#zanzarah

[thezauberer]

some of my fave creatures, I'll probably do a few more

#my art #fanart #video games #half life #hl fanart #headcrab #sims 2 #social bunny #pizza tower #toppins #zanzarah #tadana #warcraft #murloc #baba is you #night stalker #fallout new vegas #fnv #creature #the background is not transparent

[tennara-art]

Queen of ice and my heart ♥

#artists on tumblr #my art #fanart #art #artwork #digital art #illustration #fairy #zanzarah #glacess #zanzarah the hidden portal #queen #snowflakes

[dgirael]

Driane the light fairy Zanzarah: the hidden portal

#art #zanzarah the hidden portal #zanzarah

[rustys0ul]

Wanted to redraw (re-sketch?..) some of my old Zanzarah art. Wish I had more spare time so that I could bring them to life with some colour..

#zanzarah #fanart #sketch

[feletida]

As I randomly doodled a fairy on ruin 3 doodle, I remembered a game that never got what it truly deserved. A sequel.

#doodle #zanzarah #zanzarah the hidden portal #fairy #fantasy

[magicrow666]

My fan fairy for Zanzarah (this is a little known game about fairies)

She is a stone fairy who keeps knowledge about the extinct creatures of this world

#traditional art #traditional drawing #colored pencil #zanzarah #skeleton #skeleton character

[zeltys]

#zanzarah #faerie #fairy aesthetic #fairy wings #character art #3d art #3d modeling #3d #blender3d #blender #cycles #portrait

[rfnstudio]

#zanzarah #fairy

[randompony]

skelrath the fairy of chaos FOR THE GLORY OF THE SWARM

#skelrath #zanzarah #zanzarah the hidden portal #fairy of chaos #skeleton #scull #creepy #scary

[pumpkinvov]

This is my best long-term

#art #digital art #zanzarah #elf #fairy

[hail-the-one-eyed-king]

@blood-driven

Such a reckless thing, he was. Wandering into the Shadow Realm in search for which he had lost, a creature he was nursing not without setbacks. His bright colors were a slap in the face to the darkness enveloping the ruins of what once a home to many. His wings fluttered, his body leaving behind light gold in the form of dissolving glitter as he flew from torch to torch, peeking around piles of bones and inside walls to look for the lost fairy.

After some time looking with no avail, the being of Light rested his toes down on the cold stones, the dirt, dried blood and dust immediately trying to cling to skin and fabric. Each step he would take however would leave behind no foot prints, his aura too pure to allow the Darkness leave a mark on him. Howbeit he was tired at this stage, wandering into the depths where a bare shoulder lifted up to touch at his face, to warm up. He looked down by the corner of the abandoned place, noticing something that almost looked like a makeshift of a nest. There should not have been any harm in checking it out.

#blood-driven #;; zanzarah

[lecpenni]

LEC RETROSPECTIVE: ASTRALIS

Man, this one's just sad.

So Astralis have had a very unfortunate history in LEC so far. Rebranding Origen, which wasn't the most successful after 2016, qualifying to worlds in 2015 and making it to semifinals with that early Niels/Mithy botlane, before losing it to G2 and floundering around the bottom of the table until being demoted in 2017, and then being accepted as a partner org for LEC franchising.

