event-general

[fallen light]

weird, it didn’t work

maybe it’s cause I’m no longer an evil minion

[nimble star]

Oh I know why

I was trying to turn you to bread when I turned you into a snowcone

So I need to turn you into bread

[cinder stag]

theres only 7 non hoenn bases in the contest

and somehow two are arceus

[visual ibex]

omg I started making my solosismay day 4 sprite early and it looks so good lmao

[visual ibex]

I doubt anyone is going to enterpret the prompt like I did

[potent sorrel]

I'm very confident in my duck

Ain't no need for dem Hoenns

[signal nexus]

Is that the kadabra number?

[visual ibex]

I'll just say, it's solosis/solosis

[sly shuttle]

Is Metagross not from Hoenn?

[cinder stag]

even worse

[potent sorrel]

Did you make it a Solosis Cube?

[signal nexus]

Gelatinous Cube?

[whole arrow]

now i ache for dim sum on a sunday morning

I need some Shu Mai and chicken feet and egg tarts

[fallen light]

i blame someone who isnt me

[whole arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/jay-mandel-dim-sum-dumplings-gif-26501134

mmmmm

[fallen light]

i did literally eat some like an hour or two ago

[whole arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/mukbang-food-mukbang-gifs-asmr-mukbang-korean-food-gif-23332508

This is literally me

[fallen light]

[cinder stag]

the yellow dots on the top look like stains

[bronze vine]

I think that’s fish eggs

[south meteor]

Crab or fish roe, sometimes chopped carrot.

[cinder stag]

not the fish

[whole arrow]

LMAOOO the spots on the womans shirt, she probably splashed herself with grease drops by accident

[bronze vine]

Sorry you said yellow dots so my dumbass thought the food gif

But yeah those are probably stains

[cerulean charm]

i dont get 64.64

maybe ill just do soot instead

[sly shuttle]

Kadabra self fusion

EZ

[cerulean charm]

isnt it kinda redundant to make that a theme though because youll just get a bunch of dupes of a fusion that isnt even very likely to be used ingame

i guess you could interpret it has a 64x64 pixel sprite but that sounds kinda annoying to try

[sly shuttle]

~~ That’s the intended interpretation ~~

[cerulean charm]

oh, probably using x would be more clear over a . then, but oh well

maybe ill try just to see if i can 🤔

[sly shuttle]

An oversight
There’s a clarification in the pins of https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1367613534527033414

[cerulean charm]

ah okay gotcha

[visual ibex]

close, but- i mean technically yes, but no

[trim merlin]

if only the vanillish line was in the game... vanillish/delibird

[acoustic saddle]

ur are an egg tart?

[whole arrow]

Im a tray of egg tarts, appelmen

[acoustic saddle]

ita mukbang time

[sly shuttle]

We’re at 9

[cinder stag]

nice

[urban siren]

🤡 🏆 🗳️ ❓
day 1

[mighty canopy]

so timezone wise is most of the server on mergemay day 3?

or no, 4?

[plain nexus]

it's day four in my timezone (Central Time), but i'm gonna wait until the evening to get started

[mighty canopy]

cause it was may 2 when the event was even announced

[subtle moss]

it was just before midnight in my timezone

(west europe)

so techincally still the 1st

[cinder stag]

honestly just make up your own cutoff

for me "day 1" was 1 hr before may1 was over

[mighty canopy]

oh yeah i'm playing catch up rn

made 1 and 2 on day 4 for me

[plain wing]

Are we gonna have one of those "sprite as many [pokemon] fusions as you can in a month" events again?
Like the Luvdisc one in February

[cinder stag]

a rush? the next will be minior core for pride month

[plain wing]

Niiiice

[cinder stag]

and rn there is mergemay ^^

[plain wing]

I feel a little more pressure with mergemay than a rush
Idk why

Pride month is June right?

Or is it July

Okay it's June

[signal nexus]

with mergemay, it's all on you to do 30 'mons in the month
with a rush, you have others helping out

[plain wing]

Mhm mhm

[cinder stag]

i did 26 or sth luvdisc so not too far off

[marsh otter]

My 50+ fishies were painful but mergemay is kinda a bit harder I feel due to actually having to choose a fitting fusion🙈

[fallen light]

same, I did like 56, but they were mostly not too bad body fusions

[minor garnet]

I wanna do only wooper run

Except for day 1 cuz I made this without looking at mergemay prompts but it fits cozy

[long basin]

insane bonking

[tawdry verge]

YAY LETS GO

[merry mica]

will we ever know the results of the april fools contest

[fallen light]

give it 2-3 years, it's the new LC

[cold bay]

No that's the joke lol

[cedar quest]

I could give you the funny reason on why it hasn't happened yet or the serious reason.

I already put in the pins it is going to be a while before I can get to it

[broken robin]

whats the funny reason

[cedar quest]

I dropped the poll machine down the stairs.................

so sad............

and I missed LC pressure so much that I needed to replace it with this......

[signal nexus]

[insert homestuck reference here]

[spiral harbor]

......shoelaces?

[spiral harbor]

oh my

that art is beautiful

pristine

loving the comic sans

/silly

[signal nexus]

it's intentionally bad 😌

[spiral harbor]

is this the stuck home I keep hearing about

[subtle moss]

it's part of it

The best part about it, is that it takes a ton of effort to make it look this bad

[signal nexus]

🤔 ...ish
in-universe, it's a comic created by one of the characters

[spiral harbor]

ooo

[spiral harbor]

couldnt you just. draw realy fast

[signal nexus]

you must understand
this level of intentional badness is artistic
here's the full comic the panel came from:

[spiral harbor]

ok that is quite funny

[mighty stump]

I agree, both in you can't trust stairs and that intentional badness is artistic

[mighty stump]

Beautiful

[spiral harbor]

i know,. im brilliant and incredibly artistically gifted,,

[signal nexus]

there was a porygon-z/aegislash alt that was just sord but i don't think it exists anymore

dis guy

[spiral harbor]

i. i dont think that follows spriting guidelines

[signal nexus]

here it is in context:
[archive link because the website is having some trouble]
https://web.archive.org/web/20210726041942/https://homestuck.com/story/1827

[spiral harbor]

oooo

i must read it

i will get all the references

from now on!!

