Use one of these for the Best of 2006 Emblem!

Why the heck is everyone so upset about this? It's just a freaking emblem. Seriously, guys, there's more to Gamespot than emblems.Dutch_Mix

[QUOTE="Dutch_Mix"]Why the heck is everyone so upset about this? It's just a freaking emblem. Seriously, guys, there's more to Gamespot than emblems.Cheesebob57

I prefer any of them over the "I Voted" onenobodyshero87

Any word from an Admin yet?fastesttruck

I like the second one the best, but any of them is 100 X better than the BS that's being pulled now.

This kind of laziness will not be tolerated Gamespot. If you can't reward properly (and an individual emblem is asking so freaking much, right?) the people who take the time to participate in your annual "best of" then you don't deserve the community and you certainly don't deserve the subscription fees that many of us are paying.

Not to mention that for those of us who have already collected the 2004 and 2005 emblems its going to look perpetually stupid as the years go by and we have emblems celebrating the 2004 and 2005 "best of's" but not successive ones.

Do the right thing and fix the emblem.

I like the second one the best, but any of them is 100 X better than the BS that's being pulled now.

This kind of laziness will not be tolerated Gamespot. If you can't reward properly (and an individual emblem is asking so freaking much, right?) the people who take the time to participate in your annual "best of" then you don't deserve the community and you certainly don't deserve the subscription fees that many of us are paying.

Not to mention that for those of us who have already collected the 2004 and 2005 emblems its going to look perpetually stupid as the years go by and we have emblems celebrating the 2004 and 2005 "best of's" but not successive ones.

Do the right thing and fix the emblem.

Heretic

"Don't deserve the community?"

I'll tell you what Gamespot doesn't deserve. A community that whines and complains about the shape and size of a particular emblem. You act like you spent all day trying to choose who got your vote in the Reader's Choice awards, when in reality it probably only took you and every other Gamespot member ten minutes to finish voting. You voted, and for doing such you received an emblem. And what the heck does your comment on subscription fees have to do with anything? All of the members on Gamespot had the chance to vote.

So why don't you, and the rest of the people here stop complaining and just move on with your lives. It's the middle of February for goodness sakes. Let it go.
Dutch_Mix

You got it bub. Don't deserve the community.

Why don't YOU accept that this isn't just about an emblem, but an incredible lack of anything resembling effort on Gamespots part, and stop whining and complaining about legitimate dissent in the face of that laziness.

That's right, you quit the whining and complaining, since you and the other thread crappers are the only ones actually doing it.

Thank you kindly.

[QUOTE="Dutch_Mix"]
"Don't deserve the community?"

I'll tell you what Gamespot doesn't deserve. A community that whines and complains about the shape and size of a particular emblem. You act like you spent all day trying to choose who got your vote in the Reader's Choice awards, when in reality it probably only took you and every other Gamespot member ten minutes to finish voting. You voted, and for doing such you received an emblem. And what the heck does your comment on subscription fees have to do with anything? All of the members on Gamespot had the chance to vote.

So why don't you, and the rest of the people here stop complaining and just move on with your lives. It's the middle of February for goodness sakes. Let it go.
Heretic

You got it bub. Don't deserve the community.

Why don't YOU accept that this isn't just about an emblem, but an incredible lack of anything resembling effort on Gamespots part, and stop whining and complaining about legitimate dissent in the face of that laziness.

That's right, you quit the whining and complaining, since you and the other thread crappers are the only ones actually doing it.

Thank you kindly.

What if they are working on something major to benefit the whole community? That would benefit more people than the select few that want a different emblem.
Caddy06_88

I would hope that even if Gamespot were working on the next manhattan project of videogame website design/content that changing the graphic on an emblem (especially when the work has already been done for them by one of their members) wouldn't disrupt that project and send their efforts for the future of the website into the bowels of hell. But maybe I'm just giving them too much credit. Perhaps they really CAN'T walk and chew gum at the same time.

