Scarefest Contest!
Li;l nippy outside, but that shouldn't stop up from having a grand Contest this month. DL here, and after a nice hiatus, I'm back judging these Contests. This Contest is a culmulative challenge, so no one gets eliminated. 3 rounds, so a maximum of 30 points can be won. Good luck!
Random lottery leaves us with...Houndy first up.
#1) Houndoom Lover and Mephy
Double Team~Faint Attack~Flamethrower~Smog
Out comes Mephy, all ready to rock. He lands on a large pumpkin and looks around timidly, before a whopping 13 more Houndooms come out. That already..is taxing. The audience watch as the pack of dooms all seems to glow with a dark malevolent energy. All of a sudden, a menagerie of effects take place, with houndooms lunging into the sky, melting into darkness, and two clones utilize Flamethrtower to illuminate the other's efforts. After 4 Dooms dissipate into shadows, the head of a Houndoom could be seen-as the fires keep the darkness they've created with their forms visible. 6 more houndooms fly up in fiery formation, and the end result is a fiery crossed paw half-Houndoom that seems to have risen from the patch itself. The fires seems to fade in intensity though and Mephy himself was sweating under the pressure to keep this together...
The head then sneers toward the audience, flames redirected to mimic disdain toward what it sees. The audience leans back amazed at the appeal so far. The dog shows his displeasure by delivering justice upon the crowd. One paw comes flying down toward the now..fleeing..audience, but before it hits a Smog layer is created from yet another clone, this smog layer starts a chain reaction that forces the paw-arm and then torso of the image to start to fade away, as if the patch has lost its spirit. The head floats ominously, as the jaw opens, and the Smog seems to fill in the spaces, as the head fades out....
in an explosion of fire and brimstone and pumpkin pieces no less. The audience raises their plastic sheets, only to have them hit by molten pumpkin. However, for such a taxing appeal Mephy lands on his side, completely tired. He stands up, and everyone applauds-as he slowly leaves the stage.
#2) Crazy Elf Boy and Blizzeta
Mist~Leer~Blizzard~Wood Hammer
Next up is Crazy and Blizzeta. She waddles to the centee of the pumpkin patch and starts to squat up and down. Her body pumps out a Mist that rolls over the orange squashes. As the view of her starts to fade, she makes her presence known with a dastardly Leer, that catches a good portion of the audience. Everyone watches then, as the Mist begins to roll back toward Blizzeta, and turn into a massive Blizzard along her vertically! In no time at all, she's in a block of ice! With room to move as if she was in a gladiator brick, she slams against the inside of the ice brick with her hands, acting as if she was using a hammer. The brick bounces across the arena hectically with every strike, until the 5th hit when it gives way and shatters. Everyone applauds and Blizzeta leaves.
#3) Charles and Trill (M)
Haze~Mean Look~Perish Song~Defog
Next up is Charles and Trill. The Murkrow starts out quite similar to Blizzeta, but bursting out with a Haze over the arena.Barely visible, the dark bird then flies over the audeince, grilling everyone with a Mean Look, so they're stuck focusing on him, as much of him as they can see. There's not much to see though, but alot to hear as Trill delivers a shrill Song, making some people want to Perish the thought of ever witnessing this appeal. Everyone looks for the offending bird, and just like that, the fog clears away, and there sits the Murkrow, staring at the crowd, nevermore. Few claps, and Trill walks away.
#4) Weasel Overlord and Azazel (M)
Haze~Ominous WInd~Substitute~Trick
Now we have a male Misdreavus and he's not wasting any time in keeping this eerieness going. An Ominous wind blows past the audience, trying to set the tone for this appeal. As everyone watches, a small jack-o-lanturn Substitute of Azazel's head floats right in the middle of the field. Azazel looks at the fake head, and tries to give it a mean look, but the flickering flame inside that Az's head causes the eyes to glimmer, and Az backs away, swearing it blinked....
but Az wasn't going to have no hiding spirit ruin his appeal, no. He quickly flies over and steals the flame from its head, leaving the jack-o-tute empty and lifeless. Pretty dirty Trick-stealing the light from it. Everyone applauds though and Az floats on away.
