event-general

[plain wing]

I hope to get a Chimecho actually

[cerulean prawn]

or a miltank where they specifically request it to have milk. I hate thoseee

[tulip tusk]

yeah each year so far ive done a main and a side sprite for secret spriter and one of them was necrozma

[sly shuttle]

That’s sounds fun
I hope I get another Necrozma

[tulip tusk]

can i post my current sprites ive made for it here

[cerulean prawn]

Necrozma is a cool mon, but I don't wanna have to do the geometry.. I think I'd probably just make a 3d model tbh

[signal nexus]

You’ll like [checks to make sure you’re not already in there] #1197396047434088518 message -

Oh wait you meant necrozma

[tulip tusk]

theym

[cerulean prawn]

okay slurpuff is adorable

[sly shuttle]

My statement would have been inaccurate to say “another pineco”, but I still would be very happy to get one

But Theme Blitzes just don’t work for me

[signal nexus]

Well, Pineco/dialga’s free last I checked

Eh, i finished my Pearl Jam Blitz and my Beard Blitz entries late

[plain wing]

Oh yeah this reminds me
In another server I was in, when we did secret santa drawing events, we had a portion of the signup list dedicated to things you weren't comfortable drawing at all
Maybe that can be something considered here for the future (I know specific requests don't have to be done, but still)

[signal nexus]

Pain Trade but big, I see

[plain wing]

Idk I haven't done a pain trade before
But the point is that person wouldn't get something that they weren't comfortable with

[signal nexus]

I think there’s a tag 🤔

?tag paintrade

[urban knot]

A pain trade is where two spriters give each other a fusion to sprite, typically fusions the spriter doesn't really want to do themselves.

This practice was created by Team Wild, and is usually done to help get less conventional or appealing fusions completed for their team.

[signal nexus]

So not necessarily pain trade 🤔

[plain wing]

Ohh, so Person A would give Person B something Person A didn't want to do?

[signal nexus]

That’s pain Trade, but it sounds like you’re suggesting the opposite
A says they suck at small finicky scales so B gives them a sandshrew on a big body, frex

[plain wing]

Yeah that'd be how it is

In the other server

[signal nexus]

Dammit I was going to suggest a name but I think the bot won’t let me

Dammit yeah

Masochist Trade?

So that declension’s legal, huh

[plain wing]

So in a Pain Trade
Person A would be like "I can't do small finicky scales" so Person B would give them something with those?

[signal nexus]

From what I’m gathering
Pain Trade is
Alice: I hate small finicky scales. Does anyone want to do sandshrew/giratina? I’ll do something else
Bob: I’ll do that. I hate igglybuff heads. Can you do igglybuff/anorith?
Or smth

[plain wing]

Okay yeah
Then what I was describing is similar

It'd be like
Alice: I hate small finicky scales.
Moderator: Okay here is something requested that doesn't have small finicky scales.

[signal nexus]

Ohhh, I thought you were suggesting an event where you sprite the thing you hate doing
As like artistic exercise or smth

[plain wing]

I mean I do like the idea but it was not the point I was making lol

I think it could be fun, making yourself do something out of your comfort zone artistically

[urban siren]

it's interesting to see litwicks in different spriters' artstyles

[cedar quest]

Nah you're getting Kakuna/Giratina my friend

[spiral harbor]

kakuna is a wonderful pokemon . be happy

[plain wing]

Thank you unbiased Beedrill

[spiral harbor]

No problem, anytime 😎

[hollow grove]

Literally feening for secret spriter

[signal nexus]

...feening?

oh, it comes from Irish? 🤔

[south meteor]

Ooh, I was looking at that Necrozma the whole time. Glad to see my instinct pay off.

But man, is it hard to win with a small sprite.

[signal nexus]

hence we need Little Cup back
but with limited entries. and no cash prize

[south meteor]

Little Cup doesn't include Meloetta.

[signal nexus]

mid cup

needs to have at least uh 25 pixels of empty buffer from the sides of the canvas

[south meteor]

Ayy, I'll take that bronze~ Really didn't expect it to be so popular since I'm not the biggest Sableye fan.

[little cypress]

That top winner gives hardcore Nyarlathotep vibes

[cloud solstice]

Second and first places were pretty close 👀

[little cypress]

I mean shit they were ALL absolutely incredible sprites, I could never even compare if I tried my best

[cerulean prawn]

Alas, it was a two horse race at the end and the black horse beat out the scary one :(

Well deserved though, it was a great sprite

[cloud solstice]

True, IG that's why we asked 225 ppl for that

[cloud solstice]

That's a weird horse
Jokes aside, yeah they were all stellar

[cerulean prawn]

It was meant to be a dark horse joke because everyone thought a litwick would win but I fucked it up, it's too early

[south meteor]

Today is the last day to apply to secret spriter. o3o

[cloud solstice]

Second place is a horse tho

[cloud solstice]

And tomorrow we get (maybe) our assignments

[south meteor]

Praying I don't get another monkey Kyogre..

[signal nexus]

the dark horse beat out the horse horse

[cerulean prawn]

Look at those speed stats! My poor rapidash didn't have a horse in the race

I compared the wrong pokemon. But the joke stands

Rip

[cloud solstice]

should have compared litwick/Unecrozma and dusclops/rapidash yeah

[cerulean prawn]

Silly meee

[gusty frost]

When do we get the secret spriters wishes to make

[signal nexus]

a shuffle's gotta happen
make sure you don't give kakuna/un to a newbie

[rapid knot]

Current plan is the 9th if nothing comes up to impede that

You'll receive a DM with your fusion to make

[cedar quest]

Yeah, this exactly

Might be a couple people who get theirs today, but probably not everyone???

[signal nexus]

how many entrants?

[rapid knot]

At least one

[idle forge]

So I can still enter

[plain wing]

Idk if I wanna be told by whoever's giving out the prompts what I put or if I just wanna be surprised

[cedar quest]

IDK yet man it depends on whether Discord rate limits me like last year

[plain wing]

I think they were asking how many total

[signal nexus]

yeye,

30 people? 100 people?

[plain wing]

Enough to be potentially rate limited at least

[signal nexus]

i don't know what that number is 😔

[plain wing]

Me neither 😔

Isn't there a way to have the Yanmega bot DM people? I haven't messed around with it all that much but I thought it was a feature

[noble urchin]

How to install Pokemon infinite fusion

[cedar quest]

Oh.

We have a clean 130 people this year
45 less than last year

Hell yeah

[plain wing]

Oh wow

[plain wing]

Not in this channel that's for sure

[urban siren]

I hope I don't get something that looks like randomly generated

[plain wing]

Genuinely if you're having trouble just try asking in #tech-support or maybe #ask-a-bot

[signal nexus]

heh, so it was literally my two guesses added together

[signal nexus]

🤔 what would seem randomly generated to you?

[mighty stump]

Yeah I'm kind of a bit confused by that wording too

[cedar quest]

I think they mean something that looks like an autogen

or idk

Im not them

[urban siren]

it's like clicking random fusion on fusiondex

[cerulean prawn]

there's definitely some combinations that feel more cohesive

[signal nexus]

nah, i'm not confused by the wording - someone just hitting random on fusiondex like they said. i'm still curious what would read as randomly generated versus someone with weird taste

[cedar quest]

Alright I just got done shuffling the names and I gotta say

[plain wing]

Yeah I hope mine doesn't seem too odd
I think I just chose two of my favorites but I genuinely can't remember

[cedar quest]

This shit cinema I don't gotta do shit this year

The requests.... fate pretty much scaled itself for me

[plain wing]

Oh?

[cedar quest]

Like I can't say more without spoilers

But like

[plain wing]

Did everyone get something they would likely be good at?

[cedar quest]

I normally do a base difficulty check to make sure no newer spriter gets stuck with like something super challenging

But like everything lined up really well this year

[plain wing]

Nice

[cedar quest]

Truth be told... I'd say too well

[plain wing]

They knew

[cedar quest]

This is the most I'll say

Multipe people who are known for spriting a certain Pokemon.... just got that Pokemon like

?????

