Dance off for the win.

This would be made even better by having to create MK1-3 style designs for our characters and then giving them dance animations ala friendships.

Then everyone wins and gets pie!

DANCE BREAAAAAAAAK!!!!!!!!!
...And sweet delicious pie FTW.

While I am losing the vote I would like to get feedback as to why. I would like to know what others are against or what they would change. I assume maybe because she is basically a Nightwolf replacement no one thinks she is original?
Hit me up peoples!

Thanks for those who voted and I hope you liked the extended story I posted in this thread on page 49. Perhaps next time I should include all of that kind of stuff into the Bio so it will take people an hour to read lol.

From me the only reason you lost is because the whole lycan-vampire thing has been saturated. and it reminds me of twilight. Complete bias I know but it just rubbed me the wrong way. Others might just be put off by the fact that creature morphing in the main fight is not something people are used to in MK.

On my end: no good reason really, just a personal dislike of the whole morphing idea.

Ummm lol...you voted for me. My character is Luna. Also,just to point out...I did it to reference Animalities not "Twilight". Luna's evolved name on the other hand was influenced by Twilight.

Also of note Flaming TP, Erebus is the Lycant, Vampire, Lich fusion, he wasn't in the same matchup as Luna.


Erebus was matched up with Ekimaru and I think you might have mixed those two up.

lol I just saw the Lycan thing and had a brain fart.

yeah there is no way you should lose that fight. I hope the judges are as strict as I am.

Well,I am hoping the same but it looks like the majority wants more boss type characters. Whatever...I never win contests anyway so it would be fitting for me to lose first round. I am expecting it...just my luck lol. If I do win the match I will be surprised really.

Luna is a great character in her own right and her costumes are great, regardless of the outcome, stellar job on her.

This. I really like Luna, but Khaali's beastial ways appealed to me more. In no way is Luna a bad character.

I dont expect it, the popular vote only counts as one vote and the judges will be the main factor here. they are probably as strict as me when it comes to voting

I base my vote on these factors.

Is the entire character well written?

Can I easily immagine the character in my head.

Can I visualize the special moves.

Do the moves fit and are they balanced so they would work well in the game?

Are the moves complete? enhanced moves detailed?

Is the xray effective or easily avoidable?

Would a game developer like this character?

an most importantly: How original is the character in every minute detail?

Again, this. I just like the fact that shesgotclaws invented a character that's dark, savage and primal. We need more characters in mortal kombat who have that whole Lisa Trevor vibe: Wronged and abused to the point they become a psychotic, murderous and dangerous creature. Khaali gave me the creeps and I liked the sound of her playstyle, so she kinda won my vote from that. There's nothing wrong with Luna, but Khaali just appealed more to my own personal tastes.

Chin up man, your character was good. Don't beat yourself up :)

Thanks all...I was confident Luna is and was a strong character and still is even as her future self Eclipse. I also made it clear I found that Khaali was just as great. I really was not surprised over the number of votes with the forum posters because in the world of games the fan base is usually opposite tally of opinion towards game developers. Not saying I am a pro but I have directed story lines for an indie group of game makers and things that they would like compared to the players was a staggering difference.



Truthfully the best thing Khaali has going for her is her bio and spider theme. The moves are a bit too complex and seem ummm whats a good word...tangled? She would probably be a programmers nightmare lol.
See I wish I could have put Luna's whole life span into the work sheet because she does become wild. All though her next form is a bit out of nowhere it is rather wicked. I can not say too much because you will find out next contest

Am I the only one using a spreadsheet file to give each character a rating in different categories? I figure this will help me better determine who my favorites are. Right now I'm just going through the characters giving scores based on the different sections of the character page, but I think I may end up just giving scores based on a few broader categories (Originality, Believability, Practicability).

The winner should get their character drawn by JAX007 or EmperorKahn

In creating the moves I just tried to be as original as I could. Its a little difficult as many characters have similar moves just 'dressed' differently if you know what I mean. With this competition I could do what I would like to see without the actual aspect of it needing to be programmed, which is really seeing the Shokan's limbs moves. They are all too slow and lumberyard in game, and I liked the idea of one that is more fast and frightening, the limbs snatching and twisting and trapping people.

Anyone remember what page the link to the brackets is on? I can't.

45?

Brackets on pg. 36. Character profiles on pg. 45 (someone linked them on a later page as well, but I don't remember which).

No, that was the characters themselves, I'm talking about who fights who. Edit: Thanks BB, I found it. Just wanted a heads up on tomorrow's matchups.

The more I read about De Kai and De Kio, the more I think Captain Annette and them are an even match. I kind of wish I was up against someone who quite obviously had little effort put into them, just because I'd be disappointed if either of us got bumped out in the first round. De Kai and De Kio deserve to make it far, and I like to think Annette does as well. Well... Poop.

While I agree with your views of moves...still her being the size and as complex as you have her would render her a slower than average character (but faster than the average shokan). If she was smaller and she was thinner...maybe had inverted legs and ankle joints so she could take on the spider theme more than maybe she could move faster while using more limbs. I may be over analyzing things but to believe a shokan to be limber and fast in movement I would need more believability in presentation. The ideas are great and I like them but it would take some alteration to put her in an actual game if you wanted her to keep certain features.
Perhaps my view is too technical and based on if these characters were pitched to NRS/WB rather than just going all out with it as if it did not matter. I am not trying to rip you apart or anything so no need to be defensive...it is just in order to get that movement out of a large mass is a bit hard to imagine or believe. If I was judging this character I would not vote until I saw actual game play.

I'm going to disagree with the above statement(s).

With how long their limbs are and how muscular they are, Shokan would realistically move quite fast, I would think. Especially the females. With how much distance each movement covers, combined with how Sheeva was represented in this game(being quite thin and lanky), it is not difficult for me to imagine one moving quickly. Also, with so many limbs covering so much distance, I think crawling would be a rather fast way for them to get around. Flexibility is not much of an issue because, like humans, every shokan has varying degrees of flexibility either naturally or through training. I think her move batter is just the right amount of possible with a pinch of disbelief extension. And that is a cupcake we can all enjoy.

You can find a link to the bracket in my opening post in the voting topic. Also, the quality of characters is higher here than in previous contests I think. Most people who have participated in the older contests can attest to this; you could look at the field and pick 4-6 characters and the winner would end up being one of those. I myself cannot really do that with this field, possibly because it's larger but I also think the quality is higher.

Hopefully no one is too discouraged by the outcomes; after all, only one character could have ever won this contest. Everyone else was destined to lose at some point.

I'd consider myself very lucky if I win the first round. Which isn't certain yet. I just enjoy getting a character seen. I'm even eager to do another already if we do another next year