event-general

[cyan gull]

and you fuse it with any pokemon that has a colorless TCG card

and each side has to contribute at least 1 prompt

[acoustic saddle]

oh

[cyan gull]

so you can't just use jigglypuff and a random pokemon and call that Colorless TCG + Smash

[acoustic saddle]

i thought it has to be a normal in smash + any mon

[cyan gull]

[near horizon]

people finally getting a klinklang contest xD

[mortal void]

decent odds on this raffle for those who dare want to sprite klinklang I doubt many do

I am determined to get PotW eventually 😤

[turbid girder]

Should be fun

Gotta find a klingklang first

[flint lintel]

if someone is looking to do 'glossy' Goldeen/Skarmory is unclaimed in the wild list 😉

[steady pasture]

I think someone made a concept for it in #1118681755759693865

Yep, found it #1118681755759693865 message

Make sure to claim it in the spreadsheet if u intend to pick it up

[glossy nova]

uh guys what is the current game version i may ask ?

[cyan gull]

6.1.4 iirc

[glossy nova]

my thanks

[cyan gull]

np

[agile mesa]

This is definitely perfect for Minecraft’s 15th anniversary!

[paper trench]

lol

[broken robin]

how did milian know

[worthy shuttle]

its a realm that i play with my school friends on

ive been playing a lot lately

the owner became kim jong un and took everyones rights for like 30 minutes

so everyone moved out rhe main village and everyones divided into different countries basically

we all call the main village north korea and the place most of us ran off to is south korea

two people are still in nk

the owner moved to china

another one of my friends is somewhere in alaska

so ye its fun

[little cypress]

This would be funny if it wasn’t so accurate

[worthy shuttle]

ye he turned everyone into a visitor

[slender thunder]

minecraft

[candid plover]

how did he take their rights? oh wait visitor nvm

[subtle moss]

I think I'll be using an alt prompt for the last day

I don't have any interest in the NPC customization

[sly shuttle]

Pooll?!?

[dense crow]

Whats a mergemay

[subtle moss]

oh

hm

might be interested now

[cloud pulsar]

aint no way

[tranquil fable]

Plenty of time

[subtle moss]

I might make my Pokémon OC, then.

[tranquil fable]

I am still at week 2

I need to stop playing PokeRogue and get back to spriting

[subtle moss]

Same, I've only done up to day 14.

Almost halfway

Whenever I sit down and do Mergemay sprites I end up being exactly one week behind

[tulip tusk]

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION

[dense crow]

So we do the big sprite only right

Do we need to add the animations and allat im too lazy to read

[dull mortar]

I think you need to do all the animations

[tulip tusk]

ah they didn't specify much, I don't want to ping howls but I have a lot of questions

[dull mortar]

also mergemay is a daily prompt challenge where you make a sprite every day based on a word! or accomplishing a certain goal, in the instance of Custom Base

[dull mortar]

can't alt prompt the last day

[subtle moss]

yeah, I know that now

[tulip tusk]

I want to ask what's the intent of the outfit contest? like there's no theme and there's probably going to be issues of elaborate detailed outfits vs ones that fit the pokemon style as a trainer outfit, like I want to know restrictions and such

[dense crow]

Just make a supernatural being that looks completely different from the pokemon world and add something like “i came from another world” xd

[tulip tusk]

plus what are the things needed? is it just hat and outfit? do you need to do hair?

[subtle moss]

I mean, I will be doing hair

[errant shard]

There is a greater than 0% chance that a Goku sprite will be made because the directions weren't conveniently listed LOL

[dense crow]

They said nothing completely out of place tho plus no reference or sum

[naive summit]

basically the only restrictions are the ones I could find in the customization thread/form

[daring adder]

tfw when I cant make my trainer in calamity mod armor

[naive summit]

no specific theme, can be as elaborate or simple as you prefer

[subtle moss]

It says "No complete sprite replacements", but that just means that they won't be used for the contest right, you can just make them for the fun of it?

[dense crow]

So we basically make our own character

[tulip tusk]

I'm gonna submit my already made outfits /j

[naive summit]

they wont be added to the game either

[subtle moss]

Well yeah, I knew that

That's why I said 'for the fun of it'.

[naive summit]

then ye sure

[tulip tusk]

I kinda have a weird idea but I really don't want to make an overcomplicated design that tries too hard (nor make an overworld sprite for that type of thing)

[cyan gull]

I do wonder what the color count limit is

Since it's a smaller canvas

[naive summit]

Infinite Fusion doesn't have a color limit

go wild

[cyan gull]

That's not what the bot tells me when I mess up

[subtle moss]

Yeah, since when

[eager wyvern]

this is howl's attempt to give the fusion bot more work

[naive summit]

the game itself does not have a color limit like the vanilla games did the bot limit is separate and related to spriting guidelines, not hardware limitation

[eager wyvern]

do i need to go find the record holder for most colours in a sprite again

[naive summit]

it'd probs be the joke alt of Stan Lee

[tulip tusk]

that one gardevoir sprite

[eager wyvern]

oh i mean one that has the record but isn't in the game

correction, it has the similarity score record (4297)

146 colours

bot took a few seconds to process it lmao

[cinder stag]

wtf is that

[eager wyvern]

the similarity score record breaker

[cinder stag]

yeah but what fusion is it

[eager wyvern]

nothing, made it with the express purpose of testing the bot's limits

[cinder stag]

oh

[eager wyvern]

so its not in the game, nor attached to a fusion

i could attach it to one, but i'd probably break the spriting guidelines about 14 times over if i put this in the gallery

[cedar quest]

That's right all of MergeMay was a ploy to get more Character Customization

[tulip tusk]

wait can you join if you didn't do mergemay?

[wide flower]

i assume so

i dont see why not

[formal river]

yes

[lament matrix]

Little new event going on in #1213539303876206643 so if you like Spritedokus and Goats come over!
I will be happy to see anyone who wants to participate!

Link to the event:
#1213539303876206643 message

[minor garnet]

I am gonna be working on mergemay

also expect to see a eauropapa customization

[dusk zodiac]

IS TOTODILE HONEDGE A TOTO REFFERENCE

[little cypress]

Yes

[little cypress]

@silent jasper will be happy someone got it

[silent jasper]

YES IT IS

https://tenor.com/view/toto-africa-music-video-singer-gif-17560565

[dusk zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kiss-kiss-cat-cat-kissing-camera-meme-cat-camera-gif-26164733

first toto song i've heared

hold the line

on gta san andreas radio

i was like "holy shit this kinda slaps"

[silk plank]

this event sounds pretty interesting

[torn vine]

Ayo I'm the big dum dum, how does one submit to the weekly event? I've got one for flowers

[rich hemlock]

Just plop your sprite in the drive linked in the announcement and add your name to your entry :)

[torn vine]

graci

[minor garnet]

arrivedecci

[lament matrix]

Little event going on in the #1213539303876206643 channel
Maybe you guys can stop by👀

[worthy shuttle]

might be a dumb question but does mergemay still go on even after may ends? i swear i coulda saw mergemay entries back in like september last year

[cyan gull]

welcome to JergeJune

you can complete whenever

[dull mortar]

there's gonna be a collage for everything before the end of the costume contest I believe, so if you want in on that you gotta post before then

[subtle moss]

JoinJune

[minor garnet]

jrinkandjrivejune

[heavy furnace]

I kind of want to do the character customization event but they aren't adding references clothes to the game for some reason

[tulip tusk]

because then the game will only have ref clothes since a lot of people want to do them rather than custom outfits

[heavy furnace]

Well, people have been working on clothes for a while and no one had done one until they specified that

[tulip tusk]

I think it was always stated that clothes can't have references?

[eager wyvern]

they cant just be a reference

its fine if its tactifully hidden

like it still looks like a generic shirt, but has enough details to give off a hidden reference

[tranquil fable]

Btw, about the clothes, do you have to do all of the frames (walking, running, fishing, surfing, etc), or just the default?

[eager wyvern]

can't just make master chief's armour, but you can make a generic outfit that could look like master chieys armour

[eager wyvern]

i believe all of them

[heavy furnace]

It wasn't in the initial instructions in Character Customization

[tulip tusk]

ok but still, I get why reference outfits won't be added in game

[heavy furnace]

But a bunch of the fusions are references

[cyan gull]

references are not allowed for CC by Frog decree

[tulip tusk]

those are optional and easily changed, solid outfits need to be sold at placed/unlockable

[heavy furnace]

Where it is optional

[tulip tusk]

you can change sprites?

