CAP 9 - Part 10 - Art Poll 2

Plus · Oct 19th, 2009, 3:59:44 PM

Take your pick. Vote for the art you want for CAP 9. This is a clicky poll, and you may only choose for one. Make sure you pick your favorite!

CAP atm:

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Originally Posted by Fat moi

Name: Stop the Secondary
Description: A Pokémon that through means of ability, moves, and typing, can stop a variety of the non damaging affect of moves and moves of non damaging origin.

Justification: While the immediate threat of damaging moves is large and present, the affect of moves such as status, Trick, Leech Seed, Taunt, Stealth Rock, Spikes have arguably had a greater affect to the metagame than anything has ever had, something that this would greatly look in to.

Questions to be Answered:
~ How easily would a Pokémon with such large of a niche be able to fit into a competitive team?
~ How large of an impact would the reducation of non damaging affects and moves have on the metagame?
- What, if any, would happen to the types of teams being used?
- How would this affect the usage of these types of moves?
~ How much of an affect does typing have on the ability for ANY Pokémon to perform this duty?

Typing: Dark/Ground
Ability: Auto-Magic Coat
Ability: Guts
Stat Spread: 133/122/72/71/71/95

We will not allow posts in this topic such as "Artist." Put some substance into your post.

However, this does not mean you get to bash other users or say that their art "doesn't look like a pokemon". You may praise artists for their cool submissions or creativity, just don't say anything like "digimon" or any crap like that.

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Originally Posted by Fat Cartoons!

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Originally Posted by Fat Mysteriousfellow

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Originally Posted by Fat Caladbolg~

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Originally Posted by Fat Atyroki

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Originally Posted by Fat chomzloh

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Originally Posted by Fat pkmn-taicho321

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Originally Posted by Fat DougJustDoug

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Originally Posted by Fat Buffalo Wings

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Originally Posted by Fat aragornbird

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Originally Posted by Fat CyzirVisheen

Towlie · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:06:32 PM

Any of the designs would be great.
Sad you can only choose one.
Great work by all of the artists.

Wombat Sky Forme · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:10:24 PM

EDIT:nvm, you edited your post.
I had to narrow it down between aragornbird and DougJustDoug, but I went for aragornbird. I really liked this concept from the moment you posted a sketch, and I'm glad to see you submitted it. Mysteryiousfellow's concept was awwesome, as was the rest of them. These definitely were hard to pick from.

Actually, I'm sort of glad I didn't win, 'cus if I did our CAP would have been screwed. :P

Blackhawk11 · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:10:55 PM

It was a really tough decision, but I voted for aragornbird because I love the concept of a dust devil. Not only does it fit the typing perfectly, it also fits the stat spread, the abilities, and the likely attacks.

Of course, I'll be happy with any of the 10 submissions that we're down to, because they all fit what I just stated. ^_^ There isn't a single submission that I don't like up there. Good luck to all the artists and especially to the people who have to decide between them!

Dracoyoshi8 · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:23:32 PM

dammit, this tough. Well, all the designs are good, so it's not that bad.

Anyhoo, voting for CyzirVisheen's whale. It looks tough, represents both the ground and dark aspects of the Pokemon, has amazing colors, and, most importantly, it's a goddamn whale. God damn.

Objection · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:25:00 PM

It's a shame Tortferngatr's design didn't make it in because I thought it was clever, inventive and fitting at the time, but in retrospect, it didn't look like a pokemon that would have the ability Guts. To be honest, aragornbird and Mysteriousfellow's designs don't really have the Guts vibe either since they're not creatures of flesh and blood. Cartoons' design looks rather sluggish to me and base 95 speed is not really what I'd call sluggish. As for Auto Magic Coat coming across in the design, it's hard to determine since we don't know what we're going to actually call said ability, but Caladbolg's armadillo seems to fit that bill best with Buffalo Wings' creature being second-best. We've decided that CAP9 will have an element of bulk to it but Atyroki's design is rather frail-looking like Infernape.

