event-general

[cedar quest]

event managers? we have those?

[cyan gull]

I thought that was an endangered species, should I be concerned?

[cedar quest]

probably

[cyan gull]

aw man, good luck reproducing

[cedar quest]

One day "Event Manager - 1" will be "Event Manager - 2 "

[cyan gull]

I still have an open spot

[cedar quest]

No you don't, you missed one

[cyan gull]

non non, it's in my pocket (widecloud made this, he doesn't want me challenging the server's E4)

[lunar comet]

#1205534339761442877 looking for some last minute feedback on this guy! help a bro out pls 🙏

[tulip tusk]

I finished a giant project but haven't touched my sprite so I think I'll have to speedrun tomorrow

[wooden hazel]

Working on my second cress contest entry, does this look like water?

[lusty pewter]

it looks water-y enough yeah, tho if you're not sure you could always google image "[insert effect here] pixel art" and get a bunch of examples to try out, that's how I learn to make certain effects for my sprites

[slow gyro]

Yes

As the sfx manic I think it looks great

[zinc lion]

there sure are a lot of 318s this contest

i mean i can't judge, i made one as well

[lusty pewter]

what's 318?

ah torterra, guessing you talking about the going somewhere contest

[shrewd dirge]

There is still time for "going somewhere" contest? I can see some contest entries in spritework

[lusty pewter]

it ends today iirc

[red vigil]

you have 12 h

[lusty pewter]

yeah so basically today, or in my case tomorrow at 5 AM XD

[shrewd dirge]

I have something, but i don't think there was any circus tent in game.

[red vigil]

maybe change the color to match a tent in a pokemon game

just a idea

[buoyant ore]

Wasnt there a circus in the jirachi pokemon movie?

[signal stream]

You could make your tent the Battle Tent from R/S/E
Yours is already sorta close color-wise, and I think it would make sense as Lapras dressing up for a contest (I guess from before the tent replaced the contest hall)
See: https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Battle_Tent

[limpid sphinx]

really good idea

deoxys head could help with the colors btw

[slender thunder]

I dont want banana duck icon over Ziggy

[limpid sphinx]

here is showing your zig

[shrewd dirge]

I can see you as Ziggy too

Thanks for great ideas, i keep this as circus, I wonder if I can finish this before deadline.

[hushed shoal]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1205867675939766372
feedback pleeeease
pretty pleeeease
i scared of deadlineeeeee

[timid echo]

#1205879299886944427 Made another one

[timber jewel]

If I do two Cresselia entries can I get the funni role?

[hollow gull]

this is an intimidating opponent

[timid echo]

If you make a cress body and they get to 100% completion in 11 hours

[hollow gull]

tbf I was thinking of doing a Corsola/Cresselia as a reward to myself for finishing my homework

so people are doing bodies

[timber jewel]

Imma do a couple, because I have been enjoying doing Groudon stuff recently

[lofty skiff]

I finally thought of an actual location I'd like to design a sprite for but it's really hard to keep the design while making it look left

[lusty pewter]

what's making it difficult? is it cuz there's no image you could use as reference that points to the left side?

[lusty pewter]

also there's like 227 sprites left for 100% body and with 17 hours left you be needing to make 13-14 sprites per hour (assuming you're doing it alone lol )

[timid echo]

LMAO

[lusty pewter]

that's about 1 sprite every 4-5 minutes... a whole new meaning to cresselia rush

[lofty skiff]

Okay but if you get 2 people on that it's only 1 sprite every 9ish minutes

[lofty skiff]

Ye it's the tapu shrines like this one and I just feel they're specifically designed to be seen from the one angle

[hollow gull]

you can't just like

rotate that in your brain?

not asking like to judge

[lusty pewter]

ah I see, it's def challenging but I think a good enough spriter could sprite that, whether you're a good enoughs spriter tho is a dif question all together

[hollow gull]

just genuinely if so that's interesting

the only thing that's giving me pause is idk if those red things are attached to the statue or the palm fronds

[lofty skiff]

It's more that I'm worried it'd lose it's whole vibe if it doesn't face forwards

[lusty pewter]

I don't think you'll lose too much of the vibe if you don't tilt it too much to the left

maybe just enough so that the front right pillar is standing a bit to the left of the right back pillar

[lofty skiff]

Ye I'll see if I can do it

[lusty pewter]

so maybe smth like this

plz ignore how bad it is I'm using my mouse lol

[lofty skiff]

Nah it's beautiful you should post that as an entry if you haven't already done 2 🙏

[lusty pewter]

I have 3

1 wasn't put in the drive tho

[hollow gull]

hey for some reason I can't add to the drive

can someone pop this in there:

please:)

[lusty pewter]

yeah sure

[hollow gull]

:)

thanks bestie

[lusty pewter]

I don't usually do this jic I might mess up but it's getting somewhat close to the deadline so I think it's better to submit with a little mistake than not submitting at all lol

[heady escarp]

I think today is chinese new year, and this new year is the year of the dragon (I think) a dragon contest is in order?

this is the year of the wood dragon... hmmm

[olive sentinel]

everybody make sudowoodo/goomy sprites
now

[zealous pendant]

Trevenant/Dragonite?

[lusty pewter]

wait, isn't sudowoodo whole idea is that it's not actually real wood but rock? wouldn't that mean sudo/goom be a fake dragon?

[olive sentinel]

[hollow gull]

then the clear fusion to make is Sudowoodo/Charizard

[lusty pewter]

fake + fake = real
it's big brain time

[odd garnet]

When your last entry is so rushed, you didn't even make a thread for it yet

Wanted to submit this but it's sadly the alt HAHA

I can't think of a good head
SO I recolored it to Regirock colors

XvX

[lusty pewter]

isn't it fine to submit alts? iirc it's joke alts that's not allowed in a contest isn't it?

[odd garnet]

@cedar quest Is that true? ^

[shrewd dirge]

Me and my mime,jr/lapras just gave up, maybe next contest.

[lusty pewter]

idk now I'm starting to question myself XD

[slender thunder]

this was really fun to make
rushed, but fun

[odd garnet]

The Sharpedo's Bluff fusion that I wanna make but was taken by someone else is using the alt version so...

Maybe?

[shrewd dirge]

Ok... ...

[slender thunder]

[lusty pewter]

yeah... you know what I'll just stick to "only joke alts that isn't allowed" so I don't have a heart attack while I wait for what's actually allowed and what's not

||why is the statue a rhydon substitute doll||

[slender thunder]

efficiency

[odd garnet]

@cedar quest please say if Alts are allowed? I wanna sleep knowing I submitted a legal entry Lol

[cedar quest]

yeah ur good

[odd garnet]

WOOOOO

thank you

[shrewd dirge]

To submit your fusion you only need "head.body" by "spriter"? Or should i submit with "location" too.

I lied, I want to submit my mime,jr/lapras >: )

[cloud solstice]

they said to do like on the pinned message so "head"."body" by "spriter" as usual

[lusty pewter]

ayy congrats! you're entry is legal :D

and so are mine cuz I def submitted an alt lol

[cedar quest]

both, Head.Body by Spriter

[shrewd dirge]

Thanks. I didn't participate in pervious contests but I like this one

[lusty pewter]

I think they're asking if you submit it normally ([head].[body] by [Spriter]) or to submit it with a location ([head].[body] by [Spriter], [Location])

although seem like they already got their answer so don't think I need to ping

[slender thunder]

your*

[lusty pewter]

you're*

[slender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-your-gif-22328611

[tranquil fable]

Man I only got half of them :(

To challange the server E4 I still need Pokedex Completionist, Playtrough Champion, Server Booster, Staff Role/Top Feedback Giver and the Next Rush Role :(

[shrewd dirge]

Who is E4? katten?

