Game 4 Participation Banners

[chacusha]

Hey everyone, as sunflower_mynah mentioned, this game we're running a special shop of sorts where you can use gil to purchase banners that can be used as sigtags. The banners will have a particular level and class rank on them (which varies depending on what class you are).


Overview:
There are 10 levels of tags you can purchase using your gil, with prices given below. In addition, when you sign up you'll be given a generic Lv. 0 tag. For free! The banners can be used as a sigtag in ff_classchange, ff_minigames, etc.

Each banner has the following:
(1) Your name/username
(2) Your class name
(3) Your level and the corresponding rank (depends on your class; they are a secret)
(4) An image of one of your favorite characters (as given in your sign-up)

[Sample banner]

Signing Up:
Before you start buying, you need to first sign up by filling out this form and leaving it as a reply in the Sign Up thread below.

<b>Name or username you want on the banner:</b> <b>Class:</b> <b>Favorite color:</b> <b>Dark or light banner:</b> <b>Favorite characters:</b> [link or fill out:] #1 (MOST favorite): #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: #7: #8: #9: #10 (least favorite of the ones given):

Some notes:
• Favorite color -- This will affect the shade of the left side of the banner (in the sample linked above, favorite color = green). EDIT: Adding color hexcodes is also helpful.
• EDIT: Dark or light banner -- The dark banner will only be used when you want a dark shade to be used. It also changes the font used to white. Relatively light/neutral colors do not work well for the dark banner. [Light] [Dark]
• Favorite character list -- You must have 10 characters sorted from number one favorite at the top to tenth favorite at the bottom. This will be used for the right side of the banner. Your Lv. 1 tag will have your 10th favorite character, your Lv. 2 tag will have your 9th favorite character and so on. You can have repeats if you like, just make sure that all ten slots are given to somebody so I know who to use for each banner. If you already gave your list of 10 favorite characters (in order) here, you can just give me a link instead of a list and I'll go with that.


Price Table:
Here is the gil necessary to buy each banner:

Rank	Cost	Total gil spent
1	300	300
2	400	700
3	500	1200
4	600	1800
5	700	2500
6	800	3300
7	850	4150
8	900	5050
9	950	6000
10	1000	7000

How to Buy:
Fill out this form and post it as a new comment below (don't put it under the sign-ups thread):

<b>Username:</b> <b>Current rank:</b> <b>Rank I'm buying:</b> <b>Cost:</b>

Buying Rules:
• You may use only gil earned during the current game to buy participation banners. If you're unsure as to whether you're eligible for a particular rank, check the gil sheet to see if you've earned the total amount of gil required for each rank -- there is a special column for gil earned in Game 4.

• You can purchase as many ranks as you are eligible for (and can afford) at one go, and you pay the difference between the new rank and the rank you last purchased. Therefore, if you do not purchase anything until Rank 5, you pay the 2500 gil at one go; if your last purchase was a Rank 3 banner, you pay 1300 gil.

Tips for Earning Gil:
Participating in any community will earn you gil. However, the community that gives out the most gil is airship_lounge, so keep that in mind.


Be sure to come back to this post whenever you've earned enough gil to get the next level!

Comments

[chacusha]

SIGN UP THREAD

Reply here with the sign-up form to get started.

[chacusha]

Name or username you want on the banner: chacusha
Class: Black Mage
Favorite color: White or some neutral greyish tone
Favorite characters:
#1 (MOST favorite): Sabin (FFVI)
#2: Yuna (FFX)
#3: Rafa/Rapha (FFT)
#4: Terra (FFVI)
#5: Kaze (FF:U)
#6: Lightning (FFXIII)
#7: Shiva (any game)
#8: Gau (FFVI)
#9: Fang (FFXIII)
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Cyan (FFVI)

lol weird choices are weird

[chacusha]

Here's a banner to start me off:

[virago-queen.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: virago_queen...you can omit the underscore if it looks better ^^
Class: Black Mage
Favorite color: Purple!
Favorite characters: [link or fill out:]
#1 (MOST favorite): Aeris (VII)
#2: Garnet (IX)
#3: Fang (XIII)
#4: Fran (XII)
#5: Quistis (VIII)
#6: Relm (VI)
#7: Lenne (X-2)
#8: Elena (VII)
#9: Lulu (X)
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Shiva (any post-VII)

...picking characters was really hard >_> I'll pick some dudes next game.

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up! Here's your complimentary banner:



Let me know if I should make any corrections.

[virago-queen.livejournal.com]

Oooh, pretty font.

I'd prefer a little more of a plum purple for my next one, if that's okay? Something like #820077? Sorry for not specifying earlier. ^^;

Also, onion XD That's hilarious.

[chacusha]

Because of the way I was doing the coloring, when I used #820077, the banner ended up a really bright pink, instead of that rich plum color, which I'm guessing you don't want. So I fiddled with the settings to get a darker color and ended up having to change the font to white, and this is the result:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/chacusha/finalfantasy/special-sigtags/virago_queen-0.png

(You'll need to do a hard refresh to get the new version to show up.) Does that look okay?

[virago-queen.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's lovely! Thanks so much, I didn't mean to cause you so much trouble. ^^;

[chacusha]

Don't worry, it's no trouble! I think it's good I made a second style since I think the first one only yields a limited range of colors. :)

[the-cosmos-girl.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: the_cosmos_girl (if the underscores are too much then it's cool to take them out xD)
Class: Dragoon
Favorite color: Blue (something like #7093DB to be specific but any blue is totally fine!)
Favorite characters: [link or fill out:]
#1 (MOST favorite): Yuna
#2: Auron
#3: Freya
#4: Balthier
#5: Basch
#6: Vivi
#7: Tifa
#8: Zidane
#9: Fang
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Reno

I thought it'd take longer to pick my top 10 but in reality it only took 5 minutes, lol.

