Posted by Zorma Knight

Lol the article is a lie and made up, so as much I wanna write a 3-5 paragraph about the truth about Halloween. But I really don't wanna waste my time, everyone, and start a flame war. So I'll just be quiet ^_^

This probably triggers it already. Either way potato rock stone grass  

Posted by Zorma Knight

Lol the article is a lie and made up, so as much I wanna write a 3-5 paragraph about the truth about Halloween. But I really don't wanna waste my time, everyone, and start a flame war. So I'll just be quiet ^_^

Not to double team, but https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall...tian_influence

That mentions nothing on it being the devil's birthday.

http://www.born-again-christian.info...answers.98.htm

Now, this does reference that "Halloween is a modern of Baal worship. Real Christians do not participate in such nonsense, instead they use it as an opportunity to evangelise."

But, that article also states such "No, the Devil is a created spiritual being, he has never been born of woman himself, so cannot have a birthday. (Is. 14:12-15, Ez. 28:15-17, Lk. 10:18, Jude 6, Rev. 12:3-9.)" with references to scripture.

So, no Halloween is not the devil's birthday. But you by no means are forced to celebrate it.
oh my god im becoming one of "those" people  

I hate the new ghost mechanics, Don't change what isn't broken.  

I have obtained all the hats, and I noticed how "cringey" they are. I honestly feel like admins nowadays don't put much effort into things than from the past. I remember in 2010, nexus would open every weekend with new hats and exclusive cool items. You guys should have planned this Halloween out earlier and made more hats and maybe another mount. Just my opinion though, don't rant at me.  

Posted by shinoclassic

I have obtained all the hats, and I noticed how "cringey" they are. I honestly feel like admins nowadays don't put much effort into things than from the past. I remember in 2010, nexus would open every weekend with new hats and exclusive cool items. You guys should have planned this Halloween out earlier and made more hats and maybe another mount. Just my opinion though, don't rant at me.

I like 2 of the hats, but cannot seem to obtain the single hat I really want lol.

I have two that I hate though!  

Honestly, obtaining candy is no problem for me. 4pm (Australian time) i just sit in belle and the pumpkin spawn rate is at least once every 30mins. i get on average 30 candies a hour and im afk half the time. the only problem is the trick rate, i mean, on a good day 1 in 5 chance i will get a treat and majority of the time it would be a glowstick or some jelly beans. if you wanted advice on how to make graaloween better, it would be to make the rates of getting tricked less. Also is their any advantage of giving kids more than 1 candy?  

Posted by shinoclassic

I have obtained all the hats, and I noticed how "cringey" they are. I honestly feel like admins nowadays don't put much effort into things than from the past. I remember in 2010, nexus would open every weekend with new hats and exclusive cool items. You guys should have planned this Halloween out earlier and made more hats and maybe another mount. Just my opinion though, don't rant at me.

I have three of the hats, the brain, the slimy witch hat, and the "sandwitch" hat, and I really like them, I even deleted slots I've used a long time in order to save the new ones. I'm trying for the cobweb one, which people seem to thinks isn't very good, but I like and want it.  

Poor ghosts, we are like mosquitos!  

Meh, really wanted a hat just from the event itself.Did not end up getting one, oh well.  

Ended already? Damm had about 90 candy left.  

Posted by David M.

Ended already? Damm had about 90 candy left.

I had 4  

Posted by Zorma Knight

Ehh you know halloween is pretty much devil's bday right? unless you're atheist or agnostic, so I'll pass cuz I dont celebrate that holiday in real life since I'm Christian afterall.

And besides not everyone likes to celebrate that in rl so they rather go in games for fun.

I'm also christian, but halloween isnt the devils birthday, I dont have 100% proof of this since I haven met the devil nor have I asked for his birth date, but whoever declared it was his birthday could just be pulling it out their ass. Halloween is the time when spirits are more frequent in my opinion or for what Ive learned.

Posted by Mio

I hate the new ghost mechanics, Don't change what isn't broken.

It was pretty broken, they only changed the graphics though tbh.

Posted by shinoclassic

I have obtained all the hats, and I noticed how "cringey" they are. I honestly feel like admins nowadays don't put much effort into things than from the past. I remember in 2010, nexus would open every weekend with new hats and exclusive cool items. You guys should have planned this Halloween out earlier and made more hats and maybe another mount. Just my opinion though, don't rant at me.