[wooden hazel]

#1205802435856306176 for Cress contest

[near horizon]

nice

i didn't realized, but i have a new role !

[lofty skiff]

As it turns out - no I can't

Or at least I can't visualise it well enough to make it

[hollow gull]

intriguing

[lofty skiff]

Like I try but the angles just don't line up and the perspective looks odd or the platform looks like it goes upwards and stuff

@lusty pewter do you have any advice for it?

[lusty pewter]

already working on it lol

assuming you could see what I drew lol

basically you need to make the scene more flat, if you could see too much of the grown the totem is standing on, it gives it an overhead view. if you want it looking like you're the same height or shorter than it then you need to make the ground more flat, close to not being able to see

sry if it's not really a good explanation, I'm not exactly great at explaning things through words

good luck with the sprite tho, less than 2.5 hours left. I'm gonna go to sleep now so sry for not being to help any further, hope you make it in time :)

[lofty skiff]

Ye I get what you mean - I started with the front 2 pillars at the same level to look flat but it didn't look right, maybe the back one was too steep a angle tho

[keen wind]

Hi, probably never seen me comment before. But even thou my skillset will not allow me to finish an entry on time. Ive got to say. That the prompt for this was very creative, and i can only be so hyped to see what everyone is cooking up. You all have some crazy talent.

[tulip tusk]

I finished my sprite before the deadline woooo

[cloud solstice]

@timid echo your torterra/altaria entry is in 96x96

[timid echo]

💀

[timid echo]

Fixed, thanks for telling me 😭

Wait my other one is too

Too late :(

[cloud solstice]

U can try to replace it before they close the drive

[timid echo]

Just did it

[lofty skiff]

Haha I officially have the last entry to be added to spritework! I am the official biggest procrastinator

[cursive brook]

It’s so jover

[red vigil]

there are the same number of palosand than necrozma in this contest XD

[lofty skiff]

Which is extra fun because before the contest, one of the previously made sprites that I thought best fit the theme was Necrozma/pallosand

[red vigil]

well, necrozma has Ultra Wormhole so it can fit pretty well

[zinc lion]

(contest managers are asleep, everyone post before they wake up!)

[slow gyro]

After looking at the sprites in the drive idk if my Torterras have a chance

And I was really proud of them

[limpid sphinx]

i doubt that i can beat some ones

but im happy with my entry

it was fun to do

[tulip tusk]

I'm proud of my stupid little emo fairy

[cursive brook]

I’m the only lycanroc fusion

[red vigil]

I'm the only Roserade AND kyurem fusion

[lofty skiff]

I'm the only Exxegutor AND cofagrigus fusion

[barren sandal]

How do I get the key for the s.s. Ann

[hollow gull]

polls when

[hollow gull]

show me

[hollow gull]

I'm proud of my creature too but for some reason I can tell it does not have what it takes to win

might get finals though

I put my foot in it

[tulip tusk]

||https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1205958021256060969||

[mild crescent]

Siiiiick

[cursive brook]

when contest vote

[hollow gull]

@rough kindle ||What location is your Umbreon/Froslass||

[lunar comet]

#ask-a-bot message

[dense jackal]

Pretty sure I'm the only one to submit either magikarp, or unown 😛
But I could be wrong about the second - I've no idea what went into the Braille tablet

[rough kindle]

||umbreon/oricorio sensu||
it's meant to represent the kimono sister's tea house in ecruteak city

[rough kindle]

also I did that fusion fully within the last 2 hours so if it is not peak design, I understand

[thin dove]

feels bad that i couldn't make a design in time, but i'm loving all the results i'm seeing

maybe i'll make one later on for some location stuff

[lost lintel]

this is where i am also; i have ideas but didn't execute them in time for the contest

i'll post here in case anyone else wants to take a swing at these. i'm not here to claim glory or credit, only to spread (maybe good) ideas:
rayquaza/altaria --> sky tower (rayquaza's dungeon and the main story climax for pokemon mystery dungeon)
unown/arceus --> mystri stage (arceus trigger event at sinjoh ruins in HGSS)
[regi]/palossand --> [regi]'s original cave location in RSE
tentacruel/lapras --> nastina's super luxury hotel (and a giant tentacruel wrecking the construction site in the anime)

[lusty pewter]

none have meloetta in it, not interested

[lost lintel]

you can try meloetta/torterra if you reference the waltzing glade from pokemon rumble world

[lusty pewter]

👀

I can't find any images online on what that place looks like

[lost lintel]

from bulbagarden:

meloetta comes from the stage with the blissey boss so you can start on this

the hardcore approach would be to find a person with a 3DS with rumble world installed (nintendo e-shop is already gone there so it's legacy software now)

[lusty pewter]

I think I have rumble on mine but I never really played that much and I don't think I've made it to plasma tundra

also I saw that image before but I was looking into the level itself cuz I want more detail than just the simplified floating island

[lost lintel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CORXLe6zuMA

maybe try this, i never played the game myself so i'm mostly a surface searcher right now

[lusty pewter]

I kinda glancing through the video and doesn't seem like they fight in waltzing glade, it's a boss battle from a quest at someplace called moonlight ball. maybe I'll look into it another time

[wooden hazel]

Can someone add this to the drive for the cres contest, Its not working for me rn

[lusty pewter]

what should I put after "by"? "JustAGuyLuke" like your nickname? or should I also add the underscore at the end like your username?

[wooden hazel]

JustAGuyLuke is enough i think

[lusty pewter]

k, 1 minute

[wooden hazel]

i put it as that too in the first sprite for the going somewhere contest

[wooden hazel]

Thanks

[acoustic saddle]

use ur real discord name

not ur IF name

so it should be justaguyluke_

[wooden hazel]

Ik

They meant like the _

[wind matrix]

Who's Joe?

[lusty pewter]

they're Jane and John Doe's distant cousin

[acoustic saddle]

u should say hi to Joe

[dense jackal]

Exactly. You told them not to put it, but it's necessary

[wooden hazel]

Oh wait omg now i get it i didnt know what the underscore meant

Yeah sorry

[sturdy mirage]

kidna annoying tha ti can see who voted what

[zealous pendant]

You shouldn't be able to

[void sluice]

yeah, that's hella annoying...

[cedar quest]

Trust me ik

It works well in smaller servers, but because of the larger # of polls I make + the highload from users....it tends to lag this bot a lot

Hence that

[rapid knot]

Basically, the numbers on the reactions are kind of like a holding space where it stays while the bot works on sending the notifications out, right?
The reacts you see aren's really who's winning, but who was voted for most recently.

[cyan gull]

yes

[hollow gull]

idk what fire was lit under gamr's ass (I hope it was an above-board fire) but these little cup polls are happening so often now

it's probably because sprites are being eliminated so much faster

[thick harness]

Yeah; i'm shocked with down to 16 polls so quickly

[cloud pulsar]

can you imagine that then they go "sorry guys we took too long so i used the money"

[sturdy mirage]

that explains why its later gone

but ill admit it does feel like ima bit influencxed by accidently seeing the numbers

[mild crescent]

I keep forgetting I can't vote on anything lol, I might have to mute event notifications

[stiff viper]

Sometimes it'll be for normal community votes though, so muting it long term might mean you miss community votes

[mild crescent]

Rip

Guess I'll keep them up for now unless staff start spamming again

[limpid sphinx]

next 2 events gonna be community votes

(going somewhere and cresselia contest)

only the sponsered ones like little cup are only spriters vote

[sly shuttle]

And the 2 after those will be staff voted
(Unknown and unknown contest)

[cedar quest]

Moreso a "I got a new tool to do them faster".

