User:Gemigemi/User box competition

The competition is over and the winners have been selected. Thank you everyone for taking part!

The Competition Rules

 * Design a nice user box for one or both of the two competition categories.
 * Each user may submit two user boxes for each of the two categories. The submissions can be changed during the competition.
 * The competition ends on January 1st 2007.
 * Winners will be selected by Gem. The deciding factors are looks and content. A nice icon, great color choices and a great idea (funny stuff might be great, but not all great stuff is funny) are things that may let you win.
 * Winners will receive something nice.

Note: If you can't achieve what you want with the template, feel free to copy my box layout from User:Gem/Boxes and use it as a basis. Please do not edit the page itself.

Remember: You may freely edit your submissions before the competition is over. I will give feedback and some other users might also comment.

Using the boxes
All users are allowed to and encouraged to use the user boxes submitted for the competition. The point of the whole thing was to get a bunch of nice user boxes for people to use.

If you use the user boxes for the competition on your user page, you may want to give credit to the creators of the boxes with the following user box:

Winners
The winners have been selected and may fetch their prices in game. The best 3 of both categories may select from a selection of prizes and the ones with an honorable mention gain one Red-Iris Flower.

Category 1: A user box for Gem
The entries in this category were few, but all of them were great and would suit me. I selected the winners based on both the looks and the idea. There were great ideas amongst the entries, but from those with the best ideas three entries stroke me with their looks.

The Winner:
 * User:Poki with his This user likes to persuade other people to put credits on their user pages.

This box has everything in it. Wiki humor, fits me well and is simply too great looking! This is just what I was hoping for when I started this competition!

2nd place:
 * User:130.58 with his This user likes to blind, cripple, maim, and immolate Bladed Aatxes for fun and profit.

This user box shows deeper knowledge of my playhabits which needs deeper exploration of my user page or reading my comments reagularily on the wiki. The colors are also nice with a fitting icon.

3rd place:
 * Again User:130.58 with his This user edits the wiki with Opera.

The idea for the box is a good one, gotten from my user page. I like gray user boxes as you might notice from my current user page, and the custom icon is just awesome.

Honorable mentions:
 * User:Kalomeli with her This user is a top 8 ITG player in Finland.

This one is a bit unfair. She knows me well and could easily spot the user box which I was missing from my current user page. I was really surprised that I had forgotten a dance game box. However, this honorable mention goes to the box creator simply because I love her. <3 The user box has nothing to do with it, although I tried to get you think so. Sorry guys. ;)

Category 2: A user box for all wiki users
With more entries than I had hoped for this category was a success. Selecting the winners wasn't easy, and I just couldn't make as many honorable mentions as I would have liked to. I also derivdes the official boxes for taking part and winning in the competition from this category. (Thes official ones will be published soon)

The Winner:
 * User:130.58 with his Userboxes come to this user's house to steal his wallet and invade his dreams. There is no escaping them. Even now, they watch us with their steely eyes.

This entry is simply great! It's so paranoid, so fun, so grim looking.

2nd place:
 * User:Myrrinth with his This user is prone to spontaneously combust during his discussion replies and postings, causing prolonged burning to innocent bystanders.

This box is a real utility box which some users might want to use, as a joke or not. And it looks great.

3rd place:
 * User:Sefre with his This user shuns WoW and their tempting elves.

This might become one of the most used user boxes in the wiki. ;) With its great looks and a great custom icon it deserved it's place with the winners!

Honorable mentions: Too many, but I'll list the ones which were competing for the winning positions. These are in the order they were submitted in.


 * User:Smurf with his This user page is better than yours.

It just makes me smile. The colors are so happy, the icon is so happy. The whole text is so happy. I like this very much.


 * User:BrianG with his This user strives to attain the enlightened state of Buildguru.

The idea is a good one with a fitting icon. I would have hoped for a little more interesting color scheme, which might have even taken this one to the winners.


 * User:Caasig with both of his entries.

