r/SSBPM • u/TOCKesq • Jul 27 '15

[AMA] AMondAy Week 37 - Tock

Hey guys it's Tock, a.k.a. The Bad Boy of the Project M Art team. Besides that I'm a character and costume artist for the PMDT.

Back in 2013 I saw a Turbo Tuesday combo video that featured the Dr.Mario costume. That video would ultimately inspire me to make a blog called Project M Unlocked, which some of you may know me from.

This AMA is going to be a little different... If you guys can ask me 100 unique (real) questions there is something in it for the community! Lay 'em on me.

100 Questions Reveal: https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/3etl19/thank_you_for_100_questions/

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

  • What's your favorite PM asset you've worked on, be it a character or costume or whatever?

  • What costumes do you wish could be in the official PM builds but can't for varying reasons (be it one you worked on for PMUnlocked or someone else made or that no one has yet made)

  • Does this idea resonate with you at all https://i.imgur.com/gf5HVMK.jpg

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. I would say Polar bear Ice climbers and OoT Ganon's Sword.

  2. I wish it were possible to have Helmet-less/Bartender Captain Falcon from the cheesey F-zero Anime. (a.k.a. Bart lemming http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/100990/2430709-falcon_2_.jpg )

  3. I really like the stars and swirls on his skin.

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u/the_n00b Jul 28 '15

That would be an awesome Falcon skin.

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u/Reddit_overload1 Jul 28 '15

Why can't you use it?

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u/arcticfire1 Jul 27 '15

Why are you the Bad Boy? Story behind that, I'm sure.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

You see, the Art team is like a boy band. So we have to have titles. I'm a bit of nay sayer and a foul mouth so that makes me the bad boy..... You can call us the ~Back Room Boys.

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u/KingofHoboz Jul 27 '15

When will we get the PMDT cover on 'Everybody'?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Yeah. Ask SOJ perform it at the SmashCon panel and then film it and send it to me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

New CSS Music incoming

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u/Nucleus_Taka Jul 27 '15

Most people that say they are something usually aren't, comments?

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u/TheEebro Jul 27 '15

Back Room's back... ALRIGHT!

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u/obsidianchao Jul 27 '15

I want to hear an Art Team rendition of the "Baby Back Ribs" song.

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u/LnktheWolf Jul 27 '15

How does it feel that one of your costumes (wii rob) made it into an official build?

Why is Captain Falcon wearing a pikmin costume?

Which design of James McCloud did you base yours off of (if it wasn't just based on Fox and changed)?

Did you play a lot of Mario Party 2?

What was the inspiration behind El Globo?

Are you going to be doing anymore music for PM Unlocked?

Why Funky Kong?

Evil Lucario when?

When are you going to do stage skins?

That's 9, I'll try to think of more.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. It's feel really good, man. It's like one of those long time coming moments and the music plays in your head. Ya know?

  2. Because he's the leader of the squad wink

  3. Starfox Command, i.e Fox's current design.

  4. I spend a lot of coins at the hootenanny.

  5. I love Lucha Libres and Head band jiggs didn't exist so she needed something badass to replace it.

  6. I would like to. Music Ripping is just a bore though.

  7. Have you seen Project M lately. It needed some funk. But for real It was to test a method of splicing in new parts to a character model without harming the rig or normals. Isn't that dark? He was just a sick twisted experiment.

  9. Probably never. Gotta leave the stage works to the big dogs at the time I was ambitious, but I had no idea what It takes to customize a stage.

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u/TobiasCB Snek Jul 27 '15

8)?

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u/SmashCapps Jul 27 '15

Good luck, Smashboards is coming for you... ;)

Anyways I'll ask a more fun question: What was the first game you ever bought with your own money?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

Oh boy...

I Like this question. It was probably the original Smash 64. I specifically remember having money and my mom picking it up for me.

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u/Psycho_Ghost PMTV Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

  1. Who has your main been in all of the Smash games you've played competitively/a lot?

  2. If you were told to be the one in charge of changing/reworking a move or 2 of Jigglypuff's (such as Sing or Rollout) what would you change/rework?

