Do you feel like you have a wealth of ideas you wanna put to page but have all the trouble with actually getting pages out to begin with? Do you find yourself unable to finish your comic battles more often than not? Don’t lose hope, let our experienced coaches help you figure out how to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps with the very first
Based on the successful training program started by Angieness and continued by PyrasTerran, where we help members develop the time management skills needed to get a full comic out for a battle without resorting to too many late nights and last minute submissions. The Bootcamp Round Robin Event is designed to train
four participants in a simulated three round bracketed tournament through a brand new format to enterVOID: The Round Robin.
A round robin format is a tournament design in which
each of the four participants faces each other once, regardless of win or loss, so everyone has three battles by the end (under normal competitive circumstances, the contestant who won the most battles or accrued the most points would then be the victor of a round robin).
This gives every participant the opportunity to create three comics as if they managed to reach the finals of a tournament, able to tell their whole arc story in its entirety (or stick to episodic stand alone ideas, the choice is yours). For this tournament,
each battle will be a two-week drawing period.
And since this is a Bootcamp event, each contestant will be randomly assigned a coach (could be me, could be another member) who will provide their participant with a schedule to help reach a completed comic, as well as help with scripting and art critique however the coach sees fit. The coach’s primary goal first and foremost is to help you figure out a good time management plan so that you can improve on your speed and completion skills, which in turn will give you less stress in future battles and let you focus more on other elements of improvement. This system has been pretty successful in previous Bootcamp projects and we’re excited to see how we can help other artists with their completion rate.
Now, because this is an event designed more for personal growth than for competition, you don’t have to feel too much pressure on your character’s rankings as
every battle will be registered as a sparring match, lowering the pressure of those stakes should help you focus on solid completed comics. And since the voting period does not mean anything since everyone will be fighting everyone once anyway,
the break period between battles will be 3 days, instead of a whole week, as we don’t have to wait for voting periods to end. This means that even though each battle is a 2 week drawing period, the entirety of the event will be closer to the tournament duration of a speed death tournament.
If there is a serious conflict in schedule, the break period between battles can be extended or shortened by a day or two if both parties agree to it.Every participant who is able to make three completed comics will earn the official title of Bootcamp Round Robin Graduate. The participant who manages this and also earns the most wins or average score (in the event of a tie) will receive the title
Bootcamp Round Robin Valedictorian. There is
no penalty if you are unable to complete a comic, you can still continue on to your next two battles. In the event that you are unable to continue working on battles, your character will still be added to the next match for your opponent to make a comic off of (since these are sparring matches, even if you default, it will not affect you). In this specific situation alone,
you are allowed to let any other member who is willing, to take your place using your character for that battle. Of course, if they complete a comic in your stead it will not count towards the Graduate or Valedictorian title.
If we get four participants in time,
the event begins April 21 (we may push it back if we need more time to gather four participants). If you wish to sign up, do so on this thread along with your character of choice (
you may choose your own living character or borrow a living one from another member with their permission).
You cannot swap out characters between rounds, though. We will be looking for participants who we feel will benefit most from this program. If you are not selected, chances are high that we feel you are good enough that you don’t need our guidance as much! But you can always sign up for the regular Bootcamp regimen that PyrasTerran runs in any case.
Rules RecapSignups End: April 20 (tentative)
Event Begins: April 21 (tentative)
Number of Participants: 4
Number/Duration/Format of matches: 3 two-week sparring matches
Borrowed Characters: Allowed
Teams: Not Allowed* *(but you may have another member tag in for you if you cannot continue further in the event)
Reward: Bootcamp Round Robin Graduate title (Valedictorian title for top graduate)
CoachesPyrasTerran
Shen
Kozispoon
Kubo
Signup RosterMrPr with Mona-Lisa
Stylo with Croco
Orion with David Birch
Yarnwitch with Miwesa
Desichan with KinderVampen
AstroSean with Harvey
Spilt Milk
King vs. Morrigan
@ 10:14 PM May 12th