cooler looking maximum rank icon (TASclient)

[1v0ry_k1ng]

assuming TASclient is continued- and I certainly hope it is because springlobby is terrible- can we get a cooler looking 60k minute star? the current one is grey and drab and actually looks less senior than the gold star.
Im thinking somthing cool enough that top players dont feel so inclined to smurf.
how about a golden crown? or three little golden stars? or hell, just making the current star look silver/platinum instead of concerete gray?

[TheFatController]

A flaming skull

Edit: Animated

[Caydr]

In general they're all too vague IMHO. I see stars, chevrons, medals... what the hell? They should be just one shape and an obvious set of well-recognized colors.

Example:

1 bronze bar
2 bronze bars
3 bronze bars
1 silver
1 silver 1 bronze
1 silver 2 bronze
2 silver
2 silver 1 bronze
3 silver
1 gold
1 gold 1 bronze
1 gold 2 bronze
1 gold 1 silver
1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze
1 gold 2 silver
2 gold
2 gold 1 bronze
2 gold 1 silver
3 gold
full platinum
star

Then for minimum rank you can say "must have silver" "must have gold". Each upgrade would count for, say, 2 hours of play time, with the final two representing 50 hours and 100 hours, respectively.

I don't know, I have no concept of time, maybe it would be better to have each rank be 5 hours and the final two be 100 hours each.

[Neddie]

I could make a new set, but I'd have to have reason.

[momfreeek]

because we want you to?

[1v0ry_k1ng]

a flaming skull wearing a crown, superimposed over 3 gold stars

could be a struggle with only 100 or so pixels though

neddy: I think all of them are fine except the max rank one.

[Neddie]

As in, if it is going to used, and other much more important flaws in TASC will be improved. I'll toss one up in a bit, I suppose.

[CarRepairer]

A snake wrapped around a naked chick who is holding a glowing sword she is using to slice the heads off a thousand hybrid monkey-dragons that shoot lightning bolts out of their mouths. I hope you can fit that in 100 pixels.

[Argh]

Sounds awesome. So, how many hours would I need to "play" in beta-testing online before I'd get that? Over 9000?

[Caydr]

If I can have assurance that they will actually be implemented if they are well-liked, I can whip up a set of classy-looking rank icons.

I think I'll get started actually, I could use a break from modding. I'm pretty good at making interface stuff so I doubt it'll get rejected.

edit: I've looked around in every git and svn I can find links to, I can't find copies of the existing images so I don't know what type are needed or how the transparency is coded to work. I found a set of them in the TASClient SVN but I think they're out of date. Looked all through the Spring git and I don't see anything... looked through the SpringLobby SVN, nothing that jumps out at me... Can someone tell me for sure where the most recent set is so I have an idea of what's needed?