Contest PokéBeach Create-A-Card: August 2017 - Light & Heavy - Text-Based Results Up!

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Welcome to the August round of the Create-A-Card!

The theme for this month is the Heavy and Light! This is a very open theme that is up to your interpretation. Perhaps you might like to pick a particularly heavy or particularly light Pokémon? Perhaps you’d just like to incorporate the element of weight in an attack effect? How about both, or something even entirely different? The choice is yours!

As an artist, you will not be restricted to a specific card era when creating your card. However, if not otherwise stated, we will be assuming that the card you create is for the current TCG era.

This contest has two sections, text-based and image-based fakes. For text-based fakes, all you have to do is create a card in text form and post it in here! For the image-based fake, you’ll need the help of some software to let your creations come to life. But one thing remains important between both of them: your cards must be completely original!


Registration

  • To sign up you must reply to the thread below. Make sure to include whether you’re in for text or image-based fakes!
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  • You may register with a partner and work together on the same card. This way each member can use their different talents and combine their skills, especially if one of you is an artist and the other is a TCG player. (Feel free to post in the thread that you’re looking for a partner if you want one.)
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  • We have a total of 20 spaces available for text-based entries and 20 for image-based. If you’ve never done an image-based card before, now is a great time to learn! PokéBeach has many card blanks and guides available for use.


Judging

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Text-Based
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  1. Creativity/Originality
    We’re all tired of effectless attacks! Without images, part of the intrigue with text-based fakes is the creativity of Pokémon Power / Body / Ability / attack effects. Let’s see something cool and new!
    Total: 20 points
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  2. Wording
    Proper wording is key in designing any fake card. Try to ensure wording is correct for the era of card you choose as card wording has changed many times over the years. Naturally, grammar and spelling are also taken into consideration.

    Text-based fakers may format their entries any way they choose, but for those who are new or would like a guideline to follow, this is a simple formatting guideline you can follow:

    Pokémon – Type – HP50
    Stage 1 – Evolves from Pokémon

    Ability: Name
    Ability Effect

    [R][C] Attack 20
    Attack Effect

    Weakness: Fire (x2)
    Resistance: Psychic (-20)
    Retreat: [C] [C] [C]
    Pokédex Information

    Total: 15 points
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  3. Believability/Playability
    Text-based fakes rely heavily on their believability. Think of your entries as if they were real cards. Try to avoid those 400 HP monsters which do 200 damage for [R]! Proper type (unless Delta-species), Pokédex information, and ballpark HP will be taken into consideration. We will assume that your card is being created for the current TCG era unless otherwise stated, so if you are making a card for a previous era, you must mention this in your entry post.
    Total: 15 points
Max Points: 50

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Image-Based
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  1. Creativity/Originality
    This should be a given. With the proper photo editing tools, let your imagination run wild! This can involve innovating new gameplay mechanics, blanks, templates, etc.
    Total: 15 points
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  2. Wording
    Proper wording is key in designing any fake card. Try to ensure wording is correct for the era of blank you choose as card wording has changed many times over the years. Naturally, grammar and spelling are also taken into consideration.
    Total: 15 points
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  3. Fonts and Placement
    Correct fonts are imperative when creating realistic fakes. Placement of text / symbols / etc. is also taken into consideration.
    Total: 10 points
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  4. Believability/Playability
    Because this division of the contest is so image-heavy, the believability and playability takes a backseat here. However, it’s still worth a portion of the total points, so try to keep it in the realm of believable! Proper type (unless Delta-species), Pokédex information, and ballpark HP will be taken into consideration.
    Total: 5 points
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  5. Aesthetics
    Aesthetics is all about how your card looks as a complete whole. Aspects of this category include using creative and appropriate artwork, using neat or custom blanks, and overall having an appealing card creation. Additionally, You may not use existing artwork from the TCG for your cards. If you’d like to use Ken Sugimori stock artwork, you may do so, but it must be transformative in nature.
    Total: 5 points
Max Points: 50

So that’s the point breakdown for this month’s Create-A-Card. @Luispipe8 will be judging the text-based portion of the contest and @TylerRVG will be judging the image-based part.


