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Proper use of color. I tend to ignore most pure black sigs. Also, not having the same formatting as everyone else is nice, but color is more important in my opinion.

Let's talk signatures. What makes a good one, do you think yours is any good, and who has your favourite on NSG?

The first ten posters to get two nominations will make it into a poll, if jolt lets me.

Nominees:

Lunatic Goofballs

Pink poems, obviously...

EDIT: and bowel movements

I tend to like to quote other posters rather then other popular quotes or advertising for regions/parties/blogs/forums or what have you

Question:
Quote Boxes?

Or no Quote boxes?

I look for quotes or sayings that will last. I don't want to change my sig every 3 weeks.

For example, during the height of the 'There Is No <fill in the blank>' sig era, I considered 'There Is No Dana, Only Zhul!'

Which is plenty funny, but for how long? I think my sig is still funny. *nod*

Question:


Or no Quote boxes?Depends on the content of what's quoted.

Depends on the content of what's quoted.

How so? A quote is a quote is a quote, rite?

I second UT, reading quotes by other NSGers is fun (and it lets you know who's apt to say something entertaining, thus conserving your obviously precious time). I like inside jokes and general silliness. I keep a quote log of memorable/funny things my friends have said... probably 90% of them would make sense to only a handful of people, but I'm entertained, and isn't that what matters?

How so? A quote is a quote is a quote, rite?I think that really funny stuff that is short and to the point should be in a quote box, or where you need to link to the post. Otherwise it should just be text.

Never have more than one quote box.

Quote boxes take up space, links are ok as long as they don't clutter up - for gods sakes, keep it simple!

EDIT: Having quotes in a smaller font helps separate them from the main text of your post. And make sure they're spelled correctly. Something that appears in every post you make shouldn't read like a four year old wrote it.

If you have a space issue with your sig, you have a problem.

Quote boxes take up space, links are ok as long as they don't clutter up - for gods sakes, keep it simple!

Freaking fantastic - I logged out, because I can't see sigs when logged in, specifically to find this sig and you post, saving me time and effort:

"Have they made it interesting again yet, or is it still like the M25 with pointy cars?"
~ Compulsive Depression, on the new F1 season.

It's my favorite sigged quote and bingo, I didn't even have to use a brain cell to find it.

Quote boxes take up space, links are ok as long as they don't clutter up - for gods sakes, keep it simple!

EDIT: Having quotes in a smaller font helps separate them from the main text of your post. And make sure they're spelled correctly. Something that appears in every post you make shouldn't read like a four year old wrote it.

I think sigs should say something about the poster. My personal favorites are Bottles old "Row row row your boat" sig, and LG's current one. I guess you could count those as nominations.

a combination of succintness with intellictual stimulus.

or if you can't think of something like that, without excessively recycling it, a simple greeting will suffice, or even a wordlessly symbolic one.

=^^=
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I'm pretty happy with my signature.

I think a good signature is centre aligned, small and simple. I think adding your political compass is a good idea, so people understand a little about you. I like quotes, but I'm yet to come across one badass (unless you've seen Rotovia-'s signature, you won't understand) enough to make it into my signature.

I think someone quoted my old user in their's, though. I can't remember what I said.

I like sigs with a variety of things in them.

Let's talk signatures. What makes a good one, do you think yours is any good, and who has your favourite on NSG?

The first ten posters to get two nominations will make it into a poll, if jolt lets me.Mine's the best. A distinct lack of signature, because sigs suck.

Mine hasn't changed in a long time, I don't think. Like two years, maybe? I don't know. I'm happy enough with it. And too lazy to change it.

I take something funny that someone said and quote it in a box, whilst having a vaguely ominous threat in red letters

I really don't know exactly what a "good sig". What works for me are witty statements made by yourself and others, as well as helpful links.

I honestly don't know why I still have "Bolol's Store" set up in my sig; I haven't given away a cookie for months now.

I am a big fan of white text in sigs.


I was actually very proud of my sig a while back, but now it bores me. *pokes sig*

i have sigs turned off, heh. all that colour and stuff is just distracting.

so for me a good sig is a minamalist one. not like mine (i don't have to look at it :p)

Obviously the two (three?) sigs that quote one of my many hilarious utterances are the best.

My signature is obviously far and away the best on all the internet.

Having a signature is better than not having one, so a lack of signature is bad.
I also like quotes from other NSers as opposed to random quotes.

I suppose because in your signature you can nick someone elses, there's no need to nominate other people, why not just put your favourite phrase (or other random thing) in your sig?
This is my reasoning for nominating my one with the LG quote, made me laugh for ages.:)

My personal favorites are Bottles old "Row row row your boat" sig, and LG's current one.
I was actually going to swap back to my old sig, but then somebody told me that every time they read my sig they end up with the song stuck in their head and it torments them endlessly.

I'll be keeping it for a little longer. :D

TSI and LG's sigs always get me giggling. Consider those nominations.
I like my sig, though. It has a disproof of the old [violet] = Max Barry idea. :D

Sigs, in general, should be in small text so they're less obtrusive. Alignment can be anything, really.
As for quotes, never use a quote box. And link to them if they're too big to put in your signature normally.

Edit: oh, yes. Massive nomination from me for Ifreann's signature. That's just brilliant.

I think it would actually be more important if it has some meaning. Although, a signature with a lolcat is fine with me too

Anything from the Dying Earth series is a good enough sig for me.

