This page is all about how points are calculated for your submissions to >BlorboBash<

Calculating your points yourself helps Staff when doing the team tally for the event, but the most important thing is to tell us what you consider your work to be categorised as.

If you want help calculating your points, please feel free to ask for help in the >Help & Support< forum, or reach out to us on Discord.

In addition to these points, make sure your submissions are following our >Rules< otherwise you may submit something that isn't a valid entry.

There will be a link to the points calculator here soon.

This is the main points system we use for BlorboBash. For our other event points, see:

Point Bonuses

Point bonuses are in addition to all other points earned.

Revenge :: +10 Points

• Entries get +10 points if they are in revenge to an attack you have received during this event
• Revenges on attacks from previous events do not count
• These points do not stack, but you do receive +10 points for each attack in a revenge chain

New Targets :: +15 Points

• Entries get +15 if it is an attack for someone you have not yet attacked during the current event. (This does reset at the beginning of each event)
• This is to encourage you to pick a variety of people to target!
• These points are per creator you target, not per character.

Detail Points :: +10 Points

• Entries get +10 if the creator believes they put a lot of effort and/or extra detail into their piece.
• This is subjective to the creator as it is down to them to indicate if they feel a lot of effort was put into their work
• This is applied per submission. We may ask questions if we feel this is being abused by users.

Illustration Points

How Points are Calculated for BlorboBash

This is the total calculation:
(Team Modifier x Character Points) + Background Points + Additional Points

The Team Modifier will potentially double or halve your character points, depending on who and what you've drawn.

Character Points are worked out like this:
Body Modifier x (Lineart + Colour + Shading)

Then they're multiplied (or divided) by depending on if you're drawing a character on the opposite team, the same team, or a canon character.

Character Points are per character/figure in the illustration, so you would do this for each character before calculating Background Points and Additional Points.

Background Points and Additional Points are separate to Character Points and aren't effected by the Team Modifier. They are simple flat-rate additions to your points total.

Team Modifier for BlorboBash

• Enemy Team :: Double Character Points (x2)
• Friendly Team :: Base Character Points (x1)
• Original Characters, NPCs :: Half Character Points (x0.5)

'NPCs' are generic characters that are not from any existing media, nor belong to anyone participating in the Clash event.

Character Points

Body Modifier

• Portrait :: Points x 1
  • Head to shoulders/chest, or roughly 20% of the body shown
• Half Body :: Points x 1.5
  • Head to thigh, or roughly 50% of the body shown
• Full Body :: Points x 2
  • Head to ankles, or roughly 90% of the body shown

Lineart

• Sketch :: 5 points
  • Rough, unfinished, unclean lines, or similar edges if there is no lineart
• Clean Lines :: 10 points
  • Smooth or rendered lineart, or similar clean edges if there is no lineart

Colour

• No colour :: 0 points
  • One colour, or only lineart
• Minimal colour :: 5 points
  • Limited parts coloured in, two colours max
• Full colour :: 15 points
  • All parts coloured in

Shading

• No Shading :: 0 points
  • No shading done at all
• Simple Shading :: 5 points
  • Minimal shading applied, little depth, and/or a simple gradient
• Complex Shading :: 15 points
  • Different light levels, more depth, and/or highly detailed

Background Points

• Plain :: 0 points
  • No background detail, such a solid colour, gradient, or transparency.
• Pattern :: 10 points
  • Patterns, shapes, stamp brushes, or premade assets such as photos or stock images.
• Simple :: 20 points
  • Basic decoration, simple scenery, small and/or simple objects (such as a laptop, a sword, or a simplified car)
• Complex :: 30 points
  • Detailed scenery, detailed large-scale objects (such as vehicles), full-scale background

Additional Points
Additional points are awarded for props, body parts, alternative outfits, etc

• Partial Redraws :: +5 points per additional look
  • These points are for people who will draw alternative outfits or versions of their piece but don't redraw the whole thing. Please note recolours or background alterations do not count. The lineart must be altered or redrawn in some way. Eg. One image that is clothed but then has a nude version.
• Ghost Limbs :: +5 points per unattached body part
  • This is to take into account people who add 'ghost' limbs or body parts that aren't attached to a specific character.
• Additional Words :: Word count divided by 50
  • If you write 15 words or more on your piece, such as for a comic or a reference sheet, you will be awarded additional points. You must provide a raw copy of the text with your submission or we won't count the points.

Animation Points

This applies to both illustrated and 3D animations.

Frames are counted only when it is a unique image. If images are re-used or flipped, then each re-used frame will only count once.

Puppet Animation

This is animation created by drawing an image and creating animation by moving it at pivot points instead of drawing frames.

(Number of unique frames x Number of characters) + (5 x number of joints)

Idle Animation

This is animation where the figure is moving in a way which doesn't require the entire frame to be redrawn, such as bouncing idle animations, talking faces, etc.

(5 x (number of unique frames + total Body Part modifier)) x number of characters

Body Part Modifiers:

• Eyes - 1 per eye
• Ears - 1 per ear
• Mouth - 2 per mouth
• Limbs - 2 per limb
• Torso/Body - 5 per body

Moving parts are considered aspects of the piece that move while the others stay stationary (Eg, ear wiggles, tail movement, blinking, etc.) The total would be all of the moving parts added together.