[heavy furnace]

You could just not buy/unlock those clothes

[eager wyvern]

i think its because outfits need to be both available at the start, and in the game world, if its filled with references there wont be any space for normal clothes since no one wants to scroll through 300 outfits looking for something not a reference

[tulip tusk]

they still have to be added in the game somewhere

[cyan gull]

references that aren't clearly what they're supposed to be get instaalted

[eager wyvern]

basically you just can't have too many items or the feature won't be usable

and references would fill that limited space up fast

[heavy furnace]

Are they putting them all on NPC's?

[tulip tusk]

also I know you made the point before but there's an issue with people not spriting clothes in the first place, allowing for references at this point would incentivize people to just do outfits for references rather than for actual game stuff since outfits are painful

it can't even be released yet because there's not enough people doing outfits to sprite all the default outfits

[heavy furnace]

Yeah, being told that rule after I finished a reference outfit is why I haven't made one since

[cyan gull]

either way, Frog decree

[tulip tusk]

well that sucks but it doesn't mean the rule doesn't make sense, it's just that it was added way too late (plus you can always mod it in)

[heavy furnace]

I know, I'm pretty sure frog said it after I asked because mine was rejected

[cyan gull]

maybe

but I'm bringing it up because it's a classic rule 19 moment

[heavy furnace]

I think they should put the rule in the pin because I don't think it's put anywhere

[cyan gull]

?tag rule19

[urban knot]

Rule 19 CODE OF CONDUCT: Respect staff decisions. The staff here are volunteers who love this community, and want to see it thrive. Please try not to assume malicious intentions if they make a decision you disagree with. If you have any issues with a staff member’s decision, please complete the Complaint Form pinned in ⁠announcements.

[heavy furnace]

I meant in character customization so no one else makes the mistake I did

Cause that's not something written anywhere so you can make a whole spritesheet just for it to get rejected without you realizing it wasn't allowed

[quartz locust]

Not the record holder, but the unedited version of Venusaur / Ninetales had over 1200 colours, essentially one for every non-transparent pixel. 😅

[eager wyvern]

thats a LOT

[quartz locust]

You'd think it was all because of the (amazing) gradient, but even the fur had extreme amounts of colours. 😂

[cyan gull]

Necrozma/Ultra Necrozma sprite inbound

[eager wyvern]

unironically Necrozma/Porygon

[dull mortar]

good lord

necrozma porygon sounds like a cutie

[little cypress]

It was very saturated and colorful but the middle colors (yellows and oranges) kind of got lost, I like yours better because all the colors are clearly distinct

(And also not a heart attack number of total colors)

[blissful kindle]

Wooooo congrats @compact gulch ! Amaura supremacy!

[void sluice]

[plucky arch]

zamn how do you find out catch rate

[cloud solstice]

you can find all the possible pokemons in #1240773622612889681

[plucky arch]

smort

[rapid knot]

Uhhhhhh
How is fusion catch rate calculated?

[cloud solstice]

by the body

[void sluice]

hiii Tee
in any case, blame Chroma

[rapid knot]

I know the head has something to do with it, though

[void sluice]

[cloud solstice]

we need to add that to the annoncement

[plucky arch]

yo whatup

[rapid knot]

Because that beldum/paras was super hard to catch

[void sluice]

oke oke I'll add it

smh Chroma you look like my wife

[compact gulch]

Yay! Weird little Kakuna dude did it!

[novel cape]

I have an idea already

[blissful kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/scratch-heart-play-pokemon-amaura-gif-26302067

[void sluice]

done

@blissful kindle do I really need to deal with that french wife? she's insane

[novel cape]

Ima just do it
Prob will need to use a custom base as a ref

[void sluice]

what matters is you having fun

[blissful kindle]

Give her wine, even if she doesn't like it, it will calm her down, it's in the genes

[novel cape]

I have a funny idea

[void sluice]

check yo dms

[novel cape]

What's the app called again on phone that's good for spriting?

[cursive brook]

What is it?

[novel cape]

Houndoom has a catch rate of 45/255 right?
And audino is pink

So houndoom body
But audino head-

Oh wait

Hm

Does flaafy count as pink...

Hm...hoppip might also be funny

Or snubbul

[void sluice]

if you want to, in the pins on the #1240773622612889681 channel there is a list and a chart of eligible mons for it

[quartz locust]

Is there a text list of the Mergemay prompts? The text in the announcement post is super hard to read on my end, for some reason. 😮

[steady pasture]

Oh, Blaq's alive

[quartz locust]

I never said I was alive. 😛

[shrewd garnet]

blaq's a ghost O_O

[little cypress]

I'm unsure if there is or not so I'll make one:
Aquatic
Glitter
Jungle
Plushy
Opposite Types
Cannon
Marsh
Ancient Egypt
Glass
Simple
Mirror
Hero/Villain
Suburbia
Ablaze
Levitate
Inorganic
Insectoid
Weak
Glossy
Mutation
Symbiotic
Faux
Primal
Geometric
Custom Base
Floral
Alchemy
Colony
Food
Tropical
NPC Customization

[little cypress]

Undead, difference ()

[surreal yarrow]

do we need to do anything to submit a sprite to milan royale?
or just put it in the title

[cloud solstice]

You need to post it in gallery with the Milian royale in the title and the week number
I think it's pinned in the thread

[surreal yarrow]

ok thanks! I couldn't find the thread haha

[slender thunder]

Audino isn't in the game

[quartz locust]

My idea for glitter was going to be a glitter cannon, but that's a separate category. 😂

[dull mortar]

yolo

[cloud solstice]

Fuse the prompts to make 15 fusions instead

[timid ruin]

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/my-little-pony-mlp-canon-gif-11340129

Pinkie Pie approves though

[tired mantle]

make it the mark rober glitter bomb

[quartz locust]

I went in a VERY different direction in the end. A Smeargle. 😄

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/taste-the-rainbow-giraffe-skittles-cotton-candy-pride-gif-22071315

[minor garnet]

Yall

do you want "Eminemace's Awesome Reference Weekly"-lore?

[slender thunder]

[minor garnet]

#1222376526805209201 message

[slender thunder]

the lore

[minor garnet]

yes its crazy

[minor garnet]

fnaf aint even close

[misty acorn]

so when's the next secret santa?

[near horizon]

at christmas, maybe

[misty acorn]

damn

[formal river]

Summer secret santa at the end of june

[subtle moss]

Secret Fanta

[eager wyvern]

Secret Santa, southern hemisphere edition

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/fanta-wannafanta-gif-8462806

[lost lintel]

this could be completely off topic and i'm fine with getting flagged for it 🤣 this gif just screams coo-coo cola

[minor garnet]

yeah most people just dont give a damn lol

[little cypress]

Wow @cyan gull, just casually throwing UN in a Theme Blitz? That’s hardcore

[wise creek]

Do I have to be a legit spriter to participate in some of the events?

[cloud solstice]

for the events in #1149373303669145751 if they don't require to post to gallery, it should be good, but you can ask specifically to the event organizer(s)
the contests are open to everyone by default

I can't speak for the other events but #1240773622612889681 is open for non spriters

[plucky arch]

every time a Blitz happens i check just to see if one of my sprites happens to be one of the already completed ones

maybe some day

[sly shuttle]

The trick is to look at the future prompts and complete the grid in secret

[plucky arch]

im on the beach sipping martinis

[gaunt sigil]

I wanna get back into spriting for competitions but I kinda just lack ideas and motivation

[near horizon]

do mergemay

[gaunt sigil]

That’s kinda what made me stop for a bit

[steady pasture]

I kinda wanna try judging an event, i wonder if there's any pre-requisites?

[eager wyvern]

Step 1: Create an Event

Step 2: ???

Step 3: Oh no they're MULTIPLYING

[steady pasture]

Sounds troublesome...

[cerulean crag]

I mean u can't judge events if ur not in the event so

That's a bare minimum rrquisit

[near horizon]

Tutorial in 4 steps :

• create a #1222376526805209201,
• hope people joins,
• judge them,
• go back to step 1

[steady pasture]

Pass then lol, sounds like work

[cloud solstice]

You can ask an event host to help judging or if you can help with the event IG
#1197599880827392070 sometimes ask someone else to judge

[cedar quest]

Not true

[cloud solstice]

It would be to the opposite lmao, if you participate to the event you shouldn't judge cuz there's a massive bias

[cedar quest]

Byeag

[steady pasture]

I mean even if i didn't participate, i'd still have a huge bias... Just put Gardevoir or Lopunnies in your sprite

[sly shuttle]

Just rank your own sprite in F tier

[cloud solstice]

then what's the point of entering

[sly shuttle]

Providing an example for the other participants

[cedar quest]

Byeah we got a rule similar to that with our votes as well

We discourage voting and entering in the same thing, but if you really wanna you can only vote so high on ur own

[subtle moss]

Green is my favorite shade of pink

[cloud solstice]

I'll fix that

[rapid knot]

https://tenor.com/view/aesthetic-pink-white-green-gif-26291436

Just do both

Pink and green

[void sluice]

as I said

blame Chroma

[warped geyser]

May I ask how we know a fusion's color and form ?

