Shiritori is the Japanese game of connecting words. You take the last
syllable/character of a word, then use it as starting syllable/character of the
next word.
-Only Japanese words are allowed.
-Write the last symbol in CAPITAL letters.
***Special Case***
There are no words that start with "N" itself. To continue the game,
use "NA", "NI", "NE", "NO", or
"NU".
To see which character it ended in, use THIS site to
convert romaji to hiragana. (You might need to enable Japanese encoding in your
browser)
You could also include the translation if you want, but is not
necessary.
Eh... that hurt my eyes.
I think that your wall needs more work. I think it won't pass the standards if
you submit it like that.
The colors are blinding, and the stock photo you used is very obvious. Also, the
characters seemed "translucent", like they were fading into the
background.
Try using soft, eye-friendly colors so it doesn't make the people go
"AHH!", with what just happened to me. You could also try painting the
stock background so it blends in with the characters. Don't make the characters
stand out from the background, nor make them fade in. Blend them so they go together.
In order to achieve a wall that passes standards, try practicing with Photoshop
or whatever program you have - explore its different functions and master them.
There are also a lot of tutorials out there to help you. Practice the functions
of the program first, and when you've got the hang of it and you're pretty
confident, apply these skills to make a wallpaper, and hopefully it will soon
meet standards.
You can't be a master overnight - it
takes practice and perseverance. Practice makes perfect.
Neh, I tried that experiment in my Chem class... We tried 3 pieces of Mentos and
the whole liter of Coke (with a hole in the cap) spewed out in 5 seconds
flat!
There was a HUGE explosion of Coke all over the place!
The reaction of the two is quite fast, actually. The more Mentos you eat, the
more it's going to become active and explosive.
There are some good works in the abstract gallery, but i agree that most works
there are bad 3d renders.
Why not trim out the gallery of those poor works and just keep the good ones? It
would be a waste to delete the other good stuff in there... that way, the
quality can be controlled, and there'd be less junk and poor submissions.
The featured userpage contest has now come to an end at round 12.
The staff wishes to congratulate all participants and winners in making the
contest a success.
And to formally say goodbye to the old look of UPSD (before the revamp is
effected), here are the winners for the last featured userpage round! Points
have been added respectively.
Thank you all for your participation! Now, please anticipate the celebration of
UPSD's birthday and revampment! Coming VERY soon! We will post an announcement
about this, so please do support us by contributing ideas and spreading the
word!
Yes, we are closing the featured userpage contest at Round 12.
Make sure to submit all your entries by the 4th of April!
The announcement wil be on the 5th.
Many thanks who supported and joined the contest!
Remember, these are the criteria for judging:
Originality: 30%
Execution: 30%
Style and Harmony: 20%
Color Combination: 10%
Appeal / Votes: 10%
= 100%
But wait! What is this new thing about UPSD getting a revamp?
In case you guys don't know, it's UPSD's birthday on April 22! Can you believe
how time flies?
In the line-up for the revamp of UPSD, here's a summary of proposed plans in
celebration of UPSD's birthday: (thanks to PinkPrincessLacus, starrliteangel,
and thingperson )
- new group skin and layout
- all new skin gallery (you can test it out at the group now)
- new form of skinning contest (new criteria and point system as well)
- designer rank system (titles and others)
The details will be posted once evrything is finalized. Til then, everything
else is a secret.
Also, we would love to hear your ideas! Please post all your ideas in this
thread.
We would like to make UPSD's birthday a success, and you can help be a part of
this success! Help improve our group, and help beautify MT!
------------------ MEMBER | CATEGORY | VOTE
------------------
------------------
Key:
M - member skin
G - group skin
------------------
Kan-chan / M / Kan-chan
Rhonda21 / M / Kan-chan
hikariflowers / M / Kan-chan
ZonSlashSykato / M / Kan-chan
HotaruZala / M / Kan-chan
CaMiLi / M / Kan-chan
ChopperDave / M / Kan-chan
kaisui1tatsu / M / Kan-chan
Rella / M / Kan-chan
inuyashalove04 / G / Bakura
thingperson / G / Winter Dream
The deadline is extended until JANUARY 6. Final.
