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trdl23
10/01/19 5:04:58 PM
#51:


Gatarix posted...
do you have pics? just based on concepts I think 1 >= 3 > 2, but that could definitely change based on design

also speaking of pics, those Artemis commissions are stunning. what's the artist's site?

Number 3's physicality is based on MtG art, but I've never gotten original art of him since he's still kinda different from the MtG art.

Number 1 should be getting art fairly soon since one of our party members is an artist and has been slowly drawing our party in his off-time.

Number 2... she's a fairly new character, so I'd have to get new art for her. No idea where to get it affordably.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/01/19 5:38:49 PM
#52:


trdl23 posted...
I'd have to get new art for her. No idea where to get it affordably.

DeviantArt users like the one Ermine posted. That one looks like she can get expensive, but that's created with high demand (which happens with the best artists). I have had good experiences with commissions there in the past, but you have to be VERY SPECIFIC and provide photographic reference.

I.E. here's my Leia Rolando commission I got early this year for Lauren Landa (her VA) to sign:
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The final product looks about 98% of what I'd wanted in my head. Pretty incredible. And I spent $40 on this whole image! Just browse around for someone who fits the style you're after, check to see if they're accepting commissions + the price, and if they are, awesome!

I'd get a commission for Rayleigh but I'm kinda too unemployed to do that right now.
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Gatarix
10/01/19 6:11:02 PM
#53:


alternately, you could draw the character yourself as a goobbue

it's fun and low effort

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TomNook
10/01/19 6:21:11 PM
#54:


This seems fun. Not sure if I'll make up an entry, but tag anyway.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/02/19 12:11:44 PM
#55:


bumpin' this again

I like how it's gone so far!
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10/02/19 4:11:05 PM
#56:


I sat down to draw my character and realized that I straight-up do not have the skills necessary.
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azuarc
10/03/19 1:01:28 AM
#57:


Reminding myself to return to this tomorrow.
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10/04/19 5:46:20 PM
#58:


Hm
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XIII_rocks
10/04/19 6:41:31 PM
#59:


I nominate Toast Mongerer

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10/04/19 8:16:56 PM
#60:


I do plan to enter, hopefully this weekend.
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hombad46
10/05/19 1:00:47 PM
#61:


Alright, guess I'll enter Spirit.

8VGadIx

Hi! You wanted me to introduce myself right? Well um... My name is Spirit, and I'm almost 10 years old! I'm working with my friends, the Justice League of No Man's Land, to help save Gotham after that big earthquake destroyed it and those jerks in the government decided to trap everyone here. Lots of people think I'm too young to be a superhero, but I can help so I'm going to anyway!

Additional notes:

- Real name: John Davison.
- His parents died early in his life, leaving him to be raised by his brother, Jack.
- Was captured by cannibals and nearly dead by the time Jack found him. Jack gave his life in order to save Spirit's.
- Jack's ghost is now bound to Spirit and can possess him temporarily
- His powers are invisibility and healing, so he believes it's his job to keep the rest of the team alive
- Is easily frustrated when people look down on him because of his age.
- Has a tendency to enter into conversations uninvited
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azuarc
10/05/19 11:44:56 PM
#62:


Fiddled with some text today. Hopefully I remember to do the photo-editing and post it here.
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Inviso
10/07/19 12:52:10 AM
#63:


I'll be entering this.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/07/19 1:17:43 PM
#64:


We have confirmed:
Rayleigh (me)
Obrov (Johnbobb)
Marina (RySenkari)
Mary (Snake)
Artemis (Ermine)
Spirit (hombad)

We also have Metal, Drak (who is choosing between those two), trdl, azuarc, and Inviso confirmed to be interested. That would put us to 10.

Due to the lower amount of entrants, I am thinking of changing this to a "fourpack" format with 16 entrants, if we can get that many. We round-robin four fourpacks (24 days of matches) and then do the same for a final fourpack. Thus, it'd be 30 days of matches, so one day less than the original format. Not bad - AND it would make it so characters aren't one-and-done. What do you guys think?
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10/07/19 2:42:02 PM
#65:


I will definitely enter tonight.
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azuarc
10/07/19 2:43:50 PM
#66:


Okay, finally sat down and did this. Not entirely happy with the results, but at least I'm not going to fail to participate.

EbmcMOy

Did I cover all the requirements there?
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BlueCrystalTear
10/07/19 3:34:43 PM
#67:


azuarc posted...
Did I cover all the requirements there?

Yep, looks great!
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Pirateking2000
10/07/19 7:42:38 PM
#68:


Should attempt doodling something unless it gets too late
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10/08/19 12:46:44 AM
#69:


Okay I guess I lied, but I will do it tomorrow.
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MetalmindStats
10/08/19 1:07:19 AM
#70:


Ok, I guess I'm finally ready to nominate my character, even though I'm still not so satisfied with what I've written.

