Various Warcrimes

Various WarcrimesRules of the court

Style guide

warcrimes.gg · How this court looks, reads and behaves

Two modesTwo modes

One site, two coats of paintOne court, two filings

Dark mode is the War Banner: dark iron, Horde-red banners, gold trim. Light mode is the Tribunal: the same site as a court case file, where members are the accused and their real Blizzard stats are the charges. Same pages, same facts; the switch in the top right swaps the look and a handful of words.Light mode is the Tribunal: the site as a court case file, where members are the accused and their real Blizzard stats are the charges. Dark mode is the War Banner: dark iron, Horde-red banners, gold trim. Same pages, same facts; the switch in the top right swaps the look and a handful of words.

Dark mode

War Banner

Dark iron, Horde-red banners, gold leaf. The jokes live in the words, not the decoration.

Banner Red#6E0C13 · hero, footer, card floor
Horde Red#B0141F · buttons, Major
Gold#D4A537 · trim, labels
Bright Gold#F2CD6B · headings, links
Bone#F1E7D4 · text
Ash#B5A594 · notes
Iron#1C1412 · cards
Char#110B0A · page
Display: Grenze Gotisch 800For the Horde
Headings: Grenze Gotisch 600Members of the Warband
Body: Alegreya Sans 400, 18 on 28Twenty-four Horde, one auction house, and a shaman who keeps making leather pants for people who never asked.
Labels: Alegreya Sans 800, capitals, spaced 0.2emLevel 27 · Shaman · Guild Master

Item links: in-game colors, Rare and Epic one shade lighter

[Ruined Leather Scraps]Poor · #9D9D9D[Light Leather]Common · #FFFFFF[Dark Leather Shoulders]Uncommon · #1EFF00[Toughened Leather Gloves]Rare · #2B8CFF[Arcanite Reaper]Epic · #B65CFF[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]Legendary · #FF8000

Light mode

The Tribunal

A court case file. Paper, ink, rubber stamps and a gold seal. The joke is played straight.

Stamp Red#B3121F · stamps, Major
Dried Red#7D0D16 · links
Seal Gold#B8862B · the seal
Gold Ink#735511 · labels
Ink#241A14 · text, buttons
Faded Ink#5E5045 · notes
Folder#E3D3B0 · cards
Paper#F4EAD6 · page
Display: Old Standard TT 700The Accused
Stamps and badges: Stardos Stencil 700GUILTY AS CHARGED
Body: Courier Prime 400, 17 on 27The accused is charged with 235 counts of honorable killing. The defense maintains that Sylvanas did nothing wrong.
RedactionWhereabouts on the night in question: Booty Bay with three goblins.

Item links: in-game colors, darkened to read on paper

[Ruined Leather Scraps]Poor · #5A5A5A[Light Leather]Common · #241A14[Dark Leather Shoulders]Uncommon · #166800[Toughened Leather Gloves]Rare · #0058B8[Arcanite Reaper]Epic · #7B2CBF[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]Legendary · #904700

The switchThe switch

Dark and Light, top right of every pageDark and Light, top right of every page

VoiceVoice

How the site talksHow the court talks

  • Deadpan. The guild name is the joke; the copy never winks or explains it.
  • Dark mode: short, plain sentences. "Twenty-four Horde. One auction house. Several incidents."
  • Light mode: courtroom words, used straight. The accused, charges, counts, exhibits, the docket, restitution.
  • Charges are always real numbers from Blizzard's records. Never invent one.
  • Zug-Zug 3000 speaks peon English: short, a dropped word, "me" for I. In light mode Zug is the bailiff.
  • Item names go in [brackets], in their quality color, linked to Wowhead Forever. Money is written 20s 8c, with the s and c in silver and copper.
WhereDark saysLight says
Home, top lineTwenty-four Horde. One auction house. Several incidents.The accused, twenty-four in number, are charged with playing World of Warcraft Forever on the Horde side.
Member listThe WarbandTwenty-four accused
Card statsRecord: 235 honorable killsCharges: 235 counts of honorable killing
GuidesGuidesExhibits on file
Upgrade chartUpgrades Levin can make for JikantaLevin is ordered to craft the following for Jikanta
ZugZug says: Website not done yet. Me still carrying leather.Statement of the bailiff: Me saw nothing. Me was carrying leather.
Footerwarcrimes.gg · Horde · WoW ForeverAll charges alleged · Sylvanas did nothing wrong

Live componentsExhibits

Building blocksBuilding blocks

These follow the mode you're in. Flip the switch to see the other one.These follow the mode you're in. Flip the switch to see the other one.

Upgrade badges

MajorMajor upgradeMinorMinor upgrade

Quote box

Member card

Levin Ironheart drawn as a fierce chibi shaman, mallet raised

Guild MasterThe accused · Guild Master

Levin Ironheart

Shaman · Level 27 · Windshaper Skyborne

Enhancement · Leatherworking 126 · Skinning 216

RecordCharges, from Blizzard's records, Nov 10

  • 1 Edwin VanCleef kill, the Deadminescount: Edwin VanCleef, the Deadmines
  • 4 Mutanus kills, Wailing Cavernscounts: Mutanus the Devourer, Wailing Caverns
  • 235 honorable killscounts of honorable killing
  • 364 fish caughtfish, taken without a license

Roster entry

  1. Case No. 006Levin IronheartLevel 27 Shaman · Windshaper Skyborne · Guild Master

Dark mode edges each entry in the WoW class color. Light mode gives each a case number instead, since the class colors don't read on paper.

Upgrade chart

Upgrades Levin can make for JikantaLevin is ordered to craft the following for Jikanta

Exhibit A · Restitution. Mats at Horde auction house prices, Nov 10, 7:22 PM. Gear as of Jikanta's last logout.

SlotItemUpgradeMatsRecipe
Shoulders[Dark Leather Shoulders]MajorMajor upgrade empty slot20s 8cPattern on the AH, 12s
Hands[Toughened Leather Gloves]MajorMajor upgrade over Naga Battle Gloves40s 44cTrainer, 5s
Feet[Gray Leather Boots]MinorMinor upgrade over Rambling Boots8s 70cTrainer, 3s 50c
Back[Dark Leather Cloak]MinorMinor upgrade over Superior Cloak of the Eagle10s 90cTrainer, 3s 50c

PortraitsMugshots

Member portraitsMember portraits

Every member gets a fierce chibi, cut out so it stands on the card.Every one of the accused gets a fierce chibi, cut out so it stands in front of the height chart.

Fierce, never cute

Chibi proportions, Warcraft attitude: no baby faces. The mood matches the scene.

Plain background

Render each portrait alone on a plain backdrop. Bosses or other figures in the scene get cut out with the character.

Transparent cutout

Cut out with BiRefNet, cropped to the figure plus 12 px, saved as a 720 px tall WebP with transparency.

Standing on the floor

The figure's feet sit on the bottom edge of the card. Its head breaks out above the red block (dark) or the height chart (light).

For buildersFor the clerk

Where the rules liveWhere the rules live