event-general

[graceful plank]

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_shape#Pokémon_consisting_of_a_head_and_legs

thanks bulbapedia

looks like having a tail still counts but only sometimes

[cold bay]

Valid Mons Include: Oddish, Poliwag, Doduo/Dodrio, Exeggutor, Tangela, Porygon/Porygon-2, Wooper, Torchic, Shroomish, Azurill and Bonsly

Only oddish tho not the line

[graceful plank]

that doesn't make any sense lmao

[cold bay]

Indeed it does not but thats how its labelled lol

[graceful plank]

I also wonder why they included azurill and not the line. oh well. we will never know

[languid bough]

duh azurill has no arms

[cold bay]

^

[graceful plank]

oh right I forgot they have arms

[cold bay]

Yeah armed mons dont count

The G's are easier to isolate but I can list em if anyone needs

[void sluice]

there is a good chart with the valid fellas in the event thread if y'all want :3

[cold bay]

Danke^^

[void sluice]

you're welcome, dear

[languid bough]

can someone answer this question

[naive summit]

you'll probably get seen better if you ask in #1240773622612889681

but I think you need to submit them separately

(dex entry to the sheet in #dex-entries-submissions and the sprite in #sprite-gallery)

[void sluice]

as howls said
the sprites are added if they're post on gallery, we can't add them for you alas
and for the entries, we need to wait til the sprite is in the game, and the author is the one that has to send the dex entry

but we will alarm you when it is time

[languid bough]

oh alright i'll post my necrozma breloom in gallery then

[feral surge]

is this beach themed enough?

[naive summit]

looks beach themed to me

[feral surge]

[strange coral]

does pinsir count as the right shape?

rip

noooo i had such a good idea

yknw what screw the event im doing it anyway

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/toy-story-treats-hat-cut-off-toy-story-abc-gif-15943886

[silent lantern]

Damn, I had some Christmas cookie sprites I should have done for winter.

[minor garnet]

psyaiaia

[worthy turtle]

i finally got inspiration for the contest!

imma do slowking/aegislash

Beach umbrella!

[minor garnet]

ah thx for that quickly makes it

[mortal void]

I wanted to do a beach umbrella (was gonna do a pallossand/venusaur) but I came up with something else that I just had to do, so can't wait to see your's

it's a shame there's a two entry limit because I had even more concepts but then again I wouldn't have the time for them anyways but still

also there's some awesome entries in the drive already, I don't fancy my chances this time haha but at least I get to see cool sprites

[worthy turtle]

i just hope i can execute this well

[mortal void]

just do what I do when I am unsure, rely heavily on stock/reference photos it'll be fine

[regal estuary]

What’s a miniblitz

[sly shuttle]

Best explanation is in this message
#1197396047434088518 message

[rich hemlock]

I hope it reads beach enough;;;;;;

[regal estuary]

My Mephy said he can see it.

[naive summit]

Contests are pretty open ended, so long as you can justify the connection to the theme reasonably well then you're fine

We don't nitpick much

[regal estuary]

reminds me of the "tiki bar" they made in that Madagascar movie, or whatever Marty called it

[frigid ruin]

that's the coolest damn thing ive ever seen

such a good design

[strange coral]

where is this beach event bc i cant fnd it

[cloud solstice]

first pin in #event-announcements

[jaunty estuary]

this is so beautiful what

[subtle moss]

You know what, I might actually do this spritedoku

For the first time

as I have not done any Eeveelution sprites

[little cypress]

First reactions @cyan gull

[cyan gull]

me when 🦘

[subtle moss]

"appears in 'extreme evoboost'", uh, isn;t that just all the eeveelutions

[little cypress]

That was my first one I reacted too

🦘

[cyan gull]

[little cypress]

It’s basically a free spot, honestly the base 525 is nearly too

[subtle moss]

baby doll eyes too

[cyan gull]

Baby-Doll Eyes is too

[subtle moss]

jinx

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-ugly-jynx-nicki-minaj-gif-4172657

[subtle moss]

as for the extra credit, I noticed that one of the pokémon I've been trying to get spritefan for doesn;t have a lot of customs with the eevee family yet. only 6 across head AND bodies.

hmmmmmmmm

[jaunty estuary]

hmmm maybe ill participate too instead of the water sfx

havent doen any water studies yet so maybe vaporeon will be a good tryout 😄

[rapid knot]

Is anyone interested in the original spriter bingo?

[restive scaffold]

water is such a pain but so worth it when you figure it out

[crude cedar]

Y IS WHALE ORB IN D TIER :<

[wind matrix]

staircasing and doesn't fit the theme very well :>

[zenith pollen]

What's more American than ORB?

[frigid ruin]

anyone else ever refresh the google docs spreadsheets excitedly to see if their submission got approved

[hollow gull]

I intended to live up to this, but then I lost 3 pets in the span of 3 days. Can't really do a lot anymore...

[strange coral]

no giratina?

[sly shuttle]

Giratina has too many of these fusions done to make a fulfilling theme blitz

[frigid ruin]

does anyone know how to submit to the google drive? ive looked literally everywhere and i cant find it

im desperate ive been trying to do this for a week

theres 0 information

[rich hemlock]

I'm not sure which event you are referring to specifically but it should be in the announcement post

[frigid ruin]

yeah i found it i just had to dig around

[sly shuttle]

If you can’t get it submitted by yourself, you could ask the host to submit it for you

[frigid ruin]

im terrible at finding stuff 🥲

i got it now, thanks yall

[rapid knot]

The Underworld theme refers both to legends about the underworld and also the space that is literally underground

Giratina is more of a reverse-world, mysterious darkness mon than an underground, torturing people mon

[runic ruin]

Submissions for Finish the Line (Week Seven: Pseudo-Legendaries) close <t:1721008800:R>!

-—-
⚠️ If you want to submit an entry, do so before then! ⚠️
#1260003758256160828 message

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/bear-love-cute-sad-emotional-gif-16726589

[rich hemlock]

Might make more design changes still but one final entry, had to make a gardevoir https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1262174017968935015

[cloud pulsar]

obligatory gardevoir sprite for a contest

[icy jasper]

Wait, why are the tapus included for the wood contest's list?

[sly shuttle]

Their shells have a small amount of wood texturing

[civic mauve]

It’s most obvious on Tapu Bulu, but you can see it on all of them ^^

[regal estuary]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1262251700388106360

[jaunty estuary]

woooo wood

[feral surge]

for the beach event I noticed that there is a submition without the by username part of the name should I ping the spriter so they can add it or is it fine?

[sly shuttle]

Yes, please do that

@worthy turtle

[worthy turtle]

Oops

[feral surge]

welp you did it for me

there is one more subimition like that but I can't find who made it

[worthy turtle]

There

Someone, I need help

How do I get to this level of shading prowess?

I see this in the contest folder, and immediately know who's not winning (his username starts with an s and rhymes with rocktopus)

Leaving out the water sfx

How do I sheed with this degree of coolness

Shade*

Or at least, how do I practice on my own?

Where do I start?

[sly shuttle]

Honestly, I think that design is too cluttered to win

[worthy turtle]

Really?

I feel like it's always ones that look like this that win

With all the fancy schmancy shading and anti-aliasing and dithering

[wary canopy]

Usually extra polish on AA and stuff does go far in a contest, but the main challenge is managing to combine it with the gen 5 style, while also keeping the entire thing easily readable and clean
So if you want to learn that type of style- honestly to learn any type of style- the best way is to find artists you like that use it, and really zoom in and dissect where and when they apply things like AA, how they shade, how many colors they use and how they use them , etc. And then just consistently trying to apply it yourself while continuing to look at work that has the effects youre going for That’s how Ive done all my learning at least, esp w pixel related matters haha. Studied a ton of Mope Gasmaskblacky etc sprites up real close

[bleak flint]

okay i swear i saw an announcement saying that there was a new event with the theme being underworld but now i cant find it so i'm questioning if it was a dream. I legit dont know can someone tell me? /gen

[wary canopy]

That’d be the theme blitz! #1197396047434088518 message

[bleak flint]

okay good so im not crazy. thanks that all i wanted to know i can continue existing

[minor garnet]

these are cool shades

[worthy turtle]

Mine is cooler

[minor garnet]

mine is burneder

[worthy turtle]

It's a cooler

Get it?

