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Post by DigiDice on Apr 26, 2012 18:00:43 GMT -5
ok before i start i want to make a few things clear
1. this is a debate and well a debate i like an argument it is more civilized and gives everyone a chance to voice there opinions so to be blunt i'll just come out and say it if you want to take it to far G.T.F.O
2.This has been a long time coming and it's time we do more than plan but it's time to act as well
3. this debate is about why we are a dead site and how we can fix it
ok now that that's out of the way first i think we should take a look at the staff i think Darkria87 is doing his best but his support has kind of left him to take care of the site himself below are the last log in times of Poi and Fusion
Fusion's Last Login Date: Jan 15, 2012, 2:13pm
Poi's Last Login Date: Apr 10, 2012, 9:25am
poi hasn't shown up in 16 days and Fusion hasn't been seen for over a month i'm sorry and i mean no insult to them but we need people that are going to be here to take care of the site and keep an eye on the members
secondly we do have a problem with post aka we don't have any but this was true long before the addition of Xats to our site and we will have this problem long after it's removal our problem is that no one is doing there job and i'll admit i haven't been doing mine ether if you don't understand what i'm saying i want you to look up at the name of the site "Pokemon Sprite Resource" now look at the last 150 posts or so and tell me how many sprites you actually see or even how many times spriting is brought up as a topic, i bet you'll get under 25 for both
these are only the problems i've noticed right off the bat and before we can expect others to come and stay at this site we need to fix the problems we have i for one would love to hear your opinion on the matter and if you know of any problems we can fix this has to be a team effort so lets suck it up put aside our differences and work this out ok
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Post by CiCi on Apr 26, 2012 18:04:59 GMT -5
When I joined, [around the Summertime], barely anyone sprited.
I don't even like pokemon, but that's my opinion.
Ever since that time, the same people came on every now and then.
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Post by DigiDice on Apr 26, 2012 18:11:17 GMT -5
yes but if i recall you where referred to this site by a friend and mot others come here expecting to find sprites and share their sprite but when they look at the posts and only see a bunch of people gossiping they lose interest and we lose a new member but when i joined this place was full of sprites and amazing spriters but as the number of sprites decreased so did the number of new and old members and to me the biggest difference is the amount of actual spriting that takes place
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Post by CiCi on Apr 26, 2012 18:14:38 GMT -5
yes but if i recall you where referred to this site by a friend and mot others come here expecting to find sprites and share their sprite but when they look at the posts and only see a bunch of people gossiping they lose interest and we lose a new member but when i joined this place was full of sprites and amazing spriters but as the number of sprites decreased so did the number of new and old members and to me the biggest difference is the amount of actual spriting that takes place Yes, I was brought here by Jack o.o Since I wasn't here at that time, I don't really know what to say. :/ |
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Post by Syan 3 Point Oh on Apr 26, 2012 20:23:21 GMT -5
Honestly, we've been the most active during the spriting seasons. I remember joining during one.
So perhaps hold a spriting competition?
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Post by DigiDice on Apr 26, 2012 20:57:45 GMT -5
you gave me a great idea yes we are most active in spring and summer but we need to be more active all around not just during our main seasons. so starting tomorrow I'm going to open a competition for everyone to enter and we'll leave it up to YouTube to decide a winner at the end of the competition i'll go make a channel for P.S.R this will be a seasonal competition so starting tomorrow welcome to the first day of the spring fever competition
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Post by CiCi on Apr 27, 2012 9:07:27 GMT -5
Wait.. wuht.
I don't even know how to sprite..
All I know is that you gotta make some pokemon, or a re-color?
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Post by Syan 3 Point Oh on Apr 27, 2012 13:08:51 GMT -5
No problem happy to help.
CiCi then make a kick *** recolor!
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Post by Jack on Apr 27, 2012 13:48:34 GMT -5
I'll see if I can do something.
By any chance can I enter my Avatar into the recolours cat.?
I am stupid. I read the above posts and then posted this on the wrong topic. *Facedesk*
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Post by CiCi on Apr 27, 2012 13:56:21 GMT -5
CICI DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO RECOLOR.
Isn't CiCi a stupid ass?
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Post by Follow on Apr 27, 2012 14:03:51 GMT -5
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Post by DigiDice on Apr 27, 2012 18:11:28 GMT -5
alright its a start any other ideas for things we could o for the site?
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Post by Jack on Apr 27, 2012 18:16:51 GMT -5
Well I'm starting something I'll call "The Corruption Project".
I'll be recolouring every animation into the colours of my avatar.
Tinypic is being a pain as of now though so I can't upload anything.
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Post by Syan 3 Point Oh on Apr 27, 2012 21:39:39 GMT -5
I have a few ideas.
