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Ultimate Newbie · 23 Apr 2006, 05:43

Following on a similar note from my other skin thread, i noticed that there is a new column that shows the amount of XP that you've accumulated throughout the round. This is obviously a nice and handy thing to have so that you dont need to jump onto Sandman's to check out whether you got some XP from that scan or not, but it does mean that many Skins have been knocked out of whack due to the new field.

This thread will try to list the ones that need Adjusting due to the change:
Flight Deck
Terran (Numbers are hard to read)
Newspaper (only 1 verticle line needs to be (re)moved)
PsyCaution (blotches are all b0rked now :\ )
Mystic Dark (needs major overhaul)
Vencodor (blotches need to be moved, the "Round 13" part needs to be updated too)
Purple Haze
Spreadsheet (Value lines, R13 again)
Round XIV (the M/C/E boxes arent centred anymore - fickle i know...

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Silver (all boxes)
Clear Control (mail/news box)
1up (vertical slashes misalligned)
LCARS (boxes again)
LCH (metal, crystal, eonium glowing elements dont line up with the names anymore...)

All the others are fine.
So, if anyone who has some degree of artistic skill, and/or the original authors wish to update their skins, then go for it

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Marv · 23 Apr 2006, 12:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by robban1

do ppl really care about skins really? most of them looks like shit anyway

Yes. Interface makes a big diffrence to peoples experience of a game like this.

Phil^ · 23 Apr 2006, 13:03

for some of them its as simple as knocking out the 'dividers' , for others like purple haze it requires a more complete retouch

Phil^ · 23 Apr 2006, 13:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by robban1

do ppl really care about skins really? most of them looks like shit anyway

Yes.

im surprised you even had to ask

robban1 · 23 Apr 2006, 13:09

thx for the blöb phil :/

but really a lot of them make ppl blind or have small text in the menubar that do them kinda worse than default

Phil^ · 23 Apr 2006, 13:18

i didnt rep you :sigh:
thats twice in as many days people have assumed ive done something i havent

Ultimate Newbie · 23 Apr 2006, 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil^

i didnt rep you :sigh:
thats twice in as many days people have assumed ive done something i havent

I had noticed - i was beginning to think that you were becoming vindictive in your old age...

.

Yes, people do use skins.

Proxi · 23 Apr 2006, 14:07

I want the round three skin remake, goddamit!

robban1 · 23 Apr 2006, 14:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil^

i didnt rep you :sigh:
thats twice in as many days people have assumed ive done something i havent

well solly for the assumtion :/ aparently i stepped on a toe or 2 as various geeks decided to negrep me

too bad they are too pussy to sign it

well ontopic i use default skin or the black one no need too flurry things up really

Kal · 23 Apr 2006, 14:44

I've contacted some of the original artists, but some of them are prooving hard to track down, so any assitance would be appreciated

Marv · 23 Apr 2006, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by robban1

well solly for the assumtion :/ aparently i stepped on a toe or 2 as various geeks decided to negrep me

too bad they are too pussy to sign it

well ontopic i use default skin or the black one no need too flurry things up really

Sorry if I forgot to sign. I do that sometimes.

furball · 23 Apr 2006, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by robban1

well solly for the assumtion :/ aparently i stepped on a toe or 2 as various geeks decided to negrep me

too bad they are too pussy to sign it.

If the rep isn't signed, don't even THINK about accusing a particular person of being the person who repped you. EVER.

Gate · 23 Apr 2006, 17:59

Who made Red Alien? It's very stylish.

Unfortunately, Newspaper is still my favourite. There are some very nice skins IMO, robban 1; such as newspaper, red alien, zikonian, clean black, clear control and the LCH/Angels ones. It's a nice touch.

Veedeejem! · 23 Apr 2006, 18:49

i've used clean black since r10.5 me thinks, it simply is the best skin in the game for me

Proxi · 23 Apr 2006, 19:46

I like Red alien aswell, had been using clean black but this round i found RA, nick and slick.

XelNaga · 23 Apr 2006, 21:06

I like to just remove anything not important to a game. In any game. That's why I use opera text-only. But I guess the looks are important for people that are less competitively oriented.

DukePaul · 23 Apr 2006, 22:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by XelNaga

But I guess the looks are important for people that are less competitively oriented.

What an absolutely rubbish post. If I care about how the page looks, I'm suddenly a less competetive player? What's the logic there?

I was going to leave this in negrep to you, but it seems I've negrepped you recently...

As for updating skins: gogo

XelNaga · 23 Apr 2006, 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by DukePaul

What an absolutely rubbish post. If I care about how the page looks, I'm suddenly a less competetive player? What's the logic there?

I was going to leave this in negrep to you, but it seems I've negrepped you recently...

As for updating skins: gogo

No, it worked, grats. You absolutely missed the point though, and get aggressive immediately. Thanks for the entertainment.

Just a small lesson in logic:

Quote:

But I guess the looks are important for people that are less competitively oriented.

Means: not/less competitive => looks important
Means NOT: looks important => not/less competitive

N.B.: I GUESS == I THINK != FACT

In fact, I just wanted to list one group of people to whom looks are important, which doesn't exclude any other groups or persons.

I really don't understand how a person can jump at me like that for sucha post and take it personally immediately. In general, I don't understand why people get so aggressive and feel attacked so fast all the time on the Internet.

I guess [ == I THINK (!) ] that's just because it's so easy to immediately assault someone on the Internet, where you don't have to face the person you're "talking" to.

Makhil · 24 Apr 2006, 02:46

Most of the skins are not used, or at 1 or 2 %. I think the first thing is to advertise them on the overview. Tell people they can change skins in the preferences. Then see which ones are more popular and have them changed.

Ultimate Newbie · 24 Apr 2006, 06:39

Indeed, i have been meaning to ask an admin to do that. I think the main cause of the huge number of people using the RXIV skin is simply because it is the default, and the only default. It would be more interesting perhaps if the game assigned a different skin to each person depending on when they signed up - eg, you have 10 skins, player 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, etc all have skin #1, 2, 12, 22 etc have skin #2 etc. then let people shuffle around a little bit and pick one they like...

coffee- · 24 Apr 2006, 07:59

Newspaper is by far the best. Easy to read, nothing to complicated.

(yes I know this isnt an opinions thread)

MrLobster · 12 May 2006, 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proxi

I want the round three skin remake, goddamit!

hump0r = My CSS Planetarion @ fresh-lobster.co.uk

Veedeejem! · 12 May 2006, 08:21

why haven't some of mrLobsters skins been added to the skins we can chose from ingame? Some of those are alot better than the current ones (and i'm not even talking about the scythe skin)

Makhil · 25 May 2006, 04:29

i agree they could be added but they need to be adapted to the actual template, right ? or would the CSS work ?
And create a page on the manual/portal where you can see them all at a glance (thumbs).
Oh btw, why not removing all the skins with 0 % usage ?