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Pinstorming [Pin Design Ideas]
Juicesir
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Inspired by Ayefkay's post in the community thread, I thought we could have a place where we exclusively discuss what sort of pins we'd be excited to see in the future. You know, since we have a fancy new part of the forum to play in now. ^_^
I've said I would really love an On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness set. Another good idea I had was maybe a set of the Armaggedon storyline, maybe for next Halloween. I could also see the CTS take off if Mike decides to write more.
With so many possibilities, what pins would you like to see designed?
As a fun little thing, I'll post the most well liked and most quoted ideas for Pin designs. You know. Just in case Mike looks in here it'll make it easier for him. ^_^
I've said I would really love an On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness set. Another good idea I had was maybe a set of the Armaggedon storyline, maybe for next Halloween. I could also see the CTS take off if Mike decides to write more.
With so many possibilities, what pins would you like to see designed?
As a fun little thing, I'll post the most well liked and most quoted ideas for Pin designs. You know. Just in case Mike looks in here it'll make it easier for him. ^_^
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Also, a staff pin for YUG, who pretty much spends most of the year organising the thing and has crazy hair.
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I picture cartoon Yug looking scandalously close to Krusty the Klown, but with slightly less make up.
Although having a small pax pin set for Yug, Heels, and Ryan (the main Reed folks I know of who work primarily on PAX) might be cool.
On that topic....What about game journalists and opinionists like Adam Sessler, Jim Sterling? To me, they are as much a part of the gaming community as anything else. Or maybe popular Youtube gaming channels, lets plays, walkthrough etc, Pewdiepie (like him or not (i personally do) you cant deny those viewer numbers, the dude is popular) Boogie2988 / Francis. just to name a few
Drayven posted The List already, I'll do a repost in here of the complete thing after the next FAQ.
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I doubt they'll do pins for people who have nothing to do with PA or PAX
Gabe already said the interest from game companies/developers asking for pins has been more than they can accommodate, so I think they'll stick to the current model - a small selection of third party pins at each PAX, combined with the semi-regular release of PA brand pins.
just had a thought, what would a 4chan /v/ pin look like.....do we even want to know...?
Agreed! It was suggested at the PAX Aus Q&A. It went something like this: "Why isn't there a dropbear pin?" and Jerry's answer was "Ohhhhh! We are idiots! Because we are IDIOTS!!"
Since then, Mike's confirmed it again:
Now they have a design/inspiration for it and everything, from the PAX Aus Make-A-Strip. Looking forward to it, hopefully next year
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Maybe at some point they can do games that have been released, like Classic games. Stuff like Mario and Luigi, Sonic. Maybe even in the vein of the Rayman release.
The Childs Play Logo, obviously
Hector, for promoting the Golf Tournament
Cookie Brigade Gaming Cookie (Instead of Chocolate Chips, it has various Power-Ups)
Desert Bus Pin
Basically use the Pins to point people towards the various efforts made by Childs Play affiliated people. Have you ever taken a look at the Events Calendar? Something happening almost every week of the year. Giving a few of them each year the spotlight via Pins would be a great way to highlight some that people might not know about.
2015 marks ten years of the Auction, and the traditional Appearance in a Strip. But something honouring those people for all they gave would be sweet. Think a Childs Play Justice League
2005 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/06 Christian Boggs
2006 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/07/02 Wil Shipley (NSFW alternate)
2007 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/11/26 Wil Shipley
2008 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/12/09 Wil Shipley
2009 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/12/01 John Veshey
2010 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/12/09 Aaron Freed
2011 Jonty Barnes
2012 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/07/12 Matt Wilson
2012 Steve Dengler
2013 Wil Shipley
Jonty and Steve haven't had their comics made yet according to Jamie. Steve has just been busy and Jonty is "waiting for the right moment".
A Pin might not be enough. Someone floated the idea of Lanyard Medals, and if anything warranted one of them, it would be this. The first strip netted $20,000 alone. These people will have donated a combined six figures by 2015. Does that deserve a medal? I reckon so.
I can't find the others (due to their "tradition" of doing the appearance whenever they remember it needs doing) but I'm sure you guys can dig them up. I'm trawling the archive but have gone comic blind.
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I think that you are going to see some of those G&T eventually, particularly if you do a Kamelon and link the comics you like the most. (Every suggestion from the FAQ with a link? Kamelon. A truly Organised Pinthusiast.)
Mario is most likely going to be a new game tie-in if it happens. Super Mario 3D World is just full of Prime Choice Cuts (Mario Kitty Suit, do I need a second citation?). Sonic, I don't see happening given the last "box quote" from PA comics is "might not be shit gravy".
