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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-22 01:44:42
June 18 2010 06:46 GMT
#1
This has been brought up in a couple of recent threads, a choice of SC2-themed icons versus the classic BW icons. So I whipped up some icons to see what they might look like...

[image loading]
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2929 Posts
June 18 2010 06:47 GMT
#2
Looks pretty cool, I think people should have a choice between classic and sc2 icons though.
Cinematographer / Steadicam Operator. Former Starcraft commentator/player
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9056 Posts
June 18 2010 06:48 GMT
#3
Awesome stuff. It's about time!
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
June 18 2010 06:50 GMT
#4
Moved to website feedback.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21247 Posts
June 18 2010 07:36 GMT
#5
Ehhhh I much prefer what we have right now...
TranslatorBaa!
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-18 08:31:13
June 18 2010 07:48 GMT
#6
I think the main problem with the concept is that the 3D units are harder to see at such a low resolution. These icons use the in-game portraits, and are about as clear as you can get without altering the size/border of the image.

There is also the hypothesis that unfamiliar images aren't as quickly recognized. It may take years of playing SC2 for the bias to disappear. The colors really help the units stand out though.

On June 18 2010 17:14 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Can't even tell what half of those even are.

22x22 is pretty damn small, with the border it's like 16x16 pixels. BW sprites scale better, but I think this is about as good of a concept as we'll get of units that were drawn for 3D and lack textural features.

I could try some edge-detection on the sources and cartoonify things (so to speak) before scaling, but there isn't much room to work with in the first place.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
June 18 2010 07:55 GMT
#7
could always try using the 3 icons for races and slowly drawing in the icon per a post level.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
June 18 2010 08:14 GMT
#8
Can't even tell what half of those even are.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29905 Posts
June 18 2010 08:38 GMT
#9
Those icons are hmm... a bit hazy :D
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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-18 09:45:13
June 18 2010 09:42 GMT
#10
On June 18 2010 17:38 Crucifix wrote:
Those icons are hmm... a bit hazy :D

Well if we increased the size to, say, 32x32 this would be ezpz.
[image loading] and [image loading] are no less muddled. We only recognize them because we've seen them over and over again.
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KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
June 18 2010 13:07 GMT
#11
I support if we get to choose between SC1 and SC2 icons, they look really cool but a bit too small. A slight increase in size would be nice
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
AnodyneSea
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Jamaica757 Posts
June 18 2010 13:38 GMT
#12
Is there a post with info on when you get each icon??
Lost within the hope of freedom, not for control but in the light of our cause
firebound12
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada274 Posts
June 18 2010 14:41 GMT
#13
im in for the idea! Maybe you could update the graphics, but having sc2 user icons would be awesome! :D
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26004 Posts
June 18 2010 15:21 GMT
#14
On June 18 2010 22:38 jamaZn wrote:
Is there a post with info on when you get each icon??

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=47518
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myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
June 18 2010 16:20 GMT
#15
may that thread never, ever die
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AnodyneSea
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Jamaica757 Posts
June 18 2010 17:07 GMT
#16
On June 19 2010 00:21 Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2010 22:38 jamaZn wrote:
Is there a post with info on when you get each icon??

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=47518


thanks chill, i found this earlier along with a bunch of other posts regarding this topic with the flying monkies and got basically nothing out of it,

this post helped alot for anyone else new to TL looking for info on it

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=16170#1
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
June 18 2010 19:11 GMT
#17
Chill is making a point - you're not supposed to know.
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semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
June 19 2010 02:38 GMT
#18
so now they will have to take him out?

Sc2 icons is a debate we don't have them not because tl doesn't have a graphics team but rather becuase, 1 the game isn't finalized 2 not sure if there will be sc2 icons and if so how will it be implemented
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5660 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-19 06:37:44
June 19 2010 06:17 GMT
#19
also there's that whole "we haven't seen all the units in the game" thingy

and you're icons, though the effort was well placed, do in fact look far more muddled than the icons we have now, and it's not because we're used to them. i know what a muta looks like, but i had a hard time locating it in your lineup. same goes for the scv, archon, etc.

the icons were very well made, and it'll take a while to part with them imo, if at all.
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PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5070 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-19 06:50:11
June 19 2010 06:48 GMT
#20
In conjunction with the current poll on viewable post count, many people say they use rank icons to identify seniority - in that case, implementing these SC2 icons would just make those people ultimately confused. Personally, if we had to use the icons OP made it would be a giant step back (no offense! I know you were limited by image dimensions). I don't even know half the icons there and I've played lots of SC2. The current rank icons are perfect, with only the lurker being a bit hard to notice, but as a result of it being the ONLY icon that's hard to distinguish, it's easy to associate that icon being the lurker in your head.
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