mjc0961
Pokémon Champion
Founder of PETBN: People for the Ethical Treatment of Brendan's Nuts
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Post by mjc0961 on Dec 17, 2005 6:55:23 GMT -6
I think I know how you will be judging, if that one thing in your extras section is any clue. Yeah, that's how. But instead of three people, it'll be one.
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Post by bigbboy on Dec 17, 2005 8:57:44 GMT -6
Good, nice to know that ACM will be as far from my comic as she can be.
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mjc0961
Pokémon Champion
Founder of PETBN: People for the Ethical Treatment of Brendan's Nuts
EXCUUUUUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!
Posts: 2,977
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Post by mjc0961 on Dec 17, 2005 9:13:46 GMT -6
Yeah. You'd lose from her over-scoring.
But then we don't get the nice view of her rack...
Hmm... Decisions, decisions...
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Post by daveshn on Dec 17, 2005 10:56:49 GMT -6
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Post by bigbboy on Dec 17, 2005 11:01:18 GMT -6
My eyes they burn!
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Post by Lance Falcon on Dec 17, 2005 11:02:57 GMT -6
Yeah...that was wierd.
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mjc0961
Pokémon Champion
Founder of PETBN: People for the Ethical Treatment of Brendan's Nuts
EXCUUUUUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!
Posts: 2,977
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Post by mjc0961 on Dec 17, 2005 11:30:47 GMT -6
Guess with bob leaving, I'm the only judge now...
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Post by daveshn on Dec 17, 2005 12:19:53 GMT -6
Oh shoot I have to edit it to include Wally, May and Brendan.
EDIT: There done.
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Post by bobtherandomguy on Dec 17, 2005 13:18:21 GMT -6
I have decided to cancel my departure for a short time so I will help in the judging if you don't mind MJC as I think this could still turn out to be interesting
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Post by DemonicChocobo on Dec 17, 2005 14:51:34 GMT -6
Yay. Also, nice Deoxys sprites dave xD
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Post by daveshn on Dec 17, 2005 15:20:59 GMT -6
Thank you, however, my favorite part was writing the third to last panel where he tells "blazaken" to go into space.
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Post by DemonicChocobo on Dec 17, 2005 15:32:52 GMT -6
Nice usage of Wally Brendan and May...
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mjc0961
Pokémon Champion
Founder of PETBN: People for the Ethical Treatment of Brendan's Nuts
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Post by mjc0961 on Dec 18, 2005 9:43:51 GMT -6
Entries are closed; judging is now taking place! So, basically, a run down of how this works. As bigbboy guessed, I will do this judging like the TRE reviews in my misc section of my site. The categories are: - Story -- As these are single comics, story shall not be judged.
- Characters -- Again, as these are single comics, characters shall not be judged.
- Humor -- Was this funny? Did it make me laugh at the jokes in your comic and not just at how pathetic your work is? Good jokes = higher score (which is bad in this contest)
- Sprites -- How well did you use sprites? Did you have proper transparency (no background around sprites and no transparent eyes). Did you mix bittages? If you made your own custom sprites, do they look like they'd fit into the game you made the sprites based on? Better use of sprites = higher score.
- Backgrounds -- How nice do your backgrounds look? Are they two-toned eye stinging pieces of crap, are they properly used game rips, or are they nicely done custom backgrounds?
- Special Effects -- Are your special effects up to par? Is your running away effect just a running sprite with three black lines behind it? Is your flamethrower a mix of spray canned orange and red?
- Grammar/Text -- Can we read your comics: Are the text boxes good? Is the font readable? Did you use proper english?
- Other Stuff -- Frame layout? Straight panels? Proper file formats? That shall be covered here.
