Written by steet :
The "Fan characters" section has suffered a lot since its creation, and that's partly due to the fact that when I first added it on the site, I didn't finish it entirely.
So now, just like the other sections, the fan characters have rules and must be validated by moderators before they are added on the site. They will also have "must see"s.
Here are the rules :
Related to Balto : Fan characters should be connected to the Balto characters / universe. For example, you can invent the son of a character, a friend, a foe, etc...Or a character connected for other reasons (places, universe, themes etc...) Official characters from other films/series are not accepted.
Used : Your character must be created for a reason : you must associate it to fanarts, fan images, fanfics, ... Unused characters will be disabled automatically after some time.
Complete : Complete : Your character must have one "headshot" drawing, one "detailed" drawing, a long description (at least 5 lines long) with such information : Age, Breed (if an animal), Personality, Likes, Dislikes, Background, ... You mustn't use photos but drawings.
Bad renders : Same as for fan images, badly recolored pictures of official characters (from same film or others) can be refused.
Your pets : You should avoid creating characters based on your pets. If you do, they must respect all the other rules (associated to creations sent, related to the universe, ...)
Unique : Your character must be creative and unique, as such you should avoid renders and draw the pictures of your characters yourself. The name also has to be unique : if someone already used it, add your username in parenthesis to your character name.
Expect a lot of characters that do not comply to these rules (which means, most) to be deactivated. If that happens with your characters, just modify/improve your character page and re-submit it to the mods.
This shoud help getting a better quality for that section.
On another side, I have finally added the possibility to choose the characters on fanfics! (wheee!) That was requested a lot, it took me a while but at least now it's possible. It also works for fanfics that are already on the site, just modify them and choose the characters to update it. For now, gamebooks and videos are left, I'll need more time and the videos section needs a real "management" part anyway.
Finally, now that chars can be added to fanfics, I'll add an automatic deactivation for characters that haven't been used in anything. I'll wait a little to give you the time to update your fanarts / fics / images info with your chars.
UPDATE (october 28th) : Because too many people think the characters must be "blood-related", I have added something to the first rule : your character can be connected for other reasons (places, universe, themes etc...) For example, dog sledding is allowed for the Balto Source characters. By the way, your characters DON'T have to be only dogs or wolves, any type of creature including humans is allowed, if it respects all the rules. (seems like it wasn't clear either)
The main aim of these changes is to push more people to get creative and prevent the bad "clones" splattered over the characters pages.
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corn
Huh??!!!
corn
Besides, steet fixed the rules so I dunno why you're getting so upset over it xD
And another thing, as much as I DETEST looking at odd-colored dogs, this is still NOT. A. SPARKLEDOG SITE. Its not a BLACK BLOOD ALLIANCE site. Its not a WOLF site. Its a BALTO site. So things on the /site itself/ should be Balto related. If people want OTHER stuff, they can visit the forums or Links or whatever.
Not starting a flame-war or anything, but
the
lioness
l.Disast
er
When I said that it's boring to see clones of the Balto characters pups ect. I didn't mean it'd make it fun by creating mates for the blood related clones. I meant I'd like to see some non related characters altogether. Once again, Steet cleared that up.
In response to your 'I didn't just make them up' comment, how do you know me or any other person who commented on this has just made our characters up on the spot? I for one have created my characters a loong time ago and have been developing them for what... 4 years now. My characters all have back stories, parentage the works.
And please, just because you are able to draw well does not make it okay for you to be disrespectful to others. Just because you do not enjoy looking at oddly coloured dogs does not mean to say that every single other person does.
Oh and for the record, no I did not just make up my characters two seconds ago, like you presumed.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for arguments and I expect backlash from 'the fan club' but your post, I took parts to be offensive and in others just plain nasty.
Steet >> I personally would not say 95% of the characters are not creative, more like... 30% if that.
Where did I say in my post that this site was fun because you accepted lazy attempts? I meant it used to be fun because there were set rules, no 'if you don't do this your character will immediately be deactivated!' or 'You can't render so just stop now' it used to be a site where people who weren't very good at drawing or rendering could send their art in and people could give them creative criticism on how to improve. Not nasty comments on how they're just plain lazy for not yet having the skills to do fantastic art. It's meant to be a child friendly site, and children are supposed to be encouraged to learn not put down by comment such as what Cat put in her post.