Those are just my views on how the designs match the attributes of CAP9. While it may seem I've been a bit harsh on some of them, I am in fact happy that one of these ten is going to be the final design because all of them are brilliant in their own ways. For now, I will abstain from voting, but when there are fewer choices, I may pick one out as a favourite.

Buffalo_Wings · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:36:54 PM

Where's my scampy at? :(
Really tough decision though man, but I've decided to go with aragorn's because it's just so darned badass. I like how it fits everything perfectly (abilities, typing, stats) in a kind of creative way, even though it dosn't have the stereotypical look of a high HP physical monster exactly. You know like huge bulking muscular and all that. I loved the explanations for the two chosen abilities too. Very cool concept.

Also woo my design made it through! - thanks to all who voted :)

**Deck Knight** · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:37:30 PM

Agonizing poll is agonizing.

I decided on DougJustDoug. His art is a solid representation of what CAP9 "feels" like to me. All I am saying is give Doug a chance >_>

dorkknight23 · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:44:42 PM

First off, I want to congratulate all the artists. Amazing work, you guys! I voted for 7 of these in the last poll, and picking my favorite has been really difficult.

After some deliberation, my vote's going to DougJustDoug. His design to me immediately captures the type and bulkiness of CAP9, feels like a pokémon design while being unique, and has the prerequisite "wow" factor.

But, in any event, we have a lot of great options to choose from, and I'll be happy if any of these advance.

Recycler · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:54:22 PM

sorry cartoons, I really admire your designs that are always more creative and off-the-wall than anyone else's, but with little chance of you winning this one I had to vote for buffalo wings. his fits the stat spread the best, in my opinion, and captures the dark feel more than any other design here.

ReysonTheNoble · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:55:10 PM

I voted for aragornbird's Dust Devil. Ithink it fits the concept very well, but most of these concepts do as well. My original choice was Buffalo Wings' ManBearPig, but I really don't want this CAP to be heavy. I know that's a stupid reason and we'll decide that later, but I don't want this thing taking Base 120 SE Grass Knots and Low Kicks. The only CAPs that take SE from either of these attacks are Arghonaut and Stratagem, which take Grass Knot at 100 BP and 60 BP respectively.Grass Knot is the most common Grass move in the game,and one of this CAP's 5 weaknesses. Whether this CAP is completely destroyed by it is pretty important. Grr, Plus, see what happens when you forget to tell us not to poll jump?

Apocalypse B-C · Oct 19th, 2009, 4:55:58 PM

I was stuck between Doug's and chomzloh's - the anubis concept was along the same lines of that that I'd come up with in the first place, but the buffalo has its own personal history, too, and is just incredibly well-made. In the end I just cjecked the poll results so far and saw that Cyzir's narwhal (which, no offense meant, I really do not like) was in the lead, narrowly ahead of Doug, so I voted for DougJustDoug, in interest of keeping the poll close....I realize that there's likely to be later polls narrowing it down after this, but still....

Just sad that Galactic Grunt's star-nosed mole didn't make it - that had to be, if I had to pick, my favorite out of the whole bunch....

Sir-half · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:20:46 PM

Oddly enough, Chomzloh has 0 points, Why is that?
He was my second choice to CyzirVisheen.

Actually my favorite design was Aroyoki but the color scheme changed my vote

keelhauled · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:27:53 PM

Voted for MysteriousFellow

The pokemon is physically orientated, and the dust cloud with the sort of monster appearance fits perfectly. It has base 95 speed, which is reasonably speedy, which is aided by the tornado-esque style, and it Looks bulky enough to take hits, as it's defences would suggest. Not to mention it looks like it can come in on status, while using the sand to absorb it, and hit it back with its heads / claws.

NoahAudubon · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:30:56 PM

I voted for aragornbird. I feel like it fits the typing perfectly, it suggests the movepool I envision and I loved his reasoning for guts, "It can also suck up objects and integrate them into its body, making it even stronger (Guts)." I just love the idea of CAP9 becoming a burning or toxic whirlwind. XD

Golbez_743 · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:35:26 PM

Voted for aragornbird here. I really liked the dust devil concept, and after reading his supporting material, that was all I needed, seeing as both the stats and abilities seem to fit well with the image.

