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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Oriceles

#21 Mar 11, 2013, 04:40 PM Source

I want to participate!!1!
ct_bolt

#22 Mar 11, 2013, 05:33 PM Source

Did I miss something... what is the theme for this round?
Also... very awesome idea for a contest. BD Don't know if I'll attempt to enter but I can't wait to see what people come up with. :rock-left:
Archeia

#23 Mar 11, 2013, 07:15 PM Source

There's no theme yet since this is like an "audition." The qualifying round so to speak.
ct_bolt

#24 Mar 11, 2013, 07:17 PM Source

Archeia said:
There's no theme yet since this is like an "audition." The qualifying round so to speak.
Ok, awesome! :D
Xoltox

#25 Mar 12, 2013, 11:51 AM Source

After submitting my entry i think im gonna loose... :(
Archeia

#26 Mar 12, 2013, 12:10 PM Source

you can still resubmit a newer copy and stuffs.
Xoltox

#27 Mar 12, 2013, 05:06 PM Source

Does that mean we can post more than 1 entry?
EvilEagles

#28 Mar 12, 2013, 05:09 PM Source

No. Only one. Whichever comes last is your entry.
ct_bolt

#29 Mar 12, 2013, 08:41 PM Source

Is the qualifying round deadline at the end of the day this up coming Monday? :unsure: :)
Touchfuzzy

#30 Mar 12, 2013, 09:25 PM Source

No, that is the end of voting. Qualifying round entry ends Friday. This date will be extended if we have not reached the required 16 entries though.
ct_bolt

#31 Mar 12, 2013, 09:28 PM Source

Touchfuzzy said:
No, that is the end of voting. Qualifying round entry ends Friday. This date will be extended if we have not reached the required 16 entries though.
Awesome, thanks so much for the info. :rock-left: BD :rock-right:
Ketsumio

#32 Mar 12, 2013, 10:22 PM Source

"...to create a single sprite in VX/Ace style for that theme...."---Ralph

Question:
Does this mean a full movement sheet?.... Or just a Stand alone Sprite in VXA style?...from the front, side...or back ( LOL) Maybe she has a nice butt? : )
Touchfuzzy

#33 Mar 12, 2013, 11:22 PM Source

Full sheet. They should be useable in the program
BILL_NYE_THO

#34 Mar 14, 2013, 10:08 PM Source

I just submitted my entry :D
ShinGamix

#35 Mar 15, 2013, 02:16 PM Source

Please extend the deadline to at least Monday?!
BILL_NYE_THO

#36 Mar 15, 2013, 06:28 PM Source

ShinGamix said:
Please extend the deadline to at least Monday?!
I get the feeling that an extension is pretty likely. As far as I can tell I really doubt 16 people have entered the contest so far.
Ralph

#37 Mar 16, 2013, 06:31 AM Source

BILL_NYE_THO said:
I get the feeling that an extension is pretty likely. As far as I can tell I really doubt 16 people have entered the contest so far.
Yep.

Qualifying is extended. The schedule will be changing depending on the changing start date.

Don't let the Evil Overlord win! Enter your sprites!
Andinator

#38 Mar 16, 2013, 06:49 AM Source

may I ask how many have entered so far?
Archeia

#39 Mar 16, 2013, 06:59 AM Source

We have 8 entries so far.
ct_bolt

#40 Mar 16, 2013, 07:03 AM Source

Dang only eight so far? Come on people, don't be scared. Draw up some goods and join the fun! :rock-left: BD :rock-right: