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An important update:

Due to a specific person being a complete child, comments are going to be screened by default.

This is only temporary, and I apologize for the inconvenience- this is going to be a pain in the ass for me, too, but multiple people have come forward about fears of doxxing, and this is the only way to make sure any doxxing is contained.

(This basically will force the doxxer to make a DW account to post any doxxing attempts unscreened, and will let me more reliably report them to DW staff/authorities.)

Again, I apologize, and will be working to unscreen comments as fast as possible, but I'm only one person.

(Vasemod has had some personal issues come up, so I am the only mod atm. Please bear with me until this bit of annoyance has passed.)

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ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I do think that 888's auraboa winning entry is a little surprising? I'm a fan of his work in a general sense, and it's not what I usually expect from him in terms of creativity and complexity (though at least it's VERY on-theme for Earth, and thematic strength looks to have been the single biggest factor in deciding winning entries this time around).

In this case at least, I personally blame the unspoken rule that the new breed will get a disproportionate amount of entries into the winners' circle, rather than staff favoritism of 888 specifically.
I seriously wish that judges would let that rule drop, or at least shift it to "at least one entry with the new breed should win," rather than "at least 2, ideally 3 entries with the new breed should win," which is how things currently seem to go. Or, at the very least, staff direly need to take this kind of thing into account with breed release schedules, because either way the result is that we get forced, rushed entries and a feeling of unfairness.

(Re: UMA vs. site skin cost specifically, while it might not be relevant to you, anon, and that's totally fair, I do think it's relevant to the overall discussion here, since there's at least one anon suggesting some kind of deception on the part of 888, ~manipulating~ contestants into not creating art for the new breed, as if there's literally any advantage to him in doing that.)

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt
i took a look at his submissions and he actually made another auraboa entry that's way better looking than what won? i'm actually shocked they chose the pillar one instead lmao https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/skin/3285797/24#post_55535012

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

yoooooo I LOVE that one! I would have been way more excited about the accents this year around if that was in it

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

oh! this one's easy, actually.
"cairnlich" probably would have been a shoo-in, except... "earthwyrm" already won in 2022: https://www1.flightrising.com/game-database/item/47885

(sidebar but this is making me realize how unjust it is that undertides don't have Fishbone yet. hopefully it's in the works!!)

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

staff have picked m/f versions of the same skin for future festivals, why not this one too? most recent example is Bumblebee and Fumarole Frieze

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

Those are different breeds though.

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

they did it for male and female wildclaws during water fest

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/flightrising/images/e/e5/Ancient_Leviathan_Skin.png/revision/latest?cb=20170503160548

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/flightrising/images/2/23/Ancient_leviathan_Skin.png/revision/latest?cb=20210503015327

same artist, same concept, a few years apart.

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

wow, even the name is the same? lmao

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

conspiracy theory, they submitted a shit skin not thinking it would win and won anyway

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, that one really is better! Way cooler concept as well.