[cloud pulsar]

double ping for the same event lmao

[compact gulch]

usually there are .txt lists which may be pending

[void sluice]

there will be list of eligible Pokémon in the thread :3
and the link to the form

[void sluice]

it wasnt the same smh
it was one ending and one starting

[warped geyser]

I mean, I form I meant shape of the pokemon hehe
But alrighty. I'll wait a bit for the list then 👍

[cloud solstice]

we added the lists in #1240773622612889681 as well as a chart to help
the color and body shape are given by the pokedex infos (from the official games)

[void sluice]

oh well, they're on the pins now! ❤️

[warped geyser]

👍

[agile mesa]

So green with wings…

Shiny Dragonite is green, Hydragon is green when shiny…

[cloud solstice]

the colors must be the pokedex color (which sometimes don't fit well )
we made lists of eligible pokemon in the thread

[tulip tusk]

I was hoping both would be open since for bodies that means pride flag wing designs could be done

[midnight pumice]

Bird.

[midnight pumice]

We probably are gonna do both like usual, but we need to have at least one of them as our main goal, because it’s gonna be a little difficult to do both of them and make over 500+ fusions in a month (not saying that it would be impossible )

[quick wharf]

Ho-oh bodies sound painful

[little cypress]

the bodies need over 50 more fusions, BUT those wouldn't necessarily be Pride colors by default, so that should probably be the main goal?

[dawn prairie]

Voted ho oh heads just bc i can envision people actually starting them

[naive summit]

I won't lie, I prefer bodies personally because you can do some fun color schemes using the head mons to make pride flags (which is what happened with Sylveon bodies), but wanted to see what everyone else thought 👀

both will probably be open though! just need one to focus on since I don't want to stress everyone with tryin to complete 500 sprites right after Mergemay

[compact gulch]

stretch goals are fun

[eager wyvern]

can i do pride rush but it's just various interpretations of Lesbeon?

Either way Ariados is the best mon for Lesbian colours

also why not both :3

[eager wyvern]

im absolutely doing this btw

you can't stop me

im finding all the perfect pride flag coloured pokemon

[silk plank]

lesbeon is a fire name HAHAHA

[rich hemlock]

As someone who has gotten the response "enby pokemon my beloved" from a friend after sharing some chandelure/litwick head fusions, I guess that's one of my pics

[eager wyvern]

so far we have

This list is not exhaustive, and remember that any pokemon you identify with is valid

Gay AF 🏳️‍🌈 = Ho-Oh
Lesbian/WLW = Ariados / Volcarona / Vulpix / Flareon / Magmortar / Blaziken / Paras / Oricorio Baile Style (maybe) / Moltres
Gay/MLM = Golett / Golurk / Blastoise (maybe) / Articuno / Glaceon / Vaporeon / Dragonair / Mudkip Line / Piplup Line
Bi =Toxapex / Tangrowth / Suicune (maybe) / Wooper / Misdreavus / Jynx - NonIF = Cosmog
Trans = Sylveon / Porygon / Azumarill Line (Canonical Trans Pokemon for a while) / Golbat line (maybe)
Pan = Cresselia / Bruxish (i now have reason to like Bruxish) / Carvanha / Porygon-Z / Milotic / Dhelmise (maybe) / Typhlosion Line - NonIF = Blacephalon
Non-Binary = Litwick Line / Aegislash / Ultra Necrozma / Mawile / Giratina / Drifloon Line / Jolteon / Psyduck / Meowth
Genderqueer = Goodra / Noivern
Queer = Noibat / Tyrogue / Espeon
Aromantic = Meloetta Aria / Regigigas / Nincada / Rayquaza / Chikorita / Ferrothorn Line / Reuniclus Line / Luxray Line / Cottonee / Flygon
Agender = Chikorita / Rayquaza / Nincada / Ferrothorn Line / Celebi / Farfetch'd
Asexual = Chandelure / Shuppet / Noibat / Necrozma / Armaldo
AroAce = Galvantula / Joltik / Cofagrigus / Dunsparce / Jirachi / Golurk - NonIF = Buizel
AroAllo = Budew / Bellsprout Line / Regigigas / Rayquaza / Vibrava / Grotle / Cradily / Kecleon / Sceptile / Sunflora Line / Politoed / Spinarak / Bayleef / Leafeon
Intersex = Raikou / Galvantula (maybe) / Drifloon Line / Mawile (maybe) / Alakazam Line (maybe)
Demigirl = Stufful / Bewear / Palkia / Mewtwo / Latias / Mewtwo
Demiboy = Klink / Klang / Klinklang / Dialga / Honedge / Latios / Aron / Regice / Kyurem
Demigender = Ultra Necrozma / Ninjask / Klefki / Arceus
Bigender = Genesect / Shuppet / Scolipede Line / Sableye
Fluid= Doublade / Lileep / Weavile / Ditto (i mean its a fluid lol) / Arbok / Scolipede Line (maybe) / Oricorio in general tbh / Mewtwo (maybe)
Flux= Doublade / Oricorio Sensu Style / Oricorio Pa'u Style / Oricorio in general tbh / Jumpluff / Lanturn Line
Omni = Pyukumuku / Spiritomb / Mismagius / Gengar / Gastly / Scolipede Line / Oricorio in general tbh
Poly = Grovyle / Gallade / Meganium / Ivysaur / Venusaur
Nonpronominal = Necrozma / Unown / Absol / Aggron / Darkrai / Zekrom / Glalie / Reshiram / Shelgon / Dewgong Line

[naive summit]

Sylveon as trans is a given

[eager wyvern]

if you have more, suggest, we need a list

true

[merry mica]

ho oh rush

gotta update my ho oh charts

[compact gulch]

tyrogue's palette is pretty queer

[rich hemlock]

tangrowth for bi? edit: also seeing hydreigon line

[sly shuttle]

*Cries in Bisexual

[eager wyvern]

hows that

just added Bi

lol

[sly shuttle]

Nothing can compete with shiny toucannon

[sly shuttle]

Cosmog has the colors as a non-if option

Formatting would look way better with the identity first

[eager wyvern]

probably right lol

There we go

thats the best list i can come up with when im sleep deprived

[merry mica]

body chart updated
apparently i didnt make a heads chart so gonna make that rq

[little cypress]

Asexual needs a line break

[eager wyvern]

did that fix it? it has one for me

[little cypress]

Also can we pin that?

[little cypress]

No but it may just be Discord mobile being a dick per usual

[eager wyvern]

that should fix it

i hope

[sly shuttle]

Salamence also needs to be an alt

[eager wyvern]

Bigender
Intersex
Non-Binary
Asexual
Trans

only have 1 atm, any more are appreciated

[merry mica]

heres some shiny ones too

[eager wyvern]

I wont include shinies because this is a complicted list already, but there's quite a lot of them there that i should add

[merry mica]

also noivern maybe for genderqueer

oop u got it

also ivysaur and venusaur for polysexual

[cedar quest]

Probs is, but then u get to use

✨ This ✨

Doesn't that sound fun????

[tranquil fable]

As someone who does Chandelure/Litwick head fusions I have to say "w h a t"

[merry mica]

infernape could also be aroace

alloace for sableye prob

for the "i do not wish to be percieved" that could be the nonpronominal flag

could prob also add absol to that

and some more possible aroallo mons

ok i think thats everything

[dull mortar]

numel :)

[merry mica]

numel : )

[eager wyvern]

i think this is 100% done

or well mostly

obviously im gonna miss some, but thats a large supply of IF pokemon with pride colours

[merry mica]

[eager wyvern]

hope it gets pinned so people can have an easier time choosing what pride-mons to do

[ancient palm]

what are the options i can’t see cuz i don’t have the polls update

[eager wyvern]

Ho-Oh Heads
Ho-Oh Bodys

as the Ho-Oh Rush

[ancient palm]

oh boy! wings!

[silk plank]

wow

thats a lot

pokemon really does have favorites, huh?

[raw horizon]

is there a list of Bi pokemon... for no specified reason

nvm, found it

[raw horizon]

can we pin this?

