Re: Tournament Ribbons
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:12 pm
tis 50x50
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Mogwai Prime wrote:The wouldn't need to be hosted on Seibs as they could be integrated into the signature. If anyone didn't know how to, or didn't have the ability to do so I could help with that.
neliz wrote:Mogwai Prime wrote:The wouldn't need to be hosted on Seibs as they could be integrated into the signature. If anyone didn't know how to, or didn't have the ability to do so I could help with that.
I know about the implementing it in a current sig (example, Raphael Prime) but people change sigs and if it were small icons below a signature (merit badges) people would be able to click the picture/hyperlink and see the results in a thread. that saves a lot of time explaining what the picture is for all the time.
Burn wrote:If you're talking adding it beneath a larger pic in a person's sig, that would violate the whole "one image per sig" rule, regardless of how tiny it is.
Though it would be the best way to go about things.
Burn wrote:neliz wrote:Mogwai Prime wrote:The wouldn't need to be hosted on Seibs as they could be integrated into the signature. If anyone didn't know how to, or didn't have the ability to do so I could help with that.
I know about the implementing it in a current sig (example, Raphael Prime) but people change sigs and if it were small icons below a signature (merit badges) people would be able to click the picture/hyperlink and see the results in a thread. that saves a lot of time explaining what the picture is for all the time.
If you're talking adding it beneath a larger pic in a person's sig, that would violate the whole "one image per sig" rule, regardless of how tiny it is.
Though it would be the best way to go about things.
Mogwai Prime wrote:
I wonder if it would be possible to use the empty space under the posting player's information on the left side for something of this nature.
**Edit** or even provide a second area underneath the signature area for this purpose.
neliz wrote:Mogwai Prime wrote:
I wonder if it would be possible to use the empty space under the posting player's information on the left side for something of this nature.
**Edit** or even provide a second area underneath the signature area for this purpose.
I think the best example is the Apolyton.net message board where tourney ribbons are placed under the user info on the left. it IS a mod affair however.
per example: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.p ... adid=26248
linking to user groups/ribbons.
Since we're not running with avatars anymore, this would be a viable replacement and an incentive to get forum goers to play hmw to get their "personality" back
Mogwai Prime wrote:With the maximal tournaments in the past I made ribbons for 1st-3rd places. I would be willing to make them again for different tournaments if you guys would be interested here are some of the past ribbons.
Max_Prime wrote:Mogwai Prime wrote:With the maximal tournaments in the past I made ribbons for 1st-3rd places. I would be willing to make them again for different tournaments if you guys would be interested here are some of the past ribbons.
I had an idea like this for the tournaments I'll run. I was thinking metals and the more you collect the higher your rank. Similar to the military. I just havent have had the time to make anything since Electron won.
I need to double check but there may be a way around this, although Im not sure how workable it is currently;Burn wrote:If you're talking adding it beneath a larger pic in a person's sig, that would violate the whole "one image per sig" rule, regardless of how tiny it is.
Burn wrote:I just tried and I don't think the file upload is working.
But could someone care to explain the benefits of the images being hosted on the Seibertron.com server as opposed to say, Photobucket?
As a viewer, i'm going to use the same bandwidth to download all the images regardless of what site they're on.
And we always hear about server strain and the cost of bandwidth, so to me, it would be a more viable and beneficial option for the user to upload to their own host and save the hard drive space and bandwidth (as miniscule one image may be it would add up) of Seibertron.com?
Or am I just missing the real reason behind it all?
Im not 100% certain myself, but from a server capacity perspective, Im told the extra picture loading cuts into server memory/speed, but if they are hosted here the additional memory required is minimal.Burn wrote:As a viewer, i'm going to use the same bandwidth to download all the images regardless of what site they're on.
neliz wrote:images hosted on seibs ARE going to affect it's bandwidth (cost)
It will also add a bit of time to page generation (which can already be slow on seibs)
photobucket (or crappy sites like that) sometimes limit the bandwidth per picture (hence, the empty photobucket tags in some threads)
tags would be placed in your browser cache and would only be loaded once a week or so (for normal browsing) or, when a user sets it's options, more often.
however, the argument of extra bandwidth for seibertron.com is void seen how some extra images were placed on EVERY SINGLE PAGE on seibertron (shaded background, shadow/bot silhouettes and the city commander upgrade. If the bandwidth was an issue, those wouldn't be there.
Mogwai Prime wrote:neliz wrote:images hosted on seibs ARE going to affect it's bandwidth (cost)
It will also add a bit of time to page generation (which can already be slow on seibs)
photobucket (or crappy sites like that) sometimes limit the bandwidth per picture (hence, the empty photobucket tags in some threads)
tags would be placed in your browser cache and would only be loaded once a week or so (for normal browsing) or, when a user sets it's options, more often.
however, the argument of extra bandwidth for seibertron.com is void seen how some extra images were placed on EVERY SINGLE PAGE on seibertron (shaded background, shadow/bot silhouettes and the city commander upgrade. If the bandwidth was an issue, those wouldn't be there.
I think we will have to wait and see how the powers that be decide to handle this issue. For now players that win them can integrate them into their sigs if they choose that way it doesn't break any site rules and for now makes any bandwidth issues moot.
Does anyone have any requests for a tournament ribbon/badge that they are running? I know tammuz already made one for her tourney.
Absolute Zero wrote:Could probably use some for the Max/Pred tournie, but since that wont be til After Tammie's scalphunt, no rush.
Psychout wrote:Either way it's a legal route to getting extra stuff put in sigs, and if we get told off we can just blame Mkall.
Mogwai Prime wrote:Absolute Zero wrote:Could probably use some for the Max/Pred tournie, but since that wont be til After Tammie's scalphunt, no rush.
I'll start working on some designs and post them in here for you to scrutinize .
Absolute Zero wrote:Excellent Mr. Prime. Probably going to need a few. Top scorers for each 'day' and the overall top. Maybe something with a Matrix on it.
You know, this being a leader thing is pretty easy. I come up with a idea then outsource work to others willing to do it.