Pondering Thumbnails

Hey … uh … everyone, I guess :-)

So, a commenter suggested I change the thumbnail of my game to attract more potential commenters, and I have to admit the current one is a little … uninspired shall we say 😉

That got me thinking. How do people browse the set of thumbnails anyway?

Personally+, sure, I seek out some games that seem interesting to me, but most I rate come from either the ‘default’++ setting from this site or ‘Feedback Friends’+++.
So, if a lot of other people do this as well, surely cool thumbnails don’t matter that much right? They’re very nice of course, and I shouldn’t ignore that, but still…

To make a long story somewhat sorter, my question to the community at large++++ would be:
Currently, the thumbnail of my game is shows up like this:

thumb_mmctrl_actual

If I where to change it into something like this (by swapping the first & second screenies):

thumb_mmctrl_mockup

Would you sooner click the second one?

Also; do things like these feel cynical to you? Both this post and making the proposed change.
[ Or how about linking to my game page, like this 😉 ]

— footnotes—

(+) Not judging other styles … of judging.
(++) That prioritizes the coolness rating.
(+++) … and also Resque ____ towards the end, of course :-)
(++++) That means you, dear reader! 😉