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Round 1+ results

Round 2+ results

Round 3+ results

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES- January 10 12:00
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Okay so here's the surprise. Remember that we had 3 winners last round? Well I gathered up a bunch of people, most from players on the tournament to vote whether or not I revive someone from lost rounds OR bring back ~The-Unequal-one And majority votes (and I did not vote on this mind you) that I bring him back. So here are the match ups not matched by me but someone else



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Judges ~fishy-kun ~Sword-Demon *anime-dragon-tamer ~RandomEffect

Round 1+ results

Round 2+ results

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES- NOVEMBER 25 12:00
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Spectator's Entry is up
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EDIT 5
I'm so SORRY to all the losers in this round, because believe me, this was the hardest round that I ever had to judge! And if I could, I would make you guys all win! But in the end, one must proceed and one must fall TT_TT

BUT as like a gift for sticking with me to the end, I will grant EACH loser any free lineart of either their character (which I would recommend you do) or any other character of their choice. Maximum 2 characters for each person! I don't care how long it takes me, but I feel you at least deserve that.




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Match 1:
Winner: Novalyyn
Umbri's entry was rather short, and the beginning seemed better than the fight itself, though it was interesting to give your character a weakness that she had to fight with.
Novalyyn's fight was very engaging, and I thought it was great that she wrote the fight itself in the point of view of her opponent. I like to reeeaaad... that fact had nothing to do with the choice.

fishy-kun
Umbri-girl VS Novalyyn

Novalyyn, I have no complaints about your piece. It’s a straightforward battle; some dialogue in the beginning, some fighting over food, some more fighting later. What Umbrascitor said about your writing style is true, you keep a good, tense mood going, good and consistent. Perhaps the only thing I could say is you neglect to tie your story into the larger frame story of the tournament. I haven’t heard you say much about the Queen or the fugitives, except when the question of who to fight comes up. The writing medium is perfect for getting plots down, because you can detail events more quickly than comics, so I suggest you get going on writing down the bigger picture if you make it to the next round. Small arcs on other characters besides Kyra won’t hurt.

Umbri-girl: Yay! We get to see more of your work! Its not bad, don’t worry. I would much rather see finished works than incomplete beauties.
Art quality doesn’t factor much into the judgings, only when it comes to effort. Nonetheless, I’d like to point out a few things. You need to work on your fighting poses; the characters look like ice-skating dolls. Also, the characters feel very static; practically half the time they’re just standing up. Something useful you could learn is the action line.
My conclusion? They’re both at the same level, I think. The stories are pretty similar, and the amount of effort could be said to be on par (again, there is the difficulty of judging writing and comic strip entries). Creativity? I’d say not so much variance.
My vote goes to Umbri-girl, because her story at least has character development, whereas for Novalyyn not much goes on within the character interaction.

anime-dragon-tamer
umbri-girl- I do have to say, nice job on the introduction, forshadowing is always a good plot device, but the ending felt a little short afterwords. You do need to work a little more on action scenes cause at times it did seem like they were just standing still. But if it was merly because of time crunching, then I understand that. Color whould have helped, epecially the style you started out in, but none the less, great job!

Novalyyn- First off, congrats for being the only one in the group with a written entry, that's impressive. My only complaint is details; I'm a stickler for more descriptive writting, so I'd like a little more detail. But really the only thing I didn't really like was the ending, it kind of confused me. Other than that, it was a well done story.

My Pick- Novalyyn ; Personally, I'm more for a comic over a witten book anyday, but while there was no art to it, the story itself was well enough to really draw you in, and that's what counts.

sword-demon
Umbrigirl had a unique twist of using the weather to affect her situation. While there definitely could have been more that could have been done, it looked like she put more than enough effort into it. And, While I did enjoy novalyyn's use of the moon in her story, I found it difficult to stay with her story's flow. Every now and then I found my eyes skipping ahead, and having to go back to reread something I missed.

oblivious-life
Sigh; you guys, I was supposed to be only the tie breaker. Now I realized everyone’s tied... you made me read the entries D< (then again I would have to in the end. No escape to that Lol)

Umbri-Girl: Hmmm, well I can tell you rushed through the whole thing (see why it’s not a good idea to procrastinate? ). To tell you the truth, I was not impressed with your entry this time :/ And I have to agree with some of the judges that, your action poses weren’t really that effective (or creative for that matter). Both characters were really stiff, like try different action poses or something. Though you tried to show movement, there doesn’t seem to be a lot. You could also have had added inking at least. The background was the only asset I think that made me give you a point for creativity. Storyline was I admit, well done. Even though I was not thoroughly impressed with the overall entry, I did like the fighting idea of it.

Novalyn: The thing that I love the most about Novalyn’s work is that I actually finish it Not like a LOT of literature works where I skip all the way to the very end to find out what happened. No, I sat here, reading the whole entry because it actually pulled me in. The tiniest little details all the way to the suspense, it was all there and she didn’t even need visual aids. Just by how she describes her work, you can already imagine the whole thing happening and that’s what I really love about her work. The story just pulls you in. Although I do agree with the fact that the story doesn’t go anywhere but the main round itself, it is still a really appealing entry.

Vote: Novalyn
Umbri, I don’t know what happened, but if you had at least inked your work, or changed a little with the script and the ending part, I could have chosen you because I was starting to get intrigued. But, I guess time was not on your side, and that sucks so bad when that happens.