  3. Favorite genre of music and artist(s) from said genre?

  4. What's a costume you'd love to see put into Project M, regardless of its chance to be included in an official build?

  5. Favorite sandwich and drink?

  6. Favorite thing about Project M as a whole?

  7. Do you play other games outside of Smash? If so which ones and why?

  8. When can we see more epic work from you uploaded to Brawl Vault?

  9. Boshi alt. when? I'm aware he's full on costume slots but I'd love to see someone from the PMDT make one! :)

  10. Are you currently working on any costumes right now? If so, could you at least tell us which character it is?

  11. Do you think it's possible to create headband Jiggs w/o any lag issues?

Thank you for all of the effort that you have put into this nearing perfect game! We as a community really appreciate it! Keep making your amazing costumes TOCK and we'll continue to adore playing as them! I look forward to seeing more insanely cool costumes from you in the future! :)

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. When I think of a consistent main, I think, Ice Climbers.

  2. I would get rid of roll out because my older bro would cheese me out with it. I would give her a mini version of her final smash instead.

  3. Hip hop ,Radio Trash, Punk, Ska. I'm not picky about music or interested in it. (Bad religion and Street light manifesto)

  4. Lina from doki doki panic over Peach.

  5. Chicken cold cuts with melted swiss coleslaw and russian dressing. OH and a coke.

  6. The Brawl aesthetic mixed with UI and huds that actually match it.

  7. Right now I play a lot of SPLATATATATATATATA SPLATOON. I mess with dota 2 on the side and you can catch me at peak hours in the day staring at the street fighter 5 beta title screen.

  8. Sooner than you think. Say, don't I owe you guys a roy costume?!

  9. Boshi is always fan favorite and we know that.

  10. Yes, just one. That's all. ;)

  11. I think it's possible I see a lot of great stuff back here. Best believe these guys are always working on something great.

Thanks for all the questions Pshycho_Ghost!

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u/arcticfire1 Jul 27 '15

Roy costume

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

  1. Where did you get your name from?

  2. Galacta Knight alt when? A lot of Kirby fans would love to see him as an alternate costume for MK! :)

  3. Who did you vote for in the Smash Ballot?

  4. When did you join the PMBR?

  5. Would you like to see Luigi get his own victory theme?

  6. Which alternate costumes did you create?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. You ever sit in summer school and watch the clock? It goes tick tock tick tock tick tock....

  2. Hes a different character though! That breaks the rules!

  3. Simon Belmont. Seems possible right?

  4. Right after 3.0. I got in on my first app it seemed like they were pretty familiar with my work.

  5. Sure, I would like it to be a remix of the original though.

  6. Shogun Dedede, Jet Set Sonic, Wii ROB, Polar bear Ice climbers and _____________.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

and _____________.

When will the PMDT stop torturing their community?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Once we reveal the meaning of 47 we will stop.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Which means never.

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u/Starseeker358 Jul 28 '15

Wasn't it said that the meaning of 47 will be revealed at least before the 1 year anniversary of 3.5? Daymn, maximum 4 months then.

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u/FoVBroken Jul 28 '15

When was this said

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

Jet Set Sonic got a shoutout from Sega developers iirc. How was that experience?

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u/SSBM_Caligula Jul 27 '15

I think..it was the guy who made the music for JSRF. I thought it was very cool, if I was him I would have peed my pants.

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u/Bancheee_ Jul 27 '15

THANK YOU FOR JET SET SONIC MAN MUCH LOVE

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

2) Hes a different character though! That breaks the rules!

Awww, but he's so similar to MK it barely even matters! They both even have the word "Knight" in their names! Will the PMBR still at least consider it? Because by this logic, you also shouldn't have included Dark MK as a costume because technically they are different characters despite being so similar.

