Announcing Games.slashdot.org 352

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:10AM from the send-stuff-to-review dept.

For years Slashdot has had an abundance of game related content. Unfortunately, we've also had limited space to post those stories. We strive to cover a wide range of tech news, and this often means passing on a good game story because something else is more important. But today I get to announce the creation of games.slashdot.org, where we'll finally have a home for all the gaming related content that might otherwise have been rejected. Keep reading to learn more.

The Slashdot Game Section will function similiarly to the other major sections on Slashdot, like apple.slashdot.org and Ask Slashdot. Visitors to the direct URL will be presented with additional, more focused, topical content. The best stories in the section will be posted to the main page and shared with a more general audience as they always have been. Logged in users can choose to consolidate Games content to the main page.

You'll notice a few things in the game section that are new. Most important is the addition of our newest editor, Simon "Simoniker" Carless. Simon is a sharp guy who has written for a variety of publications, but also is uniquely qualified since he has a history as a game designer for Eidos & Atari. Backing up Simon is the man of many polls himself, Jon "CowboyNeal" Pater. CowboyNeal is an obsessive gamer, having sacrificed his body for years to become a better gamer. We'll all benefit from his efforts in the field of sitting, pressing buttons and eating snacks.

The Slashdot Game Section will cover a variety of game related material. We will not be limited by platform- we intend to cover the major consoles, new and old releases, as well as computing games. We want to cover classic gaming as well as emulation. We intend to provide occasional original coverage, but mostly, we want to provide more exposure to the existing gaming sites, while providing our users with a place to discuss the major gaming news of the day.

Initially content will be found in the overflow from the Slashdot submissions bin. But as the section grows, we expect that readers will use the Games Submissions Bin to submit stories directly to Simoniker and CowboyNeal. You can also contact them directly by emailing games at slashdot dot org.

We've been looking forward to creating this section for a long time, and I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as we'll enjoy researching stories for it ;)

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And that clears that up (Score:4, Insightful)

by Loosewire ( 628916 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:13AM (#5832815) Homepage Journal

Ive been following this for the last couple of days, first i was looking through the Icons list and notice lots of ones with the (games) tag but nothing in - thats odd??.
Then i notice some things being posted under a games.slashdot.org. Odd never seen that before, and its not in the sections, must have missed it...
Now it all makes sense :-)
Anything that means you can waste more time on slashdot when you need to do work cant be bad.
What prompted the move to ads in a slashbox at the side then??

- I'm not so sure (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by Mattygfunk1 ( 596840 ) writes:
  
  Anything that means you can waste more time on slashdot when you need to do work cant be bad.
  Nope, I wont be. The purple-white gradient with white text is rather painful on the eyes. After all the flak this site cops for the fugly, motherboard green layout of the main page this is not an improvement.
  Nice concept, but badly executed in my opinion. Let's hope it gets touched up a fraction.
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  - agreed re:interface (Score:2)
    
    by thatguywhoiam ( 524290 ) writes:
    
    Nope, I wont be. The purple-white gradient with white text is rather painful on the eyes. After all the flak this site cops for the fugly, motherboard green layout of the main page this is not an improvement
    That is correct, grasshopper. You must embrace the Light Mode. Only then can you withstand Slashdot's punishing interface without succumbing to madness.
  - Well, *I* like it. (Score:5, Interesting)
    
    by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @08:37AM (#5833294) Homepage Journal
    
    I like the colors. I say keep 'em.
    
    One thing I note, however, is that the games section is not in the slashboxes yet. Hopefully this will be remedied soon.
    
    Also, why is it that the Collapse Stories preference works exactly the opposite of the way it is indicated? Collapse Stories implies that I only get main stories. Unchecking that should get me all stories from all sections.
    
    I had to check it to get all stories from all sections. That's kida opposite, isn't it? All stories from all sections should be the *default* preference, too.
    
What's next? (Score:5, Funny)

by stiv ( 411055 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:13AM (#5832817)

Perhaps dupes.slashdot.org? For all those other dupes there hasn't been room for on the home page!

- Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by jkrise ( 535370 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:41AM (#5832946) Journal
  
  Okay.. here's a list:
  
  1. sane.slashdot.org (Linux, GNU etc..)
  2. inane.slashdot.org (NASA, Service Packs :-)
  3. insane.slashdot.org (Throwing pies, personal submarines)
  4. microsoft.slashdot.org (isn't it already?)
  5. slashdot.slashdot.org (figure this one out!)
  6. music.slashdot.org (should've been up before games, methinks)
  7. troll.slashdot.org (let's give them a separate space)
  8. moderators.slashdot.org (we'd like to see the faces of our faceless foes!)
  9. joke.slashdot.org (LOL!)
  10. follow-up.slashdot.org (actually this is the one serious suggestion I'm making. Often, we read several articles that need review and follw-up. Slashback is inadequate since many un-related reviews get bunched. The recent Lance vs Sasha reg MS VS.Net Student edition comes to mind. The review was drowned amongst other junk).
  
  Cheers.
  
  - Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Obiwan Kenobi ( 32807 ) writes: <evanNO@SPAMmisterorange.com> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @08:15AM (#5833150) Homepage
    
    I wait patiently for natalieportman.slashdot.org
    
    You know they say the waiting is the hardest part...er...
    
    That come out wrong. Ish.
    
    - Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by WhiteBandit ( 185659 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @09:08AM (#5833563) Homepage
      
      Apparently they are one step ahead of that game! Although the content is rather lacking... ;)
      
      http://natalieportman.slashdot.org/ [slashdot.org]
      
      - Re:What's next? (Score:3, Funny)
        
        by jcast ( 461910 ) writes:
        
        You do know you can type anything.slashdot.org and it'll resolve, right? Just try tacofuckinghemos.slashdot.org if you don't believe me.
  - Re: (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
    
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
  - Re:What's next? (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by Hard_Code ( 49548 ) writes:
    
    "5. slashdot.slashdot.org (figure this one out!)"
    
    This is where sites referenced on slashdot can redirect users, correct?
  - Re:What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @11:38AM (#5835153) Homepage Journal
    
    1. sane.slashdot.org (Linux, GNU etc..)
    2. inane.slashdot.org (NASA, Service Packs :-)
    3. insane.slashdot.org (Throwing pies, personal submarines) ...
    
    11. mozillagetsaminorversionnumberupdate.slashdot.org
    
- Re:What's next? (Score:2)
  
  by HaloZero ( 610207 ) writes:
  
  slooflirpa.slashdot.org
  
  Security through obscurity, but still a place for all that crap.
- Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Markus Landgren ( 50350 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @10:53AM (#5834669) Homepage
  
  Perhaps dupes.slashdot.org? For all those other dupes there hasn't been room for on the home page!
  
  Yes, dupes.slashdot.org, duplicates.slashdot.org and repeats.slashdot.org are set to roll out within four hours from eachother.
  
Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Insightful)

by CoolVibe ( 11466 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:14AM (#5832818) Journal

This color scheme for the games section is hurting my eyes and is causing my brain to cringe...
Please change it? Ouch.....

- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Loosewire ( 628916 ) writes:
  
  hurting my eyes and is causing my brain to cringe...
  
  Please change it? Ouch.....
  Shouldnt that be its hurting my eyes and causing my brain to cringe, please crank up the brightness and BRING IT ON!!
  - Re:Argh... Purple? stop playing with my eyes.. (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by jkrise ( 535370 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:24AM (#5832868) Journal
    
    As a compulsive gamer, my eyes are already in a pretty bad shape. Please, please change the color. Dark green perhaps?
    
    - Re:Argh... Purple? stop playing with my eyes.. (Score:2)
      
      by Yorrike ( 322502 ) writes:
      
      Purple happens to be the colour of the best current generation console.
      Dark green? What are you? Some kind of XBox Fanboy?
      </sarcasm>
      
      . . . . In all seriousness though, this section is going to be to gaming what the slash front page is to operating systems, the home of flamewars.
      
      Should be fun : )
  - Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by trezor ( 555230 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:38AM (#5832928) Homepage
    
    Well. For all those tech-savy who don't like the colors... Ever heard about user-css? It can be made domain-specific and all, you know :)
    
    - - Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Informative)
        
        by trezor ( 555230 ) writes:
        
        I'm sure following O'Reilly's CSS-Anarchists [oreillynet.com] guide, you'll find a fluid way of providing new iamges in the CSS as well. Or just removing them :)
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Joe the Lesser ( 533425 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:21AM (#5832847) Homepage Journal
  
  Try loading the page while sufficiently baked, and you'll change your tune...
  