Announcement of winners will be on the 7th.
So please send in those entries! As long as the theme of the season (Christmas /
New Year / winter) is seen in your entries, we'll gladly accept them! Post
your entries at the group guestbook.
As for the group skin, it should not be used by another group. The aim is to
make a holiday skin for UPSD. The .zip file should contain the codes, bg images,
and a preview image. Send your entries
to either mu-chan or lacus-chan.
You can vote for both group and member skin entries. Only one vote per member
per category is allowed. In other words, you can only vote once in the group skins category, and once in the
member skins category. Any MT member may
vote. So get your friends to vote for you!
___________________
New Criteria
Originality and Execution - 30%
Incorporation of Theme - 30%
Style and Harmony - 15%
Color Combination - 10%
Appeal / Votes - 15%
-------
100%
We hope the new deadline will bring in more entries and votes.
Thank you for your support!
___________________
We will be keeping track of those who have voted in each category, so we'll be
organized and we can keep count. The names of those who have voted will be
posted here.
UPSD's contest for the holidays is here!
Just like the Halloween Skins Delight Contest, except better!
It's time to celebrate the season with Christmas skins and more!
Show us your skill and versatility in skin making!
***Featured Userpage Round 10 is postponed until
Jan 1 to give way for this***
***Deadline EXTENDED until Jan. 6!***
=========
RULES and MECHANICS
Create a Christmas-themed skin for the group or for a member.
These are the only things accepted for this contest. No more nominations or skin
packages. If you do nominate, then that will count in the Featured Userpage
Contest.
For the group skin, put it in a .zip file and send us the link. It must contain
a preview image, the hex color codes, a readme.txt, and the images.
The only requirement is that it must be in line with the season.
For member userpage entries, the userpages must be up until Jan 1.
ALERT!
Due to insistent public demand, ANY, I
repeat, ANY MT member may vote on your
entries! Get your friends to vote on your entries for big chances of
winning!
=========
POINT SYSTEM
Group Skin Winner - 3 pts.
Member Userpage Champion - 2.5 pts.
Member Userpage 1st Runner-up - 2 pts.
Member Userpage 2nd Runner-up - 1 pt.
=========
Criteria for judging will be the same as the Featured Userpage Contest
criteria.
Deadline for the group skin is Jan. 6. Winning skin will be put up on the
7th.
Deadline for the member userpage submission is Jan. 6. Announcement of winners
for member userpage entries is on Jan. 7.
=========
For any more questions, please post here. Post your entries at the group
guestbook.
^only japanese words!
HItsuzen
itsuMO
Shiritori is the Japanese game of connecting words. You take the last syllable/character of a word, then use it as starting syllable/character of the next word.
-Only Japanese words are allowed.
-Write the last symbol in CAPITAL letters.
***Special Case***
There are no words that start with "N" itself. To continue the game, use "NA", "NI", "NE", "NO", or "NU".
To see which character it ended in, use THIS site to convert romaji to hiragana. (You might need to enable Japanese encoding in your browser)
You could also include the translation if you want, but is not necessary.
ex.
shiritoRI - rinGO
Now, let's play Shiritori!
hiME
Here are my votes!
The Travellers by Arya3087
All Souls Night by AritificalRaindrop
Voting for:
Tears in Heaven by abul
Sleep! by rubenz
Congrats to the winners!
My votes go to:
- Dreams and Reality by chubbykitty
- Girly Sayings: Gossip by Naomi-chan2612
Isolation & Loneliness
Lonely Flower
Lost In My Own Reflection
Drowning Lessons
Joy & Happiness
Summer's Here!
Heavenly Garden
My love ... my Rose
Dream & Fantasy
Origami Dance
Dragon's Sunset
The lost art of keeping a Secret
Crazy & Funkiness
My Life in One Sentence
Steppin' Out
Bleach - Demon Days
Heavenly Garden by moonescape
Origami Dance by danalm
(The entries are all so good - it's hard to choose.
