event-general

[dawn ivy]

Im not a fan of the extra-non pokemon parts. but it was a good one <3

[compact saddle]

or was it 2nd

i forgor

[silver merlin]

2nd

[dawn ivy]

i still love my boi

[silver merlin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543958354377179176/873125495288524810/79.318.gif

never forget good old animated slowpoke torterra

[compact saddle]

guys what is your favorite sprite from me

lets move to

spirter genral

[silver merlin]

Bellossom/Charizard

[compact saddle]

i will make every single bone of yours bend backwards, and the non bending ones will bend

[sleek drum]

Never before i got so depressed knowing i lost a bracket

[crude cedar]

wait i got to semis

huh

[sleek drum]

guess part 2

... mayb e

[silver merlin]

get em next time :pat:

[crude cedar]

wait what was your sprtie

sprtie

[silver merlin]

ok guys epic trivia time

what do you think part 2 will be

[sleek drum]

Flareon / furret

[crude cedar]

we can only use gen 1-2 pokemon

[wet flax]

[silver merlin]

laugh

haha

[sleek drum]

Base from gen 1 fused with gen 2

[wet flax]

i think that will be it

[sleek drum]

Last phase could be

Make a gen 5 into retro style

[compact saddle]

[crude cedar]

scrapi

[silver merlin]

omgwhycri

[crude cedar]

scarp

i

pee

[silver merlin]

wait actually

im going to post part 2 today

lmfao give me some minutes

[crude cedar]

ayo?????????????????
i'm gton

gonna

frame 1 enter

[sleek drum]

[wind topaz]

That’s a lot of minutes you’ve been given

[silver merlin]

yes i need more

[severe dust]

did katten sleep

[crude cedar]

probably

its 11pm for her anyway

[silver merlin]

NO I DID NOT

my pc turned on automatically

but i sleep now

[compact saddle]

i guess my contest break will need an exception
mans gotta have food in his house

[thick atlas]

you mean foot

[compact saddle]

(no)

[thick atlas]

which contest btw?

[compact saddle]

gamrs

[thick atlas]

ah, its still on

[compact saddle]

ill speedrun a few entries, its until tomorrow

[cedar quest]

[sleek drum]

🪑

[cedar quest]

lies

I won't even lie though, I was the one who gave xoto the Lampent/Ambipom req during the chain, and glad to see between him and Jordanos that the fusion-line is getting lots of love

[knotty iron]

I really need to finish my current sprite for the contest, but lost Arc just released 😭

[silk bolt]

Is there a contest currently

[thick atlas]

this one #special-contest message

[silk bolt]

Thx, I thought It end earlier

[thick atlas]

me2

27th January - 14th Febuary

[silver merlin]

that reminds me

[weary pagoda]

Bonus point if you make your gen 1 sprites as bizarre as the official ones

[sleek drum]

Wait so the contest is fusing in gen 1 or gen 2 style

[silk bolt]

Yes

[silver merlin]

both ye

[sleek drum]

👌

[thick atlas]

damn, i got another idea for gamrs contest but i dont know if i have time to sprite

[sleek drum]

https://tenor.com/view/speedrunning-intense-gif-20525448

[severe dust]

SO are we supposed to do gen 2 sprites in gen 2 style or take gen 5 sprites and put them in gen 2 style or either

[wind topaz]

@silver merlin Do they have to be the same size as gen 1 or 2 sprites?

[silver merlin]

nope

[thick atlas]

but they'll probably will be alts, right?

[silver merlin]

yes

[thick atlas]

so somthing like this

[silver merlin]

yeah, but probably some more clean ups

[silk bolt]

Is it allowed in the sponsored contest? Cause I saw rotom but idk if I need to use it as the head or as the body

[thick atlas]

you can post it

[silk bolt]

For the contest?

[weary pagoda]

Yes! The rule of submission is to use at least one of the mons in the list, no matter how you use it.

[silk bolt]

👍

[sleek drum]

Got a idea for the sprite chain

[compact saddle]

i think the managers like my chain idea

[silver merlin]

i havent read the idea and i already hate it

[sleek drum]

Regionals are allowed right?

[silver merlin]

ye

[compact saddle]

alolan m fire would look kinda pogers on the retro style

lol

[thorn robin]

time to do hisuian crap

[thick atlas]

allowed for what?

[sleek drum]

contest

[thick atlas]

part 2?

[sleek drum]

yes

[thorn robin]

it's a bit late for part 1

[silver merlin]

pollmaster

work

[steel pelican]

isnt that the same poll as before?

unless for some reason i cant see the finals?

[thorn robin]

try ctrl+r

to refresh discord

[steel pelican]

thank you ❤️

[crude cedar]

and now i shall get the 0 votes on the finals

lmao

[thick atlas]

vote for yourself

[crude cedar]

time to get 1 vote in the finals 😎

[severe dust]

but can they be
<@&641801785618726956>

[weary pagoda]

You can, but they'll just look very small compared to the other sprites, which could just not give them justice

So I recommend working in a 96x96 canvas just as usual

[cedar quest]

what's the question?

Oh, yeah, you can

It's just not encouraged

[weary pagoda]

Scrapi, stop being so g- I mean Katten

[crude cedar]

LETS GO I GOT THE LEAST VOTES

[weary pagoda]

But you were in the finals 👀

[crude cedar]

oh yeah

but

uhhh

giratina carry 🚎

[compact saddle]

what a good and original joke

[weary pagoda]

Indeed. I feel so smart

[silver merlin]

og joke

guys when do i get my contest champion role

[weary pagoda]

Earlier 🚎

But when do I get it
I always end as second

[compact saddle]

guys im so sad i didnt make it this time

[silver merlin]

what a good and original joke

[compact saddle]

[thorn robin]

lmao the winners are the sprites that went straight to the finals

[silver merlin]

lmfao

[patent lance]

laughing my fucking ass off

[unique finch]

3 contest manager's sprite in the top 2? i think it's rigged 😆

[compact saddle]

of course they're at the top, they're the only ones who figured out wtf is the contest theme

smh

[silver merlin]

it is, i always rigged the contests

thats why scrapi has been winning so much

[compact saddle]

its good to be the managers' friend

if i posted a single pixel id still win

i threatened katten to show a picture of her elbow if they didnt make me win

[silk bolt]

Gg Katten for the 1st place, I really like your scither sprite

[thick atlas]

congrats guys!

with 2 sprites being 2nd, there wouldnt be a 3rd place ig

[weary pagoda]

Contrats to you too! Great stuff

[weary pagoda]

My sprite is rigged, it's fakely good

[silver merlin]

ty

wait

i need to do a choice award

[sleek drum]

first entry 😎

[compact saddle]

no i was the first

[sleek drum]

[cedar quest]

15 mins

[tall moss]

didnt get to participate

[quartz locust]

You've got 13 minutes, work that Kiwi magic! 😄

[wet flax]

isn't 5 minutes?

