CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › Giant signatures
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Giant signatures

post #1 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:05pm
Thread Starter 
Making them big and annoying doesn't make them any better.
Reply
post #2 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:07pm
A whole thread for two posters? Two pages by dinner.
Reply
post #3 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:09pm
JEOPARDY POST

What did John Adams say to Hancock
Reply
post #4 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:10pm
I can't think of a better way to honor the memory of Ronnie Barron and his contribution to ABOVE THE LAW.
Reply
post #5 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:12pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ED209 View Post
I can't think of a better way to honor the memory of Ronnie Barron and his contribution to ABOVE THE LAW.
Make it smaller, it would be better and less annoying that way. When your sig is bigger than all of your posts, something is wrong. I still think Hans Gruber has the most annoying sig on the boards, though.

Wasn't there a thread about this not long ago? BobClark started it, I think.
Reply
post #6 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:13pm
Hans' sig is legendary. It used to be a lot crazier actually.
Reply
post #7 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:15pm
Just be thankful that banners aren't allowed here.
Reply
post #8 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:16pm
Thread Starter 
And I'm not including Nick's, because a) it's his site and b) his signature actually serves a purpose beyond "Hey cool, I found the font size function!"
Reply
post #9 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:18pm
It's not even the size (even though that's kinda annoying), it's the garish colors that bug the shit out of me.
Reply
post #10 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:20pm
Macca's Joker sig was funny. The other ones aren't, but they don't bother me. If they did bother me, I would probably just turn off the "View Signatures" option in User CP.
Reply
post #11 of 55
11/11/08 at 4:20pm
And the last time I'll post in this thread: I thank god I'm color blind sometimes. I didn't even know they were in color until he mentioned the Miami Vice thing in the Game draft thread.
Reply
post #12 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:08pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
Macca's Joker sig was funny. The other ones aren't, but they don't bother me.
No, it wasn't. At all.
Reply
post #13 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:31pm
I'm fine with both individuals killing themselves. Hopefully on live webcam feed so that I can at least have the dignity of jerking off to it.
Reply
post #14 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:34pm
I believe that if McCartney threw himself off a cliff Gruber would make a semi ironic post IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS before lobbing himself off of a cliff.
Reply
post #15 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:35pm
What's the actual point of forum signatures though? I mean, any signature at all. McCartney's WAS funny, but nothing is funny after you read it a hundred times. Are forum signatures a vestigal thing from internet past? When was it ever needed?

That said, I don't mind any signature.
Reply
post #16 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:38pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
McCartney's WAS funny
No. It never was. In any dimension it exist in. McCartney is adept at fucking up jokes left and right, and that Ledger signature was his Michaelangelo.
Reply
post #17 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:38pm
If the sigs go, the avatars will go. It'll be anarchy!
Reply
post #18 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:40pm
Avatars have a use. I can remember avatars better than I can remember names. What do signatures add to anything?
Reply
post #19 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
Avatars have a use. I can remember avatars better than I can remember names. What do signatures add to anything?
Weird, unattributed quotations, of course.
Reply
post #20 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:46pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
Weird, unattributed quotations, of course.
Damn straight. And think if we were to allow pictures like they do on say Jinxworld. Yowza.

But I have nothing against sigs. I love'em but it's pretty clear some are done just to stir shit up.
Reply
post #21 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
...If they did bother me, I would probably just turn off the "View Signatures" option in User CP.
I turned off signatures back when somebody called bunnydracula learned how to add colour to his.
Reply
post #22 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:48pm
I guess I don't really see the difference between signatures and avatars and whatever you call the thing under our names. I use each of them to ID Chewers from time to time.

I still remember when Schwartz was "lousy with midgets" for example.

And I'll go one further - I actually appreciate the big colorful sigs because in some cases they helpfully flag posts I can skip right over.
Reply
post #23 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:49pm
I have nothing against sigs either, people enjoy having them, so by all means, keep enjoying. But if you're going to argue against one type of signature, it kind of falls apart when you consider the fact that ALL signatures are just 1 to 2 inch bits of screen that most people will ignore. It's hard to argue that someone's abusing their signature space.
Reply
post #24 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:50pm
It's not abuse. It's just obnoxious.
Reply
post #25 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:52pm
I suppose I'm just extra good at not letting bright purple text get to me.
Reply
post #26 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
I have nothing against sigs either, people enjoy having them, so by all means, keep enjoying. But if you're going to argue against one type of signature, it kind of falls apart when you consider the fact that ALL signatures are just 1 to 2 inch bits of screen that most people will ignore. It's hard to argue that someone's abusing their signature space.
The thing is, I can skip over most signatures without a second thought. I do it automatically. It's when some people decide to post a sentence/quote in the most obnoxious color imaginable that it bugs me. It draws your eyes to the signature (that you've read 100 times) and distracts from the rest of the posts on the screen (particularly the posts made by the people with the obnoxious signatures, which is kind of ironic).
Reply
post #27 of 55
11/11/08 at 5:56pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll View Post
I suppose I'm just extra good at not letting bright purple text get to me.
It's your mutant power.