[minor garnet]

ah

I was referring to the shades

[worthy turtle]

I know

[minor garnet]

anyways mine forgot sunscreen

[worthy turtle]

It was like a double entender

Entendre*

[minor garnet]

IDK WHAT THAT MEANS🗣️ 🔥

[subtle moss]

look man, if we're talking about which sprites is the 'cool'est, mine clearly wins in that department.

[worthy turtle]

I thought yours is trying to get tan?

Isn't that the opposite of being cool?

Because you're baking your skin?

[subtle moss]

I got two

[worthy turtle]

Oh

[subtle moss]

That was allowed right?

[worthy turtle]

Yeah, I just forgot about that

What's the other one?

I only saw your krooklia

[minor garnet]

the raketje

[subtle moss]

The Ice Cream, yeah.

[minor garnet]

the ones that they hand out for free everywhere

not bc theyre good

but bc theyre cheap

[subtle moss]

I have now done the entire Regice/Honedge line as popsicles

[worthy turtle]

If you've studied them so much, could you tell me some of what you learned?

Where to apply it?

How much, etc?

[wary canopy]

I mean, its hard to fully explain since there's no hard rules, mostly just getting a feel for it - but I can try? I suck at explaining I fear I truly do not think when drawing I just Observe and Apply with no thoughts at all but uh. have an attempt
General good thing to note: Don't go overboard with it. I often end up forcing myself to erase some of my AA at the end of a sprite because otherwise I ahve too much going on and things start looking blurry/not gen 5 style inspired anymore real fast. For AA usecases though, mm.
-An inbetween color for AAon a single shade , like the purple on my Cress/Gard. Its mostly there to soften edges of the shadow, since the main and shadow color are quite far off eachother. I also like dithering for clothing textures, so it could be used for that as well. Generally speaking I try to stick to an inbetween color on a single shade for max 1 per sprite, in this case my the purple. Whats the difference between a full new shade of the color and an inbetween shade of it? Uhh. mostly just how often it's used haha. In this case- almost entirely exclusively for AA on the shade. Worth to note this is the one that's least common for me, usually it's not necesarry. But if you feel one specific color and shade are just too harsh next to eachother it can work real well to soften it up a bit
-AA between patterns/colors right next to eachother, not seperated by lines. Example here is the Ho-oh/Milotic. Fairly straightforward: A transition color, somewhere inbetween the two colors you're connecting- so that it doesn't look too harsh.
-AA Along the edges, mainly to round out shadows or harsh angles in lines. Using my Gardevoir/Goodra here- there's AA used a lot along the edges to sell things looking round, like the legs, and the tail. Obviously in pixel art you cant draw an actual round line, but AA can really help sell the feeling of one!
-AA for faces. This is generally the area where I have the most AA going on- expressions are hard to do when you have all of 9 pixels to work with, and AA can help make some expressions read better from afar. I have no rules on how I apply it in faces, but it's worth noting I generally use more AA on a small space then I nromally ever would when it comes to faces, just to help them read better from a distance. Last three pics as example here- usually I have most of my AA around the eyes specifically in a futile attempt to get more subtle expression notes to read

[minor garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/yap-expansion-gojo-domain-expansion-ryoiki-tenkai-gif-8954021360802172436

/j

[wary canopy]

this is why i usually dont talk on the general channels

[shrewd dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-loli-gif-20946617

[worthy turtle]

Well, thank you either way

[cloud pulsar]

poor ribbon

[cedar quest]

:(

[near horizon]

Wow, this is a really good explanation and the sprites are gorgeous too !

[steady pasture]

Thanks for the explanation, it's full of nice tricks to incorporate into spriting
However at the end of the day, i guess it comes down to execution.
I've tried to replicate your 'style' several times, but it's really difficult to get it to look like your style, which looks very amazing.
If i had to describe your style, it feels like it follows the guidelines to a T, but polishes it even further

[wary canopy]

thank you both!! if it helps even a little im glad haha :’D
But yeah, practicing and just… getting a feel for it are things there’s no real rules or quick guidelines for. My sprites have changed a lot within a year even though Im mostly doing the same thing on a pure logic level. Sometimes you just gotta keep throwing things at a wall until it sticks I guess

Im glad you like my style though!! Gen 5 but Extra Polish is what I aim for so that makes me happy to hear haha

[near horizon]

13 left to go with one being in WIP (yes, 13 because for "fluffy" i'll do 3)

[minor garnet]

Is it still not over

[cyan gull]

Mergeaugust is around the corner

[near horizon]

it's merge2024

x)

[white wagon]

We luv you

[wary canopy]

:’D happy to help!!! thank you kindly

[bleak flint]

i love george (yes this is relevant)

[tulip tusk]

lmao who's the flip off reaction

[regal estuary]

patulol, you can hover over it to check

[tulip tusk]

i don't think they even joined this contest vfgbhnj

[regal estuary]

wait where's my submission, I can't find it

[rapid knot]

Are you sure you submitted it to the right place?

[regal estuary]

I'm positive I did

[near horizon]

I'm disqualified because i accidently submitted a dex entry to the dex entry contest form instead of the dex entry form x)

[worthy turtle]

I got a tier. I just wish I could have gotten some feedback.

A*

[rapid knot]

There wasn't really any feedback to give, as there was nothing wrong with your entry

[worthy turtle]

Unrelated, are we ever going to get new Pokemon again?

Or have we maxed out the number?

[worthy turtle]

Cool

[rapid knot]

It's just that the winning entry was extra good

[woven kettle]

Eventually maybe

But at the moment no

There are no plans as of right now to add more Pokemon to the game

[worthy turtle]

I really want another chance for my choices

[rapid knot]

The number isn't maxxed out, per se
The limit is the space on the players' computers

But yeah
We only recently added new pokemon

[worthy turtle]

Buizel, zangoose/seviper, exploud, and drapion deserve their places

Loudred is iconic

[rapid knot]

That being said
If we get new pokemon, we should get dewott

[worthy turtle]

Seviper/zangoose fusions would be sick

[worthy turtle]

Why have dewott when Buizel is right there?

[rapid knot]

Because dewott

Dewott is the best

[worthy turtle]

And doesn't necessitate 8 other mons

[rapid knot]

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

[worthy turtle]

I agree dewott is nice

[woven kettle]

If I remember correctly, they planned on adding the starters one day

Since they dominated the votes at first

[worthy turtle]

But Buizel is extremely similar and better in every way

[regal estuary]

I think Dudunsparce would be nice

[rapid knot]

We don't need the others
Only dewott

[woven kettle]

Primarina

[worthy turtle]

How ya gonna get dewott without an oshawott?

[woven kettle]

Even though I will make non-IF fusions, I would love to see some Popplio line fusions here

[shrewd dirge]

Bruh

[worthy turtle]

Also, I want a chance for people to actually use my Buizel and drap bases

[rapid knot]

You catch wild dewott, and they all have an everstone stuck to them that you can't take off

[shrewd dirge]

Bruh²

[rapid knot]

Also you can't breed them

[worthy turtle]

And when you catch them, flavor text will pop up and say "Mindy has already touched this dewott!" and it'll only know explosion and self destruct

[slender thunder]

uhm yes we do (except tepig line sorry tepig but you are meh)

[rapid knot]

Who is Mindy?

[slender thunder]

the person who trades you an everstone haunter i think

[rapid knot]

Like Mork and Mindy?

[worthy turtle]

No, like haunter girl

• yoshikage kira

[rapid knot]

Anyway
I will forever hold out hope

[worthy turtle]

Dang

[slender thunder]

dewott more like
duwott I couldn't think of anything

[worthy turtle]

Wish I saw that

[worthy turtle]

Doodoowott

[shrewd dirge]

Sudawood new elvo

[hushed shoal]

screw dewott, we need the eelektross line

[regal estuary]

nah, the treasures of ruin are where it's at

[rapid knot]

More like
Dewott you love to do

[cedar quest]

A short story:

[supple epoch]

It is all up to the frog gods

[woven kettle]

Yeah

[sly shuttle]

Frog is simultaneously a collective and a singular unified deity

[supple epoch]

Imagine if each future major update adds a small portion of new mons like 1-4 family lines per update (like the Bruxish update) that isn't a major Pokedex Addition update (10-25 family lines like the one from last year)? That way the slow additions will help every 3-5 months bring in some spice and fusion potential while not overstressing most of the mon locations?

