International Shooping League

[Total Immortal]

If you rotate the heads 1 or 2 degrees at least every other frame, it reduces the shakiness. Also, if you're working with a small gif, it helps to enlarge it while you're working on it so you can move the heads in smaller increments.

Thanks for the advice, that makes a lot of sense. I still haven't fully mastered GIMP. I've been enlarging frames to edit finer details and all that, I just need to find a solid way to make sure that the head placement is consistent frame by frame. As I make it it seems fine, but then when I save and upload I get the bobbleheads lol. Oh well i'm sure i'll figure it out in time. As long as it makes people laugh i'm happy.

[fungi]

Thx, Mas. I'm glad some people appreciate finer humor.

The raw sexuality of my shoop...

p.s. LOL.

[fungi]

Empty Emp


Senor Whitebel+


Marde Liquide


Chaos Spawn


Chuck & the Vig


fungi


Heatseeka


Total Immortal

[Masato]

OH MY LAWD that may just be the greatest round of shooping I have ever seen.

Every one is amazing, this sport/art is refining itself FAST. Unbelievable, I am afraid to judge this one.

[Masato]

Oh what the hell.

Masato's (Un)official Scorecards:

Emp vs Senor Whitebelt
BOTH are awesome, but this round makes me happy to prove that a pic can STILL beat a gif. Rare, but still possible.
Winner: Senor Whitebelt, hard-fought submission round 3

Marde Liquide vs Chaos Spawn
Again, Quality is beating Quantity. Chaos made an epic gif, that is a LOT of time and love invested, believe me. But Marde's is unstoppable.
Winner: Marde Liquid, HL KO Comeback Round 2 *Fight of the Night*

Chuck & the Vig vs fungi
Obviously, Chuck is probably busy and snuck this in just to be a sport. Still pretty funny though.
Winner: Fungi by brutal TKO vs an injured opponent

Heatseeka vs Total Immortal
Heatseeka put something very nice here. Very good skills, lots of creative cohesion. Total Immortal's looked like it took him about 10 minutes. Nevertheless;
Winner: Total Immortal by flying Capoeira wheel kick. EPIC gif

Masato's Fighter of the Night:
Total Immortal.
Somehow he captured that ridiculous awesomeness that makes gifs go viral. This will be seen and used for every single Werdum fight from now until he stops fighting lol. Somehow, in our evolution as shoopers, we must be wary of losing this pure simple root essence of our art. EPIC hilariousness

[Total Immortal]

Thanks for the compliments Masato! I had a busy weekend so I threw together my submission about 2 hours after the event just to make sure I had something to submit.

I agree about this being the best round. I had a tough time deciding to vote on each match, especially Marde vs Chaos.


side note, what happened to the layout of this forum? Used to be a cool black/red style now it's some generic looking style. I tried going to user cp to change it but there's no option. Did you just change the default one Masato?

[Masato]

^ Hey TI

see this thread: new-forum-look-upgrade-opinions-please-t577.html

The place was in need of some upgrades to get rid of ads for non-members, and to add some new functions like repping etc.. Plus around the same time I was considering this, I had a sudden bunch of comments from people saying the white text on a black background was turning people off.

This forum has been tough to grow, so I got a bit paranoid :) and decided to experiment with some other looks as I was upgrading the place.

I had a poll on my facebook saying unanimously that this was better, looked 'more professional' etc... , plus the orange has always been a part of my online persona for various reasons so I thought it fitting. Also I think I'm starting to like this look - its a bit more positive, and kind of unique, which is what I think a good forum should feel like. (to you it feels generic?)

I did like the black too (great for images), so I am still kind of on the fence. If I could create my own custom look I would do it, but so far I have been happy with this forum provider, + they are a bit limited in their options.

What do you think? You are a valued user I would totally dig your opinion on the different looks and how they affect the experience or how you see it affecting possible future growth of the forum.

Congrats again on the last round!

[fungi]

As long as we're talking user interface...

Give people options, Masato, if possible. to be able to choose black or grey would've been nice. Also, darkish grey is sort of hard to read on lighter grey background. Not enough contrast. Make the font darker or pitch black, etc.

I get it the orange being your trademark, etc. Nice touch.

[Masato]

lol:

masato-toys-forum-gets-credit-for-sherdog-isl-irony-t588.html


(fungi, this forum provider is not that sophisticated. I have contacted them to see how far a paying customer can convince them to customize privately, no reply so far. I agree a 2-mode option would be very cool)

[Total Immortal]

^ Hey TI

see this thread: new-forum-look-upgrade-opinions-please-t577.html

The place was in need of some upgrades to get rid of ads for non-members, and to add some new functions like repping etc.. Plus around the same time I was considering this, I had a sudden bunch of comments from people saying the white text on a black background was turning people off.

This forum has been tough to grow, so I got a bit paranoid :) and decided to experiment with some other looks as I was upgrading the place.

I had a poll on my facebook saying unanimously that this was better, looked 'more professional' etc... , plus the orange has always been a part of my online persona for various reasons so I thought it fitting. Also I think I'm starting to like this look - its a bit more positive, and kind of unique, which is what I think a good forum should feel like. (to you it feels generic?)

I did like the black too (great for images), so I am still kind of on the fence. If I could create my own custom look I would do it, but so far I have been happy with this forum provider, + they are a bit limited in their options.

What do you think? You are a valued user I would totally dig your opinion on the different looks and how they affect the experience or how you see it affecting possible future growth of the forum.

Congrats again on the last round!

Like AJ (fungi) said options are nice, but i'll be fine with this layout after getting accustomed to it. I think I was just used to the black/red layout from my years on Sherdog and right when I signed up here. It's not too big of an issue, I was just a little surprised at the drastic change when I logged in. You're probably right about this being a more positive layout option. I can see the black being a little off putting to a lot of people.

tl;dr it's all good Masato 8-)