[quartz locust]

2. 

[median heron]

1

[tall moss]

im still werkin

arts been a struggle in general lately, im in a sprite drought

[cedar quest]

I'm feeling generous then, I've also gotten a couple DMs asking for a bit more time

Not doing an entire day's worth of time, though I wanna start voting eventually lmao

@tall moss If you wanna participate, I'll give 3 hours

It's not a lot, but you can work that Kiwi magic, probably lmao

[tall moss]

im probably not gonna do anything, im just whinging

[compact saddle]

[dawn ivy]

@tall moss gimme a pokemon to chinchou

[tall moss]

salamence

[dawn ivy]

[tall moss]

[sleek drum]

i think scrapi will be in the pool

[compact saddle]

what 👀

[sleek drum]

Did you see how many people ar partticipating

[compact saddle]

nope

[sleek drum]

2

[compact saddle]

what an amazing contest

[sleek drum]

and you

I think i will do another if i have time

[severe dust]

oh whens the deadline

[weary pagoda]

In three days

Please enter everyone

[thorn robin]

I will try

But can't promisse anything

[sleek drum]

Still hyped for phase 3

For no reason

[cedar quest]

Voting is coming today, working on some finishing touches

[compact saddle]

i will finish your touch

[feral maple]

I'm very hype with this gamr birthday contest, I saw many awesome sprite

[median heron]

Wooooo votin time

[frosty marsh]

jfc some of these are incredible

[wet flax]

was it supposed to be just 2?

[compact saddle]

its cause there brackets weird atm so you have to eliminate two

[wet flax]

[feral maple]

if my sprite win this round it will be me against me 😆

[wet flax]

you have 2 chances to try to win the same sprite

[quartz locust]

Oh damn, these contest sprites are amazing! Good luck everyone. 😄

[sleek drum]

I think the last sprite on #special-contest will win

[cedar quest]

They're already a winner

[weary pagoda]

Oh my, I love the idea of putting them all in the announcement! That looks so cool

[thick atlas]

yeah, great idea

[compact saddle]

the reveals

[thick atlas]

huh?

[quartz locust]

Looks like a character selection screen, I love it. 😄

[thorn robin]

skel'n gave contests a break right when i was working on my entry lmao

[weary pagoda]

You can keep working on it. Contests aren't dead. 👀

[thorn robin]

i know

but the timing sure was something

[thick atlas]

so part 2 wont end in 2 days but later?

maybe then i have time to sprite

[weary pagoda]

Yeah. 👀

[silver merlin]

uh like

way later

[supple epoch]

So the current contest will still be ongoing until a set date?

[silver merlin]

the current contests wont be going on

they'll be back once announced

[supple epoch]

What will happen to the entries?

[silver merlin]

they'll still be there for when it comes back

[supple epoch]

Will they still count?

[silver merlin]

ye

[supple epoch]

Okie dokey.

[thorn robin]

we basically have a limited "unlimited" time for the entries

[thorn robin]

oof can't drop the sprite in the drive

makes sense tho

[silver merlin]

did that just for you <3

[compact saddle]

gay

[silver merlin]

you

[compact saddle]

that too

[cedar quest]

Voting will be up shortly, had a couple things I wanted to do today

• the result of round 1

...Or so I planned...

Ok thank god, they closed

Bot just has a huuuuge amount of delay rn

So uhhh

maybe it might take a bit longer as result

Also damn, looking through the bracket here, this round 2 is gonna be brutal for some, since there's a good chunk of self-matches. Oh well, blame the randomizer.

[median heron]

I think like 3

[cedar quest]

yeah it's 3

If I caught it earlier, I technically could have done a 3 way switch, but that would be me manually editing the polls, which could also go against my rules

But Joshu just...watch how much delay there is

[median heron]

Mine are still coming in

[cedar quest]

oh god there's delay on the voting too

that's on me for not even considering there'd be physical delay on the voting

But like...sheesh

[cedar quest]

As Skel said though, I have no plans on pausing the GBB, especially when voting just started

That'd be a dick move

[tall moss]

announce the winner on your next bday

[cedar quest]

[silk bolt]

i hope we'll get other contest like this one

cause it makes the game so cool to only have handmade

[thick atlas]

what game?

[silk bolt]

the modern mode

[compact saddle]

i see no game smh

this is an art server

[thorn robin]

Yeah modern mode isn't gonna get more updates tho

So it doesn't make sense

[compact saddle]

tbh feels like the game in general aint getting updates

the closest to updates are sprite packs

[silk bolt]

that's sad

[quartz locust]

About that...

We were thinking of doing a slight update to it after around a year to include the latest sprites maybe, @misty acorn don't know if you'd be up for a round 2? 🙂

[misty acorn]

Sure, why not

Would also be a great opportunity to make another contest where people can make sprites that get added to the new version

Since it was brought up that people liked that contest (and I did too )

[thorn robin]

well then

awesome

[quartz locust]

That contest was great, <@&641801785618726956>, maybe some more "make a full line" ones could be considered in the future? 😄

[misty acorn]

And someone needs to convince Frogman to make modern mode the standard version

The sprites used in normal mode are just... how do I put it... boring? Both in terms of most trainers not having strong fusions at all and with most of those fusions having sprites that pretty basic and not nearly as cool as the stuff this community has created since the

[quartz locust]

Tomate spitting truths here. 😄

[misty acorn]

n*

[weary pagoda]

Why not, although you'd have to wait for the contests to come back first 👀💧

[silk bolt]

i think it could be a great addition to the game cause in the modern mode (wich is supposed to be harder) a lot of important trainer are missing pokemon

missing pokemons or having pokemon that are not sprited yet

[silk bolt]

agreed, classic mode is just boring and even our pokemon are the same in classic

[misty acorn]

which trainers in modern mode are missing pokemon?

