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RoryF 05-19-2011 07:14 AM

These new rep bars are awesome! Definately much better than the old ones.

MeechMunchie 05-19-2011 08:10 AM

1) I agree with the comment about using the post icon images. Even if you have to shrink them, they'll still be less blurry.
2) We need a new poll response for 'I think they look stupid, but I'll probably get used to them'.
3) Either that or 'I find the alteration jarring, but that's because I'm a cissy who's frightened of change'.
4) Or just 'That's progress'.

Manco 05-19-2011 08:43 AM

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Were they intentionally stretched vertically?

I used these faces to make the icons. They probably look stretched because of the tiny size.

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I think that maybe just taking the happy mud picture and changing the colour to green might be ideal, to get rid of the creepy blurriness.

That could work, but:

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1) I agree with the comment about using the post icon images. Even if you have to shrink them, they'll still be less blurry.

Did not think of this. Watch this space:

edit: How do these look to you guys? http://i51.tinypic.com/2zthqa8.png http://i52.tinypic.com/282l6oh.png http://i51.tinypic.com/b52nhd.png

Wil 05-19-2011 08:56 AM

I can make out the Happy Mud, but the first two are just splodges.

Manco 05-19-2011 09:06 AM

How about this: http://i52.tinypic.com/2qd0l5l.png

To be honest, I'm not sure it's going to be possible to have different faces - I'd recommend just recolouring the one face for the different uses.

Wil 05-19-2011 09:25 AM

Yes, now that one also just looks like a splodge.

STM 05-19-2011 09:27 AM

conservative wankers, it doesn't matter if they're a little bit blurry, Isee them fine so go get glasses or better, a monocle.

MeechMunchie 05-19-2011 09:27 AM

What about this? 12 x 15 pixels.

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7808/unled2ll.png

People can say what to change, by the way. You don't just have to say yes or no.

STM 05-19-2011 09:30 AM

That's an acid tear drop with a smiley face..

Manco 05-19-2011 09:35 AM

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Yes, now that one also just looks like a splodge.

I am not very good at pixels.


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What about this? 12 x 15 pixels.

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7808/unled2ll.png

People can say what to change, by the way. You don't just have to say yes or no.

Doesn't look enough like a mud to me - it's the lack of cheeks that does it.

Hey, how about converting the OWI icon (http://www.oddworldforums.net/images...tar-member.gif) into some rep icons? Would be easy enough to recolour, and it's relatively close to the right size.

STM 05-19-2011 09:38 AM

Because we have them for number of posts as well, seems repetitive don't you think?

Manco 05-19-2011 09:45 AM

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Because we have them for number of posts as well, seems repetitive don't you think?

Yeah, that's the biggest issue.

Can anyone recommend something Oddworld-related that:
-would make for a good icon
-isn't already in use
-scales down well
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I wonder if anyone's made pixel art of Live Ammo...

MeechMunchie 05-19-2011 09:46 AM

Addition of cheeks turns teardrop into hamster.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6449/unled2us.png

Wil 05-19-2011 09:52 AM

SpooceShrubs. There are green and pink varieties, after all.

Ridg3 05-19-2011 09:52 AM

Can we not just keep them the way they are? Or at least (if possible) give the forums an option to switch between rep bar types if they don't like it?

Manco 05-19-2011 09:59 AM

What do you guys think of this: http://i.imgur.com/OA4P1.png

e: red eyes optional.

RoryF 05-19-2011 10:11 AM

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What do you guys think of this: http://i.imgur.com/OA4P1.png

e: red eyes optional.

That's pretty cool, I'd change the red eyes though.

Manco 05-19-2011 10:31 AM

Which is better:
http://i.imgur.com/eLhEn.png

http://i.imgur.com/Z9T95.png

RoryF 05-19-2011 10:47 AM

http://i.imgur.com/Z9T95.png<--This one, I'd love to see it being used. :D

JennyGenesis 05-19-2011 11:18 AM

The 2nd one.

Dixanadu 05-19-2011 11:39 AM

After Ridg3's post, I see no images in those that follow. It's like you're referring to empty spaces.

OANST 05-19-2011 11:42 AM

Referring to your head!

Because you're a big stupid.

Manco 05-19-2011 11:45 AM

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After Ridg3's post, I see no images in those that follow. It's like you're referring to empty spaces.

They're hosted on imgur, so here's the one everyone likes rehosted on TinyPic: http://i53.tinypic.com/io27fc.png

e: I had problems with imgur images not loading until I reset my router, try that if you can't get them working.

e2: ahaha I just went to the User CP and was confronted by tons of little blurry faces. Didn't realise those icons would change as well.

STM 05-19-2011 12:23 PM

Well done OH, that second one is really nice...perhaps they get purpler as more are accumulated to determine when someone has broken through the 500 mark, just a suggestion.

Mr. Bungle 05-19-2011 01:10 PM

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Don't change them back, this will probably be the most interesting thing to happen here for years.

This.

AlexFili 05-19-2011 01:19 PM

The glukkon one looks cool. I think we should use the happy face and recolour it.

PS, Here's my rep proposal icon I whipped up just now :)

STM 05-19-2011 01:27 PM

downs sligs? =F

Crashpunk 05-19-2011 02:00 PM

I like them. If you can improve them a little bit such as making them less blury, that would be awesome.

enchilado 05-19-2011 02:44 PM

What about a bar... something like this?

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9982/examplel.png

Made of sections 1 pixel wide, and you get an extra bar every 10 rep.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6258/posrep.png
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5215/norep.png
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4439/negrep.png

I could make a native-looking pole or industrial pipe or something too, if the sections were wider (and gained every 100 rep, or with the current calculation).

It's just so difficult to make good-looking icons at such a small scale... I'm used to 32x32 pixel art.

STM 05-19-2011 02:46 PM

^ This is also a good idea! Awk, too many good ideas! *faints.