Mendo's Ongoing tourney

Anaki Uchiha wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Okay, here is my entry for this week. Sorry to say, but the creative juices weren't flowing much (nor the balance juices). It isn't much, but it's what I felt like cranking out. If anyone can't see it, let me know. The effect wording might suck, but it is supposed to be used when you send out teams to attack, and she's not on one of them.

and incase you didn't know, shipp ino's strength is going to be 1/3, 0/1.

Nope, I wasn't aware. Wow, they are really working to keep her worthless. I like mine, slightly, because there might be a reason to actually USE her, rather than her effect, though I suppose the Support should be higher. Sad that you got to this before I realized I forgot the shadow.

venkelos wrote:

Hmm, does that mean that the new Fourth Hokage can't use Rasengans, anymore? They say "the Fourth Hokage", not "the 4th Hokage". Is the game going to be that specific? If they aren't, I don't think we should, either.

its the same thing in the new game mechanics. Only the spelling of the names change to increase the size of it. But since the new Kages and Trigrams' have the actual number rather than the pronunciation of the word, that's the way it should be. Although, points should not be taken off for it.

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Hmm, does that mean that the new Fourth Hokage can't use Rasengans, anymore? They say "the Fourth Hokage", not "the 4th Hokage". Is the game going to be that specific? If they aren't, I don't think we should, either.

its the same thing in the new game mechanics. Only the spelling of the names change to increase the size of it. But since the new Kages and Trigrams' have the actual number rather than the pronunciation of the word, that's the way it should be. Although, points should not be taken off for it.

But the new fifth hokage is spelled without the 5th right? correct me if im wrong....

Chibi Clone wrote:

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Hmm, does that mean that the new Fourth Hokage can't use Rasengans, anymore? They say "the Fourth Hokage", not "the 4th Hokage". Is the game going to be that specific? If they aren't, I don't think we should, either.

its the same thing in the new game mechanics. Only the spelling of the names change to increase the size of it. But since the new Kages and Trigrams' have the actual number rather than the pronunciation of the word, that's the way it should be. Although, points should not be taken off for it.

But the new fifth hokage is spelled without the 5th right? correct me if im wrong....

It seems weird for them to do this all just to make a name slightly bigger. "Kazekage" is longer than "Hokage", and Gaara's Fifth Kazekage cards have it spelled out. The Third Kazekage puppet is "3rd", I suppose, and I don't know about Tsunade's most recent Hokage cards, or ones that will appear in this new set. It seems dumb to do 4th Hokage, rather than Fourth Hokage, especially with Rasenfgans that say Fourth. Unless they come out with one or more new Rasengans that say 4th, and maybe a Flying Thundergod jutsu, too, or say "Name: the Fourth Hokage" which is actually more dumb, it'll just make a Ninja with few version and cards to use even more difficult.

I'll just hope that Bandai says something like "we understand that this is different from what we've previously done. Obviously, the 4th Hokage is still the Fourth Hokage, and for the purposes of already published jutsus, as well as jutsus in the future, the names can be read interchangeably." Then I wouldn't care. It is odd, though, that a character with so few cards can cause this much confusion/conversation.

venkelos wrote:

Chibi Clone wrote:

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Hmm, does that mean that the new Fourth Hokage can't use Rasengans, anymore? They say "the Fourth Hokage", not "the 4th Hokage". Is the game going to be that specific? If they aren't, I don't think we should, either.

its the same thing in the new game mechanics. Only the spelling of the names change to increase the size of it. But since the new Kages and Trigrams' have the actual number rather than the pronunciation of the word, that's the way it should be. Although, points should not be taken off for it.

But the new fifth hokage is spelled without the 5th right? correct me if im wrong....

It seems weird for them to do this all just to make a name slightly bigger. "Kazekage" is longer than "Hokage", and Gaara's Fifth Kazekage cards have it spelled out. The Third Kazekage puppet is "3rd", I suppose, and I don't know about Tsunade's most recent Hokage cards, or ones that will appear in this new set. It seems dumb to do 4th Hokage, rather than Fourth Hokage, especially with Rasenfgans that say Fourth. Unless they come out with one or more new Rasengans that say 4th, and maybe a Flying Thundergod jutsu, too, or say "Name: the Fourth Hokage" which is actually more dumb, it'll just make a Ninja with few version and cards to use even more difficult.

I'll just hope that Bandai says something like "we understand that this is different from what we've previously done. Obviously, the 4th Hokage is still the Fourth Hokage, and for the purposes of already published jutsus, as well as jutsus in the future, the names can be read interchangeably." Then I wouldn't care. It is odd, though, that a character with so few cards can cause this much confusion/conversation.

as of the newest set, FR, the Names have changed to digits rather than the spelled out words.

mine:


yes i gave him a stats boost; they said he got one on the Bandai site and this is my interpretation of a boost.

Well, since I had time left, here is the final draft of my card for this week.

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

mine:


yes i gave him a stats boost; they said he got one on the Bandai site and this is my interpretation of a boost.

HIs stat boost was 2/3 1/3

Chibi Clone wrote:

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

mine:


yes i gave him a stats boost; they said he got one on the Bandai site and this is my interpretation of a boost.

