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Mogwai Prime wrote:Possible Maxi-Pred tourny ribbons:

No Placement
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place

Mogwai Prime wrote:Here is what the alternate ribbon design I made would look like:

No Placement
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place

I think the first set looks better personally.
I would recomend this though, have the rank bars over the base picture, rather than along side it, so the overall thing is the same size nomatter the rank.

IE:

And no offence neliz, but those look aweful.
You need to at least keep them within the standard 'medal' size that has been used unoffcially for a good couple of years for verious reasons.

we have medal rules?

neliz wrote:we have medal rules?

Not as such, but a 'standard' size for this kinda thing has developed over the years, and I think it's probably a good idea to stick to it. Especilly if we have to resort to adding them to the existing sig image (as I suspect we will have to in the end).

Mogwai Prime wrote:Here is what the alternate ribbon design I made would look like:

No Placement

3rd Place

At a quick glance, those look too much alike, or it could just be my monitor. Looks like the brown/bronze could use just a little bit more lightening up.

Fearless Echoes wrote:

Mogwai Prime wrote:Possible Maxi-Pred tourny ribbons:

No Placement
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place

I think the first set looks better personally.
I would recomend this though, have the rank bars over the base picture, rather than along side it, so the overall thing is the same size nomatter the rank.

IE:

The difference between the the 1st and 3rd is only 6 pixels so the difference on a sig bar would't even be the size of another ribbon, so I don't think it would be that big of an issue. Plus moving them in cover's up the ribbon art. But, if you guys/gals want them moved in I can do that easily.

Wingspan wrote:* Fifthly, prizes; are there volunteer sig creators for various awards? This tourney seems about pride more than anything, so sigs seem appropriate.
-- Matrix Finder (first day holder)
-- Matrix Champion (last day holder)
-- Pred/Max Warrior (most contribution to faction success by points)
-- Chaos Inducer (one who is determined to have caused the G1 return, "One Bad Shot")

I don't think we necessarily need one for the finder. But, definitely one for the Champion.

Champion:



Pred/Max Warrior:



Chaos Inducer:

Unless there are objections those ribbons are perfect for the additional achievements (although I don't see the difference betweeh the Matrix ribbons). The finder ribbon is for story elements as their team will have significant writing behind them.

For the placement (participant,1,2,3) could a generic padding put put to the left of the image that's filled by the level achieved? It would standardize the size and clearly indicate placement.

raphaelprime wrote:

Mogwai Prime wrote:Here is what the alternate ribbon design I made would look like:

No Placement

3rd Place

At a quick glance, those look too much alike, or it could just be my monitor. Looks like the brown/bronze could use just a little bit more lightening up.

Changed to:



Any brighter and it starts looking gold.

Wingspan wrote:Unless there are objections those ribbons are perfect for the additional achievements (although I don't see the difference betweeh the Matrix ribbons). The finder ribbon is for story elements as their team will have significant writing behind them.

One has a yellow border.

Wingspan wrote:For the placement (participant,1,2,3) could a generic padding put put to the left of the image that's filled by the level achieved? It would standardize the size and clearly indicate placement.

I thought the gold/silver/bronze would indicate that. I don't want to add too much to the width as it will begin affecting the ribbon width quite a bit. I can move the "bars" onto the art itself if that would help in standardizing the sizes. And, if we stay with this standard we'll all know who was in first/second/third by default of design.

Standardized ribbons:

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Let me know which ribbons you guys want to keep, I don't want my photobucket all cluttered LOL.

To be honest, I dont see any problem with part of the picture (especilly that one where the ends are relativly empty) is a problem. It probably looks better than having em squashed into different sizes, and looks better than havign the overall size differ.

But I've always been rather fussy about this kinda thing.

Fearless Echoes wrote:To be honest, I dont see any problem with part of the picture (especilly that one where the ends are relativly empty) is a problem. It probably looks better than having em squashed into different sizes, and looks better than havign the overall size differ.

But I've always been rather fussy about this kinda thing.

