Hey Anyone up to make some SysOpt Case Badges?

[AuraEdge]

I saw these at HardOCP and I thought HEY that would look REAL cool.
Anyone with some CG experience want to conjure up some picture? (1 Inch square). Then if it looks good, and enough people want them, we can get them made (think they make em in lots of 100) and sell em to our fellow members...and whoever makes it can make a tiny profit out of the selling em.


Anyone wanna bite?

[LJJones]

I wouldnt mind one, count me in.

[AuraEdge]

If anyone can make one that looks pretty good, Ill get 5.

[Gutter Ball]

I'd buy 5-10 too! I don't like to advertise "free" for the store I bought it from. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[barry glisson]

count me in also how about some t shirts. profit to spec olympics or some other charity. this way we can recognize each other at shows & swap meets etc. barry

[wtp]

stoopid question, but what's CG?

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Ed_S]

There appears to be a market here, Scott!!
Maybe Earthweb should do something, since they hold the copyrights.... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

I'd go for a coffee mug.

Ed

[Warthog]

I'd go for a mug too. Great to hold my pens in near my computer http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

I'm serious. Someone should do this. I think it would be better if Earthweb did this though.

Warthog

[oxOGradiusOxo]

I'm actually pretty handy with Photoshop5 and Illustrator 8. I work in a print shop and am going to school this fall for graphic design. I've done quite a bit of designing, and am becoming pretty popular in my area.

I'd be happy to do it, or at least take a shot at it. If you'd like to see anything on it, let me know. I'll post what I've come up with this week.

If everyone likes it (including SysOpt) I'll give SysOpt full rights to the image to use as they see fit. They don't have to pay me anything, yadda yadda yadda. I'd just love to get to work on designing this. I'm just trying to give back someone to the board that's given my so much (why do I sound like a Hallmark card?)


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[brandon184]

I have an idea on how they make t-shirts with logos on them, but how on earth do they put logos on coffee cups?

[pickel]

How about an emblem for my El Camino. On the tailgate " Overclocked at Sysopt's" with a crossed flags underneath!!! *****in" !!!!!
Case badge would be cool. I'll take at least three. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Tee shirts and ball caps too..

the pickel

[Wiz]

wtp, Computer graphics.

[jad1097]

I want some that say STUFF INSIDE or AMD INSIDE.

[noresull]

Count me in for a couple of badges and mugs!

John

[Dave_H]

Sounds like a great idea. Count me in!
Dave

[oxOGradiusOxo]

ok, i was doing some brainstorming and was wondering what single word could describe sysopt and the message board. 'overclocked'
Then I got to thinking. What images come to mind when you think of overclocking.. hmm, CPUs, video cards, etc. These are all obvious and overdone, and I want something original. Then it hit me... hampsters!

It's the best combination of what sysopt stands for with a little side joke for all those participants in the overclocking the hampster thread a while back.

I've done some parliminary sketches to get a feel for the look. I'll scan and post those soon. It basically has a little hampster running his heart out of a hampster wheel. There are all kinds of wires and gizmos hooked up to the wheel running to a computer. A digital counter sits besides the wheel reading 999.5Mhz. The top of the image reads something like "Come on, just a little more..." The phrase kinda carries a double meaning for the hampster and for sysopt in general. I know we are all trying to get "just a little more" out of our system. Plus, I know us computer geeks would love to get to the big 1Ghz. The computer screen reads "overclocked @ sysopt.com"

all these elements can be changed of course, but this is why it's called brainstorming.
I'll try and have the sketches done tonight.



[This message has been edited by oxOGradiusOxo (edited 05-14-2000).]

[jadison]

I;m in too. Sounds like a great idear! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
I'll take a coulple t-shirts, a few mousepads, a couple mugs, maybe a pen & pencil, magnets, am I going a little overboard here?!? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
I like the t-shirt idea, I always run 5K or 10K's in Austin, TX and purchase the shirts which have a whole bunch of sponsors: mostly computer companys, a 5K or 10K run would be a great charity!


Nice idea there oxOGradiusOxo, pretty funny too!

-jd-

[RCN_Moose]

Count me in, I think its a cool idea.

Moose http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[SysOpt]

It's a good idea, I'll run it by the folks "upstairs".


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[daveleau]

I'm in! Let me have 2.
Dave

[Stan]

Heheee... good idea !!!
Will you deliver in UK ????