More to the point, I find it incredibly ironic that some have suggested that the reason Gamespot can't respond to this one small issue, that they can't do such a simple task properly, that they lazily gave us a copy of an emblem that already existed rather than a unique 2006 one (again, when it had already been created for them), is because they're SO DAMN BUSY doing things that "actually matter". So, the defenders of Gamespots laziness confront the undeniable evidence of that laziness with an assumption and/or speculation that the laziness is excusable because they must be doing better, more important things.

Evidence of laziness vs Speculation that the reason they're being lazy is because they're busy not being lazy.

If you're willing to abandon all logic, than the latter position is clearly for you!

[QUOTE="Caddy06_88"]
What if they are working on something major to benefit the whole community? That would benefit more people than the select few that want a different emblem.
Heretic

I would hope that even if Gamespot were working on the next manhattan project of videogame website design/content that changing the graphic on an emblem (especially when the work has already been done for them by one of their members) wouldn't disrupt that project and send their efforts for the future of the website into the bowels of hell. But maybe I'm just giving them too much credit. Perhaps they really CAN'T walk and chew gum at the same time.

More to the point, I find it incredibly ironic that some have suggested that the reason Gamespot can't respond to this one small issue, that they can't do such a simple task properly, that they lazily gave us a copy of an emblem that already existed rather than a unique 2006 one (again, when it had already been created for them), is because they're SO DAMN BUSY doing things that "actually matter". So, the defenders of Gamespots laziness confront the undeniable evidence of that laziness with an assumption and/or speculation that the laziness is excusable because they must be doing better, more important things.

Evidence of laziness vs Speculation that the reason they're being lazy is because they're busy not being lazy.

If you're willing to abandon all logic, than the latter position is clearly for you!

Like i said in my previous post, its only a very small fraction of people on GameSpot that actually care about emblems, most don't.Caddy06_88

I'm not interested in more excuses for Gamespots laziness. The fact that some people don't care about emblems is not a legitimate reason for Gamespot to do something this stupid.

I just don't think you should complain this much. No matter what GameSpot do, there are always people unhappy with it, no matter what the changes are.
Caddy06_88

The entire point of this thread is to register our dissent with Gamespot for their lack of effort. You're the one who's complaining about this thread.

By all means though, keep repeating the same debunked arguments and help us keep this thread bumped.

[QUOTE="Dutch_Mix"]
"Don't deserve the community?"

I'll tell you what Gamespot doesn't deserve. A community that whines and complains about the shape and size of a particular emblem. You act like you spent all day trying to choose who got your vote in the Reader's Choice awards, when in reality it probably only took you and every other Gamespot member ten minutes to finish voting. You voted, and for doing such you received an emblem. And what the heck does your comment on subscription fees have to do with anything? All of the members on Gamespot had the chance to vote.

So why don't you, and the rest of the people here stop complaining and just move on with your lives. It's the middle of February for goodness sakes. Let it go.
Heretic

You got it bub. Don't deserve the community.

Why don't YOU accept that this isn't just about an emblem, but an incredible lack of anything resembling effort on Gamespots part, and stop whining and complaining about legitimate dissent in the face of that laziness.

That's right, you quit the whining and complaining, since you and the other thread crappers are the only ones actually doing it.

Thank you kindly.

You still don't seem to understand, kid. This is about an emblem that Gamespot gave to us for voting in the Reader's Choice award. The validity of your point on the supposed "laziness" of Gamespot would hold some weight had Gamespot not given us an emblem. But they did. The only thing you seem to care about here is how a particular emblem looks in your profile, which I quite honestly find absurd.

In addition, Caddy_08 makes a good point. Not everyone here believe emblems are the difference between life and death. A large majority of the people on this site could care less about emblems which is probably why no administrators are posting in this thread.
Dutch_Mix

Half your post is a straw man, and the other half has already been debunked.

I have half the emblems you do and I could care less. For me this about getting a good value for the subscription fee I pay and not just sitting there and saying nothing while the site turns to laziness and crap.

Gamespot did not give us an emblem for the 2006 Best Of, they gave us a copy of an old emblem that is pathethic looking and the decision to do so was obviously made so that they can be even more lazy in the future.

