Civ 6

[Buster's Uncle]

We've reached a point already in the pre-release cycle that was death to efforts last time to get something going with BE - no dang news coming out.  I mean, after flooding for a few weeks after the announcement, this is the eighth day in a row with nothing.  Not good marketing strategy, if you ask me, and just murder on building something in little places like this.

I really wish they wouldn't do that.

I'm doing what I can with pacing out the posting of avatars -and the new banner logo is a spinoff of fooling around with the Atlas image; that's the top of Earth fungused-up- but my little related art projects aren't going to draw a community.

What we need is more conversation.  If you're not Rusty, go have a glance at the news already up and try to think of something to say in reaction.  -And there's always the perennial Your Civ VI Wish List. thread.

-And there's this, as far as another bit of bells-and-whistles:

I'm thinking about what a Civilization VI forum theme/logo ought to look like.  Atlas as the background is a gimme, but I'd like more ideas and suggestions about the color scheme and icons.  A look at the 14 themes we have will give you some idea of what sort of thing is doable, at least with my skillset...  When I have something decent, I'll set the 6 subforum to default to it so it'll look cool to the lurkers.

-So please; see what you can do to make a little conversation that isn't just me posting art...

[Lorizael]

Well, E3 is coming up, so I'm sure there'll be new stuff then.

[Rusty Edge]

Well, E3 is coming up, so I'm sure there'll be new stuff then.

What it amounted to last time ( V) civilains just got a chance to play the same  scenario as the game fanzine guys. They observe a little more, and there's more activity / discussion without more substance.

[Valka]

I can't resist posting in the thread at CFC about whether or not Canada should be a civilization. There are a surprising number of Canadians there, and it does feel a bit lonely at times in OT, with warpus as the only other Canadian who posts regularly (a few others show up from time to time, but not reliably). And it reminds me of the first thread I ever got involved in over there that ended up closed due to all the arguing (the moderator assured me it wasn't my fault).

But otherwise, I have no plans to play Civ VI. I'm still playing Test of Time, and after I post this, I've got a couple of Goblin cities to take over...

[Buster's Uncle]

Other Games.

[Valka]

I take you mean "Other Games" here, since Test of Time falls under the Civ II forum over at CFC. I still post there occasionally.

A Goblin Sorcerer just killed my Stygian Rider... 

[Buster's Uncle]

I DO mean Other Games here.  You're talking to a II-head, y'know - and not the only one here.

[Unorthodox]

I don't like the idea of a special theme just for the 6 forum.  I run chilled for a reason, and I assume any non default users run theirs for a reason, too. 

Now, a 6 option for everyone, I don't know.  Don't like background pics in my forums, but a nice header would't be misplaced.  Otherwise I think you try to copy the UI style with borders, colors and maybe even icons.

[Buster's Uncle]

If I understand how it works, you'll still be in The Chilling - it's a default thing that should only affect lurkers and members in the default theme...

Yeah - I was thinking about going over screenies again and saving all the UI elements I can pick out.  -Just the Atlas color scheme has not worked out all that well for CFC; on the other hand, I dunno about a landscape green everywhere.

[Valka]

I don't blame the people who are upset with the Civ VI theme. While I like cheerful colors, the simple fact is that peach and yellow clash, as they're not in the same color family and they're not contrasting. It's like stirring peaches and mustard together... it doesn't really work. And the red buttons don't work for me, either.

[Unorthodox]

I don't blame the people who are upset with the Civ VI theme. While I like cheerful colors, the simple fact is that peach and yellow clash, as they're not in the same color family and they're not contrasting. It's like stirring peaches and mustard together... it doesn't really work. And the red buttons don't work for me, either.

Yeah...I'm not good at this stuff.  Meeting with the designer yesterday proved how bad I am.  So, I'll take Valka's word it's bad. 

[Rusty Edge]

Funny. I look at CFC and think " That's harsh on my eyes, I think I'd like to drink some peach juice."

[Buster's Uncle]

...They got - unfortunate - taste in logos, too...

[Valka]

Funny. I look at CFC and think " That's harsh on my eyes, I think I'd like to drink some peach juice."

I had a similar reaction. I have some peaches in the cupboard, and my grocery store had a sale on pumpkin pie last week.

I opted for the blueberry pie, though. And no, it's got nothing to do with the fact that I've used the Dark Blue theme there for many years.

[Buster's Uncle]

Well, if we're gonna be on about CFC's tepid 6 themes instead of talking about what a good one here would look like, riddle me this, batchums:



-Not worth even acknowledging I went to the trouble?