HL2 did it with sprays, but is BRINK customisation going to allow clan tattoos, armbands, badges, etc.? Either as an uploaded bitmap, or as text.
Could it? Rendering text on a texture isn't that hard, so if custom bitmaps are a total no, then what about colour armbands with 1-10 characters text for clan tags?
A text tag would be good enough for me. If people were allowed to upload or create images, we'd just get a bunch of people walking around with genitals or animals humping or something along those lines on their arms.
Clan logos all the way. Yes there would be obnoxious images, but a little admin support could get rid of them. I think the pros of having some awesome clan tag outweight the cons of the odd phalic symbol running around (also, greater incentive to kill them).
A text tag would be good enough for me. If people were allowed to upload or create images, we'd just get a bunch of people walking around with genitals or animals humping or something along those lines on their arms.
Hey! That was one time ok?! And our clan was called "Animals Humping and Genitalia", so it was perfectly justified!
Clan logos all the way. Yes there would be obnoxious images, but a little admin support could get rid of them. I think the pros of having some awesome clan tag outweight the cons of the odd phalic symbol running around (also, greater incentive to kill them).
If people were allowed to upload or create images, we'd just get a bunch of people walking around with genitals or animals humping or something along those lines on their arms.
HL2 did it with sprays
This. All source games allows for sprays. That means everytime you play a game, there is the chance someone will spray something offensive, disturbing, or disgusting on the wall.
Now you're asking for the ability to do that to yourself.
Maybe they could fit in some special clothing for guilds/clans that support the logo feature. Or include a logo editor a la Halo or cod. There would still be dumb images, although they would be a lot harder to create. Either way, text would be fine as well.