Bethesda Game Studios Icon

Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:12 pm

Okay, so this has been bugging me for a while, but I haven't felt like saying anything until now. Am I the only one that has this weird placeholder icon for the BGSF forums? When this used to be the Elder Scrolls forum, it had a little guy in a suit of armor (or something like that) but it's just been this weird double box place holder ever since. Is this intended, or is it just me? How to do I fix this or why hasn't anyone ever changed it?

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Les_Punk/Serious%20stuff/BGFSWHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.jpg
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Chris Ellis
 
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:31 pm

Nope, I have it too. http://img831.imageshack.us/i/bgsforums.jpg/. It is Bethesda Softworks' logo, after all.
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Ann Church
 
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:33 am

Nope, I have it too. http://img831.imageshack.us/i/bgsforums.jpg/. It is Bethesda Softworks' logo, after all.

:facepalm: I can't believe I never made that connection. It's so minimalist I always just assumed it was a placeholder of some kind.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:04 pm

:facepalm: I can't believe I never made that connection. It's so minimalist I always just assumed it was a placeholder of some kind.


Its too minimalist. The box does not communicate anything to me...not even placeholder.

EDIT: I didn't really want to start a new thread for this, but I thought it was interesting too. Anyone see http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/01/500x_thq_logo_redesign.jpg new logo? Don't they look like a division of Zenimax media now?
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Lexy Dick
 
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Post » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:35 am

The default placeholder in Firefox looks like http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2139/21327345.jpg. They make me rage, I hate them.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:15 pm

EDIT: I didn't really want to start a new thread for this, but I thought it was interesting too. Anyone see http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/01/500x_thq_logo_redesign.jpg new logo? Don't they look like a division of Zenimax media now?

It does indeed.
Are Zenimax slowly taking over the gamimg world?
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matt white
 
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:10 pm

Its too minimalist. The box does not communicate anything to me...not even placeholder.

EDIT: I didn't really want to start a new thread for this, but I thought it was interesting too. Anyone see http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/01/500x_thq_logo_redesign.jpg new logo? Don't they look like a division of Zenimax media now?

It looks like a bunch of furniture to me... Table, chair, lamp?

The default placeholder in Firefox looks like http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2139/21327345.jpg. They make me rage, I hate them.

I'd almost prefer it if the site had that. Honestly, I find the black box to be quite unattractive for an icon. The only reason I mentioned it, was because it really sticks out with the IP.Board skin. At least with the old styles/default it matched the dark tone. The white sheet of paper doesn't clash with the white/blue of the Ip.Board style like the current icon does.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:32 pm

It has been that box for quite some time now, been so long it really is ignored. Would be nice to have something else but it really should not be a huge priority.
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Ricky Meehan
 
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:48 pm

It has been that box for quite some time now, been so long it really is ignored. Would be nice to have something else but it really should not be a huge priority.

Listen up! Everyone stop working on TES V this very instant and help find a better tab icon for the forums! Gogogo!

The box doesn't bother me, but I never noticed the connection to the logo either.
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:46 pm

The box doesn't bother me, but I never noticed the connection to the logo either.


This. It's easy to recognize quickly if I have multiple tabs open at once.
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Nikki Lawrence
 
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:17 pm

The default placeholder in Firefox looks like http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2139/21327345.jpg. They make me rage, I hate them.
Haha, I know, it looks like an error icon.


I always imagined the icon was to mirror the dark default forum skin, although it hasn't actually looked like that since early 2010.
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April D. F
 
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Post » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:48 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:THQ_logo_2011.svg looks rather familiar, doesn't it? ;)
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