event-general

[kindred valley]

dahappycute and i have done 28 collabs and counting

[signal nexus]

at least 4 😌

[kindred valley]

wait is this is yes or are you also weighing options

[sly shuttle]

You are the only collab I’m considering so far
I’m figuring out what you want to do

[rigid abyss]

And i still have claimed concept arts to sprtie
-# oh Gods chanso why did u make delphox/drago so painful

[kindred valley]

i would be happy (for a certain def of happy considering it's zekrom /lh) to do this

[sly shuttle]

Zek or Rom?

[signal nexus]

Zek/Eel
Zeke

[kindred valley]

rom
i actually had the possibility of this (well, something with eel) contest in mind when making this base concept
https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1458121163355062377
but i haven't thought beyond that

[sly shuttle]

I can work with that pose if you’d like

[kindred valley]

sure!

[kindred valley]

well see i started w the mega delphox palette and went downhill from there

[rigid abyss]

The rollout didnt miss

[signal nexus]

someone's gonna me from the list

[echo peak]

already got some bangers, the bottom one is out of my spriting zone though but in my head it sound sick

[echo peak]

I nearly did it too

[signal nexus]

put yourself in twice and name your Team Steelyxsylvian

[rigid abyss]

That would only work if onyx was beldum

[cedar quest]

why would I? that's a valid team

[signal nexus]

now to figure out how to get the superscript in a file name

[cedar quest]

I'd settle for Worm^2

I'd accept that

[kindred valley]

Worm²

[signal nexus]

i don't even think you can put carets in a file name either

[echo peak]

worm+worm=worm

[kindred valley]

it's a valid unicode character

[rigid abyss]

Now do it 3 more times for 4 entries

[echo peak]

I think I have my 4 entry ideas down

[cedar quest]

Now that would be an invalid team if it's more than one since that'd be

A repeat team

[echo peak]

now executing them is the fun part

[signal nexus]

eelexeggcute

[rigid abyss]

Why are u killing them

[dusk scroll]

ANyone want to team up with me?

[rigid abyss]

Sure got an idea?

[kindred valley]

oh ... we have almost 3 weeks
i just got excited and started scribbling out concepts

[rigid abyss]

Lmao bro is hyped

[signal nexus]

🤔 if i do more fusions, i'll probably do some concept art or smth
let someone pick it up
or i'll grab someone's

[echo peak]

Its best to do it now so the concepts can be made easier in pixel format

[cedar quest]

You think I would give you a small amount of time for 4 possible collabs?

That's cruel punishment for fun

[echo peak]

I can't draw for nothing aside from skribbling so here goes nothing it seems

[signal nexus]

anyway next event will be Lebanne's trust

#FreeLebanne

[cedar quest]

... I totally could do Lebanne for Dragalge, huh?

I mean Swoobat is next, but like

...huh

[dusk scroll]

Z-A spoilers ||Still funny how the two pokemon that won the vote ended up getting Megas||

[signal nexus]

Scolipede has plenty of fusions, so maenading for Corbeau is unnecessary

[kindred valley]

"maenading"

[rigid abyss]

PIF dodgeball

[cedar quest]

Like I didn't even consider than this contest

could've also been Dragalge

It could've been both damnit

god damnit

[minor roost]

Next event Is Just making a mega swoobat design

[cedar quest]

That would've been way cooler and easier maybe idk

But this is fine

[kindred valley]

i was honestly expecting both

[cedar quest]

Nah the way I have it lined up is like

Eel is Jan

Swoo is Feb

Drag is March

Go from there

And unlink Eel here

Those two aren't gonna take the whole month

[echo peak]

Expect me to pass February (nothing personal)

[rigid abyss]

All double troubles?

[cedar quest]

nope

[kindred valley]

eel is april too
-#

[cedar quest]

none of 'em are a rush dw

[minor roost]

I c

[cedar quest]

Nuh uh

[rigid abyss]

April fools compe 2026

[minor roost]

Also sadge so that means i have to actually Sprite for the next events smh

[cedar quest]

April Fools is indeed April

[minor roost]

Insane

[cedar quest]

But who says it's a contest this year

[minor roost]

April fool rush were we rush a never if mon so It's totally pointless

[kindred valley]

what happened to april fools 2025 gordo

[dusk scroll]

I still have this concept art that can be sprited.

[minor roost]

Big boi

[rigid abyss]

Smol eel big whale

[cedar quest]

[dusk scroll]

okay

nevermind

[kindred valley]

how many people will do a non-eelektross i wonder

[signal nexus]

~~maenad = anyone who throws their underwear on stage ~~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maenad

[rigid abyss]

Redraw it in a slightly different pose

[signal nexus]

goddamnit chat moved too fast so my reply makes no sense now

[echo peak]

You ain't ready for this

[cedar quest]

so many people are doing megas wtf

@slow gyro you did this

You caused this

[echo peak]

For my idea which was mentioned earlier it works

And besides, 2 of my other ones are Tynamo

[kindred valley]

gordo what if we did a mega (same idea, just with extra mega stone)
/hj

[echo peak]

I have a Mega fusion, a G-Max fusion and two tynamo to work on lol

[cedar quest]

too late, i'm booked

oh wait

i'm collab with you

I thought that was onyx who said that

[kindred valley]

yes
mega gives more swirly bits to play with but might be more annoying to give a spiritomb-y texture to? idk

[slow gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-welcome-gif-2309461136654146376

[hardy oxide]

Ah since you’re here @slow gyro do you still wanna do a collab with me for the kommo-o and eelektross fusion? I thought you meant kommo-o head and eelektross body, in which case it wouldn’t interfere with the collab I have with Wooper, but even if it’s the reverse I’d be down for two collabs on the same fusion coz it seems funny

[echo peak]

I might be better at drawing on phone

[slow gyro]

We can collab on something different anyways, I don’t have any ideas for an eel body

Well I do have one

Camerupt/Eelektross

[tender plinth]

Welp guess jokes on me, an eelektross/aerodactyl hit spritework 22 hours ago, but if anyone wants to 2 cake this sucker with me, I'm down

[rigid abyss]

Oh sure! This for the contest?

[tender plinth]

Yep

[rigid abyss]

Cool!

Will work on it when I can

[tender plinth]

You want me to color it or I can outline it better, or if you want to color/ bounce back and forth that's cool too

[rigid abyss]

Could u color it? Outlines are fine I've done on messier I think idr well

[topaz quest]

Wait hold up does anyone wanna do an eelectross/gyarados with me

I could even do both as mega 👀 (and maybe a non mega version?)

[rigid abyss]

I mean

[slow gyro]

That sounds awesome

Sadly I already have my entries

Nog done

Just planned

[rigid abyss]

Oh yay thought i had to fight hero /lh

But ye im down

[potent sorrel]

Smh, take my cool concept

[rigid abyss]

Wherez

[potent sorrel]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1459712173130649673

[topaz quest]

Epic!
You alright if I concept it?

Also what should be our team name?

[rigid abyss]

Yep! Cuz i have no idea on that and u seem like u are excited for it

[rigid abyss]

Uh HappyLabRats ?

[slow gyro]

I still have free spaces for Camerupt/Eelektross and Eelektross/Dragonite

Both double megas

And whatever I end up doing with Trayal

[topaz quest]

I mean… hero if you need a partner I’m up for either

[rigid abyss]

So am I lol

[echo peak]

Spriting this is gonna be a bitch but I love how it turned out

[rigid abyss]

Actually could I do dragonite? since local is fine with either

[slow gyro]

Sure thing

[slow gyro]

You get the Camerupt then

I’ll work on the designs later today or tomorrow

I’m almost done with ZA’s story

[rigid abyss]

Im not a creative namer so u got a team name idea or will it just be HappyDrawimg

[slow gyro]

DaHeroCute

[rigid abyss]

I bought the game just to replay arceus again cuz i prefer running for my life over cities

[rigid abyss]

Sure

[slow gyro]

I haven’t play Arceus smh

Today I went to a big plaza to see if I could buy it, and a lot of switch games had discounts

But there wasn’t any copies of Arceus

@cedar quest how would our team name be? HeroGamR?

[cedar quest]

I put one already change it to what you want

[slow gyro]

What did you put?

[south meteor]

I have no idea what I will make for this, but hopefully it will be good or maybe a partner will inspire me.