Like one update can be just single stage evolutions with 4 being Heatmor, Dedenne, Torkoal and Carnivine; Mons that have lower priority get a chance to shine before the popular ones get added via the Pokedex Update

[regal estuary]

I still think Dudunsparce would be fun and based, but I concede adding them would be just a touch... redundunant.

[supple epoch]

Dudunsparce is Gen 9 so sadly it can’t officially be added

[steady pasture]

Unfortunately the game still runs in an outdated version of Essentials which hard limits the game's mon to gen 1-7

[regal estuary]

wait, there's a hard rule about gen 9?

[supple epoch]

It could be added as a body as an Easter egg fusion but other than that, sadly no dice

[supple epoch]

No Gen 8 or Gen 9 due to the engine

[regal estuary]

huh, how does the engine itself limit things? I'm not upset, just curious

[supple epoch]

Older version before Gens 8 and 9 were implimented

[steady pasture]

The game uses something called Pokemon Essentials which is something like a Pokemon database, which helps develop Pokemon fangames much easier than it would've been if u started from scratch
The version of Essentials this game runs is outdated (but is also the most supported/moddable) and only supports up to gen 7.

[regal estuary]

ah fair enough

[supple epoch]

Unless you want to recode the entire game from scratch, it’s best to keep 8 and 9 on the sideline to make things less complicated

[steady pasture]

It's not an engine limitation, but more of a pluggin

Previously the limitation of 420 mons of the engine couldn't handle anymore additions was more of a skill issue, because of the way the fusion system was hardcoded, every single possible fusion combination had to be entered into the database, which the engine couldn't take anymore
They resolved it by optimizing the way mons are fused to be more dynamic and "on-the-spot" so that issue is out of the way now
But they can't change Essentials without essentially ALOT of hassle

[sly shuttle]

That was my headcanon too

[supple epoch]

And the selected mons in the small roster would be Frog’s picks and not the audience. Just so the lesser known/trollier mons can have a chance to shine

[regal estuary]

based

[supple epoch]

I want the Unova Starter update to be the Elemental Monkeys

[regal estuary]

kekw

[plucky arch]

sun moon and stars update im pleading

(Solrock, Lunatone, Minior)

[supple epoch]

https://tenor.com/view/rowlet-is-saving-food-from-cosmog-gif-20972206

[plucky arch]

cosmog can stay out

[supple epoch]

But Nebby needs to be out of the bag at some point

[tranquil fable]

Sun, moon and stars, plural, therefore Minior and Cosmog :)

[minor garnet]

A tier

[restive walrus]

Nuh uh

[restive walrus]

Already is

[slender thunder]

id rather not have boring Pokémon that don't really do anything
Like watchog or the elemental monkeys, they don't really have anything going for them
then there's stuff like lillipup line which is ok but its 3 of them and they are all very similar and not that interesting

I'd rather have stuff with unique body shapes or color palettes, or typings/abilities/moves if talking in battle functionality

Like serperior which has a cool palette, unique ability and personality
or stakataka, big neon building stuff

however i do realize that big legendary Pokémon with complicated textures are less likely to be sprited
Like the regis kinda prove

so maybe stakataka isn't ideal
It would be really cool for head fusions though (and when fused with an angry Pokémon, the blue turns red :])

[naive summit]

I'd love to see Slurpuff line just for the fusion potential, dessert mons would be amazing and we have nothing like that yet

Unfortunately I don't think Frog values things like "would be cool for spriters" quite so highly as actual spriters lol

[slender thunder]

Yeah slurpuff would be cool
And honestly the counterpart aromatisse wouldn't be bad either (is it a counterpart)?
Florges also, but it's evo line is quite similar
Xerneas would be cool but its a big complicated design
And cutiefly and ribombee could also be very cute, but outside of that maybe doesn't have that much going for it
I think that's all the fairy types

[ashen sapphire]

xerneas would be so fun though

also cutiefly and ribombee have a lot going for them actually

quiver dance, good offensive and utility moves in general, fairy type is kinda rare, pretty good stats for a bug type, soft pleasant color scheme for head fusions, cute little pixie body for body fusions

[cyan gull]

Justice for Croagunk

[ashen sapphire]

croagunk is good too!

really there are no gen 1-7 pokemon that I think outright would never deserve to be part of infinite fusion--sure there are some that don't add much and can wait until the end, but they're still pokemon that someone will love

the only pokemon that is so egregiously bad that no is greedent

and gen 8 isn't compatible so we're safe

[cyan gull]

Mightyena and Trumbeak are right there

[ashen sapphire]

mightyena is the only hyena and that's cool

[cyan gull]

Mullet dog stinky

Same with lip bird

[ashen sapphire]

toucannon's beak would be fun to sprite and trumbeak is a necessary prereq

[cyan gull]

We can pull a Pokémon TCG and just skip Trumbeak like they did with Kadabra

[ashen sapphire]

also while mightyena isn't my fave I have a friend who really loves it

and would be excited to be able to fuse it with cool stuff to make hyena but usable

[cyan gull]

I stand by the stinky

[ashen sapphire]

and you know what? poochyena might be a fairly bland early-game dark type

but it's more usable than purrloin in nuzlockes

and it's cute if you really like dogs

intimidate will always be a good ability

[cyan gull]

Purrloin might be highly puntable, but at least it's cute

I'm okay with the pooch

It's just the evo that's

[ashen sapphire]

okay, here's a compromise nobody will like: poochyena added but it evolves into toucannon

[cyan gull]

[cloud solstice]

What about Diancie

[cyan gull]

We love rocks in this household

[cloud solstice]

If Diancie gets added Ribbon would have done a big chunk already

[cyan gull]

Btw if you still need my help with your event please @ me, I have the attention span of a microbe

[wary canopy]

i need to finish my currwnt 2 diancies then ill be at a 100 heads done things have just been busyyyy

[minor garnet]

yk what

if were talking about good additions

the ultra beasts have so much fusion potential

I mean just look at this

[wary canopy]

The ultra beasts are cool but most of them look like an actual hell to sprite I wouldnt want to imagine doing customs for them

[minor garnet]

then dont imagine

[slender thunder]

oops
that and carbink are cool too

[slow gyro]

I just remembered something

LC when?

I wanted to win the money to spend it once I started classes in Vancouver, I’m almost graduating and no LC yet

[tulip tusk]

CHIMECHO SWEEP RAAAAH

[regal estuary]

how many new Weezing sprites do ya think are because of Mergemay Day 20

[sage flame]

Congrats to the pokedex entry winner! Oops, I didn't see the part about writing POKENAME instead of the name! Live and learn lol, now I know.
So I submitted it that way on the form to be put in the game, too 😅 will that be altered before being put in, or do I need to go back and edit/change something?

[cinder stag]

what we really need

[minor garnet]

is this

ALSO HOW WAS MINE A TIER

[cinder stag]

we need tropius

[rapid knot]

If you're interested in the current event, you might want to check out our team for fusion ideas... https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1180425381912789084

[cloud pulsar]

funniest shit ever, LC is taking so long i swear

[cyan gull]

Domain Expansion: Infinite LC

[restive walrus]

We NEED those things

[tawdry oak]

#1222376526805209201 HEHEHEHE ITS TIME

I am trying to start the Mini Classic Contest back up

anyone wanna join?

[plucky arch]

praying the LC lasts longer then the confederate just for the comedic value

[acoustic saddle]

howmany mini event are there even?

[cedar quest]

Let's see....

There's FtL, the Bingo, Spritedoku, SFX & Texture, PoTW, Elusive Pokedex, Mil Royale, and Theme Blitz in terms of officially endorsed ones

[cedar quest]

oh ik.

trust me i know.

||gotta fight petty behind the scenes actions with.....petty behind the scenes actions, unfortunately😅||

wont say more

[cloud pulsar]

can we get a major event ping role

so i can evade all this mini pings

[minor garnet]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/782998180748853248

[minor garnet]

summer event result when>

[cedar quest]

Probably later today, hopefully????????????

This one's outta my control if the bot doesn't want to work

[little cypress]

||Yeah, sure, blame the bot||

|| ||

[cyan gull]

Can't we just mail in our ballots?