[silk bolt]

gym leaders

idk for the rival before he became the champion

[median heron]

Do we revote if we already voted?

[dawn ivy]

Goddam polmaster doesnt want to take half my votes

and i cant read which vote was which anymore after trying to vote 3 times

[compact saddle]

pollmaster is slowly dming me that i have voted

[cedar quest]

It worked for me, idk man I used a test poll, didn't vote in any of the actual brackets

[dawn ivy]

thing is i know it skipped 1 or 2 but i cant get any idea which 1 or 2 it now informed to

[cedar quest]

[compact saddle]

got 16 dms, check

[dawn ivy]

oh

i can see it with the ?

whether it counted my vote or not

takes a moment though

[cedar quest]

Should I just push it back again???

[compact saddle]

no

[dawn ivy]

noo

[cedar quest]

[dawn ivy]

its a bit tedious but its just an annoyance with the bot, nothing more

[cedar quest]

Atleast the delay is better than it was yesterday tho

It was a solid 1-2 mins after a command was sent to where the bot would respond

[dawn ivy]

Hehe

it counted all of em now

luckily

[quartz locust]

They shouldn't be unless we're talking rematches specifically, we cherry picked teams based on fusions that already had sprites. 😅

[quartz locust]

Was there a previous round? The title of the polls has me confused. 😂

[compact saddle]

yes, one with two votes only

[quartz locust]

Oh yeah I knew that, but the majority of these aren't winners despite the name? 😅

[compact saddle]

they're in the winners bracket, the losers bracket starts tomorrow i guess?

[cedar quest]

Well, it's just how it goes

It's Round 2 in the Winner's Bracket

[quartz locust]

Ah, so I'm just an idiot. 😂

[cedar quest]

Also nope, I'm not starting losers till after WR3.

Nah, you're good Blaq

[cedar quest]

Actually nvm, LR1 is also just 2 voteoffs, better to start it after WR2

[compact saddle]

[silver merlin]

NOO

[compact saddle]

we lost a few days didnt we

[silver merlin]

why are you edgy now

[compact saddle]

why is your snout cut off

see, questions we cant always answer

[silver merlin]

ok fair

[sleek drum]

Hey look polls

[median heron]

Already done voting and there isn't even an announcement yet 😎

[cedar quest]

I usually get up the polls first, then do the announcement, makes it flow better imo

Since if I get them up while you're unaware, then it's like

boom

"Where'd all these polls come from?"

[median heron]

magic

[cedar quest]

🪄

[median heron]

Not if I'm looking at sponsored polls 24/7

[sleek drum]

I like that there is two armless golurks in the same poll

[cedar quest]

Together they form

the hunk

[cedar quest]

With everything finally setup, voting should hopefully go smoothly for the rest of the contest

[tall moss]

yeee

all the sprites are so good

[cedar quest]

Agreed, they're all good

[compact saddle]

[thick atlas]

scrapi needs the money to feed all his kids

[silver merlin]

(he needs to feed himself)

[quartz locust]

Voting has been really difficult for this contest every round, I feel like my mind is changing pretty often. 😅

[compact saddle]

i'm my kid

[pastel fog]

we all know which sprite will win at the end 👇

[cedar quest]

[cedar quest]

I'm checking now, y'all want votes closed now (since it's 8 EST, and that's the usual time) or let them ride till 10 (since that would be a full 24 hours)

[compact saddle]

as soon as possible is my vote

[cedar quest]

I would have if Pollmaster would have liked to cooperate

[cedar quest]

Having to get used to Windows 11 is a bit tricky, but something I'll get used to eventually

Luckily Pollmaster isn't acting up again

[median heron]

||Holy shit I actually won a thing ||

[cedar quest]

||You'll get it after the votes are over, makes it easier to dump it all in one lump sum in the event a choice award also gets 1st-3rd||

[median heron]

||Yeah makes sense to me ||

[compact saddle]

i have yet to read amy doc

any doc*

[cedar quest]

None of your sprites have been eliminated yet, so there's no info on you in that doc yet anyway

[compact saddle]

[thick atlas]

my sprites are eliminated. i made them as gifts to delight gamr. i guess i failed

[cedar quest]

🇫

It was just steep competition, and trust me when I say this, but that Cradily/Giratina was still godlike, I can recognize that it's a hard fusion to do, and ya gave it all you got. I still was delighted by those sprites, they're just not favorites of mine in the comp

[thick atlas]

I still was delighted by those sprites
this was all i wanted to achieve

[cedar quest]

Well then you did 😄

Besides, with my now increased paychecks, I can reasonably afford to do some more....interesting things Just because this one may not have been the one, doesn't mean can't be it

||I mean...what next one, I have 0 plans whatsoever||

...y'know what? I just... I can't let this be held to myself anymore, it's unhealthy, and it's certainty hasn't helped me move on. I just need to let it out

I'll spoiler it though for those who got triggers n' such with suicide, or those who don't want their image of me to wave and falter. I just...need to let it go, for me, and for Benny.

I shatter a little bit each time I hear "GamR's such a nice guy" I'm not the nice one, he was.

I just want him back.

[tall moss]

generosity is a good lesson to have taken from this, and im sorry you had to go through that, however, theres one thing i want you to always keep in mind: always take care of yourself first and foremost

[thick atlas]

anyone reading the above text and feeling bad/sad about it - or if you are depressed in any way - talk to others about it. to people who listen and dont judge. talk to me if you like. everyone goes through rough phases in life. i did, too. things will get better if you talk about it

and if you want to help others, listen. dont give advice, just listen and ask.

[weary pagoda]

I'm deeply sorry you had to live all of this. 🫂
Despite that, don't look back at who you were. Think about who you are now. You are a nice person, I am sure everyone here would say so. And to be honest, "bad" or "greedy" probably describe the less of you now.

[dusk schooner]

Man that's rough, sorry for your loss. You made the effort to better yourself, and you've bought happiness to others through your generosity - that's very admirable, and you're a good person

[tall moss]

also, dont blame yourself, gamr. i know its hard for you not to draw a direct cause and effect between the candy war ending and what benny did, but its absolutely not your fault, things like that are never the cause of just 1 event. you helped as much as you could have by being his friend, but sadly things like that are beyond our control, sometimes theres nothing we can to help people. please don't blame yourself for things you have no control over

and remember, you were his friend, he liked hanging around you, with or without the greed, he still valued you. value yourself like he did: youre still a nice person who is worthy of love, friendship and appreciation, even if youre not perfect and flawless, or when you dont think you can hold a candle to who he was. youre a great person too.

