Contest PokéBeach Create-A-Card: October 2017 - The Lost Zone - All Results Up!

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

The theme for this month is the mysterious Lost Zone! You must incorporate this mechanic on your Pokémon submission in someway for this month. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with it, the Lost Zone was a mechanic present in the DPPt-HS eras of the TCG –– though for this month, points will not be docked for using the Lost Zone in another era. The zone is like a second discard pile, except that cards in the Lost Zone can never leave the Lost Zone during gameplay under any circumstances. (However, they may still have effects on cards in play!) Click here for a list of official cards that incorporated the Lost Zone.

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. @NinjaPenguin will be judging the text-based portion of the contest and @WastedSkyPirate 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 23rd of October 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: October 27th (Fri.) 12:00pm EST
Here’s a deadline countdown for convenience: [link]​

Anticipated Entrants


Image-Based:
  1. demifiend700
  2. MarshalBry
  3. King1313
  4. NinJamezor
  5. TheNyanCatXD
  6. TheR3DX
  7. DashKing
  8. Jabberwock
  9. Vulpixy
Text-Based:
  1. TheFlyingPidove
  2. P3DS
  3. mirdo
  4. Kangaflora
  5. Ilovepokemom
  6. GekkisaiDaiNi
  7. rainyman123
  8. quakingpunch73
  9. Tails
  10. Palebuckets
  11. GM Draclord
  12. DragonFang101
  13. You could be here!

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:
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Credit goes to @Nekoban Ryo for the banner.
 
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Alright. Let's try to not get DQ`d this time
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Hey, everybody! Looks like I'm judging again, so I may as well give a piece of advice:
This theme is one that's loose, yet restrictive at the same time. You technically can do whatever you want as long as you throw in a brief Lost Zone reference somewhere. But I encourage you to do otherwise. Try to make your card truly capture the Lost Zone, and incorporate it or something that would combine well with it in every aspect of your card. This may take some time, but you have an entire month to perfect your card. Instead of submitting it in a day or two, save it in a document so you can go back and edit it. Then, near the middle/end of the month, submit it. That way, you can be sure that you have made the best card possible, and one that really incorporates the Lost Zone into its design.

Good luck to everyone!
 
Here's my entry:

Kadabra - HP90 - PSYCHIC

Stage 1
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Evolves from Abra

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NO. 064 Psi Pokémon HT: 4'03" WT: 124.6 lbs.

[C][C] Bye Bye Geller - 40

Your opponent puts the top 4 cards from their deck into the Lost Zone.

[P][C][C] Ultra Super Psy - 70

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is also Confused.

Weakness: [P] x2

Resistance:
Retreat:

Pokédex Info: A theory exists that this Pokémon was a young boy who couldn't control his psychic powers and ended up transformed into this Pokémon.
 
Here's my entry:

MissingNo GX - Psychic - HP 190
Basic pokemon

(P) Crash:40 If you go first, you can us this attack on your first turn.

(P) (P) (C) Lost help:100 Pick a random card from your opponents hand. Your opponent reveals that ca d and puts it in the lost zone.

(P) (P) Erase GX Put your opponents active pokemon and the cards attached to it in the lost zone (You can't use more then 1 GX attack a game).

Weakness:
Resistance:
Retreat:1

This month, I usd Latios EX, Xuritree GX, and Bewear GX. (Edit -2 points)
 
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No time to enter, but bookmarking here so I can see the entries as they get posted.
 
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