If it were up to me, The medallion would just be 4 or 5 horizontal bars, but my taste is zen minimalism. When I design business software, I keep it simple for the end user, but here we are in a different setting. The video gamers like a little eye candy.
Also when I design the software for a business, I have the luxury of sitting down with those end users face to face. I tend to focus on need over want, but if their desires reflect something actually helpful and productive, then I go the extra mile. In short, just because one worker likes kittens, I am not going to make it pink with cartoons of kittens all over the GUI.
I realize, I am not well suited to create video game interfaces, because of my standards. Nobody here wants my loading bars in place of a curvaious pie chart. Everyone has their opinions. Good luck with the FC developers.
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