Who's our badger?

**pannonian** · November 03, 2009, 03:49 PM

Who designed the badges that we're currently using?

**Lord Rahl** · November 03, 2009, 04:01 PM

That is a good question. *researching*

I believe the member is, Raradir, although if I'm not mistaken, I believe that some of the badges have been changed since.

Here is the thread I got the answer from: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=243794

**Desperado †** · November 03, 2009, 05:38 PM

Yeah, Raradir's the artist though both he and others have made some minor adjustments to what won the original competition.

**y2day** · November 04, 2009, 12:47 PM

Voted for by the public yet noone seems to like them.

I made this one...

Didn't check Rahl's link but has it been long enough for a change?

y

**pannonian** · November 04, 2009, 12:49 PM

Did he do the content staff badges?

**Lord Rahl** · November 04, 2009, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by y2day

Voted for by the public yet noone seems to like them.

That's why I never liked the idea of a public vote. As I said in this thread,

Originally Posted by moi

Back in the day when we wanted new badges usually two or three people would be heavily involved with doing so. Examples, here and here. Damn, I forgot about those badges! It'd always be myself, Manji would jump in, and other graphically talented fellas would "bring the heat" of sorts. I preferred this sort of competition better. It was more informal and I could actually get feedback on my concepts and ideas before we put the badges into effect. For the recent competition there was no feedback and so after the badges were implemented people expressed their opinions...when it no longer mattered because the set couldn't be changed. If we had had feedback before implementing the current set then maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. Another plus of the old days of badge making was that it was done in the CVRIA where we know that the members care about TWC and are long-time members of the forum. This ensured that those who were looking and commenting on the badges had a more experienced, legitimate, and worthwhile opinion on what they saw. In the most recent competition I didn't see much interaction from our more senior members and not much interaction considering that a new badge set was going to be chosen. This made sure that once the badges weren't going to be widely accepted by those who would have an opinion on them.

I'm not saying I think that having the decision of the badges being public is a bad thing but it's my belief that not enough people knew about the new badge set being made and voted on to make the final decision a good one. A competition is good, it ensures the best out of everyone, but the "best" doesn't matter if there is no hardly any feedback for badge design and if member who really matter don't vote on it.

If we want another set of badges I think we should start from scratch.

Didn't check Rahl's link but has it been long enough for a change?

y

The link I gave has Desperado's announcement of the winner on March 29, 2009, so I guess it's up to each person if it's been "long enough".

**pannonian** · November 06, 2009, 06:57 PM

Bump. See if anyone notices anything.

**Halie Satanus** · November 10, 2009, 06:14 PM

Let's scrap them!

Vive la revolution.

**magpie** · November 11, 2009, 10:43 AM

Maybe a symbolic bonfire! I am afraid chaps that this will be strung out, until the new nappy game comes on Steam! Then the power's that be will have a nice little competition based on one era, God help Us! If that is the case I want a guillotine as the artifex symbol.

cheerio all, mags of the duffers

**Søren** · November 12, 2009, 11:57 PM

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=294563

I'd definitely prefer this one:

Jefferson seems to great a figure to give to the rank of civitate, but the rest of those would be an improvement on the current ones, I think (though I don't by any means dislike the badges we use now).

**Simetrical** · November 15, 2009, 03:18 PM

Look at the badge URLs. Most of them have the name of the author in the file name. "radadir" is indeed the one who made most of them (I apparently can't spell).

**pannonian** · November 15, 2009, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Simetrical

Look at the badge URLs. Most of them have the name of the author in the file name. "radadir" is indeed the one who made most of them (I apparently can't spell).

I got the answer I wanted, and what I wanted done. Thanks to y2day for his work, which he's now wearing.

**magpie** · January 21, 2010, 11:43 AM

No disrespect intended towards the badges set or the artists involved. We have reached a new chapter in the TW saga, ETW is over, CA have moved on, Perhaps a little discussion on the future of our badges may now be timely

Do we stick with the present 18th century batch, move on to the 19th century. Or take a new approach to the whole issue? It would be nice to see the suggestions. regards all. mags

**abbews** · January 21, 2010, 02:48 PM

New badges would be fresh, it they were neat.

**Nikos** · January 26, 2010, 04:11 PM

I still think a neutral default skin, with neutral badges would be the way to go. As I have often repeated, we cater to all of the Total War games, not just Empire.

**magpie** · February 06, 2010, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by Nikos

I still think a neutral default skin, with neutral badges would be the way to go. As I have often repeated, we cater to all of the Total War games, not just Empire.

Greetings Nikos, Congrats on your promotion. I think it is time to shake a little dust off this neglected topic

Throw off the shackle's of Empire, Man the barricades, Roll out Madame Guillotine, and have at the tyranny of Empire badges

we have groaned under this past long year. Where are our stalwart artists and designers and competition organizers, Who is going to lead us to that bright dawn of freedom and a New Jerusalem.
Okay chaps, I am bored with the present badge setup

any chance HEX and Curia and Citizens of a change.

**Nikos** · February 06, 2010, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by magpie

Greetings Nikos, Congrats on your promotion.

Thank you man!

I think it is time to shake a little dust off this neglected topic

Throw off the shackle's of Empire, Man the barricades, Roll out Madame Guillotine, and have at the tyranny of Empire badges

we have groaned under this past long year. Where are our stalwart artists and designers and competition organizers, Who is going to lead us to that bright dawn of freedom and a New Jerusalem.
Okay chaps, I am bored with the present badge setup

any chance HEX and Curia and Citizens of a change.

I have actually started an initiative on this in the content forums. I have created a thread there for all of TWC's content artists to design new badge sets, and even a new forum skin for Napoleon: Total War. With their permission, I will post some of their work in this thread.