Banner Voting

[elocomotive]

Okay, we've been kicking around banner talk for several months now. I think we have two well liked designs here and it's time to get a banner back up as the season starts. Both of the nominees below have tiny nods to Boss in them to preserve the homage to one of our favorite posters. SO... vote in the poll above for either:


(1) The team logo banner - IPW's sleek rendition of the NHL team logos that is clean and beautiful

(2) The player banner - my new banner featuring NHL legends on the left and current award winners on the right (with likely rotation throughout the year to change up the players)

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I love the player idea however I'd prefer it were all classic players rather than new age players.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Well, I think it's fairly obvious which Banner is going to win, so I might as well just concede now, and we can just go ahead and put Elo's Banner up asap.

Congrats Elo.

 

[elocomotive]

Well, I think it's fairly obvious which Banner is going to win, so I might as well just concede now, and we can just go ahead and put Elo's Banner up asap.

Congrats Elo.

I wouldn't say that - it's early. I haven't even decided which one to vote for yet.

 

[IPostedWhat]

I haven't even decided which one to vote for yet.

 

[mattola]

 

[IPostedWhat]

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I wouldn't say that - it's early. I haven't even decided which one to vote for yet.

Caps/Nats/DC fans never claim victory with a big lead.

Trust me.....

 

[IPostedWhat]

Would anyone be willing to give me any constructive criticism as to why they didn't like my banner?

You can do it in a PM if you prefer......I'm just curious is all.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I like the concept but the logos are kind of small and squashed. Would it be hard to make them a bit bigger and maybe bleed into each other some. The bottom third could probably be reduced in size as well to make room for bigger logos.

 

[mattola]

Would anyone be willing to give me any constructive criticism as to why they didn't like my banner?

You can do it in a PM if you prefer......I'm just curious is all.

I voted yours, it's a better design (no offense eloco) but elocos idea of the players is cool and I like the history of the game. But yours is crisp clean and has every team on it. You can't put every player on it or it would look like a doobster "art" work so I would rather have the teams. If somehow we could put fuck Dallas all the better but I understand why it can't be that way.

 

[juliansteed]

I love the player idea however I'd prefer it were all classic players rather than new age players.

I like the player banner too but I like the mix of classic and current players. Maybe change them up a bit once in a while too if it's not too much work (I have no idea if it would be too much work or not).

 

[IPostedWhat]

I like the concept but the logos are kind of small and squashed. Would it be hard to make them a bit bigger and maybe bleed into each other some. The bottom third could probably be reduced in size as well to make room for bigger logos.

Thank you for your feedback.

 

[IPostedWhat]

I voted yours, it's a better design (no offense eloco) but elocos idea of the players is cool and I like the history of the game. But yours is crisp clean and has every team on it. You can't put every player on it or it would look like a doobster "art" work so I would rather have the teams. If somehow we could put fuck Dallas all the better but I understand why it can't be that way.

Yeah, I always felt like players should go on a team's individual banner. This way you can showcase the history of that team with players over the years. When you have a banner for the NHL in general, it should include all the teams, because they all make up the NHL.

Then again, I'm getting my ass kicked, so my way of thinking could be flawed?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

The player banner but it's missing the greatest goalie of all time

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Since I don't have the absity to vote in polls can you add my vote to banner 1 I prefer the logos everyone represented

 

[Comeds]

Would anyone be willing to give me any constructive criticism as to why they didn't like my banner?

You can do it in a PM if you prefer......I'm just curious is all.

I voted for the other but liked both.

 

[IPostedWhat]

I voted for the other but liked both.

Um, thanks?

 

[elocomotive]

I voted yours, it's a better design (no offense eloco) but elocos idea of the players is cool and I like the history of the game. But yours is crisp clean and has every team on it.

I think Matty gets to the heart of it. I think the design/execution on IPW's is definitely better (I wouldn't have any criticisms of it). I think people just like the concept of the players better and as we saw in the NHL logos thread, there are some aesthetics that are just personal preferences. And thank you Matty for acknowledging that I totally ivented the idea of putting players on a banner.

I think while the logos represent the whole league, the players show the action/excitement/passion of the game that we all love. It's possibly documented that I am not what one would call "the biggest fan" of the Penguins, but I love Crosby's exuberance in that photo and it's cool to see a guy like Mario in the banner. It makes me nostalgic for seeing him as a young lad. So I just think there are some emotional response to seeing these guys that the design itself has nothing to do with.

On the "representative" idea (and reading through the other thread), it made me think if we rotate the players once in awhile that will keep it fresh and ensure we have everyone represented at different times.

 

[elocomotive]

The player banner but it's missing the greatest goalie of all time

If the players' one wins, I'd say we could do something like the following on the Legends' side:
-Greatest goalies
-Greatest d-man
-Best scorers on the left side

And on the current players' side do something like:
-Best playmakers
-Most underrated players
-Best starting 6 roster

...etc. etc. etc.