User blog:DoomFest/~The Great Thumbnail Contest - Season 2 ~

Hi everyone !

You liked the first season of the Great Thumbnail Contest ? Now, it's time for Season 2 !

Who can make the better thumbnails ? Let's end this debate once and for all, it's time for THUMBNAILS BATTLES !

To see all the thumbnail of the first season, it's here.

Rules

 * Every logged members can participate.
 * The judge is me
 * No prize, just fun.
 * To participate, just say that you join or post a thumbnail. You can join at every round.
 * Each round will take 2, 3, or 4 days. (Sometimes a little bit longer as seen in fist season...)
 * Every participant will have points by participate. The first will have 5 points, the second 4 points, the third 3 points, the fourth 2 points and ALL the rest of the participant will get one point. The points from the first season are not reset
 * There will be special awards which will change for each rounds. Each special award gives you one point.
 * "Hints for others rounds" is just to give you hints, I will NOT reveal the match-up before it starts. It can be for a match-up or for a character.
 * HAVE FUN

Participants and points
This includes participants, their participation on the official rounds, their wins, awards from Season 1 and 2. It also includes the extra points gained on the Casting Round.

PARTICIPANTS / POINTS

 * 1st : The Dark Shinigami - 104 pts (20 participations, 7 wins, 8 awards, 19 extra pts)
 * 2nd : PuasLuisZX - 103 pts (28 participations, 4 wins, 10 awards, 6 extra pt)
 * 3rd : Birnenbaum - 74 pts (17 participations, 5 wins, 6 awards, 16 extra pts)
 * 4th : Blade0886 - 56 pts (19 participations, 4 wins, 7 awards, 3 extra pts)
 * 5th : Frequility - 43 pts (14 participations, 2 wins, 4 awards)
 * 6th : Ganime - 41 pts (30 participations, 1 win, 3 awards)
 * 7th : NotGameboy - 35 pts (19 participations, 1 win, 3 awards, 1 extra pt)
 * 8th : RioluCraftFTW - 32 pts (21 participations, 6 awards)
 * 9th : Quantonaut - 23 pts (8 participations, 1 win, 2 awards)
 * 9th : SniperChefAravy - 23 pts (14 participations, 2 awards, 1 extra pt)
 * 11th : FingermanAwesomeness - 18 pts (16 participations, 1 award)
 * 12th : ArachnoGia - 16 pts (4 participations, 1 win, 2 awards) 
 * 12th : PlayStationWeasel - 16 pts (4 participations, 2 wins)
 * 12th : Shrek-it Ralph - 16 pts (6 participations, 1 win, 1 award, 3 extra pts')
 * 15th : MagicRock - 12 pts (4 participations, 1 win, 1 award)
 * 16th : TheOmegaCookie - 12 pts (7 participations, 2 awards, 2 extra pts)
 * 17th : Tewn Lonk - 6 pts (2 participations)
 * 18th : ImagoDesottrolante - 5 pts (2 participations, 1 award)
 * 19th : 123YAYPandas - 4 pts (4 participations)
 * 20th : MarioVSSonicFan - 3 pts (3 participations)
 * 20th : UTF - 3 pts (3 extra pts)
 * MMYP999

Round 21 : Astro Boy VS Android 18 (Astro Boy VS Dragon Ball Z)
''Robots are really awesome, but they can also be be based on humans. And these two is just super-powerful ! It's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !''

There's a Death Battle Fanon page for this fight here.