[cerulean crag]

Just so we're clear, what bigender flag or what polyamory flag will be used for pride rush?

There's a lot of flags around

[broken robin]

I dont really think it matters? It's not like making the fusion resemble any flag is a prerequisite or anything

like you could say this design was inspired by x flag and thats fine

[sick herald]

there's a pride rush?

[broken robin]

#event-announcements message

[sick herald]

oh ho-oh

[sudden crow]

Oh shit Pride rushhh

I'm hypedddd

[sudden crow]

This reminded me of the futch spectrum someone did with fish pokemon

there also exists an Eeveelution version

[tranquil fable]

Wait

I just searched something and Allosexual/romantic means someone who fells sexual/romantic attraction

Sure?

[merry mica]

yes

allo- would be the opposite to a-

[tranquil fable]

Interesting...

You learn something new everyday huh

[merry mica]

ye

[tranquil fable]

Also, may I ask, what's the difference beetween AroAllo and Aromantic?

Because one is someone who feels no/little romantic attraction but feels sexual attraction, and the other feels no/little romantic attraction without specifying sexual attraction, but since it's not AroAce it implies that they feel

[merry mica]

aromantic is its own identity that can sometimes be paired with asexual but not all the time
some people prefer to just identify as aromantic

[fleet fiber]

Yooo I got a idea for bonsly

[merry mica]

some aromantic people also identify as heterosexual, bisexual, etc and prefer to use aroallo to indicate that they do feel sexual attraction, just not romantic attraction

it kinda just depends if the aspec person wants to follow the split attraction model (shortened to sam) or not

[tranquil fable]

So we have gender, sexual attraction and romantic attraction, I wonder if there's more...

[merry mica]

its a model that splits attraction into romantic, sexual, platonic, etc

[tranquil fable]

Oh there's more

[merry mica]

aplatonic is something i just recently learned about

i dont quite understand it yet but its interesting to learn more about

[tranquil fable]

Ok, platonic is apparently just friendship

I think

[merry mica]

ye

[tranquil fable]

Ah yes, no friens >:<

[merry mica]

some people just dont feel that platonic attraction with other people

[tranquil fable]

Damm

I wonder how is the life of someone who's an Aplatonic AroAce

Maximum loneliness

[cinder stag]

very special on twitter

[merry mica]

depends on the person
since theres plenty of triple a's that can and do participate in sexual/romantic/platonic acts with other people, they just dont feel that attraction tho

[tranquil fable]

Why would they tho?

[merry mica]

some people just
maybe prefer to stick to themselves

because that might be what someone theyre close to wants

or it might be something they want to try out

could be fun to do those acts, and they just dont feel that connection with other people

depends on the person! lol

[tranquil fable]

Though they don't want friends or partners theoretically, so that leaves just family members I believe, and well... Not a good idea ;-;

[merry mica]

if thats what they like then nothing stopping them

[tranquil fable]

Anyways, good talk, though I think we should stop since you know, event general ;-;

(Though sometime I need to make someone explain gender identities to me...)

[merry mica]

lol

i dont mind explaining to people who are genuinely curious
i know a little bit about several gender identities and sexual orientations, mostly from my friends taking the time to also explain to me and also from researching some myself
theres definitely a bunch that im still trying to learn about and understand but ye, trying my best

[little cypress]

Throwing in random flags while discussing the topics could make it relevant

[slender thunder]

Or a 🦘

[eager wyvern]

i have no power over this

[shrewd dirge]

Salamence is trans too

[eager wyvern]

[sick herald]

they fall?

[near horizon]

[feral surge]

since I'm quite new here - will the event work like you choose a flag you want to make or are you suppose to make 1 for every day of the month?

[cloud solstice]

I don't think you have to take a flag, you just have to do a ho-oh fusion (with a priority towards either head or body depending on the poll outcome) it's just that you can take inspo from a flag for the fusion
You just need to do one sprite to be participating

[feral surge]

okay great thank you

[dense jackal]

I did two fusions last pride month and neither of them were flag focused, they were just regular fusions. The amusing part to me is that whoever got to seadra/sylveon first did go pride flag mode. So you get a sudden pride flag in the middle of the horsea/sylveon line, and then it goes away again 😛

[sick herald]

yeah u dont need to make a flag lmao

[eager wyvern]

[slender thunder]

wah wah
I don't want to sprite creepy birds

[dull mortar]

imade sure tomake the non pride version too but the pan one lives on the chart :y

[slender thunder]

maybe I'll find a way to make ho-oh not creepy by removing every ho-oh aspect (except for the wings because those look nice)

[shrewd garnet]

(late af but i was just reading backlog lol) while not a perfect analogy, it's like eating a donut, but not because you like donuts, you're just hungry

[slender thunder]

||I understand it less now :p||

[shrewd garnet]

id give a better example, but thatd be going into rule 2 territory 😔

bc that version of attraction is the easiest one for me to explain personally

im aroace myself, so this stuff is all second nature to me, making it hard to explain to someone who doesnt exp it like me

[dull mortar]

its like when youre fine just hanging out by yourself, and then your buddy wants to play games, and youre not a games person but you want ur buddy to be happy or youre curious about trying the game, but could easily also not play the game

[shrewd garnet]

yea yea

or maybe you like one specific feature of that specific game, but the rest of the genre isnt for you

[dull mortar]

you like hades rogue-like because of dusa, and only hades rogue-like. because of dusa

[elder venture]

I feel like we could do heads AND bodies for this rush. The cresselia heads were done by a month (was it a month?) and there weren't any fusions to start with.

[desert rune]

Mmm enby Lunala ideas,,

[slender thunder]

me when lunala isn't in the game

you can still make it tho

[broken robin]

The counterpoint is that we barely managed to complete the bunearies for the Easter rush - part of the issue being that there are so many mini events now that people forget a rush is happening. 😅 (Not a real issue, I love mini events, but still)

[steady pasture]

Not to mention, Ho-oh isn't an easy material

Sure, we've done a Cresselia rush before in terms of legendaries, but Cresselia is much easier to sprite than Ho-oh

[elder venture]

True. I personally feel like there's a little too many events going on which probably does affect things, I have no idea what's happening at one moment.

[subtle moss]

I didn't participate in the event but one of my sprites is still in it

[broken robin]

Honestly having a separate major and minor events announcements channel makes sense to me

With major having a reward outside of the event winner role

[desert rune]

Yeh, just for funsies

[shrewd garnet]

yeah i was thinking of holding off on bingo next month bc of this

confession: ive been losing steam making up prompts for it anyhow

[misty acorn]

Idk if there are any "normal" contests planned, but if not, maybe change the server icon to something more sprite-like?

[mortal void]

could change it to something pride related for next month?

[plain gulch]

If there is a hoh-oh rush or any rush maybe there could be like a mini contest for day one for the icon to get people hyped for it out of the gate

[slender thunder]

the actual dragalgae/delphox sprite

[raw horizon]

This would be fun

[lone schooner]

Damn, Flygon is my favorite pokemon of all time as well lol

[eager wyvern]

[dull elbow]

Jolteon just like me frfr

No Joltik and Ho-Oh fusions. Maybe this is my calling

[eager wyvern]

i think im totally making a Ho-Oh body fusion with a head mon for every flag this month

i mean why not

can contribute to the rush, just with bodies as Ho-Oh as a head is not something i'm good at lol

[midnight pumice]

Ho-Oh Contest would be really cool

[subtle moss]

Would it be too much of a flex to make the Mergemay alt prompts in addition to already having done the main ones

[dull mortar]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I've already partially done just that so

[subtle moss]

Well I still need the NPC customization too

Even though I'm still not totally sure on what it all entails, I'll watch to see what others do tomorrow.

[dull mortar]

well if you make an outfit you gotta make a bunch a lil guys, if you make a hat you dont have to make nearly as many little guys

[subtle moss]

oh I was gonna do both

[dull mortar]

godspeed

[subtle moss]

But back then they said that you didn;t have to do all the overworld sprites?

Hm, confused now.

[dull mortar]

uhhhh I don't remember this hold on (I mean kinda feels like I might as well so that the player can wear it but I look first)

[subtle moss]

In fact I was heavily discouraged from doing so

[dull mortar]

might be good to ask for clerification, the event post says templates so I was assuming all

[subtle moss]

Clarification, what you said sounds like being turned into a cleric.