General Rules

  • For those entering image-based, you must include the symbol here on your card (such as the set symbol) or else your entry won’t be accepted. It was designed by the lovely Nekoban Ryo who continuously creates resources for the faking world and faker himself. In addition, we do not allow any image-based entries that have been made using automatic, online card generators.
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  • If you edit your post you’ll have an instant deduction of 2 points from your overall score, and posting your entry again on a different post also deducts 2 points. When you submit, make sure you’re done! If you mess up the tags or have a similar coding disaster, contact myself or the month’s judges as to get it fixed. If you forget to credit someone, do so in a new post instead of editing.
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  • Participants who fail to submit a card by the deadline, if the particular portion is full, will automatically lose 2 points for next round (similar to losing 2 points for the current round for editing). If the portion you have signed-up for is full and if you wish to drop out, you must do so by the 22nd of August at 12 PM to not incur the penalty. Continuing to fail to post a submission in future rounds will result in a possible ban from the contest for a couple of months. Please keep a close eye on the deadline.
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  • All CAC entries should not be posted elsewhere in the PokéBeach forums while the current month’s contest is ongoing. If you have a personal thread or gallery where you post your fake card creations, you must wait to post your CAC card there until the contest is complete and full judging results have been posted. This is to ensure that CAC judges can continue to give proper feedback both within the contest and in the forums.
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  • Members will be able to weigh in on their favorite fakers! Members are free to vote for ONE text-based entry and ONE image-based entry, both spectators and entrants, though we encourage participants to not vote for themselves. A poll will be linked in-thread shortly after the deadline has passed, or votes can be PMed to myself (@bbninjas).
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  • Artists (illustrators) are free to post in this thread, letting participants know that they are available.
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  • When making your fakes be sure to follow forum rules; if you are using someone else’s art be sure you have their permission to use it or it is otherwise considered art theft.

Deadline: August 28th (Tues.) 12:00pm EST
Here’s a deadline countdown for convenience: [link]​

Anticipated Entrants


Image-Based:
  1. demifiend700
  2. MarshalBry
  3. Jabberwock
  4. NinJamezor
  5. King1313
  6. Kavross
  7. SneaselGenesis
  8. professorlight
  9. TheNyanCatXD
  10. WastedSkyPirate

Text-Based:
  1. NinjaPenguin
  2. Lord o da rings
  3. Tails
  4. TheFlyingPidove
  5. rainyman123
  6. TheAnticipationEevee
  7. Jadethepokemontrainer
  8. DashKing
  9. GM Draclord
  10. Adam Ryder
  11. crystal_pidgeot
  12. P3DS
  13. quakingpunch73
  14. John InCENAroar
  15. blahblahbal
  16. Lunarwork
  17. GekkisaiDaiNi

Bold names means I have seen your entry in this thread.


Want to help advertise the contest? Just paste the code below for the banner in your sig!

Code:
[url=http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/threads/pok%C3%A9beach-create-a-card-august-2017-light-heavy-sign-ups-open.141440/][img]http://i.imgur.com/UQBn0O6.jpg[/img][/url]

Credit goes to @Nekoban Ryo for the banner.
 
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I would like to highlight a few updates and clarifications to the Create-A-Card competition rules:

First and foremostly, there is a new symbol that must be used on all image-based entries, that was just recently voted on by the community.

Secondly, if you wish to drop out or otherwise do not submit, you will only incur a penalty for your future submission if you fail to submit and the category is not full. This is to maintain the integrity of the rule, which was to ensure people aren't taking up slots and then not using them, as this causes others to unfairly miss out.

Thirdly, I've just added to the 'edit' rule, as a reminder, that if you have a coding disaster or forget to credit the appropriate people, please contact myself or the month's judge and make a new post respectively. If you edit your entry for any reason, you will be penalised - so don't let this be you.
 
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Just so ye all know, my boy @WastedSkyPirate is taking a break this month, so I'll be taking over the judging of the Image based entries, for this month only.

Have fun!
 
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/in for image

I must say I do quite like this theme ... even if I haven't got a clue where I'm gonna take it yet. :p
 
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