RESULTS

 * 1) PlaystationWeasel : +5 pts
 * 2) PuasLuisZX : +4 pts
 * 3) Shrek-it Ralph : +3 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 4) The Dark Shinigami : +2 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 5) Birnenbaum : +1 pt
 * 6) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 7) Ganime : +1 pt
 * 8) RioluCraftFTW : +1 pt
 * 9) GameboyAd v : +1 pt
 * 10) 123YAYPandas : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Cartoonish Thumbnail : goes to Shrek-it Ralph. Your thumbnail is great because he has a specific style, the cartoon one. The framing and the quality of the pics are good, so it just highlights the style. Great job !
 * Best background : goes to The Dark Shinigami. Here we go with the classic award, but I particularly like the background you chose for your thumbnail, as it fits perfectly with the theme and the characters.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Weasel ! Your thumbnail is great because all the criterions which make a good thumbnail are here : quality of the pics, good background, framing, pics which fit with each other etc... Actually you're not the only one to have put a thumbnail like this in this round (your one is awesome, Puas), but to decide who's gonna be the winner (because it was really difficult to choose), I pick one element. Which one would Death Battle choose ? And I think it would choose yours.

Round 22 : Sakura Haruno VS Nami (Naruto VS One Piece)
''The second Naruto VS One Piece round in this contest ! Two girls who thought they were useless at the start but proves in the battlefield to be really useful. It's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE.''

You can choose pics from both in the timeline of the mangas you want.

There's a Death Battle Fanon Page for this fight here.

RESULTS

 * 1) The Dark Shinigami : +5 pts
 * 2) PlaystationWeasel : +4 pts
 * 3) GameboyAdv : +3 pts 
 * 4) Birnenbaum : +2 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 5) PuasLuisZX : +1 pt
 * 6) RioluCraftFTW : +1 pt 
 * 7) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 8) Shrek-it Ralph : +1 pt
 * 9) Frequility : +1 pt
 * 10) Ganime : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Ready for Action : goes to Birnenbaum. I do like your thumbnail because you chose the pics well, with both characters in fighting stances, and a good framing. I also like the work on the white effect. Concretely, the only flaw of your thumbnail is the quality of the Sakura pic, but good job !
 * Girly thing : goes to FingermanAwesomeness. I like your thumbnail because it seems to show the "girly" aspect of both characters (yeah Sakura isn't that girly, but with the "I love Sasuke" fangirlism when she was young, it fits haha). I have to tell you something which will help you (I think..). Your template is almost all your thumbnail isn't really balanced on the center of the picture, giving more space to a character than the other creating an imbalanced impression. You can be on the first four if you solve this little problem, but for the moment it kind of deserves you.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Dark ! Great thumbnail as always ! Really good framing, the quality is here and the pics fit each other very well. Also, it's quite colorful and I think it goes very well with the match-up. Great job !

Round 23 : Kirby VS Mega Man.EXE
''Chesknight fight ! These two are well-known to copy the others' abilities, it's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !''

There's a Death Battle Fanon Page for this fight here.



RESULTS
New record on this round with 13 participants ! Thank you all !
 * 1) GameboyAdv : +5 pts
 * 2) The Dark Shinigami : +4 pts
 * 3) Birnenbaum : +3 pts 
 * 4) ImagoDesattrolante : +2 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 5) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 6) PuasLuisZX : +1 pt 
 * 7) MarioVsSonicFan : +1 pt 
 * 8) Aravy2002 : +1 pt
 * 9) Blade0886 : +1 pt
 * 10) Ganime : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 11) Shrek-it Ralph :  +1 pt
 * 12) RioluCraftFTW : +  1 pt
 * 13) 123YAYPandas :  +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Saddest match : goes to ImagoDesattrolante. You created a really good thumbnail. The pics just fit each other so well, with the blue and purple colors. Most of all, the Kirby pic is beautiful and we have the impression to be in a computer with the two pics. Add to this a decent framing, the excellent quality of the pics and a tear of Kirby, and it's just super good.
 * Fight of the Galaxy :  goes to Ganime. If the quality of the Kirby pic isn't really good, it's not that disturbing. Moreover, the two pics also fit each other very well, showing that both belong to a dimension and are in a level far above ours. Good job, and you definitely improve yourself in terms of framing on this one.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Out of the 13 thumbnails, only one could be the winner, and it's yours, GameboyAdv. Congratulations ! Actually, there are in this round awesome thumbnails, but what makes the difference with yours isn't a combination of multiple criterias that make your thumbnail almost perfect, but a more general impression. Yeah, the framing is really good, the quality of the picture is good, but like The Dark Shinigami's or Birnenbaum's (you two have done an excellent job, your thumbnail are just so so so good). So, the decisive factor to choose the winner was the global impression (and subjectivity, I couldn't escape that in this round). When I look to your thumbnail especially, I think "Wow, this match-up will be epic, I definitely want to see/read this at some point" (hype for the match on the Fanon Wiki). Of course, other thumbnails in this round give me this impression, like Dark's or Puas' one just to give examples, but yours is simply the one I prefer.