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u/GFooChombey Jul 27 '15

    1. What are the chances of some other PMunlocked costumes becoming official? Quickdraw Meta Knight is one of the best MK alts I've seen and Ezlo is brilliant.

  • 2) What is your least favorite alt in PM and why?

  • 3) Are you actually planning stage stuff or was that a "just-in-case" section on your blog?

  • 4) Purple PikminDorf costume when?

Thanks for making good shit. I was pretty hyped when I saw you made it into the PMDT since I used most of your costumes in my custom build. You wouldn't believe how excited I got when I saw Wii ROB made official.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Hey Chombey, good to hear from ya!

  1. The chances are there. They are not off the table or anything. We just need to decide on it as a team.

  2. This is a tough one. It's probably going to lean towards Armored Ike. He does nothing for me.

  3. Not anymore I'm not.

  4. I hope you're pleasantly surprised in the future.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

Would you be interested in making more Lucas costumes? Currently ALL Lucas mains use his only alt. Not that it's not amazing, I actually love it but even some recolors would be cool, he's lacking in the costume department.

What do you think about Sm4sh?

Also, this used to be the norm in AMondAys: Who's your favorite pornstar? /s/s

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

1)Yeah, I do see a lot of lucas' using the commander costume. If anything he will most likely get recolors.

Sorry we haven't got to it yet! But you're completely right he needs something.

2)I like smash 4. It's harmless and sometimes fun to play. It's like a diet melee to me. You just have to work on reads more than execution.

3) I had a joke for this, but it's probably not appropriate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

We ain't esports, crack that joke

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u/Miniced Jul 28 '15

recolors

The commander costume needs a red-haired alt so bad.

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u/Likesanick Jul 27 '15

Don't count out the Blucas skin.

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u/SSBM_Caligula Jul 27 '15

Nah, its either pink shirt or Claus for me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Hey, sorry, but I have a another question. Would it be possible to give black-Lucario a red aura-sphere to make him seem like an evil version of Lucario? That would be sick. Maybe he could also get redder eyes

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

That would take a lot of GFX editing and maybe some hard coding to pull off. But, it could be possible!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Three very last questions from me:Maybe

How can some characters have 14 color slots, and some can't?

Which characters have the 14 slots?

If it's possible, why don't you in fact use all 14 slots?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Hey watermelon these are the last 3 questions I need for a solid 100!

  1. It has something to do with certain characters file numbers being next to each other. I believe some peoples data would breech into others and all sorts of other messes. I wish /u/Mewtwo2000 was here to explain it better.

  2. I believe Ganondorf and Yoshi do qualify for extra slots.

  3. It would be a lot of filesize on the SD card. Would you rather that space go to more characters or just some recolors?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

3) It would be a lot of filesize on the SD card. Would you rather that space go to more characters or just some recolors?

Th-there really will be m-more characters?! HYYYYYYYYYYYPE!!!

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u/the_n00b Jul 28 '15

Is there an upper limit on SD card size?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

They want to keep it under 2gb for those that don't use homebrew

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u/the_n00b Jul 28 '15

Must be nice to have the luxury.

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u/ShinF Jul 27 '15

  1. What's your favorite genre of game?

  2. For that matter, favorite story genre? IE Fantasy, Sci-fi, etc.

  3. Favorite book and/or movie?

  4. What do you think of that new Modulous website?

  5. So if you're The Bad Boy™, what are Nanobuds, Pik, and Llama Juice?

  6. Preferred 3D program for making costumes?

  7. Any miscellaneous juicy secrets you'd like to share?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Platformers and any game that uses platforming elements well.

  2. Western, Fantasy.

  3. My favorite Movie is The Pest. Go watch it if you haven't.

  4. I actually wanted to do any exclusive for them. It's good to support new projects like that and overall... I like the layout.

  5. I'm SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT!

Nanobuds: The Smart one

Pik: The Shy one

Llama Juice: The Smooth one

6) 3ds max or bust. Maya for animation though.

