Apolyton University Poll 3 - Civgroup icon

[Rhothaerill]

This will be the third in a series of polls regarding Apolyton University and the four Civ3 democracy games played here on Apolyton. Per the initiative of Theseus in this thread http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showt...threadid=90953 we are attempting to increase the attractiveness of each with introduction pages, new ways of approaching players, and generally more fun. This third poll asks the question about making Apolyton University a civgroup. Please vote on whether you believe we should pursue making Apolyton University a civgroup or not, and then post with your reasons. Thanks.

It is my belief that the civgroup icons increase marketability. The democracy games might not have as large a membership as they do now if people hadn’t seen the civgroup icons and been curious. I myself lurked at ‘Poly for a long time in the strategy forums and didn’t have a clue what the democracy games were all about. For people that don’t frequent the strategy forums, they don’t have any idea what Apolyton University is or how to join in.

As no one else has suggested another icon besides this one then it stands right now as the icon that will become the AU civgroup if this initiative is pursued. If you have another possible icon, please post that as well.

[Dominae]

The two reds in the icon you presented are too similar, and make the 'A' difficult to see. The icon needs to be cleaned up a little.

Also, why not 'AU'? The letter 'A' along is already being used for the ISDG icon.


Dominae

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by Dominae
The two reds in the icon you presented are too similar, and make the 'A' difficult to see. The icon needs to be cleaned up a little.
Also, why not 'AU'? The letter 'A' along is already being used for the ISDG icon.
Dominae

Actually it is AU. The 'U' is in purple surrounding the A (which I admit was taken from the ISDG icon and modified. That's why I'd like more people to create some icons. I'm not a great computer artist.

[Dominae]

Ah, I see.

IMO the symbol of 'A' beside the 'U' is more iconic than putting the 'A' in front of the 'U'. I'm no artist either, but I think the icon should basically be:

<|AU|>

The brackets are, course, what is open to artistic creativity.


Dominae

[Theseus]

Dominae, I can't see whatever you tried to post.

I'm up for an icon too... either an A and U, or something more, ummm, iconic.

A book? Books? A cap and tassle? A diploma?

Or something less university-oriented?

[Dominae]

Edited.

[sabrewolf]

uhm, i've tried to do something myself.
got two versions:
the first one should be a graduation hat with AU beneath.
i don't know if it's readable.

[sabrewolf]

second one is just AU slightly on a different height.
maybe colours could be changed. ideas?

[sabrewolf]

and here the versions with transparent backgrounds

WITH graduation hat

[sabrewolf]

transparent WITHOUT graduation hat

[sabrewolf]

btw: it's extremely difficult to draw something at the size of 15x19 pixels. pixelediting, etc... maybe some master of graphics could do something

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
transparent WITHOUT graduation hat

I like this one the most of your icons. It's simple, makes a statement, and is easier to read than mine. We can also play with colors too. I was trying for some bold colors to stand out from other icons.

[sabrewolf]

if you decide on colours, i can change it fairly easy. i could also make the letter slightly thicker. maybe even outlined like the fourth of your civgroups rhothaerill (the A over the triangle)
just ask...

but now i've got a bad conscience after posting my 6th post here... sorry, i'm not usually a spammer

[Rhothaerill]

I don't really want to match the ISDG icon too much (that's what that 'A' icon stands for). Perhaps using it as the base for my icon wasn't the best idea.

If we have more people post icons then perhaps we can have a poll for which one to use in the future. Right now my vote is with sabrewolf's non-hat icon...it's hard to tell what the hat is; the same thing happened to me with one of my first tries, it was just too 'busy' of an icon.

And the more ideas we have the better as far as I'm concerned.

[Danarchy]

Err...what is a Civgroup anyway? I'm new here.