This is the speed I want to do them @, but just couldn't before

[mild crescent]

The faster we can do them the faster we can get a bit of love for fusions that don't see the light of day

[hollow gull]

based

middle cup when

is Fraxure still one of the least fused pokemon?

where's that least fused list

kyurem was near the bottom too

[mild crescent]

Kyurem who?

[sly shuttle]

https://if.daena.me/ select least custom sprites

Kyurem is 65th in fewest sprites

Fewest is still Oricorio Pa’u

[mild crescent]

Not for long

Man people really sleep on regice huh

[lofty skiff]

Dang I thought all the oricorios were popular

[lunar comet]

is the little cup bracket pinned/posted anywhere?

found it: #event-announcements message

[ashen sapphire]

all my sprites are finally gone from little cup incidentally

[hollow gull]

tragic

I wonder who's left

[void zodiac]

Lmao what is kwlc3

ion get what u gotta vote for

[near horizon]

Kiwi Winner Little Cup 3

[void zodiac]

Oh what's the rules of the event? I can't find it anywhere

[near horizon]

i can't find it anymore, but it's basically a special contest where we had unlimited entries (only 2 would pass per spriter tho), and there's cash prize at the end

it's a little bit older than 1 year

[void zodiac]

oh wtf 😭 so u jus vote whichever sprite better

[near horizon]

well yeah, each spriter that made more than 2 sprites had a poll on which people decided which of their sprites would go to the tournament

[thick harness]

I think we had over 1000 entries? So now we're down to the top 32

maybe not that much, but I feel like it was a lot, hero alone made over 100

[near horizon]

I made 11 (well, technically 14 because i submitted 3 alts also) in the thing, but only 2 went somewhere

and yeah

hero had i think 112 or stuff like this

[thick harness]

Yeah, each spriter only had two entries go into the actual brackets like a regular contest 😂 otherwise imagine that nightmare

[near horizon]

https://challonge.com/KwLC3

it's already a big nightmare x)

[thick harness]

haha true

[limpid sphinx]

excited to see whats going on with the choicent awards thing 👀

[near horizon]

oh yeah, that's right, that's a thing x)

[limpid sphinx]

i did a bet on that one

the less used mons fusion

im curious to know if i could hit thst or nah

[cedar quest]

check the pins

[thick harness]

And to think I thought I was overestimating 😅 Still, at least we can finally see the end-light

[cedar quest]

Hehe….somewhat yeah

https://challonge.com/KwLC3

[cedar quest]

What is probably gonna happen this week is Going Somewhere voting delayed for like 2 days in favor of more LC polls

[cedar quest]

Actually nah I’ll just do multiple poll sets easy

[limpid sphinx]

LC4 when?

[elder marlin]

Never.

[hollow gull]

I need that next event announced so I have a reason to sprite I'm chomping at the bit (Cresselia doesn't exist)

maybe I could make a Cresselia

I only have two days though that's not enough time to make it good, for me at least

[sinful pendant]

There’s always https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197599880827392070 or any of the other mini events in https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1149373303669145751

[limpid sphinx]

make a small body just for participate ^^

[hollow gull]

Nuh uh

[upbeat wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/farigiraf-pokemon-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-cry-pokemon-cry-gif-1070687115397404623

[zealous pendant]

Yoooo! New LC

[cloud pulsar]

omg new LC

[cedar quest]

wtf is a hijo

im bouta get ligma'd

[cloud pulsar]

son in spanish

[cedar quest]

but I've kept seeing people react to my stuff with "Hijo"

[sharp ice]

Maybe you just radiate "son" energy or somethin

[limpid sphinx]

at least its not hijoeput*

[valid fractal]

[wind matrix]

new LC just dropped

[cedar quest]

More like L

L

[azure halo]

Man, this contest ended 10 months ago I can't believe I just got the ping.

[cedar quest]

LIES ALL LIES NO NEW LC GET IT OUTTA HERE

[azure halo]

Real talk I think you set the deadline a year behind-

[sturdy mirage]

r

bruh

oh... huh

[dense jackal]

#event-announcements message

[azure halo]

Oh- my bad.

[sturdy mirage]

me see poll. me click

me judge what good

i like how everyone , or at least alot of people tried to vote anyways. the all mustve gain the same message in dms

[wind matrix]

nah

[dense jackal]

When people see their own sprites in a poll do yous:

1. vote for your sprite
2. vote for anything but your sprite
3. vote for your sprite if you genuinely believe it is the best
4. not vote to avoid potential bias

I'm curious to know how everyone else feels about it

[thin dove]

i vote for mine since i usually think i'm one of the few that will

[sturdy mirage]

or 5) always vote the other sprite cuz of inferior complex

[dense jackal]

That's just 2) but for polls that only have two options 😛

[sturdy mirage]

hmm.. u right

what was my brian cooking

[void sluice]

I am your "hija"

[sturdy mirage]

5*) try to vote for the sprite i genuirly think is better and trying to ignore the influence of one of two said sprites being drawn by yourself

you genuinely

[dense jackal]

My response is always, "I can have no say in this, the council shall decide my fate"

[mild crescent]

I winder if i can vote in this one

[lucid plover]

The contest was 10 months ago?

[hazy chasm]

So if sunkern squirtle has a custom sprite for it i cant do it for lc?

[lucid plover]

Lemme get my celebi and dialga powered machine

[cedar quest]

THERE IS NO NEW LC

I JUST MOVED THE DETAILS OVER

[hazy chasm]

ok lol

[lucid plover]

Yee i know its the old one from that

[woven kettle]

New GamR message, time to find a new spelling mistake

[hollow gull]

I really hope I get a visual storytelling award

I went all in on that

[hollow gull]

11 I think, technically

[woven kettle]

Oh wait it's just Kiwi's message 😔

Kiwi has no minor spelling mistake compared to GamR

[hollow gull]

gamr if you were voting for it what sprite would you give visual storytelling to

[woven kettle]

Anyways I think I still have enough time to submit something

[hollow gull]

surely you've deeply examined all 2000 sprites?

100 of which are just Hero's

[mild crescent]

Oh. I can't

[crude cedar]

suprised people can make 100 sprites for one contest
i didnt even make another for cress lmao

[mild crescent]

🚮

I really gotta pay off car repairs so I can f t a sprinting device lol

[hollow gull]

I use pixel studio on my phone

[mild crescent]

Does it look work on Android

[hollow gull]

not people. just hero.

[hollow gull]

yes

[mild crescent]

If so, gonna see about getting it

Sweet

[hollow gull]

works p well too

[mild crescent]

Pro or standard

[hollow gull]

standard works fine

[mild crescent]

Bet

[hollow gull]

I got pro so I could play with bigger files and have more tabs open

[mild crescent]

CLAYDOL I'M COMING SON

I've been dying to sprite my boy

[dense jackal]

Um... Just so long as you know that's not in IF 😅

[sly shuttle]

I was confused at first when I saw it pop up again

[cedar quest]

Uhhhh I have zero clue

[dense jackal]

Keke flipnote, the IF spriter 😛

[sly shuttle]

Can you think of a sprite unrelated to Little Cup with good visual storytelling?

[cedar quest]

Absolutely, lemme pull it up

[mild crescent]

Yeah of course, I'll try to make custom bases too

[mild crescent]

I can't see the wings as the mustache, my brain defaults to the skarmory face being all there is lol

[mild crescent]

This works extremely well, thank you!