DKG · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:36:23 PM

I'm sticking with Mysteriousfellow here, but I'm really surprised KoA's didn't make it. I was expecting it to win by a landslide. My second still goes to Caladbog's but no matter who wins, this pokemon's sprite will be awesome. Incredible amount of quality art. Wish I knew how to draw.

scampy · Oct 19th, 2009, 5:55:32 PM

Good God, as if the choices weren't hard enough the first time...

Although every single one of these is an outstanding piece of artwork, I do believe some of the entries fit what's expected of CAP9 better than others. It's extremely picky, but due to all art here being of equally high calibre there's no other way to choose a winner. Here's my thought process if you're bored enough to read it.

I first ruled out Caladbolg's and Atyroki's entries mainly because of the health stat, they just don't really strike me as Pokemon with a base 133 HP. Considering that base 95 speed, I ruled out pkmn-taicho321's and CyzirVisheen's entries (Cartoons showed in his concept art that the Sandworm can be pretty quick so that I kept).

For abilities, AMC could apply to pretty much anyone as it has yet to recieve a final name, so no eliminations there. Guts looks out of place on MysteriousFellow's and Aragornbird's as they don't have solid bodies to speak of, so those were out.

At this point I'm left with Cartoons, Chomzloh, DougJustDoug and Buffalo Wings. All four represent the stats, typing, and abilities of CAP9 extremely well. I get extremely choosey from here on out, sorry guys!

Chomzloh's design is Egyptian based, and what with us already having Revenankh the mummy I reluctantly removed it from my list (although mummies occur in many civilisations, Revenankh's name implies it's Egyptian).

This is going to sound kind of lame, but I can't imagine Cartoons's entry being able to have a choice between AMC and Guts. For AMC, I imagine it uses its thick skin to bounce status and other effects back at the opponent. On the other hand, said thick skin makes me feel that this guy would be immune to status completely and not allowing for Guts... I dunno man, guess I had to have some sort of "reason". :(

So now I'm left with Doug and BWings. It's a choice between a badass tribal Buffalo and a mother fucking bearded pig behemoth. Nnnnnghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no mere mortal should be trusted with such a decision. To be honest, I want both of them to win... so in an attempt to balance out the votes between the two I'm going to go with Buffalo Wings. Good luck to the both of you though.

(Yeah, that was a pretty long but I really felt the need to properly justify my vote, these are all amazing)

Maci12 · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:12:41 PM

Voted Caladbolg~, with DougJustDoug's as my second favorite of the options. Caladbolg's art seems to fit the typing, stat spreads, and abilities best IMO: It is a creature of flesh, and therefore bravery through Guts can be easily seen, it has a shell that AMC works off of. It is an Armadillo: could it get more Ground, and then has Dark color schemes. It looks fast, I can definitely see 95 Base Speed, it looks powerful: 122 Base Attack, and with that armor, it most certainly looks bulky. It is a perfect representation of everything.

The other art is of course, all incredible, we are going to have a snazzy looking CAP.

zorbees · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:31:11 PM

Went with Mysteriousfellow, but would definitely be happy with current leader CyzirVisheen. Obviously this won't be the last poll though so it'll be interesting to see the later poll results.

Mailman · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:41:22 PM

I voted for DougJustDoug

It was a tough decision so i had to resort to my sister to pick. And she chose Doug's, To be honest I really liked Doug's too, but it was a tough pick so I had to take my sisters decision. Besides Doug's looks a lot like a Pokemon would look like.

Fizz · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:43:17 PM

I absolutely love Buffalo Wings' submission. There's some kind of beaten-down composure I see in it that's sort of hard to explain but that I find extremely appealing. It's as if it fights not because it wants to but because it must, and that I think adds to its dark typing. I think it's something about the eyes (or maybe I'm just seeing things). I like Cyzir's but it looks too needlessly mean in my opinion. I'm not too fond of Aragornbird's submission (no offense!)... I just feel like it's not that interesting. Doug's would be my second choice, as it has some of what I was trying to describe about Buffalo Wings' submission.

