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Post by Fringe Pioneer on Dec 18, 2011 4:00:18 GMT
It has been 6 months and one week to this day since we have used this current skin layout.
All the skins past, present, and future have their advantages and disadvantages; that said, what do you think? Do you want to stay with this skin? Do you want to change back to the old skin? Do you want to have a new skin entirely, whether it be made from scratch or requested from some graphic artist who knows how to code for ProBoards? Do you not care, so long as the forum loads quickly? I also added an additional choice indicating whether you believe the questions are such that they would induce a biased overall result. If you think the existence of any given choice, the wording of the question, the wording of any given choice, the presence of any given choice, or the absence of some possible, reasonable choice blatantly biases the poll, please choose the last choice. If a significant portion of all votes are for the last choice, this poll will be disregarded and a new one constructed made from choices provided by the community. If this discussion takes place, only what choices should and should not be included, and how to word the question and choices that are included, should be discussed, not any of your opinions concerning the forum skin.
The poll itself, naturally, will only permit one selection, but you may retract your vote should you ever change your mind. Because vote retraction is permissible, the poll will lock at the beginning of the new year relative to Forum Standard Time (FST, i.e. UTC) so that, by the new year, we can finally gauge where everyone stands with regard to the issue.
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Post by priok on Dec 18, 2011 5:32:20 GMT
I vote we keep this skin, but add some more color schemes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2011 11:06:14 GMT
I liked the v2 skin. I prefer sharp, shiny graphics over simple, lumpy ones.
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Post by Likep on Dec 18, 2011 15:48:34 GMT
Not sure if like this skin layout. It looks a bit... 2-Dimnsional. Too plain, if you know what I mean.
If we have to get a new skin layout, it should have depth, some gloss, and rounded corners.
Yeeaaa, rounded corners...
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Post by nmagain on Dec 18, 2011 19:57:42 GMT
Kids these days, 2D is masterrace.
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Post by Zrined on Dec 18, 2011 21:48:23 GMT
Nm... No comment.
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Post by D_M-01 on Dec 18, 2011 23:34:56 GMT
I liked the v2 skin. I prefer sharp, shiny graphics over simple, lumpy ones. If by sharp, shiny you mean a ridiculously enlarged Dan-Ball logo colored brown with a white transparent layer over it. I vote for a new skin. It could have more "shiny effects" so people will stop bitching, and also so we don't have to revert back to that old piece of primitive coding.
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Post by Likep on Dec 18, 2011 23:37:45 GMT
It could have more "shiny effects" Shiny For the Win. I just want more depth. It's the skins are made up of about 4 colors each.
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Post by priok on Dec 19, 2011 3:58:06 GMT
They're limited to 4 colors to keep things consistent, so you don't have things all over the place and looking ugly. Maybe a version with some gradients going diagonally through, but I don't think that would look good. Just more color options to spruce up variety a bit would be great.
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Post by Likep on Dec 19, 2011 23:43:06 GMT
Here are some skin ideas -
Chrome Green Leaves
That's all I could think of. I think they're both self-explanatory. I'll think of more later.
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Post by D_M-01 on Dec 20, 2011 22:23:39 GMT
Shiny enough? EDIT: Recolored.
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Post by Likep on Dec 20, 2011 22:41:09 GMT
Woah! Nice!
Here's another Idea:
Hacker - Completely Green and Black.
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Post by Alphaepic on Dec 21, 2011 3:43:30 GMT
I haven't been here too long but I checked out the v2 skin. It seemed a little squished and bloated at the top and I like the simpleness of this one. This one could have a few changes done to have just a little more depth in my opinion.
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Post by nmagain on Dec 21, 2011 13:07:01 GMT
Hacker - Completely Green and Black. No, no, NO. Hacking =/= Green and black. Seriously, all kids these days think that, and they're so WRONG.
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Post by Likep on Dec 21, 2011 18:56:55 GMT
Since when did I say that hacking WAS completely green and black? It was the only name I could think of.
The skin would be all like green and black, and... Wow, not much of a description.
