sigX -- Battle of the Sigs!

[littlecooldude]

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<div style="font-size:16pt; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing:5px;">sigX — Battle of the Sigs!</font>
<div style="font-size:12pt; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing:3px;">Round 1</div>
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<div style="font-size:10pt; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing:1px;">Character: <b>Hatake Kakashi</b></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;">Rules</span>
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You are to create one sig using one or more of the following images.<br>
You can submit your sig by sending it in a PM to <i>littlecooldude</i><br>
All sigs are due by 6:00PM Saturday EST
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<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-01.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-02.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-03.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-04.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-05.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-06.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-07.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-08.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-09.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
<img src="http://littlecooldude.com/sigX/round1-10.jpg" border=0><br><br><br>
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[Xollence]

Hmmm... is voting gonna be done by poll? Some people might create lots of accounts and vote for who they want to him. hehe.

[villin]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Xollence @ Feb 25 2004, 03:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Hmmm... is voting gonna be done by poll? Some people might create lots of accounts and vote for who they want to him. hehe. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Maybe you could limit the voting to anyone with a gennin level or above. No student voters. That&#39;s not really fair to those with less than 100 posts but it would prevent tampering.

[joker-kun]

hmmm, I dont really like the images to be honest, to many of em are cut off at certain parts.


EDIT: *srry*

[Assertn]

oh......its already due on saturday.............
oh well, doesnt work well for someone who&#39;s busy most of the weekdays http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/dry.gif

[lasaire]

Joker-kun, submissions should get PMed to littlecooldude, that way nobody knows what everyone else is working on till we turn it in.

AssertnFailure, I know what you mean, I&#39;ve got finals this week and next, but I&#39;d rather be busier than have the contest drag on too long.

[lasaire]

If we&#39;re going to do this anonymously, it would be best not to post on the thread at all.

Also, be careful not to include your name on your final submission&#33;

But, you&#39;re welcome to get critiques of your preliminary stuff on this board, I just think it&#39;d be a bit more fair in the voting if it was anonymous.

As for voting, I don&#39;t really think we&#39;ll have a problem with multiple logins. Most everyone on this board is very polite and honest.

[Vagabond]

How bout LCD presents the sigs without the names of the creators so that the voting is not bias.

[lasaire]

That&#39;s a good idea Vagabond&#33;

[Anbu Girl]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (joker-kun @ Feb 25 2004, 09:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> thnx anbugirl, although I think you liked kakashi not the sig, oh so I guess im disqualified eh? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
no ^-^ I like the sig itself and the the animation .. and ofcourse kakshi&#33;&#33; =P

[joker-kun]

ill remember this lasaire, but since ppl have already seen mine, it dont matter.

[Kagari]

Vagabond, I agree 100%

[Toruxxx]

nice vagabond sounds like a good idea.

[littlecooldude]

Good idea. I&#39;ll do that.

I will not accept any submission via this thread. I will only accept PMed sigs.

[KakashiSensei]

This is sweeet, I cant wait to start mine.....hehehehehe http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_Dr_Evil.gif

[DarkPhoenix]

Hope a non-animated will have a change...
Since I suck at animating http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/sad.gif

[Kurenai]

Animation is not always good. You&#39;ll probebley never hear that again from an animator http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif I&#39;ll see what i can do..... i&#39;d like to join but if i don&#39;t have enough time......

[itachi_]

Er?? what&#39;s the winners price? honor?

[Toruxxx]

u win lots of money http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif nah u dont win anything except the honor of being the best sig maker on the forums.

[Anbu Girl]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (joker-kun @ Feb 25 2004, 11:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hmmm, I dont really like the images to be honest, to many of em are cut off at certain parts.


this&#39;s what I came up with, might add a border later.

http://www.littlecooldude.com/~joker-kun/sig-unfinished.gif


BTW: I used almost the same bg as my other sig, and I used the same movie bar or whatever. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
*drools* OMG&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; THIS IS AWESOME

[joker-kun]

thnx anbugirl, although I think you liked kakashi not the sig, oh so I guess im disqualified eh?

[littlecooldude]

lol, no, of course not. I simply won&#39;t enter your sig into the contest until you PM it to me. You all are free to show your sigs off here if you want, but I will only enter those that are PMed to me.

[Kagari]

http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

GREAT choices....im gettin shivers im so excited. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Uzumaki Naruto]

http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/sad.gif if i only knew how to make sigs, i barely figured out how to use the layer system and how to use th tools, dam &#33;&#33;&#33;

[littlecooldude]

Well at the very least enter that one.

