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[Kosheh]

Double posting - can I propose a taller idea?
I know I'm not C2B or Tellis or Tom Guycott, but if I could suggest something to get the ball rolling on character balance and creation, etc.

I'd like to encourage that creators of any and all characters that are really WIP and have a bit of work to go (for instance, uhh, any character or assist in this subforum, but if you want a named example...um, recolorme I guess, AshuraAlchemist and E-Man) post at the very least a stick figure of their characters' animations (even idle animations count here) once they come up with one, even if it's a rough idea.

We're not gonna criticize you over a stick figure (though editing them would be a good exercise in character anatomy, posture and action poses!), but it's moreso for ballpark estimates.
I mean, I personally wouldn't tell anyone to completely redo an animation (unless it really, really stinks) and probably neither should you. But in the scenario that you're not sure "Hey, would this fit within the game and not be underpowered as heck?" it's a little easier to tell you "hey, you could do this animation and it'll look cooler and more powerful" without you, the spriter, feeling like "augh crap I have to hammer out this sprite and make it look good and everything" - if your basic outline is already there, it's easier to make a finished, more polished-looking product. :]

There's also a lot of characters on this board that are literally one sprite and the creator hasn't done any work on them to progress the character (sorry E-Man, making an example out of you), so this'll help quite a bit.
It'll give pretty much anyone, regardless of ability, uh, the ability to make a functioning character for use later on.
And it's a lot less daunting in the long run to work off of stick figures you made in the past to finish up your character animations.

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I hate to single people out but some users won't feel like they need this when creating their characters. This is fine. But you might want to consider adopting the idea so you're a good role model for others.

Thoughts?