Fixed for Squishyness:

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

That version gets my vote!

So from what I'm getting these are the Official Ribbons for the Max/Pred tourney?

Places:

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Max/Pred Warrior:

Predacon Warrior

Maximal Warrior

Chaos:



Matrix:

Matrix Possession

Matrix Champion


Any Others That I Missed???

I see where you say it starts to look a bit goldish. But i'm sure with it being just 1 band opposed to 3, and the gold's being fairly bright, it'll be easily picked up that it's 3rd. Those look great though *Thumbs up*

Outside of the Max/Pred Tourney, do we all agree on these as the standard tourney ribbon templates for all tournaments? If now how do you think they can be changed to keep a standard and not encroach on the actual sig too much?

Blank Ribbon

1st Place Ribbon

2nd Place Ribbon

3rd Place Ribbon

dunno about standard, maybe the default.

Tammuz wrote:dunno about standard, maybe the default.

I was thinking more of the size than anything else. I feel a standard to do rankings wouldn't be a bad thing so people aren't getting confused by different ranking systems.

well, if you agree to lighten up the colors to actually represent their respective medals

I agree with Raphael that especially bronze is too dark brown, highlighting it would help.

but as a template? sure!

What I think'd be cool is to do a semi standard version of that template for the tournie orginiser.

Why shouldnt the orginiser get a medal for all his/her hard work?

Mogwai Prime wrote:

Tammuz wrote:dunno about standard, maybe the default.

I was thinking more of the size than anything else. I feel a standard to do rankings wouldn't be a bad thing so people aren't getting confused by different ranking systems.

people are gonna get confused no matter what. i remember some of lucky's sigs a rememeber thinking, "my god, it's full of bars" but i'd need an encyclopedia to tell me what they meant.

i guess what i'm trying to say is that while nice and all and a very good outlet for creativity at the end of the day it's pretty meaningless unless you already know what tournie is what bar, and if you know that you probably already know who won anyway. so it's pretty much something for the winner, rather than to let people know who the winner is

Tammuz wrote:

Mogwai Prime wrote:

Tammuz wrote:dunno about standard, maybe the default.

I was thinking more of the size than anything else. I feel a standard to do rankings wouldn't be a bad thing so people aren't getting confused by different ranking systems.

people are gonna get confused no matter what. i remember some of lucky's sigs a rememeber thinking, "my god, it's full of bars" but i'd need an encyclopedia to tell me what they meant.

i guess what i'm trying to say is that while nice and all and a very good outlet for creativity at the end of the day it's pretty meaningless unless you already know what tournie is what bar, and if you know that you probably already know who won anyway. so it's pretty much something for the winner, rather than to let people know who the winner is

Well it is the player's choice if they want to wear the bar. While I do agree that sometimes people will not know what they mean, the fact that people will wear them will give them a point of pride. You may not know what tournament they were in but you will know how that player performed in that tourney.

I'm in the military and I don't know what half the ribbons I see worn are, but they are there to show the achievement that person has made. Sometimes I have to look up what a new ribbon/medal I'm being awarded looks like, but I wear it with a little pride even if everyone else doesn't know what it is. And, sometimes people even ask me what this one or that one is for.

I don't mind editing my first post to keep track of what ribbons belong to what tourney. Matter of fact I think I will do that to provide a point of reference.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that while you may not know what exactly they are, you will see that player has made achievements and if they were placed in those tourney's. If you don't know what they are you can ask the player or look it up in my first post. They are there for personal pride and achievement. No one has to wear them if they don't want to.

but, getting back to my original point, why do they all have to be the same shape? maybe it would be better if they where VERY destinctive from each other in that case?

We could actually start a records thread, noting all the tournaments/scalp hunts/scavenger hunts and who won them and who ran them and the dates they ran during.

neliz wrote:well, if you agree to lighten up the colors to actually represent their respective medals

I agree with Raphael that especially bronze is too dark brown, highlighting it would help.

but as a template? sure!

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