[dull mortar]

maybe you should become a cleric

[wide flower]

i cant believe the vote is leaning ho oh heads, when you can use the bodies to make infinite different pride flags

[merry mica]

ikr

but its alright since we can do bodies after heads if it gets finished quick enough

[rich hemlock]

because ho oh bodies hard

[mighty light]

Does anyone know what the criteria are for those sprite tier list ranking things are? I'm curious if it's based on like, sprite fidelity, or if it's just completely a subjective thing

[wide flower]

it will probably take more than a day, the sheer amount of overworld sprites is.... daunting

[little cypress]

I can't believe it because the heads have more sprites done

[wide flower]

ive been going hard for a couple hours and have done 1/5th of the total overworld sprites for the outfit, not even the hair yet

and i dont even know if they look good

[little cypress]

wow I'm impressed, overworld sprites take a LOT

[merry mica]

im p sure its just subjective

[steady pasture]

Oh wait... that's not Milian royale... then idk lol

[near horizon]

the best is to ask/look in #1240773622612889681

[worthy turtle]

for the costume contest winner, do we choose where our npc will be and how they'll be represented?

because if so, i really want people to have to battle mine

[cloud solstice]

We mostly rank on the technical skills of the sprite and writing of the dex entry and the coherence between the two, but we're going to do some changes to the ranking soon

[merry mica]

honestly i think the best way to score sprites is to separate it into:

how unique the overall idea is
how well the sprite was executed / technical stuff
maybe extra scoring based off of if it fits the pokemon style vs additional visual effects

maybe also extra scoring based on how much the sprite looking like a fusion of the two pokemon?

just some ideas

i find that fusions that i really like the idea behind get scored lower for some reason and i want people to be rewarded for being creative about it

like maybe the idea wasnt executed the best in a technical sense but its the idea behind the fusion that makes it really cool and unique

hope that makes sense lol

[sick herald]

yeah but if it isnt representing the two pokemon well as a fusion

it shouldn't be ranked as highly for a pokemon fusion contest

[merry mica]

yeah im saying that the ones i liked a lot did look like fusions of the pokemon and the idea behind the fusion is unique
its more that technical stuff held it back

thats why im also suggesting a scoring for how much the sprite looks like a fusion

like, heres an example off the top of my head to give u an idea

a delibird fusion that makes part of the fusion look like a snowglobe
maybe its a lapras body or a torterra body and it would still look like the fusion yeah?
but the technical ability of the sprite artist may be a bit limited so its maybe not that technically impressive as, lets say a sprite by mope or something

i think that the idea of the sprite should still be a part of the ranking

[sick herald]

what if the idea isnt very clear

[merry mica]

this isnt an actual sprite made for any contest, just something off the top of my head
but that should give you an idea of what im talking about

[sick herald]

like its not communicated well

[merry mica]

then that wouldnt be part of the idea part and more on the technical side of the scoring

or maybe more of like a middling idea score

or maybe the main idea scoring would be how much of the fusion was part of the unique idea
idk thats more up to the contest managers to decide

[sick herald]

i mean like what if the judges cant tell what the idea is

[merry mica]

i think since the contest in question is one that takes into account the pokedex entry then the idea could most likely be picked up on from that

[broken robin]

There’s not a really good objective way to score an art contest imo. It is what it is

Impossible to separate your own preferences and biases

[plucky arch]

art is subjective is like the #1 thing about art lmao

[sick herald]

true

[merry mica]

yeah, its all very subjective but there are ways to implement a rubrik or something like that so people can know what theyre being scored on

rubriks are very helpful for both scoring and for artists to have a base understanding of what theyre being scored on

[broken robin]

What if I think the most important part of a sprite is technical execution tho - I wouldn’t necessarily want that weighted the same as “ideas”

It really boils down to preferences no matter how much you slice it

[merry mica]

something like this could be very helpful

idk i think a big part of artwork is the idea behind it

klinklang sprites are a good showcase of that

sure a fusion that puts the head right on the klinklang can be technically impressive
but a lot of them rely on creativity

[broken robin]

High concept sprites have their place but I really like sprites with a simple concept executed well

Like the snorunt contest winners

[merry mica]

its the difference between a jirachi sprite just having a bunch of space visual effects versus miltank jirachi being a literal milky way

[sick herald]

true

[merry mica]

thats kinda what im trying to get at

[sick herald]

technical is more important imo, bc like if the sprite doesnt look amazing, i wont like it as much, regardless if its a good idea or not

[cloud solstice]

noted we'll judge on behavior in class
I'm joking btw just to make it clear in case

[merry mica]

LOL

NOOOOOO NOT MY BEHAVIOR IN CLASSSSSSS

[sick herald]

"you didn't start a riot in #event-general, full marks"

[slender thunder]

Yeah my favorite sprites honestly are the ones that just have very nice shading and not too much going on, just clean and polished overall
It's surprisingly hard to do that

[sick herald]

sadfrog and gasmask the goat at that

[slender thunder]

yeah

[merry mica]

fuck i just realized ive been thinking and reading and not at all listening to the youtube video i put on

where the hell did i zone out at

[cloud solstice]

I like both nicely detailed and original takes and also simple and clean sprites

[cloud solstice]

it just became background sound for the debate

[merry mica]

lol not really a debate
more just talking and spitballing ideas

[cloud solstice]

truu true

[cinder stag]

https://tenor.com/view/peepo-spit-gif-26415294

[broken robin]

But yeah I guess my fear with a rubric is that simple but excellent sprites would be marked down

[cloud solstice]

it's all noted btw 🫡

[steady pasture]

That just meant you could focus on your task
I find videos i should be paying attention to makes good white noise when working, then when u actually zone out, at least what you're hearing is interesting

[merry mica]

thats kinda why i think extra scoring for how much the sprite looks more in line with pokemon style would help

[slender thunder]

It's impressive how some simpler sprites fill space like on a Pokémon like Snorlax and still look very well shaded

[steady pasture]

Pretty sure the judges also do have that in mind when judging?

[merry mica]

its like a sliding scale of "how much does this match pokemon style" vs "how much of this is impressive visual effects"

[steady pasture]

Nvm, misread

[merry mica]

that way both can get representation

[slender thunder]

Fun fact: gamefreak made sfx in gen 1

[steady pasture]

Personally i'd like to learn how to make impressive visual effects over trying to match the Pokemon style

Even if it meant my scoring would suffer

[merry mica]

ye and this kind of scoring could help with getting you closer to one side or the other

[cinder stag]

arent the texture/sfx contests for that

[merry mica]

i think both are cool and have their own place

[slender thunder]

I'd like to learn how to make shading look the best

[cloud solstice]

smh game freak breaking the gen 5 guidelines in gen 1

[cinder stag]

i'd like to learn how to be the very best, like no one ever was

[slender thunder]

I made a sprite yesterday and used a default base but removed the shading to re-add it myself as a practice

[merry mica]

oh thats an interesting idea

[steady pasture]

I meant the style of it. For example, my 3 favorite spriters atm are NTM, Egg, and Ribbon (honorable mention Oz)
Each having their own unique and easily recognizable style that doesn't look like Pokemon's style, but is visually impressive

[merry mica]

custom base contests when tbh

[slender thunder]

I think it looks pretty nice, though I have added many more highlights than gamefreak does and more of the body is shaded dark

[sick herald]

isnt getting the gen 5 style in the spriting guidelines?

[cloud solstice]

time to make a custom base event

[merry mica]

[steady pasture]

It is, but not compulsory, else we'd have to disqualify 3/4 of the total sprites

[slender thunder]

Sometimes I feel like a custom base carries my fusion
Especially the Gasmaskblacky Sandshrew I use that alot

[steady pasture]

Generally we can't expect everyone to follow gen5's style to a T, so they allow individual spriting styles. However, some parts of the gen5 style MUST stick, like lightsource, use of black/colored outlines properly, etc

[merry mica]

looking like gen 5 style is nice in theory but then we wouldnt get awesome sprite art like ntm does

[slender thunder]

Well, you do need to use stuff like black outlines and colored outlines and shading from the top left etc but you can go a bit more unique like using more shades and stuff

[merry mica]

like i said, both sides have their own place and i think its good to encourage people to get better at what style they prefer!

[cloud solstice]

there are some nice and clean sprites that don't follow the gen 5 to a T either even without detail

[steady pasture]

I still struggle with understanding Ribbon's style. It looks like gen5's style at a glance, but if u ever show me a sprite that belongs to Ribbon without telling me, i could recognize it as her's... Idk why

[slender thunder]

trying different styles is also fun! this fusion is also carried by a gasmask base tho

[merry mica]

bet
who made this

[steady pasture]

u

only because i've commited it to memory

[cloud solstice]

luxio?

