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Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:31 pm

I've created this in Paint, based on a draft by Dj that he posted on the old forum:

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Re: New Logo

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:33 pm

I like it.

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Re: New Logo

Post by Medicine Man » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:53 pm

I'm a big fan of symmetry. The placement of 'the' bothers me, but that might just be me. Like I say I'm a weirdo. :D

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Re: New Logo

Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:54 pm

I'm very much into symmetry too, and that "The" does bother me as well, but I wanted to make the joystick fit in as well!
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Re: New Logo

Post by Gibby » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:59 pm

It looks brilliant, Doug. My only criticism is I liked "Stay a while, and read!" bit rather than Traditional British Pub. But that's only because it, for some reason, reminded me of Baldur's Gate... ¬_¬

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Re: New Logo

Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:00 pm

It reminds me of Diablo 2. "Stay a while and listen..."

I'll make a revised version in a moment.
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Re: New Logo

Post by Raid » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:02 pm

I hate to sound like a broken record, but this has white pixels around the border too, which looks bad on a dark background.

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Re: New Logo

Post by Gibby » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:03 pm

Ah, Diablo 2 is what it was reminding me of. I was trying to remember the quote you just wrote, attributing it in my mind to Elminster in BG, but it was Deckard Cain!

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Re: New Logo

Post by Maturin » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:03 pm

Is there any way we could make it look a bit more rustic? Like some slightly faded paintwork.

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Re: New Logo

Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:09 pm

Raid wrote:
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:02 pm
I hate to sound like a broken record, but this has white pixels around the border too, which looks bad on a dark background.
Thanks -- I didn't pick that up before. I'll fix it in the next draft.
Maturin wrote:
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:03 pm
Is there any way we could make it look a bit more rustic? Like some slightly faded paintwork.
I'll see what I can do.
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Re: New Logo

Post by Mantis » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:28 pm

That looks tip top mate, did you see my second post that I put in the thread on PW regarding the dimensions? Setting the whole thing on a white banner of whatever it was I said in there would make slotting it onto the header of any of our future themes an absolute doddle.

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Re: New Logo

Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:38 pm

Mantis wrote:
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:28 pm
did you see my second post that I put in the thread on PW regarding the dimensions? Setting the whole thing on a white banner of whatever it was I said in there would make slotting it onto the header of any of our future themes an absolute doddle.
I did see that, but unfortunately those pixels dimensions you gave me are really small. I don't know if this logo will scale down that small and still look good. ¬_¬

Anyway, here is a second draft, taking on board everyone's suggestions:

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Re: New Logo

Post by eny » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:40 pm

I'm in agreement with the symmetry of the 'the' placement, and the preference for "stay a while".

Was there a reason for not having "the" in the web address too? I felt www.thegamersarms was more descriptive than www.gamersarms, which sounds like a weapons related site?
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Re: New Logo

Post by Pew-Pew » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:41 pm

I know lots of pubs are the same, but the lack of possessive apostrophe in the name annoys me -_-

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Re: New Logo

Post by Stormbringer » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:42 pm

Me too, actually. ¬_¬
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