Due to ongoing issues with the site I'm going to make this my last artfight. A tl:dr, tons of site mis-management has come to light over the past year or so and even if the event somehow runs next year It's finally driven me off.
This thread on toyhouse has documented the issues the longest afaik: https://toyhou.se/~forums/11.general-off-topic/329219.artfight-negligence-and-worse
I was giving it the benefit of the doubt bc I am in it for gifting art (hence why i was hesitant/unsure about participating & didn't make an effort to decorate this year) but the recent news of a mass mod exodus + Takaia pocketing funds / not paying the site's staff doesn't really sit well with me (especially because the currently appointed mods haven't been the greatest with the community
I am going to finish up my revenges though, but after this I'm gonna look for art trades & gifting games elsewhere…
I'll end this with a reminder to save the attacks you've recieved on artfight if you wish to keep them.
If anything does happen to the site post-event & you lost any art I made for you, feel free to contact me and I'll send over the file
If you find alternatives could you share? Because art sharing events are fun and I’d hate to lose the tradition of artfight dies
9 months, 15 days ago
In terms of alternatives, some people have run smaller discord-based artfights using ArtScuffle so it might be worth keeping an eye out for those when they pop-up (i've seen a few of those appear in the Creator's corner board, though they might also be seen in Art games)
Outside of those, the best option would be to seek out other art-trading games, such as participating in forum art games, secret santa events (usually pop up around December, but also keep an eye out for valentines-themed ones), or servers with mini-games & events
9 months, 15 days ago
Thank you! I’ll be keeping an eye out for these types of things when I get in the art trading game mood :)
9 months, 15 days ago