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up -- here's your free banner:



Not quite an Onion Knight. Just an onion. Let me know if there's anything that needs to be fixed.

[the-cosmos-girl.livejournal.com]

ohh so pretty *O* thank you!

[glacialphoenix]

Name or username you want on the banner: sunflower_mynah (you can omit the underscore if necessary!)
Class: Black Mage
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite characters:
#1 Celes (FFVI)
#2: Cecil (FFIV)
#3: Vivi (FFIX)
#4: Terra (FFVI)
#5: Beatrix (FFIX)
#6: Minwu (FFII)
#7: Warrior of Light (Dissidia)
#8: Kain (FFIV)
#9: Quistis (FFVIII)
#10 Braska (FFX)

[chacusha]

Thank you for signing up. Here's your banner:



Let me know if any corrections need to be made.

[glacialphoenix]

It's pretty! Thank you. :D

[sai_salamander]

BAH LJ I had a whole post written out D:

Name or username you want on the banner: sai please! No caps~
Class: Thief
Favorite color: Examples in brackets - All greys, greyish greens (#719176), purples (#7b6c78) and blues (#7b7489) most specifically. Also, I like rich purples (#3f223a), grassy/limey greens (#89e341) and steel blues (#414567). If the character calls for red/brown (thinking specifically of Jecht, Balthier and Reno here), I'm fine with using that for more matchingness, but I don't like primary colours at all.
Favorite characters:
#1 (MOST favorite): Jecht
#2: Ashe
#3: Angeal Hewley
#4: Balthier
#5: Seymour
#6: Reno
#7: Yuna
#8: Vossler
#9: Basch
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Auron

Editing cos I forgot to put the examples in FAIIIIILSAUCE

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up -- here's a banner to start you off:



No complaining, because it's free. :) Let me know if anything needs to be fixed. I decided to go with grey-green for the color.

[sai_salamander]

mmf that colour is gorgeous! *thumbs up*

[regann]

Name or username you want on the banner: Regann
Class: Dragoon
Favorite color: I like the blue/violet/rose spectrum of colors.
Favorite characters:
#1 (MOST favorite): Quistis (FF8)
#2: Jecht (FFX)
#3: Aerith (FF7)
#4: Yuna (FFX)
#5: Cid Highwind (FF7)
#6: Edea (FF8)
#7: Beatrix (FF9)
#8: Laguna (FF8)
#9: Tidus (FFX)
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Shiva (FFX)

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up! Here's a complimentary banner to start you off:



Let me know if any corrections need to be made.

[regann]

Aww, it's cute. Yay onions~ <3

[naliarenegade.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: Nal
Class: Black Mage
Favorite color: Blue
Dark or light banner: Dark
Favorite characters: [link or fill out:]
#1 (MOST favorite): Penelo
#2: Hope
#3: Yuj
#4: Sabin
#5: Tifa
#6: Terra
#7: Ashe
#8: Vincent
#9: Fang
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Lightning

[chacusha]

Thank you for signing up! Here's your complimentary banner to start you off:



Let me know if anything needs to be fixed.

[grimoire.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: grimoire
Class: Dragoon
Favorite color: Very dark grey (something like #2b2b2b?) or grey-ish blue. Though I can imagine the first color I provided would blend too much with the text? If so, feel free to pick the shade yourself (though you can try going with #fe8ea0 if the first color won't work. I believe pink and dragoons match perfectly).
Dark or light banner: Dark for grey, light for pink.
Favorite characters: [link or fill out:]
#1 (MOST favorite): Oerba Yun Fang
#2: Zack Fair
#3: Hope Estheim
#4: Aerith Gainsborough
#5: Shadow
#6: Edge Geraldine
#7: Cloud Strife
#8: Rydia
#9: Gippal
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Aqua from KH. If Aqua isn't allowed to use then could you please include Penelo instead.

Thank you in advance! (I also wanted to let you know that I love the banner idea and the Seifer one looked really great).

[chacusha]

Aqua is fine, because I say so. :) Thanks for signing up!



I went with pink because the dark grey just sort of made the banner either black or a light grey. Let me know if it needs to be tweaked.

And thanks! :)

[grimoire.livejournal.com]

I am amused how girly it looks considering girly is probably one of the last thing you would call me... but i love it! Thank you again!

[the-404-error.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: 404 Error
Class: Black Mage
Favorite color: I like darker versions of warmer colors, like red and orange, but I have no clue if that will transfer well or just end up making everything look either bloody or full of rust, so you can pick something more neutral if it clashes?
Dark or light banner: Dark.
Favorite characters:
This was impossible ;-; I feel like I just picked random ones

#1 Locke
#2: Edward
#3: Celes
#4: Minwu
#5: Vayne
#6: Freya
#7: Setzer
#8: Ramza
#9: Mustadio
#10 Fran

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up! Here's your onion banner to start you off:



Let me know if anything needs to be fixed.

[the-404-error.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's very pretty~

... and lol, I sort of like being an onion!

[lightofeilia.livejournal.com]

Name or username you want on the banner: Eilia
Class: Monk
Favorite color: Red!
Dark or light banner: Erm, light
Favorite characters: [link or fill out:]
#1 (MOST favorite): ... SELPHIEEEEE
#2: Zack
#3: Squall
#4: Cloud
#5: Laguna
#6: Vincent
#7: Yuffie
#8: Ellone
#9: Aeris
#10 (least favorite of the ones given): Red XIII

[chacusha]

Thanks for signing up -- here you go:



Let me know if anything needs to be fixed.