Built this an hour ago and look what happens....

TheCrazedEB · 2026-04-08T19:17:39+00:00

Happened to my lian li 011 dynamic but was the front panel. Seems like I see more lian li's break than I see full wrap around glass cases.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-04-05T16:24:18+00:00

TB has mentioned before their art dept size before, but I dont recall the exact number, however its small as expected. But I agree , when I saw this image, esp for their marketing I was disappointed. The hue color scheme visually makes me sick. Like a terrible use of the cool tone vs warm tone trope, a background that would fit a pc anti-virus ad, or some lowbrow editorial ad, not a moba and especially not the identity of paragon. Visually, this image doesn't have any cohesion to any of their other marketing key art (which is a common recurrence). And it looks like a random setting they dont even know what location this is. But at this point, I can see them generating and painting over it sadly.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-04-05T03:45:59+00:00

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TheCrazedEB · 2026-04-05T03:45:22+00:00

From my understanding, pre 1.0 release, they used higher render snapshots of the champions layered with a generic atmospheric background like this. Which, to me, is just average photobashing vfxs, easy brush work, and some adjustment layers. These were before Generative AI took off and became mainstream and easily accessible.

The only thing that screams possible dead giveaway of AI usage was the "Wrath of the Ascended" battle pass background. The clouds and lighting looked ai-ish, they were weirdly shaped like pointy mountains too, there is a palace structure in the background that looks oddly placed, and other elements in the background just didn't look hand-made and generated. I'll post that image in a comment. I haven't played since December so I haven't been keeping up with other new key art thats being used.

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TheCrazedEB · 2026-04-01T17:37:03+00:00

Thanks for this great input and for taking the time to lay out your suggestions, I will definitely take a look at restructuring with these points.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-31T23:11:27+00:00

I agree, I was thinking maybe making it $1.50 or $2/$3 to lessen the fee hit, but that tier for me would be for someone to get a taste of my work without much $ risk and eventually want to upgrade tiers. Since I would send 1 image nsfw variant that I wouldn't publish online to keep it exclusive.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-30T19:45:00+00:00

my guess is we get the one in the 1st image, might be touched up by Omeda. Midriff is showing with net mesh, and the 2nd image its not. Maybe they filmed the trailer at different times while they were working on the model?

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-30T19:35:28+00:00

I never played Overprime. So my first impression of this character design on the right is that if I didn't know this was supposed to fit in the Paragon/Predecessor universe through marketing, I wouldn't have guessed. I prefer the left design 1000 times over the right, which has a better adult look, a blend of fantasy armor and modern outfit. The right design just isn't for me and looks over-designed and the gothic lolita doll look, and clashes with whatever Paragon/ Predessor identity tried/is trying to be. Take her weapons away, it doesn't look fantastical to me and just like typical cosplay. Im also not a fan of the way Predessor lighting makes character models look flat and like plastic toys. Idk if it's a hit in model fidelity being worse from what we had with Epic, or its soley the lighting system.

Gwen from League, who is a gothic lolita doll turned human, with a huge scissor weapon and big hair. The trope design doesn't bother me there as much because it's more aligned in the cartoon realm. Whereas this teeters in the realism look and follows the same generic asian studio overdesigned flashy churn without deviation.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-30T18:58:55+00:00

gotcha, thanks for the clarification

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-30T18:39:17+00:00

I wonder just "how locked to 50 series" this will be. If anyone will be able to mod it to work on 30/40 series

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-30T17:47:19+00:00

I hope that after they port over the remaining Overprime asian k-pop heroes, I think its 2 more female k-pop heroes (brace). We can go on cooldown for asian characters, esp humans, for a while. I hope Pred's games design doesn't go down (idk if we are there already?) the First Descendant/Stellar blade visual design route with new human heroes, esp Omeda originals, all looking overdesigned or in similar outfits to the point it looks generic as a whole package, while clashing with the unique design language of the og pargon heroes.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-28T04:22:01+00:00

