Icon History

[Kurando]

I just thought I'd post a couple of the old icons here as part of the TEN YEAR celebrations.

Most of these I designed and never actually used on the site, but some might be recognised. Originally the icons were 50x50 and the awards were on the actual icon rather than in a seperate space below like nowadays.


https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=51&stc=1&d=1237069150


Top Row

#2 on the first row is interesting; those nine white dots were originally going to be the award for Code of Honour.

#5 on the first row featured the award for a yearly tournament winner. This was Dark Phoenix's icon.

Bottom Row

#1 on the second row has the award for the Admin of another totalwar site. At the time all Admins of other totalwar sites got custom icons with that red award attached.

#2 on the second row was maybe my favorite icon of all time. I never used it though, I might see if I can get Tosa to hook me up one day. ;)

#3 on the second row was probably the first custom icon ever at the org; it went to maltz (or was it Ditz?) for winning a story contest.

# 4 on the second row was my Admin icon when M:TW was released. I took a lot of kidding for that one and the icon was affectionately dubbed "the pizza box" by the org patrons.

#5 on the second row was my Admin icon when S:TW Mongol Invasion was released.


https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=52&stc=1&d=1237069942


Top Row

#3 on the top row was Dan's Admin icon.

#4 on the top row was the original icon for all moderators; many brave men have worn this one!

Bottom Row

#2 on the bottom row was Magyar Khan's custom icon.

#3 on the bottom row was probably the only ever annimated icon on the org. It was Magyar Khan's Cham.

#5 on the bottom was Hosakawa Tito's icon (first draft).

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[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Hmmmmm, looks nice Kudo!

[Kurando]

Before there were custom icons this was the original "rank" structure of the .org

At the time it was inconceivable to me that anyone could ever get above 1000 posts, but I sort of added the last icon just incase. Hehe, I think the first person to do it still holds the Kensai Rising Sun icon to this day... Anyone care to guess who?


https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=54&stc=1&d=1237071883

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[Kagemusha]

Truly fascinating stuf Thanks for posting this Kurando.:bow: Could that ancient notorious spammer be JAG, but he is from 2001, so maybe it is someone else?

[Kurando]

Could that ancient notorious spammer be JAG, but he is from 2001, so maybe it is someone else?

Hehe, I was thinking of someone even more ancient, but slightly less notorious. I bet JAG probably got to 1000 posts faster than anyone else in that era though. ;) Actually it makes perfect sense that JAG would have taken it over. ...I was thinking of old ShaiHulud, but now that you mention it I believe ShaiHulud eventually changed his icon to something else.

[Gregoshi]

Good stuff Kurando! Keep it coming!

[InsaneApache]

Talk about a trip down memory lane. Oh boy. :sweatdrop:

Great stuff BTW. :bow:

[Martok]

Thanks for sharing these, Kurando! I'm really having some flashbacks now. ~D



Talk about a trip down memory lane. Oh boy. :sweatdrop:

Great stuff BTW. :bow:
A trip down memory lane indeed! I vaguely recall having that Ashigaru avatar, as I was mostly a lurker here my first 6-9 months. It's incredible to think how long ago that was -- it simultaneously seems like it was both yesterday and eons past.... :dizzy2:

[rasoforos]

Amazing post :)

Thanks (although I feel old)

[Ludens]

Hehe, I was thinking of someone even more ancient, but slightly less notorious. I bet JAG probably got to 1000 posts faster than anyone else in that era though. ;) Actually it makes perfect sense that JAG would have taken it over. ...I was thinking of old ShaiHulud, but now that you mention it I believe ShaiHulud eventually changed his icon to something else.

Interesting stuff indeed. Didn't JAG eventually get his own icon: a Kensai with "spammer" written in the background? ~D

[CountArach]

Interesting stuff indeed. Didn't JAG eventually get his own icon: a Kensai with "spammer" written in the background? ~D
I think he had that until very recently actually.