Great utility boxes for new wiki users especially! The 'new to wiki' box is just as plain as it needs to be and the 'work in progress' box also uses a very fitting color scheme with an icon large enough to be noticed.

Discussion on winners
Feel free to discuss the winning users, the winning boxes or my judgement. Sorry for all of those who didn't win. You all deserve a user box for taking part. I'll try to make the official one soon. -- (talk) 04:41, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * Oh-well, at least I am sound in the knowledge that my boxes are floating around the Wiki. I thought the prize would be Wiki-related, so I'm actually not too bothered. :) I'm bit surprised on the Spontaneous Combustion one...the image fits the text and it looks nice, but I still don't understand how the box "fits" people...who combusts while talking? Confuses me... Entropy 04:56, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * It's talking about flamewars. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:15, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Oh? I get it now. >< I have a better Userbox text, though: "This user is a Starburst Warrior." Entropy 05:17, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * *dance* &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:12, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * You did well Gem, thanks for organising this, you got lots of GWiki people involved which is really cool, even me and I think that userboxes are the scurge of wikis everywhere! Just a thought, you should put the actual boxes up in the winners list for those of us who are too lazy to scroll down and find them! --Xasxas256 05:17, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Userboxes are the scourge of wikis everywhere. That's why I made mine. >.> (There's also still floating around somewhere.) &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:19, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Actually, I take that back. Barnstars are the scourge of wikis everywhere. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:20, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Barnstars are the scourge of wikipedia. User boxes are the scourge of all wikis! :P But this is probably the best use of them I've seen so for now I'm not complaining! --Xasxas256 05:24, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * What's a Barnstar? =\ --Caasig 05:33, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Barnstars. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 05:42, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * Yay! I'm so happy ^^ Now I have the one in a life time opertunity to have gem's icon on my page :D (Fyren's userbox). &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 08:53, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * Gem, thanks for running this competition, it generated a great number of fun submissions! I enjoyed looking through them and seeing what others came up with. Its true the colors on mine could have been better, I thought so myself but I really suck at that so I played it safe.  If anyone wants to use either of my submissions, feel free to edit the colors.  If it looks good let me know and I might use your color scheme on my page. -- BrianG 11:08, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * This competition was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed looking at everyone's submissions - there are definitely a lot of creative people on the Wiki! Thanks again Gem for running this contest. --Myrrinth 16:08, 2 January 2007 (CST)

The winners (#1) of each category, 130.58 and Poki, may use the following box on their user page. It includes the well protected gem icon so use it with pride!

Everyone who took part in either category may use the following box on their user page.

Hope you like them! -- (talk) 16:04, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Lovely! Shoudn't the "User box competition" be linked though? Oh, it IS linked, but link's don't show up, on the same page it links to ^^; &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|19px|My Talk Page :o]], 16:10, 2 January 2007 (CST)

Unless it bugs you I would rather use this on my page:

If you dont want it I will remove it from my page but just say so.-- Sefre  17:01, 2 January 2007 (CST)
 * Ofcourse you may use anything you like, just keep the gem icons away if you aren't one of the two winners. I saw a nice variation on someones user page who got a honorable mention. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 19:01, 2 January 2007 (CST)

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Competition category #1: A user box for Gem
Design a nice user box for the user page of Gem. The user box must suit the user and his user page. Using the Gem and Heart icons from LordBiro is acceptable. ;)