  It's like, I am the purple man.
  
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by Matrix272 ( 581458 ) writes:
  
  I don't think there's too much purple. For every good webpage, there should be a color scheme or at least 3 colors, but no more than 6 (6 is just too many, IMO). The wonderful, intelligent people at Slashdot decided on black, white, and purple for the Games section. The Apple section is teal, Apache is purple (an uglier purple), Ask Slashdot is gray, etc. Given that there are only 8 primary colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet / purple, brown, and black), eventually they have to duplicate one s
  - Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Insightful)
    
    by Chanc_Gorkon ( 94133 ) writes:
    
    Um, no. There are only 3 primary colors. Red, Blue and Yellow. In any case, I wholeheartedly agree....the PURPLE SUCKS! If it were perhaps a shade darker, it would be acceptable.
    - Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)
      
      by thatguywhoiam ( 524290 ) writes:
      
      Um, no. There are only 3 primary colors. Red, Blue and Yellow. In any case, I wholeheartedly agree....the PURPLE SUCKS! If it were perhaps a shade darker, it would be acceptable.
      Pendant alert!
      Red, Green, and Blue are the primary Additive colours that your monitor (and most video gear) uses.
      In grade-school art class they teach you Red, Blue and Yellow, but that is actually a simple version of the typical Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black process that is used for printed or painted material (reflective li
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by Clover_Kicker ( 20761 ) writes: <clover_kicker@yahoo.com> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:27AM (#5832884)
  
  I've been using the "light" HTML version of /. for years.
  
  Looks like I haven't been missing anything :)
  
- The color is cool (Score:2)
  
  by tankdilla ( 652987 ) writes:
  
  I like this color. KEEP IT!!!
  Oh yeah the caps are response to all the whiney "I don't like purple" posts. Sound like cranky old farts wanting things to stay the way they were.
  Also this was totally unexpected. A whole new slashdot page devoted to games, and for a gaming freak like me, it's another place to kill time and talk about games. Nice job.
  - Re:The color is cool (Score:2)
    
    by btlzu2 ( 99039 ) * writes:
    
    Dude! Me too. The colors are fine. I really think that a lot of folks around here are worse than a bunch of old ladies in a sewing circle. Whine whine whine!
    - Re:The color is cool (Score:3, Funny)
      
      by maxpublic ( 450413 ) writes:
      
      Like duuuuuuuuuudddee! Purple, like, rocks dude! If the old guys don't like it it *must* be cool, dude! Rock on! I'm sooooo cool and, like, even groundbreaking 'cuz I said I like the purple - dude!
      
      I'm, like, sooooo cool, even if I am still a virgin, and like, the only girl who'll look at me is the one on my new XBox game....
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by Isldeur ( 125133 ) writes:
  
  Good God! this color scheme is worse than the YRO site!
  
  What kind of disposessed weirdo did this one? You may as well put the whole thing in blink tags.
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)
  
  by eclectro ( 227083 ) writes:
  
  Soon Thinkgeek will start selling radiation badges to make sure we are not overexposed to radiation by reading the games section on slashdot.
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by rppp01 ( 236599 ) writes:
  
  So, I've been out of rehab for a week, right? And, I have been, like, gaming and such, right? And so, this morning, I am at the magical number 7, right? I get online, check a few sites, and get to /., right? And I see this games./..org, right? And, I'm like, cool, and so, like, I click on it, right? And, woaaaah. Oh man, relapse!
- Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)
  
  by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes:
  
  No, I like it! More purple!
  
  Change the header highlight to a really fine, light purple. Say... #EACBEF That'd be cool. :D
Colors? (Score:4, Insightful)

by bananaape ( 542919 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:14AM (#5832820)

The blue on black theme is messing with my head.

Otherwise, good idea.

Section bar (Score:5, Interesting)

by 42forty-two42 ( 532340 ) writes: <bdonlan AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:15AM (#5832821) Homepage Journal

Will this be added to the Section bar on the right-hand side?