[slender thunder]

I was thinking that too

[cedar quest]

I've been waiting for someone to ask about something like that for a while

Because this is a good topic for sure

On the surface: I don't think it's a great idea overall, because of how it would split up our audience across 2 different roles

Splitting up your audience and thinning them out over a ginormous fan of options is never a great idea for event longevity, as you just get less entries in each event overall making each event look and especially feel less impactful and different than whats around it

The other big reason: I don't want to crush and stomp others events by labelling some bigger than others in notification

[cloud pulsar]

im removing my role then

[mortal void]

probably best way to do it, it's not like certain events are more important than others now so it'd be weird to separate them only to thin out activity and interest if there is only one event people are interested in it's probably best to follow their individual discussion threads I guess?

[cloud pulsar]

i just wanted a role for tourney events lmao

all the pings happen in one channel anyway

[cedar quest]

Absolutely fine, trust me I understand the other side

[mortal void]

do those still hit the announcements channel? genuine question I'm not sure

the big server ones I mean

[cedar quest]

The big server events? Yeah those are also in announcements

[mortal void]

ah, well that's not so bad then, people who only want those wont miss them

[cedar quest]

I mean event announcements

[mortal void]

oh I meant general announcements

well either way can understand how pings may be annoying but it feels more like a self curating issue than needing to water the channel down imo

~~trust me I get it, the number of times I go to event announcements like is it results time?? and it's for a different event, bah but it is what it is ~~

[cedar quest]

I do want to elaborate on this a bit more

It's like how do you decide whats "major".

I mean obviously the stuff that I and Howls do is major, that stuff changes the server icon and Howls rushes and long events have tons of resources put into them

And POTW would for sure be considered "minor" due to its automated and raffle-like nature

[eager wyvern]

think events should be pinged in their respective #1149373303669145751 pages, with no ping in #event-announcements (outside of rushes & contests)
atm its super overwhelming and theres way too many so i end up not getting involved in most of them now

[cedar quest]

But where do you go from there? What would consider something like the recent Dex Entry contest???

I see where that's coming from, however there's an oversight with that

When you ping the role like that, it doesn't only ping those in that chat, it pings all with the role and brings them into that chat

[eager wyvern]

@ here solves that issue right away

albeit it will ping those who don't want to be pinged

theres no easy solution

its all a balancing act

[cedar quest]

It will also only ping those online at that time

[formal river]

Well back when bizmithe i I came up with the first contest the idea was incentivicing filling the fusions for the Mons that had less at this point any contest that focus on filling the fusion dex feels like it can count the ones that are more free theme or end up generating alts for the same mon like sudoku feel like they miss the point

[cedar quest]

Counterpoint to that: you say if an event focuses on generating alts (and I am going to stretch your words with logic a little here for better flow) and non-game content minor, that would mean the 3DS / Non-IF contest would be minor...which seeing the server icon that's not 100% the case

[eager wyvern]

the easiest solution is just pings/roles for individual events, but idk what would be going on in the backend that makes this server close to the role limit. It may be worth axing a lot of roles and replacing them with things that would be more useful for getting what you want on the server

[cedar quest]

Sounds easy, runs into problems quickly

[eager wyvern]

not really, this is how i've done it on every server ive ever managed

[cedar quest]

.

And also Frog does not want a million roles we ping

[eager wyvern]

that's not as big of a problem as you might think, that problem relies entirely on people not really caring about any of these events, which imo has never been true

and being pinged or not doesn't really change how many show to said event

i'll show up to theme blitz regardless if a red dot appears over my discord icons, the ping is there to mainly be a reminder that "hey, this event is starting, here's what it entails"
If you have 1 ping for every event, its now saying "Here's an event starting that you are likely to not be interested in, or do not want to partake in" - and it gets ignored (or in my case i just mark the server as read when theres a ping now because i get so many that its severely unlikely to be something im interested in, or important enough for me to check - if i could remove events im not interested in, i'd be inclined to look more & probably participate more)

if people want to partake in an event, they absolutely will regardless of a ping or not, its only those who are partially interested who would be affected which usually isn't that many

& if 7-8 roles for the individual events is enough to make the #event-announcements not super overwhelming, that doesn't seem like a bad deal tbh, and it may even get more event participation because now people can choose what events they want to be made aware of

obv not my server though, but you simply cannot rule an option out when it has a different set of pros & cons that may better suit the situation or not when actually tested

only real other solution is to reduce the amount of events period, either by removal, or by making them happen less often (the better option as theres so many weekly events its actually a little crazy, most events are weekly and that means that theres a guaranteed ping every week by several events, some on the same day)

[runic ruin]

What if the event announcements channel had threads for all of the frequently recurring events? The announcements would still be posted in the main section of the channel but wouldn't include pings. Meanwhile the threads would ping people and provide a link to the corresponding announcement. Then there would only be one event pings role, but people could mute threads for events that they aren't interested in.

[wary canopy]

Ive turned off pings ages ago since its entire unmanagable and doesnt mean much anymore, but at least a way to figure out what events are running at a glance would be wonderful. Just a single pinned message for the mini events that consistently gets updated with {event name- theme - dates - thread link} or somthing. The entire channel kind of feels like a mess right now and its overwhelming to find anything when you either have to scroll through So Many announcements till you find what youre looking for, or rummage through individual threads- where not all of them even pin the current themes and/or running dates

[near horizon]

if i work hard (so, tommorow evening, because that's the only free time i have), i could make this sprite count for both #1260003758256160828 and #1213267805282107402 water xD

[urban adder]

Where do we post our drawings for the events?

I have one for monotype mayhem

[paper trench]

@cedar quest

[cedar quest]

evil fucked up twisted world 🦘

[limpid sphinx]

congrats @timid echo @acoustic saddle !

[tender ice]

Burnt toast

[paper trench]

🦘

[cedar quest]

Most likely @scenic veldt will have further details on the prizes for the "PBB"

[timid echo]

Nice

[limpid sphinx]

#sprite-gallery message
it was inspired by this one btw❔

[timid echo]

Yeah its that guy

[limpid sphinx]

ohhh

[timid echo]

And a bunch of other fusions

[limpid sphinx]

yeah i see it wow its really aamazing

u should send it to chinigandoodles i bet that theyre gonna be so happy to see it (i mean, if u didnt it already xd)

[primal iron]

yeah i'm happy to lose to these two entries, all around incredibly done

[rich hemlock]

I am,,,,, so very anxious about beach contest results

[limpid sphinx]

so amazing entries fr!!

[rich hemlock]

it's like,,,, morally okay to vote in the batches that don't contain any of my entries yeah?

[subtle moss]

I'm just gonna not vote at all

[rich hemlock]

yeah that's fair too

I'll prolly do the same

[dense jackal]

so many meloetta based backgrounds O.o

[tawdry oak]

Yo @cedar quest how do you feel about Classic Contest?

I wanna host em

is that alright?

[undone orbit]

my hero

[tawdry oak]

or is there something I need to do first?

[acoustic saddle]

whats that?

[limpid sphinx]

your birthday

check announcements xd

[acoustic saddle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1163704426624733216/1194772503919349810/bongothornss.gif?ex=65b1919a&is=659f1c9a&hm=966b74e97006a1c1752dd21bd9e8c3a7f90bf93cabbd01b7f5ac12424f882fd7&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/702626820876533851/1261017895400636587/image0-32-4-2.gif

2 winners? how

[timid echo]

Tie :3

[acoustic saddle]

:v so what do u get? the reward

[timid echo]

Ermmm

I get a ping

[acoustic saddle]

i will give u more @timid echo :3c

[timid echo]

[acoustic saddle]

its all Hexx

[tawdry oak]

#1222376526805209201

Claws Classic Contest has started

with Feebas as the Pokemon to use

[steady pasture]

Who is this Corsola fused with?

Tentacruel?

[tawdry oak]

uhhh Golurk?

Cloyster?

[errant yarrow]

Necrozma I believe

[spare breach]

yeah its necrozma

[acoustic saddle]

rip say royale

[tulip tusk]

NECROZMA BODY NECrOZMA BODY

[wind matrix]

dusknoir?

[wicked perch]

pikachu i think

[acoustic saddle]

dusknoir has no leg smh

it has big grabber thou

[wind matrix]

It has a ghost tail

[acoustic saddle]

still not leg

[wind matrix]

wait, this is a foot?

then what's this?

