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An idea I have had about showing what Country you are from


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well first I hope this is the right place to put this

 

Alright here is an idea I have had a pretty simple one and was surprised to see that MLP Forums didn't have this

 

now to get to the point  when editing your profile there should be an optional question asking what Country are you from and you would receive a list of countries you would then find your Country if you choose to answer and your Country flag would appear below your member insignia here is an example

 

so what do you guys think?

 

 

oh an edit from the future.... check @AmberDust's example.... its a million times better than mine...

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I do like the idea of it, it is a good one, though i might not go with such a large flag size maybe a tiny bit smaller

yeah I was just giving an example the Flag would foreshadow the member insignia at that size but if I made it any smaller the flag would of looked weird but thats because I was using Paint instead of Paint.net 

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If the flag was about 50% smaller and was completely optional, then yeah I could see it being entirely possible.
 

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If the flag was about 50% smaller and was completely optional, then yeah I could see it being entirely possible.

 

Only problem that I see with this idea is that some people would choose different countries just because of their flags I don't know if that is bad or good but that just came to my mind.

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Maybe make the flag a small icon and have a field to the right of it that pulls the text from what you write in the Location box in your profile?

 

Kinda like this, but maybe with a smaller flag icon?

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Edit: Updated example picture (Ver 3). Its sharper and to scale.

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If the flag was about 50% smaller and was completely optional, then yeah I could see it being entirely possible.

You would conceivably need three image sizes for each flag (preferable) or just use an appropriate css in the .tpl files to constrain the size :eww:

 

1. Profile flag (large)

2. Post flag (medium)

3. Member list by country sort/page (small)

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Maybe make the flag a small icon and have a field to the right of it that pulls the text from what you write in the Location box in your profile?

 

Kinda like this, but maybe with a smaller flag icon?

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Edit: Updated example picture (Ver 3). Its sharper and to scale.

that looks much better then my example

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You would conceivably need three image sizes for each flag (preferable) or just use an appropriate css in the .tpl files to constrain the size :eww:

 

1. Profile flag (large)

2. Post flag (medium)

3. Member list by country sort/page (small)

I actually like this idea. No one's going to actually read your location but having a flag to show where you're from without necessarily needing to click through your profile is a nice idea indeed. And yes I feel that it should be fairly small depending on where its viewed at.

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I'd suggest something unobstructive and cute. maybe a stamp (or cutie mark) next to the name? Or the second option in this picture, the one on the profile pic, would appear only when you mouse over the picture so it wouldn't obstruct someone's profile picture.

Maybe it could even be included in each of your posts like a signature is. :/ There are so many possibilites.

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Keep the flags small, not large, as it might actually annoy other people since some do hold some grudges against other countries. 

The idea seems pretty nice, it would give one more of an identity. 

Oh, and if this becomes a thing.... don't you dare forget little ol' Iceland Staff Members ;) 

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Keep the flags small, not large, as it might actually annoy other people since some do hold some grudges against other countries. 

The idea seems pretty nice, it would give one more of an identity. 

Oh, and if this becomes a thing.... don't you dare forget little ol' Iceland Staff Members ;)

I have no idea why I thought it would be a good idea to make it that big.... personally of all these examples I think @AmberDust's example was the best....

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I agree, I like the flag idea, but would prefer if it was optional and small. About the size of Amber Dust's suggestion.

huh... yeah I swear I said it should be optional in the original post.... guess I forgot to include that when making the post back then

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huh... yeah I swear I said it should be optional in the original post.... guess I forgot to include that when making the post back then

 

You did. I was just saying "I agree" in a general sense while saying my preferences. Poor wording on my part,my bad.

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If it was optional, and the flag was no more than around 5 pixels wide, sure.

This. I wouldn't want a huge flag under my avatar/member badge.

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Aren't profile background images costomizable? If so, you could hack something up by adding a flag to the background pic. It wouldn't support scrolling though...unless background pics can have a scrolling option.

 

On a game that I play, the players usually don't "wear" the flag of their country, but a "cooler looking" flag, like that one with green and white and a tree on it. I suspect that that would be too easy to do here.

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There is an image pack with country icons that look like this us.gif.se.gif it's the same one that skype use.

In my opinion, this size works fine. A little bit bigger is alright as well but that massive one in OP looks.. eh.

 

As long as it'd be optional I'm all for it.

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