After 2019's "superteam" lost in spring finals to the G2 actual Superteam, 2020's "superteam" (also featuring Upset, natch) performed basically ok then went 10th in summer, and rebranded to Astralis heading into 2021. Signing an all new roster going into 2021, they floundered around the bottom of the table, going 9th, tied 7th, then 9th and 10th in 2022. But the rosters always had flashes of brilliance with endearing players like Zanzarah, WhiteKnight who had arguably a top 3 lee sin in the world during that cursed Lane Sin period, and Kobbe who was a reliable rock looking for a team to finally step out of the shadow of his prior glories on Misfits and Splyce and his 2020 on TSM which was a disaaaaster. Well going into 2023, Astralis actually kept a surprisingly consistent core of Dajor in Mid, Kobbe in Bot, and Korean support Jeonghoon, previously known as Execute, who made a strong impression early in 2022 on Pyke and Bard, despite being on bottom CL rosters beforehand. In addition, they retained the same coaching staff, which while not the top tier of LEC coaches, you could do a WHOLE lot worse. The new additions were Finn in top lane, who had a... odd history prior to this. Debuting in 2019 Summer as a sub for Rogue, who had a fairly weak roster at that point, before making Worlds with a similar roster in 2020, and utterly flopping as the EU 3rd seed, moving to NA and joining CLG during their worst years ever, then coming back to EU and joining Excel during their most successful year, and missing out on worlds by getting reverse swept by a Fnatic who had a fair amount of promise. And in the Jungle, 113. I think most people would say he's probably one of the worse jungle prospects in the ERLs, and he certainly didn't impress while on KCorp, often dragging his team down. But, with a good coach and team around him, he could maybe impress. Early on, not many hopes were had for Astralis, who were often placed bottom 2 or 3 alongside SK in tier lists and power rankings, due to the slightly underwhelming pickups of 113 and Finn, Dajor's mostly amateurish gameplay and Kobbe and Jeonghoon probably being elo helled again due to this topside.

But against all odds, Astralis managed to not completely shit the bed in Winter! Overall they went 3-6 in winter, which did qualify them for Groups, barely. Losses to a new G2 and Yike on a carry jungler, vs Heretics with a brave ass Fiora pick, Vitality who actually did well in Winter overall, and BDS left them very unoptimistic going into week 3, but grabbing a win over Excel meant they were at least guaranteed a chance for top 8, with an incredibly dominant Lucian/Nami, and on Week 3, a clutch Gangplank from Finn snatched victory from the jaws of defeat dropping absolute gorgeous barrels that completely annihilated an MVP level Exakick on Lucian, and then the game that would decide if Astralis could make it to groups, vs a slumped Fnatic that would end up missing playoffs for the first time in their history. Astralis, against almost all odds made it to groups. You could argue it was off the back of Excel looking completely lifeless and horrendous, and Fnatic having a ridiculously poor season in a meta that hated them, but nonetheless, Astralis overcame them and a rising SK to make it to groups. Let's Goooo!!!! And in groups they shit it goddamn it. A 2-1 loss to MAD Lions, who ended up being Astralis' bane this season, with a genuinely unique and surprisingly strong Cassio/Twitch botlane (it lost anyways), and a monster performance from Dajor and the Botlane in Game 2, followed by getting a win over BDS who hadn't come into their winning ways just yet, anchored by a Kled from Finn, his previous one-trick, and a really damn good Varus from Kobbe, carrying them through to one last try at Playoffs. Who's their opponent MAD fucking lions goddamn it all.

