UPDATE: Staff votes have been tallied and decisions have been made!
The following users have been selected as having championed the challenge known as ‘The Imagician’: ‘Dan…‘ and ‘Ilmari‘. While the battle was a very close one, the combined Doki Staff appreciated the works of these individuals the most. I congratulate everyone who submitted an entry into the contest; it was fun looking over them all! Keep an eye on the Doki banners, as non-winning submissions may be featured in the near future.
The complete list of submissions can be found here. For those that are wondering, image number 20 was submitted by ‘Irie Naoki’. Please thank him in the C-Box when you have a chance… ( ¬‿¬)
The winner of the challenge ‘The Viral Outbreak’ could have been won by several people, but ultimately I decided to choose the post submitted by ‘Unravel‘. While viewership is likely lower than the others’, his creative approach left me smiling throughout. Nice job!
The winners of ‘The Detective’ challenges are ‘Elliott’ & ‘Shiro’ for being the first to submit links which met the qualifications put forth in said challenges. Who ever knew Google-fu could be so rewarding?
So that’s that. Once again, thank you for everyone who participated. Those that won a beta-testing slot should join #doki on IRC and post their screen names in the comment section of this post. (Don’t worry, I’ll find you!) For those that missed the cut or didn’t participate in the challenges, don’t despair; the final patch is just over a month away! Now is the time to really start getting excited!
Once again: Greetings, Doki Legion! Have you had an adequate amount of time to prepare yourselves? I certainly hope so.
Recruitment for Tomoyo After Beta-Testers has now begun. (Lucky you!) The Beta-Testers will be testing Doki’s complete English patch before its official release on July 20th of this year. Very few spots are available through this offer, so when applying, it is important that you meet the following qualifications:
1) Applicants must have a copy of Tomoyo After ~It’s a wonderful life~ (original limited edition) installed on your computer. A digital copy will not be provided to you.
2) Applicants must be able to complete the entire game within a two week timeframe, make notes throughout for presentation at the end of the testing period, and be prepared to answer questions regarding your review process. Accepted applicants who fail to do so will have their status revoked and will NOT be included in the Translation Team credits.
3) Applicants must have a high level of English competency, preferably, but not limited to, native-speaker status.
4) Accepted applicants will not get paid. Herp-Derp.
5) All applicants must complete a challenge listed below.
A) “The Imagician” – In a format similar to that of Doki’s prior banner contests, create a banner image (1,240px × 250px) with Tomoyo as the focus and either ‘Doki’ or ‘Doki VN Department’ also shown. The submitter of the ‘best’ of these (creative, balanced, smooth, etc.) will be briefly interviewed and then selected as a beta-tester.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Dan…’
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Ilmari’
B) “The Viral Outbreak” – Not much of a drawer/photo editor but still want a unique way to be selected as a beta-tester? Good at getting people’s attention? Then this challenge is for you! Find a way to successfully get the word out that the complete English patch for Tomoyo After will be released on July 20th of this year. How one accomplishes this is up to them. Participants will be judged on both creativity and an entirely arbitrary estimation as to the size of the user base reached. Submissions which appear to be spam or which cause a negative reaction in the target community will be discarded from consideration.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Unravel’
C) “The Detective” – Not good with images and too timid to advertise the patch release date? So be it; there’s an option for you too. This user must search the expanse of the internet to find a specific Clannad Drama CD, catalog number ‘CLANNAD-0000’, available for sale. The disk can be new or used. Users must link to the page where the item is being sold to be considered, though links to pages where the item is sold out will be ignored. Furthermore, the first person to post a picture of the CD in their possession wins an automatic spot as a beta-tester.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Elliott’
D) “The Detective II” – That was quick! ^^ Same deal as before, but with catalog number KSLC-0009. BOTH DISKS. ‘Challenge D’ will also be the final addition to this list.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Shiro’
Winners will be selected within one week’s time. Possibly Sunday. That being said, good luck, Doki Legion!
Ok clannadman, i have searched for many many hours, but i think this one is it! http://auction.item.rakuten.co.jp/10801967/a/10002293/ For entry D. Sorry if its not, my japanese isn’t up to snuff >.>
Damn, disregard its over >.>.
Ironically, the one you linked to is the exact same auction Shiro linked to, except while his was current, yours ended months before. Same seller though. You came really close, closer than all the others if that’s any consolation prize.
Don’t feel too bad though. The patch will be released soon enough, or you can always attempt one of the other challenges. “The Viral Outbreak” only has two real competitors in it ATM…
Oh, i am going to try one of those, dont worry clannadman. It would be an insult to Tomoyo if i didn’t~.
Lol I admire your detirmination. That should count for something if there’s left over spots for random people in the beta :3
Banner submission for fun:
http://i.minus.com/irqRweGKCrIjJ.png
Original picture (I really liked this picture and just HAD to find some way to make work it into the 1240×250 size limitation):
http://i.minus.com/iYg2x2EOftJjW.jpg
so I am trying to see what you did. Did you just cut the flowers from original, drag them to the side, white out anything left of cloths, and then add text?
looks cool by the way.