[signal nexus]

have, uh, fun

[merry mica]

i saved it dw

[tender plinth]

SORD

Y'know, there's a little voice in my head that reminds me every now and again that I did this sprite, and how it could have a grimdark Rose alt. Maybe one day

[spiral harbor]

i have discovered my favorite character. it is the spider

[plain wing]

I'm so excited for Minior Rush I'm concepting in advance

[signal nexus]

(you, uh, might want to move to a different channel if you're doing a let's read)
also that's Problem Sleuth, not Homestuck

[sly shuttle]

You should sprite in advance too

[plain wing]

At the moment I'm more worried about burning myself out since I've done so many sprites in the past week-ish but I might

[plain wing]

Lmao

[rapid knot]

Moveset:
Burn Out
Slack Off
Sketch
Celebrate

And of course, Struggle

Though some of us have rare moves like Doom Desire or Natural Gift

Moves like Teatime or Decorate

Sketch may be replaced with Doodle

[signal nexus]

~~Doom Desire and Natural Gift sound like they'd be more spriter Abilities than moves ~~

[rapid knot]

Even if you find yourself under a Hard Press, Take Heart and gain the Upper Hand by taking a Rest

[rapid knot]

Sending me down a rabbit hole

[signal nexus]

🤔 spriter abilities...
Insomnia
Anger Point

[rapid knot]

Trace

[hushed stream]

sometimes jt deels like i knoq metronome bc who knows what I'm doing next

wow typos

[rapid knot]

Trace is the most common Spriter ability

[hushed stream]

transform also

[signal nexus]

🤔
ideal abilities: Inner Focus, Keen Eye
for the contest winners: Magician, Dazzling, Super Luck
the consequences: Bad Dreams, Moody, Contrary, Moxie, Pressure
for the pixel art gurus: Color Change, Illuminate, Technician
for the blitz participants: Hustle
for me: Oblivious, because i have no sense of the passage of time

[rapid knot]

Spriter Abilities:
Trace, Color Change, Download
Hidden Abilities:
Stalwart, Speed Boost, Oblivious, Insomnia, Anger Point, Own Tempo, Intimidate, Inner Focus, Pressure, Keen Eye, Truant, Rivalry, Simple, Adaptability, Skill Link, Anticipation, Slow Start, Defeatist, Moody, Imposter, Justified, Competitive, Wimp Out, Screen Cleaner, Quick Draw, As One, Mind's Eye

Pixilate and Pixelate are not the same thing

I like how you grouped them by type

I'll count Pixilate as Pixelate
Close enough

[signal nexus]

it took me a while to realize that it's "Pixilate" because Pixies

[rapid knot]

Standard Abilities:
Download, Trace, Pixilate, Color Change, Download

Neutral personality:
Own Tempo, Simple, Anticipation, Competitive, Justified

Turbulent personality:
Anger Point, Pressure, Defeatist, Moody, Imposter, Wimp Out

Beneficial personality:
Stalwart, Inner Focus, Adaptability

Working together:
Skill Link, As One, Rivalry

Speed Spriter:
Speed Boost, Quick Draw

Spriter Skills/Master Spriter:
Keen Eye, Screen Cleaner, Mind's Eye, Intimidate

Low-skill/Tired Spriter:
Oblivious, Insomnia, Truant, Slow Start

[tulip tusk]

defeatist for me

[mystic mauve]

spriter personality quiz in the making

[ancient palm]

official spriter uquiz when

[signal nexus]

the u stands for unofficial

[ancient palm]

download is so good you had to put it twice

[signal nexus]

~~i originally had Contrary in twice in my list ~~

[ancient palm]

ummm my favorite spriter ability has to be liquid ooze

[mighty canopy]

thick fat tbh

[tulip tusk]

truant might actually fit better since I need a 20 minute break after working for my health

[signal nexus]

that's just using Rest

[hushed stream]

clear body for people who use a lot of transparency

harvest for the zigzagoons

[crystal folio]

remember the 3/3/90 rule

3 pixels over the course of 3 hours followed by a 90 hour gaming break

[hushed stream]

real

[whole arrow]

this reminds me of an old stickman flash game where you walk into a den of criminal activity and blast the place up for some reason 🤔

[slender thunder]

I definitely have Slow Start

I can work on stuff fast but I actually need to begin which is the hardest part

[whole arrow]

you walk into the room and have to click on the hostiles to shoot them, or the obstacles in the room like swinging wires over water puddles

[cinder stag]

ooh yeah slow start is relatable

[mighty stump]

My ability is definitely insomnia

[mellow wagon]

Im definitely truant

[elder topaz]

mine's keen eye and slow start

[little cypress]

Adaptability here

[elder topaz]

why

yeah if were going hidden abilities

adaptability

[little cypress]

Hidden Abilities? What?

[cinder stag]

i checked the pokedex entry and staff is just hardcore trolling in there

[elder topaz]

i can adapt to a lot of shit somehow...

[elder topaz]

dont forget we have ability capsules+ability patches

[little cypress]

I can learn and work on almost anything and work with almost any individual or group, very few exceptions (and trust me, I've encountered things that have tested that to the limits already)

[signal nexus]

mm?

oh, you mean the first page?

[cinder stag]

pokedex entry contest

[signal nexus]

the contest results?

[cinder stag]

yeah but i saw cabine, kiwi and thorns all trolling

[cyan gull]

They would never

[signal nexus]

i believe you are looking at the left tab and not the right

[little cypress]

I'm not really following what you mean, but Adaptability isn't exclusively a Hidden Ability, so...

[little cypress]

since that was right when it was created, most of that was actually for testing purposes

we kept it

There are very few Pokémon Abilities that are exclusively Hidden Ability only. Galvanize is one of them

[hazy tapir]

I'm still so eager for the Loading screen contest results

[cinder stag]

i'm not

[cyan gull]

Soon™️

[rapid knot]

#contest-gallery now features Pokédex Contest winners! Check it out!

[mighty herald]

My ability would be long reach

[little cypress]

||Did the person that wrote the second one really leave the server?||

[cinder stag]

seems so

the same name is on the sheet

so unless they miscredited themselves it is

so

[rapid knot]

Yeah, they did

I knew that before I put up the results there, too

[cerulean charm]

trying to finish this before work

[tawdry verge]

Oooh interesting

Feels like they’d go ITS NOT A PHASE MOM

[sharp mountain]

so true besty

awesome work

[next glen]

Awesome 🙂

[formal river]

Reminder about the npc design contest for the hoen grunts
Aqua: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlo2cdu8ExTt7BYnOasvKV4quXciEMFM
Magma:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1n1h_j3pJeqAoLi0jJ2_X5RDcdBwDFxuq

[cerulean charm]

late, but thank you very much!!

i do want them to give off emo siblings vibes lmao

like "ugh mom"

[subtle moss]

Feel like the relevant moment to show these off that I made today

[subtle moss]

First I've heard of this

how long has it been going?

[formal river]

5 days im giving the full month is kinda a prove of concept the idea is our game is basically a remake so lets change the npc like how the remakes do, rules are well they have to be reconizable as the team they are pirte theme for aqua and whatever magma has going on with the hooded horns, they have to have the standard grunt body type either male or female, not having every grunt look like Matt or Tabitha and that it

[subtle moss]

that's interesting

I might try my hand at it

do you need to submit specifically sprites?