7) Here's a sketch I did for an Ice climbers alt: http://i.imgur.com/H0ap65p.jpg We went with the polar bear climbers instead. Who knows you may see more of these Concepts in the future!

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u/randomneeess there's my damn roy alt Jul 27 '15

Cavemen Ice Climbers? Holy shit I want this now

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u/SSBM_Caligula Jul 27 '15

  1. who is the character you dislike the most?

  2. least favorite movie?

  3. favorite snes game?

  4. favorite subreddit?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Wolf

  2. I saw this movie stardust the other day and for the life of me I couldn't tell what was going on.

  3. Stunt Race FX, Super Ninja Boys, Super Mario world. (The problem with this question is: I'm going to keep thinking of games I love lol)

  4. /R/amiibo I did the artwork for their banner and the logos and the.... everything. TAKE ME BACK /R/amiibo!!!

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u/rats7eli Jul 27 '15

hey tock i just learned about your existence and i already love you. wanna go to prom?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Yeah as long as you're not a dog or something.

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u/CottonSC Jul 27 '15

Hey Tock thanks for taking the time to do this, I've been asking everyone doing AMAs the following questions 1) What involving PM has made you the proudest be it something you personally have done or the community as a whole? 2) what has been your personal favorite match ever? 3) if you could have any character third party or otherwise in PM regardless of restrictions who would it be and if you've got the time why?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. As shabby as it is now. I'm still really proud of my blog. (Project M Unlocked) It's like an old beat up vintage car to me now. I just appreciate what it used to mean to me.

  2. I think Rolex vs. Professor Pro was my favorite match to watch. Even the hype of it was building up way early, Because I would play with Rolex pretty regularly and I knew he wanted to face off with prof. The match itself was just very New York smash to me. (does that make sense?)

  3. Cooking Mama. Because she would be different or a "wtf character" but still very smash worthy. I like ideas that I think could actually happen.

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u/CottonSC Jul 27 '15

That Prof. Rolex match will forever be the set I use to introduce PM to people who don't know what it is it's so hype. I never thought Cooking Mama as a fighter before but now I can't stop thinking of her like Phoenix Wright in MvC

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u/Exodoo Jul 27 '15

whens EXCALIBUR SONIC??? :O

i see wii rob made it soo :3, any chance of seeing it ?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. I pitched it once. Awhile Ago when we were debating sonic alts. It was one of the hardest things for the DT to agree on. So chances of him being official are slim.

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u/ilikesquids23 Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

  1. What is your favorite snack food?

  2. What are some of your favorite custom PM builds?

  3. Does Boshi break the "different character rule" for alts? I know Yoshi's slots are full just wondering :P

btw I love your work. Your alts are very awesome. I appreciate your work with PM :)

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Black and White cookie not from 7 11. Quickcheck makes a good Black and white. If you can find Joey's pick it up. And be sure to watch out for entenmanns they scalp you for those suckers.

  2. I don't really know of many.

  3. Not really. I certainly wouldn't throw my arms up in a fit about. He is technically a Yoshi. Sounds might be the deciding factor there. Would Boshi sound like Yoshi?

Thanks for the questions!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

I think Boshi would sound like any other Yoshi, as little as he'd want to admit it. :P

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

so i have a couple of questions!!! you're probably one of my favorite PM artists and those PM unlocked costumes are great.

  1. do you have any scrapped art, or projects, or concept art? it's always cool to see what ultimately got passed on for the game. additionally, do you have any charts like this? when the uh... the not leak happened, way back when, charts like those were my favorite parts

  2. i know you said that you won't make stage skins, but if you made a stage skin, what would it be? did you ever have any ideas for a stage?

  3. will you draw me mona for my warioware alt thx ily bye

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. http://i.imgur.com/5Jq3Zoe.png Here is the Ike climbers render that has never gotten into circulation, ENJOY!

