design contest chat

[toxic ocean]

An absolute beast for sure.

...Inspired by the iconic Bagger boss from Steampunk Tower II.

[tribal heath]

Bagger of enemy ships in space dust

xD

[toxic ocean]

Bagger is certainly one of if not the coolest pieces of engineering the humankind has ever created, and it definitely deserves a highlight in Cosmoteer.

[tribal heath]

True

[toxic ocean]

HULL COMPLETE!

[tired vapor]

move missile tile

missiles use more crew

[toxic ocean]

Mhm.

Logistical nitpick but an appreciated one.

[tired vapor]

*dies*

also mines :O

[toxic ocean]

Yeah.\

[tired vapor]

i think there's smth wrong w/ the assigns here

[toxic ocean]

I wanted to have the first ever built-in with Mine Factory.

[toxic ocean]

I haven't done crew management yet.

Just the interior and exterior hull shape.

[tired vapor]

o

[toxic ocean]

Visuals go first, thought putting the quarters up there would mess with this thing's looks and indeed they do.

With the mine costs being halved, rest assured, this thing ain't running out of ammo anytime soon.

...If ever.

[tired vapor]

*dies of logistics*

[toxic ocean]

Not finished, 1.
I don't care, it's mines we're talking, 2.
Aesthetics, in this arrangement the exterior looks pretty, 3.

[wispy vigil]

That mine factory exhaust pipe looks like it needs a missile

[slow axle]

1.5mil out of 3.5mil and half contest

i heard you have no penality for using not all your budget so... quality>quantity :>

[tribal heath]

What about quality+quantity?

[slow axle]

quality but in quantity

[stiff sandal]

@strange mango need to ask, but what margin of error can you accept for a ship price nearing a certain class?

[strange mango]

#1091648368922595419 message its either one class, other its another, a ship costing 60000 is class 1, and a ship costing 60001 is class 2

im considering making this rule more flexible in future contests, but for now this is what it is

[stiff sandal]

Alright

Well, I actually did fix the ship a little after the question, but thx

[toxic ocean]

It's only 1mil.

[toxic ocean]

+Resources aren't taken into consideration... As far as I'm aware.

[slow axle]

?

[toxic ocean]

Weren't you talking about my ship?

[slow axle]

speaking about me

and my ships

[toxic ocean]

Ah.

[strange mango]

as far as this contest goes, i have been taking resources in consideration when checking the submission prices and price classes

[toxic ocean]

Yes yes they are... But when it comes to difficulty level it isn't.

[tired vapor]

r u sure

[tight tapir]

Can the AI ram things now?

I might make a dc rammer

[normal kite]

check out the new monolith ships (short answer: yes)

[vernal lance]

hello

anyway im here to say that chip and hacksaw are different size classes

[stiff sandal]

You fixed it?

[vernal lance]

139.920 is inside the price class limit of 110,001-140,000 (139,920 is the price of hacksaw)

[stiff sandal]

Also, what was your opinion on my little.. modifications? I did correct the ship classes but I figured you would want to make final touches

[vernal lance]

its been the same since i updated some ships with clockwork paint

[vernal lance]

i didnt know what to do

[stiff sandal]

Then.. lets just review em later

Good to see your finally unmuted

[vernal lance]

chip was like 160k something which is in the size class 6

i dont know how blake connected hacksaw to being a 6 when it has always been a 5

[vernal lance]

dyno became high and forgot to unmute

[stiff sandal]

Lol

[vernal lance]

the only problem we have to deal with has been and has always been big ships

they're just intercepting eachother

[vernal lance]

how in the hell are you gonna fix the larger set

[stiff sandal]

I kinda already did

They are in their own ship classes now

Change of plans.. I gotta make updates to our most pricey one. Il send upon completion. Even though its already class 14, Just some paint issues to fix (mainly at the front and covering the FTL systems)

[strange mango]

im pretty sure it was classified as size 5 in the submission, but looking back at the chip in my library, you are correct. i think it was a combination of tiredness, dyslexia and the wrong class in submissions that caused this confusion, ill try to avoid this in the future by not doing anything host related past 22:00 my time

[strange mango]

i will once again be unavailable for part of today, as im watching gonna be the mario movie in the cinema, ill still be available for a couple hours though

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

https://tenor.com/view/yes-oh-yeah-yeah-definitely-absolutely-gif-17914728

[toxic ocean]

Crowbar progress.

[desert trail]

looks good so far

[toxic ocean]

Thanks.

[tired vapor]

collab?? :O

[toxic ocean]

...With whom.

This is a cool ship though.

[tired vapor]

truly one of the ships of all time

[tired vapor]

pt 2 (literally 0 progress)

[toxic ocean]

The paint on the head..?

Happy face with a fist?

[tired vapor]

it has 2

look at it

[toxic ocean]

Shadows making it less realistic-looking.

That's a cute face though.

[tired vapor]

lol

[toxic ocean]

Multi layer chicanery

[tired vapor]

lol

@tropic crescent made the face (i steamrolled it)

[tired vapor]

if ur going to multilayer at least attach the hands to the arms lol

[strange mango]

i like how the hands arent mirrored, makes it more goofy

[tired vapor]

also maybe flip one

[strange mango]

using the fringe icon as actual fists is very creative, though keep in mind that faction icons are for the most part exclusive to their respective faction

[toxic ocean]

rIGHT.

[strange mango]

@desert trail please submit all your ships in one go, its a bit unorganized when a submission is split up like that. deleting previous submissions and resubmitting them later is allowed

(i know i said im not doing anything host ralated after 10, but im out of sleeping meds so i wont be tired until 4 in the morning, insomnia can be useful from time to time)

[desert trail]

ok sorry about that i wasint sure if that whase something i was allowed to do, i dont realy have any internet left for today so il fix it tomorow if thats ok, i think i might remove a ship or 2 as well perhaps

[wispy vigil]

I thought there was something in the rules about needing weapons on a submission

Both in reference to something with weapons

[desert trail]

i think thats for weapons that need ammo

theares plenty of bult ins that dont have weapons

[tight tapir]

Idk if we're allowed to do civilian ships right now

[stiff sandal]

Nope

[tight tapir]

@desert trail ^

[vernal lance]

blake said something about civs

yeah this

if mr. grant here is submitting for the fringe then i think its fine

[strange mango]

right now, for factionless ships, its just combat ships, so weapons are required. but for faction ships, im accepting civilian ships too, this is not in the rules cus at the time of writing it was just standard for contests to be combat ships so i did not even consider adding a rule about it

[wispy vigil]

I see

[strange mango]

ive just noticed, @desert trail , you got two class 7 ships ( structure void and boxer), and duplicate price classes are not allowed.

which is a rule to prevent people from submitting around 60 small ships in a single submission

[vernal lance]

hehe 2 maximum ships for submissions

[slow axle]

i should do another ship ._.

don't have any ideas

[tired vapor]

imperium but w/ out too many nukes

or fringe w/ part of an imperium nuker glued on

[desert trail]

ah... i forgot to check the previous ones, il fix that now

[vernal lance]

you fokin wo' ma'e?

[tired vapor]

amazing

[desert trail]

looks good

[vernal lance]

no resubmissions because over total budget

[stiff sandal]

Yeah, we're gonna try to fix that

Gonna be a hell of a time

[strange mango]

you still got a good amount of time left, a little under 2 weeks

[stiff sandal]

I know

I'm not concerned with time

[strange mango]

ah, my brain saw "time" and made a connection that wasnt there i guess

[vernal lance]

you at 22:00 again?