Winner:

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Winner: Vausch

Hmm, this one was kinda difficult to decide on, but in the end I had to go with Vausch.
Both entries had great colouring, but Silvachito lost points due to not having his completely coloured. I also found Vausch to have an overall better fight that was more appealing in how it was carried out. Garsu gains +5 badass.
IT APPEALED TO ME MOOOOOOORE ADJIDSFDGDASHRW

fishy-kun
Okay. For Vausch and Silvachito's battle:
If I were to rank their entries between 1 and 5, 5 being the highest, I would put them like this:

Vausch:
Story:
Effort:
Creativity:

Silvachito:
Story:
Effort:
Creativity:

Which would put Vausch as the winner. Vausch was able to put more content into his story, as well as fully develop the conflict. Some people kinda just jump right into the fight scene, or end it abruptly, but Vausch takes it through to the end, no matter how long it takes- very much like the Dragonball Z series, which his style strongly reminds me of.

anime-dragon-tamer
Vausch-Rekab- Great job on coloring (though the pages were a little big on the tiny moniter I'm forced to use at the moment) The story and humor was good too, but five OCs? Nothing wrong with that, but it's just seems so overwelming to me. But none the less strength in numbers is never bad, and there all an interesting bunch

silvatchito- Hilarious as always, and a bit more back story into what's going on. I really wish you could have finished coloring your entry, believe me, I know 100% how it feels. But, the black and white lineart still carried though. The grammer needs some tweaking, but that's understandable, and to me doesn't realy take from what's happening.

My Pick- silvatchito; GAH you both made it so hard for me to pick! And also, keeping my characters in the mix, even just mentioning them really made me fell honored. But without any biased opinion, I made my choice just because I feel there's just more potintial in his story. Just watch you time, and DON'T END UP LIKE ME!

Sword-Demon
silvachito had an interesting use of characters. While there was little that might have been done for the plot, there was more foreshadowing of future events that might unfold than in vausch-rekab. Not to say that vausch-rekab didn't do a good job; I just feel that there was something missing that could have made the entry better for him.

oblivious-life
Silvachito- That had so much action in it =] And the pacing of the story was very well done. You’ve improved quite a lot in this tournament. From just simple grayscale to great coloring. The storyline was also really great. Had a few laughs (Pepito is a pervert ). The fighting scene was not over the top, but it was still entertaining to read. Beating 5 hard characters is not something a lot of people can accomplish. Overall entry was outstanding.

Vausch- There were a lot of times in the entry that made me go I love the little side line humor you put into some of the scenes, from when Sakura burns Pepito to when Garsu plays with the little children with his tail. I went all D’aaaw on that xD. I kept chuckling on the whole fighting scene (except for the end part). It was a bit funny how this one tiny kid has to go through all that crap against 4 other not so human opponents xD The ending scene also gave me an idea but I don’t know what it is yet; I like little cliffhangers. Your overall entry, was same as always, amazing. The coloring just blows me way off again. But some moments, your anatomy gets a little bit off though.

Vote: argh! See this is what I don’t like about pairing up two great opponents. It’s just so hard to decide and someone ends up hating the tie breaker *sigh* but I got to do it and I choose Vausch-Rekab. Creativity wise in my chart was a draw, believe me. I just think that storyline-wise, Vausch gets a bonus point to it because it added to whole story of the tournament. Meaning it has a continuation to it, a to be continued, a cliff hanger, etc etc. See what I’m getting? It leaves you wanting for more. Sorry Silvachito >.<

Winner:

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Winner: NO-Yoichi

Gragherjyjerwkj so hard to deciiiide. Uhhm, I chose Yoichi because I found the fight to be better, though I do wonder why Adam just stood there and took the bomb.. couldn't she have moved? But drunk fighting made up for it a bit. Also, colour, even if it's just a bit, is good.
Winged's fight had more meaning to it, but the overall fight seemed somewhat weak.
I dunno.

fishy-kun
Wingednovelist VS No-yoichi

WOW.

This is going to be a toughie.

Winged, once again your entry makes me smile. I have no idea how you can deliver such a long comic and still have time to do neat lineart. And kicking the bullet in midair so it explodes in the trees to light them on fire is that epic or what? Sorry, I just really liked that part. Very nice, very nice entry. A solid story, with interesting character interactions. You always have to make your opponent out to be nice people, huh? Some very good tensions going on in your story, between Adam and the soldiers and Yoichi. Perhaps my only complaint is that you still haven’t added the space between each panel like I suggested last round, but I’ll put it on account of running out of time, which is understandable.
Noyoichi, LINK YOUR PAGES. SERIOUSLY.
Your drawings are a bit messier than Winged’s, but you put a good deal of content into your pages. You also took the effort to put in more people in your story- the whole character cast of the tournament, it seems. The story was a bit vague, though. I was a little confused about why Yoichi was chasing Adam, and what was going on in the first two pages. But its okay, I got the general gist of it, and it was a fun read overall.

My vote goes to Wingednovelist, because her story got me and I’m really anxious to see what happens next to Adam. Oh, and also because of more apparent effort on drawings. Hopefully that’s good enough as an answer.

anime-dragon-tamer
NO-Yoichi- Great way to start out, I seriously though he'd be drunk the whole fight. While it would have been epic, the action was still pretty sweet. Though it was a bit annoying having to press back constintly to go to your gallery folder to get to the next page, story and humor made up for the little annoyance.

WingedNovelist- Good art, though the fighting lacked some flow to it. Though the end to the fight, while fitting, seemed quick and short, you left quite a cliffhanger, which is a wild card that make you really wonder what is going to happen next.

My Pick- WingedNovelist; Another tough choice, both were equal in art and story. But as far that goes, cliffhangers trump anything almost anytime as long as it's done right.

sword-demon
No-Yoichi used what WingedNovelist had, and used what he could in the fight. I enjoyed the resolution, which probably was what made me really chose No-Yoichi's entry. Where WingedNovelist left us with a more broken ending, No-Yoichi had a more triumphant ending that didn't involve one of the people dying in some way.

oblivious-life
No-Yoichi- That was one unique and totally funny entry. Everyone was there, everyone had a part, everyone’s ass (or nuts) are getting kicked. Funny funny to the end. Storyline was really well thought out, you didn’t rush to the end. NOW on to some critiquing. Creativity wise could be a little cleaner, but that doesn’t matter much seeing that I was enjoying myself on this it was fun to read, it was engaging and it had a continuing ending (like what I said to vausch).

