The Escapist's New Background

[Nasrin]

new default site skin

You're fucking me right. You must be because this is in no way new, but a reset to the old good one.

Well, it's new again at the least. And new to people who have come to the site since our redesign. I'm not certain that it's exactly the same as the original/classic, but at least it is very, very close.

Trust me, it's the old design. It even has those almost invisible stripes that I will never, FUCKING NEVER, forget.

Did the almost invisible stripes hurt you?
You can tell me the truth, it's okay!

 

[TimeLord]

The puppies make me want to vomit rainbows during the 3DS-like seizure it gave me. Kind of surprised that there wasn't a DDKR or PONY! theme, somewhere in there.

The default, apocalypse, and black ZP are fairly calm. I'll probably switch between those.

Also, hey, had you guys held out longer, we might have tried to bribe you with cupcakes. You caved too soon!

Juuuuuuuust wait.

Also, you guys never come through with the cupcakes. You taunt us with them, then never deliver. It is sad making. We are jaded and bitter now.

If we had ready access to an address to the Escapist office (which may or may not be the one on the Themis Media site, I'm unsure) then we might send you nice things.

Or you could do the cookie competition again that you did a few years ago! I know only one person actually sent you something last time but I'd at least send something if you did it again!

Did the almost invisible stripes hurt you?
You can tell me the truth, it's okay!

I'll get the doll so he can point out where the almost invisible stripes hurt him!

 

[Nasrin]

If we had ready access to an address to the Escapist office (which may or may not be the one on the Themis Media site, I'm unsure) then we might send you nice things.

http://www.themis-media.com/content/contact

Proceed to send the cupcakes, sir!

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I love the Apocalypse one! I had the Firewoks one before, but not animated... so it was just a skyline pic of somewhere I didn't actually know, but now I have the awesome looking demi destroyed wall look! Thank you! I like it!!

 

[Susan Arendt]

Can we get a posting system with actual formatting options and stuff next?

One thing at a time.

 

[TimeLord]

If we had ready access to an address to the Escapist office (which may or may not be the one on the Themis Media site, I'm unsure) then we might send you nice things.

http://www.themis-media.com/content/contact

Proceed to send the cupcakes, sir!

Would cookies or brownies suffice? I'm not great at making cupcakes and I'm not sure they could survive the trip between Scotland and North Carolina without being thrown about and destroyed by the postal service!

 

[Nasrin]

If we had ready access to an address to the Escapist office (which may or may not be the one on the Themis Media site, I'm unsure) then we might send you nice things.

http://www.themis-media.com/content/contact

Proceed to send the cupcakes, sir!

Would cookies or brownies suffice? I'm not great at making cupcakes and I'm not sure they could survive the trip between Scotland and North Carolina without being thrown about and destroyed by the postal service!

We also accept soul gems!

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I was used to the blinding whiteness of the background a couple of days after the new site layout was released. But this is great, thanks guys.

I'm going to go with animated puppies because I feel like having a seizure.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Thanks for getting rid of the white and slightly darker white it was really painful to look at.

 

[RanD00M]

Did the almost invisible stripes hurt you?
You can tell me the truth, it's okay!

No, but they are watching, waiting, one wrong move and POW! you become one of them. You can never be too trustful of stripes.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

If we had ready access to an address to the Escapist office (which may or may not be the one on the Themis Media site, I'm unsure) then we might send you nice things.

http://www.themis-media.com/content/contact

Proceed to send the cupcakes, sir!

Also, you guys never come through with the cupcakes. You taunt us with them, then never deliver. It is sad making. We are jaded and bitter now.

Well, we can't have that. Since Nasrin has supplied an address for these mythical cupcakes, could you give us an idea of how many cupcakes to send? Maybe we can get on this.

 

[DktrAgonizer]

Man, does it feel nice to have that blue background again! I also quite like the black ZP background. Thanks, guys.

 

[Nasrin]

Well, we can't have that. Since Nasrin has supplied an address for these mythical cupcakes, could you give us an idea of how many cupcakes to send? Maybe we can get on this.

Well, we're a very small staff in the creative office! About 20 or so. If you tab over to the "team" tab on that page, you'll see all of us.

 

[A BigCup of Tea]

OMG!!!!!! PUPPIES!!!!!! does anyone know where i can get a full page of those puppies?

 

[-Dragmire-]

Yay! This is totally a positive move. Thank you to all the Escapist staff that made this happen!

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Well, we can't have that. Since Nasrin has supplied an address for these mythical cupcakes, could you give us an idea of how many cupcakes to send? Maybe we can get on this.

Well, we're a very small staff in the creative office! About 20 or so. If you tab over to the "team" tab on that page, you'll see all of us.

Okay, cool, didn't know if that was everyone or not. That's not bad at all. This should be totally doable. Maybe when we see how all these changes play out, we'll set something up.

 

[Nasrin]

Well, we can't have that. Since Nasrin has supplied an address for these mythical cupcakes, could you give us an idea of how many cupcakes to send? Maybe we can get on this.

Well, we're a very small staff in the creative office! About 20 or so. If you tab over to the "team" tab on that page, you'll see all of us.

Okay, cool, didn't know if that was everyone or not. That's not bad at all. This should be totally doable. Maybe when we see how all these changes play out, we'll set something up.

Many of us are ninjas, so no funny business! haha. But cupcakes aside, we're all glad that you like the new backgrounds so much.

 

[Evil Moo]

Ah, a definite improvement. The default is a nice dark shade that soothes my eyes amidst the burning fury of pale memories. Thank you for your time and consideration in implementing these changes.

One suggestion I would make however is to add more options for the content background colour. The choice of white, pale grey, very slightly darker grey and pale beige do not provide well for my taste for darkness. I'm not demanding that you make a pure black one (though pure black or very dark grey with medium grey text works well for me, if you are willing to go that way), but something a little darker would be appreciated.

 

[Spaceparanoid42]

Oh, no! They changed the website because the users wanted them to? But that destroys The Escapist's artistic integrity! They made an artistic decision to have the website the way it was before, and now they've caved in to the demands of the whiny fan-boys instead! This could set a dangerous precedent for future websites! It could set the entire medium of web design back 10 years! How will anyone take Websites seriously as an Art-Form if they're subject to the whims of over-entitled fans?

/sarcasm

Seriously though, I like the new background.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

Thank you guys so much! That is ll that must be said.