Wedge

Quote from Bloc on August 4th, 2011, 01:10 PM

You are right, Nao, that the logo I ended up with, was mix of many peoples output..I would recommend using JUST the letters, with some modications to make it stand out - or use a small wedge image. Using big image + text makes it too busy IMHO.

Something like this.

Not to burst yer' bubbles lol, but using vector software, while good in itself, is still just a tool. Working in high resolutions with Photoshop have always given me the same freedom as using vector software, which I can't possibly be so creative with.

The "wedge" I made, which you now use as a "boat" ? :)

was a 3d-lit triangular shape of a wedge(stylized) so I would not recommend using as it is now. The lighting is totally wrong(it was lit from the top originally) and it was made to be small(just above the text) and contrast with the text, not on its own. Being on its own require more detail and better shape on it.

You are right, Nao, that the logo I ended up with, was mix of many peoples output..I would recommend using JUST the letters, with some modications to make it stand out - or use a small wedge image. Using big image + text makes it too busy IMHO.

I didn't say that we don't have to fight back, per se, but that if there is retaliation of any kind, it is done with the best information available, and that we do it as ethically as possible - which includes acknowledging their side to the situation.

It comes under the category of what the opposition is doing, which is naturally allowed. The caveat of course is that 'as long as the competition isn't Wedge.'

Yup. It's all fine for the team to go 'hey, look at what that other system is doing' to indicate how awesome it is, but all bets are off if it happens to be us, and that's always been, and always likely to be, the case.

There's a difference between having rules, enforcing rules and telling your users about said rules. Like I said, there weren't any rules I'd been advised about prior to the message from Oldiesmann asking me to remove Wedge from my signature.

I'd have been fine to comply with rules if I'd seen a shred of evidence to validate the fact that this was a rule that applied equally to everyone, as opposed to what feels like it was made up on the spot.

Oh, don't even get me started about the Core Values bullshit. I demonstrated that vbgamer had broken just about every single core value on the list, but every single point was argued - by Kindred, no less - as being not important.

After the January 2010 drama+BS, every returning and every new team member was supposed to electronically sign an agreement, including promising to adhere to the Core Values. You can obviously see how well that worked out.

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But they don't acknowledge that.

If you did that, would you openly admit it?

Here, the only way I can see it is that they've taken a rule that was never fully explained, broadened its horizons to suit, and applied it to us. The best bit was that when I argued this originally, Kindred explained to me that the 'no competition' rule was something I should have known about at the time, because of the no-competitive-ads rule. At that point, I actually gave up trying to argue with him because the rules don't seem to apply in his brain properly.

Then you have things like: http://www.bryandeakin.com/index.php/topic,941.msg9346.html#msg9346 going on.

I'll let you make of that what you will, but for someone who hasn't told any actual lies, per se, I'd say he's done a decent bit of skirting the truth on occasion, and he has actually implicated RR in libel, on the basis of claiming that Les (ARG) was actually RR being a troll under another name. (Which means, if you're going to call someone out like that, you really, really should be able to back up your assertion especially when it doesn't take much to refute it.)

A wedge is an object that forces one section into two sections or separates two sections from each other.

If you ask me I would put the actual wedge image to the side for a wile and try some alternate options to go along with the text. I mean, does the logo object really need to be an actual wedge?

I know, I know, pick me, pick me!

Here's a couple of clues:

The person who reported it was very adamant that he wasn't going to adhere to being told he couldn't use SMG on his site. And a very, very long, pointless and stupid argument ensued, and it was public too.

The person who I understand to have changed it is not the project manager and not a Customizer, and therefore should have had nothing the hell to do with it. That said, the Customizer team are the ones charged with maintaining the mod site and we all know how up to the task they are at present...

I'm not even surprised that either of the individuals involved are actually involved. I'm more annoyed that they won't 'fess up to it or at the very least bother to tell either of us what's going on. (Interesting point, then, why haven't they censored AeMe itself since last I saw of it, it had an active link here...)