[errant yarrow]

thigh

[wind matrix]

[acoustic saddle]

it has 2 feet

[errant yarrow]

chicken leg

[acoustic saddle]

sussy leg

[errant yarrow]

not the first one today :^)

[acoustic saddle]

now i cant unseen it

[wind matrix]

same 😂

[errant yarrow]

it doesnt look anything like that lol

it is clearly a thigh...

[wind matrix]

what if I did this?

[errant yarrow]

if you are saying it looks suggestive I would disagree

looks like you cut the lower leg off haha

[acoustic saddle]

it would help if the knee changed a bit, make it connect to the calf

[errant yarrow]

that isnt how Necrozma is though...

it has backwards knees like a chicken

|| and if it means anything I dont see anythign wrong with your exeggcute either... ||

[acoustic saddle]

well since the right thigh is covered, we have no reference point to compare them

[frigid ruin]

i can see it through the fingers

[tulip tusk]

ill be honest idk how this is so hard to tell but ive been staring at necrozma for so long

[frigid ruin]

right?

[tulip tusk]

ive made so many worse necrozma fusions

[acoustic saddle]

well i doo try to see the problem that the mods see, changing the sprite is simple enough, im just at work atm :,v

[frigid ruin]

i dont see a problem i feel dumb

[acoustic saddle]

well it very obscure, as i said just a very small fix would change how we see the shape

[errant yarrow]

Not to say I dont get it, and I probably shouldnt have retreaded that again haha

[wicked perch]

yall had three full days to come say anything about this in my spritework post is all im sayin

[acoustic saddle]

tbh i dont really see it until Thorn bought it up

sussy Thorn

[frigid ruin]

it looks amazing, i still don't see what they're saying

yall making me feel stupid

https://tenor.com/view/looking-through-the-magnifying-glass-courage-courage-the-cowardly-dog-peeking-through-the-magnifying-glass-watching-through-the-magnifying-glass-gif-8279014739187877859

[acoustic saddle]

i left my for 3 weeks and just found out it was banned for rule 2 not long ago, , tbh we cant expect mod to look at ours sprite all the time

[wind matrix]

thas me

[frigid ruin]

me trying to figure out what im looking for

[acoustic saddle]

blown up thorn with mind

🧠 💥

[wind matrix]

It helps to have sussy staff so I can spot things non-sussy people might miss :>

[acoustic saddle]

just make these pixel pink would help

[wind matrix]

probs

[tulip tusk]

you have cursed /half-joking for me

[wind matrix]

MEHEHEHEHE!

[tulip tusk]

anyways I think this is a pretty recognizable necrozma body idk what you all are on /half-.... half-joking.

like all the necrozma elements are there tho and especially in the shape

[rich hemlock]

I thought it's pretty recognizable too but I did also already see it labeled as necrozma in spritework so i mean

but yeah either way it checked out for me

[wind matrix]

I think the issue is the right hand is corvering up too much of the body to see clearly

[rich hemlock]

curse necrozma's giant grabbies

[tulip tusk]

I think that just removing the black line between the thigh and foot would be the least effort for the most outcome... im tired idk

im looking at my own necrozma sprites and wondering how in the fresh fuck these are main

actually i just think it's because nobody else has done sprites for them

[wind matrix]

nah, yours look fine

[steady pasture]

Ah... Necrozma... It wasn't very clear to me without the usual Pyramid head. Also i can't stand default Necrozma, so i try to erase it from memory

[tulip tusk]

i should ask people if they can recognize what my aegislash/necrozma's body is

[steady pasture]

Your sprite looks fine/good. It's just i don't like Necrozma very much, so trying to recognize it would've been difficult for me

[wind matrix]

he float

[tulip tusk]

hat

[steady pasture]

Awhile ago during the Trubbish event, i also couldn't recognize the Necrozma fusion (it was a Pyramid head reference)

[steady pasture]

Probopass?

[wind matrix]

how

[tulip tusk]

ok to be fair I can see

[steady pasture]

Eye, giant nose, floating side bits

[wind matrix]

where is the nose?

[steady pasture]

???

[wind matrix]

WHERE IS THE NOSE?!

[steady pasture]

The long center cloth

[wind matrix]

I...

[steady pasture]

???

What is it then?

[tulip tusk]

caffeine has a point lmao

[wind matrix]

I'mma go back to pokerogue

[tulip tusk]

jesus christ i am starting to use lmao....

[wary canopy]

i can generally recognize none of the necrozma fusions unless theyre straight up recolors. this is not because i love recolors this is because necrozma just sucks JDJSNX

[steady pasture]

... It's Necrozma?

How?

[errant yarrow]

mostly large hands and the leg shape. I would say the small head and bulky body make it look less like Necrozma though

[tulip tusk]

it was made when necrozma was first out for IF I think and I pushed way too hard to go with the "base form is the ultra form reconstructed" theme and did not make it look like the body

[steady pasture]

I'm not trying to be a jerk here (not this time anyways), but this time the Aegislash fusion i literally can't see Necrozma at all, unlike the Corsola one

[rich hemlock]

i don't necessarily like necrozma but it just has a certain funky lil stature that i can usually pick out

[tulip tusk]

with the ultra form it makes more sense but on its own it's a mile and a half (stretch didn't fit)

[rich hemlock]

tho i will say i would never have guessed it here for the aegislash one

[steady pasture]

I would've guessed Golurk on the Ultra form, but i can at least see some resemblance there

[tulip tusk]

ok I asked for outside opinion and they asked if the head was cofagrigis

[steady pasture]

Also Thorn... god dammit...

[wind matrix]

[steady pasture]

Ask them if they're color blind

[wind matrix]

get a different outside opinion lol

[jaunty estuary]

ooooo first time i get to vote

[tulip tusk]

man

[steady pasture]

Yep, color blind

[wind matrix]

were they dropped on the head as a child?

[steady pasture]

Actually, maybe just blind in general. Even as a body material, both sprites are way too big

[wind matrix]

lol

[tulip tusk]

...i dont know if they know necrozma exists actually

[steady pasture]

Nobody gives a shit about base Necrozma anyways

[wary canopy]

if the poor person doesnt even know aegislash then i assume they wouldnt keep asking anyhow its funny <3

[steady pasture]

Spriting it as a body fusion is also incredibly painful, so i can respect u actually sprited it multiple times

[tulip tusk]

IT TOOK THEM 11 GUESSES (and two hints) BUT THEY GOT IT!!!!!

[wind matrix]

😂

[tulip tusk]

i shoulda just asked fusion chat in the chat channels
too tired for that

[acoustic saddle]

rude

[tulip tusk]

they're a really cool person they just do not know shit about sun and moon

[shrewd dirge]

We don't get spammed in dm with easypoll anymore

[steady pasture]

Sounds like u need to unfriend them

[wind matrix]

pffft

[acoustic saddle]

thorn fart

[wind matrix]

[slender thunder]

I stood no chance with the background contest but at least I can use it myself on the builder

[acoustic saddle]

well they gonna add all of them in the builder BG to right

[graceful plank]

man people didn't like mine either because they didn't recognise it, but I feel like I added enough stuff. other fusions can get away with general body shape because it's unique so I think all the necrozma bodies are fine

like I don't really want to have default pose with the hat

at least my necrozma base is getting use

I tried to not put on the crystals either because then the pose has to be really stuff to fit them in

yo chansey/necrozma is super cute

they didn't put on the crystals and the hat isn't triangular so we are of same mind

mewtwo/necrozma is good too

I like ho-oh as well but it's just at the point of being too abstract and it already has bird legs, so I think people might not recognise it

@tulip tusk your sprites are great!

the proportions and shapes are really fun

[naive summit]

Necrozma is one if those mons that I will probably never work with just because it feels a bit too complicated for my limited braincells also people like yall and Zerdguy already make such amazing ones

[limpid sphinx]

i tried a metapod necrozma a while ago and it was one of my hardests experiences spriting

(for that reason i dropped it off xd

[naive summit]

That sounds like a literal nightmare

I hate metapod so much

[naive summit]

Caterpie and Butterfree are adorable and fun to work with, and then there's that

[acoustic saddle]

metapod slander

[limpid sphinx]

the idea was make a metapod necrozma aaaand a butterfree ultra nec

x)

but well it was too much for my little brain

[naive summit]

Valid lmao

[acoustic saddle]

metapod is only bad bc it only has 1 color i guess , so overlapping is pain

[naive summit]

It's also a weird texture

[tulip tusk]

i mean you can always add more colors

[plucky arch]

Metapod isnt actually horrible to work with

ive only made 1 but it was fun

KAKUNA is DOGWATER

but metapod is alright

its a fun texture

[near horizon]

NO

https://tenor.com/view/stewie-rocking-shocked-trauma-family-guy-gif-3629549

this thing still haunt me

[wind matrix]

He a silly boi

Just use small mons

[storm remnant]

these are my two

i think it's a fun mon just slightly restrictive

then again i want cascoon in the game

[dusk zodiac]

ze pod

[wind matrix]

man cascoon bodies woule either be a pain or super interesting

I tried to make a darmanatan/cascoon fusion once

[storm remnant]

I'd love it more than anything

[storm remnant]

Spot on lad

[wind matrix]

[subtle moss]

ohey, first time I've made it past the first round.