NoahAudubon · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:45:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat zorbees

Went with Mysteriousfellow, but would definitely be happy with current leader CyzirVisheen. Obviously this won't be the last poll though so it'll be interesting to see the later poll results.

Obviously? Is there a set # of polls or is it just up to Plus' discretion? Just curious either way.

Bird · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:52:18 PM

Tricky indeed. My favourite remains unchanged, but everytime I look at all these guys it becomes harder to maintain that opinion. Most of these guys even fit the stat-spread!

The thing is though, that one just fits it best. This time it is not just 'he entered so many times he deserves to win', this time it is 'he made such an awesome design, he deserves to win'. This guy's bulk is obvious, as is his physical prowess. But the best thing about the bulk is here... Think Hariyama. Big HP, low defences. Just a whole lot of fat and a whole little of armour/shell/thick skin/etc. It fits the HP to defence ratio perfectly. Pkmn taicho's and cyzir's do this also, especially taicho's. However, what DougJustDoug's buffalo has what taicho's doesn't is the speed factor. Taicho's represents the ground-type better, however, but unfortunately this is of a lesser factor to me. Regardless, an excellent entry.

Then we have the current leader, cyzirvisheen. Being the only one having won two polls in the past has to prove something about the artistic ability cyzir has. And yes, this narwhal is awesome. The design is clever, fits the stat-spread, has this playful similarity to diglett and is clearly a mean and cunning bastard. What not to like?

Nothing really, I simply prefer the buffalo's art and think it suits AMC better. Possibly guts, as it can easily be very gutsy. It loses out on the personality part, however. But once again, it is not the bigger factor.

TEA_DEMON · Oct 19th, 2009, 6:55:50 PM

I was sad to see Wyverii's design hadn't made it through, it was by far my favourite. Oh well.

It came down to pkmn-taicho321, CyzirVisheen and Atyroki for me, and I went for pkmn-taicho321.

Good luck to everyone.

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:06:32 PM	#2
Towlie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 664	Any of the designs would be great. Sad you can only choose one. Great work by all of the artists. __________________ Trade thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45467 FC: 2964 5579 2427 Wifi is back up now.

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:10:55 PM	#4
Blackhawk11 one on one Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 649 Michigan	It was a really tough decision, but I voted for aragornbird because I love the concept of a dust devil. Not only does it fit the typing perfectly, it also fits the stat spread, the abilities, and the likely attacks. Of course, I'll be happy with any of the 10 submissions that we're down to, because they all fit what I just stated. ^_^ There isn't a single submission that I don't like up there. Good luck to all the artists and especially to the people who have to decide between them! __________________ ...Take it higher, take it higher, 'til the roof is on fire. Take it higher, take it higher, let's burn it up... 1040

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:23:32 PM	#5
Dracoyoshi8 weapon of mass seduction Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 598 intentionally infiltrates	dammit, this tough. Well, all the designs are good, so it's not that bad. Anyhoo, voting for CyzirVisheen's whale. It looks tough, represents both the ground and dark aspects of the Pokemon, has amazing colors, and, most importantly, it's a goddamn whale. God damn. __________________

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:25:00 PM	#6
Objection Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,083	It's a shame Tortferngatr's design didn't make it in because I thought it was clever, inventive and fitting at the time, but in retrospect, it didn't look like a pokemon that would have the ability Guts. To be honest, aragornbird and Mysteriousfellow's designs don't really have the Guts vibe either since they're not creatures of flesh and blood. Cartoons' design looks rather sluggish to me and base 95 speed is not really what I'd call sluggish. As for Auto Magic Coat coming across in the design, it's hard to determine since we don't know what we're going to actually call said ability, but Caladbolg's armadillo seems to fit that bill best with Buffalo Wings' creature being second-best. We've decided that CAP9 will have an element of bulk to it but Atyroki's design is rather frail-looking like Infernape. Those are just my views on how the designs match the attributes of CAP9. While it may seem I've been a bit harsh on some of them, I am in fact happy that one of these ten is going to be the final design because all of them are brilliant in their own ways. For now, I will abstain from voting, but when there are fewer choices, I may pick one out as a favourite. __________________ <dogfish44> I got a suprise KFC ^.^ <Glacier> kinky fat chick? ASB profile, ASB pokemon, arena collection, unwritten ASB rulings (collected by Dogfish44), in-game effect order, and new CAP sprites