HIs stat boost was 2/3 1/3

still, those suck... shika deserves the same combat as support for healthy... screw bandai's stats!

When have I ever said I don't like people changing the stats. As long as its a reasonable change I'm all for it. Just tis gotta make sense, and shika is one of the few people that got completely shanked by bandai so i can understand stat boost on him.

4 entries this week it seems. Well this sux come on people! There are a few hours left to post so try!

Wow, a whole extra day, and still only four entries.

venkelos wrote:

Pic-4.25/5 Im sorry this is really bad quality wise so -.5 lost for the template another -.25 for the rest of the card.

Text-4.5/5 Wrong font and some things should be caped.

Effect-4.5/4 Token should be coin but i love the idea on this effect

Creativity-4.75/5 Nice! just quality brings you down.

Total:18/20

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

Pic-4.5/5 Well its used alot so thats why you lost points

Text-5/5 We all know this (your welcome)

Effect-4/5 GOD OC THIS AND OC THAT no! im not a fan of this i mean i understand the elements needed to use it but God bandai i hate you for OC!

Creativity-4.5/5 Looks cool just the OC thing.

Total:18/20

Anaki Uchiha wrote:

Pic-4.5/5 Nice you have a outline and everything just the fade in the text box looses you points. Bad quality temp

Effect- 4/5 I like the effect but boosts just dont cut it anymore but they always are good =]

Creativity-4/5 I dont think that much effort went into it and your stats are off but not deduction.

Total:16.5/5

chidoricurrent2 wrote:

Picture-3.75/5 Ouch im sorry to say but the rendering job on this is horrendious (SP?) Then the out line on it is very slopy.

Text-3.5/5 Not the rigt font and things are to blurry. Some things arent Caped when they should be

Effect-4.25/5 I like the idea of it not sure on the wording if its not correct i will edit judging.

Creativity-4.5/5 Looks cool i like it. Your sloppyness was your downfall this round.

total:16/20

naruto4ever wrote:

Totals:
Venkelos-18/20 Nice but your quality and wrong text bring you down
ShadowShika-18/20 Oc effect killed you in the long run as well as a very common image
Anaki Uchiha-16.5/20 Your getting better just quality and fade are your weak points
chidoricurrent2-16/20 Well i know you have better but not bad.

Well this week i was easy because of only 4 competitors watch out when there are more.

venkelos wrote:

Quality: 3.5/5
Pixelated.
EC + HC + Leaf Symbol are rough cut.
Drop Shadow is far too noticeable, its supposed to be a subtle thing in the BG, that just makes the character seem to pop out and be a 3rd card.

Text: 3.25/5
Wrong font etc.
Alignments off.
Stand-By and Symbolizing should be capitalized.

Effect: 5/5
Hmm, 3 chakra and cant go out plus huge target on head to, plus its like missing a drop gives you the ability to piss off yur opponent. I like it.

Creativity: 4/5
Sorry pics a blow but i also know its like really hard to find other ino pics. but the effect is bomb.

Total: 15.75/20

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

Quality: 5/5
Didn't expect anything less

Text: 5/5

Effect: 2.5/5
Alright....that mental activation just seems like a side thought thing since you lost yur shika to do it so yur gonna be in pain. And then you got the OC part, that I can sorta get but still OC shika? I like the concept but what you get out of it just seems not so good.

Creativity: 3/5
Pic is way too common but shika pics are sparce so like ino minus but not much. As to teh effect activation is very unique follow through not so much, not every character in this game needs an OC activating effect. This game needs less cards saying unaffected by (xxxx), it needs more creative things that could counter those unaffecteds. 2 wrongs dont make a right.

Total: 15.5/20

chidoricurrent2 wrote:

Quality: 2/5
Cut out is a wreck.
No drop shadow.
Templates got errors.
EC+HC+Leaf Symbol are messed up.
Yur ninja character at the bottom is being covered by the number and might be in the wrong place.

Text: 1.5/5
Wrong Font
Missed spaces.
Male, Chunin, and Team need caps.
Gets shouldnt be caps.
Growth before mental power.
Name cut out is rough.
Flavor lacks drop shadow.
Mental Power is spelled wrong.
Missed comas.

Effect: 3.75/5
This isnt worth a SR.
Wording is wrong there should be more and's, lol.

Creativity: 2/5
Pic a wreck and its not really the right time period i was hoping for. Effect is pretty generic.

Total: 9.25/20

Anaki Uchiha wrote:

Quality: 3.5/5
No drop shadow.
Ninja symbol is blurry.
Akakmaru is going transparent at the bottom, and is cutting of what should be over him.
EC is bad cut.
Wrong Bottom, it should be the shippuuden bottom bar.

Text: 3.5/5
Wrong font.
Chakra should be caps.
Dot in Kiba is cut off.

Effect: 4/5
Its umm....balanced.

Creativity: 2/5
Very used pic, same thing as the ino and shika though. Effect is also veeeeery generic though.

