5: The avatar must be within premium-size requirements. That means the maximum size is 160 x 100 and under 50 kb. Feel free to make anything smaller than the max if you like.
^but ‘out of order’ is not breaking the rules
HEY!!!
stop debating, and clear your pm’ so u can finish my got-damn avatar!!!:annoy:
I did lol, and im doing the colors u wanted right now.
Damn. I come back during my single break from classes to see a thread with 39 posts…and only four of them are from three of the judges? Despite having to wait for Chibi (and knowing that I haven’t a chance), this is somewhat…annoying. (Especially so since I seem to be one of the few people that judges everything, though I can understand the judges having their own time constraints.)
Anyway, the necessary rhetorical question that illustrates my minor frustration is as follows: Is “The Drama” ever necessary?
There really shouldn’t be any “exceptions” to the rule.
Great stuff peoples. 
bump some hot ava’s, lol, Im way behind the times
Right now, the premium size requirements is 49.5k. Out of order is 51k.
Ok, I’ve been debating long and hard (as opposed to short and flaccid), and I have decided. It was fucking tough, but I think I got the right shit.
The top three are in the correct order in the stills category. So my vote looks like:
#1. “A.B.A.”
Honestly, this hurts my fucking face to look at. It hurts my brain to think about. But it’s too clean. Too nice. Period.
#2. “Baiken Ricepaper”
This was a close second. So close it could have been first. But it’s second. Like Irennicus mentioned, the style is beautiful and it really makes the piece.
#3. “Bizzaro!”
Another just simply good looking piece. Gorgeous art, great concept.
HONORABLE MENTION:
“Sentinel Upgrade”
I really liked this one, and really wanted it to be top three. But in the end, I couldn’t figure out which one to replace, so I guess it’s fourth. But it’s a damn good fourth.
ANIMATIONS
#1. “A Can O’ Fuckachunkz”
It was real close between this one and second place. But in the end, there was really no question in my mind.
- “Low Tech Fuckachunkz Time”
I read the argument that this one should be first because it’s not conditionally relevant. My argument is that Can O’ is conditionally relevant, and that’s what makes it first. This is an SRK contest, and Can O’ is more indicative of SRK than this. But I absolutely love both.
#3. “Very Funny”
I couldn’t decide between the twins, but in the end this won out. To be honest, the text was what turned me off from the first of the twins. This one is shorter, but more entertaining, I think.
Great job everybody, they were all really good entries.
it says “49.97 KB” when I look at it, and that according to the rules it is below the max. but I guess im doing something wrong since everyone else says its 51k.
sneakupslap.
OC
this battle delivers. i’m happy with ‘the drama’, i’m happy with loads of disqualifications and who cares if quiche put his name on his av, last time he gave away his prize when he won anyway.
I generally do. But people like to bitch anyway…not to mention that the two names on avatars are the names of the two guys who are paying for this whole shindig (except for the prize boleslaw offered up).
…seriously.
Thats pretty fuckachunkz…
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Don’t ever do a theme like fuckachunkz again. It’s fun to throw about as an inside joke amongst the IMM crew, but as an actual theme to use for worthwhile prizes with work we had to wait a month for, it’s probably one of the stupidest things you’ve ever done Quiche. It’s something that shouldn’t be taken seriously, and yet here we are in this competition with these upgraded prizes, and I have to take it seriously, but how the hell am I supposed to do that when it’s a joke to begin with?
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Every one of the Guilty Gear avatars (well almost every one) are fifty billion times more interesting and worthwhile then all the fac (shorthand for you fuckachunkz) entires.
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I’m going to be stuck at work late. Real late, expect my voting later tonight, I just snuck on to express myself.
…for realz~
STILLS
Top 3
1st “A.B.A.”
