I’d like to say that I have this great plan and this is how this is going to work out, but the truth is I have no idea how this will work. A lot of these things are simply unpredictable. While the my Patreon has a $400+ tier, I don’t think that I will ever hit that tier in 2017, or maybe even 2018. As I’ve said before, I’m not building this site…[Read more]

I think one of the great things about this place is that you really do not have to feel pressured to post. And I’d like this to be treated the same way. There is no need to add a Patreon account if you do not want to, and don’t feel pressured into creating content simply to justify having a Patreon account linked. You are free to use this site…[Read more]

The example Emblems are now up on the site, I’ve added them to the forums here as well. I definitely need to clean up the founder one, or get something more fitting. It’s just too messy in its current state.

I could also zoom in on the icon so that less of the details are lost in the eagle itself, though wings and claws would probably get lost. Either way, it’s an example, I’m going to see what can be done about a spartan helmet for the founder Emblem as well, see how that looks and functions.

Changed my mind after seeing it on the page. I removed the text and scaled the Emblem examples to 20px tall, some margin adjustments and they’re ok. Check out the example on any of the news articles I have posted.

Most recent is here. You will notice there are now 3 images to the left of my name where it says “Posted by * * * xsuicidesn0wmanx…[Read more]

How about something like this for the founder Emblem? It’s an eagle… ended up on the idea while searching ‘early adopter’ which led to ‘early bird’, then ‘bird’, and finally ‘eagle’.

I’m also not so sure how well these scale, so the 20×25 version is most likely not going to happen, these will only be used in areas where the 50×63 can be used.…[Read more]

How about something like this for the founder Emblem? It’s an eagle… ended up on the idea while searching ‘early adopter’ which led to ‘early bird’, then ‘bird’, and finally ‘eagle’.

Here is a bad example of what I was thinking for the cumulative likes. Something similar to this would be awarded to users who have received at least 100 more likes than dislikes(i.e. 125 likes 21 dislikes). Also right now I’m leaning towards these being permanent once earned, meaning if you drop back below +100 likes you still keep the…[Read more]

Here is a bad example of what I was thinking for the cumulative likes. I’m not a photoshop expert so this is obviously very rough. I’m sure our designer or my co-worker can make something very similar but much more defined and appealing to the end user.

It won’t be able to have a lot of detail since one of the areas these will display is to the right of your name on reviews and news articles. I believe these will end up being anywhere from 15×15 icons on that page to 50×50 on the forums and profile pages. So something easily recognizable will have to be used like the heart icon and the thumbs up…[Read more]

Well one thing to keep in mind is that these will all be very simple and in the same shade of red used throughout the site. So nothing will be gold, just a mix if #171717 / #FEFEFE and #dd0000 on a transparent background. I do like the ideas for alternative Emblems. I was thinking of maybe having an emblem for each user level, but I don’t even…[Read more]

Yeah, I’d like that, I haven’t found anything specific that fits yet. So far I’ve got the cumulative posts Emblem which will be based on our favicon/twitter & facebook avatar(the pixelated heart), and the cumulative likes Emblem which will be based on the Fallout icon of the thumbs up.

Maybe the founder icon could just be a Spartan Helmet? Front…[Read more]

I had ideas for our gamelust channel a while back but I couldn’t find anyone local to do them with. They were all based around my obnoxiously huge gaming collection and I envisioned the concept being at least 3 to 4 people total on screen. Stuff like ‘show off your gaming room’. Or one called ‘throwback thursdays’ where me and a couple of friends…[Read more]