[plain wing]

Lmao

[cedar quest]

Ok??? I gues????

Suree????

Pop off randomizer ig???

Now I'm just double checking to make sure I don't accidentally give someone their own request

[mighty stump]

No, I did mean what you're questioning, so I guess in turn I've confused everyone else with wording lol

[subtle moss]

Whew, got a tough one.

I'm not gonna go into detail, but it may take me a bit.

[echo peak]

Gordo-claus gave me my sprite request!

This is gonna be a fun one

(Gordo-claus works right?)

[subtle moss]

The one I got has a custom already, I'm gonna haveto put in some effort to differentiate.

[kindred valley]

mine is ... interesting
but nothing less than i deserve for my own goofy request

[slender thunder]

mine is a million times more doable than last year thanks gordo

[echo peak]

I'm still coining the name Gordo-claus lol

[sly shuttle]

I would think so

[echo peak]

simple and festive

[sly shuttle]

-# This joke will only make sense for less than an hour

[signal nexus]

Santa Gordo, slip a sable under the tree
for me 🤔

[echo peak]

been an awful good spriter

wait no

[cedar quest]

@plain wing I'm seemingly unable to DM you

And I need to DM your request :)

...and so it begins...

[signal nexus]

what's the limit?
we know it's at least less than 130, then 🤔

[hardy oxide]

I never knew there was a limit like this

[cedar quest]

Most users don't reach it

I am the exception

This is my life

Every year

I have the solve

The same 5 captchas

Over

And over

[little cypress]

Is it recent? I feel like I've sent big messages before to randoms without issue

[hardy oxide]

I send my condolences

[little cypress]

Look at you training the AI

[cedar quest]

You can do this one with me

[hardy oxide]

I-

Wooow

[sly shuttle]

I just looked at last year’s master sheet and forgot that I requested something similar to what I requested this year

A bug fused with a dragon

[hardy oxide]

It’s totally the elephant on the skateboard 3 times over

[tired jay]

that seem 100% ai gen

[orchid minnow]

Someone better be happy i didn't request necrozma

[hardy oxide]

It almost certainly is

Same with the bananas honestly

[cedar quest]

@long scarab I seemingly cannot DM you to deliver you your request

Please DM me or fix the thing

[tired jay]

good chance all of them are

including the picture of the scene

[hardy oxide]

Lol are all captchas like this nowadays

[echo peak]

I just realized the base I made for this request isn't gonna work

[orchid minnow]

Why are all the images ai?

[tired jay]

guess captcha decided that the best way to beat a bot was a bot

for some reason

[long scarab]

try again, I tried to send you a DM and also got an error. DMs should be turned on now

[plain wing]

Oh sorry one sec

[hushed stream]

would it help to dm Gordo first?

[plain wing]

Nah I have to be friends lmao

Oh that wasn't directed to me my b

[hushed stream]

no i just mean in general

[hardy oxide]

Maybe coz then bots can’t be trained based off the most commonly used images coz ai art is slightly different every time? Idk

[hushed stream]

like to prevent him from having to do the captcha a bunch

[plain wing]

I see

[ancient palm]

I got a really good prompt i’m looking forward to it

[orchid minnow]

Should I dm?

[urban siren]

the request i got is interesting

[slim fern]

I got a very normal request

[hardy oxide]

I have yet to get mine and I am looking forward to it

[orchid minnow]

Same

[slender thunder]

I want to continue the chain of comments ending with

[hardy oxide]

[orchid minnow]

[cedar quest]

Half way done

Small break

[dusk scroll]

@cedar quest would it be better if we just dm you instead?

[cedar quest]

If you haven't DM'd me before, yeah

But if you have, no

[hushed stream]

ok good to know

[hardy oxide]

Welp hold on I can do that

Done

[signal nexus]

doomed

[echo peak]

Mine's in Spritework

[signal nexus]

already???

[echo peak]

Yep

[tender plinth]

You had yours in spritework before I got my prompt XD

[echo peak]

I had to do something besides RPG stuff

I was getting annoyed and opted out and am leaving it to the others

So I did this

[long basin]

oh secret spriter

[signal nexus]

*hoho secret spriter

[long basin]

santa calus

[rigid abyss]

Damn still waiting

Santa calculus

[long basin]

pre santa calculus

[orchid minnow]

gordo claus

[long basin]

gordhohoho gamr

[echo peak]

See? It's catching on

[orchid minnow]

okay got my request, and it is something to say the least

but doable!

[long basin]

I have evil plans for mine

[cedar quest]

I have such a cool idea for the request I'm doin'

[echo peak]

I uh... I don't know what to do now lol

I should've waited to work on mine, I was a speedster

[hollow grove]

To whoever owns the request i got, yw in advance

Little did u know

[rigid abyss]

Mine is AWESOME. Hoping i can pull it off

[long basin]

thanks

[echo peak]

I apologize to whoever got mine

[wintry mauve]

well my request doesn't seem that bad

[cedar quest]

You got a lot of time to refine it, I'd say that's the move

[long basin]

im gonna be honest

i have NO clue what i requested

[wintry mauve]

imma get working on it now

[echo peak]

True

[cedar quest]

I can remind you

If you'd like

[long basin]

nah id rather be surprised

[wintry mauve]

and i hope whoever got mine has a wonderful day

[echo peak]

Either that or continue to lose my mind in the RPG (which I'm not doing), so yeah working on the sprite is better

[icy jasper]

good luck with secret spriter everyone

I can't participate this year because I'm busy

[south meteor]

My spriter request is pretty cool~ Never sprited this mon before but it has been in the back of my mind.

Who requests mons that already have customs?
That's the first thing I hope I don't get.

[signal nexus]

people who have an idea for a different go at the fusion

[subtle moss]

I mean, I got a request for a mon that already has a fusion that didn;t have any additional details noted

Some people might not have checked I guess.

[rigid abyss]

Mine also alrdy has a custom. But they gave additional details so I think its pretty cool

[sly shuttle]

Maybe you could take an unfulfilled request later in the month

[icy jasper]

maybe

but it depends on how things will go for me

[mighty stump]

Can anyone try to fill in for an unfulfilled request?

[dusk schooner]

The collage idea is cool, I like that

[plain wing]

I always liked filling in with Secret Santa events in my other server so I don't mind

[oblique heath]

ok so let's just say that karma exist and Jojo Siwa was right (i'm talking bout secret spriter)

[signal nexus]

oh, so you're responsible for my prompt!

[minor garnet]

Gordo said to have fun but then followed up by me not having to implement the side notes, so ig I can do it without having fun

[thick harness]

Good. no having fun in this secret spriter event

[torpid osprey]

I wish I had a Note to get first ideas

[minor garnet]

Also if you got my request and it seems hard, its bc @molten vector started my villain arc by giving me a shitty request last year

[torpid osprey]

But yeah, forcing the implementation of extra notes on the request would be very resteicting

[minor garnet]

@cedar quest can you ask for feedback for your secret spriter sprite in sp discussion?

[south meteor]

I got notes but I'm not sure I like them. :c

[minor garnet]

You dont have to act upon the note

[minor garnet]

So yeah have fun with ||REDACTED||/||REDACTED||

[south meteor]

I do want to respect the wishes of the requester, so I'll try my best to compromise.
This request does tick some boxes for me but in a monkey paw sort of way.

[minor garnet]

I mean the requester knows that they might not get the notes implemented

[south meteor]

Hopefully it means I surpass their expectations.

