How Could You Possibly Screw Up The Dashboard Themes So Badly

[AndrewMP]

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Team17, I have no idea what you guys are doing over there. Did not one of you actually connect to Xbox Live with these themes applied? To be honest I love them, but they're absolutely worthless with that incredibly unprofessional layout.

Really, what happened? I looked forward to purchasing these as I've needed a new Theme for quite some time, but this is absurd.

[Haoshiro]

What are we looking for in those tiny screenshots?

I'm having absolutely no luck finding Waldo... where is he?

[AndrewMP]

What are we looking for in those tiny screenshots?

I'm having absolutely no luck finding Waldo... where is he?

Notice the left column of pictures clearly shows the worms on the right-hand side of the dashboard. However, if you look at the right column of pictures, this is when a 360 is connected to Live.

Once a 360 is connected to Live, the advertisements completely block out the only graphic on these two themes. Slap on the ol' glasses and see for yourself.

[Haoshiro]

Notice the left column of pictures clearly shows the worms on the right-hand side of the dashboard. However, if you look at the right column of pictures, this is when a 360 is connected to Live.

Once a 360 is connected to Live, the advertisements completely block out the only graphic on these two themes. Slap on the ol' glasses and see for yourself.

Well, not the only graphic, there is the Worms logo :D

Not sure how they'd get around that anyway, but thanks for the screenshots... the purple looks awful... I know better then to get the themes :D

Sadly, it seems like most themes I've seen are pretty bad... this is no isolated incident and that's just too bad.

[worMatty]

It's unfortunate there isn't a way to preview themes before purchase. Those do look a bit boring, and the shade of purple in those screenshots isn't pleasant.

[j.m.ratkos]

considering that the spring update has been in place for a few weeks now, I agree that team17 should have *tested* out the themes prior to letting microsoft offer them up. (I mean how hard would it have been to resize and move the images within the boundaries of a 720p image to make them a bit more enjoyable?).

and while I'm ranting, is it just me, or would everyone else preferred small action images (eg. air strike approaching a small cluster of worms which are running, or rather slithering away in fear, crosshair view of a worm dead to rights, etc...) occupying the "dead" spaces of the live dashboard opposed to a single, kind of lifeless graphic?

I'll be purchasing the 2 new in-game themes, but I think I'll pass on the *hidden* dashboard images.

[AndrewMP]

considering that the spring update has been in place for a few weeks now, I agree that team17 should have *tested* out the themes prior to letting microsoft offer them up. (I mean how hard would it have been to resize and move the images within the boundaries of a 720p image to make them a bit more enjoyable?).

and while I'm ranting, is it just me, or would everyone else preferred small action images (eg. air strike approaching a small cluster of worms which are running, or rather slithering away in fear, crosshair view of a worm dead to rights, etc...) occupying the "dead" spaces of the live dashboard opposed to a single, kind of lifeless graphic?

I'll be purchasing the 2 new in-game themes, but I think I'll pass on the *hidden* dashboard images.

I would have loved them had they just used screenshots from the game (minus the on-screen indicators), because that would fill up all of the "empty space". But yes, what you suggested would have been much better as well.

It's unfortunate there isn't a way to preview themes before purchase. Those do look a bit boring, and the shade of purple in those screenshots isn't pleasant.

I go to the site www.dashboardthemes.com which allow you to view newly posted Themes for each individual blade (as well as show you the guide). The site is Canadian so only Canadian-available Themes are shown, which suits me just fine since I'm a Canuck as well.