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Shacknews
by Steve Gibson, Feb 13, 2001 5:16pm PSTWell a while ago you guys may remember Maarten mentioning a surprise around here. Well here it is. I've decided to make a change. At the end of the month We'll be switching from Shugashack to Shacknews.com. (We'll keep the old domain always though) The #1 reason for this being that the domain name although 'fresh and in your face' has been severely holding back most 'word of mouth' exposure this website can get. The domain is just too difficult to remember how to spell for anyone who doesnt know the website. This change is only a name, and absolutely nothing else is planned along side this except for an easier to remember and spell domain. Thats it. Now, here's another thing. Along with the domain name we of course need a new logo. Dhabih of Valve Software who created the current logo was kind enough to start out a new one. However due to his work at Valve he hasnt been able to finish it. This means we need a logo. Stupid contest time!
- Create a Shack logo that can scale down to 220x90 pixels. Preferably a higher res version too. - Contest ends February 19th at noon. - Here is a copy of the current rough draft from Dhab, (jpg link here) you may use it as a base for your work. - Email entries in .jpg .gif or .psd formats to this address - Winner will be credited in the alt-tag with an email address if they wish. They will also receive a free shack t-shirt if/when those are made.Remember, this is strictly voluntary. We'll of course open voting on February 20th. Also since so many people ask, Shacknews.com is currently in development. You can check out how quickly compressed comments load here if you're bored. My preferences on logos are simple and easy to recognize with few colors. Integrating the 'shack icon' as in the example logo by Dhab. These logos by |2| are excellent examples.
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Logo + Shack - http://www.geocities.com/bh33442000/theshack1.jpg
What do you think?
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oh well.
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-r0x
http://www.writeopen.com/shack/ve-sn-sm.jpg
http://www.writeopen.com/shack/ve-shacknews-1.jpg
http://www.writeopen.com/shack/ve-shacknews-2.jpg
I know they sux, but since I'm no good at art... if anyone wants the .psd files, lemme know.
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thats what Ive used since steve got that domain??
I can see what its not www.NewsShack.com.
Hey, but its all for the good of stuff :)
didn't you people learn from last time?
btw: where's the winning werd/first post?
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http://www.geocities.com/jefftm2/maarten-shacknews.jpg
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http://www.deadpenguin.org/files/shacknews.gif
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all the ones i've seen in here look really poor, and that new incomplete one looks shit house too.
i still think the old one with the little shack next to the lettering, with the dish was the best one.
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Except for the decision to fully cover Valusoft releases, right? ;)
As for logos, Walter Cosniak is the dude. Then again, that Quarter-to-Three logo is some kinda cool, too. The coolest concept in site logos I've seen was at one of the big Riva sites a couple of years ago -- they held a contest, selected several winners, and rotated between logos with a script.
http://www.greeneggsnspam.com/images/shacknews1.gif
http://www.greeneggsnspam.com/images/shacknews1.gif
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RUN FOR COVER!!!!!
http://home.pacbell.net/log1k/shacknews_.jpg
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220x90:
http://freepages.ugo.com/daemonite/images/dae_shack_red.gif
http://freepages.ugo.com/daemonite/images/dae_shack_blue.gif
800x300:
http://freepages.ugo.com/daemonite/images/dae_shack_red_hires.gif
http://freepages.ugo.com/daemonite/images/dae_shack_blue_hires.gif
And for those of you who need to satisfy their subliminal donkley/tentacle penii/olsen twin/dognose pr0n (only Vantage I think, correct me if I'm wrong), let me point you in the direction of my profile:
http://www.shugashack.com/funk.y?person=Daemonite
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http://users.choice.net/jonesm/warlocklogo3.jpg
http://users.choice.net/jonesm/warlocklogo4.jpg
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Damn.. Took me 40 minutes to get here!!1
Had a hard time spelling shugashck...
DOH!!!
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/goes back to lurking
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FrO
http://users.choice.net/jonesm/warlocklogo1.jpg
http://users.choice.net/jonesm/warlocklogo2.jpg
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Will the web site be referred to as:
Shacknews.com
ShackNews.com
ShackNews.Com
Shack News
Shacknews
or ?
It is important to maintain consistency for branding purposes, and anyone who is seriously going to design a logo will want to know what you want (myself included).
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a Dallas station just ran a news story on warez,
they had some guy who "claimed to be a cracker but wasn't anymore"
he showed them how to go to irc & newsgroups and dl stuff
( never mentioned that he knew how to break copy or install protection )
not sure how he figures he's a "cracker" by being able to download.
They showed some screenies that looked like asta's site, but didn't
show the title. They also showed a news header that said
"req: learkey 2000 pro" and he said that was a request for a windows serial.
I guess their "cracker" never has heard of Learnkey's vast ammount of educational software.
They also interviewed a macromedia guy who said 50% all installs of
their software is a pirate. ( I never knew flash & dreamweaver were
so widely used. )
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http://www.maplesugarshack.net/images/logosoft.gif
A WINNER IS ME!!
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http://www.alltel.net/~bivens/misc/shacknews_wunderbred_1.jpg
http://www.alltel.net/~bivens/misc/shacknews_wunderbred_2.jpg