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:37:30 PM	#8
Deck Knight Jigen Makkoto Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,836 Massachusetts	Agonizing poll is agonizing. I decided on DougJustDoug. His art is a solid representation of what CAP9 "feels" like to me. All I am saying is give Doug a chance >_> __________________ [17:53] <&Deck_Knight> If I Cite and Prune CiteandPrune's post, what does that make me? [17:54] <Birkal> a citeandprune cite and prunner [17:54] <%DHR> O_o lol [17:54] <+Mos_Quitoxe> Cite and Prune doesn't do enough of either [17:55] <+Mos_Quitoxe> can we make him change it or force him to pay damages [17:55] <&Deck_Knight> It would be a lot easier for him to Cite and Prune if we made him a mod. [17:56] <&Deck_Knight> I delegate this task to Birkal. [17:57] <Birkal> >:\|

View Poll Results: Whose art should be CAP 9's art?
Cartoons!	16	4.89%
Mysteriousfellow	49	14.98%
Caladbolg~	21	6.42%
Atyroki	18	5.50%
chomzloh	19	5.81%
pkmn-taicho321	29	8.87%
DougJustDoug	49	14.98%
Buffalo Wings	27	8.26%
aragornbird	27	8.26%
CyzirVisheen	72	22.02%
Voters: 327. You may not vote on this poll

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:36:54 PM	#7
Buffalo_Wings Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 129 Abnormally Cruel	Where's my scampy at? :( Really tough decision though man, but I've decided to go with aragorn's because it's just so darned badass. I like how it fits everything perfectly (abilities, typing, stats) in a kind of creative way, even though it dosn't have the stereotypical look of a high HP physical monster exactly. You know like huge bulking muscular and all that. I loved the explanations for the two chosen abilities too. Very cool concept. Also woo my design made it through! - thanks to all who voted :)

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:44:42 PM	#9
dorkknight23 Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 68	First off, I want to congratulate all the artists. Amazing work, you guys! I voted for 7 of these in the last poll, and picking my favorite has been really difficult. After some deliberation, my vote's going to DougJustDoug. His design to me immediately captures the type and bulkiness of CAP9, feels like a pokémon design while being unique, and has the prerequisite "wow" factor. But, in any event, we have a lot of great options to choose from, and I'll be happy if any of these advance.

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:54:22 PM	#10
Recycler Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	sorry cartoons, I really admire your designs that are always more creative and off-the-wall than anyone else's, but with little chance of you winning this one I had to vote for buffalo wings. his fits the stat spread the best, in my opinion, and captures the dark feel more than any other design here.

Oct 19th, 2009, 4:55:10 PM	#11
ReysonTheNoble Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 83 The Grand Line, searching for One Piece, the treasure that will make my dreams come true.	I voted for aragornbird's Dust Devil. Ithink it fits the concept very well, but most of these concepts do as well. My original choice was Buffalo Wings' ManBearPig, but I really don't want this CAP to be heavy. I know that's a stupid reason and we'll decide that later, but I don't want this thing taking Base 120 SE Grass Knots and Low Kicks. The only CAPs that take SE from either of these attacks are Arghonaut and Stratagem, which take Grass Knot at 100 BP and 60 BP respectively.Grass Knot is the most common Grass move in the game,and one of this CAP's 5 weaknesses. Whether this CAP is completely destroyed by it is pretty important. Grr, Plus, see what happens when you forget to tell us not to poll jump? __________________ "When one tries to master something, it ends in either success or failure. But it is in the attempt itself where you find the true value. Believe in your own power and walk your own path." Join Project NU! We're all about the tier Smogon loves to neglect, located on the CAP server. Come join in the discussion and testing of the NU tier here.