What hasn’t been said about this av yet? Beautiful, yet strong colours, interesting sprite pose (I’m looking at places I shouldn’t be…) and crazy bkg effects. Other than that bland border, its a sick entry
2nd “Zato-One”
I love this av. The blind Zato-one, covered in darkness. I like almost everything about this av. The lightly edited sprite, the mist-like bkg and the angled, coloured text just make it stand out to me. My one gripe is the white mist comming up from the bottom left. I don’t think it fits in with the darkness theme. In fact, it seems to give off an opposite feel. If it had more grey/black values in it, it would increase the effect of the piece.
3rd"Baiken Ricepaper"
This av takes 3rd place cuz its different, well implemented and baiken is one of my fav characters. The ricepaper feel can definitely be felt in this piece and the sprite looks like a good deal of work was put into this piece. The position and size of the text is questionable tho. Other than that, good job.
Runner Ups
“Existence”
I wanted to put this in the top 3 ranks but you know, I like them a bit better. I like all the poses the guild members are making and hey theyre all positioned in their ranks as well (left to right). The text is a nice touch to it as well. Millia, although she has a good pose looks slightly out of place since theres no border. Maybe she should be nudged a little more to the left and have the 3 other sprites overlap each other. The av would look more appealing if the characters were given more colour other than a single colour overlay. That red border is odd as well but probably wouldn’t be if the sprites had more colour.
“Robo Ky”
I like this av but 2 things just made me rank it below top 3. 1. That white banner on the top kills the impact of the strong, highly detailed bkg. 2. The smoke/mist also takes away the strength and appeal of robo-ky and his colour scheme. Its a great effect and by no means should be taken out, just reduced so robo ky can have a greater effect. I know there also can be a mysterious vampire in the night kind of effect but I feel a stronger imapct is better. Another great entry. Good colours, text and its position, sub text, topped of with a interesting border.
“Bizzaro!”
Funny and very creative. It took me a while to see the fish on zappa’s ass. Even though the feel of being underwater is there, it still feels as the zappa/slayer mutant is just floating. Maybe thats due to the fish that came with the bkg.
“Dizzy Memories”
Very well thought out and presented. The mist going through dizzy’s hair was a great effect to unify the sprite with the surroundings but it would have made an even better impact if it a bit more mist was added on to her body (not too much tho). The border should have been a strong colour to make it more like a portrait.
p.s. Hmm, those clouds hmmm.
p.p.s. lol at Justice
“Chibi Millia”
Cute, but the choice of background takes away some of that cuteness. I can’t tell if thats a pic of millia in the bkg or just lines and tricky bush/layer effects. Maybe if that spraypaint effect was given a lager presence, then maybe it would have looked much better. Right now it looks a bit too random.
“Jammin’”
Great av. The colours work together (although her pink leg and the white face/leg in the bkg seem odd), and the brush style looks nice. The “srk” and the date text work perfectly with the av and it would nice if a different choice of font for “jam” could be used. The square boxes are good touch but those squares on the top/bottom left are a bit distracting.
“Ky Kiske”
Don’t take this the wrong way, but this av looks a practice av made in order to create the “A.B.A.” av. Much like the “A.B.A.” av, it has very smooth and interesting colours but unlike “A.B.A.”, the colours lack strength. It looks like a white layer was put on top and it really restricts the strength of the colours. A border like “Robo Ky” would have helped it as well. Theres also noo need for the text in the bottom cuz it doesn’t work with the peice at all. Good av overall.
The rest
“Unlock My Dreams”
When I looked at this av, I got pretty exicted cuz the look of it makes you think aba or the key is gonna do some shit. With that being said, I think this av should be animated. It looks way too sick to be sitting there doing nothing. Anything else is decent at best.
“Millia”
Kinda reminds me of the “inspector Q” av made a while back. The pose if perfect, as well as the text. The 2 things that should be re-evaluated is the brightness in her hair (right now it doesn’t look part of her or the bkg) and the colour green in the bkg. Maybe a blue hue would unify the piece a bit more.
