| The MASH-UP A mix of crazy card design challenges all in one! | (http://www.sxc.hu/pic/m/m/ml/mlutsch/262758_mixer.jpg) |
Looks like we have to commit to the first and one of the others.As unfortunate as it sounds, Darkness has a total of 16 cards (including the nymph and weapon rares), making it higher than the other element totals (14 for Aether, 15 for the rest of the elements listed above). Water and Death have a shockingly high amount (17 total!) compared to the others. :o
But I don't see any Darkness.
I wonder, if the card MUST be a mash-up (as I see it), we should write a mash-up of what is our card (I'm sure I wrote that part wrong, but I hope you can understand it :D)Um... sure? ^^; I'm not really understanding your question, but feel free to write details of -why- your card is a 'MASH-UP' of the competition requirements if you want.
Can I provide an image for someone to use?Yes, under the condition that they of course credit you and assuming that the card idea is THEIRS (the one card submission per person will be regulated closely). :)
Huh I contributed to the rules?Clicking on your name (or Essence's for that matter) will bring up the post/competition ideas you've presented for the MASH-UP. ^^;;;; Sorry if this was a little bit shocking to you as a whole.
Oh the KXYZ thing.
Yes. I think I mentioned that there is no card with the name starting with K,X,Y, or Z.
Water and Death have a shockingly high amount (17 total!) compared to the others. :oWell yeah, but if you start counting actually usable cards, those that we have competition for will get higher, and those that are not on the list will get lower. Point being, who cares if fire doesnt have as many creatures, when those creatures it does have are epic.
[...]Yeah well, I already made something xD
and remember that because of the holiday season, the competition will last a -week- longer in terms of the design process, so you have plenty of time to whip up something crazy that starts with K, X, Y, & Z while fulfilling a element that's has fewer cards than its peers. ;)
Design a card that is designed to fill out one of the Elements that has fewer cards than it's peers. The card should have definite synergies with at least one card in it's Element, and at least one card in an Element that it's home Element isn't currently commonly used with. (For example, if you design a card for Darkness, it has to plainly synergize with one other Darkness card and also one other element that Darkness is not often used with, like Air or Water.) This thread will be helpful in finding unused synergies.But in the first topic there is only a part of it taken.
It would be important to know if we are allowed to create a mono element card or one that works especially well with other elements.You can create a mono-element, synergy card, or any mix in between and thereof. (I'm not really so nitpicking on the synergy part at this point, seeing that the two requirements might be more difficult than others would think, so you can do it either way) ;)
GG, when did you go through the cards and realize that those letters weren't used?http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12666.0.html
We can change the name, mechanics, etc of our card anytime before the deadline right?Correct. But remember that if the requirements aren't satisfied by the deadline, your submission is disqualified (granted, 14 days SHOULD be enough to find something... ^^; )
:light and :air have the same number of permanents, why do you have one but not the other? O_oOther cards would have made the requirements possibly easier to make (not to mention, I kind of feel that the "Other" school is already given enough permanents (weapons and SoG)) as it is, so I decided to not include them this round. Also, considering that cards of the elements are much more important than the ones to the 'Other' school, I thought it'd be better to follow Essence's guideline of 'filling out' the elements that have less card totals overall, despite any quality/quantity issues that could arise.
EDIT: :darkness, :water, :entropy, and :earth have less permanents than both :light and :air, :time has the same number... (Looks like you forgot wings.) (for reference, exempting pillars and pends, :gravity, :fire, and :aether have 2, while :life, :air, and :light have 4)Pretty much. I left Darkness, Water, Entropy, and Earth outside the competition as they all have 16 cards (Water has 17).
For spells, it looks like you have <3 spells (giving a -1 exemption for alchemy spells), in which case :gravity, with only gravity pull and momentum, should be there too :P (reference: 1 spell for :life, 2 spells for :gravity and :air*, 3 spells for :light and :aether, and 4 spells for fire)
and creatures... I think I'll leave that alone :P (for reference, exempting dragons, nymphs, and flown weapons, :gravity has 6, :life has 5, :air, :aether, and :fire have 4, and :light has 3)
* :air was given a -1 bonus for spells because its alchemy card is a permanent
I said "the other", meaning you have :air but not :light under permanents. I excluded pillars, pendulums, alchemy spells (and gave :air that -1 bonus to make it "fair"), dragons, nymphs, and flown weapons (this was after I thought more about it, so I remember those by then) in my counts (and I noted all that)It would be important to know if we are allowed to create a mono element card or one that works especially well with other elements.You can create a mono-element, synergy card, or any mix in between and thereof. (I'm not really so nitpicking on the synergy part at this point, seeing that the two requirements might be more difficult than others would think, so you can do it either way) ;)GG, when did you go through the cards and realize that those letters weren't used?http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,12666.0.html
^^^ - Try that. :)We can change the name, mechanics, etc of our card anytime before the deadline right?Correct. But remember that if the requirements aren't satisfied by the deadline, your submission is disqualified (granted, 14 days SHOULD be enough to find something... ^^; ):light and :air have the same number of permanents, why do you have one but not the other? O_oOther cards would have made the requirements possibly easier to make (not to mention, I kind of feel that the "Other" school is already given enough permanents (weapons and SoG)) as it is, so I decided to not include them this round. Also, considering that cards of the elements are much more important than the ones to the 'Other' school, I thought it'd be better to follow Essence's guideline of 'filling out' the elements that have less card totals overall, despite any quality/quantity issues that could arise.EDIT: :darkness, :water, :entropy, and :earth have less permanents than both :light and :air, :time has the same number... (Looks like you forgot wings.) (for reference, exempting pillars and pends, :gravity, :fire, and :aether have 2, while :life, :air, and :light have 4)Pretty much. I left Darkness, Water, Entropy, and Earth outside the competition as they all have 16 cards (Water has 17).