[formal river]

no i accept design sheets but sprites gets extra points a ill wont have to do them myself later

[subtle moss]

Idunno why i asked that I'll likely just do sprites

[formal river]

cool

[sly shuttle]

@frozen blade Your name is not on the Camsaur sprite in the Hoenn contest drive

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/in-love-miranda-cosgrove-margo-despicable-me2-head-over-heels-gif-16561765

[cerulean charm]

exactlyyy

[little cypress]

Literally the first thing I thought was Antonio from DM2

[plain wing]

Idk if people understand how excited I am for the Minior rush
Anyway
Idk if it works this way but I'm working on some sprites to submit to be used for the thumbnail for the forum

[minor garnet]

Rather have an illumise and volbeat rush

Cuz they wont get finished else

[plain wing]

Maybe next rush then
But Minior fits for pride

[mighty stump]

I wish volbeat and illumise looked cooler since they use such a cool bug as a concept

[potent sorrel]

I think Volbeat is cool
I just wish the stats didn't suck

Volbeat gets a cool ass red jacket essentially

[cyan gull]

I dislike both

[potent sorrel]

Like a little vest

[mighty stump]

RIP all the bug types they aren't allowed to have good stats 😔

[cyan gull]

Bugs are cool though

[mighty stump]

Someone give illumise and volbeat megas so that they can actually do cool glowy firefly/lightning bug things

They really used a super unique and cool glowing bug with even cooler names and went "Nah, I'll use none of that"

[hushed stream]

yeah :(

[bronze vine]

At least fusions can make them cool

[whole arrow]

are we talking about bugs

[tulip tusk]

im fully expecting ntm to drop volbeat/illumitise machoke sprites out of nowhere

[whole arrow]

he does gravitate towards twin pokemon

[cinder stag]

100%

[potent sorrel]

Honestly, might make a Volbeat with a humanoid mon, would be pretty cool

[signal nexus]

ohhhh i hope they do the Baroque/Classical composer vibe for those 👀

Bach and Mozart with extra swag

[south meteor]

Solrock and Lunatone, Zangoose and Seviper, Ludicolo and Shiftry, Beautifly and Dustox.. Hoenn has many pairs. But I missed the context again because the topic specified identical twins.

Though Solrock and Lunatone might be close enough. And then there are the Castform forms.

[plain wing]

Is this something that can be done btw?
I have completed one sprite but idk how I'd go about notifying anyone about it if it is

[icy jasper]

apparently volbeat is possibly based off of greasers from the 50s, and illumise is possibly based off of flappers from the 20s

so

[signal nexus]

i... definitely see classical composers, huh

[urban siren]

didn't expect i found my retro idea from event gen
originally i planned to skip day 7 and draw my custom base entry

[tough monolith]

Woah volbeats thing is sort of like a collar that's cool

[plain wing]

@cyan gull do u know if I can submit sprites for the Minior rush event thumbnail?

[cyan gull]

wdym

[plain wing]

Like
On the forum post yk how there's a thumbnail?

[cyan gull]

you could dm @naive summit since they'd be the one running the event

[plain wing]

Ohhh okay ty

[naive summit]

que

oh the thumbnail?

sure

[plain wing]

Cool :D

Should I send it here or DM you?

[limpid sphinx]

howls speaking portuguese? :0

i did this btw lolol

[naive summit]

I speak a bit of spanish not a ton but its slipping into my everyday language thanks to most of my coworkers being primarily spanish-speaking.

[plain wing]

Ig if we're sending here? (based off a card from TCGP)

1st is arranged in more gay flag colors and the other just has all the colors

[limpid sphinx]

ohhh that is a really nice card fr

[plain wing]

Yessssss definitely my favorite card so far

[merry mica]

woahhhhhh thats awesome

[signal nexus]

you're no longer Giovanni's lawyerPersian!

[limpid sphinx]

tyyy 💖

[little cypress]

This is so bright, if it was possible to reduce the saturation of the colors (or just darken them) I think it would be easier to read. I got there eventually but my eyes hurt now

[cyan gull]

I'll do it when I'm home

[cinder stag]

where is the "all of the above" option

[little cypress]

I'm horrified the Loading Screen option isn't at 100%

[cinder stag]

I'm not happi with my loading screen

so i dont wanna see it rly

[cyan gull]

Read the damn question

[cinder stag]

https://tenor.com/view/octopus-punch-fish-gif-27249182

[urban siren]

i can't wait to get the last place

[urban siren]

(let's go loading screen

[cinder stag]

noo i'm scared

[ancient palm]

seed spriter 😢

[signal nexus]

sunkern and seedot?

[mellow wagon]

None of the above

[plain wing]

I am prespriting now lmao

[ancient palm]

SCREE WIN WE LOVE TO SEE IT

[thorn crown]

hmmm sounds like the spirting contests went well

[ancient palm]

Dude ...... pif yuri is canon.......

pride month came early i see

[cinder stag]

Woah i thought xenellia was gonna win

[cloud solstice]

congrats screeeeee

[cinder stag]

i wonder how the multi thing is gonna work

[cloud solstice]

prob picked at random at launch or smthg

[cinder stag]

most likely

with a toggle ig?

scree is the "main" and you can toggle to "several"

ig?

[cloud solstice]

I think it's just that Screee won the contest, but just like sprites, it doesn't give it priority as a main? or maybe it will have a slightly higher chance?

[mortal void]

I actually won ahh! and we got the best outcome too, multiple possible screens!

[spiral harbor]

I think it'd be best if they had a thing in the options where you can pick which one you want or just have it shuffle through em but that's just me

[cyan gull]

also, I'd give you the Newest Contest role, but you're about to lose it

[mortal void]

let me taste it for a few minutes at least

[broken robin]

Scammed

[cyan gull]

shore

[broken robin]

Oh the Luvdisc is gone

[cyan gull]

not gone, I just moved it down

[mortal void]

for the briefest of moments...I get to be the funky greenblue 🥲

[cyan gull]

it was above contest champion

[broken robin]

Take a picture it’ll last longer

[primal iron]

I'm glad Scree won, it was my fav entry!

[broken robin]

I still wish dex completionist was above minor event winner but you can’t have everything

Maybe one day discord will let you pick

[mortal void]

aw, I got the tiniest loading screen icon 🤏

[cinder stag]

losing it immediately = we get other contest results?

speed spriter ig?

[mortal void]

yeah should be speed next, I think it is overdue

[hazy tapir]

I knew scree was gonna win! Such a good piece of art. Congrats Scree!

[mortal void]

thanks

[fallen light]

wait, are we finally free from Luvdisc

no more fish

[cinder stag]

?tag feesh

[urban knot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1245396302427062282/1291528737376047154/from-kanto-to-your-table-the-best-sushi-in-the-johto-region-v0-4eu46720g6891.webp?ex=67006d5e&is=66ff1bde&hm=882b7622a5c23cded595c74a76211759a186d96ec783fb68918210bada10caab&

[plain wing]

F

[fallen light]

also those loading screens are all sick

[fallen light]

[hollow grove]

LETSSSSS GOOOOOO gg my bestie 💙

[rapid knot]

Indigo Ice Beams

[formal river]

daily reminder of the npc redesign contst going on https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlo2cdu8ExTt7BYnOasvKV4quXciEMFM?usp=drive_link

[pulsar musk]

Congratulations loading screen winners !!!

@mortal void @cinder stag @hazy tapir love your art I dunno who did the others !!!

[cinder stag]

thanks

[whole arrow]

i

am

SCREEEEEEMING

CONGRANDULATIONS SCREEEEE!

[hazy tapir]

Thanks :)

[ancient palm]

seed spriter jumpscare

[sly shuttle]

I frequently told judges about all of the problems my sprite had, but surely I could still make it on the podium

[cerulean charm]

woohoo :)

thanks for the feature even tho i fucked it up lol

[potent sorrel]

Yay Scree!

[cyan gull]

Congrats to the winners!