[strange mango]

nah, just a dyslexia moment

though i did not sleep the best last night, so you might have a point

[stiff sandal]

If you have any suggestions for what we shield modify, I would be glad to hear them

I won't be back till like 4 to check ship prices

[tired vapor]

let me optimize :D

[stiff sandal]

Unnecessary

[wispy vigil]

Can Ai even use mines? If not that mine ship might break a violation of a built in needing human imput

[tribal heath]

Only in weapon fire range (90 degrees, 150m)

[wispy vigil]

Hmmm

[toxic ocean]

I think yes, it launches a mine whenever an enemy is in range of the wonky arc.

[toxic ocean]

Also, streamliner exists :)

[ionic jay]

I'll add that mines should only be used if they can actually fire when set to "fire at will", so facing the enemy. The rule has historically been to not use mines at all since the AI can't use them in a targeted way, and Streamliner is just a special case of where it's actually possible to get it to work.

[toxic ocean]

Cool.

[toxic ocean]

I added mines onto one of my entries (The paint is just Yesterday's Lie lol, it's not finished to say the least) only because I want it to be immune to being outflanked.

A small ship goes in the back, it gets wiped by a random mine.

[ionic jay]

That's fine as long as it stays on fire at will 👌

[toxic ocean]

.....Thanks.

[tight tapir]

Would mines set to fire indefinitely be okay?

Not that I'm going to use mines

[tired vapor]

i think it would just dump them all somewhere when it gets loaded and not do anything

[tight tapir]

Well if you make it sustain for a really long period of time...

[mortal cave]

No, that would not

[tight tapir]

Alright

[ionic jay]

What we don't want is ships dumping minefields places and people running into them at 8x speed, or best case scenario they despawn and are useless. This is why they have to be able to be used in a targeted way.

[oak plaza]

I fucking love this guy...
A broken station ship...

[toxic ocean]

No, absolutely not. In Classic that was only a thing because mines had infinite ammo, now with limited ammo and even more limited time mines have to exist, mines will run dry in mere minutes without doing anything at all.

[toxic ocean]

Lol the paint is just a placeholder. I was simply messin' :)

Turned out really high quality though.

On other note DAMN, Astrum's submissions are golden.

[oak plaza]

Yes they are...
I especially liked that their ships have similar shapes like Anthraax's last submission...

[toxic ocean]

Yeah.

They feel like direct progressions of the previous ships.

[oak plaza]

Pretty much yea...

[toxic ocean]

Reminds me of scale progression of some old competitive missile barges.

Weird analogy though.

[oak plaza]

Well now I wish to make Marigold Reborn in that way now too...
I will do that when I get to play next...

Kinda busy in college atm...

[toxic ocean]

Hmm good luck.

[oak plaza]

When I move into the new sector or if I could in the current one...

I would like to make Marigold Reborn a big ass flagship that only uses flaks and PDs as its main weapons...

Could have some EMP missiles but nothing else...

[vernal lance]

i wonder if we should include hacksaw

we're overbudget by 188k

because there still isnt a maximum of 2 ships of the same size class cmon blake get on it

[oak plaza]

Do you make ships first then look at the price then...?

When I build, I always look at my price then see if there is no price class that overlaps...

[vernal lance]

elmao i didnt even check

[oak plaza]

Hahahaha...
Such a shame...

I would want to see both of them though...

In the competition...

[toxic ocean]

It's your fault then.

I constantly stare at the value of my ships when building.

Literally ALL THE TIME.

[strange mango]

i am considering removing or changing this rule, but not mid contest. then again im not sure if the rules will stay the same or will be completely different in future contest as i was not included in the discussion on the future of contests

[vernal lance]

worst part about it is that last contest i did constantly check the table 💀

[toxic ocean]

Hmm.

[toxic ocean]

This rule is kinda needed though.

No such restriction is VERY ABUSABLE.

[vernal lance]

got too carried away making ships and painting them

[toxic ocean]

I wouldn't like to see 60+ difficulty ones submitted.

[strange mango]

yes, i mean, changing it to a maximum instead of only 1 per

[vernal lance]

2 might be good enough

might be

i dunno im not a host things would probably go awry if i was

[toxic ocean]

Even 2 per size class is a little pushing it, any more than that is just daft.

[strange mango]

yea, its definitely not going to be more than 2

[vernal lance]

hehe shit

[strange mango]

im thinking something like "you are allowed to have 4 duplicate classes, with a maximum of 2 per class"

[toxic ocean]

According to my very very messy calculations with 2 per size class you'd be able to submit a theoretical maximum of 18 SHIPS.

THAT'S A LOT OF SHIPS!

Funny thing, this isn't even a theoretical hypothetical maximum!

You're left over with spare ~270000 to use to your heart's desire.

Plus for resource prices.

[strange mango]

i mean 'just 2 sets of 2. no more dupes than that'

[toxic ocean]

I know it sounds absurd and almost nobody would be willing to do it, unless they have a few loose screws (LIKE ME!), but still, there's nothing stopping people fro-

[toxic ocean]

OH!

That's smaaaaaart.

[vernal lance]

great to not fuck you over with your inability to check stuff

but not enough to the point of spam

[strange mango]

exactly

[toxic ocean]

Yeah I think that you should be allowed to submit 2 ships of the same class at a time.

Still exploitable though, with that rule I'd be able to make calculating noises

[Lol I had this comment lying around on the chat box of my Laptop for like... A WEEK]

[vernal lance]

which one

[toxic ocean]

Nothing, I just got awarded with a laptop quite recently (Like a month ago) for finishing classes 7,8 and 9 on all very high marks (9s and 10s. Imagine like the same as American As and A+s). Was never expected that would be a thing, but it was a nice surprise. Oh off-context.

[slow axle]

aye 3 ship team here

[safe stratus]

Damn... Did Saris help you paint?

[toxic ocean]

No lol.

Already said, it's just Yesterday's Lie copy-pasted.

I suppose he did help me if you get what I mean 😏

[safe stratus]

Huh

[toxic ocean]

(The paint of Yesterday's Lie to be exact)

Recolored.

[past bramble]

Restriction should scale with price imo

Class 12+ shouldnt have overlap restrictions

[toxic ocean]

Yeah because it's harder to overlap them with broader possibilities.

Everybody gangsta till somebody makes 2 class 16 ships and a squib.

Oh wait you no longer need to have a minimum of 3 ships, oh joy.

[desert trail]

i think 2 things that'd help with mines is makeing the targeting range (the red semi circle) longer so thay have time to launch, that and bringing back infinite duration

since at the moment i think the range is lower than disrupter

[vernal lance]

storing for later use

[vernal lance]

its called delay you impatient sack of shit

[stiff sandal]

Calm down mate

The job is complete, and the images are spectacular

[strange mango]

yea, please chill with the insults, other than that, valid submission as far as im concerned

[desert trail]

this is what the cabinite looks like so far

[strange mango]

youre not in off topic

lovely woodwork though

[desert trail]

just need to finish the drawer and the door

[strange mango]

again, this is not #off-topic , this is #1059084974655033415

[toxic ocean]

@vernal lance You could've turned on fancy lighting effects for the submissions to make them cooler at least

They're really cool nonetheless though.

Brassy.

