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**2007 BYOAC Tokens, NICKEL ARRIVED-- P I C S ! !***
mr.Curmudgeon:
If there were to be a vote, I think it's highly likely that the final slogan will have nothing to do with the design, which, to me, would seem awkward...and could ruin the design as a whole. I'm not opposed to the idea that there's something potentially "better", slogan-wise...but at this point, it seems crazy to imagine just slapping something else in there.
For my part, I read the rules several times to make sure there wasn't a slogan to account for. Granted I haven't followed the token contest in past years...so I have no idea if the "slogan vote" happened at this stage. I wish I would have known that, because I would have certainly suggested that the slogan be voted on FIRST. Since, as a designer, we don't usually start the process of designing until we have all the copy (text content).
That's my .02
P.S. Outside of this whole debate...I REALLY want to thank all those who voted. All the designs were worthy of becoming tokens, and I'm honored to have mine chosen (even though it appears it still has to run the gauntlet)! ;)
80sMike:
I came to the party a bit late this year and missed out on the voting. I wasn't too happy with this design at first, but it's grown on me a lot as something completely different from past designs. Kind of reminds me of the penny arcade on Main Street at Disneyland all those years ago.
Sorry Mr. C, here's my .02 at this point - I agree with other comments about the "How Retro Can you Go?" slogan. Just doesn't feel right to me. I think something like "Build. Restore. Play" that we saw on other designs could look really good in that space and font, and also sort of ties into the gears and cogs theme.
I'm up for a vote (just on that one)...
:cheers: Mike
P.S., Either way, I'll be buying some of this year's run. And actually, Santoro, I would think the Brass would fit better with this design in particular, just to reinforce the theme - Not sure if I'd even want Nickel for this one...
mr.Curmudgeon:
Thinking about a bit, I see two issues:
1) Thematically, the slogan should fit.
2) Spatially, the slogan should fit.
As for issue #1, I don't have a clue on how to guarantee that. But for issue #2, I can find out what the maximum number of characters are that would fit on the banner, and that could be the maximum length for slogan text. (the text is already reeeeally small, so it probably can't get any smaller/longer and remain readable.) Note: Santoro/Pixelhugger will need to define the size limitations here.
For the record, I don't want people to buy the tokens, and still dislike the slogan.
saint:
K.I.S.S. -- I say pre-order and move on :)
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: saint on October 01, 2007, 09:17:50 pm ---K.I.S.S. -- I say pre-order and move on :)
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Despite what I said previously, I agree. There's no need to delay the token run any longer. I'm not the biggest fan of the slogan, but delaying another week or two may not even come up with a "better" one.
Plus, the slogan certainly isn't going to stop me from ordering, so I say just move on and stick with what is there.
my .02