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:20:46 PM	#13
Sir-half Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93 Fear The Panacea	Oddly enough, Chomzloh has 0 points, Why is that? He was my second choice to CyzirVisheen. Actually my favorite design was Aroyoki but the color scheme changed my vote __________________ Time zone is EST

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:27:53 PM	#14
keelhauled Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 629 i love tab	Voted for MysteriousFellow The pokemon is physically orientated, and the dust cloud with the sort of monster appearance fits perfectly. It has base 95 speed, which is reasonably speedy, which is aided by the tornado-esque style, and it Looks bulky enough to take hits, as it's defences would suggest. Not to mention it looks like it can come in on status, while using the sand to absorb it, and hit it back with its heads / claws. __________________ AMERICA VGS 2008 SENIORS - DID NOT COMPETE UK LONDON VGC 2009 SENIORS - DID NOT COMPETE UK BIRMINGHAM VGC 2010 SENIORS - DID NOT COMPETE UK BIRMINGHAM VGC 2011 MASTERS - TOP 32 UK BIRMINGHAM VGC 2012 MASTERS - TOP 387 LONDON ZIMBABWE CHILD ABDUCTION AND TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TOURNAMENT - 3RD PLACE CHATEAU LE DOZZ SHROVE TUESDAY ROUND ROBIN INVITATIONAL - 6TH VGC ABUJA, NIGERIA 2001 - LEFT OUT BY LOTTERY SO SPECTATED

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:30:56 PM	#15
NoahAudubon Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24 Hemet, CA	I voted for aragornbird. I feel like it fits the typing perfectly, it suggests the movepool I envision and I loved his reasoning for guts, "It can also suck up objects and integrate them into its body, making it even stronger (Guts)." I just love the idea of CAP9 becoming a burning or toxic whirlwind. XD

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:35:26 PM	#16
Golbez_743 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 95 Minnesota	Voted for aragornbird here. I really liked the dust devil concept, and after reading his supporting material, that was all I needed, seeing as both the stats and abilities seem to fit well with the image. __________________ Wait, what...?

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:36:23 PM	#17
DKG Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 30	I'm sticking with Mysteriousfellow here, but I'm really surprised KoA's didn't make it. I was expecting it to win by a landslide. My second still goes to Caladbog's but no matter who wins, this pokemon's sprite will be awesome. Incredible amount of quality art. Wish I knew how to draw.

Oct 19th, 2009, 5:55:32 PM	#18
scampy Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 369 England, Kent	Good God, as if the choices weren't hard enough the first time... Although every single one of these is an outstanding piece of artwork, I do believe some of the entries fit what's expected of CAP9 better than others. It's extremely picky, but due to all art here being of equally high calibre there's no other way to choose a winner. Here's my thought process if you're bored enough to read it. I first ruled out Caladbolg's and Atyroki's entries mainly because of the health stat, they just don't really strike me as Pokemon with a base 133 HP. Considering that base 95 speed, I ruled out pkmn-taicho321's and CyzirVisheen's entries (Cartoons showed in his concept art that the Sandworm can be pretty quick so that I kept). For abilities, AMC could apply to pretty much anyone as it has yet to recieve a final name, so no eliminations there. Guts looks out of place on MysteriousFellow's and Aragornbird's as they don't have solid bodies to speak of, so those were out. At this point I'm left with Cartoons, Chomzloh, DougJustDoug and Buffalo Wings. All four represent the stats, typing, and abilities of CAP9 extremely well. I get extremely choosey from here on out, sorry guys! Chomzloh's design is Egyptian based, and what with us already having Revenankh the mummy I reluctantly removed it from my list (although mummies occur in many civilisations, Revenankh's name implies it's Egyptian). This is going to sound kind of lame, but I can't imagine Cartoons's entry being able to have a choice between AMC and Guts. For AMC, I imagine it uses its thick skin to bounce status and other effects back at the opponent. On the other hand, said thick skin makes me feel that this guy would be immune to status completely and not allowing for Guts... I dunno man, guess I had to have some sort of "reason". :( So now I'm left with Doug and BWings. It's a choice between a badass tribal Buffalo and a mother fucking bearded pig behemoth. Nnnnnghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no mere mortal should be trusted with such a decision. To be honest, I want both of them to win... so in an attempt to balance out the votes between the two I'm going to go with Buffalo Wings. Good luck to the both of you though. (Yeah, that was a pretty long but I really felt the need to properly justify my vote, these are all amazing) Last edited by scampy; Oct 19th, 2009 at 6:03:26 PM.