A quick 2-0 from MAD, focusing a Dajor who floundered all series, and a fairly disastrous performance from 113, despite Kobbe's best effort on Lucian left Astralis in a maybe not respectable, but certainly surprising 5th place. They scrapped and fought their way up and punched up for most of their victories, demonstrating a style that maybe wasn't unlike some Asian teams, with a toplaner transitioned around the map to generate pressure, a roaming mid-jungle and a strongside botlane who made sure they were the stars. But most of all, they showed 0 fear on engaging and taking every little fight they could, to generate any kind of advantage. That made Astralis genuinely exciting to watch, but there was an obvious weak link on the roster, and that was Mid lane. Going into Spring, Dajor was out, and the rumoured Mid was none other than LIDER, a player who was often considered a dark horse for most inflexible player ever. The narrative was always that the man would and could only ever play assassins, an unusual thing in high level play, as most midlaners since 2016ish stuck to control mages, with occasional assasin picks or poke mages as niche counterpicks. But honestly? That was never true. LIDER did play mages as and when needed, the man just preferred assassins in the game, and he was still capable of your Ryzes, (with the meta changes) your Annies, your Aurelion Sols, even an Azir from time to time. Yes, assassins were his specialty, and mostly what he played, but the narrative that his assassins were his only successful picks? Just untrue. Spring began with a rough first week. FOR ASTRALIS' OPPONENTS, THAT IS. Taking games over KOI, who made playoffs last season, and the Champions G2, with a LIDER Irelia, and dropping a game to SK, with a... unique botlane of Veigar/Pyke that did NOT pay off. Week 2 went rougher, losing to MAD (i told you) and BDS, who came in with a clear gameplan and a perfect plan on how to execute every comp, and then taking a game off of Vitality thanks to a strong LIDER Asol, and a fairly bad game from Bo on the inverse. Week 3 began with a new look again, as LIDER got his Zed, and used it to utterly dominate midlane and carry Astralis through, basically securing playoffs for the team. A win over Excel, thanks to a LIDER Irelia, and a win over Fnatic with another LIDER Zed, a JeongHoon Blitzcrank secured Astralis their first 3-0 week, and a shot at the top couple spots of the season, placing 2nd overall. A damn good finish, if i've ever seen one. LIDER brought so much to the team, and they looked incredibly strong going into the next round. Some things hadn't changed, like 113's ability to be exploited, but overall this roster look shockingly strong, and their playstyle had been solidified, and bright eyes looked forward to groups. We begin the group stage against the one and only Fnatic, a genuinely shockingly close series for what should've been 2nd place vs 8th place, but an odd choice with Illaoi from Finn lost game 2, alongside a misguided Zed pick from LIDER, and a game 3 that hinged on the success of another LIDER Irelia, which managed to finally pull out the win after a half hour slugfest. Astralis, to be frank, were bleeding. They didn't look anywhere as scrappy or exciting as in the regular season, and their next series vs Vitality, to qualify for playoffs, well... Remember yesterday when I said this series was the one that showed the Bo That Was Promised, an insane mechanical hypercarry player who could demolish a team and turn them into a chinese tiktok montage? Yeah, Astralis was on the recieving end of that. 113 and LIDER got absolutely FARMED by a wukong, followed by a Lee Sin, and that was a deathblow for Astralis' mental it felt like. They had beat Vitality already once, like, what was this? Their next series, since they had already won the one vs Fnatic, was vs... MAD FUCKING LIONS. I told you they were their kryptonite this season.

And despite a Cassio and Talon (?) from LIDER, 113 got hard exposed and dominated by the mid jungle of MAD, ending their season, once again, early. This was a sad moment. Astralis had finally begun to reach the heights of the roster that was promised to them, but other teams started reaching their heights much faster than they did, and simply outclassed them. Over the break for MSI, Astralis was one of few roster to make no changes. They had a winning formula, the 2nd place in spring proved that, and the formula and strategy was locked down, scrap everywhere, fight everything, get lane dominant picks and move Finn around to every sidelane to make sure you couldn't do anything without worrying about where he was.

