crater]

NFE cup, not to be confused with a bra size

maybe a showdown related event now that it was announced

[steel vortex]

I like the broader NFE actually, includes MC and LC

[cedar quest]

The real ones you don't want to win are any of the 3 stages.

Trust me on that.

[dawn prairie]

eelektrik sweep

[bright crow]

whats wrong with tynamo :(

i get not wanting popplio or archen that makes a weird issue of not having counterparts but tynamo line is just a guy

[steady pasture]

The ones i want to win

[steel vortex]

Bro Slurpuff +food/dessert theme contest (Milian did it too early smh )

[weary seal]

Sadly the ones I least want to win

[steady pasture]

i don't want Archeops to win. I see no value in it

Torkoal and Elektross i see little value in fusion materials, but with showdown, they might prove to be useful meta materials instead

Primarina line i like, but frog already said he might be adding in starters later down the line anyways, so it's just an early release

[weary seal]

I want 1, 2, 4,6, 7, 8 or 12 but I'd only be (mildly) disappointed if Slurpluff won. Just because I don't like it LMAO
While popplio is cute I son't want it to win just because it'd suck to have it on its own. Sa,e for Xurkitree - I'd rather have all UB's than just one

[steady pasture]

I can agree on the 2nd half of your statement

i want UBs to be it's own event kinda deal

[weary seal]

While I would LIKE archen to win, I'd also PREFER to get it with tirtuga just because I want full sets
Yeah I'd love to see UB's but I want all of them. I dont ask for much lol

I'm still too busy mouring the loss of Golisopod to worry about who wins tho 😭

[odd garnet]

Defeatist only playthrough

[signal reef]

Praying for Chimecho to get in, whoever picked it as a contest winner is my hero

[misty acorn]

That would be pretty based ngl

[glad kernel]

Praying for meloetta to get in

[quartz locust]

It's an early release that messes up the numbers as well.

[steady pasture]

I'll never forgive this game for how the dex is numbered

Prevos listed after evos, paired mons far apart, regigigas then regi trio? Ffccccckkkkkk...

[graceful plank]

hahaha that's just due to when stuff released

[steady pasture]

So they released final evos first... then decided... oh hey, they have evo lines, we forgot teehee?

[quartz locust]

No, it was more of a "the engine is incredibly limited, but we want as many options as possible, so let's just include final forms". Not necessarily how I'd have done it, but the logic is there. 🙂

[stoic dust]

Top 5 for me: Torkoal, Shaymin, Lunatone/Solrock, Meloetta, Baltoy line.

Though secretly I want Baltoy cause Claydol would be fun to see fusions of.

[misty acorn]

My fav is Electross i think

Love the line and electric with levitate is a dope combo

[near horizon]

but, claydol is a bigger baltoy, not really good fusion material

[fair crag]

Same i would love for it to get added

[limpid sphinx]

claydol can works for some terrifying heads, for bodies, not that much useful

eelektross line is kinda cool, not my fav but i can see something working for heads and bodies

solrock and lunatone the same as claydol, good heads, bodies a bit meh

archen line i can see it working in head and body fusions too but idk, i like the palette at least

torkoal free sfx
chingling cute but not that much useful too
slurpuff is a really good addition, i think that i can say that is my pick lol and i think that we really need that fusion material yknow, dessert fusions could be a really good thing, its something really new and different

and legendaries/mythics/ub i dont think that we really need that now tbh

oh i almost forget wtf a starter separated from the others wtf

just my opinion ofc, tbh i would like work with all them anyway

[worthy shuttle]

Torkoal and eelektross are the ones i want most

[crisp cargo]

idk man claydol bodies are fairly unique

also claydol has some dope key aesthetics (eyes, clay pots) while not sacrificing competitive viability cough unown cough

i'm sorry but fusion-wise slurpuff is kinda whatever

people already do dessert fusions using munchlax line anyway

archen is neat (fossil bias) but no tirtouga to accompany

[limpid sphinx]

if i want put a lot of eyes in a thing i can use unown

so i didnt catch your point

lol

[crisp cargo]

"while not sacrficing competitive viability"

[limpid sphinx]

yea munchlax is goat in comp

[crisp cargo]

snorlax is

at least it gives good stats

[limpid sphinx]

but well as i said

[crisp cargo]

sun/moon guys are... there, i like their aesthetic for sure but i fear people are just gonna say "why not solgaleo/lunala instead"

[limpid sphinx]

.

im not here to change your opinion

x)

[crisp cargo]

i wanted to share my own after seeing yours

[limpid sphinx]

lol i can see that happening ngl

[crisp cargo]

i think chingling could be neat! sorta fills a niche no other IF mon fills aesthetic-wise

outside maybe like. jigglypuff? but not everyone does the music thing for jiggs

torkoal is cool, i like turtles

i like eelektross line a lot

i'm not sure how cool it'd be for heads but it's a great body for sure

[open folio]