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:12:41 PM	#19
Maci12 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 174	Voted Caladbolg~, with DougJustDoug's as my second favorite of the options. Caladbolg's art seems to fit the typing, stat spreads, and abilities best IMO: It is a creature of flesh, and therefore bravery through Guts can be easily seen, it has a shell that AMC works off of. It is an Armadillo: could it get more Ground, and then has Dark color schemes. It looks fast, I can definitely see 95 Base Speed, it looks powerful: 122 Base Attack, and with that armor, it most certainly looks bulky. It is a perfect representation of everything. The other art is of course, all incredible, we are going to have a snazzy looking CAP.

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:31:11 PM	#20
zorbees Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,578	Went with Mysteriousfellow, but would definitely be happy with current leader CyzirVisheen. Obviously this won't be the last poll though so it'll be interesting to see the later poll results. __________________ I HAVE WON THE BET

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:41:22 PM	#21
Mailman Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 768	I voted for DougJustDoug It was a tough decision so i had to resort to my sister to pick. And she chose Doug's, To be honest I really liked Doug's too, but it was a tough pick so I had to take my sisters decision. Besides Doug's looks a lot like a Pokemon would look like. __________________ ...

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:43:17 PM	#22
Fizz Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 801	I absolutely love Buffalo Wings' submission. There's some kind of beaten-down composure I see in it that's sort of hard to explain but that I find extremely appealing. It's as if it fights not because it wants to but because it must, and that I think adds to its dark typing. I think it's something about the eyes (or maybe I'm just seeing things). I like Cyzir's but it looks too needlessly mean in my opinion. I'm not too fond of Aragornbird's submission (no offense!)... I just feel like it's not that interesting. Doug's would be my second choice, as it has some of what I was trying to describe about Buffalo Wings' submission. __________________ I'm on the Grammar-Prose Team; feel free to message me if you'd like to have something checked.

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:52:18 PM	#24
Bird Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 104	Tricky indeed. My favourite remains unchanged, but everytime I look at all these guys it becomes harder to maintain that opinion. Most of these guys even fit the stat-spread! The thing is though, that one just fits it best. This time it is not just 'he entered so many times he deserves to win', this time it is 'he made such an awesome design, he deserves to win'. This guy's bulk is obvious, as is his physical prowess. But the best thing about the bulk is here... Think Hariyama. Big HP, low defences. Just a whole lot of fat and a whole little of armour/shell/thick skin/etc. It fits the HP to defence ratio perfectly. Pkmn taicho's and cyzir's do this also, especially taicho's. However, what DougJustDoug's buffalo has what taicho's doesn't is the speed factor. Taicho's represents the ground-type better, however, but unfortunately this is of a lesser factor to me. Regardless, an excellent entry. Then we have the current leader, cyzirvisheen. Being the only one having won two polls in the past has to prove something about the artistic ability cyzir has. And yes, this narwhal is awesome. The design is clever, fits the stat-spread, has this playful similarity to diglett and is clearly a mean and cunning bastard. What not to like? Nothing really, I simply prefer the buffalo's art and think it suits AMC better. Possibly guts, as it can easily be very gutsy. It loses out on the personality part, however. But once again, it is not the bigger factor.

Oct 19th, 2009, 6:55:50 PM	#25
TEA_DEMON Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,441 the fall of every season	I was sad to see Wyverii's design hadn't made it through, it was by far my favourite. Oh well. It came down to pkmn-taicho321, CyzirVisheen and Atyroki for me, and I went for pkmn-taicho321. Good luck to everyone. __________________ last.fm \| "art"