(presentation coming soon)
Quick announcement : We have an increase in funds. ^_^ Go check the prize section below.
About StickPage Tournament
Welcome to our 3rd annual Tournament, and the 2nd to be sponsored by StickPage. Though its name has changed from The Long Time Flash Tournament (TLTFT) to StickPage Tournament, you must know the basics stay the same.
Sign-Ups will be on until 1st of May, when the 1st round starts (and will continue to the end of the competition).
As StickPage Tournament is a bit complex having 2 editions behind, please take your time to read and comprehend this entire first post. The competition will take a total of 3 months, so these are a few minutes well spent.Please don’t be discouraged by the amount of information.
Scoring System
StickPage Tournament is a tournament consisting of 3 rounds. Each round takes 1 month to complete. Your animation for each of the rounds will be rated on a scale from 1 to 10 by 3 judges. The average between the 3 rates represents your score for the round. At the end of the last round, the third, the scores for each round are summed up into your final score. The participant who has the highest score wins.
NOTE:
1. You don’t have to participate in all rounds to win, though, considering the rather small number of 3 this year, it is strongly advised that you do.
2. The three rounds will be animated in the order they are released. This means absolutely nobody except me will have the right to know any details regarding future rounds. Nobody will be given a head start. Nobody will be given the opportunity to animate a certain round in the same amount of time as the others but in advance (eg. You animate round 2 from 15th May to 15th June and the others animate it from 15th June to 15th July) for the sake of not having the theme leaked.
(About) Round themes
StickPage Tournament will not only test your ability to animate, but also your ability to entertain. This means the themes have a certain story. We will only give the main idea of the story and sometimes a few character and plot restrictions. You do the rest. You will have to create the plot in detail and the rest of the characters and make it all look original while sticking to the limitations. You will have to stick to the limitations because all entries for the competition will become collaborations, and the collaborations need to have certain continuity.
IMPORTANT: Since the entries become a collaboration, each round we have a set resolution and frame rate as long as other collaboration-typical rules.
So you know what you’ll be dealing with, here are some examples from last year.
THEME STYLES:
1. A given character bio, a plot and a location.
EG: (TLTFT V.2 Round 1 – “Indestructible”)
You will be animating an indestructible character who has escaped prison. This character is on a killing spree in the city. He has two weapons: a katana and a gun. His color is black.
The character will enter from the left side of the screen, fight his enemies and exit through the right side of the screen. Cinematics are encouraged as well as a strong feel of power from the main character. Your entry must not contain the escape from prison, only the above mentioned killing spree.
2. A given location or situation and no character development.
A battle in the Colosseum. Gladiators will be designed by you, there are no power, look or weapon restrictions. You can have as many gladiators as you want. During the battle the Colosseum can be damaged, but not destroyed so we keep the continuity of the collab. Be creative! ^_^
We will be having a 3rd, different style for the 3rd round this year which I’m not mentioning yet.
Categorization
Don’t be discouraged by the big names in the competition!!!
Unless you are good enough, you will not have to compete against them. StickPage Tournament is split up in three categories: beginner, intermediate and professional.
When you join you will post a couple of your latest animations and the judges will decide what category you fit best.
NOTE: If you progress through the competition, your category will not change. You will stay in the category you start round 1 in until the end, though exceptions can be made before round 2 and you can still get moved, but it’s very unlikely. Most probably, nobody will be changing categories after 1st May (start of first round).
Exception : Do not try to trick the judges into placing you in an easier category. You WILL be discovered when submitting your round 1 entry and placed into your real category.
The Collaborations
At the end of each round, the entries for each of the three categories will be compiled into three separate collaborations. The professional category collaborations will be featured on StickPage front page for a while and then showcased on other sites. The intermediate and beginner collaborations will not be featured on StickPage front page, but will receive plenty attention on the rest of the sites, as they will be featured under the same profile as the pro ones.
Therefore, by delivering entries for this competition, you agree that they will be used in these collabs and showcased on our sponsor’s site.
Now, what about that sponsorship?
Prizes
Professional Category
1st - 500$ ; 2nd - 300$ ; 3rd - 200$ ; 4th - 100$
Intermediate Category
1st - 200$ ; 2nd - 150$ ; 3rd - 50$
Beginner Category
1st - 50$ (from SP) + StickPage Tournament Merchandise (from -Hawk-, I'm just saying, don't think I forgot you.
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2nd - 50$ (from SP) + SPT Merchandise (-Hawk-)
3rd - SPT Merchandise (-Hawk-)
Staff
Judges
Pro category – Crazy Jay, SSJBryando, Miccool
Intermediate category – Crazy Jay, SSJBryando, Terkoiz
Beginner category – Crazy Jay, SSJBryando, -Hawk-
To be a judge in a respective category you should be at the very least good enough to participate in that category. You have to be active and rate the entries at the end of each round carefully but preferably in a couple days’ time. You can judge in many categories, if you have the time.
Award creators
Pro:
Inter:
Beginner:
Good design skills required. You will have to make 3 gifs each round, for the first 3 positions. You can make awards for many categories if you have the time.
Concept art: Laoo
Menu Design: -Hawk-
Entrants
NOTE: The participants marked "(TBC)" have pre-joined the competition. These participants will have to confirm their participation in this thread and re-post example animations. Thank you.
Professional:
DannyPlatinum13
Master-Samus
Pluto
Drifts
MarcK (Kitsune)
Zans
Moppy
Mack
Blizz
Murph
Invert
Terkoiz
Frost
onlywatching (TBC)
LePush (TBC)
Intermediate:
-Hawk-
Vile
Obi
Rabstar
Pop
Antiximo
Arch-Angel
Poppetje3D
Plaguedsoul
Kyrin
Beast
Stund
Foda
Fresh
Cronos
XxIsAaCxX
Default
The Dreadmo
gartman
Allieman
Sonoya
Ezthunder
Blood-Angel
Leem / 12 gauge
1lasthero
Croix (TBC)
ToolShedUncle (TBC)
kingsmash (TBC)
Beginner:
Kieran
xstorm999
Matty/Zhandax
Rakeria
Doc
Yummerz
Bullethead
Schwa
RUiN / Beasty
Vendetta
Bubblez
Swift
Teh_Cube
Bubblez
flashyman12
-0mega-
BlueBlade (TBC)
Motencu (TBC)
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