I feel like I’d have to see how other spriters work with them to get a feel for how some of these would be. Like, I can see Chingling/Chimecho working great as head, but not quite sure about their potential as bodies

[limpid sphinx]

yea

[open folio]

Baltoy/Claydol would be the ones I’m most interested in. Maybe Shaymin has some potential too

[limpid sphinx]

i dont like baltoy/claydol bodies tbh

[crisp cargo]

oh i just saw the other pics

[limpid sphinx]

even if im already working in a hitmontop/baltoy

[open folio]

(So would Popplio tbf, but idk how I feel about adding it without it’s counterparts)

[crisp cargo]

meloetta could be neat, xurkitree fusions would prob go insane

i can already see a good xurkitree/flareon in my head

[limpid sphinx]

a UB w/o the others is like crazy for me ngl

[crisp cargo]

primarina line is kindaaaaaaaaaaa eh because single starter among the other starters

neat aesthetic though i think

we need more circus performers

[dense jackal]

Yeah but... Unown only has one eye. Claydol actually has a ridiculous number of eye all the way around it.
Saying unown allows you to put lots of eyes on things is like saying "we don't need cosmoem for space effects, we already have jirachi/clefable" 😛

[ashen sapphire]

honestly getting just xurkitree would be hilarious

I love the shitty cable management pokemon

[cedar quest]

But that final statement is true, we don't need the Cosmog line, they suck

[ashen sapphire]

okay but hear me out

just solgaleo without the rest of the evo line

:)

[cloud solstice]

Just cosmovum

[ashen sapphire]

cosomvum is my favorite pokemon

[dense jackal]

The statement may (or may not) be true, but the logic is false 😛

[lone anchor]

wishiwashi would be really fun

cause you can use the school form and make a bunch of the fish form forming the body of the head pokemon

like a bunch of sentret fish forming a furret

[magic sail]

we need golisopod

i want cool looking samurais

[steel vortex]

samurott

[bright crow]

samurott would go crazy tbh i love its design except that its quadrapedal

good fusion material

[subtle moss]

and Samurott also comes with Oshawott and 'Oshawott that's a little bit taller'

[bright crow]

blue oshawott

[void sluice]

De wat?

[rapid knot]

Dewott

https://tenor.com/view/dewott-appears-pokemon-water-types-gif-27184114

[subtle moss]

just to clarify, I'm not trying to diss Dewott, I do like it better than Oshawott.

[potent canopy]

wdym dewott is so much more than oshawott it's

blue

[weary seal]

I kinda want the eelektross line for the 'milotic at home' vibes, but also because it would be so fun to put lamprey mouths on everything

[little cypress]

Then we could move the Dune worm reference alt to Eelektross

[lunar comet]

That's because it is better than oshawott

[eternal notch]

@pseudo folio

[steel vortex]

Samurott love is based

[echo peak]

I loved Samurott ever since the Unova movie where it stands on its back feet and used its shells as swords.

[steel vortex]

YES All they had to do was swap Samurott and Emboar's bipedal-ness xD

[loud pike]

Event Idea for Sprite Artists.
IF showdown Tournament, but you're only allowed to use Pokemon you've spirited yourself up to 6, and they need to be new.
1 legendary fusion allowed
No duplicate/overlapping mons.
(Ie. You can't have both Charizard/Lucario and Lucario/Mimikuu)
(Possible addition, sprites have to be completed and be approved by a sprite manager before entry to avoid low quality rushed entries)

[dawn prairie]

legalize the chansey toxapex i polished please

[uncut shadow]

I lost

[tranquil fable]

Half of my fusions are Litwick Fusions help

[plucky crest]

makew 50 of em and u get a role

[tranquil fable]

Already did B)

[plucky crest]

or do u have the litwick pokefan already?

[plucky crest]

damm

[tranquil fable]

Yes

[fierce flume]

I did not make fusions with this in mind lol. I'd need to be carried by a single Genesect fusion I made.

But I will make a team in case we get the Spriter Throwdown Showdown

[haughty haven]

not me who just made sprites for the expert mode project fusions which are purposely meant to be strong

(I’d still lose im so bad at the game 😔)

[fierce flume]

That’s dope, will that be an update to the game or a mod?

[haughty haven]

official game update im pretty sure, also they still need spriters

they're in #1110678444896964628

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1144756897732378715

i love watching them talk competitive movesets and stuff and barely understanding any of it <333

[rapid knot]

Same
They have some interesting prompts
There's 'future' and 'prehistoric' themes that they need for some of them? Don't know yet what that's about

[haughty haven]

Oh ye that, yknow how normally gyms and stuff are themed by type? In order to prevent a player from bringing one Pokémon with a type advantage and wiping the floor with the gym they’re using different themes rather than type so there’s more variety in Pokémon you fight, making it harder

at least I’m pretty sure that’s what they said :P

[little cypress]

You are correct, @haughty haven, the Psychic gym has changed to a futuristic gym and the Fighting gym is a prehistoric. It's also a reference to Scarlet and Violet, as well.

