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I like where this is going - I am confident that we can grow a very active, informative and friendly Infinity community here on Dakka Dakka, one of the biggest wargame sites on the Internet..

Alph, would it be worth linking to this thread and making a short note about uniting the infinity fans down here on the forum in the first post of your News and Rumours thread?

I'd also put it in as a post at the end of the thread as I would assume most people don't always go back and read the first post. I certainly don't unless it's something like the Empire thread where it explicitly states that the first post will be kept up to date

Well might be worth starting that with the first post?

Host in the latest pitcures there each month, to give folks a reason to go to the first post and also catch the reminder link down here?

Got some news from CB I'll post up a new thread for it.

In terms of a cool banner/signature thingie...

Can some one whip up one that says "Infinity on Dakka Dakka" that when clicked on links to this subforum?

Maybe with graphics that blend in from "standard" Infinity colors to the new Dakka scheme?

Wow, this is all great ideas!
I'm sure I sadly won't be very helpful, but count me in on moral support! But I'll try and help if there's anything I feel I can do.

This is going great, keep checking the OP guys. If you can tick anything off the list you'll be helping out a lot!


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OP completely overhauled.

You guys know what I'm like, but what can I do to assist?

If there is anything in the OP that you feel you could help with or if you have ideas about growing the community then feel free to chip in! All help is very appreciated.

Hmmm....

I could try my hand at making Infinity Dakka Ranks, I suppose.....

That'd be great, thanks! I think we should have a different one for each faction to start with. Then maybe one for each sectorial? And a general one? I'm sure if we all pitch in we can knock them out quickly.

PanO

1. Mayan Maniac
2. Resurrected Rookie
3. Fun Loving Fusiler
4. Tarty Trauma Doc
5. Cubeless Croc Man
6. Narcissistic Nisses
7. Kamau Kombatant
8. Hospitable Knight Hospitaller
9. Swiss Guard of Cheese
10. Bengal Bagh-Mari
11. Airdropped Akali
12. Mordorian ORC
13. Arriving Armoured Cavalry
14. Joan's Jotum
15. Beyond Infinity

Yes, most of them are terrible, though I think if you get so many posts, you would just be "Beyond Infinity", no matter which track you used, ya know?

I've probably missed where someone pointed this out, but Infinity appears to have billing over Malifaux now. Not a bad start towards that separate forum.

...which is rather sad. I love Malifaux. It's like picking a favorite child when one becomes more popular than the other. Regardless, Infinity deserves to be as strong as it is.

I hope that one day it'll overcome Marinehammer 40,000 and World of Warcraft Miniatures.

I hadn't noticed that, good spot, Marco!

Looks good, Slarg. Although i just looked and i notice that the rank tracks Dakka already has tend to be quite serious. Maybe we should try and follow suit? i.e.
Infiltrating Zero
Marut Lieutenant
Camouflaged Croc Man

Maybe for 15, instead of beyond infinity we could have a powerful lieutenant/special character from the army list in question? What do you think?

I just has an idea, we could also have tactic specific rank tracks eventually, like all hacking or all infiltrating but from different factions.

I don't have enough time right now to do all tracks but here is an example of a Nomad track. Mostly done by point cost, but some sorted by popularity.

Nomads:
1 MetaChemicaled Morlock
2 Forward Alguacile
3 Infiltrating Zero
4 Tomcat Doctor
5 Airborne Hellcat
6 Undercover Überfallkommando
7 Sin-Eater Sentry
8 Hidden Prowler
9 Spekter Sniper
10 Courageous Mobile Brigada
11 Mutlispectral Intruder
12 Interventor Lieutenant
13 Iguana Pilot
14 Lizard Pilot
15 Szalamandra Pilot

So... I heard something about you wanting a banner (or picture for use in the signature, whatever it's called )?
Now, don't get your hopes up. I'm not *great* at image editing, I consider myself to be decent at best.
But either way, I got an idea, and made a little work on a banner, for usage on Dakkadakka. It's just a short work, and is by no means finished. It's just a little something to show you.
And if you feel that my skills are inadequate for the task, just tell me. I can take that, and I wouldn't want to force you guys to use a banner just to be kind to me
However, if you like it, I'd be glad to work a little more on it to finish it. If you want me to change aything, I can do that too. It isn't too hard for me, and it's a good way to entertain myself.
So, anyway... Without further ado.... Here it is:


Ofcourse, I'd have to fix that "Y" in Infinity (god it looks awful the way it is right now!) and make something out of the background, as well as fix the highlights on the Infinity logo, which does look a little bit weird atm.
But other than that, what say you?

