Okaaay... Someone else in a "I'm Spartacus!" mood?

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Admins and moderators were bold white while normal members were non-bold white, I'd say that was distinguishable enough. Red and orange really doesn't work with the overall colour scheme on the board.

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Yes, but the users couldn't tell who was an admin or just a moderator. In my opinion, the lack of proper admin/moderator colors just makes our forum skin look unprofessional.

We can try other colors, though. Feel free to suggest better ones.

What about changing it into Yellow for the admin and Green for the Moderators?

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[Mirror Ash jumps out of the mirror and grabs Ash]
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I second Arthgon. Those colours work without being overly nauseating.

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The trouble is, you tell this lie out loud and so damned often that some of us more gullible types hear it growing up and work hard to become nice men.
Well, from all the nice men in the world, Lacy, fuck you very much.

Yes, gold was my second choice for them. What about the option to give the Moderators not a green one, but a silver color?

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Ash: [talking to mirror] I'm fine... I'm fine...
[Mirror Ash jumps out of the mirror and grabs Ash]
Mirror Ash: I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?

Yes, gold is nice. For moderators, I think, either light green or light blue would work, both colors are quite easy on the eyes.

Or we can use silver, yes. Vote, please.

Gold for Admins, Silver for Mods.

Almost the entire staff are admins anyway.

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I think Drog's primary colors are actually the best ones. The hot colors are more agressive and fitting in the black and maroon theme, and in those settings, red fits for a "stronger" version of orange, making the mod/admin colors balanced with each other. The yellow and green are too casualy used and mild, not to mention how out of place they would be with the theme. Definitely not silver, it would merge too easily with the white for normal members and would kill the whole point of color changing, unless normal users would have a changed color as well.
I would normally like the light green/light blue colors (wow, mine are different than Drog's!), but they just don't fit with the theme here.
As for gold, I think it shares the fate of yellow since except for the name and dignity of the color, there isn't that much of a difference when it comes to practice.

Wow, that was the most colorful post in my life.

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It's gold/silver now. Think of the Olympics.

Shouldn't normal users be some shade of brown now? It would fit with the theme and make mods more visable. Or at least change the mods into a darker shade of grey, that would look nice too.

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Welll, it seems to be visible enough: moderator, user. But let's wait for more opinions.

In the spirit of sticking to the colours we already have, I suggest bold white for moderators, and bold black for admins. (I'd suggest maroon, but seeing as the background is maroon that doesn't really work.)

Edit:
Perhaps brown like the forum icons.

Though ideally we'd leave it like it was initially.

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The greatest difference is the bold, and since the newest registered user is in bold too, there is hardly any difference between a casual member and a mod.
member - new member - moderator
You know that it's there when you know what to look for. Of course there is a color identification help just right of the online users, but it still is disturbing for the eye. I hold that the difference between white and silver is hardly visable, and since the whole change is for making clear who is who, the diference should be clearly noticeable.

Here's a thought: how about giving the users a silver/grey one while the moderators a white one? Since the white color is definitely more standing out than the silver/grey one. Of course it breaks the Olympics theme, but in practice it's more important how it looks, not what it's suppose to mean.
With the silver member:
member moderator administrator
With the grey member:
member moderator administrator

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DOUBLE POSTING TO SHOW HOW IT WOULD LOOK

Xz, the bold black would look horrible on a maroon background. Just see for yourself.

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What about giving the new members a light green color, you know they are coming here green as grass?

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Ash: [talking to mirror] I'm fine... I'm fine...
[Mirror Ash jumps out of the mirror and grabs Ash]
Mirror Ash: I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?

Well, that would only count for a few moments, since it's nothing unusual when there are several new members a day, and he would be green only in the "The newest registered user is" box and not in the "Registered Users:" box (without any tech work, I believe). Not to mention how the light green on maroon would make the whole "Who is online" panel look extremely color crazy compared to the rest of the boards.

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It already looks extremely colour crazy. There was probably a reason only white was used in the first place. Everything else looks BAD.

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All users in white. Make the newest-user link non-bold. Make moderators in italic, and admins in bold. Problem solved. Now please bring back the original colours.

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You seem to be the only one who's against the change.

Gold looks good enough, seems to be liked by everyone else. Silver is OK as well, it fits the theme anyhow. Unless we get more objections, the colors stay as is.

I'm not happy with the strict present settings. So for my vote, just to summarise and clearify, I support these three color settings, in pecking order:

• Drog's primary changed colors
  member moderator administrator
  
• Present settings with my suggestion of a silver member and a white moderator
  member moderator administrator
  
• Xz's latest suggestion
  member moderator administrator

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BTW, italics are already used for hidden members (they're visible when you're logged in as admin).

Ah yes, I personaly forgot about that one. But I don't think it makes any difference for the admins, and the whole colors are half for aesthetics, half for helping the users (mostly new ones) recognise who is who, while the admins know that already. Unless admins want to know who is hidden, that is.

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How about giving the hidden users a different colour? Also if you think it's so important that admins should be visible, Drog, you really shouldn't hide your online status...

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