[placid briar]

Paradox can be used as an inspiration but it can just be futuristic or prehistoric in general

[wintry dust]

We are almost done kanto on challenge mode too.

[uncut shadow]

Im begging you contest managers host a mergemay/spritober kind of event for december please 🙏

[quartz locust]

We do Secret Santa in December. 😉

Or at least, that's typically how it goes. 😄

[slow gyro]

||I hope Frog’s my secret Santa and gives me Torkoal in the game ||

[quartz locust]

https://tenor.com/view/hope-gif-19238353

[little cypress]

Too late

[dense jackal]

how does that work when it says "secret" but #1050404143807873157 is public? 😅

[quartz locust]

Some people wait until after to make improvements, and some people just don't check anyone else's threads in that time. 🙂

Either way, it's just a nice community thing. 😄

[dense jackal]

So is it like the staff birthday contest where a participant selects a set of pokemon their santa might use in a fusion for them? Or do people put in an explicit selection of what fusion they wanna see?

[sterile pasture]

||I hope GordoGamR is my secret santa and gives me LC results ||

[cloud solstice]

Do people sign up for secret Santa?

[cedar quest]

yep

also just uhhh, don't expect anything today. Thanksgiving here, so I'm pretty busy

I will try and do LC this weekend, but simply put: It's a lot of work. Y'all know that. This current round that we are on is the biggest round of LC in the entire contest, so luckily after this one things will be easier.

[sterile pasture]

I know, I can't imagine how tedious it is to set up. I just like to be a pain sometimes thanks for all your hard work. Happy turkey day 🦃

[dull mortar]

ohhhh secret santa......

[cedar quest]

Like to make the 1v1 polls, each pair must be in a seperate folder. I then must adjust where the bot looks for where to intake sprites for a poll for each folder.

There's a lot of folders

[sterile pasture]

pain.jpg

[cedar quest]

Nah that's a prime .png of pain right there

In high quality~~

[limpid sphinx]

appreciate your effort gamr

[wind matrix]

wtf

[cedar quest]

Oh yeah, you have no clue

Here, lemme grab the guide I wrote for the others back when I was retired

And this is before even making the individual images

Like I try to optimize this as much as possible, and it still takes forever to do

[sterile pasture]

you forgot step 6: cry

[little cypress]

Cry while jumping off a building, don’t leave out the last part

[plucky arch]

can we just force kiwi to do it all

[cedar quest]

Nope

Sponsoreds are my battle

One that I do willingly so y'all don't have to

But I hope that atleast showing you the basic steps of my process can help rationalize why tf it takes so long

[little cypress]

When thinking rationally, it’s hard not to imagine the complexity of something so involved. I think this just made what was theoretical A LOT more concrete.

[cedar quest]

That's not even all of it

When transitioning from Round to Round, you need to remove the files again from the folders and condense

[near horizon]

you know, people would understand why it's taking so long AND they'll also ask more "hey, when are the results" xD

[cedar quest]

Oh easily

[steady pasture]

Still don't understand, results when?

we don't pay you to do your jobs

[near horizon]

you guys are paying ?.?

[steady pasture]

I said 'we don't pay' didn't i?

[dense jackal]

It feels like a problem that needs more code thrown at it to me 😛

[supple epoch]

Idea for 5 future contests: All available Pokémon in Legends Arceus for each location for Pokemon already in Infinite Fusion

Example for Crimson Mirelands:

Hisuian varients will be normal varients for the sake of the contest

[misty acorn]

Feels a bit broad

[plush vale]

feels more millian royaley

[jolly oasis]

Honestly love this idea, I've thought about similar ideas before showdown and didn't really know how to formulate it

[woven kettle]

Day I already forgot to do day 2 of asking for a new contest of asking for a new contest

[limpid sphinx]

day 1 asking new mon contest when

[main chasm]

Not the slightest idea

[cedar quest]

There hasn’t been a lot of other people around rn it’s the holiday season and I’m not rushing into anything alone

We do have plans though

[hexed mica]

Like spinning the raffle mon

[cedar quest]

[plucky arch]

we'll spin the raffle once LC is finished ! 😄

[crisp cargo]

raffle mon coming 2027

[hexed mica]

I don't know what LC means but from what I've gathered it'll be about 8 years then, yeah?

[limpid sphinx]

little cup

#special-contest-polls

[hexed mica]

Ah. An event type from before I joined the server. That makes sense

[limpid sphinx]

so... new mon after christmas?

[limpid sphinx]

yea its an infinite event

like infinite fusion but really infinite

someone had the brilliant idea to dont limit the entries

[woven kettle]

Yipee

How long is that?

[hexed mica]

Oh dang so maybe 8 years wasn't that far off with how many sprites people have been putting out recently

[limpid sphinx]

something like a sun life ig

[late sequoia]

To be fair, they did that event during the huge surge in popularity so there were way more contestants than expected. Everyone was so caught in the hype seeing us getting to (and passing) 2k entries we didn't think of the consequences in terms of the voting.

