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Topic: Conversation About The Match

Crap, fuck, shit, bugger, arse!

I missed the game! Despite of what i said and how disappointed i was last time, this one – finally – rocked again! I mean really, really rocked …

Thank you guys.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

I may not have any design skill, but I definitely had fun doing my first remix.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2053495475_5ada78e7ea_o.jpg

Topic: November 16th Remixes

My remix: Spirit of the Doggy

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

Are we missing a volley? I’m not seeing number 9.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

and a correct one too Fuzzy

Topic: November 16th Remixes

@Alyssa T—There are two side-contests every week – there’s a forum side-contest that’s active during the live match and the remix contest that begins at the end of the live match and lasts until the start of the next live match.

The forum side-contest is different every week (like, three weeks ago it was ‘send a scary fax to the Coudal offices’) but often involves something from the live match (to prove that you made it just then) and some sort of guidelines (like, this week, ‘show where you are geographically’).

The remix contest is always the same—take the layered files from the match and remix them. What that means is totally open-ended, as far as I can tell. Lots of people stick to Photoshop and the 900×280 format, but I’ve made animations, and nobody would be able to tell if you were using Corel Painter to remix the files :-)

(Please note that I am in no way an official representative of Layer Tennis—I’m just an enthusiastic fan.)

Topic: Conversation About The Match

@AlyssaT: Sorry, the side contest closes when the winner is announced; you just missed it. But your remix is still in the running for that contest.

Topic: Conversation About The Match

P.S. Heller should know better than to tarnish Coudal’s pages with a “foot mark” instead of a good ol’ opt-shift-]. Shame, shame, shame Steven!

See Volley 7: I’m Not Through Yet

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Draplin all the way. He illustrated fierce wit while Nakamoto’s strikes had a lot of lackluster. Nakamoto’s techniques was also really basic.

Topic: Conversation About The Match

I’m just getting around to looking thru the match, and the comments; however, I did research both designers on Thursday to “prepare.” I just was sidewinded on Friday re participation.

Heller is one of my faves, and Ed Benguiat gave me a signed copy of one of his Typeplay books for an “A” in class once.

After researching Draplin, I found his arrogance unappealing, and his own self-serving tailgate a turn-off. But in the end, I’d have to agree with most of you that he did drink his can of Whup Ass and it “served” him well.

Volley 8 was a very creative “written” comeback, but this isn’t a writing contest now, is it?

Even though I’ve become an “Everything west of the Hudson is not New York” snob, and I’m not a cheerleader for the Midwest (except the jewels of Ann Arbor and Chicago proper), I’d have to say Draplin won by a snowdrift capable of blocking an overpass on I-94!

I mean the game could have been over just with the first serve! Totally Draplin, (well written, too), and the ball could hit Nakamoto in the eye—the match then forfeited—and we’d all have been satisfied, me thinks.

Partial pet pecking order†: Horse trumps dog; dog trumps cat; cat trumps fish; fish trump hamsters; hamsters trump crickets; crickets trump NYC cockroaches.

†I purposely left parrots out since I’m an avid parrot parent and know that parrots trump everything, even chimps. But I’m biased to say the very least.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

Mine was posted in the other topic but I was told they need to be posted here. Confused. Anyway..

http://flickr.com/photos/alyssatucker/2039031894/

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Andrew, thanks! I already did one though and it’s linked above. Just wondering if it counted for the side contest or not. I thought that everyone was supposed to post them here like they’ve been doing..

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Yea, draplin was leading the match. Fun match

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Good show guys. Damn good. I put my money in the bank o’ Draplin.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

Here is my November 16th remix. Woof!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/Sparkmonkey/11-16.jpg

Topic: Conversation About The Match

I absolutely loved the match (only caught the first 4 volleys live). My vote also goes to Draplin, but Nakamoto had some great shots. 9 and 10 reminded me (in spirit) of the Harrington / Anderson match, what with the double entendres and mixed messages (love vs. zero, peace sign vs. ‘v for victory). Draplin and Nakamoto both seemed a bit worn out by the end, though, while Harrington and Anderson were just hitting their strides when their competition finished. But what do I know? I couldn’t design my way out of a cardboard box.

Topic: Conversation About The Match

@AlyssaT: the files are available over here—you can still enter the remix contest! (Remix contest entries should be posted over in that thread.)

Topic: Conversation About The Match

my side contest entry: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2039444334_1470bd32da_o.jpg

nice match, tight call.

Topic: November 16th Remixes

my november 16th remix is here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2039444334_1470bd32da_o.jpg

Topic: Conversation About The Match

@ Steven Heller (if you are in the forum): out of sheer curiosity, what made you choose Nakamoto?

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Draplin gets my vote. Way to go!

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nakamoto’s final entry was pretty damn good – but not only did he egregiously mis-score the match, i think he didn’t show the consistency of ajd.

game. match. draplin.

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Draplin told a story.

A good story always wins.

Congrats.

Topic: Conversation About The Match

Awesome match, I usually wait until it’s all over and then look at them all in one go!

Incidentally, I’m pretty sure that Steven Heller was joking in the first paragraph of the Preview intro as photoshop didn’t get actual layers until version 3 ;) Showing my age a bit to remember that!

That would be an interesting Layer Tennis challenge, both players have to use Photoshop 2.5 so that when an element is pasted in then it’s final, no chance to move around or edit! Plus, they’d need to run it on OS9 too. Maybe an idea for a Retro Layer Tennis match?

Topic: Conversation About The Match

It has been called?! I’ve been waiting till the end of the match to finally get the layered files to work with :/