Example - 2 wiggling limbs (2 x 2), 2 flicking ears (2 x 1), and 2 blinking eyes (2 x 1) would equal a modifier of 4.

Frame-by-Frame Animation

Number of unique frames x Total Artwork Points

This is where each frame is drawn individually, essentially making a new art piece per frame.

Writing Points

Character Multiplier for BlorboBash

Enemy Team = Double Character Multiplier (x2)
Friendly Team = Base Character Multiplier (x1)
Original Characters = Half Character Multiplier (x0.5)

Example - Two Enemy characters (2 x 2) and an Original character (1 x 0.5) would make a total Character Multiplier of 4.5

Note that brief mentions of characters do not count towards the character count for writing points. Character(s) must have a significant feature or play a significant role within the writing to count for points.

Points Calculation

( Word Count x Total Character Multiplier ) / 50

3D Model Points

Important Notice

We define "original assets" as any part of the 3D model that has been created by you, during the current Clash event, specifically for this attack. Such parts may include (but are not limited to): Unique textures, clothing items, weapons, and/or body parts such as horns, faces, or tails.

If your creation does not contain at least some original assets, then it will not count for points.

How Points are Calculated

This is the total calculation:
(Team Modifier x Character Points) + 3D Background Points + Additional Points

The Team Modifier will potentially double or half your character points depending on who and what you've drawn.

Character Points are worked out like this:
Body Modifier x (Model + Texture/Colour + Rigging)

Then they're multiplied (or divided) by depending on if you're drawing a character on the opposite team, the same team, or a canon character.

Background Points and Additional Points are separate to Character Points and aren't effected by the Team Modifier. They are just flat additions to your total number of points in your score.

Team Modifier for BlorboBash

Enemy Team :: Double Character Points (x2)
Friendly Team :: Base Character Points (x0)
Original Characters :: Half Character Points (x0.5)

Character Points

Body Modifier

• Portrait :: Points x 1
  • Head to shoulders/chest, or roughly 20% of the body shown
• Half Body :: Points x 1.5
  • Head to thigh, or roughly 50% of the body shown
• Full Body :: Points x 2
  • Head to ankles, or roughly 90% of the body shown

Model

• Premade Base with no changes :: 0 points
  • Model is used as-is and no changes are made (only allowed for original characters)
• Premade Base with original assets :: 5 points + 2 points per original asset
  • Premade bases must have at least 1 asset that is modeled/created by you
• Original Render :: 50 points
  • If the majority of the model is original with minimal premade assets

Texture/Colour

• No texture/colour :: 0 points
  • Just the base model, no colour
• Premade texture/colour :: 10 points
  • Texture/colours premade with almost no creator input
• Mix of premade and original :: 20 points
  • Premade texture/colour but with customisation from the creator
• Original texture :: 30 points
  • Texture/colour is almost completely creator-made

Rigging

• No rigging :: 0 points
  • A static 3D model, and/or a premade base that came with rigging not made by youNo rigging done by the creator at all, just a 3D model
• Basic rigging :: 30 points
  • Basic joints are rigged, such as elbows, knees, shoulders, etc.Small number of joints or only a few moving parts
• Complex rigging :: 60 points
  • Multiple parts move with a large number of joints

3D Background Points

• No background/Plain :: 0 points
  • No background, transparent, solid colour, or gradient
• Premade :: 5 points
  • Something the creator had little to no hand in creating themselves
• Simple :: 20 points
  • Simple shapes/textures, basic scenes. Must be at least 50% user-made
• Complex :: 50 points
  • Complex textures/patterns or props, highly detailed. Must be at least 75% user-made

Additional Points
Additional points are awarded for props, body parts, alternative outfits, etc. Additional clothes, items, and body parts must be made by you, premade extras don't count for points.

• Partial Redraws :: +15 points per additional look
  • These points are for people who will add alternative outfits or versions of their piece but don't redraw the whole thing. Eg. One model that is clothed but then has a nude version.
• Ghost Limbs :: +5 points per unattached body part
  • This is to take into account people who add 'ghost' limbs or body parts that aren't necessarily attached to a character
• Extra Props :: +5 points per detailed object
  • This is specifically for detailed and/or large objects such as vehicles, furniture, detailed weapons, etc,

Examples

Here is a demonstration of examples for calculating your artwork. There is no hard fixed line on what is considered under each category, and we trust you to make the best judgement on your creations.

Portrait / Half Body / Full Body

• Portrait :: Head to shoulders/chest, or roughly 20% of the body shown
• Half Body :: Head to thigh, or roughly 50% of the body shown
• Full Body :: Head to ankles, or roughly 90% of the body shown

No Colour / Minimal Colour / No Shading

• No colour :: One colour, or only lineart
• Minimal colour :: Limited parts coloured in, two colours max
• Full colour :: All parts coloured in

Simple Shading Examples

Simple shading :: Minimal shading applied, little depth, and/or a simple gradient

Complex Shading Examples

Complex shading :: Different light levels, more depth, and/or highly detailed

We do not differentiate "complex shading" between different art styles or techniques, so we've provided several examples.