Why an island.. ok long explanation.

During the last contest I got a bit tired of the 1-50 potion route, and started thinking about setting up a grid, similar to a game of battleship.

Setup that way, I could cluster good abilities together. Problem was, if one player hit a cluster, the rest of the players would swoop down like hawks and it didnt seem very sporting.

So then I figured I ought to set it up so that players could only move a bit at a time, the taller ones being rewarded by being able to move farther. A square grid isnt really setup to attack with weapons and other fun stuff, so I switched to hexes.

I tried coming up with some sort of story for this thing, and why these players would try to compete to reach 50'. I was reminded of one of my favorite movies, Battle Royale. It's about a bunch of japanese kids getting put on an island and having to battle it out til only 1 remained. So that's what this is all patterned after!

The clustering isnt in the map (well except for one area), but everywhere else it's pretty random.

Looks like it's going well. I like how you slowly uncover the map as you go. Can't wait to see the first sketches tonight! ^_^

Bleh, I give. I can't do it, I can't draw 5 characters in comic-format every round. I don't even want to do 5 characters a round like I did in VL 1.

It's killing me, Im tired, and this is becoming a chore, and I dont want it to be one. Soo, the game will continue, but I may only draw 1 or 2 characters per round. Apologies, but I'm going to spend more time on them, they'll look better, and I'll actually ink them.

And let's open this up, if anyone else wants to join in and sketch some of our players, feel free.

It's 2:30 am, I just went through a bunch of sketches, and after reviewing them, most turned out junk, I dont want that to continue.

Anyh00, attaching some of what I drew. Part of Vixen's panels (the bit where she's blowing thru the shell is gone, it was just bad)

Dart's needle encounter, and Lore's tastyfish.

Let's start Day 3.
Rankings:

Dartnet: 10'9"
Lorekeep: 9'3"
Indigo: 8'3"
Melkorios: 8'1"
Vixen: 7'3"

Going to go 46.

Vix moves to hex 30.

And you know, I'm not all that surprised you're feeling burned out, Kricket. You've put in a great amount of effort, not just in the drawings but also with the planning, scripting and moderating of the contests.

I would think that the target would be sighted on lil' ol' me, being the reigning champ and all....

I will go to 31 and 20.

Suggestion, Kricket why don't you a breather and shoot to release the picts after the contest? Your doing a great job and comic book style artwork can be very hard at times. If you need some one to help run the next rounds and I don't win I volunteer to do some to the non-art grunt work. So relax take you time. We can wait.

And thanks this is fun.

Cool, thanks for posting the sketches at least. I can understand wanting to keep it focused to one or two quality shots instead of a mega-swampload of comics to try and do in one night. But still I think your tastyfish sketchiness is great. The two panels make for just the right amount of build up and the final shot is beautiful with the clothes- especially how the tanktop is lifted and stretched. Keep up the good work! ^_^

I'll keep exploring my little corner of the island for the moment and move over to 86.

And don't worry about the art, take your time and do however many of us you want to do, or like Dartnet said, take a break and do some pics at the end.

Lorekeep stumbles upon a fallen, glowing meteor. Intrigued, she touches it. The glow fades from the rock but then appears on Lore. Lore's belt and clothes give way some more as she grows to 12'. Lore can now move 2 hexes at a time and kick the runts.

Vixen scales a mountaintop to find what looks like a greek city, as if this were Mt. Olympus itself! She finds some strange nectar and drinks some of it, immediately she feels filled with power as she grows to 9'1".

After running a bit, Dartnet takes a nap and has the weirdest dream. She dreams that she was kidnapped by aliens and subjected to all sorts of weird and horrid experiments. Stranger still is that her clothes are shredded as she has grown to 14'.

Indigo finds a cool looking necklace and puts it on, it's magic! Indigo grows to 9'1"

Are you planning to do another one of these Kricket? If so, could I be in it?

Some of you might have noticed that no one has been shrunk yet! That's because you can't get shrunk by choosing a "bad hex". You can only get shrunk by other players using weapons, and weapons are found in the unique locations I PM you about when you get near them. So don't be afraid to check them out, it's the opposite, you should want to find them.

I've got a waiting list for up to game 4, and it's completely full. I'm not gonna take down any more names, after game 4 (if there is one) I'll see if I want to do any more of these.