Sigs get old too fast, and I don't feel like changing it out all the time.
Reply
post #28 of 55
11/11/08 at 6:01pm
For me, it's not a matter of when they get old. It's when I find something to replace the current one.
Reply
post #29 of 55
11/11/08 at 6:20pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Sigs get old too fast, and I don't feel like changing it out all the time.
Sig'd?
Reply
post #30 of 55
11/11/08 at 6:31pm
It'd HAVE to be. This is CHUD, home of irony, after all.
Reply
post #31 of 55
11/11/08 at 6:33pm
Thread Starter 
I'll be honest, I didn't know there was an option to turn of signatures until I saw James Kimball's post. But I would hate to disable everyone just because of a couple of showoffs.
Reply
post #32 of 55
11/11/08 at 7:24pm
McCartney's is the only annoying one, and that's why he made it. So, that's that.
Reply
post #33 of 55
11/11/08 at 7:33pm
I'm pretty indifferent to the things, myself.
I guess they're useful for people who like to advertise their own sites, or similar.
Reply
post #34 of 55
11/11/08 at 9:48pm
I can understand being annoyed by long sigs. They can take a while to physically scroll through. But being annoyed by COLOURS? Think about how ridiculous that is. CHUD's boring crybaby contingent strikes again!
Reply
post #35 of 55
11/11/08 at 10:02pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul McCartney View Post
But being annoyed by COLOURS? Think about how ridiculous that is. CHUD's boring crybaby contingent strikes again!
*sigh*

You're right, colors aren't very important.
Reply
post #36 of 55
11/11/08 at 10:39pm
I just don't see the big deal in letting them continue. Yes, some people may not be able to appreciate them, but since when has that stopped previous big signatures from going forward? It's Chewer-generated content that doesn't take away from anything at all, and are honestly more fun than the endless signatures related to who the hell Fleed is.
Reply
post #37 of 55
11/11/08 at 10:42pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul McCartney View Post
I can understand being annoyed by long sigs. They can take a while to physically scroll through. But being annoyed by COLOURS? Think about how ridiculous that is. CHUD's boring crybaby contingent strikes again!
Plain text is easy to ignore, long or otherwise. Bright colored fonts are really obnoxious. If I wanted to see that I would have joined myspace.
Reply
post #38 of 55
11/11/08 at 10:47pm
For this to explode like these things sometimes do, the thread would have to have been started by Devin or Nick or myself, and people would have to like Paul McCartney (the poster).
Reply
post #39 of 55
11/11/08 at 10:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by flyarz View Post
and are honestly more fun than the endless signatures related to who the hell Fleed is.
Ummm...like, 2 people, maybe? It's not like those quotes are put up in a size 32 font with a hot pink color.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
For this to explode like these things sometimes do,
Would calling Flyarz an idiot work?
Reply
post #40 of 55
11/11/08 at 11:18pm
What's more annoying is why a troll (that also has a big sig) still hasn't been banned. Besides, didn't Devin say he's someone that was banned under a different name?
Reply
post #41 of 55
11/11/08 at 11:45pm
Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION - seriously, my eyes, ze goggles zey do nussing.
Reply
post #42 of 55
11/12/08 at 12:44am
First they came for the edit feature, and I said nothing.
Then they came for the rep, and I said nothing.
Then they came for the drafts, and I said nothing.
Then they came for the signatures, and I said nothing.
Because I had no signature to say it in.
Reply
post #43 of 55
11/12/08 at 1:02am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by flyarz View Post
I just don't see the big deal in letting them continue. Yes, some people may not be able to appreciate them, but since when has that stopped previous big signatures from going forward? It's Chewer-generated content that doesn't take away from anything at all, and are honestly more fun than the endless signatures related to who the hell Fleed is.
OMG flyurz maded teh fun of me!
Reply
post #44 of 55
11/12/08 at 1:55am
I dunno - maybe I'm the dick here (though I don't mean to be), but I wonder how some of you fare in social situations. Some of you guys get aggravated by the smallest, most arbitrary thing. Almost like you expect EVERYTHING to be catered to YOUR specific tastes and such. Learn to just let some shit go.
Reply
post #45 of 55
11/12/08 at 6:13am
Personally, what really bothers me is that CHUD's font hasn't got goddam serifs. I hope the redesign addresses this. But I didn't start a thread about it.

Now that I got my bad joke in, let me offer some anecdotal evidence. It seems that the more monochrome and heavily moderated a forum is, the better for the quality of the discussion. Just the act of posting on the internet drops your IQ about 30 points. If you add colors, moving images and blinking lights to it no one will ever concentrate enough to post something semi-legible.
Reply
post #46 of 55
11/14/08 at 2:43pm
stelios makes a good point. Everyone always associates the shittier forums with signature pictures, banners and flashing horseshit that immediately assaults your eyes and....OH MY GOD A MONKEY
Reply
post #47 of 55
11/14/08 at 2:52pm
Can we add gamertags now?
Reply
post #48 of 55
11/14/08 at 3:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JGButler View Post
I dunno - maybe I'm the dick here (though I don't mean to be), but I wonder how some of you fare in social situations. Some of you guys get aggravated by the smallest, most arbitrary thing. Almost like you expect EVERYTHING to be catered to YOUR specific tastes and such. Learn to just let some shit go.
I've often speculated on how some of the more, shall we say "opinionated" posters conduct themselves in public. Do they troll groups of people who are having a conversation?
Reply
post #49 of 55
11/14/08 at 9:29pm
Ahoatam I'm honored... Now my very own Bush-ism can be immortalized.

As for sigs? Leave it be, who cares? Everyone's got their way of doing things. Doesn't mean we all have to like it.

Sometimes good sigs are disliked by bad people.
Reply
post #50 of 55
11/14/08 at 9:35pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Jim Slade View Post
I've often speculated on how some of the more, shall we say "opinionated" posters conduct themselves in public. Do they troll groups of people who are having a conversation?
Yes I do.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: The Chewers Catch-All
CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › Giant signatures