[stiff sandal]

It's alright, lights or no lights, corrupts touch- ups speak for themselves

[tired vapor]

my mystery virus was covid :(

[normal kite]

what's that gotta do with the design contest

[tired vapor]

yes

[slow axle]

i wonder if my lazyness will beat time attack

[strange mango]

sorry to hear that, ive said this many times at this point but, dont let a contest get in the way of your health, recovery before some silly digital competition. if you think your fine to keep going, im not stopping you though

[tired vapor]

mhm

probably just going to submit the ones i have done and not do any more after that

[strange mango]

aright

[umbral swift]

Hope you get better fast, cause rona' sucks

[toxic ocean]

Corona sucks, indeed.

[late zenith]

Would anyone happen to know how to make the AI target a specific part, like only targeting reactors? One of the ships I plan to submit for the design contest works best if it only targets the reactor

[desert trail]

sadly i dont think you can do that i think the ai just targets important things in a semi random order

so like reactor, control room, (cant reach) [target] close weapon...

something

[late zenith]

That sucks, because the AI can "use" the ship but it consistently loses unless it targets the reactor. The ship in question is this one, my 1.5 million

[mortal cave]

Unfortunately not, currently the only thing you have control over are it's attack defaults

(Distance and angle)

[strange mango]

yea, its unfortunate, however from a contest perspective i still count it as usable by the ai (because i dont feel like banning ions would be the greatest idea).

[oak plaza]

Could we save an Ion ship that always fires their beam even if not in combat...?

[vernal lance]

tureis subortus has that

so id say its fine

[slow axle]

[wispy vigil]

Nice

[toxic ocean]

*Aesthetic in PvP cringe.

Fully comprehend what I say before making a big deal around it.

[wispy vigil]

Then I say this

All my ships are aesthetic

[toxic ocean]

:o

dies

[wispy vigil]

Especially the unpainted white boxes

[toxic ocean]

Oh right.

[tired vapor]

aesthetic beats 10/11 pvp players though

[tribal heath]

Out of context moment

[strange mango]

if i may ask, what has this to do with the contest?

[tired vapor]

funy

[toxic ocean]

Air just knows that this place is filled with aesthetic lovers and him sharing an out of context shot of what looks like me trash talking aesthetic ships would cause a lot of conflict, which is of course the most hilarious form of entertainment out there.

[tired vapor]

indeed

[tight tapir]

Progress?

[tired vapor]

mine but better

everything feels very red

also i think the purple would be better as just darker gre/ay?

[tight tapir]

I changed it to dark grey

But it's barely visible

That's an older screenshot

[tight tapir]

Yours is cheaper and probably better dps and less squishy

[tired vapor]

but it looks less good

[tight tapir]

Lol true that's my achilles heel, I can't let a ship look bad even if it makes it strong

[stiff sandal]

The right one looks really neat

[tight tapir]

Yeah it's a really funky shape, don't know how to paint the back

But it's pretty strong

From the front

I did it in Doors painting style

I'm probably going to revert it to mine

[slow axle]

well

[slow axle]

other than 3th layer bearly visible i love the left ones

[quasi axle]

3th

[strange mango]

ah, in that case, please do not intentionally try to start a conflict, specially dont take something out of context to make someone look bad. if anyone have a legitimate problem with another participant, DM me directly, and dont try to make a scene about it.

and of course, if you see someone break a server rule, ping a mod too

[vernal lance]

you made a more powerful caladrius

[slow axle]

?

[vernal lance]

3th

[toxic ocean]

Oh wow that unfinished one on the right...

Baesra or whatever it's called but bigger.

3th XDD

[tight tapir]

Yeah basically

It was my inspiration

[tired vapor]

i can't make a ship weak if it makes it look good lol

[tight tapir]

That's what paint is for

Vilda just does both

With that paint 👌

[tired vapor]

lol

[tribal heath]

Paint supremacy

[wispy vigil]

Vanta black superiority

[slow axle]

umm...
i'm only half budget 😓

yeah prob won't make it in

[tired vapor]

the right 2 very nice

[toxic ocean]

Too much money and yet zero b**ches.

---

HOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT IMMORTAL'S SUBMISSIONS ARE UTTER PERFECTION WHAT THE HECK-

Hiw does one this casually drop four masterpieces.

Certified gigachad.

No bothering ya'll we already have a winner 😅

[stiff sandal]

Well, corrupt and I may not win, but we have a chance

[desert trail]

same

🫡 good luck

[oak plaza]

Damn, those Broadsider Orbiters are gonna sweep the floor on this one...

[late zenith]

Those orbiters are insane, I need to hurry up and calculate resources for my ships

[vernal lance]

no we're definitely not winning

[mortal cave]

You say that in jest, right?

Stagger for reference is one of the best contest submissions I've seen in some time

[vernal lance]

as in overall, firstplacethingthatfusionwashopingfor kinda mean

i dont think just stagger is gonna lend us first place

[mortal cave]

I disagree that missing first place means losing personally. I feel confident that Stagger will make it to the campaign which really is quite the victory in and of itself

[strange mango]

you are not required to use all of the budget, you can still submit these as is.

[toxic ocean]

Agreed.

As for me I'm pretty sure we're not gonna make it in the top 3 as some new participants this month are truly beastly.

So many phenomenal submissions.

If one or two of my proudest ships [Especially if Yuuki will do a good job painting some of my unfinished ones] will make it in, I'll be still very glad.

[oak plaza]

Immortal's Orbiters will be a hard contender to beat...

[toxic ocean]

Truly.

Both beautiful, powerful and unique.

[vernal lance]

while all we have that is unique is a ramming broadsider

[toxic ocean]

On a way less interesting note, here's an updated conceot art for Powerdrill.

That's all I'll skidaddle now-

[vernal lance]

elmao we are not gonna get first place for awhile

there is no damn way we'll ever get the funny role

[toxic ocean]

Aww.

Second place was still pretty damn cool.

But now, tifether with Avocado, we have to contend with Immortal...

This top 3 is too small for both of us!

Yeah Astrum and Kaine are dangerous as well.

[normal kite]

idk I prefer corrupts ships

[toxic ocean]

Yeah I love them as well. Slightly inferior Door knockoffs are still phenomenal, goes to show how amazing Door is.

[vernal lance]

i thought you were off-brand cabal with your ion cores and stuff

the fuck do you mean

[stiff sandal]

hey man, if he likes the results don't question it lol

[stiff sandal]

They are quite beautiful, il say the least

If I didn't know any better, I would think he was vilda in disguise due to that high paint quality

[vernal lance]

immtrm is vilda alt real !/1?!11/?/??

[tight tapir]

Eh they're a bit too boxy to be vilda

[normal kite]

if anything I’m a discount Cabal that you find in the trash can in a shady neighborhood

but that doesn’t mean I have to hate ships just because they don’t use ions

[vernal lance]

i too am a knock-off thing (architect) you can find in the most desolate lands of the world

[normal kite]

nor do I have to like them because they do use ions

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

Maybe Door Alt too Redlielne has Icarus written all over it.

[toxic ocean]

Then I am a knock off noise generator you find in the depths of Tartarus.

[vernal lance]

is it a shared alt of door and vilda

[toxic ocean]

Lol.

Redline is literally Absolute Radiance but better with quite a lot of Icarus added onto it.

Absolute Radiance but not shitty.

[tribal heath]

Idea of ion broadside came to my mind somewhere in January, when I saw Hymn of Radiance.

[tribal heath]

A bit boxy since modular broadsiders, maybe could be a less blocky.

[toxic ocean]

Honestly the blockiness makes the Redline look cooler. I mean Cabal loves their sharp slopes as well.