[hushed shoal]

where announcement
where contest winner raffle
where eelektross
i have a friend whose fav pokemon is eelektross and i wanna surprise him if eelektross gets in

[cloud solstice]

we're in raffle limbo

[cedar quest]

I asked:

Probably tommorow

Not gonna keep y'all in limbo

[limpid sphinx]

thanks gamr

[cloud pulsar]

lets go a excuse to sprite

[fierce flume]

Can’t believe they’re going to add all the Pokémon from the raffle tomorrow

[dawn prairie]

Actually theyre adding almost all the pokemon in existence to the game
The raffle is actually to decide the single line cut for all eternity

[hexed mica]

What a plot twist

[bright crow]

Bruxish sweep

[steel vortex]

What happens during IF secret santa

[rapid knot]

From what I've heard, everyone who participates submits a special request for a fusion, which is given to their Secret Santa. Later, everyone suprises their counterpart with the requested sprite.

[limpid sphinx]

basically like works secret santa irl but the gifts are sprite requests

[sterile pasture]

It sounds so fun

[gloomy gazelle]

how do i participate

[haughty haven]

aw that sounds fun lol

[dense jackal]

There's no event for it yet.
But I also wouldn't be surprised if it required a spriter role to participate (I dunno though, I've never seen the event before)

[tulip tusk]

sounds fun tbh
issue is that like

how would people get feedback without showing the sprite to who they're making it for?

[fierce flume]

all well and good until I get a dose of imposter syndrome

[sterile pasture]

You gotta block them til the exchange

[steel vortex]

Oooooo

[limpid sphinx]

i think that is not a problem lmao

idk the rules tbh

[sly shuttle]

Maybe everyone just posts their sprites to #1050404143807873157 at the same time

[misty acorn]

Kinda hoping that Torkoal wins

[cedar quest]

🕐

🕛

🕚

[dense jackal]

Time appears to be going backwards

[subtle moss]

VIV

[cedar quest]

perhaps

[cloud solstice]

1/12/11?

[cedar quest]

Any second now, you'll understand the first part

[open folio]

Time going backwards; dinosaurs are from the past; Archen confirmed

[cloud solstice]

dialga confirmed

[hexed mica]

Reveal at 1pm

For the people who don't check announcements

[misty acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/torkoal-pokemon-turtle-giggle-fire-type-gif-27171917

[sly shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/solrock-lunatone-gif-7577325938668342572

[cloud solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/pokmon-kill-me-im-out-gif-18142494

[open folio]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-anipoke-gif-23760683

[cloud solstice]

as much as I like this line, if it get picked we'll probably get a lot of people mad the other starters aren't in

[open folio]

That would be a shame. I guess frogman would have no other choice but to add them next so that they’re still together in the Pokédex

(Ik that’s not how it would work, but i want my little owl boi in so badly )

[stoic dust]

I'm just excited to see most of these mons getting looked at. Gen 7 being my second generation for favorite starters has me wanting more, but I can wait to see how both the spriters and the game itself are doing by then.

[vast jay]

You assume that I care about pokedex order

It's borked already, what's one more line with weird dex placement

[errant yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/buck-sinnoh-stark-mountain-claydol-gif-7388351

[cloud solstice]

these would be the first starters set that aren't next to each other (and start with water ) in the game

[sly shuttle]

Would you consider fixing the dex order in 20 years when the project is dead and every fusion for all 673 Pokémon has a custom sprite?

[vast jay]

I do want to migrate everything to use their national dex numbers for the sprites at some point and have the "if numbers" just be an internal game thing

Probably not for a while but likely sooner than 20 years lol

[misty acorn]

You act like the national dex order is much better

[vast jay]

XD fair point

[tranquil topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/primadonna-iconic-meloetta-nota-sine-gif-16632893

[crude cedar]

So Frog, what do you think will happen if we get Primarina in: will the other Alola Starters be allowed for the next Infinite Fusion Dex Expansion, or will Primarina cause an entire "Starterpocalypse" for getting all of the Starters in Infinite Fusion?

[crisp cargo]

i wonder which is the most "underwhelming" option for the spriters i can personally vibe with practically all of these

[dense jackal]

from the raffle or the missing starters?

[crisp cargo]

raffle

[cloud solstice]

hmmm I don't like them equally all but I can see potential with all of them so I'm fine with any 🤷‍♀️

[tranquil topaz]

don't get chimecho or eelektross much

[dense jackal]

personally i'm least interested in archen and tynamo

[crisp cargo]

eelektross has such a cool body to work with though

[dense jackal]

🤷‍♀️ it's a noodle

[tranquil topaz]

it's just worse milotic

i don't have a huge interest

[vast jay]

Neither lol. Primarina getting in will have no impact on what other Pokémon is added next

[mortal spindle]

this going to be interesting

[cloud solstice]

whoever choose them for the raffle like chaos

[dense jackal]

I do appreciate a nasty little lamprey mouth, but the rest of eelektross does not spark joy for me