#5) MLG and OzBlimp
Haze~Ominous Wind~Will-o-wisp~Embargo
Oh here comes Ozblimp, now owned by MLG. Once again, a Haze shrouds the pumpkin patch. This time though that bone-chilling wind October is famous for blows in as well. People huddle closer to keep warm as they watch a dot of fire grow, and then fly off in the distance. One would think its a Jack-o-lanturn being list, but the ghostly flame has a mind of its own. It rise up into the sky and as everyone watches, a bone crushing cold sweeps over the audience, making it hard for them to even fathom clapping. Their hands...so ..cold. But that's the end of the appeal, and a few vocal shouts were given for the effect as the Will-o-wisp dissipated.
#6) Rossy and Chivee (F)
Blizzard~Mirror Coat~Hidden Power~Ice Shard
Out comes Chivee, that Glaceon of Rossy's. It bows, and then hops in a totally changes the weather patterns here. A blizzard just rips in, freezing some of the overgrown squash. People huddle a bit as the cold was unexpected, but they all lost sight of the Glaceon. Well, for a moment anyway., A vibrant pattern can be seen within the ice storm, and it seems to call the audiences attention. Chivee continues to refract light for a lil, before a purplish power orbits from the multicolored spot in the ice storm, and smash through frozen pumpkins and large chunks of ice alike. As they are smashed, pieces fly back toward Chivee with amazing speed, but since the Mirror Coat is on, these Ice pieces reflect that light and shine and steam like comets passing a star. The audience claps and Chivee bows, before bouncing away.
#7) Chaos and Lapras:
Water Pulse~Ice Beam~Psychic~Hidden Power
Whoa now, here comes a Lapras. Well, it doesn't seem too bad on the patch here. She looks at the audience, and then shoots up a high arching Pulse of Water. These pulse rings fly high, but start to fall after a while. Easy enough for her to fire an Ice Beam through and freeze them from the inside out. They continue to fall, faster now since they're solid..but they don't reach her. Before htting the ground, they are shattered into small pieces by a Psychic wave Lapras emits from her horn. Staring at the mass of shattered ice above her, they start to change their position, until they mimic her own body shape-just as a skeleton.
The last step here would be the two -huh look at that, amber eyes that fly through the ice and are held still by that Psychic ability of hers. The Skeleton does exactly as Lapras does, slide around in the air, and the duo wave to the audience and leave, the Audience finding that funny. MAinly cause Lapras went one way, and the skeleton followed, and Lapras acted freaked out, as if she didn't wanna be followed out by the Skeleton.
#8) Blade and Oerlikon
Magnet Rise~Psychic~Double Team~Psybeam
Hrm, this is unique, a Wormadam. Trash Cloak. Well, Oer bounces in and finds a happy pumpkin to land on, one not destroyed thus far. She does a flip and then stays vertical, using a reverse Magnetic push to keep her aloft. However, the pumpkin came up as well. Looking around, she shakes in place and creates a ring of Wormadams in the air-complete with accompanying pumpkins.
The group all look to one another-and aim for the Wormadam two spaces away on their left. With these 5 Psybeams, they all hit the clones and cause a refraction so intense, people pull out their Blublockers to watch the psychadelic Psybeam showcase. The Pumpkins all disspate, as well as the clones, except one-the original pumpkin. That guy exploded.
And all that was left, was a Trash and Pumpkin cloaked Wormadan, floating in the sky. People applaud and laugh as it floats away.
#9) Kyuuketsuki and Shinx
Charge~Thunder~Spark~Discharge
Newcomer Kyuuketsuki comes out with a Shinx. The lil guy seems unafraid to make a great impression. A crackling engulfs his body, as he charges up. It doesn't seem like overkill, til the Thunder rains down upon him! Everyone looks in horror as the lil Shinx is engulfed by his own attack. But that's the fun or it! He lunges out of the electric storm, Sparking as he runs to help his muscles NOT cramp up. Everyone is amazed at the little guy as the final electrical outburst comes. A mighty Dishcarge comes out, pumpkins being split as they are caught in the radius. People applaud as he walks off, panting a bit.