[thorn robin]

Man, i just wish i could give you a good hug GamR 🫂

You're one of the nicest people in this server if not the nicest of them all

Luv u bro

[tiny trellis]

I may not know you, and I hope I'm not intruding here, what with all these people who do seem to know you. But still, I wanted to say, the fact that such a thing has been weighing on your mind (instead of you not caring about it) says to me that you are actually a nice person.

[crude cedar]

I may have no idea what's happening
And I can't read the text
But GamR I can assure you that whatever happens in the future, we're here for you

[compact saddle]

i've read the text above before, gamr showed it to me, i didnt have words before to respond and i still dont.

[quartz locust]

Sorry to hear that you've went through all of that, GamR. For what it's worth, you are an absolute ray of sunshine and your generosity has had a tangible effect on this server that anyone can see. Ben would be so proud of you and the person you have become. If you ever need anyone to talk to, my door's always open. ❤️

[crisp oxide]

Thanks for opening up like this, gamr, it requires a lotta strength. We're all here to hear you

[mossy belfry]

when i read your comments on my sprites from the contest i was soooooo happy GamR. you’ve brought me happiness in the past few days so don’t sell yourself short

[dawn ivy]

You are a nice guy. You don't bm or bother people, you try to give people a bit of fun, competition and inspiraton to work with. It may have been because of what's happened, but you could just ignore that and do whatever you wanted. Instead, you changed, that alone shows compassion,.
You can be proud of what you do now, you can accept that,~~ now,~~ you are nice. It may be in memory of someone else, but, i think, there is not a more beautiful thing than seeing your wrongs and changing to your rights, and as you said, if he wanted for you to do this, you actually getting to do it, is one of the nicest things possible, i think.

[quartz locust]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-thatsok-thats-ok-gif-19239509

@cedar quest

[cedar quest]

Heh, it's funny. I don't even know how to respond to all the kind words I've just logged on and read, I just

Thanks

Thank you all

[feral maple]

When will the Retro Rumble - Part 2: From 1 to 251 start again ?

[weary pagoda]

We can't say

[thick atlas]

spaga, do a sprite duel

[silk bolt]

what is this?

[tall moss]

?tag duel

[urban knot]

Duel are informal, smaller versions of contests that are usually 1v1, and people will make sprites based on a specific theme, which the participants can either decide themselves or ask a third party to come up with one. You can challenge someone to a duel in #spriter-general.

When you've both completed your sprites, you can send them into #is-my-sprite-ready as a joint image and ask members to vote on which one they prefer. You can get feedback on them before finishing in #spriting-discussion as well.

Here is a link with all of the relevant information about duels, including theme suggestions. 😃

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F3_O2wM1upD-pnVHF7mIw1WsXRn25TZZ5WAYzbX_zbU/edit?usp=sharing

[silver merlin]

kiwi do be taggin all over IF

[thorn robin]

Eyoo sprite duels were pog

[weary pagoda]

Duel me

[thorn robin]

Les goo

[silk bolt]

@feral maple wanna fight? 👊

[feral maple]

why not

[silk bolt]

im searching the baseball bat

[feral maple]

😂

which theme ?

[silk bolt]

i let you choose the topic or the theme

[feral maple]

I will think about it, tomorrow will it be good ? I have to do an animation on a serv in 5 minutes

[silk bolt]

np

i'm busy too but good tomorow or Wednesday

so much a pain to not be english

[thick atlas]

my job here is done

[silk bolt]

?

[thick atlas]

i brought the duels back

[silk bolt]

i think that was necessary

cause i never see that here

but could be fun

[feral maple]

Yes it is a good idea since there are less contests

Ty

[feral maple]

Sleepless night

Are you ok for it ?

[tall moss]

that theme is a mood

[rain stump]

yuh

[quartz locust]

The two Choice Award sprites thus far are thoroughly deserving of it, really nice sprites that were executed fantastically. 🙂

[silk bolt]

That's the them?

I have already à great idea

On se laisse cb de temps @feral maple ?

[feral maple]

Chose, but at least 24h

[silk bolt]

Up to Sunday?

[feral maple]

Ok

[compact saddle]

[cedar quest]

👀

[compact saddle]

did you die

[cedar quest]

Nah, just getting the GHT & Summ Survivors ready

Can't predict who loses bracket, y'know?

Just tryna guess who it is that's watchin' me write it

[compact saddle]

not me

[cedar quest]

💀

[compact saddle]

now it is

[cedar quest]

[compact saddle]

wait a fuckin minute

i was the two of them
i had another tab open and i didnt even notice

holy shit you can get as many fakes as you want by duping the tab

[cedar quest]

I've got all the polls ready for the rest of the contest, too, meaning Top 8 should go by smoothly

[compact saddle]

[median heron]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/844019037959749683/948685283224854578/snif_snif_small.gif

[cedar quest]

I still gotta do the GHT and Summ Survivors after each day, so it won't be like, immediate transitions from day to day tho

[pastel fog]

oh no, I don't think we can compete with this sprite

[cedar quest]

Trying to finally make a GamR emote, currently the only staff without one (due to my own laziness )

Figured go with somewhat of a TBoI style

[cedar quest]

Actually wait that's wrong I think

I don't think Kiwi has one???? I think????

[median heron]

[compact saddle]

[tall moss]

🥝

also ass your gamreye so i can react to yout post with it

add not ass

you may also ass it if you wish

[median heron]

I endorse assing it

I dont know exactly what that implies, but I back it nonetheless

[cedar quest]

b'ok

[tall moss]

:gamrpet:

[cedar quest]

[tall moss]

[unborn seal]

[pastel fog]

[sleek drum]

[silver merlin]

👨‍🦲

[silver merlin]

ass your gamer eye

[weary pagoda]

Who is this bald dood

[silver merlin]

Idk but he kinda sus

[sleek drum]

⬛

[median heron]

👄

GamrLips real once more

[sleek drum]

Oh no

[median heron]

⬛
⬛ 👃
⬛ 👄

:)

[thorn robin]

💋

[crude cedar]

⚫ ⚫ ⚫

a staredown whilst gamr watches

[sleek drum]

⬛ ⬛ ⬛

[median heron]

[weary pagoda]

The gang

[crude cedar]

the gods of looking to the left

[wet flax]

?

