Ultimate Card Maker Tournament 2010

Sorry I didnt post last night elsher, had some serious interwebs problems.

Satanspwangenma (Tenzo)

ARTWORK 2/5
-The overall quality of the art is weak. Most notable is the lack of linework on the side facing the middle where it clashes terribly with the white outline.
CARD LAYOUT 4/5
-Can barely see the water symbol.
TEXT LAYOUT 5/5
-No flaws
SPELLING & GRAMMAR 4/5
-Should say "Move" not put.
EFFECT TEXT 2/5
-Seems like a “win-more” effect.
-Playability hurt by a similar yet superior card.
17/25

V.S.

Naruto4Ever (Shikamaru)

ARTWORK 3.5/5
-The artwork is well vectored, but it seems too large to me.
-The green fading seems fake
CARD LAYOUT 5/5
TEXT LAYOUT 4/5
-A little tight, you should have more spacing.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR 4/5
-Problema with wording.
EFFECT TEXT 3/5
-I’d say he’s a little too well balanced. The hand cost seems unnecessary to me with the two earth chakra cost. It was needed for quick wit because he didn’t have a cost like this to prevent splashing.
-All in all the effect is only decent because I think that the cost is a little too high. With his second effect the mental battle can get fairly ugly but by the time he becomes viable, the shikamaru/asuma squad is going to be a better option.
Final: 19.5/25


CursedSealingDragon (Obito)

ARTWORK 2.5/5
-The line work is far too light
-The eyes are too “shiny”
CARD LAYOUT 4.5/5
-The Genjutsu Symbol is poping out at the bottom.
TEXT LAYOUT 5/5
SPELLING & GRAMMAR 3/5
-Decent but the second effect has some wording errors (selecting is too vague. What if the first effect is negated?)
EFFECT TEXT 1/5
-I would consider either of those two effects broken on their own. Having your opponent play with their hand constantly revealed while yours is hidden is simply too great an advantage. Getting such an advantage early and at no cost is unfair.
-The second effect is broken as well because hand hate is supposed to be much more difficult. Now playing a few low cost jutsus is enough to completely cripple your opponent. Play a card like Byakugan with him and suddenly they lose up to 3 cards in hand for almost no cost.
Final: 16/25

V.S.

UchihaKyoji23 (The Third Hokage Younger Days)

ARTWORK 2/5
-This is probably a LQ screenshot from the anime. Its far too blurry and really weakens the card. Anime pictures have to be vectored if they are to look correct on cards.
CARD LAYOUT 4/5
-Numbers are very messy
TEXT LAYOUT 3/5
-Font is incorrect and too bolded.
-Name: Third Hokage is broken up.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR 3.5/5
-Should say: ..."Monkey King Enma" Ninja Card
-Should say: "Leaf + Animal"
EFFECT TEXT 4.5/5
-The draw power is very nice to have in fire. Even if you don’t need enma anymore the hand advantage this card brings is very well needed in animal fire decks.
-All of this seems reasonable for a 5 drop.
-Why is his younger form a Satoosa?
FINAL SCORE: 17/25

Thayli wrote:

EFFECT TEXT 4.5/5
-The draw power is very nice to have in fire. Even if you don’t need enma anymore the hand advantage this card brings is very well needed in animal fire decks.
-All of this seems reasonable for a 5 drop.
-Why is his younger form a Satoosa?
FINAL SCORE: 17/25

bolded: because it was stated somewhere that at the time period the pic is from, the 3rd Hokage was already Hokage

The scores were rlly close this round

Totals!

naruto4ever

20+ 19 + 19.5 = 58.5/75

satanspawngenma

16 + 18 + 17 = 51/75

CursedSealingDragon

17.5 + 17.5 + 16 = 51/75

UchihaKyoji23

17.5 + 17.5 + 17 = 52/75

The ones who advance are naruto4ever and UchihaKyoji23!!

Sorry for those who lost, better luck next year!

And without further adieu, the brackets for Round 3!!

Susano'o the Storm God wrote:

Thayli wrote:

EFFECT TEXT 4.5/5
-The draw power is very nice to have in fire. Even if you don’t need enma anymore the hand advantage this card brings is very well needed in animal fire decks.
-All of this seems reasonable for a 5 drop.
-Why is his younger form a Satoosa?
FINAL SCORE: 17/25

bolded: because it was stated somewhere that at the time period the pic is from, the 3rd Hokage was already Hokage

The scores were rlly close this round

Yep, in Danzo's last issue, when he is reliving his youth with the 2nd, Sarutobi, the other elders, and some Uchiha, when Tobirama says he's going to sacrifice himself to save them, he says that, tomorrow, Sarutobi will be Hokage. So, a rather young Sarutobi is declared Hokage.