Stan

[Ultima]

Mughty good idea!!!

If they come out, I'll have one of each!!
That is then a mug, t-shirt etc.

BTW, would I even be able to get one then, since I live in Holland????

I mean, shipping fee would cost waayyyy more then all the stuff together!!

Pim.

[psyklone]

i'd go for some sysopt gear for sure count me in!

[AuraEdge]

I didnt expect this many responses, but the more the better!

Heres some ideas (http://64.27.77.160/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000308.html) from the HardOCP forums...Im more in for a cool look or funny look than a serious techy look.
I really dont know how to go about this, but I like the ideas started at the HardOCP forum. 3d effects are ALWAYS cool.

[buddmann]

Count me in also.

buddmann

[skywalker[TSG]]

this is a great idea

i would like these things

T-shirt
mug
stickers
badges
watch
and some other stuff that i have not thought out yet

[Gutter Ball]

Okay, these are all great ideas...but WHO'S gonna make them up for us? Anybody know anybody who does that kind of stuff?

[SoopaStar]

Count me in too!! I'll take badges, Tshirt and maybe a coffe mug...(How about a beer cozy or a beer mug?). I know of some screen printing places and I found this place for badges: http://www.computernameplates.com/
Its kinda funny that I just read this forum, cause I was looking at badges yesterday thinking "I need one for the four computers I just built, hrmm..." If someone comes up with a logo for us, I would be happy to do the ordering for the badges. I can take payments thru paypal.

Paul
edit:
Granted that 1) earthweb doesn't sue for copy-right infringement 2) it would be stupid to do so..nothing like pissing off the people who use your board and want to advertise it for free!

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[buddmann]

Here are a couplr of more sites that make badges etc.http://www.nationaldecal.com/products.htm http://www.mark-it.net/prcstmlb.htm http://www.fontastic-nameplates.com/nameplat.htm http://www.nationaldecal.com/products.htm
hope this helps,

buddmann

[buddmann]

Here are a couple of more sites that make badges etc.http://www.nationaldecal.com/products.htm http://www.mark-it.net/prcstmlb.htm http://www.fontastic-nameplates.com/nameplat.htm http://www.nationaldecal.com/products.htm
hope this helps,

buddmann

[oxOGradiusOxo]

moved pic

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[Target]

Cool idea Ox, and a nice graphic too the way it is!

You might want to consider leaving the needle out though.....that way, when people get them, they can draw in the line corresponding to the speed they reached with the particular CPU/box they stick it on (just a thought).

Maybe you could add a red-line type of deal too similar to those found on tachometers for speeds 800Mhz and above <lol>.

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[oxOGradiusOxo]

Very good idea Target.
That's why I thought I should post what I had, so that the Sysopt users could tell me what they'd like to see.
Consider this like "beta-testing" http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Amarok]

cool job oxOGradiusOxo keep up the great work

[AuraEdge]

Lol..I think the redline should start at 800, and then needle should go PAST 1000, kinda like breaking point
Great Preliminary pic tho!

Sumthin to keep in mind...dont stuff to many things in there that you dont need (like a hamspter http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif). This all hasta fit on a 1 inch square.

Again, Im really glad we got a resident Comp graphic person like you, Grad. (or do u prefer Ox? I never thought of calling u Ox, since the OXO is just 'name buffer', but everyone else seems to)

[SoopaStar]

Just so you all know, I did email Scott and he sent the email regarding the goods to the proper people at earthweb. Don't know if I was supposed to mention this part or not, but earthweb will be emphasizing more of "earthweb" than "sysopt" due to a redesign of the Sysopt.com site. Guess I or we will have to wait to hear what the guru's @ earthweb have to say.

Paul

[Biff]

Neat job oxOGradiusOxo, looks sharp, simple but eye catching!

[thekingofpain]

Yep looks pretty cool, beats my old skull and crossbones sticker http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[brandon184]

Good Idea! I think some t-shirts would especially be cool.

[oxOGradiusOxo]

you can just call me gradius. it's been my handle since I was old enough to log onto BBSes through my 14.4 modem ::sigh::

you're right about the "oxO" though. I lost my password to "gradius" on the board a while back, and since I changed e-mail addresses... there ya go.

if anyone has any more ideas or something else they'd like to see, let me know. I have 2 AP placement exams tomorrow, but I'm ready for both (AP Stat and AP English) I'm anxious to get some more done on this.