User:Entropy
Comments of the creator:
 * It was my first entry, you're right it looked 'orrible, here's something I think both of us will like better. Same comcept tho :) Entropy 15:18, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * The idea to derive something from my nick is good, but this time not as well done as it could have been. The colors are horrible. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 10:31, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * A lot better. Everything except the border color is great. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:55, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:56, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * For Finland! It's a Good Thing(tm), too. Entropy 03:32, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * The idea is good and the icon and colors look nice. The text could be better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 10:31, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. :) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:21, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:130.58
Comments of the creator:
 * You like Opera. Gotta beat everyone else to making a "Gem likes Opera" icon. I tried to mimic the O without dipping into their trademark, and I feel that brackets area great symbol for "wiki". Sub in whatever for the text, I'm not too attached to it. ;) &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 07:08, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * The icon is marvelous and the box suits me well. An easy idea gotten from my user page and really nicely done. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 10:31, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I like it ^^. I would like to have one of those... except with FireFox ^^; &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 15:36, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * I'll have to look up what the Firefox logo use rules are, too. Hopefully you won't have to settle for an Iceweasel. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 16:36, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * UW trapping really is just like pulling a really vicious prank. I use the gold color cuz I'm too lazy to edit the icon, and because it makes it seem very cheerful. This one actually fits into standard userbox dimensions. ;) &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 07:31, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Revised. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 21:07, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * The idea to build something around one of my favourite hobbies in GW is good. I don't like the color too much and the text could be a bit better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 10:31, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Much better. The colors are good and I just love the new text. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:56, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:Poki#3
Comments of the creator:
 * Running Rangers guild. A ranger that's made for runs. grandmaster Cartographer. 'nuf said. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 11:57, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * (After 1st comment). Sure. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 15:36, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * :D Good idea, good choice for an icon and I like the color. The text could be 'This user runs like a mad man!'. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Didn't mean that yo ushould copy it exactly, it was just wuickly reformatted to something which sounded a bit better. :) But yes, it is a bit better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:55, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * Well... you do ^^; &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 11:57, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * (After 1st and 2nd comment) Well... that's the whole point in persuading, no? ;] &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 15:36, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I like the icon, color, idea and the text. However, a less aggressive icon might be more fitting, or was it the whole idea? ;) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Actually, I like it as it is. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:21, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I think it's "their" and not "there" :P -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 01:11, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * You know... you may be right... &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 20:55, 28 December 2006 (CST)

User:Kalomeli
Comments of the creator:
 * Just noticed that Gem does not have a box related to his favourite hobby. :) Kalomeli 15:46, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Hijacking my laptop isn't raising your points honey. :D But yeah, I was missing one of these, even I forgot to make myself one. It's a bit plain and the arrow could have some space around it, but I like the theme and the idea. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:55, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:Aberrant80
Comments of the creator:
 * Just a little something for your clean-up projects :) -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 23:04, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Haha. A very nice idea and a very fitting icon. The colors are good. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:56, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Competition category #2: A user box for all wiki users
Design a nice user box that anyone in the wiki could use.

User:Entropy
Comments of the creator:
 * A general purpose tag that a great majority of wiki users with accounts should use. Entropy 02:47, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * The idea is good and the box is one of the possibly usefull ones, but I just hate the colors. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better, but I still dislike the bright colors. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:21, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Hmmmh, now it's a bit too dark. (Yes, I know I'm a hard one to satisfy. The current one is ok.) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * For those of us who spend waaaaay too much time here. Note: I want a blue border line between the id and the info, but I cannot find how to put one there. Entropy 03:41, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I like the looks, thou the border could use a nicer color. A good idea! --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:130.58
Comments of the creator:
 * Userboxes are useful, but also menacing. This is an icon for those who want to celebrate their nightmarish, overpowering fear of userboxes... and maybe slowly come to terms with it. ;)
 * I made this as a humorous counterpoint to all the cheerful userboxes with their light, happy colors and pithy one-liners. As such, it's rather dark and the text is intentionally overlong and rantful. The foetal position picture was just too appropriate not to use. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 03:14, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * * paranoid* This is a great and original idea. I like the feel of it. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:Fyren
Comments of the creator:
 * As long as they win, at least.