[sick herald]

u

bc its gardevoir/lopunny

[merry mica]

people have told me it looks like a ribbon sprote

success

[slender thunder]

I remember you posting it :3

[merry mica]

[steady pasture]

Not at all though? I don't get the same Ribbon feel

[merry mica]

hm interesting

[steady pasture]

Except maybe the Gardevoir's head/hair

[sick herald]

yeah it looks way too static and not smooth enough

[slender thunder]

I don't really know ribbons style

but I know some people use outline shading as a really dark shading color sometimes

[merry mica]

do her sprites maybe follow more of an action curve?

[sick herald]

no idea

[cloud solstice]

I thought so when I first saw it but mostly bc it's a garde

[slender thunder]

Which I can't do with my sandshrew fusions because brick :3

[sick herald]

they just dont look like they're standing there

[steady pasture]

Hard to tell, she has done various sprites, some have that line of action, some don't

[slender thunder]

I kinda see it now, the top half mainly

But it's also about custom poses I think
Since if a pose is unique it also means the shading and stuff had to be done from scratch by the spriter

[merry mica]

dont see an action curve to them

dunno

[sick herald]

they have smth going on

[silk plank]

is ribbon someone who sprites gardevoirs?

[merry mica]

ribbon teach us ur secrets

[sick herald]

yeah

[silk plank]

sorry i am unaware

[sick herald]

and diancie's

[steady pasture]

Used to be her main, but she does spriter others as well, like Diancie, and most recently Mewtwos

[slender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/poker-face-gif-6430609639550929255

[sick herald]

whats a pokemon with a criminally low amount of bases

[slender thunder]

pineco but uhh
painco

[merry mica]

she likes spriting feminine pokemon like gardevoir, lopunny, milotic, diancie, etc

[sick herald]

fully evolved

i like not having to sprite within such a small space

[slender thunder]

uh
Golbat is fully evolved in gen 1

[merry mica]

mainly does gardevoir and also ralts + kirlia

[slender thunder]

i like spriting smol guys but that does mean I struggle with making big fusions a bit

[sick herald]

a real shame this game is up to gen 7 then lmao

[silk plank]

i dont really like the only big fusion ive made

[merry mica]

go smoller then

[steady pasture]

I don't have a style atm, but i do prefer spriting humanoids only
When it comes to spriting non-humanoids, it'll either be a lazy fusion, or i'd need to borrow a concept art, usually from #1118681755759693865

[slender thunder]

omg now "free him" is gonna be stuck in my head again

[silk plank]

actually a lot of my sprites are quite large

[merry mica]

still a little sad that my pikachu in a light ball did so badly in the trapped contest

i think its clever at least

[steady pasture]

I don't think i've ever done a proper 'Kaiju' sprite

[merry mica]

do one

kaiju uhhh

lopunny

[steady pasture]

Do my DJ Sonas count?

[merry mica]

idk

[steady pasture]

They do take up the entire canvas, but the main body itself is sm0l

[merry mica]

nah thats more vfx i think

body needs to be bigg

[steady pasture]

It's just not my style, since i doubt any humanoids can fill up the entire canvas

[merry mica]

something on slaking body might

its kinda close to humanoid

[slender thunder]

i made this one which I am really happy with but it's not a sprite

[merry mica]

god knows slaking needs more sprotes lol

[cloud solstice]

I've done a lot of big sprites, I kinda want to make smaller sprites more often 😔

[merry mica]

use my joltik base

[steady pasture]

Already dexed slaking thank goodness... didn't want to sprite his body, so i made a Diglett fusion with it

[sick herald]

well the sinnoh fossils are done

my work is not needed

[slender thunder]

I haven't made a Slakin fusion yet

[slender thunder]

Shieldon is looking very judgingly at you here

[sick herald]

same

also the chart's missing a fusion

probopass/slaking isnt listed

yet badaboom

[merry mica]

i havent updated it in a bit so some might be missing

[silk plank]

homophobic ass shieldon 😭

[slender thunder]

Is Slaking/Sandshrew made? :3

[steady pasture]

Oh wait, i think my Doduo/Lugia counts as kaiju?

[cloud solstice]

you can put * in usernames?

[slender thunder]

hm
It's not
Seems like a good one to use cielle's eepy sandshrew base for

[slender thunder]

It may have been censored lol

[sick herald]

i can only read that a sheldon

[cinder stag]

oh god

no

nonono

[silk plank]

this is peak

[merry mica]

there we go
more updated version of the slaking body chart

[shrewd dirge]

Slaking is June rush?

[near horizon]

Slajune !

x=

[shrewd dirge]

Wait, for real? Much better, box legendaries deserve high quality sprite and high quality sprite need more time.

[cloud solstice]

I'm sorry to break it you

it's ho-oh

[dull mortar]

gently slides big wooper base into the kaiju conversation

https://cdn.daena.me/IPoVT7J8-ebPb8eJsbZGrSZX/dn/pif/20.233.png is this considered a kaiju sprite

[merry mica]

yeah
bear pride

[shrewd dirge]

"bear"

[little cypress]

I’d prefer the adult image of him, I liked that show better, but I still approve either way

[slender thunder]

This is Shelgon/Shieldon after all
Imagine if Shelgon/Bastiodon which has the same name was his adult version

[cursive brook]

That asshole

That asshat

[frigid ruin]

damn really? young sheldon is at least a cool autistic kid in the 70s, adult Sheldon is just awful to women half the time... you sure? to each their own i guess.

[mortal void]

Hell yes, at last! and with bruxish no less, all my brux-ing paid off

[dull mortar]

congrats!

[regal palm]

You won some big Bruxs

[cinder stag]

i just realised potw picks random

hmm

[little cypress]

If only, if only

[mortal void]

yeah, so long as you submit one that week you're in the raffle to be picked at random (more entries =/= more chances, you only get entered once per week). The only way to improve your odds is to submit something every time, especially if it's a mon most people wont bother to do I mean damn, only 20 entires this time, even less than klinklang I think

[cinder stag]

i submitted one

i just thought someone would rank em

but i guess this also works

[mortal void]

nah, it's an auto bot-ran event, no judging beyond getting one done 👍

[sly shuttle]

Anyone could rank them if they wanted to

[cinder stag]

also true

[near horizon]

When is new LC poll/result ?

[cedar quest]

Never, not by my hand

[near horizon]

Then use your minions coworker

[eager wyvern]

Ho-Oh rush hasn't even started and I've already made one

[feral surge]

I mean technicaly

[eager wyvern]

was midnight on the dot for me

[feral surge]

Well you started the grind early

[eager wyvern]

i've got a lot of energy tonight, may aswell sprite lol

[thick timber]

hey sorry if I missed this but

I think I made a mistake in my entry

I put the name the fusion calc gave it instead of just "POKENAME"

[merry mica]

what got alted

[wary canopy]

for heads, it might be the muk, if im looking at the site right? dont know why though

[merry mica]

the site doesnt tell you whats an alt unfortunately

its something you have to find out from somewhere in the files

but i have no idea how to access it

[wary canopy]

it has an a and b after the numbers, theres nocustom without a/b after it . assumed that was it 😔 alas then

[merry mica]

yeah i was trying to look up which miltanks heads were missing a proper main and the site doesnt tell me its ampharos and palossand

someone had to look at something and tell me

i really wish it was easier to find through the site

[wary canopy]

dang rip then i do wonder why the numbers are weird on the muk nonetheless though

[merry mica]

no clue
i think that ones probably fine?? maybe?? idk

do any of these use megas or regional variants or something

need to put together a list of pokemon that are the usual suspects of alting

[wary canopy]

oh. the buneary/drifblim got mislabeled skjfhsd

its been submitted to sprite errors already it seems

[merry mica]

ok nice good

looks like noivern buneary also is mislabeled

oh geez

its marked under noivern shuppet

[wary canopy]

yeahhh just saw it myself , its in errors now too skdfhsd

[merry mica]

okay so thats 470/470 on head fusions and 468/470 on bodies

what are the other two...

ok i THINK it might be these two
https://if.daena.me/76.403/ cuz it uses alolan golem
https://if.daena.me/208.403/ cuz it uses mega steelix
not 100% sure tho

those are the only ones i can see that use alt forms in their sprites

[little cypress]

is this pertaining to #dex-entries-submissions stuff? Post in there, but if you did make an error and want to correct it, simply resubmit the entry again when it is fixed.

[subtle moss]

By the way what's the end goal with Mergemay

is filling the chart just its own reward?