#1; Keep posting! It makes us look like were always on, which is CRUCIAL for a forum.
#2; Hold random competitions and fun activities.
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Post by CiCi on Apr 28, 2012 6:15:25 GMT -5
@jack: Awsum saucez eventhoyoualreadytoldmehsothisispointless :3
What do you mean by FUN ACTIVITIES? I can think of a lot of FUN ACTIVITIES right off of the top of my head..
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Post by ratminer on Apr 29, 2012 0:19:21 GMT -5
Ok boys and girls
As the oldest member currently residing occasionally at this forum, i can tell you it wont always be this bad
It always gets busy, then dies down and someone says "OMG WE'RE DEAD SOMEONE DO SOMETHING" then stuff happens and we get busier and then same thing happens again and again.
I cant remember much of how we got busy most of the time, but it usually involved making sprites, cause thats why people come here. Its the title of this website.
I came here cause I heard that there was a website that made custom pokemon sprites. I'm not sure if I remember hearing that it was this site specifically, but I ended up here anyways. Basically, i was just starting with trainer sprites and the such, posted a topic showcasing my sprites, and nekoaa encouraged me to set up a shop. Basically when i made a sprite it took like a few hours. I spent time getting rid of the blemishes. And as a result, that shop I set up basically exploded into a 12 or something page, uhh, crazy fest. But then I went to go work for a company to sprite for their game. I did some stuff, but got bored.
Basically, you guys gotta do new stuff, create new things, based on other people's requests or something, but not just like basic recolours. After learning how to use the eraser in mspaint properly, a rock could do that. I mean its good for learning, and you use it all the time when spriting, but its not something really at all special. Its used all the time, in every technique for spriting, but its kinda just boring when you make a charizard with lucario colours. "OMG LOOK GUYS I LEARNED HOW TO USE THE ERASER TOOL PROPERLY!!" said mr rock
Splicing is really the next step up. Its good to a point. But, I mean if you make great huge abominations then its just too much (thats just my opinion). And also in the other direction, splicing gets useless when its just adding horns onto a jigglypuff, or wings onto EVERYTHING. You're basically doing nothing. "OMG LOOK IM SOOOOOO COOL, I TAPED HORNS TO A JIGGLYPUFF" and it usually doesnt look right, cause the horns or wings were meant to be for the specific pokemon and position they were drawn on, and when you attach them to any other pokemon, it can look silly, even with a recolour.
Basically scratching is the best way to do stuff. But its also the hardest. You have to know what the pokemon would look like at all angles, make it not look like the legs are too big for its body and whatever. Its the hardest one really.
But if you have a mix of all three, recolouring, splicing and scratching, the sprites look good, like really good. Its basically splicing, but with a bit of scratching, and needless to say recolouring to make it look right. Basically do splices, but make the items fit properly by drawing your own stuff where it doesnt look right.
If the sprite doesnt look right dont go post it unless youre asking for help on what you should do. Try to fix it up yourself; you gotta learn sometime if you want to make good sprites.
Anyways, what im trying to say is be creative, dont just do a recolour and say thats a new sprite, anyone can do that. Make something new do something different, even recolours can be cool if you do something special.
If you guys get creative, it'll bring more people.
Also, a big part of why this forum is still up is because of nekoaa, and how she stayed all the time, logged in almost everyday, even if it was for just a few seconds.
Be like that, dont lose hope. Summer is just around the corner, so hold out till then and in the meantime get spriting.
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Post by Darkluigi on Apr 29, 2012 1:12:19 GMT -5
beep... But yeah, spriting can be boring sometimes if you've done it constantly. Back then my mind is full of stuff I want to sprite but after I did all of them it just bored the beep outta me. But when generation V it kinda sparked my mind and my imagination came back so I made sprites again. Pokemon is my Inspiration thats why I never stop my Creativity.
The point is Creativity never dies, like us. This is just a period of absence.
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Post by CiCi on Apr 29, 2012 6:11:03 GMT -5
WE DO TO DIE.. at some point!
I've never really done any sprites, and I'm still learning. I'd luff to learn all of this scratching and splicing shiznit. c:
Were there really 65 people on September the 20th, 2010? o.o
Or is that how many guests and people online at the same time? [Either way, still a lot amount of people]
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Post by ratminer on Apr 29, 2012 9:07:23 GMT -5
WE DO TO DIE.. at some point! I've never really done any sprites, and I'm still learning. I'd luff to learn all of this scratching and splicing shiznit. c: Were there really 65 people on September the 20th, 2010? o.o Or is that how many guests and people online at the same time? [Either way, still a lot amount of people] Probably members and guests im guessing, but mostly guests I dont really remember lol |
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