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The new TVTropes app (in beta testing) has resurrected The Badge Shop and moderators can now give out award badges via the app and anyone who uses the app can add any other badge to their account for free! Badges are viewable in all sections of the site on the app (Forums, Queries, Discussions, TLP and Reviews)

The new app should be available to the general public within the next couple of weeks!

NEW BADGE SUBMISSIONS:

  • Users can submit designs for new badges for review via this thread. If approved by the moderators and the admins any moderator can then add that new badge to the badge shop via the Badge Shop Manager.
    • New badges should be of higher quality and not appear pixelated like current older badges, we can now upload higher quality images for them.
    • New badges should have a transparent background so they don't show a different color background when on night vision.

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(Started this thread based on this thread/post.)

For those that are unaware, one of the ideas for bringing in some money from the forum-side of the wiki is to sell "badges" (sort-of like the Herald one) that you can buy and put up as part of your "gingerbread" .

The shop can be found by clicking on the "basket" at the top of any post. There is a 1 USD -> 1Þ exchange rate.

Each person who buys a badge will also be able to customize the hover text that people see for their particular badges. (Note: Only plain text is usable for a caption. Potholes and other wiki formatting will not work)

There are three slots under the avatar and above the "title" space to display them. You will be able to get to your gallery (where you can chose which ones you want to show and their order) by clicking on these slots.

If you wish to participate in making the badges, they need to be a max of 24x24 pix.

The only things we are completely keeping out of the store are symbols that are generally associated with any religion (the Yin-Yang and such are more known for other reasons), gender/sex/sexual orientation badges, and ones that infringe on copyrights. If you see things that you think do infringe, you probably don't have to worry about it. Those are images that don't match their originals (the heart container), are free-to-use, or the original copyright owner has lost their privilege to go after the "offending" images by not going after them in the past.

Please use this thread for everything badge-related.

The rest of this post is taken up by badge ideas, links to badges people have made, and default text ideas. NOTE: The list has not been updated in quite a while (and will probably never be) now that badge ideas/submissions appear naturally in the thread and go strait into the shop.


Mod-given

Purchased for own use

Other ideas

Edited by kory on Feb 10th 2025 at 11:26:30 AM

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#1726: Jun 22nd 2012 at 5:55:32 PM

[up] I put up a Belgian Flag in the same style as the other flags.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#1727: Jun 23rd 2012 at 6:34:26 AM

From the country that *actually* invented fries.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
Lock Space Wizard from Germany Since: Sep, 2010
Space Wizard
#1728: Jun 23rd 2012 at 8:48:09 AM

I tried myself at some flags (those with clean borders) and hope they're fitting with the rest. I doubt there are tropers from most of those countries, but still for completion's sake.

edited 23rd Jun '12 8:57:51 AM by Lock

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#1729: Jun 23rd 2012 at 8:49:11 AM

... Okay, give me a few hours on captions for those. I'll have to do research on several of those, like Costa Rica.

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Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#1730: Jun 23rd 2012 at 11:30:05 AM

Perhaps make few threads? Something like "International tropers, help come up with captions?"

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#1731: Jun 23rd 2012 at 11:44:42 AM

Nah, I would say that just mentioning it in the general Yackfest conversations should be enough for our purposes. If even one person sees it and gets a description/comment posted in this thread, we will have what we need. No need to put more threads out there.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#1732: Jun 23rd 2012 at 11:45:28 AM

Okay, that would work.

Either way, I think that actually finding a troper from puerto rico and getting his thoughts is an awesome idea.

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
jkbeta from right behind you Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#1733: Jun 26th 2012 at 8:33:13 AM

For Luxembourg, how about "We're richer than you"?

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#1734: Jun 26th 2012 at 8:38:11 AM

The Flags aren't bad, but the don't fit the template of the current ones.

Rules for flags:

  • Flags currently come in two sizes depending on if they need to be split into an odd number of horizontal stripes or an even number.
  • Only flags with white touching the outside have a grey border. This border is exactly the same colour on all flags that have it.
  • All flags are a true match in colour to the actual flags not just an eyeball of "this looks about right". Official Hex codes can be found on Wikipedia.

If you wish to create flags, please do so based on the current templates so I don't have to remake them. Also, please upload images as individual images so I don't have to cut them apart later. Thank you.

edited 26th Jun '12 8:50:23 AM by shimaspawn

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#1735: Jun 26th 2012 at 8:51:16 AM

How well is the badge shop doing? I know I've seen a few badges around, but not as many as I would really like...