Comments of the Judge:
 * So you made a user box for yourself, as the box is taken into use if you win. Sneaky. ;) The border and background colors are too far from eachother in terms of visibility, which disturbs me. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Info or logo background? --Fyren 15:53, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Both. Maby lighten the borders a bit and brighten the background. Now they are too different. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:57, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * Maybe you should fix it, because I ripped them off your userpage. --Fyren 15:59, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * lol. I wonder why it doesn't look so good here as it does on my user page. Maby it's the smaller border and smaller box. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:08, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * I let the icon stay here. The winner deserved it. I replaced the icon with another one in the other boxes using it. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:26, 1 January 2007 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * Moo.

Comments of the Judge:
 * A marvelous idea! But who would use such a thing? *wonders* --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * If I ever edited my user page, I might. --Fyren 15:53, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * I was just teasing you. :) There are many users with a similiar thing. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:57, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * (Hehe. Cute! I prefer , but yours is more portable. Sorry to jack your submission section to say that, Fyren. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 03:40, 25 December 2006 (CST))

User:Corsaire
Comments of the creator:
 * This UserBox was originaly made in a hurry for Karlos (see Karlo's Talk Page).. :)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Plain, but a nice idea. Suits some persons in the wiki. ;) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:55, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:Baron Will Scarlett
Comments of the creator:
 * Really, who doesn't? It applies to EVERYONE! lol Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 16:02, 25 December 2006 (CST)


 * I changed the icon to something more appropriate. :) SUPER SKULD! Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 13:52, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * An older idea nicely redone. I don't generally like the use of skill icons in user boxes, but the others have used them nicely as they fit the theme. This one however doesn't have such a theme, so I would recommend a custom icon, although this is possibly the best icon to use if you don't want to make a custome one. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * : D Lol. A good icon, but maby a bit too... large? --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 17:30, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I would suggest... a smaller icon ^^ &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 17:25, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * I would agree. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 17:29, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * HELP! if i make it smaller, it gets all wierd lookin...can someone help me out? Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 23:24, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Have you tried uploading a big vesion and then scaling it by putting crap after the icon? [[Image:Superskuld.JPG|50px]] doesn't look too bad, for example. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 23:26, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Ty. Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 23:33, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * Just look at the smiting line, its like A-net wants monks to HEAL or something! Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 03:29, 28 December 2006 (CST)


 * You see it's all a big conspiracy man! There once was a time when smiting monks roamed the earth, but then the great nerf came and AoE screwed it all up! Then, just as monks everywhere were recovering from the devestating impact the man went and nerfed SoJ, leaving the monks with no useful smiting skills at all! A-net is forcing monks into a corner where the world thinks that their only duty is to heal and protect. Monks wanna taste blood too! /hippie rant. (This is all just a joke about theSmiting line, oh and BTW made the text more specific) Baron [[Image:Baron.JPG|25px]] 11:29, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I like the looks of this, but I seem to partially miss the idea. Care to explain? --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:57, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * Haha, lol. I get it. A good idea including the link. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:38, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Izzy hates smite (TM) :P &mdash; Skuld 12:30, 29 December 2006 (CST)

User:Theeth
Comments of the creator:
 * To complement (ironically) Rapta's excellent template. --Theeth (talk)   16:55, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Every time I see this I burst, but I wouldn't personally use it. It fits humorous user pages. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Sorry, but nothing can compare to Rapta's template. Nice try tho :) 24.6.147.36 17:57, 25 December 2006 (CST)

User:Smurf
Comments of the creator:
 * For those who think their user page is the best and wants to remind everyone :) -Smurf [[Image:User_Smurf.gif]] 19:12, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Haha! Looks good and a great idea! --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * For those who fail to use the "Show preview" button. Thinking of replacing the image. -Smurf [[Image:User_Smurf.gif]] 19:12, 25 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Yeah! One of the more usefull buttons and a nice custom icon with fitting colors. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I love it, Smurf! &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 02:44, 26 December 2006 (CST)

