[TYCHE]: Come see some positivity!

Here's a few extra compliments I've written for people. If you would like an extra compliment you're free to ask here on the topic or in the discord chat.

Nanur
First off can I say that Reed is one of the best organically designed AI's I've ever seen? I've designed a lot of AIs and designing an organic design AI is so hard because it's so easy to go too organic and make it not look like a robot and yet it's so easy to go too robotic as well.
Reed hits an amazing middle ground and manages to be creepily amazing to boot!
I really love that you were able to write this air of mystery surrounding Reed that oh so subtly hits that Reed is no normal AI. Also this one line is very powerful due to its content, and its positioning in the entry
"he only says it is due to earned experience, sometimes bitterly adding he paid heavily for wanting to know the consequences."

Scorpio
The quishidi are one of my favorite species of this round! When I read them I couldn't stop laughing about them. You might only have two entries but both of them are extremely funny. They're amazing goofy alien species with some darker undertones (Being made of glass makes dying really easy, bird who mind controls) but honestly, you really do nail the Cosmosdex theme, which is greek tragedy and comedy. It's both funny and sad in a way and that's just what makes it amazing. While drawing Sbat did kill me, I'm glad he's who we got in our canon crew.

Iron
God, the Queolchrost are another one of those underrated species. I'm going to be commissioning dex art of them soon cause I fear people are missing a hidden gem of a species because there isn't an image to go along with it. Also your Erdel entry is VERY GOOD and I can't wait to put the gimmick you sent me (I'm still sitting on that, sorry, I just got too many gimmicks at once. OTL) to just make it that much better.
You're really good at writing historical entries from what you shown so far and I hope one day you'll be able to flex those writing muscles again.


Cmdrcade
I love species that have a bit of wiggleroom in their lore, sort of like the "wild west" of lore. See, kaiks are more oppisite to the notails then you think, and one of them is lorewise. With notails you read all of the lore and you figure out a way to shove your character to conform to notail lore.
With kaikian lore, it's more like you read their lore, and then you make an oc to expand on it, as opposed to conform. They are just a fantastic species with a lot of amazing lore that isn't as all consuming as many other species. They're a versatile species who can easily be shoved into major plot points and just work.
Def one of my "Top underrated species" in the cosmosdex. They deserve more love.


BabyBowser
Bowser, I think before you I was talking to people about how we were missing elemental species in the cosmosdex and I'm so glad you filled that ninch not once, but twice, and with both of them being very unique as opposed to falling into similar concepts. I def def def love the pyros because it hits that perfect sort of "categorize"ness that I love (just look at me and the notails) with the tribe situation.
I swear if you one day make a lore entry with all the tribes listed and maybe some of the social differences between them / and relations between all of them I will be all over that lore.
OH YEAH AND CASHMONEY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ENTRIES BUT I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT.


Fuade
The Neighbors are just one of those species in the Cosmosdex that I think exemplifies the type of content you'd see on it. They're cute, funny, and have pieces of them that are very relatable while still remaining alien. They also got that #CosmicHook at the end that's just really good. I love species that have end hooks cause it's what prompts the reader to start thinking about what to do and characters they could make to take that hook. Overall a really amazing species.
I was going to make this about your demigod but you already know how good that is so no comment needed.


Kenshi
I love your fluffy moths. I also think your fluffy moths are a perfect example of what I like people to express in the cosmosdex.
Something that's for them, made with what they love and care for firstmost. I feel like you can see a better "soul" of the article when people put in that kind of care. It's good to be self indulgent sometimes and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
You like moths? By god you are going to put in moths dangit. Basically what I'm saying is your entry has aa good soul to it. It's hard to explain what that means but I hope you understand. Plus I'm so glad you decided you wanted the Dids and Luces to be subspecies of each other. It just makes the lore of both species more amazing and gives them a unique concept that currently isn't seen anywhere else in the Cosmosdex I believe.


Starlit
Itzels are an amazing species with an equally amazing design. Most of the people I talk to about their favriote designed species always seem to have itzel ranked somewhere up there and when it comes to a dex that's about (or over) a 150 species long that's quite the feat! Honestly all of your designs are A+ amazing and you clearly put so much work into them that I think everything you created just seems to beam how much care was put into them.


Moon
First off your art is really good and I love all the icons you do. The Zodiac icon set commission is a great set, you're really good at icons! I also want to say eyegrets are one of my favorite fauna. They're so artworthy and mega dynamic! Nevermind that they have a surprising amount of hook lore for a fauna, an entry type that almost never has any amount of hook lore (instead opting for historical / evolution lore). You have a lot of amazing entries but I really want to give props to the eyegret because whenever I think capture creature the eyegret comes up basically as the first or second thing I think of because it's iconic!


Athenike
The Stellavis are in my top 20 list for best designed species easily. I don't know how to explain it, it's both simple and yet amazingly designed at the same time. Plus the part where the stellavis have hyper obessions is both funny and relatable. There's so much lore platform for anyone to make an oc with a stellavis. There's some species I would not recommend for a first time Cosmosnaut making an oc, but the stellavis is not one of them.
They hit all the good points needed for a starter pack oc and is a species I would def put up there for anyone looking to make a "newbie into the universe" species.
Now that you made the newbie species you just gotta make the level 100 mafia boss species who knows everything to complete the set.


Schazer
I honestly love all of your entries, every single one of them has this very unique style of them that's hard for me to pinpoint 100% WHY it's so good, but I think your style hits this almost, "Realistic surrealism" way of concepting. I feel like if I talk to anyone about your entries I have to toss in a "Stay with me here, I swear this is going to make a lot of sense in just a moment." before I pull up a picture of what appears to be a shark scared and confused in a mech suit.
All your entries are memorable on the physical description alone, and as a person who has constant trouble with the physical that's amazing. Never stop making things that stop people in their tracks as they attempt to formulate what they're about to get themselves into.
Honestly I was going to say "My fave entry of yours is the Selachim" but I look at all your other entries and dang, there's only one place on the Schazer tier list and it's 1st place.