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#1736: Jun 26th 2012 at 9:04:36 AM

Yeah, It's making some money, but it's one of those things that's catching on slowly rather than quickly.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#1737: Jun 26th 2012 at 9:33:49 AM

I've been slowly coming up with an idea to have folks play a forum game for a badge or two... maybe if they get more attention, they'll start selling more.

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lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#1738: Jun 26th 2012 at 10:20:14 AM

We do have plans to get some attention for them, but I really like the idea of a game.

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#1740: Jun 26th 2012 at 10:23:59 AM

Soooper-sekret sooorprise plans. evil grin

"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#1741: Jun 26th 2012 at 10:24:45 AM

:(

This saddens me to hear this. I would like to hear them, in the hopes that I might be able to make them better.

32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#1742: Jun 26th 2012 at 10:46:10 AM

I'm thinking of a story-telling game, where I'll give out badges for whoever can write the best story with a scenario I design. Thinking of a framing device for it all, for those who may be interested. I'm trying to decide if there should be a one-week window for submissions or a two-week window.

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DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#1743: Jun 26th 2012 at 10:50:46 AM

I bought a lot of tropies and have been giving them out to a lot of my friends and such in the hopes of supplying some advertising. I think it really hurt sales though.

For that, I apologize.

[up][up][up] You're not going to tell me no matter how much I ask, right?

edited 26th Jun '12 10:51:17 AM by DarkConfidant

Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#1744: Jun 26th 2012 at 11:01:28 AM

[up][up][up]I know what you mean. Even though I'm not one to purchase a lot of "display only" things, I put enough effort into helping it get set-up that I would like to add "my two cents" to what happens in the future.

@32: Hmm... That would be interesting, but I'm not sure how many people would be interested in it for just a badge or two. Though having the winner pick out the badge(s) themselves might bring a few people in.

Then again, I don't know much about our fanfiction/writing community.

Other ideas (that I just came up with, so feel free to poke holes in them or suggest ways to make them better) are a forum game where you post a badge and the next person responds to it in some way (ie: "caption the previous person's badge") or posting badges based on what the previous person did (sort of like what goes on in "You are banned").

The key is that the people playing it have to go look for badges in the shop to post with. Can't find a badge that they want to use? Well, we direct them here to suggest/submit new badges.

EDIT:Dang it, how do you post images? I tried [[https://static.tvtropes.org/swag/m_badge.png]] but that didn't work...

edited 26th Jun '12 11:05:40 AM by Belian

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
In uffish thought
#1745: Jun 26th 2012 at 11:12:45 AM

To post images, just do the absolute bare URL — no brackets, or it'll become a link.

Game-wise, if there were to be a game based on the badges of the person above you, there would have to be a fair few people in Forum Games with badges already; otherwise, the thread would likely die before people were encouraged to purchase badges of their own. It's a great idea and I think it has potential, though.

edited 26th Jun '12 11:15:09 AM by Telcontar

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Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1746: Jun 26th 2012 at 11:16:10 AM

An addendum is that if you post it just bare, it will appear under the avatar box. To make it show in controllable position, you gotta use table formatting with ||

||https://static.tvtropes.org/swag/m_badge.png||
(and that all is in brackets - on the beginning of the line and between text and image)

I think that forum games will happen on their own when the badges spread far enough.

edited 26th Jun '12 11:18:09 AM by Adannor

DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#1747: Jun 26th 2012 at 11:30:42 AM

So, anyone have any ideas?

I wonder if handing out some free ones would help to stir up some awareness and excitement...

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#1748: Jun 26th 2012 at 1:24:00 PM

The Badge Shop is live.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#1749: Jun 26th 2012 at 1:27:47 PM

EDIT: ...Anyone else seeing that glitch/bug? o_0

EDIT 2: Fixed it. Adding a description of it. Edit : Added

[up][up][up][up]Nope. Using the image link, anyone can play.

OH! Avatar+badge game! Next person comments on the combination of your avatar and the badge you chose. It could go like this:

(Belian)

(next person)

That is a    devil    of a pun.

Bug description: I was going "||https://static.tvtropes.org/swag/zodiac_ox_6293.png||[[/quoteblock]]" at the end of the quoteblocks. This caused the bottom-of-page-inside-of-the-quoteblock bug. Putting a line break between the || and [[/quoteblock]] fixed it.

edited 26th Jun '12 1:35:14 PM by Belian

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#1750: Jun 26th 2012 at 1:36:37 PM

I did make a game about the badges of the person above you... Specifically, you say which of the three is your favorite.


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