[maiden bone]

yep im stumped.... what to make for funny eel hm...

[hardy oxide]

I honestly have got no ideas so I’m down for whatever (tho I prefer dragon-like bodies typically coz I’m best with those but mega camerupt could be fun 👀 )

[slow gyro]

You’re too late for the Camerupt

[hardy oxide]

Darnnn alright

I mean id suggest another UN purely for the pain of it but its a very different pain than kommo-o

[slow gyro]

What’s an UN???

[hardy oxide]

Ultra Necrozma

[slow gyro]

I’m definitely not doing a UN

[hardy oxide]

Fair enough

I think I got a rough idea for a kommo-o head mega eelektross body if you’re down for that, buuut it’s not a finished idea yet just the bare basics until I can doodle a good enough mega eelektross pose

[slow gyro]

IDEA

HOW ABOUT EELEKTROSS/MEGANIUM???

WITH BOTH FAKE EELS WRAPPING AROUND THE NECK

[slow gyro]

Oh yea that can work with me

If I’m not the one designing it I’m fine

[hardy oxide]

OOO

[slow gyro]

I just can’t visualize it

[hardy oxide]

I can visualize a scaly rope -v-

I usually figure out the details as I go along

Honestly your mega meganium idea also sounds really fun

[slow gyro]

We can go with whichever you prefer

[hardy oxide]

I uhhhhhh… pops into flip a coin

1: kommo-o
2: meganium

Coin: neither one or two but it’s tails so I’m counting that as a meganium win

I’ll probably put the kommo-o sketch idea into concept art if someone wants to collab with me on it >:)

[carmine falcon]

@minor roost

I returned just in time

[echo peak]

I would

I love a challenge as shown by the Mewtwo I have in mind

Heck if I can't make Tynamo/Solrock I actually might draw Eelektross/UN

Just not Mega I mean we have enough Mega Eelektross fusions now

[astral niche]

Legends za inspired announcement ! This totally means gen 9 is coming to pif now

[wanton pumice]

Who wants to collab?

I'm thinking on Tynamo/Sylveon

[cinder stag]

worm is trolling

[unborn basin]

That sounds like it has a lot of potential

[echo peak]

No not really. I might put myself too

I'm just giving it time first

[cinder stag]

the contest allows solo entries but making a team with yourself is cheeky

[echo peak]

Eh, I already have 2 ideas ready to be sprited anyways

And besides I'm more of a people to ask me kinda guy if that makes sense. Also competition is already pretty high considering exo has a sprite made already, but I'm trying not to give up over whose made what. I'm not in these to win I'm just here for fun.

[wanton pumice]

Nvm partner maybe found soz

[unborn basin]

i literraly just had time to see the message xD

timing is perfect

If the maybe isn't going well i'd be interested !

(Cali does be better than me Imo tho, I love their work)

[long basin]

if you’re good with concept art or something like it, could we collab?

[echo peak]

Sure. I have one concept already, technically 2 but it's a pretty crappy drawing

[long basin]

if you mean this it is incredible

[echo peak]

That's one of them

[long basin]

would you like to collab on that one then?

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[dusk schooner]

Not superman too........

[echo peak]

Yes. The other one was a Eelektross/Gengar which was the one that was pretty bad butbthe idea is pretty strong

[long basin]

alright, I will start working on it

[echo peak]

This one that was made on my computer

Compared to the Mewtwo that was made via my phone

[echo peak]

If you have any questions on whats what or if you need to tweak anything, just message me.

[tame egret]

gotta do it again 😔

[long basin]

i have at least one more slot, so if you’re doing the concept art or a rough sprite or something would you like a collab with me

[tame egret]

i'm not good at concept art

well i'm good at concepts, just not expressing them through actual media

[long basin]

if you have an idea, i might be able to do the rough sprite. unlikely though so you’d be better off finding someone else

[tame egret]

i can try to do the art

which member of the line do you want and would you prefer a head or body

[long basin]

eelektross as a body probably

[tame egret]

alright

do you want the mega?

[long basin]

wouldn’t mind a head though, feel free to do anything

[long basin]

idk, i think it could probably use some normal sprites but at the same time the mega would probably do better in the contest

i guess it also depends on the fusion

[tame egret]

ooo i have a cool idea

relicanth/eelektross where the other heads are covered in kelp and stuff

[long basin]

oh, that could be really cool

[tame egret]

might not be event winning material though

we'll just have to make a really cool pose

[unborn basin]

Every sprite is event winning material ! or at least its more hopeful to think it

[long basin]

True!!

pebble

[tame egret]

true but there are definitely some fusions that lend themselves better to more advanced spriting techniques

[long basin]

ye, also true

[unborn basin]

Btw, if someone has a little guy™ idea that might not be event winning material i'm down for it. i love em

[unborn basin]

yeah, i do expect a lot of eelecktross (that pokemon is a hell to spell)

[long basin]

it’s just that but without the c

[unborn basin]

it deserves at least one more letter, let it have that

[long basin]

eeeleektroos

[echo peak]

I've had Tynamo/Celebi written down as an idea

[unborn basin]

Perfect.

[echo peak]

I'll have to update the page with who I'm collaborating with later. It's 8:00 and I'm still really tired

[tame egret]

oh yeah @abstract blade you said you wanted to collab some time, you got any entries free?

[unborn basin]

so its more of a lets see later ?

[abstract blade]

i js filled up my four

[tame egret]

[echo peak]

Well its you and Mars right now. I think I'll be making my Eelektross/Gengar so that leaves 1 more slot which might be Tynamo/Solrock or something

[unborn basin]

Tynamo Solrock sounds familiar

[abstract blade]

but mr gill have a pic of my beautiful child mogging

[tame egret]

oh nice

ultra sun/moon?

[abstract blade]

yessir

[tame egret]

i recognised it from the UI 😭

[abstract blade]

u have any thoughts on an eelektross ur gonna do tho?

[unborn basin]

found why

[echo peak]

Ah ok

[abstract blade]

i can replace one of my own concepts to do a collab but it js depends

[echo peak]

My idea was way different

[tame egret]

well i'm doing a relicanth head with mars, in terms of any other ones i can think of a few things

[unborn basin]

well you can still do it (plus this is unposted)

[tame egret]

would you want a head or body

[echo peak]

Fair

[abstract blade]

alr well if u think of smth u can always js send a dm

[echo peak]

I think I have an idea: I have two collabs going so I think I'll take over the other two to split it even.

[acoustic saddle]

@cedar quest can we have Dragalge along elekross in the event too?

[potent sorrel]

Mr.Funny Man, do you wanna make my Eelektross?

[acoustic saddle]

impress me

[potent sorrel]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1459712173130649673

[potent sorrel]

Big goober

[acoustic saddle]

why the tusk look like those thing

[potent sorrel]

Its based off the mega

[acoustic saddle]

the mega make it like those thing

[potent sorrel]

Ye

[acoustic saddle]

also mega is kil

[echo peak]

I now realized that I need team names technically since I'm collabing

[near horizon]

if someone needs a mate, i'm in

[minor roost]

It would not be a collab contest if we didn't make atleast something together if you have any idea to what to make feel free to dm me

[carmine falcon]

The simipark duo is back together

I'll tell you if I have any

[signal nexus]

geez, Gordo. 🙄 get with the program

also lol Pokebio

[cloud solstice]

smh smh missed opportunity for local_labrat and hero to be drawing labrat

[signal nexus]

if they reverse the fusion order they can be

[cloud solstice]

@slow gyro

[wanton pumice]

Do you like Cali and I's team name

[signal nexus]

which jrpg is that

[wanton pumice]

Hey Cali what's your JRPG autism, I know mine's MegaTen

[slow gyro]

I’ve been summoned

[slow gyro]

Idk I didn’t choose any names

[cloud solstice]

it's Automated Universal Terraforming Intrinsic Supreme Moon obviously

[signal nexus]

sounds like a jrpg title

[abstract blade]

wait js curious, if ur submitting one solo, do u js input ur name twice? or js don't put your name in the table?

[signal nexus]

either, i think
i just did it for the meme

[oblique heath]

"by cradily and himself only "

[dense jackal]

When a pair of people can't think of a name for the two of them working together when creating art for a game about a pair of Pokémon being fused to work together, it makes you wonder if there was any possible way to draw inspiration for a team name....