[hollow gull]

I'm right there

[hollow gull]

I don't see any story here personally

[sly shuttle]

Would this have a story?

[cedar quest]

Then why even ask

[pastel hollow]

oh shit new LC time??? hype???? ||||

[mild crescent]

My babyyyy

If you want custom dex entries I've written a few, and for all the ones with sprites I've gotten requests done for

[limpid sphinx]

youre not the sponser

[heady escarp]

maybe one if these days when I feel like wasting money I could sponsor a competition

[limpid sphinx]

so who cares

[heady escarp]

from what I understand for Kiwi's competition only the first evo stage of pokemon are elegible? (but not the ones that never evolve)?

[gleaming acorn]

Understand further that this competition ended 10 months ago and only got moved between channels

[hollow gull]

I just mean it doesn't tell me anything in terms of story I don't think that's a good example of visual storytelling

could someone give an example of story told by the Skarmory/Probopass?

cause I can't think of anything besides "he's a knight" or "he's a guard"

which is not me dogging on the sprite by any means

amazing sprite, very well done, and being a knight is a cool idea for that combination of pokemon

just not a story to me

[hollow gull]

I definitely see a story

the arms and body could use some AA or dithering to break up those long, clean lines though

[hollow gull]

I wasn't the one who asked

[limpid sphinx]

so why you was the one who answered

[hollow gull]

it wasn't a question to be answered

[limpid sphinx]

go work on your cressy

[hollow gull]

I cast doubt upon another's answer

[hollow gull]

I forgot my idea

I kinda just wanna make a big banana

!!!!!!!!!

IDEA

[limpid sphinx]

[cloud pulsar]

???
what do want then a comic?

[dense jackal]

This tells a story
https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/CustomBattlers/242.84.png

[limpid sphinx]

a movie

probably

vaya cabron xd

[dense jackal]

Can we stop acting like they said something outrageous?
They just wanted to know what narrative others saw in that sprite since it wasn't obvious to them

[limpid sphinx]

u can understand as u want

but u cant say what should i do or not

u know

🤝

[cloud pulsar]

im more confused than anything

[silver solar]

Still feels weird that lickitung is a first stage

[hollow gull]

no like a story

[hollow gull]

never did bestie

[hollow gull]

this is like a kid who just dressed up as his hero so he's super confident

like the mask is falling off his head cause it's too big, he's doing the superhero pose, it's a kingambit mask

if there are details like that that I'm missing in the Skarmory fusion, then that's why I think it doesn't tell a story

[valid fractal]

i completely understand what ure saying but

this is a better story

it speaks for itself

[hollow gull]

true

[valid fractal]

now let me look for actual sprites for what u asked for

[hollow gull]

wait is he supposed to be trump specifically

if so lol

[valid fractal]

why would it

xD

[hollow gull]

cause "you're fired" was apparently his catchphrase when he was on the apprentice

[valid fractal]

oh:O

[hollow gull]

but it can also be a general thing a boss says

so it's kinda up in the air

[cyan gull]

Just scrolled up, and I feel like my brain itches

[hollow gull]

scratch it

[cyan gull]

Can't, my skeleton is in the way and my insurance doesn't cover taking it off

[valid fractal]

this is infernape milotic, water fire are opposites so it has the ying yang on its clothes, also since infernape is more of a all in punch fighter and milotic embody grace and beauty, the fusion translate it into a fan user

i think it kinda tells it

also the fans look like theu are on fire but they are water-colored

[hollow gull]

that is so visual storytelling mode

did that win a contest?

[valid fractal]

nope

but it could have won if it had the opportunity prolly

[hollow gull]

I do wish more effort was made to delineate the limbs

there's some difficulty making out the ships unless you look closely

shapes

very very very good sprite though regardless

[valid fractal]

[hollow gull]

or even if the swirl of water around the feet was removed I think that would do a lot

I'm still in feedback mode I need to learn how to code switch

[mild crescent]

How do I save this as a higher resolution lol

[mild crescent]

Whwt setting is that in sorry I'm speeding through to find it

[acoustic saddle]

nuh uh

[main stone]

bro I pop into this channel for the first time and I see absolute HEAT. whoever made this sprite I hope both sides of your pillow are eternally cold

[acoustic saddle]

[acoustic saddle]

it was @wary canopy

[hollow gull]

ofc it was

they can't keep getting away with this

[acoustic saddle]

:v what do u mean?

bc it was also mine

[zealous pendant]

Oh I see, that's why it takes up the whole space

[acoustic saddle]

:0 it was my first collab wit her so i want it to be special

[zealous pendant]

It's okay, just a funny. It's a very pretty sprite

[strange obsidian]

Ayy little cup three

May blow the dust off aseprite and participate

[steady pasture]

Read properly. It's just a repost, the contest was over 10 months ago

[strange obsidian]

This is what I get for not reading announcements in their entirety

[lusty pewter]

I thought they were joking didn't think they were serious

[hollow gull]

my ribbon collab is based

[opal wadi]

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/CustomBattlers/222.124.png

[hollow gull]

damn.

next MSV when

[cloud pulsar]

not a thing anymore

[hollow gull]

??

what happens now?

[cloud pulsar]

theres multiple mains

[hollow gull]

[cloud pulsar]

thats it

[hollow gull]

so who decides what sprite is encountered in game

[cloud pulsar]

when in the wild the game does
when fusing the player selects the sprite they want

or something like that

[hollow gull]

oh cool

[limpid sphinx]

or not cuz its a collab

[limpid sphinx]

i know baby it was a direct message to tatl

i was like kidding w u nothing thst deep

[opal canopy]

Gotta love the 10 months ago deadline on little cup

[lusty pewter]

it's to motivate people to make a time machine so they could join the contest

[limpid sphinx]

frrrr lc always saving the world

[acoustic saddle]

i do wish more effort was put to defines the hands

so did kiwi spend all that 100$ during on-hold time

[sturdy mirage]

now thats beautiful

[slow gyro]

126 just for LC, but I did like 150 just that month

||I was definitely not looking up my name in the discord just to see what people say about me ||

[mild crescent]

lol

Only good things I'm sure

[acoustic saddle]

there was a drama surrounding ur lately

[near horizon]

i wasn't even a watchog when the LC started i think

Going Somewhere #contest-polls when ?

[acoustic saddle]

it going no where for now ( after lc)

[limpid sphinx]

maybe today

[near horizon]

[hollow gull]

I'm confused is this responding to the sprite ribbon and I made

[wooden hazel]

Probably

NTM hands always go crazy

[tulip drum]

Im so sad im 10 months late to LC

[dense jackal]

that's what you get for sleeping in >:|

[wary canopy]

who’s insulting my ability to sprite hands here now

[wind matrix]

Ribbon's ready to throw down

[solemn orbit]

where poll

[cloud pulsar]

#contest-polls

where else

[solemn orbit]

I said that before they were up

[cloud pulsar]

nuh uh

[cedar quest]

I personally don't like the BGs, but ig it's something that y'all like, I can figure out somethin'

[late sequoia]

Bruh, the talent of our spriters is insane. There are so many where its not only easy to tell what location you are depicting but what the fusion material is as well. And the details are just chefs kiss

[hollow gull]

it did not occur to me until now how stiff my sprite looks

rip

[cloud pulsar]

theres one (1) where i cant tell what it is and is driving me insane

[zealous pendant]

Maybe I just don't play enough pokemon but so many of the locations were unrecognizable to me

[light ravine]

the bulbasaur mushroom house fucker is so pretty

[zealous pendant]

IIRC discussing sprites that are being voted on is a no go

[crude cedar]

i ain't getting past this poll, cya

[light ravine]

how come?