Drew additional clouds in such a way that they fit with the original image’s style(Pain in the ass balancing it out). Drew all of the petals on the right side of the screen, rendered(“cut”) the flowers, redrew/touched up a few of them to better fit not being at the edges of the picture.
So while it’s not how I’d put it, I guess you could say that’s what I did.
Very well done Shiro! Of course, you’re already in for successfully completing Challenge D, but its still nice to see such a banner from you.
Shiro is DEDICATED. ; )
Shiro did well, I like it. 🙂
Deserves a prize at least 😛
Here is my submission for the Imagician challenge—
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/8867/doki01.jpg
Also, in testing WordPress’ image hosting, I made a photo post with relevant tags. The image was rescaled so I asked Imageshack to help. I didn’t plan on going for Viral Outbreak, however lol. My WordPress fanbase is minimal. Regardless, I hope it gets Doki more attention!
Here’s the link to the aforementioned post—in case there is anything wrong with it—
http://mixicant.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/doki-and-tomoyo-after/
Have a nice day!
I have both of your submissions Trollface Juan! Thanks for participating, and good luck! ^_^
Strange… My post was deleted right after I’d done it…
Ok, here I go again)
a) My pic for imagician challenge – http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6/80850860.1/0_7cd4c_75087f7b_orig
b) And promotional post in the VN fanclub in the most popular webcommunity in my country)) – http://vk.com/visualnovel
Hope its useful))
I like it, well done Erizo.
I’m not staff though so my opinion doesn’t count for much but I like the use of colours and your image choice suits it well.
As for your post being deleted, probably an error on your side. I’ve never known posts to be deleted here, even trolls and mean people seem to have their posts remain when they appear. I’ve been commenting here years so I know :3
Not true. My fake Holo posts get deleted all the time.
Well okay, I would delete your posts too(If I could) if you copied his name. Holo is nice and doesnt deserve fakers 🙂
I’m not exactly sure what happened with your post, but I received both of your entries. Selecting winners is going to be really tough! It’s wonderful to see such a nice turnout.
Remember, any submissions for either remaining challenge must be made by this Sunday to qualify for a Beta-Tester application! Keep ’em coming!
thanx for your feedback Rawr)
Regardless if you are among the staff or not it’s
a pleasure to hear somebody likes your work)))
You’re welcome, hope you win.
Hello there, Doki Team and all the participants.
Count me in with my application for “The Viral Outbreak” part of the contest. Since I don’t have many followers, I’ll use the weapon of mass attraction called “originality”.
http://hinochiame.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/tomoyo-after-doki-translation/
Эге… Соотечественничек значит))
Оригинально не поспоришь))
Поделишься конфеткой, если повезет??))
Dude, English please.
Sorry, pal. I was just glad to come across a compatriot here))
>An Englishman and a Russian have a conversation
>They call each other ‘Dude’ & ‘Pal’
Meanwhile, I check to see if I’m in some 90s beach shanty in California checking out the surf. Radical, Bro!
( ¬‿¬)
Ok, so, I’ve always believed Holo was British, but then a while back in a TL/TLC post (I think it was) he let on that he was not a native speaker though highly skilled in the language, and Index (whether he was serious or not I couldn’t tell) said he was Chinese. Now Clannad Man is saying he’s an Englishman. Could you all stop confusing my poor brain please? ; ) Is he a Chinese living in England or something?
Hmm. IDK. Perhaps!
@Roku
yes, AFAIK.
@Index
Aha. ; )
It’s a good time to be english too. After the miracle victory over Sweden 🙂
Certainly very original, Unravel! Nice job!
Ok, for the B. i started a post on VNDB, under username jonathanb9595. Hope it helps?
So I see, Jon! You’ve been entered for Challenge B.
BTW, you and horseband are right.
one more from me:
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4974/tomoyo7.png
You’re churning these out faster than home-made butter from amish country! Your submission has been added to the others, but in the future remember to re-link to your old submissions.
Thanks again!
Sorry, I forgot to re-link the others. I happened across that picture of Tomoyo today and I was like, “That needs to be a banner.”
Wow that one is really, really good. I’m impressed.
The competition appears to be tight, so many GOOD entries.
Thank you very much for that compliment.
Yeah I think the snow along with the picture thing works really well. Certainly a banner Doki should use in the winter months.
Probably the 2nd best entry so far in my opinion, hard to say which is the best here lol. Glad thats not my job either.
Clannad Man will have a hard time judging these, they’re so good 🙂
It will take considerable deliberation, that’s for sure!
A lot of these banners are really good but I have a request. Most of these used premade art, and that’s cool not bashing you guys or anything, but can you post a link to the original image? For everyone to enjoy the art in the original form, rather than the banner.
Here are some of the images I used:
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6159/tomoyo1.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4512/tomoyo2d.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9360/tomoyo3.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9683/tomoyo4.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/531/tomoyo7.jpg
That first one is taken directly from the Tomoyo arc episode of the anime, rather than from a piece of art, right? : )
Yup
Here are mine:
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/912/351754.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/816/5813501920x1200clannadc.jpg
Wow, I actually didn’t know that that second pic excisted without Nagisa walking up that hill. I only have that version. So there is a version with just the scenery and nothing else, nice.