)
Eh... that hurt my eyes.
I think that your wall needs more work. I think it won't pass the standards if you submit it like that.
The colors are blinding, and the stock photo you used is very obvious. Also, the characters seemed "translucent", like they were fading into the background.
Try using soft, eye-friendly colors so it doesn't make the people go "AHH!", with what just happened to me. You could also try painting the stock background so it blends in with the characters. Don't make the characters stand out from the background, nor make them fade in. Blend them so they go together.
In order to achieve a wall that passes standards, try practicing with Photoshop or whatever program you have - explore its different functions and master them. There are also a lot of tutorials out there to help you. Practice the functions of the program first, and when you've got the hang of it and you're pretty confident, apply these skills to make a wallpaper, and hopefully it will soon meet standards.
You can't be a master overnight - it takes practice and perseverance. Practice makes perfect.
Neh, I tried that experiment in my Chem class... We tried 3 pieces of Mentos and the whole liter of Coke (with a hole in the cap) spewed out in 5 seconds flat!
There was a HUGE explosion of Coke all over the place!
The reaction of the two is quite fast, actually. The more Mentos you eat, the more it's going to become active and explosive.
Works with Pepsi too.
1. Glass Wings by MapleRose
2. You Are the One by moonescape
XD
I love it when members have a say in these things... Isn't that what a group is TRULY about? Nomination system for me.
But it's so sad you're retiring... drop by whenever you get the chance!
haha.. joy and happiness is ok!
glad i chose #2!
#2 for me!
There are some good works in the abstract gallery, but i agree that most works there are bad 3d renders.
Why not trim out the gallery of those poor works and just keep the good ones? It would be a waste to delete the other good stuff in there... that way, the quality can be controlled, and there'd be less junk and poor submissions.
The featured userpage contest has now come to an end at round 12.
The staff wishes to congratulate all participants and winners in making the contest a success.
And to formally say goodbye to the old look of UPSD (before the revamp is effected), here are the winners for the last featured userpage round! Points have been added respectively.
Thank you all for your participation! Now, please anticipate the celebration of UPSD's birthday and revampment! Coming VERY soon! We will post an announcement about this, so please do support us by contributing ideas and spreading the word!
Winner:
CaMiLi
Honorable mentions:
kiokorenay703
whangel by CaMiLi
Yes, we are closing the featured userpage contest at Round 12.
Make sure to submit all your entries by the 4th of April!
The announcement wil be on the 5th.
Many thanks who supported and joined the contest!
Remember, these are the criteria for judging:
Originality: 30%
Execution: 30%
Style and Harmony: 20%
Color Combination: 10%
Appeal / Votes: 10%
= 100%
But wait! What is this new thing about UPSD getting a revamp?
In case you guys don't know, it's UPSD's birthday on April 22! Can you believe how time flies?
In the line-up for the revamp of UPSD, here's a summary of proposed plans in celebration of UPSD's birthday: (thanks to PinkPrincessLacus, starrliteangel, and thingperson
)
- new group skin and layout
- all new skin gallery (you can test it out at the group now)
- new form of skinning contest (new criteria and point system as well)
- designer rank system (titles and others)
The details will be posted once evrything is finalized. Til then, everything else is a secret.
Also, we would love to hear your ideas! Please post all your ideas in this thread.
We would like to make UPSD's birthday a success, and you can help be a part of this success! Help improve our group, and help beautify MT!
Congratulations to the winners of Round 11!
*
All did a great job, but these 3 got the nods from the mods! *haha
Let's give it up for our winners:
Featured Userpage:
elbonytarzan by soujiokita
------------
Honorable mentions:
kiokorenay703
riku101 by CaMiLi
Congrats again! Your points have been added to the point box!
Continue on making MT beautiful!
Yes UPSD members, it's time to vote for your favorite entry for our Featured Userpage Contest Round 11!