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And that's got me thinking about meme related pins... Probably not going to ever happen, but hey, shoot for the stars end up on moon, or however that goes.
Yeah, the Tiny Death Star G&T are literally perfect for it.
Haha, nice. Quotation added to my sig, Pedro.
But it's true! The easier you make it for someone to do what you want, the more likely the are to do it, in my opinion. Particularly with pins, I think actually seeing the potential pin graphic helps cement it in the mind. Mike's mind, in this case. And I know he sees a lot of tweets, and links and emails and all sorts of things, so the more you can do to stand out, make it easier for him, the better, I think.
Also, seconding the Bioshock and Super Mario 3D World pins, of course. I'd love to see Booker, Elizabeth and Kitty Suit Mario!
And how about the Murder of Crows too? Songbird? Liz & Songbird? Perhaps that's a little too complex? But it's certainly cool. Definitely need the Luteces.
For general pin ideas, I also just love logos. Stripsearch is one of my favourite pins. Perhaps because I work with trademarks all day, but there's just something I love about them. It's also like, if I have one pin that is the logo, I don't necessarily need the other pins (like, I'm not interested in KI, but if I was to get a single pin, I'd like the KI logo as it represents the entire game/franchise).
So, that's not a specific pin suggestion, but just a thought. There are some cool logos out there, that already almost look like badges or pins. Bioshock Inifinite and Monaco come immediately to mind, seeing as I've been thinking about them.
Okay, it's Australian bedtime. Good thread guys, keep it up
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I would love a Child's Play pin as well, if that would be possible. It would be a great way to raise money for it and show my support!
If you want to tie in with PAX, it would be cool to have a "quest" set up to receive a pin for the mega indie booth. Like getting a card from somewhere and getting it stamped at various indie games as you see them and receiving a pin after seeing so many indies. It would be a great way to get people to engage with the indie games (hopefully in more depth than usual) and to get a sweet pin to show to others later. In fact, I really loved the quest that I had to do for the Chandra goggles at PAX East 2013; it was simple but engaging. Having a quest for a pin would be super awesome.
I think I just like working for my pins.
Having a pin instead of a keychain for PAX XP would be a fun surprise too
Let me preface by saying I never wanted to get into the Pinny Arcade thing, since I won't be able to get to many PAXes (this coming PAX East will be my first, finally, and I've been reading PA since 2002). When they showed off the design for the PA DLC pin, I jumped in immediately because they designed such a perfect representation of something that has provided me joy for years: The collaborative process that's been represented by their podcasts and their 4th panel episodes (plus it's a design that shows cartoon Gabe and Tycho not trying to kill or harm each other ^^).
So in that vein, what about similarly key moments from the PA series? Hardly simple designs, but it's something different.
If the Deep Crow isn't part of the OTRPD set, I'd like to see her and Carl
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A Tonkatsu pin to go with CTS
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Wombat pin and/or Dire Bear pin
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I would buy these.
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Oh god, I had forgotten about these! Good suggestion
Link for others who wish to remind / scar themselves: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/02
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I tossed this out a while ago that they should use these for their next staff pins.
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I thought up some specific examples of what I was thinking in terms of a PATV series of pins:
- Robert and Kiko on a couch aggressively playing a game against each other
- Mike Fehlauer in medieval garb...maybe stabbing Jeff and Josh or something
- Erika and Levin at computers (creating graphics, but the screens would look like Jerry's in the DLC pin)
- Kristin and Jamie brainstorming for Child's Play on a whiteboard (this idea needs work, but something with those two...could have the child's play logo on the whiteboard or something)
- Brian + warehouse
- etc.
Anyway, just wanted to expand on my idea rather than leave it _completely_ vague
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YES!!
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If that's not the "slightly new design" of the new Merch pin mentioned in today's FAQ, I hereby request this variant of the Merch become a pin at some point.
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Kristin and Jamie giving out toys to kids.
Wildman Brian from the days of provisioning the Seattle warehouse.
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Monaco Set
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Lost Lands set! Including:
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Massive Crystal Cavern!
Evil Spirit-inhabited Tycho
Pac-Man watch
Mr. Tails (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/01/07)
Answertron 2000
Yes, I would dig this! It might be a little awkward for 1 artist to do all of the designs, but I would alternatively worry about dramatically varying styles if each artist did their own...hmm.
As for other Penny Arcade universe related pins, I would love an Automata set.
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Ben