Round 24 : Guts VS Kirito (Berserk VS Sword Art Online)
''These two swordfighters are literally "black knights". Yeah, that's the only connection they have. But appearance is also the point of this contest so it's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !''

There's a Death Battle Fanon page for this fight here.



RESULTS

 * 1) Blade0886 : +5 pts
 * 2) The Dark Shinigami : +4 pts
 * 3) Birnenbaum : +3 pts 
 * 4) Frequility  : +2 pts 
 * 5) PuasLuisZX : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 6) Aravy2002 : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 7) Ganime : +1 pt
 * 8) Shrek-It Ralph : +1 pt
 * 9) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 10) Ganime : +1 pt
 * 11) RioluCraftFTW : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Beauty and the Beast : goes to PuasLuisZX. Your thumbnail is great, really. That Kirito pic is just awesome, and it creates a "beautiful but dangerous" impression that I really like !
 * Black is Dark : goes to Aravy2002. A great thumbnail too, with two pics that fit each other well, and a good work on creating a dark thumbnail that I appreciate !

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Blade ! Your thumbnail is the clear winner of this round. The pics you chose are absolutely beautiful, and with that close zoom to their head, it's just beautiful. And also you think that you want to hide quickly if you cross one of them (especially Guts...). Good job !

Round 25 : Sosuke Aizen VS Sephiroth (Bleach VS Final Fantasy)
''They are villains with absolutely fearsome transformations, but most of all they play with your mind and trick the hero into their hands. It's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !''

All forms for both fighters are allowed.

RESULTS

 * 1) The Dark Shinigami : +5 pts
 * 2) Birnenbaum : +4 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 3) PuasLuisZX : +3 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 4) Blade0886  : +2 pts 
 * 5) Aravy2002 : +1 pt 
 * 6) RioluCraftFTW : +1 pt
 * 7) NotGameboy : +1 pt
 * 8) Shrek-It Ralph : +1 pt
 * 9) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 10) TheOmegaCookie : +1 pt
 * 11) Ganime : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * The Smirk : goes to PuasLuisZX. I particularly like your thumbnail because it shows how villain, cunning, and confident in themself they are. The two pics fit each other really well !
 * Living Catastrophy : goes to Birnenbaum. Your thumbnail is great. A perfect framing, and pics of quality who fit each other PERFECTLY. It's the same style of drawing. And this background is just great.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats, Dark ! Your thumbnail is seriously awesome and very unique. This work on the grey color, this sinister impression, the style of the pics... All is perfect in this thumbnail.

Round 26 : Falco Lombardi VS Jet the Hawk (Starfox VS Sonic)
They are acrobatic and ace pilots, who like the thrills and speed, and they are..birds.It's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !

There's a Death Battle Fanon Page for this fight here.