[median heron]

The few members of the Right Faction

[wet flax]

[crude cedar]

stupid rat don't care

[wet flax]

[crude cedar]

@wet flax i've added the rest

[wet flax]

[wet flax]

@crude cedar
suffer

[crude cedar]

dosen't count

because

it looks more like looking at the camera and right

fuckin

[wet flax]

[crude cedar]

multi eyed fuck

[thorn robin]

You forgor

Smh

[weary pagoda]

You won't ever know in which direction it is looking

[crude cedar]

that is downwards not left 😎

[weary pagoda]

It could look in any direction

[crude cedar]

if i cannot know then he is blind
skeln you are blind
suffer

[weary pagoda]

wgur <gwew L U QYOOIAWAWS RI RTOW kewst

Decode that now

[crude cedar]

no

[median heron]

I love lasagna

done

[weary pagoda]

Very close

[wet flax]

we love lasagna

[weary pagoda]

Less close 👀

[wet flax]

oh no

[thorn robin]

I love you guys stay safe

Lasagna gibberish

[compact saddle]

[weary pagoda]

[compact saddle]

[wet flax]

[crude cedar]

dammit

[compact saddle]

if we are considering the only real legends of looking to the left

let me do the message:

done

[wet flax]

[weary pagoda]

Talking about legends, yet forgetting the retired messiah of the server, smh.

[compact saddle]

🗿

[compact saddle]

gamr moment

[median heron]

I find it funny that. Srapi id eatcbing the polls at all times

what did I even just say

[cedar quest]

It's almost done, I swear

IDEK lmao

[median heron]

im
Sorry

[cedar quest]

Had an internet outage for most of the day, luckily we good now

[median heron]

what

[compact saddle]

LOL

i cant see the vote results lol

[cedar quest]

Try now

Sometimes it bugs out like that

Anyways, you should probably check the GHT

[median heron]

Only the first seems to show?

[cedar quest]

That's because there is only one

One today, one tomorrow

Tomorrow's finals, y'know

[median heron]

Sorry meant the second, only the second is showing the vote tally

[compact saddle]

big L
gratz in advance to anyone haha yeah sure

[cedar quest]

2 choice awards ain't bad though

[crude cedar]

contest idea :a regi contest [pls dont attack me]

[silver merlin]

We have like 1 regi in the game lol

So probably not

[crude cedar]

regigigas

then

[silver merlin]

Yeah, no need to make a entire series based off regigigas

[thick atlas]

thanks nofurry for the idea

[crude cedar]

#contest-gallery message

[silver merlin]

Those were the old contest styles

We dont use those anymore

[crude cedar]

ok

[wet flax]

[cedar quest]

Thanks for letting me use the Cheesemotes

[wet flax]

you are welcome

[cedar quest]

[tall moss]

my two fave sprites are the finalists

idk who to vote for

[compact saddle]

vote for the person you like more then

[tall moss]

thats not any easier

[wind topaz]

There could be a contest with the 4 golems in the game, those being Golem, Regigigas, Golett, and Golurk

[mild furnace]

is Golem really a golem?

It's more of a dinosaur with rocks around it

[silver merlin]

But its name though

Funny

[quartz locust]

Who made Ampharos / Metagross? Can't see it in #sprite-gallery. 😅

[weary pagoda]

It was JoshuLips!

[rain stump]

make it an emoji

wait nvm it’s a sticker

[wet flax]

:chees:

[rain stump]

:cheesespin:

[wet flax]

no nitro

[cedar quest]

RIP

[mild furnace]

[rain stump]

:chees:

sadge

[cedar quest]

4 minutes

I'll probably try and speedrun a lil' graphic thing for the winner, but if not oh well

[cedar quest]

With heralds and horns, and through needs and ferns comes the homunculus

[cedar quest]

Be sure to participate in the survey, I wanna hear your feedback on the contest

[valid wagon]

Congrats to the winners 🎊🎉🥳

[compact saddle]

gratz @pastel fog !
and @median heron i was rootin for ya but zamn you got the lottery anyway,

[median heron]

Congrats Milchik! And thanks everyone

[thick atlas]

congrats milchik! congrats joshu!

[normal nebula]

I am so confused on that poll

oh we're voting on a theme for next time I think

[pastel fog]

Omfg thank you! Honestly I never thought that Miminium can go through all these amazing Metagrosses lmfao they're so good

Congrats Joshu!

[quartz locust]

Congrats guys, such amazing sprites! I didn't even realise the neck on the Meganium was a wooden stick being held until I red GamR's thoughts (because I'd only seen it zoomed out a lot), absolutely incredible concept @pastel fog. And the other podium placers were exceptional too, @median heron you smashed it here, you're a real force to be reckoned with. 🙂

[silver merlin]

pls

this channel exists for a reson

[weary pagoda]

This temporary role is a great idea

[silver merlin]

yes, ill ask frogman if he's on board with it

[weary pagoda]

Contest Champion isn't relevant anymore when half of the active spriters are contest champions

[silver merlin]

lmfao

[tall moss]

after a week they get demoted back to contest champion

[weary pagoda]

Imagine being Contest Champion
The worst role ever

[silver merlin]

imagine being a discord moderator lol

[tall moss]

i lost both contest yin and contest yang

[weary pagoda]

Noooo

I guess it's the same as Dual Champion though

[silver merlin]

yeah it makes sense as to why they were deleted

speaking of dual stuff 👀

[weary pagoda]

The only role I truly miss is Beige

[tall moss]

but yin and yang were cooler

[silver merlin]

TRUE

literally the best role

[tall moss]

beige

[weary pagoda]

I had it for 5 minutes before it was deleted actually

[silver merlin]

i had it for a while lmao

anyway uh

contests

yes

uh

yeah

[weary pagoda]

Mh yeah mh mh

[tall moss]

anyway the thing i dont like with contest series is that its essentially just, 3 completely separate and unrelated contests, theres no rhyme or reason for why theyre a unit since they dont affect each other at all, so its confusing for newbies

[silver merlin]

so

hm

[tall moss]

typing is a struggle apparently today

[silver merlin]

øi agrpewe

[weary pagoda]

But in a way I like how they work on paper
"Strict > less strict > themed" works just fine for a series, that's why I don't really see what to change (don't mean there are absolutely no issues with them though)

[tall moss]

i mean i dont think that structure has been followed all that closely 👀

[silver merlin]

it hasnt no

and from what i can remember BTA and Lottie were about

it was something like

"Easy - Classic Contest styled - Hard Judged"

which

i mean

eh

[weary pagoda]

What do you mean? 👀

[silver merlin]

Remember the first series?