[toxic ocean]

The idea of Absolute Radiance came to me in late December, for me too, when I first saw Hymn of Radiance.

The first finished prototype dates back as far as the tenth of January, as proven by this conversation I had with Saris.

Older than both GK's Sidewise and Redline, no bragging :>

It went through A LOT of iterations.

Every version so far.

From oldest to newest, I hope.

Anyways, Redline is fucking EPIC and I'm glad that I got to see an infinite times better execution of my old failed ship's concept.

It's funny, I always imagined Absolute Radiance to have the same paint scheme as Icarus, ever since I finished it. Love how that coincidentally lined up as well 😅

[tribal heath]

👍

[tribal heath]

Redline is red because... Redline, not Icarus (all coincidences are random, I hope).

[toxic ocean]

Mhm.

[toxic ocean]

What was the inspiration for the name, Redline Hotwheels cars?

...But look how similar the schemes are!

[tribal heath]

Anime "Redline" (poster), name specifically

Some inspiring in name itself

[tribal heath]

I'm copied Cabal style without copying the exact details and simultaneously invented some new elements in style, I guess.

[toxic ocean]

Cpp;/

[tribal heath]

?...

[wispy vigil]

Agreed

[toxic ocean]

What?

Lol.

Misclick.

*Mistype

[toxic ocean]

*Cool. I wanted to type that but I guess I clicked every button one tile to the right XD

[tight tapir]

I was going to submit my ships but my confidence has been destroyed

Ah well who cares

[toxic ocean]

🥹

Mine too.

[tribal heath]

Oh no 😅

[normal kite]

did someone say you get a role for winning?

[past bramble]

yes

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

[past bramble]

always been like that

[normal kite]

maybe I will build a ship or two

[toxic ocean]

Literally listed in the rewards.

[normal kite]

I haven’t read it since it doesn’t show on mobile

[past bramble]

6 days left make it quick

[tribal heath]

I was ready to submit them back on April 6th... But I decided to wait

[toxic ocean]

Ooh.

Fast worker on top of quality worker.

[normal kite]

what should I make

[past bramble]

well thats up to you

this contest is somehow alot less livelier

[tribal heath]

Tbh since that date I remade parts of Mirah so many times that I lost count. So then it was a bit different ship.

And minor improvements on other ships

[toxic ocean]

It's a cool ship though.

I enjoy the unconventional blue it uses.

[tight tapir]

I'm kind of unsatisfied with the fourth ship

[toxic ocean]

EMPEROR PENGUIN

[strange mango]

im pretty sure that phones let you download txt files, it should appear somewhere in your file manager. maybe it doesnt work on all phones though, in which case, its better to use your pc

[slow axle]

very enjoy the rest

(yes it'sd improper english dunt care)

[toxic ocean]

💀

[normal kite]

I haven’t figured out how to use anything I download on my phone so I never tried

[strange mango]

well it should go without saying that one needs to read the rules to participate (i mean, if you somehow manage to follow all the rules without reading them, i wont stop you, but i dont think its very likely), i assume you got a pc, given you play cosmoteer, have you tried discord on pc?

[normal kite]

I just forget about them when I’m on it lol, I would of course read them before submitting don’t worry

[strange mango]

aright, just making sure, looknig forward to seeing if/what you submit

[gloomy whale]

Only one left to draw before my own submssion are all done.

[oak plaza]

Those look great...

[toxic ocean]

Wait you can submit a ship for multiple factions at a time? Cool!

I'll just stick to my sinfular theme though, I guess.

[vernal lance]

hehe

people unintentionally give us hope that we'll actually win first place and then post their architect level ships

[toxic ocean]

Yeah.

Okay I wouldn't say Yugi is that dangerous though. Yes they are very very close to what architects make, but nothing truly exceptional in my eyes.

Still really dang good, but not as good as you two's in my opinion.

[vernal lance]

i was talking about every skill aestheticizer that participates in dc

not yugi but they'rs are pretty cool

[gloomy whale]

I will take all that as a praise since I wasn't especting me to do any better (I am not the competetive player to any aspect of my personality) plus this is my first time drawing faction ships.
Just asking: what does aestheticizer role means in this server?@vernal lance

[gloomy whale]

You certainly have the right to say so (though my personal attempt favors Avokado more: the neat style is just my dish).

[gloomy whale]

No rule restricts me from doing that I think.

[gloomy whale]

Speaking of architect, the role is for the original authors who designed the factions right?
I wonder where can I ask for their advice or read their faction mannul or something.

(I am not eager to leave a name of "some great player on discord" by painting or competeting, but I would love to take some educational texts & files to CCC. The small community would need that)

[strange mango]

(and @gloomy whale but i cant reply to 2 posts at once) multiple factions per submission is allowed, kine did it earlier this contest, i was just not expecting people to do it so there are no rules regarding it

[gloomy whale]

Just post one's submission all at once right?

[strange mango]

architects are people paid by walt to design the majority of ships currently in the game

[strange mango]

yes

[gloomy whale]

Paid? Top builders I believe they must be. Are they to good and too special to hang around in the server or they are just there but I don't know?

[strange mango]

they chat in the server from time to time, and yes, they are really good at what they do

[gloomy whale]

Ok. Anyone I may notice?

Asking in cause some day I meet one but didn't say hi.

[strange mango]

anyone with a green name plus sariswinterwisp is an architect

[past bramble]

saris, oneye u definitely have seen them

[gloomy whale]

Got ot.

[gloomy whale]

Ok.

[toxic ocean]

Answer to your question is yes, Architects design built-ins.

I don't know where you can ask them fir advice though, I guess profit from them veing online :p

[toxic ocean]

Hmm I see.

I would've appreciated if this was yet another pirate ship only design contest. We already have an oversaturation of other faction ships and we could've certainly has more pirates.

[strange mango]

i mean, so far, people have been just pinging any one of them to ark questions

[strange mango]

i see, i try to please as many people as i can, which is why i try to allow participants to be as creative as possible, which extends to me trying to be as flexable as possible, which is why im allowing faction ships now. but ill keep this in mind

sad truth is that its quite literally impossible for me to host 'everyone's perfect contest' as everyone has such different views on what it should look like

[normal kite]

tbh we need an ion core based contest

[stiff sandal]

You might be waiting a long time for that one

[toxic ocean]

Just like you pinged me right now to ark a question.

[vernal lance]

to answer your question; it just means people that are really good in making good looking stuff

[toxic ocean]

I'm sorry

[toxic ocean]

Understandable. It's just that it will take years worth of contests to fill up a decently sized pirate roster at that pace.

And assuming you said there will not be any in a long while.....

[oak plaza]

Don't be sad, we are happy that we participated, even if we didn't win or there isn't no cash prize, the honor is ours still...

[oak plaza]

That's why I will improve upon The Scrapyard until it gets wins...

Or placed in game...

[oak plaza]

Career...*

[toxic ocean]

For me it was perfect preciously as well and literally my only complaint was the lack of budget. THE ONLY COMPLAINT.

[late zenith]

I just want mine to show up in the ship menu like the Feb 2023 submissions

[oak plaza]

Skill Issue...

[toxic ocean]

Cringey.

[oak plaza]

Having your name in the credits is a big boost of pride...

[late zenith]

true but I didn't think about that

have too much other stuff going on right now to really focus on getting submissions ready

[strange mango]

@normal kite weapon themed contests? interesting proposal

@toxic ocean aright, if its more budget you want, i can do that (in future contests)

[oak plaza]

Hey, what we have is fun...
But real life stuff matters most...