WingedNovelist- Yes the introduction was brilliant I love how you twisted the storyline, now the queen is dragging Adam away from the rebels. It’s like a whole different story that you would want to find more about. There’s not a lot to say that has not already been said with Yoichi’s entry.

This is probably THE hardest decision that I had to make in my entire life of judging entries (though it was a short life). BOTH of you scored THE SAME on Storyline AND Effort. Both Storyline either made me go or “Oh I didn’t see that coming! D: “ Effort were all the same, you had your bad points and you had your good points. It was like an exact tie in my head >_< And so it all comes down to creativity. Though I do notice that NoYoichi had colored background in some of the panels, I feel that Winged’s entry still stood out in the end just the way it is with her usual grayscaling. And so, regrettably I have to choose between the two of you and errgh! WingedNovelist wins my vote by like 0.5 I’m so sorry NoYoichi!!

Winner:


Anyone wants commissions? :'( I'm pooorr (don't worry. There's enough money for the winner's sub). Right now I'll do a chibi style artwork then move it up. And it's only 2$ D: Come on now! Help a brother (sister) out. If you can't, spread the word.

Spectator's Entry

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Judges~oblivious-life~fishy-kun~the-tired-leaf

Round 1+ results

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES- October 10 12:00 midnight EST



EDIT 8
IT'S FINISHED!!!!!! Hate mail/note are welcome

EDIT 7

To everyone who has been waiting, there is a big problem going on with the judges. Soo sorry guys but we will have it as soon as possible

EDIT 6
Omg... I have no idea where my two other judges are =_=

EDIT 5
Sorry about the long wait. There are a lot of stuff going on with the judges, basically studies and homework and crap like that. It should be up by tomorrow at the latest.

EDIT 4
Sorry it took awhile to close I was gone for the three day weekend. Looks like everybody who didn't forfeit finished their entries. Give yourself a pat in the back =]

Now await for the judge's reply

EDIT 3

Deadline is today at midnight EST TIME PEOPLE!!!

EDIT 2

THERE I submitted the damn spectator's entry! You happy now?? WORD of CAUTION! Only click the colorful buttons AFTER you read the whole thing cause you would miss the VERY first part of the entry, k??

EDIT

I changed the deadline cause well just found out I got around 4 tests this month and no way in hell I can finish my SE in time... so enjoy the how many weeks, don't slack off!!!


ROUND 2 MATCH UPS

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fishy-kun
<sup>I very much like Winged's entry. You put a great deal of effort into the fightscene, and let the images instead of the dialogue carry the brunt of the story. The consistent quality and overall neatness of the entry don't hurt either. The attempts at perspective and backgrounds in some panels could have used a little more time, but they were understandable, so I'm not complaining.

I lol'd at Adam's "impressed" face. XD

Alright, alright, let's get to the story element... Lupinblad: generally, a K.O. by doing nothing is not the most exciting of battles. Also, you never really explained why your opponent got knocked out in the first place. Overall, it looked like your entry didn't have that much effort put into it, and you said yourself that you didn't spend much time on it. I feel, though, that it would've been a good, funny comic if you had made it longer. The cactus' expression was funny, if random.

Lupindblad had a good, solid story. A very solid story. Not much happened in terms of plot, but it looks promising for the next round.</sup>


My vote: Winged Novelist

oblivious-life
^{Lupineblade Funny comic, but not at all engaging. Very rough and unclean. It doesn’t look like much effort was put into winning for this round.
WingedNovelist I very much love how you always start out with a beginning story. Great simple black and white, and you followed my instruction on sticking more than one page per entry Simple background, great fighting sequence and an ending that leaves for more progression}

Vote: WingedNovelist

randomeffect
Winner: Wingednovelist
^{Dude, why am I even still judging? I thought I was out... Anyway, it's pretty obvious why Wingednovelist has been chosen to be the victor here. Lupineblade, did you even try? Lazyness is not an excuse here, sir, and a single sketched page isn't gonna cut it. Wingednovelist, on the other hand has a nicely done entry, nicely drawn and inked, and with a good overall idea. Mmkay, that's about all I have to say about that. [/end bitch-mode]}

WINNER



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fishy-kun
<sup>Yaaaaaaaaay. A writing entry versus an animated comic. How fun will this be to judge?

Well, I suppose the first thing I should critisize on Novalyyn's entry is describing your opponent as a "small shadowy thing". It destroyed the mood you were creating a bit, and made the writing seem immature (THOUGH THIS IS ENTIRELY MY OPINION AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT TO HEART. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME JUDGING A WRITTEN ENTRY, PLEASE BE KIND TO ME. ORZ) There were also a few verb tenses that sounded off in my ears, which would've been easily fixed with some editing.

The oak tree line seemed random at first, but after I read Sepuku's bio I understood (and lol'd ).

Umbrascitor's entry was strange, although that's pretty characteristic of Umbra's creations. The frequent changes in Sepuku's size threw me off kilter, but I let it slide, considering you were going for a more humorous tone in your entry. Some might call the short animations in your comic "gimmicky", but I thought they blended in rather well to the comic, so its all good.

Nngghh... I have to choose one... but I don't want to vote. Can I just not vote? They're both good in their own ways... NGGGHHH THE INDECISION.

