OK, which versions of Asgard win the vote?

[Morrus]

Pick your favourite. The top two will win. I'll leave this poll open for 3 days.

Please note - we are not voting on the design choices of the designers. Designers can be asked to do things in certain ways when necessary. What is important here is the general skill of each.

 

[Berandor]

Let me be the first to say that the link for version 4 has an error, pointing to asgard5.4b.zip, when the correct link would be asgard5.4.zip.

Thank you, and now I'll be voting

Berandor

 

[Berandor]

Difficult...
I really like the book one (3), but you said not to vote on the specific choices.
I think Version 4 gives too little information on the content, while the font is o.K., I'd say rather don't show the content than to write some vague titles.
Version 1 is nice, but the font too similar to each other...

I think 3 and 2 are the best, but as 3 impressed me a lot from the design choice, and 2 is almost like the Dragon magazine, and thereby very professional, my votes are for number 2.

I didn't know Jesse Decker wanted to do Asgard, though...

Berandor

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I had to go with version three, i didn't much care for four at all, the bookmarks distract from things i think. Version two is definiatly a close second though it was well designed, but three just had something to it that i liked better.

Maybe it was a little flashyer, i don't knoe. I just prefured the design work on that one.

 

[ToddSchumacher]

UM Morrus, I think you'd better post some sort of announcement either on your news page or the general forum. Its been what, two days since polling began and you only have 5 votes?

Just a thought.

 

[Piratecat]

I agree with Todd. Only us cool people hang out in meta!

 

[RangerWickett]

Heh, I like 2 and 3 the best, so I voted for 2, since it was currently tied with 4 (which I don't like because of its blandly repeating format and poor usage of the cover image). Number 2 also wins because it had more variety in layout. Version 3 had a nice layout, but it used it repeatedly, making it slightly less appealing to read.

A quick little bit of explanation about the differences in covers:

I made the image, and made available two versions. One was a .jpg, only about 100kb, which I put up so Russ could approve or disapprove the image. The other was a .tif that was 2.2 MB, which I figured everyone would use. Versions 2 and 3 used the high-res image, and they are also the best of the bunch. I like 2 better, because it shows off the cover and has a flashier, magazine-ish look. Version 3 still looks nice, and the interior is great, but the cover image isn't quite as eye-catching.

So overall, I voted version 2, though I would've picked version 3 also if I'd had two choices.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi all!

I haven't voted yet, I downloaded and extracted them all and realised that none of the file names no longer differentiate between versions.

In my opinion the interior layout by Richard Connery is the best (can someone confirm that was #5.2?) with Todd Schumachers version just after that but with a better cover format; although none of the cover formats worked as well as Asgard #3 and #4 with regards layout.

If someone confirms that Richard Connery worked on #5.2 I can vote for that!?

Well done all who took part though!

 

[Berandor]

Hey mate!
You're lucky! I only got version 5.2 left on my PC, and wouldn't have downloaded the others again... but it's Richard ("Sean") Connery all the way!

BTW, I don't know whether that's really his nickname, but I sure know he has heard this pun to death, ain't I right, Sean?

Berandor

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hello!

Hey mate!

You're lucky! I only got version 5.2 left on my PC, and wouldn't have downloaded the others again... but it's Richard ("Sean") Connery all the way!

Cheers Berandor mate!

I'll get to voting then.

BTW, I don't know whether that's really his nickname, but I sure know he has heard this pun to death, ain't I right, Sean?

I imagine he may well be shaken, but not stirred by your comments!