You focus on that, and we are just here Bro...

[vernal lance]

skill issue

[oak plaza]

Station design contest...

[strange mango]

thats on my to do list as well

[oak plaza]

Nice...

[vernal lance]

defense platform contest

[oak plaza]

That too...

We could do both of those together in one contest...

[late zenith]

yes

[toxic ocean]

Yaaaay! Now all I have to do is hope I will live long enough to see this through 😅

Thanks lol.

[strange mango]

good call, actually

[toxic ocean]

Skill issue dee's big metal nuts.

Having a duplicate size class ship... Now THAT is skill issue to me.

I'd never drop down this low XD

[oak plaza]

You could even add hyperjump beacons if you wish...
But that's only doodads...

[toxic ocean]

Capital ship design contest is and has been floating in my mind since forever.

[vernal lance]

would we want a size class 18 hyper-jump beacon

[toxic ocean]

Beecon.

Lol

🐝

[oak plaza]

That's just bullshit...
You already know that it's supposed to be small...

[strange mango]

ill have to look into that, im not sure if capital ships are a thing in cosmoteer, other than just large ships in general

[oak plaza]

Here's a simple Beacon Design...

BEECON...

[vernal lance]

i dont think having more than one hyper-beecon for each fac

ah thank you keyboard cable

for sending my message

[oak plaza]

Or if you want, we can even a contest for civilian ships...

[vernal lance]

piece of fucking shit

[strange mango]

calm down with the insults

[slow axle]

good thing i vote to not change budget i have too much

[vernal lance]

it just happened that he sent his ship the moment i say my message

[strange mango]

still, calm down with the insults, as like right now, it can come across the wrong way

[oak plaza]

Kalma ka lang kasi pare...
(Just calm down Bro...)

[gloomy whale]

I smell capitalism from its shape lol.

[strange mango]

im not a mod, but in the design contest chats, i still urge people to keep it a friendly competition

[oak plaza]

Now that you mention it...
It does...

[oak plaza]

Nah he's good...
Its just he's impulsive...

He really doesn't mean it...

[strange mango]

this may be true, but not everyone, specially new participants, may not know this and take it as face value

[oak plaza]

True, he'll calm down and be chill later on...
I'm just saying sorry for him...

[strange mango]

btw, i was pinged quite allot just now, so if i missed anything, feel free to ping me again

[stiff sandal]

Could happen. Getting a walts pick still enables your ship gets put into the roster

Even if it's the design contest roster, still smth to be proud about

[toxic ocean]

They areeeeee

Why would the "Behemoth" classification exist then?

And "Capital ship."

Just above the message you pinned I also shared the full size class tree, even though it still isn't officially used to this day.

Saris gave it to me and I've seen some other people like moderators throw it around so I am 101% sure in its legitimacy.

[strange mango]

at the time i was reluctant to use that table over the one walt gave me, but i suppose i can ask if its outdated

[past bramble]

Isnt atm only all for now the only one with a higher than normal budget?

[toxic ocean]

Nope.

Top grade ahips of basically all factions exceed 3mil.

Apotheosis
Arbiter
Voluntas and even Odysseus just to name a few.

I meant... Just to name all of them.

All for Now is still the most expensive one though, clocking in at a whopping 3.6 million

[strange mango]

yes but most of them dont go alot higher than 3.1 mil

[gloomy whale]

Oh..... sorry about that. Is the word a sensetive one to be mention here?

[toxic ocean]

Voluntas is 3.2 I think.

[strange mango]

you're ok, i was talking about someone else

[desert trail]

it took me 2 minutes to read all that text

[strange mango]

sometimes theres just a burst of activity in the chat

[desert trail]

yep

[toxic ocean]

Absolutely.

So relatable...

When the contest winners were announced thenchat was so shrouded in activity I had to read for 15 straight minutes and I was AT SCHOOL. And then I suddenly saw that my ships got second place and LOST MY SHIIIIT-

[past bramble]

competition is higher this time around

i dont think i can get a ship in now

[vernal lance]

and i usually cause it because i am walking contraversy

[past bramble]

btw are we still doing it like last time where all the ties are counted as a place or are we doing a proper tie breaker now

[toxic ocean]

Oretty sure that Imperiumer can make it in.

It's quality.

[strange mango]

not sure, but considering the absurd amount of winners last time, i am leaning towards a tiebreaker

[toxic ocean]

*Controversy

[toxic ocean]

*Pretty

[past bramble]

idk we still have contestant that hasnt submitted also the one i think that might make it is harvester due to its uniqueness

[toxic ocean]

But please do not forget how there are way more contestants this time, and higher quality ones at that.

[past bramble]

but then again i think its novelty has already worn off

[toxic ocean]

Hmm... I see.

[strange mango]

this is true, which is why im not sure yet. in the end i might just ask the players again, i might even do that in the actual vote document

[toxic ocean]

👍

[strange mango]

im realising that gladius is a taken ship name @atomic flicker, would you mind giving it another name?

[vernal lance]

i was gonna point that out but i forgor 💀

[desert trail]

thars only 41 ships you have a chance

[stiff sandal]

Only 41

[stiff sandal]

I can see it getting a walts pick yeah

But your other ships have higher chances for that, much higher

[flint abyss]

i submitted my stuff, now i'll disappear once again (all the ships existed before the contest though)

[oak plaza]

See ya...
I'm glad to see you participated though...

[flint abyss]

XD

don't hesitate to ping me when it's voting time

[oak plaza]

We will...

[desert trail]

up to 44 now

[toxic ocean]

Lol. Only time I've seen this being done is with my own Shamblefoul which at least recieved a recolor and a heavy update (Old VS new).

(New VS old sorry)

Red is the new one blue is the old one.....

[atomic flicker]

Sure thing! Sorry for not catching that myself. Name changed to 'Falcata'. Re-uploaded it with the name change to my original submission, along with slight touch-ups/modifications to the two smaller ships (Pugio and Shard). Let me know if something else is incorrect and I will try to fix it as soon as possible.

[tired vapor]

maybe nuke instead of laser on the imperium ship? amazing paitn btw

[toxic ocean]

MAAAAAAN.....

I am so busy with real life stuff right now and there's only 3 days left before the grand deadline. Couldn't even work during the (Measly 5 day) Easter holiday and the week after that I missed because I was sick, because well, I was sick.

I know I'm just annoyingly whining but that's all I can do.

And also hope Yuki finishes Power Drill in time.

And Crowbar.

Clamp is too expensive so it'll need a replacement.

Can I make it in time though and also finish the unnamed ship with placeholder name tomahauk?

Find out in the next episode of GRIEVOUS AND SID-

[late zenith]

Understandable, that deadline is really creeping up and I need to gather the ship files. Had to literally scrap my 1.5 mil and replace it last weekend with a new 1.5 mil which took a lot of time

[toxic ocean]

RIP

Rotten Core moment.

We are in the same dang boat it seems.

[tired vapor]

wait what

i could optimize clamp maybe

[late zenith]

I had to cut out my 300k from the ones I plan to submit because it would put me overbudget

big sad

[tired vapor]

rip

i have 2 ships lol

[late zenith]

7 ships currently, they are probably compact enough to fit on a single screenshot, and some of them are just small

[fast goblet]

I have a couple of ships ready and I am definitely not going to make it before deadline

😔

[tired vapor]

when is the deadline

[vernal lance]

may 1st

i think

[toxic ocean]

Mazeg
The day after the day after tomorrow.

