New banner?

NightDreams · Post by **NightDreams** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:54 pm

I'll have a go and see what i can come up with if u guys like.
Only probelm is i have no where to host it from.

ND

Post by **M.Steiner** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:04 pm

NightDreams wrote:Only probelm is i have no where to host it from.

Try http://photobucket.com/

Post by **Inquisitor** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:58 pm

Or email it to me

Blue Star · Post by **Blue Star** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:05 pm

My only peev is that the Exiles text blends too much with the rest of the logo - Kinda gives off the image that we're Exiles as in we lurk in the shadows rather than being independant.

Any chance of seeing the logo used in the header currently, except with the text body being white? (Keep the blur effects or add a touch of light effect if possible

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Padishar · Post by **Padishar** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:01 am

Awesome I like the new banner

To what degree should we associate ourselves with what once was? is a really good question.
On one hand Messiah is dead on: The shattered star is our history and the reason we are here.
But the heart of the SSC and what it once stood for is here now, what is left behind is the name only..... and altho 'active', it is a spiritless and soulless shadow of its former self.... for the regime that is left, is but the husk that now misrepresents/disrespects all that it once stood for...

So to what degree, should the continued mocking vile shadow of what it is now, represent who WE are?

I am not suggesting droping anything and we are who WE are (not them), but I think it is still valid question to reflect on.

Padishar · Post by **Padishar** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:02 am

Oh yeah I like the X capitalized also... as stated we are the SSX not the SSE... hehe

MethysRaven · Post by **MethysRaven** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:38 am

Once again, I feel I must agree with my Mentor.

Also, I like the first of the three, as well.

Great job, guys.

MethysRaven

Kon · Post by **Kon** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:16 pm

I like what BD said about change. To make short what I was talking about in IRC:

Shattered Star = 5 pieces. 1 piece for each ideal.
My design is simple. We have one ideal: friendship. We should have a solid star. Also, shattered sort of implies that we are divided, and thats not good. So, what do you guys think?

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:32 pm

I think I should make a new concept design and scrap the "star" alltogether.

More on that, when I feel insipred to actually do something worth looking at.

Post by **SSX-Killjoy** » Mon May 23, 2005 11:20 pm

Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?

esd · Post by **esd** » Mon May 23, 2005 11:55 pm

SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?

Exactly my thoughts. Don't forget what we were, and what we are. It's our heratige.

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Tue May 24, 2005 12:21 am

SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?

Exactly so. I'm for the whole "Shattered" and the "Star" concept gone from existance.

esd wrote:
SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?
Exactly my thoughts. Don't forget what we were, and what we are. It's our heratige.

Not for me.

As far as I'm concerned, we were, and we remained good friends. But we were also a plethora of negative things until a new system took place. I'd like us to honor the new system, that bears less flaws than the original.

When I look around, we didn't really take anything from that place aside from our friendships. The name lingers on, and doesn't mean what it once has. Frankly, in past and in present, it didn't mean what we are. That's why I believe it should go.

Post by **Anubis** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:32 am

esd wrote:
SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?
Exactly my thoughts. Don't forget what we were, and what we are. It's our heratige.

I have to agree with this. We shouldnt simply abandon our past, we should embrace our heritage and be proud of it.

Fenavian · Post by **Fenavian** » Tue May 24, 2005 1:56 pm

BlackDove wrote:
SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?
Exactly so. I'm for the whole "Shattered" and the "Star" concept gone from existance.

esd wrote:
SSX-Killjoy wrote:Shattered Star wouldn't sound very believable without a star, no?
Exactly my thoughts. Don't forget what we were, and what we are. It's our heratige.
Not for me.

As far as I'm concerned, we were, and we remained good friends. But we were also a plethora of negative things until a new system took place. I'd like us to honor the new system, that bears less flaws than the original.

When I look around, we didn't really take anything from that place aside from our friendships. The name lingers on, and doesn't mean what it once has. Frankly, in past and in present, it didn't mean what we are. That's why I believe it should go.

I second his motion.

Post by **Inquisitor** » Tue May 24, 2005 2:38 pm

I could not disagree more.

The name is still part of us, there are still things I am VERY proud of associated with that name. And I am much less inclined to abandon it entirely. At least not today. I don;t want to dwell on it, but I still am personally invested in the "Shattered Star" as a concept. The original symbology might be no longer applicable, but there was a reason I persisted as a member for the 5 or 6 or however many years it was.

We represent the good parts, in our opinion, of what it was. Keeping the name around serves to remind us not to repeat those bad parts ever again. Dwelling on it is one thing, and not healthy, but ridding ourselves of it entirely is a disservice to why we left. We believed we were "better" and "right." We chose this path.

We have a bright future. We are playing games and having fun. I think what we have is good, it works, people enjoy it. It has a ring to it.

It's not broke, no need to rush to fix it.

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:29 pm

You might be right.

At any rate it's nothing to rush about. But it is my opinion that somewhere down the line we should let go.

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:23 am

For good measure

http://web.comhem.se/~u72302126/Hypothetically.jpg

http://web.comhem.se/~u72302126/Hypothetically2.jpg

Post by **M.Steiner** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:28 am

Nice

I think we should stick a poll up when everyones finished posting their designs.

Fenavian · Post by **Fenavian** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:47 pm

I personally don't like the new banner. Too much emphasis on the "exiles" and the white streaks and font don't look that good to me. I would like to see somethin bringing "friendship" to the forefront rather than our SSX title.

(I also don't like the star but I can't change that.. I can still complain though ;p )

Post by **Inquisitor** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:09 am

I like BD's second one.

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Fri May 27, 2005 4:57 am

The thread has been active for 11 days now.

Shall we set a date for submissions before we put em up in a poll? Like a week or two more?

Post by **Inquisitor** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:30 pm

Yeah, probably needs a new thread as well.

Probably a good week for the poll.

BlackDove · Post by **BlackDove** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:39 am

Okay, week passed.

Shall we put up the poll between the two (MS' and my second)?

Post by **Inquisitor** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:43 am

Yes please

The Shattered Star

New banner?

Indeed