[hazy tapir]

I meant to apply to secret Santa but was busy at the time of the announcement and then completely forgot after that

I’m upset with myself I really wanted to join in

https://tenor.com/view/sad-snake-gif-24475985

[tame egret]

I wanted to join but I’ll be away in the last half of December so I can’t do it

[rapid knot]

We almost need a second secret spriter for all the people that missed the deadline

[torpid osprey]

This is why I submitted mine as soon as I read the message

[signal nexus]

(guys it's okay. the snake does that on purpose as a response to threats
i don't know how seriously to take all the s, but hey, some folks might learn a cool snake fact)

[torpid osprey]

Nono, you've slain a snake and 6 other people by now

It is your destiny now

[slender thunder]

Snake was slain by Worm

[mighty stump]

This town ain't big enough for two noodle animals

[rapid knot]

We are sad the snake feels stressed

If only we could give all animals a happier life than we all live

Alas, life stinks

[astral niche]

I was going to start my secret spriter fusion but thank arceus I looked at the request again because I was going to do the reverse instead , I don't want that to happen again

also it makes it so much more painful because it's a big body

[signal nexus]

do both

[astral niche]

[astral niche]

I should be sproting but it's so tryign to react to sapphire's command in discord suggestion before itr getrs deleted

hopefully the react didn't break the command

[signal nexus]

if we're on this topic, then
what was the suggestion i can't seeeeeee

[astral niche]

lol

[plain wing]

I understood it was just a defensive behavior but I was playing along with the gif

[signal nexus]

i figured, but like i said
cool snake fact

[plain wing]

Indeed

Was just adding more reassurance

[cedar quest]

-# I can sneak you in if there's enough people that missed the deadline and want to participate

[cedar quest]

I mean you've gotta put in #1050404143807873157 so

[cedar quest]

-# Also I include that in every request thing, it's encouraged but if you can't do it - then just make something for the request

You should try to follow the side notes though

So yeah you should have fun

[minor garnet]

I will NOT be having fun

[tawdry oak]

I totally didn't forget what I gave for secret spriter

[oblique heath]

at least i'm not the only one

[hazy tapir]

If you’re able to do this then shoot me a DM and I’ll see it in the morning. If not then don’t worry about it :)

[hollow grove]

Remember to spoiler ur ss threads ppl

[hushed stream]

you don't have to do that. and some people have been asking why people are doing that in the first place which tbh i think is a fair question

[swift token]

yea it's optional

[hollow grove]

It just makes sense and is most courteous

Maybe we can get an official word on that

[hushed stream]

it is officially optional

[swift token]

It's in the announcement for the event, it's up to the spriter

[hollow grove]

Oh

We should definitely be spoilering them but alright

[hushed stream]

i think the secret is more you don't know who you're spriting for and less they don't know who's spriting for them

[hollow grove]

People dont wanna be spoiled on their requests tho either. I like to be spoiled but thats just me

[swift token]

what's the spoiler, that's when they get their request (I mean, I put the spoiler tag, but that's just because I like clicking it, like unwrapping a present)

[hushed stream]

if you're someone who gives feedback, will you avoid every single secret spriter thread? then who's giving feedback? if you aren't someone who gives feedback, you're probably not spending a lot of time browsing spritework anyway

[hollow grove]

If youre someone who gives feedback you kinda need to make peace with that yea but thats like 10 people max 💀

It makes sense that people wouldnt want to accidentally see their request being made under normal circumstances

[hushed stream]

why not? it's fun to see the process

maybe even help out to make the sprite even better :0

[hollow grove]

Its supposed to be a surprise/present

[hushed stream]

is it?

[hollow grove]

Youre not supposed to know anything until christmas lol thats why its a secret

[hushed stream]

the surprise is who requested the sprite imo

[hollow grove]

I mean thats part of it for sure

Just not all

[swift token]

The deadline is after Christmas though, also not everyone celebrates Christmas

You could just avoid spritework if you don't want to see it I suppose

[hollow grove]

Sorry, after the holidays. Also remember that secret spriter is a play on secret santa, so it is based on a christmas tradition while not being tied to it

Its a bit unrealistic to expect people to not go on spritework for a month

Again, maybe we could get an official revisit on this?

[swift token]

You can always put a request in #discord-suggestions if you'd like

[hollow grove]

Nah this doesnt seem very convoluted or groundbreaking, ill wait for the higher ups to chime in wheneva

[rough kindle]

I'm gonna chime in real quick and just state that I also find it a bit weird we are not required to spoiler the ss images in spritework that just makes me not wanna post my entry for as long as possible

[cedar quest]

Spoiler it if you want to, don't if you don't

Some people care, some don't - so this is just how it is

[silent lantern]

I figured I’d just help out in a small capacity. Wish I could do secret spriter but my schedule is way too packed.

[hollow grove]

But the way this whole secret insert noun here thing works is youre not supposed to ruin who got who before its over

[rough kindle]

you already gave me the amazing deli/rat last time, so don't worry about it

[cedar quest]

The way we do it is moreso the Secret is who you're spriting for

Not what you're doing

You 🫵 don't know who you're spriting for, but you know what you are doing

[silent lantern]

Yeah, still feel bad about last year. Everything stacked up so quickly…

[cedar quest]

You're good friend

You followed proper procedure and had let me know

[silent lantern]

But hey, if you need a pixel art Christmas cookie, let me know.

[rapid knot]

Bold assumption

[broken robin]

Well…

[cedar quest]

ok you two are like the exception because I forgot to remove something from the request that just kinda gives it away

[signal nexus]

is that the thing where peer reviewers do where they're like "um you didn't cite [this one semi-obscure paper]"?
telling the submitter exactly which salty scientist was miffed at getting the brush-off?

[wind lynx]

was scrolling trough the dex for ideas and found a celebrity!

[wicked perch]

there goes my hero...

[echo peak]

Wait, did I miss the winner for the Spritober votes?

[sly shuttle]

The poll has concluded, but no announcement has been made

[echo peak]

Ah ok

Just wanted to make sure

[wind lynx]

Either the dex is being updated more frequently or the rush was really two months ago 💀

Wait wasn't the rush in October? I'm pretty sure either this was made before or I'm missing smth

[gaunt lava]

It was at the end of october

[cloud solstice]

The rush was in October yeah

Contest was announced in November

[cedar quest]

I ADHD'd my way into forgetting to post results yesterday

Expect them today

There's also the Flag thing but ...

I'm not part of that

Bug Pory about that one

[spiral harbor]

bug mentioned

[signal nexus]

sting pory with bee

[spiral harbor]

bzzz

[waxen echo]

This is event general @sharp mountain

[sharp mountain]

noooooo

[cedar quest]

Hello no one, today please don't make a Rock-type, especially one that would be found in an uncommon place

[urban siren]

[waxen path]

Im so pleased with how my secret spriter sprite is turning out so far I was worried I might've been too ambitious but I think im going to be able to pull it off I hope

Im putting off the hardest part till the end

[plain wing]

I finished the concept art for mine but I don't think that I'll be able to make something incredibly impressive out of it
I'll think it over but idk if it'll be possible

[minor garnet]

I hope my requester isnt expecting anything huge

[torpid osprey]

Same tbh

My last finished sprite was last years Secret Sprite

[minor garnet]

Oh its not bc of my spriting skills its moreso bc they requested 2 fairly simple mons and didnt leave notes

[solid coral]

I would assume it's probably a randomly generated fusion or a fusion that helps a team or smth, not all the sprites have to be huge or super complex, mine is quite simple

[cedar quest]

... I did it again, didn't I?

I reminded myself to note down Secret Spriter stuff

But not Spritober podium

[signal nexus]

set up a poll in #ask-a-bot that'll time out when you're available to set up the podium. when it finishes it should give you an alert or smth

[cedar quest]

I'll remind myself to do that on lunch

[acoustic saddle]

#1448369541980881028 message crack the code and get the prize

[hollow grove]

Can i have 100 dollars for cookie run pls

[acoustic saddle]

only if you can run the same time as u play

jump even

[slender thunder]

i need to finish 2 secret santa things now and i am procrastinating already whoops
time to lock in

[signal nexus]

hey @cedar quest did you need a reminder about contest poll results?

