Alright, you stated reasons why you would change the master background color and the shape, but...both still seem arbitrary to me.
1st, background color:
If you argue with consistency (with elo display), there is no objective validation why it should be superior to consistency with remaining trophies. And the second is actually more logical, as the trophies are arranged next to each other, so are perceived as some entity. In addition, why would only master (purple) match the elo background, while basically all the others would not? (elo changes more to the blue with lower ranks, trophies have their own colors altogether)
Okay, I just checked this, that last part seems to be wrong
2nd, shape:
What's so worrisome when the shape of trophy is the same as a game icon? Where would one be inclined to mix these two up? Human perception works in schemes, and the current scheme was: you see the game/trophy icon and it's easy to identify by looks and position, both clearly distinguishable (actually I know no other subpage here than one's trophy profile where both show up together, and you would assume even someone who is new to BGA and selects this page has internalized it after the second time). That weird angular shape ruins the consistency in schemes completely, for my taste. Having few elements while maintaining the desired functions is almost always a sign of elegance, not reverse. Imagine if there were 10 or more colors/shapes on a t-shirt, most would perceive it as ugly, odd. You could maybe be a little reserved and not overshoot the mark with a huge overhaul, but try minor steps. That way the threat that it will displease many users is way lower. And the crucial point is really...the old badges have been around for many years, and I've not encountered one complaint in all this time. Now you already have two from 10 views of this thread, and no positive comment.