[weary pagoda]

Yep! Especially the Space themed one, it was so good

[silver merlin]

all contests were supposed to being build off the first one being Small Pokemon, Second one a classic competition/themed one, and the last one, a "hard" contest, being judged by you know, good spriters

we've kinda

fallen off

+ L + ratio + cope

[weary pagoda]

||Right when GamR and I started ||
That's a fair point, this system was working perfectly

[silver merlin]

and, the special contests are also a problem i've had

mostly the timing of them

like, 2021 november - december

we had like 3 in a row

special contests, should you know

be special

[weary pagoda]

Yeah

That's why we stopped after all

It was way too much

[silver merlin]

we can probably host two contest series each month, or smth like it

which means one each two months, (maybe each month) would be a good balance

[weary pagoda]

And one special contest every 3 months, perhaps?
If we do another Sprite Chain for example it'll come after a while that's for sure

Oh

[tall moss]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[weary pagoda]

Hey pal. If you read this, please tell us what changes you'd like to see for the next contests. What could be boring in them? What do they miss? What would be new and fun?
Not a new series suggestion or anything, we need collect as many feedback as we can on them so they return better than ever, so feel free to suggest anything

[thick atlas]

via dm?

[silver merlin]

you can plop it here

[thick atlas]

i personally would like it if there is a contest running more or less all the time. so if a contest ends and its voting starts, the next contest is announced and i can start to gather ideas

[dawn ivy]

I still want contests that are more focused on the in-game aspect of the game we kind of make it for

[silver merlin]

cough

[thick atlas]

what do you mean?

so less fancy themes?

[dawn ivy]

List of roads to fill

like road 1 shows x and y pokemon in modern mode. thoose x and y are options to work with

[silver merlin]

sounds like #sprite-charts but in contest style

[dawn ivy]

It prettymuch is yes

[silver merlin]

We'd probably end up doing one of those sometime, but it just, it wont do for every time

[dawn ivy]

Randomly is fine

[silver merlin]

its a good idea and all, but it would prolly get pretty boring not having any themed contests

[dawn ivy]

its just fun to see that what is made is also needed for the game i guess

[silver merlin]

yeah, like the modern mode contest

[dawn ivy]

Ye, just sometimes

to keep the themes fresh

[silver merlin]

(problem is, pretty much all the "cool" fusions have been taken yk)

[dawn ivy]

i tihnk that helps when no theme can be thought of at that moment

[silver merlin]

yeah, ill note it, ty

[dawn ivy]

o7

[thick atlas]

id like collabs in contests

[tall moss]

not every series tho, that was too much, makes the whole thing way less special

[thick atlas]

is that a response to me?

[tall moss]

ye

[tall moss]

what about contests to replace the default sprites for highly visible mons? 🤔 trainers, gym leaders, etc

[thick atlas]

i dont mean forced collabs but being able to work together

[tall moss]

theres been contests like the triple starter one wher everyone did the same fusion 👀

[silver merlin]

but like

we'd need to find out what is "bad" sprites

which

art is objective, anddd

it would end to some sprite-charts design choice moments

i think

[tall moss]

dont gotta make a judgement call, just run a contests for ALL the gym leader mons

[silver merlin]

you know what, i like that a lot

noted

[tall moss]

add teh og sprite to the contest entries so it has a chance to win its spot back

[silver merlin]

the notes

[tall moss]

cant wait to see 20 mankey/onixes

[silver merlin]

heuehu

[silver merlin]

thats the only gym leader mon you know

[tall moss]

yes

i saw the 2nd and 3rd gyms too but i dont remember them lmfao

[cedar quest]

Oh, then you'll very much like mine

[cedar quest]

Or moreso the second part

[quartz locust]

I'm not sure I like that idea, I think focusing too much on replacements isn't great and that's something I've expressed before. 😅

[tall moss]

theres a zillion reverse mode trainer mons that dont have sprites too

[quartz locust]

Going for Reverse Mode trainers that don't have sprites could be good. 😄

[misty acorn]

I think replacing mons every player encounters in a normal playthrough is 100% justified

Most of the sprites used there are some of the earliest ones ever made and it just shows. Even something like Brocks Diglett/Onix is funny, but it has so much more potential that it just hurts me whenever I see it xD

[tall moss]

ye exactly

the contest managers can ask frogman what he thinks

[cedar quest]

Could be something for the future

[steel pelican]

MAYBE just maybe, we have a poll that pings everyone, give them idk, a week, and then decide what the community thinks. because i think a lot of the early sprites could use replacing.

counter point, theres also a bajillion sprites that havent even been done yet

[tall moss]

but no one wants to sprite stantler/weedle or whatever else

[steel pelican]

hear me out ||make a contest where they dont have a choice||

lol, i can see the downside to that. but i am also all for replacing some of the bad sprites. and tbh this community seems pretty forgiving, im sure if somone absolutely doesn't want their sprite replaced they will speak up.

[quartz locust]

I don't want mine replaced. 😅

[silver merlin]

Do you even have any lmao

[quartz locust]

Just in general is what I mean. 😂

[dawn ivy]

if someone makes an improved and better version that i like i dont mind its not like theyre gone

[tall moss]

hue clicks

[sleek drum]

yoo my baby duskull is back

[weary pagoda]

[silver merlin]

hue removes your permissions

[tall moss]

[thick atlas]

can you explain again, why the left mew wouldnt fit?

[fading lodge]

I'm curious about that as well.

[thick atlas]

both arent fusions, right?

[sleek drum]

recolor and not in the gen 1, 2 style

[thick atlas]

the style refers only to the choice of colors

otherwise you say: it must look ugly

[tall moss]

i think they meant, make it weird and lumpy, dont just recolor a normal fusion

[fading lodge]

Doesn't Gen 1 style also weirdly emphasize things, like the Tongue of Golbat or that one Exeggcute egg?