[strange mango]

may first

[tight tapir]

@gloomy whale nice ships!

[gloomy whale]

Thanks!

[tight tapir]

I really like grumphy

[gloomy whale]

I had one last to post but I don't have the time to paint it sadly. Going out I am and I will have no time to use my PC for days.

@tight tapirI love your ships too,

They are neat and beatiful in shapes which I love.

[tight tapir]

Aww, could we see it?

[tight tapir]

Thank you!

[gloomy whale]

Just the ship.

My PC is getting out of power so I will say goodbye for now.

[tight tapir]

Okay good bye

[stiff sandal]

Nice ships yugi

More fine competition indeed

[past bramble]

yugi got a high quality line up

[strange mango]

@gloomy whale grandice (which is titled incorrect in the submisson as another Selvanom) and Stonehansh are both size 9, you cant have 2 of the same size so you will have to remove one of them, ill assume you would prefer to keep the colab ship until you say otherwise, because it appears that you may not be online for a while.

[toxic ocean]

@gloomy whale Woah mama your submissions are golden.

But I don't think you can really collab in a way that you get slightly helped on one single ship.

Even if it's not a slight help on the ship.

[strange mango]

im treating it the same as last contest with your group and ion

[toxic ocean]

👍

[tired vapor]

wip

last ship i think

[tight tapir]

Excessive power?

[tired vapor]

yes

terrible reaction speed for the shields too

[tight tapir]

Rip

It's a cute box though

[tired vapor]

yay

idk how to paint it is the problem

[tight tapir]

Oh boy

Less long lines

More variations

Small details are pretty

Which sucks cause that's not my paint style either but

A bunch of repeated boring shapes looks better than a good shape around the whole ship

[tired vapor]

ehh i changed it a bit

more curvey

[normal kite]

I think there's a better way to have those lines in the middle meet

[slow axle]

cube

sorry

[tired vapor]

huh

idk how to do the side bars

or the middle u

i have just described 90% of the paint lol

i'll worry about it tomorowo

[tight tapir]

Stop doing stripes

[tired vapor]

D:

what do i do then

[tight tapir]

Do like

Some random small shape

And repeat it

[tired vapor]

"line"

lol

[mortal cave]

Observe Cabal ships and do what they do. Shamelessly so

Like you see the thruster sections? The ribbing that's inbetween the reactors and thrusters? Both of those I just straight up copied from one of Door's ships

[tired vapor]

every time i try to copy a cabal ship it looks ok and when i don't it doesn't D:

[mortal cave]

You have to be internalizing things as you actively practice

Going through the motions does of course help, but you have to be able to figure out why things are the way that they are so that you can reproduce them. You're not just copying, one is reverse engineering and learning

[tired vapor]

fair enough

[slow axle]

but does i want a "generic" cabal style pretty ship or a unique style

[tight tapir]

Cabal isn't generic...

[toxic ocean]

What the heck?!?!

I was just casually catching up to DC chat and.......

Yes.

[desert trail]

wut

[toxic ocean]

Also insert Tomahawk/whatever here I'm on phone right now :agony:

Screenshot moment.

Anyways, what is ya'lls opinion on this. Already got pretty positive feedback in #ships so thanks for that, but still. This is the place for DC submission feedback I think.

[stiff sandal]

oh yeah that happens a bit

[toxic ocean]

Mobile Discord SUCKS

Yeah.

[stiff sandal]

its not that bad

[past bramble]

i like this one

[tight tapir]

Lol happens to me too, and only in this chat

And yeah, only on mobile

[toxic ocean]

First time it has happened to me.

[strange mango]

that is quite wierd, if it happens too much i guess i could open a new thread replacing this one, but other than that i dont know what i can do about it

if the chat breaks like that more often please do let me know

[toxic ocean]

Nono don't do that.

[past bramble]

Its a problem from discords end

It happens randomly in discord mobile

And not specific to this chat

[strange mango]

i see, but avokado mentioned it being exclusively here in this thread

[past bramble]

That is coincidence

[strange mango]

good to know

[past bramble]

Restart the app and it goes away so its just an inconvinience

[toxic ocean]

From my end too.

The only time it has ever happened was in here.

I guess Discord really hates design contests..?

[past bramble]

More than once?

[toxic ocean]

Only once.

But only in here.

[past bramble]

Thats too small of a sample size honestly

[toxic ocean]

Might be because this is still after all a thread but it's a thread with so much messages already written in it? Literally no idea.

[toxic ocean]

Maybe, and hopefully.

[past bramble]

I remember redstone breaking like that elsewhere before maybe he knows why

[strange mango]

it may just be a coincidence, but if it keeps consistently only breaking here, do let me know

[toxic ocean]

@strange mango What The first of May, the moment it becomes the first of May or at midnight when it's about to become the second of May?

[strange mango]

12:00 GMT+2

basically all major announcements regarding contests happen on 12:00 dutch time, largely because its convenient for me to not have to stay up late for said announcements, as i have a tendency to mess up the details while im tired.

[toxic ocean]

Okay.

[strange mango]

it really doesnt matter when i do it, as its always someones 2 am, so i chose a time that worked best for me. a participant missreading something i say because its late for them is a much better situation than me messing up a major announcement because its late for me

[tired vapor]

i forgot to dm but i won't be at home this weekend and i have 1 almost finished™️ ship

[strange mango]

how many actually finished ships do you have? and could you submit them without the unfinished one?

[tired vapor]

2

i can sumbit w/ out the unfinished one

[strange mango]

i would do that if you still want a shot of winning, as a 2 ship submission is allowed now

[tired vapor]

ok

[toxic ocean]

I am very squeezed on time and Yuuki hasn't responded yet with the painted Power Drill and Crowbar...

In the most critical case scenario I could submit without those few finished ships though.

I have a few that I made completely by myself, he's only helping me on the ones I felt I couldn't make by myself or at least not take hours upon hours to finish.

[toxic ocean]

'Kay this is gonna be the last entry of the faction. I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish it in time.

[tired vapor]

stick

[desert trail]

🎸

[late zenith]

Would a mines and point defense only ship be accepted? The ai can use it to a significant effect and it can last two fights without running out of ammo but I just wanted to know if there was any specific constraints still regarding mines

[ionic jay]

As long as the AI can use them when set to 'fire at will' you're fine.

[oak plaza]

Finish it I dare you, finish all your submissions or no balls...

May 1 is the deadline right...?

I just saw some paint problems on mine so I will fix that tomorrow...

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

[oak plaza]

So, will you finish...?

https://tenor.com/view/tick-tock-debate-me-community-muthafucka-gif-15396401

[toxic ocean]

I physically can't lol.

Yuuki will hopefully finish his end in time and I'm basically done... But I alone physically can't.

[oak plaza]

Good...

Im thinking of doing a last couple minute changes and touch up to my ships and then submit them again tomorrow...

[toxic ocean]

Also have you seen this right?

My new masterpiece ^v^

[oak plaza]

It's so good...
Hatchet is a great ship...

[toxic ocean]

Hatchet?

That's Corrupt's stolen name ;-;

I have no idea what to name it.

Tomahawk is more of a combat tool and not an industrial one after which I'm naming my ships.

[oak plaza]

My bad, it was Tomahawk...

Its even I who suggested it and forgot...
Hahahahahaha

If you wanted to have ships themes with weapons we could do that next time...

Like Halberd, Morning Star, Lance, Glaive, Javelin, Rapier and the like...