[cedar quest]

It's been a quick bit since we've last did polls, so bumping these for those curious on "Where's first place"

[cyan gull]

I'm done voting, you can close the polls now

[sly shuttle]

I would have gone in a different direction with my entry if I knew it was community voting

[cedar quest]

Gotsa keep you on your toes

....besides that exact statement leads to what I don't want: catering to different metas

[mortal void]

I think for me I would have opted out if I knew it was voted and not judged.
I do terribly in voted (I think I just don’t tend to make ‘popular’ stuff, I got weird taste) so it’s demotivating and feels less worthwhile than a contest where I get feedback from more tried and tested spriters/judges of sprites genuinely amazed when I even get past round 1 with anything honestly haha

I thought I’d just been dumb and missed it saying it was voted but I guess it didn’t say

[cedar quest]

It's true that what the community judges as "good" is different that what we judge in Staff judged contests, but it's not healthy for us to encourage changing what you do to play towards your crowd.

[mortal void]

True, I get the point about catering to meta, but conversely it’d be nice to know what you’re entering perhaps that’s just me, I would have spent my time elsewhere

Though I guess that’s also the point, if other people felt the same the turnout for the contest would be less? Still feel a bit tricked though (not actually mad, no worries)

[civic mauve]

If it helps I didn’t realize it was going to be a community vote either and I’m a mime 🤡

[little cypress]

I almost always enjoy your sprites, but I don’t think I have bizarre tastes, and I’m usually pretty technically critical, right?

[jaunty estuary]

@storm remnant congrats on winning the texture awards ^^

[slender thunder]

Blue pory 🤯

[acoustic saddle]

no more nitro

[storm remnant]

Cheers blud, absolutely chuffed

Here's to many more Omas

[near horizon]

x)

[near horizon]

ah yeah, i can see

[mortal void]

True that, and I do appreciate that

[acoustic saddle]

@runic ruin can u help me out by putting my sprote in "finish the line" plz

[cyan gull]

nah, I'd win

I'm tired of pink

now I can use my emotes from my Pixelmon server

[wind matrix]

Skill issue

[eager wyvern]

i'm staring at #contest-polls in shock my palossand gyarados is even up there with the rest of those amazing sprites

[woven kettle]

I mean it's great, it belongs there

[eager wyvern]

noooo

[woven kettle]

Yes

[eager wyvern]

[woven kettle]

?tag kiss

[urban knot]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c1/51/0f/c1510f1f14406dda27206c6bbe320b25.jpg

[slow gyro]

LC when?

[woven kettle]

Never

[wicked wolf]

LC... that rings a bell, don't you agree say

[woven kettle]

:nogokingaround:

[woven kettle]

Shut the fuck up

[dim shuttle]

The kingler/vaporeon fusion only being in B tier is criminal

[potent sorrel]

It's in A-Tier

Not B

[hollow gull]

life is going a bit better now

Wow. All of the semifinalists are absolutely stunning. Talk about steep competition

Can't wait for the next contest, hope life doesn't get in the way of that one

@runic ruin that Dragalge/Delphox you made is stunning. How did you get the rendering so clean? Is there a trick to how you choose your AA colors that helps avoid a smudged look?

[acoustic saddle]

saying swear

[woven kettle]

Uhh

Uhhh

[acoustic saddle]

what was the rule about having behavior anyway

[woven kettle]

Fruit

[woven kettle]

Rule 17?

[acoustic saddle]

?tag rule17

[urban knot]

Rule 17 CODE OF CONDUCT: Be nice. Not just in this server, either, this is a good rule for life in general. Assume the best intentions of those you speak to, apologise if you hurt them, and allow them to apologise if they hurt you. Politeness and patience can stop a lot of unnecessary aggression.

[acoustic saddle]

so the say fusion did won

[cloud pulsar]

say is biased?

[woven kettle]

Nah

Those are rumors made by the public to taint my image

I, Say, have never allowed a sprite in the Milian or Say Royale to win due to a bias I hold.

[cloud pulsar]

🧢

[woven kettle]

[cloud pulsar]

the first emoji i dont need to use my nitro for

[acoustic saddle]

🛑🧢

[rich hemlock]

Community voting feels so much more anxiety inducing than judging man

[little cypress]

I’m glad but still, I k ow that’s extremely difficult, I’ve lost some all at once before too

I’m glad it is trending upwards for you though

[slender thunder]

And no feedback or document with all of them next to eachother

(I like looking through that document and comparing and reading tbe feedback, even if not for my sprite)

I was out at prelims (tbf i only submitted to that contest so i had something that counted for the "contest submission" slot in the spritedoku )

[heady escarp]

is there a requirement to put events?

[jaunty estuary]

pffft how do yall keep up with all the events 😵‍💫

theres just so many 😭

[rapid knot]

The trick is you don't
My advice is to look at the events that seem interesting, then choose a few to participate in
You don't need to do every event every week, or even one event every week

[regal estuary]

Not sure what to do for Mergemay Day 21 (Symbiotic). I wanted to do Psyduck/Dunsparce but someone already did what I was going to do for that

I've got it!

[cyan gull]

disregard what Three said, burn out spetacularly by doing every event every week!

[shrewd dirge]

I want to participate in finish the line, millian royal, pokemon of the week and ect. But can't make it in time, but do my best to always participate in txt/sfx awards.

Sfx/txt awards is just feels different

[rapid knot]

Yes
Shine like a dying star; go out in a blaze of unglory and never be seen again

[cyan gull]

now that's PIF-worthy spriting if I have ever seen any

[heavy furnace]

New theme blitz:

[spare breach]

https://tenor.com/view/spherical-nazbol-drake-and-josh-josh-drake-gif-13688691

[frigid ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/orb-spheal-pondering-my-orb-pokemon-pondering-gif-24206579

[jaunty estuary]

ye

mainly because i won one hehe

[slow gyro]

Anyways

LC when?

[cyan gull]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-he-is-already-dead-stop-gif-5552043

[plucky arch]

AY YO ?? MY DRIFBLIM BASE ON THE THEME BLITZ??

popping off rn

i completely forgot i made that

its not even half bad looking at it considering how early it was made

im pleasantly chuffed

[inland cave]

Well I did my part

[minor garnet]

Mime Jr role

[cyan gull]

you can always start your own event and host it in #1222376526805209201, if it gets enough traction you may become a Mime Jr.

then you can @ancient beacon

thank you rando for allowing me to do that instead of mentioning the entire server

[inland cave]

Heh
Is that so

[minor garnet]

No

You cant at everyonr

[inland cave]

I'm going to make the BEST mini event in the history of the land

J, prob not

[minor garnet]

I tried doing weekly references

But I just quit vuz didnt feel like it

[bleak flint]

"there i am Gary, there i am!"

[rich hemlock]

aww man, my sprite had so much positive feedback i had hope. Kinda figured this would happen though if it was community vote

[civic mauve]

That one was my favorite entry, it was so good

[acoustic saddle]

what was it?

