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Theyre all pre rendered, Ill probably just wind up doing them all really quick and let you submit them all
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Geralt is a book character. He breaks the rules. There is no looking past him being a book character. You are "kind of" a video game character or "kind of" a book character. You are one or the other unless it was some big multi-media release thing like Strider.

Geralt IS a book character. The games are based on the book. It doesn't matter where the book is from. You can't check both of those boxes. It's very black-and-white. Unless you are Strider.
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from the LL thread
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azuarc posted...

https://imgur.com/KhPtvam

What kind of search engine are you using, zen?

tumblr without the safesearch
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i do not want to talk about amazon ever again, ffffffuck that place

i am bound by my NDA not to talk about a lot of things but know that it is worse than whatever bernie sanders makes it out to be
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thanks nick

i wanna be on a podcast with you, it could be fun
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

never seen this meme

the people who have live by it
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LeonhartFour posted...

I mean Vincent's round 2 performance was certainly fraudulent but that wasn't his fault

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Whiskey_Nick posted...

Monika loses round 1

don't poke the anime bear
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@InsaneGamer137 it's back

I dunno if you've seen this thread yet
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77071963

vote on mewtwo's fraud status here
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i'm the official anal-lyst now

wow what a way to start a new page
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

Zen the way you say analysis

It is a thing. It makes me chuckle each time

i call it that because i pull everything out of my ass
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mewtwo is a fraud and lets go pikachu is a dumb baby game for dumb babies
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allen almost did this once

it's a really bad idea

so he ended up not doing it
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i use SFF in day-to-day conversation
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UltimaterializerX posted...

DROP SHADOW IS NOT BETTER THAN OUTER GLOW, l WILL FUCKING FIGHT YOU ZEN.

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i'm pretty sure someone is gonna just submit his Smash render, if you want I can really quickly whip it up and send it to you

it's not the most unique picture but if you're the first to submit it then it's like 95% likely allen will just use it. he is a HUGE sucker for smash renders, for a while Mario's Melee and Brawl renders were all he used
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i say "fuck" like 60+ times in this episode
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Allen is really uninteresting

the best thing to do is to find a pic nobody has ever used before that represents default Sora. It sounds kind of hard but there's stuff out there. Like I had to REALLY look to find a new pic of Frank West in 2013, but I found one and because it was new and unique and represented a neutral Frank West it was chosen.

If you want just post a ton of Sora pics in here and I'll tell you what has a good shot
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oh shit

that's me
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lmao

sure I can do that if you want, it's already rendered so it will take two seconds. Are you sure that's what you wanna use it on? I'm pretty sure Ulti will be submitting default Sora and Allen is all by guaranteed to pick that
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WhiteLens posted...

How do even know that Allen won't just use the pics he already has on the bracket for Round 1?

see the post before yours

I'm not 100% sure he won't just lame it out, but in 2013 he had hover thumbnails AND stock pics for the results page but he still had match pics.
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But Zen, where do I find good pics that isn't just Google?

Great question, Jimmy!

The best resource for official pics in high quality are fan wikias. For example:

http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Jill_Valentine/gallery

Look at all this official art of Jill! What a selection!

You can also go digging on Tumblr, a lot of big fandoms have tumblrs devoted to archiving high-res official art, like Supper Mario Broth. However, you may just find porn. Do what you have to do.
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I don't think he'll rely on hover pics because for some characters he used .png transparent renders and for others he used cropped pictures with backgrounds.

Allen is a lot of things but above all he is consistent. He would never use the hover thumbnails unless they were all transparent or all cropped.

That's what I'm telling myself at least.

ps Allen is NOT consistent when it comes to Geralt and Spider-Man

boo that man
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Just the one character, it should just be individual match pics for Rounds 1 and 2.
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XIII_rocks posted...

I am so here for the Spyro pic

do you want skylanders spyro or
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Hello, Metal Sonic Army! This is a reminder that I owe you a match pic in return for your Metal Sonic nom!

