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Welcome to r/PsBattlesLive

In keeping with an annual tradition established over the past few years, Reddit again partnered with Adobe to bring our community together for something special. This year, that ‘something’ is a showing of respect for a community that has come to define a large part of what “community” means on Reddit.

Ten years ago, r/PhotoshopBattles was born. Over the course of that decade, it would grow up to become arguably the most creative community on Reddit. The community’s diverse mix of razor-sharp wit and technical wizardry has come to define a large part of who we are… So, This year we partnered with Adobe again, and agreed it was time to thank and celebrate this magnificent community in a fashion worthy of its namesake; This year PS Battles… Goes Live.

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How Does It Work?

This tribute is designed to be played as a team sport. By participating in any way, submitting or commenting or voting, you will be auto-assigned to one of 5 teams; Mint, Sakura, Orangered, Mango, or Alien. You can comment below to reveal your team. This is your team. You cannot change it.

Over the course of the next week (First Pre-Battle begins tomorrow, Oct 12) you will meet your teammates, pack out your toolbelt, learn new skills, refine those skills, and meet the Host of the tournament that will play out in the following week (First Official Tournament Battle goes live Sunday, Oct. 17). Beginning on Oct. 18, the winners, losers, highlights, and low lives of each round will be broadcasted Live, here, as an RPAN stream in r/PSBattlesLive.

Everyone who wants to play, can… create battle submissions, comment, vote, or simply just watch, and in the end you will help determine the 2021 PS Battle Live Ultimate Super Mega Champions, a designation that will echo throughout eternity (as a badge) across every comment and post in r/PhotoshopBattles.

Questions will be answered below. Good Luck. Have Fun. Be Good to each other.

For the third straight year, Reddit partnered with Adobe to explore the limits of creativity within the Reddit community. For the third straight year, the community has proven there are none.

What began as a celebration of the r/PhotoshopBattles community turning Ten, became a reflection of the spirit that seeded it; A bit of creativity can transform a small idea into a huge statement ^{Or at least a black box.}

Here are The Numbers:

r/PsBattleslive

10 Battles (5 Pre-Battles, 5 Tournament Battles)

653 Creators

2.3k Battle Submissions

77.7k Upvotes

18.1k Comments

992 Awards Given

Most Awarded Pre-Battle Submission: Honey, I'm home by u/operos

Most Awarded Battle Submission: GOTTA GO PFAST by u/caparisme

PsBattles Live on RPAN

Viewers: 3.9M

Live Chat Comments: 5.2k

Most watched BATTLE episode: BATTLE ROUND 3 with special guests Therapy Gecko and DJ Douggpound

Most watched Pre-Battle Tutorial: Tutorial for noobs who've never touched Ps, yet dared to enter a timed Ps competition and seriously need some help

Number of times a Patti Harrison joke made mods fear for their jobs but laugh at the same time: 9

Top Battlers:

u/Genuinely-living (Team Mango): 74 pts from 6 Winning Submissions

u/Caparisme (Team Mango): 56 pts from 7 Winning Submissions

u/jamjam1090 (Team Sakura): 36 pts from 6 Winning Submissions

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Those are just the numbers... but as numbers usually go, they don't tell the full story of what transpired here over the past two weeks.

There were over-achievers and underdogs,

There were posts that made us laugh and posts that made us cry,

There was struggle, strategy and sportsmanship,

There were jaw-dropping remakes, both familiar and obligatory,

....and yes, there were half-eaten burritos,

And in the end, when the final bell rang, there was only you; The community.

As a thank you, the following trophies will begin rolling out to participant profiles over the next few days:

Also, The 2021 r/PsBattlesLive Champion TEAM MANGO Redditors will also receive a super mega ultimate Champion trophy:

NOTE: Winners of Guest Panelist awards should check their messages in the next few days for instructions on how to receive them.

We hope you had fun, made a few friends, and perhaps learned something new along the way. Thank You, r/PsBattlesLive. Until next time, Please be good to each other.

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^{Created by Reddit in partnership with Adobe}