DarkBlizz

Quote from: Gj on April 03, 2010, 01:20:54 AM
That's an awesome banner. Keep up the good work.  :thumbsup:
The colour works really well with the current website colours.
I think it would be better for you if the slogan wasn't placed in a black area and if no animation occurred. It took me 5 seconds just to be able to read the slogan alone because of the darkness itself and the tentacles.
You can also see that the slogan begins bright and becomes darker. Try and keep the colour of the text consistent.
If you don't want to change it, try putting an outer glow on the text to make it more easily read.

Thanks for the crits!

It was made on purpose so that the slogan text wasn't too clear, and to "fade" to the background at times. I've checked my banner with 4-5 LCD-monitors of which 2 of them were properly calibrated, and the slogan text was quite readable when it comes to the brightness levels of the banner.

Untill the next update

Quote from: Xwoa on April 02, 2010, 03:26:52 PM
You can use the Blizzard typeface without infringing on copyright 

The reason why I didn't use the Blizzard/StarCraft -font clone was that it looks so damn fugly.

Haha, it took a while for me to notice that it read StarCRACK, not Craft

Cool photoshopping. How would it look like with login information?

This is one of the most f'cked up pictured ever. Enjoy  :cheers:




And, as a bonus (since jokes with batman never get old):

Quote from: Zexon on April 01, 2010, 05:21:40 AM
got one, but its kinda harsh, its like telling Americans that the government was contacted by aliens

What, you mean they weren't contacted by aliens? Then how do you explain George Bush? 

Happy April the 1st  :cheers:

What does the probe say anyways... "Cup holding"? What cup, why does a protoss unit hold a cup? WTH

F'n piece oh sh*t this timelimit login.. I had written a fair amount of stuff about your entry, but when I tried to post it, I got caught by forum timelimit saying I need to re-login. And I lost my writings. FFFFFFFFFF.


Anyways, here's the short version:

» Are you going to implement some kind of hotkey-mechanism to your site since all the menulinks have stylized first letter? And the same goes for the "Username/Password"-captions? That kinda confuses a little.
» The main logotype looks a bit too small compared to other elements in your banner. I'd scale it up a tad and then move it down/center just so that it'd capture viewer's eye better
» One thing I hate in navigational designs is "too small buttons". Yeah, it can be pain in the ass to try to hit the right one in a hurry. With proper rollover effects, say, in flash for example, you could really make that menu shine. Vertical layout for those buttons is still something I have doubts with.
» Moving the "GO"-button to the right side of the search bar would be more logical than leaving it to the left side. People, especially in western countries are used to left>right -movement, and moving your cursor to RIGHT after filling in your searchword would feel more logical and natural than moving to LEFT.
» Since you've already made the "Forgot password?" and "Register" -buttons graphical, why not make them to look more like the other buttons? Now they look like they were just randomly dropped there

It's a good start though!

Quote from: enjoikr3w on March 30, 2010, 06:16:42 PM
I think this animation is great. I think it would be even better if the "tentacles" were in slow motion instead of fast paced like they are. Also if you could blend in the banner with the right portion it would make this a strong competitor.

Thanks for the crit! I just updated it with slower tentacles and made it blend better with the login panel (the panel is made in html/css for easier usage (admin-wise))

BUMP, updated again. Remember to check the link provided.

BUMP.

I too have the same problem. Whenever I try to start a game by pressing the "Play"-button I get an error message saying something like ".\Cache\blablabla.dds already exists" :/

I've tried to start the game with various settings with no luck.

Please fix this ASAP.

I think it looks too fuzzy 

Looks nice

Quote from: Parabola on March 20, 2010, 02:44:06 PM
Do it! And don't forget to add our slogan, "Your #1 Source for Battle.net Bots" or "Making Battle.net Magic!"

I'll see what I can do for the next update, if there's gonna be one

Quote from: zTaya on March 20, 2010, 02:57:53 PM
i   really like the blizzard animation! what'd you make it in?

Thanks! I was just playing around with AE