[strange mango]

file or chisel maybe?

(i used to carve in the past, so these tools came to mind)

[toxic ocean]

Good.

I always imagined a blunt tool looking at this.

I thought of file but it felt too bland.

[oak plaza]

Why not name it Jackhammer...

[toxic ocean]

Nope.

Speaking of Jackhammer...

ROT, DECAY, DEGRADATION.

THIS is the Jackhammer!

I sure hope I'll finish it in time.

[oak plaza]

Then just name it Mallet...

[strange mango]

a chisel is not a blunt tool, its actually quite sharp

[toxic ocean]

Yes.

[toxic ocean]

Funny, I made this ship to replace Clamp which was too expensive to fit in the price range, AND JACKHAMMER IS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE :agony:

[oak plaza]

Damn...
Sad...

[toxic ocean]

I don't wanna sabotage Monolith ship names.

They have a hammer set going and I'm sure Mallet will soon follow.

They already have Mjolnir, Sledgehammer and one other I think.

[vernal lance]

what is a gavel

[slow axle]

if saris copy build-in i won't deprive myself of it

[vernal lance]

small mallet

[slow axle]

even if i have 2 days left-- (geez guess that a even better reason)

[toxic ocean]

Lol.

Gavel is a good one but Gavel already exists.

[stiff sandal]

The little hammer that judges use in a courtroom

[slow axle]

deadline is may first 12:00 utc+1?

[strange mango]

GMT+2

or GMT +1 for part of the year, cus the netherlands actually got 2 timezones that we switch between to make up for the longer daylight in summer

[slow axle]

yeah we have that here too

but isin't the switch happen a month ago?

[strange mango]

honestly, no idea, it happens automatically on devices so i dont even think about it, ill give a heads up when the last 24 hours start though. as of right now, theres a bit under 45 hours left

[toxic ocean]

@late zenith Cool submissions!

I'm a fan.

[late zenith]

lets go I finally submitted my ships

Can't wait to see yours the individual ships I've seen so far look really cool

[wispy vigil]

Hmmm

[toxic ocean]

Thanks.

[oak plaza]

Very nice, good to see some diagonal builds...

[past bramble]

2 class 11s

[wispy vigil]

There's no diagonal better than marigold

[past bramble]

someone didnt read the rules

[late zenith]

wdym

[past bramble]

no duplicate classes

[late zenith]

do I have to retract one

oh unfortunate

[oak plaza]

Sad...

[toxic ocean]

You have to either make one larger or smaller.

[late zenith]

lemme fix that real quick

I have a backup ship for this reason

[oak plaza]

I agree...
Now I wanna make a diagonal starter...

[late zenith]

alright the mine ship goes the other one stays

[oak plaza]

Good call, AI is shit or downright doesn't know how to use mines...

[late zenith]

ok crisis averted the mine ship is back in the garbage bin

[toxic ocean]

;-;

RIP

[late zenith]

sad indeed

[slow axle]

i have a big issue
this layout is not efficent (logistics themselfare good)

and little of 24h to fix EVERYTHING and add paint

wish me good luck

or i just go with it since without it i won't have a full submission

honestly i have no idea what to do

[late zenith]

this might be one of those ships where you have to throw efficiency out the window and just go for the paint, it depends how long it's been worked on prior to this as well.

[tight tapir]

Lol I was going for a ship like that but I decided it was too ugly since I tried to make it efficient

Missile factories suck diagonally

[slow axle]

are you telling me my ship is ugly?

[slow axle]

methink it's more an issue of not being able to kite enough and being a barge
this on another note is very efficent

[tight tapir]

Yeah lol paint would make it better

[slow axle]

...

[tight tapir]

Hey I think all ships without paint are ugly

[slow axle]

rip +7 hours of work

[tight tapir]

Paint it 👍

It has a cool shape

[slow axle]

but how do i fix the efficency issue

[desert trail]

use more explosives

[oak plaza]

I just resubmitted mine and I wish the last minute touch ups and fixes can improve it even though a bit...

[toxic ocean]

I have to wrap up the jackhammer NOW OR NEVER

And I still have a ton of work to do.

Nick's workload™️

Enjoy

1. Managing crew and resources for all the leftover ships including the ones Yuuki is painting (He hasn't even responded with the painted ships yet).
2. Making sure everything works fine enough.
3. Testing their stress to see in case they're atrocious in combat or not.
4. Doing actual combat tests.
5. E X T E N S I V E L O R E
6. Touch-ups.
7. Attack defaults.
8. Only a day leftover.

https://tenor.com/view/daeth-funi-periflight-dies-from-gif-22212023

To add insult to injury I might need to go today.

Plus still have a shit ton of real life work.

[strange mango]

regarding 1, if yuuki is not responding still, i would just assume they where too busy with live and not count on the ships they where meaning to paint to be done in time.
regarding 3 4 and 7, this is a design contest, minimum requirement for combat is basically just "can it fight at all, if yes, you passed the test". if need be, you can update the combat stuff after the fact but design should be the priority
regarding 5, lore is optional, and really does not effect anything at all, maybe you get an extra vote from someone thats intrested in the lore aspect of your ships but thats really all

at worst, you can submit what you have right now

[toxic ocean]

I see.

Jackhammer is still the biggest thing I have left to do.

And I'm afraid I might be overbudget.

Currently too busy working with this mess.

I really don't want my ships to be rushed.

And I already almost lost my sanity when working on the January contest.

[slow axle]

aye i have 24h to finish my paint

then i would have to think if it's actually worth submitting it

[strange mango]

ive seen the progress posts, id say its worth submitting, they might not use all the budget but they look really nice

a shot not taken always misses

[slow axle]

that if i actually finish it 😅

[vernal lance]

can i help with E X T E N S I V E L Y E M M E R S I V E L O R E?

[strange mango]

ill allow that without counting it as a colab

[toxic ocean]

I don't even have the faction name :agony:

I genuinely have no idea what to name them. So many concepts and all of them cringey.

[strange mango]

the tool box?

[toxic ocean]

Yeah I thought of that too, it sounds too mundane.

[strange mango]

Tools Of Overal Terror, or t.o.o.l for short nvm, i pulled a dyslexia here

[past bramble]

U can worry about lore later tbf

Since u can add them in after the ships win

[strange mango]

the giants/titans workshop

[vernal lance]

where did dyslexia

[strange mango]

terror starts with a t, not an l

[vernal lance]

anyway "goliath's essentials"

[toxic ocean]

The lore I came up with throughout the month is roughly as follows.

The guys behind these creations were once a thriving industrialist faction that were also menaces in combat, and made some of the most powerful tools in the entire galaxy that were used to construct a plethora of bases and megastructures (Slightly took that part from Door's ''Stellarchitects'' from the Classic game). The other factions would often hire them for help and that's mostly how they earnt their galactic strength. But after an unspecified disaster [And/or them getting plunged into corruption], the entire corporation was destroyed and all that remains from them millennia later is their old, worn and torn ships that can still pack a punch but are nowhere close to the mighty power they were before, enveloped by decay, rust and corrosion. Most of the remaining ships have been taken over by rogue pirates that roam the galaxy...

Yeah, that's basically it.

[oak plaza]

In the end, you'll pick Jackhammer...

[strange mango]

i should mention that a faction name is not required, there are a bunch of submissions with no faction name

[slow axle]

pff imagine doing LORE

[toxic ocean]

No.

