YAYS! XD Round one begins hehe I'll be throwing confetti and stuff =P next time if I get a tablet I'll consider joining xD

if you wish, I can help figure our a way to make a fair battle system to use.

Though I feel the one designed with the rules is fair, I will politely hear you; whatcha' got.

since you wanted to have an area, I was thinking something based off ogre battle myself.
in orge battle, each "round" of battle was a single set of attacks, mattering on what the unit could do, and the losing unit gets pushed away from the winner, and stuned for a moment, (the stun is minimal in the game, and only high sky units, the fastest movers, would be able to attack again before the other unit had a chance to start moving where ever.) the landscape plays an important roll in battle, as each unit has an overall "best field" they work in, and it can impose stat mods, for example, fortresses up your defense, but lower your agility, while mountians make wind type attacks greater in power, while lowering speed mattering on your movement type.

after all attacks were exusted, the movement of the loser would happen mattering on who caused the most overall damage (status effects were also factored in, mattering on how detramental they were). the placement of the members of the unit also mattered on what they did, but this being one on one, that part couldn't effectively be used, but in general, weaker attacks were faster and done multiple times a round, while stronger attacks only happened once or twice a round.

I'll have to look into ogre battle, sound like a strategy game I could get into; unfortunately an OCT doesn't operate like that. The bases for an OCT is for a group of artist to come together, pair off against each other in a fighting tournament set-up using graphical mediums such as a comic, animation or flash presentation excluding one panel submissions. Although your method solved a way for the combat side of this OCT, I could not see where the art and story that are needed to advance per round. Artist don't have to draw themselves winning every round, but do need to account for storytelling, character play and personality, and originality.

I thank you for relaying this information, but I'm going to stick with the tradition method of operating an OCT; when you noted on the setting and how it effects user's abilities got me thinking of my favorite trading card game.

hey, I've never seen this done, I'm just watching to see how it works really, and give advice from my point of view. just trying to help it along.

and area effects are actually fairly basic in many games, so I'm not surpised that it reminded you of something, where you fight does matter, a forest and a street create different situations.

already???? =o

This is just the pairing, the actual "having to draw" won't begin for another few weeks to let people get over school/find work/etc...

expect in mid june for the first round to kick off...

OH! XD I ALREADY STARTED ON IT TOO W00T~

yeaah! Who can fight pamela anderson, eh?! X3 you are the one decide the first map?

I am: the map will remain the same for the tournament.

huh?! Then i can't change the battle take place?! It will be a monotone map then?? :3 ??

Well there are three levels: underground, the city, the forest.

Will 2 side shots work as a ref sheet?

Yes.

Yup