Re: Use new Konqi mascot

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Tomaz Canabrava <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you think that after your acts of gratuitous verbal violence and
> > intentional agression there is a way you can approach Tyson and "put him
> to
> > good use", you are not just showing yourself as someone who isn't
> acquainted
> > with the most basic decencies needed for human interaction,
> > you're also displaying a complete lack of insight in what makes people
> > contribute.
> >
> > No artist will stand for being treated like this. This isn't the kernel
> > mailing list and you're not Linus Torvalds.
> >
> > I understand that you sent these mails earlier, that they were held up in
> > moderation and that you were making trouble to get them approved.
> Frankly,
> > that is something _I_ completely fail to understand. These mails might
> > be borderline constructive, but...
> >
> > For the good of KDE, you really should consider dropping your
> involvement in
> > this discussion. Apart from an unreserved, direct and full apology you
> > cannot do anything positive or productive. Anything else just you
> stroking
> > your own ego.
> >
> > With your rants you blew it, Oswald. Big time. You made people who have
> > contributed a huge amount to the community leave and you gave us a black
> eye
> > with the community of artists I've been nurturing around Krita so
> > carefully.
> >
> > I hope that you are beginning to realize that.
> >
> >
> >  On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 11:48:28PM +0200, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Konqi [...] wasn't our first mascot [13],
> >>>
> >> that's an interesting point. i think there are two key differences here:
> >> - as you pointed out yourself, konqi has an enormous emotional
> >>  significance. changing now is some 100 times harder than when he was
> >>  introduced. especially without really good reasons.
> >> - nobody tried to market konqi as kandalf 2.0 (and as far as i'm
> >>  concerned, that would be only about twice as absurd as the current
> >>  proposal).
> >>
> >> as far as i can see, there are two reasonable ways to put the outcome of
> >> the contest to use:
> >> - ignore the actual artwork and put the artist to good use to actually
> >>  modernize konqi (which is kinda what nuno implied)
> >> - make the new artwork even more dissimilar to a dragon, stop claiming
> >>  that it is the new konqi, and try to organically introduce it as
> >>  something entirely new
> >>
> >> these options are not mutually exclusive, for that matter.
> >>
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> Well,
>
> I have just one thing agains the change, I was following the thread
> for a while and how it's time that I should step in.
> I'v managed to build a *HUGE* konqui costume ( 25kgs of material ),
> and it was used for just one year, if we change the mascott now, I
> will have no use for it, besides donating to charity. méh.
>
> if anybody from this thread didn't see it, it's
>
> http://blog.filipesaraiva.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/AywV_3tCAAARZfd.jpg
>
> I also build six cartooned konqui-style bottons  ( konqui surfer,
> konqui native-indian, konqui programmer, etc ) to give in conventions,
> that would be discarted as well.
>
> Not complaining - just exposing simple facts.
> I really don't want to throw the big costume on the trash bin.
>
> Tomaz
>
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I don't see any reason to throw away a perfect good costume.

For a number of reasons:
1. Looks like the roll out is going to take a while, if it happens at all.
2. Even if it is the older Konqui at events it is still konqui.
3.You enjoy the costume and so do others in the community.


Josh


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