I'll apologise if anything I wrote was out of line but I won't apologise for voicing my opinion.
On the opposite, these rules are guidelines, in order to get something unique, and not just a blue/pink recolored Jenna with a description like "cute and funny character".
And if by fun you mean "accept every lazy attempts", well sorry but that's not the aim of the site. I want people to learn to get creative, not lazy. Otherwise, don't send anything, just visit and post comments on creations from people who are doing real efforts.
I have made an update on the rules though - see the bottom of the news. It should clarify things a little.
Finally...remember that more fansites are on the way, and that sending things unrelated to the site will make even less sense soon.
corn
All of my characters are SOMEHOW linked to Balto, even characters from another continent. But they're not even related to him or any other Balto character by blood. Like my character Lion? He's the mate of one of Balto's great granddaughters. And my character Wit is the mother of Balto's daughter, Kiona's rival.
Now keep in mind these characters were DEVELOPED that way, I didn't just make them up on the spot and have no where to fit them in.
Besides a serious clean up of the Fan Characters section is in order. If I were new to the site and wanted to see some good characters, I would NOT want to pick through all of these lame pink and blue ones.
It may not be fun to YOU to delete your characters you probably made up like two seconds ago, but this site isn't trying to attract Sparkledog fans. Its trying to attract Balto fans, and Balto fans are most interested in characters linked to the Balto universe.
the
lioness
I'm trying to be whinny or argumentive, I just want to get things cleared up for myself.
So, since I have drawn my fursona several times in my art gallery, along with other non balto related canine characters, I can keep their profiles? Even tho they have nothing to do with Balto?
I understand why you're enforcing these rules, since its BALTO source and all, but its hard to keep EVERYTHING Balto related.
l.Disast
er
Now correct me if I'm wrong but to me it seems as though the made up characters are no longer allowed on this site if they are not related to the Balto characters?
Thats kinda lame.
The other rules, I understand and agree with, like the mat chats and you should have at the very least one Balto related drawing in your galleries before you post other stuff.
SideOfEd
en
Please reconsider this, this is going to cause a lot of arguing, and it makes this site no fun at all.
Retro => Depends if you're honest about it, or if it's an attempt to bypass the rules. We can't just make rules stating everything possible, there's still some part to be appreciated by mods.
llerskat
es
Is "lives in Nome" good enough to be in the Balto Universe?
Oh and by the way are mates for Balto-related characters allowed?
If you want to do a fursona, just add it onto your profile description. Fan characters are for characters being used in other parts of the site.
Gemini => You can update the characters list of fanfics whenever you want. You can write your fanfic first, then change the characters in it. And same thing, if they get deactivated because of that, just resubmit them (that's one click!!!)
At least if we do a drawing of her/him with Balto...?
83
I apologize if I sound a bit argumentative, but this seems more like an effort to delete as much as possible from the site, and still seem as though you're doing the 'right thing' by doing it.
Doing a render and making an effort is not compatible, to me. Drawing is an effort, doing a render isn't.
And if we have to make some people angry because they can't face what they are doing isn't good, then so be it. But I won't let the section be crowded with things that took 30 seconds to be made. I'm sure a lot of people turn away from that section as soon as they enter it and see...that.
Getting something validated isn't a right, it's a gift. (at least it should be)
Silberfu
chs
Also, this news is made of awesome and yes. Fan chars = good idea and improved implementation = even MOAR good idea.
the
lioness
Batman
It'll stop spam! No offence to people who go nuts and make a bunch of charactes, sometimes you put no effort into it...
About the "must see", well that's the same thing on every fan section : a selection of "good" ones, chosen subjectively by moderators.
Magnum => The fact it will be validated or not is not based on the character "idea", just on standards : long description, head picture, etc...Just read the rules. In any case, if you spend enough time and make a real effort into them, you can be sure they will be validated. That's the point : take your time creating it. Don't hesitate to spend one whole day on a single character. (including writing a fine description, thinking of a background for your character, drawing his face and making a detailed drawing...) You need to.
I don't like too much adding a "no bad render" rule because that's subjective, but considering the current situation, that's the only way to get some quality out of here. Yes, quality, that's the keyword. Repeat after me. Quality. Got it?
the
lioness
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