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

● ARCHIVED · READ-ONLY

Started by Ralph Mar 8, 2013, 01:20 PM 370 posts Page 4 of 19 View original ↗

ct_bolt

#61 Mar 21, 2013, 01:13 AM Source

Spacecookie said:
I'm not really a sprite creation person

I wouldn't expect to get anywhere, but you know, it's not about who wins. It's about who has the most chocolate... um, or something.
lol, yeah same here

extra lol @"It's about who has the most chocolate..." lol :guffaw:
Spacecookie

#62 Mar 22, 2013, 05:17 PM Source

And now I'm sorry, I don't have the time. Don't you love how these things turn out? One week there's time for game creation and other stuff, then the next.. ugh.
cosmickitty

#63 Mar 22, 2013, 06:07 PM Source

Crap, didn't see this the other day :( says the 15th is the last day to enter so I guess I missed it.
BILL_NYE_THO

#64 Mar 22, 2013, 06:13 PM Source

cosmickitty said:
Crap, didn't see this the other day :( says the 15th is the last day to enter so I guess I missed it.
Actually, they extended the deadline.
cosmickitty

#65 Mar 22, 2013, 06:14 PM Source

oh really, till when?

also, stupid question.... but full sheet or single pose?
BILL_NYE_THO

#66 Mar 22, 2013, 06:15 PM Source

cosmickitty said:
oh really, till when?

also, stupid question.... but full sheet or single pose?
Full sheet, and I'm not clear on how long the extension is going, but it hasn't ended yet. :p
Xoltox

#67 Mar 28, 2013, 09:00 AM Source

BUMP
Xoltox

#68 Mar 28, 2013, 09:00 AM Source

What happened to the contest?

I thought it would be a BBBIIIGGG BOOOOM!
Touchfuzzy

#69 Mar 28, 2013, 05:40 PM Source

Not enough entries. At this rate it will probably be cancelled. Unlike some contests, Pixel Madness only works well with a minimum of 16 entries.
themo

#70 Mar 28, 2013, 05:53 PM Source

ooh i hadn't seen this, i will enter when it is open again ^.^
Touchfuzzy

#71 Mar 28, 2013, 06:06 PM Source

Its open now.
Xoltox

#72 Mar 28, 2013, 06:40 PM Source

Oh boy... this is one of the contest that I was readable on time and enter on time :( and now it's on the brink of cancellation
Looker10

#73 Mar 28, 2013, 06:44 PM Source

This went a lot better on VX.net, come on guys, enter!
BILL_NYE_THO

#74 Mar 28, 2013, 06:46 PM Source

Well, worst case scenario I have a complete sprite I can release to the community.
themo

#75 Mar 28, 2013, 07:00 PM Source

ok il make something now :D

* submit as a gif? or a sprite sheet?
BILL_NYE_THO

#76 Mar 28, 2013, 07:10 PM Source

themo said:
ok il make something now :D

* submit as a gif? or a sprite sheet?
full sheet.
ct_bolt

#77 Mar 28, 2013, 07:17 PM Source

Touchfuzzy said:
Not enough entries. At this rate it will probably be cancelled. Unlike some contests, Pixel Madness only works well with a minimum of 16 entries.
Noooooo!!! :( I was fully prepared to receive that participation badge. :guffaw: lol. I hope this doesn't get cancelled. >_> Let's spread the word people. ;)
Looker10

#78 Mar 28, 2013, 07:30 PM Source

Can I enter a different sprite by the way? I don't want to use my fist entry.
themo

#79 Mar 28, 2013, 07:44 PM Source

OK i sent my entry to Ralph :)
Looker10

#80 Mar 28, 2013, 08:33 PM Source

Sent my new one, much better than my first :D