FINE. For a more enthrilling story and consistent effort, I give my vote to Umbrascitor.</sup>

My vote: Umbrascitor

oblivious-life
^{Umbrascitor Even though you didn’t submit an animation this time; your flash comic style is still very impressive. I like the idea of Ryo and Nathaniel working behind the whole thing. The whole fight was really great, very creative and engaging, story-wise.
Novalyn The same as the first round. It kept me reading, and for someone whose attention span is the amount of a teaspoon, that’s actually pretty amazing. It was very well detailed, love the fighting sequence, and everything seemed to flow quite well. Good job.
Vote: Although I would really love for Umbrascitor to continue, looks like Novalyn gets the spot :/}

randomeffect
Winner: Umbrascitor
Alright, this one was more difficult to decide on. I enjoy written entries, and Novalyyn's was written well with few grammar or spelling errors, if any. I can't remember any, at any rate. Her fight scene was also good and descriptive, and it did well in keeping with the continuity set by Umbrascitor's previous entry. Umbrascitor's entry was still great, even if it wasn't animated. The use of flash to make the comic was nice and full colour is also great. His fight was original and humourous, not to mention embarrasing for Kyra. Nethanial getting kicked in the face was also a plus. Hmm...
Damn you Umbrascitor

Winner: Novalyn

Since Umbrascitor has decided to drop out for next round, we have decided to move Novalyn to the next round on his place

WINNER



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fishy-kun
<sup>Oblivious asked that I based my judgings on creativity, story, and effort, which I have been doing, despite my comments being focused on artwork and technique. All my comments are just the things that I noticed when looking at an entry, and feel would help the competitor the most in improving their art and/or writing.

SO. SenSparda and Vaushch.

SenSparda, I feel like the beginning went off at a rocky start, but after warming up it sounded a lot better. The dialogue feels a little bland as well, but it was condensed enough to keep the story going without slowing it down. Some jokes breezed right past me (like the blue hair one), but maybe I just have a different sense of humor. The ending, as well, seemed abrupt, and there was very little description given to the rest of the characters in Vausch's party. A strength: you kept the story going. I was able to read through and understand the whole thing in one go. Another strength: seems like you kept your opponents' personalities pretty in character. Kudos to you.

Vausch, I gotta hand it to you for inking forty pages of comics (on Photoshop, no less). However, I have to give the same cruel treatment to you like I do to everyone else. The quality drops noticably. Photoshopped background textures contrast sharpely with lined pages (note: draw your backgrounds). Unnesessary amount of eye-panels. Kiba's motives for battle questionable (Why does he decide to turn Lunar when he's already got the upper hand?). Your strengths: a great deal of action poses- not the easiest thing to draw. Also, consistent use of effects. Sometimes artists try to experiment by doing one effect on one page, and it throws the whole comic off.

Story and creativity wise, both were on the same level. Determining effort, however, is a little difficult. The length of a written entry does not equal the amount of effort put into it; a great deal of editing also takes place. Therefore, effort is determined by the quality of a written entry. SenSparda wrote a quality entry; nonetheless, I must give my vote to Vausch-Rekab. His story had a more engaging ending, and left me wanting more.</sup>

My vote: Vausch-Rekab

oblivious-life
<sup>sensparda18 The story was really well done and well descriptive (? It’s a word I think..). I can picture everything in my head as to what was going on. Little humor was put in the beginning which was nice. It was just very well detailed
vausch-rekab From the colored pages to just plain lineart, I gotta tell you, your comic takes my breathe away. The fighting, the humor (you didn’t show him naked! Damn yooouuu <_< and just pretty much the whole entry. It was just one of those really entertaining webcomics that I would want to read again and again. Amazing coloring, story wise, the ending could do better I think, but overall it was really great.

Vote: I love both of your entries, and it took me quite a while to decide. But I have to say vausch-rekab gets my vote. He scored high in creativity and originality in my book. Sorry Sen</sup>

randomeffect
Winner: Vausch

^{Hi, Vausch, I don't feel like typing your full name. I must say that I loved your entry. Just as nice as last round's, even if it wasn't fully coloured. Great humour and great fight scenes. Nice job having two going at the same time, by the way, with having Sage and Kiba's fight and making it interesting without it getting in the way of the main fight with Cyn and Jimmy. Also, hooray for fan-service. Maps, everyone needs maps... Hmm, Sensparda, sorry to say this, but I just wasn't feeling your entry, mang. There was nothing really wrong with your writing, aside from a few spelling and grammar errors here and there, but I didn't find the story or fight to be particularily engaging. I'm also not big on song lyrics being inserted into stories, unless they're used in a comedic situation and their use is not explicit. Hmm, I suppose it all comes down to personal preference in the end...}

WINNER



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fishy-kun
Umbri-girl vs. Telemaja

<sup>So sad, a forfeit! Forfeits always make me cry inside. D:

Umbri, I like the colors you used in your entry. They're nice and soft, and easy on the eyes. : D Now the only thing you have to do is finish your entry. : DD</sup>

oblivious-life
^{iconumbri-girl Uh... was that the only page you were planning to submit? O_o I mean it was great, but you had the same idea as of the first round... you killed your opponent with a zap D: If not, then I guess you still won this round by default. I still liked your first entry :3}

randomeffect
Winner: Umbri-girl

^{Okay, I'm gonna be honest. I didn't even read Umbri's entry on account of her winning by default, but I will assume it was full of awesome.}

WINNER



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fishy-kun
Ouroborosi vs. No-yoichi

<sup>Another forfeit. D: Nonetheless, I very much liked Yoichi's entry. It was cute, and funny. Next time, put links in the artist's comments so that I don't have to go look through your gallery, m'kay?

(Sorry for the short comments, you guys. If you want, just note me and I'll give you a more thorough review of your entry. )</sup>

oblivious-life
^{no-yoichi Hmm, I think you went OOC on his character, but the storyline was still great. Better than first round I admit :] Good job}

randomeffect
Winner: No-yoichi

^{I didn't read this one either. Oh, the joys of forfeiting...}

WINNER


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fishy-kun
Anime-dragon-tamer vs. Silvachito

<sup>Alright, last battle! Let's get this going.

Tamer, I love love love the amount of detail you put into each page. However, the pages look too small, as well as the text. I feel like I skimmed half the dailogue you wrote in the unbubbled-spaces because of it. The art compliments the dialogue beautifully, but the dialogue by itself is a little thick (I suppose that's expected coming from robots, right?). I was very sad to see the tones disappear around pages 15-16; they made the comic look excellent.

Silvachito has an excellent entry as well. Your style has nice, bold lines, which add a depth to your comic that contrasts vividly with your opponent's style. You have a solid story, with enough twists and turns to satisfy the common reader. Points also for consistent quality, even if it was your messy sketchy style. Cons: you didn't portray your opponent's characters as well as she did yours, it seemed. GO GO GO. GET COMPETITIVE. STEP UP YOUR GAME.

A difficult battle to decide. In the end, I'm giving it to Silvachito, for his more thrilling story and promising future battles. Good job to both.</sup>

My vote: Silvachito

oblivious-life
<sup>anime-dragon-tamer It was really epic to start =] But time was not on your side... again =_=lll But anyways, everything was really great. Nice lineart, simple yet effective background, storywise, it showed great potential for mooore D: I do want to know who grabbed her from behind. Nice cliffhanger there.
iconsilvachito I thought your entry was just going to be in grayscale but boy, did you prove me wrong. The coloring was just amazing, nice intro Great that I could use it in my side entry 1. Fighting scene was really well done and the whole entry was just really impressive.

Vote: Nyaahh, this one is also difficult to choose >.< But I’m going to have to go for anime-dragon-tamer, my only one critique to your entry is resize the file. I could not read half of what RENII was saying so some of the time I had to download it to its original file.</sup>

randomeffect
Winner: Silvachito

^{This one was also a somewhat though decision, but in the end I had to go with Silvachito's. I found his entry to be far more interesting, with a better fight that seemed to be more thought out. That fact that it was all in colour was a big bonus. He did make the mistake that the castle is accesible, which it is not, but he can easily replace it with a tent or something. You know, those tents those generals like to haul around so they can set it up near the battleground and they can stick an ornate wooden table in there and feast on their apples and bread and huge turkey legs while they plan out their moves using a large map and little figures that belong in a game of Risk. It's all for naught though because they tend to fail in the end, at least all the tent-hauling generals I've seen have. Maybe I'm just being biased, I dunno. At any rate, Pepito might like it.}

WINNER




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Judges~oblivious-life~RandomEffect~fishy-kun =saburu91 (need one more judge)

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES- AUGUST 20



Round One Results



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ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>telemaja : I like the dynamic you’ve got going on between your two characters. Also think you handled the large frame scenes in the cave very well with respect to shading and lights/darks. Colouring style is really simple and clean, minus a few muddle backgrounds or two (characters stand out more though?). Story was easy to follow and had some good funny moments. Try and develop a motive for your characters, or add to the story in some way. Watch spelling in a few places.

Meithrose: Your first page looked really nice with everything outlined. Had a nice simple stylized look to it! Wish you could’ve carried it throughout! Liked the reversed colour frames throughout for your characters inner dude (not sure what to call it haha). Can tell you put a lot of effort into creating an interesting fight. However, sometimes the action came across as a bit muddled. Enjoyed the inner conflict your character seems to be having.

Vote: telemaja. Although the storyline in Meithrose’s entry has a bit more depth, the humour and personality of telemaja’s entry won me over. The action in telemaja’s entry was also clearer.</sup>

~RandomEffect

^{Telemaja
Reason for victory: I enjoyed her fight scene more. There was good humour in it and colouring entries is pro. Colour~}

~oblivious-life
<sup>Telemaja- Still at the first page, and already I anticipated for the second one. The well detailed characters and the background were beautifully laid out for all to see. Simple CG coloring and yet eye catching. And the simple color coding of the characters’ lines was a really good idea. She really gave it her all.

Meithrose- Your storyline was very good and that was where I think you excelled the most. You performed the fighting part quite well but it was a bit hard to follow due to how you did the panels. You could also have cleaned/each page to make it look a bit neater. It looks messy in some parts, and the font’s are a bit small so it’s a little hard to read.

Vote: Telemaja</sup>

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WINNER




2.
DISQUALIFIED
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FORFEIT


3.
[link]
VS.
DISQUALIFIED

~the-tired-leaf
^{Lupinblade
Lupineblade: As you said in your description of page 3, the quality went down from there. Use all the time you’re given to maintain the quality throughout. Plot sort of seemed a bit rushed and sudden. Looking at the first page, I was pretty optimistic about your entry. Can tell you were running out of time as the pages went on. Work on really using your time wisely so you can create a coherent story with a consistent level of quality (like your first page).}

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: LupineBlade
Reason for Victory: Disqualifiction of opponent}

~oblivious-life
^{Lupinblade
Lupinblade- Okay, so the entry started out fine but the middle to ending sort of went low quality and I have no idea why. Pages needed to be a little neater as well. But the good thing is that even though it was all done in pencil, you can still clearly read the words. I think you should use a ruler next time. And also if you want the characters to stand out, trace it with a pen or something. Even a bic pen can do wonders to your work. So need more work, but still good.}

WINNER




4.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>SakuraCat-Kim: Really enjoyed your style and presentation of your story. The text stood out really nicely from the grayish backdrops. The backdrops also gave a sense of cohesiveness between each of the frames. Try not to force the humour too much. It’s obvious you’ve got a really fun quirky sense of humour, so let it naturally come out in your writing.