User:Aberrant80
Please select two of the three which take part in the competition. -- (talk) 06:07, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Whoops... the first and the third then. I'll just leave the middle one here :) -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 20:11, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * For anons who seem not to notice the little note that teaches them how to sign. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 01:25, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * One of the usefull boxes. I like the ~X~, but the yellowish color could be a bit better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Got rid of the yellow. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 20:11, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I would sign if I logged in, see my userbox entry :) Btw, bad color choices :S 24.6.147.36 01:29, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Got rid of the yellow. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 20:11, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * Something to complement Fyren's :P. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 01:25, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * This one is not being submitted for the competition. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 20:11, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * xD. You fixed the colors. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * sorry, but I just realised that people would be using my icon. Had to change it. Feel free to change to something else. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2007 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * Something for not-so-friendly users? Heh. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 01:25, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A great idea! The icon is fitting, but I don't personally like the icon. The colors could be a bit smoother. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:05, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Updated with a necro feel. Should be more fitting for the "hate" theme (not that I condone hate in any way of course) -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 20:11, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. I wonder if there is an even more 'hate' reflecting icon. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * The old one was nice too, but this one really stares back at you. A perfect icon choice! And the colors match. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:57, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Oh, yeah... Green Glowy People (TM) &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 20:32, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * If your looking for a more 'hate' reflecting icon try Ritualist Skill icons. Some of the faces there seem geared to scare you away :P Image:Gaze from Beyond.jpg and Image:Armor of Unfeeling.jpg work quite well imo.&mdash; [[Image:Azroth sig.png||builds]] Azroth  [[Image:Azroth sig2.png||talk]]  03:03, 27 December 2006 (CST)
 * Ooo yeah... much better than the necro icons. -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 01:10, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * [[Image:Skull Crack.jpg]] is a really good "hate" icon. =) — Jyro X [[Image:Darkgrin.jpg|25px]] 03:40, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * That's more like "This user will beat you up and take your lunch money" than "don't look at my page". ;) &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 04:23, 28 December 2006 (CST)

User:Queen Schmuck
Comments of the creator:
 * I think this box is pretty self explanatory. But just in case someone misses it, bascially, this user can do very bad translations to non-native languages, which will probably end up sounding the opposite of what the user intended.  :P  Queen Schmuck 15:32, 27 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Haha! Great idea! The colors are horrible thou. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 17:40, 27 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

User:Xasxas256
Comments of the creator:
 * Heh, this is for Auron of Neon if he wants to use it. If he does it'll hopefully get him into less trouble ;) (I don't want to make this too political but I don't think Auron should be hung out to dry because of the old one, it was made for him by someone else and he probably didn't expect all the outcry about it when he added it to his user page.) --Xasxas256 08:04, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A good idea and makes a joke of a recent political debate. I'm surprised that I like the color combo. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:38, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:

Comments of the creator:
 * They're essentially the same, I just wasn't sure which icon I preferred, tell me which is better and I'll make that my second submission. [ Ages ago] Stabber had a list of User pages of people who have better things to do than create elaborate user pages possibly in response to Gem's Nice user pages. I once pointed out to Stabber that Fyren's wierd mooing user page with just one edit should have been on the list and was [ bitterly disappointed] when he finally got around to editing it. :P By an odd coincidence Gem accidentally made 2 edits (I made this userbox yesterday but didn't get around to posting it) to Fyren's user page and further eroded his claim to greatness! I've always been equally intrigued and weirded out by Fyren's mooing so this is a tribute to it :)