All you've been doing for several pages now is complaining about this thread, assailing those who have voiced their legitimate dissent and regurgitating defeated arguments.

Thanks for the bump, kid.

well this thread has gone a little OTT...seriously it is just an emblem...it really doesn't matter...gamespot really should have given more effort and actually given us at least a decent looking emblem but ultimately it doesn't matter...they dnt really have any effect on our lives..they're totally irrelevant in the end...i would much rather they concentrate on the union upgrades personally...they can change the stupid emblem appearance later when they're done with that stuff if ppl continue to moan i guess...as it's not like it'd take long at all to do...but for now it really isn't important...robbristow

Yes, its just an emblem, but its starting to look indicative of a trend.

I don't even expect for this to be corrected, but it's the principle of the thing to me, and I'm certainly not going to back down to apologists for Gamespots laziness.

I hope an admin will reply here, rather it's good or bad news.Ryo_Kensen

[QUOTE="Ryo_Kensen"]I hope an admin will reply here, rather it's good or bad news.LTomlinson21

[QUOTE="LTomlinson21"][QUOTE="Ryo_Kensen"]I hope an admin will reply here, rather it's good or bad news.cmhawk

If GameSpot were going to change the emblem they probaly would have done it before now. About the other issue mentioned, i didn't notice that before. I would have thought GameSpot would have put "they" and i agree that it shouldn't just be "he" as there are female users on this website, however that is off topic for this thread.

[QUOTE="cmhawk"][QUOTE="LTomlinson21"][QUOTE="Ryo_Kensen"]I hope an admin will reply here, rather it's good or bad news.Caddy06_88

If GameSpot were going to change the emblem they probaly would have done it before now. About the other issue mentioned, i didn't notice that before. I would have thought GameSpot would have put "they" and i agree that it shouldn't just be "he" as there are female users on this website, however that is off topic for this thread.

This is actually very simple, if you think about it:

If an admin comes here and say "I agree with you guys. But we will not change the emblem," this shows community's suggestion has no effect on Gamespot, and that's of course bad for business.

If an admin comes in and say "alright then, let's use these ones instead of ours," this shows that Gamespot community can influence the way emblems work, and Gamespot certainly doesn't want to see that happen, because it will make the emblems feel less precious, less privileged. Just look at how hard Nintendo and Sony try to crack down their console from being sold before the official release date, and you know what I mean: hype and anticipation makes a product better than it really is, and a company should do everything it can to exploit that, including Gamespot. Besides, the admin and the designer work in the same place. Why would one of them come in and start bashing his co-worker?If any admin is looking at this thread right now, it is probably the one who designed the emblem, just like John Romero looking at the hate mails from Daikatana "fans." No admin will come here and "commit a crime when the camera is on."

If an admin comes in and say "I don't agree with you guys. The current emblem look great!" Now that is just lying, and even if that admin truly meant what he say, it is the equivalent of someone come in and say "Half-Life 2 really deserve a 2.5 score instead of 9.2." Any defense of the current will make them look bad.

If an admin locks the thread, well, you know what happens. That's pretty much the loudiest way of saying "in your face" to whoever have agreed with the thread starter in this 7-page thread.

So the point is, the admins cannot do anything right now. Just let it rest. I believe Gamespot has gotten the message. Have you guys consider the possibility that maybe different people designed different emblems? Seeing all the complaints, Gamespot will just slowly assigning the task to the person that made better emblems in the past. And we will all be happy.

Thanks for your feedback. We're pleased that emblems have become so popular that our community wishes to improve them, and we'll consider your suggestions. However, we ask that you remember that emblems are rewards we like to provide our users for being involved with the site in various ways, and I am surprised that some of you would critique their design to the point of insult, rather than enjoy their presence in your profile as a reminder of how you helped improve GameSpot. Such harsh critiques compromise the very spirit of them.

Unless we announce otherwise, emblems--like most visual content on the site--will be designed by our highly talented graphic design team, who provide us with lovely emblems each and every time.