[thick atlas]

then it should be written there

[sleek drum]

it doesn't need to be ugly, just not a recolor from a modern one. like this one still in the style

but you can still make them weird if you want to really imitate gen 1

[thick atlas]

that not gen1 ugly

[sleek drum]

exactly, gen 1 doesn't mean that it needs to be ugly

for pokemon's with weird sprites in gen 1 you can just use gen 2 sprites

[thick atlas]

i think this contest confuses me too much.

[weary pagoda]

The main problem is that we didn't want people to take some of their older sprites and recolor them.
The style more likely counts as a good point, because you can technically sprite in any way as long as it has a valid palette, but the contest is about imitating the first gens styles and not just making a sprite with two colors.

[pastel fog]

will any of u guys make colored alts of your entries?

so it works in the game

[weary pagoda]

I think I'll do a new sprite for mine
Since I tried to give it that gen1 bizarre look

[silver merlin]

idk if i will

4 entries lets go

[sleek drum]

.... maybe

[crude cedar]

I think I'm gonna try making at least one entry just for fun

Anyone is allowed to enter right? I'm not a spriter yet but i didn't see any rule bout it

[tall moss]

yes you can enter

[cedar quest]

Go for it!

[silk bolt]

i want to try but i didn't have any idea

need to think of it

[floral igloo]

Can my entry be a demake of a previously made sprite?

[cedar quest]

Nope.

Read what I replied to for further clarification

Specifically the first part

[thick atlas]

where is it?

[thick atlas]

ah i thought gamr wrote something

[weary pagoda]

So yeah. Reusing older sprites isn't allowed in contests. You can sprite a fusion you previously made, but the sprite itself would have to be completely new and not based on another one.

[crude cedar]

Anyone know where I can find the Gen 1 and 2 sprites?

[cedar quest]

Pokemon Database is a pretty good option

[fading lodge]

So... I kinda want to enter this contest, but the only idea I have isn't a fusion...

Or isn't an obvious fusion.

[crude cedar]

Ah thx ,GamR ,also do I need to make the sprite bigger at the end or do i straight up post it in the thing

[cedar quest]

@weary pagoda ^^^

I dunno the answer to that question lmao

[weary pagoda]

If you need to resize it to 288x288?
Yes, preferrably.

[crude cedar]

Alr thx,just wasn't sure cuz the size of the original is different then the normal sprites

[weary pagoda]

Wait, before doing so

When you sprite, always do it on a 96x96 canvas

And when it is good to go, you resize it to 288x288

[crude cedar]

Alr thx ,when it said gen 1 and 2 proportions i thought it meant the original sizes

[weary pagoda]

I didn't get it first, sorry
If your base is on a smaller canvas, always make sure to move it to a 96x96 one. This is how the game works, same goes for the bot we use for the polls

[cedar quest]

Same, that's why I pinged you

[quartz locust]

It's more Yellow than RGB. 🙂

Yellow has some Gen I weirdness, but is largely on-model in comparison. 😄

[silver merlin]

hey blaq when will you return to contests

[quartz locust]

When they're sponsored. 😛

https://tenor.com/view/hello-money-giveittome-mr-krabs-spongebob-gif-4184913

Would pinging someone because you're not sure if they meet the rules for the contest violate Rule 7? 😅

[silver merlin]

nope

atleast not in my mind

[sleek drum]

👀 just saying thank you for the constest managers this contest is really

and it doesnt have the recolor incident from last contest themed as gen 2

[silver merlin]

we are planning something pretty big for the next series, itll be very funny

[quartz locust]

@tiny trellis I think your retro Tentacruel / Lugia might be a bit too much of a recolour of the existing sprite to count, if I understand the rules correctly. 😅

[tiny trellis]

I drew all of it from scratch

[silver merlin]

it was made for the contest, so it counts

its more so if you recolour a sprite you made like

ages ago

[quartz locust]

Oh right, I have to say I don't quite get how it works. 😂

[silver merlin]

@weary pagoda if i understand you right :hehemuth:

[quartz locust]

Sorry Matten. 😅

[silver merlin]

nobody gets the rules

not even the contest managers

[tiny trellis]

lol it's ok

[sleek drum]

part 3 is gen 3 style

[silver merlin]

its way more lame

[sleek drum]

Use gen 3 colors and dithering shading

[quartz locust]

Oh, I didn't realise you made the original first then did the BW as the alt. I feel like such a clown. 🤡

[quartz locust]

https://tenor.com/view/no-bugs-bunny-nope-gif-14359850

[silver merlin]

in all seriousness we could rework it

dunno

[quartz locust]

Gen III style is weird in that the Gen III Pokémon in Gen IV basically still have remnants of it (the awful colours being the biggest example). 😅

[crude cedar]

uhh for some reason its telling me that the contest date is 978 years later

[median heron]

A contest where I can color everything bad? Count me in

Give my bastiodon green and purple colors

[median heron]

That's just an example

Not the actual time

[crude cedar]

ahhh ok mb

[tall moss]

i had an idea for an easy contest or two 🤔 to help teach newbies about the basics of spriting

[rain stump]

dither contest 😳 😳 😳

make a good outline contest

don't include half pixels contest

[compact saddle]

single pixel contest
96 entry limit
whoever guesses the placement the managers chose wins

[wet flax]

only outline contest

no sprite, just outline

[tall moss]

part 1: splicing only; contest managers provide 5-6 pokemon already pre-chopped up into body parts, we rebuild them into fusions (no scratching major areas and such), ideally using mons that all have simiarl proportions and whatnot
part 2: shading, basically we all use the same flat-colored custom-base and finish coloring/shading it + turn it into a fusion 👀
part 3: idk i didnt think that far

[rain stump]

accurate size contest

[compact saddle]

ew

[compact saddle]

me trying to fit joltik on wailord

[rain stump]

that sounds awesome

[compact saddle]

some dumbass boutta use all 6 chopped mons in a single sprite

[tall moss]

you talkin bout yourself

[compact saddle]

yes

[rain stump]

maybe part 3 could have say 5 silhouettes that you need to make fused mon from

[compact saddle]

no thats hard

[median heron]

Kinda reminds me of that texture contest we had a while back

[compact saddle]

imagine texture

[tall moss]

ye theme contests are cool but i love the more technical ones too

[rain stump]

[compact saddle]

then have part 3 have limbless bodies for scratching

lmao

[tall moss]

part 3 is the lineart contest: turning my really spastic shitty sketches into clean sprites

[wet flax]

part 3 is

[tiny trellis]

jigglypuff from above

[carmine roost]

an eyeball

[uncut cradle]

PIKACHU

[compact saddle]

its giratina

[fading lodge]

It was me, Dio-lga, all along!