venkelos wrote:

Susano'o the Storm God wrote:

Thayli wrote:

EFFECT TEXT 4.5/5
-The draw power is very nice to have in fire. Even if you don’t need enma anymore the hand advantage this card brings is very well needed in animal fire decks.
-All of this seems reasonable for a 5 drop.
-Why is his younger form a Satoosa?
FINAL SCORE: 17/25

bolded: because it was stated somewhere that at the time period the pic is from, the 3rd Hokage was already Hokage

The scores were rlly close this round

Yep, in Danzo's last issue, when he is reliving his youth with the 2nd, Sarutobi, the other elders, and some Uchiha, when Tobirama says he's going to sacrifice himself to save them, he says that, tomorrow, Sarutobi will be Hokage. So, a rather young Sarutobi is declared Hokage.

Actually I believe it was already stated before that he was already the 3rd Hokage at the time of training the future sannin

User Name wrote:

Sorry for the small font size; I needed to cram in a lot of text



If you are having trouble reading it:

Valid: At the end of the turn, place 1 Ninja Blade coin (symbolizing a Heart coin) on this Ninja for each of your opponent's Ninjas that were removed from play due to this Ninja's Team during the turn.

Valid: During your Mission Phase, you may remove any amount of Heart coins from this Ninja. In that case, apply one of the following effects according to the number of Heart coins you removed.

1+ ) Put 1 "Four Souls of Kakuzu" in play from your Reinforcemnt Deck.
2+ ) Remove this Ninja from the game and put 1 "Kakuzu (Soul Form)" in play from your Reinforcement Deck ignoring Sacrifice.


The effect probably won't win me any points for creativity, as I am aiming for a playable Kakuzu that is not a Super rare. I wanted it to somehow get 4 Souls out, but not as easily as [Multiple Hearts] does. The secondary effect makes Kakuzu (Soul Form) more playable (albeit still at T8) and gives it a boost for having a weaker first effect than [MH] does.

Bumping my entry up a few pages for the convenience of the judges.

Well, here's my entry, one Fifth Kazekage. I was thinking of one of my characters; many of them are Wind, but figured better to not risk it, and Sakura pulled a blank in my head.



He's rather simple; his desire to be loved by his people, and their wish for him to be their Kazekage combine to make a powerful ninja. His first effect is their want to help him; they pour forth their energy to give him an edge, while his second effect is his desire to protect them. When he goes out to fight for them, he gains strength. Each power is nice, but you have to decide which you want, based on Gaara's role. If he is a jutsu machine, you want the Sand Ninjas in your chakra area, while if he is a mainline fighter, you want them to stand with him. Granted, you could try both, but there aren't oh so many Sand Ninjas (8 I think, and three are much more for puppets, leaving around 5 that might actually get into the deck). He gets Mastery, mostly because he's a Kage, and because we've seen him repeat use jutsus. Granted, his Mastery doesn't benefit from his effects, but he might have a little chakra remaining to use it more often. He comes a bit weaker, due to having Mastery, but you can offset that with some other Sand shinobi, and a T6 4th Hokage has equal Healthy Pwr.

I really hope to not lose points on the name; I figure it's no different than "The 5th Kazekage", but the version of the font I have doesn't do numbers, and cut/pasting it from another looks crappy with the rest. Well, that probably about covers him, then. Thanks N4E for wordage assistance.

Two subpar cards. Gaara is slightly less bad, mostly on the fact that the picture for Kakuzu is abysmal.

bumping all these up

Here's my entry, hope I can make it past this round. :p



Umm, I guess i should explain the card huh. Pretty much just based on what's going on in the manga right now. I decided to take a non Puppet based route with kank to be unique. And since I knew his effect could be potentially abuse-able in water I gave him non valid and lowered stats to turn 3 stats on a turn 4 AND added sacrifice. Hoping all that would be enough, the manga right now is about bringing all ninjas together so restricting him to just wind didn't seem right. Plus the sacrifice 1 ninja once again fits the storyline since a team member was lost to make their battle a success.

Deets wrote:

Two subpar cards. Gaara is slightly less bad, mostly on the fact that the picture for Kakuzu is abysmal.

I really feel that we should avoid making remarks like this. If you don't like the cards, then offering constructive criticism is okay, but using such cruel words with respect to any form of artistic expression can be just plain hurtful. I think we should try to be as encouraging as we can, not take potshots at each other.

Deets wrote:

Two subpar cards. Gaara is slightly less bad, mostly onthe fact that the picture for Kakuzu is abysmal.