[mortal spindle]

but now I can’t decide if I wait for the reaveal or continue my sableye run

[open folio]

Xurkitree, Eelektross and Solrock/Lunatone are the ones I’m least excited by. The others I can at least see some good ideas for heads or bodies

I’m sure some people have great ideas for Xurk already though

[plucky arch]

only popplio will get in

[dense jackal]

a poorly formatted tier list of opinions:

[plucky arch]

based

i want Solrock/Lunatone badly

[hexed mica]

Too generous. Only give us the middle stage

[cloud solstice]

uh we only agree on torkoal and electross

[tranquil topaz]

none of your a's i care for, i think i only agree on eelektross

[dense jackal]

I need them badly just so i can have been correct the whole time by making an altaria/lunatone before any reveals 😅

[tulip tusk]

I just want an excuse to sprite rn, a new mon drop will be good for that /hj

[cloud solstice]

[dense jackal]

Oh wow we have very similar boards 😄

oh, not you, I mean Tee 😛

[cloud solstice]

ik

[plucky arch]

torkoal i want for 1 very specific reason

one i can not say

[tulip tusk]

I'm kinda hoping for a mon that isn't animal like since I like pokemon that are just a vague shape

[cloud solstice]

hero deserve it

[plucky arch]

as long as we dont get fucking 5 or 6 im chillin

[tulip tusk]

as much as I don't like slurpuff, it'd be really good for making dessert fusions

[plucky arch]

especially 5

[open folio]

Do people just hate the Popplio line because a starter? Or is there another reason?

[cloud solstice]

I think I know why

[cloud solstice]

bc the other starter won't be included

[plucky arch]

because itd just add popplio, not the other 2 starters

[tranquil topaz]

because its inclusion would not include the other two alola starter lines

[dense jackal]

*cough* Triple turtle fusion *cough cough*

[tranquil topaz]

just like xurk would not include the other UBs

[plucky arch]

Popplio would be added but the clearly superior Rowlet would not

or how Archeops wouldnt include Carracosta

[open folio]

Ok, Thats what I thought, I was just making sure in case there was something glaring about the design that you all hate

[tulip tusk]

it kinda sucks how carracosta is forgotten a lot of the time

[plucky arch]

ngl i just like the Chingling line

[cloud solstice]

I love primarina, it's just unfortunate the way the raffle works

[tranquil topaz]

well some people might scream too humanoid but i think that's another can of worms (and a dumb one too)

[open folio]

Especially since Meloetta is in the same list I guess

[tranquil topaz]

yeah but i think meloetta is bein more seen for her music potential

[cloud solstice]

I root for the slurpuff line too bc food mons would be great + fairy type

[tranquil topaz]

rather than as a tiny gardy

[tulip tusk]

we'd get like 20 miku fusions today if it's meloetta

to clarify, that's not an argument against meloetta

[plucky arch]

honestly im content with all these except 5 or 6

[tulip tusk]

I love electross but I can't see it having many creative fusions tbh

more so it'd just have a lot of really cool looking fusions and miss out on goofier designs

[open folio]

It might be fine as a head I guess. I don’t see anyone wanting to work with Tynamo though

[tulip tusk]

ok but hear me out: just make the fusions tiny pokemon sprites

but yeah tynamo would be a nightmare

actually wait
tynamo/joltik fusion that's just a single pixel

[cloud solstice]

tynamo is so cute tho, but yeah prob hard to fuse

[cloud solstice]

joltik/joltik

[misty acorn]

chingling is based af

definetly gonna replace the route 2 ralts in modern with it if it wins

[limpid sphinx]

you have a modern checklist?

like a spreadsheet idk

[misty acorn]

a text file

[limpid sphinx]

can u send me? (in dms if you prefer)

[cloud solstice]

I think it's on the wiki, I remember checking it to find some pokemon

[misty acorn]

yeah its all public

[limpid sphinx]

can u help me to find it??

😭 sorry im dumb

[signal reef]

🙏🙏 Praying for Chimecho to get in 🙏🙏

[soft saddle]

Shaymin, Meloetta, and Torkoal are my hopes

Solrock/Lunatone, Claydol, and Chimeco are a close second set though

[cloud solstice]

here, just click on modern mode
https://infinitefusion.fandom.com/wiki/Locations

[misty acorn]

Torkoal, Chimecho and Electoss are the ones I'm hoping for

[cloud solstice]

one minute left 👀

[limpid sphinx]

[cedar quest]

seconds left

[tulip tusk]

👁️

[dense jackal]

[limpid sphinx]

frog typing

oh god

[soft saddle]

HYPE

[cedar quest]

YESSSSS

[signal reef]

RIGGED RIGGED

[misty acorn]

👀

[dull mortar]

👀

[plucky crest]

NAHH WE GOT WORSE CHIMECHO????

[limpid sphinx]

damn

[soft saddle]

*the cooler chimeco

[limpid sphinx]

so disappointed

[dull mortar]

we got chimeco?