 * I'm not overly fussed about winning this competition but if there was an award for the longest back story for a userbox, I'd be a shoo in for that wouldn't I!? --Xasxas256 08:04, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Edit: Ah bugger it should have read the rules, you're not a PvPer I know that, and as for the mooing thing...well I dunno I suppose you could aspire to be a cow! :P Pick one for me Gem and I'll withdraw the other two from the competition. --Xasxas256 08:08, 28 December 2006 (CST) Edit2: Honestly this is why I don't use userboxes!!! Ok now that I've read the rules and this time actually understood them (ie I can have up to two in one section) you can ignore what I've stuck out above and instead poke me with a giant stick that goes from Finland to Australia because the sheer stress from userbox competitions has made me pass out! --Xasxas256 08:12, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I think I missed the connection between the box and the history, but I like the looks of the white box. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:38, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yeah even by my standards that was pretty nonsensical. Ok I'll make the second one my submission and I've improved that text. Let's be honest there's lots of mooing here on the GuildWiki so I see plenty of demand for it! --Xasxas256 03:46, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Actually, I just now understood the box idea as I was looking at the change history and saw what the links linked to. Blame the 5-6 AM editing for not noticing. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 04:30, 29 December 2006 (CST)

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User:Poki#3
Comments of the creator:
 * Inspired by one of the userboxes on Entropy's page. For people like me, who have there Minor Edit button always on, and forget to uncheck it :P &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 19:59, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * Fixed the border. &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 16:19, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A good idea. Not really helpfull to anyone, but which user boxes are? A box that I might use in the future as I sometimes forget to unclick the checkbox. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 20:03, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * I would like to make the background in the picture transparent, if anyone could just tell me... how :( &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 20:01, 28 December 2006 (CST)
 * Nice! I keep forgetting to uncheck mine too... :P -- Ab.Er.Rant (msg Aberrant80) 06:53, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * i dont bother trying to remember anymore=P anything i do is minor i assume--Midnight08 10:51, 4 January 2007 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * Self explationary. Hahaha! &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 19:59, 28 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A nice way to promote fun in the wiki. Actually I just realised how large the humor category is. Maby a time for sub cateogries. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 20:03, 28 December 2006 (CST)

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User:BrianG
Hey Gem, I'd like to say in advance that I am a userbox amateur and also partially color-blind, so I kept the design simple on these userboxes. If you have any color suggestions/requests, please be specific and I can change them accordingly.

Comments of the creator:
 * Inspired by Azroth's Buildguru userbox, but with a new icon and text that I felt was fitting.

Comments of the Judge:
 * A good idea and can be used for other things too, not just build knowledge. I like the looks and the icon choice is great. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 11:21, 29 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Great box. Both the image and the wording of the info are perfect.  I might adopt this one in place of my old one some time in the near future.  As it is the quallity of my builds has been slipping lately and I don't think I qualify as a bona fide guru anymore :P&mdash; [[Image:Azroth sig.png||builds]] Azroth  [[Image:Azroth sig2.png||talk]]  14:37, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Yes, that was part of the motivation in changing the wording. I wanted to show that it was something that I strived for, but that it was too subjective of a goal to confidently declare that I had already achieved it. -- BrianG 14:48, 29 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * The background color was chosen mainly for simplicity and readability but can be changed to suit preference. You could add another zero along with the gold symbol as well, but I thought this was clear enough to make the point.  You could also change "currently" to "constantly" depending on the user, or change the number and tell people how rich you are!  ;)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I like the plain look of the box as it tries to reflect how poor you are. Maby a really really light brown instead of white thou. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 11:21, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Hmmm, how about that? I think it looks a bit better than white.  There is no color named "lightbrown", and due to my color-blindness I am really just guessing when it comes to subtle colors like beige etc, so please choose a color if you like! :) -- BrianG 11:45, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Looks okay. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:15, 29 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Color looks good and so does the image. Imo you should stick with the single platinum icon, as no one ever talks about how rich/poor they are in terms of gold :P&mdash; [[Image:Azroth sig.png||builds]] Azroth  [[Image:Azroth sig2.png||talk]]  14:37, 29 December 2006 (CST)

User:Myrrinth
Comments of the creator: I picked the colors to match the fire and caution of the box. This is for those people that quickly respond to comments on talk pages, and are very passionate about their comments or work. It could also just be used to be funny. Experiment with colors to suit your taste.

