Pixel Madness 2013

Ralph · 2013-03-08T22:20:47+0900

Welcome to RPG Maker Web's first single elimination spriting tournament. Sixteen spriters enter, one spriter leaves the winner. The rest take a walk. But how do you become one of the sixteen? Create a single, never before seen sprite in the VX/Ace style. The VX/Ace style is important, as the tournament is judged by blind voting, so all sprites must be in the same style. Once your sprite is complete, PM it to me (Ralph), our forum Event Boss. All qualifying sprites will be put up without names with a poll allowing the forum users to rate each sprite from 1 to 5. The sixteen sprites with the best average rating will move on to the tournament. IMPORTANT: Qualifying has been extended! Full Schedule will be adjusted based on when we start. ENTER THOSE SPRITES GUYS! Each round will begin with a theme being announced. Once the theme for that round is announced, you will have four days (from the beginning of Friday to the end of Monday) to create a single sprite in VX/Ace style for that theme. On Tuesday, each sprite will be put head to head against another sprite based on the brackets. Blind polls will be put up allowing the forum users to vote for one of the two sprites. The sprite with the most votes by the end of Thursday of that week will go on to the next round. The other sprite goes home. The last spriter standing at the end of the final round is the winner! 1. You have until Midnight at the end of each Monday (GMT-5) to turn in your sprite. If you do not meet this deadline, you forfeit that round. 2. You may not tell anyone else which sprite is yours. All voting must be done blind. If for some reason you inform someone else which sprite is yours, PM Ralph with the name of the user and they will not be allowed to vote. Anyone found cheating the blind voting will be disqualified. 3. Anyone participating in the tournament is not allowed to vote in the tournament. Don't have any skill at spriting? Don't worry, there is still something for you to do in this contest. Its time to test out your prognostication skills. So look in that crystal ball and try to pick the winners of each matchup every round. Once the 16 participants are determined, you can fill out a bracket. In order to do this, you will fill in a fillable pdf form with the full bracket. You will need to fill out the full bracket with all of your predictions by the end of April 22nd. You will get points for each correct prediction you make as follows: Round 1: 1 Points Round 2: 2 Points Champion: 5 Points You can download your Bracket Entry Form here: BracketEntryForm.pdf Alternate Download Link You can find the themes and the brackets over here! At the end of the tournament the user with the highest point total wins! Spoiler Friday, April 12th: Last Day to Vote on Qualifying Sprites. Saturday, April 13th: Announcement of the Brackets Saturday, April 13th-Monday April 22nd: Bracket Entry Tuesday, April 16th: Announcement of Round 1 Theme Tuesday, April 16th-Monday, April 22nd: Round 1 Creation. Tuesday, April 23rd-Thursday, April 25th: Round 1 Voting Friday, April 26th: Announcement of Round 1 Winners/Updating of Point totals for bracket competition. Tuesday, April 23rd:Announcement of Round 2 Theme Tuesday, April 23rd-Monday, April 29th: Round 2 Creation. Tuesday, April 30th-Thursday, May 2nd: Round 2 Voting Friday, May 3rd: Announcement of Round 2 Winners/Updating of Point totals for bracket competition. Tuesday, April 30th: Announcement of Finals Theme Tuesday, April 30th-Monday, May 6th: Finals Creation. Tuesday May 7th-Thursday, May 9th: Finals Voting Friday, May 10th: Announcement of Contest Winner/Announcement of Bracket Winner Spoiler Champion: Any item from the forum store (includes VXAce or Member+) 2nd Place: 3 Months Member+ or an item from the store under $20 Participants: A participation achievement badge Credits to Ocean's Dream for the Banner Background. Credits to Conveito for doing my Alex request and the free avatars. Attachments BracketEntryForm.pdf 319 bytes · Views: 18

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Started by Ralph Mar 8, 2013, 01:20 PM 370 posts Page 15 of 19 View original ↗

Archeia

#281 Apr 11, 2013, 06:31 PM Source

I mean, he voted before he was banned. No worries.
BILL_NYE_THO

#282 Apr 11, 2013, 06:34 PM Source

Archeia said:
I mean, he voted before he was banned. No worries.
Oh, I thought he was in the bracket. My mistake.
Touchfuzzy

#283 Apr 14, 2013, 01:37 PM Source

I'm doing the calculations on qualifying sprites now. Sorry for the delay, I was out all of yesterday unexpectedly.
Ralph

#284 Apr 14, 2013, 03:46 PM Source

You can find the theme and brackets over here!
themo

#285 Apr 14, 2013, 03:58 PM Source

Does this theme cover futuristic/steampunk stuff? or present day only?
Archeia

#286 Apr 14, 2013, 03:58 PM Source

It's about being creative, so don't worry~
Looker10

#287 Apr 14, 2013, 04:19 PM Source

What exactly is the time range for modern? The last 10 years? I'd like to know before I start.
Archeia

#288 Apr 14, 2013, 04:20 PM Source

The first post should have the full schedule inside the spoilers.

Unless the dates change again.
slimmmeiske2

#289 Apr 14, 2013, 04:27 PM Source

Did the brackets just change? I was up against someone else a few minutes ago. :S
Archeia

#290 Apr 14, 2013, 04:28 PM Source

Yeah, it was changed due to some confusion in my part while I was making the graphics. It should be fine now. (this is what happens when a non-sports fan (me) interacts with a sports fan and not familiar with the rules, oops)
slimmmeiske2

#291 Apr 14, 2013, 04:32 PM Source

I've refrained from commenting on my own qualifing sprite, so as to not give me away. I suppose we're allowed to now though?

Also, I was wondering if you would announce who made what qualifying sprite. I'm curious about a few :)
Archeia

#292 Apr 14, 2013, 04:34 PM Source

We shouldn't. Because people should know who made what by the end of the contest. The reasoning for this is that certain techniques/bias/procedures bleed through the way you make stuff. So saying what sprite you made early on is going to make people know what your style is, etc. and bias will come into play. or something like that.
Celianna

#293 Apr 14, 2013, 04:35 PM Source

I'm pretty sure that's not possible, as everyone stays anonymous throughout the contest, until a winner is announced. Then the names get revealed.

Either way, good luck to everyone! This will be very interesting to see the sprites churning out again.
Touchfuzzy

#294 Apr 14, 2013, 04:47 PM Source

Yeah, we will reveal who made what at the end of the contest.
Celianna

#295 Apr 14, 2013, 04:53 PM Source

In the last Pixel Madness, the closer it got to the finals, the easier it was to spot someone's style. It was still just an educated guess though - so hopefully this time it won't be as easy ^_^;
Touchfuzzy

#296 Apr 14, 2013, 04:58 PM Source

For anyone who wants to fill out a bracket who isn't participating, I just added the bracket form on the first page. Fill it out and PM your filled out form to either Ralph or email it to community@rpgmakerweb.com.

Anyone who is not participating can fill out a bracket, and the person with the highest point total wins a prize!
slimmmeiske2

#297 Apr 14, 2013, 05:09 PM Source

I see, thanks for the head-up ^^
Ruby

#298 Apr 14, 2013, 05:58 PM Source

Totally wish I saw this earlier. ;___;
BILL_NYE_THO

#299 Apr 14, 2013, 07:06 PM Source

I guess I'm out :(
Celianna

#300 Apr 14, 2013, 07:30 PM Source

At least you still get a badge for participating!

Unless that's for bracket entries only ...