Okay, so I shall do this in order of submission (pokedragon is disqualified for not being good at sprite comics to start out with, not making a sprite comic, and having it too damn small for me to read). bigbboy[/size] - Humor -- Only jokes were the quickly clichéd "Brendan got kicked in the nuts" joke, and the yu-gi-oh heart of the cards joke. Not laughing here. 0
- Sprites -- Not too bad. Good points are that for the most part, there are no transparency issues. The Scizor cosplayer doesn't look too bad either. Bad points are that there are SOME transparency issues (backgrounds around Mudkip and Brendan) and the sizing. In one panel alone, we see a normal size Brendan overworld sprite, a double sized May overworld sprite, and two in-battle sprites. I've seen better, but I've seen worse as well. 2
- Backgrounds -- Augh! My eyes! Why do you people use those damn MS Paint default bright green and bright blue for sky and grass?! Other offenses include the random color change of the backgrounds. First it's blue, then white, then green, then white again. Make up your mind please. Backgrounds are overall two toned pieces of crap. 1
- Special Effects -- Let's see, we have some little yellow lines for rays of light, some MS Paint Spray Can water gun, and the use of the invert color tool. Pretty lame right there. 0
- Grammar/Text -- Text boxes are poor. Can we please decide what color frame and font we want? Oh, and stop taking out the backgrounds. That's a pain. Grammar is actually pretty decent. Only a few spelling mistakes until we get to the n00b speak at the end. 1
- Other Stuff -- Well, the frames are pretty squared. All the lines are straight. The veritcal alignment is off, though. PNG format is a plus. 3
Demonic Chocobo[/size] - Humor -- Were there even any jokes in here? 0
- Sprites -- Simply dreadful. Brendan the overworld sprite, May the shrunken battle sprite, Scizor the really fucked up sprite, and Wally the... Chao. What the hell is up with that?! As if that wasn't bad enough on its own, we've got color loss by the truckloads, leftover background behind the sprites, transparent parts of the sprites that we should be seeing, and... AUGH! Enough! Big fat zero!
- Backgrounds -- While the little pattern is annoying to look at, its better than a plan bright blue sky. Also, the green for the grass isn't the bright eye stining one. 2
- Special Effects -- Does that jumbled mess of sprites in the top corner count as a special effect? ...No? Alright then. I guess I'll go with a 2, as there wasn't really anything to judge.
- Grammar/Text -- Text boxes are normally decent, minus the first one in the first panel. But the text itself is horrible. The text is put right on the edge of the text boxes, the spelling and grammar are horrible, and we have some text boxes on top of other textboxes. Spare my eyes, please. 0
- Other Stuff -- Off center panels, out of order, everything is all over the damn place. We even see leftover sprites in the top corner. But at least the panel order is numbered, and it's a PNG. You can never really go wrong with a PNG (unless you're trying to make an animation, then you gotta use GIF). 1
daveshn[/size] - Humor -- Got a chuckle from the use of the word "bestest." 1
- Sprites -- Okay, first big flaw. What the hell are you doing taking the eraser to the sprites? No, I mean really. What the hell was that? Then we have the classic leftover sprite background. Another offense is the copy/pasting of sprites into the new panels. You can actually see text from previous panels because of this. That "super blaziken" sprite is pretty bad, and is that... Adam Sandler's head on that sprite?! I think we all know where this is going: ZERO
- Backgrounds -- White sky. Bright green grass. No wait, they're not battling on grass. They're battling on jell-o. Notice how the ground keeps shifting? That's the jell-o jiggle right there. 1
- Special Effects -- Super power attack appears to be Blaziken taking a major piss on the opponents. I mean look at them in the last panel! They have a yellow background and yellow lines drawn all over them? Looks like the author was trying to have Blaziken piss on them. 1
- Grammar/Text -- ... Don't even get me started. 0
- Other Stuff -- IT IS TOO fricking BIG! 2,000 X 2,000 pixels?! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!?! Not only that, but the panels are in order... Almost. Would have been fine if the last one wasn't stuck back at the top. Oh, and the panels are all out of whack. Ever hear of the straight line tool? God. Only thing commend this on is the PNG format. I would've asked to go into the negatives if not for that. 0
And now for the final scores!!! BIGBBOY Humor ----------- 0 Sprites --------- 2 Backgrounds ----- 1 Special Effects - 0 Grammar/Text ---- 1 Other Stuff ----- 3 FINAL SCORE: 1.17[/size] DEMONIC CHOCOBOHumor ----------- 0 Sprites --------- 0 Backgrounds ----- 2 Special Effects - 2 Grammar/Text ---- 0 Other Stuff ----- 1 FINAL SCORE: 0.83[/size] DAVESHNHumor ----------- 1 Sprites --------- 0 Backgrounds ----- 1 Special Effects - 1 Grammar/Text ---- 0 Other Stuff ----- 0 FINAL SCORE: 0.50[/size][/font] So, based on my reviews alone, the winner (or perhaps loser, depending on how you want to look at it) is daveshn! I'd also like to say that I'm very disappointed in all of you for not using a JPG format. Shame on you all. This was supposed to be the WORST COMIC EVER contest. You can't have the worst comic ever without loads of JPG dithering in it.
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Post by bobtherandomguy on Dec 18, 2005 10:07:09 GMT -6
as I will also be grading comics I have a more simplistic style I will rate the comic a 1-10 (1 being absolutly horible and 10 being stupendous the lower the score the better(or worse depending on perspective) the comic is I will then go into a mild rant on how much I enjoyed the comic such as jokes sprites etc.
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Post by bigbboy on Dec 18, 2005 10:58:21 GMT -6
Oh well there's always next year...
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