(also working on my senior t-shirt design as well.. here's a picture of what it looks like. it's being sent off to the printers today! i know you can't read the names, but i had to reduce the file size for bandwidth.. hey i'm on dialup too http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

http://www.virtualtrends.com/gradius/lookie.jpg

[cyclone2]

Hi Gradius Ive sent you an Email of a design I did, If you like it could you post it for me Thanks
PS you should like it lol

[Mntsnow]

Nice work! Gradius http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif count me in for LOTS of the goodies http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif


Mntsnow

[AuraEdge]

Good save - I forgot about the Legalities http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Anyone wanna post anything preliminary?
Ill try and whip up something myself, just to get us started. I really have NO experience with CG whatsoever, but I can learn quick http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

[oxOGradiusOxo]

I'm posting this picture for Cyclone2!

http://www.virtualtrends.com/gradius/ham.jpg

[barry glisson]

i like it, any more? barry

[Warthog]

VERY nice work, everybody!!! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I'm impressed.

The t-shirts, mugs, etc. should DEFINATELY be produced - when/if it is ok with Earthweb http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif. I think most, if not all, would buy several. Sysopt is like a second home to me http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif. I would proudly display the material around my computer. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[FrozenLiquidity]

mmm, such a good idea, I wonder how long it will take me to make senior member, after all, I am quite active. Anyway, I'm with you too on this thing. If it does happen, I'll get 10-20 of em' heh heh!

FrozenLiquidity


Edit-> wait wait!!! we could have SysOpt hats too!!! That would be awesome! Then mabye SysOpt pins, SysOpt monitor stickers, SysOpt mousepads even!!! tons of SysOpt gear, Muhahahaha, SysOpt keychains, SysOpt windows loading screen, SysOpt desktop pattern, mabye SysOpt placemats and SysOpt banannas! and mabye mabye, I am getting a bit carried away...

Heh, still lots of SysOpt gear would bee cool. Would certianly get some of my friends to join the forums.

[This message has been edited by FrozenLiquidity (edited 05-17-2000).]

[SoopaStar]

that was post #113 as of when I checked. you need 500 for senior and 1000 for ultimate.

Paul

[Mntsnow]

actually it takes 501 and 1001 to make the switch-over of status but then who's counting http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif LOL

Mntsnow

[cyclone2]

heh they need to come up with a new classification for you Mntsnow aye?
Maybe super-duper ultimate member or maybe OWNER! lol

[AuraEdge]

That Ketchup Packet! Stroke of genious! I like it http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Yep Grad, I remember when you were still Gradius (way back when), so I always called u that.
Cyclone, I can get that pic posted if u want, just email it to me.

[TonyWatt]

Great idea.
Count me in for badges, stickers, mugs etc.

[LJJones]

Has SysOpt actually said that theyre gonna be made? I'm waiting for him to say something.

I would love some sysopt stuff, but can it be delivered all the way to the UK?

[Target]

Cyclone, that was a great pic....very funny and well done! You and Gradius are doing some fine work!!

[oxOGradiusOxo]

updated my idea!
it's finally starting to come together. it seems like it's taken forever to get finish, but i've actually only worked on it for 2 hours. those 2 hours however have been over the course of a few days http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[narayan]

I'm in http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[SDT]

I'll definately take a bunch of hamster case badges and a couple of mugs. This is a great idea.

[oxOGradiusOxo]

Does anyone have any word if we'll be able to do this?

I was also wondering, since I'm not actually using a sysopt or earthweb logo in my design, just the website name, can that be considered copyright infringment?

