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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ct_bolt

#341 May 30, 2013, 03:27 PM Source

Ralph said:
To all my fellow heroes and the artists,

I have suffered from an extreme case of Dimension Rift. The Evil Overlord's influence has stretched far and wide, making it extremely hard for me to get back on track. I managed to meet a Fairy to get me back on my feet to see the finale of this event!
Awesome, glad you could make it back. Thank you kind Fairy! Be sure to give it some sugar berries for me. ;)

Ralph said:
The Theme and Brackets are updated. A three-way showdown is in progress. I would like to personally thank everyone who sticked with me this far. This is the final stage of an arduous journey. Let's see it come down to an awesomely, epic end!
Awesome! Can't wait to see what those amazing heroes make next!

Ralph said:
Once again, thank you to everyone for being patient with me and voted to make this event a success so far. I'm very grateful to you guys.
You're quite welcome good sir. Thank you for holding this event. :rock-left: :D :rock-right:
Ralph

#342 Jun 5, 2013, 05:14 PM Source

Only 3 more days to go everyone!
Ralph

#343 Jun 13, 2013, 03:44 PM Source

I once again apologize for the delays. I was hoping that our last entrant will be able to submit their entry but circumstances have been unavoidable.

So here is the Final Round, finally! http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/14054-final-round/
Celianna

#344 Jun 13, 2013, 04:09 PM Source

Aww, it's alright Ralphy, you did your best and encouraged everyone! At least there are still two finalists! :)
Ralph

#345 Jun 13, 2013, 04:19 PM Source

My friendship speeches can only go so far ;-;
Celianna

#346 Jun 13, 2013, 04:24 PM Source

Then a level up in friendship is required!

On forth Ralph, go meet new friends!
Kes

#347 Jun 13, 2013, 04:25 PM Source

Thanks for running this. Been over and voted. Yeah, it would have been nice to have had 3 finalists, but you did your best, and it's been interesting (from the point of view of a non-spriter) to see what people have come up with.
Ralph

#348 Jun 13, 2013, 04:30 PM Source

Does anyone want to be my friend? :<
Vanitas

#349 Jun 13, 2013, 04:31 PM Source

I do ;^;
Ulrika

#350 Jun 13, 2013, 04:37 PM Source

Ralph said:
Does anyone want to be my friend? :<
Are you still going on about that? How many times do I need to tell you Ralph, that attitude is off putting, grow a darn backbone! No wonder no one can take you seriously.
Ralph

#351 Jun 13, 2013, 04:46 PM Source

But I can't help it! I received so much hate mail because of all those script demos that I just assume people hate me.
Ulrika

#352 Jun 13, 2013, 04:49 PM Source

Well obviously they hate you - who's going to like a guy who has to beg for friends!? How about you punch those guys in the face next time they say something bad about you, that'll teach 'em.

In fact, you shoulda just punched the third finalist as well, for not turning in their entry on time. You are the boss, act like one! Round those suckers up like they're cattle.
Ralph

#353 Jun 13, 2013, 04:51 PM Source

I'm not as violent as you are Ulrika...I can never do that! :(

*Hugs the RM'ers*
Ulrika

#354 Jun 13, 2013, 04:52 PM Source

Well Ralph, that is why you get hate mail, and I get servants who bow down to my feet.
Ralph

#355 Jun 13, 2013, 04:56 PM Source

Ugh, f-fine, I'll try to be more aggressive next time. But I won't hurt my babies! D:
Ulrika

#356 Jun 13, 2013, 04:57 PM Source

B-babies!? Who ...! Wha ... I TOLD YOU THAT THING IN YOUR PANTS WAS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH!!
Ralph

#357 Jun 13, 2013, 04:58 PM Source

What the heck are you talking about?! D:
Ulrika

#358 Jun 13, 2013, 04:59 PM Source

Ah, thank goodness. Never mind, continue being oblivious forever, that's my good little Raffie.
Ralph

#359 Jun 13, 2013, 05:06 PM Source

I don't understand.
Quigon

#360 Jun 13, 2013, 05:08 PM Source

Those posts before me must be the most meta thing I've ever seen on this site.