New Graal Website - Page 14

alskdjfhg · #**196** 11-07-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Clockwork

Ive always liked the open source sorta typical look

Ignore my brown...I liked brown until I relized it shoulda been green...

I couldn't finda good shade of green tonight

I like how it says some servers were down... very realistic. :]

Umat · #**197** 11-07-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Something like this imo, only 100x better and with actual content.

this is good!

alskdjfhg · #**198** 11-07-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Liberated

thanks for the input so far, the screenshots were taken quickly, and then quickly slapped together to give an idea of where i was going, also, i made that one using my own html skills which suck, now i will try to create and template, and then someone else would have to code it.

edit: version of template itself, the screenshots still need to be changed, i would like some help with those if anyone is interested, and so far i'd like more C&C. And i hope you guys like it.

I tried to keep a bit of the graal feel, yet make it a bit fresh.

Try using different fonts. Infact, use the Graal Online template text thingy from the Graal client login screen..

Darlene159 · #**199** 11-07-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Liberated

thanks for the input so far, the screenshots were taken quickly, and then quickly slapped together to give an idea of where i was going, also, i made that one using my own html skills which suck, now i will try to create and template, and then someone else would have to code it.

edit: version of template itself, the screenshots still need to be changed, i would like some help with those if anyone is interested, and so far i'd like more C&C. And i hope you guys like it.

I tried to keep a bit of the graal feel, yet make it a bit fresh.

I like it. The only thing I dont like are the fonts on the header.

LoneAngelIbesu · #**200** 11-07-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by James

i think that would be perfect although it should have a green color scheme.

Green is ugly, unless it's got something to do with nature. Especially dark green. Graal is not a dark green kind of game; it's a light color kind of game.

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Originally Posted by Clockwork

Ive always liked the open source sorta typical look

Ignore my brown...I liked brown until I relized it shoulda been green...

I couldn't finda good shade of green tonight

Make it blue. You won't find a good shade of green.

Green should be a secondary color, if anything.

Crow · #**201** 11-07-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Liberated

thanks for the input so far, the screenshots were taken quickly, and then quickly slapped together to give an idea of where i was going, also, i made that one using my own html skills which suck, now i will try to create and template, and then someone else would have to code it.

edit: version of template itself, the screenshots still need to be changed, i would like some help with those if anyone is interested, and so far i'd like more C&C. And i hope you guys like it.

I tried to keep a bit of the graal feel, yet make it a bit fresh.

Don't really like it. Header, navigation and the overall look of the template just don't work together. As said, the font you used in the header doesn't look good. The navigation looks completely out of place. And the glossy button look of the main thing doesn't fit Graal.

DustyPorViva · #**202** 11-07-2009, 07:15 PM

No... Graal has been sporting a green on the darker end of the scale for a while now.

LoneAngelIbesu · #**203** 11-07-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

No... Graal has been sporting a green on the darker end of the scale for a while now.

Doesn't mean it every actually looked good. There have huge changes in design and aesthetics since Graal primarily used green (which was like.. 4? years ago). The only time you see dark green as the focal color in a design is when it's part of nature. Otherwise it's just not that effective of a design.

Stop clinging to the past plz.

DustyPorViva · #**204** 11-07-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Doesn't mean it every actually looked good. There have huge changes in design and aesthetics since Graal primarily used green (which was like.. 4? years ago). The only time you see dark green as the focal color in a design is when it's part of nature. Otherwise it's just not that effective of a design.

Stop clinging to the past plz.

No one is clinging to the past. You specifically said "Graal is not a dark green kind of game" which completely contradicts what Graal has been for years. You say don't cling to the past, but what should be be clinging to, the present Graal which looks like a rainbow turd? I'll accept anything that looks decent, but Graal has for a long time been represented by Green and I have never personally thought it was ugly so I think it's silly to just dismiss it. Colors are not some defined list of words that can only be used in specific ways and are either ugly or pretty. In the right hands, even the most 'ugly' of colors can look amazing. Also, green != only nature, that is a very narrow way to look at colors.

LoneAngelIbesu · #**205** 11-07-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

No one is clinging to the past. You specifically said "Graal is not a dark green kind of game" which completely contradicts what Graal has been for years.

You're being way too literal. A "dark green" game does not mean it uses dark green colors; it means it's a dark-themed game... it's grungy, it's not light-hearted. Vampire: The Masquerade is a dark-themed game. Using dark green conveys a message that contradicts what Graal's gameplay is actually like. Who cares if it used green for its client forever ago?

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

You say don't cling to the past, but what should be be clinging to, the present Graal which looks like a rainbow turd? I'll accept anything that looks decent, but Graal has for a long time been represented by Green and I have never personally thought it was ugly so I think it's silly to just dismiss it.

Well, I've always thought Graal's old design -- the one before the current one -- was ugly. I think dark green is ugly. Blue is more pleasing.

DustyPorViva · #**206** 11-07-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

You're being way too literal. A "dark green" game does not mean it uses dark green colors; it means it's a dark-themed game... it's grungy, it's not light-hearted. Vampire: The Masquerade is a dark-themed game. Using dark green conveys a message that contradicts what Graal's gameplay is actually like. Who cares if it used green for its client forever ago?

Well, Graal has mainly gone through two phases of green. The very dark green that was used for the 'gk-themed' site, the green used for the '2k1-themed' site. I think we're all talking about the green used for the 2k1 site, which is much more light-hearted. However, Graal has too many flavors to say, "Graal is a light-hearted game" because each server has its own thing going on.

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Well, I've always thought Graal's old design -- the one before the current one -- was ugly. I think dark green is ugly. Blue is more pleasing.

Blue is too colorful and bright in my opinion, and way overly used. I always thought the 2k1 site looked quite nice, as do the forums, and it seems to be something that a lot of people think as well.

LoneAngelIbesu · #**207** 11-07-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Well, Graal has mainly gone through two phases of green. The very dark green that was used for the 'gk-themed' site, the green used for the '2k1-themed' site. I think we're all talking about the green used for the 2k1 site, which is much more light-hearted. However, Graal has too many flavors to say, "Graal is a light-hearted game" because each server has its own thing going on.

Then we shouldn't be designing a Graal website at all. We should be designing websites for each and every server.

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Blue is too colorful and bright in my opinion, and way overly used. I always thought the 2k1 site looked quite nice, as do the forums, and it seems to be something that a lot of people think as well.

Blue is used for a reason. Dark green, monochromatic designs are rare for a reason. If you need green, make it bright. Make is a natural green color, not any green taken off of these forums, this design, or this design.