[plucky crest]

nahhh

[plucky crest]

nope

[cloud solstice]

not my fav but I'll take it 👀

[plucky crest]

the worse version of it

[dull mortar]

??

[plucky crest]

meloetta

[dull mortar]

ohhh

[limpid sphinx]

the worse in the raffle)

[dull mortar]

ah

[crude cedar]

MELOETTA!

[soft saddle]

Chimeco doesn't have sheet music for hair, ergo it is worse as a music pokemon

[plucky crest]

2nd worwse

[silent lantern]

aw man, I wanted the Swirlix line.

[plucky crest]

could have been shaymin

[plucky crest]

bro is LITERALLY AN INSTRUMENT

[limpid sphinx]

my pick 😭

[signal reef]

Chatot was the better music pokemon anyway

[plucky crest]

unfortunately not in the raffle

[soft saddle]

One specific instrument

[limpid sphinx]

well, waiting for the meloetta gardevoir

lol

[plucky crest]

but with fusions, could be every instrument

[misty acorn]

L

[signal reef]

How many Meloetta Gardevoir in the next week do you think ?

[worthy turtle]

Not a single one of the Pokemon I wanted has been added

[dull mortar]

more girls time

[soft saddle]

At least X

[tulip tusk]

hatsune miku time

[misty acorn]

Not too far off from you

[soft saddle]

But 'instrument' is not directly 'music'

[plucky crest]

tf u gonna do with just the concept of music

[worthy turtle]

I just wanted drapion, buizle, zangoose and seviper. Not only did I not get those, but the one I did want from the list, that being eelektross, wasn't added either

[plucky crest]

like genuinely except reference alts what

[dull mortar]

hatsune miku time!!

[tulip tusk]

I need to do meloetta/sableye for a friend now

[open folio]

Now we need to figure out how the form swap will work I guess

[plucky crest]

having an actual instrument pokemon would have been so much better

anyways I'm gonna go mourn chimecho

[misty acorn]

F for my fallen friends Chimecho and Torkoal

[dense jackal]

We'll get 'em next time.

[signal reef]

Hoenn remain the supreme region

[misty acorn]

Never said that

[fierce flume]

Meloetta contest inbound

[misty acorn]

Most of my favorite mons just never had a chance to make it in at all, so I had to settle for the best ones that were actually possible

[cedar quest]

We will take care of that contest in a bit

[plucky crest]

same here, but holy fuck chimecho could have make some amazing fusions

[cedar quest]

We have a very important discussion going on rn

[plucky crest]

is it that ur adding chimecho instead

[soft saddle]

Chimeco could make it in in the future

[plucky crest]

its gonna be a while til the next new mon is all

[cedar quest]

No, raffle results are conclusive

No backpedalling from that

[plucky crest]

pretty please

[limpid sphinx]

about the contest?

[cedar quest]

Oh you wish I would say what

[limpid sphinx]

maybe 🫦

[cloud solstice]

will there be a contest? since there isn't a raffle anymore?
although IG it would motivate people to make sprites

[limpid sphinx]

yea

staff just hate lycanroc so much 🫦

tbh the point of the previous mini contest looks more like a motivation move than really make winners pick something

[plucky arch]

i HATE lycanroc

[limpid sphinx]

makes sense have it again

[limpid sphinx]

and i hate simon cowell

[plucky arch]

listen rn Trubbish is the only standard reveal without a contest

[limpid sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/accepts-defeat-simon-cowell-britain's-got-talent-mr-blobby-slime-gif-1501135334857281922

[cedar quest]

I've been trying to get that one hosted

[cloud solstice]

I forgot about trubbish

[cedar quest]

But you haven't been around, and I know you wanted to do that one

[limpid sphinx]

if you compare lycanroc with trubbish ☠️☠️☠️

[cedar quest]

Not stealing ur contest that u wanted to do simply put

[plucky arch]

they want other contests first

frog forbids me from the trubbish contest until we do the other things 😔

[cedar quest]

You're letting that stop you?

[limpid sphinx]

birthday contest was a mistake 🤓 w/o that one trubbish could have his spot

[cedar quest]

SMH I think you're forgetting who actually hosts the stuff

"ewh newwwwwww i cwant hwost dis becuz eh goi behind a screen sed iz cant :(((("

[limpid sphinx]

LOL

triple contest trubbish line, lycanroc line and meloetta forms

yea looks good for me i can accept that

🤝

[cedar quest]

Straight up: You missed your best chance to do so, we had a good 2 weeks without anything to do, to have done it 🫠

[cloud solstice]

wait so meloetta is 466 and 466_1?

