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Which design do you prefer?
I like Badges! 12 (23.1%)
Medals, yay! 21 (40.4%)
Maybe another design would work better. 6 (11.5%)
I don't think we should give rewards for this. 1 (1.9%)
Too big! 3 (5.8%)
Too small. 0 (0%)
Juuuust right. 9 (17.3%)
Total Votes: 52
Poll: Faction Rewards
Topic Started: Dec 18 2014, 01:34 AM (1,572 Views)
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The Factions forum staff is proud to announce efforts to create rewards to commemorate those who have participated in the Nyroth arc. As the arc draws steadily towards its conclusion next week, we're ready to start asking for feedback on these rewards.


First off, the badge design:

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(Bilgewater, Freljord, Ionia, Shadow Isles, using colors from this thread.)


And then, the medal design:

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(Bilgewater, Freljord, Ionia, Shadow Isles, using colors from this thread.)


If you have any suggestions for a new design, thoughts on how one of the existing designs might be changed, or anything else, feel free to post here!
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Rextreff
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The badges are too circular
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Is this preferable?
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Hoy, small fry
I would prefer badges be orthogonal
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Better?
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Rextreff
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Hoy, small fry
It looks exactly the same as before
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Perhaps my adjustments were too slight -

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Is this closer to what you had in mind?
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Vespertinity
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I'm a fan of the badges. Circular is fine, too.
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XalkXolc
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Is it safe to assume that badges for previous arcs are in the pipeline somewhere?
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PONCHOGRANDE
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Not really a fan of the badge design, but the medals are quite nice.
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AbiwonKenabi
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I think the color of Freljord could stand to be a little darker. I know they have been adjusted to a light blue, but the shiny badge makes it look almost white or silver. Maybe a tiny bit more blue?

I think the roundness of the badges is fine, personally. Everything looks pretty good, design-wise.
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I think the medals look nicer for Nyroth, but I wonder about the other arcs. I'm not sure how I feel about using a landmass for Ceruleana and Shon-Xan. I wonder if it might not look strange to have three medals that are all pictures of islands. (I'd think that some sort of cherry blossom design would work better for Shon-Xan, for instance, but it'd be hard to have that as a medal; maybe it could be inscribed on a circular medal hanging from a ribbon.) For Mirrorwater, I suppose a silver meteor would work.

I was initially opposed to the medals, not just for the reasons above, but also because they look weirdly military. I think they do look better than the more abstractly circular badges, though.
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Kaynunot
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Seems like even though most on the forum are saying Badges, people want their Medals.

I'm not sure if medals for previous arcs are indeed in the works, it would be annoying to go through previous arc rosters and confirm who did what for what faction. That's not to disclude them entirely, I myself would love a badge or medal for Shon-Xan and The Hextech Revolution, but I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't. It'd be up to the Staff, and particularly CrazyMLC if he wants to put the time into the coding for all the previous arcs.

Also if we do those, I totally want Zaun to give us actual medals! Medals for Shon-Xan, which was a literal military conflict, wouldn't be out of the question as well.
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XalkXolc
Dec 18 2014, 07:43 AM
Is it safe to assume that badges for previous arcs are in the pipeline somewhere?
We've definitely thought about it! The only thing holding us back on that is having to design icons for every arc, and figuring out who did what and where.
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RaptorAttacks
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Eh. The medals and badges just look really plain and boring to me. Maybe its the fact we have a boring island on them instead of some other Nyrothian thing.
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Dec 18 2014, 11:52 AM
Eh. The medals and badges just look really plain and boring to me. Maybe its the fact we have a boring island on them instead of some other Nyrothian thing.
How dare you question the saddled goatbear!
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AbiwonKenabi
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There's not really a single Nyrothian "thing" that would summarize the arc nicely. Each island and region is unique, so they each have their own thing. I think the continent of Nyroth is a simple enough image that also summarizes the arc in a single image. And since this arc was all about exploration, a map image makes sense. Also we don't want it to get too complex or else the meaning of the image is lost.

Here are my thoughts on what the other arcs could have:

Mirrorwater - a silvery meteor
Ceruleana - could there be some sort of water or sea icon to represent the spirit/goddess Ceruleana? It would be cool if she had a symbol.
Discord - Voidling face (it could be simple, like just a purple shape with the three yellow dots as eyes)
Shon-Xan - I like CCT's idea of having a cherry blossom motif or something similar...if we're getting really fancy, staining some of the petals red to represent Noxus and some of the doom and gloom mood of that arc would be cool.
Hextech Revolution - There could be a number of symbols to represent this. I was thinking some sort of gold and purple contraption, perhaps a HexKorp robot face...thing.

As for the medals vs badges...eh, I think they are both fine. I think I agree with Cupcake that setting the medal as a precedent may not work great with every arc's symbol. But then again, do they have to be that uniform? Something to think about. I will mention that badges can be any shape, so in my opinion, standard badges are more flexible. But that's just me?
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RaptorAttacks
Dec 18 2014, 11:52 AM
Eh. The medals and badges just look really plain and boring to me. Maybe its the fact we have a boring island on them instead of some other Nyrothian thing.
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ShadowKnight1224
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Replace Nyroth for a yordle that's also on fire and I'm sold.
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XalkXolc
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Dec 18 2014, 12:36 PM
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Dec 18 2014, 11:52 AM
Eh. The medals and badges just look really plain and boring to me. Maybe its the fact we have a boring island on them instead of some other Nyrothian thing.
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Flaming Saddled Goatbear. That got a bit metal, fast.
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