Silvachito: Could tell just from your cover I would enjoy your entry. Really appreciated the prologue introducing the characters. Story was constantly moving, which made it interesting to read. Loved the look of your drawings! The ending closed things off nicely. The flow of the story was very good!

Vote: Silvachito Silvachito’s story and fast-paced action won out over SakuraCat-Kim’s quirky humour and stylish presentation.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Silvachito
Reason for Victory: I found Silvachito to have a better story and better fight, though I will admit I did wonder how Haran didn't manage to see explosives that were put in some obvious places. Sakuracat-kim's entry did have humour value, however I found it incredibly hard to understand what was going on due to some bad spelling and grammar along with sentence stucture. There was also a lot of unnecessary swearing, which turned me off a bit, and I thought the fight itself to be somewhat poor.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>Silvachito- Liking the whole storyline. Grayscale was a good idea. Simple yet effective background; it was also entertaining. No fancy inking and it still looks alright. You could identify each character which is great cuz there seems to be like five or four of them fighting one another.

Sakuracat-kim- Hmm, okay, so I wasn’t really sure what was going on in the whole entry and who was in what side and which person’s with which. Everyone was everywhere it seems and I had to read the whole entry twice to figure it out. The gum part was funny, everybody’s eating her or want to eat her which is both funny and a little bit disturbing I’m not sure what happened to their opponent, if they got stuck in a tree or something, it was not well portrayed.

Vote: silvachito</sup>

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WINNER




5.
[link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>blackdeath2000: Can tell you know what you’re doing when it comes to your character. He was consistently well drawn throughout the entire story. Loved how many different angles you drew him from too! Was very dynamic! Really have no indication as to why they’re fighting though. Like how you added in a bit of storyline at the end. Try possibly outlining in black or something? Might give it a “sharper” look if you know what I’m getting at? Just a suggestion though!

Umbrascitor: Love how the camera zooms around to show various shots and angles. Makes it very dynamic. Adored the random bits of humour! The humour played well into the story without distracting from it. Voice acting was great! Fit all the characters perfectly! Used the setting very creatively. The effects were all very well done. Story was cohesive and made sense. Really enjoyed your entry!

Vote: Umbrascitor. Blackdeath2000 had bad luck drawing Umbrascitor for the first round. Although both entries were good, Umbrascitors animation, humour, and impressive use of the setting won.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Umbrascitor
Reason for Victory: Having a fucking awesome entry... that is all.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>blackdeath2000- Needs a lot of cleaning, but really good effort though. I know all of us doesn’t have Photoshop or whatever, but at least you did your best; plus you finished it. But you still have a lot to go and keep practicing. Good storyline and originality on not killing your opponent.

Umbrascitor- First of all, nice job. Second of all, that was just kickass-ingly amazing. I mean some of the characters (aka Freeman) needed to look a little bit more human-ish but other than that, that was just epic. Loved the idea how you made Tremor a decoy robot. It was great and your dedication on that entry paid off.

Vote: umbrascitor</sup>

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WINNER




6.
[link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>Anime-dragon-tamer: The frames flow together really nicely. Very creative piecing together of the frames! Love your colouring too – very clean and simple without being TOO simple. Would have loved if you had been able to keep it up for all the pages, but that obviously would have been very time consuming. The back and forth between the actual story and action works fairly well. Can tell you had fun playing around with the character designs. Even without colour, the drawings still maintain a clean and simple look. Pre-fight and fight scenes are all dynamic, with interesting angles and perspectives used. Really like how you built up tension with the queen. Story seems to be well on its way!

Dark1992: First page seems a bit rushed and a bit sloppy. Things definitely pick up the next page. Colouring is very good. Nice bright colours. Very dynamic poses and angles of the characters, nice sense of speed going on. Light effects from S.A.R.L.A’s light beam thing are beautiful. Love how the blue reflects on your character. Character expressions are really well done. Watch some of your spelling and grammar if you can. Wish you could’ve finished it. Story is simple and straightforward but it works.

Vote: Anime-dragon-tamer. This was a really tough call. Both of the entries were equally as impressive visually. However, in the end Anime-dragon-tamer’s story captivated me more than Dark1992’s.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Anime-Dragon-Tamer
Reason for Victory: Incomplete entry from opponent}

~oblivious-life
<sup>anime-dragon-tamer- So the whole fight was really entertaining. Too bad it wasn’t all colored though O^O Cause it would have kicked way more ass. I liked how she was able to include my characters without even changing the storyline. Fighting scene was really well portrayed, without confusing readers. Entry was neat and clean but needs to be inked. This entry had so much potential, so the next time, don’t procrastinate <.< (lol, like I don’t too. Hahaha)

dark1992- It was really good, there was color, background, great character portration (I found it was not a word, but you get the idea), and you didn’t finish it =_=lll So it’s not very assuring in the future to come. It had so much potential, I was even anticipating for the next page and I was like what the heck happened? But still, it was fun to read. In the first page, I don’t know why you didn’t type their lines but, at least you did in the next 2.

Vote: anime-dragon-tamer</sup>

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7.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>5amu5: From facial expressions to his personality, can definitely tell you enjoy drawing and working with your character. Sometimes when you draw the characters, the proportions seems a bit off, especially when you’re doing perspective. You’ve got the right idea with it, just work on making the proportions a bit more realistic! Obviously you had to switch to grey scale due to time constraints, however I wish you would have been able to carry the colouring all the way through. However, the story is really nicely done, moves along really well. Watch for clichés though (for example, the ending was slightly cliché. Like your characters complexity, seems very cocky and willing to get the job done, however, he spares both of their lives. Liked the scenes where he was like a shadow, think you could have a lot of fun with that in the future!

