r/soccer • u/9jack9 • Mar 26 '12
Announcement Icons for match threads
I just uploaded some icons that you can use to prettify match threads. These icons will only be visible in self posts. They are not available in the comments.
UPDATE 2 Country flags are now available
Markup like this:
[](#sprite6-p31)
Will produce this:
To get the sprite code you need to go to the soccerbot wiki flags page.
UPDATE Similar to adding an icon you can now access the sprites for team crests.
Markup like this:
[](#sprite1-p2)
Will produce this:
To get the sprite code you need to go to the soccerbot wiki.
Use the markup on the right to get the desired icon.
Standard Icons:
Large Icons:
Sample Match Thread
Match Info
14': Petrov is booked for a lunge on Arteta
15': GOAL! Gervinho feeds Gibbs who slots it in (watch)
Arsenal 1 - 0 Aston Villa
25': GOAL! Theo Walcott latches on to one of Song's patented floated passes (watch)
Arsenal 2 - 0 Aston Villa
52': Aston Villa substitution: Gardner for Herd
65': Aston Villa substitution: Weimann for Heskey
68': Arsenal substitution: Ramsey for Gervinho
68': Arsenal substitution: Santos for Gibbs
69': Stephen Ireland is booked for being a twat
77': Arsenal substitution: Oxlade-Chamberlain for Walcott
77': Aston Villa substitution: Lichaj for Hutton
88': James Collins is booked for unsporting behaviour
91': Gardner is booked for a foul on Song who is forced to hobble from the field
92': GOAL! Arteta drills in the resulting free kick (watch)
Arsenal 3 - 0 Aston Villa
EDIT: I've now updated the icons.
EDIT2: There is now a link in the sidebar to these icons.
EDIT3: Icons for video links are automatically inserted.
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Mar 26 '12
The idea's good but the icons kind of look like shit... no offense.
Edit: Well I should be precise and say I'm referring to the clock, the sub, ad the whistle.
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u/9jack9 Mar 26 '12 edited Mar 27 '12
You're right.
The whistle looks crappy, and both the sub and clock icons are not good enough. They will get replaced eventually, I just need to find some better ones.
EDIT: I've improved the quality of the icons now.
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u/NukeWild Mar 26 '12
They do look like they've come from a Windows 95 icon folder, but they're big enough and do the job fine.
I don't know what the Whistle icon will be used for though. Only thing I can think of is for fouls, but it's not necessary to get that detailed. And the 'Notes' icon also.
The icons will get upgraded eventually. Somebody can re-design them and send them to a mod if they really feel passionately about it.
All in all, great addition.
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u/9jack9 Mar 26 '12
I don't know what the Whistle icon will be used for though. Only thing I can think of is for fouls, but it's not necessary to get that detailed. And the 'Notes' icon also.
It's up to the poster how they use these icons. A match thread consists of much more than the match facts section that I showed in the example.
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u/aitzim Mar 26 '12
Oh god, I thought these icons were gonna show up on the r/soccer home page for a second there. Gave me a scare.
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u/harimaginko Mar 26 '12
Wow r/soccer's getting pretty pretty. I hope the proposed design changes from that other thread materialize!
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u/DomeyDion Mar 27 '12
how come when i click on them it opens up a new window in chrome?
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u/9jack9 Mar 27 '12 edited Jun 28 '15
Because they are styled links.
Don't click on them! :)EDIT: This is fixed now.
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u/MrCarbohydrate Mar 27 '12 edited Mar 27 '12
I can stop using silly geometrical shapes for my match threads. Happy days.
In terms of the icons the red card and yellow card icons probably would look better as flat cards without the hand.
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u/mefuzzy Mar 27 '12
Good job.
It distracts me slightly, but I can see how this is awesome to majority of those who read match reports.
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u/mullanaphy Mar 26 '12
Very nice. Also, the Stephen Ireland booking seems like a good call.