[News] Changing the gaming forums

The point of lite set is to load less of everything and make things more compact. Most people who use lite set also turn off sigs or images as well. It would make sense to turn off icon images but leave text there. The tags are used for the filtering system.

Originally Posted by RABicle

If that theme is going to be there, you have to cater to those of us who use it.

Go choke on a cock plzthx.

Originally Posted by Omi-Cron Kenobi

Don't get sarcastic with me over some shit like this. Gamingforce isn't Microsoft and we don't necessarily have to have an icon anywhere. So I was wrong, YOU LIKE PICTURES, but we still need a text only version for guys like Guru so just relax there chief.

Well, if you're using the lite skin why would you favor these images over text? Not saying you can't do that sort of thing, just wondering why.

Christ sakes, talk about missing the whole damn point.

This isn't about whethor I like these icons or not. My point is; if you are going to use icons MAKE THEM WORK. Right now they look terrible and distorted on 50% of Gamingforce's skins. This is probably something worth fixing.

My second, less relevent point, is that is it stupid and redundant to include text in the icon. It defeats the entire point of the icon and takes up unnessesary space. I'm NOT saying to scrap a "text only version" or whatever you claim Guru requires. I think a text alternative to icons would be a great idea. What is NOT a great idea is having text and icons as part of the same thing. It is just flat out stupid.

I could talk about the fundamental design flaw in having different sized and styled text in every bloody icon too but I think this discussion is already beyond the majority of you. Not to mention irrelevant since we shouldn't have text in the icon to begin with.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Go choke on a cock plzthx.

Such wit, such crucial imput to the discussion. Is this how promotion to moderator status is acheived? No wonder the GFF intelligence prize is named after you what with these flagrant displays all over the place.

Originally Posted by RABicle

Such wit, such crucial imput to the discussion. Is this how promotion to moderator status is acheived? No wonder the GFF intelligence prize is named after you what with these flagrant displays all over the place.

As opposed to your shining example of EVER-SO-HELPFUL INPUT below?

Originally Posted by RABicle

What the fuck? These new icons are a fucking joke, I cant even read them. Speaking of which, why should I have to read an icon in the first place? What maggot did this?


DS is the only slightly acceptable one, oh and General.

Here's a fucken idea: Just use the real console logos. Everyone knows the Xbox, Dreamcast, Playstation, Gamecube, Super Nintendo, DS etc. logos when they see them.

Look here, chief. We're doing the best we can and to say that you're not exactly a top priority in our list of people to please we are still working on this. After all, we didn't set this in stone yet and you're fucking bitching about it, presumably just to spite us. So if the man tells you to choke on a cock, you fucking better start juggling those motherfucking nuts in your mouth. One more outburst out of you and I'm threadbanning you; I don't give a fuck if I mod this place or not.

As for a Lite Version, do you guys think it would be better if we just removed the icons altogether and have Blah set text labels instead or should I make a small version (about 20 or 25 px high tops) of the icons there? I already have all these things done and it would only be a matter of copying the file and making a "Lite Set" out of them.

how about 25 x 25 px?

And at least I did make a contribution with my shiny example. I brought this matter to staff attention. In my own inflammatory way.

Originally Posted by RABicle

And at least I did make a contribution with my shiny example. I brought this matter to staff attention.

As if we weren't already aware of the matter?

Quote:

In my own inflammatory way.

Which is exactly the kind of example we DON'T need and why I promise you that the next one will earn you a threadban.

Having a bit of text in the icon image is logical, Rab. We won't be just having icons in the gaming forums. We will eventually be spreading icons throughout the board. A good deal of icons can't speak for themselves or aren't specific enough. It's a lot more than just console and pc pixel art.

Blah just hasn't really worked on the lite set version of the icons I imagine. When he gets around to it they'll be more than likely made to output text. It makes the most sense for lite set. I mean thanks for pointing out that he hasn't gotten around to it and all but no reason to cry foul.

Can we actually have a boardwide setting for icon/text for tags?

Well, I suppose that would satisfy those like Rab then who want icons in their lite set.

Originally Posted by RABicle

Christ sakes, talk about missing the whole damn point.

Ah, but now I saw your point. See? All it took was a simple explanation and not using ridiculous analogies. I agree with you. And the fact that Reaver took that stance with you (he doesn't even have to rebuke you because everyone already knows) says a lot.

Hey, I know that this topic was like, a page or two ago, but I just read this involving the Wii Codes.

Apparently Pokemon needs to use specific individual codes because it ties in with the DS game? I don't know. So if this is indeed true, then wouldn't implementing that system be a little easier (easier for the Wii, anyways)?

EDIT:
Uh. Yeah. Apparently I should link to the actual article instead of an Odin Sphere trailer. How the fuck did that even happen.

(I'm posting here because a search for my name brought up a bunch of new posts in this thread about me).

Just for the record, stop saying that I want text filters. I think the text filters look worse than the graphical filters.

If it were up to me, there'd be no prefix column on my thread list at all. Too stretchy!