Round Three - Seven Deadly Sins

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Hello, my slippery udon noodles.

You are all spectacular.

#OtakuGames2021

(do not use this hashtag)

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- Eliminations -

As per usual, we must tragically start with the eliminations. It was very difficult to choose, all entries were wonderfully done. We could definitely tell that everyone had put their hearts into their entries. But unfortunately, a tournament wouldn’t be a tournament without eliminations. And thus, here are our eliminations.

Goal Diggers

Music is Music

Your team’s entry was a delight. Unfortunately though, you posted after the deadline. Thus, your team has been disqualified.

Team Luna

DOKI DOKI MUSIC CLUB!

We had a very tough time picking between this blog and another, it was very close. But in the end, we overall felt that the other team was able to go above and beyond, and follow the given prompt. While we certainly thought this was a very interesting approach to the challenge, there were a few issues that unfortunately could not be ignored. First of all, we do appreciate the creative approach you took with using Doki Doki Literature Club and turning it into a music club, however, it would have been lovely to see a little more creative liberty taken to move away from using the characters of the game itself and their exact storylines/scripts at times! Secondly, the biggest issue that we did have was that the special rule of the event was that you were supposed to take songs from other media, such as movies and video games! Through a brief search, we found that half of your songs hadn’t been taken from another source of media, which was truly unfortunate because that was what led to the elimination. The reason this was the final factor that led to this was because your team’s analysis on song switches was decent, lacking certain depth in some areas, and was thus tied with another group’s analysis.

Again, it was a real struggle to pick the team to eliminate. Your team’s blog was amazing, please do keep up the lovely work, and I hope you were able to take something away from this.

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- Teams Remaining -

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- Theme -

Drum roll please... Naughty or nice, our third round’s theme is:

Seven Deadly Sins

So, the goal of this round’s challenge is to pick YOUR OWN vices as the new seven deadly sins! For example, I choose perversion. Then, I will write a piece on perversion.

The seven deadly sins already encom a large range of vices: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. It can be argued that perversion falls under lust, and that is ok! Don’t be afraid to choose words that may resemble the original seven deadly sins, because what we’re looking for is how well you relate them to whatever character or anime you choose to speak about. It just CANNOT be the original seven deadly sins word.

The goal is to pick 5-7 vices and relate it to an anime character or anime, explaining how they relate (whether it be a character that has said vice, has to defend against others with that vice, the anime revolves around that vice, etc).

Special Rule

Collab Piece

The special rule is that this is a collab piece. For the select 5-7 vices your team chooses to write about, you must have a collab side that talks about the virtues that counter these vices. For example, the virtue of perversion may be abstinence!

Similar to how you may not use the seven deadly sins, you may also not use the seven heavenly virtues!! Which are: Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Temperance, Prudence.

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Definitons

Virtue: behavior showing high moral standards

Vice: immoral or wicked behavior

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And of course, the most important, it must all relate and connect heavily to anime!!

We commend the teams that focused on the special rule from last round. It was genuinely the final factor that allowed one team to escape elimination. , focus on the prompt given, especially the special rule.

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- Rules -

⚘ Please keep it appropriate and follow guidelines

⚘ You can only have one entry per group! This ONE entry is split into TWO pieces that will be showcased as a COLLAB PIECE. They will be posted by two DIFFERENT from your team!

⚘ Deadlines are NON-negotiable

⚘ Rules will NOT change

⚘ Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated (NOTE: If the entire team is caught plagiarizing, the entire team is disqualified. If it’s one part of the entry that’s plagiarized, the member who wrote that part will be disqualified. The team will have the opportunity to find a new member if they make it to the next round. The entry itself will be judged on everything but the plagiarized part. Please note that the rules have been updated. We are now asking that write down who wrote what part of their entry.)

⚘ to use the hashtag #SinsGames2021

⚘ It is up to you to choose whether everyone or only a few participate in a round, whatever you deem as best as long as everyone has participated in some way by the end

⚘ Please write down in your blog which person wrote which part!

⚘ Once you are eliminated, you are eliminated for good

⚘ No more than two member swaps (for good reason), the final two rounds must be the same people, the people who earn the title are the ones who participated in the final round

⚘ Artists are more than welcome to , however not a requirement. The art may give you an extra edge, however it will not be the determining factor for any of the rounds

⚘ AMVs will be treated like an artist piece. It can potentially give the blog an ‘edge’ however, we still require all posts to have a blogging portion

⚘ that this is meant to be a fun event, please don’t get too heated

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- Deadline -

The event comes out on Tuesday, August 3rd, at 11:59pm EST. You have eleven days, until Saturday, August 14th at 11:59pm EST to submit your entry for this event.

Again

Deadline is August 14th, at 11:59 EST.

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Please that this tournament is for fun! Don’t get too heated and if things don’t go your way, that’s alright!! Enjoy yourself, take what you can from this tournament, and have fun with your friends!

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Do you have a challenge idea that you would like to see? You can always submit your ideas here and it might be chosen!