Sumoforum icon contest opened!

[Rijicho 6]

I hereby open a design contest concerning the icon of sumoforum. The size should be 16*16 pixels with 256 colours. Preferably in .ico - format but it isn't a necessity as such due to magic converting tools around.

http://www.sumoforum.net/favicon.ico is the current one in use naturally.

Winner will be determined by me and Exil but of course we take into consideration the positive/negative feedback that possible contest entry icons get.

Create.

[Kintamayama 47,222]

I hereby open a design contest concerning the icon of sumoforum. The size should be 16*16 pixels with 256 colours. Preferably in .ico - format but it isn't a necessity as such due to magic converting tools around.

http://www.sumoforum.net/favicon.ico is the current one in use naturally.

Winner will be determined by me and Exil but of course we take into consideration the positive/negative feedback that possible contest entry icons get.

Create.

Prize? Weekend in Afghanistan?

[Rijicho 6]

Prize? Weekend in Afghanistan?

Nothing as glamorous for sure but some prize is in the works. Don't know yet what kind of prize though :-S

[Jonosuke 28]

I'd like to offer a couple of small items but obviously not exactly as glamorous as a weekend in Kabul.

One is a picture banzuke from the May Basho 2003 and the other is a small hand towel (I think) with Takamisakari written in kanji along with a drawing. Both are new, never used in any way.

I will leave it up to the Rijicho to "award" them (but whoever wins needs to send me his/her snail mail address).

Edited October 15, 2005 by Jonosuke

[Odoriou 0]

I'd like to offer a couple of small items but obviously not exactly as glamorous as a weekend in Kabul. ...

Well, in that case... :-D

Okay - I tried something: Comments are welcome. :-S

[Zenjimoto 40]

Well, in that case... :-D

Okay - I tried something: Comments are welcome. :-S

Lovely! (Sign of approval) I tried the photographic approach, but at 16x16 it's hard to figure out what's going on:

Cheers

Zenjimoto

[Jakusotsu 6,392]

16x16 really is tough. Here's my take:

SF.ico

[Marcomisakari 0]

a small kesho mawashi

[sekihiryu 51]

http://www.aha-soft.com/anytoicon/

this program will let you make icon files., the trial version will let you make a limited amount.

personally I like the old one, its very distinctive

[Odoriou 0]

Just made two more...

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Edited October 18, 2005 by Odoriou

[ilovesumo 12]

Sorry, 16x16 is a little to small for me (I am not worthy...) .

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Edited October 18, 2005 by ilovesumo

[Rijicho 6]

Thanks for input so far. Contest ends at shonichi so still time to contribute.

[Odoriou 0]

Contest ends at shonichi so still time to contribute.

(Laughing...)

Shonichi of which honbasho...? (Scratching chin...)

[Kaikitsune Makoto 210]

Shonichi of which honbasho...? whistling.gif

Pardon. Delayed like a flight or Akebono due to snow. Soon. Soon.

[Kaikitsune Makoto 210]

The winner of the contest is currently being decided. The decision will be published before the shonichi of Hatsu basho with 100% probability. Thank you for your attention, patience and overall humanity.

[Rijicho 6]

Odoriou wins the prize offered by Jonosuke. Please contact him for details.

This sumo squat rikishi is simple but good. Difficult it was to choose the winner and many of the other icons were good too but this one won now. Omedetou

[sekihiryu 51]

This sumo squat rikishi is simple but good. Difficult it was to choose the winner and many of the other icons were good too but this one won now. Omedetou

No offence but I much profer the old one, the red circle with the black SF initials. If it aint broke dont fix it.

When I entered the site today I was like "what is that thing?" hogging a corner of my address bar and also the tab.

Was there public vote on the selection?

[Jonosuke 28]

Odoriou wins the prize offered by Jonosuke. Please contact him for details.

Odo san will get the picture banzuke from 2003 Natsu with Musashimaru and Asashoryu as the two yokozunas.

However I do not believe I have offered a bonus ticket to Kabul or thereabouts so that has to be worked out with the Rijicho... ;-) hopefully I can send it out sometime within the next couple of days.

[Odoriou 0]

Firstly I'd like to express my gratitude for being declared the winner. I am unworthy. (Bow...)

Now about the belated critics: In this thread's first post our honorable Rijicho is inviting everybody to give positive or negative feedback and he announces to take all that into consideration.

I personally had wished to get some constructive critic or hints by interested forum members, too. That worked perfectly in the sumo smilies thread, where many ideas were given, but in sumo icons thread you were surprisingly silent.

Now, after everything is over and done, you suddenly start giving your opinion. Thanks for that, but why so late? It would have been the easiest thing in the world to include an "SF" in those icons somehow or to create different versions of an SF signature...

Anyway... I'm looking forward to my trip to Kabul. (Holiday feeling...) Oh BTW, what's the weather like in Afghanistan at the moment? (Cold...)

[sekihiryu 51]

personally I like the old one, its very distinctive

As you can see I made my opinion quite clear in October, there is nothing belated about my criticism.

Touche Nishi what is "profer" anyway? (Holiday feeling...)

Edited January 6, 2006 by sekihiryu

[Exil 301]

as sekihiryu said. its only now we see the new icon in the address bar. don't have time to read every thread and missed what this one was about. i thought it was just like the smiley one.

There was also an Informative Message about this. And sekihiryu's "personally I like the old one, its very distinctive" didn't exactly sound like he was totally opposed to a new icon. Maybe, if more people had voiced their opinion back then...

The new icon is here and I kinda like how it looks in my RSS aggregator. (Holiday feeling...)

[Sakana 46]

I like it. (the first on the right) :-)

Edited January 8, 2006 by Sakana