Thats because these admins arent the same admins from the past. They had a different style entirely.  

Posted by Livid

I'm also christian, but halloween isnt the devils birthday, I dont have 100% proof of this since I haven met the devil nor have I asked for his birth date, but whoever declared it was his birthday could just be pulling it out their ass. Halloween is the time when spirits are more frequent in my opinion or for what Ive learned.



It was pretty broken, they only changed the graphics though tbh.


Thats because these admins arent the same admins from the past. They had a different style entirely.

That does change the facts that the hats were cringey af  

Posted by Ivy

That does change the facts that the hats were cringey af

2 you it was, many overs believe they were amazing while many others thought they were good, saying it was cringey isnt constructive to make it better, nor does it mean it can be perfect.  

Posted by Livid

2 you it was, many overs believe they were amazing while many others thought they were good, saying it was cringey isnt constructive to make it better, nor does it mean it can be perfect.

Maybe if you had read my post on the crypt thread you'd realize that what I said before was contructive.

But since you haven't, I'll save you the trouble by posting it here for you

Posted by Ivy

My original post:

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Some of the hats reviews are colored so they stand out.
Club crypt:

The hats are extremely dull. They tend to lack depth and the colors used often don't look great together. This year's hats had colors that didn't really fit together. (Ex: look at the eyeball hat and the color used to shade it. They are oversimplified and look more like children's drawings than cartoony.
A majority of the hats are also in the wrong perspective.

-Eyeball hat continued:
The lightsource is kind of weird for Graal, especially because the shadow was put on the top. Eyeballs aren't made out of flat, dull colors. It should have a shinier look to it so it is more lively! I would suggest referencing the eyeball hat that Drea Azari made last year. You can find his profile in the guild (Azari) if you'd like to see a collection of his work. It's displayed inside of his house.

-Some of the hats look good/adequate in the front view, and absolutely horrid in the side view.
(the skeleton hood looks like a severely deformed marshmallow on the side view). Sure, side views may not be the easiest thing for some artists, but you could always reference a hat that already exists on the server! (Coco makes some pretty sexy hoods). The other views are fine, and the front is obviously the cutest!

Next, we have the pumpkin hat with the 3 leaves on top. (this pumpkin has been cut just right to fit nobody's head! )
-the leaves look like plastic
-the colors are over saturated
-the hat turns from a pumpkin with awkward highlighting on the edges in the front, to a deformed basketball that procreated with a pear.(isn't Rick Ross supposed to be controlling the pear population?) oh, and be back view is way too massive. It doesn't even compare with the size of the front view.

Third, we have the pumpkin hat beanie (a stylish pumpkin hat for your trash can). The lines used for shading the creases are too thick, and look like they were drawn by a 4th grader in washable markers. The shading color that is meant to give it depth is too subtle, and almost unnoticeable.
The pumpkin itself could be a tad less saturated, but it isn't all that bad. The line art is really jaggy though.
-the green thing under it is too thick, and makes the perspective look odd. It's boxy on the bottom and doesn't really have appealing colors used in general.

Forth, we have the straw hat. This hat is adorable, and is fine in every view. However, the yellow used as the base color is far over saturated and kind of takes away from the leaves.

5th, we have the straw hat. Not really sure what it's supposed to resemble, but the perspective looks odd and the ear holes leave an empty space for anyone not using a head based directly off of the noob head... The colors used are unappealing,
And the hat is misaligned on every view.
-move the front down
-sides and back need to be moved up

6th, there is the demon horns. These are cute, and I mainly bought them because leah was rocking them. However, the shading color could be a little more contrasted, and maybe a highlight could be used to give the hat a bit more depth.

The tombstone top hat... This hat is just really ugly (to me personally) and lacks any depth. It's not even close to the proper perspective, and the front looks like a cardboard cut out. The brim of the hat should just be removed, as it makes it look even less appealing. I'd personally suggest adding some tufts of grass there (tip: don't outline the bottom of the grass so it can look like it grows from the players head)
-make the highlight on the top much larger (just widen it form the top to a few pixels down. the concept isn't bad (if you exclude a poor attempt at turning it into a top hat)

the jewel spider hat simply doesn't fit my personal taste. I don't really see anything wrong with it other then the alignment of the side view being pushed too far forward.