Comments of the Judge:
 * The idea is good, but the text could be better, and possibly the icon too. The colors are terrible. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 12:15, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * I made some changes to better reflect my idea, and took a different approach to the colors. Better? --Myrrinth 12:58, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * I like the new looks a lot more, but the text dosn't reflect your idea as well as the old one. If I wouldn't see your comment, I wouldn't know what the box is for. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:49, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Work in progress ^_^ --Myrrinth 16:22, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Great one! --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:24, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Thanks!! --Myrrinth 17:38, 29 December 2006 (CST)

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User:Tomoko
Comments of the creator:
 * I don't care what people think this cookie is mine! &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tomoko (contribs).

Comments of the Judge:
 * Fun! I like the icon too. Fix the typo? --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:49, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:16, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Ok, i've just edited the typo [[Image:Cookie.jpg|20px]] Tomoko Pink Angel 06:09, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * Better take cover! &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tomoko (contribs).

Comments of the Judge:
 * Some fun too. I'm surprised that the green works with the red crosshair. Also, fix the typo? --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 15:49, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:16, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Same here [[Image:Cookie.jpg|20px]] Tomoko Pink Angel 06:09, 30 December 2006 (CST)

User:Weby
Comments of the creator:
 * Beacause it's really cool having 100+ energy on your character! &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Weby (contribs).

Comments of the Judge:
 * You wish. :) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 19:55, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * No really, it's awesome ... I have that much energy on my ele .. but it sucks you can't have so much energy on monks, or maybe, err ... dunno .. other professions, lol. --weby 15:29, 30 December 2006 (CST)
 * Ah true. I forgot the elementalists completely. Lucky bastards! :) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:39, 30 December 2006 (CST)ž
 * You gotta love ele's .. specialy air magic ones, they pwn everyone they see, muahaha:) --weby 20:49, 30 December 2006 (CST)

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Comments of the creator:
 * I hope I spelled that one right xD ... anyways, there is one box for winning the competition, and one for loosing ... and no userbox for being part of this competition :) Well, there it is! &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Weby (contribs).

Comments of the Judge:
 * Collect them all. :) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 19:55, 29 December 2006 (CST)
 * I'm really sorry, but I had to remove the icon. I just realised that everyone is going to use my icon soon if I leave it here. Feel free to change to something else. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:25, 1 January 2007 (CST)

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User:Sefre
Comments of the creator:
 * Knowing how many people tend to dislike WoW in favor of Guild wars. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sefre (contribs).

Comments of the Judge:
 * The first WoW hate box. I like the idea, colors, icon and text. Good job! --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:16, 30 December 2006 (CST)

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User:Bug In Your Bed
Comments of the creator:
 * Because we all do. Bug In Your Bed 06:25, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I just love the guy! The box is a bit plain. Maby a dark background for the icon? --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:29, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * He's such a cute god, though! &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 18:09, 1 January 2007 (CST)

User:Carnival King
Comments of the creator: So we have an "Anti-WoW" Userbox, but what about the game that spawned one of the most famous quotes ever! Since I don't have a CATS picture on hand at the moment, I used a sinister female from the Mesmer list...Take the idea and role with it. It's going on my Userpage either way :D This is my first attempt at a userbox, so be gentle...--Carnival King 07:01, 30 December 2006 (CST)

EDIT - Fund a decent picture on the Wikipedia and resized it. Now the entry is complete: Make your Time! I wonder if anyone could use this idea for a new skill in the vein of "Make Your Time!" or "For Great Justice!". That would be awesome...--Carnival King 05:48, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Edit the 2nd - Blue becomes Purple on the behest of the Gem. Rally, anyone can change the colour to anything they want if they want it to fit on their own Userpage...--Carnival King 06:01, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Hahahahahhahaah... I'm sill laughing here! xD I hope you'll search for an appropriate image from the web, edit it to a good size, upload it to the wiki and use for this box. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 08:40, 30 December 2006 (CST)
 * With the new image this is even better. How about changing the blue border. It bothers me. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:55, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * Better. I know that everyone can change them, but remember, this is a competition and it isn't fair if the judge goes and edits the submissions. I'll just keep with commenting. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 06:06, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Maybe... All your Attack Shrine are belong to us?  Sounds kinda better :P &mdash;[[Image:BlastedtSigleft.jpg]]Blastedt[[Image:BlastedtSigright.jpg]]&mdash; 20:09, 22 January 2007 (CST)