Wingednovelist: Like your simple black and white colouring style. Serves its purpose well! Also enjoy how you built tension between each page. Thumbs up for the contrast in the characters colouring while they’re fighting (your character in dark clothes with white hair, the opponent in white clothing with dark hair and such). Pages have a very “clean” look to them. Like the splash of red for effect later in the story. Adds a lot of style to the colouring. Possibly play off this stylization in the future? Sort of Sin City-esque? Like how the story is progressing as well.

Vote: Wingednovelist. Again, both entries were equally as well done. Both have nice stories going as well. However, Wingednovelist’s entry managed to captivate me a bit more than 5amu5’s. Wingednovelist’s story also seemed to have more room for progression in the future.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: 5amu5
Reason for Victory: I liked the story better, although I found the ending to be a bit lacking when he suddenly refused to kill Adam. Also there was some confusion in the fight scenes that the opponent drew, as in I had to look it over again to be completely sure of what had transpired. Colour is nice, so that also attributed to 5amu5's victory.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>5amu5- Characters were well portrayed. It had a simple yet effective background. Nice fighting scenes; not too overly dramatic and not boring either. Great originality and good use of colors (but then it went to black and white...). Clean and edited.

WingedNovelist- Simple black and white greyscale. That was a nice way to start your entry. Great way to start with Isaac and the others, meaning you didn’t just rush off to kill your opponents. Good storyline, great effort, but the fighting scene was a bit dull; you needed to pace it a little bit. Also another suggestion so you won’t have so many pages, stick like 2-3 pages to each other so you’d have like an 8 ½ by, say 33 instead of 8 ½ by 11.

Vote: WingedNovelist</sup>

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8.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>Melaye: I like the way one of the characters will say something, like “What happened to your clothes,” and then you’d go into a description of the clothes they were wearing before. Also love the first-person perspective used. Watch your spelling in some areas. Love how the humour naturally meshes into the story. The action is very naturally paced, which is something very refreshing. Things don’t seem too forced. Really enjoyed your characters. It’s clear that you’ve developed your own style of writing.

Ouroborosl: Careful not to go into descriptive overload! It’s nice to be able to read something and experience it from all of your senses, but try not to force it into your writing. Work on punctuation and not forcing too much into one sentence. Don’t be afraid to use shorter, more blunt sentences. Sometimes they’ll be a lot more effective than long run-on ones. Some words that you’ve used don’t make sense in context. For example, “Both stood up semantically.” Watch your spelling in some places. Really enjoyed the amount of action you put into it though. Appreciate your effort!

Vote: Melaye for a more effective and stream-lined story.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Ouroborosi
Reason for Victory: Less spelling mistakes. Too much time was spent trying to understand some of the things opponent was writing... Both could use work in terms of spelling and grammar, however. I won't go into any more of this or else I will end up wasting hours correcting, and possibly rewriting, their entire entries... grammar-nazi ftw -_-}

~oblivious-life
<sup>melaye- Well there were a lot of grammatical errors, and misuse of words (ie through was used for the word throw, etc.), nice visualization though. I could actually picture them two fighting. Needs a lot of editing but just keep going at it, and keep writing. Practice makes perfect.

OuroborosI- Well, indent next time please. And a few errors here and there but nothing you can’t fix. Overall, great entry, great storyline, great originality. The fighting part was literally appealing. Nice that you didn’t kill your characters (meaning more people the gravediggers can kill *mwahaha* lol).</sup>

Vote: OuroborosI

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9.
FORFEIT
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DISQUALIFIED




10.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
FORFEIT

~the-tired-leaf
^{Yoichi8: Really love the way you draw your characters. The plain colour backgrounds could have been very boring, however, your character expressions and the action between the characters more than made up for it. The fight scene between the two characters is very well done and moves along at a nice pace. Really like the dark ending too. Favourite frame of the entire entry was the first one on page 9 – has an awesome stylized edge to it! The backgrounds grew on my throughout the entry as well!}

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Yoichi8
Reason for Vicory: Forfeit of opponent}

~oblivious-life
^{Yoichi8- It was a bit long and confusing at some parts, but detailed. It had okay background and good character portrayal.}

WINNER





11.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
[link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>Novalynn: Like the background info given in the Author’s Comments. When I’ve been writing comments up, I’ll typically take a break from reading a person’s entry to type up my thoughts. However, with your entry I read it straight through. Loved pretty much everything about it. Beautifully descriptive without being forced. Everything was explained well. For example, the reason for your character travelling to Fire Mountain. A lot of other entries have just sort of randomly taken place in certain areas. It was refreshing to have some logic behind it. Excellent entry!

Anotoman123: Love the apparent complexity of your character! Very nice characterization going on. Really enjoyed the way you drew the characters. Action scenes were very nicely done. The pages that were inked had a nice clean crisp look to them. Try and work on a bit of shading. Even if you just shade small areas, it will really add to your drawings I think! Like where you’re going with the story, and hope you continue it even if you don’t move on! However, please be careful that the story doesn’t get too confusing, as it bordered on this near the end of the entry!

Vote: Novalynn123. Sorry Anotoman123, but Novalynn’s entry was a powerhouse! Luck of the draw for competitors I guess!</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Novalynn
Reason for Victory: The writing was lovely, I especially liked the description that was provided when Kyra was being thrown around, though the quality of the overall story was great.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>Novalyyn- awesome storyline, very intense, gripping and downright cool. I love how you included every tiny detail to your entry, from background description to fighting sequence. Even without any visual help, it didn’t matter since I could just visualize it myself just by reading the entry.

anotoman123- Needs a lot of cleaning and editing. You should try not to have too many panels in one (8 ½ by 11) page. I like how you were able to do the characters without destroying their original design.