[crude cedar]

i think it was just telling people vote for (.) or trash talking sprites

[cedar quest]

||Which one? I'm curious 👀||

[dense jackal]

Oh? Which one? :3

[hollow gull]

dm it

[cloud pulsar]

omg jesus

[hollow gull]

it's prelims so you might

I'm getting to quarters IF IM LUCKY

[crude cedar]

..looking at the other sprites in my poll?

nuh uh

[hollow gull]

def not going straight to what's after that

and prob not surviving quarters

[zealous pendant]

Idk, I just thought that was a thing

[light ravine]

it's a compliment so i think it passes

[hollow gull]

I spent so much time worrying about the spriting technique and character design I forgot that I need to actually pose my sprite in an interesting way

[light ravine]

idk i really like mushroom bulbasaur

[crude cedar]

omg same

then again I suck at making anything custom realy

[hollow gull]

this is technically against rules but yea Soreile's sprite is nuts and I'd be surprised if it doesn't win the whole thing

[hollow gull]

I even sprited the whole thing from scratch I'm gonna cry

[light ravine]

i do not know who that is 🔥

[crude cedar]

the one i sprited from scratch took a LOT of feedback to be what it is rn

i need to get in the habit of making custom bases

most of the people who do it have paid art apps though

[sharp ice]

I have suddenly been inspired to make custom bases in JS Paint, the browser clone of MS Paint.

[zealous pendant]

You can compile Aseprite yourself for free

That's what I use (although I paid cuz lazy)

[crude cedar]

i have libresprite

i was talking about the concept art part really

[ashen sapphire]

I like the idea of half-transparency BGs but idk about this color

I think it should be lighter

[cerulean crag]

i feel bad for the ones i didnt vote bc they were good sprites but i couldnt figure out what they had to do with the theme of "going somewhere" sometimes

everybody did a great job

[ashen sapphire]

oh yeah the entries in this contest are pretty fucking rad

there are definitely a few polls where I'm like man. wish I got 2 votes

some of these are absurdly clever

[sick herald]

i've definitley found my favourite entry

[zealous pendant]

First poll takes it away for me. So many good ones all in one

[stiff viper]

I'm so impressed by this competitions entries

[sick herald]

every poll has at least 1 banger

glad i didnt take part, my ass wouldn't have gotten past the first round no matter what poll it got dropped in

[zealous pendant]

Yo same

[sick herald]

when do cresselia polls go up

[limpid sphinx]

next week maybe

[sick herald]

i kinda like the mod polls, not bc there's a lack of meta there or anything, but bc u might get some feedback on top of it. but i understand that managers/mods can be very busy so there's not always time for that

[limpid sphinx]

ping me and i give u feedback

u dont need mods

[hazy chasm]

theres two groudon statue sprites

in the polls

[steady pasture]

DAMMIT

why did 2 of my favorite entries have to be placed side by side...

i didn't want to pick between them until much later...

[limpid sphinx]

ohh i think that i know which ones u are talking about

we have a lot of good sprites ngl

hard to decide

[steady pasture]

Yeah, but i already have a favorite 3 i want to win

... and 2 of them are in the same bracket...

[mild crescent]

Lots of good sprites

[tulip jungle]

I know which one I hope wins, I think it really deserves it for the creativity alone. But, I know which one I think might.

[little cypress]

Holy crap there are so many amazing sprites, this event is BONKERS

[tulip tusk]

wait where is my sprite

did I submit my sprite to the cresselia thing by mistake

OH NVM FOUND IT

[thin dove]

every time i can't make a contest i feel like i have to apologize

everyone's submissions look phenomenal!

[tulip tusk]

I'm so mad, I want to vote but I have to sleep

[thin dove]

i'm glad someone made a similar idea to one i was gonna do ||head of a pokemon starter from the Red/Blue rescue team games||

[cloud pulsar]

that would have been funny

[lusty pewter]

I am determined to win even though the likelihood is low due to a certain sprite

[hollow gull]

just say you'd vote for me, you don't have to dance around it

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-gawrsh-a-goofy-movie-disney-cartoon-gif-26563660

[red vigil]

Juste woke up, see my pole and realized it will be really hard to go out of the preliminaries

[misty acorn]

Just know that even if your sprite were to come dead last, it would still easily win if it was eligable in the US election with Joe and Donald

Hope that helps

[timber jewel]

I should have done Jirachi and mirage Island

[thin dove]

i guess i can share some of the ideas i had that i never got around to doing for the contest. i still plan to make them, though!
-Porygon-Z + Charizard = Charizard M. In the wings is Glitch City
-Totodile/Sandygast = the Totodile base from Red/Blue Rescue Team
-Totodile/Torterra = Tototerra, with Rub-A-Dub-River (from Red/Blue Rescue Team) on her back

[slender thunder]

I just realized most people probably aren't going to zoom in on each individual sprite and the details on one my submissions are probably easy to miss

[steady pasture]

u still progress if u get 2nd highest btw

[red vigil]

I know, but still hard tbh

I'm on the poll 1

[steady pasture]

Well we have many talented spriters here

[steady pasture]

I know what's your sprite. i gave feedback for it
If it helps u feel any better, i didn't vote for you as well

Hmm, might be hard without a mushroom mon

Or the Grimsnarl line

[red vigil]

What I'm a supposed to understand with that message ?

[steady pasture]

It means even if u lose, just keep trying

I do miss the staff-evaluated contests though. The scores i'd get was good feedback itself

[dense jackal]

They did. Or at least- I thought so

[red vigil]

The 2 next are staff voted

[steady pasture]

If u mean the berry woods one, it's not
It was based on the Berry Forest in FRLG

[red vigil]

I think

[dense jackal]

#contest-polls message in here. Isn't that "glimwood tangle" or something?

[slender thunder]

I'm not sure how to do well in a (everyone can vote) contest, there's probably a whole science behind it

[steady pasture]

Oh, you're right. Didn't notice it

[slender thunder]

Oh yeah i didn't see it either

Shall we delete the messages now because rules say you can't specifically mention 1 sprite 🙃

[steady pasture]

which rule?

Pretty sure the recent changes of the rules no longer includes that no discussion of contest sprites rule

[slender thunder]

I thought I remember that oh
Nvm

[steady pasture]

In order words, people can shamelessly tell other people to vote for them

[slender thunder]

[dense jackal]

We didn't campaign one way or the other. I think it's ok

[timber jewel]

It's bribing time let's gooo

[steady pasture]

I'd tell u guys to vote for my contest entry...

https://tenor.com/view/if-i-had-one-angry-yelling-fairly-odd-parents-mr-turner-gif-16322274

[slender thunder]

I will figure out the contest meta (it's Regice, I'm surprisingly good at spriting Regice)

It's only 1 color for most of it though

[timber jewel]

I was planning on doing a couple Regice ones soon, the guy is one of the least spirited pokemons

Not expecting much out of the contest ngl, but it was fun making something for it, definitely will participate in upcoming things

[lusty pewter]

spriting ice is surprisingly fun. especially when it comes to the part where you place the shine :)

[slender thunder]

Yeah, I submitted these to the Regi Contest, and despite Shedinja using a default base, it placed suprisingly high (I didn't expect it to beat the Ninjask lol) and I had alot of fun doing the melting ice stuff as well

ice textures are more fun to do then steel textures

[timber jewel]

Steel textures are difficult

Ice is pretty fun, I agree

[thick harness]

Yeah, making ice/crystal textures is very fun

Most of my favourite sprites have one of those two in them

[timber jewel]

I should step up my spriting game and draw the sprites from scratch, currently I'm just editing/recoloring sprites but the pokemon style is difficult to replicate

[lusty pewter]

nothing wrong with edit and recoloring base sprites. did a bunch of my sprites like that at first. custom poses can make it more unique but it's really hard to do if you're not used to it

I'm making most of my sprite custom pose now and it's still hard to do

[dense jackal]

(I remember those registeel wings ^^ )

[thick harness]

Yeah, plus i've made it into finals with a gamefreak base sprite before, so it's definitely possible! Better to slowly work your way up to full customs, and dip your toes into spriting small custom parts first

[timber jewel]

That makes sense

Will try a custom pose today anyways

[lusty pewter]

good luck! :D

[thick harness]

Yeah, let us know how it goes!

