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Salamandre
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
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posted November 20, 2014 08:03 PM |
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You are right, moderators do not deserve our attention. 
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted November 20, 2014 09:13 PM |
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Edited by Valeriy at 21:17, 20 Nov 2014.
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Time for the results!
First I want to say that this was a very successful contest. I am very impressed by the entries. And I am also impressed by the collaboration that took place - instead of people just posting their entries we had an ongoing exchange of ideas which made the final results even better.
I have chosen Alcibiades' work as the winning entry. Alci, I think you've done a really good job of matching the style and feel of the existing set and creating an icon that is both attractive and congruent. A couple of additional credits need to be mentioned here - to Adrius for being the first to suggest a hammer and to Stevie for coming up with the "M&M" solution to the word dilemma.
I also want to mention a couple of entries I've contemplated. I was tempted by Maurice's set - I like how the font matches HC and the moderator sword looks very cool. But unfortunately the other two icons did not have the same coolness. Galaad made a pretty nice icon, but in the end I thought that the hammer there is more of a weapon rather than a crafting hammer, so I've chosen Alci's version.
 
With the help of good title suggestions I've chosen "Shaper of Lore" as the title. Shaper goes together with the hammer image that was chosen. And as TDL accurately said these people are basically the creators of Lore.
So, big thanks to everyone who took part - both in graphic work and in coming up with ideas 
We have one dilemma. Alci you're a moderator, so I can't give you the QP! To ensure that the QP doesn't go to waste, would you like to bestow your winning QP as an honorary "good effort" reward to another member of your choosing who took part in this contest?
As for the graphics:
- could you also make a version with M&M spaced out to M & M to see what it looks like?
- I think that the "admin" and "moderator" images you've proposed could improve the existing ones, but more tweaking is needed - could you make one with "MODERATOR" below the sword (and no HC) and one with "ADMIN" below the wand (and no HC)?
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 20, 2014 09:32 PM |
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Edited by Stevie at 22:21, 20 Nov 2014.
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Congratulations.
I think there are more contributions that should be rewarded, if possible. As you said Val, it was mostly a joint effort than it was a competition 
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted November 20, 2014 10:13 PM |
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Congratulations, Alcibiades. I concur with Stevie on this one. As it is, I used the weapons he had posted  . I personally feel the overall quality was pretty good and none of the contributions felt like quick or hastily done.
Also, while I realise that you've chosen Alci's version right now, do you have any plans for a (minor) overhaul to increase consistency in the forum design?
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted November 20, 2014 10:59 PM |
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Yay, thanx! Here are some slightly modified versions as per your suggestions:
I think if I should choose someone to nominate for the QP it has to be Maurice because he's done a very extensive work with numerous different designs which he has put considerable work into. Also, I agree that credit goes to Adrius for the idea of the hammer and also TDL did excellent work with the fonts very early on which helped a lot.
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What will happen now?
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted November 21, 2014 12:04 AM |
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Thank you Valeriy for this contest. It is always good to promote creativity and I really enjoyed the atmosphere going on in this thread
Congrats to all and moreover to Alcibiades !
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Corribus
Hero of Order
The Abyss Staring Back at You
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posted November 21, 2014 03:05 AM |
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Alci, can you maybe put some blood along the edge of mine, as though I just severed the head of a nefarious CoC-breaker.
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I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. -Mitch Hedberg
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fred79
Disgraceful
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 21, 2014 03:18 AM |
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Corribus said:
Alci, can you maybe put some blood along the edge of mine, as though I just severed the head of a nefarious CoC-breaker.
you won't be able to see it with the red font. maybe try green troll blood?
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Storm-Giant
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
On the Other Side!
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posted November 21, 2014 01:06 PM |
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Great work, Alci!
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VokialBG
Honorable
Legendary Hero
First in line
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posted November 22, 2014 09:02 AM |
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Edited by VokialBG at 09:12, 22 Nov 2014.
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Its sad you are going to change the moderators and admins weapon. They are good as they are.
And the "M&M" on the hammer... its pointless. It only take some space. There is no need of it. It ruins the logo....
While the hammer itself is pained in pretty different style then the sword and the staff. Also this is not a crafting hammer. Its handle is too long. The only crafting hammers that are so long are used for bringing down small walls, and this one has too small head for this kind of work. This is battle hammer, no doubt. The crafting hammers are looking much more ordinary then this.
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted November 22, 2014 11:47 AM |
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Shaper of Lore (Might & Magic Official) status is now implemented. Shapers have no stars like mods & admin and get priveleges similar to members with high QP count. The first Shaper is BB_Eraya from the MMHO team. We should have H7 Shapers as well soon.
The moderator and admin icons have been updated. For the sake of preserving history I've saved the old images here:
 
One thing I've noticed is that my wand is not quite the same  Alci, if you are able, can you restore the energy ball on my wand? The old one has a ball of energy, whereas the new one has more of a solid orb.
Aside from that i'm not planning to overhaul the icons any more right now. We've already made an unexpected improvement to the two old icons (although not everyone will agree, as always with any changes) and I have other development priorities.
As per Alci's nomination, a QP reward for good effort goes to Maurice, congratulations
I also think that Stevie has put quite a bit of positive input into the community lately with his contributions to the H7 Wiki, designs and ideas in this contest and in some other discussions, so a QP will be awarded to Stevie in the H7 Wiki thread
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Storm-Giant
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
On the Other Side!
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posted November 22, 2014 01:29 PM |
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Had to control+F5 to see the new icons in action. I imagine I'm not the only one here, so I post it
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 22, 2014 01:58 PM |
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Edited by Stevie at 15:01, 22 Nov 2014.
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Yes I had to do the same. Is it that you must make the server send you the new cache to be able to view the images? Also, I think that the rank name feels odd bellow the image, whereas if it were above, it would feel like being underlined and I think I'd find that more visually appealing. It'd also position another text in between two images, the shield and the weapon, and I find that more balanced.
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted November 22, 2014 03:40 PM |
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Thank you .
Even if my pick didn't win, I still got to learn some basic image editing skills and a new toy to do it with (Paint.net) .
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted November 22, 2014 04:08 PM |
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Valeriy said:
One thing I've noticed is that my wand is not quite the same Alci, if you are able, can you restore the energy ball on my wand? The old one has a ball of energy, whereas the new one has more of a solid orb.
Yeah, I had to change the inner orb to make up for the removed text, so I also changed the outer outline a bit, but here's a version with the original orb if you prefer that:
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Corribus
Hero of Order
The Abyss Staring Back at You
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posted November 22, 2014 05:39 PM |
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Edited by Corribus at 17:39, 22 Nov 2014.
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I'm feeling very updated today.
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I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. -Mitch Hedberg
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted November 22, 2014 08:41 PM |
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Thanks for the orb tweak, Alci
CTRL + F5 will force your browser to reload cached images. Otherwise it may take some time for new images to start showing up. But eventually they will update on their own for everyone.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted November 22, 2014 08:59 PM |
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Looks nice
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted November 24, 2014 08:43 PM |
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We now have Three Shapers in our community: Kimmundi and Marzhin from MMH7 Team, and BB_Eraya from MMHO. Feel free to welcome them in their respective forums.
I think this development is an important step for our community and for Fan / Developer relationships in general, so thanks again to those who took part.
If there are any other officials who would like to be set up, feel free to contact me.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted November 24, 2014 09:28 PM |
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Neat.
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
You'll never take me down
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