- Re:Section bar (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by jamie ( 78724 ) * writes: <jamie@slashdot.org> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:18AM (#5832833) Journal
  
  In about 45 more seconds, yes. :)
  
  - - Re:Section bar (Score:3, Insightful)
      
      by Refried Beans ( 70083 ) * writes:
      
      I'd like to see a slashbox for this too.
- Re:Section bar (Score:2)
  
  by cperciva ( 102828 ) writes:
  
  Speaking of the section bar, is anyone else seeing really out of date data there? Just now it updated (with the addition of the games category) but until a minute ago it was still reflecting April 20th data.
Games.slashdot.org? (Score:4, Funny)

by Matrix272 ( 581458 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:15AM (#5832822)

Why not make a Microsoft.slashdot.org for all the M$ bashing? Or a Linux.slashdot.org for all the linux lovers (or is that www.slashdot.org)? What about freaking-stupid-legal-system.slashdot.org for all the people that get arrested and/or fined for doing things that shouldn't be illegal in the first place?

- Re:Games.slashdot.org? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Faust7 ( 314817 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:27AM (#5832885) Homepage
  
  Why not make a Microsoft.slashdot.org for all the M$ bashing?
  
  Because it spills over into all other sections anyway.
  
- yro (Score:2)
  
  by donscarletti ( 569232 ) writes:
  
  All those needs are filled by our beloved rights online page: yro.slashdot.org [slashdot.org]. Personally I love yro, I have spent many fun hours whining about the world and blowing off steam in there. This is proven by the fact that I have had more of my posts modded flamebait there than anywhere else. Personally I LOOOVE to bitch and moan, and I love yro.slashdot.org [slashdot.org] for providing a forum for me to do that.
Hrmm (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:17AM (#5832828)

Well, whoever this new guy is, he certainly isn't a graphic designer.

- Re:Hrmm (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by jamie ( 78724 ) * writes:
  
  "Well, whoever this new guy is, he certainly isn't a graphic designer."
  
  Wow, you managed to be wrong about two things in that statement :)
  - Two things? (Score:2)
    
    by Compact Dick ( 518888 ) writes:
    
    Lemme guess: a trannie CEO?
*clicks on link* (Score:3, Insightful)

by nherc ( 530930 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:17AM (#5832829) Journal

Oww! My retinas! I'll never play Conterstrike again!!! You bastards!

Great... my proxy at work will probally block this (Score:2, Insightful)

by Brian_rts ( 87718 ) writes:

Great... my proxy at work will probally block this
MY EYES!!! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!! (Score:3, Interesting)

by Winged Youth ( 601788 ) writes: <galen.mcquillen@nOspam.trinity.edu> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:18AM (#5832831) Homepage

JESUS...the purple is sensory OVERLOAD. I'm not so sure that the first thing you want to see when you put down your sniper rifle, take off your night-vision goggles and exit the game is a bright white and purple webpage...

I mean...don't get me wrong, the slashdot logo looks cool like that...but so much purple detail all over the place? it's just too much

In other news: DUDE! Games.slashdot.org! COOL!

Limited space eaten up by Limited space eaten up b (Score:5, Funny)

by kzinti ( 9651 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:18AM (#5832836) Homepage Journal

For years Slashdot has had an abundance of game related content. Unfortunately, we've also had limited space to post those stories

You'd have more room if you'd read your own web site and stop posting so many duplicate stories.

Colors (Score:2, Insightful)

by SushiFugu ( 593444 ) writes:

Ok, I love slashdot and all, but seriously...

worst. colors. ever.
What about goatse.slashdot.org? (Score:2, Funny)

by AnswerIs42 ( 622520 ) writes:

At least what.. 10 references to that site per day? Better to keep them all in one location to save our sanity ;)
- Re:What about goatse.slashdot.org? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Flarg! ( 265195 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:47AM (#5832977)
  
  Nah... Because then people would be trying to disguise links to legitimate sites as a goatse link
  
Poll (Score:5, Funny)

by Psychor ( 603391 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:21AM (#5832846) Homepage

The gaming section colour scheme: 1) Hurts my eyes 2) Gives me a nice tan when I view it on my CRT 3) Features a new colour, infra-purple 4) Is even more garish than Barney the dinosaur 5) Clashes with CowboyNeal's underpants

