THE YWO vs TW Animation Signup Thread...

Rafael Domination · 10-05-2009, 07:22 AM

Surprise, surprise. I pop by due to it being semester break, and the first thing I do is to stir up a whole cauldron of conflict. Oh well.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD:

A'ight. Here's the deal. I am going to work on a side-project in my spare time. It will involve a 2-D animation involving a Final-Fantasy Style Fight between warriors from both sites. It will consist of characters designed by the members of each site facing off against each other. Due to my limited time, I will be very selective over which characters I pick. I will place a sign-up sheet here, and the folks of YWO will sign up their characters for me to pick from. The winners will be on the front lines, and the rest might just wind up as support or summons. It will be a fun animation, that will be meant to connect the two sites a little more, not to stir up more anger and malice. That said, here are a few thoughts...

THE RULES...

1) Nothing too stupid: I don't want anything idiotic, like an 'orange-juice gunner'. There will be exceptions that will go fine with the Animation, like Carraka's Llama Warriors. You could try anyway, but I doubt it will be accepted.
2) Nothing too useless: If you enter a 'helpless puppy' type character, it most likely will be scrapped. The animation will be action-oriented, not a visual lullaby.
3) Nothing specifically geared against a specific member: if an 'Anti-Imelda' character pops up, it will not get accepted. You can have generic 'classes' like noob-eater or troll-hunter, but those will have to be well-thought of too.
3.5) In short, try to make your character cool and unique, without being too complex, too simple or two unappealing.
4) Up to 3 characters per member only. Your best character will be chosen. You may use your Site Alias or a made-up character.
5) The deadline is until November 31.
6) Newbs may join, but only if you're deemed a potential, or already are a, valuable and active member of the site.
7) When the deadline comes, no one else will be accepted. I will then pick the four best characters that I see and think about the rest, discarding the ones that don't have a lot of pizazz to me.
8) The animation should be completed by the time I graduate from my one year course, give or take a few weeks.

CONCERNING TW...

They have shown to be against the idea. This thread has now been changed.

THE OUTCOME...

...will be decided by how many members sign up for each Team. The bigger team wins. In the event of a tie, Shaun and Andy will be asked to PM me 'Rock, paper, scissors' and whoever wins will be revealed when the animation is finished.

ADDED BENEFITS OF THIS BATTLE...

This will be a good opportunity to show off your creativity. Use an invented character, or someone from your novels. Not only do you win bragging rights for you and your website, you will also see for yourself just how creative you are. Anyways, here is an example stat-sheet, explained, if I may add. Feel free to edit your entries as much as you want until the deadline:

Spoiler:

Character Color Scheme: [Pick a good combo, preferably that goes well with black. For example...Red, Brown, Orange go well with each other.]
Character Type: [Generic Class: For example...Heavy-Melee, Long-Ranged, Support, Summoner]
Character Style: [Specific Class: For example...Magic Bullet Gunsman, Demon Princess, Poison Alchemist, Llama Knight, Pirate Lord]
Character Appearance: [This will be the source of the majority of your points. If the character will be easy to create, animate, and has an appealing form, then it will have a higher chance of getting accepted. I will say now that characters with a sharp form, and have an affinity to lightning and earth for special effects will be easier for me to make. Characters with fire, or liquid for special effects, and have too much irrelevant details or curves, will be feasible, but a little more difficult to manage. They will get accepted if they are great, but it might make the animating process take longer.]
Character Special Moves: [Again, another big percentage of your characters appeal comes from here. Nothing stupid, remember. So no SUPER ULTRA F!&^!%K MISSILE attacks. The names can be dramatic, or slightly goofy, and the actual attack described should be awesome, but not too complex, unless it's an ultimate move. For example...[Serenity Pillars: the character summons a collection of 4 ornamented marble pillars from the ground. The enemies caught inside of it, up to 2 at a time, may not attack for one turn] or [Venom Mist: the character belches out a puff of toxins that cannot be blocked and damages a random enemy for 5% HP per turn for 5 turns]. Something along the lines of that. It doesn't have to be an attack. It can be a summon, a defensive move, an empowerment, and effect, etc. Just remember that you have a 10-move limit.]
Character Notes: [Take time to add extra things about your character here within 5-10 points. Does you character perform better under certain circumstances? Does your character work bettwer with a certain strategy? Any special weaknesses? This will add a layer of depth to your character that could give it an edge against others.