This will not be the topic where I actually make the pics, I just wanted to put it in your heads that the time is approaching where Allen will release Round 1 match pic requirements, and I want to get a jump on everything you guys want so you all can submit your pics early.

What kind of pics work well?

Pics that are high-res, clear, consistent lighting, normally-proportioned with no obscured bits of the character. Take this Rikku for example:



That's a perfect pic! I actually used this one and it got accepted (even though it's fan art):



This is a bad pic:



The angle is all weird, if you were to shrink Nightmare down he'd look like a weird, unidentifiable blob!

This one is also weird because of the lighting and angle:



If you're not sure if a pic would work for a match pic or not, post it here! You're not locked into anything at all until you're satisfied with what I've made.

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If you want to wait for Round 2, that's fine by me! I'm also willing to do Round 3 pics depending on the format. Again, it's up to you guys. I owe you all big for getting Metal Sonic a 5(!) seed, even if he's getting fed to the Boss. If Round 3 is freeform I probably won't be able to take specific requests, so I advise that you try to redeem your pic by the end of Round 2.

Also, I hate to say this, but I swore and oath, so I am willing to make sabotage pics. Again, YOU will be submitting these pics, not me, and while I am strongly against pic sabotage (despite the rumors), I am bound by my promise to adapt any pic submitted into a match picture. This includes fan art, but keep in mind that unless it's really good Allen will probably see right through it. I will do my best to make any pic requested, but I cannot promise Allen will choose them.

Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to post what you're thinking and we can start workshopping ideas.

I will roll this topic into the actual Picsmith topic once Allen makes an official announcement.

PS I know some of you said you don't want pics but I am still giving you the opportunity if you change your mind
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soon

winky face
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the last 1 v 1 character battle was 8 years ago

i dunno when the last 24-hour 1 v 1 character battle was

and losers bracket is a new thing

there's no way to call this right. all old stats are probably invalid and who knows how the losers bracket will affect things.
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LittleRoyal posted...

I cant fogure out how to make one

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/cbx_entry
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Chun-Li > Dante
Leon > Sully

Knuckles > Monika
James > Pikachu

Big Boss > Ryo Hazuki
Godot > Kiryu

Shadow > Bowser
Phoenix > Kirby

Metal Sonic > Garrus
Jill Valentine > Shovel Knight

Simon Belmont > Bayonetta
Auron > Ren Amamiya

Edgeworth > Goro Majima
Tifa > Isabelle

Richter > Emmy
Shepard > Quiet



Chun-Li > Leon
Knuckles > James

Big Boss > Godot
Phoenix > Shadow

Jill Valentine > Metal Sonic
Simon Belmont > Auron

Edgeworth > Tifa
Richter > Shepard



Knuckles > Chun-Li
Big Boss > Phoenix

Simon Belmont > Jill Valentine
Richter Belmont > Edgeworth



Knuckles > Big Boss
Richter Belmont > Simon Belmont



Knuckles > Richter Belmont

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no legends cuz w/e

what a ride
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Ganondorf
Pikachu
Sora
Kirby
Zelda (HOT TAKE)
Auron
Tifa (HOT TAKE)
Ryu (HOT TAKE)
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@xp1337 thank you for this informative post!
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/184626-traffic-jam/76917465

leon's analysis has been fully archived up to his most recent post, it is available from post 87ish onwards
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i have fully archived all of Leon's analysis up until the current post

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/184626-traffic-jam/76917465

it starts at post 87 or somethin' i dunno

please support the CBX Archive

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76969215
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i think his strength is based on what he was getting in Draven/Chie/Jak pre-rally

he was losing pretty bad to Chie
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take the rally characters to round 2 or 3 then count them out

link wins

that's it
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dude nobody has the answers this year

go with your gut
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i took advantage of your absence to scream about spider-man uninterrupted for 3 hours
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