- Re:Poll (Score:2)
  
  by sootman ( 158191 ) writes:
  
  I'm colorblind, you insensetive clod!
Hollywood / Axis (Score:2)

by CausticWindow ( 632215 ) writes:

Yo Hollywood (Simon Carless)

Amiga still rules, or what? At least demoscene wise :)
Original content? (Score:5, Interesting)

by shivianzealot ( 621339 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:22AM (#5832855)

"We intend to provide occasional original coverage, but mostly, we want to provide more exposure to the existing gaming sites [...]"

Could this be a hint to a slashdot game reviews feature similiar to the current book reviews?

...I hope so

- Re:Original content? (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by CmdrTaco ( 1 ) * writes: <malda&slashdot,org> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:37AM (#5832926) Homepage Journal
  
  I didn't think it was really a hint as much as me saying that we would provide occasional original coverage- which I assume would include game reviews ;)
  CowboyNeal wants to write a review of Pokemon Saphire so badly, he might rupture something if we don't let him.
  
Woo (Score:5, Funny)

by rf0 ( 159958 ) writes: <rghf@fsck.me.uk> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:22AM (#5832857) Homepage

A section which I can waste more time on and go blind. No wait should this be pr0n.slashdot.org then :P

Rus

- pr0n acutaly works! (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Adler ( 131568 ) writes:
  
  Try it! Go to http://pr0n.slashdot.org/ its a good URL. I knew it! That's why they haven't been recording any more "geeks in space" they're too busy with their own little porn empire!
Great news! (Score:3, Insightful)

by LeoDV ( 653216 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:22AM (#5832860) Journal

I've had /. as my home page for some time now, but have constantly needed to resort to other game sites for my gaming information. This is great news, I was hoping for it.

Though, if it's videogames that make you guys believe purple on white is a good colour scheme, then maybe videogames truly *are* bad.

games.slashdot.org running Linux (Score:3, Interesting)

by NewbieSpaz ( 172080 ) writes: <nofx_punkguy&linuxmail,org> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:23AM (#5832863) Homepage

OK, Netcraft shows [netcraft.com]:
The site games.slashdot.org is running Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) mod_gzip/1.3.19.1a mod_perl/1.27 mod_ssl/2.8.10 OpenSSL/0.9.6g on Linux

Linux on an Xbox? Dreamcast? What? GBA maybe? Nah, it'd get /.'ed too quickly.

Of course... (Score:5, Funny)

by Faust7 ( 314817 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:24AM (#5832872) Homepage

I expect the Xbox category to be especially fair and objective.

Ouch (Score:2, Insightful)

by Forager ( 144256 ) writes:

Great news about the new section, but what good is it if we can't read it? The colours are blinding and SUPER saturated -- you guys should know that one of the first rules of good layout is to AVOID using garish, high-intensity, saturated colours on the periphery that might distract readers. Come on, guys! Your developers section has great colours -- medium intensity, not too saturated. You really kind of dropped the ball on this one ...

-A.
And how is this cool? (Score:3, Funny)

by Da Fokka ( 94074 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:24AM (#5832876) Homepage

I really don't see why this hasn't been done earlier and why it's considered such an event. I guess the theme took about 3 minutes to complete, and then I assume - given the color scheme - a blind guy was doing the work.

Wow. After reading the first dozen comments... (Score:2, Funny)

by jeaster ( 600452 ) writes:

I have a suggestion for a new URL: How about whineybutt.slashdot.org ? 80% of the posts(Please, don't check the exact percentage and post it...I know you people) are complaints about how the color sucks (hard to defend) or how half the other stories should have thier own pages, as they should *never* have been posted on /. Congrats /.! Best of luck with your expansion.
Ground Rules (Score:5, Funny)

by matp ( 42758 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:27AM (#5832887)

OK, we need to establish some ground rules early on. We bash XBox, PS2, Gamecube in that order. And I think we all agree the SNES was the best console ever :)

- Re:Ground Rules (Score:2)
  
  by Rudy Rodarte ( 597418 ) writes:
  
  AMEN!
  And, we'll trade Roms while we're at it!
Gaahhh, a new server! (Score:4, Funny)

by Quarters ( 18322 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:31AM (#5832897)

Now I gotta start a new character, run him up to level 60, find a new group of people to guild with.... So much to do...

