User blog comment:Gamedezyner/New Skin - Voting - CLOSED/@comment-27765057-20120822032308/@comment-4748628-20120822034548

If we were to do a checkered background, it would have to be all the same colors, no fading, and no angles. Reason for this is to create a smooth transition to make it look decent.

Someone also suggested using the HillTop Zone wall tiles as the background. The blue would be nice.