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Post by Twillie on Jun 28, 2023 21:07:49 GMT -5
This year I'm trying out Art Fight for the first time, and I know a few other forumers are planning to participate as well, so I thought it'd be fun to have a thread for chatting while the event is happening!
Art Fight has a page explaining what it is and how it works, but basically it's an annual art trading game where participants are sorted into two opposing teams, and you earn points for your team by drawing art of your opponents' characters (although you can also draw for team members). The team with the most points wins, but really everyone can win by receiving fan art of their characters. It starts July 1st and goes through the end of the month.
I'm twillieblossom over there as well, and I think I finally put the finishing touches on my profile and it's ready to go! Now it's just a matter of waiting for things to start, and the weeks' been going by slowly because of it lol. They're also supposed to open team sign ups a couple days before, so I'm guessing maybe Thursday? Teams this year are Vampires vs Werewolves, and I'm planning to go werewolf >:3
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Post by Moni on Jun 29, 2023 1:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by Thorn on Jun 29, 2023 6:53:34 GMT -5
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jun 29, 2023 14:17:35 GMT -5
I'm tentatively interested, but confused about the theme. ^^; Do the art pieces / characters have to be vampires / werewolves as well? Or is that just the name of the teams, and the actual art can be anything?
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Post by Twillie on Jun 29, 2023 14:31:20 GMT -5
There’s no requirement to follow the themes with your art or characters, no. You can if you’d like, but the themes I believe are really just for fun and to help distinguish the different years from each other.
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Post by Twillie on Jun 29, 2023 19:42:21 GMT -5
I peeked into the Art Fight discord server earlier today (didn't stay in it though because they were asking for my phone number for verification lol), and I saw an announcement saying that there were still some fixes to make before early team sign ups went live. They said there will be at least 24 hours to sign up for a team before the event begins, and I've got a feeling that may end up being the time frame.
So just in case, if you've got a specific team in mind be ready to sign up for it in that shorter window of time, and probably with site lag while everyone else is doing the same!
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Post by Thorn on Jun 30, 2023 2:37:56 GMT -5
You are now able to pick your team!
EDIT: managed to get in after a few tries! Now officially Team Vampires.
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Post by Twillie on Jun 30, 2023 9:02:36 GMT -5
Yay, glad they finally got that working! Site is super laggy right now, but I was able to join Werewolves :3
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Post by Twillie on Jun 30, 2023 19:06:36 GMT -5
With how laggy the site is today, I'm lowkey worried about how it might run tomorrow and into the beginning portion of the actual event. For anyone who's done previous Art Fights, is the site usually slow/near inaccessible when it starts due to traffic?
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Post by Thorn on Jun 30, 2023 20:44:27 GMT -5
I'll probably only be able to manage one sketch tomorrow anyway, so if it's super laggy I'll just start with a friend whose character I'm familiar with. So I can at least get some drawing in if the site is laggy!
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Post by Twillie on Jun 30, 2023 21:59:06 GMT -5
That sounds like a good idea! I made myself a list of friends/people I'm following to sort them by team and prioritize attacks, so I may try and grab some character refs tonight when site traffic is (hopefully) a little slower, that way I'm not relying on it for the first couple days when it's busiest.
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jul 1, 2023 11:22:39 GMT -5
I tried making an account but couldn't get the site to load at all D:
If it's too crowded, maybe I'll try again next year and just be a spectator this time around.
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Post by Twillie on Jul 1, 2023 15:32:27 GMT -5
I tried making an account but couldn't get the site to load at all D: If it's too crowded, maybe I'll try again next year and just be a spectator this time around. I believe the site should be calming down within the next couple days, and you can still sign up and participate then. |
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jul 2, 2023 22:25:25 GMT -5
I managed to get in and make an account!  I was assigned to Team Vampires. Currently I'm in the slow process of uploading some characters :3 artfight.net/~swordlillyLooking forward to checking out everyone's characters, too! |
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Post by Lex on Jul 3, 2023 11:44:01 GMT -5
I registered but just as a spectator for now. Wanna peep everyone's cool characters lol
If you get a follow from liversnap, it's me.
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I was assigned to Team Vampires. Currently I'm in the slow process of uploading some characters :3