[near horizon]

time to stalk the "looking for team" for a nice collab x)

[abstract blade]

better to js use the auto gen team name from japeal i guess

[astral niche]

good luck to people trying to find a team

I already have my team mate and it was super easy

[slim fern]

#1459974120551743550 If anyone would be interested 👀

[astral niche]

wow that looks good

[cedar quest]

too late

[astral niche]

@cedar quest sorry to bother you but I was wonderign when are we getting the halloween rush role ?

[cedar quest]

idk

[astral niche]

oh

[signal nexus]

In that case, can I have Cynthia back?

[potent sorrel]

You wanna make my Mamoswine

[sly shuttle]

I guess it’s a good thing I can’t judge on this contest
I’m worried I may have subconsciously been harsher on the mega designs (There’s so many )

[torpid osprey]

I dunno if I want to give Spriting in a Team a try

[near horizon]

nah, i don't really like mamoswine body

sowwy

[potent sorrel]

Damn

[near horizon]

and also, i already sent 4 bottles in the sea for the teams, got only 1 answer so far

[potent sorrel]

If you need someone and want me to make you a different concept lmk

[sly shuttle]

Your options include any method that ends with 2 people being credited
You could get concept art from a non-spriter

[torpid osprey]

True

[minor garnet]

Ill also enter this one tho I made that one goodra which would be hard to peak

Ill solo it cuz I have a funny nickname

[haughty haven]

wait so. team is optional right

because im just coming back from a year absence and finding a team after that is mildly awkward

[signal nexus]

You + yourself team

[haughty haven]

my team consisting of caramel and dog

[upper galleon]

omg canariii!!!

[sly shuttle]

What is DutchSteamOven’s plan?

[minor garnet]

Farting under a blanket and then trapping someone else

And if you mean my fusion I make tynamo/quag

[sly shuttle]

Will you win?

[minor garnet]

Prolly not

[sly shuttle]

We could lose together

[minor garnet]

Shore!

[slow gyro]

@cedar quest I still need to render it but here’s the WIP of the CA

[minor garnet]

whats the body

[slow gyro]

Guess

[minor garnet]

dude this can be anything

[signal nexus]

Gastrodon

[slow gyro]

Wtf

It’s mega Camerupt

[sly shuttle]

Some gastropod

[minor garnet]

make it look like camerupt

[signal nexus]

Oh wait I see it now

[slow gyro]

Fine I’ll give it feet fins

[sly shuttle]

Is that a charge stone?

[slow gyro]

Yea

[signal nexus]

The mantle at the bottom looked hella gastropod

[slow gyro]

Man I was happy with this design, maybe I should go back to the first one

[minor garnet]

I could draw smt up if you wanna sprite it, also you can add yourself to dutch teamoven I wont solo it

[slow gyro]

It was an eel living on an underwater volcano

[minor garnet]

I think it would be mad funny if eel volcano

[sly shuttle]

Draw your idea and shall make it more perfect

[minor garnet]

Aye aye cap'n

[signal nexus]

I know mega camerupt only has the one hump but it’d be way more readable with two
I think

[echo peak]

cuteness in bound

[slow gyro]

@cedar quest idk how to render a Chargestone

But we can figure that out when spriting

[cedar quest]

👍

[slow gyro]

Wanna start with the lineart?

[echo peak]

maybe this can help in areas?

[slow gyro]

I did search for references i just wasn’t able to make it work

[echo peak]

ah ok

[slow gyro]

Worse case scenario I’ll ask ribbon for help

[echo peak]

I mean maybe I can try to sketch over some spots if you don't mind?

but maybe putting it into a pixel art would be a better start as I don't want to dictate how everything goes. It's not my sprite after all lol

[oblique heath]

tomorrow coloring and shading

[slow gyro]

Please

[echo peak]

I will try

[slow gyro]

Yea that’s the plan

Don’t feel pressured to do so

[echo peak]

I'll try. I've basically gotten my two sprites done and waiting for the collabs and feedback

[cedar quest]

yeah I can

@slow gyro way I'd render it is like thick glass with a light inside it

[slow gyro]

I’m not good with rocks or ice, and mediocre at glass

[broken robin]

You can do four

[echo peak]

Yes, two made, and I'm waiting on two collabs

An Eelektross/Mewtwo which was my second ever concept drawing and Tynamo/Celebi

[echo peak]

Hopefully this helps

[slow gyro]

Kinda looks like ice

That’s why I was struggling with it

[echo peak]

It does actually look more like ice now that I see it, but I'm trying to use the charge stone for reference but it seems crystals are ice in my form of shading

Well, I tried

[lament matrix]

I feel like Charge stones normaly look way more artificial
Like less natural

[echo peak]

I also tried to refrain from Anti-Aliasing if I have the right term, but that might be the best bet

Regardless best of luck in the shading, but if you need ice shading I'm the guy

[minor garnet]

Add electric effects

[echo peak]

Honestly, huge lightning bolts traveling around it could help

[signal nexus]

Meanwhile, my concept art:

Little guy

[echo peak]

Seems interesting

I also might be seeing it wrong, but the circles feel like fish eggs to me

[signal nexus]

I’m more lolling at how stacked the deck is against me

[echo peak]

I was too after seeing exo's fusion but I was just being butthurt at the time which I tend to do on occasions sadly and then I got here

At this point I'm doing it for fun

[signal nexus]

Me

“I ain’t gonna win, but let’s see how far the little guy gets”

[echo peak]

Pretty much, it's like me in the RPG in most cases. I'm just doing it to learn and have fun

[lament matrix]

Funniest thing about the Eelektross event
She complains that she cant mega her Eel anymore and 90% of people make megas XD

[tame egret]

@long basin @abstract blade your concept art may take a while since I didn’t get any time today to work on them because of work so it may go up until next weekend but I’ll try to get it done in the week

[cedar quest]

||I have something in mind for that already||

[slow gyro]

Lmao

Let there be megas

[tame egret]

I’m calling separate mega category

[cloud solstice]

we all know who's the mega winner then

[echo peak]

I dunno it's still pretty early

But there are some phenomenal designs as is

[heady escarp]

anyoen looking for a team?

[acoustic saddle]

you can make a bonus

[cedar quest]

nah

just wait till March for Dragalge

[cedar quest]

||its not somethign good that I have in mind ||

[minor garnet]

Cant wait for lebanne

[echo peak]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1460005887979814942 to those who haven't seen the finished design in full

[blissful kindle]

Ice type Eelektross?

Local Hero is such a cool name

OH IT'S THE BLUE CRYSTALS FROM THE GEN 5 CAVE

[blissful kindle]

Looks a lot more like shaved ice here tho

[echo peak]

I'm aware and I feel like my lack of crystals in fusions I've made let me down

[blissful kindle]

You'll both be fine it's still the concept stage

Nothing a good old texturing can't fix

[echo peak]

I'm not even working on it I did this to try and help with shading

[signal nexus]

make your partner do it

[blissful kindle]

It's not your collab?

[echo peak]

Nope. Just felt generous

[signal nexus]

throuple collab now

[echo peak]

"Thou worms aren't the only fusionth throuple in town nowe" - Some blue guy

[signal nexus]

so you're saying i should change my team name to Worm^3, then

[echo peak]

Um....

[echo peak]

For full context, Hero had no idea how to shade the chargestones and since I'm waiting on two collabs, I decided "hmm I can try and shade crystals" and it lead to ice

[dense jackal]

Based on the ref I'd say something like this

[signal nexus]

quadrouple

[formal river]

this is technically correct but i think the easiest way to make it clear is a chargestone cave electric boulder is by making it float

[cedar quest]

I'll start it up either Monday or Tuesday - heading off to bed for work tomorrow

[slow gyro]

Well it stoped looking like a Camerupt

[slow gyro]

Yea no problem, take your time with it

[cedar quest]

which one do you want me to do? this one or the early one?

[cedar quest]

gotcha

[slow gyro]

The other one isn’t rendered

It was the earliest version of today

@rigid abyss I’m struggling with the Dragonite

I had some ideas but can’t find a good enough pose that works with them

[slow gyro]

@rigid abyss

[kindred valley]

those eelektriks are so snazzy

[echo peak]

Judges, good luck

[heavy jungle]

Just a simple tiny one

[signal nexus]

shimmery!