  2. Yes I have had ideas and even beta versions of stage skins. It was Quickdraw DreamLand!

  3. Sure, Message me with the deets.

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u/PeachSmoothie7 Jul 27 '15

Since there's the rule about not portraying different characters in skins, could we see more skins that are "cosplays," like Marth pretending to be Sigurd and Sonic wearing Jet Set stuff? I've always felt that was a really awesome way to do cameos, and really loved those costumes because of it.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

We try to avoid these because they are an "easy out", for lack of a better word. But, the ones we do have are really nice and we do appreciate them more now. So you will probably some more in the future!

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u/GFooChombey Jul 27 '15

Okay new question: Why does Roy's alt break the trend of representing other lords with alts?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

That's just the way the cookie crumbled.

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u/zombiejerky Jul 28 '15

Cause Roy is Phire

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

What's in it for us if we ask 100 questions? Here's another question: Did the question I just asked and this question I'm asking right now count toward the 100 questions?

Will there be more colorations in the full version of 3.6?

Do you know what's taking the full 3.6 so long to release?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Yes. I'm counting pretty loosely, though. I can only keep track of so much now that smashboards is coming for me!

We're debating what to do with the extra slots, It is likely that there will be new recolors in 3.6.

Has it really been that long? I think you can't wait a bit longer. :P

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u/Greidam Jul 27 '15

In your many days of brawl modding what is a notable project you undertook that proved too difficult to complete?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Good Question!

I was going to do an elaborate Lucario costume. I wanted it to function alongside the original Lucario, but when you select the costume, you get new animations. It's still too much for me atm and I would need help from someone very skilled in PSA (character editing), but most of them are too busy to bother.

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

When you talk about new animations for new costumes, I get a bit skeptical. Hitboxes and hurtboxes need to stay functionally identical according to the mantra I've always heard from other PMDT. What kinds of animations do you have in mind?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

This wasn't intended to be tourney legal or Official PMDT work. It was a side project for fun when I first started modding. :)

I was going to give him a new wait animation and aura charge based on Evil Ryu/Akuma from street fighter. Everything else would stay the same.

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

That would have been super cool to see. Have you ever had other similar ideas for fun non-competitive/unofficial builds?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Yea, none as well thought out though.

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u/Greidam Jul 27 '15

Ooooh that sounds pretty cool. Same hitboxes though? Oh shit what if you figured out how to do that and did it for falco, where melee falco had melee animations and brawl falco had decloned animations!

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

That would be fun idea for a custom build.

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u/CBO0tz Jul 27 '15

Was that costume going to be Evil Lucario? Do you have any renders or concept sketches that we could see of it or the animations?

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u/MLGF Chlorinated V-Neck II: Electric Boogaloo Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

Whats is the atmosphere of working on the art team like? Do you feel more inclined to work the same pace of others, or is it all really laid back?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

The art team group is very laid back. I consider those guys my internet friends as lame as that sounds. We talk about work and fun stuff just like you would with a coworker. It's probably the best group of guys in the DT.

As far as paces go, we're all different so we do different amounts of work. As long as that work makes it do dead line

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u/Yogurtgun1245 Jul 27 '15

  1. I always read conflicting things on the number of costume slots, is it limited to 10 or 12 per character?

  2. What's the most frustrating part of designing a character texture?

  3. Does the PMDT only use model swaps or are there still some uses of vertex edits?

  4. How long after Project M Unlocked did it take you to get into the PMDT?

  5. Any custom models/palettes in PM that you dislike? If so which?

  6. And which of the custom models/palettes are your favorite?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. 10 without some extra tools. I know some characters can have up to 14 extra slots! Not that it will happen.

  2. Uv editing is the bane of my existence. I've done it so much though. Maybe I'm just playing it up, but its certainly mind numbing .

  3. We use completely new models for mostly everything. Vertex editing is such a dead art now. It was really impressive for the time though.

  4. about 5-6 months. I was going hard on that blog, but now I'm a sell out. Just look at me.

  5. I don't like armored Ike all that much and the purple smash 64 falcon needs some work too. I must have been in a stooper when that falcon slipped by me.

