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it's not awful...but it isn't good either. i mean, it's a beginners animation, you can tell by the sloppy movements and not great physics. your effects are good for a beginners try, but again, need improvement, take a look at 'entanglement' or another great stick animation in order to see what really good effects look like. i mean, i wouldn't expect your first 'real' try to have effects that great in it, so i'm not saying there was anything wrong with the effects, just y'know, in future they need improving.
you're pretty lucky you submitted this on a slow day, on any other day, i'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made any where near the daily feature. and to be honest i dont think it deserves even a daily top 5. but it was a decent effort and it'd be good to see improvement in the future.
i'm not trying to be harsh, i actually really like stick fights, and this was okay. just not great, and i'm trying to give you pointers for the future :)