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Post by izacque on Dec 23, 2011 18:47:44 GMT
I vote phpBB
:V
inb4 qwerty
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Post by D_M-01 on Dec 23, 2011 18:53:11 GMT
I vote phpBB :V inb4 qwertyYes, PhpBB is the way to go.
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Post by Zrined on Dec 24, 2011 1:05:39 GMT
Kurai, I freaking love the logo.
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Post by Likep on Dec 24, 2011 3:03:24 GMT
We should so use that logo.
Shiny....
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Post by Fringe Pioneer on Dec 30, 2011 12:01:17 GMT
In 1 day and 12 hours, the poll will lock and the results made visible. If you have an informed opinion but haven't expressed it by voting in the poll, please make a choice in the poll...
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Post by mdog95 on Dec 31, 2011 2:48:33 GMT
I vote new skin. Neither v2e nor v3 are really that great, but they're both a lot better than any other forum's skins I've seen.
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Post by Fringe Pioneer on Jan 1, 2012 0:32:22 GMT
Alright, so 3/12 of voters want to keep this skin, 2/12 of voters want to revert to the old skin, 5/12 of voters want a new skin entirely, and 2/12 of voters think the poll is blatantly biased. Well, first I have to see if a significant portion of the votes indicate that this poll is biased, but since only 1/6 of the voters think the poll is biased, I think it's safe to assume that we may move on.
3/12 voted for keeping this skin. That's 25% of all voters, or 30% of those who didn't indicate that this poll was biased. 2/12 voted for reverting to the previous skin. That's approximately 16.67% of all voters, or 20% of those who didn't indicate that this poll was biased. 5/12 voted for a new skin entirely. That's 41.67% of all voters, or 50% of those who didn't indicate that this poll was biased.
Either way we interpret those votes, it seems that we need a new skin for a new year. Now the question is this: what kind of skin do we want, and who are all the people willing to design and/or code them? I personally prefer that anyone who takes up the challenge of designing a new skin try to make it coder friendly. Go ahead and work together if you need to...
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Post by D_M-01 on Jan 1, 2012 1:00:37 GMT
Something sleek, simplified, and does not have to take too much coding to implement. Also appealing to the eyes so nobody will QQ about it.
I propose a forum with rounded edges, yet the border around the edges resembles a steel column (4-6 px in length). The forum should be a darker color, such as grey or brown, and important topics should be highlighted with colorization that looks as if light is being shone upon them. the Dan-Ball Logo could be fixed and made sleek and detailed (I already made one myself, showing how easy it is). I also think that various themes should be placed within the forum's central area. Examples could include still images of fighters running across the steel border, magma flowing from faucets out of the columns, or even the rocket from Sand Moji.
It is a concept which I feel alot of you could hold a grasp of.
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Post by nate on Jan 1, 2012 21:23:38 GMT
There should be a contest
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Post by Qwerty on Jan 1, 2012 21:51:05 GMT
No specific colors, we should keep the swappable color palette.
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Post by monokr0me on Jan 2, 2012 8:22:36 GMT
No specific colors, we should keep the swappable color palette. You do realize how much that complicates things, and makes the job to redo it even less desirable?
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Post by D_M-01 on Jan 2, 2012 17:14:22 GMT
No specific colors, we should keep the swappable color palette. There's a 50/50 shot of either the color swaps looking decent, or they turn out looking like shit.
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Post by Qwerty on Jan 3, 2012 5:30:36 GMT
Not quite: If you have only one color, there's a 50/50 shot of shit/decent. If you have multiple, each one is 50/50 of looking shit/decent. Chances of having at least one decent skin works fine. We don't have to make more per se, we should just make it compatible with more.
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Post by nmagain on Jan 3, 2012 11:22:42 GMT
this is gay 12 members is barely our entire user base. this poll is gay in so many way.
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Post by Fringe Pioneer on Jan 3, 2012 19:04:01 GMT
...but it's apparently all of the user base that cares for whether we keep this skin or change to a new or previous skin. Don't you just love apathy?
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