Now, I know that's a lot to read [and please ignore any typos, this was quite rushed], and as it is, it's quite late at night when I thought of this, but if there are any questions, or concerns, or suggestions, I will be popping by during the week, since I do have a semester break, and I will answer them to the best of my abilities.

And to finish, here's a link to an old animation I did. http://rafael-domination.deviantart....ation-99484922You'll get an idea of how the battle will go, only since it is proceed like a Final-Fantasy Turn-Based Game, it will be dynamic, but not chaotic, since it will be 8 characters on the front lines, and dozens for support. I will see if I can place sound in, but unless someone knows of a good website with free clips, it might turn out to be a silent movie. Anyways, just a thought, and I'd like everyone who knows me to know that I missed you guys, and that it'll be a few more months before I'm fully back.

P.S. Shaun, if you don't delete this thread, and manage to keep it alive rather well, and get TW involved via Imelda, I will finish the cover for the YWO magazine for free, if you're still up for it.

Until then...HAVE AT IT!

ARMY AMASSED SO FAR...

Spoiler:

TEAM AZRAEL:

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TEAM MICHAEL:

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An Angry Panda · 10-06-2009, 01:43 AM

The moment I read this, I was thinking that we would be using our site aliases as our characters. Then I read that we weren't, but I'm still going to try. I'd love to see a panda doing badass moves Final Fantasy style

But since panda's are generally considered stupid (they aren't) I'm not really expecting this to be accepted. Anyways, here!

Character Color Scheme: Black and white, panda bear colors
Character Type: Heavy-weight melee attacker
Character Style: The Panda King (named Ting-Ting, that's my nickname on YWO)
Character Appearance: Rotund, pudgy, big cheeks, short, fat ears, small snout
Character Special Moves: Bamboo Whip - enemies whipped with the bamboo stick are paralyzed for 2 turns. Face Maul - the attacker comes in close and chomps at the enemy's face, doing 35% damage. Ultimate Move (can only be used once each battle) Super Ground Pound - character leaps high in the air, stays there for 1 turn. After the turn is up, the character plummets down on the enemy, smashing him into the ground. Deals out 70% damage.
Character Notes: The Angry Panda works better with teammates, preferably a ranger. Given that he's a lumbering panda bear, he's slow, but makes up for it with power. Speaks gibberish, which may confuse attackers.

Good luck with your animation, Raffy!

Rafael Domination · 10-06-2009, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by An Angry Panda

The moment I read this, I was thinking that we would be using our site aliases as our characters. Then I read that we weren't, but I'm still going to try. I'd love to see a panda doing badass moves Final Fantasy style But since panda's are generally considered stupid (they aren't) I'm not really expecting this to be accepted. Anyways, here!

Character Color Scheme: Black and white, panda bear colors
Character Type: Heavy-weight melee attacker
Character Style: The Panda King (named Ting-Ting, that's my nickname on YWO)
Character Appearance: Rotund, pudgy, big cheeks, short, fat ears, small snout
Character Special Moves: Bamboo Whip - enemies whipped with the bamboo stick are paralyzed for 2 turns. Face Maul - the attacker comes in close and chomps at the enemy's face, doing 35% damage. Ultimate Move (can only be used once each battle) Super Ground Pound - character leaps high in the air, stays there for 1 turn. After the turn is up, the character plummets down on the enemy, smashing him into the ground. Deals out 70% damage.
Character Notes: The Angry Panda works better with teammates, preferably a ranger. Given that he's a lumbering panda bear, he's slow, but makes up for it with power. Speaks gibberish, which may confuse attackers.

Good luck with your animation, Raffy!

No, no. You CAN use your site Alias provided that you make a good character that goes with it!

