Yep. It's that time of the year again! Time to bring back the combo competition that you guys love!
--- It's time to get things kickin' up in here! ---
For those who are unfamiliar of how BSE works...
What is B.S.E.?
It's a very simple yet fun idea, you will be given a sequence of moves and a ”special element” that must be performed in a combo. The combo is being performed by ONE stickfigure against another stickfigure. The special element can be anything from superpowers and special weapons, to different environments and music synchronization.
An example:
Combo: Punch, Punch, Kick, Kick, Kick."
Or "Punch, Kick, Throw.
Special element: The combo must be performed inside a wind tunnel.
The combos will become more advanced the further on down the competition. The final round will always have the longest combo of them all.
How many rounds?
There will be 10 rounds, each one will last 2-4 weeks. No rounds will be shortened or lengthened, even if everyone finishes their animations early, or most people don’t finish on time.
Length?
There will be NO minimum length. However, obviously, length may act as a catalyst for getting more points, which will be distributed for actual animating skill.
Can I miss a round?
You are allowed to miss out rounds and you are allowed to join this competition in any round you want, although this will obviously affect your overall score.
I'm finished!
At the end of the 10 rounds a winner will be chosen from the highest overall score, and an award will be given to the highest scorer of every round. The top mark for each round will be 10, your end score will obviously then be out of 100.
Let's get into the action!
----------------------------
Combo!
Punch, punch, kick, counter-kick, sweep kick, body slam, grab, throw, counter-punch, combo-finisher
Sweep kick: Watch this video if you don't know what a sweep kick is
Combo-finisher?: This is my gift for you guys, at the end of the combo when you switch victims again wit the counter-punch, do a COMBO to finish your victim, but this combo MUST BE longer than 3 HITS, they can be ANY hits you want, be creative!!
Special Element!: The combo must be performed in a CHANGING BACKGROUND
What does this mean exactly?, your sticks must fight in an enviroment where the background is in constant change, it can be a falling building, it can be in the midle of an avalanche or a burning forest, even a sinking ship, but the background must be moving/changing the whole time. What WON'T COUNT would be if you change from jungle to desert, that is not the idea, the goal of this is that you learn to move your sticks while the enviroment surrounding them is morphing in some way, like in this year's DDC's first wave, YOU had to adapt to the course while the obstacles were appearing, THAT'S the idea. Make the fight into a falling building is the perfect example.
Changing angles DOES NOT count as a changing background
-----------------------------
Due date: February 15th - Timezone: GMT-3
-- Score Description --
Goal for this round: Be as creative as possible, let's see how creative is each one of you.
---------------------------------
Entries!
| Entries | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Final Score |
| EhMeD_Emer | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| PivotBlimp | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
| flashfree-k | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 2.0 |
| captain4dji | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| ACBeam | 5.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| SJT15 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Foscex | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| FL-Nordin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| pyrosamurai | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| _SAVY_ | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| Fuzzybrain | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| drackojiano | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| AlishaTano | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| kemical | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
Congrats drackojiano for making 1st place this round!
Great job to FL-Nordin and SJT15 for claiming 2nd and 3rd place as well!
---------------------------------
CnC from Judge 1:
EhmeD_Emer: Not going to CnC an unfinished entry.
PivotBlimp: that was so fast dude, I like the fast combos but I could barely understadn what was going on, tho.. I think that out of all the entries you were the one who made a really good use of the special element, it was really entertaining to watch and also creative!.
flashfree-k: Not going to waste my time on unfinished entries anymore.
captain4dji: Well I could barely understand what was going on, the intro took sooo longggg, if you're going to make an intro make it entertaining to watch, also learn the basics of aanimation and study the stick construction BEFORE trying angles, otherwise it just looks weird, find your own style dude, work on that and be patient, good luck for the next round.
ACBeam: The combo itself was well executed, a really smooth combo and the angle was a nice touch, but... where's the interaction with the BG? What's the point of having a changing background as a special element if you're just going to be lazy and not "use" it at all?, be more creative dude, there were so many posibilities and ways to execute this combo, and you just picked the laziest way to do it.
SJT15: Wow, this was just amazing dude, the concept and combo were almost perfectly executed and it was super entertaining to watch, I really like the facial expressions that you make, it was so hard to find mistakes on this animation. But for what I could see is that SOMETIMES your combos are so ffast that you can abrely see what was going on, like that moment when you are like "How did the stick end up in that position?", that happened I think 3 times in the anim where I couldn't see the whole movement and just saw the stick appearing randomly in the screen, however, is not that big of a deal, you're improving so much dude, just keep going and I would love to see more FX in the animation from you, even tho is not your style, you should give it a shot.
Foscex: I'm dissapointed actually, I couldn't see the special element here, and some angles were unfinished and confusing, the FX are nice as always, but I know that you can do that. I honestly was expecting a really nice idea along with a really well executed combo but it looks like you rushed it a lot.
FL-Nordin: haha I don't know what waas the thing from the begining exactly but this animation was so simple and yet so awesome the angles made my jaw drop and the music choice/sync was perfect, I can only complain about the special element that was only showing up at the ending of the animation, that part when the robot kicked the stick out of the building is not what the special element was supossed to be, but you did an amazing job overall, I hope you can pull out more anims like these in the future, I'll be waiting for more from you!.
pyrosamurai: Short, simple and good. Nice job here, I see that you're trying out on facial expressions, keep practicing them they're looking nice so far. I also noticed that you're good at combos in mid-air but you struggle to make it look smooth and fuild when it comes to 2D fighting, according to your style you'll probably be better at angles than 2D, so I'd would like to see your entry for the next round practising some sweet angles. Keep going man.
_SAVY_: The run cycle at the begining was wrong, when your legs are crossing your ARMS MUST also do a crossover, also you abused the double-framing so much in that small angles breaking the stick's arm, I thought I was lagging, also it was exptremely weird when you were hitting the stick aganst the wall, the movement didn't seem natural, you should practice more on that, I recommend you to watch Rushed, and see how thos hits work. Aside from that everything else was fine, you implemented the special element better than most of the entries here, well done dude, keep it up!.
Fuzzybrain: Dude you're gonna have to practice the basics of a stick construction and animation before trying angles, I couldn't understand what was going on exactly, tho I appreciate that you try to include humor in your animations, just practice more with 2D before trying with angles, you need to understand the basics before trying something harder, I also liked the little plot you made, keep it up man!.
draojiancko: I honestly think that you do the "zeta-syle" even better than some member from Zetabrand, is just so entertaining to watch!, the angles and FX are awesome and that comic style of yours is really unique, REALLY well executed, just try to don't overextend some angles and if you do, make sure that is loaded of force. I also loved the finisher it was amazing, the horse made my jaw drop lol. I can't wait to see you in the next round!.
AlishaTano: For what I could see... it was unfinished.
kemical: Angles from you?, awesome, I wanted to know if you were good at it as your combos, and let me tell you that you do them perfectly, I liked the force of the combos but I would've loved to see your full potencial on the special element. Over all it was a pretty well executed BSE. Please join th next round and rpactice more your angles and be more creative.
---------------------------------