“Sentinel Upgrade”
Just like the other judges, I was like what the fuck? A little cripple girl (I like to belive shes a cripple…makes me feel nice) with a tool of death together? Heh. Nice concept and blury effect on the av, but the bkg could have been better thought out. I have a feeling who made this and I know he can come up with much better looking bkgs.
“Metal Sluggachunkz”
Yet another funny concept. Funny name, funny sprites, funny blood spurts, odd bkg/fg. The explosions and slugs in the bkg are fine, but the desert istelf makes the sprites in the fg look floating and not part of the peice. Metal slug sprites are very sharp in quality and colour so its really hard to find matching bkgs for it. It would have been good if the artist used pics of the desert level in metal slug 2/x.
“The End Of Justice: 'If only we could have talked one last time . . . Just the three of us . . . '”
I’m gonna assume that the artist did the blood effects. With that said, good shit. It looks like last panel in a comic book. Its probably impossible, but it would have been nice if the title was some how fit in with the av.
“Dizzyness”
Honestly, I think the motion animation is out of place. It just doesn’t do anything for the av. Its great that the artist decided to add in their own colour edits (the gears on her back have nice colour changes) but dizzy herself has an odd coour scheme and looks really degraded even though theres 30k free space. I’d say a re-do of the sprite’s colour and a drop of the animation for a bkg/fg that compliments the sprite would push this piece up the ranks.
“My Crew”
Interesting twist on team avs. Other than the sprite resizes and that sharp edge on the leftmost part of the border, its a good design. Regardless, the bkg does have nice colours and matching text to boot.
“FuckaJamz Tries To Win Kitty Litter”
When I 1st looked at this, I went right to the properties to check the filesize. It barely reaches 6k. WoW. I have a feeling this av would have made a perfect animation. This is a perfect example of why resizing sprites (especially guilty gear sprites) do not work. Another thing, is Jam making the request or is she just reading it? the text comming out of the computer is almost unreadable and hella choppy (its the fuckachunkz request quiche made a while back), shit everything is choppy. If it was animated, then all that unreadable text could be sorted out in frames, jam could have some expressions, the computer could have been taken from one of those sprite sites and it wouldn’t look like the person make it 1 minute before deadline.
“Funkawhats?”
Seriously, funkawhat? Despite it being plain the background does fit well with the toaster and the coulors are appealing…but I fail to see the fuckachunkz in it. I see some technology, but not much.
“Heaven Or Hell Black & White Centerfold”
Same as above. Nice text, ok titshot.
“I Keep 'Em Clean”
Funny concept. Maybe ibuki should be holding a brush or something. Again, resizing really takes away from a work piece but the johnny pimp pose makes up for it (well, at least for johnny). The bar with the text should be taken out and make into a speech bubble for johnny so more of the bkg can be exposed. Actually, “make it shine kid” could have even been the title for this piece. Also, If I didn’t play 3s I woudn’t have known what the bkg was. too blury and choppy.
“Mishima Steve”
I dunno about this av. I guess I don’t understand it. I like the active border, the logo and the text, but it just doesn’t really stand out. Also, what category does this av fit into?
“O Ky?”
Not rly. The artist should have found a ky sprite that resembles that retarded owl or even put ky-like details on the owl. As it is right now, its fairly plain.
OC sneakupslaps MC.
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I dunno about that… I dont think its Quiche’s fault that people misunderstood(imo) the theme.
Ok i need to stop lol, I’ll discuss later.
what’s the ranks so far?
I still don’t understand wtf “funkachunks” means. sorry. I totally avoided that theme. Fortunately, Quiche had 2 other themes which was a great idea.
Yes, we needed your hate.[/not sarcasm]
Anyway, I pretty much agree with you that “fuckachunkz” is a stupid theme. However, I think it’s fortunate that Quiche decided to do it with the first multi-themed ABC; it’s possible that he just didn’t have an idea for the third category, though even if he did, we never have to do “fuckachunkz” again…I hope.
Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to rank them all.
…I knew I should have gone with my Cyber Woo idea…