RESULTS

 * 1) Birnenbaum : +5 pts
 * 2) The Dark Shinigami : +4 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 3) PuasLuisZX : +3 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 4) RioluCraftFTW : +2 pts 
 * 5) TheOmegaCookie : +1 pt 
 * 6) NotGameboy : +1 pt
 * 7) Blade0886 : +1 pt
 * 8) Ganime : +1 pt
 * 9) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The thing I want to pinpoint

 * Race to the death : goes to The Dark Shinigami and PuasLuisZX. Your thumbnails have both a touch (in different ways) to give a movement impression to yours pictures. For you Dark, it's more on the choice of the pics, with characters taking the same pose, and the framing. And for Puas it's more a global impression given by the drawing's style of the pics (especially Falco's one) and how you put them to create the thumbnail.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Birnenbaum ! This thumbnail is a really awesome. It's quite simple in fact but very efficient. It plays on little things, like the very good framing, the pics chosen and especially this background, which just fits the theme of the match-up so well (in my opinion).

Round 27 : Gingka Hakane VS Yugi Muto (Beyblade VS Yu-gi-Oh)
''In some worlds, mastering the use of certain little objects allows you to be a master of powerful creatures. And I'm not talking about Pokemon ! Beyblades VS Cards, it's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !''



RESULTS

 * 1) The Dark Shinigami : +5 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 2) PuasLuisZX : +4 pts 
 * 3) Ganime : +3 pts 
 * 4) Frequility : +2 pts 
 * 5) Blade0886 : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 6) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 7) NotGameboy : +1 pt
 * 8) RioluCraftFTW : +1 pt

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Epic Challenge : goes to Blade0886. For this award, the title talks by itself. Epic and challenging poses (particularly for Gingka's pic for the challenge) which fits the thematic well.
 * Prepare Yourself : goes to The Dark Shinigami. Because this thumbnail is just so perfect haha. I like the fact that they have similar poses, and the choice of the backgrounds is really good.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Dark ! We're not at the half of the season 2 and it's already your third win. So to continue with what I said on the ward section, your thumbnail is awesome because it has an excellent framing, the pics are very well-chosen, and it has an epic global impression. When I see that I think "I definitely want to see this fight", and this is also that, a thumbnail.

Round 28 : Akira Yuhi VS Ryu (Virtua Fighter VS Street Fighter)
It's a match between fighting games icons, it's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !



RESULTS

 * 1) Birnenbaum : +5 pts (+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 2) PuasLuisZX : +4 pts 
 * 3) The Dark Shinigami : +3 pts 
 * 4) NotGameboy : +2 pts 
 * 5) Ganime : +1 pt 
 * 6) FingermanAwesomeness : +1 pt
 * 7) TheOmegaCookie : +1 pt (+1 pt for Special Award)

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Retro touch : goes to Birnenbaum. OH. MY. GOSH. This thumbnail is so cool, I love the retro artworks and how you put it into the thumbnails, it's just great and it makes your thumbnail so unique.
 * Way of Fighting : goes to TheOmegaCookie. Despise the fact that the framing of the pics isn't very well, I like the fact that both pics fit each other well, and the Ryu's pic is really epic in my opinion.

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Birnenbaum ! Honestly, you would have win this round with this pic or with the other one, because both have all the criterias to be a very good thumbnail. Aside the fact that I love the choice to have made a retro thumbnail, all in it is just perfect : framing, quality of the pic, etc.. And this background just fits so perfectly with the pics. Good job !

Round 29 : Mega Man VS Beck (Mega Man VS Mighty No. 9)
When the Super Fighting Robot meets his copycat, it's time for a THUMBNAIL BATTLE !



RESULTS

 * 1) Birnenbaum : +5 pts 
 * 2) The Dark Shinigami : +4 pts '(+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 3) PuasLuisZX : +3 pts 
 * 4) FingermanAwesomeness : +2 pts 
 * 5) NotGameboy : +1 pt 
 * 6) Ganime : +1 pt '(+1 pt for Special Award)
 * 7) TheOmegaCookie : +1 pt 

SPECIAL AWARDS - The two things I want to pinpoint

 * Epic Robots : goes to The Dark Shinigami. I like how the two characters have the same position, with an aura or something around them and the fact that both pics have a similar drawing style. And that template is really cool too.
 * Cosmic Robots : goes to Ganime. What I like in your thumbnail is how the two pics fit each other really well, giving the impression to have two little but heroic characters travelling the space..