[tulip tusk]

I lost my tablet pen so I can't sprite man wtf

[cedar quest]

Yep

Will work like Ultra kinda

[cloud solstice]

[plucky arch]

trubbish contest coming soon then

(should, prolly do a mini meloetta contest first tho)

[cedar quest]

byeah

[plucky arch]

but trubbish deserves the luxury treatment

no Mini contest

a full contest for the man

[young plover]

meloetta :D

[fierce flume]

Meloetta head sprites only

[slate forge]

WE WERE SO CLOSE TO SLURPUFF

NO

[misty acorn]

Yooo we can have a trubbish contest first and then a trash contest right after for meloetta

[haughty haven]

i missed it 💀 I was playing legends arceus

[deep gyro]

I'm fine with Meloetta personally, just a little disappointed it's not getting the Oricorio treatment

[plucky arch]

the fighting form is battle only, so its gettin Necrozma

[soft saddle]

Aw

[deep gyro]

I know it's usually battle only, so I get why it's getting the Necrozma treatment, but when the announcement said 466 and 467 I got my hopes up that IF was gonna change things up

Too bad it was a typo

[bright crow]

another underscore mon

[limpid sphinx]

it was my fault, since it is my pick and i am so f*cking unlucky 😦

[cedar quest]

Frog didn't know that it's form was also battle only at first

[limpid sphinx]

i figured it out lmao

[misty acorn]

can't blame him

[limpid sphinx]

(yea like, who cares about how meloetta change forms lmao)

[dense jackal]

Fake Pokemon fan 😛

[limpid sphinx]

frog just like the frog mons

[dense jackal]

i'll grant that poliwag and bellibolt are good pokemon and friends. But i'm a huge not fan of toxicroak and seismotoad

[tulip tusk]

toxicroak goes hard, dude is just cool

[dense jackal]

nasty punch boy. Do not care for

[tulip tusk]

I am a bellibolt hater personally but respect if you like it

[dense jackal]

i just love the eyes/not-eyes situation

[tulip tusk]

it's such a fun idea but the execution of the mon....
I just hate the design so much

[open folio]

Tadbulb is great though

[tulip tusk]

tadbulb is a little guy fr

[dense jackal]

i have issues with tadbulb (it's the shiny)

[tulip tusk]

scarlet and violet shinies are fun because you can't tell for like a third of them

[plucky sigil]

the one in front is just o_o

[supple epoch]

I did the first Pirouette fusion

[tulip tusk]

how do people sprite so fast
is it just because I don't use assets for sprites?

[dense jackal]

like, from #assets-gallery ? Or from gamefreak as well?

[tulip tusk]

I just draw everything (for my recent sprite I used a scaled down and edited gliscor head but usually I just make everything myself)

[sterile pasture]

Yeah that's probably why. Customs just take awhile

I could never sprite that fast regardless though. Where's the hour of self-doubt? All the nitpicking of minor details that no one will ever notice?

[little cypress]

The headband musical score part looks super flat without shading, but it’s a very good fusion

[dense jackal]

the hours of nitpicking are vital to the process

[tulip tusk]

sobs mood

[icy jasper]

I wonder when there will be a meloetta spriting team?

[misty acorn]

So Meloetta/Necrozma can do 2 form changes mid battle?

[cedar quest]

Technically 3

Or actually it can be all 4 within a battle

Start with base Melo & Necro (1/4 aM/bN)

Relic Song (2/4 pM/bN

Transform with Photon Geyser (3/4 pM/uN)

Relic Song again (4/4 aM/uN)

[misty acorn]

Sounds fun, I'll probably put this in for the 1st champion rematch

That way I'm also done with having to think about where to potentially put a meloetta trainer

[limpid sphinx]

if you need sprites for that 🙋‍♂️

[misty acorn]

go for it o7

[limpid sphinx]

🤝

[supple epoch]

I’m surprised no one other than me has done the Pirouette form yet as far as I know

Looking at spritework now, it does look like a sprite of that form is being worked on

[limpid sphinx]

meloetta is trash

[dense jackal]

Having a hard time with a sprite? 😛

[cloud solstice]

So no news about a contest?

[steady pasture]

Soon™️

[cedar quest]

There’s not a lot of us EMs

I mean how often do you see one of us besides Tee or myself, with the occasional Howls

It’ll probably be later today, I got a plan

[rich girder]

How do you become a event manager?

[potent canopy]

gotta become event assistant manager first

[rich girder]

Is that a thing? 🤔

[potent canopy]

no, sorry, that was a lie for fun

[limpid sphinx]

tip: if someone put a in the message, dont read it serious

[rich girder]

I will take it very serious unless somone makes a weezing emote

[potent canopy]

trying to think how to say a confusing thing and find a loophole

[rich girder]

We need an galarian weezing emote

[plucky arch]

galarian weezing isnt in the game

[subtle moss]

I mean, this emote was in long before glalie got added as well.

[limpid sphinx]

[cedar quest]

Honestly I might ask Frog if we can have at least 1, maybe 2 more EMs

[misty acorn]

Wasn't this even the server icon at the beginning of this server?