[minor garnet]

I shouldve submitted mine frfr

[ancient palm]

who’s that first guy

[blissful kindle]

LET'S FUCKING GO @ancient palm YOU DESERVE THE DUB

[ancient palm]

who (YAYYYY YAYY YIPPEE TY )

[cinder stag]

thanks for giving us a chance

[minor garnet]

Next time I wont be as merciful

[cinder stag]

🙏

[minor garnet]

Hyper realistic skitty base for the base contest

[cyan gull]

@mortal void your reign of terror is over

[minor garnet]

Just wait till I win april fools contest

[mortal void]

bah enjoy it @ancient palm ! congrats!

[blissful kindle]

@cyan gull bro when multiple contests overlap we make multiple newest contest winners

you forgor?

[cyan gull]

No, I am doing the inverse of the last speed spriter

[ancient palm]

i’m now gatorade blue

[cyan gull]

DaTorre got nothing

[blissful kindle]

it happened like twice or thrice already

uuuuu

[cyan gull]

every other time I do the flip flop

but Mr./Ms./Yours Truly Screeeee is featured at the top of the server still

and will be for a while

that being said

[mortal void]

(I am fine with it, honestly )

the banner is a very nice unexpected bonus

[sly shuttle]

@cyan gull No pictures in the gallery

[subtle moss]

61 points, not too bad

17th place or so

[errant shard]

Lol I’ll never get the podium at this rate

I think I’m regressing

[sly shuttle]

Just participate in a contest that all of the big names forget about (||Fishmas||)

[gaunt sigil]

I didn’t expect much from my sprite (hence why it’s not in gal) and it did better than I thought 3 and 2/3 average lol

[fallen light]

i've accepted that i'm not gonna win any spriting contests, i'm about average talent wise

[gaunt sigil]

~~but we didn’t get last ~~

[gaunt sigil]

I think the best I’ve done was A tier in the milian Royale when that was a thing

[fallen light]

i've only ever got middle of the pack placements :p

[gaunt sigil]

You have the contest champion role tho

[fallen light]

for a dex entry contest

not a sprite contest

[gaunt sigil]

Ah

[fallen light]

i should've clarified, mb

[gaunt sigil]

I mean at least you can say your English is good lmao

[fallen light]

i'd hope so, i only speak one language

[icy tree]

when april fools results

[gaunt sigil]

That’s the joke

You don’t get to know

[icy tree]

do we know if it’s getting judged or voted on or what

[gaunt sigil]

Couldn’t tell ya

Oh speaking of announcements are we getting Mergemay week two today or tomorrow

[fallen light]

[hollow grove]

Good job everyone, some super lovely entries this time around!

[fallen light]

it seems like tomorrow potentially, but maybe early tomorrow?

[sly shuttle]

Community vote is what I’ve seen
No idea how that would be balanced

[cloud solstice]

@cyan gull could you share the loading screen drive as well? for the entries that didn't make it

[cyan gull]

I was in the middle of doing it and forgor

[thick harness]

Ahhh congrats Screee on the loading contest! It was so pretty!!
And to Pip as well for the amazing speed spriting!

[urban siren]

why there's always an "is this a reference" comment

[whole arrow]

who are you again? youre a contest winner but your name doesnt link to a fusiondex.com page lol

[thick harness]

Ah I changed my discord username recently. so that's probably why the sprites would be under my old name "Volvonovic"

[hollow grove]

Yoshi is a Harvard experiment

[whole arrow]

okay there ya go i was like???

[thick harness]

Nah i'm just the first contest winner with zero sprites

[hollow grove]

Honestly so iconic

[cloud solstice]

mystery contest winner

[glass reef]

@ancient palm HOORAY YOU WON HOORAY FOR PIP

[cinder stag]

approx november

[urban siren]

[limpid sphinx]

congrats @ancient palm !!!!!!!!!

congrats @mortal void !!!!!!!!!

[icy tree]

damn…

[limpid sphinx]

tbh... chroma created the "pfp who flips" showing both winners and u guys lemme keep the role with rain :3

but on the first day i got nothing for a good while yeah djkasdjhaks

[cyan gull]

there is no flipping PFP because they have the server banner

[limpid sphinx]

not the point :3

[pastel fog]

Ayy, 2nd place, not bad!

Congrats to the winners

[limpid sphinx]

a really nice monki ngl

[cerulean charm]

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-dance-happy-joy-cute-gif-17045901815644868193

give it up for week 1

[broken robin]

the outline is fun

[cerulean charm]

thanks :D

[urban siren]

not quite satisfied with the speed spriter results
it becomes one of my worst performed contests

[long basin]

I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Your sprite was great, anyways

[subtle moss]

What, that early?

[cerulean charm]

?

[subtle moss]

other definition of 'give it up'

[cerulean charm]

oh LMAO

honestly ive done 3 "inktober" type events

im really trying to push through for this one cuz ive never finished one

[subtle moss]

Meanwhile I'm here doing two

[cerulean charm]

🫡

[odd garnet]

AH Mergemay is still a thing?

Dang

I remember losing sleep over missing a day O_O

[rapid knot]

"What's the new alt prompt?"
"It's secret."

[hollow grove]

https://tenor.com/view/pooh-soul-left-leave-body-gif-18140969

[icy tree]

wheres the event announcements channel

am i blind

[proven nova]

I think they deleted it

[icy tree]

oh

it had like info in it though

[subtle moss]

yeah, that feels like it wasn't supposed to happen

[lusty cypress]

Why’d it get deleted

[true lagoon]

Hello people

[icy tree]

event announcements channel come back…

[signal nexus]

put the event announcements channel back, Team Plasma scum

[icy tree]

i need you…

[true lagoon]

What did I do?

I didnt do anything this time i swear!

Dude, ask Ghetsis, if they online

I trust they'd, prolly, vouch for me

[signal nexus]

🤔 <@&306953740651462656> so, uh, event announcements is gone? i presume that was an accident?

(i mean, i guess that's who we'd ping)

[true lagoon]

Oooo new name that's cool person

[dusk schooner]

I think frog's doing something with the channels rn

[true lagoon]

Xillo

[severe dust]

yeye

[signal nexus]

actually, all the update channels are gone too

[true lagoon]

Xillo is cool name

[icy tree]

Uh oh

[true lagoon]

Uh oh what

What's the un oh

Uh oj

Aaaaaaaa-

[icy tree]

the update channels being gone

we need those

[true lagoon]

I want to rip off my skin because of this touchscreen

[signal nexus]

hopefully this'll just be a quick fix, y'know

[urban siren]

they have a new home

[true lagoon]

Oh

They do?

[signal nexus]

[icy tree]

Oh they’re up there

[true lagoon]

Ha ha! I told you I didn't steal it!

This time anyway

[signal nexus]

it's so far up!

😔 i can deal

[true lagoon]

Also can I pet the skitties please

I promise I won't bite their ankles im not that cruel

Though I will say that I once bit off Kieran's prosthetic leg and still have it

[signal nexus]

you can pet the shitty, i imagine

[icy tree]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

poor shitty

[true lagoon]

Awwwww!

Look at it!

So cute!

dies of cuteness overload

[urban siren]

unfortunate name

[icy tree]

man this is gonna be the new Shinx/Ralts

[true lagoon]

Lol

I now cease to exist

[cold bay]

Uhhh did someone delete event announcements

[signal nexus]

scroll allllllllll the way up

[cold bay]

Oh

[signal nexus]

i blamed Team Plasma at first

[ancient palm]

i was sooo very hungry i’m so sorry

[whole arrow]

honestly moving announcments and event announcements to the same place is good

sometimes i forget to check regular announcements

[next glen]

logical but change is scary 😄

[south meteor]

Congratulations Pip, that's such a lovely sprite.