[lament matrix]

To be real I think it looks pretty Camerupt

[burnt current]

Hey guy I decided to come in here and be annoying

Anyways if anybody wants to collab and has a spot open I have a few ideas, or I can just help with whatever

[hushed shoal]

Oh hey, I was just about to ask the same question
Wanna collab? All of my slots are still open

[burnt current]

I'm down, though my avalibility is gonna be quite sporadic today. Outside of a period between 3:30 and 5:30. (Thats roughly an hr from now)

[hushed shoal]

That should be fine, I could just use some ideas and concepts

Any ideas for the team name?

[burnt current]

Could easily just combine our names

unless thats like against the rules somehow

[burnt current]

as for concepts I'll DM you the few I have

albeit theres no art, just the ideas rn

since I didn't know If I'd be collabing or not

[signal nexus]

call yourself Up Up and Away
because you're Agent and they're Zenith

[burnt current]

doesn't it need to be one word though (as in no spaces)

[hushed shoal]

It doesn‘t

[burnt current]

oh, then thats good unless we find something else

[hushed shoal]

How does the word „Agent“ tie into this?
Else I like the name

[signal nexus]

idek superheroes?

[hushed shoal]

Eh, no need to think too hard about it

I like the whimsical vibe i get from it

[lunar pond]

Hey everyone, new to the server! I'm always up for a chat, so feel free to hit me up!

[swift token]

Ok this is def a bot

[signal nexus]

is that the same name as before as well?

[tulip tusk]

same pfp too

[signal nexus]

what is the purpose of these kinds of bots, actually? 🤔 like, what are they going for?

[urban siren]

maybe dm scam

[signal nexus]

oh like "uwu i'm a sad sexy lady and the best way to unsad me is to give me your credit card information"?

[plain wing]

Yeah basically

[minor roost]

Maybe She Just has dementia

[tame egret]

generational screenshot

[cloud solstice]

also exact same message as last time

[echo peak]

just a little guy (currently being collabed on)

[onyx path]

Phishing

It's trying to get people to message them, most likely to perform a social engineering attack to get access to information and/or money

[signal nexus]

so "uwu i'm a sad sexy lady" etc etc, then 😌

[potent sorrel]

click on link, get scammed, hack account, take info, sell info, profit

Also just hovering on the link can lead to it

So do not even open their DMs

[cedar quest]

I'll say it again when Dragalge contest comes but like

I am def seeing way too many megas for my liking, and Dragalge line is 100% in a """"worse"""" spot than Eel

So I am not letting y'all get away with this mega stuff again - you got this one and this one only

This was a test and everyone failed

[urban siren]

the mega is generally more detailed and more palette choices

[cedar quest]

that I can understand using it as a referrence in the head

.... but other megas beyond Eel? cmon I can't let that happen again

[sly shuttle]

It was way too easy for hero to make you doubt the rule

[signal nexus]

wait a minute 🤔
i can technically get my friend in another server to make concept art for me, and that'll count as a second collab

[cedar quest]

Ok but like

I was genuinely curious

Eel is like - in a good enough spot to where I can test something like this

Because ... when else would I get this opportunity?

[signal nexus]

tbf
you don't have the results yet. maybe hero is megas georg adn should not have been counted

[cedar quest]

You are right in that I don't have results yet, could just be early stages

But of what I've seen almost 40% has used stuff from the mega

Granted, there's not a lot yet

But 40% Day 2 is not good.

[signal nexus]

yeah, and for an event that'll only last four days

[cedar quest]

I'm just worried that we don't get enough sprites for Eel

And then I gotta do some weird loop around shit to get more eel

I just don't wanna have to mess up my early schedule for the year

[signal nexus]

GordoGamr more like TorchicGamr
counting all his chickens before they hatch

[cedar quest]

[signal nexus]

🤔 can the togepi line pass as chickens?

[kindred valley]

this surprises me, dragalge is also pretty peak

[cedar quest]

ok so like

Dragalge itself has more sprites than Eelektross, not by a lot, but it does.

But Skrelp is suffering, still in the double digits compared to Tynamo being in triple

and of course Eel has a 2nd stage, Eelektrik - where the Dragalge line doesn't have anything in that slot

Like both are roughly around the same area, but Skrelp is undersprited rn

Hence why it's technically in a worse spot than Eel

[echo peak]

How about this for the next one? "First 5 Entrants Can Be Megas. Must be claimed in Sheets page."

That way, we don't need the overabundance of oversized kelp monsters

(Or something like this idk, I thought this up on the fly)

[abstract blade]

bro y'all are so creative mane

[echo peak]

As are you. The shading in your sprites is insane

[abstract blade]

thanks twin, but i gotta step it up to contend w these creative ideas

[echo peak]

I believe you already have with that Chimecho/Eelektross

[abstract blade]

dawg, ur not ready for the ones i got in the vault

[echo peak]

No I'm not but I accept the two I've made, but the one collab I made is insanely creative

While the other collab is just a little guy lol

[abstract blade]

i'm glad for the event tho, eelektross doesn't get much love so its nice to see the fusions

[echo peak]

I feel like I should've used more of the Hoenn mons that were added since I feel like they'd have a ton of potential in contests like this

But this challenge gave way to my second and third ever concept art I've made so that's a victory in my own eyes

[rapid knot]

Or we can just say no

[echo peak]

Worth a shot, but time will tell

[onyx path]

#DO CASTFORM

[echo peak]

I'd struggle with that but why not

[onyx path]

I can help 😅

[echo peak]

Also, space out the hashtag for big text🤓

[onyx path]

I know, I didn't want big text 😅

[echo peak]

Oh ok lol

That aside, now that I've done concept art maybe I can actually do Castform ideas easier

[onyx path]

But yeah, I've got an army approximately 621 strong of those little cloud bastards if you need help

[echo peak]

Might be 622 if I get better at making Castform fusions, but it's like I say; Time will tell

[onyx path]

I mean, I do at least 4 a day 😅

Or at least I try to

[echo peak]

I might take a crack at something then. I do like a challenging fusion whether it be completed or not

[onyx path]

[kindred valley]

i'll give it all my love 😍
-# definitely would not win if this wasn't a collab contest tho

[sly shuttle]

Which of your collabs is going to win though?

I can rule out one

[kindred valley]

smh testrun, your Ideals are lacking
what would zekrom say

[kindred valley]

quite possibly none still, this contest is gonna be cracked
but at least i have higher chances w (cracked) friends than alone

[sly shuttle]

Zekrom has no time for talk
Only time for ZEKROM KICK

[kindred valley]

oh also zekrom sprite
i'll get on that

[south meteor]

Bring back Little Cup, maybe that will get Skrelp sprited. (I'm not too serious)

[wanton pumice]

Who wants to do Tynamo/Lopunny with me?

[civic falcon]

as in someone else doing the concept art and you spriting it?

[wanton pumice]

I'm working on the concept haha

[civic falcon]

ah

I'm no spriter so I can't take you up on that unforch 😔

gl finding someone tho!

[wanton pumice]

Unforch 😔

[tame egret]

But it let us make cooler sprites and have more creative freedom, who cares if they’re alts

[fresh tartan]

Dunno if this was mentioned or not already, but will the double trouble sprites be judged based on Gen5 style guidelines or most detailed overall?

[cerulean prawn]

Based on past results for judged contents, it's usually guidelines plus just a liiiittle spice that does well

Idk the actual criteria though

[dense jackal]

I expect that having your own collab partner design multiple megas for the contest somewhat undermined the message to not submit megs

[cloud solstice]

it is judged on following the guidelines (so gen5 style), and you get a bonus for adding some spice as Cynder said

to be more precises, there are scoring guidelines for judged contests and they are linked in the judging sheets if you want to take a look

[signal nexus]

~~the judges should too, sometimes ~~

[cloud solstice]

we do, we do

[signal nexus]

anyway, since contests usually end with hurt feelings:
You're gonna fail. And you're gonna fail in ways that make you feel like you were judged on criteria that wasn't on the study guide. You're gonna submit a sprite that you put a ton of love and care into, got a gazillion and a gazillion more s, and the judges will still find something to criticize
Knowing that this is the outcome, will you still enter? Is the process alone what you will enjoy?