Woohoo! (Score:3, Informative)

by nahdude812 ( 88157 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:36AM (#5832920) Homepage

Looks like my game made it on Slashdot. Not exactly front page, but I'm not gonna complain :-)

I strongly urge everyone to head on over to http://lotgd.sourceforge.net [sourceforge.net] and play on your lunch break, this is a well done game even if I do say so myself ;-)

Games Slashbox (Score:2)

by bildstorm ( 129924 ) writes:

Ok, so when do I get my handy-dandy game slashbox for the main page of slashdot?

Also, are we only covering electronica as far as games are concerned?
According to the submitted stories... (Score:2)

by spacefight ( 577141 ) writes:

...Simoniker must be this guy. [slashdot.org].
Why not a contest ? (Score:5, Insightful)

by ramzak2k ( 596734 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:43AM (#5832960)

a cheap giveaway like a subscription for slashdot for someone to design a cool logo and come up with a color scheme ? Am sure there are many talented ones out there who would like to get their work displayed !

Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:4, Interesting)

by Compact Dick ( 518888 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:49AM (#5832998) Homepage

The current colour, Electric Blue aka #3300CC, is very harsh on the eyes, as many have already made clear.

I recommend using #330066 or #330099 instead. These browser-safe colours are easier on the eyes and more aesthetically pleasing.

Cheers,
CD

- Just out of curiosity (Score:2)
  
  by CausticWindow ( 632215 ) writes:
  
  What are browser-safe colours?
  - Browser-safe colours (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by Compact Dick ( 518888 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @08:35AM (#5833279) Homepage
    
    ...are those colours guaranteed to render identically on Windows and Mac machines with 256 colour displays. This means that dithering [combining two colours to create a third, with grainy results] is avoided.
    
    There are 216 such colours, and a very easy way exists to work them out. Each colour channel [red, blue and green] should be any of the hexadecimal values 00, 33, 66, 99, CC and FF. For instance, 66CC99 means 66 red, CC green and 99 blue.
    
    In decimal notation, this translates to multiples of 51. So 00 == 00, 33 == 51, 66 == 102, 99 == 153, CC == 204, FF == 255.
    
    Most displays can now display well over 256 colours, but it is considered good website design practice to stick to them.
    
    - Re:Browser-safe colours (Score:4, Interesting)
      
      by radish ( 98371 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @11:19AM (#5834973) Homepage
      
      Not quite. The browser safe colours are those which are guaranteed to be rendered without dithering on a browser running on a 256 colour desktop, regardless of platform. There is no requirement that they are rendered the same, as mac and windows boxes have different gammas and even different monitors can change the displayed colour. The only guarantee is that they will never be dithered.
      
      The reason it is less than 256 colours is to allow space for the underlying desktop's system palette.
      
      As for it's relevance, the person credited with figuring out the palette (as for some reason the technical people who defined it didn't release it) has since said there's no point using it any more. Particularly since (from a design point of view) it's such a horrible set of colours to use. She wrote an excellent article describing why it was useful, why it's not any more, and what it should have been in the first place.
      
  - Re:Just out of curiosity (Score:2)
    
    by fgb ( 62123 ) writes:
    
    In ancient times many systems were limited to displaying 256 colors so a standard palette was created so that web designers knew that if they stuck to that palette then the colors would appear just as they specified and not the nearest approximation.
    I don't believe this is an issue anymore.
    
    Is there a lameness filter for run-on sentences?
- Re:Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:2)
  
  by dentar ( 6540 ) writes:
  
  Really? I think the new color scheme is excellent! I was thinking of ripping it off myself!
- Re:Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Quarters ( 18322 ) writes:
  
  I remember when colors were refered to as "Red", "Blue", "Purple", etc... You make colors sound like they are prison inmates.
eeexcellent (Score:2, Funny)

by Shadestalker ( 598690 ) writes:

Maybe with this as a viable public forum, John Romero will finally make good on his promise to make us his bitch. Come on, John-boy, ante up.
New Slashdot slogan (Score:5, Funny)

by borgdows ( 599861 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @07:58AM (#5833050)

News for Blinds. Stuff that dazzle.