[merry mica]

🔥 SHITTY MENTION 🔥

[cyan gull]

https://tenor.com/view/change-is-good-richard-lane-the-good-fight-transformation-is-not-a-bad-thing-its-not-bad-to-change-gif-26861759

[tired jay]

Change is scary

It can be good, but it will still be scary

[lusty cypress]

Man I liked the old events channel

[harsh obsidian]

I am confused

[signal nexus]

about what

[harsh obsidian]

Where the event announcement channel is

Why is it up with the regular announcements now?

[signal nexus]

hopefully to get more eyeballs on the special events

[median spear]

@ancient palm congrats on the win!!!!! I looked at the server icon and went holy shit pip sprite

[elder topaz]

event announcements feels odd to be so far up

[minor garnet]

shouldnt it be contest announcements

[elder topaz]

contests are events

[minor garnet]

still

[elder topaz]

bring back event announcements to the event section ⛈️

[minor garnet]

this feels like event racism

[elder topaz]

gonna be protesting smh

[little cypress]

Events aren't a race

Did you mean prejudice?

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/cradily-pokémon-cradily-armaldo-pokémon-armaldo-hyper-beam-gif-26745828

i protest this smh

[minor garnet]

no I mean discrimination

[elder topaz]

even allying with the cradilys (NOT LILEEPS FUCK THE LILEEP NATION WE HATE THEM

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-battle-revolution-anorith-x-scissor-lileep-gif-16292310752596909176

[hazy tapir]

Damn, my speed spriter entry did way worse than I expected :(

I was pretty proud of it and it got a lot of negative feedback (not in a harsh or bad way, just a lot of issues with it)

[cinder stag]

which was it?

[hazy tapir]

Haxorus/Swampert

I left it up in spritework for as long as I could and posted it here and no one gave feedback so I thought it was fine :(

[little cypress]

The people judging events aren't supposed to comment or give feedback on sprites for the event itself, that would be unfair, and crowdsourcing highly technical feedback from the general chat won't really net you the detailed reviews you likely wanted.
Did you use the feedback command in the thread at all?

[hazy tapir]

Im aware that contest judges cant comment, thats not what I meant

Considering it got a lot of reacts in both this chat and the thread itself, I assumed it was fine

And no I didnt use the command cus I honestly forget it exists lol

[signal nexus]

(and there's a high chance no one answers)

[hazy tapir]

Im not mad or anything its just like

Damn

you know?

When youre proud of something only for it to preform badly its a bit demoralising

[fallen light]

i get this a lot

[little cypress]

While it's certainly possible, it's still better than not. There's much less chance of getting the right kind of feedback if you don't at least try and ask

[signal nexus]

you did better with the judges than i usually do, if that helps any

[little cypress]

Yeah but randoms don't often have the technical side of a sprite like when it is judged. That's the trick with events

[hazy tapir]

They do- Ive had a lot of technical feedback from people

Anyways I dont mean to be like- idk

like

urr

I cant think right now

Just in general Im a bit like "damn :(" but I can deal

[signal nexus]

Not to be rude, but what are you attempting to accomplish with this comment?
Drago did not place blame or ask for an explanation. They expressed their feelings - that they were disappointed with the result, but understood the process. Jumping in with an unasked-for explanation feels like rubbing salt in the wound, y'know?
Was it an attempt to head off a reaction like my earlier responses to contest results?

[carmine falcon]

Ngl same

But I get it

[carmine falcon]

Happens to me a lot dw

Just gotta keep moving foward

[cyan gull]

Oof, I feel that

If you wanted to, I could help you with updating it to "fix" it (the design is sick though, don't be discouraged!)

[hazy tapir]

Eh I kinda just wanna leave it be and move on. Get on with the sprites I need to do for Mergemay and other work

[cyan gull]

Mood

[signal nexus]

🤔 would you be able to do quick fixes that don't require them to redraw the sprite? since it seemed the biggest criticism was that it was difficult to read what was going on with the pose used
(assuming i'm looking at the right sprite in the doc)

[cyan gull]

I believe so, most of the issue, in my perception, came from the overlapping parts

The sprite itself is pretty cool

[hazy tapir]

What exactly would need fixing? Cus if its quick things I can do it

But Ive not got time to sit and go over the whole sprite

[cyan gull]

Both Swampert and Haxorus are pointy dudes

[hazy tapir]

especially since im ill atm so i feel like crap

[cyan gull]

It just needs clarity where pieces overlap to make it easier to understand

[signal nexus]

👀 so not redrawing, but more shifting colors or outlines, perhaps?

[cyan gull]

More or less

[hazy tapir]

I tired my best to do that by using black outlines and shades- Haxorus has such a limited colour palette man

so few shades to it

[gusty frost]

oh they finally put a hierarquy on the events

[cyan gull]

Maybe a little touch up to the shape, but that's mostly down to the outline as well, if memory serves me right

[gusty frost]

i always wanted that bu didnt say it to not be rude

[cyan gull]

It's always been there

[hazy tapir]

This is the base for context, if it helps

[cyan gull]

I wanted split announcement channels back in August of last year, but the end result was a bit muddled

[hazy tapir]

Urr yeah what about that part? Im confused lol

[signal nexus]

(i think remixed images automatically post without text)

🤔 otoh, i don't see pory typing, so idk

[cyan gull]

I believe this is where a lot of the confusion came from

(you caught me at a bad time, I had just gone in a tunnel)

A little bit of color adjustment, and I think we can make it much easier to read

[signal nexus]

(do y'all wanna chat in here or re-open Drago's spritework post?)

[cyan gull]

Up to Drago

[hazy tapir]

Eh here is fine but idm

[cinder stag]

judged contest can also be really random

[cyan gull]

But if we're doing sprite stuffs, we should go in sprite thread

[cinder stag]

on by air a few sprites got docked points for asymmetrically oriented limbs

like yes?? they are poseable

do we want sprites that are plainly symmetric lol

including hero i think lol

[icy tree]

once i got docked points for a self fusion being “too big” and i am still mad about it

ITS A SELF FUSION ITS ALLOWED TO BE BIGGER

[hazy tapir]

Idk what I can do that isnt outright changing Haxorus' shades so I gave it a black outline? idk

[cinder stag]

hey thats a cool sprite

[cyan gull]

This has been a point of contention with my judges, if they dock something, they should explain it.

[hazy tapir]

yeah and it did badly

[cinder stag]

eh don't worry bout it

its just a small number of peeps

maybe they just happen to not like it

for no clear reason

[cyan gull]

I blame Haxorus' colors tbh

[cinder stag]

but i understand it

i bombed a contest too and was really bummed

[signal nexus]

(you got mostly 7s and no vote lower than 5, so i would not call that "badly" tbh)

[cinder stag]

yeah that sounds alrighty

[icy tree]

yeah that’s not that bad

[cyan gull]

I bombed a contest and rose to the position to bomb everyone else

[hazy tapir]

I guess

The feedback just hit me a bit

Cus like

Its a bit annoying when no one gave me any feedback (and a lot of people saw it)

And then

Apparently there were issues lol

[signal nexus]

oh no def
makes perfect sense

[cyan gull]

You are free to ping me (I might forget, so you might need more than one)

[little cypress]

You can just give the hand in the foreground black outlines everywhere it overlaps another body segment of a similar color and shade, why is that not possible?