For spells, it looks like you have <3 spells (giving a -1 exemption for alchemy spells), in which case :gravity, with only gravity pull and momentum, should be there too :P (reference: 1 spell for :life, 2 spells for :gravity and :air*, 3 spells for :light and :aether, and 4 spells for fire)
and creatures... I think I'll leave that alone :P (for reference, exempting dragons, nymphs, and flown weapons, :gravity has 6, :life has 5, :air, :aether, and :fire have 4, and :light has 3)
* :air was given a -1 bonus for spells because its alchemy card is a permanent
If you EXCLUDE weapons, pillars, AND pendulums (which all elements have -exactly- one of the according type, no matter how you slice it... alchemy spells differ because of Air's), these are how the elements would look:
:aether (Mind Gate + Phase Shield) --- (Fractal, Lightning, Twin Universe, Quintessence)
:air (Wings, Fog Shield, Unstable Gas) --- (Shockwave, Thunderstorm, Flying Weapon)
:darkness (Dusk Mantle, Eclipse) --- (Steal, Drain Life, Nightmare, Liquid Shadow)
:death (Bone Wall, Graveyard, Skull Shield) --- (Aflatoxin, Poison, Plague)
:earth (Titanium Shield) --- (Quicksand, Protect Artifact, Heavy Armor, Basilisk Blood, Stone Skin)
:entropy (Dissipation Shield) --- (Mutate, Chaos Seed, Pandemonium, Nova, Antimatter, Butterfly Effect)
:fire (Fire Buckler) --- (Immolation, Rain of Fire, Rage Potion, Fire Lance, Explosion)
:gravity (Gravity Shield) --- (Gravity Pull, Momentum, Black Hole)
:life (Thorn Carapace, Jade Shield, Empathic Bond) --- (Adrenaline, Heal)
:light (Hope, Solar Shield, Reflective Shield) --- (Holy Flash, Miracle, Blessing, Luciferin)
:time (Procrastination, Golden Hourglass, Sundial) --- (Rewind, Precognition)
:water (Permafrost Shield, Flooding) --- (Ice Lance, Freeze, Nymph's Tears, Purify)
I included alchemy spells to the mix, so my organization strategy was:
-Find elements with the lowest total of cards
-Figure out which totals were lower for them: spells for permanents
-Separate the elements accordingly
-And other element that doesn't have an equal amount of spells and permanents (Air), place into creature making
...I hope that satisfies your curiosity. ^^;;;;
Can I provide an image for someone to use?I'll take it!
i modified this
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1052335
But I don't see any Darkness.Aww... Darn it. But no matter, I've already thought of a good card name with an element that fits.
how many cards do we need to submit?None. You aren't required to submit any cards. But if you want to take part, you are allowed to submit one card(unupped+upgraded)
Errr, the K, X, Y, Z name can be in only one of the cards (upped or unupped)? I read the rules, but I tend to misunderstand those things ???The 'K, X, Y, or Z' name can in both or one of the cards. For example, 'Xylophone | Xylophone' (please don't use that idea XD) is just as legitimate as 'Murderer | Killer'. As long as one of the cards starts with one of the letters, your entry is valid for the competition. :)
Kami, does that also prevent Leaf Dragon and Dragonfly?Card discussion should be done in the actual thread :P Not here.
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Wow, two days left and only two submissions.. Guess I should get started on being the third.. :Dthere are a lot of submissions actually, it's just somewhat unknown really if it's a requirement to post the cards here after they've been approved by Kuroaitou.
It's known actually. :D This has been the format since the Holiday Card Competition. People can post cards here, but it is not a requirement.Wow, two days left and only two submissions.. Guess I should get started on being the third.. :Dthere are a lot of submissions actually, it's just somewhat unknown really if it's a requirement to post the cards here after they've been approved by Kuroaitou.
Wow, two days left and only two submissions.. Guess I should get started on being the third.. :DClearly you haven't read the rules. :P