[slender thunder]

[subtle moss]

Idunno

[worthy shuttle]

Stinky rockruff

[subtle moss]

Ohey I had thoughts for Lycanroc

Good thing I decided to wait

[daring adder]

I have the perfect idea for ariados/meloetta-a

[worthy shuttle]

This might encourage me to make a sprite

[sly gorge]

oh god damn it I knew I should've waited 😭 😭 😭

[worthy shuttle]

For meloetta ofc

[sly gorge]

fuck that shit I'm not participating

unless I can make a Gengar/Pirouette Meloetta

[subtle moss]

You probably can

[sly gorge]

but like

GOOOODDD DAAAAMMMNNN IIIIITTTTTUUHHHHH

😭

I HAD THIS GUT FEELING THAT I SHOULD'VE WAITED FOR A CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT

[cedar quest]

I mean I said this

[tranquil fable]

Oh no 3 sprites

[sly gorge]

I WASN'T EVEN LOOKING 😭

[cedar quest]

And we were busy with a discussion yesterday

[tranquil fable]

Isn't like 5 days too few time ;-;

[sly gorge]

I did this to myself haven't i

[limpid sphinx]

at least i waited to make lycanroc fusions too

lmao

the hope never ended.

[cedar quest]

Well, yes & no.

[limpid sphinx]

well, its a contest

[cedar quest]

All the other contests have been 4 days

[sudden quartz]

This will be my first time messing with the rockruff line can’t wait

[cedar quest]

And we start something up in December

[sly gorge]

I'm probably going to either submit just one entry or go lazy with it and just make the simplest sprite edits possible

[cedar quest]

Y'all probably know what

[sly gorge]

krima?

[haughty condor]

How do you submit entries?

[daring adder]

Delibird contest babyyyyy

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/cryptoflash-tattoo-flash-nft-wax-gif-25567334

[tranquil fable]

You submit them to the drive

[bleak flint]

oof im not motivated to make another meloetta sprite

[limpid sphinx]

not really lmao

[placid briar]

Well, submitted a lycanroc fusion way to early then

lmao

[tranquil fable]

Well, I guess I'll be making one for each one of the three main pokemon I sprite (litwick, chandelure and swinub)

[tulip tusk]

HA IM SUCH A SLOW SPRITER I HAVENT EVEN FINISHED MY MELOETTA SPRITE

[sly gorge]

I mean to be fair my Gengar/Meloetta took me like a little under an hour to make so maybe it wouldn't be THAT bad of a time investment

but I still have to remake a song and pixel art of mine for November 😭

[tulip tusk]

the sprite looks pretty sick tbh

[ashen sapphire]

Oh boy y'all aren't ready

[sly gorge]

for you to win the contest?

yeah kinda ready for that already lol

[steel vortex]

Ngl with 4 days, I know the others have been the same, but with 3 entires now and a fresh start, I probably won't do this one Just ain't got time (or ideas eh)
Also saving energy for SS anyways lol

[plush sky]

hey uh I'm new here but. how do I participate in the contest

[thick harness]

Oooh exciting! I'd actually already decided to make a punk-themed Meloetta for when the contest was announced; so that bonus task fits in very nicely haha

[plush sky]

which channel should I check for the guide and such
or like, the list of pokemon in the game

[haughty haven]

GACK CONTEST

[tranquil fable]

The list of all of the pokemon alongside all of the custom bases (ingame) is this one: https://if.daena.me/

[plush sky]

thanx

[tranquil fable]

You make a sprite with the pokemon that the contest is about and then submit them to the drive in the #event-announcements

[graceful plank]

@plush sky best to read #spriting-guidelines first. Then when your sprite is done and submitted to #1050404143807873157 name it with the number and your name and drop it in the drive

[tulip tusk]

wait it's 4 days

[crisp cargo]

you don't need to submit it to spritework ftr

[tranquil fable]

Hmm... I think I'll be doing Swinub/Rockruff, Litwick/Lycanroc and Chandelure/Meloetta Aria...

[crisp cargo]

or at least you didn't have to before

[worldly widget]

Oh shit

Me have idea for this

[floral vessel]

NooOOOo I’d love to participate in this but I’m so busy this week

[worldly widget]

Wait can I even participate

[haughty haven]

pretty sure you can ye

drive is open to everyone i think?

[worldly widget]

No spriter role moment would have suckee

[subtle moss]

yes you don;t have to be a spriter

everyone can participate

[worldly widget]

Noice

[haughty haven]

it actually might be a good way to get really in depth feedback now that i think about it

gl if you do enter :3

[worldly widget]

Thx

Gl to u too

A second idea has popped into my head

[echo hill]

Oh cool

[worldly widget]

Damn I'm getting lots of ideas

[echo hill]

I have an idea...

[worldly widget]

A fellow idea haver

Amazing

[plush sky]

ok thanks, I'll see the guide

[echo hill]

Wonderful

[plush sky]

what's the stance on references to other games?

(for contest entries specifically, not sprite submissions)

[haughty haven]

as long as you can still very easily tell the two pokemon they're usually fine. refs that lean really hard into the source material instead of the pokemon usually end up scoring low tho

[plush sky]

alr alr

[haughty haven]

they're allowed tho if that's what you're asking. A couple have won contests in the past too lol