[cyan gull]

I took off the role for pinging because it was too much, to a lot of unreceptiveness, which was bombing my mood

[signal nexus]

haxorus's colors are murky

[hazy tapir]

Um... because I simply didnt think of that? Bruh

[cinder stag]

https://tenor.com/view/b29-studio-ghibli-ghibli-war-air-force-gif-27571615

[little cypress]

You're also not required to make any changes, you can submit as is, or if you don't to submit, there's other options too

[hazy tapir]

Wait I did do that

the fingers literally have black outline lol

Also one pixel mistake spotted

[cinder stag]

THATS WHY

[cyan gull]

But yeah @hazy tapir , once I'm home I can point the stuff out if you want

[little cypress]

The fingers are red. They don't overlap anything red. The green backside of the hand directly on top of the green leg are almost indistinguishable and there's little black outline there

[cinder stag]

[cyan gull]

?tag msm

[urban knot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/415089067479400448/1142575105248067626/image.png

[hazy tapir]

I didnt do that at first cus it felt like itd be too much black outline

[icy tree]

i disagree, i think it’s pretty easily distinguishable

[hazy tapir]

Like now that entire arm is black outline

That feels like too much according to sprite guidelines

[icy tree]

woagh… my singing monsters

[cyan gull]

You have to remember we judge these at game size

No zoom, the players don't get to zoom

[hazy tapir]

ignore the file name lol

[cyan gull]

But obv the judges are welcome to look at the drive for any given contest for clarity

[urban siren]

that means my 1 pixel edits don't help?

[signal nexus]

ooh yeah okay i ran into the same thing
apparently, more black outlines is fine when you're needing to distinguish overlapping elements
i thought i was adhering to the guidelines when i kept my rayblim's lines lighter, but no. it'd work fine (better) with the black

[cyan gull]

They do

[little cypress]

You can have the opinion that they're not hard to distinguish, but it isn't a subjective thing, objectively a dark green outline over a medium green body segment is more similar in color and shade than a black outline and a medium green body color

[cyan gull]

You underestimate how much each pixel carries a sprite

[signal nexus]

depends on the ratio of pixel to sprite size
1 pixel edits do a lot of work on smaller sprites

[icy tree]

I mean yeah but I find it still reads clearly

[cyan gull]

The fusion order does, just not the arm vs the body

[icy tree]

You’re right about the objectiveness though, maybe black would have been clearer, but I think it works

Eh, fair

[little cypress]

Still subjective, so you miss the point, this is a small canvas and will be much smaller in PIF

[icy tree]

I’m aware

[cyan gull]

I suggest giving colored outlines on the left side of that arm to have it come out of the foreground

[urban siren]

during speed spriter i reuploaded my entries ~10 times, each time changing 1 pixel
i always spot something i want to change right after uploading the entries

[cyan gull]

There's a highlight there, so that should be getting a good amount of light

And again, I blame Haxorus' colors for thos

[little cypress]

||Not just you, this happens so much ||

[hazy tapir]

Like this? (sorry for screenshots its just a pain to export every single time for me, as my program doesnt let me export it at 2x size, i have to go do the separately)

[cyan gull]

You can even use a small patch of the darker main color on the brightest spot

[little cypress]

I haven't looked, is this base an old asset in that gallery?

[cyan gull]

It helps give it more shape, thus bringing it away from the belly

[hazy tapir]

No, its on FusionDex and in game

[hazy tapir]

Not 100% sure what you mean here cus Im stupid

[little cypress]

So the shading on your fusion is different in some key places to this base, which is a potential issue, but the shading on the base also seems off to me, it has two highlight shades?

[signal nexus]

it's here, if that helps any: #assets-gallery message

[little cypress]

That does help a lot actually, that's an old base (relatively speaking)

[signal nexus]

🗞️ no insulting yourself 😤

[little cypress]

Did you already close the old spritework thread?

[hazy tapir]

Yeah because this contest was like last month and its already in gallery

[cyan gull]

I will be unavailable shortly, but just know:

1. I typically am a judge in all judged events, if you want more clarity/spriting help feel free to reach out, and

2. If you have a problem specifically with the judging (NOT your score, but stuff like not getting feedback, no irrelevant feedback, that sort of stuff) feel free to message me or ping me (DM > ping)

[little cypress]

You can open a new thread if you want to continue getting input on this, we're clogging this thread quite a bit currently

[icy tree]

is the april fools contest really going to be voted on in november or was the guy that pinged me messing with me

[hazy tapir]

Well Ive made the edits at probably gonna leave it there

Gonna have to check if it was in the last spritepack or not

[cyan gull]

When did you gallery it?

[hazy tapir]

#sprite-gallery message

Man it wasnt as long ago as I thought

god Im crap with time

[cyan gull]

You should be fine, I think

It was this month

[hazy tapir]

So I can delete and repost in gallery?

Posted- now back to my ugly fish

[little cypress]

If it was only this month you could delete it and wait to repost a few days before then end of May if you want more time work on it. You can reopen the thread too I believe, if you want

[hazy tapir]

As I said, Im done with the edits and the update is already posted. I have other work I need to do so I cant put time into an already done sprite

[carmine falcon]

didn't do too well in speed spriter

not happy with my results, but I can't do much to improve because I don't have lots of time

might as well try my best

[minor garnet]

I didnt do speed spriter

[cyan gull]

Me neither

[minor garnet]

ah pory

nvm I forgot

likely gonna bother you in 1 hour and 21 minutes

[cyan gull]

Dw, I'm already bothered

[formal river]

Npc redesign contest reminder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlo2cdu8ExTt7BYnOasvKV4quXciEMFM

Extra points if u have team aqua doing a dab to be contrary to the team magma pose

[subtle moss]

when's the deadline

[formal river]

May 31

[subtle moss]

kk

[echo peak]

Sounds like fun. Where's the rules for the contest? I can't find them

[subtle moss]

The drive might need some adjustments

it's just called 'aqua'

not very clear

And there does not seem to be one for 'Magma'?

[mighty stump]

Someone give team aqua pirate hats or an eye patch for fun

[cursive pewter]

…,,my speed spriter got multiple comments on how it should be larger but I dont really see it…? Like the head may be a bit small but ultimately it looks the same size as the gamefreak base??

[cyan gull]

Honestly, I think it's because the vibrant blue makes the comparatively dull purples on the body feel small

so you end up seeing very little of the turtle itself

[echo peak]

How big do the images need to be and do the sprites need to be sent seperately

[formal river]

80px x80px and yeah i think it's better if u sent the them seperately

[echo peak]

gotcha

[steady pasture]

When does this week's POTW end?

