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Subject: My Recently Submitted Theme

Gamertag: Sarge 117

I just submitted a theme to 7themes@bungie.com, so I decided I might come here to gather a bit of feedback and comments on it. I realize, as I type this, that it would have probably been smarter to get opinions for theme before I submitted it, but hey I guess it can't hurt.

I posted this a while ago and got some opinions, but I thought I'd try it once more for good luck. I call my theme Darkness, mainly due to its colour scheme (primarily dark blues, purples and black). It's not directly associated with any particular Bungie game, I'd consider it more of just a general sort of theme.

Darkness - .PNG format, all one image.

Hope you guys like it.

  • 11.05.2005 4:43 PM PDT
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I think this would belong better in the appropriate sticky.

I like your banner but the colour scheme needs to be improved. I know the theme is called darkness, but it needs to be less of a pain to the eyes. Your shades of blue are too vibrant.

Now, the major problem is the lack of originality. All your images are just the default ones with different shades. Some of your CSS is also default. You need to fix these things, and I strongly urge you to do so and then re-submit it. Furthermore, I really think it needs to have some vague relation to something Bungie. Maybe a change of the name to something more suitable would work in your favour.

[Edited on 11/5/2005]

  • 11.05.2005 5:16 PM PDT

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Thanks, Psyched.

I understand that my theme doesn't exactly sport a huge amount of innovations, but in the beginning I don't think I really intended it to. Though I do see what you mean, and I thank you for the suggestions.

As for the CSS part, I think I know what you mean in particular. It's the colour of the links, isn't it? Right, I was thinking about changing those to be another dark blue or purple or something, but I thought (at the time) that it didn't look too bad like that. I stand corrected!

But, I'm afraid I don't see what you mean about the colour scheme and the "pain on the eyes" stuff. It doesn't seem hard on my eyes at all, even if I max out my video card's "Digital Vibrance" setting.

Thanks for the input though, Psyched. I appreciate it.

  • 11.05.2005 5:34 PM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

In addition to what Psyched said, I think some work on StaticMainBackground.gif would be nice. Even a quick colourisation to blue would be worthwhile.

  • 11.05.2005 7:03 PM PDT
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Well aren't you guys helpful.

  • 11.05.2005 7:14 PM PDT

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I think a non-Bungie theme has less chance of getting accepted. Particularly when it's generally a simple color change.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but I don't think this one will be accepted. Not because it looks bad, but for the simplicity and the lack of anything that makes it stand out as a good theme for the website. =\

  • 11.05.2005 7:26 PM PDT
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I like it but it's a bit too dark for my eyes. By the way, is it hard to make a theme? I should try to make one.

  • 11.05.2005 7:27 PM PDT

"It's like a cake filled with pies." -Pete "Mango" Parsons

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A total put down. Anyways, keep ur head up and keep on striving.

  • 11.05.2005 7:48 PM PDT

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Wow, somewhat ironic... Last time I posted my theme here (at least a month or two ago) it got nothing but positive feedback! Thanks for the input though guys, I'll take it all into consideration and try to make some changes to the theme, and next time I'll post it here before I actually submit it, haha.

  • 11.05.2005 8:16 PM PDT
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I've been around these parts for almost eight years now...wow! Maybe I should be concerned about that...

It looks pretty cool, but adding something bungie related would be a huge plus, and the shapes you use in it are kind of bland : /. But, it still looks pretty cool :P.

  • 11.05.2005 9:34 PM PDT
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What has it got to do with Bungie?

  • 11.06.2005 12:29 AM PDT