RSS Feed? (Score:2)

by don_carnage ( 145494 ) writes:

Will there be a http://slashdot.org/slashdotgames.rdf feed?
- Re:RSS Feed? (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Saint Nobody ( 21391 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @08:30AM (#5833253) Homepage Journal
  
  it looks like http://games.slashdot.org/games.rss works.
  
Damn, that's ugly (Score:2)

by YrWrstNtmr ( 564987 ) writes:

Not merely purple, but the exact shade of purple (mixed with black) which burns the retinas, causes blindness in lab rats, epileptic fits in otherwise normal /.ers (is there such a thing?), and provokes the general fight or flight response.

A little color research next time? Or did you mean to cause this?
Dear CowboyNeal, (Score:2)

by miTTio ( 24893 ) writes:

I too would like to become a better gamer. To whom must I sacrifice my body to?

Any additional details would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
miTTio
News flash! (Score:2)

by borgdows ( 599861 ) writes:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday the U.S Army has conducted a test of a revolutionary new weapon of mass destruction (WMD) on the famous website slashdot.org ! The results are above what was expected with a estimation of about 30.000 deads and more than 100.000 blind-injured people. Most victims were called 'nerds'. Detailled results will follow later.
How to fold it in (Score:2)

by ArmorFiend ( 151674 ) writes:

Dumbe Qwestion: how do I get this stuff "folded in" to my main page?
- Re:How to fold it in (Score:2)
  
  by jamie ( 78724 ) * writes:
  
  "Dumbe Qwestion: how do I get this stuff "folded in" to my main page?"
  
  Go to users.pl?op=edithome [slashdot.org], check Collapse Sections, click Save.
Pick a better HTML title please! (Score:2)

by InodoroPereyra ( 514794 ) writes:

Hey, what about a more representative title for the index page ?. Something like "Games.slashdot.org" or "Games @ Slashdot", etc.
Good luck folks!
Ironical (Score:2)

by Yoda2 ( 522522 ) writes:

Just last week, NerdTreeHouse [nerdtreehouse.com], a popular gaming site, started posting tech news.
RPG's, Clix games, CCG's included? (Score:2, Insightful)

by RolandGunslinger ( 597069 ) writes:

I hope to see other than comp-based games on this page. I've discovered the fun with MechWarrior and am a long-standing Magic player. I'd love to see these kinds of games covered in this forum.
the color selection (Score:2)

by XO ( 250276 ) writes:

The color selection here seriously hurts my eyes so badly that I want to vomit.

Please do something else???
Something more important? (Score:2)

by stepson ( 33039 ) writes:

Tell me, what was more important, that dupe story that you always post, CmdrTaco, or some story about how some Free Software package is at its 0.3.4 release. Maybe the story that was posted 2 days ago on LinuxToday.

Please, you can come up with whatever reason you want for things, its your site, but don't be so blatant about it. You never passed on a story because something else was too important, unless it was 9/11 and someone submitted a review of what they'll think the next Duke Nukem will be about. Y
Wh don't you hire a *real* web designer? (Score:3, Insightful)

by autopr0n ( 534291 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @09:23AM (#5833718) Homepage Journal

Slashdot has about the ugliest layout of any major site out there. And this hideous 'games' theme is the worst. Why don't you guys hire a real graphics designer? Other OSDN sites aren't even as bad.

Totally friggn' lame, IMO.

Dumb idea... maybe... (Score:5, Interesting)

by pr0ntab ( 632466 ) writes: <`moc.liamg' `ta' `batn0rp'> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @09:39AM (#5833858) Journal

Allow users to choose color scheme in preferences? You can enforce a default, and all the whiners can tweak it to their hearts' content.

Hasn't anyone added a patch to slashcode that actually uses CSS? Jeez.

But I do like the idea. games.slashdot.org and science.slashdot.org... and I wonder where does the time go? ^_^

Long overdue! (Score:3, Funny)

by TerryAtWork ( 598364 ) writes: <research@aceretail.com> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @10:20AM (#5834258)

Now, where's Pr0n.slashdot.org ?