And thanks, Panda. That's one for YWO. I hope TW'ers will be informed about this, so if they give me the green light, I'll post a sign-up sheet on that site too. I'm posting it here only because I'm more confident it won't get deleted right away.

Rouge · 10-06-2009, 02:48 AM

I want to do this because I love you, Raffy. <3

I'll post my sheet later.

An Angry Panda · 10-06-2009, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by Rafael Domination

And thanks, Panda. That's one for YWO. I hope TW'ers will be informed about this, so if they give me the green light, I'll post a sign-up sheet on that site too. I'm posting it here only because I'm more confident it won't get deleted right away.

Suh-weet. But if I know Imelda, she'll probably go for it.

ScottyMcGee · 10-06-2009, 03:57 AM

Name: Scotty McGee (Site Alias)
Character Color Scheme: Light blue, some gray, black
Character Type: Duelist, focused on speed and specific striking rather than brute strength or plowing down enemies. His strength is all focused on his strikes though, so he can be powerful. Has a shinai as his basic weapon. (google image "shinai")
Character Style: Rouge, bit of an item-hoarder, can improvise if his shinai is ever taken or disarmed.
Character Appearance: A nice shirt with rolled up sleeves. Tie loosely attached. Slight beard/shadow. Blue jeans. Sneakers. A gray army hat. Very sleek and slim. Tall. Oh and sunglasses are a biggie. He carries his shinai by his hip, as well as a revolver hidden.
Character Special Moves:
Inner Focus - light seeps into him and he freezes for a moment, after which he is able to dodge blows easily for 3 turns and also has a higher percentage of hitting.
Outer Focus - he scans the enemies and can see their health status and know their moves and weaknesses. Basically, as opposed to inner focus, can focus on his surroundings.
Shinai Whip - he twirls around his shinai rapidly and deals a devastating blow.
Chaos - the evil side within him is unleashed and he shapes into an inky version of himself with red eyes and fangs. He is VERY savage,forsakes his shinai to utilize brutal moves like body slams, throws, rapid punching, etc. This is only available when an enemy of the other team uses an ultimate attack.
Order - this is his ultimate attack. He freezes and powers up in a semi-blinding flash of light, after which he goes into a fury of lighting strikes with his shinai. He flies around in a heavenly light. Able to damage multiple enemies.
Wild Card - the funny side of Scotty takes over and he distracts the enemy next time he is attacked. For instance, if someone is going to attack, this move goes into play and he distracts the enemy by laughing, making a face, giving the middle finger, even tickling or something utterly silly to throw off the enemy's focus, higher percentage of missing.
Sacrifice - the next time an enemy attacks a teammate, Scotty jumps and takes the hit. Only available when any teammate is at low HP.
Bullet Time - takes out his only firearm, an old revolver, and is able to slow time and fire his shots at crucial points for maximum damage.

Character Notes:
-Scotty prefers to work alone, better focus. He is able to work with others well, but gets frustrated because sometimes he really believes his way will get things done quicker and more efficiently. He also can be self-conscious and may have a lower hit percentage or lower focus.

-He can take on big enemies with his speed and nick them slash by slash, but if there are others he has to take care of first, he can get overwhelmed.

-Able to adapt to any battle, but that doesn't mean he'll always win. Simply that he can pick up the pace.

Ok, so this is edited. But are we allowed to have two ultimate attacks? Because my character has a Light/Dark thing going on and I wanted to incorporate one for each version. If not, then just have what's typed own.

Rafael Domination · 10-06-2009, 05:30 AM

Yep, I'm gonna put music and a few sound effects. And no, your character's complex, but it's not too much. Good try, good try. Remember that the main deadline is at the end of November, so that's more than one and a half months to enter two more characters and/or modify this entry as much as you wish.

@ Adri: thanks for caring!

@ Panda: I'll see. If TW doesn't know of the Animation by next week, I'll create a thread there.

Carraka · 10-06-2009, 08:49 AM

Raaf! You been gone so long that I've forgotten if I had a nickname for you! Raff? Raffy? Rarf? -hug that is unaccompanied by stabbing- <--once-a-year happenstance

-character pending-

If a sign up sheet goes up on TW, I guess I'll post on both.