[cedar quest]

Yes and no

I did remember... but thing I forgot was

Today is Game Awards, so I have other plans today!

[broken robin]

I’m starting a count

[waxen echo]

@broken robin You seeing this beat-em-up RPG they got going

I was so confused at first

[broken robin]

hes a zombie werewolf but in like, a cute boy kind of way

[broken robin]

shoulda had a counter for anime bullshit in hindsight

[broken robin]

these french people cannot be stopped

[signal nexus]

i really need to save my "Sorry for being bored and french" screenshot, don't I?

[tidal panther]

https://tenor.com/view/they-can't-keep-getting-away-with-this-jesse-breaking-bad-jesse-pinkman-breaking-bad-gif-6986648139055286153

[hollow grove]

It was me I did a spell to rig it all

[potent sorrel]

I know a friend who's very happy the French won lol
Tbf, it is a really fun game

[hollow grove]

I love elden ring 2 clair obscur so much

[cedar quest]

It'll be a bit before the contest rolls, since I'm a lil' busy - so expect for them to update tomorrow probably

[echo peak]

Well deserved to the Spritober winners

[cedar quest]

Regardless, congrats to our podium winners!! And I hope everyone enjoyed this years' Spritober

[echo peak]

Certainly.

[signal nexus]

🪨

pebble cult

[potent sorrel]

I like how's there more reacts for Pebble then there are for the podium

[echo peak]

Who can hate the pebble?

[cerulean prawn]

It's just a silly little guy!!

[urban siren]

rip my rainbow role

[dreamy loom]

nooooooo

[whole arrow]

That Dusclops dragon is like Yugioh levels of cool while still fitting into this game. Really deserved it.

[cloud solstice]

Heeeeey congrats to the winners

[slender thunder]

pebble spotlight yeaah yeaaah

[icy tree]

hello chat did we get the april fools results yet or nah

[signal nexus]

You’re the fool for asking

[icy tree]

[gusty frost]

d0frzx-09d

it was my cat

when its the secret santa deadline

[jagged hinge]

In 13 days, the exact time is on the announcement in #event-announcements

[signal nexus]

Oh, that’s why I don’t remember the deadline
It’s written like this

Rather than the normal way which would be the 26th

[cedar quest]

I used the wrong format on one

[plain wing]

Yeah I thought it was weird to put the time, but I didn't think to mention it lmao

[astral niche]

Evangelion

[wind matrix]

@cedar quest next year, can you make sure to tell people to put the fusion name in the title when posting their ss in spritework?

[cedar quest]

Yeah I've already got it noted down, sorry 😅

[plain wing]

I think it's just cuz we know we have to mark it as Secret Spriter so it's like "How do we keep it a Secret if we have to name what fusion it is and mark it as Secret Spriter"

[hushed stream]

the sprite isn't the secret, the person who requested the sprite is the secret

[wind matrix]

And you have to hide the sprite incase they wanna be surprised by it. So they have to know what thread to avoid if they wanna do that

[hushed stream]

they're surprised by it the first time they see it

I'd be curious to know how many people actually care about being "spoiled" on the fusion they already know is happening enough to avoid looking at secret spriter threads/images in spdiscussion

[plain wing]

Well it's more like being spoiled on the execution I think

[wind matrix]

I wanna see mine when it finally shows up

[plain wing]

I have said it a few times but I genuinely do not remember what I asked for so for me the entire thing will be a spoiler I think lmao

[hushed stream]

I feel like people are imagining the sprites as the "gift" in this scenario, but I think it makes more sense with how the event is actually run to think of the request as the gift to each spriter.

but honestly the secret santa comparisons don't really work well either way

[wind matrix]

Oh, I'm bad at giving gifts then

Last year I asked for a bruxish

[hushed stream]

you gifted a bruxish

you gifted them the opportunity to make a bruxish

[plain wing]

Yeah I think that might be the big confusion then honestly
If it's not actually a Secret Santa equivalent then I think using a name based off it is a huge confusion debuff

[hushed stream]

if we really wanted to make it a secret santa where the sprite itself is a gift, we should each be given a name of someone, and choose ourselves what to sprite based off of what we think they'd like to get. And either we never post those publicly until it's time to reveal, or we don't label them as secret spriter sprites in spritework.

[plain wing]

Mhm

[hushed stream]

But I think the event as it currently is is fun and fine, I just think it doesn't really make a lot of sense to spoiler tag the images really

[plain wing]

I like it personally

[wind matrix]

Not everyone does really

It's not a huge issue tho

[plain wing]

Yeah
It is optional
I do think the name does a huge part in making it seem like the sprite should be kept secret

[hushed stream]

yeah

secret requester just doesn't have that alliteration ring to it though

[plain wing]

I wanna suggest something based on White Elephant but idk if the name is very universal or if it's only an American thing (and even then it has at least a few different regional names)

[hushed stream]

My friends and I were talking about the regional names of White Elephant gift exchanges the other day

there are some weird ones

tbf white elephant is also pretty weird

[plain wing]

YEAH

Where do you get that from lmao

But I looked it up and apparently that's the most popular name for it??

[hushed stream]

all I can think of is the hemingway short story

[plain wing]

I don't think I'm familiar with it

[hushed stream]

hills like white elephants

[plain wing]

Yeah I don't think I've heard of it

[echo peak]

And I royally screwed that up

(But made up for it by apologizing but I still feel bad and should do something to make up for it)

[potent sorrel]

Tbf
Just calling it Secret Sprites should be fine no?

[minor garnet]

secret elephant

[potent sorrel]

Merry Mystery

[echo peak]

Holiday Whos-its

[potent sorrel]

Infinite Inquisitions

[echo peak]

Spritemas Wishlist

[plain wing]

I was thinking Sprite Elephant would be fun if you think of it as "You don't know who's going to get this thing but you gotta buy make it anyway"
And Sprite rhymes with White

[potent sorrel]

Spriters Santa

[signal nexus]

delibird/bruxish where the antenna thing is mistletoe
does that exist? i feel like it should

[signal nexus]

i don't know what any of y'all would like

[signal nexus]

secret requester
sequester

[signal nexus]

donphan fusions for everyone!

[potent sorrel]

Wonderful Wishes

[signal nexus]

😔 no, it is just Delish
https://www.fusiondex.org/delibird+bruxish/

[rapid knot]

What about just...
Sprite Exchange

[plain wing]

It sounds like we make the sprites and trade them around imo

[cosmic pumice]

Someone better make a slay rayquaza delibird xD

So sad I dont have the time

Santa slay :p

[signal nexus]

...sleigh?

because uh
one is 🛷 and one is 🔪

[dense jackal]

-# Buffy the vampire sleigher

[echo peak]

The B rate horror movie starring WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg?

(And no, I'm not joking btw)

[idle forge]

There is another

[signal nexus]

💅 this one?

[idle forge]

Yeah

[spiral harbor]

That one has more Ys in it though

[orchid minnow]

maybe each person could make a list of possible sprites they like, each participating spriter could claim a specific list, sprite one from the list, and then post it on spritework (either under the label secret spriter or just as a normal sprite). then, at the end of the event, the spriter could @ whoever requested the sprite? there are definitely better ways to go abt it, that's just my suggestion if we wanted to have a secret spriter that more resembles secret santa

[potent sorrel]

See I feel like the issue is then a race to whoever gets the "good" or "easy" sprites first

Or the sprite someone really wants done isn't done over something else

[rapid knot]

How about a secret santa where it's fan art instead of sprites

[torpid osprey]

I honestly don't see the issue about this. Secret Spriter is totally fine in my opinion. It IS kinda necessary to have them run through Spritework threads for improvements. You don't have to jump into every thread and look for yoursbeing worked on. I still very much thinkthe sprite is the gift, not the requestto the spriter
+The requests aren't just mixed, from what I know they are sorted to appropiate Spriters too.

