EDIT: Forum Icons should be updated. Some of you who have not have been sent an email if I need to confirm further details. If you donated $2 or more this year and your golden icon hasn't turned over and you are not an 18-year donator and have not receive an email from amanda at gamerswithjobs dot com, please PM Amoebic so we can work it out!
Hello everyone! This year, since our donation drive had turned 18 and is now old enough to vote, we'd like to involve the community in voting for this year's golden icon selection and looking to get your suggestions! Once we've gotten a good handful, we'll set up some polls and the icon with the most votes wins!
The current year's Golden icons, numbered, for your reference. If it's too similar to a custom donor icon or previous icon, it may not end up in the final vote.
We've received a couple of suggestions so far, so thanks to folks for submitting! If I haven't listed it, please repost here! I apologize for missing any. We'll start the list in the OP, and add them as suggestions are posted below.
It has to be relatively small, so simple is best. Icons need to follow the code of conduct. Avoid anything political, religious, or culturally appropriative.
Here's the list so far:
Mars Rover
joycon
Golden Eye
Cat
“modern” controller
Rocket
Globe
Peace sign
Monster truck
Lizard
Frog
More cars!
Banana
Lego block
Sega Genesis controller
Mouse
Pair of 6 sided dice
A ♥♥♥ life meter
Golden Apple of Discord
A Golden Handshake
dumpster fire
AC turnip
Nook logo
chair
Fire Truck
Big cat - lion or tiger (aka tiger king)
Chess piece (Aka Queen’s Gambit)
Grogu
Cthulhu
Voting Ballot
Bed
Eagle
Roll of Toilet Paper
Gas Mask
Whoopie Cushion
Webcam
Headphones
Lotus flower
fairy princess
unicorn
rainbow
Thanks so much, everyone! It's been such a year, and I would love to design something that you've all voted for.
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Something that celebrates healthcare and other frontline workers would be cool, but I'm not sure what would be a good choice. A caduceus is vertical and not horizontal. Hmm.
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
1. A cat (we have a dog after all)
2. A “modern” controller (generic shape to avoid fights)
3. A rocket
4. A globe
5. A peace sign
Personally, I’d rather the icon not be a memorial of this dumpster fire of a year. Just my $0.02. If we do go there though, then my vote is the middle finger emoji.
“Hacked by bourbon, maybe.” - Jonman
My three year old suggested:
Monster truck
Lizard
Frog
More cars!
Banana (my personal fave for this year)
Lego block
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
I'm fine with picking sides to begin with and eventually filling in the others. I was thinking a Genesis controller because we already have an NES one, and could just keep going down the line over time with memorable controllers for each of the big companies that have made console controllers over time. Maybe eventually adding a mouse or something for PC as well. I think a pair of dice would be cool if that's not too much for the small factor.
So my suggestions:
1. Sega Genesis controller
2. Mouse
3. Pair of 6 sided dice
Backloggery
1. Syringe
2. Facemask
3. House
Or we could turn to the GOTY thread for some inspiration.
"I basically do what Lou says." -- Yonder
"My love is for Lou." -- LiquidMantis
"LouZiffer is a gentleman, a rogue, and a fantastic lover." -- Vector
"You could yoink it for a Sig." -- Demosthenes
Not sure tieing it to a specific year makes sense.
I like it!
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6' apart icon
Fear the flames...
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Though you might not know it, many of the existing icons do tie back to a game, event, or topic during the year they were introduced. They bring back memories for sure.
"I basically do what Lou says." -- Yonder
"My love is for Lou." -- LiquidMantis
"LouZiffer is a gentleman, a rogue, and a fantastic lover." -- Vector
"You could yoink it for a Sig." -- Demosthenes
A ♥♥♥ life meter.
Gold means starting the second quest.
Lou's #1 and #2 are what came immediately to my mind.
I guess the mask is more emblematic of what we've gone through in 2020 and the syringe is hopefully what we'll all be seeing in the very near future.
I like the banana, too, although some might think it looks too much like the wienerbomb.
Of course I won't be seeing the new icon for another decade or so...
Un bon mot ne prouve rien (A witty saying proves nothing). - Voltaire
Banana would be fun, too. Would also give this place a sense of scale.
Backloggery
Golden Apple of Discord. Hail Eris!
"Come, amigo, throw away your mind." --Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
A Golden Handshake
edit
A Golden Shower
If I had a robotic hand like Luke and Vader I could keep playing bass until I passed out.
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dumpster fire
doodled an example (thank you, overly long WoW flight paths):
”History is a long series of surprises that seem inevitable in retrospect.“
Oooh. I think we might have a winner.
If I had a robotic hand like Luke and Vader I could keep playing bass until I passed out.
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I'm not sure about anyone else, but I'm a little traumatized by covid. As spot-on as it may be for 2020, I'm not sure covid-related icons is something I'm comfortable with, especially if anyone who lost someone to covid would have to carry that tag around for a whole year. If any get voted into the final rounds, we will need to have a discussion about it before proceeding.
lmaoooooo
I like how universal this is. It could apply to this year, this life, myself, many others.
I might veto the latter, if only to avoid disappointing confused fetishists.
A straight jacketed Stan.
Property of the Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir of Ground Zero, Brooklyn
Space is most definitely an issue! Image needs to be approximately 280 x 140 pixels with a horizontal orientation, so a stan in a recognizable article of clothing would be very hard to implement/read, unfortunately
Big box PC game
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Facemask, duh!
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
I like the joycon suggestion
I would offer an AC turnip or Nook logo
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If space is an issue then I think it might have to be a chair.
Fear the flames...
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http://www.tf2items.com/id/wizkid2005
Was just going to post that
That already got suggested ya scrub
Unless you mean football facemask in which case +1
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For the Nook logo, you actually are given the gold icon first, then have to pay it off.
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Fire Truck
Tuffalo buffalo Tuffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Tuffalo buffalo.
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Bummer.
Property of the Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir of Ground Zero, Brooklyn
DUMPSTER FIRE
SYRINGE
FACEMASK
any of these fits perfectly for this year, and start of the next....
How about some icons with indirect call backs to 2020.
1. Big cat - lion or tiger (aka tiger king)
2. Chess piece (Aka Queen’s Gambit)
3. An alien “inspired” by Grogu that looks just different enough to avoid Disney’s ire
4. Cthulhu
My backloggery
GWJ Strategy Club
GWJ CRPG Club
It's old enough to vote - make it a voting ballot
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