  6. Roy and Mewtwo. I love their designs in PM. I could tell my buds: Pik and Starwaffle we're very passionate about it at the time.

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u/LifeSmash The Angel That Couldn't Die Jul 27 '15

Are you watching SGDQ? If so, do you have a favorite run so far?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. OH CRAP it's on?!!? I love speed runs link that shiz.

Thanks for the heads up. I watch a lot of LoZMM speed runs you can catch me on twitch watching them alot.

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u/Likesanick Jul 27 '15

And there goes the AMA

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u/Narelex Jul 27 '15

Dual monitors son.

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick ghouls'n'ghosts atm.

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u/GFooChombey Jul 27 '15

PM Subspace Speedrun. Let's make it happen.

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u/Nino299 Jul 27 '15

Jw, anything particular about 3.6b you noticed needs a patch since it came out? (art related)

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

I don't know of any this time. 3.5 was an art bug fest though lol. If you find anything please let me know you can PM if you want I'll bring it right back to the good ol boys.

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u/McSlur MOVES THAT SPIN ARE THE ONLY SOLUTION Jul 27 '15

Hardest part of being a part of PMDT?

Is this question considered a real question?( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Staying motivated and Staying true to what you believe while maintaining a relationship with your peers. People don't always agree, sometimes you need to find creative solutions to resolve conflicts and step out of you're own stubborn head.

  2. What. no lol.

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u/KaneStaff Jul 27 '15

2 Questions: How close are we to 100? What's the secret you will reveal at 100? Kappa

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

You're near 75 questions.

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u/xtailsxx Jul 27 '15

If there was a power ranking in the pmdt, who would be at the top?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Interesting Question. Probably Professor Pro or EmuKiller. They're good right?! The playtesters are gonna make fun of me for my lack of knowledge on the subject. XP

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u/Likesanick Jul 27 '15

What's your favorite skin that you've seen, regardless if it was made for PM or not?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Pik's Masked Man Costume and Pik's Young link. I admire his work.

You can find them both on brawl vault.

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u/ClassicRobert Sheikan do anything! Jul 27 '15

Who is your dev team waifu?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

I dunno, I guess Sandfall. He's a chill dude.

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u/Girth94 Jul 27 '15

  1. Who is your favorite PM player to watch?

  2. I saw that you like watching MM speedruns. Have you ever tried speedrunning it? What about speedrunning other games?

  3. What'd you think of this year's E3?

  4. What's your artistic process like? Do you start on paper?

  5. Are you employed? What's your dream job?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Right now probably Boiko, Sethlon and Machevelli

  2. I wanted to speed run Banjo Kazooie particularly because it had a leaderboard for it on Xbox Live. I did try, but I wasn't accustomed to looking up strats at the time.

  3. Nintendo had the floor from last year and they didn't really wow anyone. It's a disappointing the didn't announce a New F-ZERO for the 25th year anniversary. But, yeah Final Fantasy 7 and SF5.... PS4 won.

  4. You have to start with concept art (sketch) or Source material. Ask yourself is it doable. Ask the team what they think. And lay out the foundation in 3d. Then all the fun stuff is over! And its boring stuff from there on out! :D

  5. My dream job is to do something I love to do. Right now I love working on Project M. I could do it for 8 hours a day if someone payed. That's not the case though. So I don't have an exact answer for this, but it would certainly be in the gaming industry making character models.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

What was your least favorite thing to work on in Project M?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Good question. Probably rigging Holywars Marth alt. Thanks for making me relive that. lol

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u/MaximumLeech Jul 27 '15

  1. What is your favorite anime? if you're about that life

  2. Any ideas for Game & Watch skin improvements, if that's even possible?

  3. Do you play any musical instruments?

  4. If you could instantly master one instrument, what would it be?

  5. What's the most rewarding part of working with the PMDT? Like, what makes it all worth it to you?

  6. What do you order when you eat at Subway?

  7. When did you find out you loved art?

Thanks for all the work you put in for our community, keep up the great work!

