Thoughts on the new Webtoon Contest?

Edgmont 2018-09-04 23:12:52 UTC #572

That moment when you thought a popular author gave up on the contest( which a false romance disguised as a comedy entry for the sake of drawing a lot less of panels) because he just published two episodes until now months ago, suddenly he gets promoted on recomended titles and then decided to upload more chapters in the last week probably due to Webtoon's indirect "advice". Pretty Line-ish, yeah.

leanh90 2018-09-04 23:14:56 UTC #573

i woke up this morning to see my comic on the recommended list xD it was a really nice unexpected surprise. I still need to release one more ep to meet the minimum requirement, luckily it's already 50% T_T. hoping to get it out a few days before the contest ends.

Haku 2018-09-05 04:50:50 UTC #574

I just met the requirements today! But planning ONE more episode before the deadline. It's been such a crazy ride!!! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!

Emevsa 2018-09-05 11:09:19 UTC #575

@CarolRiverArt Awwww thanks! I don't think we're in with much of a chance but it's nice to know that we have at least achieved the goal of qualifying. It's been hard work but I feel like it's been worth it.

momojiji 2018-09-08 00:21:41 UTC #576

I'm happy I tried out the contest, it was challenging but helped me get past a lot of doubts about what i am able to do. Made one additional episode on top of the required minimum. But i had started out not quite sure i'd even make it halfway. It's been a worthwhile experience all in all. Good luck everyone!

Emevsa 2018-09-08 13:15:21 UTC #577

@momojiji The fact you made it past the minimum requirements is a great achievement. Congratulations!

momojiji 2018-09-10 04:52:20 UTC #578

thank you ^__^ it was fun, congrats to you too!

potootie 2018-09-13 06:00:43 UTC #579

My friend made a few predictions on the "winners" of the contest from the way webtoon is featuring contest entries...

seru 2018-09-13 06:17:39 UTC #580

I bet you a dollar, Purple Hyacinth will win. :))

potootie 2018-09-13 06:19:44 UTC #581

Take all my money; ph got featured almost 5 times- there's no way it doesn't satisfy that "40% popularity" completely.

seru 2018-09-13 06:24:10 UTC #582

It's more than that. No hate on Sophism. She's been in the game for more than 2 years and been consistent with her updates. Her art improved tremendously.

Her composition and storytelling are good. The story seem basic but her execution is great. All and all, she pretty much hit all of Webtoons' checklist.

Call me crazy, I just find it REALLY unsettling that she somehow copied quimchee's style.

eyewater 2018-09-13 06:36:19 UTC #583

please delete everything

Nachi 2018-09-13 07:09:58 UTC #584

I mostly checked the most epic category, and my bet is Masked Caravan.
Chrysopoeia seems pretty nice, too! But then again, I spent most of my time drawing, not reading all the other webtoons
It may be someone less popular, too. I would think the more original ideas may have more of a chance - something that isn't too similar to what has already been featured. Although... well, who knows

seru 2018-09-13 07:23:14 UTC #585

I really hope they choose more original ideas than things we've seen on Featured. Then, again, who knows? :)))

Nachi 2018-09-13 07:26:30 UTC #586

Well, whoever wins, I am really curious Hopefully there will be something interesting to read ^^

Emevsa 2018-09-13 10:13:06 UTC #587

Purple Hyacinth is definitely up there for winner considering how much it was pushed. It feels like this contest was decided on pretty much from the beginning which made it hard to compete.

Not to mention all the junk comics that were just Google images and stolen art pushing down legitimate entries because they had good engagement even if that was only, "boo! This has stolen art lol!"

But it did spur other creators to start their projects and I've found new favourites which might not have even seen the light of day had they not been encouraged by the contest. So if only for that I'm glad we had the platform.

soapcahtoa 2018-09-13 11:41:28 UTC #588

Are you talking about me...? I had to go on hiatus because a family member died...

beta1042 2018-09-13 14:38:15 UTC #589

I actually still strongly believe there will be at least one "underdog" type comic that places. As in a comic that didn't gain much traction by their "popularity" standards, or may not have even gotten promoted by them, but I guess we'll have to wait and see!

plebisss 2018-09-13 14:42:25 UTC #590

Just out of curiosity, is there anything that's pushing you to make that prediction?

beta1042 2018-09-13 14:45:12 UTC #591

the last contest the most popular entry was Unordinary but she didn't even win. Instead some no name comic that I still don't even know the name of won.

Also a part of me feels they'll do it just to avoid the accusations of "You promoted all these people to victory", "this contest was decided from the start" "you didn't even read all the entries" If they have atleats one little guy they can be like- "See we looked at all entries"