Vote:Novalyn</sup>

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12.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
ENTRY [link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>ChiroM: Enjoyed your main characters inner conflict/background story. Try adding in more dynamic poses and such in the fight scenes. The characters are all really well drawn. I like how at the very end, your character’s perspective of their opponent totally changes. Sort of how someone’s actions can come across as bad, but their motives are actually pure. This was mirrored in your little blurb midway through your first page. Really appreciated that touch!

SenSparda18: Like how your character has single clear motive that drives them throughout the story. Loved the way the story moved along. Things were very naturally paced. Your narration throughout was very well done, and gave a nice mental image of what was occurring. The action was very clear and well described. Nicely written. However, watch overusing ellipses and work on punctuation around quotes.

Vote: SenSparda18. Both entries are very well done. Stories in both are very strong, and both have very nice attention to detail. Very tough decision choosing! However, I found myself more taken into SenSparda18’s story, and thus my decision</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Sensparda18
Reason for Victory: Couldn't finish reading the opponents entry as it would not enlarge. To me this is the equivalent of disqualification as it should be made sure that all judges have access to the full entry.
I also just liked the fight presented by Sensparda better...nice description was used.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>ChiroM- Great use of the panels; it didn’t look to cramp nor too rushed. Nice effort on background. But use bubbles for your lines next time. It was a little bit confusing in most parts. Overall, it was enjoyable to read.

SenSparda18- Really long but it was still entertaining. It was very detailed.

Vote: ChiroM</sup>

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13.
[link]
VS.
[link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>Vausch-Rekab: Beautifully coloured. Everything is very bright and crisp. Shading is very well done as well. Really enjoyed the bits of humour you had too! Fit in well to the story! All of your frames are nicely organized. Story progresses really nicely. The black and white pages still look really well drawn. Amazing attention to detail. Especially loved the frames where your one character jumps to attack Press Start, and the next one where he’s punching him. The poses and perspectives you used are incredibly lively. The dynamic between all the characters is also hilarious.

Kenshinmeowth: The narrative for the story is great. Drawings fit the narrative perfectly as well- a simple, comical style. The entry was simple, to the point, yet hilariously done.

Vote: Vausch-Rekab. Although I adored kenshinmeowth’s simple yet humourous entry, Vausch-Rekab’s entry managed to combine the humour of kenshinmeowth’s entry with a well-drawn, well thought out story. Simply put, Vausch-Rekab’s entry was a much more fleshed out effort.</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Vausch-rekab
Reason for Victory: Good humour, effort put into his pages, including backgrounds... all around better story.}

~oblivious-life
<sup>Vausch-Rekab- haha, didn’t know it was right to left XD i was confused on the first page. But you should state within the page itself that you did it in manga style. Very vibrant colors. Really dynamic. The eating part was just dandy. I’m not sure what happened in page 7 though Nice ending too. XD

Kenshinmeowth- Okay, so not really very creative at all in the entry. You just head shot the enemy (which was sort of funny I admit), but there really wasn’t much effort put into it.

Vote Vausch-Rekab</sup>

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14.
ENTRY [link]
VS.
[link]

~the-tired-leaf
<sup>Klangoda: Love the style of your drawings. Has a nice “smudgy” look to it. The choice to use red and blue as accent colours was really nice. Added an extra touch to it. Love the little details you threw in as well (like when the character is disappearing, the symbols around her ). Story was very straightforward and nothing was really explained! Try and flesh out a story line in the future. However, the quality of drawing was amazing. Definitely one of the better looking entries! Nice!

Umbri-girl: Your characters train of thought at the beginning is especially funny. It also left the door open for future story progression. Love the look of your colouring – it’s uniquely yours. Like you noted, the quality of the drawing goes down after the first page. The shadowy stuff in the second and third page look a bit messy. Enjoyed the banter between both of the characters, however.

Vote: Umbri-girl. If I were deciding the winner solely based on quality of the drawings, Klangoda would definitely win. However, I believe that just by seeing these entries, Umbri-girl’s story has more room for progression. Sorry Klangoda!</sup>

~RandomEffect
^{Winner: Umbri-girl
Reason for Victory: I found her story to be more engaging...}

~oblivious-life
<sup>Umbri-girl- What? What just happened? The first page was soo good, I was hoping for the fight of a lifetime and then it just ends with her zapping her opponent? =_=;; That was a bit anti climatic. And yes, you did start off really promising, but the ending was just..meh. Good beginning, not so good ending. The quality sort of decreased too =_=lll

Klangoda- Pretty great entry for someone whose only started using Photoshop. Simple greyscale also worked with the entry. Not too overly dramatic, and an effective fast death – I mean defeat. Liked how you added a little bit of color for her lightning powers and the use of red for blood. Nice job.

VoteKlangoda</sup>

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Round 2 match ups will be posted by tomorrow night

Meme based off the tourney thanks to [link]

Rules and FAQSStoryOC refs/ audition entrySwitching SidesPrizes

Judges~oblivious-life~RandomEffect~fishy-kun =saburu91 (need one more judge)



DEADLINE FOR AUDITIONS- July 15 midnight EST



Right, I'm putting this in a new journal so that nothing detracts from it:

YOU HAVE UNTIL 11:59 PM JULY 15 TO GET BOTH YOUR OC ENTRIES AND AUDITIONS IN. IF YOU HAVE CURRENTLY SUBMITTED AN OC, BUT NOT AN AUDITION, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE GET YOUR AUDITION ENTRIES IN TO ME. I DON'T CARE IF THE QUALITY IS CRAP, JUST DO IT.

Thank you.





Meme based off the tourney thanks to [link]