After a few weeks of trying to get to know and love the new "goaticon" on MSN Messenger 7.0, I must say I just can't seem to get past the initial distaste and disappointment I've felt over the artwork. I'm just not using the icon nearly as much as I would have liked. Had it been more goat-like, or had it been more stylized, or had it been, well, better in my eyes, I think I would be spewing forth goat. Instead, I've pretty much mothballed it at this point.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to knock the artist or the quality here. I think this is basically just a "difference in artistic vision", and I had some preconceived notions about what should have been done. Michelle's "Budgoat" was waaay better to my untrained eye. I don't agree with the rationale behind why it (or something like it) didn't get used, but I can certainly respect such a decision, and I'll trust the folks who made the call. I just had higher hopes for the endeavor. Now I won't end up using what we've "paid" for, which kind of takes the cool factor out of it all just a little bit. This was still a fantastic idea for charity fund raising, and if I had to do it all over again, I would.
Hmm, I wonder if we donated some more $ if we could get them to actually change it in the next release?
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