[timber jewel]

I saw that Heracross and Rayquaza still don't have a custom sprite so I'll give it a shot

[hollow gull]

it's cause that's really good spriting

[odd garnet]

Waaait does Smash bros count?

It's neat though

[wooden hazel]

Its a pokemon stage so ig it does

[odd garnet]

Darn I could have done Pokefloats

[cedar quest]

That it does, I said spin-offs count

[lofty skiff]

Smash is a pokemon spin-off confirmed

[lusty pewter]

you can use smash but only stages that are related to pokemon, non-pokemon stage reference isn't allowed for the contest

[limpid sphinx]

i mean ppl are playing smash or pasa on fusions channel everytime

[cedar quest]

Word for word from announcements

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

[limpid sphinx]

i thinked that i was creative doing a ultrawormhole but others 3/4 ppl did the same ref maybe im not that cool

[lusty pewter]

I don't think anyone did the same locations as mine...

[blissful kindle]

@cedar quest Stone groudon entered twice

Nobody caught that?

[lusty pewter]

I did, but one is when you inserted the red gem and the other before, so I thought it was on purpose

[blissful kindle]

Btw I was expecting 50% of the sprites created to be alts, but we're looking at like 80%

[blissful kindle]

Yeah but it's from the same person right? Having a minor edit like that shouldn't work

Otherwise I'm going to start duping my sprites with minor edits to enter 2 brackets too

[lusty pewter]

that's a fair argument yeah, ig we'll see what gamr says about it

[limpid sphinx]

on staff judge it would be knocked

for a community thing we dont need to be too harshy

(tbh, at the end of the day, submit a alt of the same sprite is a bad move, one steal the bright from the other and if u have both on the same bracket u gonna divide the votes and maybe make both being knocked lol

[cloud solstice]

Should have entered an alt as second entry

At least with one entry you don't risk having two in the same poll

[limpid sphinx]

i mean pass the premlins is a thing, win can be harder with this method lol

[limpid sphinx]

yea i tried to make a really fusion sprite for my own, but i really feel like some ppl did too much with their stuff looool alts contest

but at the end of the day, the actual champion is a alt content too, so well… why not

[cloud solstice]

Mine is literally an alt
Tbf it's hard to make a place with Pokemons other than torterra line/palossand line

[limpid sphinx]

i did a ultrawormhole with nec/cressy

and yea u right

i feel like the most of the sprites are torterra or palossand

[cloud solstice]

Ultra wormhole can appear anywhere

[limpid sphinx]

a few venusaurs too btw

[limpid sphinx]

i mean with that way of think any landmark can be build on other place

[cloud solstice]

There's a lot of very cool sprites
It was hard to choose a fav,

[cloud solstice]

That's kinda the point of the contest
But it would be harder to make the pokemon center in the sky or the sea compared to the ultra wormhole

[timber jewel]

I should have done something like Jirachi/Regirock and mirage Island

How often are these held?

[cloud solstice]

There will be another themed contest after this one but with another theme

There's still a little time left to enter the Cressy contest

[tulip drum]

Tried to ban myself from torterra and palossand

Regirock would have made a good mountain

[timber jewel]

Guess I'll give it a try

[unique finch]

Wait, arn't the pic A2 in the last poll and B4 in the 4th poll the same?

Ho no they aren't one have the eye & body crystal lit while the 2nd haven't

[cedar quest]

Not doing too hot today, probs no polls today, be back tomorrow

blegh

[sharp ice]

Hope you feel better soon

[blissful kindle]

Gamr you ignored me

[cedar quest]

I was at work

[limpid sphinx]

i answered u 😭

[cedar quest]

that he did Cab

[blissful kindle]

Secret chat

[limpid sphinx]

no no

[blissful kindle]

Yeah sorry DaTorre I was waiting for an orange name lol

[limpid sphinx]

im orange its just my blue covering it

[blissful kindle]

ah true true

[limpid sphinx]

im working on my second cressy entry can i finish in time? nobody knows

[blissful kindle]

You can

You're fast

[limpid sphinx]

oh shit the groudon passed on both brackets

[blissful kindle]

LMAOOOOOOO

[limpid sphinx]

its a bit crazy but unfortunely that anyways ruins a bit their chances of a podium cuz if anytime we had both on the same bracket its gonna divide the votes lol

and that can make both being knocked

:/

[cedar quest]

Well, hearing that I changed my mind

brb, making polls...you know what to expect in one of them.

[limpid sphinx]

LMAO

nothing, right? cuz its randomly chosen by the bot...

oh shit gamr i think that its one passing on first and the other on second

so its one on semis and other on quarters

[cedar quest]

||No, both are to quarters. Neither of them got 1st in their brackets, just 2nd and 3rd||

Only 1st goes straight to Semis in Prelims

2nd and 3rd go to Quarters

[subtle moss]

hm, mine didn't do terrible.

not gonna comment on which one it is

[sharp ice]

Got more than 0 votes, so I'm pretty chill.

[cursive brook]

I got 7%

[sharp ice]

Hell ye

[cursive brook]

5th out of 10 really talented people is really great to see good job everyone!

[mellow meadow]

my ass did not make it past prelims

both my sprites were up against some tough competition though, so well done to those who got through

[sharp ice]

I don't think mine did either, but I'm just glad that a few people liked it.

[digital haven]

4% here 😎😎😎

[sharp ice]

3% gang rise up

[tulip tusk]

Yoooo my guy got to the next round! nice

[subtle moss]

Wait, hold on, why did that Nihilego one get in when it didn't win its poll

[limpid sphinx]

talking about nec tentacruel?

[subtle moss]

ye

[limpid sphinx]

second place

[subtle moss]

am I misreading this poll or what

Oh, I see

this is not the big winners yet

[limpid sphinx]

now its quarters

[subtle moss]

Okay okay I got it now

[limpid sphinx]

yea

[cedar quest]

correct, those went straight to semis

[subtle moss]

okay, gotcha, I know how it works now.

