Banner Contest - Voting!

Fooser · Post by **Fooser** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:45 pm

Rackere Diplomatre wrote:1, 5, 9 and 10 are awesome. I voted for 1.

Is it just me or is the text on 3 hardly readable?

Yeah 9 and 10!!!11

Aristeaus · Post by **Aristeaus** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:34 am

5 & Quins equally.. Both catch the eye.. Quins tells more of what illarion is yet 5 leaves it open to mystery

Alatar · Post by **Alatar** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:42 pm

Sun Long wrote:I like most the animated one of Quinasa, but it seems to be out of vote

Because it wasn't sent in before the deadline.

Pocal · Post by **Pocal** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:45 pm

Alatar wrote:
Sun Long wrote:I like most the animated one of Quinasa, but it seems to be out of vote
Because it wasn't sent in before the deadline.

Thats a pretty good explanation.

Quinasa · Post by **Quinasa** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:09 am

I knew mine wouldn't be in the voting. I made it right after this thread was created, because I didn't agree with the options available. I don't think any of the banners shows what it should. If I was a serious roleplayer looking for a game I wouldn't click on any of the ones offered. You all profess to love the game and to want a bigger player base, a larger community. Where is all that devotion? Where is all the passion for the game? I see none and I have a hard time believing anyone that made a banner had "devotion" or even "attraction" in mine while creating these 'masterpieces'. What the banners that are there say "Someone liked this game enough to make a crappy boring banner that takes up space." I'm not trying to be offend anyone here, but lets be real for a minute. I'm just trying to look at it from the outside. Someone who doesn't play the game wants to be romanced by something eye-catching or it'll be just a banner someone didn't pay attention to on some game site.

Cliu Beothach · Post by **Cliu Beothach** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:25 am

I found this one quite attractive, as well as many others. I feel we shouldn't only be trying to recruit "real roleplayers". Infact, I feel some players are not real rpers (including me). We want to broaden our horizons, not condense them.

Fooser · Post by **Fooser** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:20 am

Quins has testserver pics, and the text goes too fast.

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:24 am

5 has a problem.. the blood... probably because THERE IS NO BLOOD in teh game.. just a small red cross...

*whistles* just wanted to make a point that;s all

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:49 am

Cliu, I think you are a real roleplayer. I think you are very good. And I really liek Quin's banner. 5 would be excellent though if it had a url, and the slogan from 10

Drathe · Post by **Drathe** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:25 pm

"Where is all the passion for the game? I see none and I have a hard time believing anyone that made a banner had "devotion" or even "attraction" in mine while creating these 'masterpieces'. What the banners that are there say "Someone liked this game enough to make a crappy boring banner that takes up space." "

Quin... Take this in the context it’s given, what the HELL are you talking about. There are some well worked on entries here that are as you put it 'eye-catching' what makes your entry excell above all others in your set criteria for an Illarion banner?

As for the entries with no URL on them, in all honestly have you EVER written the URL of a banner down and used it? Not many if any I am sure. A good banner will catch you eye in want of you to click it and be taken to its advertised location

Entries with screenshots can easily be updated as new clients/graphics come out so I don’t see a problem there. *Chuckles* as for blood on the sword in banner 5 and none being in the game… there are no wood shavings either! Does that matter? What happened to artistic interpretation?

No much constructive criticism round here just nit picking. None has mentioned that banner 5 has a slight tiny weeny spelling mistake ‘your self’ is one word ‘yourself’ *g*

Devrah Liioness · Post by **Devrah Liioness** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:26 pm

Drathe wrote:None has mentioned that banner 5 has a slight tiny weeny spelling mistake ‘your self’ is one word ‘yourself’ *g*

Actually, I believe both are acceptable

Aristeaus · Post by **Aristeaus** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:45 pm

Vote Arist

Misjbar · Post by **Misjbar** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:48 pm

*growls* Arist, I have the feeling someone has GM ambitions.

Quinasa · Post by **Quinasa** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:12 pm

Now I must apologize. I've been in a seriously rotten mood lately and I've taken it out on the community. I'm so sorry. The banners aren't crap. I don't like them but that doesn't mean other people will feel the same way. I also never said I liked my banner either. In fact in places like IRC and MSN I stated out flat that I didn't think my banner was good enough either. But thats my opinion, and I'm sorry for the things I said that were hurtful to everyone. :\

Calilmal · Post by **Calilmal** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:01 pm

Jaime's rock. Vote for hers! I wish i could

But the 5 would attract me the most.

Drathe · Post by **Drathe** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:29 pm

Any news as to what is going on with the banners and large pictures?

The-Puppeteer · Post by **The-Puppeteer** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:06 pm

I would Like number one to view more players
Like a group of players and then the question "want a real RPG?".

Pilinbrion · Post by **Pilinbrion** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:04 pm

the fifth is the best one- at least for me - no combat-related gfx and no ingame-graphics - this could be useful forever, because the ig-gfx could change again.

Alatar · Post by **Alatar** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:45 pm

Ok, time to close the voting.

The winners are (in this order):

I'll contact the winners by email for prizes.

Alatar · Post by **Alatar** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:07 pm

The winners get a special rank at this forum and some more char slots for their accounts.

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Banner Contest - Voting!

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