LoverIan
God I'm pretty sure I've said this before a ton of times, and I think even one of your comments to you said this as well, but you really know aliens. I've been trying to design aliens as high tier as yours for a bit and whoo, did not realize how hard it is to do so. There's a fine line between making an "Alien Alien" and making an "Alien pretending too hard to be an Alien" and I to this day am not sure how you do it Ian. They're just so naturally alien and have lore that never feels like it's overtrying.
I will say I def consider the Unidolencia not only one of the top species' designed but also one of the species on my underrated species list. Their lore is just so good if anyone hasn't read them yet please don't be intimdated by how huge it is, it is an amazing trip from start to finish.
Also I never thought about it now but your species had the first gimmick. Of course I forgot about the isment when thinking about gimmick history. Typical.



Kodai
Thank you for humoring the capture creature / pokemon trainer aesthetic for Z-100, you didn't have to but you did it. When I went into your entry I didn't think you'd make Z-100 basically an EV trained, high percentage trainer and I'm so glad you did cause there was so much to work for there.
Z-100's design is super adorable and the posing (and masks) in the dex art are very good. I had a lot of fun just going on the entry and reloading it a few times to see all the masks. It looks like Z-100 is demanding you read their entry because they're so proud of who they are as a person which I hope they are.
Also thank you so much for this last line.
"Z-100 prefers shorts as part of their casual attire, claiming that they are "comfortable and simple to put on. :}""


RobustLaser
First off, laser, thank you for suggesting really out there things to do. If it wasn't for you Cosmosdex gimmicks would not be what they are today. I honestly am super excited to show off the newest gimmick you thought of and cannot wait to see everyone's reactions to it. I know when people see a gimmick they tend to congratulate me on making it but honestly, gimmicks are a team effort. I can honestly say that this next gimmick is 90% on you laser, all I did was code it, so when you see how much people are excited to see it feel free to thumbs yourself up.
Also, I'm sure you saw this coming, but Hawkmoth.....Hawkmoth is so good. Honestly, I hope you understand how honored I am to have Hawkmoth here, def after you told us about how Hawkmoth was a character you've had for a while. As a person who carries characters from fandom to fandom, to original idea to original idea, changing them up as I go along to fit the setting, I know how much respect you have to have for something to put in one of your long term "backpacking" character in, even as an AU form of them. Clearly, Fortuna also senses this respect as well considering how many 20s she rolls when Hawkmoth is on screen.


Blizz
You already know I like your writing so I don't have to go into that, so honestly let me talk about prob your most underrated entries, your faunas. Sadly faunas are less popular in general, meaning most fauna are underrated to be fair. :pensive:
Your faunas always are really fun to read just like your other entries are. I think one of my fav faunas you made is the Alpha Porpoise. I love the small entry to entry gimmicks you have, such as "Marine animals continually mislabeled, Marine Biologist continues to be very disgruntled but not extremely outraged about this." I think the Alpha Porpoise and Omega bass (Also mislabled causing physical pain to all Marine Biologists) are both really good examples of your chill writing style and sort of "Series-ing" which is actually a rarity in the dex but something we need more of.
Also the line where someone points out that the Alpha Porpoises are likely anomalies and the next sentence is basically "Can we just enjoy cool looking dolphins without bringing religion into it constantly" is really good.


freakazoid / suffershack
YOUR NAME IS DIFFERENT ON THE COSMOSDEX SO I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WROTE THE BIVOUAC ELSE I WOULD HAVE LIVE BLOGGED ME CLEARING IT OUT. Your new species is really cool! While I used to not be a totally big fan of hivemind species (Personal level) the recent new hivemind species this year has really been changing my mind and when I was reading the bivouac I was really digging them!

Gosh I also really liked the planet eciton as I think I talked about it when I was clearing it. Can't believe I had a brain malfunction and didn't connect the two in my head. Thank you so much for making such an amazing hook. Also side note, your applications have really improved since your first one, it is always fun to see people get better at writing!


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Everything - To like, everyone
Thank you so much for being here and enjoying the Cosmosdex and Fortuna. When I started this I never thought anyone would like it at all. I figured it would die like many of the other forum adventures, but somehow this little adventure with bad grammar ended up surviving a forum dying and moving to its own site.

Thank you for joining me on my personal quest for [Fortuna], both people who have been here since the MSPAForums, those who joined us in Eagletime, and those who have only recently joined us and never knew of a time where you couldn't highlight the text on the images.

I would not have made it this far without you.

While I am saddened that I can no longer be as personally connected to all of you anymore and must "Put on my happy face" and a more professional mask, it always delights me to read all the entries that come through. Nothing makes me happier than seeing people grow in their writing in art skill as they donate their finely crafted works in. Even the ones that sadly get rejected usually still manage to put a smile on my face.

You can always see people's personality and the issues or joys in their lives by reading what gets submitted, and the fact that you're willing to share that with me is touching.

The day that I'm unable to read all of the entries given to the Cosmosdex will be a tragedy.

Many of you have sent me messages telling me how much the Cosmosdex and the people apart of it have improved your mood or helped you work through hard times and I thank everyone who has sent me a message like that.

There are times where I am stressed out and considering quitting, just looking away and tossing it all out, but remembering those messages I've been given always reminds me why I'm doing this.

As a fool who got their neck snapped by a robot once said

"Everything is going to be alright."

and I believe that each and every single one of you will be alright.

It might be gloomy and horrible right now, but just hang in there for a little longer. Spread some positive vibes to others while you wait it out. It's going to get better.