Card Design Competition: Shard Revolution

[Kuroaitou]

is it shooting yourself in the foot to build upon his initial thoughts for , or shards? ...or not to, for that matter?  and zanz said he intends to have basic/upgraded functioning shards, should we make one of each or just the upgraded shard? should all shards which are permanents be required to be stackable- or is that change simple for SoGs?

For simplicity purposes:
-Only make ONE version of the shard idea (preferably upped for uniformity, but I won't mind as long as it's just ONE shard image posted in the submissions thread)
-Unless Shard of Readiness becomes a 'pillar', spells are perfectly fine, and thus, the mechanics don't have to revolve directly around being stacked
-I don't think anyone is shooting themselves in the foot regarding his concepts for those elements.

Oh, and remember folks - you can "reserve" your idea here, but UNTIL YOU POST THE SUBMISSION, it's still up for grabs! >.>

[coinich]

Shard of Cleanliness!

[Saynt]

Shard of Sympathy

[Legit]

Shard of Awareness

[Essence]

Restraint

(http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28846.msg394258#msg394258)

[gumbeh]

Shard of Modesty



Fun with Cloak! 

[Kuroaitou]

NEW RULE

Please use the OTHER card background when creating your card image (i.e. - Shards are 'Other' cards still, including 'Shard of Sacrifice' (the in development shard) - so please don't make them into elemental cards).

[Essence]

NOTICE: Please do not post more than one shard image (just post an upped or unupped version). Thank you.

Umm...that's lame.  What if there's a fundamental change in the mechanic between the unupped and the upped version?

More directly: what damage is done by posting two images instead of one?

[gumbeh]

Shard of Vigilance

[Kuroaitou]

Umm...that's lame.  What if there's a fundamental change in the mechanic between the unupped and the upped version?

More directly: what damage is done by posting two images instead of one?

Well it's not so much damage, but it's more of a courtesy thing really - I don't want to have to fight myself between whether I should use a person's upped or non-upgraded card when it gets down to the polls (because believe me - when the polls are up, two images for each shard idea is going to take up the same if not more space as the Shard Madness comp.). Time issues aside, it's -preferred- that you only post one for simplicity sake (on everyone's behalf, including yours, since I know those images take time to save onto your computer, upload them to the site, etc. ^^; ).

On a minor note for the first sentence, I guess I should make it so that the 'upgraded' form of the shard image is used to make everything uniform, no?

[Essence]

That makes sense from a forum point of view -- but then, in the Shard Madness competition, Shards still universally did nothing when unupped.  Now that Shards will actually have a function while unupped, doesn't it make sense to require posters to show what they will do in both forms?  Every other card design competition has required both unupped and upped formats, because it's a critical part of the design process.  Why should shards be any different?

[Bloodshadow]

Shard of Cunning.



http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28846.msg394877#msg394877

Really, do you expect me to do anything other than a Darkness Shard?

And yes, it is a creature shard. I just have to make one of those in any shard contest.