#10) Classy cat and Eron (F)
Magnet Rise~Swift~Charge~Charge Beam
Out comes Eron, all fluffy. Fits right in with this viney pumpkin patch. Well, to distinguish herself from the others, Eron floats up in the air and levitates, balancing her weight against the EMF of the earth in order to rise. While up there, she waves her butt and a few Swift stars go shooting into the sky. Quick as a dart, she starts to crackle all over her body-as she charges up.
The Stars were all in a line and she fires off a very fast Charge Beam-one that was able to overtake all the stars and demolish them. The beam kept moving, and Eron just watched it soar on into space. People applaud and Eron floats away...
End Results
1) Houndy/Mephy: 7.0/30
Now, first off. It was a innovative and imaginative appeal. Doing that much for any one being would be alot and it showed since Mephy couldn't really control the strain of having 14 clones out all doing varied motions while in varied states of form. Image wise, it was cool, having a giant fire head try to swat you is pretty damn creepy-only to have to disappear and then explode. But Mephy falling out from said explosion kinda put a damper on the whole thing.
2) Elf/Bliz: 7.4/30
Ok freezing yourself in a brick of Ice is strange and well, David Blaine-ish. The beginning was cool, starting with an eerie fog to set the mood, that's cool. Getting the audience to watch was nifty, and after all of that, we watched as Blizzeta..hit herself out of an ice prison. I dunno... I guess I was expecting more, I didn't really get to see any real emotion-sure there was strength, but there was no real connection. I just watched her free herself from a trap she had created for herself.
3) Charles/Trill: 8.5/30
Started off like Elf's...A mist/Haze to start and set the mood, but Murkrow fit right in with his element here. You kept it simple and creepy- hiding in darkness, using sounds instead of sight so the audience was left wondering and guessing. Really good clear appeal and it ende with just Trill sitting there, as if nothing happened. Funny touch. I liked that alot.
4) Weezy/Azazel: 8.3/30
Hahaha Misty beginnings,. but you kept the chill about it. Yours had a more comedic appeal-with the interaction between you and the Substitute. The Trick ending to stealing its light was a nifty idea, Unique in its own sense of imagery-with ghosts stealing souls. I liked it alot.
5) MLG/OzBlimp: 8.5/30
Hah..haha Haze again. But no again, this involved the audience in a different way, by making them the target. It has simpler elements, the baselines for authentic fright. Cold winds, numbness of hands-eerie spectacles in the sky. Great setting and execution.
6) Rossy/Chivee: 8/30
Hrm, this one was cool. Reminded me of Narnia a lil, with the lightpost in the distance during a snowstorm. The Ice Shard at the end was pretty unique. Strange though, Poison hidden Power. In any event, it was a solid appeal, with a nifty element at the end of it. Kept the audience engaged a bit as well.
7) Chaos/Lapras: 8.5/30
Heh, this one turned to be humorous. A Lapras skeleton that mimiced your own Lapras. Nifty touch on the creepy factor, while stil having fun with it. The appeal did start slow though, but hey, that's what we get for waiting, an enjoyable product.
8) Blade/Oerlikin: 8.3/30
Weird. Using the pumpkin patch was cool, and the Double Team thing reminded me of Houndy's a bit. But the appeal wasn't as draining-and didn't have so many parts going on to keep watch of. Exploding pumpkins are also awesome to see, lol.
9) Kyuu/Shinx: 7.6/30
Electrical outburst much. It was weird, and a bit shocking to see Shinx be engulfed in a Thunder, but I liked the exorcism of the lightning beast. Maybe a variety of moves will help spice up the appeal a bit more, as everything seemed to be either electric coming in, or going out.
10) Classy/Eron: 8/30
Floating sheep are weird. Dun care. Anyway. heh, yes it was a DBZ flashback, with the crackling electricity and the firing of that Chargemehameha. Always good to see a homage every now and again. Simple appeal, you just wanted to destroy some stars, and that you did.
Alright. You all can see who the leaders are, now its time to make up for lost ground! Super appeals as well this time!