@/any contest newbie 🥺

wait, when did -
is that a different server's :DSpheal:, then?

[plain wing]

Way to solidify that I'm not even gonna try now

[signal nexus]

🫂 if that's what's best for your mental health

[tame egret]

This is why we need rubrics

[signal nexus]

i dunno if rubrics would help, given there's already a contest guidelines

[tame egret]

I feel like a rubric that goes into what’s judged rather than guidelines would still be useful though, stuff like posing, composition, contrast etc

Since a lot of the time people won’t see the feedback they get coming because they just follow the guidelines and that’s it

[signal nexus]

🤔 rubric makes it sound like an official thing, like something the judges are supposed to adhere to
a "contest cheat sheet" or smth, perhaps in #spriting-resources, sounds good? 🙂

[tame egret]

I feel like if it’s just an official guide that’s just general spriting advice

[signal nexus]

that way spriters can talk about their experiences in contests and what they've been judged on, without the assumption the judges will officially adhere to it

[tame egret]

And people are unlikely to check it out

[signal nexus]

i don't think we really have guides on composition and contrast, though!

[tame egret]

Yeah but the trouble is a lot of people won’t check it out if it has no weight behind it

[signal nexus]

i guess... people don't really read the contest guidelines as-is anyway, so i dunno if it being official would change anything 🤔

[tame egret]

I feel like more people would feel the need to check it out if they want to improve

Plus it’d clear up the “I never knew this would be judged” issue

[signal nexus]

we definitely need something, at least 🤔

[fresh tartan]

I would want to check it

[signal nexus]

i literally link to this Glow-Up when talking about layering because i don't think anywhere else actually describes it

might help if i included the link #1235048817171103834 message

[topaz quest]

Layering is super essential for making big and more complicated sprites

[rapid knot]

For ease of access, here is the scoring guide that is linked with every contest's score sheet
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGE0iHvbWTGulalvJsOXAYjFdAVKw_67oDaa7ffdA8E/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.j7w0dun69sfu
(The scoring guide is a rubric, and it lists the qualifications for each grading criteria and score option)

You may notice that the higher-tier scores say things like "amazing application"

This is because the principles of art that make a sprite look "good" are numerous, and there isn't room for explaining each facet of skillful art

We can't write all about layering and contrast and movement and color theory and so on and so on in the rubric because knowing those things is just part of learning art

Yes, sometimes judges will critique something in a way that's not in spriting guidelines, such as "If you had less contrast in the elements in the back, it would make the pose of the arms more clear"
But that's because the spriting guidelines are a style guide for pif, and their main job is to outline what is and isn't part of the style

How to know when to use more contrast or how to arrange elements to create movement in your work is the job of art classes, and it's possible to have a full course of college classes and still not cover everything that makes "good" art good

You are welcome to make a guideline for winning contests, but ultimately you're taking on the task of creating a complete set of art classes
If you think you're able to do that, by all means, go ahead; I'm sure many people would appreciate it

When a judge gives you some feedback on a part of your sprite, it's not like "Your sprite is awful", it's more like "If you did this, your sprite would be even more awesome"

-# And in general, it's not a good idea to get your hopes up on winning a podium spot in contests that can have 50+ people unless you already know for certain that you are the number one best at that skill

[rapid knot]

So, if your only goal is to become the contest champion immediately, then no, that's not likely
Even the top-tier spriters frequently differently than they expected
If your only goal is to win a podium spot immediately, then you should only try if you're certain you know how to polish your work to perfection

But if your goal is to improve yourself, have fun, and slowly work your way to the top over several attempts, then please, come enjoy the contests with us

[oblique heath]

unless it's the community that votes, in that case make pebbl and u will be a finalist

[rapid knot]

Pebbl wasn't a finalist

Community voted contests are EXTREMELY dependent on having good composition

You can have jaggy details and a broken-looking foot, but if your piece has good movement, you're ascending the brackets like a helium balloon

[cloud solstice]

and also the pool you are in

[rapid knot]

There's also an element of randomness
Community voted's goal is to choose one winner rather than make an ordered list

[oblique heath]

me and my picasso against the world

[cloud solstice]

good composition and readability, with a bit of flashiness can really make a big diff in community contest
also bigger body pokemon

it's not an absolute tho

like pebble showed

[rapid knot]

Bigger body Pokémon and sfx make it easier to control the compostion

Pebble made it far because it was so very different than the other ones around it, drawing attention

[cloud solstice]

pebble may not have been a finalist but it def went much higher than what you would expect

[rapid knot]

If everybody is doing Zekrom heads and Necrozma heads and you come in with a Pikachu head, you're going to turn some heads

-# That's a lot of heads

[signal nexus]

that's a silly argument. we shouldn't make resources for art because that's what you should be learning in school? not everyone is in art class. some people are just doing this as a hobby, and still want to improve their art skills. at least we could be giving pointers

[rapid knot]

I did not say you should not make resources for art

I mean we can't list every artistic principle in the grading rubric

[signal nexus]

hydreigon

[signal nexus]

hence why i preferred to make a "cheat sheet" of some kind
no requirement for it to be comprehensive

[rapid knot]

Like I said, go ahead

[plain wing]

Yeah I just don't like being made to feel bad before I even try

[rapid knot]

I don't like you being made to feel bad before you try either

[signal nexus]

i see so many folks downcast after the results come out 😔

[plain wing]

Yeah the way you came across tho sounded like someone trying to get other people out of the way of the contest so they could have a better shot at winning bc there's less people trying

[signal nexus]

god no

apologies. i meant more saying what i felt like i needed to hear going in

[plain wing]

The 😌 here really adds to sounding like you don't want ppl to try lmao

[signal nexus]

rip, my emoji understanding

does 🥺 work better?

[plain wing]

Yeah I think so

[unborn basin]

I really liked reading that episode of the chat, 10/10

[cedar quest]

[signal nexus]

i fixed it with the proper emoji!

[quartz pebble]

At another point, there also technically other ways to get contest champion, I got mine for writing

[haughty haven]

I’ve been gone for a year may i ask who or what is/was pebble

[cloud solstice]

[rapid knot]

A sprite submission to a recent community voted contest that stood out for being much smaller than the other submissions

[haughty haven]

oh my god that’s hilarious actually

[cloud solstice]

if you wan the gallery post of it #sprite-gallery message

[haughty haven]

amazing thank you lmaooo

[cedar quest]

I was gonna type out my thoughts of this convo, but Three summed up what I would've said with better words than I would've had

[cedar quest]

The one thing I do want to touch more on is about PIF's style

I firmly stand with the idea that PIF is a sorta Gen5 +/EX style, meaning we use Gen 5 as a base and more often that not that's where it ends

But we also have the ability to push the style further than what GF has done, you see it a lot within the styles of people like Lamb sauce, Tak, FireBlade, and a more recent example is exo. There's obviously more people who stuff like this btw, but am hoping you get the idea.

The reasons that we're able to really get away with this as much is like

• Since they are not animations and instead just single frames, they can be shaded a lot more than what GF would do in certain scenarios.

• PIF is a community project with a lot more spriters than GF, and all of these people have different art styles and processes of how they sprite. It's expected with large numbers of people like this for people's style to influence their sprites. Examples of people like this are like, nymphiaribbon and NotToMention - you can see a lot of their personal style even outside of their typical mons to work with.

• The main appeal and focus of PIF is always the fusions, and therefore - the focus is always in the art. And as such, there isn't a big incentive on why to not let things push the style a lil' bit.
  Obviously things should still be close to the style and not fully break it though, otherwise the games' artstyle will clash heavily with whatever is not in the style.
  That's why the Sprite Managers, and what Paya does are so important.
  -# And of course the Staff Helpers who do stuff for them too

[wanton pumice]

Working on the second concept of mine

[wanton pumice]

Yay!