The skull crown is an interesting concept, and if revamped if could probably look nice. The perspective is done very well.
However, the hat overall lacks any distinguishing details that would make it clear that it is a skull crown (sadly)

The colors used are too contrasted and should probably have used the colors on the bone furniture set. It looks more like a crown made of rolled up paper that's bent at the ends(this isn't meant to be mean or offensive).



The cat ears are well made and cute, they seem to be aligned well and fit on the majority of heads! They could come in more colors, but I'm not really upset about that lol
-the use of black inside of them looks bad. It didn't ruin the hat, but I feel like t watered down the quality. In my opinion, it would have made sense to stick with a better contrasting shading color than the one used (not the black), then Use a darker shade to make shadowy areas around the bottom of the sides (inside of ear, because it's a curved shape).
(I use them as wolf ears because they are generic, which isn't a bad thing!)

Bone bird top hat:
Not bad at all! Consistent in the other views and perspective is done properly.
Colors used are kind of dull, and the little skull on the front looks really weird. (It has no shading on it ._.)
The hands/antlers coming off of the sides look kind of unusual on the front view, but it doesn't ruin the hat. doesn't really fit my personal taste so I would be purchasing it, but you can't please everyone.

candle top hat: pretty cute! Colors used arent bad at all.
The animation is bad. However, I'm not saying that I could do better myself (especially when my laptop randomly decides it cant run gimp), but I honestly thought the "flames" were just really poorly made feathers flapping around. (The animation isn't really smooth either...
The little button on top is a cute touch that makes the hat unique, but it is a bit too large. Maybe making it a bit smaller (vertically) by moving the top up a pixel or two would help.
-The side view should be moved up a few pixels and maybe pushed further back.


Pumpkin patch hat: this is way too saturated. However, the design itself is cute. The lines used for he creases are jaggy, and too dark. They blend in with the eyes, and not in an appealing way.

Purple Wizard hat: really unappealing colors. The shading color is way too contrasted from the base color, which looks unattractive on its own.
-The side views look the best, the front looks awkward and gross, while the back looks like it could have been good, but it looks like a piece of purple poop is hanging off of the back.


Spooky mask: cute hat, colors not bad, but something about the way it's shaded throws me off. The face on it is cool . My personal opinion on the colors is that they aren't really that appealing (to me, others may love them) and they are a tad too dark.
-I'm not really into masks; so maybe I judged this one a little more critically. However, I am a fan of the masks in the style of that ookami mask from nexus (most of them were like that). This mask is in that style, but the design is obviously far different. Its design isn't necessarily unique, but you can only come up with so many things for a holiday after a few years.



Afterthoughts:
-hopefully some of the advice I gave may be taken into consideration, and at least some of the hats may be edited/fixed.

-I know like I came off as harsh and ignorant in my earlier posts and want to apologize for it.

- I am aware of the mean spirited humor sprinkled in this post.

-I will probably be doing edits of the hats (some) because I have free time and it would probably be a fun project

-I would rate the hats on the number scale, but I feel like that would be kind of pointless, and would be affected by my personal preferences anyway.

-sorry 4 the wall of text fam

Note:
I'm too lazy to critique the hats in the other rooms. I'm sure this wall of text is plenty to read, if you actually bother.

This review isn't meant to be mean spirited, and is merely a reflection of my own thoughts. I have included ways to improve the hats(most anyway), But I know that some of the suggestions I made were worded a bit more like complaints. This wasn't intentional, but because I'm typing on an iPhone (with a cracked top of the screen) I'm really not trying to go back and fix all of it

Some of the punctuation may be incorrect, but I typed a pretty massive wall of text and really don't want to scroll up a tiny text box to find these errors.

edit #1
Didn't really bother trying to make a whole new back because chances are it won't be used for anything, and having to edit the hat to what I have in mind would be tedious af.

Process:

Spoiler

If classic decides to use any of my versions of the hats I edit as replacements, that's fine by me. (I doubt that would happen though because unfortunately, iclassic doesn't really accept player submissions outside of xmas... )