[cyan gull]

the real reward are the friends we made along the way

[subtle moss]

Can I trade it in for a gift card

[cyan gull]

||LC4?||

[cedar quest]

Only reason I say stay tuned rather than just posting them myself is b/c I'm headed to a theme park for the day, no time for me. I get to escape the Pory takeover

[cinder stag]

[deep gyro]

It's actually Kyurem/Buneary and Lanturn/Buneary for some reason

Kyurem I sort of get, but that Lantern is alted is kinda surprising to me

[merry mica]

?????????????????????????

[deep gyro]

I don't get it either, but Kyurem is a temp and all Lanturns are alts

[merry mica]

what is causing the lanturns to be alted they all look like lanturn buneary fusions to me

and i assume kyurem is cuz its not using the non-fusion version of kyurem

[cloud solstice]

I can understand maybe alting the second version of the lanturn buneary the ears reminds me more of chinchou at a glance, but the first one

ha the first one isn't looking to the left

[dull mortar]

(weird to alt a kyurem fusion fusion when plenty of necrozmas are the same deal)

(I guess maybe if they were the original colors?)

[cloud solstice]

maybe bc kyurem black and white are in the game?

[merry mica]

gdei isnt in the server anymore so cant ask for a simple recolor
itd be better to just make an extra sprite

[eager wyvern]

i hate that sprites get alted without knowing about it

[merry mica]

same

[eager wyvern]

our buneary completion

[merry mica]

thats why i tried to get alts for the heads done jic

guess i overlooked the bodies

[dull mortar]

they are? or do you mean as typical fusions :?

[cloud solstice]

as typical fusions

[dull mortar]

ah okay

[cloud solstice]

IDK the reason tbh it's just speculation

[dull mortar]

yee we're just playing guessems!

[cosmic coral]

for bingo can you use the same sprite in multiple squares or is it a unique sprite for each

[sly shuttle]

Unique sprites

[cosmic coral]

fair enough

[cursive brook]

🦘

Beating out

🏳️‍🌈

[slender thunder]

Why's the Kyurem temporary? that's kinda just how kyurem fusions are

[cloud solstice]

bc it uses kyurem black/white's color palette and fusion concept rather than base kyurem

[cerulean crag]

happy pride month to everyone who's a kangaroo

[shrewd garnet]

Monster racers has a kangaroo, clearly it is the superior creature collector game

Why didnt it load

[crude cedar]

wow bee

[shrewd garnet]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterracers/images/e/ea/Jabberoo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130115005812

There we go

Reminds me i wanna make a monster racers reference fusion

[merry mica]

heres the #1137437823490850958 thread until the rush thread is up

[cosmic coral]

for the bingo board, does the "gyms ace" and the "static encounters" square have to be their respective things in IF or can they be official games as well? Also what does the "team wild" square mean?

[shrewd garnet]

Team wild is a team here on the server that specializes in making fusion sprites that occur in the wild. You can find em here https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1110700109991264287 and the spreadsheet listing all their remaining fusions in its pins

[cinder stag]

team wild = fusions you can find in the wild in if

[cosmic coral]

thanks

[cosmic coral]

regarding the first question I'm just going to assume it's not limited to IF unless proven otherwise

[sly shuttle]

Use the ace of any gym leader in the series

[shrewd garnet]

The point of the event is to contribute to pif's custom fusions so its strongly recommended to stick to IF but you do you

[cosmic coral]

ah ok, I would have assumed all the gym leaders had custom fusions already

[sly shuttle]

Oh, they do

[shrewd garnet]

I think they mean more like, making a fusion including a mon the gym leaders use

[sly shuttle]

https://infinitefusion.fandom.com/wiki/Gym_Leaders?so=search

[shrewd garnet]

For example, making a starmie fusion because misty has a starmie

[sly shuttle]

It says gym ace, so that means the final mon in the gym leader’s team(probably)

[cosmic coral]

Ok, so let's say I wanted to do a sudowoodo fusion because brassius has one as his ace, is that a no go

[sly shuttle]

That’s a yes go

[shrewd garnet]

If the mon is in if, its fine

[cosmic coral]

yep alright that's all I needed, thank you

[shrewd garnet]

You can use katys teddiursa, but you cant use opals alcremie

For example

[cosmic coral]

That's fine, I expected not to be able to use pokemon that weren't in the game

[formal river]

U can even make a case for Ilima's smeargle

[supple epoch]

“Lots of announcements today”
-Only one announcement

[little cypress]

Sudowoodo is in PIF, the prompt is saying to pick a mon that is used by ANY Gym Leader in the games, but the goal is to make fusion sprites for PIF, so even if the Gym Leader themselves are not in PIF, if their mon is, then it's exactly the prompt. (You can do a fusion for a non-PIF mons, but they won't be in the game, so it would just be a labor of love.)

[cosmic coral]

Thank you, I am aware

[kindred beacon]

I'm sorry but I love how this picture points at the same thing 3 times xD

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/641801364376256512/1246617901448953918/352.469.png?ex=665d0ae4&is=665bb964&hm=fad0e825379a498ec159b7ff507650f80606fcf6ca22c22bca4eb3737c36f4fa&

[civic mauve]

It was a very well made flower

[kindred beacon]

Fr

[merry mica]

look at the flower boy

[dull mortar]

look at this flower

[cloud pulsar]

gamr didnt lie when he said there was gonna be a lot of announcements today

[eager wyvern]

keep the announcements coming

[merry mica]

if anyone wants ideas for sylveon fusions, heres all of them with the dark green ones representing the fusions featuring pride flags

[gaunt sigil]

I don’t even understand what 90% of the flags represent

[merry mica]

ripperoni

[cedar quest]

To be fair I did say I wouldn't be around today

Just didn't my partner in Mime wasn't either

[tranquil fable]

G a y

B u t n o t

[civic mauve]

If there's any you're curious about, feel free to ask ^^

[tranquil fable]

B u t s i m i l a r

[formal river]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-mr-mime-running-away-slow-gif-17916371

[little cypress]

it WAS, and the color was also phenomenal

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/boburnham-inside-netflix-internet-computer-gif-21887509

you can also look them up

[merry mica]

heres all the mini flag assets ive made if anyone wants to use them/colorpick from them as well
and if your curious about the meaning of one, im happy to explain : >

ignore the ones that ive redacted since those are considered rule 2

[broken robin]

anyone else notice theres like 3 different rainbow competitions today

kind of funny

[cedar quest]

There's supposed to be 1 more pride thing, and 1 other thing

Just gotta wait until home

[merry mica]

thing 1 and thing 2 as it were

[cedar quest]

Don't have the stuff on mobile

If I was awesome I would

A shame

[eager wyvern]

im gonna be shleep when it announces

[naive phoenix]

among us anybody?

[cedar quest]

Morning surprise

Holy shit a gaming croc

[naive phoenix]

OORQDG is the code btw

[supple epoch]

Does anyone know when the Ho-oh rush will begin?

[merry mica]

[cedar quest]

Byeagh that

Me n Howls were away for most of today, happens

[little cypress]

@quartz locust, thought I'd make the list for the @cyan gull Bingo grid, too, if you (or anyone else) needs it:

Ho-Oh sprite
Has wings
Manmade
Has arms but no legs
Translucent
Fairy type
Evolves by stone in IF
Palindrome (the IF number is the same both ways, i.e. 39.93 or 39.193)
Prehistoric
Long neck
Has legs but no arms
Amorphous Egg Group
Free Sprite (Favorite Alt of yours!)
Your favorite Mon in IF + your least favorite
Has 3 distinct colors
Colorful
Oricorio form
Fairies (whimsical or mystical)
Learns Attract
Unexpectedly cute
Has a regional variant
Team Wild
Gym's Ace
Static encounter
2 or more heads

(if this needs pinned)

[merry mica]

heres the team thread until the rush thread is made: #1137437823490850958

[formal river]

Pretty sure i can fill all this without doing new sprites

[naive summit]

FINALLY

IM HOME

[merry mica]

hi home

#1246658159422996680

[supple epoch]

I gots my Gible ready. Just gotta wait for a little bit as I’m watching a movie

[merry mica]

lemme in

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/scarey-boo-rawr-cute-gif-22290620

get em Gible

[sick herald]

gonna get these sinnoh fossils finished up

[gaunt sigil]

@sudden crow for reference

[cedar quest]

I am also

Homnste

🏠

[lusty pewter]

I don't do showdown since I'm not much of a competitive player but the background contest interest me 👀

[broken robin]

Im a bit confused about where the background is going to be displayed

[lusty pewter]

I'm guessing it's the bg you see when you open up pokeathlon but it's just a guess

[cedar quest]

byeag

[civic mauve]

Oh, might be good to post this in the ho-oh pride rush as well since it could be useful for folks ^^

[lusty pewter]

wait, could we submit as much bg as we want?