[SoopaStar]

See my post from the top of page two. Scott (sysopt) has no say in when and of the badges can be made. Earthweb owns the rights, slogans, etc of sysopt.com. It is up to them. If people awnt to produce them (which I personally do...) we could be liable for copyright infringement. Scott is talking to the 'right people' about it.
I personally feel that if they don't want us to make them, then its wrong on their part. This is a communitty of computer people, and saying, "No, you can't make it w/o us getting a profit from it" would spoil the outlook on this site (for me anyways). Websites are a dime-a-dozen now-a-days. too choose one that you like to participate in/with and feel an attachment to is to the advantage of the site. Wanting to offer 'free' advertising to that site is also a bonus to them. Making money off a good feeling from the users is a bad thing http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif . Just my two cents.
Paul C

[SoopaStar]

I just visited earthweb.com and found this link from their privacy page:
[url\http://www.earthweb.com/about_us/permissions_request.html[/url]
I filled it out and will keep you all posted regarding any information I recieve from them. If anyone knows of a page that will do a Poll or Survey type thing that we can get an esitmated number of orders or peole interested, that woudl probably help this along. Also, I would like to take charge of part of it, if no one else wants to. I think a good judgement of prices would be something like:
computer badges: $1-2 depending on qty initially ordered
T-Shirts: mostplaces will do them for $11-15 depending on no. of colors adn tshirt quality (I like good quality to high quality cotton shirts..no cheap "Hanes" undershirts.
Mugs: I would assume $8-12 depending ons style and colors used.
I can't think of anything else people may want.

Paul C.
EDIT:
Oh, and I would assume we coudl do shipping via priority mail envelops for larger items which is $3.20 US$ and for badges I would assume shipping would be $0.32 up to a buck depending on amount shipped and type of envelope style. Also, on their privacy pages, if anyone wants to read their privacy statement, its at http://www.earthweb.com/about_us/perm.html . Thanks.--PC

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[oxOGradiusOxo]

I'll just make myself a few case badges from my design. I think that's ok. I don't think they should be that expensive even if I buy a few.

http://www.virtualtrends.com/gradius/sysopt.jpg

[SysOpt]

I'm not a lawyer but it's my guess that sysopt.com is a trademarked name. Believe me, I WANT us to be able to do this. I'm still talking with Earthweb folks and making progress. If we can agree on a design for one or more product types (badge, mug, shirt, etc.) we might be able to get EarthWeb to pay for the cost of creating some for those here who want them. Course, they might be willing to do them large scale and sell them through the site, but that's what I'm discussing.

In any event, regarding the permissions submission, it ended up coming back to me. EW can't grant permission until a final design is submitted for each product type. If everyone can agree on one, and the designer can email me the full sized uncompressed PSD or .TIF, we can go from there.

Scott

[Mntsnow]

I vote for Gradius's last one! I love it http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

ps. Gradius can you Email me the file So I can play with it a touch too?

[FrozenLiquidity]

Good luck Scott!!!

FrozenLiquidity

[oxOGradiusOxo]

I just don't want you to think I'm acting "stuck-up" about it. My graphic design skills are very limited, and I've never really designed anything professionly recongiziable. What little I have done, I am however proud of.

[daveleau]

Hey I like it Gradius. I hope this goes through. I would gladly wear/post the insignia.
Dave

[Warthog]

Me too http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

I think that when we/if we narrow it down to a few pics for certain items, there should be an official poll set up on the website to choose which one.

Warthog

[SoopaStar]

http://www.vetsoftware.com/sysopt/index.html

Pleae go vote! If you would like your graphic included in the poll, let me know, or if you haev another product idea that we could use, let me know. I figured thsi may help give sysopt.com a heads up on what they could use. If you have any ideas, questions, etc. please email me: [email]paul@vetsoftware.com[url]

Paul C.
edit:
looks like that link doesnt quite work. here is the actual poll:
http://apps3.vantagenet.com/zsv/survey.asp?special=generic&sameserver=1&id=1519155148 PC

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[AuraEdge]

VERY nice!
I like it too!
I think if you make the text a little bigger, for at least the case badges..
That logo, as it is, would look real good on any bigger merchandise, but on a case, text might be a squinter...know what I mean?

[oxOGradiusOxo]

Mntsnow, under most situations I would be more than happy to, BUT..
A while back I drew this starcraft battle screen (terran ghost and zerg hydralisk) for a website contest. I got most of the way done (scanned in and coloring/shading) but I never got around to finishing it. I posted it on my webpage for some friends of mine to see... well, someone copied my picture, finished coloring it, and submitted it as original artwork under their name. They won 3rd place and a meager Starcraft Stratgey guide. I wrote to the contest officals, explained the situation, and they took his name down (although they sent hinm the guide already)

Long story short and I'm definitely not implying you would do this (i trust you sysopt peeps) it's just that ever since then I've been protecting my images like my own children. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mntsnow]

Hey Not a prob....I can respect that http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[surrealchereal]

OK, so what happened? Where are all the images on and off of sysopt? What did I miss? Did the lawyers get here? There seemed to be so much enthusiasm and then

[Mortis]

I am curious also as to whatever happened to this idea... It sounded good. There was the thread one year ago- ALIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC... then gone... whatever happened?