[limpid sphinx]

XD

[cedar quest]

in my ⭐ semis folder ⭐

[lyric hill]

Damn got last place in my bracket

Eh well deserved some of these fusions are straight goated

[mellow meadow]

actually one of mine did! I didn’t think it got through but turns out it did so yippee wahoo! don’t think I’ll make it past quarters but still happy to get one past prelims

[sick herald]

how lmao

[zealous pendant]

That's the funniest thing I've ever seen lol

[rotund gate]

Ngl im so excited for the cresselia event. This is the first one I've participated in

[zealous pendant]

Only one of groudon statues gets to win

Can't wait to see what you put on offer! I know many put a lot of effort into their cresses for the contest

[rotund gate]

I made my entries way before the contest was announced lol. I was just doing it for fun but I think they turned out well anyway

[zinc lion]

both of my sprites made it to finals : )

[stiff viper]

I'm so proud my sprite made it past first round voting

[zealous pendant]

I remember being very proud that my Secret Spriter entry got any votes at all. Even though it didn't get past the first polls

[stiff viper]

Warm fuzzies happen in my brain when I see people like my sprites

[mortal void]

Amazed one of my sprites made it past first round that was one…decisive bracket it was in. However it’s been in the same bracket twice now as one of the best (imo) sprites there, I feel bullied definitively not making it out of this round haha but I’m proud all the same

[steady pasture]

2 of my favs got into the Semis, and 1 of my Favs got knocked into Quarters

[sick herald]

lets go, 3 of the ones i voted for made it through

https://tenor.com/view/okay-this-is-epic-ben-shapiro-gif-27534321

[limpid sphinx]

u should pick both in a draw 😠 smh smh

[limpid sphinx]

damn what a jumpscare, i didnt read u previous message so i thinked that u was talking about going somewhere event lmao

i was thinking like "why is they explaining their own cheat????" lmao

[rotund gate]

I would never cheat lol you don't have to worry about me

[lusty pewter]

I can already tell the 1st place winner from the amount of votes it got, I think I'll try to just aim for 2nd place if possible

[still steeple]

ended up voting for the same number-letter sequence on each poll this time lol

[limpid sphinx]

really deserved tbh

when i saw it on spritework i said “damn that is a potential winner”

tried my best to do a cool thing with my idea but at the end i dont think that im gonna place that well this time

but im happy with my sprite and happy to participate, having fun is what matters at the end ^^

[lusty pewter]

Welp, that gonna be my next goal ig. Make a sprite that goes "that's a potential winner"

[zealous pendant]

I was very confused about what y'all were talking about because most of the polls don't have only one standout in the results... Then I got to that one

[lusty pewter]

You see it now? The vote it gets is insane. I got pretty good amount of votes too but I'm not confident at all I get 1st place

[dense jackal]

i dunno... it's not that tough competition really. I mean... i was in that bracket and i got five votes

[stiff viper]

I feel you there! Excited to see how semis go

[blissful kindle]

Did so bad on that contest, good thing I hated my entry, I trashed it

[limpid sphinx]

nobody talking about new bg color

[blissful kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-the-boys-homelander-the-boys-gif-15722570003251809254

[hollow gull]

I have different tastes than the server it would appear

16 people preferred my sprite to Soreile's tho I consider that a big win

Froslass/Haxorus is coming back with a vengeance

[acoustic saddle]

:0 what is this voting about, i think im out of the loop

oh i was about the going event

[lusty pewter]

no it's a vote about whether diancie will get into the game or not

[wary canopy]

:)

[acoustic saddle]

she here

[steady pasture]

Noticed these 2 got the exact same number of votes. How is it decided which one goes to semis and quarters?

[lusty pewter]

rock paper scissor duel!

[wary canopy]

Either that or Gamr was tiebreaker after the fact I assume

[steady pasture]

In other words, nepotism, bribery, and corruption

[slender thunder]

Neither of mine made it through

Meanwhile there's 2 versions of the same sprite in the same image

[red vigil]

Mhh,15 vote,guess I didn't have the rights angle for that kind of contest

[olive sentinel]

Kinda cheap ngl

[sick herald]

a win is a win

[lunar comet]

honestly i kind of prefer those two being in the same poll because it guarantees that at least one of them will lose

the longer they're separate, the higher the chances of them bumping out other entries, which would feel really unfair to me

imagine if they both made it all the way to finals...

but it doesn't matter anyway because we all know which sprite is going to win that bracket ;)

[cyan gull]

That's usually how it is on these, same spriter sprites that make it through prelims fight themselves

[cedar quest]

correct, I break the tie .

[hushed shoal]

bro srsly

(i'm j btw)

it was so obvious who was gonna win

at least i gave it my all

but i feel so bad for a, b and d
only one vote

[lusty pewter]

pretty sure there's one that got 0 vote. even the spriter that made the sprite didn't vote for it

[steady pasture]

It was bots!!

[hushed shoal]

fr fr

[hushed shoal]

i kinda regret voting for my own sprite cuz i was desparate

but shoulda noticed i never had a chance lol

i would have voted for h

[lusty pewter]

hey at least there's other people who agree your sprite looks nice

if it's 1 vote you can't even be sure that's the spriter own vote or someone else XD

[hushed shoal]

yeah i guess
i mean im not depressed about the results or anything but still that spread tho

[lusty pewter]

||btw jic it's not clear I'm not trying to talk crap on sprites I was just joking around, sorry if anyone feel offended from what I've said||

[lusty pewter]

yeah there shouldn't be anything to feel depressed about. sad maybe but it's not the worse. if you don't get much vote just try harder next contest, I'm sure you'll improve yourself if you keep spriting enough :D

[near horizon]

i'm surpised that my ||dialga/torterra, reference to the future world in PMD|| made it to the quarters

i wasn't expecting this x)

[lusty pewter]

it's a pretty good sprite, love the explorer series, v fun :D

[solemn orbit]

Shoutout to the one person who voted for my sprite

[solemn orbit]

moderator powers (/j)

someday I'll make it to the quarter finals

maybe

[lusty pewter]

someday I'll make it to finals, today is not the day tho XD

[thick harness]

Hey I wouldn't rule it out yet - your entries are both really well done and creative, so you never know

[cedar quest]

Still feeling out of it from yesterday….so I’m leaving work early to come do some LC polls

[lusty pewter]

good luck gamr, hope you feel better soon :)

[lusty pewter]

it'll take a miracle to win, maybe I'll make it to semi if I'm lucky but there's a bunch of better sprite and one of them I already can guess will win 1st place

[limpid sphinx]

i can feel that too yea but nobody knows

and well its always a future contest, i believe on your potential 🤝

[lusty pewter]

oh I'm def gonn try to win future contest, this contest I don't think I'll win XD

also I'm prob the only one who's gonna submit meloetta entries on every contest if I can

[limpid sphinx]

p fair imo XD

[lofty skiff]

I'm just happy I wasn't last in my bracket

Also when we get to Cresselia contest stuff I'm actually really proud of my sprites for it, even though there are better ones still I'm really content with what I made

[timber jewel]

Same

Looking forward to the next one ngl

[clear drum]

This is one of the first contests i'm taking part in so sorry if my question is dumb, but looking at this, isn't B1 tied for first place in its preliminary group with 24%? Why did the other 24% sprite as well as others with fewer votes make it to the next round and mine didn't? Am i looking at the wrong table?

[lusty pewter]

you might be already in the semi finals. iirc the top vote gets to skip quarters and go to the next rank immediately. as for what breaks to the tie as to which one is 1st and which is 2nd... the answer is the message I reply to ^^

[clear drum]

My gawde

[clear drum]

Did absolutely not know that's how things work. Honestly a bit speechless. Thanks for clearing that up.

[lusty pewter]

this is what I remembered tho, I don't think I ever gotten top vote in prelim so I'm not 100% sure XD

[limpid sphinx]

oh hey

[lusty pewter]

alternatively it could be an accident and someone messed up when counting the vote, it happened before so it could happen again

[limpid sphinx]

@cedar quest should answer better

but its basically that

gamr make the tie break votes

for that type of stuff

[limpid sphinx]

oh yes first of premlins go direct to semis

[lusty pewter]

ah then I didn't remember wrong

[limpid sphinx]

my sprite is the other on this tie gamr hate me

[lusty pewter]

you already have the contest champion role you don't need another

[limpid sphinx]

i need everything

[cedar quest]

Correct, I break ties because I don't vote in the stuff

Except for sponsoreds where the host breaks ties

[clear drum]

Awkward. Sorry i guess.