[rich hemlock]

this was my child

[ashen sapphire]

it was really good

[acoustic saddle]

yeah i voted for it too, it look super nice, too bad it not as flashy as the other big sprotes

[little cypress]

Reminds me of Howl’s Moving Castle and Brave, the will o wisps

[ashen sapphire]

it makes me think of interior decorating my beach base in terraria

[bleak flint]

Funny i was gonna say it reminds me of the Ginger Island house in Stardew

[acoustic saddle]

psssh, u want to collab for the royale? chanderlure is a fire mon

[rich hemlock]

I'm nervous but intrigued 👀

[tulip tusk]

i really liked the palette and shading on it sobs

[acoustic saddle]

why so?

[rich hemlock]

i just get socially anxious easily and fear not matching up to your talents

[heady radish]

How should you name non-IF pokemon files for contests that will accept them, since they don't have a pokedex number?

[rich hemlock]

i think people usually just type out the name

[acoustic saddle]

but u r good, example from ur sprotes

[blissful kindle]

Only 1 "Not a Fusion™️" in the final round

[cloud solstice]

ur still trying to steal souls I see appleman

[acoustic saddle]

what do u mean ?

[acoustic saddle]

mayhaps

[minor garnet]

Not a fusion fusions are usually the good fusions

[limpid sphinx]

but definitely an alt tho xd

but i kinda like it anyways

[eager wyvern]

happy i made it to semifinals

wish i made it to finals though

silly community votes & their voting communely

[slender thunder]

It is a fusion, with water

[hollow gull]

Surprised it didn't go further, the rendering on the thatch is stunning.

[little cypress]

Community polls seem to be less of the technical details and more about flashy details like SFX, or so it seems to me. Because I agree, the whole sprite @rich hemlock did was spectacular

[hollow gull]

tragically true

[red vigil]

yep, if i know it was community voted, i wouldn't do a small sprite :/

[acoustic saddle]

just do big sprite every time

[little cypress]

The super adorable and cutesy small sprites can win community votes too, but it’s more specific. OR you can just give the tiny baby sprite a massive amount of crazy effects or something

[acoustic saddle]

which i only seen happened with hero jirachi, and it only was n elite four

[red vigil]

big sprite take time and i have a sprite doku to finish

[acoustic saddle]

spritedoku is hard

[red vigil]

not hard,
exhausting

[acoustic saddle]

samething

[blissful kindle]

The big wave is not a pokemon, unless Wavemon exists

[blissful kindle]

[acoustic saddle]

i can only recalled a golduck sprite with big wave

[blissful kindle]

Beeg wave-mon

[tulip tusk]

tbh sometimes one of the main things i check for when voting is just if the head mon actually replaces the face rather than it being a body mon with the head mon's aesthetics

[blissful kindle]

I like body mon with only head aestethic

It keeps some abominations from existing

[tulip tusk]

i think it's cowardly to refuse to make an abomination, I LOVE fucked up little guys

especially since it's always "cool" and "pretty" designs that do this usually :[ where's my fucked up looking charizard

i have done it myself ngl sobs

[dawn prairie]

Once i saw a request to make a nonabomination version of one of my dumber sprites and causing those kinds of problems is pretty fun

[tulip tusk]

i have like 7 fusions that were too afraid to use the other face sobs

[tulip tusk]

this is the type of thing i strive for. you don't get to have a pretty fusion you're getting nightmare fuel.

one of my gardevior fusions has only evos with facial features despite the fact that the head mon doesn't have a face

no disrespect but y'all are COWARDS. It has ONE design element that's a "face" and you refuse it.

i get it but also MAN

[dull mortar]

wheres my fucked up gardevoirs

[tulip tusk]

WHERES MY FUCKED UP GARDEVOIRS!!! STOP MAKING THEM CONVENTIONALLY PRETTY!!!!!!! I want something that'll HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES!!!!!!! /lh

[dull mortar]

erase their face! take away the legs! make them uglyyyy!!

[acoustic saddle]

no face no legs as u wish

[dull mortar]

hell yeah love that freak

[mortal void]

literal head mon abominations you say? this thing still makes me laugh, I like to imagine it's head sloshing from side to side like a water balloon

[sly shuttle]

Simple. Put both faces on the head(preferably overlapping). No deciding required

[mortal void]

hell use all the features of both pokemon, leave nothing out, make the Thing

[rich hemlock]

if you are okay with having me then

[rapid knot]

I would love a collection of happy abomination sprites

Too many sprites try to be intense horror like the pinsirs or Mr. Mimes, or bizarre like that series of googly Vigoroths, but I like sprites that are just kind of funny
Cool and cute sprites are good too, but I'd like more respect for the weird guys

[slender thunder]

Weirdos that wouldn't ever realistically be able to survive or even function but we still love them

[slow gyro]

So anyways

LC when?

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/bane-no-banned-and-you-are-explode-gif-16047504

[little cypress]

I think I was there when this was made? Either way I freaking LOVE this thing!

[hollow gull]

all women are pretty :)

some men are also pretty

[tulip tusk]

personally i find character designs that look strange or off putting pretty, im just talking about general appeal and beauty standards

[hollow gull]

true

but my point stands

[mortal void]

ugly-cute is top tier taste

[little cypress]

Grumpy Cat, how we miss thee

[tulip tusk]

ugly-cute is sick as hell

[little cypress]

French Bulldogs are THE number one most popular dog right now for a reason

Also, this
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/us/worlds-ugliest-dog-wild-thang.html

[tulip tusk]

damn
id say that it's kinda hard to find an ethical ugly-cute dog, a lot of popular ones are the result of dog inbreeding

[little cypress]

the "tramp" type dog, from Lady & The Tramp, can be pretty wiry-ugly-adorable naturally, but usually yes, it's from terrible breeding

[tulip tusk]

it's honestly an issue dogs have in general, there are a lot of animals that fit ugly-cute, dogs are just in a bad situation

[little cypress]

also hairless cats

[tulip tusk]

yeah, sadly :(

[naive summit]

that goes for (most) purebred dogs as a whole, not just the 'ugly-cute' ones, unfort. But yeah selective breeding (often involving inbreeding) is how we got to the most popular dog breed in America being a walking health disaster

though I've heard there's some groups out there trying to walk back some breeds to healthier standards and forms they used to have decades ago. Retro Pugs, the netherlands guy working with French Bulldogs, etc.

[tulip tusk]

swag to them, it's probably the best option of apply pressure to immoral breeders (outright banning is good but at the very least it lets the breed continue in a healthy way)

[limpid sphinx]

Congratss @rough frost !!!!!! ❤️

say hasta luego to your turquoise role @runic ruin XD

[acoustic saddle]

so red won the contest?

hexx got 2rn and chorm 3rd

[sly shuttle]

Which contest?

Oh, the beach one

[cloud solstice]

It's pinkpalkia that got second place

[acoustic saddle]

i see melo i see hexx

[little cypress]

also crossing similar breeds with each other to create more diversity but keep the aspects people like. For example, crossing English and Old English Bulldogs both, ideally to remove some of the terrible health issues and deformities that plague them.

[little cypress]

I'd love to see incentives for good breeders, specifically ones that follow specific protocols and regulations, ones that breed for health and longevity and fitness, etc.

like how my partner and I want to breed our English Bulldog that has a great personality and AMAZING genetics, but there's no easy or cost-effective way to do so, and just searching for random breeders is a recipe for disaster

[acoustic saddle]

breeder for long live is not as easy when u have to wait to make sure it got the required results lol

[little cypress]

not at all, there are quite a few characteristics that are known to lead to healthier lives, like stronger immune systems, better respiratory and cardiovascular systems, less musculoskeletal issues that would prevent regular exercise, etc., etc.

we have plenty of empirical data on what helps dogs live longer from millenia of having dogs as pets

[acoustic saddle]

how many doggo

[tawdry oak]

#1222376526805209201 please if you haven't already seen, support my Restoration Efforts to bring back the Classic Contest

so I can make under appriciated Pokemon and legends get some "Sick-Nasty" sprites

Currently

there is a Feebas Classic that ends... <t:1721968200:f>

[limpid sphinx]

ngl i thought the same XD

[molten crater]

I got 4th place

[cedar quest]

I'll do the announcement once off work

[bleak flint]

For week 55 i just need to say my sprite is for week 55 when i post it right?