[JessiA]

Got a question: When will the voting be started/over, and when will the results be announced?
I&#39;ve got tonight and tomorrow until 5 to make the sig, so I&#39;m not too too worried about that.. but after that, Mike&#39;s got a LAN party to go to.. and guess how many computers we have? 1.
So I won&#39;t be able to see anything until Saturday morning, while I&#39;m at work, and then after that.. Monday, when Mike gets back from his LAN party.

[lasaire]

Voting starts at noon on Saturday, when the deadline has passed. I dunno how long it runs, that would be a question for littlecooldude.

[Assertn]

yeah....its fine....i prefer to work more on stuff thats completely mine, than to work with screencaps and fanart anyway, and....wait a min...but 3 hours of sleep?? geez even with 7 hours i still fall asleep in most of my classes http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif you&#39;re a very brave soul

anyway i&#39;ll stop with the off-topic posting.....have fun kiddies&#33;

[r3n]

LCD i pmed the link to my sig is that ok yeah?

i wont be back till sunday evening earliest, so hopefully voting will still be open on monday&#33;

i think its betr to have longer for the voting as then more ppl will vote http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif, and also if its offsite as LCD is suggesting i think (?), then there is more chance of cheating http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/dry.gif

u should try nd limit it to members only somehow

[joker-kun]

I say voting goes till tuesday noon, that way its almost a full week cycle.

[lasaire]

I&#39;d not like to let voting go for a week; it&#39;ll double the length of the tournament overall.

Oh, and no worries about cheating, it&#39;s actually more secure than the boards here at gotwoot&#33; LCD has written a wonderful script that limits voters per IP address. I helped him test it, and the code works great and the layout it very nice and clean. Mad props to LCD&#39;s coding skills.

[joker-kun]

lasaire that would be 3 days, I mean the whole thing a week cycle.

i.e. wed - sat sig making&gt;sat- tue- voting

[Fox Fire]

That sig rocks joker kun, good job&#33; http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_w00t1.gif

[littlecooldude]

Ok, I like the one week cycle idea.

I will be in Waco during Saturday, but when I get home in the evening around 6:00PM EST, I will post up the poll. (Your PMs are tim stamped, I will not accept any past noon)

There will be two polls running until noon Tuesday.
The first poll is to decide who advances. This is a vote on the sigs people have created, and will be held offsite.
The second poll is to decide what character to cover next. This will be held here in the forums.

Any changes need to be made?


Edit: ok I was thinking about the times, and I think they should be moved to like 6:00PM EST since more of us are at home at that time. (Besides, I need to be home to select the best pictures).

[lasaire]

Heh, actually it was no sleep at all. :-)

[littlecooldude]

There is Saturday to make your sig. Hopefully you don&#39;t have school that day.
I suggest we round up when halving an odd number (ex: 7-&gt;4).

[lasaire]

I don&#39;t have class tomorrow, so I&#39;m sleeping in and making my sig.

And yes, I also think rounding up is good.

[SirCharlesIII]

is there just one winner, or will titles and things be handed out to second and third place as well?

[littlecooldude]

The poll won&#39;t be on the forums as there is a 10 option limit here. I am coding my own poll for this tournament, and it will restrict multiple voting via IP.

Edit: ok, how long should the voting last. I say 2 days.

[Assertn]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Toruxxx @ Feb 25 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> u win lots of money http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif nah u dont win anything except the honor of being the best sig maker on the forums. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
either that or the sig maker with the most freetime http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif
4 days is just nuts when it happens to be all weekdays and during school, i thought that one sig contest that lasted several weeks worked out pretty successfully

[joker-kun]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AssertnFailure @ Feb 26 2004, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Toruxxx &#064; Feb 25 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> u win lots of money http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif nah u dont win anything except the honor of being the best sig maker on the forums. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
either that or the sig maker with the most freetime http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif
4 days is just nuts when it happens to be all weekdays and during school, i thought that one sig contest that lasted several weeks worked out pretty successfully </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I dunno if mine is good, but I have school, well actually I finished it 2h after the images were released...