[cedar quest]

Yeah this is all really just a

Non-Issue

Like we use Secret Santa in name-sake, but it's not really that at all

It's just an excuse to make something nice for someone else during the holidays

Don't overthink it

[rapid knot]

Nobody's actually complaining

It's just kinda funny about how many people get confused on what parts should be secret

And then we get excited thinking of other fun things to do

I plan on making fan art as a thankyou gift anyways

[torpid osprey]

So, when's mine hitting Sprite work

Oh, right. This year I actually get 2
Didn't process that far hahahaha

[cedar quest]

Whenever they do it ig

Also I'm prio'ing my request to do over the back-up request, so

[torpid osprey]

I see I see, so I'll have to wait till next year

[rapid knot]

Are you gonna make the collage a card

"Season's Greetings from the PIF Server"

And then we all open the card and are disappointed to find no money inside

[signal nexus]

It’s a postcard. You can’t open it

[lament matrix]

#1355989314290450452 message Who doesnt like a non official prize hunter that we cant advertise in #recurring-events

[agile quest]

its unova!

[cedar quest]

oh shoot I just realized

I have the deadline set for the day after Christmas

That is NOT the day I wanted

I wanted 28th

[tired jay]

but what about 8:00:00 PM

[cedar quest]

I picked the wrong option

Also - it's still the wrong time, now it's the 27th

I hate timestamps....

[signal nexus]

Start with plaintext until you figure it out

[cedar quest]

It is fixed

[tired jay]

dang we lost an hour for the deadline, but also gained 2 days

[cedar quest]

Yippee

[little cypress]

[plain wing]

Gordo are you not using a website for timestamps

https://r.3v.fi/discord-timestamps/

It shows you a preview of what each one looks like

[minor garnet]

P sure he does, I remember him helping me out by using one

[plain wing]

I just don't understand how he's having this much trouble if he is using a website

[signal nexus]

9:00:00 PM

[cedar quest]

I use a different one that calculates stuff in a different timezone than me....

[plain wing]

Yeah this one just uses your timezone and converts automatically

Highly recommend

[cloud solstice]

https://sesh.fyi/timestamp/ I use that one personally I like it over the 3v.fi

[plain wing]

Oh yeah that one's neat

[hallow mural]

i have finally 'started' my secret spriter sprite!

(i am barely even finished with the pallete swap i am so cooked gng)

[plain wing]

You're fine the deadline keeps moving

[signal nexus]

it's 9pm

[burnt current]

Probably should start with my secret spriter soon. But like with what mon the body is compared to the head ima need a new base. And I really dont wanna make a new base.

Honestly kinda suprised theres nothing remotely similar to the pose I'm looking for, given the mon is known to pose like this.

[signal nexus]

blender time?

[rapid knot]

If you can find an official picture, you can trace it
It's not the same as using a pixel-perfect base, but it's still easier than figuring the proportions by hand

[sly shuttle]

I could draw the pose for you

[burnt current]

No, its secret spriter, its kinda against the spirit of the thing to show other people. But I would like to see this turned into a base at some point later. So I'll definitely revisit this pose at a later date.

[signal nexus]

didn't we just have a discussion that the "secret" part of secret spriter is who you're drawing the fusion for?

[burnt current]

Not that I recall

Also the fact I don't know who I'm drawing for makes me nervous, because I dont wanna accidentally ask the person I'm drawing this for for help/feedback till its at least spriteworked.

[signal nexus]

starting about right here: #event-general message

[burnt current]

Its not like I read the stuff in this chat before joining the chat. I rarely open event general anyway.

[signal nexus]

actually back up here, too: #event-general message

that one's from Gordo

[signal nexus]

well, you currently have two different people offering, so even if one is the requester, you have a 50-50 chance of picking the non-requester
another option is to ask for help only from people who have seen their request in spritework
or ask for people whose requests "didn't include legends" if you're spriting a groudon/necrozma
EDIT: got my logic flipped, lol

[burnt current]

Mine isn't a legend, but is something recognizable enough its probably more important than one.

[signal nexus]

cool. so just ask for folks who requested legends

[burnt current]

cough cough starter pokemon cough

Thats all I'll give

[signal nexus]

even better
"do not unspoil if you requested a starter"

easy peasy

[burnt current]

Fair

[burnt current]

Alr, Worm convinced me, I'll take you up on your offer. If you requested a starter do not unspoil. I need a base of ||Empoleon, but like sitting||.

[rapid knot]

Aint nobody reads the announcements
#event-announcements message

[sly shuttle]

I hate starters
I’ll work on it tonight

[burnt current]

Its sleeping animation might be a good one to look at for reference. But like I dont need it sleeping obviously.

[rapid knot]

Everything you need to know about SS is in the announcements
Spoilering what you're working on is optional, keeping it a secret what you requested is highly suggested

[burnt current]

Yeah, it just seems wrong given its like secret Santa, but PIF.

I suppose you're right tho

[rapid knot]

Here's one of it kneeling

[rapid knot]

The only thing similar is the name, really

[signal nexus]

well that's what we were saying
it's not secret santa. it's almost the opposite of secret santa
for secret santa, you know who you're gifting to, but the recipient doesn't know what they'll get
for secret spriter, the recipient knows what they'll get, but not from whom, and the gifter doesn't know who will recieve what they gift

[burnt current]

Honestly a kneeling base might work for the idea as well. I just need its ass on the ground.

[signal nexus]

lmao

as someone who requested ||[DATA EXPUNGED]||, i'll bow out while y'all work on it

[rapid knot]

||Empoleon|| is actually kind of cool...
As a head. I still hate working with it as a body

[burnt current]

Why do you think I'm struggling

Not to mention that I also need to ||mention a direct time period|| and use ||cloth physics ||

[rapid knot]

If I had to choose between ||Ultra Necrozma or Empoleon||, I'd choose ||Necro||

||Cloth physics|| are fun, though

[burnt current]

Actually, is there a guide to|| cloth ||around here somewhere?

[rapid knot]

Yeah

Let me go grab it

#spriting-resources message

[burnt current]

Ty

Luckily due to || Empoleon||'s body shape, and the mon its mostly ||baggy draping.|| Its just the ||creases/folds|| I'm worried about.

[rapid knot]

Are you doing ||Scraggy|| head or ||Scrafty|| head?
Either way, ping me in the thread I love those mons

[burnt current]

Its ||Froslass|| but they specifically requested it to look like a ||Japanese Emperor|| and thus I need the ||wavy bottom and the giant hanging sleeves||

[rapid knot]

Oh, in that case, ||a kneeling pose would be super appropriate||

[burnt current]

This idea

But kneeling

Or sitting, does matter in the end, odds are his legs will be covered by the cloth anyway

[rapid knot]

Doesn't seem too hard
||All the creases are around the shoulders||

[burnt current]

I think a lot of it is that I've never worked with|| cloth|| before

And thus I'm nervous Ima screw it up and ruin someone's request

Still, do need the thing sitting/kneeling either way

[signal nexus]

-#

[burnt current]

With how dead Mysteries is this meme ain't gonna make sense much longer.

It came back for like 2 weeks right around anniversary, then immediately died again

[signal nexus]

i still beleef

[burnt current]

https://www.fusiondex.org/beedrill+bayleef/

[burnt current]

Unfortunately you used the M emoji with the regional indicator E emoji, instead of the regional indicator M emoji with the regional indicator E emoji, so I'll have to take away your emoji license till you know how to match circles and squares.

(You still messed it up BTW, thats the wrong I)

[plain wing]

I'll be really good at that!
-# is anyone tired of me saying it yet for comedic purposes

[zealous pendant]

Whoops, ignore that, my keyboard decided it wanted to talk in here :3

[cyan gull]

How kind of it, it wants to communicate with the cosmos and instead communicated with artists

Damn, my autocorrect took away the “fartist”

[zealous pendant]

Might as well have communicated with the cosmos for how... far out some of y'all are

[rapid knot]

I don't know if you're saying we're awesome or spacey

[mighty stump]

I took it to mean we're all weird

[zealous pendant]

That's for me to know, and you... To never know

[little cypress]

We're all Planetary Janet

[placid briar]

Would anyone like to donate a sprite to the Odor Sleuths (can be any sprite you made from September to now) in hopes of saving us from elimination

[rapid knot]

What happens when your sprite is donated?

