Erm... I don't take offense but I find that pretty lame reasoning and certainly not a good way to design a site. Also the admins did say that anyone was free to come up with something different but no one did. The .Map-site was designed by Surg and I made the images the way he wanted. Since .map consists of a site plus forum it's a good thing if somehow they look similar and although the old banner was okay it always looked more like a sig to me than a full banner made to measure. But hey you're entitled to your opinion, what else is there to say.
woah

,i am sorry if i offended u .it seemed that way despite denying it.
i do agree that this banner really matches the site looks .
I just don't understand why this is coming after 2 weeks. Bjarne has already made the choice.
thats y i added this part
but there isnt much of a difference .i mean ,no1 really looks up there right !!?
cause the choice has already been made .
the admins sig would have been good if it was alittle larger than it is .but it is not ,and panterra's banner is really cool . and like u said ,no1 even bothered to try making one ,except maybe atomic .