Alex · 10-06-2009, 05:27 PM

Raffy! Its good to see you on, even if its only for a cameo appearance. I'll be posting a character soon, I'm sure I'll find some time in the very near future. Critiques can wait!

Rafael Domination · 10-07-2009, 09:48 PM

Thanks, Alex, and Carraka. But once Semester break is over, it's back to college for me. I'll be popping by to see how big of an army YWO has amassed, but until College is over, my novels will just have to wait.

10-05-2009, 07:22 AM	View Post #1 (Link) THE YWO MELEE 2 Signup Thread...
Rafael Domination Maker of Worlds Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Posts: 4,380 Times Thanked: 75	Surprise, surprise. I pop by due to it being semester break, and the first thing I do is to stir up a whole cauldron of conflict. Oh well. THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD: A'ight. Here's the deal. I am going to work on a side-project in my spare time. It will involve a 2-D animation involving a Final-Fantasy Style Fight between warriors from both sites. It will consist of characters designed by the members of each site facing off against each other. Due to my limited time, I will be very selective over which characters I pick. I will place a sign-up sheet here, and the folks of YWO will sign up their characters for me to pick from. The winners will be on the front lines, and the rest might just wind up as support or summons. It will be a fun animation, that will be meant to connect the two sites a little more, not to stir up more anger and malice. That said, here are a few thoughts... THE RULES... 1) Nothing too stupid: I don't want anything idiotic, like an 'orange-juice gunner'. There will be exceptions that will go fine with the Animation, like Carraka's Llama Warriors. You could try anyway, but I doubt it will be accepted. 2) Nothing too useless: If you enter a 'helpless puppy' type character, it most likely will be scrapped. The animation will be action-oriented, not a visual lullaby. 3) Nothing specifically geared against a specific member: if an 'Anti-Imelda' character pops up, it will not get accepted. You can have generic 'classes' like noob-eater or troll-hunter, but those will have to be well-thought of too. 3.5) In short, try to make your character cool and unique, without being too complex, too simple or two unappealing. 4) Up to 3 characters per member only. Your best character will be chosen. You may use your Site Alias or a made-up character. 5) The deadline is until November 31. 6) Newbs may join, but only if you're deemed a potential, or already are a, valuable and active member of the site. 7) When the deadline comes, no one else will be accepted. I will then pick the four best characters that I see and think about the rest, discarding the ones that don't have a lot of pizazz to me. 8) The animation should be completed by the time I graduate from my one year course, give or take a few weeks. CONCERNING TW... They have shown to be against the idea. This thread has now been changed. THE OUTCOME... ...will be decided by how many members sign up for each Team. The bigger team wins. In the event of a tie, Shaun and Andy will be asked to PM me 'Rock, paper, scissors' and whoever wins will be revealed when the animation is finished. ADDED BENEFITS OF THIS BATTLE... This will be a good opportunity to show off your creativity. Use an invented character, or someone from your novels. Not only do you win bragging rights for you and your website, you will also see for yourself just how creative you are. Anyways, here is an example stat-sheet, explained, if I may add. Feel free to edit your entries as much as you want until the deadline: Spoiler: Character Color Scheme: [Pick a good combo, preferably that goes well with black. For example...Red, Brown, Orange go well with each other.] Character Type: [Generic Class: For example...Heavy-Melee, Long-Ranged, Support, Summoner] Character Style: [Specific Class: For example...Magic Bullet Gunsman, Demon Princess, Poison Alchemist, Llama Knight, Pirate Lord] Character Appearance: [This will be the source of the majority of your points. If the character will be easy to create, animate, and has an appealing form, then it will have a higher chance of getting accepted. I will say now that characters with a sharp form, and have an affinity to lightning and earth for special effects will be easier for me to make. Characters with fire, or liquid for special effects, and have too much irrelevant details or curves, will be feasible, but a little more difficult to manage. They will get accepted if they are great, but it might make the animating process take longer.] Character Special Moves: [Again, another big percentage of your characters appeal comes from here. Nothing stupid, remember. So no SUPER ULTRA F!&^!%K MISSILE attacks. The names can be dramatic, or slightly goofy, and the actual attack described should be awesome, but not too complex, unless it's an ultimate move. For example...[Serenity Pillars: the character summons a collection of 4 ornamented marble pillars from the ground. The enemies caught inside of it, up to 2 at a time, may not attack for one turn] or [Venom Mist: the character belches out a puff of toxins that cannot be blocked and damages a random enemy for 5% HP per turn for 5 turns]. Something along the lines of that. It doesn't have to be an attack. It can be a summon, a defensive move, an empowerment, and effect, etc. Just remember that you have a 10-move limit.] Character Notes: [Take time to add extra things about your character here within 5-10 points. Does you character perform better under certain circumstances? Does your character work bettwer with a certain strategy? Any special weaknesses? This will add a layer of depth to your character that could give it an edge against others. Now, I know that's a lot to read [and please ignore any typos, this was quite rushed], and as it is, it's quite late at night when I thought of this, but if there are any questions, or concerns, or suggestions, I will be popping by during the week, since I do have a semester break, and I will answer them to the best of my abilities. And to finish, here's a link to an old animation I did. http://rafael-domination.deviantart....ation-99484922You'll get an idea of how the battle will go, only since it is proceed like a Final-Fantasy Turn-Based Game, it will be dynamic, but not chaotic, since it will be 8 characters on the front lines, and dozens for support. I will see if I can place sound in, but unless someone knows of a good website with free clips, it might turn out to be a silent movie. Anyways, just a thought, and I'd like everyone who knows me to know that I missed you guys, and that it'll be a few more months before I'm fully back. P.S. Shaun, if you don't delete this thread, and manage to keep it alive rather well, and get TW involved via Imelda, I will finish the cover for the YWO magazine for free, if you're still up for it. Until then...HAVE AT IT! ARMY AMASSED SO FAR... Spoiler: An Angry Panda: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Adri: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Scotty McGee: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Shaun: [Ultimate Summon. Summonable when YWO fills it's Scribble Gauge] Jaywing: {Character Pending} Carraka: {Character Pending} Quietus: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Miss Smiley: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Fiction: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Bowie: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Andy: {Character Pending} Ninjatrone: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Alex: [Most Likely a Front Line Warrior] Zombified: [Most Likely a Front Line Warrior] Saint Jacky: [Potential Front Line Warrior] Draxzar: {Character Pending} Lizzie [Cameo Appearance] Diocletian [Cameo Appearance] TEAM AZRAEL: Spoiler: - Members get a +10% in attack power - Members get a +10% in critical strike - Members have a small chance to perform their Ultimate Attack Twice when they trigger it. The 10% Critical hit chance applies, essentially making this a 1 turn KO if it happens. Adri Quietus Saint Jacky One Angry Panda Scotty McGee TEAM MICHAEL: Spoiler: - Members get a +10% in defense - Members get a +10% chance to reflect attacks back - Members have a small chance to resurrect themselves when they reach KO status. Resurrection status will negate any enemy abilities affecting them upon death. Zombified Ninjatrone Alex Bowie Miss Smiley __________________ . . . Should be back by February 2010... SIGN UP FOR THE TW VS YWO ANIMATION! IT'S WORTH THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