Um...Thanks? If you don't like it, that's fine, but say why, rather than just that you don't.

mendokuse wrote:

Here's my entry, hope I can make it past this round. :p



Umm, I guess i should explain the card huh. Pretty much just based on what's going on in the manga right now. I decided to take a non Puppet based route with kank to be unique. And since I knew his effect could be potentially abuse-able in water I gave him non valid and lowered stats to turn 3 stats on a turn 4 AND added sacrifice. Hoping all that would be enough, the manga right now is about bringing all ninjas together so restricting him to just wind didn't seem right. Plus the sacrifice 1 ninja once again fits the storyline since a team member was lost to make their battle a success.

Very nice. I was hoping somebody would use that art, some time, though I can't find it colored; only b&w, and my coloring attempt went into more time than I liked (hence, no Kankuro & Sasori Platoon for my made-for-fun thread). Mind sharing where you found it?

venkelos wrote:

Very nice. I was hoping somebody would use that art, some time, though I can't find it colored; only b&w, and my coloring attempt went into more time than I liked (hence, no Kankuro & Sasori Platoon for my made-for-fun thread). Mind sharing where you found it?

Pretty sure N4E line-arted and colored it.

My card, there it is!

Story: I had to make an Earth jutsu, which while it may seem simple enough once you start looking only Hyuga Jutsu and random stuff exist. So I went with the 12 Shinobi Guardians jutsu, Raigo: Thousand Hand Strike. But of course me being me, I had to put my own twist on it. I turned it from a mediocre jutsu into a powerhouse blocking jutsu. Both Asuma and Chiriku screwed Hidan and Kakuzu up in the manga with it, so I built a jutsu to reflect it. I started out with a boring offensive effect of injuring 2 ninja, and built it up to be this power house blocker jutsu. It's built to make sure you can't instant get the combination off it by making sure that Neither Asuma nor Chiriku can cast it the turn they come into play and block. Otherwise I think it's a simple jutsu that could see lots of play in Earth.

MJM wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Very nice. I was hoping somebody would use that art, some time, though I can't find it colored; only b&w, and my coloring attempt went into more time than I liked (hence, no Kankuro & Sasori Platoon for my made-for-fun thread). Mind sharing where you found it?

Pretty sure N4E line-arted and colored it.

^This^ I did line/color it mendo made the Chakra threads but I felt honored that he used it.

naruto4ever wrote:

MJM wrote:

venkelos wrote:

Very nice. I was hoping somebody would use that art, some time, though I can't find it colored; only b&w, and my coloring attempt went into more time than I liked (hence, no Kankuro & Sasori Platoon for my made-for-fun thread). Mind sharing where you found it?

Pretty sure N4E line-arted and colored it.

^This^ I did line/color it mendo made the Chakra threads but I felt honored that he used it.

Sorry for the confusion, yes art was by N4E there isnt really a place on the card like the old templates for a made by stamp otherwise I would have slapped art by N4E on it. And like said I did the smallest part of the art, the chakra strings lol. Effect and compilation is totally mine though. No one said I couldn't use someone elses art.

Mods have full permission to ban Deets for the remainder of the tournament.

I talked to him last night and he is just bored and looking for trouble. We still love him, but he is distracting to the event.

Sorry Nick.

Shino'sDad wrote:

Mods have full permission to ban Deets for the remainder of the tournament.

I talked to him last night and he is just bored and looking for trouble. We still love him, but he is distracting to the event.

Sorry Nick.

So people aren't entitled to their opinion anymore if it makes someone look bad? I didn't realize this was bandai...

Thayli wrote:

Shino'sDad wrote:

Mods have full permission to ban Deets for the remainder of the tournament.

I talked to him last night and he is just bored and looking for trouble. We still love him, but he is distracting to the event.

Sorry Nick.

So people aren't entitled to their opinion anymore if it makes someone look bad? I didn't realize this was bandai...

I think its more a case that we want a constructive environment. If he had said "your stuff sucks you shoulda tried this instead" then perhaps there wouldnt be such a problem.

I am allowing permission for the Mods to remove any post(s) that is down right "only" attacking another member and ones that are purposefully made to start trouble on a thread. This also goes for spamming, but I know everyone on these boards are better then that.

People, you have your full opinions on the boards, but remember the people you share your posts with have feelings too. Deets will not be banned just because of previous posts, but everyone is viable for banned for any rule braking. This doesn't mean if you brake a rule you will always get banned.

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Shino'sDad wrote:

Mods have full permission to ban Deets for the remainder of the tournament.

I talked to him last night and he is just bored and looking for trouble. We still love him, but he is distracting to the event.

Sorry Nick.

you're the worst baby daddy ever.

Here's my entry

where is judging for Undeadflayme vs MJM and Ninja Pebble vs User_Name?

Noooo, don't be late judges, this is how all tourneys start falling apart.

I'm trying to get in contact with my judges. If nothing can be done about I'll find replacements.