Winona Snow

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"Believe it or not, thats really me. I live in Pittsburgh, where I work as a barista at a local caf. What Im truly passionate about, though, is my role as the guitarist and sometime singer of the band a few friends and I formed a few years back. I usually like to spend my downtime alone with my cat Possum, listening to music or playing video games. Uh, what else is there to say about me? Sorry, I know this is a bit awkward Im not exactly the most outgoing person ever."

The basics:
- Age 24; dyes her hair a different color every few weeks.
- Winona has a grounded perspective on life, in large part thanks to having to mature quickly in her childhood.
- However, among her many secrets is that shes a dreamer at heart; shes also capricious by nature, with a tendency to run away from her problems rather than facing them.
- Additionally, she has somewhat of a taste for the unique and extravagant, particularly when it comes to outfits for performances.
- Winona leans pansexual, but she struggles to come to terms with her gender identity, in part due to a challenging upbringing dotted with tragedy (in a small post-industrial town to the east of Pittsburgh) and strained relations with her working-class family.

Any feedback (whether via post or PM) is welcome, especially concerning the introduction, which I know sounds rather similar to Andy's character's intro at certain points.

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I'll also comment on a few things I've been waiting to say something about until I was ready to nominate my own character:

trdl23 posted...
I can't pick, so I'd like your guys input. Which would be most appealing:

The first of those is my favorite, and for what little it's worth, would be my character's favorite, too.

BlueCrystalTear posted...
Due to the lower amount of entrants, I am thinking of changing this to a "fourpack" format with 16 entrants, if we can get that many. We round-robin four fourpacks (24 days of matches) and then do the same for a final fourpack. Thus, it'd be 30 days of matches, so one day less than the original format. Not bad - AND it would make it so characters aren't one-and-done. What do you guys think?

I very much like the idea of a round-robin format, rather than characters being one-and-done, especially with the relatively low interest so far. However, I worry that four-way matches in particular would just dilute what I already anticipate will be a low level of turnout even further.
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Gatarix
10/08/19 11:15:17 AM
#71:


I think I'm going with Lowlands Big Blob, since we already have a lot of human characters.

(But if you wanted to expand the field by allowing multiple submissions, I'd be down for that too)
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10/09/19 12:17:52 AM
#72:


I swear tomorrow.
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Inviso
10/10/19 9:36:27 PM
#73:


Talirah Isiset

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Oh hello! My name is Talirah Isiset. PRINCESS Talirah- err...perhaps QUEEN Talirah Isiset? That is silly. You may call me Tali, because we are friends now and my friends call me Tali. Or Sekhmet. But that one is a secret. My secret identity. But again, very big secret. You are not supposed to tell people who you are if you have a secret identity. But yes, my life is hard to explain, but what I have pieced together is that I lived thousands of years ago, and then one day I awoke in this city with no memory of myself. And now that memory has returned, and I am so grateful to this place; I will FIGHT to protect it.

1kCiGhW

Name: Talirah Isiset (aka Sekhmet)
Profession: Former Part-Time Library Assistant, Current Superheroine-in-Training (Ancient Egyptian Princess)
Age: 19 (3794 as of October 3rd, 1998)
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 134 lbs.
Setting: Tali is a character from an offshoot universe of the No Man's Land plotline of DC Comics.
Abilities: Tali is pyrokinetic, and in addition to creating and manipulating fire, she can also summon fire serpents.
Character Flaw: Tali is extremely naive and overly trusting, to the point of thinking up plans and making decisions without considering potential consequences, often to her detriment.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/11/19 2:45:50 PM
#74:


Current submissions:
Rayleigh (me)
Obrov (Johnbobb)
Marina (RySenkari)
Mary (Snake)
Artemis (Ermine)
Spirit (hombad)
Abigail (azuarc)
Winona (Metal)
Big Blob (Drak)
Talirah (Inviso)

Coming:
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We could make do with 12, or we could have multiple submissions for each user... but I'd want everyone who has already nominated to have the opportunity to nominate a second, which would put us over 16.

Regardless of how many entrants we have, I can find a way to make do. Definitely going with a round-robin mode.
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Johnbobb
10/11/19 6:04:11 PM
#75:


I believe Han might be submitting one
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10/13/19 1:16:55 AM
#76:


Mostly done, just need to draw a pic now.
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norenxaq
10/13/19 1:55:02 AM
#77:


probable
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Shonen_Bat
10/13/19 4:30:27 AM
#78:


I still want to do this but I haven't actually started doing anything with the idea I have

Motivation is hard
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10/14/19 2:09:29 AM
#79:


Atrocita Evilicus

https://imgur.com/4gxSqG4

"Hello there, everyone! My name is Emma McCann, and Ill be your algebra teacher for the next year. You can call me Miss McCann. Now, I know you may have heard a few rumors about me, like that Im an evil necromancer, that Im from the dimension of evil, that I sacrifice my own students to my evil god Horvlax, the Devourer of Childrens Souls, or that I own a secret army of skeletons. I want to just get all of this out of the way right now: Horvlax is my coworker, not my god.