[white wagon]

Thank God community voting exists, I'm a champion now

[wanton pumice]

There

[white wagon]

Tbh, the prevalent red makes it a bit hard to read? I had no idea it's tynamo from the concept itself

[wanton pumice]

I might use yellow for the ears tbh

[white wagon]

I'd suggest so

[wanton pumice]

Yea that's good

[dense jackal]

The spriter will have to change the direction it's looking, of course

[unborn basin]

That is a fast pupil shift thankfully

[dreamy loom]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1460979430083006606 if anyone wants to Use This if they have literally no better idea

[echo peak]

first two entrants in the drive. hope I did well.

that just leaves my two collab

[unborn basin]

i'll try to rework sfx today but Celebi is quite done too already

[echo peak]

Take as much time you need

[hazy tapir]

When it comes to submitting our Double Trouble entry to the drive, how do we format it?
Is it "by [spriter] and [spriter]" or "by [team name]"?

Also I forgot to put this here: concept art that anyone can pick up and collab with me on for the contest! https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1460295256053383423

[cedar quest]

When deciding with someone to collab with for an entry, you gotta put in a **team name**, and mark down you and your partner in the the corresponding columns

You'll also use as the name on your sprites (ex: #.# by EX4MPL3 G4M1NG.png)

[hazy tapir]

Ah, thank you!

[mighty stump]

On one hand I like participating in events on the other hand I don't think judged contests align with my reason to make sprites, maybe not contests in general, at least not how they are now.

[signal nexus]

join the event but don't submit the sprite to the drive?

if your partner's okay with that

[mighty stump]

Oh don't have one, but I have indeed considered making a little guy to be apart of it but not in it

[unborn basin]

the word always needs more little guys™

[little cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/macnasty-mrdm-tapinnow-tgif-gif-5466617356834989422

[plain wing]

@wind lynx that is an amazing sprite #recurring-events message

[wind lynx]

it really ain't...
Kinda dislike how I won with it, but that only means I need to make it a lot better!
if only for my pride lol

[plain wing]

Okay but you fail to consider buff lurantis supremacy

The concept itself is the truly amazing part is what I'm getting at
The sprite itself is cool but buff lurantis supremacy

[topaz quest]

If anyone wants to collab, but not post then I’m down

I’m pretty much down to collab with anyone anytime^^

[hushed shoal]

I’d be down too, but can’t promise how fast I’ll be able to sprite…

[nimble socket]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1461491852568953128
In case anyone still needs a collaber, here's some eel concepts

[plush vale]

what is double trouble anwyays

[signal nexus]

you and a buddy create a sprite

[plush vale]

and why are there so many elektross?

[echo peak]

More potential and chance of amazing sprites

I'm not joking btw, the competition is high and it's noticeable

[signal nexus]

the current theme is eelektross family

[echo peak]

And if I'm not mistaken it's being judged by Gen 5 shading?

Doesn't fully matter but either way you get the idea

[mighty stump]

I mean... Aren't they all normally judged by gen 5 shading technically? Adhering to the gen 5 style is nornally what we try to be around anyway just minus some of the errors from GameFreak sprites like missing outlines and such and plus a bit more depth because some GameFreak sprites are very flat.

[echo peak]

I'm just going with the flow at this point. Just waiting on one collab and that's pretty much it on my side

[echo peak]

Exo has this contest won I think

[topaz quest]

Low key idk if they do,

Like don’t get me wrong they make amazing sprites, but they are slightly outta style gen 5 styl… like too much detail + overshading

Scrolling through the contest gallery you don’t see a lot of winning sprites like this^^’

We just won’t know what the judges say until it’s over

[ancient palm]

me irl

[signal nexus]

Gen5+ is what folks have said
since we don't have to animate, we're freer to have more dynamic shading and suchlike

[white wagon]

GATHERING EVERYONE FOR 100TH BLITZ ON SUNDAY, BE THERE TO HELP US BREAK 19 LOSES STREAK

[plain wing]

I can try for sure

[tame egret]

I remember the old days when we actually had a winning streak

[unborn basin]

is the theme already known ?

[oblique heath]

yes it's cradily

[unborn basin]

If its "lets get 100 sprites of Cradily on budew/reverse" i won't be offended

[onyx path]

Will castform be on there?

Bc if so, I think I could be of assistance

[plain wing]

The idea of Bill Cypher's favorite pokemon being Castform is really funny to me

[celest jay]

So for the event do we need to make an ampharos fusion sprite or just submit one that already exist that we like?

[oblique heath]

u need to gal post a new one

[celest jay]

Okay thank you

[mighty stump]

Yeah gen5+ is a good way to describe it

[onyx path]

-# Its not actually my favorit pokemon

[sly shuttle]

Show us sprites of your favorite mon

[mighty stump]

Give favorite mon now

[cloud solstice]

maybe it's aegislash?

[potent sorrel]

Seismitoad

Idc if you asking me or not

[onyx path]

I'm not actually sure I have a favorite mon. There are a lot of pokemon I like for one reason or another 😅

[sly shuttle]

https://www.dragonflycave.com/favorite.html
You could try doing this thing

[mighty stump]

Damn how unexpected

[mighty stump]

My top 50

[abstract blade]

its not a phase guys

[tired jay]

https://www.dragonflycave.com/favorite-list/?favs=P4CEuqsJLZMTK7NYsKOLKkuvDEKMHWEuL5CFKOLmKHIcEXO-sGrUIiGsLYOJsjHVI8MJP_OgIrIdNZDHLXIkKeqkuwJetavFK5KNHtNXqTLxsrLBLOMRCHouusMaEZKlGrF7DDLAK6I-ISI5HdDCJSOMIetEskLlK1I9MgK2IjL4EBG-GwKdGIAkJhtoIbCGPTLGLFK_qcCWO9M-JguZq8FdGSOKrdCd hard to decide

[echo peak]

I'm trying to do this and I'm struggling to figure this out

[sly shuttle]

I only went to 28 with mine

[echo peak]

I feel like I'm taking way too long with this.

[sly shuttle]

I did mine over the course of 2 weeks

[ancient palm]

more importantly there’s a scyther dating sim on this website

[dense jackal]

The cutting edge of video games

[sly shuttle]

Do you play as the one that eats the head of the other?

[ancient palm]

https://www.dragonflycave.com/sutoraiku-high/

[dense jackal]

I do not believe that to be the canonical size of butterfree's feet

[echo peak]

Ah yes, the mantis ritual

[rapid knot]

I have a thing

I have settings saved that pare down the Pokémon in the favorites picker to just PIF mons

Click Import/export state on the website and put this text file in the white text box. That should set it to have only the PIF mons as options.

If there's a mistake with it or if PIF ever adds new mons, poke me and I'll update it. Feel free to share this with other people.

[rigid abyss]

wtf am i playing omg

[oblique heath]

no cradily? bad list 0/10

[tame egret]

How is this the most stacked contest I’ve ever seen

[cerulean prawn]

We're all bringing our a game

I bet it'll be a little guy that wins

[dreamy loom]

Even if it does, they're all goated

[quartz pebble]

My top 25, I spent way too long on this

[rigid abyss]

galvantula not no1 instant 0/10 /jk

[quartz pebble]

I had to put bastiodon at no1 come on

[echo peak]

My favorites are weird

Feel free to roast me for my weird picks lol

[cerulean prawn]

Meganium and golisopod near the top, taste

[minor garnet]

Lack of wooper 😔

[south meteor]

I already showed my faves before and Idk if anyone wants to see them again.

I'll see if I can add more.

[quartz pebble]

The lack of bastiodon dissapoints me but golisopod and the presence of barbaracle makes up for it

Very respectable list

[echo peak]

I would actually add some fossils, and more Bug types if it was a top 60 since I forgot Aurorus and Lokix

Actually wait, I'm missing a few

[quartz pebble]

Fossils are all great honestly there's none that I dislike

Really bumps up rock on the favourite type ranking but steel types are the best

[echo peak]

Yeah, I might need to redo mine, but its ok

[quartz pebble]

To be fair fav Mon change so much only like the top 5 stay consistent

[echo peak]

No, I just missed a few mons. My top 5 is consistent unless Gen 10 pulls something out that's unexpected

[south meteor]

Updated.