[woven kettle]

Yes

Just include ‘Week 55’ and I’ll make sure to add it as an entry

Doesn’t matter what you call it ~~you should call it Say Royale ~~ just as long as you’re putting what week it’s for

[shrewd dirge]

@south meteor congrats your first contest and you was 🥈 ,

[subtle moss]

I probably should get around to actually uploading my contest entries

[potent sorrel]

I know, I didn't realize the Starter one was done so quick or else I would have submitted

[subtle moss]

I meant to the gallery

[potent sorrel]

Oh yeah that to

[rough frost]

neat!

cute coconut!

[cloud solstice]

love the icon you got

[cold bay]

I am sad the Great Wave didnt make it but I also loved that Noivern with all my heart so Ill take it

[ashen sapphire]

in my heart even tho I had a sprite in the finals I wanted the exeggutor noivern w the little coconut drink to win

so I am happy

[spring hemlock]

someone should host another spriting cup

[near horizon]

-# I may or may not be working on a project....

-# but it'll take some time because I'll have to make a layer, write the rules, etc... (because I plan on doing a regular event)

[worthy shuttle]

there was a contest?

[torpid bough]

Thanks

[limpid sphinx]

its so amazing frrr

congrats to all the podium winners!!! ^^

[torpid bough]

Amd thanks you too

[slow gyro]

So anyways

LC when?

[limpid sphinx]

on the newest contest champion role

[potent sorrel]

What even is the LC lol

[south meteor]

WOW!!
The Meloetta was the effort of Team Meloetta! I had the umbrella idea, Caffeine said to make it a Sandygast and give sunglasses, and others gave some feedback here and there that helped make it better.
Thank you everyone who voted~

[limpid sphinx]

Little Coconut

[potent sorrel]

Ah

[limpid sphinx]

im joking LC is Little Cup, a contest kind of event when u can only use the first stage of the lines, we started the third edition like 1 year and a half ago but unfortunely someone had the idea of let ppl make unlimited entries...

u can check the last polls for it on #special-contest-polls btw

[sly shuttle]

The winners also get money

[acoustic saddle]

1$

[limpid sphinx]

nah that is too much

1BR$ 🇧🇷

[acoustic saddle]

how muh is it?

[limpid sphinx]

like 18 cent ig xd

[slow gyro]

Me, doing 122 sprites for LC

Or maybe 126

I can’t remember

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/you're-fired-j-jonah-jameson-spider-man-2-you're-no-longer-employed-columbia-pictures-100-gif-13669462618431915682

[near horizon]

you did a "yes" amount

x)

[steady pasture]

@south meteor God damn, your 1st contest and u already got 2nd place. Grats!

[south meteor]

I hope I've made team Meloetta proud~ This is for you guys~

[near horizon]

Does Reshiram count as fluffy ?

[steady pasture]

Sure looks fluffy

[near horizon]

ok, then i know what i'll do for the #1260003758256160828

[slow gyro]

Besties, I’m about to go to sleep, but first, one more really important thing

[near horizon]

because i try not to break my progress on Merge~~May,June,~~July

[slow gyro]

LC when?

[near horizon]

idk, ask in #mime-jr-questions x)

[slow gyro]

Then it’ll look like if I was using my roles and status to make pressure

When in reality I’m just making the regular user pressure

[near horizon]

or, hear me out, you could make the polls

[slow gyro]

That’s not gonna stop me cause I don’t know how to make polls

Also I’m animating

[near horizon]

are you animating the polls ? x)

[slow gyro]

Today we had the second screening, my teacher wasn’t able to be here on the first one, so he saw our progress since like a month, and for the first time he complimented my film

[near horizon]

i saw your animation, don't worry, i'm just joking around

[slow gyro]

He always talked about how it was gonna be hard to do, and that he wasn’t sure I’ll be able to make all of that work and stuff

[slow gyro]

And today he was like “You know what? You’re actually going great with it”

[slow gyro]

Btw he was not being rude or anything, my film is in fact a complicated one, and the way he saw it I was just another random student thinking that they could do everything just by trying hard

What he didn’t know, is that I am in fact able to do anything just by trying hard enough

I’m really exited for my film, so I’ll share the link to my animation once it’s ready and on YouTube

Anyways, I’m going to sleep

LC when?

[near horizon]

one day, maybe

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/go-leave-me-alone-golden-girls-you-have-to-go-now-rose-gif-22287138

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/get-out-leave-gif-5785321051025239919

[acoustic saddle]

hey why the sever icon is still blank?

[acoustic saddle]

what LC?

[jaunty estuary]

wdym?

[acoustic saddle]

hmm on my phone it was blank

oh it just need a reset

[little cypress]

[acoustic saddle]

forgor LC, we need MC

biggest sprotes ever

@jaunty estuary u just made a big sprotes, its just human nature

[jaunty estuary]

ye but thats just cuz theres more room to do textures lol

i do big sprites to learn textures and sfx and stuff

cuz i feel like i have to learn all of them to be a good spriter

avatar of all pixel arts

[acoustic saddle]

yes thats why big sprote is needed

[jaunty estuary]

lol

[acoustic saddle]

we need more big sprote contest

[jaunty estuary]

please not more contests 😭

[little cypress]

if we just throw a BUNCH of spriters at NTM to do collabs, additional contests won't be necessary

[slender thunder]

Contest but every submission is a NTM collab so apl always wins

[south meteor]

I just noticed the podium post said Palossand but I used Sandygast as the head.

[cloud solstice]

Collab contest when?
NTM will occupy the whole podium

[jaunty estuary]

ooooo a collab contest sounds cool

[acoustic saddle]

i will die

[acoustic saddle]

we had it b4

[jaunty estuary]

we should have it again

with me this time

[red vigil]

btw how did you do your collab @acoustic saddle ? i have seen that you did a lot and i do not think that from concept art ?

[jaunty estuary]

NTM makes a sprite and the person he's collabing with adds a few pixels

[cloud solstice]

they just ask

[wary canopy]

that reminds me we still have four unposted collabs

[near horizon]

and i should work on two we told to do

@uncut shadow you can't escape

[uncut shadow]

how did you know

[limpid sphinx]

lol

[acoustic saddle]

mostly i would do the concept, and the pose and the black outline and the touch up

you can also make the concept and i will follow it

[red vigil]

i see

[jaunty estuary]

is that a bot log?

creepy

[bleak flint]

would it be greedy to do both forms of Meloetta/Ampharos?

[lofty skiff]

Omg the server has a sprite icon now :0

[stark pier]

how i can i submit sprites for the week 55?

[limpid sphinx]

when ready, post the sprite on gallery with "Sprite Royale Week 55" on the message

[stark pier]

AH thank you very much

[limpid sphinx]

^^

[slow gyro]

I just came here to say

LC when?

[sly shuttle]

<t:1726385580:R>

If not by then, the universe certainly must have collapsed

[limpid sphinx]

LC4 when

[acoustic saddle]

MC when??

massive cup

[limpid sphinx]

Mid Cup could be fire tho

Mid evos deserves that attention

[slow gyro]

Yea

LC when?
MidCup when?
MegaCup when?

[cedar quest]

Your cups are in the dishwasher

[tulip tusk]

outfit contest gone but not forgotten (probably not)

[acoustic saddle]

combine all 3 and we have regular contests

also Lc should be MiniCup

[bleak flint]

when microcup?

[regal palm]

☕️ ?

[rich hemlock]

LC = Little Cup ❌
LC = Legendary Cup ✅

[rigid abyss]

I've like 7 entries I wanna do for FTL but I'm banned from my computer for the next 2 weeks

[tranquil fable]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ✅

[cold bay]

Are there enough left lol

[plucky arch]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ❌
Late Cup ✅

[fading lodge]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ❌
Late Cup ❌
Little Cup ✅

Return to Little Cup. BTW, results when?

[near horizon]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ❌
Late Cup ❌
Little Cup ❌
Littlest Cup ✅

[acoustic saddle]

only joitik

[wild oriole]

nah

[rapid knot]

LC: Longest Cup

[acoustic saddle]

it already very long now

[astral niche]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ❌
Late Cup ❌
Little Cup ❌
Littlest Cup ❌
Litten Cup ✅

[limpid sphinx]

so much cups

[red vigil]

Little Cup ❌
Legendary Cup ❌
Litwick Cup ❌
Late Cup ❌
Little Cup ❌
Littlest Cup ❌
Litten Cup ❌ Coffee Cup ✅

[acoustic saddle]

which weekly event did u won last week?