[wind topaz]

Ballmon

[crude cedar]

Phew ,managed to finish my sprite before the deadline ended

[tall moss]

i gotta make more sproots

[silver merlin]

we might need to push it back

[weary pagoda]

Yeh

[thick atlas]

no

[weary pagoda]

Hm

[thick atlas]

(i dont like the current contest. i want the next one... 🥺 )

[weary pagoda]

But 14 entries really isn't much

[tall moss]

15 with mine

[thick atlas]

sometimes people are busy, sometimes the contest isnt for them

[silver merlin]

i was really talking about me and skel'n not being available when it was supposed to close but k

[weary pagoda]

Oh

[tall moss]

@crude cedar you need to add your name to your entry in the drive btw

[weary pagoda]

I renamed it

[tall moss]

refreshes

[weary pagoda]

Why is Fushigibana's entry credited with the name of MRsecial though?

[thick atlas]

but i think the real reason for such few entries is allowing collabs. 😑

[silver merlin]

what

[thick atlas]

because of collabs we often have very few entries i was told...

[silver merlin]

yeah

in the start it was alright

but after like a couple

it just got

[weary pagoda]

But collabs were not allowed in this one

[silver merlin]

eh

[thick atlas]

thats my point -.-

[silver merlin]

that doesnt make sense lmfao

[weary pagoda]

I feel like you said allowing them was the cause

[quartz locust]

Nah collab contests always get way more uptake, though they are nice as a special thing as opposed to always happening. 🙂

A lot of people in the server are getting older and have more responsibilities to juggle, be they academic, professional, or anything else. 😅

[thick atlas]

me: hello sir, can i have collabs back for the contests? they were so much fun ☺️
cm: no, then we wont get many entries. 😤

later... no collabs.... few entries

[silver merlin]

the last collab contest got 13 entries

lmfao

(that isnt double trouble)

[tall moss]

take the collab limit away

let me and scrapi do 17 entries each

[silver merlin]

ok, deal, instead we will just ban the both of you

[compact saddle]

did you say collabs

[median heron]

we awakened the elder god

[weary pagoda]

The next one will have collabs (I think?)

[silver merlin]

(it will?)

[compact saddle]

but i cant-
(reveal)

[silver merlin]

(i didnt say that but ok)

[weary pagoda]

(It could)

[silver merlin]

(i mean ig, it would fun for part 3 )

(ye lets do it)

[weary pagoda]

(Oh ok I misremembered)

[silver merlin]

(stopi)

[median heron]

Sneak peak of how the CMs decide contest rules

[weary pagoda]

(But yeah collabs would definitely be suitable)

[silver merlin]

but yeah this contest currently going on literally got more sprites than the last one that had collabs in it so like

ugh

[weary pagoda]

Collabs really don't mean much

And not everyone do them when they're optional

[compact saddle]

it means people put less effort but still hve fun

[silver merlin]

your favourite kind of sprite making

[median heron]

What was the last one that allowed them that wasn't double trouble?

I didn't know there was one

[silver merlin]

this one

[median heron]

ah

[compact saddle]

collabs imo waste enough energy from you to not burn you out and give enough fun

so aka infinite spriting

[median heron]

Before my time, that makes sense

[silver merlin]

wait you werent even here

[weary pagoda]

Isn't that one half a year old

[silver merlin]

huh

[compact saddle]

nice, solo xillo sprite

[silver merlin]

and a solo kiwi sprite

[compact saddle]

yes

[silver merlin]

quite literally

[uncut cradle]

jesus christ i can tell the top one won by a landslide

[compact saddle]

🤧

[uncut cradle]

Just checked and yep

[tall moss]

collab contests would be nice but

[tall moss]

so im not super excited to do collabs again anytime soon

[weary pagoda]

Eh? 👀

[silver merlin]

we will never be able to make a contest that pleases everyone lmfao

[tall moss]

collabs, aka "kiwi does 90% of the work"

[weary pagoda]

That's not how it happened with our last collab

[silver merlin]

hey now that only happened once

ok twice

wait

huh

ok three times isnt a lot chill

[weary pagoda]

Also, if you stopped being so good, that would give us more work to do and solve the issue

When we did Shedinja / Rayquaza I really felt like you already did everything before I got to shade, a sketch would have been enough for me

[tall moss]

the shedquaza feels super "you" tho

[silver merlin]

this is probably the one where i did the most effort and even then that is not so good lmfao

[weary pagoda]

Really? 👀
||Sounds much like a compliment so I'll take it||

[tall moss]

you have a unique shading style

[median heron]

Usually the best way to identify someone's sprite, is the shading

[silver merlin]

anyway

i should be going

if you have any problems with contests

feel free to dm

skel'n

:)

[tall moss]

can we get an extra day, i keep sleeping my evenings away

[silver merlin]

i just talked about how we were going to extend the time i swea

i mean

yes sure just for you

[weary pagoda]

I wanted to do one more too

Well

Do we make an announcement?

[silver merlin]

do if you feel like its needed

[thick atlas]

katten needs rest now

[weary pagoda]

Sorry Xoto

[compact saddle]

only me and u collab when

[tall moss]

you wanna collab?

[compact saddle]

lets make all entries on the next contest that allows it

[tall moss]

sdfdsf we kill all of the other sprites before they can make their entries

[compact saddle]

yes

[weary pagoda]

Can I collab with you two once 🥺

[compact saddle]

100% of the sprites will be ours

[dawn ivy]

feel like this boi is just too big, if he was cramped down it would look more impressive i think, i still like it tho

[tiny trellis]

I suppose I

am tempted to make another one

[uncut cradle]

I know I should for experience but I am not wanting to put one in because of the style change

[crude cedar]

So can I remove my submission and submit a better sprite?

[dawn ivy]

you can submit more than 1 if it isnt the same one

[crude cedar]

And by better i mean adding the things i forgot to the first time

[thick atlas]

sure

[dawn ivy]

ye thats no issue