Well... Summer came. And this is where their story goes from hopeful rise of a plucky young adventurer, to a tragedy that ends with the adventurer getting beheaded by the mighty warlord at the end. Summer didn't go well. At all. Week 1 began with a game vs Fnatic, the team that they beat in Spring Groups, however now sporting a fashionable new Botlane of Noah and Trymbi, who proceeded to utterly shitstomp them. A game vs Heretics with a shiny new Vetheo and Flakked, who proceeded to utterly dismantle a LIDER Neeko, but ending the week on a positive note with one of the absolute worst earlygames i've ever had the pleasure of watching in pro league of legends, vs BDS. Nuc simply walks into LIDER for about 10 seconds letting him fully stack Lethal Tempo and nearly 1v2 Adam and Nuc. Please watch it, it's so absolutely pathetic and tragic for how the rest of the game now goes. Finn also helps by RPing Peak Shanji (the OMG toplaner known for his AP tops like Rumble) in the toplane vs Adam, and you know what. It's not the worst. It was a fun fucking game, but the fact that Astralis only won because BDS managed to completely annihilate their ENTIRE early game by doing that wasn't a good sign. Week 2 came by, Astralis were sitting tied with 5 other teams at 1-2, so not that well off, but they could be much worse. Right now they could be Excel still sitting at 0-3! First game, vs MAD lions oh for fuck sake why did they give Nisqy Gragas. That's like rule number 1 vs MAD since winter playoffs, don't give Nisqy Gragas. Well that's lost. Game 2, Vitality well this should be better, vitality look lost and helpless in almost every game now! And Astralis do it! Another Yasuo, with a Gragas for Finn in top handily sweeps the floundering Vitality, and Game 3 of the week pits them vs G2 aaaand yeah it goes about as well as you might think. The game's an absolute snoozer with 10 kills in almost 30 minutes, but demonstrates something amazing about G2 and something really bad about Astralis. Unless they're running the pace of the game, Astralis generally flounder. And G2 are professionals at running the game at the exact pace they desire. Week 3 comes by, and Astralis are a bit worse off. Now they're only tied with 3 other teams, and they could still make it to groups, but few people have high hopes for them. Some of the people they're tied against, they face this week, and BDS they've already beaten. This should be easy, right? Well they beat SK, thanks almost exclusively to a LIDER Azir, giving them one step up on the competition for 8th, now all they need is:

Beat KOI

SK Lose another game

Well, next game vs an Excel who got their first 3-0 week and look decently strong, they lose. No biggie. Would've been nice to win, but all they need now is SK lose (they didn't, they beat MAD) and to beat KOI. That KOI game was an absolute shitshow. Comp pulls out an off-meta Sivir and reminds the world why Sivir was the menace it was just after the rework, with a disasterclass from JeongHoon on Nautilus. Well, their season isn't over just yet! If SK lose to Fnatic, the First place team with a dominant insane botlane, an MVP jungler and one of the strongest toplaners right now, then Astralis qualify! Well they get a tiebreaker. But they've beaten SK before, it's doable again! That SK-Fnatic game was a nailbiter start to finish. From a surprisingly Humanoid Xerath, one of the most terrifying 4/4 Jaxes i've ever seen, and a ridiculous carry performance from Mr Sertussy, it was an end to Astralis' season. 9th place. Where most predicted they'd end in Winter and Spring. Afterwards, it's announced that due to Championship points, it's impossible to Astralis to qualify for Season finals, meaning for Finn, 113, LIDER, Kobbe and JeongHoon, that's it. Their season is completely over. Unlike Vitality who finished last, they're done for now. Following this was some truly heartbreaking posts, especially from Finn, which I'll show here in its entirety:

Finn spent most of the year playing at a high level, being massively underrated on Astralis' roster, and even arguably on Excel, and to lose like this is really heartbreaking. As he says, At the end of the day 2 teams have to miss out, this summer split it just ended up being us. Astralis' future is unknown. Even before the split, rumours were abound that the org was planning on collaborating with KCorp and making the LEC spot a joint-ownership between Astralis and KCorp, but that deal fell through. Most of these players deserve more shots, but most teams won't be shopping around for new players in the offseason until worlds in October/November. I do hope the best comes for this team and these players. APPENDED: I finished this post at around 3:30PM on Friday, and a report has just come out about an hour ago from blix.gg (read here on this link) that Astralis are considering selling their spot again, and negotiations got pretty far with Saudi Org, Falcons, who operate a french CSGO (now CS2 i guess) starring KennyS. Riot apparently blocked the sale, not wanting a Saudi investment firm to get in. Blix also says that some ERL teams are competing for the spot, and if it does end like this, man that's sad. Yeah Astralis weren't the best team but they had heart and their players were likeable as fuck, with genuinely cool plays and players across their history, even in the most dire days of their history.