Now, lets move onto the syllabus."


- Emma McCann is a young woman who claims to be from Genegral, a blasted world of eternal death. According to her, Genegralns are sometimes sent to other planets to secretly harvest souls for their rituals of desecration she is one such harvester, and took a new name when she got to Earth.
- But she also happens to be very good at math and genuinely enjoys instructing children, so she got a job as a high school teacher. As a bonus, this lets her easily access kids whose souls she can sacrifice to Horvlax, her coworker.
- Like most Genegralns (if you take her word for it), shes compelled to cackle insanely and commit evil acts regardless of context, making her schemes not terribly difficult to uncover. Unfortunately, she cant be fired because she has tenure.
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azuarc
10/14/19 9:00:47 AM
#80:


I've been trying to avoid reading these until whatever we're doing starts, but she sounds like she could be fun as a sort of MC. I gather she's more of a side character though.
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10/14/19 11:30:10 AM
#81:


azuarc posted...
I've been trying to avoid reading these until whatever we're doing starts, but she sounds like she could be fun as a sort of MC. I gather she's more of a side character though.

I actually do plan to use her for a project I'm (very slowly) working on. Also, I just realized I forgot to give her eyelashes, oh well.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/14/19 10:51:22 PM
#82:


You're free to update the image if you'd like, Anagram. I might change mine to match everyone else's (and not have a different one in the background out of fairness).
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norenxaq
10/15/19 1:16:07 AM
#83:


in my 27 centuries being on this earth, I have seen many changes in human culture. the only constant being change. I am a dragon born in china who was a student of kong fu-tze while he was alive. once buddhism arrived in my homeland, I became a practitioner. As is normal with my kind, I can change form and am often seen as an old chinese gentleman. (picture a person about 6' wearing a yellow robe as well as a yin/yang pendant encircled by a winged gold dragon)

abilities in both forms: magic, shapeshift, weather control, size shift
as human: add martial arts

flaw: very cynical
philosopher, historian

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Pirateking2000
10/15/19 1:20:47 AM
#84:


norenxaq posted...
in my 27 centuries being on this earth, I have seen many changes in human culture. the only constant being change. I am a dragon born in china who was a student of kong fu-tze while he was alive. once buddhism arrived in my homeland, I became a practitioner. As is normal with my kind, I can change form and am often seen as an old chinese gentleman. (picture a person about 6' wearing a yellow robe as well as a yin/yang pendant encircled by a winged gold dragon)

abilities in both forms: magic, shapeshift, weather control, size shift
as human: add martial arts

flaw: very cynical
philosopher, historian

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norenxaq
10/15/19 1:35:13 AM
#87:


me as dragon:

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BlueCrystalTear
10/15/19 9:31:45 AM
#88:


@norenxaq got a name for your character?
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norenxaq
10/15/19 11:10:04 AM
#89:


name: norenxaq
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10/17/19 10:17:02 AM
#90:


I might submit a slightly edited version of the picture I drew, yeah.
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10/17/19 5:45:11 PM
#91:


New pic
https://imgur.com/6SvFO2u
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10/20/19 10:31:17 PM
#92:


bump
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10/23/19 8:00:21 PM
#93:


Is this still happening?
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Drakeryn
10/23/19 8:04:52 PM
#94:


I hope so!
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hombad46
10/23/19 8:06:53 PM
#95:


Here's another, more up-to-date pic of Spirit

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Though the previous one matches his in-character introduction more
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MetalmindStats
10/23/19 10:06:06 PM
#96:


Andy hasn't been around for four days. I can only hope he's alright.
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trdl23
10/24/19 12:38:42 AM
#97:


I haven't had the time to get any art. God damn it.
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RySenkari
10/28/19 7:03:23 PM
#98:


One more bump.
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Johnbobb
10/31/19 4:55:39 PM
#99:


New Obrov image for Halloween!

https://imgur.com/bCzGIE1
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BlueCrystalTear
11/02/19 10:06:03 PM
#100:


I'm back just to say that IDK if I want to do this anymore, or even come around to a site that opposes free speech as much as GameFAQs does.

After suppressing me for a fully logical viewpoint that the mod staff simply didn't agree with, I fully intend to leave this site behind, which is precisely why I haven't been around.

I don't want you guys to worry about me. I'm fine. But if you want this to be my last hurrah... I guess it can be.
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MetalmindStats
11/02/19 10:12:58 PM
#101:


Oh :(

If that's where you're at, it's probably best to make a clean break and not force yourself to keep coming here. I'm still interested in the idea, though, so I'm willing to take over hosting this contest if you want it to continue without you.

I'll also echo this:

Drakeryn posted...
Good luck with your job situation and everything else.

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Drakeryn
11/02/19 10:21:01 PM
#102:


See you, andy! Good luck with your job situation and everything else.

Also I support Metalmind taking over the contest if you're all right with that.
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