New Multiplayer icon?

Post by **Jetrel** » December 1st, 2006, 7:28 am

We need a new multiplayer icon (due to changes of appearance in some sprites), and I thought that Eternal's current avatar is nearly ... perfect.

I'm wondering if he, or anyone else has any objections to this being used:

(Note, the one objection I don't take as valid is that "the Ogre isn't in default" - he is in the "Age of Heroes" era, and that's good enough for me, considering the raw personality in this image.)

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » December 1st, 2006, 7:57 am

Yes, god yes infact. Seeing that whenever I change my preferences will just make my day.

If anybody opposes this then they are clearly mad and thus their opinion doesn't matter

.

Post by **Zhukov** » December 1st, 2006, 8:12 am

Officially awesome idea.

(That isn't magenta on his togs is it?)

Post by **ivanovic** » December 1st, 2006, 8:26 am

Sounde good to me. What about replacing "general" with the new Grand Marshal? The current image does also look outdated to me.

Post by **zookeeper** » December 1st, 2006, 9:21 am

ivanovic wrote:Sounde good to me. What about replacing "general" with the new Grand Marshal? The current image does also look outdated to me.

Removing the general as the icon for general?

Oh, boredom.

Post by **Jetrel** » December 1st, 2006, 9:45 am

ivanovic wrote:Sounde good to me. What about replacing "general" with the new Grand Marshal? The current image does also look outdated to me.

The general icon, and music icon, are getting updated with the newer sprites, whilst staying true to their current idea. The general needs to stay a strict "general", because of the pun.

As for the ogre's pants, no they aren't magenta, but gol-darnit the red sure does look like it. I need to fix that.

Post by **Noyga** » December 1st, 2006, 2:44 pm

For the multiplayer icon, we probably need to replace/improve the thing in front of the ogre : we don't really see what it is.

Post by **Jetrel** » December 1st, 2006, 10:25 pm

Noyga wrote:For the multiplayer icon, we probably need to replace/improve the thing in front of the ogre : we don't really see what it is.

It's a spearman, which is much more obvious in the "set above white" version that's bounced around on the forums. I think with a few highlights, it'll be perfectly recognizable on a black background as well.

Post by **Eternal** » December 2nd, 2006, 3:41 pm

What a neat idea! Thanks!

A new spearman should be made to fit better with the new and larger one... but would that fit the image then?

Website · Post by **Sapient** » December 2nd, 2006, 4:21 pm

Eternal wrote:What a neat idea! Thanks!
A new spearman should be made to fit better with the new and larger one... but would that fit the image then?

The menu and dialog code will adjust according to the size of the image. So it doesn't have to be a particular size.

Post by **Darth Fool** » December 2nd, 2006, 5:02 pm

Sapient wrote:
Eternal wrote:What a neat idea! Thanks!
A new spearman should be made to fit better with the new and larger one... but would that fit the image then?
The menu and dialog code will adjust according to the size of the image. So it doesn't have to be a particular size.

It doesn't have to be, but for aesthetic reasons, it should be the same size as the other ones.