[placid briar]

If it fits a category it gains us support points which then rolls into an item we can use

Right now we need it to roll into a stamina item or we get eliminated

[signal nexus]

what sort of stuff you need?
i got sprites

[signal nexus]

there is,
uh
a lot of pins. i don't know where to go to find the categories

[placid briar]

Let me find the list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YCc5Dj96sSvW6Tuf1OYFCqtcVp8PH3WiRMks4IyYdoE/edit?gid=1719124712#gid=1719124712

Any category that is for the Odor Sleuths

That is unchecked

[signal nexus]

ayo?

i just put a jirachi/pineco in the gallery. i'll see if it qualifies for anything

[placid briar]

The format you’d post it in #1378122618196066414 is
(Category) for the Odor Sleuths with the image

And the fusion name

[signal nexus]

🤔 does it have to be Bug/Steel or can it be Steel/Bug?

[placid briar]

Thank you!!!!!

[placid briar]

Any works

[signal nexus]

2 guys 4 u, then

[cedar quest]

small heads up, I'm taking it pretty easy this week

so be wary that I might not see things immediately

[hallow mural]

oki!!!

[cedar quest]

Got the two things out that I wanted to today

[signal nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/chuckles-im-in-danger-ralph-wiggum-the-simpsons-gif-14149962

[urban siren]

the list

[signal nexus]

🪱

[cedar quest]

-# Don't worry about the black line btw - that's more for me than you

[subtle moss]

Right, I've been procrastinating pretty hard

When's the deadline again

[cedar quest]

28th

[echo peak]

Meanwhile I got mine done within like 10 minutes of getting the request. I literally had nothing to do that day aside from the RPG tiles lol

[cedar quest]

<t:1766970000:R>, AKA <t:1766970000:F>.

[signal nexus]

yay, Gordo learned how to timestamp!

[echo peak]

It's a Christmas miracle!

(nothing personal lol)

[sly shuttle]

I’m on the red list

[signal nexus]

me too!

[cedar quest]

Me too!

I should finish mine!

[long scarab]

We got slammed with OT so I'm only just now getting some time, myself 😅

[rapid knot]

Which Original Trainer's been beating you up

[long basin]

ive been a bit unmotivated recently but im trying to get my secret spriter knocked out now

[plain wing]

What did OneTopic do?

[cedar quest]

Also a semi-tangent, but next year - I'm planning on doing another Secret Santa thing, but this time w/ Fan Art

I don't have the hard rules down, but I know I want to do one

It'll either be next year I try it out, or 2027

[rigid abyss]

Yes more fanart events

[echo peak]

Hmmm, tempting but I'd probably butcher whatever I'm given

[dense jackal]

If I had to guess what that'd look like, it'd be:

• you are assigned a spriter who signed up
• they must have at least X fusions so you have choice
• draw a fusion of theirs in a non-pif way
• genuinely secret Santa style thing as you know who you've got and they don't

[cedar quest]

Yeah pretty much

[void blaze]

hi, is asking for conceptualizing help okay in secret spriter or is that not allowed?

my motivation for anything spriting-related been down in the dumps as of late

uhm, i already have a concept actually, just need a second opinion on how to pose it

[plain wing]

It's allowed, you just might not want to reveal what it is to the requester (not a requirement but some people like to keep that element of surprise)

[plain wing]

This is how another user handled the situation

[void blaze]

i see

thanks

[sly shuttle]

Which I just now fulfilled

[plain wing]

Np!

[void blaze]

if you requested a fusion with a dark type mon in it, maybe don't look

||so idea is just a cheeky/mischievous pose with an egg, maybe running away or sth, as sneasel are known to steal eggs, right? but I couldn't work out the proportions of that, and also it's kinda uncharacteristic of a typhlosion to run away, so i dropped it. i tried this specific pose but it is difficult to sneak in the explosion bit on its back (that i'll turn into feathers) without making it look cramped. do you guys have ideas on how to make this work?||

[plain wing]

||The torso seems just a little bit long, so shortening it should help. Moving the whole sprite to the left a bit will also help. Egg shells on the ground could be moved around quite easily, so I'd focus on getting enough room for the explosion/feathers before adding the egg shells||

[signal nexus]

have you heard of our lord and savior blender posing

[void blaze]

i'm on mobile + at school HAHAHAHA

i wish i could dude

[void blaze]

:D thank u so much

[plain wing]

Np!

[minor garnet]

I feel weird, gordo can you stop giving me things with fur

[south meteor]

I am down for this! Been a while since I properly drew a fusion with markers like in the beginning.

[long scarab]

it would be fun to draw someone else's team for secret santa :0

late to the party but I also think the idea to not do a contest for secret spriter this year was a good one. Not that I don't love a good competition, but it's refreshing for this event

[near horizon]

got a look at the list, seems someone has been a bad kid

[cedar quest]

Nah not necessarily

Or at least not in terms of the Secret Spriter

[echo peak]

hmm a blacked out name, mayhaps its a super (super) special (special!) secret (secret) ASSIGNMENT?!

or maybe... someone has two?

[potent sorrel]

Or maybe someone got banned from the server recently

And that was them

[cloud solstice]

Smh smh I can't believe gordogamr is red

[echo peak]

I mean, doing 2 requests wouldn't be too bad depending on the fusion, but I'm overspeculating

[cloud solstice]

If you don't make it in time gamr, who will make the announcements

[cedar quest]

If I don't make it in time, I'll let y'all decide the punishment

But that's not gonna happen

Because my holiday vacay is coming up

So I get to finish it then

[signal nexus]

you have to host another seminar
https://www.youtube.com/@InfiniteFusionSeminars

i'm gonna resurrect these damn things

[cedar quest]

I'd be happy to

[signal nexus]

deliberately sabotage yourself, then

[cedar quest]

Hosting is easy

But actually making them? I've got no clue how to go about that

[signal nexus]

oh wait oh wait i found a better one
calculate the average BST of the secret spriter requests

[signal nexus]

hosting = setting up the slideshow and giving the presentation
afaik

[cedar quest]

Xenellia did the last two and I just made sure to capture the info

[cloud solstice]

Make a middle stage contest
And you have to enter

[mighty stump]

Unironically middle stage contest would be nice...

They deserve love too

[urban siren]

braixen

[ancient palm]

double trouble found dead in a ditch

[signal nexus]

hmmm

lmao

monferno is still doing worse than kyurem

[dense jackal]

No nuzleaf sprites must mean everyone is scared of the nipples

[signal nexus]

though maybe seadra's doing worst of all proportionally, geez

[signal nexus]

you stare too deeply into the nips, the nips stare back

[dense jackal]

"My eyes are down here"

[mighty stump]

What's double trouble?

[signal nexus]

i feel like it's collabs? duos enter the contest?

[mighty stump]

Oh okay I wasn't sure if it was related to the middle stage pokemon or not

Sealeo I will make fusions for you eventually

[signal nexus]

you could probably do a double trouble middle cup if you wanna 🤔
there's certainly enough middle evo fusions to need it

[mighty stump]

I could just make evos for the spheal fusions that I already made to be honest

Sealeo head gets weird though

Sealeo feels less recognizable or more "plain" as a head fusion

I could be wrong though

[signal nexus]

mustaches for everyone

[ancient palm]

contest where you had to collab with someone and your fusion had to include a certain middle evolution from the dedicated list they provided

[mighty stump]

Ohhh

[ancient palm]

everyone made lombre fusions because lombre is the fucking goat

[mighty stump]

I'd make sealeos and sliggoos

[cedar quest]

We literally did a Double Trouble this year

[mighty stump]

-# I like sliggoo more than goodra
What who said that

[ancient palm]

that was food fight not double trouble

[signal nexus]

i thought we hadn't done it since Hakamo-o's addition

[signal nexus]

ah

[mighty stump]

I think I literally just want goodra to have the dot or cool green slug eyes back

[ancient palm]

sliggoo is nice i just wished it got rid of the stupid eyelashes then its great

[mighty stump]

???