#lol esports #lec #astralis #ast lider #ast finn #ast kobbe #esports #league of legends

[teaandinanity]

Today in unboxing my entire life, I found the cd for a game I must have played in the aughts and which I have since thought of occasionally but COULD NEVER FIND AGAIN because 'pokemon with fairies' doesn't actually help one find anything on the internet given pokemon now has fairy as a type and search engines are largely optimized to serve you ads rather than find you information.

(If anyone is curious the game in question is called ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal and it's like The Longest Journey and Pokemon and Unreal Tournament had a computer game baby in 2002 and it's currently on sale on Steam for less than a dollar if you want to roll the dice on whether or not it will agree to run on modern hardware because based on reviews that is very much a gamble.)

[blood-orange-juice]

7, 11, 13 for the video games ask game?

7: A game you’ll never forget?

I'll keep answering with a different game each time this question comes up because why not.

Pathologic purely because of the worldbuilding. A mix of Central Asian steppe shamanism and Soviet urban legends will never not get me. Also there's Clara.

11: Hardest game you’ve played?

The original Pathologic. It's not hard because the devs designed it to be challenging (like Dark Souls games are), rather it just wasn't designed around playability at all.

You are there for the story and the characters are doing their own thing all over the city in real time. Deal with it.

13: A game you were the most excited for when it wasn’t released yet?

FF XIV expansions and Dreamfall Chapters. ^^' To the point where I normally take a day off for FF XIV expansion launches.

But also when I was a kid I was obsessed with Zanzarah for some reason (a game very few people have even heard of). I don't evenknow why, it's pretty much a Pokemon clone but with fairies. I think because the trailer had a song that little me really liked.

#rinn talks to people

[gmlocg]

1,133.) ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal

Release: April 26th, 2002 | GGF: Action-Adventure, RPG, Creature Collector, FPS | Developer(s): Funatics Software GmbH | Publisher(s): THQ Inc., Xicat Interactive, Inc., Russobit-M, Daedalic Entertainment GmbH | Platform(s): Windows (2002)

[livikattt]

daily fun but useless ppau fact #4

pretend i didn't miss yesterday. I'll do 2 today

there are 51 champions represented by only one Summoner (for now):

Akshan - Lourlo

Annie - Cryin

Ashe - Crownie

Brand - IgNar

Corki - LaMiaZeaLot

Darius - Adam

Evelynn - Selfmade

Gangplank - GimGoon

Hecarim - Santorin

Heimerdinger - Wadid

Janna - Mellisan

Jax - Impact

Jinx - Comp

Karthus - xPeke

Kayn - Spica

Kennen - Nuguri

Kled - Finn

Lissandra - Care

Lucian - Johnsun

Lulu - Zven*

Lux - Biofrost

Malphite - Doinb

Malzahar - Caedrel

Nilah - Patrik

Nunu & Willump - Mistake

Olaf - Bengi

Poppy - JunJia

Quinn - Alphari

Rell - Shenyi

Renata Glasc - Kellin

Riven - BrokenBlade

Rumble - Huni

Senna - Photic**

Skarner - Zanzarah

Soraka - Trymbi

Tahm Kench - Vulcan

Taliyah - Crown

Taric - Prismal

Teemo - Hai***

Trundle - Tarzan

Twitch - imp

Urgot - Evi

Vex - Xiaohu

Viktor - Ablazeolive

Volibear - Razork

Yasuo - Perkz****

Yuumi - Meiko

Zac - Blank

Zed - Faker

Zilean - Bjergsen

Zyra - PoohManDu

*- he's also Ezreal when acting as ADC

**- won't be the only Senna for much longer

***- Viper has a slight Teemo reference (he can blind enemies)

****- he's also Xayah when acting as ADC

yes, a lot of these are signature champions/meme picks. I am a simple creature.

#ppau fun facts #ppau other #ppau