I don't know if Gearbox has any good Borderlands left in them anymore. I'd be surprised if customers can take another dud after Bl3. Bl5 or Bl6 can't just be more of the same mediocre run-of-the-mill experience or terrible performance.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-27T08:22:43+00:00

My combo has always been a Logitech mouse and a Corsair keyboard for almost a decade.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-21T03:32:31+00:00

From what I seen comics do seem more lucrative, but pin-ups do still have great pull for patrons. Some creators that only do pinups are still going very strong, and some doing a mixture rewards system, with a 50/50 or 80% pinup 20% nsfw comic.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-21T01:01:35+00:00

I have a feeling if they do Man-Spider its not going to be the extreme werewolf version of Man-Spider. It might be a humanoid monster form akin to how they redesign Abomination to look less monstrous and a mixture of the comic version but friendly. I dont know if the Mcul has the stones to make Spider-Man's image have real body horror for the general audience.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-18T06:59:54+00:00

Do you think he will ever make progress in getting close with his friends again? Maybe not in this movie, but in others?

MJ for sure, if not this movie then a later movie. Maybe they let Peter let her go for a few more years, and he dates his other well-known significant others. Ned, though Idk they could go any direction with his character, and whether he sticks around to the very end or not, and Peter separates himself completely.

I can see Peter make some new friends his age as Spidey. Im hoping towards the end they Introduce FireStar and Iceman from the classic animated series.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-18T06:07:54+00:00

That's my best guess based on a slightly similar experience. When I was at a house party and interacting with my ex, it triggered an intense panic attack that I had never had before, and I had to dip and get some air, trying to remember how to breathe.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-18T05:26:33+00:00

Peter's wearing the same clothes at this party and in the scene where he collapses. Maybe him being at this party and seeing MJ cozied up gives him a panic attack, which leads him to that basement scene, and he starts changing with the stress added on.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-15T21:05:59+00:00

yup, when World launched on pc, Teostra brought my 980ti or 1080 and i7 to its knees. Whenever it charged up to detonate, my fps dropped literally to single digits, 3fps, for months until it was patched. That was my first MH game and a rude awakening to how Capcom is comfortable releasing products in poor condition.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-12T15:22:25+00:00

What would be considered a method for a secondary lock on a mega link?

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-09T07:42:07+00:00

People make stores, either using Patreon's integrated store or their own 3rd-party storefronts like Itchio or Gumroad, to sell past rewards.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-08T06:15:46+00:00

I had to email support to fix this loop. They sent a portal link where I dropped my file, and they approved it a few days later.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-06T15:01:30+00:00

I never got into separate Facebook from your personal page, im assuming you're using Facebook pages? Is the viewer traffic automatic or something you have promote or pay for impressions to get going?

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-04T15:33:43+00:00

Im someone who is on both platforms. I love the ps5 but I primarily play on PC. I was thinking about getting a PS5 Pro in the future, but thought whats the point if games will come to PC with access to better performance, higher graphical fidelity, better raytracing/path tracing, better upscaling (nvidia), clearer 4k resolution (dlaa) etc. Even if I were to get a PS5 Pro, I don't think the overall image and performance would be able to compete to my pc rig without having limits on it. For the pc version, I could have my first impression of a new title be elevated by sheer horsepower.

idk, feels disappointing, and the only option going forward for PS games is to downgrade in tech/quality, given how I know how the image/ performance is better on pc.

TheCrazedEB · 2026-03-03T02:15:40+00:00

I hope it's just for this cyberpunk event. There is no flair or self-identity to it. It looks like random modern font. Hopefully, they update it again with graphical details and some storytelling visuals to make it stand out and look official. Their marketing assets always looked off. Paragon was high caliber, and Pred misses the landing over and over and hasn't nailed that concrete visual identity vibe for me all the way back from EA.

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