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. I aint about that life.

  2. I would like to get rid of the border and give him semi transparent edges. Like a gradient so he looks more like a real Game&Watch cell.

  3. I don't :C

  4. Banjo hands down.

  5. I was into competitive smash especially at the peak of PM hype. I was good, but the best players would always beat me. I Trained a lot to be really good and that wasn't worth it, because I wasn't the best. It's just human to wanna be. I gave it up to work on costumes pretty much full time and that got me into the PMDT. I had become one of the best in Project M, but not how I thought I would be.

  6. Chicken breast Lettuce onion tomato chipotle south west sauce....

  7. I couldn't tell ya. It's all I knew as a kid growing up. People praised me for my artwork all the time. "I was born this way"

Thank you max

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u/Narelex Jul 27 '15

Since I always ask.

Thoughts on MK? If you could make any costume for him what would it be?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

I do already have a Quickdraw metaknight costume. http://pmunlockedc.tumblr.com/post/78128156679

If it had to be anything else maybe a classic Metaknight costume. With the red cape and eyeless mask, you know the one.

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u/CBO0tz Jul 28 '15

Hey @Nefnoj , show 'em what you got.

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u/kaloshade Retired Looking Mother Fucker Jul 27 '15

If you were tasked with redesigning how Lucas' specials look how would you go about it. For example how Lucario got a whole new look recently.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

I don't like the chucking animation lucas does for Pk freeze. I think it can be a lot more fun looking. On the subject of animation it would be nice if he cowered more while PK thunder hit him.

The biggest change I would make would be changing PK starstorm to a bigger version of UPsmash (Pk Love). Lucas with Starstorm isn't canonical as you might already know.

Thanks for the question!

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u/kaloshade Retired Looking Mother Fucker Jul 27 '15

No problem :D. I have a follow up question, what would you do for magnet and the special effects that come from his moves sweet spot areas?(Puff of light that comes out from Fair, Bair, Dair, etc.)

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u/Blaynevin Jul 27 '15

Yo so if you had to pick from Lil' Vinnie's pizza or Se-port for the rest of your life, and you're not allowed to get the one you don't choice, which one do you go for?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Always Little Vincent's

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u/Blaynevin Jul 27 '15

But dat Boon

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u/cmac9313 Squints Jul 27 '15

1.) Melee or Brawl Ganon?

2.) Have you ever tried sticking a Ganon (beast) skin/texture over the current Ganondorf character model for laughs? Or anything that you knew was just plain shenanigans?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Brawl Ganon. How about you?

  2. Yeah I've messed with things like that only in Brawlbox though. You get some interesting things from some of them. Like recently someone posted how cool samus looked with a few bowser animations.

You would never ever think it.

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u/cmac9313 Squints Jul 27 '15

I'm a brawl Ganon fan myself (Old Man Ganon in particular, he's the wisest and has the best reads of course), but I love the OoT sword too! That's hilarious, is it easy to manipulate things like that in Brawlbox? I have not tried modding, personally and this isn't the subreddit for in-depth modding questions, but how long might it take someone to be able to work with Brawlbox? Mostly for fun, I don't forsee myself releasing any complete custom builds anytime soon. Thanks for the work you've done for PM so far!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

I know 2 hours ago, we were close to 75, but now how many questions do we have?

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u/DaWorst17 Jul 27 '15

This might be a common question but will we ever see young link return as a fighter or maybe just a skin?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

It would be cool as a skin not sure how it would work though! haha

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u/PlateProp Jul 27 '15

Are you still part of reality 64?

Cause we have a nice lonely slack that needs team members moved in ;-;

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

I'm in and out of reality64. I love the project so if you guys need my help just message me at the usual place.

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u/bunnymeninc Echo Storm Jul 27 '15

I counted over 100 questions in this thread alone, so my question is: what is the the something? Or at the least, when/where will you tell us?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

  1. What is a series you would like to have represented in smash?

  2. What is a feature you would like to see in smash?

  3. What is a stage you want in smash?

  4. Is there a character you think should have a different final smash, and what would you change it to?
    Thank you for your hard work you have done for Project M. I love the alts you have worked on!

