TBH I think they avoided 888's entry because of the current big game Baldur's Gate 3. Which features a fire character with an infernal engine in her chest. Considering their past issues with copyrighted material winning festivals it probably would've faced immediate backlash. (Even if the artist didn't intend it to be.)
DA if that's true, that's a sad way for a fest entry to go. i wonder if had 888 meant for the name to be a BG3 reference? MV and 888 laid out a lot of the 'hidden rules' to skin contests. it would be incredibly ironic and sad they got nerfed for another rule they didn't consider.
i'd be a bit surprised and disappointed if that turned out to be the reasoning, especially given "inazuma" from TCC could have likewise been construed as a genshin impact reference
(i think it just means "lightning," but it's not like the concept of hellfire machinery is unique to bg3—Ghost Rider, anyone?—so it feels roughly comparable to me)
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Re: sa
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)Re: sa
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)if that's true, that's a sad way for a fest entry to go. i wonder if had 888 meant for the name to be a BG3 reference? MV and 888 laid out a lot of the 'hidden rules' to skin contests. it would be incredibly ironic and sad they got nerfed for another rule they didn't consider.
Re: sa
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)(i think it just means "lightning," but it's not like the concept of hellfire machinery is unique to bg3—Ghost Rider, anyone?—so it feels roughly comparable to me)