[whole arrow]

looks like the last post was friday

[sly shuttle]

13.25 hours remain

[whole arrow]

@sly shuttle does the bot do it all automatically or just pick the winner

[sly shuttle]

Picks a winner and starts the next week at the same time

[whole arrow]

So it formats the post by itself

tight

[sly shuttle]

Yeah
Kiwi is really proud of making POTW fully automated

[whole arrow]

Its really a good function she should be

[steady pasture]

Thanks

[dense jackal]

it definitely is a 10-20% smaller. It's not dramatic, but you can feel it

Also, where did the event channel go. I assume #recurring-events is a splinter?

[mighty stump]

It got relocated to the top with announcements

[dense jackal]

I tried to look there and missed it... Thank

[glass reef]

whatever happened to april fools contest

[cyan gull]

What contest

[fallen light]

thats the real april fools joke: they made us create unusable sprites and no-one is going to be rewarded for it

[cyan gull]

Maybe the real reward was the friends we made along the way

[urban siren]

big canvas is my new friend

[fallen light]

i don't remember any of the sprites for the contest anyway

i didn't do any of the visual rule breaks, i didnt trust my spriting abilities, so i just did an old sprite and a non IF sprite

[urban siren]

i made a big canvas, a non-if and a color count

i put my hope mainly on the big canvas one and i said i'll make a 96x96 version for it if it got top 3

[fallen light]

i wanted to do a collab, but i couldn't find anyone who wanted to collab with me for it

[sly shuttle]

30 entries in the base contest

And I only made 2

[signal nexus]

how many are the Hoenn additions

[cyan gull]

[sly shuttle]

17

I counted wrong

Now it’s 31

[cyan gull]

I could upload my tiny cleffa to it

But then I wouldn't judge it, and I live to be the harbinger of sadness

[mortal void]

I forgot about it, gonna upload 2 bases today, hopefully

[urban siren]

all the champions (and podium winners) are gonna make their bases last minute after the announcement
i'm getting destroyed

[sly shuttle]

The champions are passing on this contest because they can give harder critiques on bases

[urban siren]

now i'm guessing what the judges want

or to me the contest process is literally guessing what the judges want

[cloud solstice]

I was planning to participate but I forgot

[potent sorrel]

Im just hoping that I don't lose based on me putting in the reference base instead of the non ref base

But at the same time, I don't wanna put two of the same base in

Cause that feels silly

[sly shuttle]

The person will definitely hurt your score

[potent sorrel]

But like, is putting both the better option?

Or just the one

[cloud solstice]

I hate to say this but yeah
this is more of an alt base if you have the trainer

you mean the same base twice?

[potent sorrel]

The alt and the regular

Tis my main concern

[cloud solstice]

I wouldn't recommend it

just the regular

the alt will probably have a worse score anyway

[potent sorrel]

That's prolly what i havta do ):

Well my issue is its supposed to be a surfing base, and without someone surfing on it, it ruins the meaning

But like, I don't really have the choice then

[sly shuttle]

I think it’s still clear what’s happening even with the rider removed

[potent sorrel]

(I also don't like the pressure of being the first base the judges see. Can some1 make a Bulba base of something)

[cloud solstice]

well, you can make a bulba base

[potent sorrel]

Tis true

But then Im still the first person the judges see

[sly shuttle]

Just do a 4 pixel bulba so you can lower the judges’ expectations

[potent sorrel]

Facts

That definetly will go well

But that also means Im def last in the contest

I mean, it'd be funny

[thick harness]

Sometimes being the first vote is a good thing since your sprite is being seen without comparison

[cinder stag]

i made two bases

one beeg guy and one smol guy

One is god, the other is arceus.

[cloud solstice]

that's why when I judge I start by the last one sometimes

[rich hemlock]

I thought about participating in the base contest, but then I thought about it and,,,, I just really wanted to make new hoenn fusions instead

[mighty stump]

I made a spheal
(I bet no one could guess I would do that)

Was thinking about making a dustox but didn't have time

[near horizon]

Make base for hoenn pokemon, use base for fusion and base contest

[warm lagoon]

THERE WAS A CUSTOM BASE CONTEST?!

I just made a custom base recently

Naaaahhh my reading comprehension failed me

[whole arrow]

do you wana make one of mine?

[mighty stump]

Aw they gonna zap someone

Currently busy but maybe later if no one else takes it

[simple wyvern]

Custom Base contest is my first one
Put like 3 guys in there
Mostly excited for a bunch of critical feedback

[broken robin]

I’m a bit too insecure to enter the base contest tbh

It’s closed anyway so it’s irrelevant

[mortal void]

I just threw mine in because I was making a base regardless throw it in and see what happens

[cedar quest]

I forgot to do that, but IDC because I know mine was mid anyways

[mortal void]

I wish I’d remembered I’d have purposefully made some but ah well

[simple wyvern]

There's one I'm hoping will do ok because I got some good feedback on it and was able to fix it up 🤞

[mortal void]

is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s super spoink!

[fallen light]

i should probably try to learn how to make a custom base

[cedar quest]

I orignally was going to do a Hawlucha/Spoink

[simple wyvern]

Also it was funny to go in the drive and see the entire Spheal line in there

[cedar quest]

And I still might

But not rn

[mortal void]

Best place to start is by tracing from official art and focusing on the technical side of things I think. Making it clean as possible. Making fully custom throws anatomical knowledge the mix which is a whole new area to master

[mighty stump]

Kind of same reason I threw in mine

Also I wanted the judges to look at a silly spheal go mlep :3

[mortal void]

‘Look at my spheal’ was also my entire reason for my random hoenn contest entry I threw in to that contest also

[formal river]

Npc redesign contest reminder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nlo2cdu8ExTt7BYnOasvKV4quXciEMFM

[fallen light]

thank you for the advice

[mighty stump]

If I ever win a contest I want it to be through a silly goober, it won't feel right otherwise

[urban siren]

40 entries for custom base contest

[mighty stump]

[cinder stag]

[minor garnet]

Oh hey I won potw

[cloud solstice]

ur missing a n in hoenn

[valid fractal]

Player of the week?

[minor garnet]

Pro of the week

[signal nexus]

pirates of the waribbean

[minor garnet]

Participant of the woolymammothrally

[subtle moss]

how many entries per person btw

[formal river]

As many as u want

[echo peak]

I actually finished up the first Grunt sprite this morning, but I'm gonna wait to post them all

[formal river]

ok

[pulsar musk]

I import to excel and use =rand() then sort the column to give a random judging order

then you can reorder them by the initial order to give back to the organiser

I dunno other peoples' processes, I just have an excel sheet set up with 288px cells in the first row and I can import all the images in one go. I only judge magikarp mysteries but even there I think random judging order should be used if it's simple for the individual to set up

[cloud solstice]

I don't think you can do that on the judge sheet

[pulsar musk]

well you could but I can understand just using the vanilla sheet

[pulsar musk]

[cloud solstice]

no I mean, it's shared and you're not supposed to mess with it
otherwise you'll get pory-ed

[dense jackal]

So what you'd do then is:
Make a copy -> Randomise -> Do your voting -> Restore the order -> Copy paste your votes into the original sheet -> (comments are an exercise for the user to solve)

[pulsar musk]

pretty much

depends how much of a nerd you want to be, you could equally just do them randomly on the sheet itself

I just enjoy pointless optimisation

[dense jackal]

Definitely not pointless, but potentially viewed by the judges as too much effort for an intangible reward

[cinder stag]

wait Volo takeover is voted? huh

maybe i was gigabrain submitting the sfx version

[fallen light]

iirc it’s judged to get the top 5 or so, and then the top submissions are voted

[plain wing]

I keep reading Volo and thinking of BG3

[cinder stag]

👀

[fallen light]

i wonder what NTM is typing

[acoustic saddle]

@cedar quest will u marry me 💍

[cedar quest]

🤯

[fallen light]

knew it

[fallen light]

while you are celebrating your engagement, to quote a very wise man, " where fool resut"

[cedar quest]

I've given the heads up
I've given the ""funny"" reason

Now for the actual reason on why this is taking me so long

My mother had surgery not too long ago, and I'm taking care of her and making sure there were no complications from the surgery.

