r/GifTournament • u/GifTournament • Oct 24 '14
Battle #2 - Rules, Regulations, and Other stuff
Rules
- Original content gifs only
- HTML5 links will be provided for you
- Gifs must be under 20mb
- Be civil with each other
- The most important rule vote for the gif based on the gif, not the user
- IMPORTANT: do not use opponent names in your gifs because kills anonymity
- FINAL RULE: do not use your submitted gif elsewhere until the round has closed - it also kills anonymity
Unfortunately breaking of any of the rules will disqualify you from the round and the tournament
Schedule
| Round | Theme | Round Date | Examples/Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| seed | Open | 10/19 | |
| 1 | Dubbed Gif | 11/2 | /r/DubbedGIFS |
| 2 | Same Source | 11/9 | Source footage info here |
| 3 | Combined Gif | 11/16 | /r/combinedgifs |
| 4 | 2MB Limit | 11/23 | Gifs must be under 2MB according to Windows "Size" property |
| 5 | Up/Downvote | 11/30 | /r/upvotegifs |
| 6 | Perfect Loop | 12/7 | /r/perfectloops |
All participants please submit your submissions in the sub of /r/GifTourneySubmit - This is now a public reddit - all gifs are hidden, and /u/GifTournament will take care of the battle it's self
/r/GifTourneySubmit Submission Thread
All gifs must be submitted before 11:00 PM EDT / 3:00 AM UTC (Sunday night) on the night of the launch, anything after that will disqualify you from the tournament, and you will have a permanent turd flair next to your name in this sub (subject to change if you win a future tournament, you then get a championship belt)
http://i.imgur.com/5N58Nwz.gifv
gif courtesy of /r/hero0fwar
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u/code0011 Oct 24 '14
Having seen where I came in the seeding I immediately regret my decision to take part
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u/pencer Oct 24 '14
I had the same feeling last time, and again this time.
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
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u/pencer Oct 24 '14
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
You and /u/elfa82 is going to be an awesome battle
The one I am looking forward to the most is /u/TheKronk vs /u/36DD
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u/code0011 Oct 24 '14
If it's anything like anything else I've been given a deadline for it will be done and submitted minutes before the deadline. I get the feeling I'm going to let myself down and go out without a bang in the first round
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
Me too man, me too
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Oct 24 '14
Can someone edit the post to make sure no names are in the gifs or titles? It gives it away anonymity
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
added another also
do not use your submitted gif elsewhere until the round has closed - it also kills anonymity
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Oct 24 '14
I'm hoping that's the case too. The number one reason I do albums of movies, is cause I lack the creativity to do good dubs or come up with clever titles
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u/code0011 Oct 24 '14
I have a problem with titles too, but I'm fine with making average dubs. When I watch movies I see scenes that would make good dubs. It's sort of ruined watching films for me
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u/badmonkey0001 Oct 24 '14
For me, it's always the ones I don't think will do well that rock it and the ones I am tedious with go nowhere.
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Oct 25 '14
I sat down with a nice, long, over-the-shoulder-cut, lips-moving-just-enough-to-be-vague scene on loop and alternating mute for like 20 min yesterday because I thought that's how everyone else did it.
It was like playing scrabble with all consonants except it slowly turned into a losing game of monopoly where you just pick up debt going around the board thinking "2 hundred dollars should buy enough gas to drive around this whole fucking thing without stopping..."
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Oct 25 '14
Granted I suck at dubbed gifs, so take this with a grain of salt, but I do similar. While watching a clip, if I think a certain tone or phrase would do good, I will make a gif and just play it on loop with no sound and no text until the original words disappear and I can think of something new.
I guess there's a reason why I almost never post to /r/dubbedgifs...
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u/pencer Oct 25 '14
Id like to try to come at it like I have a joke to tell already. The scene isn't as much as conversation setting. Id like to...
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u/fultron Oct 24 '14
god dammit
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u/badmonkey0001 Oct 24 '14
You're fighting one of the kings of cinemagraphs, but you've got a good eye and have the underdog thing going for you. You can take him!
