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Graphic Violence Presents Superthread

DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
edited February 2011 in Graphic Violence
This thread is a repository for all winning entries of the create a superhero/villain contests we're doing. This thread will contain a rudimentary schedule, as well as a list of winning entries, with links to the entries themselves. Eventually it can become a repository for stories set in the world that's being created as we go. You are free to discuss things in this thread, but keep it strictly to the contests and everything associated with them.

SCHEDULE


Current Contest

A Tribue to Dwayne McDuffie

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

COMPLETED CONTESTS


1) Silver Age Origin
2) Difficult Powers to Draw
3) Inspired By Myths & Legends
4) Super Pets!

WINNING ENTRIES


1) Jack of the Second Dimension: Blankspace & The Lovely Bastard
2) Red Rooster: The Geebs That Is A Mod
3) Babble: Munch
4) EL CHUPACABRA: ACE DETECTIVE - The Lovely Bastard & Munch
5) Schrodinger's Cat - Desktop Hippie

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    Post reserved for future stuff possibly.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    hey geebs we both won and I so said we would win

    geebs I am a prophet

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The fix is in

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    Hey is someone going to do Guess That Hero

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    I don't know, but it's not relevant to this thread!

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    I'll make it relevant just you watch

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  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So this'll be similar in layout to the last contest? Write-up/images depicting an outlandish superpower rather than a silver age-ish origin?

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    Pretty much. The only thing that should change is the theme. Unless people have suggestions to make these run a little better, in which case I'll make modifications.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    every entry I do from here on out will somehow tie into Jack of the Second Dimension just so I can say every character I have is in continuity because I'm a jerk

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The Lovely Bastard wrote: »
    every entry I do from here on out will somehow tie into Jack of the Second Dimension just so I can say every character I have is in continuity because I'm a jerk

    And every future entry I make will be in continuity with Mighty Mouse.
    Because.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    Oh hey, the next contest was supposed to open today. I'll open it tomorrow. Or later today, in my case.

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    are we considering the characters and stories from sentry duty to be in GV canon?

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Pretty sure it's separate canon!
    cannon

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    That's fine. For some reason no one can pronounce my name correctly when I tell it to them, so it often ends up being, "no, 'Manon' like 'cannon' and then I have to follow it up with "but like the camera company, not the weapon" or else the fuckers spell it with an extra N in the middle.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    I think we can burn that bridge when we come to it, but if you want to incorporate it into your stuff, I don't really see a problem. Also if you want to do stuff in Sentry Duty with characters here, it should probably be fine.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I think you can use the characters you create here as the "real" superheroes in Sentry Duty if you want

    Just make sure you

    A. Credit the creators of said superhero

    and

    B. Get permission to use them

    I also don't want them to be the main thrust of the story, because it conflicts with the whole nature of what Sentry Duty is.

    However, I don't really want the reverse to be possible. I want Sentry Duty to really be its own entity as it's end result is in a completely different arena than the ones from the contests here.

    Of course the Red Rooster/Commandant Gobbledy team-up is an exception to this rule because come on

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    And now I want to see how some of the real heroes react to the whole Sentry Duty thing. Thanks a lot, guys.

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Did Red Rooster end up winning? I hadn't noticed.

    You're welcome for that boost of votes after my totally awesome colored picture was posted.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I actually might write my second story based on that

    a dude gets sentry duty and instead of trying to fight the villain, he joins a justice league analogue to try and find out the secret identities of the members to sell to TMZ

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Where's this next contest araraarrrgh

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »
    And now I want to see how some of the real heroes react to the whole Sentry Duty thing. Thanks a lot, guys.

    8-)

    t synth next contest is when I get home from work

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    New contest is up here!

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Geebs, if I came up with my own entry, could I still help on someone else's entry?

    Like, do one myself and then draw for someone or something like that?

    Or would that be v. bad?

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    amp'd draw my next entry and I will give you no credit whatsoever

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Well if I'm getting no credit for working on your next entry I might as well make my own

    I have ideas, man

    Or you could give me credit and Geebs could let me work on more than one thing maybe

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    but I am the super genius and you are the art slave

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Not if I have a super genius idea

    Also: I am not the art slave unless Blank is drawing me some outlines!

    He has not said anything about doing this!

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    well see blank was the artist for MY entries but he sucks so hard and I am firing him

    and if you are doing my project you might not do blank's idea since blank sucks at writing scripts on time ever

    you will get the first completed good script I get that needs an artist

    which may not be blank's

    because he sucks

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I regret posting in the comics forum!

    It is like a vortex, sucking me in

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  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Now what happens?

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited September 2009
    I'm putting up the next thread either tonight or tomorrow.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited September 2009
    Actually, we'll do it tomorrow, for a neat little 9-9-09 thing

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited September 2009
    fuck, thread's going up immediately, got caught up with stuff and forgot

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited September 2009
    Okay. We've completed the first three themes. What I'd like to do now is get a feel for how everyone feels about these contests. If you have any suggestions or complaints, now is the time to make them. Also, I'd like input on where you guys would like this to go next.

    There are a couple of ways we could go. One is that we could have a story contest, for people to work with the characters that have won so far. Another thing would be to determine the next set of themes, and start on the next round of contests. And if you have any other ideas, please post them.

    I personally think both options could be running simultaneously. The story contest would probably need a lengthier deadline than the hero contests, and the theme polls require very little work.

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I like the idea of both options running simaltaneously. You'll have to be pretty lenient with the deadline for the deadline, I think, due to TLB's thing running as well.

    I kind of think maybe there should be less options than (20?) for the theme threads though. It was so spread out that you didn't really need much of a majority to qualify.

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I think the theme-voting is an unnecessary complication to the process. I'll suggest again that the winner of the previous contest decide the theme for the next contest and is then exempt from entering that one. It gives extra incentive, and should smoothly help the transition between each one.

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  • MarkGoodhartMarkGoodhart Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I agree the theme vote makes the thing take longer than needed especially since nothing I wanted to do won anyway and I still submitted stuff for all the polls. Anything that quickens the process would be appreciated.

    Writing stories for the winners seems like it would a) take too long and b) trample all over the original concept since we only have a paragraph to go through. However, I think pitches for those characters along the lines of the ones posted in the 'keep motivated' thread that Munch posted for Blue Beetle and Shazam would work.

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I don't want to excise the theme vote altogether. Manovan's idea puts too much power in the winner and not enough in the general population.

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    what you fail to realize is how extremely unimportant the theme really is.

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  • FaynorFaynor Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    These contests are for fun. Part of the fun is deciding what we do. I'd rather not have the next three contests be "make your best hero with dick in the title" because all the power is in one person's hands.

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