Before, I wasn't home - so I didn't have access to my PC and therefore the poll program.
Now, I'm going back n' forth, but polls take time and dedication - so it is easier for me to make sure there's nothing more I need to do at the moment before getting started with Prelims

I don't know when everything will be in that state of nothing more I need to do, but I want to make sure things are comfortable and I can stay flexible, hence why they haven't been started yet

[acoustic saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/pat-garrys-mod-garrys-mod-physics-fast-intense-gif-26322619

[cedar quest]

Besides, we needed something to take the place of LC anyways right?

[acoustic saddle]

3 years

[fallen light]

part of me thought that the reason it was taking longer was as an extended april fools prank

get us all to make sprites that cant go into game, and then never judge them

[potent sorrel]

Wait till next April Fools, then post results

[cinder stag]

mine went into the game

[fallen light]

did you do a non-IF that became IF

[cinder stag]

no i did color rulebreak but i did 32

i only submitted that and datemade i think

didnt find the energy to do canvas or finish nonif

[fallen light]

I did datemade and nonif

I wanted to do a style or canvas break, but I can barely get the current style right

[cinder stag]

what was your nonif?

[fallen light]

uhhh Blacephalon/Gallade

iirc

[cinder stag]

ah

[fallen light]

juggled with the heads

couldn’t quite get it to look how I wanted tho

[cinder stag]

that sounds macabre

[fallen light]

I mean blacephalon blows up its head and replaces it all the time, I figured a couple extra couldn’t hurt

[signal nexus]

yeah, but it's a clown
it's different when non-clowns do it

[fallen light]

when you are a jester, every problem looks clown shaped

[silk hemlock]

Is team rainbow rocket still going

[tulip tusk]

no there was a mass wedding and all of them got married and left

[silk hemlock]

Welp I guess it’s time to ignore this server again

https://tenor.com/view/bye-slide-baby-later-peace-out-gif-259774278467063960

[silk hemlock]

Not me

[signal nexus]

yes you
check the legal files

[little cypress]

@naive viper @molten vector @tall moss @cloud solstice @void sluice this comment wins the Rainbow Rocket event

[cloud solstice]

well that's pretty much what happened with Archie and Maxie

[bronze vine]

YES

[cedar quest]

https://tenor.com/view/guzma-guzmán-you-stupid-pokémon-gif-24445135

[slate otter]

d-did you know?

[slate otter]

that When eating hamburger there's less and less hamburger

[cedar quest]

until there is no more hamburger

but it's not like

[slate otter]

youve run out of it

[cedar quest]

it's just not a hamburger anymore

because

even though you ated it

it's not gone

it's just

not a hamburger anymore

get it? no???

[slate otter]

mhm

seems like u know too

[little cypress]

What MAKES a hamburger a hamburger?

[hallow mural]

hmm

perhaps...

ham

[slate otter]

OR!

hamBURG

[whole arrow]

being in one piece

[cedar quest]

So if you take a bite of a hamburger?

[whole arrow]

hamburger = ground beef
A hamburger = a prepared sandwich with beef patty

[cedar quest]

You're telling me that it's not a hamburger?

[signal nexus]

they live in Hamburg

[whole arrow]

it becomes a bitten hamburger

if you smash the sandwich to pieces are you still eating "a" hamburger or "some" hamburger

🤓

[signal nexus]

what if you take off the top bun

[little cypress]

What if there are more toppings on the hamburger than the burger itself AND the buns?

What if the burger patty is not beef?

Or not meat at all?

[signal nexus]

veggieburgers

[little cypress]

What is the line of demarcation between a hamburger and hamburger adjacent

[signal nexus]

how many grains can you take away from a heap of rice before it stops being a heap

[little cypress]

If you take a sandwich, remove all of the non-meat layers and replace them with other meat layers, then change the meat, and then swap the bread, is it still the same sandwich? Is it still a sandwich? ||And if it is still a sandwich, but it's a completely different sandwich, then would this logic apply elsewhere, it just to sandwiches? Like, say, sports teams? ||

[signal nexus]

or ships belonging to a man named Theseus

[little cypress]

||Or the ship of a man named Sparrow; or the town by the name of Berk ||

[whole arrow]

open faced becomes the first word of the name 🤓

[cloud solstice]

that means you had enough to do 2 sandwiches, and they're both going in my stomach

[cedar quest]

🙏

[little cypress]

Why is the burger open-faced when I have to actually OPEN MY FACE to eat it?!
This is misleading propaganda intended to confuse and deflect!

[cloud solstice]

why would you having to open your face mean that the burger can't open it's face as well?

[little cypress]

I said you have the sandwiches, I never said you could eat them

[cloud solstice]

too bad

[little cypress]

IS THE BURGER TRYING TO EAT ME?!

[whole arrow]

Open Faced Ziggaway

[cloud solstice]

hey it's a dogs world out there, eat or be eaten

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/hahah-mouth-open-big-mouth-laugh-gif-13511282

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/guzzlord-ultrabeast-pokemon-pokemon-sun-and-moon-gif-5669362236635518833

[whole arrow]

i never made this sprite for the Rule Break contest so you all get to see the concept now

[cloud solstice]

it was ziggaway all along

[whole arrow]

He is an appel like someone else we know 👀

[cloud solstice]

ziggaway and NTM collab when?

[signal nexus]

what event is going on that requires hamburger taxonomy discourse btw?

[cloud solstice]

no idea tbh

[whole arrow]

Life on earth

Step 1: Human life develops
Step 2: Hamburger discourse begins

[signal nexus]

think you're missing a step
Step 1: Human life develops
Step 2: Hamburg, Germany founded
Step 3: Hamburger discourse begins

[whole arrow]

What came first the Burg or the burger

[sturdy grail]

Soon

[acoustic saddle]

woah nice sprootes

[acoustic saddle]

collab when?

[sturdy grail]

When you want?

[acoustic saddle]

this

[acoustic saddle]

here ya go

[sturdy grail]

It's still so cool!
So, what should I do?
(it's my first collab)

[idle forge]

Just shade

[acoustic saddle]

yes

[acoustic saddle]

basically a base for u to shade, u can add stuff if u see them fit

[idle forge]

I was joking but also yes

[minor garnet]

Holy your idol is case oh too?

[minor garnet]

Ntm

Are we dead

[sturdy grail]

What do you mean?

[minor garnet]

He chonky

[little cypress]

Are y'all trying to absolutely KILL me?!

[south meteor]

Zig's making a sprite? 👀

[river cradle]

How to download pokemon infinite fusion on Android

[plain wing]

Not in this channel that's for sure