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 Dumpshock 2.0: Dumpshock the upgrade, Look/Feel/Astetic Changes |
 Jan 31 2008, 02:32 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl  Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490  |
...on the whole I prefer...Blue (just kidding :grinbig:)
Looks pretty good. Will we see what an open post looks like soon? |
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Jan 31 2008, 07:23 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
More green = more cyberpunk. Then again, I used raw telnet to play a lot of MUSHes back in the day. |
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Jan 31 2008, 03:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
I don't like that new DS logo - IMHO it looks somewhat "retro", 80s-like - problem: it doesn't look cool retro!
And that green-and-black color scheme looks more like a Cyberpunk 3-forum... |
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Jan 31 2008, 03:35 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Funny, but I quite like both the new logo and the new color scheme. Of course, a little purple would make it much better! :D |
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Jan 31 2008, 03:44 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
The green was picked to go along with the shift of the core book from blue to green.
Screw that other game. ;) |
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Jan 31 2008, 03:55 PM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
Can we have a blue alternative skin? Or grey-metallic? General appearance is fine, I´d just like another colour for the bars.
I´d also prefer the old logo, with adjustment in colour to the rest of course. I´ve got a problem with green/yellow colour perception, I can for example NOT tell if the new logo is yellow/blue or green/blue. I THINK it is green. |
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Jan 31 2008, 04:54 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,868 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
We will have one theme. The current theme is not compatible with the upgrade. If time presents itself in the future to test alternate themes, that might be an option. At this point in time it is not on anyone's current 'to do' list. There is considerable tweaking required on the themes to get them to work properly.
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Jan 31 2008, 05:08 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
But aren't the new books a nice, soft Sea-Green; not radioactive SOX-Green? |
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Jan 31 2008, 05:15 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Either the physical books are a substantially different shade than the PDF, one of us has some kind of monitor miscalibration or colour perception impairment, or you have a deeply strange idea of what a nice, soft sea-green is ;)
~J |
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Jan 31 2008, 05:29 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...so much for lobbying for Green Bay Packer Green & Gold :grinbig:
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Jan 31 2008, 05:34 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
I tried it for us.... we didn't win that one though :rotfl: As they say, always next year for us fans! |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:16 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Mmm, that green is intense. I like the idea of giving it the feel of a SR4 book, but that's not quite the same color as my book.
All in all, it looks.....very similar, and that's probably a good thing. I have to say, I prefer the current logo to the new logo, but I'm not going to claim that the current logo is perfect and should never be replaced, either. As for avatars, yeah, I'll probably pick one. I guess. I don't know, the whole thing is kind of 'meh', to me. |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:42 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Hey, at least I stuck with some nice, classy Red on Black. I could have lobbied for Cleveland Browns colors, cause hey, Brown & Orange are obviously a great color scheme... ;) Course Ohio State Grey & Red wouldn't be bad, Those were my old High School football (and baseball, and wrestling) colors. And to answer the one question, alternate color schemes are a possibility for down the line. However, right now we're more worried about making sure the boards are stable, working properly, and not the first step to machines gaining sentience and taking over the world. Bull |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:48 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
Shit, I should remove that code I uploaded then, before its too late for all of us.... |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:52 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Honestly, for the most part we're not trying to promote the new boards as some "great new thing". It has been apparent for quite some time though that we needed to do a major upgrade. It's been planned several times, and at one point Mark had started working on creating a customized set of code for us. However, life has it's demands, and a message board just doesn't always rate real high on the list of priorities. So it got pushed back time and again. At this point, the version of Invision that we're running is gimped. It's something like 5 years out of date, and I don;t even think it's really supported anymore (I'm not really positive on all the intricacies involved with the software license). Things keep breaking, and if we're lucky we can patch them to make it functional (My Controls, for example), but it's not the same as actually fixing them or stabalizing things. So we went out and bought ourselves a fresh, shiny new license. We stuck with invision because we figured it would be easiest, since most of us know the controls and layout. We're tweaking it a bit to suit the whims and desires of the current moderator crew, as well as updating our mindset a little for 2008 (To give an example, Avatars were vetoed last time around because dial up was still such a common connection method, so loading speeds for our users were a concern. Now, it's not as big an issue) Really, this is just an upgrade and a minor overhaul. A chance for us to do some cleaning up, toss out some of the accumulated clutter and rearrange the furniture a bit. Maybe paint the walls or something. But at he end of the day, it's still the same house we've been living in for close to a decade now. :] Bull |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:56 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
God dammit, Caine! Remember what I told you! Man drives Machine, not Machine drives Man! Keep this up, and the only Battlemech's you'll see are the ones hunting down metahumanity! Bull P.S. Damn, I just had an interesting image of a merged SR/Battletech/Terminator world, and now I want to play that game. Shadowrunners as freedom fighters fighting Skynet and it's legions of Battlemechs. You're running this for me at Origins, Andy. There will be blood. And Booze. And if we're lucky, boobs! The three B's... Ahhhhh, a perfect night.... Heh. It's past my bedtime. I think I need sleep. :) |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:57 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,868 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Nah, thats the effects of the toxic-data sprite in charge of themes. He only has 37 services left then I promise he won't be re-registered again.. |
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Jan 31 2008, 06:57 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Sounds good to me. That's all I'm expecting from it anyway. I'm glad not much is changing. Some alternate skins would be nice, though, that's all I'm saying. :) |
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Jan 31 2008, 07:00 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,868 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
BTW: The toxic-data sprite already located that. He's working an 'fixing' your PC as I type... |
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Jan 31 2008, 07:19 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...in the collegate ranks I'm more partial to the glorious Red & White: On Wisconsin :grinbig: Though I agree, making sure everything works correctly is a priority, the pretty pretty stuff can come later. |
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Jan 31 2008, 08:23 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Sissies. :cyber: |
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Jan 31 2008, 11:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 28-March 05 From: NA/UCAS/IN/ Member No.: 7,246 |
Ummm...it's past your bedtime at 2:42 pm? |
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Feb 1 2008, 12:00 AM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
This is a man who has obviously never worked third shift in his time. Its all sorts of fun (no) and excitement (don't hit me with a 707 you asshat pilot) On the plus side, once I get done on the current work Bull, I'll write up a one shot for the crew at Origins... what the hell. It could be fun! You get to play Sarah Conner though |
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Feb 1 2008, 12:54 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Are you still going to reorganize the Forums (namely the unnecessary confusion of Shadorun and Shadowrun, Fourth Edition), as was indicated in several other threads about the upgrade? |
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Feb 1 2008, 12:55 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,863 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Seriously. That's the time I got up. |
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