What we're playing (Score:3, Funny)

by Compact Dick ( 518888 ) writes: on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @10:31AM (#5834397) Homepage

pudge: Mary-Kate and Ashley Girls Night Out

Nice to see pudge indulging his adolescent fantasies...

Hear a Webdesigner: The colors suck! (Score:3, Insightful)

by Qbertino ( 265505 ) writes: <moiraNO@SPAMmodparlor.com> on Tuesday April 29, 2003 @12:42PM (#5835830)

Suckage is bad! Give the gaming site a redesign. Puuleeze!

- Re:blocking (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by jamie ( 78724 ) * writes:
  
  "Excellent. Now my workplace can filter the news I read more effectively by blocking games.slashdot.org! And they will ... websense is merciless :("
  
  http://slashdot.org/games/ also works, as does http://slashdot.org/index.pl?section=games ...
  - Re:blocking (Score:2)
    
    by viking099 ( 70446 ) writes:
    
    That will get us to the section, but what about seeing the details of the stories themselves? They are still referenced on those pages by the foo.slashdot.org, not www.slashdot.org/foo.
    Please help if you can, as for some reason my firewall blocks developers.slashdot.org and books.slashdot.org. Both are sections I sorely miss...:-)
- Re:THE PURPLE! (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by Forkenhoppen ( 16574 ) writes:
  
  Agreed.
  
  Why not a pixellated version of the logo instead? That purple.. burns..
- Re:Please! Change the color scheme! (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by wheany ( 460585 ) writes:
  
  Tho color is a lot more tolerable if the saturation is reduced. Here is a comparsion [mbnet.fi] The original color is the 100% saturated one.

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And that clears that up (Score:4, Insightful)

I'm not so sure (Score:3, Insightful)

agreed re:interface (Score:2)

Well, *I* like it. (Score:5, Interesting)

What's next? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:What's next? (Score:5, Funny)

Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Argh... Purple? stop playing with my eyes.. (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:Argh... Purple? stop playing with my eyes.. (Score:2)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Informative)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:5, Insightful)

The color is cool (Score:2)

Re:The color is cool (Score:2)

Re:The color is cool (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Argh... Purple? (Score:2)

Colors? (Score:4, Insightful)

Section bar (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Section bar (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Section bar (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:Section bar (Score:2)

Games.slashdot.org? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Games.slashdot.org? (Score:5, Funny)

yro (Score:2)

Hrmm (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hrmm (Score:3, Funny)

Two things? (Score:2)

*clicks on link* (Score:3, Insightful)

Great... my proxy at work will probally block this (Score:2, Insightful)

MY EYES!!! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!! (Score:3, Interesting)

Limited space eaten up by Limited space eaten up b (Score:5, Funny)

Colors (Score:2, Insightful)

What about goatse.slashdot.org? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What about goatse.slashdot.org? (Score:5, Funny)

Poll (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Poll (Score:2)

Hollywood / Axis (Score:2)

Original content? (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Original content? (Score:5, Informative)

Woo (Score:5, Funny)

pr0n acutaly works! (Score:3, Funny)

Great news! (Score:3, Insightful)

games.slashdot.org running Linux (Score:3, Interesting)

Of course... (Score:5, Funny)

Ouch (Score:2, Insightful)

And how is this cool? (Score:3, Funny)

Wow. After reading the first dozen comments... (Score:2, Funny)

Ground Rules (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Ground Rules (Score:2)

Gaahhh, a new server! (Score:4, Funny)

Woohoo! (Score:3, Informative)

Games Slashbox (Score:2)

According to the submitted stories... (Score:2)

Why not a contest ? (Score:5, Insightful)

Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:4, Interesting)

Just out of curiosity (Score:2)

Browser-safe colours (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Browser-safe colours (Score:4, Interesting)

Re:Just out of curiosity (Score:2)

Re:Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:2)

Re:Suggested new colours: #330066, #330099 (Score:3, Funny)

eeexcellent (Score:2, Funny)

New Slashdot slogan (Score:5, Funny)

RSS Feed? (Score:2)

Well, I like it. (Score:5, Interesting)

clicks on link (Score:3, Insightful)

Wh don't you hire a real web designer? (Score:3, Insightful)