[animeniac]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AssertnFailure &#064; Feb 26 2004, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Toruxxx &#064; Feb 25 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> u win lots of money* http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif* nah u dont win anything except the honor of being the best sig maker on the forums. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
either that or the sig maker with the most freetime http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/wink.gif
4 days is just nuts when it happens to be all weekdays and during school, i thought that one sig contest that lasted several weeks worked out pretty successfully </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I have no school for the next 2 days(and im not talking about the weekend)http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif but im already finished my entry. Might tweak it to perfection or make a few different ones. http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Assertn]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (joker-kun @ Feb 26 2004, 12:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I dunno if mine is good, but I have school, well actually I finished it 2h after the images were released... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
yeah, and you also made it from a template you already had

it may not take long to make a sig, but if im dealling with a project thats been assigned in january and is due this friday, a few web projects, a personal web project, a videotaping assignment and digitizing, all of which need to be done this week (well except for the personal one), then a sig is the least of my concern. Not to mention i go back and forth between work and classes such that i dont have more than 40 min of free time (that needs to be put towards getting food and whatnot) until 8pm.

.....late college classes are nuts http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/sleep.gif

[joker-kun]

hmmm, the love of high school, I need to stop slacking, I have about a 0 in all my courses at this point, btw I didnt use the same template I used a total different one but for some reason turned out almost the same.


But I do see what you mean dude.

[Assertn]

lol, well my senior highschool classes were actually a little crazier than these college ones.....

i apologize if i sounded kinda aggressive or anything, but i assure you im just venting http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/happy.gif

this is actually the busiest week so far this semester for me

[joker-kun]

dont worry I know how annoying school can be, although I need to start actually going, missed 8 days already...

its de-ja-vu same thing happened last time,luckily I pulled myself together, passed all 4 with a 52% avg. lol, next week is my serious beginning.

but I think the reason for the 4 days is cause Lasaire and LCD are planning on more then 1 round, so they dont want each round to be so long. But I do feel for ya, having school and work http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/sad.gif

[r3n]

i made a sig which i like but i think every1 else will think is crappy. not sure if u shud do another http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/sad.gif , dno if i have time to tho as im going to LAN 2moro and have had school 2day and yesterday and so have only had a couple of hours free

[lasaire]

That&#39;s exactly it:

there will be more than one round, possibly more than three or four depending on number of entrants.

Each round, the number of people passing to the next round is cut by half. I.e. if we have 10 entrants, it will take 3-4 rounds (depending on how we handle the odd number) to get to the final winner. If we take a week per round, then the contest will take more than a month&#33;

AssertnFailure, I totally sympathize, it is 1 am my time, and I am at the computer lab. I have been here since 7 pm, and will probably stay here until 4 or 5, and I have a 9 am class back at the lab. In fact, I have classes straight from 9 am to 5:30 pm with only an hour&#39;s worth of total break time. This on top of 3 hrs of sleep. I guess what I am trying to say is, you have to prioritize, and make time to have fun and relax. If I can get a sig in (I haven&#39;t even started yet) you can.

[Xollence]

Hehe what if you can only hold that title til there&#39;s a new winner?? Since there&#39;s gonna be more sig battles, once you win you can only hold it for a week, then you have to fight to keep it.

[AlbinoFury]

constant chellenges? good lord that would eat up too much of your life, i think this type of contest is better if its just every so often as kinda a special occassion.

[joker-kun]

Its not like this is even going to happen, but if it does, id agree with Albino, by the sounds of things, the &quot;winner&quot; is gonna be chosen in like the 4th round (isnt there gonna be people voted off each round) so that means every month there can be a whole new conest, so lets just hypothetically say this is the prize, that means at most 12 people a year (which also wont happen cause the good people will prolly win multiple times i.e. Albino, Lasaire)now considering there is bout 2000+ active members...

[r3n]

i think the winner(s) should be branded &quot;Sig Champion&quot; or something similar on the forums. like how lasaire is queen of sigs

[littlecooldude]

Well that&#39;s an easy prize to hand out, and besides, what if lasaire or AlbinoFury win? Maybe those can be second and third place prizes, and have something bigger for first place.

