Do you like the new site changes?

[Pyritie]

Wait. Are you against colored names in the Hive Workshop Chat Rooms or in Hive Workshop Forums?

In the forums, I believe.

and the forum would look fruity

Just what I would want <3

But yeah, until we get different themes (which probably won't be for a while), I think re-adding the colored names to the staff would be better. And just look at the poll. It's there for a reason.

 

[Rui]

What is with "You want colored names because they make you look cool"?
Seriously, colored names should be applied especially to distinguish modders from artists, and Moderators from Administrators.

Also, as much as you can say "You want colored names because it makes moderators look cool", we can also say "You don't want colored names because then we are cool and you are not".
The point is not to look cool, but let's have it your way.

 

[HappyTauren]

HT, you only like the loss of coloured names because you get one anyways!

Err what? By now, I should have orange name, but it is not needed at all.

 

[Rising_Dusk]

What is with "You want colored names because they make you look cool"?
Seriously, colored names should be applied especially to distinguish modders from artists, and Moderators from Administrators.

I think I would have heart failure if you tried to qualitatively define users as either an "artist" or a "modder." Shit, some people do both; what would you do then, make one type blue, the other type red, and have mixed users be purple? I mean really, let's hire the whole Reading Rainbow while we're at it and have theme songs play when you click links to different forums. Realistically, though, the distinction can be done in a purely textual manner, so you don't actually "need colors" for anything, they're ultimately just a manner of preference.

 

[Kwah]

Just briefly.

I do NOT approve of the re-arranging of the GUI/JASS/Spells and Systems forums.

It makes it hard to find anything.
And I who know very, very little JASS are annoyed that it is harder to just ignore that part of the section.

 

[Hakeem]

Well, I know that aesthetics matter the least when deciding if I want to stay at a site or not. It's like only playing a game for its eye candy and valuing said looks more than actual game play or something. Matter of opinion, of course, but I think you will agree that you're here for either the community or content rather than just how pretty it looks.

I stay for the content, but I joined because it looked good.

The lack of colored names is both the least liked and most disliked out of all of the options in the poll.

And the reason this thread exists in the first place, huh?

It would also be confusing as hell to have different moderator/administrator colors for different themes.

Do you switch to a different theme every day or something? When you're new to the site you probably don't know the colors, but you learn. You can learn it for as many themes as you want.
I find this argument null and void.

I haven't bothered to look at the other themes, but I figured it was obvious that they should all come with their own color scheme for rank distinction.

Now, at the very least, we do need some way of telling the ranks apart. However, a user title describing this only works in the forums. There are currently many places where numerous user names are listed together in a big wad of text, where color would do a very efficient job of immediately informing me of the rank of the user.

I guess the question you need to ask yourself is how badly you want them back?

Have you ever lost a close relative?

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Do you switch to a different theme every day or something? When you're new to the site you probably don't know the colors, but you learn. You can learn it for as many themes as you want.
I find this argument null and void.

Just because you can introduce a steeper learning curve to something never makes it a good idea to do so.

Have you ever lost a close relative?

Yes, my father. If you would like to be heartless and inconsiderate in any other way, now's your chance.

 

[Squiggy]

A lost color is not a relative but just an indication that a certain user belongs to a group..

 

[Sabertooth]

Squiggy, you missed the metaphor.
- - -
Though argueing about the colors is useless, and as much as *most* of us liked them they're not coming back as Dusk pointed out, unless Archian (and the rest of the admins I assume) change their mind.

 

[Hakeem]

Just because you can introduce a steeper learning curve to something never makes it a good idea to do so.

It's not like learning a new theme would be as hard as it was the first time. If you switch to a new theme, you probably already know the ranks well enough to know what the colors mean right away. Schools out.
It's not like it's very important anyway, if you want you can think of them as random pretty colors, but those who know them will know what they mean.

Yes, my father. If you would like to be heartless and inconsiderate in any other way, now's your chance.

I'm taking a course in being more offensive, but right now I'm just an apprentice. :|

 

[Rui]

I have never seen anyone doing both modder and artist works.

Also, this discussion is pointless. Archian said the colors aren't getting back.

 

[Pyritie]

I have never seen anyone doing both modder and artist works.

*points at self*

 

[Craka_J]

*points at self*

*also points at self*

qft.

~Craka_J

 

[Rui]

*points at self*

Just so I fit

 

[Kwah]

*points at many people*

The coulors are not coming back.


They were cool.

Why are they not coming back?

That is the question.

 

[Gilles]

*points at many people*

The coulors are not coming back.


They were cool.

Why are they not coming back?

That is the question.

Because the Admins said so. What they say goes, remember this isn't a democracy, you cannot vote out Ralle during the next elections.

 

[Sabertooth]

Still, telling us why would quell a lot of curiousity and maybe stop people from bringing it up.

 

[Craka_J]

Yeah. Don't really think its worth arguing over anymore since its not such a huge deal. Colors are colors. If King Tut refuses to bring forth colors again, it shant be done.

Ralle is like god: His will be done.

~Craka_J

 

[Hakeem]

Maybe we don't need colors, but there are numerous places where a username appears that it would not be suitable to display the full rank title.

Still, we at least need some way to tell what rank a user has.

 

[Craka_J]

Another good point. Are we to rely on bolded text under our avatar some more? What about something that allows users, moderators, and administrators to view what our powers are. Our exact privilages, our advantages, our responsibilities, what and when we can use/'abuse' our power - everytime an authorized personnel bans someone, it's instantly becomes a conviction of power-abuse - , and so forth.

~Craka_J

 

[Rui]

We already have that, it's the View Forum Leaders button, the problem is finding it. The images under the avatars were cool because they had a redirection to that page.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Forum moving/merging - like: I don't mind it.

Staff ranks being rearranged - dislike: It's like putting hundreds of cops in a small town while the big town next to it has ten cops.

Loss of colored names - like: Is this an issue about the Chatbox? Aww, removed the Chat colours? Shame.

Staff rank titles being image and link-less - dislike: I liked it with the tags.

 

[Pyritie]

Loss of colored names - like: Is this an issue about the Chatbox? Aww, removed the Chat colours? Shame.

No, it's about how admins were gray, global mods were a blueish purple, and forum mods were orange.

Now wtf is with these chat icons next to our names? D:

 

[Archian]

Wait for it.

 

[The Last Istari]

So, why did they get rid of the colored names? That seemed kind of like a pointless desicion.

 

[Devine]

i like the colored names better
iv seen someone with a very, very long name so the whole icon thing got bugged .
The other thinks, i dont have a problem with.

 

[brad.dude03]

Thanks for ressurecting.

~Thread Closed.