Clan abbreviation

jouninkomiko · Post by **jouninkomiko** » 12 Mar 2005, 23:56

I thought about it and decided that there will be no option as to how you will display your clan abbreviation. So what we will be deciding on is how it will look for everyone.

Note, the last option is small and italicized clan abbreviation

Longaxe · Post by **Longaxe** » 13 Mar 2005, 00:18

I like the last one it├óÔé¼Ôäós unique, although you might want to consider making the clan abbreviation a subscript.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 13 Mar 2005, 00:38

I just think the whole |-----| looks neat. Clean. Simple. I could settel for smaller font but not the italics it makes some letters iledgable at that size.

aGorm

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 13 Mar 2005, 04:30

I really liked the idea of Longaxe saying that it could be an image.
It would take very little space. Some few letters and it would take alot more space than a small image.
Not to mention that it would distinguish from the other letters of the player's name.

Not beeing able to do it as an image, i would like to have them in Uper-Case, bolded and in Blue/Red, having the clan name first, separated by a "." or "@".
Like:
Spring.jouninkomiko
Spring@jouninkomiko

The Spring.jouninkomiko is the one that looks more simple. So it's the one i like best.

Post by **Fnordia** » 13 Mar 2005, 11:03

I don't think it is a good idea to lock these kind of things. Most clans vary the special characters in their clan tag to further differentiate themselves. The only exception I know of is TA clans on zone who can only use the clan_name format since no other special character than "_" is allowed in names.

Michilus_nimbus · Post by **Michilus_nimbus** » 13 Mar 2005, 11:25

maylander · Post by **maylander** » 13 Mar 2005, 11:26

i am for the last choice. I really would prefer a standardisized format for clan tags. Allowing a icon for each clan would be great. It also would allow the clan to differentiate more than some l337 clan tags.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 13 Mar 2005, 15:03

PauloMorfeo wrote:Spring.jouninkomiko
Spring@jouninkomiko

Being used to mail and site addresses, I would expect it to be PeopleName@ClanName, and PeopleName.ClanName, no the other way around. However, I'm also used to having clan tag as a prefix, not a suffix. Since the two usages are conflicting, don't use . nor @ as clan tag delimiters.

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 13 Mar 2005, 15:45

zwzsg wrote:... I would expect it to be PeopleName@ClanName, and PeopleName.ClanName, no the other way around.

Well, says who!?
I mean, having the "@" could confuse people but using the ".", i see no reason why it would look bad beeing Clan.Player ! We wouldn't be using Internet standars or anything, we would be using our own made standards.

zwzsg wrote:... I'm also used to having clan tag as a prefix, not a suffix ...

As far as i see, clan names are always a prefix and that's the way i prefer it, too.
It's like folders. We have the root folder, which has folders, which has folders, ...
We have the Clans, which has players, ...

Anyway, i voted yesterday on [Clan]Player as it is by far the most common way of presenting Clan membership.

RightField · Post by **RightField** » 13 Mar 2005, 16:12

How about just having it as a client side option that you can adjust yourself.

jouninkomiko · Post by **jouninkomiko** » 13 Mar 2005, 18:44

I might end up doing that. But for now, I'll leave it one way with the possibility of updating it in the future. It looks like |CLAN| is going to win

Mars Keeper · Post by **Mars Keeper** » 13 Mar 2005, 20:32

[Clan]

Cheesecan · Post by **Cheesecan** » 13 Mar 2005, 22:15

Mars Keeper wrote:[Clan]

[SK] hail to the king baby!

Mars Keeper · Post by **Mars Keeper** » 13 Mar 2005, 23:30

Cheesecan wrote:
Mars Keeper wrote:[Clan]
[SK] hail to the king baby!

[SK] shall reign supreme!
You shall bow before us!

[Clan] is the way to go!

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 14 Mar 2005, 11:46

But [---] are so borring. There used everywhere. Spring Should go for somthing different.

|GORM|This is my boom stick!

Mars Keeper · Post by **Mars Keeper** » 14 Mar 2005, 12:57

But I like the box feeling I get with [Clan].

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 14 Mar 2005, 16:15

aGorm wrote:But [---] are so borring. There used everywhere.

Mars Keeper wrote:But I like the box feeling I get with [Clan].

Exactly...

It gives a feeling of Start/End and also, most people are confortable with that. The |Clan|, looks wrong in my eyes because it has no indication of where the tag starts and where it ends.

Using something diferent i would prefer

PauloMorfeo wrote:Spring.jouninkomiko

Simple and elegant but no one seems to suport my idea.

Anyway, i will surely not cry over such matter as there are much more important features...

Mars Keeper · Post by **Mars Keeper** » 14 Mar 2005, 19:03

PauloMorfeo wrote:
aGorm wrote:But [---] are so borring. There used everywhere.

Mars Keeper wrote:But I like the box feeling I get with [Clan].
Exactly...

It gives a feeling of Start/End and also, most people are confortable with that. The |Clan|, looks wrong in my eyes because it has no indication of where the tag starts and where it ends.

Yes!
You read my mind!

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 14 Mar 2005, 20:22

WHAT!??! so lets just get this stright... |Gorm| do you realy think that the one at then end is the one at the begining? I mean, if you were upside down, maybee, but whos gonna play upside down? (other than me) I mean [GORM] aGorm and |GORM| aGorm there both incredibly obviose but the second is clearly more stylish. The [---] just look.... I dont know, to borring and samey.

aGorm

maverick256 · Post by **maverick256** » 14 Mar 2005, 20:35

la la, just to tip the scale of the balance here.....

Spring RTS Engine

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