Althanas Style Contest

[Max Dirks]

Sadly, we lost all of our styles from vB3 when we upgraded to vB4. This includes crowd favorites like "Dark" and "Bronzecastle." However, there are a host of free styles available for vB4 on the Internet that we can use. Rather than choose the styles ourselves, we figured we'd let you choose them. So, for the rest of the month, the staff is going to host a contest to find 5 new styles to add to the board.

Contest: Althanas Styles

Rules:
-Players can submit up to 10 styles that they like. These styles must compatible with vB4.1 or higher. Styles can either be linked from the internet or personally created and attached to this thread.
-On February 1st, the staff will pick the ten styles that we like best and put them up for a public vote.
-The vote will last 7 days and the five styles with the most votes will be added to the site (if possible).

Prizes:
-If you linked the winning style, you get 1000 GP!
-If you created the winning style, you get 2000 GP!

If you have questions, please ask them here. If not, feel free to post some suggestions. Googling "vbulletin 4 styles" might be a good place to start.

[Hysteria]

Pixel Wood (2nd) and Pixel Glow (4th), black with a detailed fixed background.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=234002

Simple Dark boarder, with easy to read center.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231585

Blackend and Blackend Red. Both a dark colour, but I think quite nice.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=245708

Black Stealth, a nice high contrast black and white one.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=246396

Seems most were black that I liked *shrug*

[Duffy]

I think it goes without saying that if it's possible to re-hack the Castle style and others from the previous version of Althanas, it should be entered into the list.

[Elrundir]

Had a little time to peruse the listings at work today. Here are some nice ones that I found.

Reptile Green (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=246000)

Darkness (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231670)

Shades of Green (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=250075)
(http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=245955)

[Revenant]

I like the Reptile Green and Darkness ones that Elrundir linked to.

Here are some others that I found:

Take Five Theme (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=244409) - Brown theme. Downside is the handprint in the banner area.

Shades of Brown/Tan (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=254899) - Nice light skin.

Simple Dark Grey (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=243887) - A lighter toned dark skin.

Blood (http://www.w3code.net/blood-vbb-4-x-forum-template/) Dark red forum template. Needs a background image though.

Robotic (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/47925-vb-4-0-3-4-0-4-robotic-dark-verdi-v1-1-0-a.html) - Dark green skin to give some different color options.

Dragor Awakens (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/48207-vb-4-0-x-dragor-awakens-v1-2-0-a.html) - Solid fantasy themed skin.

Black Leather (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/44114-vb4-0-3-black-leather.html) - My favorite. A soft dark background with bright text. Makes it easy on the eyes.

BP Brown (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/41659-vb-4-0-3-bp-brown-v3-4-a.html) - Another good dark background/light text skin for those who are tired of black.

Executive Sprite (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/43900-vb4-0-3-executive-sprite.html) - Writing themed skin.

Shiny Dark Red (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/54241-shiny-darkred-style-vb4-1-0-a.html) - Needs a new banner.

[Max Dirks]

I like everything Revenant posted!

Just so you know, Dragor Awakens was the "Fantasy" skin I had on before, but it is not compatible with our version of vB4 yet. Once I see it's updated, I'll add it straight away. It's just so appropriate, ya know?

[Revenant]

I like everything Revenant posted!

Just so you know, Dragor Awakens was the "Fantasy" skin I had on before, but it is not compatible with our version of vB4 yet. Once I see it's updated, I'll add it straight away. It's just so appropriate, ya know?

Curses! Foiled again.

Yeah I agree Max, its a great one. I tried looking for a more up to date one but I guess that we'll have to wait. He's hoping.

[The Sin Eater]

This (http://www.vbteam.info/vb-4-x-x-free-styles/42718-vb4-0-3-strawberry-shortcake-v1-1-0-a.html) should be the standard skin for guests. We'll get a lot more members just because they want to register to chance the skin.

[The Sin Eater]

On a side note, I really think we should have a front page again! A simple and effective page (not as cluttered as the castle one) with news, contests links, upcoming tournaments, etc.