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Offline redsniper

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on: January 08, 2005, 09:49:45 pm
you know, the flaming hexagon thing.
I was just wondering... Where did it come from? Who invented it? Does it have any meaning, or is it just awesome looking?
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Offline redsniper

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Reply #1 on: January 08, 2005, 11:18:23 pm
I guess no one knows (at least no one that's awake right now) :rolleyes:
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #2 on: January 08, 2005, 11:28:21 pm
nope, can't say that I know
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Offline Taristin

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Reply #3 on: January 08, 2005, 11:32:54 pm
Err. Setekh said it was just random, IIRC. Search for it, you'll find where he said it once.
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #4 on: January 09, 2005, 12:17:02 am
As for who made it, I'd guess Setekh, since he's the guy on the staff who does the most with graphics, and he's been here since the site's beginning.
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Offline Liberator

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Reply #5 on: January 09, 2005, 01:13:11 am
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
As for who made it, I'd guess Setekh, since he's the guy on the staff who does the most with graphics, and he's been here since the site's beginning.


That's like saying Da Vinci was just the guy that painted the Mona Lisa...
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #6 on: January 09, 2005, 08:42:19 am
Setekh did make it.
 

Offline Marauder

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Reply #7 on: January 09, 2005, 09:11:00 am
Aha! Found it!

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The Hard Light Productions logo was invented long, long ago by co-founder Setekh, and its meaning is a mystery even to members of the highest echelons of HLP society. This is about as detailed as the descriptions get. Straight from the horse's mouth:

"Well, since I designed it, I suppose I should field that question. The HLP logo represents... the Hardness of Light... and embodies the Produce of Hardy Lights... without any of the Lightness of a Production... or for that matter the Product of Hard...ness." - Setekh


Oh Setekh...:wakka:
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Offline BlackDove

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Reply #8 on: January 09, 2005, 11:35:00 am
Really?

I just thought it was a SubSpace wormhole made simple as an octagon.
 

Offline Marauder

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Reply #9 on: January 09, 2005, 01:14:21 pm
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Originally posted by BD
Really?

I just thought it was a SubSpace wormhole made simple as an octagon.


Guys, I think we've got it...that's the best interpretation ever! :D
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Reply #10 on: January 09, 2005, 01:16:53 pm
Nah, something involving pirates and flaming ninjas would be the best ever.
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Offline Marauder

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Reply #11 on: January 09, 2005, 01:21:43 pm
Well then, we have no choice but to call it art.  And I think good art is the stuff that anyone interprets as anything...

Personally, years ago, I first thought it was a scary looking object...:nervous: Perhaps HLP isn't for the faint of heart?

I dunno...:ick:
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Offline Falcon

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Reply #12 on: January 09, 2005, 01:22:50 pm
A window into the Shivan mind? :drevil:
 

Offline an0n

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Reply #13 on: January 09, 2005, 01:24:04 pm
Nah, Carl just thinks about beer and porn.
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Offline redsniper

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Reply #14 on: January 09, 2005, 03:16:34 pm
so... a logo so mysterious even its creator doesn't know its meaning. spooky.
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No war; think about happy things."   -WouterSmitssm

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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #15 on: January 09, 2005, 06:01:23 pm
Hardness....y. :lol:
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Offline Setekh

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Reply #16 on: January 10, 2005, 12:36:36 am
Marauder indeed found the relevant quote. There's very little to add to the subject, though BD's interpretation is pretty inventive. ;)
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Offline Trivial Psychic

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Reply #17 on: January 10, 2005, 01:54:57 am
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Originally posted by BD
Really?

I just thought it was a SubSpace wormhole made simple as an octagon.

I thought it was just an uber-detailed turret.
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Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #18 on: January 10, 2005, 02:02:26 am
You know, a skull and crosscones in the middle would really set it off methinks...
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Reply #19 on: January 10, 2005, 03:41:54 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
...a skull and crosscones...


Err...



Nahh. :p
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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