[ancient palm]

id rather have just pure dot eyes

[cedar quest]

Wait

No that was last year

[mighty stump]

Looking at sliggoo as we speak

[cedar quest]

Hm..

Maybe

[mighty stump]

Oh it does have an eyelash weird

That doesn't show in sprites though so...

[ancient palm]

hisuian goodra is so good i love how they made a better goodra in every sense of the word only for it to be immediately replaced by duraludon

[mighty stump]

Wait sliggoo has a similar belly pattern to spheal......

[cedar quest]

I mean, yes and no - the first part is correct, but the mid Evo thing was just the twist of that specific DT.

[ancient palm]

yea ik food fight is just double trouble with a different theme i just wanted to say that there was a middle evolution contest at some point

[cedar quest]

Oh true Food Fight was just kinda DT 5 huh?

[fading lodge]

Just wanna remind Gordo that Discord says you are my best friend. Cuz I hung out in your live streams in August.

[celest orchid]

should i ask secret spriter related questions in here

because i wanna help do backup and have no idea how its done

[sly shuttle]

Yes, this is the place
Ping Gordo with the querie

[celest orchid]

@cedar quest i wanna participate in the secret spriter event doing backup sprites how do i participate?

[sly shuttle]

I know another person that wants to do a backup since they forgot to sign up

[jagged hinge]

I would also be down to do a backup if some where needed

[oblique heath]

yall r the elves

[minor garnet]

I am on your shelves

[cedar quest]

We get there when we get there, ideally I won't need backups

[sly shuttle]

Looks like The List™ already shows a sprite that needs a backup

[celest orchid]

i just dont wanna lose another deadline lol

[urban siren]

the power of teamwork

[rigid abyss]

Teamwork makes the dreamwork

Unfortunately I dont dream

[dreamy loom]

Yes you do. Everyone dreams. We just don't remember what we dream of all the time. Its easy to lose sight of what we want, but the dream is there nonetheless

Take that

[rigid abyss]

Anyways I dream of having an artstyle i dont hate

[near horizon]

i'm 2nd place !

[plain wing]

I definitely would've voted for you but I was more concerned with how readable it'd be at the tiny flag size in the roles

It was really hard to tell what would be readable so I just went with bold colors hoping that'd be the most readable option

[sly shuttle]

The options were ⬛, 🟪 , and ⬛

[plain wing]

Yeah basically

They were very good!!! But very detailed for a tiny square next to names

[cloud solstice]

surprised there wasn't a 🟧 or 🟩 option since it was for halloween

[cerulean prawn]

I guess litwick was the obvious focal point

[near horizon]

i had more the trainer card aspect in mind

[plain wing]

Yeah it works very well for a trainer card

[placid briar]

Thank you everyone who contributed support sprites, we live

[lament matrix]

#1355989314290450452 message Map update from unofficial Prize hunter
Pls join us

[signal nexus]

event includes

gastrodon

fyi

[agile quest]

also if we dont get claims the map might die uh

[lament matrix]

Loosing on a Prize Hunter is really sad
Even more since I planned so much on it

[signal nexus]

i'm working on my claim!

i just thought it'd update at 3 😅

[echo peak]

Imagine they announced a new Pokémon on Christmas day

I've said that for a while now just to heckle but it probably won't happen

[sly shuttle]

Hoping it’s the string light pokemon

[signal nexus]

the christmas slugs

[tame egret]

christmas island red crabs exist, therefore crabominable and crustle will be added on christmas trust me

[minor garnet]

Iron bundle will be the only gen8+ pokemon added bc christmas

[echo peak]

Yes

[long basin]

what about orthworm

[signal nexus]

christmas worm

[astral niche]

The poll is over

[lament matrix]

#1355989314290450452 message
Update for non official non if prize hunter

[cedar quest]

Having tech issues today

Will start to work on stuff again once fixed

[slow gyro]

Secret Spriter sprites go to the gallery, right?

[dense jackal]

They don't go there with spoiler warnings

[cedar quest]

Yeah, they should be posted in gallery, but I never give a hard deadline to that

I just need to make people don't freeload

[slow gyro]

Posted mine

[plain wing]

In a sea of other sprites for camouflage....

But I remember which one it was
It was [[REDACTED]]

[cedar quest]

I'm almost done with mine

Been working on it for a whiiile

[hollow stag]

yo i like the one tree sprite for the one bug Pokémon

https://tenor.com/view/caterpie-caterpillar-pokemon-anime-bug-gif-20520233

caterpillar has a cool sprite which has a tree

im gonna use that sprite and win in kanto

[signal nexus]

oh, that one base?
https://www.fusiondex.org/sprite/pif/10h/

[hollow stag]

yes that one

it looks so good

evermore is really good in sprite making

[hollow stag]

which sprites did you do?

[signal nexus]

oh, these guys:
https://www.fusiondex.org/artists/wormspawn/

[hollow stag]

i Love these sprites

you are really good in them

this one looks like a split evolution for that pokemon

this one looks the silliest

this one might be my favoruite

[white wagon]

Worm is awesome!

[tulip tusk]

it's fine to wait until after secret spriter is over to post to gallery, right?

[cedar quest]

you can if you want, yeah

[undone geyser]

hello

[spiral harbor]

"1 message hidden from likely spammer" and it's just "hello" 😭

[cloud solstice]

yes but it's in every channel

[tame egret]

They’re just very friendly

[elder marlin]

Very friendly and very dead from this server

[cobalt rock]

Damn, the secret spriter sprite i submitted never got made

[oblique heath]

idk if mine did, i forgor what it was

[cerulean prawn]

There's still a couple of days before the deadline

[torpid osprey]

Well there's 3 more days and even then Gordo will probably already have back up Spriters in line waiting for any Requests left unfinished

[signal nexus]

i haven't posted mine yet, but it's pretty much ready for spritework

[cedar quest]

Deadline is still 3 days from now

And if it's not done by deadline, I get my backup crew on it

[signal nexus]

also huh, there's a bunch of non-IF secret spriters 🤔

i haven't seen my request, but i also haven't been unspoiling secret spriter posts

[minor garnet]

Honestly non-IF secret spriter would be cool but then some people dont wanna sprite non-if

[eager zinc]

I was the little gremlin who hosted a Non-IF Secret Spriter in another server! It didn't have a whole lotta participants (which worked well for me since I've been busy all month), but I love all the sprites that came out of it!

I think I may make a Non-IF Mini Event of some kind once I handle finalizing the details for the next mini mystery

I love my stupid chicken they could never make me hate you espathra

[maiden bone]

I was wondering if there was an event I missed out on or something but I love all the non if fusions I’ve seen so far

[little cypress]

This reminds me of that flamingo-with-yo-yo segment in Fantasia 2000

https://tenor.com/view/flamingo-flamingos-handshake-group-handshake-shaking-hands-gif-10749388219780932960

[south meteor]

Yes please, I need an excuse to sprite more Gothitelle.

[tidal panther]

I can't plug my event it's on hiatus but-

[plain wing]

I was so disappointed that it lost the vote to be added honestly but alas

[potent sorrel]

I think all the mons we got were really good

Now would Seismitoad have been better then Dragalge, absolutely

[plain wing]

I like that Dragalge got added bc Dragalge is one of my faves, but Eelektross isn't and I would've preferred Gothitelle lol

[signal nexus]

unfezant tho

[plain wing]

Yeah I would've been fine with that one too

I really wanted Wishiwashi in tho

Like with Dragalge out of the way, my top 3 would've been 1. Wishiwashi, 2. Gothitelle, 3. Unfezant
And with all the Wishiwashi propaganda I thought it was guaranteed in 😭

[signal nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/jangmo-o-pokemon-cute-roar-gif-13009867079433238167

[plain wing]

I didn't realize those scales moved

[signal nexus]

yeye, that's why the line's signature move is Clanging Scales!