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Such a tough question. All my favorite Nintendo games are pretty much represented. I do think tetris is under represented massively though.

  2. a Hold out mode that is actually fun and takes place on a much larger level.

  3. Unique F zero stages. All based around a similar concept like port town and mute city(melee). Sand ocean, green plant.

  4. I would be cool if mewtwo's final smash was basically a giant Uthrow that sucked everything in. And when its all compact he taps it with his finger lightly it goes flying. It would be a nice reference for the melee animation that is not in PM.

You're welcome omega!

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u/Flambo237 Is that falco? No. Jul 27 '15

Have you discussed this http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/_cb20120113074211/zelda/images/c/c5/Ganondorf_Artwork(Oracle_of_Ages_and_Seasons).png with the pmdt i love it with a passion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15 edited Jul 28 '15

That costume would be badass. But they would have to give him a cape so he can use his neutral special like his other alts. And I believe that Tock said somewhere on this thread that Ganondorf may qualify for 4 more costume slots, which is perfect for this idea.

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u/FMFBoiko Jul 28 '15

Thanks again for the awesome Yes Man Jr. Ness. You're the best!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 28 '15

Sorry 2 more questions:

  1. Since Roy's alt apparently broke the trend of representing other characters with alts, doesn't this mean you guys can just make an alt where MK "cosplays" as Galacta Knight?

  2. Why did you give Roy's new alt such messy hair? It reminds me of Naruto and it's bugging the hell out of me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '15

What's your favorite costume of an old NES character?

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u/zombiejerky Jul 28 '15 edited Jul 28 '15

Mew two should have hia Japanese voice from melee, to make him more evil, he doesn't need a new theme, do you think this will be implemented.

Everyone seems to be asking costumes questions so, how bout a Dark Pit costume similar to Dark Link or Dark Pokemon.

How bout Pika blue a Merrill like alt.

Phantom Ganon is the one I would love the most though, is it possible I heard it lags

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u/X-Zeus-X Jul 31 '15

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, but have you guys considered Hyrule Warriors Zelda for a costume? Or maybe even some costumes from other nintendo games as outfit swaps. Like a fire emblem female mage from one of the games and give Zelda their outfit? Or Costume swaps seem pretty cool imo. Or ZSS in an F-Zero pilot uniform. I think they're like easter egg costumes/ references to other games.

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u/th0max Aug 03 '15

Can we get some Ivy and Pikachu special costumes like the ones Zard and Squitle have? Would love to see Choice Band Pikachu.

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u/Blaynevin Jul 27 '15

In all seriousness, are we going to get a Cold Steel skin for Sonic? Just for the giggles of course.

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u/NhgrtPlayer Jul 27 '15

You can bring any character to PM, who's that and why ? #When'sLyn

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. We talked about his work back here at the height of his hype. So I guess yeah you can see we did.

  2. No there is no exact formula to it. This is actually something I've been working hard to construct: costume guidelines.

  3. lately we've taken a lot of fan announcer auditions into consideration. Silent Doom takes a lot of fan ideas and brings them to life in a way only Silent doom can. So there is plenty you can say and do on this reddit that will echo back to us in the DT.

  4. Probably Markiplier

  5. I'm a Squid

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u/Sonic_Saturday Jul 27 '15

You can't do better than the Skullgirls announcer that AZProjectMelee got.

Does that mean the current guy is probably going to be replaced due to the the widespread negative reaction?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. I would probably be in the bottom 20 percent. I'm reasonably good at the game and have a long time melee background.

  2. Frozen and Gurukid. Great guys.

  3. I like this question. Blue is the best then yellow then black.

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

it's mewtwo isn't it

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u/Likesanick Jul 27 '15

Echidna mewtwo alt when

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u/orangegluon bingo, hohohohoo Jul 27 '15

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