10-06-2009, 03:57 AM	View Post #6 (Link)
ScottyMcGee Freelance Writer Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,404 Times Thanked: 132	Name: Scotty McGee (Site Alias) Character Color Scheme: Light blue, some gray, black Character Type: Duelist, focused on speed and specific striking rather than brute strength or plowing down enemies. His strength is all focused on his strikes though, so he can be powerful. Has a shinai as his basic weapon. (google image "shinai") Character Style: Rouge, bit of an item-hoarder, can improvise if his shinai is ever taken or disarmed. Character Appearance: A nice shirt with rolled up sleeves. Tie loosely attached. Slight beard/shadow. Blue jeans. Sneakers. A gray army hat. Very sleek and slim. Tall. Oh and sunglasses are a biggie. He carries his shinai by his hip, as well as a revolver hidden. Character Special Moves: Inner Focus - light seeps into him and he freezes for a moment, after which he is able to dodge blows easily for 3 turns and also has a higher percentage of hitting. Outer Focus - he scans the enemies and can see their health status and know their moves and weaknesses. Basically, as opposed to inner focus, can focus on his surroundings. Shinai Whip - he twirls around his shinai rapidly and deals a devastating blow. Chaos - the evil side within him is unleashed and he shapes into an inky version of himself with red eyes and fangs. He is VERY savage,forsakes his shinai to utilize brutal moves like body slams, throws, rapid punching, etc. This is only available when an enemy of the other team uses an ultimate attack. Order - this is his ultimate attack. He freezes and powers up in a semi-blinding flash of light, after which he goes into a fury of lighting strikes with his shinai. He flies around in a heavenly light. Able to damage multiple enemies. Wild Card - the funny side of Scotty takes over and he distracts the enemy next time he is attacked. For instance, if someone is going to attack, this move goes into play and he distracts the enemy by laughing, making a face, giving the middle finger, even tickling or something utterly silly to throw off the enemy's focus, higher percentage of missing. Sacrifice - the next time an enemy attacks a teammate, Scotty jumps and takes the hit. Only available when any teammate is at low HP. Bullet Time - takes out his only firearm, an old revolver, and is able to slow time and fire his shots at crucial points for maximum damage. Character Notes: -Scotty prefers to work alone, better focus. He is able to work with others well, but gets frustrated because sometimes he really believes his way will get things done quicker and more efficiently. He also can be self-conscious and may have a lower hit percentage or lower focus. -He can take on big enemies with his speed and nick them slash by slash, but if there are others he has to take care of first, he can get overwhelmed. -Able to adapt to any battle, but that doesn't mean he'll always win. Simply that he can pick up the pace. Ok, so this is edited. But are we allowed to have two ultimate attacks? Because my character has a Light/Dark thing going on and I wanted to incorporate one for each version. If not, then just have what's typed own. __________________ BRAND NEW BOOK REVIEW CHANNEL Staying at Space Hotel? Find out what can happen there in "Janus in Space". . . Click here for awesome, random music!