Mortis

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[Mntsnow]

WEll...Since this thread was started over a year ago SysOpt was sold to Internet.com and other things have occured so I have no idea of if or when something like this could happen...

[robin801]

count me in on the deal. one question though. how can i view the pic?
robin

[Andy_L]

I was wondering who dredged this up.

[Warthog]

Surreal is on a Mission from God to free all the old threads from tyranny and aggression.

Realistically speaking, this will probably never happen because Sysopt is so huge. The only time it will happen (IMO) would be if Sysopt themselves hired out a private contractor to make apparel for them and sell it on their website.

Warthog

[madfish]

I'll take 6 bages,a mug and probley a couple of T-Shirts also if this can happen. This is a great idear!

[1Old Fart]

Well there was only 2 submissions for case badges, mine being one of them and I believe Gradius having the other. We had a couple good threads on it but we never got permission at the time to do it http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
If you want to see mine- top left of page http://www.geocities.com/f1finishline/back_room.html http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[fshanda]

I would also be interisted in a few badges, a couple of cups and a few shirts. Who is going to be taking the orders?
Very good idea.

Fshanda

[surrealchereal]

Wart!! Ya got me on that one! I really think we are such a close "community" many of us would love to have another symbol of our camaraderie. I sure would. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mortis]

Thanks for the info MntSnow... if it could be done or worked out- it would be cool...

Mortis

[Mortis]

(double post, my apologies for the space http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif )

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[CMonster]

1Old **** - the hamster in the wheel is hilarious!

It looks like the SysOpt logo "gif" is a bit blurry (due to compression?) perhaps you didn't flatten (merge?) the layers of the gif before using it?

Perhaps most of you saw this but here was a humble suggestion on my part: <IMG SRC="http://www.dslextreme.com/users/cmonster3/syscasebadge.jpg" border=0>

[surrealchereal]

Hey, thekingofpain! are you going to stay silent?? hmmmm?

[thekingofpain]

I proposed an idea to Scott via email, 100% wide open as far as bringing it to fruition as ive the time and energy to "put it together" cheap to make, simple to mail, I have some from Directron http://www.directron.com/labels.html that are high quality and any proceeds accordingly could be donated thru a member decision which of course could be a good thing, something hung up the first attempt, can we work thru it somehow???

[surrealchereal]

Great, I hope we can get this going. I think the case badges you can get done are awesome! If there was a request for T-shirts and it's soon enough (while I'm still a lady of leisure) I could help or do that. I would love to have a cute tank top with Cmonsters logo on it, (and me).

[SysOpt]

I was making progress with EarthWeb towards opening a SysOpt store (or re-opening the store actually), and selling SysOpt goods, but I haven't checked with internet.com yet. My feeling is that it won't be easy.

Granting permission to others to use the SysOpt name/logo on merchandise is a tricky area since it deprives SysOpt of revenue should we choose to sell those goods, but at the same time I definitely understand everyones desire to have some cool SysOpt stuff / case badges etc.

I'll see what I can do, but a resolution may be months away unfortunately.

[surrealchereal]

Actually, I'm starting to lean more towards a small tattoo......
hee heeeee!

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Haggis2001]

This sounds great don't forget to make them availible to as downunder I'll have one of any thing you guys can come up with.
Haggis

[Hellmund]

Yeh that could be a problems getting em here down-under, that's US$5.95 P&H at least for a 50c badge, maybe we could arrange a bulk order should scott get through the legalities involved?

[Andy_L]

I think a lot of folks are interested, but there are some initial set-up things that would have to be done first. Once we agree on a design (I am willing to go with the flow on the design) the simplest thing would be:
1; find a person we trust implicitly to do the transactions
2; find a reasonable profit point, after all, this person will have to put some serious time/effort into setting it all up.
3; have everyone pre-order the labels and PREPAY (this is where the trust comes in)
4; when the lables come in, they can be sent to the dedicated members of the board.

COUNT ME IN!!!!!!