[limpid sphinx]

u dont need to sorry your sprite is amazing 🫦

imo it really deserves more than mine a better place

but its just my opinion

[limpid sphinx]

answer me on the not that secret chat when u can pls

curiosity kill me

[cedar quest]

what is the question, im eatign luch

[clear drum]

I admit i put effort into it, but i didn't think people would like it this much. I honestly don't get how it held up against so many more interesting ideas. My favorite would've been B4 for the idea alone.

[odd garnet]

I'm out

[clear drum]

Can't place your sprite on account of not having played anything of Sun&Moon or newer though

[limpid sphinx]

yours is my fav as art, mine is my fav as fusion and b4 is my fav as creativity on that bracket

is basically that

[clear drum]

😊

[limpid sphinx]

i would never know on which one should i vote tbh

[clear drum]

Your own, duh

[limpid sphinx]

the three hit a S-tier in different aspects

[cedar quest]

answered it

[limpid sphinx]

i usually dont vote on my own

i am so selfcritic that i usually dont see mine as the better one or maybe cuz i worked on it for hours and hours seeing others for first time catch me more

idk

[limpid sphinx]

thanks gordo XD

[timber jewel]

How long have you been doing sprites?

[limpid sphinx]

almost 1 year

[hollow gull]

next event when

I'm coming up on 1 year myself

nvm I finished my first sprite exactly 1 year ago to the day

[lusty pewter]

tomorrow, lightning round contests, 7 days, 7 contest, 1 entry each with 1 day deadline, and 1 poll each contest. top 7 gets another vote to determined 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

[opal wadi]

https://gitlab.com/pokemoninfinitefusion/customsprites/-/raw/master/CustomBattlers/302.360.png

[hollow gull]

that me

[lusty pewter]

honestly I say that as a joke but it could actually sound fun if you could get a good amount of spriters whose schedule are free for a week

~~would 100% join if I could ~~

[hollow gull]

actual discrimination against me

slow spriter

[lusty pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/viva-la-dirt-league-vldl-souls-logic-dark-souls-git-gud-gif-19856700

[olive sentinel]

[lunar comet]

Take it one step further, a timed spriting event

Everyone starts at the same time and they have 30 minutes to finish

[wooden hazel]

Timezones would ruin that tho

[lunar comet]

Record yourself making the sprite?

[clear drum]

Easy to speed up.

I guess... three different time slots each?

Like three hours apart so people can take their most convenient one?

[lunar comet]

Contact the aseprite devs and tell them to put a timer in???

Record yourself spriting with a keyboard/mouse cam????

Yeah no this is dumb, time slots are probably the way to go

[clear drum]

Have mods fly in and watch you in person?????????

[lunar comet]

Too expensive for the mods, clearly the contestant would need to fly to them

[clear drum]

There's some 470.000 people on this server, if everyone chips in we can rent a small skyscraper, put all spriters and mods in there and have them live and sprite and mod and do game dev work and i think i just invented a whole new business idea!

[lunar comet]

Perfect

[brittle nymph]

Could just stream the spriting, considerably harder to fake than a recording.

[ashen sapphire]

a timed spriting contest would be unfair, I usually take ~30m-1h per sprite

I'd win

:)

[mortal void]

I love how there's musing about speed comps in here and yet the theme blitz constantly gets people complaining it's too fast

[zealous pendant]

They're too slow

[mortal void]

can't win no pleasing people haha

[hollow gull]

Yeah I get extended time on assignments in actual college so at the risk of incurring more "skill issue" comments it would genuinely not be perfectly accommodating

I guess not everyone deserves an equal chance to succeed? since it's a competition and not like something you need to do to get a job and stuff

so not 1-1

[zealous pendant]

Being serious. I've only participated in a few events and contests but I've always felt there is more than enough time to finish a sprite. The challenge/contest part comes down to how well you can do with the alloted time. So it is kind of inherently inaccessible you're right. Dunno how to change that

[cedar quest]

Ain't nothing I can do about that

[hollow gull]

I agree

10 days is plenty for everyone to get at least one entry I think

but a 1 day or 30 minute contest is something I would have a problem with yea

[limpid sphinx]

actual 6-7 days looks perfect to me ngl

[limpid sphinx]

only event with this type of thing is mergemay and the previous blitz and even that ones have extra time to submit stuff… but its anyways supposed to be a challenge so its not a problem imo

[hollow gull]

yea I get that

it's tricky cause like

I can't make myself work much faster, I'm working on it but it's not like a deficit in skill that can be made up for much

but that's like the whole point of the competition

like if I had some kind of condition that heavily limited how I could build leg muscles, there's no way to make a footrace accommodate that

so idk it's all a big shrug of a situation

[slow gyro]

Lmao I forgot to upload my entries to the contest

[cloud solstice]

Noooo

[hollow gull]

tragic

[slow gyro]

Anyways

[cyan gull]

Finally, a chance.

[slow gyro]

I mean, I’ve never won a contest

One of my entries already lost on this current contest

[cyan gull]

Me, getting ready to sabotage all the entries next time so that I win

[slow gyro]

Long time since last time one of my entries lost on round one

[cyan gull]

This prompt was far from my forte

[slow gyro]

I thought I was on my element, I did many Torterras

Guess they weren’t good enough

[cyan gull]

I'm hoping next events are more towards simplicity

SFXless I thrive

[slow gyro]

I hope next contest is sfx contest

I love flashy, complicated and full of sfx sprites

[cyan gull]

I think a more SFX-centric contest would be fun

[slow gyro]

I really love my new emote

[cyan gull]

I need to get my emote in

[slow gyro]

[cyan gull]

🤝

[cedar quest]

If you want the honest truth, Torterras were the low-hanging fruit, we mentioned that in the announcement

Still cool if done right, but also a bit too direct to make the literal location

[mortal void]

Less than 20mins until I lose to the same sprite I lost to in the first round why’d I have to end up in the same bracket haha still though, no shame in losing to such good sprites, I feel like this theme really pushed people in a good way

[lunar comet]

is it first and second both move on or only first, or what?

pinned message says first, second, and third but there's only 5 entries in each bracket

[limpid sphinx]

top 3 rn

top 3 on quarters + top 1 on premlins make semis

top 2 on semis make finals

[dense jackal]

As the laziest entry, I resent the accusation that this competition pushed me even a little 😆

[limpid sphinx]

oh i passed to semis

[stiff viper]

AHH GOD SEMIS ARE HERE

Best of luck to everyone participating!

[cedar quest]

anyways

time to work on the next set of polls

[unkempt yoke]

Its so hard to pick a fav this time! theyre all so gooooood ; ;

[grizzled yew]

I love the time polling starts. Its right before I get home from work so I can curl up in my ‘puter chair and end my night w those

[tulip tusk]

ah my boy is here! probably not gonna pass this though

[blissful kindle]

Lmao the last poll has a F vote

[cedar quest]

oh oops

there

[dull crater]

The last 2 both do. I was about to ask if it's normal on poles with spaces...

[lunar comet]

that's for if you don't like any of the sprites

[cedar quest]

galaxy brain solution

just make F not an option

[dull crater]

[cedar quest]

sometimes it's just toooo easy

this totally can't backfire

[stiff viper]

Hey Gordo, how to semis work for which sprites move to finals? Is it the top 2 in each bracket? Or the 1st place in each bracket?

[limpid sphinx]

yea top 2

[stiff viper]

So nervous rn