10-06-2009, 05:30 AM	View Post #7 (Link)
Rafael Domination Maker of Worlds Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Posts: 4,380 Times Thanked: 75	Yep, I'm gonna put music and a few sound effects. And no, your character's complex, but it's not too much. Good try, good try. Remember that the main deadline is at the end of November, so that's more than one and a half months to enter two more characters and/or modify this entry as much as you wish. @ Adri: thanks for caring! @ Panda: I'll see. If TW doesn't know of the Animation by next week, I'll create a thread there. __________________ . . . Should be back by February 2010... SIGN UP FOR THE TW VS YWO ANIMATION! IT'S WORTH THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

10-06-2009, 05:27 PM	View Post #9 (Link)
Alex Freelance Writer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida State Posts: 1,825 Times Thanked: 81	Raffy! Its good to see you on, even if its only for a cameo appearance. I'll be posting a character soon, I'm sure I'll find some time in the very near future. Critiques can wait! __________________ Now that I'm back I'm open for critiques. PM if you'd like me to critique your poetry and/or Realistic Fiction.

10-07-2009, 09:48 PM	View Post #10 (Link)
Rafael Domination Maker of Worlds Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Posts: 4,380 Times Thanked: 75	Thanks, Alex, and Carraka. But once Semester break is over, it's back to college for me. I'll be popping by to see how big of an army YWO has amassed, but until College is over, my novels will just have to wait. __________________ . . . Should be back by February 2010... SIGN UP FOR THE TW VS YWO ANIMATION! IT'S WORTH THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

10-06-2009, 02:48 AM	View Post #4 (Link)
Rouge Wordsmith Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hailsham Posts: 2,793 Times Thanked: 227	I want to do this because I love you, Raffy. <3 I'll post my sheet later.