WHY THE WINNER IS THE WINNER
Congrats Birnenbaum ! Your thumbnail is the definition of "simple but efficient". The blue background is great, and fits the characters really well. In fact, this thumbnail is very DB-ish. Good job !

Round 30 : Frieza VS Doctor Doom (Dragon Ball Z VS Marvel)
When two bad guys with a dictator-like personnality meet each other, it can only be a badass THUMBNAIL BATTLE !

All forms for Frieza can be used.
 * PuasLuisZX
 * TheOmegaCookie
 * NotGameboy
 * The Dark Shinigami
 * FingermanAwesomeness
 * Shrek-it Ralph
 * Ganime
 * Blade0886
 * UTF

The Casting Round - Current round : Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)
''Rules of the Casting Round : You have two days to create a thumbnail with the character imposed by the round, and another character you want. No Battle Royale or same series fight allowed. It's an extra round so it doesn't give as points as the classic rounds : 3pts for the winner, 2 pts for the second, 1 pt for the third.''

''Warning : You can't do a thumbnail with an opponent already used by someone else. So you can claim the character you want to do with the one imposed in the comments. They will be list here.''

Participants and opponent chosen for the current round
The character imposed for this round is Shovel Knight (from the Shovel Knight game)

Delay : Friday 19th to Sunday 21th included

'''
 * Thanos (Marvel) : 1st - UTF (VS Bill Cipher), 2nd - PuasLuisZX (VS Asura), 3rd - The Dark Shinigami (VS Sailor Galaxia)
 * Rayman (Rayman) : 1st - Shrek-it Ralph (VS Sonic), 2nd - Birnenbaum (VS Plok), 3rd - PuasLuisZX (VS Earthworm Jim)
 * Zero (Mega Man) : 1st - Birnenbaum (VS Gundam Epyon), 2nd - The Dark Shinigami (VS Android 18), 3rd - SniperChefAravy (VS Meta Knight)
 * Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic) : 1st - Birnenbaum (VS Celebi), 2nd - The Dark Shinigami (VS Tatsumaki), 3rd - NotGameboy (VS Magneto)
 * Saitama (One Punch Man) : 1st - The Dark Shinigami (VS Superman), 2nd - Birnenbaum (VS Bonk), 3rd - Blade0886 (VS Vegeta)
 * Juri (Street Fighter) : 1st - The Dark Shinigami (VS Spiderman), 2nd - TheOmegaCookie (VS Mileena), 3rd - Blade0886 (VS Azula)
 * Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong) : 1st - The Dark Shinigami (VS Conker), 2nd - PuasLuisZX (VS Spike), 3rd - Birnenbaum (VS Mowgli)
 * Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) : 1st - Birnenbaum (VS Shantae), 2nd - The Dark Shinigami (VS Supergirl), 3rd - PuasLuisZX (VS Boruto)
 * Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy) : 1st - The Dark Shinigami (VS Crono), 2nd - Birnenbaum (VS Raiden), 3rd - Blade0886 (VS Link).

Hints for other classic rounds
Who can ask for an other hint for the moment : PlaystationWeasel, The Dark Shinigami (x3), Birnenbaum

Round 31 : Talented girls, Fighting Games rivalry

Round 32 : Screwed ones

Round 33 : Waka on your head -> Klonoa VS Pac-Man

Round 34 : Hot-headed powerhouses -> Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) VS ???

Round 35 : Need more than a kingdom

Round 36 : Psychic and darkness -> Mewtwo (Pokemon) VS Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic)

Round 37 : A fight who was heavily requested when a certain fighter was confirmed into DB, Girls Only -> Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) VS Agent Texas (Red vs Blue)

Round 38 : "As fluid as I control sand" -> Crocodile (One Piece) VS Sandman (Marvel)

Round 39 : TOGETHER

Round 40 : Brightness