[oak plaza]

It's still great to flesh out the submissions, it gives them character you know...

[toxic ocean]

Yes but my submissions literally do belong into a faction.

[toxic ocean]

Pff imagine putting effort and competence into your submissions 🙄

[vernal lance]

hehe im better on individual ship lore

[toxic ocean]

Yeah.

.....И ам овербудгет эт И доньт шант то щрап а сингле фе-

Another keyboard slip

[toxic ocean]

*I am overbudget and yet I don't want to scrap any features present on the ship as I like all of them.

Hulp.

[past bramble]

i lack the creativity for lore

or more like i dislike doing creative writing

[toxic ocean]

Hmm...

[toxic ocean]

Okay no this one is amazing.

You know because these are titanit ctools...

*Titanic.

[strange mango]

glad i could help

[strange mango]

are you taking yuukis ships into account for the budget?

[vernal lance]

i dont give a shit about nuke fac lookin' cool put it down like its a rabid dog

[strange mango]

like i said earlier, not responding for so long, this close to the deadline is not a great sign, i would assume that they just are busy with other things and submit as a solo. that should also fix the overbudget problem

[toxic ocean]

Of course.

It's my ships that he's painting.

[toxic ocean]

No

Insert every single no gif here

One of the hottest of logistical hot messes I ever had the displeasure of making.

Let's sure hope it at least remotely works.

;-;

Why is Blake writing a poem 👀

[strange mango]

aright, just know its an option to submit what finished ships you have without the non-finished ones, yes it sucks to submit less than you planed but a shot not taken always misses

[strange mango]

sometimes i struggle a bit more with words more than usual

[toxic ocean]

Understandable.

I am continuously taking brakes from this thing because it's one of the most tedious things I've ever had to make. No idea why, but painting this is simply not fun, whilst despite being difficult and time-consuming, painting Shattered Anvil (✨ Yes it finally at last has a name now ✨) was a ton of fun.

[toxic ocean]

Aw dang I need to go... I hope I will still be able to finish all this in time.

;~;

[strange mango]

i hope so too, your ships look really nice from what ive seen

[toxic ocean]

Thanks.

All the finished ones so far.

Jackhammer, Crowbar, Wedge and Powerdrill will hopefully soon follow.

[strange mango]

if you want i can include them in the votes if your not back in time to submit them

[slow axle]

progress pic

i feel like i fall in the trap of overdetailing once again
or it's just i've been painting for too long?

[desert trail]

deconstructers, decoder fraud, fabrication guild?

[fast goblet]

a certified овербугет момент

[desert trail]

sounds like a ылшдд шыгу

[toxic ocean]

Moonlite Glimpse jumpscare.

[toxic ocean]

No need I'm back.

[strange mango]

welcome back

[toxic ocean]

I will now hammer the jack.

And shatter the anvil.

And do some other goofy crap.

[toxic ocean]

@strange mango According to Yuuki everything should be fine and that he'll finish the ships in time. For now here's the progress update pic I got (I hope he approves me sending this here).

I'm hyped now and have faith back.

[strange mango]

ah, thats great news, looking forward to the submission already

[toxic ocean]

Thanks 👍

[stiff sandal]

Wonder what yuuki is gonna make

No sneak peaks from em just yet

[slow axle]

aaaalmost there

this paint deserve a overhaul
this ship deserve a overhaul
but for that i would need _time :agony:

if i'm proud of one thing is how fast i build it
more like i'm happy with my ability to work all day on the ship two day straight

what do you have to say saris?

[mortal cave]

Since you ask, a lot of people seem to be ruing time constraints that they knew weeks in advance 💀

[slow axle]

agreed

but can't really do anything about it

[mortal cave]

I do like that most recent ship though, pretty decent

[slow axle]

the one i'm currently painting? huh good to know

[toxic ocean]

Sad truth. At least it applies to me... I don't really have the best time management skills what can I say.

[wanton granite]

me having no time cuz final exams :d

math is scheduled next Wednesday :/

[slow axle]

lovely ship @lapis niche
good luck at your university!

on another note done and absolutly not polish

[slow axle]

@strange mango thanks i actually did not think i would be off by 444credit 😓

i thought i had like a few thousand spare

[strange mango]

im not the strongest in math ether, its fine though, it was a pretty easy fix

anyway, im going to sleep now, good luck to those who still need to submit

[slow axle]

same
goodnight o/

[lapis niche]

Thank you! :)

[tired vapor]

@tight tapir is thsi better

[tired vapor]

e

tried to copy fusion this time

[tired vapor]

idk how to do underneath D:

[wispy vigil]

" placeholder" obviously, the best ship submitted so far

So far as to have 4 submissions

[tired vapor]

ehh still not good

i'm going to edit the messages later

[wispy vigil]

Time runs low for that

[tired vapor]

good enough

i have 10.5 more hours?

[wispy vigil]

Low indeed

No planning out on that 5.6m design

[tired vapor]

i need a name

not going to make anything about ~1m for a longgggg time

[wispy vigil]

I have many to spare if you want one

What about, "
Syphoned Serenity "

[stiff sandal]

I like this better honestly

[tired vapor]

@stiff sandal how's this

[stiff sandal]

Lighter color worked better for that exterior layer

Not too much contrast

[tired vapor]

like this?

[bronze citrus]

why is it a box 💀

[bronze citrus]

dont mind but its a bit funny how bad it looks on hindsight

the wip i mean

[tired vapor]

box

║  ║
╚══╝```

[toxic ocean]

I'm a fan of this. The reactor area itself looks quite generic but all the other parts pop off.

[toxic ocean]

Yeah maybe. I still liked it though.

[toxic ocean]

Nature's second most efficient shape

[vernal lance]

now we need its most efficient shape

[toxic ocean]

Anyways I woke up far earlier than I should have today to finish what I have left [I am not forced to wake up early on Mondays most of the times because Georgian school system is an atrocious mess].

Wish me luuuuuuuuck.

[toxic ocean]

@strange mango If a person helps you on only a single ship, does that count as a collab at that point, or will it just get the ''featuring'' status.

[toxic ocean]

I HAVE TWO LOGISTICAL ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM LEFT TO FINISH

[vernal lance]

i might be able to help

keyword is might

[toxic ocean]

Uhh...

This is it I need to go now.

I still have lore to write.

I guess this is it 🥹

Have to submit half-complete lineup.

[vernal lance]

ahem

[toxic ocean]

You will?

[toxic ocean]

Heh where did go lol.

[vernal lance]

block check

[vernal lance]

nothing particularly going on right now

for me

[toxic ocean]

@strange mango If I submit ships right now (Visually they are 100% complete, all of them) but do lore after the deadline and before voting is over, will that be breaking the rules?

[vernal lance]

i dunno give me spotlight and if you like it maybe ill do the others too

[toxic ocean]

Unedalturated agony

I hate you Blake for the resource price inclusion.

[vernal lance]

it's ship scrappin' time!

[toxic ocean]

Exactly ;-;

This was one of, if not the messiest work experiences I ever had to go through, ever.

And by that I mean it's worse than the rotten core and prosecutor COMBINED.

[vernal lance]

you should've checked your resource prices smh my head

[toxic ocean]

Not funny.

[slow axle]

1hours left

[vernal lance]

getting back at you skill issuing my skill issue :P

[toxic ocean]

Okay.

Anyways enjoy ya'll.

[slow axle]

unless blake don't wake up in time

[vernal lance]

time to do fast writing

[toxic ocean]

CRISIS AVVERTED!