Report, edit, etc...Posted by Entropy on 2005-01-29 at 17:30:23
The Rectangle
I am not sure, you my dear readers will have to tell me. After many, many years playing this game and looking at the same start up screen something that had been lurking in my mind for quite sometime finally came out. Was it intentional? Or mere sloppiness?
http://www.kiqjaq.com/onecommunity/bwtitleb.JPG
This is an enhanced contrast by rsHeaven to make it easier to spot considering that a screen shot will not capture well the load up picture. He had to remove it from the disc and then added the contrast BUT if you load up your Broodwar you do not need this to see it yourself.
http://www.entropyzero.org/onecommunity/titlea.gif
The dark rectangle had been haunting me for several years but as soon as the load up was ready, everything about it would be forgotten in an instant. The first minute entering Battle.net is a wonderful sensation, especially when you been away for a period of time. Nothing like the feeling of that first game after a long vacation.
Still, next load up there it would be again, the black rectangle. For years that is just what it was. However in last few weeks I have been pondering about evil thought that keep tormenting me. you know those thoughts, thoughts about giving up Starcraft. I fight them when they show their ugly heads. But during this period I was able to see things a little more objectively and the questions finally blurted out. What did they erase? What was there before?
Is it possible that Blizzard put up an image of sloppy artwork in their main log screen in their most valuable project? Or was it a last minute mistake? A small cover up that they could not make tidy because it was too late into the production phase? I simply can not believe it is sloppiness on the artist parts. After all the original piece of the image, offered as wallpaper at blizzard, is impeccable.
So I leave it in the hands of our community to ponder about what has been there in front of our eyes for all this time. And yes, this article is dedicated to all those old school gamers who have pondered about giving up Starcraft many times and simply never did. It is for those who are idle and have nothing better to do on Saturday morning than drink coffee and load up! Who remembers the Idlers?
~ Entropy
ADDITION:
If you enlarge it and look closely you will see that the black rectanlge was really a band that went across the all bottom
I am not sure, you my dear readers will have to tell me. After many, many years playing this game and looking at the same start up screen something that had been lurking in my mind for quite sometime finally came out. Was it intentional? Or mere sloppiness?
http://www.kiqjaq.com/onecommunity/bwtitleb.JPG
This is an enhanced contrast by rsHeaven to make it easier to spot considering that a screen shot will not capture well the load up picture. He had to remove it from the disc and then added the contrast BUT if you load up your Broodwar you do not need this to see it yourself.
http://www.entropyzero.org/onecommunity/titlea.gif
The dark rectangle had been haunting me for several years but as soon as the load up was ready, everything about it would be forgotten in an instant. The first minute entering Battle.net is a wonderful sensation, especially when you been away for a period of time. Nothing like the feeling of that first game after a long vacation.
Still, next load up there it would be again, the black rectangle. For years that is just what it was. However in last few weeks I have been pondering about evil thought that keep tormenting me. you know those thoughts, thoughts about giving up Starcraft. I fight them when they show their ugly heads. But during this period I was able to see things a little more objectively and the questions finally blurted out. What did they erase? What was there before?
Is it possible that Blizzard put up an image of sloppy artwork in their main log screen in their most valuable project? Or was it a last minute mistake? A small cover up that they could not make tidy because it was too late into the production phase? I simply can not believe it is sloppiness on the artist parts. After all the original piece of the image, offered as wallpaper at blizzard, is impeccable.
So I leave it in the hands of our community to ponder about what has been there in front of our eyes for all this time. And yes, this article is dedicated to all those old school gamers who have pondered about giving up Starcraft many times and simply never did. It is for those who are idle and have nothing better to do on Saturday morning than drink coffee and load up! Who remembers the Idlers?
~ Entropy
ADDITION:
If you enlarge it and look closely you will see that the black rectanlge was really a band that went across the all bottom
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Yoshi da Sniper on 2005-01-29 at 17:52:27
Haha, I never noticed that. Good one 
They had like, photoshop 3.0 back in 1998
They had like, photoshop 3.0 back in 1998
Report, edit, etc...Posted by VoidArchon(MC) on 2005-01-29 at 17:53:50
good find, now the start screen looks ugly for me now. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (U)Bolt_Head on 2005-01-29 at 18:15:32
They changed something along the line. I’m sure there has been a lot of changes during production your not aware of. Do all of them haunt you in your sleep?
Why did this make news?
Why did this make news?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2005-01-29 at 18:28:04
Why is this news? Screens change resolutions, colors can screw up. Big deal. Happens to me all the time. I've taken a screen capture, every pixel is the same color. Its no different from any of the other oddly shaped areas of the same color.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-01-29 at 18:42:41
I really don't see the importance of this since msot of us haven't noticed.
Why is this SEN news?
I think this should be in General Gameing or Creative works but it's hard to put out.
Why is this SEN news?
I think this should be in General Gameing or Creative works but it's hard to put out.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by SoftWarewolf on 2005-01-29 at 18:45:32
moose boy, read the article before comment
why was it so hard to take a proper screenshot?
and here is one made clear
maybe it was suposed to be a loading percent bar there?
why was it so hard to take a proper screenshot?
and here is one made clear
maybe it was suposed to be a loading percent bar there?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by VoidArchon(MC) on 2005-01-29 at 19:02:49
Look like blizzard put a null tile there i don't photoshop v3.0 would have to do with that. 
i don't photoshop v3.0 would have to do with that. Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2005-01-29 at 19:03:12
Interesting, but by no means news.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-01-29 at 20:22:21
I think "BETA" used to be there. Why is this news? I've known about this for years. :/
Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2005-01-29 at 21:29:18
Interesting... I guess...
I agree this is way too pointless to be in News. More like something that you would typically see in Garbage...
I agree this is way too pointless to be in News. More like something that you would typically see in Garbage...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Entropy on 2005-01-29 at 21:35:02
~ also note the green and blue. It looks like it was added very sloppily. Maybe they did that last screen at the last minute.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-01-29 at 23:03:03
You guys let Entropy make his news posts, most people didn't really notice it, and we need more new posts to spice up things a little ^.^
Personally, I'd go on Bolt's side. The "Beta" could fit there, and when they released it quickly, they just patched to space with a rectangle
Personally, I'd go on Bolt's side. The "Beta" could fit there, and when they released it quickly, they just patched to space with a rectangle