[nimble socket]

Here’s my top 100 from left to right and top to bottom

(Sorry it’s so blurry )

[potent sorrel]

GOLDUCK THE GOAT
Lez gooo

[rapid knot]

Some very good chances

Fellow monke fan
Fellow Chi-Yu fan

Fellow bread fan 🥖

Sawsbuck and Tatsugiri are also goated choices

I have to do the favorites picker again; it's been a year or two since my last one

[oblique heath]

my latest list

bet yall cant guess my fav type

[oblique heath]

if i expanded mine just a tiny bit i would have ambipom, the simians, togekiss, chi yu n lumineon too

found n older one of mine and i didn't expect to see so many mons that rnt in this one

like some aren't here bc i didn't to megas/other forms but mr rime, drifblim, swalot and some others said byebye

[nimble socket]

🐌 🤝 🪸

[turbid shard]

my faves in order + nickit, mega dragalge, houndoom

[nimble socket]

Hatterene and Lumineon??? Really good taste

[quartz pebble]

A fellow bastiodon enjoyer

[cerulean prawn]

SAWSBUCKKKK

[celest jay]

What's your favorite seasonal variant of sawsbuck?

[potent sorrel]

[oblique heath]

this question is too hard
-# not summer

[celest jay]

Mine would be winter

[quartz pebble]

Probably autumn

[oblique heath]

if spring had some leaves i would say that one but i think i like autumn better (winter is also good )

[celest jay]

If only sawsbuck was in the game so we could fuse the different seasons together

[quartz pebble]

First ever quadruple fusion

[celest jay]

I'd imagine it'd work something like castform

[oblique heath]

probably yes

[quartz pebble]

Yeah there isn't a season system so ig it would just be route based

[potent sorrel]

Someone hasn't seen PIF 2 smh

No I kid

Its just weather

[celest jay]

Yeah when it releases in 10 years

[potent sorrel]

So prolly thatll affect it

If it ever gets introduced

Sawsbuck would still have to win something to get put in

[quartz pebble]

Quadruple fusion confirmed for IF 2

[potent sorrel]

Nah Quintuple fusion

We skip 4 cause we can't count

[celest jay]

Fuse every pokemon into 1

[potent sorrel]

Those stats would be awful tho oml

if it's the average of every Pokemon

[quartz pebble]

I mean what's stopping us from fusing fusions together?

[potent sorrel]

Like yeah, Arceus is in there
But so are like 17 babies

[quartz pebble]

The pinnacle of all pokemon is like mid 400s bst

Probably lower

[cerulean prawn]

Spring or winter for me!

[ancient palm]

I never realized summer sawsbuck has its tail upturned and no other form does????

I never realized she was holding a plate of corn in this scene

[echo peak]

Ditto

Or Mew

[cerulean prawn]

I love all the subtle differences between the forms

[subtle moss]

one pixel from every pokémon

[quartz pebble]

What would it's cry be

[subtle moss]

every cry at the same time, obviously.

[abstract blade]

every pixel screaming in agony because its an amalgamation even arceus didn’t approve

[weary knoll]

I don't have access to that channel in the post

Also never done this event

[rapid knot]

You're going to have to be more specific; we have a lot of recurring events
Which event do you need help with?

Okay, I finally got an updated list of my top 100 favorites

[tired jay]

you reminded me I wanted to reorder the list I did

past a certain point its less organized

[weary knoll]

Dex docu 28

[opal wadi]

I don't think "Docu28" is in PIF. :thinking: Did you misspell something?

[tired jay]

can anyone tell my favorite type?

[nimble socket]

GLIMMORA SPOTTED!!

[echo peak]

Looks like it's Grass?

[tired jay]

no fairy

[echo peak]

Ah ok

[gaunt lava]

I think thats the highest I've ever seen brionne

[oblique heath]

u got my least fav mon in ur first place

[plain wing]

I didn't know during the game that you could pick multiple at once
they didn't disclose that

[rapid knot]

It doesn't really change the results

[plain wing]

Yeah and I didn't do too many pages before then so it's nbd

But I'm at my top 99 rn and it's getting really hard to eliminate mons

[plain wing]

Does this just go on forever

[tired jay]

Probably goes through every Pokemon

[hallow mural]

ooh craw spotted

maybe i'll hop in this one

[plain wing]

It keeps showing me the same 5 that I don't even like lmao

[unborn basin]

BUDEW IS IN THE BLITZ ?!

Well i was delaying them for the 50th budew to be my 100th sprite but that may change things

[plain wing]

Hit it right so your 50th budew is your 100th sprite for the 100th blitz

[unborn basin]

I'd need to do 8 sprites including 5 non-budews for that.. might be a lot

for some of you nothing i know

[tame egret]

well you gotta pick some otherwise it keeps looping since it won't know where they place

[plain wing]

Yeah but even when I picked out of them I kept seeing them

[tame egret]

idk then

[lunar pond]

Hey everyone, new to the server! I'm always up for a chat, so feel free to hit me up!

[cerulean prawn]

Yeah this is definitely a bot/phish lmao

[plain wing]

Mods!!!

[quartz pebble]

I say we hear Helen out

[cursive pewter]

Helen has been new to this server three times now

[plain wing]

[[Helen]], this is the [[third]] time you've [[introduced yourself as new to the server]]

[quartz pebble]

Maybe she's just forgetfull happens to the best of us

[cerulean prawn]

Hi everyone! I'm new here

[quartz pebble]

Join a server, forget your here and you've just gotta reintroduce yourself

[plain wing]

Hi Cynder!!

[quartz pebble]

Be rude not to

[hushed stream]

well did anyone ever hit her up for a chat? maybe she doesn't feel welcomed here yet

[dense jackal]

@naive viper I think this user's account was compromised. Their history (at least in this channel, I haven't checked others) is just this exact message every few days

[naive viper]

[quartz pebble]

Yeah maybe we have to formally invite her to the server so she stops introducing herself

[tired jay]

their only history is those 3 messages

[hushed stream]

vampire rules. once we invite her in then it's all over

[cerulean prawn]

We just need some sunlight and running water...

[rapid knot]

I wonder if the bot is activated if you reply to the message

[plain wing]

Probably with a ping

[plush vale]

banishes to gen 5 era 😛

[rapid knot]

My partner and I from Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
It's so fitting seeing those two species next to each other

[little cypress]

My partner was Mudkip! I was Charmander. It was great, Heat Wave and Earthquake worked wonders

[cold bay]

Yall are insane with the 100 mons

I got to 10 and went okay too much clicking lol

[abstract blade]

uhhh

i tried doing my favourite shinies

[cold bay]

I made it to 60 something lol

Shocker they are mostly gen 5

[hexed flame]

Rowlet my Goat

[woeful gate]

bring shiinotic to PIF thanks he has so much potential

[south meteor]

You seem to like the slithering form a lot. Long tails, thin appendages, serpentine bodies, even a tongue long enough to wrap around the neck like a scarf.

And then there's blobs like Pyukumuku, Swalot, and Wailord. Interesting taste.

[cold bay]

Another Jellicent appreciator

[cerulean prawn]

SAWS. BUCK.

[hushed shoal]

Flygon in the top 10

[cerulean prawn]

Flygon is SO GOOD

[hushed shoal]

My GOAT

Matter of fact I did this favorite Pokemon sorter quite a while ago let’s see if I can find it
Might even need to update it

Found it

This was made in June :o

[cerulean prawn]

dragonite, corviknight, bulbasaur <3

[ancient palm]

Waw….. based based based

I haven’t done a dragonflycave favorites because it takes too long and none of my favorites are set in stone it’s just a massive list of blorbos i like

[oblique heath]

the dily one is the newer one, right

[hushed shoal]

No they're both from the same time, I just had it cropped weirdly becuase I did it on my tablet

[white wagon]

All hands on board! We need you to complete this week's 100th blitz! https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1197396047434088518

Claim and complete the fusions form the sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1izMA_ZSOmDNto3jWKwXKX3bCfed5JPvMWnX85xoYekQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0) and post them into sprite gallery with "100th Blitz" notes in the post before end of Saturday, to help us win and be in the commemorative collage!

[kindred valley]

i think it's saturday but still! *rings cowbell*

[white wagon]

Oh shit, for real

[mighty stump]

Oh is that why so many people made their sprites already? They thought the deadline was Wednesday?

[cloud solstice]

well 100 sprites in a week is still a lot of work

[orchid minnow]

Its not letting me edit
Can I please claim Diancie/Poliwrath?

[cloud solstice]

claimed it for you 🫡

I think you need to join a google group to edit or login at the very least

[orchid minnow]

Oh gotcha! Will know for next time! Ty!