Asm of eight-fangs: “Flee if you wish! I need the exercise."

Captain Baunt: “This is unreasonable! If he felt dejection, why not simply jump into the sea? Why suborn our valuable worm to his personal and private uses?”

Cugel: "I am not one to crouch passively with my hind-quarters raised, awaiting either the kick or the caress of destiny! I am Cugel! Fearless and indomitable, I confront every adversity!"

Bubach Angh: “A man I will kill for my eye! Do I toil thirty-one years for the benefit of a vagabond!”

Bunderwal: "I am a dignified citizen of the area, not a fox-faced vagabond in an over-fancy hat."

Chief Elder: “Though formerly a vagabond and a cut-throat, you are now a prince, a man of responsibility.”

Deodand: “I desire the one who has entered. I hunger for her flesh.”

Doulka: “Must your disgust be so blatant? True: we are anthropophages. True: we put strangers to succulent use. Is this truly good cause for hostility? The world is as it is and each of must hope to in some fashion to be of service to his fellows, even if only in the form of soup.”

Drofo: “After a hundred worms and ten-thousand leagues, then with justice you may say, 'I am wise!' or, to precisely the same effect: 'I am a worminger!'

Funambule: “Inconsequential claptrap!”

Fuscule: "I am a worminger, not a student of weird physiological mysteries.”

Guyal of Sfere: “My eye went to you like the nectar moth flits to jacynth.”

Iolo: “Surely you agree that this hole is half my property!”

Kindive the Golden: “Out of the room quickly! Mischief lurks somewhere and I must blast it with magic!”

Krasnark: " I suggest that Master Chernitz retract the term 'moral leaper' and Cugel his 'tree-weasel', and there let the matter rest."

Liane the Wayfarer: “I can suffocate you in pearls, blind you with diamonds.”

Lodermulch: “What have we here? I thought to detect knavery, and here is justification! Return my money on the instant!”

Morreion: ”To inflict but a pin prick upon a single one of my enemies I would have died by torture a hundred times!”

Mermalant: “Do you carry beer? We are beer-drinkers of nobles repute and show our bellies to all.”

Nisbet: “Two: hours of lose philosophizing will never tilt the scale against the worth of one sound belch.”

Duk Orbal: “…your exhibit seems somewhat makeshift and impromptu. Contrast, if you will, the precision of Zaraflam’s cockroaches!”

Pharesm: “Ah! Five hundred years I have toiled to entice this creature, despairing, doubting, brooding by night, yet never abandoning hope that my calculations were accurate and my great talisman cogent. Then, when it finally appears, you fall upon it for no other reason then to sate your repulsive gluttony...! I can define the gravity of your act in this manner: should I explode you on this instant into the most minute of your parts the atonement would measure one ten-millionth of your offense. A more stringent retribution becomes necessary.”

Peasant: “Notice: I drink wine, though I may not live to become drunk. Does this deter me? No! I reject the future; I drink now, I become drunk as circumstances dictate.”

Rhialto: “Pryffwyd, your vision is dim; you do not recognize me for Rhialto. I am working to place your eyes at the end of foot-long stalks. You will soon be able to see in all directions at one.”

Shierl: “You are not uncomely.”

Shilko: “What do you perceive? Goblins disguised as pick rats? Or centipedes dancing the kazatska?”

Slaye: “I will make you a grandee of the realm! You shall have a barge of carved ivory, and two hundred maidens shall serve your wants; your enemies shall be clamped into a rotating cauldron—only give me the amulet!”

T’Sain: “I know not know how to explain beauty. You seem to find joy in nothing. Does nothing give you satisfaction?”

T’Sais: “Only killing and destruction. So these must be beautiful.”

Varmous: "I am not apt for magic; weirdness makes me ery."

Voynod: “Take care, you dunghill-cocks!”

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Generally, I like uncluttered, unobtrusive sigs and small font is much better than normal size.

I could never give up my gray and I've found that I don't do well with having more than one quote in my sig. I've had the current one forever but every time I think about changing it I want to hang on just a little bit longer, just because it expresses my feeling towards so much of NSG so perfectly. Thanks, Hamilay. :p

I like seeing good quotes of other NSers, they're often funnier than quotes from other sites.

A long-time fave is Turquoise Day's Trotskylvania quote: "Many of you men have never opened Chardonnay under fire! First, extend the screw, screw it in the cork, pull the cork, yell 'Meat or Fish!' and throw!" ~ Trotskylvania, on the Swiss Army Knife.

Damn, there are others that never fail to crack me up but of course I can't remember any right now. Hrmph.

Oh, and I dig CToaN's "It's a violin. It's not meant for actual music."

Anything from the Dying Earth series is a good enough sig for me.
OFT.
Nice to see someone else on this forum with impeccable taste.

I'm personally fond of the most abstract-seeming, bizarre, or at least sexually twisted comments.
Ayup.

If you have a space issue with your sig, you have a problem.

I've encountered the 500 character(excluding BBCode) limit, the 1000 character(including BBCode) limit, and the 8 line limit(which isn't really like the others), multiple times each.

Bumped into old 500 just a few minutes ago.

I was actually going to swap back to my old sig, but then somebody told me that every time they read my sig they end up with the song stuck in their head and it torments them endlessly.

I'll be keeping it for a little longer. :D

Well, ever since I read your sig, everytime I get that song stuck in my head, I remember your version.:p

There's some good ones out there but I don't remember who has them.

Oh and I like mine ofcourse.