Well Last two places left.Surely somebody must spread this on 4chan or it would not go very viral
Spreading such news on 4-chan is a risky proposition which could backfire. Whoever does so must proceed at their own risk. Once again, originality of presentation will be counted heavily in addition to the overall number of people reached.
congratulations to the people winning the detective challenge 🙂 But I’m sure clannad man is ever happier that those challenges actually managed to be completed xD
Clever way of getting help to completing his collection. ; )
All speculation! Lies!
Those challenges served a dual purpose, so I had no problem including them as a way to participate in the patch beta-test.
Haha, well, in any case, it made for an original challenge. It’s not like adding a bit of a personal gain to one of the challenges is all that strange anyway, all of them technically are win/win situations.
Besides, I wasn’t judging you or anything, I just knew that you’ve been looking for it quite some time, and would be extremely happy to finally found it.
Hey clannadman, can i post on more then one site for B. or am i limited to just one?
You can do as many again as you like. Just please, PLEASE, do not post so people perceive it as spamming. Cordial announcements in different forums are fine though.
I would never spam :P. Spam is annoying, but ya i shall be careful and spread the word in a kick-ass fashion :P.
REMINDER! Selections for the final Beta-Tester spots will be made later today! If you want to participate and haven’t applied yet, do so now!
How soon? I gotta get to sleep cuz gotta go somewhere early tmr, I want to see results :<
12-15 hours from this posting
Ah how i wish to get the patch but I shall wait as my Bittorrent client is downloading the game at 30kb/s for 2.08gb.(My parents will never approve me buying eroge!)
very few would my friend
If needed, here are the higher quality versions of my banners. Mainly because they were compressed on Tinypic~
http://www.mediafire.com/?g1a15d8dqu9dsat
Sorry about that, here’s the link
Got it, thanks!
Well, good luck everybody! I know i tried my hardest lol.
Fingers crossed! I don’t know who is coming out on top. The image submissions were really good!
Good Luck to everyone. I’ll be waiting impatiently for the results…
I hope that means time is going quickly as opposed to dragging on for you…
Here’s mine for A, hope I’m not too late.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8417/originaltomomod.jpg
Got it! You made it! =)
This is awesome news, really looking forward to 20th july now
THANK YOU DOKI FANSUBS 🙂
Much obliged, Aselia. 33 more days!
Stupid final exams making me study all the time and not check that there is a competition for being a Beta tester!
Hey Clannad man for spreading around the word that Tomoyo after is coming July 20 I actually wouldn’t do much, vndb.org already has the release date and your website listed, anyone who wanted to play it before you guys had the project, went to Baka-Tsuki so just contact the admin there and tell them the game is coming out July 20 and have them update there website. if you do a quick search on Google for “Tomoyo after” your the website after wiki. Not much else to be done then have a web-crier go around and say Tomoyo after is coming out July 20.
for the picture contest I cant find a good picture and I cant edit worth crap.
It would seem that people have visited those sites and already changed the information. ^^ People care about Tomoyo!
As for the picture, that’s OK. Competition is quite tight already, as it is I’m saddened that some good submissions will not warrant a Beta-Test spot. Still, for a lucky someone, a submission will serve as their golden ticket to the Beta-Test!
How much longer until the announcement of the winners?
I’m in the process of writing up a post. I’d say < 3 hours.
… or thereabouts. Its been another busy one in Doki-land…
I monitored the main page along with this post for some time and thought that the announcement is published somewhere in the secret lair where I can’t reach. Phew.
It’s posted!
Clannad Man you are so wonderful…
Not only did you not joke about putting my banner into the gallery but also made a note for me…
I’m sure there is a special place for you where you can suffe… err I mean be… happy…
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Sigh, Irie qUcyy 😐 xD
Oh Irie, you know everyone here loves you!
<3 <3 xoxoxo
Signed with hugs and kisses,
Everyone
Well Clannad Man?
I’m still waiting for my beta invite, clearly my banner is superior to all the other banners.
Damn I thought more people would be accepted for the submissions, oh well 😀 congrats to those who won, I shall eagerly await the final release!
Its tough to properly oversee a beta-test & have it be useful, so the number of people accepted had to be small. There are others in the beta-test, but they are Doki staff, making their whereabouts easier to track.
WOO HOO!!!!!
I’d like to thank the Academy, and everyone at Doki who supported me through these past few days. Especially Rawr and Rokudaime, who complimented my banners. And of course, Clannad Man, who started this contest and made this whole thing possible. Thank you, Clanad Man.
/acceptance speech
“post their screen names in the comment section of this post” – dan3dots
*sniff*
I’m touched! I’ll remember this moment forever!
… at least I hope I will. Forever is a long time, and I think I’ve just started.
You’ll be getting a message in IRC over the next 24 hours or so. Congratulations! You made it!
Well, yours were very good. Congrats on winning. ; )