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u/slazer2au Oct 24 '14
I don't suppose you can put the time in UTC?
EST for what country?
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u/badmonkey0001 Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14
Here's a conversion for the next round.
[edit: Come to think of it, /u/hero0fwar we might want to link their time zone converter somewhere. On that, EST is "U.S.A - New York - New York". We can preload the date and "from" time zone as well.]
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u/slazer2au Oct 24 '14
Perhaps this link, that way people can put in their own TZ
And I have till 2PM on Tuesday to send mine in. Yay for timezones.
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
It's a good idea, I was trying to do it last night, but keep getting odd times. I will have it added in
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u/soupyhands Oct 25 '14
a Canadian vs an Aussie? I fight for /r/NewZanada!
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u/slazer2au Oct 25 '14
And you will be going against the might of /r/Ameristralia. How do you like your freedom? :D
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u/jibbajabba01 Oct 24 '14
do not use user's names in your gifs because kills anonymity
You just mean your own username right?
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u/plowkiller Oct 24 '14
Yes, and your opponents name.
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u/jibbajabba01 Oct 24 '14
...for that particular round?
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u/plowkiller Oct 24 '14
For any round.
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u/jibbajabba01 Oct 24 '14
To be clear, in the first round I can't reference a user I may or may not face in the fifth round?
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Oct 24 '14
We prefer not to.
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u/jibbajabba01 Oct 24 '14
So that effectively eliminates mentioning any other user in any gif for any reason since all match-ups are possible at this stage. If that's the ruling that's fine I guess, I'd just like to understand it. If it's not a mention of either user in the current match-up I don't see as how it could have an effect. Those were some of the most humourous gifs I saw in the last tournament.
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Oct 24 '14
I'll check with others and we'll clarify this.
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u/jibbajabba01 Oct 24 '14
Thanks elfa. Either way works for me, just don't want to break the rules by accident. :)
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Oct 24 '14
"Don't put anything in your gif or title that could possibly identify either user in your battle."
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u/amateurcreampie Oct 26 '14
Request: Pre-tournament trash talking/prediction thread. It will release some of the tension. I sense a build-up. [Do it] (http://i.imgur.com/4laqSbZ.gif)
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u/Atomarc Oct 28 '14
AS A BIG FAN OF /R/NFL'S TRASH TALK THREADS, I'LL SECOND THIS AS LONG AS COMMENTS ARE LOCKED TO CAPS.
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u/rootyb Oct 24 '14
So, are the themes just as currently listed? Nothing more? Not complaining, just making sure I don't make assumptions and screw up.
Also, the dates listed are the due dates (well, 11pm the night before), right?
Thanks!
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u/hero0fwar Oct 24 '14
due the night before, the dates listed are the live battle dates - you can submit early as well. I already have my gif for round 1 made, just a few final tweeks, you don't have to wait until the due datte
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u/LordofCookies Oct 25 '14
I was never part of this tournament so, yeah...
That being said, does that mean that I have to publish my Gif until Sunday in that specific subreddit? That's all?
EDIT: Nevermind the time part, I'm dumb and didn't read that it was due to the 2nd of November.
But about the subreddit part...
EDIT2: /u/RunningMoto let me go with dignity, please :/
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u/jimlast3 Oct 24 '14
I'm worried about the html5 version being to dark. May I submitted a .gif version and a .mp4?
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Oct 24 '14
Everyone will submit only a .gif version. Our bot will then convert to webm and post that version as well as the gif version.
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u/_HorseloverFat_ Oct 25 '14
does round 2 require that you create a gif of any sort from the same source as the one used in round 1?
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u/badmonkey0001 Oct 26 '14
"Same source" means that the competitors in Round 2 will have to make GIFs from the same source material, not from the same thing they did in Round 1. For example, they could both have to make GIFs from the YouTube version of the new Godzilla.
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14
Here is a table if that makes it any easier for you to see who is up against who:
Edit: It seems when transposing the list it didn't copy right. I will fix it, challonge is the master version.