[cyan gull]

It's pinned in #1210021946105004052

[cloud pulsar]

me on my way to submit solid light blue as my entry

[dense jackal]

aaahh, the backgrounds are too much! 😅
I cut my canvas down to 400x250 and it's still just.... so. Many. Pixels!

[wild grove]

is 1280x960 acceptable for an event submission

[dense jackal]

Aspect ratio must be 8:5 (AKA 800x500 or 1600x1000)
1280x960 is 4:3, so... i dunno, maybe. The current ones aren't 8:5 so maybe it's a little loose 😆

[dull mortar]

is probably safer to make it an 8:5

[dense jackal]

you could either do 1280 : 800, or 1536 : 960, if you want to keep one of the dimensions consistent

[crude cedar]

can you dm me the ones that r censored?? im curious

[eager wyvern]

I put this in #1246658159422996680 but this could be more relevant (and easier to find) here because of the pinned post.
I'm challenging myself to make 26 pride flag fusions this month, you're welcome to join me for the whole 26, or swap out flags for ones you are more comfortable spriting for. Or do the whole 26 across a longer time period.

Feel free to use this template for non-HoOh related sprites too, this isn't limited to just the pride rush or pride month in general

Here's the list:
||Abrosexual, Agender, Aromantic, AroAce, AroAllo, Asexual, Bigender, Bi, Demigender, Demiromantic, Demisexual, Gay, Genderfluid, Genderflux, Genderqueer, Intersex, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Nonpronominal, Omnisexual, Pangender, Pansexual, Polysexual, Queer, Rainbow/Progress Pride, Transgender + 2 open slots incase you want to add yours||

[runic ruin]

Finish the Line: Week One

Today is the final day to submit your entries—[check it out here!](#1222376526805209201 message)

[crude cedar]

MAGIKARP MYSTERIES

You like riddles?
You like detective work?
Join #1222376526805209201 message , today!

[sly plover]

i wonder if we cna have a sprite dedicated to the Hollow: Inheritance...

🫴🦽

🫴🧍‍♂️

🫸🦽🧍‍♂️🫷

🫸👨‍🦽🫷

👨‍🦽

🤌

🫸=====👨‍🦽

[cinder stag]

what

[sly plover]

its not a bad idea

actually it definetly is

still feel like it would make a "cool" sprite

[cloud solstice]

for the CC contest can we only enter one piece of CC or can we submit clothe+hat+hair that makes a complete outfit ?

[plucky arch]

lets go, ive finally done a sprite on the Blitz, it just isnt shown yet

[sly plover]

i will pay someone... idk in hearts? If they make a hollow inheritence sprite

[cloud solstice]

you can make a request in #sprite-requests

[sly plover]

:)

[slender thunder]

#event-announcements message
I want to try this but I have no idea what and how

[slender thunder]

I wanted to do a Sylvern-themed banner but after the boom ban that's not really that relevant anymore 🤔

[lusty pewter]

I don't think my question was answered yesteday but does anyone know how many bg you can submit? I'm guessing there's no limit since it doesn't say but I'm not completely sure

[little cypress]

People don’t still use it with Hyper Voice?

[slender thunder]

I see it occasionally but I don't think it's very good still

[cedar quest]

Oh right I didn't really ask them huh

Ig unlimited

What could ever come bad out of unlimited entries

[cyan gull]

https://tenor.com/view/failboat-takeit-takethel-gif-26060867

https://tenor.com/view/letter-c-dancing-gif-9063747

[slender thunder]

[cedar quest]

I mean this one isn't polls, and it's way bigger canvas sizes

[slender thunder]

I keep having the feeling of starting now but there's a month right
I'd ebtter start in the weekend

[plucky arch]

[cedar quest]

[crude cedar]

time for lc polls

[crude cedar]

hi event-general!!!
scared that you have nothing to do with your life since mergemay is done?
don't like spriting ho-oh?
i have the best thing ever for you to do!

MAGIKARP MYSTERIES!

try it out :)#1222376526805209201 message

[broken robin]

I will submit one again

[formal river]

man i wish i could remember who made this fan art to tell them to summit it for the showdown background thing is i dont even remember if i saw it on reddit or twitter

[broken robin]

Try tineye reverse image search

[little cypress]

https://discordapp.com/channels/302153478556352513/492848172205604864/1079633601773174824

also: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=536035278512359&set=pb.100063176741594.-2207520000&type=3

[formal river]

thanks

[cloud pulsar]

does the background has to be a fusion

[broken robin]

what else would it be?

[formal river]

i mean it doesnt has to but it has to be related to IF so what else could it be like a dna splicer?

[cloud pulsar]

well a mon that is in IF meets the criteria to related. so i wanted more explanation on what is being looked for

[steady pasture]

They're just looking for a wallpaper for IF Showdown. What that entails is entirely up to you. Some examples:

• It could be an illustration of your favorite fusion in high detail
• It could be a team lineup of your fav fusions
• It could be a moment u had experienced in IF (e.g. confronting Giovanni and Zapmolcuno)

U're also not limited to pixel art. Just go all out

Ofc since they're looking for an IF related entry, it's best not to draw entries that u wouldn't know came from IF specifically (non fused Pokemon, or confront non fused legendaries like Kyogre)

[slender thunder]

I am going to either have to draw on krita with mouse
Use gimp and pixel art
Or mobile ibispaint

I'll wanna practice a bit since asides from this I haven't ever drawn backgrounds
But I feel like I can do better

[steady pasture]

I've never drawn backgrounds... not once... i'm terrible at those
Only good with portrait styled images, and even then it's limited to Humanoids

[slender thunder]

I'm suprisingly better at drawing liveless stuff compared to alive stuff even though I never do it and I always practice drawing alive things

[steady pasture]

I do both. Draw on hand so i have a rough sketch. Import a picture of it onto photoshop, then line it with a mouse
That said, i probably won't be participating as i'm extremely rusty, and i can't do backgrounds, so it's a losing battle

[little cypress]

just submitted a spritework request (to no one) for a potentially rainbow-y fusion that may be hard but would be COOL

[cinder stag]

you forgot the second pokemon

[little cypress]

oh I just accidentally deleted it, OOPS

fixed

but to be fair the context was obviously there

[minor garnet]

Magikarp mysery

[near horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/theres-something-very-familiar-about-all-this-deja-vu-i-feel-like-ive-done-this-before-this-feels-familiar-i-feel-live-ive-been-here-before-gif-16489734

[lusty pewter]

gonna be making a lot of meloetta themed bg :)

[steady pasture]

To be fair, the unlimited entries was a problem for little cup, because it was easy to create multiple low effort fusions for babies

Digital artists are far less common here, so i highly doubt having unlimited entries will be an issue
And what's to complain about having multiple high quality entries?
If people try to spam low quality entries, it's much easier to just not pick them

Also if it's staff judged, then i doubt the problem plaguing little cup will also be an issue

[slender thunder]

I'm gonna try blender for this when it's weekend wish me luck

I've used blender before but never touched the Render part

I've never modeled characters before in blender only landscapes

[little cypress]

I'm excited to see what stuff you make!

https://tenor.com/view/blender-fire-explode-explosion-exploding-gif-24704058

[acoustic saddle]

damm every one is a contest maker now, and all my ping was from event announcement

[frail musk]

@torn relic

[sick herald]

h

how did u do that

[subtle moss]

so I think I asked this a few days ago as well but

is there an end goal with Mergemay?

Or is it just to show off 'hey everyone I did it' at the end

kk

[dense jackal]

Ultimately it's a personal thing though. Showing yourself you can dedicate yourself to it. But also daily practice is a great boost to skills

[lusty pewter]

it's also very fun to challenge yourself with the prompts, it can help jump start ideas to brainstorm designs. although one downside on mergemay is that, if you plan to do 1 sprite a day, you could get burned out off making sprites.

[slender thunder]

It helps you do pokefan if you use only 1 pokemon

[compact gulch]

such as: amaura

[gaunt sigil]

I wanna sprite things but when I go to, I kinda just lack the motivation to…

[cinder stag]

same

[shrewd garnet]

mood

[sly shuttle]

I haven’t finished a project with the painting style brushes before. This should be fun

[dense jackal]

holy moly. Ok! So that's how it's going to be is it?? 😅

[sly shuttle]

Deep sea horrors seemed like a good way to lock in a victory

[dense jackal]

makes sense 😛