New banning picture, redux
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New banning picture, redux
OK, after looking at all of the feedback from the previous thread about my proposed new banning picture, I have made some tweaks. I modified the left-hand text to pop out more at the eyes, and I added a background of the forum, blurred so it will look like it's well behind the clonetrooper and give the picture a bit of a 3D effect. So let's start over, and let me know what you think of the New Banning Picture Mk2:
And here's one without the expletive tacked on:
Which one do you like?
And here's one without the expletive tacked on:
Which one do you like?
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That's excellent! I love the message board background. However, I'd do a happy medium and write "It's time for you to leave" all in one organized block and leave it at that, no insult. Maybe crop a bit of image off the right side too, there is mucho dead negative space there, though that's lessened by the background.
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1. I love the background.
2. Keep the 'asshole'. I realize it's out of character for a clonetrooper but I think it's needed to get across the way SD.net feels about those people.
2. Keep the 'asshole'. I realize it's out of character for a clonetrooper but I think it's needed to get across the way SD.net feels about those people.
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'Tactically we have multiple objectives. So we need to split into teams.'-'Dibs on the Amazon!'
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Excellent! Much better than the old one. I'd have to say I prefer the second one, slightly. There's no reason to add to what the clonetrooper says in the film. When do they get field-tested on their first troll?
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The second, by a long shot. That's perfect.
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#2 has my vote
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I like 'em both, but I like #2 just slightly better. Can't wait to see them deployed.
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I like the first one better. The background image is definitely a keeper, but breaking the sentence "It's time for you to leave" into "It's time for you ... to leave" seems to be a bit more melodramatic than necessary.
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Second one better in my opinion, but I think you should keep both (the 1. for really annoying trolls)
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Though I generally like profanity, I think the second one works better.
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I like number two. Its perfect.
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I like the first, myself. Of course, the other is good as well, although I'm not a big fan of the break between the two segements of the sentence.
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#2.
EDIT: To expand on it, swearing and clone troopers looks wrong. And its not like someone who had gotten banned wouldn't have been hit by a barrage of insults before or while the ban hammer was coming down so that base is covered.
EDIT: To expand on it, swearing and clone troopers looks wrong. And its not like someone who had gotten banned wouldn't have been hit by a barrage of insults before or while the ban hammer was coming down so that base is covered.
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The second one. First off, when reading it, you can also see the clone-trooper just standing there with the gun pointing down, "It is time for you..." then raising the gun and pointing it straight at you, "...to leave!" For me, that's much more effective than the 'asshole' one.
Secondly, the first one actually calls the troll an 'asshole', thus identifying it. Sure, it may deserve it. But the second one, by not even giving it the name of 'asshole' shows that the troll isn't even important or relevant enough here to warrant having an identifier before it is unceremoniously booted out the door.
Secondly, the first one actually calls the troll an 'asshole', thus identifying it. Sure, it may deserve it. But the second one, by not even giving it the name of 'asshole' shows that the troll isn't even important or relevant enough here to warrant having an identifier before it is unceremoniously booted out the door.
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I like them both, but I prefer the second one. More stormtrooper-ish.
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2, since it is succinct. #1 is a mite too busy with the text.
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I think the background is amazing - I was a big fan of Galvatron, but with that background I think we have a winner!
I also voted for number two, but I honestly have little preference between the two. Glad Motherfucker was dropped.
I also voted for number two, but I honestly have little preference between the two. Glad Motherfucker was dropped.
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