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| noclass_nick:
Thought so, ya gotta admit tho it can be a bit confusing to the newbies tho XD |
| Jigsaw:
Well, looking at the entry for Sonic The Hedgehog, the labelling does seem both arbitrary and confusing. Retail covers go by "Original cover", "Retail cover", and even just "Cover". "Original cover" is quite ambiguous, not to mention a completely superfluous label when the much more explicit "Retail cover" and "Custom cover" exist. On that note, looking at the upload page those are the only two options - as it should be - so where did these other labels come from in the first place? |
| 0ldsk00l:
How does "original" mean a user's original cover? They don't look like the retail ones, so they are custom. But there is already a "custom" category. Retail = Original = store-bought cover design. That's the way it should be. |
| noclass_nick:
I agree but i surpose goin through them all and changing them all would be a bit time consuming for snowy and the crew, guess new uploads will just have to do for now QQ |
| Doom:
You disagree with yourself. IMPOSTER! :) --- Quote from: Vt102 on March 05, 2009, 05:29:22 PM --- --- Quote from: noclass_nick on March 05, 2009, 05:23:18 PM ---I assumed on this site "original" meant it was a users original cover and "retail" ment the original cover released in stores? or am i wrong? --- End quote --- You are correct --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Vt102 on April 12, 2008, 09:46:37 PM ---Custom means that it differs in some way to the original retail cover. Retail means that it is a direct scan of the retail cover with no modifications to it (except some cleaning). Original is the old way to describe retail. But since UGC covers are not truly "retail" it was changed a little to clarify. The name was changed a wile ago to make it more clear. To give you an example. Sega CD, 3DO, Sega Saturn and PS1 covers made into a DVD case cover are in theory "Custom" Most PS2, PS3, 360 and Xbox covers are "Retail" (unless it is different from the one you buy in the store). Dreamcast cases on DVD are "custom", but the ones made for CD jewel cases are "retail". --- End quote --- As I side note, I was the one who suggested changing the title from "original" to "retail". Topic: Can "original cover" be reworded? --- Quote from: Doom on April 28, 2007, 07:38:48 AM ---I know it was confusing to me when I first came here, because original cover could mean it's someone's original idea for a cover. Could you possibly change it to "Retail Cover" or something? --- End quote --- |
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