Thanks Blue. I'll do a couple late tonight.

CF: That's really good of you, it looks like it's really coming along to me! Personally i'm going to use something thin and possibly personalised but i know a few of the guys wanted a signature just like that. Alpharius and Slarg spring to mind.

I love that banner!

A little more polish and maybe a little thinner, and we'd have a winner - especially if it could link to this sub-forum!

Thanks!

That's great! Then I'll keep working!
I'll make sure to scale it down when I'm finished, but I prefer keeping it a little oversized when working with it.
And making it link shouldn't be too much of an issue, it's just a little work in terms of coding. Luckily, I've already done most of the work with my current banner. I'll make sure to give you the code too when I'm finished.
Also, current progress:

Tidied it up a bit, made the exploding letters look better and a little dit and dat.
If there's anything you see that you think I should change, just tell me. It's not a lot of work, and it's really the small things that make all the difference.
Also, any idea what to do with the background?
Also, the bottom left of it still has a lot of space. Place slogan there?
Regarding slogan, should we go with the standard "It's not your list..." for now? Or perhaps dakkafy it somehow, like... "It's not your dakka, it's you!"

I understand why the "It's not your list" thing is so popular with the hardcore Infinity crowd (it seems a knee jerk reaction to 40k and the Net List phenomenon) but to be honest with you, it comes across more than a little negative especially when you're trying to recruit new players - many of which are going to come from that background in mini war gaming.

We really don't want to engender the "gnat's ass" mentality here as we attempt to grow our Infinity presence.

BlueDagger has, in my opinion, the perfect attitude in terms of how he helps new players and how he corrects misconceptions/mistakes for people when it comes to the rules.

The CF wrote:So... I heard something about you wanting a banner (or picture for use in the signature, whatever it's called )?

So, anyway... Without further ado.... Here it is:

Spoiler:

, what say you?

LOVE IT
Exactly as Alpharius said, a little more polish and thinner and we have a winner.

Just throwing my hat into the ring - no claims on any of the graphical work that went into the original logos



Really hope that Infinity gains momentum

I like that one, though could we get the Dakka part a little bit brighter please? It'd be nice if Dakka had as much prominence as Infinity as we are trying to bring people here; especially if people decided to use that banner on other forums

I think I'm somewhat sided with Alpharius that "It's not your list, it's you", while popular with the players, is perhaps not the most enticing slogan to be bandying around.

It hasn't got the immediate scene setting of things like WH40k's "In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, there is only war" or Inquisitor's "Everything you have been told is a lie", and it's pretty derogatory, given it roughly translates as "If you suck at this game, it's your own damn fault".

While the fact that the game is well play-tested and balanced is of course a good thing, a more positive phrasing would be better. Something that focuses on being able to take the models you want, not the ones you have to.

endtransmission wrote:I like that one, though could we get the Dakka part a little bit brighter please? It'd be nice if Dakka had as much prominence as Infinity as we are trying to bring people here; especially if people decided to use that banner on other forums

Better?

Infinity's "Do you want to know more?" has always appealed to me in a cheesy way. I don't think it'd be entirely appropriate.

You don't need a slogan. You'll either end up with something uninviting like "It's not your list, it's you!" or something stupidly repulsive like "play like you've got a pair".

Absolutionis wrote:You don't need a slogan. You'll either end up with something uninviting like "It's not your list, it's you!" or something stupidly repulsive like "play like you've got a pair".

I have to agree, a lot of slogans are as off putting as they are (supposedly) entertaining. Unless it is "Would you like to know more?" because that is just awesome

SilverMK2 wrote:

Absolutionis wrote:You don't need a slogan. You'll either end up with something uninviting like "It's not your list, it's you!" or something stupidly repulsive like "play like you've got a pair".

I have to agree, a lot of slogans are as off putting as they are (supposedly) entertaining. Unless it is "Would you like to know more?" because that is just awesome

Everytime someone says "Would you like to know more", I picture giant bugs.

I'll rewrite the PanO title track in a bit, need to post some long overdue picture.s