[Toruxxx]

thats true coz they have there own rank but now its just gonna be harder to find a prize lol

[AlbinoFury]

i have an idea for the prize, let the winner be a quasi mod of the fanart section, let the winner either permanently or temporarily be a &quot;hunter-nin&quot; in fanart. I think that would be pretty rewarding and the tier 3 mods dont have that much power, but enough to be a good reward http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Anbu Girl]

I want to join u guys :3

[KakashiSensei]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AlbinoFury @ Feb 27 2004, 09:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i have an idea for the prize, let the winner be a quasi mod of the fanart section, let the winner either permanently or temporarily be a &quot;hunter-nin&quot; in fanart. I think that would be pretty rewarding and the tier 3 mods dont have that much power, but enough to be a good reward http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
If thats the case then I dont think I should enter. Wouldn&#39;t be fair to those people who aren&#39;t a Mod at all. For me it would be like winning nothing but bragging rights.....hmmmm on second thought http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/mf_gap.gif

[joker-kun]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AlbinoFury &#064; Feb 27 2004, 09:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i have an idea for the prize, let the winner be a quasi mod of the fanart section, let the winner either permanently or temporarily be a &quot;hunter-nin&quot; in fanart. I think that would be pretty rewarding and the tier 3 mods dont have that much power, but enough to be a good reward http://www.gotwoot.net/forum/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Thats a pretty good prize Albino, its just too bad that either you or Lasaire will win (well thats the chances anyway).Especially the part about hunter-nin, the Ninja makes ya look like a damn n00b.



BTW: this is way off topic, so if you want PM me the answer, Kakashi who is that in your avatar?

[littlecooldude]

I don&#39;t know. Prizes are still to be figured out.

[Kagari]

I second that&#33; that is, everything you said. Every month would mean we&#39;d have probably one round a week, and as soon as round 4 ended, we&#39;d have to prepare for the next contest.

[AlbinoFury]

yeh this is definitely just a special occassion event, life does exist outside of photoshop. Oh and lasaire is right we came up with this idea just for the chance at victory and the chance to see what everyone else comes up with. any prize that might be given is just gravy on the potatoes as far as im concerned. i wonder how many entries their were? i guess only time will tell . . . . . good luck all cant wait to see what u came up with&#33;

[joker-kun]

well, I dont really care for a prize, the chances are im gonna lose anyway, I was just speculating and making an example.

[lasaire]

Yeah, definately, definately, not one contest a month, there is no way I can keep up with it.

Good luck everybody, I can&#39;t wait to see the final entry list&#33;

[Power PMV]

where is lcd? I wanna see the sigs http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KakashiSensei]

I think he is out of town for the weekend or something. I dont know for sure but thats what I heard.

[Power PMV]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KakashiSensei @ Feb 28 2004, 06:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I think he is out of town for the weekend or something. I dont know for sure but thats what I heard. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
ohh ok, so I guess we gotta wait until monday http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/sad.gif
Thanks for the info

[Kagari]

Aw...... monday?? http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/sad.gif http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/sad.gif

[JessiA]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (littlecooldude @ Feb 26 2004, 07:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ok, I like the one week cycle idea.

I will be in Waco during Saturday, but when I get home in the evening around 6:00PM EST, I will post up the poll. (Your PMs are tim stamped, I will not accept any past noon)

There will be two polls running until noon Tuesday.
The first poll is to decide who advances. This is a vote on the sigs people have created, and will be held offsite.
The second poll is to decide what character to cover next. This will be held here in the forums.

Any changes need to be made?


Edit: ok I was thinking about the times, and I think they should be moved to like 6:00PM EST since more of us are at home at that time. (Besides, I need to be home to select the best pictures). </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
According to my clock, he&#39;s home now. Probably unpacking though. :x

No worries though http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/smile.gif

[joker-kun]

its now 10 http://forums.gotwoot.net/html/emoticons/huh.gif


hope he had a safe trip.

[littlecooldude]

Ok guys, this round is over.

The voting for the winners of this round and the characters of the next round will be held until Tuesday.

Round 1 Voting ('http://www.littlecooldude.com/sigX/')

Round 2 Character Selection ('http://forums.gotwoot.net/index.php?showtopic=8222')

[lasaire]

good lord, there&#39;s no way I could keep up with a contest that runs once a month...once every 6 months might be better.

Honestly, I wasn&#39;t entering for a prize at all, though being a hunter-nin for 6 months might not be bad. For me it&#39;s all about the glory, and honestly, as long as I make it to the final round I truly do not care if I win.

The more people that enter, the more creativity we have going on these boards, and for those who aren&#39;t experienced photoshop users, the practice is excellent and you can gain alot of photoshop skills doing something like this. Don&#39;t be afraid to ask for specific tips, too, I know I&#39;ve been giving out specific techniques as have others. (Thank you, minna&#33;)

I hope that no one is heartbroken if they don&#39;t do as well as they expected; since there&#39;s no monetary prize this is all about glory and fostering creativity and greater forum participation. Since the deadline just passed 15 mins ago, good luck to everybody who entered&#33;&#33;