User:Caasig
Comments of the creator:
 * I initally did this for my user page and Gem suggested I'd join in the fun ;) Oh, how do I center the image icon in the userbox? --Caasig 09:11, 30 December 2006 (CST)
 * Edited to use the template, though the image refuses to be centred. --Caasig 09:43, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I ofcourse like this as I suggested submitting it here. Nothing to fix imho, but I would suggest using the template. That would also center the image for you. See other submissions on how it works. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 09:28, 30 December 2006 (CST)
 * Easier for people to use now. :) I'm unsure why it doesn't center properly, but the difference of one pixel isn't great. (Atleast on my 1400 reso) --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 10:08, 30 December 2006 (CST)

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Comments of the creator:
 * Here's another that I made just for fun. --Caasig 07:45, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * Updated the link in the userbox. --Caasig 08:24, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * I just spotted the box on your user page and thought how fun it was. Then I realised that you posted it here. I like it and the colors suit the 'newbie' feeling. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 07:49, 31 December 2006 (CST)

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User:Lemming64
Comments of the creator:
 * I made this for my userpage originally about a week ago, thought I would share it, the guildcast is a great podcast and I love the rss icon genrally and had to find a use for it :) --Lemming64  15:22, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A great idea for those who listen to it. Maby I should too. I like the icon and the colors. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 16:39, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Discussion:
 * Hmmm this is attractive. Makes me want to listen to the podcast so that I can use the userbox.  What do they talk about anyway? -- BrianG 18:08, 30 December 2006 (CST)
 * Guildwars... well obviously, but more specifically current events in the game, recent changes, different skills and builds, a lot of stuff that is covered in guildwiki but in a humerously presented audio format :) --Lemming64  20:09, 30 December 2006 (CST)

User:Kessel
Comments of the creator:
 * For the people who know who they are. Including me. Kessel 23:06, 30 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * Heh. The texts fit in well and the idea is nice.The gray fit in nicely, but different background gray shades would probably look better. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 05:55, 31 December 2006 (CST)
 * I was aiming for a subdued look that conveyed the resigned understanding the player was hopeless beyond hope. What shade would you recommend? Kessel 09:15, 1 January 2007 (CST)

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User:Renegade26
Comments of the creator:
 * Made this because I think its well funny. --Renegade26 08:49, 31 December 2006 (CST)

Comments of the Judge:
 * A good one for everyone not as lucky as me. ;) The icons is fitting and I like the gray around it. --[[Image:Gem-icon-sm.png]] (talk) 09:56, 31 December 2006 (CST)

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User:LavaEdge324
Comments of the creator:
 * Been using this on my own page; I have 4 unfavored builds and a vast graveyard of deleted ones >_< LavaEdge324 [[Image:Assassin-icon-small.png]] 18:14, 1 January 2007 (CST)

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Discussion:
 * It's already January the 2nd... isn't this a bit... late? &mdash; Poki#3 [[Image:Poki.jpg|20px|My Talk Page :o]] 18:05, 1 January 2007 (CST)
 * Well it's still January 1st according to GWiki... --weby 18:05, 1 January 2007 (CST)
 * So... it looks like I am late. Meh. LavaEdge324 [[Image:Assassin-icon-small.png]] 18:14, 1 January 2007 (CST)

Comments of the creator:
 * Just wanted to make a contrast from the other one I made. Yup. LavaEdge324 [[Image:Assassin-icon-small.png]] 18:14, 1 January 2007 (CST)

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