As usual, only one vote per person! You may vote here or at the group guestbook.
Announcement will be on the night of the 26th!
Entries:
YamiChio by gabysango2011
Diamond-Dreams by gabysango2011
Neomusahi by gabysango2011
riku101 by CaMiLi
loveable-iy by mikan-sakura
mokonab by soujiokita
kohana-ami by norine07
elbonytarzan by soujiokita
Nominations:
kiokorenay703
starrliteangel
Summary *UPDATED Dec 31*
------------------
MEMBER | CATEGORY | VOTE
------------------
------------------
Key:
M - member skin
G - group skin
------------------
Kan-chan / M / Kan-chan
Rhonda21 / M / Kan-chan
hikariflowers / M / Kan-chan
ZonSlashSykato / M / Kan-chan
HotaruZala / M / Kan-chan
CaMiLi / M / Kan-chan
ChopperDave / M / Kan-chan
kaisui1tatsu / M / Kan-chan
Rella / M / Kan-chan
inuyashalove04 / G / Bakura
thingperson / G / Winter Dream
The deadline is extended until JANUARY 6. Final.
Announcement of winners will be on the 7th.
So please send in those entries! As long as the theme of the season (Christmas / New Year / winter) is seen in your entries, we'll gladly accept them!
Post
your entries at the group guestbook.
As for the group skin, it should not be used by another group. The aim is to make a holiday skin for UPSD. The .zip file should contain the codes, bg images, and a preview image. Send your entries to either mu-chan or lacus-chan.
You can vote for both group and member skin entries. Only one vote per member per category is allowed. In other words, you can only vote once in the group skins category, and once in the member skins category. Any MT member may vote. So get your friends to vote for you!
___________________
New Criteria
Originality and Execution - 30%
Incorporation of Theme - 30%
Style and Harmony - 15%
Color Combination - 10%
Appeal / Votes - 15%
-------
100%
We hope the new deadline will bring in more entries and votes.
Thank you for your support!
___________________
We will be keeping track of those who have voted in each category, so we'll be organized and we can keep count. The names of those who have voted will be posted here.
UPSD's contest for the holidays is here!
Just like the Halloween Skins Delight Contest, except better!
It's time to celebrate the season with Christmas skins and more!
Show us your skill and versatility in skin making!
***Featured Userpage Round 10 is postponed until Jan 1 to give way for this***
***Deadline EXTENDED until Jan. 6!***
=========
RULES and MECHANICS
Create a Christmas-themed skin for the group or for a member.
These are the only things accepted for this contest. No more nominations or skin packages. If you do nominate, then that will count in the Featured Userpage Contest.
For the group skin, put it in a .zip file and send us the link. It must contain a preview image, the hex color codes, a readme.txt, and the images.
The only requirement is that it must be in line with the season.
For member userpage entries, the userpages must be up until Jan 1.
ALERT!
Due to insistent public demand, ANY, I repeat, ANY MT member may vote on your entries! Get your friends to vote on your entries for big chances of winning!
=========
POINT SYSTEM
Group Skin Winner - 3 pts.
Member Userpage Champion - 2.5 pts.
Member Userpage 1st Runner-up - 2 pts.
Member Userpage 2nd Runner-up - 1 pt.
=========
Criteria for judging will be the same as the Featured Userpage Contest criteria.
Deadline for the group skin is Jan. 6. Winning skin will be put up on the 7th.
Deadline for the member userpage submission is Jan. 6. Announcement of winners for member userpage entries is on Jan. 7.
=========
For any more questions, please post here. Post your entries at the group guestbook.
Ok, this game is pretty simple. Try to create a new word from an existing English word and make it Japanese-sounding.
Type the new word and beside it, the original word. Sorta like a dictionary here at MT, hmm?
Ok, I'll start with the words my classmates and I made up.
-----------------
tenchuu - thank you
churi - sorry
I've done for so many times already!
I wouldn't want to miss my fave anime!
But I only do it during weekends and vacation.. never on a schoolday!