[signal nexus]

i think this is gonna get axed XD

[cloud solstice]

one of the 2 groups need to put one more "e"

[kindred valley]

my bad i like trolling

(they are technically different... i'll un-capitalize the i is that good)

[signal nexus]

oh, is that the difference?

[kindred valley]

(it's a moot point now tho)

[astral niche]

Alright guys , who si with me to get a refund on the spritober rush role

[unborn basin]

A refund ? elaborate

[sly shuttle]

They haven’t given us the role yet

[unborn basin]

oh, i though it was some evil plan to make ghost sprites

[sly shuttle]

I don’t blame them considering how that contest for the flag design turned out

[cedar quest]

I have no clue what to do for the Rush roles, nor do I even have the perms to do so

Also I get to talk about this

I think the Rush roles.... are not a good thing

Because the effort it takes to cycle them out is not equivalent to their results of like

What they do for the event

[signal nexus]

i would like to have cynthia back 🙋

[mighty stump]

I miss my little baby luvdisc pal

[silent lantern]

I didn’t see it. What happened with it?

[mighty stump]

That rush icon was so cute

[signal nexus]

three entries, iirc

[silent lantern]

Oh

[plain wing]

Yeah it was another contest inside a contest inside a rush

[kindred valley]

tbf one of those entries had a LOT of people

maybe we would have had more entries if we didn't want to collectively shitpost

[plain wing]

And it's not to mention that the submissions were meant to be trainer card backs as well, so they weren't designed to be viewed as a small flag

[cedar quest]

Yeah that one was weird

Not doing that again

[tame egret]

i think the big thing was that it came right after a really huge burst of spriting with all of the head mons so people didn't have the energy for it

[blissful kindle]

There was blowback on the Gen 3 team collage?

I don't remember that

[idle forge]

Dude Gordo why didn’t ya mention all your lovely cohosts for the spritelock

[rapid knot]

There was blowback in Emerald and Ruby
Sapphire was chill with it

There were some people who had built up really high expectations for the surprise

Tbh, I had originally planned to release the halftime standings with the surprise, but when I went to ask for them, I was told they couldn't be done until the end of the event
-# And then they were released the next day, so people got it, just not when I had planned

[blissful kindle]

That's riiiiight it was marketed as a surprise

[signal nexus]

The problem was that a "surprise" was on the calendar from the start, which allowed people to hype up what the surprise would be
and the reveal it was just a... thank you collage was really underwhelming
it would have been received better had it not been on the calendar. it would be actually been a surprise, for one

[blissful kindle]

That's what people had problems with, they were heavily expecting another pokemon because they felt robbed

[rapid knot]

People were nearly demanding a new Pokémon addition for that day, which we just don't have the authority to do

[blissful kindle]

yeah all that makes sense

Unfortunate PR I want to say then

[signal nexus]

yeah, i'm 90% sure that if it weren't on the calendar it would've gone over way better

[rapid knot]

No more surprises

[signal nexus]

i don't even know what you'd have the authority to do
you can't add more pokemon to the game... maybe a video on the official channel showcasing the sprites? so like a collage over time?

[edgy skiff]

I personally think the points system worked out great

[rapid knot]

I don't personally have authority over the youtube channel, so I can't say if that would be even allowed

[signal nexus]

kinda supports my point. 😔 aside from collages, what even is in your power?

[rapid knot]

We made sure to tell people, by the way, the collage is not a new mon addition
We don't have the authority to add new mons

The immediate reaction to that was "Hear that? The surprise is definitely a new mon because they love lying to build suspense!"

I don't know what we can tell people if they don't take anything seriously beyond what they want to hear

[signal nexus]

oh right
and the problem with that was the Frog lie- yeah
last year we got the claim of one new pokemon
and then we got all the way to dex no 500

or maybe it was the year before
the jangmo-o vote

[edgy skiff]

Honestly it's just a really unfortunate case of pre-conceived expectations supported by previous events

[signal nexus]

i don't know how you'd work around that besides, idk, just not bringing it up

[edgy skiff]

yeahh I genuinely don't think there's a way around it because there will ALWAYS be the hyper-suspicious people who remember what has happened in the past

And you can't just not respond to them because then they'll keep asking and asking and then complaining about not getting some kind of answer
And you can't just say "I can't say" because then they're gonna think "Ohhh there's totally something afoot here."

I guess the only way to avoid that is to ban the people who ask

[cold bay]

All ik is that another Rainbow Rocket takeover is possible

[kindred valley]

sorry to break up the convo, but how does one go about running a spritelocke? asking for a friend

[signal nexus]

Staff got fed up and went

[kindred valley]

i thought there were a couple of folks who wanted to do one as well iirc (like, in the pif server)

[cold bay]

Im not gonna lie that was literally my favourite event, it was so silly

[edgy skiff]

man unfortunately I was still extremely new to the spriting side of the server when the whole Rainbow Rocket stuff was going on

Was honestly kinda weirded out by it at the time 😭

[signal nexus]

depends what your goal is
it's a word i made up that means "randomize everything, when you encounter an autogen, stop and sprite it"
Gordo's version is that you can only use autogens on your team and you have to create sprites for them in order to use them

[kindred valley]

must have been an interesting introduction to spriting XD

[rapid knot]

@cedar quest, what kind of details do you have for this aspect of your announcement

[edgy skiff]

I think I had started spriting, then stopped for a lil while, and then in that break the whole Rainbow Rocket thing started. Then I came back in the middle of it all and just kinda tried to ignore it

[signal nexus]

my rules are why i still have this many sprites on my TBD

[rigid abyss]

The takeover was fun imo. Hard to remember but I thought the fact all the higher ups was basically role-playing was cool

[signal nexus]

i think VioletDagger did stantler/solosis, now that i think about it

[signal nexus]

bear in mind, this is after i've cleared about half the spritelocke TBD

so if you value your sanity, you probably want to do Gordo's rules

[rapid knot]

Before spritelocke was a thing, I was doing a "spriter challenge" playthrough, in which mons were all randomized and I could only use gift mons and static encounters
That way is a bit less intense as well
But the way it was phrased in Gordo's announcement makes it sound like he's talking about running a stream

[signal nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/eeyup-mlp-my-little-pony-gif-5373831

[kindred valley]

yeah that
it would be cool to have another stream

[signal nexus]

voice reveal

[kindred valley]

speak in not-your-real-voice easy

[hushed stream]

this exact thing happened to me too. i was so confused and when i asked people to explain no one did lol

[plain wing]

Same actually lmao
I only really avoided it tho bc I didn't want to do event stuff at that time

[mighty stump]

Everyone just kinda got possessed by a massive roleplay session, sometimes so much so that we neglected to inform others what the heck we were doing

[plain wing]

Yeah I was thinking it was weird Gordo said that and then had no place to sign up for randomly being selected to run one lmao

[cedar quest]

I can work something out

I know @slow gyro had mentioned wanting to do one

[slow gyro]

Id love to, but i need to get a job first

[plain wing]

And I'm no stranger to rp so I recognized what was happening (especially since I still recognized some staff members despite being in rp mode)
I think I was more confused as to what the goal of the event was than what was happening in general
Which is a fine line to walk but eh

[plain wing]

Stream on Twitch and become Partner immediately easy

[mighty stump]

I'm honestly not sure what Rainbow Rocket takeover's goal was other than roleplaying, I know the evil team got points for making fusions but I couldn't tell you what came of it other than at some point we got all the Hoenn mons but it felt almost unrelated lol

[plain wing]

Oh right, I remember announcements saying "give us fusions about this and this" or wtvr

I think I did my first Concept Craze during RR takeover actually

[mighty stump]

It was kind of funny that I was actually against rainbow rocket the whole time with some other members of the server, and rainbow rocket technically got spheal for us in the end

[sly shuttle]

I was pretty vocal about refusing to join, so Kiwi manually put the role on me.

And that ended up breaking the bot that counted points

[mighty stump]

Sabotage! >:3

[plain wing]

Double cross

[torpid osprey]

Thorns told me I was actually allowed to join, but at that point it was basically already over anyways

[lament matrix]

Gotta agree in the announcement with the good, bad and real bad things so hard

But there can always be a next time that prob will go better since we learn out of past mistakes

I never learn and so will always support Gogoat until the end