[plain wing]

Ahhhhhh

I thought it was more just like movement like how knights in armor move and make noise even tho the armor isn't moving much on its own

[signal nexus]

well, that is a fan animation (i believe) 🤔 so it might not actually be intended to be that mobile
regardless, after jangmo-o got voted in, i don't trust any predictions

[plain wing]

Oh was that one no one thoguht would get in or smth?

[signal nexus]

i saw no propaganda for jang. its win seemed to come out of nowhere

[plain wing]

Interesting

I feel like that was Dragalge this time around

[signal nexus]

it was on my propaganda, at least

[plain wing]

Ughhhhhhhhh Wishiwashi schooling could've gone so hard!!!!!!!!!!

No one has the vision

[signal nexus]

people were concerned about fitting all the mini-mons into the space of, frex, cleffa
but i feel like schooling has to be allowed to be bigger. it doesn't make logical sense otherwise

[plain wing]

I mean the point of Schooling is that
It's
Made of a school

It's a lot of them

[signal nexus]

i'd have to do more work to get the schooling effect, but this was what i was thinking

[plain wing]

Yeah like that would've been cool!!!!

[signal nexus]

yeah, but people are pretty locked on "vibes of the head, size of the body"
if the sprite managers don't allow schooling heads to be bigger than the body 'mon, i'll riot do it anyway 😌

[plain wing]

I saw a cool fakemon concept someone made a while ago (idr where but I think Reddit) where someone made a bee form of Wishiwashi, where it had a "Hive" form and shaped itself into a huge bee
AND THAT WOULD BE SICK FOR BEEDRILL STUFF

[signal nexus]

there is already... one sec

we got dis!
https://www.fusiondex.org/remoraid+gastly/

[plain wing]

Awww

[signal nexus]

so it can be more!

[plain wing]

Mhm

[little cypress]

Not even remotely Gastly, but I still love it!

[signal nexus]

exactly why we need wishiwashi

[plain wing]

I would say 1% Gastly

[echo peak]

I guarantee you if Wishiwashi is added, I'm doing one fusion and nothing else

It'd get the Swoobat treatment from me; do the minimal amount of fusions for that Pokémon as I can

[signal nexus]

more for me

[echo peak]

I say go ahead then

No offense but it's not something I'd actively fuse

Would rather take Toxicroak or anything else

[signal nexus]

also on my propaganda 😌

[little cypress]

If it does get added then this would likely qualify to get reorganized as Wishiwashi, yep.

[south meteor]

Huh? I thought Eel was added.

[jade chasm]

it is

[tame egret]

I wanted clawitzer and escavalier 🥀

[minor garnet]

I just wanted drampa

MORE DRAGON TYPES

I WANT THEM ALL

[jagged hinge]

I wonder what next year’s additions will be

[oblique heath]

shiinotic 100% already decided

[minor garnet]

Thats kinda a shiitake ngl

[cerulean prawn]

SAWSBUCK PROPAGANDA

[rigid abyss]

if deerling/sawsbuck gets added can we can get pif with seasons too

[cerulean prawn]

Now we're talking

[cloud solstice]

only 3 days lefts for making the secret spriter sprites

[dreamy loom]

good thing i started mine on the very first day and then finished it a few days ago woah who said that

[minor garnet]

Me

[plain wing]

I think for me it was a week ago when I finished but I did about the same lmao

[subtle moss]

Oh right, I should probably post my sprite to the collage, is that open yet?

[rigid abyss]

#event-announcements message

[astral niche]

salazzle line is very high

every year it came closer and closer to the top

now that a lot of the competition at the top is gone it's very likely

it would have most likely been added if ruby won

[signal nexus]

crustle also got a lot of love

[cyan gull]

I will lobby against rule 2 lizard

Cool bug with cool rock on his back is cool though

[signal nexus]

i will lobby for rule2 lizard

[cyan gull]

My vote counts for 1 morbillion

[signal nexus]

have you checked the exchange rate on morbucks recently?

https://tenor.com/view/bad-girl-jessica-rabbit-roger-rabbit-rabbit-gif-7402004

[rigid abyss]

arccheops cmon

[eager zinc]

man ruby really did have some banger picks

WAIT

you missed the most important member of ruby

kricketune (real)

I contemplated joining ruby just to troll pick

[rigid abyss]

I remember we were so lost on why everyone kept joining emerald cuz ruby had overall the best picks (not biased whatsoever)

I was personally rooting for mincino/cincino since like little ppl cares about it lol

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-cinccino-dirty-clean-gif-13930281367485890742

[eager zinc]

I joined emerald cuz it had a ton of the spriters that inspired me

I did not care what Pokemon we got

outside of gogoat, most of the non-if I've done have been mons from other teams

honestly the Pokemon I wanted most was on Ruby, but I think I would've been pelted with tomatoes if I voted in Dedenne

not to say there were bad picks in emerald, I loved a ton of mons in emerald too

[signal nexus]

i shared the other two; might as well post this one as well

[rigid abyss]

I wanted autism cat from emerald

[eager zinc]

espurr and meowstic would've been baller

[signal nexus]

meowstic would be annoying, though, especially since there's a 99% chance we'd have to do both
differentiating the bodies would be so limiting

[eager zinc]

fuck I just want ambiguous gender cat, but you're right the genders do have different abilities

[signal nexus]

same
i also want 1 unfezant and 1 shellos and gastrodon, but alas

[eager zinc]

enby cat fusions would go hard, it's a similar argument to gastrodon not being split because there are so many different sea slugs to take inspiration from

oh same braincell

[signal nexus]

1 oricorio could've led to a lot of dance style fusions, but i imagine it'd be difficult to clock as oricorio headwise
i am very glad we got 1 rotom, though

[eager zinc]

born to sprite appliances, forced to sprite lawnmowers

[cerulean prawn]

We deserved emerald and Ruby, ripppp

Pangoro and gogoat and tsareena <3

[cedar quest]

fym joining Ruby that shit was almost 4 months ago

[eager zinc]

I mean while it was happening not right now of course

I ended up on Emerald, though I did consider Ruby

[eager zinc]

definitely solid picks

I can't talk my ass is biased

[tame egret]

My main emerald pick was sigilyph

[kindred valley]

archeops ftw
but i am clearly very happy w the two we got

[eager zinc]

also baller picks!

[rigid abyss]

Sad that we didnt get the nudibranches

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-gastrodon-pokemon-amie-gif-27484311

[eager zinc]

man I just want all the mons right now there is no bad Pokemon, but I understand spriter overload would suck and a lot of the less popular mons would never get sprited

I should drop all the actual if sprites I have planned and just sprite non-if forever

I say working on a non-if sprite

[rigid abyss]

I find "spriter overload" to be a funny reason cuz they announce that all the missing hoenn mons +chingling was gonna be in the game at once. Around 60+mons in one go

[eager zinc]

yeah, and it's resulted in a good chunk of those mons having less than 150 sprites total for them

if that

it's a shame, and by no means a dash towards anyone

it's just bound to happen when that many mons are added at once

[hushed stream]

i mean yeah it's not like any of them have been completely neglected

[signal nexus]

tbh, i'd like us to get to 75% completion before new 'mons are added
rather than 50%
better playere experience

[hushed stream]

we can't expect them to be at the same level that the mons that have been here for years and years are at

[eager zinc]

that would be nice, yeah!

[tame egret]

Forget the players I want my rock crab

[eager zinc]

I never said I was expecting them to be, but gradual additions made it easier to circumvent the issue

I will note

I say issue very loosely

it isn't a problem, all mons are good mons