Total: 13.5/20

Total wrote:

Venkelos-33.75/40 Nice job you should still try to find a better program though to help yur pic quality and text.
ShadowShika-33.5/40 Effect was yur downfall, and a very close one at that. OC+the mental thing, i think if you change it a bit though it could be a great card and props for the stat increase.
Anaki Uchiha-27/40 Yur scores were pretty even down the line so I'd say just work on the small things yur missing and dont use such generic things.
chidoricurrent2-25.25/40 Well, let's face it you probably rushed it to be the first entry once you noticed, so it comes at a price lol.

Wats the new theme? Cmon cmon tell me!!

Sorry after I had just about finished updating the second post I clicked backspace and it sent me back a page so i had to redo it all. Alright so the next theme is up, lets get more than 4 people this time.

Awesome, I actually pulled a first place! That's like... Um, hold on... 1, 2, there's the third, um, yeah, this is the fifth... Oh crap, there's only two seals left.

Anyway, thanks for the critiques. Looking forward to checking out next weeks theme. And cool, I was right, finally a reason to make...

If I were thinking of branching out into Photoshopwould anyone know of a place to get it, where it is free, and will
run on a not-Apple. I'm sounding dumb as hell, I know, but last time I
used Photoshop was college, and we had to use Macs, which helped color
my hatred for the program. I'm also cheap, and don't feel like buying
it, since all I'd use it for is making cards. If anyone here knows where to
get free, downloadable Photoshop, please PM me, or just say it, here. Sorry for the double-post, but I feel more likely to get an answer here, than on the main "Make Your Own Cards" thread. Thanks.

venkelos wrote:

If I were thinking of branching out into Photoshopwould anyone know of a place to get it, where it is free, and will
run on a not-Apple. I'm sounding dumb as hell, I know, but last time I
used Photoshop was college, and we had to use Macs, which helped color
my hatred for the program. I'm also cheap, and don't feel like buying
it, since all I'd use it for is making cards. If anyone here knows where to
get free, downloadable Photoshop, please PM me, or just say it, here. Sorry for the double-post, but I feel more likely to get an answer here, than on the main "Make Your Own Cards" thread. Thanks.

I can get it to where you can download it then i can give you the code i got with mine to keep it 4 ever up 2 you.

naruto4ever wrote:

venkelos wrote:

If I were thinking of branching out into Photoshopwould anyone know of a place to get it, where it is free, and will
run on a not-Apple. I'm sounding dumb as hell, I know, but last time I
used Photoshop was college, and we had to use Macs, which helped color
my hatred for the program. I'm also cheap, and don't feel like buying
it, since all I'd use it for is making cards. If anyone here knows where to
get free, downloadable Photoshop, please PM me, or just say it, here. Sorry for the double-post, but I feel more likely to get an answer here, than on the main "Make Your Own Cards" thread. Thanks.

I can get it to where you can download it then i can give you the code i got with mine to keep it 4 ever up 2 you.

venkelos don't do it its illegal although he hasn't gotten caught, technically its stealing because he didn't buy it!

Drat, I is now sad. Oh well, I can make due with PhotoDraw. Just to cheap to go buy Photoshop. Thanks anyway, N4E.

venkelos wrote:

Drat, I is now sad. Oh well, I can make due with PhotoDraw. Just to cheap to go buy Photoshop. Thanks anyway, N4E.

I'd do it I don't see why not. I'll tell you that majority of people don't have truly legit copies of Photoshop, which so what just means they dont get all the features. I'd take N4E up on the offer.

mendokuse wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Drat, I is now sad. Oh well, I can make due with PhotoDraw. Just to cheap to go buy Photoshop. Thanks anyway, N4E.

I'd do it I don't see why not. I'll tell you that majority of people don't have truly legit copies of Photoshop, which so what just means they dont get all the features. I'd take N4E up on the offer.

btw who's judging this week?

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

naruto4ever wrote:

venkelos wrote:

If I were thinking of branching out into Photoshopwould anyone know of a place to get it, where it is free, and will
run on a not-Apple. I'm sounding dumb as hell, I know, but last time I
used Photoshop was college, and we had to use Macs, which helped color
my hatred for the program. I'm also cheap, and don't feel like buying
it, since all I'd use it for is making cards. If anyone here knows where to
get free, downloadable Photoshop, please PM me, or just say it, here. Sorry for the double-post, but I feel more likely to get an answer here, than on the main "Make Your Own Cards" thread. Thanks.

I can get it to where you can download it then i can give you the code i got with mine to keep it 4 ever up 2 you.

venkelos don't do it its illegal although he hasn't gotten caught, technically its stealing because he didn't buy it!

Actually mine is legit =] Just the 1 i was trying to get you to use on CS4 but meh.

Shadow Shikamaru wrote:

mendokuse wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Drat, I is now sad. Oh well, I can make due with PhotoDraw. Just to cheap to go buy Photoshop. Thanks anyway, N4E.

I'd do it I don't see why not. I'll tell you that majority of people don't have truly legit copies of Photoshop, which so what just means they dont get all the features. I'd take N4E up on the offer.

btw who's judging this week?

Unless I say otherwise N4E and me are default judges. Whenever I change judge I'll tell everyone so for example if i change to you then ill announce it and then you'll become default until i announce change of judge again.